Chapter 1657: The Smoke of History
Although the arrow to win the Middle East has already been put on the string, the expedition of hundreds of thousands of troops, the labor division raids far away, the requirements for logistics are very high, and the preliminary preparations are far from enough, and with this time buffer, it is also a good thing for the troops.
Jiang Haoran did not forget to urge the air force and navy to provide the most efficient logistics for Tang Enbo, and at the same time ordered the automobile factory in Singapore to provide no less than 500 Humvees in the shortest possible time to serve as command vehicles for the officers.
In the vast Middle East desert, the Humvee is riding, and its superior performance is enough to crush all off-road vehicles, which is of great help to the safety of commanders and command coordination, and the key is that it can show the world that the military industry of the Chinese has been at the forefront of the world.
Of course, the Hummer is still only software, and the real hardware has to be the War Panther.
For this campaign, Jiang Haoran took out all the family resources of the Burmese tank production plant for several years, and the four tank divisions of the Far Fourth Army and the Far Fifth Army were all replaced with new equipment, and the battle leopard acted as the main force, and the time for a battle with the German leopard was not far off.
In today's world, it is generally believed that German tanks are the current hegemon, but in front of the Panthers, they no longer have any advantages.
Although the war leopard has emerged in the Xuzhou battlefield last year, it was against a group of lost dogs at that time, and the advantages of the war leopard were not fully reflected at all.
But this time, Jiang Haoran is rushing to make a name for himself.
Years ago, more than 20,000 Soviet mercenaries joined the tank divisions of the Far Fifth and Far Fourth Army.
All of them came from the so-called German Crusade Army in the North China Theater, and they were willing to join the Chinese army under the inspiration of Chiang Haoran's tolerance, large quantities, and generous commissions.
The more than 20,000 soldiers were all the best tank soldiers of the Soviet Army, filling the gap in the serious lack of technical arms of the expeditionary force, which was also the source of Jiang Haoran's confidence in sweeping the Middle East.
Three days later, the European theater received another good news, the Allies expanded the three landing fields tenfold, and added two landing fields in Juno and Sword Beach, laying a good foundation for the subsequent large-scale investment of troops.
The Allies planned a quick victory, gathering their armies to form the most powerful fist, crushing the living forces of the German army in one fell swoop, and it was expected that within fifteen days, a million troops would be thrown into the front, and the clarion call for a strategic counteroffensive had been sounded.
In the Vientiane Headquarters, Jiang Haoran held the message and frowned, and his expression did not seem to be relaxed.
"What do you think?" Leng Rushuang asked with a smile.
Jiang Haoran waved the telegram in his hand and said with a wry smile: "Eisenhower is eager for quick success, I am afraid that the casualties in this battle will not be far from the hundreds of thousands we estimated, and the terrifying millions are possible, and the vast majority of casualties will appear in the Allied troops." ”
"Ah...... Why? Leng Rushuang's face changed greatly, and the million-level casualties were terrifying when I heard it.
Jiang Haoran said: "Eisenhower is now making a high-profile claim that the Atlantic barrier is vulnerable, and it seems that this is indeed the case, and the Allies have not encountered an effective blocking force. But they never seemed to have thought about it, where did the main forces of the German army go? ”
"The main force of the German army?" Leng Rushuang frowned, and after a little hesitation, he said: "Didn't it say in the war report that the main force of the German army is still in the Calais area?" ”
"Hmph." Jiang Haoran snorted coldly and said: "They think that through a series of tactical deception measures such as tactical feints by the navy and air force, the successful use of double agents, electronic jamming, and a series of tactical deception measures such as camouflage troops and ships in the southeastern region of Britain, the Nazi high command can make a wrong judgment on the location and time of the Allied landing, and even Eisenhower is still fantasizing that the Nazis are still fantasizing that the Allied landing in Normandy is just a diversionary feint, so the Allied forces have not encountered large-scale resistance. That's why Eisenhower decided to quickly expand the results of the war and invest a lot of troops to defeat the enemy's living forces in one fell swoop, but he seems to have forgotten that the German army had stopped attacking in the Soviet theater last year, and the African theater was basically stagnant after the Battle of Ammanra, so what was the German army doing during this time? Where did their armored clusters go? ”
Leng Rushuang subconsciously covered his mouth with his hands, his eyes were full of frightened looks, and a scene suddenly appeared in front of him, countless tanks and armored vehicles ran over towards the black crowd, and under the high-speed tracks, one by one fresh lives were instantly crushed into pulp.
Jiang Haoran continued: "The Nazis knew that the navy and air force were their weakness, so they took the initiative to abandon the landing battle part, which was very coincidental and similar to the tactics of the island army Eizo, abandoning the coastal fortifications, retreating to the inland mountains to resist, leaving the coastline, avoiding the range of naval guns, and the firepower advantage of the Allied navy would be greatly reduced. The Nazis can also reduce unnecessary casualties in the early stage, preserve their strength, free up all the materials and manpower, and use the mountainous terrain to step up the construction of inland mountain defense lines, and then surprise attacks. ”
"But the Nazis are not the island army, they are the real army first, and the tank cluster is the nightmare of the Allies, just imagine, if thousands of tanks and armored vehicles are crushing towards the dense army, and the Allies have lost naval artillery support, and the air force cannot carry out indiscriminate bombing, how bloody and cruel the scene will be."
After Jiang Haoran finished speaking, his face was a little pale, and he seemed to be frightened by the scene he had depicted.
There was silence in the room for a while, Jiang Haoran lit a cigarette and smoked silently, as if he had no interest in speaking again.
After a long time, Leng Rushuang asked softly: "Is it secretive to reveal Normandy intelligence?" ”
Indeed, the tragedy of millions of casualties was concocted by his own hands, even for the sake of the country and the nation, a strong sense of psychological guilt is inevitable, and if this matter is made public, the condemnation can be imagined.
Jiang Haoran nodded and said: "Don't worry, what I am looking for is an intelligence broker in Spain, our people are also British nationals, and now these two people have disappeared forever, all the insiders are me, you, Huang Jie, Zhuang Fuguo, Liu Qiaoshou and Luo Zhuoying, after this incident, everyone is not allowed to mention it again, just let it disappear in the smoke and clouds of history, it has never happened, and we have never known." ”
Leng Rushuang nodded heavily, and at this moment, Lin Long walked in excitedly, followed by Liu Qiaoshou and Su Canwen, both of whom were also excited.
"What's the matter, is there any happy event?" Jiang Haoran's eyes swept over the faces of the three of them, and he said suspiciously.
"Boss, it's a great event, there's news of a knife." Lin Long replied quickly.
"Ah...... Penknife...... Are you sure it's a knife? ”
Jiang Haoran and Leng Rushuang both ejected from their seats and exclaimed in unison.