Chapter 23: The Prototype of the "Blitzkrieg".

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In his own command room, Matsui Ishine not only thought for himself, but also mobilized all his staff officers to think of a way to use what method could be used to crack the enemy's "blitzkrieg", and with the wisdom of little Japan, how could it be possible to crack the "blitzkrieg", and there was not even a door, only a country with a vast territory like the Soviet Union, in the case of burying millions of elite troops, came up with a "great defense in depth" to crack Germany's "blitzkrieg". It is said that the current battlefield is that the distance between Changzhou and Xideng is no more than 150 kilometers, and what can little Japan do to establish a large-depth defense.

Although Matsui Shigen, a cunning old devil, did not think of a way to crack the "blitzkrieg", he would definitely not sit idly by, and hurriedly ordered the Third Division, which had now been surrounded in Changzhou City, to hold on and wait for reinforcements, and at the same time to step up the construction of street fighting fortifications in the city.

In the field, Matsui Ishine ordered the 9th Division to establish several defensive lines in front of Rommel, and asked the 9th Division to dig a large number of anti-tank trenches. In such a short period of time, there was no way to dig a large number of anti-tank trenches, thanks to a reminder from a staff officer, the Dizhou soldiers turned their worries into joy:

"Your Excellency Division Commander: Because our artillery has basically lost all the losses under the bombardment of the Chinese Air Force, but we have enough shells and a lot of explosives, we might as well dig a pit in the ground and put a few shells or a large number of explosives, we can use shells and explosives to directly blow up a big crater, which can also play a role in hindering the enemy's tanks."

The little Japanese are indeed not stupid, and they quickly solved the biggest problem of anti-tank trenches, and even the foxholes of the little devils can be blown up with explosives or shells, when the little devils fire their artillery on their positions, Rommel is still 20 kilometers away from the defensive line of the Japanese 9th Division, and he will arrive in front of the Japanese position in half an hour, and he does not know how Rommel, known as the "desert fox", will face the undulating craters in front of the small Japanese position.

All kinds of information on the battlefield were also sent to Zhang Jun's command room in a timely manner, and the huge sand table was placed in the center of the command room, and the deputy army commander Yu Jishi, Shi Zhongzhong and the chief of staff: Qiu Qingquan, and the staff group: dozens of German professional staff officers all gathered around the sand table, and discussed the current battle situation in a whisper, and from the festive look on their faces, it could be seen that the war situation was developing very smoothly.

"Commander-in-Chief Zhang: This is a telegram sent back by a reconnaissance plane, there is about one division of the enemy in front of Rommel's armored assault group, and a large number of shells and explosives are being used to blow up various large craters, and at the same time, it is found that about two divisions are avoiding the frontal defense line, interspersed with the rear of Rommel's armored assault group from the east and west, and a large number of Japanese troops are shrinking towards Danyang City."

The correspondent handed Zhang Jun a telegram and a large number of aerial photographs, and after reading the telegram, Zhang Jun carefully examined those photos, which could truly reflect the deployment of Japanese troops, and in such an urgent situation, it was impossible for little Japan to have the energy to "direct" such a big false military move.

Based on this information, Zhang Jun can analyze Matsui Ishine and make the following points:

First, Matsui Ishone's tactical arrangement can be summarized as a defensive counterattack, interspersed with encirclement, and truncated logistics. Zhang Jun's 74th Army is a fully mechanized army, and it relies more on logistics, but the problem is that small Japan has the ability to defeat more than 100,000 German armies behind Rommel in order to cut off the logistics supply of Rommel's armored assault group.

The 88th and 87th German divisions of the Central Army respectively established defensive lines to block the two roundabout troops of the Japanese army, and the 36th Division was in the center ready to support at any time, teaching more than 30,000 people in the corps to go south with all their might, keeping up with the pace of Rommel's attack, and the encirclement of Changzhou City was fully handed over to other central armies or local troops.

Second, Zhang Jun judged that Matsui Shigen gave up the plan to fight back at the Xideng line, according to the front-line intelligence, after the Japanese occupied the Xideng line, the Japanese army did not blow up the permanent cement fortifications on the Xideng line, the Xideng line was built by Zhang Jun, only two fronts had perforations, and there was no perforation in the two directions of the trenches, the Japanese army in the second stage of the battle of Songhu, and then the Xideng line could suffer heavy casualties, if it were not for the support of the chariot wing, the casualties would be even more heavy After the team took the initiative to abandon the Siden Line, the Japanese army fully occupied the Siden Line, and now the squadron has recaptured the Siden Line, and the little Japan wants to break through easily, it is absolutely impossible, Zhang Jun estimates that Matsui Shigen must regret dying, why didn't he order to blow up those damn permanent fortifications! There is no regret medicine in the world that is sold.

Third: Zhang Jun judged that Matsui Ishigen, the old devil, was going to make a desperate bet, and then set up a defensive position full of craters on his front, block his frontal armored assault group, and then send two divisions to outflank his own rear road, Matsui Ishine wanted to eat his own armored assault group in one bite, this appetite was too great, and it was too whimsical to rely on the Japanese army of only three divisions, and without the support of the air force and a large number of artillery, he wanted to eat his own 74th Army. In response to Matsui Shigen's battle bet, Zhang Jun is next, and at the same time sent corresponding troops to deal with it, there should be no big problem.

