Chapter 136: Fierce Battle of Baku (2)
'Di ~ Di ~ Di ~' The signal light on the high-power radio station flashed constantly, and the telegraph operators with headsets were concentrating on sending and receiving telegrams. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Not far away, Major General Lu Zhiyuan, who had finally returned to his command car, was holding a pencil and a ruler and staring carefully at the map in front of him.
After a short while, the door of the command car was pushed open, and his chief of staff walked in with his military cap.
"How's it going?" Major General Lu Zhiyuan casually handed over the water cup next to him.
"The troops are all out of order." The chief of staff drank the water cup of Major General Lu Zhiyuan in one go, raised his hand and wiped his mouth, "It's too smooth." The Russians are more vulnerable than they think. They collapsed too quickly, and we were desperately pursuing, and now most of the troops were scattered on the offensive line. It's not good if the enemy counterattacks. ā
"I see that the military intelligence report said that the Russian Caucasian Army Group has a strong armored force." Major General Lu Zhiyuan frowned, looked at the map in front of him seriously, stretched out his finger and slowly slid on the map. After a moment of silence, he suddenly raised his head and looked at his chief of staff, "The opportunity is rare, now that the Russian army has been scattered, it is estimated that there will be no strong resistance before reaching Baku." Looking at the performance of the Russian army before, it is estimated that the armored unit is not very good. I was determined not to stop to gather the troops and continue to move forward quickly. plugged, the farthest point of attack is set in Nevtechara. There is the halfway point of the Baku to Lankaran railway line. ā
"Yes." The Chief of Staff nodded in response. Major General Lu Zhiyuan is the absolute military commander, and since he has made up his mind, he must do what he is ordered.
At this time, it was already three days after Zhang Cheng's army captured Lian Kelan. The 2nd Armored Division made a rapid assault all the way according to Zhang Cheng's order, and after Mathare defeated the organized resistance of the Russian army, it was completely rejoicing. In the absence of effective resistance, large groups of troops began a race. They didn't even care about the prisoners along the way, they were all desperately rushing forward and assaulting.
The rapid assault of the Ming armored forces completely disrupted the entire military deployment of the Russian army south of Baku. The response of the Russian army could not keep up with the speed of the Ming army's assault at all, and it could only be constantly passive and passive. It is completely impossible to organize effective action. The Ming army used its strong strength to give the Russians a vivid practical lesson.
And in the course of these days. In Far East Asia, the Japanese landing force landed in Busan, Ryukyu and Anmy, Guam and Saipan in Korea, escorted by the navy. The front is extremely strong. Because these places were in the inner line all the year round, the defense strength was not strong, and they were soon defeated by the demoralized Japanese.
The U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet stationed in San Diego and the Daming Navy's Pacific Fleet stationed in Hawaii engaged in a brief skirmish, in which several destroyers on each side were wounded. Although because of the Japanese anti-water, the navigation from the mainland to Hawaii was cut off. However, ships departing from Australia only need to make a slight detour to reach Hawaii without any problems. What's more, as the most important overseas military base, the Hawaiian Islands are stocked with mountains and seas of materials, and the garrison is extremely strong. At least for a short time, you don't have to worry about anything.
The U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet escorted a large number of transport ships from ports around Florida to attack Venezuela, the last stronghold of the Ming Dynasty in the Americas. At the same time, special envoys were sent to lobby the countries of the Americas to join the anti-Ming alliance.
On the European side, the Spanish Air Force launched an air raid on the fortress of Gibraltar and launched a tentative attack. However, it was quickly repulsed in the face of strong defenses. French and German armies have invaded the Italian peninsula and are fully occupying the northern Italian colonies of the Ming Empire. At the same time, the French also launched air strikes on Malta and Tunisia.
The British, on the other hand, finally reclaimed the coveted London Concession. Whatever the future, at least for the moment the British are weeping with joy.
The agitated British smashed the shop, burned the Ming flag, and smashed the barbarian and dog tag in Central Park. At the same time, a large number of Chinese who did not leave the concession area and the British living in the concession area were arrested.
The Chinese can say that after all, the Ming Dynasty has been in the world for so many years, and the British don't dare to make a mistake, so they are just locked up for the time being. But the British, who lived in the concession area, were in bad luck and were accused of being traitors. Many were killed in the chaos, and the rest were sent to concentration camps.
The Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Norway and other countries have sent troops to reclaim their colonies, and at the same time sent representatives to attend the high-level EU summit in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. This meeting will determine the next step for the EU. Or rather, the main target.
The opponents were jumping and jumping very happily, and Daming was not idle here. Just a few hours after Zhang Cheng launched an attack on the Russian Caucasian Army, the Ming army deployed in the Urals and the Volga River launched an overwhelming attack on Russia. The main target of the Ming attack was still the scheduled Kazan.
At the same time, according to the order of Lord Shousuke, HNA planes were still frantically attacking and bombing the Japanese mainland. However, the effect is not ideal, and the loss is great.
