Chapter 47: The Battle of the Sheep

Tanks with air cover, used against almost primitive infantry, are basically nothing to talk about in such a battle.

About the only war in the world in which infantry defeated the opposing armored corps was the Korean War. As for Vietnam, there is no need to mention it, if there was no Soviet Union and China standing behind Xiao Viet at that time, about ten Vietnam would not be enough for the Yankees to destroy.

Therefore, throughout the history of war, only on the Korean battlefield, the Chinese People's Volunteers, who had just won the civil war, were able to build a defensive line with flesh and blood, and even the flood of armor could not cross.

Although we have to admit that the Chinese side has paid more casualties, the Americans, who claim to be the world's number one military power, have to weigh the importance of a large-scale war with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) that "dares to show their swords" at any time.

But at this time, the Beiyang Army did not have such strong political and ideological work, nor did it have any courage to fight. It is enough for this kind of garbage army to bully the common people, and when they encounter the "Chinese Defense Forces" who have returned from the battlefield on the Western Front in Europe and have an absolute superiority in equipment, apart from surrendering, all they have is to flee quickly on two legs.

The attack of the armored clusters that were waiting for work was a rapid advance day and night. Even in the middle of the night, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and jeeps kept moving forward with their headlights on.

If we talk about fighting, during the continuous journey of two days and two nights, there was no resistance worth mentioning at all.

When the offensive was launched, the logistics supply of the Beiyang Army was cut off by the ubiquitous planes in the air, and there was no food, no grass, no guns, and no morale. Driven by hunger, the road was full of Beiyang Army soldiers preparing to surrender.

Especially on the side of the "Chinese National Defense Forces", when they are given food, no one will embezzle or deduct it, and the latter has the upper hand in the choice between death in battle, starvation and surrender.

On the evening of the 7th day of this battle, on the edge of a small village not far from Zaozhuang, Shandong. The logisticians set up a gathering point for prisoners. The fan on the front of the cauldron of the cooking cart is being shaken by a well-fed captive. The wind blowing through the hearth made the orange flames particularly evident on this September evening.

The soldiers of the Beiyang Army who received the food lined up in front of the cooking car, each carrying an oiled paper bag in one hand and a small canned food box in the other. One by one, they were looking at the spicy seeds in the jar next to the cooking car.

Everyone probably remembers that Wang Anyang and Dai Li, who are now squad leaders, just arrived at the Nancy military camp in France. Just like him at that time, each captive carried an oiled paper bag containing half a pound of dried noodles, and the other held a can mixed with meat and vegetables.

For two days and two nights in a row, they only cared about fleeing for their lives, and the soldiers of the Beiyang Army, who had no food at all, had already smelled the smell of hot rice. One by one, around the vehicles distributing food, one by one they were noisily and desperately squeezing forward.

"Line up, mother, you gang of wolves, don't fucking squeeze, everyone has something to eat!"

The soldiers who organized the distribution of food shouted desperately, and the butts of their guns waved from time to time and fell on the soldiers of the Beiyang Army who had surrendered. But the soldiers of the Beiyang Army surrounding the truck couldn't care so much at all,

When you want to stay in the Beiyang Army, if you can't squeeze in and can't get food, you will be hungry. Not to mention that they were chased by tanks and cars in the past two days and didn't even care about eating, so they squeezed forward one by one.

The noisy sound woke up Li Er, who was sleeping soundly in the car, and for the past two days and two nights, he followed his armored infantry team to rush forward. Except for charging in tanks, most of the time, he had to run back and forth between the various units in jeeps.

Of course, this is also good, you can sleep well in the car, and save yourself from being out of energy when you charge in the future. Therefore, although he had been fighting for two days and two nights, he was still as energetic as a nighthawk when he opened his eyes.

Looking at the prisoners of the Beiyang Army who were waiting around the truck to distribute food, Li Er's fire did not hit anywhere. It's not that they will share their own military rations, and they don't care about these supplies at all, with 100 airships to support logistics.

He looked at this group of guys who didn't look like soldiers, but wore military uniforms. As soon as he stretched out his hand next to the guard who was driving next to him, he dragged his charge past him, and rushed into the sky.

The continuous gunfire suppressed the noise of the captives, and they looked at the young man standing in the car in horror, and the submachine gun in his hand, especially the machine gun in the jeep, was also ready to fire at this time, which made them shudder even more.

"Line up for Lao Tzu, which one will be shot on the spot without queuing, and which one will be called and shot on the spot without consent!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the entire group of captives immediately fell silent, and they looked at the young man in the jeep uneasily. He was swearing, putting his weapon aside.

