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Chapter 2031: The Last Battle

The fortified area, 20 kilometers east of the important town of Mergadai on the east bank of the Habur River, was the border defense line built by the German army at the beginning, and it was also repeatedly attacked by the German army as the attacking side in the more than a month-long offensive and defensive battle. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info (氵坤

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As a result, at 9 o'clock on the night of the 29th, the airborne Fourth Army under the command of Major General Jiang Zongyan, who had successfully carried out the airborne landing in an open area more than 20 kilometers south of the city of Melgardai, was attacked by the airborne Fourth Army under the command of Major General Jiang Zongyan, who had successfully carried out an airborne landing in an open area more than 20 kilometers south of the city of Melgardai, and in two hours of fighting, the defense line with five kilometers deep and basic facilities intact was taken.

At 8 o'clock in the morning of the 30th, the 24th Army was ordered to move south quickly, join up with the Airborne Fourth Army, and intercept the main German forces retreating westward.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, in the barracks west of the city of Melgardai, Lieutenant General Guo Sizheng, who had just slept and regained his spirits, walked into the underground headquarters, and Lieutenant General Sun Fu, political commissar, and Major General Jiang Zongyan, commander of the Fourth Airborne Army, hurriedly greeted him.

Guo Sizheng slashed his head and asked, "How is our current enemy?" ”

Sun Fu replied with a smile: "According to the news from the air force, the German army harassed the German army last night, during which hundreds of fighters were sent into this airspace, and five fighters were shot down by our air force.

"This morning, the German troops, under the frequent harassment of our air force, completed their assembly at 10 o'clock, and then the army began to move westward. An hour earlier, the Germans from the north had arrived at Badi, and the Germans from the south had arrived in Hlesier, where they were expected to engage us before nightfall! ”

Guo Sizheng nodded with relief, and asked again: "Have the Germans in the encirclement on the northern flank surrendered?" And on the southern flank, the general attack began at six o'clock in the morning, and now there should be results, right? ”

Jiang Zongyan, who joined the army in Lao Nanchang during the Chiang Gui War in 29 and graduated from the Syrian Non-commissioned Officer Academy in 32, and later went through the Syrian Aviation School, the Southwest Air Force Aviation University, and the National Defense University for further study, was a rising star in the Anjia Army, and his qualifications were not high; under the current situation that all departments in the theater were responsible for important duties, the Airborne Fourth Army, which had only been organized for more than half a year, was designated as a supplement to the 24 th Group Army, and at the same time, Jiang Zongyan himself was also appointed chief of staff to carry out the task of stopping it.

Seeing that Sun Fu was about to answer, Jiang Zongyan, who wanted to fulfill his duties as chief of staff, hurriedly took out a cigarette and lit it for Guo Sizheng and Sun Fu, and then said with a smile: "Let me introduce it...... Our army is on two fronts...... Oh no, it should be that the four-front operation is going well...... Commander, come and see ......."

Jiang Zongyan led Guo Sizheng to the large map that had already been hung, and picked up the baton: "On the northern flank front, although the commander's 24th Group Army moved south at 8 o'clock this morning, the combat strength of our army has not weakened much!" The remnants of the Germans were tired and hungry after a day and a night of fighting, and by the end of an hour there were only two of the six large encirclements left, and our 18th and 30th armies and the troops directly under the theater were enough to destroy the stubborn enemy, and the 1st Tank Group had been ordered to move west to Kamisli to rest and recuperate, and to respond to all fronts at any time. ”

Seeing the satisfied smile on Guo Sizheng's face, Jiang Zongyan was also very happy, and moved the baton in his hand to the south: "Look at this side again...... On the southern front, due to the early retreat of the German army last night, the 450,000 German troops successfully evacuated about 150,000, and the remaining 300,000 German troops were deployed on the west line of the Weinana-Deir ez-Zor and on both sides of the Euphrates River in the border fortified area.

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"Among them, the Second Tank Army and the Airborne Second Army and the Third Army as a surprise soldier are extremely tenacious, they have not had any rest after a long-distance attack for nearly ten hours, and immediately put into battle, the morale of the German troops who are covering the evacuation is not high, and the whole line collapsed after a fierce confrontation, and our army only took more than two hours to break through the three defense lines of the German army, occupy Weinana and Deir ez-Zor, and cut off the retreat of the German army, which led to the collapse of the entire front of the Eastern Road.