Zhang Cheng is very concerned about these wars happening all over the world, but he can't care about the wars in distant places, at least for the time being. His primary target now remains Baku.
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Sergeant Lin Shuo sat in his chariot and closed his eyes to recuperate, even if the shaking was very strong because of the bumpy road, he did not express any dissatisfaction.
Zhang Cheng took the route of high quality and high quantity for the formation of the army, but he still admired the high-quality German soldiers during World War II. Therefore, he also formed and trained a group of very good front-line combat personnel. Including pilots, snipers, tank crews and much more.
Sergeant Lin Shuo originally lived in the colonial territory of South Africa, and his family owned a large manor there, and life was still good. However, when the news of the discovery of a large gold mine on the Boer land came a few years ago, Sergeant Lin Shuo's family was very moved, and they took the men of the family to the Boer land to prepare for the gold mine. The result was naturally tragic.
At the beginning, no one thought that the Boers would be so bold and reckless, and really dare to attack the people of the Ming Dynasty. It was only after they had been arrested, tortured, and killed many that it dawned on them that the Boers had gone mad.
Almost all of the elders in Lin Shuo's family fell on the land of the Boers. And Lin Shuo's luck was very good, and he successfully escaped. At that time, Lin Shuo, who was sad and angry, swore to the sky that he must avenge his family!
Later, Zhang Cheng waved his army to attack and wiped out the Boers in the first battle. Lin Shuo was very grateful to Zhang Cheng and was determined to follow this benefactor who avenged him.
After selling the family property, Lin Shuo returned to the mainland with his female dependents. Later, Zhang Cheng formed an armored force and began to recruit soldiers, so Lin Shuo went to sign up, and successfully passed the assessment and became an armored soldier.
Through arduous training and outstanding talent and courage, Lin Shuo soon performed well in the training and became one of the outstanding vehicle crews focused on training by the armored forces.
Lin Shuo was assigned to the Second Armored Division after completing the training, and when it was time for the war to start, he came under Zhang Cheng. This made Lin Shuo very excited, and it was finally time to repay the favor.
After Mathare defeated the Russian army, the rapid assault of the Ming troops gradually lost their unified formation. Everyone received an order to pursue the enemy, so let's chase it hard. Not only armored troops, but also hordes of infantry marched on various vehicles and even horses or on foot. As for the paratroopers, they stayed in Lenkoran to rest.
The roads built by the Russians are rotten, really rotten. Even Lin Shuo's personality, which had become extremely indifferent after the great changes in his family, was upset by this rotten road.
"Ringo." The driver raised his hand and pressed the throat intercom: "It's time for us to refuel." ā
"Hmm." Lin Shuo opened his eyes and nodded.
Lin Shuo's car crew stopped on a potholed, rugged road. Several crew members got out of the hatch and unloaded the oil drums tied to the Tiger tank, and then began to refuel their tanks.
These long-trained crews knew that a long march would inevitably require some fuel, especially in the event of a victorious pursuit. In fact, it is simply impossible for a tank to reach the speed and stroke of the theoretical design on a real battlefield. Many battlefield maneuvers can deplete fuel.
They are all veterans of long-term training, and they refuel very quickly. From time to time on this road there were other tanks, armored vehicles, trucks and even infantry on horseback. Of course, there were a lot of infantry on foot.
"Dude." Several troops of the 76 Infantry Division (even Koran amphibious landing) on foot on the road. The infantrymen's eyes lit up when they saw the tanks parked on the side of the road to refuel, and they hurriedly stepped forward to find Lin Shuo, "Can you take a ride?" The leading sergeant greeted him with a smile and took out two packs of unopened cigarettes and handed them over.
"Hmm." Lin Shuo took the cigarette and nodded. The 2nd Panzer Division and the 76th Infantry Division received orders to go to Nevtechara to assemble. Although he doesn't smoke much, it's okay to take a ride.
Lin Shuo's Tiger tank started again, continuing to move along the road, which was already crowded with all kinds of vehicles. Fortunately, his tanks were huge, big enough for the infantry to have a squeeze position.
There were so many cars on the highway that the smell of dust wafted through the air. Some of the infantrymen leading their horses on the road looked enviously at their companions who had hitched a ride. He waved his hand from time to time.
"We're mechanized infantry, too." The infantrymen on the tanks laughed and chatted and joked. At the same time, cigarettes are handed out and nicotine is used to numb the nervous emotions.
After driving for an unknown amount of time, Lin Shuo's tank passed through a place that had clearly just passed through the battle. Several tanks pulled off the road and stopped on the side of the road, and a group of infantry was dealing with large potholes and blood stains on the ground. Not far away, the road was littered with the corpses of more than a dozen Russian soldiers.
"There are enemy troops stationed in the village ahead." The words of his colleague made Lin Shuo's eyes light up instantly. (To be continued.) )