Sima Mingwei, the general, has really been addicted to being a commander of the armored group army in the past few days. www.biquge.info At least on paper, he already has three serious armored divisions, each of which is armed with at least 220 tanks of various types. These armored units looked menacing, and they were ready to launch an earth-shattering assault on Panjin to the west.

The 1st Armored Division of the Praetorian Guard, the 1st Armored Division of the 1st Army of the New Army, these well-known main forces of the Ming Empire Army, plus a newly formed armored division of the new 2nd Group Army. These troops were already massing along the railway line in Liaodong, a part of the Ming Empire that had just been repaired, towards the front line east of Panjin.

"I said, division commander, we have only been established for two weeks, and the brothers of the teaching company have only been driving tank......s for 14 days," a staff officer smiled and said to the division commanders who were watching the most primitive model of the No. 1 tank in the school yard to train over obstacles: "We don't have a battalion of tanks in our hands, but we have to add a division of our own, it's really tiring." ”

"There is no way, the general ordered us to pretend that we can get new tanks every day." The division commander helplessly complained to his staff officer about what had happened in the last few days. He had to sneak the tanks out of the camp from the west at night, then go around to the east and pretend to be newly replenished, and then drive into the camp.

In order to achieve this visual effect, he had his troops paint their tanks in the dark every night, then borrowed brackets and canvas to cover the turrets, and disguised themselves as newer Improved Tank No. 1 and drove into the camp from the east during the day.

Immediately after that, the troops began to build large tents out of wooden strips, canvas, and other things, or create some strange camouflage. Let the spies who observe here from a distance, as well as the reconnaissance planes passing by, easily recognize that these so-called "camouflage" are all genuine Ming army tanks.

To the west of Panjin, the Ming army used canvases, branches, iron shelves and other items to build a full 300 fake tank models. The things that are put on the train covered with canvas are actually fake. On weekdays, these false targets must also be patrolled to prevent the enemy from approaching and exposing their feet.

In this way, the Ming army used various simple methods to create the illusion of more than 600 tanks with less than 40 tanks in the Panjin area. However, whether these illusions can deceive the enemy on the opposite side is only known to God, but even so, the upper and lower levels of this armored division of the new 2nd Army are tired of this kind of game, and they pretend to be a large armored army, and they have to secretly conduct all kinds of training every day.

The soldiers used cars and materials such as cardboard and canvas to make tanks to simulate each other's cover and assault enemy formations, and they drove these fake tanks on the school yard to indulge in a wild ride, and the smoke and dust did have the effect of confusing the enemy.

"The enthusiasm of the soldiers for training is very high, and the armored battalion we are responsible for training is now in charge of communication, and the commander of the single vehicle claims to be an armored platoon or armored company." The staff officer was very excited to report to his division commander the results of the recent expansion of the troops, but there were some dissatisfactions, which also made his high mood a lot lonely.

First of all, the issue of the distribution of modern weapons and equipment, such as self-propelled guns and automobiles, has always plagued the armored forces of the new 2 nd Army. There are 500 vehicles of various types and more than 200 tanks, which cannot be replenished in a short period of time, and now there are only 110 vehicles of various types and 35 old No. 1 tanks in the whole division.

Compared with the regular 1st Armored Division of the New 1st Army, they are at most an armored battalion plus a regimental headquarters and a division headquarters of automobiles...... Of course, in terms of troops, they are not small, if you count the cadets who only drove tanks for 15 minutes in three days, they are even more than the 1st Panzer Division.

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"What is a little incomprehensible is ...... Although the Japanese army is moving towards us, the Jin Kingdom has not moved its main force over......" Sima Mingwei looked at the information transmitted from the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, frowned and mentioned the latest enemy situation to his deputy and chief of staff.

"The other party is clearly not fooled. They deployed a considerable part of their forces near Liaozhong and on the Fengtian line. This is very unfavorable to Wang Jue's upcoming attack. The general, who had been transferred from the southern frontier of the empire to the north, spoke with a hint of anger, for he had never encountered such a cold reception from the enemy.

The name Sima Mingwei is definitely a feared existence in Southeast Asia, and for the same reason, if the opponent does not mobilize heavy troops to defend his area, it is definitely a big mistake. Now Sima Mingwei felt that he had been insulted, but he really didn't have a good way to mobilize the enemy's attention to his side.

The chaos in Liaodong has not been a year or two, and since the Jin State can deploy a group of spies in the controlled area of the Ming Empire, there is no reason for the intelligence agencies of the Ming Empire not to carry out their own spy investigation activities in the Jin Country area. Almost by the same means, the agents of the Ming Empire also passed the news back to their homeland, using their actions to fight for the motherland's chance of victory.

Although this information is not much more detailed than that of the Jin State, it does explain some of the actual situation on the Liaohe defense line for the Ming Empire. Sima Mingwei got the good news that the Japanese army was moving to the fortified area near Anshan, while Zhang Jianjun, Guo Xing and others, who were far away near the Troop Mobilization Mountain, got the bad news that the nearby Jin army was not moving.

"It seems that this Todeltai of the Jin Kingdom is not a straw bale!" After analyzing the current thoughts of the high-level commanders of the Jin State, Sima Mingwei said to the chief of staff with some regret: "It seems that the Liaohe defense line is too important to the Jin State, so that they can't believe the information they see...... Now all we can do is wait for a miracle, a miracle made by Wang Jue! ”

The general, who came from the direction of Southeast Asia, pressed the armed belt around his waist with one hand and looked up to the northeast of his headquarters. There, the Ming Empire was gathering the most elite forces it could muster to make final preparations for a surprise attack. The victory or defeat of this battle is related to the victory or defeat of the entire battle of Liaodong, and it is also related to the life and death of many people, as well as their survival. (To be continued.) )