The tent was obviously a little messy, and many things that had not had time to be packed were piled up haphazardly, including some documents that could only be read by the division commander, as well as maps and various personal belongings of the division commander. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info apparently chose to move his headquarters forward temporarily, so that everyone could not take care of these details.

What surprised the major, who had been busy all day, was that not only his division commander but also the chief of staff were in this simple tent command post, and the commander of the military department, Zhang Jianjun, and the commanders of the group army, Wang Jue, the chief of staff, and Yang Zizhen, were all here. They were pointing to the map to see where their troops were and to see if the bridge was safe enough.

"Long live Your Majesty the Emperor! Commander! Chief of staff! Captains! Teachers! Because there were so many chiefs in front of him, the major could only stand upright, salute, and shout out a series of greetings to everyone.

"That's it! No formality! Prepare briefly, and in a moment you will have to talk in detail about the battle to capture the bridge. After Wang Jue gave the order softly, he turned his head and continued to listen to the commander of the 1st Armored Division of the Praetorian Guard to report on the deployment of his troops.

"The troops of the 1st Panzer Regiment are being assembled, and the 1st Battalion, which is already ready, has all crossed the Pu River...... Counting the infantry regiments that are crossing the river, there are already more than 1,000 soldiers on the other side of the river. "The division commander drew a simple map on white paper, and after outlining the general direction of the Pu River with two strokes, he drew a simple bridge on it.

Then he marked a semi-circular defensive position with a pen, indicating that this was the area that the troops were now controlling: "The scouts of the Kingdom of Jin are also active frequently at night, and it is clear that they are also confirming the size of our troops crossing the river. ”

"The 1st Panzer Division's tank losses were very large, and at the time of the battle of crossing the Liao River, more than 40 vehicles had already been lost. There are also many mechanical breakdowns along the way, which break down on the side of the road. Zhang Jianjun knows more about the situation of the 1st Armored Division under his direct jurisdiction, this armored division has been moving with Wang Jue's pace along the way, and now almost half of the troops are still fighting at all.

From the Ming Empire to the prelude to the Battle of the Liaohe River, until the Ming army captured Tieling and advanced south to the Puhe River. After all, the seemingly huge battle lasted only one day, and many troops were still in a state of difficulty in mobilizing because of the onslaught attack, and behind the miraculous advance speed of the Ming army was a chaos in the command and combat system of the entire 1st Group Army of the New Army.

This is also the process of forming the new army, the selection of high-quality soldiers, and after several large-scale battles, a flexible and efficient basic command system has been truly established, so that this army can still fight in a chaotic state until now. If it was replaced by other Ming army troops, and there was no need for the Jin army to fight back, he would collapse because of such a chaotic situation.

"One tenth of the tanks are now unreachable, and another tenth is paralyzed on the side of the road awaiting repairs and rescue." Zhang Jianjun mentioned the failure rate of new weapons and equipment to Wang Jue with some helplessness: "After all, the tank is a new type of weapons and equipment, and there are many problems with the misoperation of the soldiers, as well as the weapon system itself. ”

In fact, the failure rate of tank No. 1 is really unprecedentedly high, and it has exceeded the probability of failure of earlier aircraft. This has something to do with the immaturity of the design of the tank itself, as well as the frequent use of this weapon on the front line of the battlefield. In short, the failure rate of Tank 1 was so high that the military put the reduction rate of failure in the design criteria of Tank 2.

"Counting the destroyed tanks, there are also some that are crowded on the roads, left to cover the rear transport troops and non-combat troops...... We had only about 160 tanks to get to the designated position. At present, the specific number is still being counted, after all, every few minutes, there is a possibility that a new tank will return to the team. ”

"The 2nd Infantry Division of the New 1st Army, which was urgently transferred, has already moved south, and this unit has been ordered to rush overnight, and I don't know how many troops will rush to the designated position tomorrow morning." Yang Zizhen tiredly pointed to the direction of the new platform on another professional combat map, and opened his mouth to report the latest troop movements for Wang Jue.

The current situation is such that the entire New 1st Army has been transferred to the southern front where Mukden City is located, and a part of the New 2nd Army is also moving closer to this position. It's just that Guo Xing's new 2nd Army is more southern, threatening the retreat of the Jin army.

The direction of Tieling was handed over to Wang Jue under the command of the New 3rd Army under the command of Wang Yan, because the attack range was too wide, the New 3rd Army had stopped its own attack near Kaiyuan and began to stabilize its defensive position. The slowdown in their attack also made the Jin troops breathe a sigh of relief, and they were even more afraid that the Ming army would take the opportunity to cut directly into Jilin and end up the Jin country's nest.