Fourth, Zhang Jun could feel that Matsui Ishine had realized his current huge crisis, and ordered some troops that had not participated in the war to quickly shrink their defenses to Danyang City, just to fight the trapped beasts, to wait for domestic reinforcements or changes in the international situation. Matsui Ishine absolutely knew that the commander of the Chinese side was a German-Chinese, and Japan's request for Germany to recall German instructors Matsui Ishine had also received a notice, and Matsui Ishine believed that as long as the German "demon" left, the factional struggle and power struggle within the squadron would create a good opportunity for him to turn defeat into victory.

After analyzing some of Matsui Shigen's relevant tactical arrangements in his heart, Zhang Jun immediately sent a report to Rommel and Gui Yongqing of the Central Teaching Corps:

"Order Rommel to immediately lead the 74th Army armored assault group and the 51st and 57th Divisions to bypass the frontal Japanese defense line, detour back to the rear of the Japanese army and attack, and the 30,000-strong infantry of the Central Command Corps will attack head-on."

Of course, Zhang Jun's arrangement makes sense, all kinds of big potholes in front of the small Japanese position are a mortal threat to the tank, don't think about coming up if you fall, but the infantry is different, you need cover when you attack! And the big pit blown up by the little devil is a very good bunker! According to aerial reconnaissance, small Japan only blew up countless big pits in front of itself, and in the back, because of the urgency of time, there were no fortifications at all, so it seems that the 9th Division of Little Japan is already meat on the chopping board of the squadron, and it can be chopped no matter what.

Rommel took more than 50,000 people of the 74th Panzer Army, rode more than 1,000 cars and countless carriages, and began to detour at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour, and a standing division of Japan was about 20,000 people, and almost five lines of defense were established, with 2,000 people on each line, even if there were some other scattered troops to help the 9th Division defend the flank, the Japanese troops in the position of the entire 9th Division would not exceed 30,000 people, and the Japanese troops behind the 9th Division did not come up to reinforce or approach the 9th Division, Instead, he is shrinking his defense to Danyang City, and it seems that Matsui Ishine is making a two-handed plan, if the troops sent by Matsui Ishine are surrounded or annihilated by the Chinese side, Matsui Ishine still has Danyang City in his hands, which is a material hoarding place for small Japan, and there can be no mistakes.

After Zhang Jun gave the order, he felt that he was too tired, and in the past few days, he commanded the battle, and basically rested for no more than three hours a day, and was woken up by various military situations, and he washed his face with hot water without waking up, and then drank a cup of strong coffee and started his day's work again. Zhang Jun's originally handsome face has now become a little pale, because of the lack of rest and sunshine, Yu Jishi saw the exhausted Zhang Jun, and asked with concern:

"Commander-in-chief, can your body still support it? Or you go and rest, I'm here to watch, there's a major military situation I'm calling you. ”

Zhang Jun, who was smoking a cigarette, took a strong puff of cigarette, let nicotine infect his lungs, and then recovered a little, and then said to Yu Jishi very tiredly:

"Then please General Yu, I will take a nap on the sofa in the command room, and ask General Yu to order the air force to open the way for Rommel's armored assault group, so that Rommel can make a detour to the enemy's rear with the least sacrifice and cost."

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Zhang Jun went to the sofa in the command room to take a nap, Yu Jishi temporarily took over the command, and now in the former enemy headquarters, everyone admires Zhang Jun's five-body throw, no one likes the generals who can bring them victory, no matter how elite the troops, if they fail continuously, they will have no morale, because Zhang Jun is now only a colonel of the German SS, but the troops he commands are as many as 550,000 people, and there are a lot of Chinese lieutenant generals and generals under his command, and everyone takes the initiative to call Zhang Jun "commander-in-chief" in order to avoid the embarrassment of their commander-in-chief, And not to call him a military rank.

Two hours later, more than 30,000 people of the Central Teaching Corps arrived at the front of the Japanese 9th Division and began to make preparations for the attack, such as deploying artillery, calculating the elements, sending artillery observers and reconnaissance troops, etc., and Rommel would reach the back of the 9th Division in an hour and launch an attack.

The more than 30,000 people of the central teaching corps in front of them set up a formation, which really made the Japanese army feel like they were facing a great enemy, and used most of their troops for frontal defense, but the little Japan knew that the order received by these 30,000 people was a feint, that is, to let the soldiers on both sides climb into the big pit and shoot at the Japanese army, fight a war of attrition, and attract the strength of the Japanese army, but the real killing move was Rommel's armored assault group, which could reduce the casualties of its own soldiers and maximize the advantages of the armored assault group.

An hour later, the battle started as promised, Gui Yongqing did not reserve, as soon as he came up, he sent half of the soldiers to disperse and climb into the various shapes of pits in front of the Japanese position, and the Japanese army launched a medium-distance fire, and Gui Yongqing's artillery was also a desperate shelling of the Japanese position, such a battle, it was obviously the Japanese army suffered a big loss, but the Japanese army had no choice, but could only withstand the Chinese artillery bombardment and the squadron fire, the Japanese army's position countless gunpowder smoke rose into the sky, and at the same time flew into the air with the stump of the devil and the broken arm.

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