"Thief, your mother, it's all a bunch of things that need to be cleaned up!"

Hearing the gunshots, the officer in charge of guarding the prisoners and the logistics officer in charge of distributing the grain came to Li Er's pole in a few steps and raised their hands to salute together.

"Report to the Chief's ......"

Li Erpole waved his hand to interrupt their report, as the main force of the attack, their merit is in terms of the degree to which the combat goal has been achieved, the prisoners have nothing to do with him, and naturally the chief of staff in charge of logistics should have a headache.

There will be no over-the-top arrangements about the fate of these captives. After all, all of them are Chinese, and there are many people with warm hearts. After giving them a full meal, give them a certain amount of money for the journey, and they can leave.

Of course, if the prisoners who meet the age and physical conditions are still willing to serve as soldiers, they will naturally be transported directly to the empty airship and transported to the large-scale new barracks set up near Qingdao to be retrained and then replenished into the troops.

After solving this matter, Li Erpole's jeep continued on the road. At this time, except for those who had driven and mastered the machine gun, he and the other guard could rest assured and boldly sleep to recuperate, and then continue to drive and master the machine gun.

The armored forces of the entire "Chinese National Defense Forces" are basically set up like this. Needless to say, there are more people in the infantry fighting vehicles, and there are no problems with each of them whether they are driving or operating machine guns. The five people on the tank, during the rapid march, can also be changed for rest.

And now, this offensive battle has been fought into a game of fast marching. Whether it is the 50,000 army of Zhang Xun and Zhang Huaizhi, or the 150,000 army organized by Duan Qirui, they have all been driven away by armored forces and air power.

The cavalry ran along the road for fear of falling behind, while the infantry were scattered all over the hills. As for the artillerymen at the front, they had long since become the first prisoners when the armored group launched an attack.

Without supplies, they became completely motherless children at this time. Pity them, don't talk about marching, they don't even dare to gather. As soon as it is discovered by the eagle eye in the sky, it will immediately attract the aircraft patrolling the air to carry out an air attack.

When they saw the leaflets dropped by the planes, and knew that if they surrendered their weapons, they would be given preferential treatment and released home, and the soldiers who had been deprived of supplies waited in droves on the side of the road to be taken prisoner.

Along the not so good road, without stopping at all, even though the armored troops rushing forward at a gallop did not take care of the captives at all, and did not have time to take care of these prisoners.

Just tell them to stop using their weapons, put up a white flag and line up on the road to the prisoner camp so that they won't be attacked from the air. When you go to the place to surrender, you will have food to eat and you will receive the money to go home. This time the eagle eye in the sky saw a strange situation on the ground.

Brigade of soldiers of the Beiyang Army, lined up on the road. In order not to cause misunderstanding, almost everyone has a white thing on their rifle. Behind the armored group, a detachment quickly marched towards the logistics base.

Compared with the large-scale surrender of the Beiyang Army, the Japanese soldiers can be said to be slightly stronger.

After Yamamoto Isoroku was killed by the frightened naval officers who were absolutely unwilling to act as bait, the entire fleet, including the infantry carried on board, went straight to Weihai and became prisoners.

The only remaining fleet was the combined fleet led by Yuzaburo Kato, which was held in the Jeju Strait by mines and composed of the main forces of the Japanese Navy.

Here, Lucknar did not embarrass them, that is, did not attack, nor did he use planes to send them into the sea to feed the fish, as he had done with the fleet led by Yamamoto Isoroku, but he just kept them in such a way that they could not move.

At this time, the mines on the sea were not only blocking the exits at both ends of the strait, but the airships in the sky were constantly carrying more mines and throwing them between the ships of the Combined Fleet. If at first, they could move a little, now they can't move.

The Japanese side once organized some old ironclad ships and some left-behind destroyers to come to the rescue. But with such an attacking strength, in the face of the battleships and cruisers of the task force plus the fleet of aircraft in the sky, it turned out that they could not even save themselves.

The bureau was completely laid out, and the rest was nothing but waiting for Admiral Luknar. Because there is no need to launch an attack at all, as long as not a single grain or fresh water flows into the besieged area. The rest of the matter is in the hands of Yuzaburo Kato.

Luknar, who was in a good mood, went to the wide deck of the aircraft carrier, where the pilots and the sailors of the warship were having a party, a female whale killed by a cannonball became the target of their party, and the best fresh whale milk became the most sought-after drink.

Seeing this, Lucknar took the pipe in his mouth and said a word to the lieutenant who was accompanying him.

"Can you tell me that the Japanese warships will prepare some fishing rods or nets in advance? If you're really hungry, you can try fishing! ”