"The Germans were very vicious, blowing up all the crossings on the Euphrates and the Mayadin dam before retreating, and had it not been for the early warning of our air force, it is estimated that our troops advancing northwest along the river would have suffered great losses. At present, the cities in the middle and lower reaches of the Euphrates River have carried out flood disaster warnings. ”

Guo Sizheng said: "Beware of the enemy's dogs jumping under the wall to blow up the dam and replace the troops with water, this is originally in the emergency plan formulated by the theater command, and it should not be a big problem." However, in the event of flooding on both sides of the Euphrates, the offensive of our army would definitely be seriously affected, and the commander of the German army was a smart man! ”

Jiang Zongyan said with a smile: "The commander of the German army is the commander of Army Group A, Sigmunt. William. Field Marshal Lister Listter, with rich experience in leading troops, commanded the newly built Fourteenth Army in the autumn of 38 to participate in the invasion of Poland, and the following year served as the commander of the Twelfth Army, leading his troops to attack France, and was promoted to marshal for merit. In 40, he led the invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece, and then served as the commander of the Balkan occupation forces, and this year he was transferred to the Soviet-German battlefield and participated in the occupation of Stalingrad.

"Speaking of which, this person is still friends with our Chief Yin...... During his training in Berlin, Lister happened to be the principal of the Dresden Infantry School, and he had failed three exercises with him on the sand table, and later communicated with him many times when he was the division commander and corps commander of the Wehrmacht in Berlin. ”

Guo Sizheng was amused when he heard it: "I believe that this person has always been the defeated general of our Commander Yin, I believe that after this war, most of the German generals will think of the majestic Commander Yin during his study at the Army University in Berlin, and understand the terrible nature of our Anjia army, haha......"

Jiang Zongyan laughed, and after laughing, he continued to move the baton:

"Here...... To the southeast, following the 26th of Ewald. Feng. After the surrender of more than 200,000 German troops led by General Kleist, at one o'clock this morning, General Paulus also led the remaining 170,000 German troops to surrender, so that our seventh, eighth, thirteenth, and fourteenth armies would be free, and the third and fourth tank groups could also be restored to form and thrown into the battle of annihilation of the largest German army in the encirclement. ”

Guo Sizheng counted on his fingers: "Up to now, we have successfully eliminated the three major combat clusters of the German army, and the total strength of the enemy is as high as more than 1.3 million, and almost all of them are the most elite troops in Germany. ”

Jiang Zongyan said with a smile: "If we add the German troops wiped out on the northern flank and in the area west of Lutbai, then the Germans have lost at least 1.8 million troops at present, plus the losses suffered by the German troops who took the initiative to retreat to the desert and the Gobi on the southern flank today and in the future, the number of losses of the German army in West Asia may be as high as four million......

"In the early hours of this morning, the German Zalmut cluster suddenly withdrew westward, and after we found out in the early morning, the German army had withdrawn into the Syrian desert, and our 11th Air Division launched a continuous attack, and the 17th Army followed the pursuit, and the results were very large, and it is estimated that even half of the German troops who fled back to Damascus in the end will not have it!"

Guo Sizheng was finally relieved: "In this way, as long as we hold out for a day or two, and wait for the liberated troops from the north and south flanks to pounce, the Germans in the encirclement have no choice but to surrender!" ”

Jiang Zongyan smiled: "It's exciting to think about the two German marshals in the encirclement...... After this battle, we are going to be famous! ”

Sun Fu was a little worried: "There has never been a precedent for a marshal to be captured in Germany before, and it is estimated that the Germans will do everything possible to save their generals, and the best choice is to transport it by air...... According to the intelligence department's reconnaissance, the Germans have transferred many wooden planes from Europe that are modeled after our transport planes, and the sky will probably be very lively these two nights! ”

Guo Sizheng was stunned for a moment: "Is it the kind of wooden plane that can have a maximum load of five tons, a cruising speed of only more than 100 kilometers, and can glide with the engine turned off above 500 meters?" ”

Seeing Sun Fu nodding in confirmation, Guo Sizheng frowned: "That kind of plane is really difficult to deal with, because the fuselage is all wooden, after turning off the engine in the air, it is silent, as long as it can land safely, it can transport away some German troops." ”

Jiang Zongyan frowned when he saw Guo Sizheng and Sun Fu, thought about it and said in a low voice: "Commander, political commissar, according to the information I have received, our air force has received an order not to intercept these transport planes, so we can see the attitude of the above, and I don't want to leave these German generals behind!"

"If all goes well, we will eat four million German troops, while the total population of Germany is only 60 million, and the number of servicemen of appropriate age is less than 15 million, and now the Wehrmacht is less than 12 million, which means that we have eaten almost a third of the German army, and it is the most elite army in Germany.

"If these experienced generals were to make dumplings in one go, the Germans would not only lose on the Soviet-German battlefield, but also in Western Europe and North Africa...... The Germans collapsed too quickly, which is not conducive to our interests, so the ordinary soldiers of the German army should all stay, but their commanders can be let go quietly! ”

Guo Sizheng and Sun Fu suddenly realized, nodded again and again, and had a little more understanding for the next battle.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the retreating German advance finally encountered the intercepting troops of the An Jiajun, and the great battle broke out!

