Chapter 356: Driving Kou North (Part II)
Zhang Xuewu, who returned to Chengde, Rehe, had already realized that he must now put more pressure on Yue himself, so that he could feel that he was in a state of great overwhelm, so that he would not dare to easily launch an attack on the 10th Theater of Operations, and it was false to sweep away all the units of the Yue Army in North China, and it was also false to attack Jinzhou, which was firmly defended by the Yue Army, and the real purpose was to let Yue himself build a defensive line that they thought was extremely strong, and then relieve Yue Ben of his worries and concentrate his forces to drive away the remnants of the North China Front Army and join the Central China Army. The remaining troubles were left to Li Zongren on the Xuzhou battlefield to solve, and Li Zongren also waited for a long time to work at ease, hoarded a large amount of materials and ammunition, and the troops of the Fifth Theater of Operations were fully capable of fighting against Yue Kou after full training and deployment.
Gao Fei kept putting forward the strategic deployment of attacking the northeast, let him sit on pins and needles, and at the same time obtain materials from the Soviet side, and transferred all five light cavalry regiments to the northwest cluster to join the northwest cluster, and transferred the tiger division and three armored regiments to join the northwest cluster battle sequence, deputy commander Hao Wenbin personally supervised the battle, pacified the northwest within three months, completely uprooted its local forces such as Nyingma and Ganma, and operated the northwest into a stable rear of the tenth theater. Let his lifeline Yumen Oilfield always be under the threat of others' soldiers, which Zhang Xuewu can't do no matter what.
In fact, Zhang Xuewu wanted to recover the three northeastern provinces more than anyone else, because only the three northeastern provinces could take over the industrial system established by Yuben in Mukden, Benxi, Anshan, Changchun, Qiqihar, Harbin and other places, rich iron ore and copper mines, plus rare metals from the Ordos open-pit mine in Mongolia, coal, gold, copper and aluminum mines in Shanxi, and most importantly, Jewish drilling experts in the Yumen oilfield, who were able to drill to a depth of more than 1,400 feet through the innovation and improvement of Soviet deep well technology. That means that Zhang Xuewu already has the necessary conditions to develop the Daqing Oilfield.
However, Zhang Xuewu also knows very well that what he needs now is patience and waiting for the time to come, saying that a large-scale attack by the Kwantung Army has exhausted the materials he has been preparing for a counteroffensive for more than two years, so that his vitality is greatly damaged, and the Kwantung Army has replenished its troops and weapons and materials through the Korean sea, and it will only take half a year to restore the pre-war state, although the losses of experienced veterans and officers are irreplaceable, but his industrial strength is also obvious to all, and the Americans during World War II are tantamount to smashing down himself with national strength, and the Soviets also relied on a large amount of aid from the allies and their industrial base to consume the Germans, so before there is no qualitative leap effect, quantity is also a very important condition, just like Zhang Xuewu now has three armored divisions, but he still feels very stretched, the new divisions of the subordinate Youth Army are only equipped with light tank battalions and medium tank companies, and the Tiger Ben and the Honor First Division are equipped with tank brigades, even so Zhang Xuewu feels that it is very difficult to maintain.
Originally, Zhang Xuewu's concept of money was not very strong, but since the support of the army, Zhang Xuewu was most worried about the problem of money, if there was no strategic materials such as rubber purchased by the Shen family from the United States, if there was no Zhou Ying, a rich and rival country, and even the full assistance of the leading tycoons of the underground world who could even threaten the American economy in terms of funds, even if they sold hundreds of tons of heroin every year, they could not afford to raise such a large number of troops, especially after the national political axe weaned them.
Zhang Xuewu also knew that his reckless military force had reached a very dangerous situation, so he also knew that the urgent need for delay now was to establish a set of his own financial system, read the power to issue currency, form a political party system, use the current very high personal prestige to engage in a personality cult, and establish a party army armed with ultra-nationalist ideology, only in this way can the superior surname of the system be guaranteed first, and the centralized ownership system will make it easier for Zhang Xuewu to concentrate all the resources and give the troops the soul and soul of the army, so that the officers and soldiers understand what they are fighting for.
Hao Wenbin rushed to Yinchuan to make final preparations for the northwest cluster to sweep the northwest, while Zhang Xuewu returned to the special operation cluster headquarters in Baotou.
For Qin Buer and Yao Le Zhang Xuewu, they are still extremely relieved, and the original third special operations detachment has now been changed to the Police Department of the Supreme Command, which is responsible for overall security and security work.
