The Americans also played a successful tactical deception. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info they and the few high-level moles who were secretly tracked down quietly mixed false information with real information, and successfully deceived the Ming army. Let the Ming army believe that its main forces are not in the area around Washington.

When the Ming army believed that it was a rapid assault, the American army, which had quietly mobilized its troops, successfully launched an attack in the Richmond area and surrounded the Ming army's attacking force.

In fact, what the U.S. military wants to encircle is the main force of the First Armored Group, not just the three divisions of the Li Dongguo Combat Group. It's just that Li Dongguo's troops attacked too quickly, and their all-out attack on Richmond caused great pressure on the U.S. military, and such a huge plan would eventually be exposed. After all, the moles in the U.S. military and the U.S. top are not just those who are monitored and captured.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Bradley, the commander in charge of this attack, decided to eat Li Dongguo's troops first.

"What's going on?!" In the forward headquarters of the first armored group, Peng Kuo, as the commander, slammed his hat on the table with all his might, and shouted loudly with a flushed face, "The intelligence department eats X?!" Such a big move of the U.S. military didn't send any information at all!? ”

"Sir, what now?" The chief of staff asked aloud. The situation of the 1st Panzer Division is not good now. In the previous series of battles, there was a lot of attrition, and they hurriedly threw themselves into the attack again without replenishing them, which led to the decline in the combat strength of the entire First Armored Group.

The Li Dongguo Combat Cluster was its most powerful force, but now it was surrounded in the Richmond area. Most of the remaining troops of the 1st Panzer Group were still on their way to Richmond at this time, and they were simply unable to provide support to Li Dongguo in the encirclement in a short period of time.

At this moment, the closest friendly force to them is the second armored group, but they are also more than a hundred kilometers away. What was once a good situation now makes people feel like they are about to be unlucky?

"First send a telegram to the Supreme High Command and the General Staff to report this matter." Peng Kuo, who raised his hand to cover his forehead, sighed and said, "Send a telegram to the intelligence department again, asking them to confirm what the situation is now!" ”

Peng Kuo is a very experienced commander, and everything before is easy to say, it is not a big deal to compete for merit. But now that his troops are surrounded, and tens of thousands of people have fallen into the encirclement of the enemy, if this kind of thing is not reported to the higher authorities, then he will soon leave his post.

The intelligence on the front line was quickly sent back to the mainland, and many high-level departments of the Ming Dynasty were immediately mobilized. Even Zhang Cheng, who doesn't show up much now, personally came to the war room of the Supreme Command and convened many bigwigs in the army to discuss this matter.

"What does the intelligence service say?" Zhang Cheng was not angry because of this incident, after all, the performance of the military has always been good. It's just that Zhang Cheng knows very well that the intelligence department can't escape the involvement in this incident.

"We've confirmed that there's a problem on the inside side." As the head of the intelligence department, Wang Yan looked at the army bigwigs in the room, and said stubbornly, "Some heavyweight insiders have been detected, and they have been used to betray false information to us. And we have also shown signs of underestimating the enemy, which has led to problems in the identification of this false information. The intelligence services are responsible. ”

"Now is not the time to hold accountable." Zhang Cheng stretched out his hand and tapped lightly on the table in front of him, and said calmly, "What I want to ask is, what can you do about the current situation?" What can be done to help the Army. It's not a question of who is responsible. No one can do everything perfectly. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." Wang Yan's eyes were filled with gratitude. Zhang Cheng took away the responsibility of the intelligence department with a few fluttering words. Although it is said that an internal rectification is indispensable, this time it is obvious that it has passed. After a pause, Wang Yan continued: "The intelligence department has been fully mobilized to track down all the intelligence of the US military in an all-round way. Including its front-line troops, equipment, commanders and other intelligence information. Three days, I am here to assure you. It took the intelligence services a maximum of three days to sort out the whole thing. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Cheng nodded, looked at Wang Yan calmly and said, "Remember what you said." ”

The strength of the Ming intelligence department is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. This time, although it was said that it was drilled into the air by the Americans because of carelessness. But this is not to say that the Ming intelligence department is not good. Before Zhang Cheng took over, Daming's intelligence department was the most powerful on the planet. The Daming intelligence department, which was born from Jinyiwei, Dongxichang and other organizations, has a long and glorious history and experience.

After Zhang Cheng took over, the support for the intelligence department was unimaginable before. The magnitude of its investment shocked all those in the know. Once they are really serious, it will not be difficult to find out the intelligence of the Americans' operation. You must know that at this moment, the United States has lost and is decided. In this case, there are countless people who are willing to cooperate with the Ming intelligence department.

