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If you want to survive, you must rescue your own troops, even if the casualties are not small, as long as you can rescue most of the troops, then he is at fault, but he is not guilty of death. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIt's just that at this time, how can he rescue the 20,000 Ming officers and soldiers who are trapped in the encirclement and fire network?

By this time, a large number of German infantry stationed in the wilderness had also moved into position through the communication trenches. They blocked the way for the Ming army to retreat to the river bank with intensive firepower, and at the same time blocked the road for the reinforcements of the Ming army. In fact, if the weather is fine, the dry ground is conducive to vehicle movement. The armoured forces of the Ming army only needed a single charge to break the Germans' blockade.

It's a pity that now the rain is pouring down, and the land has already been soaked into a swamp by dense rainwater. Heavy vehicles can't be driven in this muddy field. And it is also difficult for the infantry to exert its combat effectiveness. In this case, only artillery will be able to maintain its combat effectiveness.

The artillery of the Ming army was already about to turn the barrels red. However, these field guns, with a maximum caliber of 203 mm, could not pry through the thick fortifications of the defenders. Their shells fell on those fortifications to no avail.

As for the bombardment of German positions in the wilderness, not to mention the problem of shooting accuracy in such a rainy night. Heavy rain poured down, and the power of artillery under the muddy ground was greatly reduced.

"I can't rush out." Huang Gu, who was holding a telescope to observe, only looked at it for a few minutes and immediately understood that the Ming army, which was blocked from retreating, could not rush out at all. If this trend continues, this force will be completely wiped out before dawn.

"Since you can't rush out, let's rush in." Things have reached this point where they can't be worse, Huang Gu, who was sweating profusely in the rainy night, calmed down, and found the only possible way out at this time in a short time, "Order the troops to continue to attack the city of Liège, and all rush to the city to wait for reinforcements!" ”

The city of Liège is about thirty kilometers from the German border. It is one of the most important cities in Belgium. With a total of 7 railways and 17 highways, and a population of more than 200,000, the city is definitely a large city on the continent of Europa.

The entire city of Liège was surrounded by twelve fortress batteries and was heavily garrisoned. Outside the city was a ring of towering dirt slopes lined with fortified batteries and fortifications, but there was no strong defense inside the city.

Most of the Belgian defenders were stationed in the fortifications around it, and the main German forces were stationed in the wilderness. In this city of more than 200,000 people, only part of the logistics baggage and liaison troops existed at this time. The total number of troops is less than 10,000.

At this time, the assault force of the Ming army was only about a kilometer away from the city of Liege. The only way out for them was to storm the city of Liège and hide from the defenders with the help of its buildings. Otherwise, they will all die in the wilderness without shelter.

After receiving the order from Huang Gu, the Ming infantry who had been suppressed in the wilderness by dense fire began to surge out, rushing towards the city of Liege not far away.

The defenders also clearly discovered the intentions of the Ming army, and their artillery and machine-gun fire became more and more intense. At the same time, the German troops stationed in the wilderness began to send reinforcements to try to enter the city of Liège. It's just that the Ming army, which was already in a desperate situation, suddenly broke out after seeing a glimmer of hope.

More than 10,000 elite Ming officers and soldiers, compared with the infantry divisions in those infantry group armies, the infantry that can be incorporated into the armored group army is basically a carefully selected elite unit. They are well-trained and well-equipped, and at the same time have high morale. Even now, after a blow of this magnitude, there was no sign of collapse, and under the leadership of officers of all ranks, they rushed towards the city of Liège in the pouring rain.

The distance, which was originally only one kilometer, was only a short distance for the elite infantry of the Ming army. But at this moment, when bullets are pouring out in all directions, and the ground is muddy and difficult to walk, this not long road has become a death passage.

The long chain of bullets mixed with tracer bullets kept disappearing into the ranks of the Ming army. Flying meteor-like shells kept flying, tearing and heavy rain fell on the Ming army, and every loud bang and flash would take the lives of the Ming officers and soldiers.

The officers and men of the Ming Dynasty withstood the blow with amazing endurance and strong courage. On this kilometer of the road, there were the corpses of Ming officers and soldiers who could not afford to die, covered in mud and rain. The blood gushing out of Bobo stained all the water stains on the ground a crimson color.