"Forward, for the Führer, for the Empire, there is no enemy and no self!"

"Kill a bloody way back home!"

"Parents, wives and children at home are waiting for us to ......"

Similar sensational slogans, accompanied by overwhelming shouts of killing and the sound of a terrible whistle, resounded in front of the Anjia army's defense line, but the Germans made a lot of noise, but it was unusually calm in their western Anjia army's blocking position.

"Attention, the Germans have come to die! Platoons and squads, put close to the fight, cleanly destroy the enemy, no one can break through from our defensive positions......"

The platoon commanders and political work cadres of the Anjia Army at the grassroots level roamed around various sections of the positions to carry out simple but effective mobilization, and the officers and men of Anjia, who had been in battle for a long time, calmly observed the approaching German troops and waited for the battle order to be issued.

"At a distance of 1,500 meters from the target, about 40 German tanks have come within range of our anti-tank artillery, but in order to ensure the hit rate, the anti-tank guns must fire within 800 meters of the German tanks."

At the headquarters of each regiment and battalion not far from the front-line positions, the regimental and battalion commanders issued orders to the various anti-tank fire points through battlefield telephones.

"Attention to the snipers in each fire platoon and each squad and platoon, focus on shooting the commander of the enemy army, I don't ask you to achieve much success, I only hope that you can accurately defeat the grassroots command system of the Germans, so that they can chaos without a fight!" The company commanders on the front line loudly reminded the essentials and requirements of the operation.

"The artillery support units, the first round focused on the tanks of the Germans, and their infantry handed over to our infantry to pack up ......"

"Everyone relax, the Germans are the last of the crossbows, don't be too nervous, just train as usual......"

Battlefield information fed back from observation posts, accompanied by the explosion of shells fired by German tanks at the front of the attack queue falling on the position, drifted back and forth over the position.

As the flares fired by the Germans continued to rise into the air, the earth became clear, and the figures of the Germans in the distance gradually grew larger and larger in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of Anjia, and one by one they walked into the crosshairs of general-purpose machine guns, automatic rifles and sniper rifles.

"Fire!"

As the battle order was issued, the first to speak were the 128-mm, 105-mm, and 88-mm anti-aircraft guns captured from the Germans, as well as the 75mm cannons of the Anjia Army, which had long barrels and were placed near the ground level in the rear of the front-line positions.

The muzzle flame flashed, and after the huge cannon was ejected, a huge wave of propulsion gas set off a puff of smoke and dust on the ground, and some sand and soil splashed in all directions under the shock wave of the powerful shock wave, hitting the bare skin of the person, and even blood.

And in the face of such a powerful anti-tank weapon, the German tank, which rushed to the front, received the most brutal blow. In order to ensure the hit rate of artillery, often several guns are aimed at the same target at the same time, although there is a waste of ammunition in this way, but the advantage of concentrated shooting is also immediately apparent, due to the visual error caused by the night, some shells just rubbed the German tanks to fly to the rear, but there are still a large number of shells hit the target, and more than a dozen German tanks were hit by large-caliber armor-piercing shells, and instantly restored to the state of parts.

The Germans were very familiar with their artillery, and seeing that the weapons that originally belonged to them were used by the squadron to block their own attack, the German tanks and infantry were annoyed and began to sprint and accelerate.

"Shoot!"

When the Germans broke through to a distance of 400 meters, the Anjia infantry began to perform, and the various types of guns that had been being aimed at for a long time formed a dense network of fire in front of the Germans in a short time, and the German soldiers who were advancing in a skirmish formation in the middle of the tanks fell in rows.

"Team leader, when is it our turn...... The fraternal troops are fighting so lively, we shouldn't stand idly by! "On the heavy howitzer position at the rear of the position, listening to the dense gunfire that broke out from the front position, some fighters could not sit still and asked the leader of the artillery group.

"What's the hurry, it's just a tentative attack of the Germans, and the infantry can solve it alone. When they got to the back, the Germans who were eager to flee rushed over in a dense manner, and it was estimated that the order to fire from above would make you guys not even have time to eat! ”

The leaders of the artillery team have dismissed their brothers. For example, the number of people in the crew of the 105-mm mountain howitzer is seven, the crew of the Dongfeng I 150-mm heavy cannon is fifteen, the number of people in the crossbow II 150-mm heavy cannon is twelve, and the number of people in the crossbow II 120-mm heavy cannon is nine.

In the face of a dense hail of bullets, the Germans retreated, but only a quarter of an hour later the second wave of German attacks was launched, and they were immediately met with more intense fire than the last.

After dropping a body and the wreckage of several tanks, the Germans stopped their offensive and the battlefield slowly fell silent.

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