A Dream of Jinling Chapter 292 Solving the Cow (5)

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On April 25, the 24th Army began to move north, and when he left São Paulo, Qi Rui was actually a little unhappy in his heart.

Leaving the city and embarking on the journey is inevitably uncomfortable for ordinary troops. However, the entire 24th Army did not feel this way. This motorized infantry corps is now very high-spirited, and the whole army believes that the task of the 24th Army, which is the most technologically advanced in the Liberation Army, is to attack cities and conquer the army in field battles.

As the deputy chief of staff and acting chief of staff of the 24th Army, Qi Rui was not upset because the word "acting" was not removed from his head. The Liberation Army's judgment of the United States was completely miscalculated in this battle, and Qi Rui believed that the Yankees should have a certain reaction when they learned that such an important town as São Paulo had been lost. The best expectation was for the U.S. federal army to come in large numbers from both the north and the south. At this time, the 24th Army could rely on motorized marching to carry out various breakthroughs.

As a result, 11 days passed from the landing operation on April 14 to April 25, and the US Federal Army could not say that it did not react, but the speed and intensity of the response were completely different from what was expected before the war. As the chief of staff of the army, he failed to make any corresponding predictions and arrangements for this, and Qi Rui felt that he was quite derelict in his duties.

The previous things have passed, and Qi Rui can only try to avoid making the same mistakes in the future. However, now that the 24th Army wants to take the initiative to approach the defense line of the US Federal Army, he does not dare to make any plans to underestimate the Yankees at such times. Moreover, the motorized rifle corps received an order to go straight to the port of Duluth and cut the Yankees' northern line of defense in two.

Port Duluth is located at the westernmost point of Lake Superior and is the gateway for the Mississippi River to enter Lake Superior. St. Paul was the terminus of the Mississippi River upstream, and the capture of Port Duluth meant that the Liberation Army opened up the channel and surrounded the U.S. Federal Army north of Port Duluth.

The march was much easier, and the United States built a railroad along the Mississippi and the East Coast. The Liberation Army advanced by land and water, and did not encounter any obstacles along the way. The Yankees are still slow to react, and they seem to think that more than 200 kilometers is a long distance. In the eyes of motorized infantry, this distance is quite dangerous before the cooperation of aircraft. With the cooperation of airplanes, the march along the more than 200 kilometers of railway line is almost a distance from morning to evening.

In fact, the two divisions of the 24th Army took a train at 5 a.m., the first division, which had departed half a day earlier, took a motorized march, and at 5 p.m. on the 25th, the 24th Army got off at a distance of 10 kilometers from Port Duluth and began to attack the city.

Inside the headquarters hung a map of Duluth, a beautiful city that sits like a thin strip on the shores of Lake Superior. It is nearly ten kilometers long from east to west, and only one or two kilometers wide from north to south. Maybe it's tired, maybe it's because the qi in his heart hasn't come over, how Qi Rui doesn't feel pleasing to the eye when he looks at this.

There are too many mountains in the Great Lakes region, and this ghost place is still vast and sparsely populated, so it is not a good place for motorized infantry to perform......

As soon as this idea came out, Qi Rui felt that something was wrong. If the motorized infantry really didn't adapt to this, then it shouldn't have run a distance of more than 200 kilometers a day anyway. And there were trains to help, and the broken down trucks and motorcycles were also transported to the railroad and transported to their destination by train. Infantry can't run such a long distance even if they run to death on two legs.

Just when Qi Rui was thinking about where his negative feelings came from, he heard gunshots in the distance. Less than half an hour later, the communications staff officer brought the first batch of news, "Our army has encountered enemy entanglement, and its advance has been blocked."

Qi Rui couldn't help but sigh softly, and when he didn't notice it at all, those feelings of uneasiness and dissatisfaction disappeared without a trace in an instant. Sitting on the marching chair, Qi Rui waited intently for more news to come in.

Army Commander Zheng Minglun had been silently observing Qi Rui's appearance, and seeing that Qi Rui had calmed down, he glanced at political commissar Hu Dakui, and the two had a tacit understanding and left the headquarters one after another.

"It seems that Qi Rui has not been affected." Zheng Minglun said to Hu Dakui.

Hu Dakui nodded, their group of veterans have experienced too many things. It's because you're not in a good mood because you haven't been promoted, or because you're just a little distracted because of the pressure of the war situation, and the veteran can easily tell the difference. It's also very simple to say, if you feel unhappy because you haven't been promoted, you will only be even more unhappy when you encounter a battle. And Qi Rui immediately had his spirit in the face of fierce battles, which can already explain a lot of problems.

"When this battle is over, let's report to the theater command." Hu Dakui put forward his own views. Promoting a military staff officer is a matter of great caution, and this is a position of a standard colonel. Moreover, the motorized infantry has not been created for a long time, and although this army has shown sufficient advantages, this army has not been truly tested. In the eyes of the old soldiers, if they can only get mixed up with the colonel by being able to run, the war will inevitably be regarded as too child's play.