Thousands of Ming officers and soldiers fell on this road. Many of the wounded were too injured to move and died of excessive bleeding. On this night, the Ming army suffered a huge blow, and the losses were so great that the Ming army carried out a large-scale killing operation against the defenders in retaliation.

After many hardships, the Ming army finally rushed into the city of Liège.

After the Industrial Revolution, European cities no longer had castle-like construction, and there were no walls around the city. The Ming army was able to enter the city directly through the main road.

The Ming officers and soldiers poured into the city like a raging tide, and then took refuge in the many buildings. With these bunkers protected from sturdy materials, the Ming army finally had a chance to catch their breath. The city of Liège originally had a population of more than 200,000, and although many people fled the city due to the approaching war, there were still a large number of civilians in the city at this time.

The artillery fire of the Belgian army was soon weakened. If they want to continue attacking the Ming army, they will have to open fire on their own cities, their own citizens.

The Belgians mobilized several times after the outbreak of war, mobilizing more than a million troops throughout the country. Although there are a lot of them, the elite troops have basically been wiped out by the Ming army on the Russian battlefield. As for the Belgian defenders stationed at the fortress of Liège, they basically did not participate in formal battles before the Ming army was killed, and they seriously lacked battlefield experience.

Under these circumstances, the Belgian defenders were reluctant to continue firing at their own nationals in the city. And the German army, which had been tested on the battlefield for a long time, knew what kind of fate it would be if the Ming army in the city was relieved. They strongly demanded that the Belgian defenders continue to fire and wipe out all the Ming troops.

However, both the batteries and the artillery within them were in the hands of the Belgian army. The demands of the German troops were ruthlessly rejected by the Belgian defenders. The Belgians, believing that the Ming army had suffered heavy losses and had fallen into a desperate encirclement, decided to send men to persuade them to surrender.

In the middle of the night, the roar of guns on the battlefield gradually subsided. Lieutenant General Jiang Tao, commander of the 51st Mechanized Infantry Division, the commander of the Ming army who stormed the city of Liège, used delaying tactics and constantly rubbed time with the Belgian negotiators. While saying that they could negotiate on surrender, they strengthened their garrison and continued to resist.

Seeing the time pass by minute by minute, the Germans were anxious but helpless. They could only report the situation on the battlefield to Rommel, who was far away in Brussels.

Rommel, who received the telegram, was shocked and hurriedly approached the Belgian army commander and asked him to immediately order the front-line troops to continue the attack and destroy the Ming army. The Belgian commander, however, stated that he had no right to order his troops to attack his own nationals, and that this was required by order of His Majesty.

Rommel hurried to the palace to ask the King of Belgium for orders, and by the time all the aspects had been discussed, it was almost dawn.

Two Belgian infantry divisions and one German infantry division quickly departed from the Brussels area for reinforcements in the Liège area, while the Belgian army commanders on the Liege front also saw through the Ming army's delaying tactics and launched another attack. Unfortunately, several hours had passed, and the Ming army had recovered from the panic and firmly controlled an area in the city of Liège.

As soon as the sky was brightening, the rain in the sky began to weaken. Hundreds of Ming fighters braved great risks and rushed into the battlefield in the wind and rain to provide support to the front-line troops. Tons and tons of bombs were dropped on the positions of the defenders, and hundreds of Ming transport planes were fearlessly and courageously airdropped to the Ming troops in the city at low altitudes to support.

The defenders used all available anti-aircraft fire to attack the Ming army's transport forces. The battle loss rate of more than 100 Ming army transport planes on the voyage was as high as nearly half!

The losses of the Daming Army Aviation were not wasted. The Ming army, which had been exhausted after a night of hard fighting, and was about to run out of ammunition and supplies with them, was greatly replenished after receiving the supplies sent by the army aviation pilots with their lives. On the part of the defenders, morale has been severely damaged.

When the commander of the German 22nd Lost Infantry Division, Hans. Lieutenant General Huber looked at a piece of Ming army airdrop material that had been blown down to his position because of a parachute, and shouted in grief: "We lost this war." ”

When the Ming Army's army transport aircraft airdropped supplies to the trapped infantry, in addition to various weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies, they also airdropped a large amount of filled beer, fresh apples, and even a large number of disposable underwear!

And one has only to look at the hard bread and dark and hard bacon eaten by the ragged German officers and soldiers to understand why General Huber made such an emotion.

The strength between the two sides is not on the same level at all!

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