After the report of the two operational captains and deputy captains, Gao Fei looked through the information, and the heat intensity of the flames weakened only 20 minutes after the bombing of the special incendiary bombs that bombed the 731 unit station, and the observation team braved the scorching heat and choking poisonous smoke, wearing full-body protective clothing, and driving a foxhound to break into the camp of the bombing center, and all the barracks, facilities, and warehouses were completely destroyed. Several important underground warehouse facilities were also completely burned and collapsed by the high temperature of the incendiary bombs, because the intensity of the air strike of the Chinese was not expected to be so large, the air defense facilities of the 731 were almost unprotected, and the limited number of underground bomb shelters were also dug shallowly, and there was no ventilation and breathing system equipped with reading power.
According to the records extracted by the combat detachment, although the temperature outside was minus 22 degrees, and the protective clothing of the crew members was also covered with metal aluminum foil reflective heat-proof cloaks, Hu Xincheng, who led the team, still felt that he was about to be roasted, and the temperature of the water tank of the foxhound suddenly rose, and after completing the use of photographic records to determine that all the marked targets had been completely destroyed, Hu Xincheng immediately issued an order to retreat.
According to the predetermined plan, the remaining five foxhounds carried the commando team to quickly evacuate the mission area, an hour and twenty minutes, the foxhounds traveled 60 kilometers on the vast snowfield before arriving at the scheduled evacuation point, due to the loss of two foxhounds chariots due to the airdrop, the remaining five foxhounds took another five team members, the team members in the semi-enclosed turret were almost frozen, and when they arrived at the destination, the team members in the car body were also numb all over the body, according to the reaction of the team members, the foxhounds can only be suitable for carrying three members at most, Moreover, the semi-enclosed turret has too many shortcomings, and the personnel half of the body is exposed, which is extremely vulnerable to sniper fire, so the team members participating in the war hope to develop an electric 20 mm or 37 mm battery that can be controlled by the commander, and the crew of the foxhound is also fixed at two or three people, and other team members can temporarily overcome it when temporarily retreating.
However, the process of the special forces retreat was also very thrilling, under the guidance of two BF-109K fighters who received the ground signal, after confirming that there was no threat from the ground nearby, they swayed their wings, and four Junkers 52 improved transport planes staggered down to the frozen lake. The sled board under the fuselage made the steel Annie, who looked a little clumsy herself, sway like a pelican in water, and it can be said that the tested Junkers 52 transport aircraft was still a little ill-prepared to deal with the sudden landing in freezing conditions, and the action was too risky, because the reconnaissance team on the ground could not confirm the thickness of the ice.
After the transport ship was safely behind, the team members who participated in the operation dug through the ice and abandoned all the additional armor and parts in the lake, the two combat vehicles entered the modified cargo compartment of the two transport aircraft, the last combat engineering version of the foxhound, after covering the wreckage of the burned combat vehicle with a bulldozer board in the tail, also entered the cargo hold of another aircraft, the fox hound only 2.1 tons after removing the additional armor and discarding spare parts and sundries, the length of the standard model is only 3.469 meters, the width of the vehicle is 1.82 meters, and the height of the vehicle is 1.99 meters. For the Junkers Fifty-two, which has been strengthened and modified with a 1,100-horsepower engine, it is still barely acceptable, and as for the 600 kilograms of additional armor, no one dares to risk carrying it, and it is dropped in batches when it is airdropped.
After watching the last Aunt Junker, who was loaded with a 2.5-ton engineering version of the foxhound, climb and evacuate with difficulty, all the team members quickly evacuated with the remaining three planes, and the remaining spare transport planes in the air flew towards Baotou together with the completion of the simple formation. The two BF-109Ks responsible for covering the escort joined up with the 48 fighters of the escort group in the air and successfully completed the escort mission.
After Zhang Xuewu read the report, he gently put the report on the table, the special forces participating in the war completed such a difficult task without any casualties, it can be said that it is fortunate, especially the special forces completed the radio guidance task behind the enemy for the first time, which is a crucial combat subject, almost all the troops have not received relevant training before, and it is indeed worth summarizing to be able to complete the task so well and effectively.
Zhang Xuewu's affirmation can be said to make all the staff officers of the special operations cluster present show a relieved smile, and a young combat staff officer is still very worried: "Report to the commander-in-chief, we have two advanced new combat vehicles wreckage fell into my hands, will there be any problems?" With the ability and experience of the combat detachment, shouldn't such a big mistake occur? They should be destroyed outright, or they should be targeted and guided to destroy. ”
Zhang Xuewu smiled slightly: "Don't be nervous, there is no problem, according to the combat plan, we have taken into account the loss of the airdrop, Hu Xincheng has dismantled and destroyed the key equipment under the condition of ensuring safety, as for the blasting and incineration destruction, it cannot be carried out before the task is completed, which will expose the target and cause the gains outweigh the losses." ”
(To be continued)