Hu Dakui only said that he would make a report, but he did not say what kind of report he would make. Zheng Minglun's words were equally strict, "Motorized infantry is still infantry in the final analysis, if it is just a group of motorized soldiers, it is better to call the driver brigade." ”

"Come when you are called, and you can fight when you come. The motorized infantry has done it. Now we'll see if they can fight and win. Although the requirements were strict, political commissar Hu Dakui did not mean to belittle the motorized infantry in the slightest. Judging purely from the point of view of mobility, the motorized infantry has been quite good. Among the traditional infantry, the only time that the traditional infantry can defeat the motorized infantry is when the mountain army enters the mountains to fight.

"Hopefully they'll be able to carry the load. But I think Qi Rui also knows where his shortcomings are. Zheng Minglun also pointed to the crux of the matter. Before the 24th Army went to war, Shen Xin, the political commissar of the theater, talked with Zheng Minglun and Hu Dakui. If these two veterans really wanted to command the battle, they would have had the opportunity to dominate the battle long ago. However, the content of this conversation is to ask these two veterans to bravely bear the blame, and let these young people shoulder the burden of war first. Shen Xin hoped that the two of them could calm down, unless these young people made irreparable mistakes, otherwise just watch and don't interject.

The person who can be valued by Shen Xin will naturally not be incompetent, whether it is Zheng Minglun or Hu Dakui, they are all people with eyes like torches. So far, they haven't seen any problems with the command of Qi Rui and the others, and if there is a problem, it is because everyone is not used to this mode of high-intensity mobile combat. After all, going deep into the enemy's territory for one or two hundred kilometers to carry out siege warfare is also a rare thing for the Guangfu army. According to the tradition of the Liberation Army to fight more and fight less and outnumber, it really will not design such a combat mode. Now, the war has once again returned to the realm of traditional warfare, and both Zheng Minglun and Hu Dakui have to see whether the young officers of the 24th Army can pass the final examination.

Four or five kilometers away from the military headquarters, Captain Wei Jianjun saw seven or eight figures suddenly emerge from the woods in the dim light. They were about to open fire on Wei Jianjun's company with rifles in hand.

"Lie down!" Wei Jianjun shouted almost instinctively. With this shout, Wei Jianjun himself and the soldiers lay down at the same time. Probably I had never seen such a quick reaction, and it was such a spineless reaction, and the Yankees who came out of the woods were confused. However, the Liberation Army also gave them a chance, and the rifle bullets flew towards the Yankees.

But the forest was so dense that the bullets didn't hit the Yankees, but frightened them back to the starting point.

"Cut!" Wei Jianjun took a sip. This is the first time I have seen such a thing, and the enemy is able to retreat with his whole body. It's getting late, and it's still some distance from the port city of Duluth. Wei Jianjun was a little in a dilemma, if he left these people alone, in case they attacked again, the troops might not be as unscathed as they are now.

But it is not safe to send troops to pursue, this forest is very dense, and everyone is here for the first time. What if you fall into an enemy ambush. And the gunfire around them came and went, although not intense, but it did not stop. It seems that Wei Jianjun is probably not the only one who encounters this kind of problem.

Captain Shi Qian got up from the ground, and he leaned down to look at the fallen guards beside him. The guard's expression was painful, and his arm tried to cover the wound, but the wound was on the right rib, and he was unable to move after the injury, and the uniform was quickly stained with blood.

The hygienist immediately rushed up to bandage the guard, and Shi Qian's gritted cat raised his waist and hid behind a tree to peep in the direction of the enemy's attack. If it weren't for the guards who knocked Shi Qian down, it would probably be Company Commander Shi Qian who was shot and fell to the ground at this time.

Although the enemy is cunning, their tactics are very backward. Those who participated in the battle lined up in a straight line to shoot at the Liberation Army. Such tactics have long been eliminated by the Liberation Army.

"Second platoon commander, you outflank the troops with you!" Shi Qian immediately gave an order after seeing the situation.

"Okay!" The second platoon commander helped the steel helmet and immediately prepared to lead the attack. Looking at the hurried appearance of the second platoon leader, recalling the ambush where the enemy was so calm, Shi Qian was afraid and worried. He told the second platoon commander, "Be careful of the enemy and ambush on the road!" ”

Not only were these two companies attacked by the enemy, but most of the troops heading straight for the port city of Duluth were met with enemy resistance. Although these enemies are tactically backward, their shooting level is mediocre. But they unexpectedly had a firm attitude and a steady attitude. It's very different from those of the U.S. Army. Faced with such an obstruction, the troops were really unable to make accurate judgments.

Seeing that the sun was about to enter the mountain, the middle and low-level commanders of the Liberation Army became more and more uneasy in their hearts. Do you want to fight these guys at night? This question haunted the minds of front-line commanders.

The army staff soon got a report, Qi Rui looked at the map, and gave an order, "Complete the outflanking, and all units do a good job of night defense." The enemy must not be allowed to escape. ”

After listening to Qi Rui's order, Zheng Minglun couldn't help frowning slightly. And Qi Rui pondered for a moment and continued: "The troops attacking along the shore of the lake are stepping up. The enemy cannot be allowed to move from the water at night. "Mobile phone users, please visit wènhttp://mnet

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