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Instead of resting in Moscow, Zhang Cheng, who chose to fly directly to Berlin, finally arrived at the Berlin airport in the dead of night.

Many high-ranking officers of the Ming army in Berlin went to the Berlin airport to greet them. When Zhang Cheng walked out of his special plane, a group of generals who had been waiting for a long time, and the dazzling gold stars on their shoulders stepped forward to salute, trying to leave an impression in front of Zhang Cheng as much as possible.

After raising his hand and casually returning the military salute, Zhang Cheng, who was dressed in military uniform, asked loudly while walking towards the car, "What is the latest information on the front line now?" ”

"Sir." With an unnatural smile on his face, Lu Zhiyuan pursed the corners of his mouth and replied in a low voice, "An hour ago, the Germans launched a counterattack in the Mainz area with great force. Now the front line is in the midst of fierce fighting. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Cheng's footsteps paused slightly, frowned sideways and glanced at the edge of the road, and then entered the car that had been waiting for a long time. The long motorcade then set off from the heavily guarded airport towards the center of Berlin. It wasn't until after the convoy left the airfield that the night fighters hovering in the sky began to land slowly.

"How's the situation at the front?" After glancing at the scenery outside the window, Zhang Cheng turned his head to look at Lu Zhiyuan, who was sitting next to him, and asked in a loud voice, "What is the scale of the German counterattack?" Will the defenders of Mainz be able to resist? What are the support of the Army Aviation and the follow-up troops doing? ”

"Your Excellency." Lu Zhiyuan sorted out his vocabulary and said, "The Germans' counterattack came very suddenly, and the intelligence department did not know the news in advance, so I don't know how the Germans did it." They dispatched hundreds of tanks in the counterattack. The front reports that the two sides have entered the stage of the battle for the city. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Cheng nodded noncommittally, waiting for Lu Zhiyuan's next words.

"The positions throughout the rest of the Rhine front were relatively calm, and it appeared that the main targets of the Germans were in the Mainz area. Our troops now in the Mainz bend have about two infantry divisions and one armored division. However, because the expansion of the position was carried out too far in the daytime, it was difficult to gather effective forces to resist now. Lu Zhiyuan paused, and then said, "Although we have always received information from the front-line troops, we still don't know what the specific situation on the front line is now. ”

"Where's the reinforcements? And what about our reinforcements? Zhang Cheng knew that the situation on the front line must be worse after listening to Lu Zhiyuan's words, otherwise it would be impossible to even figure out the specific battle situation on the front line. At this time, one can only count on reinforcements.

"During the day, a number of pontoon bridges have been erected. However, before launching a counterattack, the Germans sent elite troops in boats down the river from the upper reaches and destroyed many pontoon bridges with explosives. Coupled with the fact that the Germans massed a large amount of artillery fire and violently bombarded the pontoon bridge, the reinforcements were unfavorable. The troops on the east bank of the Rhine were constantly crossing the river to reinforce them, but they were much smaller than expected. The edge of the road explained with some apprehension. The front-line troops were indeed careless.

"It's a great gift." Zhang Cheng hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly: "Rommel, this is using Germany's last strength to do a face project." That's right, Germany's last territory, and there will be no more chances after not fighting hard. ”

"Boom, boom!"

"Da Da Da!"

Lu Zhiyuan opened his mouth and was about to explain some of the work done by the front-line commanders, when the distant street in the direction of the convoy was heard loud explosions and gunfire. Looking from the inside of the car, you can see that a fire has been lit in the distance, and from time to time there are huge spots of light from explosions that light up half of the sky.

"Your Excellency!" Lu Zhiyuan's expression changed suddenly, and he hurriedly said, "It's not safe ahead, let's escort you to the nearby military camp." ”

The incident happened suddenly, although the convoy continued to move forward without any stop at the moment, but Zhang Cheng's car was surrounded by trucks full of soldiers. The army, which was under martial law on the streets, also quickly entered combat mode.

As the ruler of the entire Ming Empire, if something happens to Zhang Cheng here, it will have an extremely violent impact on this empire and this war that can be said to determine the fate of the world for hundreds of years in the future. Da Ming must not lose Zhang Cheng at this time. Because there was no strong Zhang Cheng as a suppression, the Ming Dynasty immediately had the opportunity to have turmoil on his own.