It's a pity that the Ming army wants to occupy too many targets, so that their forces are obviously insufficient. A large number of infantry were still crowded at the Liaohe pontoon crossing, unable to expand the results of the battle in all directions as quickly as the mechanized troops.

This also made the senior commanders of the Ming army realize that they needed more mechanized troops, more tanks and armored vehicles to complete the mechanized troop assault theory that had gradually taken shape in their minds. It's just a pity that this theory needs money to support it, and it requires a lot of money.

Wang Jue patted his head, and sighed with some bitterness: "If you want to fight the power of armored forces in future wars, my country still needs at least 20 divisions of tank armored troops......"

"If we follow this inference, then our troops still need to purchase at least 6,000 tanks, as well as related armored auxiliary vehicles......" Yang Zizhen looked at Wang Jue who sighed with wide eyes in shock, and reminded: "This is equivalent to more than tripling the current purchase volume...... Commander. ”

"It's too far away to think so much now...... If we win this battle, Your Majesty's side will have more initiative, and the military department will be more inclined to equip more tanks. Wang Jue looked at the map in front of him, and every word on it seemed to be dancing in the dim light: "So what we have to do now is to take Fengtian, Liaoyang, and Anshan!" ”

Wang Jue knew that in this situation, Fengtian, the original target of the attack, had already pinched at least half of his palm. And Liaoyang and Anshan, which he was about to take when his lion opened his mouth, were still hard bones that were not easy to gnaw. However, he also has his own method, that is, as long as he captures Fengtian, then the other units of the Ming army on the other side of the Liao River can get rid of the rebels and become a new force to enter the battlefield.

At least for the time being, the combat forces of the two sides on the Liaodong Plain are almost equal in terms of strength. As long as the Ming army gained local superiority and expanded its superiority, it would collapse the authority of the rebel forces on the Liaohe defensive line. What Wang Jue wants is to let the other party collapse on all fronts, and then chase and capture the entire Liaodong Plain all the way and annihilate the main force of the rebels.

"Let the 2nd Infantry Division move faster, I need to hand over the position to them, so that we can concentrate more armored forces and make a key breakthrough along the Mukden line!" At this point in the war, there is no skill or trick to speak of. The choice Wang Jue has to make is just to continue his previous victory, and there is no need to arrange means such as roundabouts and outflanking.

Although war seems complicated when making decisions, when it comes to the details of specific implementation, it can only rely on hard power to directly collide. No matter how subtle the previously arranged means are, they must use one attack to "make the final decision". This is the charm of war, which is both weird and direct, full of blood and deceit, and stimulates the heart of every man.

"Early tomorrow morning, the whole line will cross the Puhe River and launch an attack on Mukden!" While giving the order to attack, Wang Jue pressed his hand on the location of Fengtian City on the map, and said: "Please join me in a hearty victory to avenge the shame of our Emperor His Majesty!" ”

"Long live the Ming Empire!" "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" In the tent, all the commanders stood up, stood up and saluted: "Shame on His Majesty the Emperor with victory!" ”

"The rest is to praise the small detachment in our Praetorian Guard that captured the bridge over the Pu River." After talking about tomorrow's battle deployment, Wang Jue turned his eyes to the major who walked into the tent just now: "Let's talk about the specific situation of this battle to seize the bridge." ”

"Yes! Your Excellency, Commander! The major of the Praetorian Guard hurriedly began to tell the whole story and the outcome of the massacre at Shimizudai: "After arriving near Shimizudai and discovering the tragic situation there, this unit spontaneously decided to pursue the rebels, and completed the operation of this adventure. During the battle, Commander Fan Ming drew up a plan to seize the bridge, fought bravely and was wounded in the battle......"

The major briefly introduced the whole process of Fan Ming's command of the battle, including the chiseling attack on the enemy's 3,000 soldiers with a small number of troops, and the feat of risking to confirm the safety of the bridge after seizing it. He said it slowly, but everyone in the tent listened nervously, after all, there were very few people here who were on the front line of the battle, fighting in person and facing several times the enemy.

"I hereby request the commander to apply for Fan Ming to be transferred to the Praetorian Guard as a commander...... We lack such experienced and courageous commanders, and we hope that Commander Zhang is willing to part with love. The Major ended the debriefing with his own application.

"What are you kidding, I still lack such talents!" Before Wang Jue could speak, Zhang Jianjun immediately stopped doing it: "Commander, you can't agree." (To be continued.) )