"Alright, now let's talk about the front." Zhang Cheng turned his gaze to the army bosses. Ask out loud, "What are you going to do?" ”

"All-out rescue." Lu Zhiyuan, who served as the deputy chief of the general staff of the army, said loudly: "Mobilize the front-line troops to rescue the besieged troops. Defeat the resistance of the American army in one fell swoop. ”

"Hmm." Xu Promise nodded, leaned back on the back of the seat, and said in a deep voice, "Then do it." ”

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At this time, the Li Dongguo combat group on the front line totaled three divisions, and more than 30,000 officers and soldiers were besieged in a narrow area south of Richmond. More than twenty kilometers to the south of them, on the south bank of the James River, was the location of the Ming Army's 1st Armored Group. This is also the closest unit to them.

In addition, in the western part of Virginia, about a hundred kilometers west of the first armored group, is the second armored group. Behind these two armoured groups was Army Group Atlantic, which consisted of Ming troops who had participated in the Battle of Tennessee. The 1st and 2nd Panzer Clusters were also in fact subordinate to the Reorganized Army Group.

The Ming army actually did not lack troops and equipment. The entire Atlantic armored cluster is unusually large, with more than 2 million officers and men in more than 80 divisional units. All kinds of tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery are all calculated in tens of thousands. Such a large force is not something that the current US military can resist.

The only gap is that now the entire Atlantic Army Group is deployed in a rather dispersed manner. It would take at least three days for the main force to reach Richmond. Whether Li Dongguo's troops were able to hold out for three days under the siege of the American army is a very serious question.

In fact, before the telegram from the Supreme Command arrived, Jun Mo, the commander of Army Group Atlantic, had already given Peng Kuo an order to make every effort to rescue the besieged troops.

Although the Ming Army has suffered great losses since the start of the war, many officers and soldiers have been bloodied on the battlefield, and countless weapons and equipment have been destroyed. However, no matter how serious the losses of the troops were, even when the casualty ratio was as high as nearly ninety percent at the height of the battle, the Ming army never won the history of the total annihilation of division-level troops.

Because the Ming Dynasty adopted a large-scale establishment, the division level was their basic combat unit. Each division has its own number and flag. This is also one of the reasons for the strong morale of the Ming army. The Ming Dynasty has not yet formed a division-level unit that has been annihilated.

As a front-line commander, Peng Kuo has an unshirkable responsibility to rescue his besieged troops. And regardless of how it will be resolved after the war, the battle on the battlefield is the most important thing now. For this reason, Peng Kuo ordered Li Dongguo to hold on until reinforcements arrived. While mobilizing his troops in a big way, he gathered along the banks of the James River and prepared to break through the defenses on the opposite bank.

In fact, the straight-line distance between the troops of the 1st Panzer Group and the besieged Ming troops was only more than 20 kilometers. This distance is really not far, and it is possible for the Ming armored troops to go directly with one throttle. The only obstacle on this stretch of the road is the James River.

It was not a big river, but it was in the rainy season, and the river was so swollen that the Ming army's armored units could not wade through it. They can only compete fiercely with the US military for those vital bridges.

The U.S. forces advanced quickly, but not to the extent of sweeping the Ming army. They did not succeed in capturing several bridges over the James River that were under the control of the Ming army. Fierce battles between the two sides had already begun on the bridgehead positions.

In fact, at the beginning, the U.S. military sent camouflage troops to try to seize the bridge. They disguised themselves as Ming troops and drove a small number of captured Ming army vehicles into several bridge positions in an attempt to seize the bridges. But all of these forces, without exception, failed.

In addition to being unprofessional, the biggest problem with the U.S. military's camouflage forces is that they are not very clear about the detailed structure of the Ming army. All divisions and positions within the Ming army had to be strictly inspected, and the password code was changed every day, not to mention that each division had its own unique mark.

The camouflage units of the U.S. military even wore the uniforms of the Ming army paratroopers and wanted to seize the bridge, how could this not attract the attention of the Ming defenders?

In modern time and space, Zhang Cheng has not watched less movies in which these camouflage surprise attacks successfully capture important targets. He takes these things very seriously. How many pivotal battles have been reversed by seemingly inconspicuous skirmishes? Therefore, Zhang Cheng attaches great importance to this aspect.

The U.S. military also dispatched paratroopers in an attempt to parachute in an attempt to capture important locations such as bridges. However, the large-scale equipment of the Ming army with small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery and numerous armored units completely crushed the last trace of luxury hopes of the American army. (To be continued.) )