"Your Excellency." Xiao Hongbao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head and said, "It may be that there are agents from an allied country trying to attack you, should we temporarily go to the nearby military camp and wait before going to the hotel where we stay?" ”

"What hotel to go to." Zhang Cheng frowned slightly, looked through the car window with sharp eyes at the huge bright spots of light that kept flashing in the distance, and said in a deep voice, "I believe that the soldiers will get rid of all those people." And now is not the time to go to rest. The Germans were launching a counterattack, and as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, I was supposed to be in the war room. ”

Zhang Cheng turned his head to look at the edge of the road, "Go to the headquarters!" ”

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"Steady, steady! Wait for it to come out! On a street in the city of Mainz, Lin Shuo, who had a calm gaze, lay on his periscope and watched at the intersection more than 100 meters away, a German tank with a long barrel slowly drove out from the corner of the street.

It was already late at night, and although it was equipped with a new infrared sighting system, at this time the entire city of Mainz was full of war and raging flames, and infrared rays could not be used at all, and there was no need to use them. With the help of a large number of flares and ubiquitous flames, officers and soldiers on both sides could see as clearly as day.

"Fire!" The German tank on the opposite side was clearly an elite crew, the turret had already turned to this side early, and the hull angle was also very appropriate, protecting its vulnerable flanks as much as possible.

However, Lin Shuo's crew was also extremely elite, and the German tank on the opposite side only showed part of its flanks when it made the final turn, and it took only a few seconds at most to be noticed by Lin Shuo lying on the scope. And his crew members seized the opportunity to shoot the cannonball accurately.

An 88 mm caliber stabilized tail shell shell armor-piercing bullet came out of the chamber, flew a distance of more than 100 meters with great kinetic energy, penetrated through the right side of the German tank, and destroyed the tank in an instant.

"Whew~~~" Lin Shuo quietly breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the two German armored soldiers on fire jump out of the tank that had stopped.

The German armourers on the opposite side were very elite, and he had been fighting excellent opponents since the Germans began to launch counterattacks at night. The crew, which has always been known for its elite, has been hit by at least three armor-piercing shells at this time. You know, they are hiding behind a fortified barricade and have a defensive advantage. It was also protected by numerous infantry.

At this time, the German armored troops must have been very elite, because this was already the last German armored force. Because of the small number of tanks, many crews had to share one tank. And those who can survive from the brutal war to the present cannot still have the weak, and it is the essence of the German armored forces that has appeared after fierce competition.

"Armor-piercing bullets!" The battle is not over, and the defenders of Mainz are still under intense pressure. Behind Lin Shuo's armored battalion were two vital pontoon bridges, which were positions that his troops could not give up no matter what.

Because I never thought that the Germans would launch a counterattack, or that the Germans would launch a powerful counterattack on such a scale at this moment. The Ming troops who had successfully crossed the river during the day had now been scattered throughout the Mainz bend.

The German counterattack came so suddenly that the Ming army had not even been able to effectively assemble the German tanks. Under these circumstances, a large number of Ming troops who crossed the river were divided and surrounded, and they could not communicate effectively with each other, and the Ming army in the bend department fell into confusion and unfavorable command.

An important mode of combat of armored forces, breaking through positions, cutting off contacts, causing chaos. On this night was vividly played by the last elite of the German armored forces.

Although the Germans' special operations forces destroyed several Ming pontoon bridges in a decisive manner, the Ming army still had several passable pontoon bridges in their hands. The Ming troops on the east bank of the Rhine joined the battle through these pontoon bridges from afar, otherwise the battle might have been over long ago.

The German infantrymen, dressed in the uniforms of various units, were ferocious and unusually fierce, constantly running back and forth from place to place under the fierce fire of the defenders, and gradually approaching the defenders' positions. These German officers and soldiers carried several grenades with them, and often used precise grenades to blow up the positions of the Ming army everywhere.

Rommel took this counterattack very seriously, and the troops he invested were all elite units carefully selected from the remaining German army. Almost every one of these last elites of the German army was a strong man, and they were all valuable veterans, whose combat will and technical and tactical level were very high.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

A series of loud noises sounded near Lin Shuo's chariot. The fire from the explosion even made Lin Shuo, who was lying on the periscope, feel a burning sensation in his eyes.

Lin Shuo, who was extremely experienced in the battlefield, instantly heard that this was the sound of a grenade exploding, and it was impossible for his own people to pull the grenade here, and the only explanation was that the German infantry had infiltrated it.

"Reverse! Reversing! Lin Shuo shouted to his driver, "Backwards!" Step back! ”

Lin Shuo, who had fought brutal wars on the battlefield for several years, had seen many times how his tanks were destroyed by the infiltrated enemy infantry with anti-tank grenades, cluster grenades and even ******. Faced with such a situation where the enemy army does not even know where it is, the best option is to get out of the danger zone immediately. (To be continued.) )