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Chapter 2006: The decisive battle is coming

An Yi had an open and frank conversation with Zhu Peide, Zhang Hongluan and Shi Zhen in Syria. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Two days later, on December 5, An Yi returned to Xinjing to prepare for negotiations with visiting US Secretary of State Hull on the future and destiny of the two countries.

Since the visiting US Secretary of State is the US Secretary of State, in accordance with the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, Premier Xu Ziliang and Foreign Minister Ngo Dinh Diem will welcome the visiting US guests at the airport.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of December 6, after a grand welcome ceremony at Xinjing Airport, Xu Ziliang and Wu Tingyan sent Hull and his entourage to the State Guesthouse, and then the guests and hosts held friendly talks in the conference hall of the State Guesthouse, paving the way for the talks between An Yi and Hull the next day.

At noon the next day, An Yi hosted a state banquet in Xiaonanhai to entertain the US delegation and formally launch consultations on the current international situation and cooperation between the two countries.

This time, Hull brought a large military and trade delegation, and An Yi also arranged for military personnel to attend, while Ou Chuer, Zhou Chongan, Dong Fuchuan, and He Jing, who were in charge of economic affairs in South China, attended the meeting as observers.

The meeting lasted two days, during which the two sides reached a series of understandings and signed important agreements:

The South China side promised that the Anjia Army, Navy and Army would take the initiative to launch a war in the Indian Ocean in the near future, make every effort to clear the islands occupied by the Japanese army scattered throughout the Indian Ocean and hinder bilateral trade between the two countries, completely expel Japanese forces from the Indian Ocean, and clear the way for the Allied forces to counterattack Australia.

The United States pledged to recognize South China's sovereignty over its existing territories and the islands seized from the Japanese in the Indian Ocean, and to maintain unity in the affairs of Asia, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific after the war.

On behalf of the South China government, An Yi said that he respects the core interests of the United States in the Americas, and that no matter how the international situation changes in the future, South China will not seek political, economic, and other interests in the Americas, and fully supports the US military in expelling Japanese troops from the American continent and restoring normal order in the region.

The two leaders agreed that it would be necessary to convene the leaders of the main Allied powers in the future to unify and coordinate the war against the Axis countries and to plan for the post-war order.

In terms of commerce and trade, the United States will purchase $500 million in weapons, equipment, and materials from South China in the next three years, mainly for the combat of Chinese troops of the US military. In addition, Nanhua will also sell 1,000 F-2F surface-to-surface missiles to the United States at a price of $1 million each, and this money, together with the money for the purchase of ordnance, will be mainly used to acquire factories and enterprises in the metallurgical, petroleum, coal, electric power, chemical, and machinery industries that have been suspended in the United States due to a shortage of resources.

On the morning of 10 December, the US delegation left South China and returned satisfied.

On the night of the Americans' departure, the Germans suddenly launched a thunderous offensive on the Western Front, and the largest, most participatory, and most direct super battle of World War II broke out.

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At 8 p.m. Gulf time, Mujiabao, north of the city of Baghdad, the West Asia Theater Command of the Anjia Army.

In the elegant general's villa, Yin Jinan, who had had dinner, stayed in the study to check the map and figure out the next strategy of the German army.

Although the German army had gathered many troops on the southern front, it was relatively scattered, and he was confident that with the strong support of the air force, through continuous maneuvers, the deployment of the German army would be completely disrupted, and the fighters would be captured from it to destroy as many of the German army's vital forces as possible.

However, as new information came one after another, Yin Jinan found that he had underestimated the enemy, and the German army mobilized a large number of troops southward from the northern and central lines, which were not conducive to breakthrough, and gathered in the Lianghe area, and now the pressure on the various defensive fortifications is increasing, and dangerous situations have appeared in many places, and as a last resort, Yang Jiuxiao, commander-in-chief of the southern front, has twice replenished the vital forces to the front line, and the remaining reserves of the sixteenth group army and the six divisions of the border garrison force deployed on the front line are not much.

Fortunately, during this period of confrontation, the Anjia Army won the initiative in the troop movement, and in addition to the 3rd and 4th tank groups and the 17th and 28th armies that had been assembled earlier, the seventh, eighth, and twenty-ninth armies on the southern front had also moved in place and deployed to the area west of Baghdad.

At the same time, in the Mosul region, which is at the junction of the southern and central lines, the first and second tank groups and the ninth army are also in place one after another, and the subsequent thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and twenty-third armies, through the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Mongolian Railway, respectively, have now reached Central Asia and are actively sending to West Asia, and are expected to join the battlefield in the next half month.

On the central and northern fronts, in addition to the 18th Army and the 24th Army, which were defending near the border, all four mountain clusters in Afghanistan had been transferred westward and had now been deployed to the line from Tabriz to Ardabil, while the 30th Army was stationed in the city of Zanjan for mobility.

In terms of leadership, Zhang Chengzhu was designated by the Central Military Commission as the general political commissar of the West Asia Theater, Huang Hanqian as deputy commander-in-chief, Li Jun as chief of staff of the theater, and Ye Cheng as the commander-in-chief of the tank troops.

Just as Yin Jinan got up and walked to the telephone, about to call the staff officers to bring intelligence information on the latest movements of the German army, the phone rang.

Yin Jinan picked up the microphone with some surprise, and Zhang Chengzhu's excited voice quickly came: "Jinan, the German army has moved!" ”

Yin Jinan immediately said loudly into the microphone: "I'll come to the headquarters immediately!" ”

Hanging up the phone, Yin Jinan quickly put on a coat, told his wife Duan Xin'er who walked out of the bedroom, and then went out with the guards, and arrived at the hall of the theater command center located underground five minutes later.

Zhang Chengzhu, Huang Hanqian, and Li Jun were already waiting there, and Zhang Chengzhu pulled Yin Jinan to the sand table and pointed to the Syrian desert south of the battle line:

"According to the live monitoring report from the radar airship, the large forces of the German army, starting from the towns of Tedermur and Sabhiar, which are connected by rail, are marching towards the Shamiya desert area, and it is expected to reach the vicinity of the southwestern border line tomorrow morning."

Yin Jinan slapped his palm and said loudly:

"As expected, the Germans have actually seen the flaws in our defense line for a long time, but they can't bear it, it is estimated that they have been looking for enough vehicles to transport troops and pull drinking water and fuel recently, the soil in the Syrian desert is relatively hard, and vehicles can pass, and the enemy is trying to achieve the suddenness of the campaign through the rapid breakthrough of mechanized troops!"

Huang Hanqian asked curiously:

"So, where is the target of the enemy army? Akashat or Rutbay? If it is Akashat, there is a railway directly behind our Ghaim line, and the enemy can flank the north and south, and penetrate our fortified defense line in one fell swoop...... If it is Lutbay, the enemy can drive straight into the city of Ramadi in the east, and while threatening Baghdad, he can also divide his forces to attack in the northwest direction, attacking our defense line from behind......"

Li Jun is the youngest in the group of seven, as an independent disciple of An Yi, he looked carefully on the sand table, and then pointed his finger in one direction:

"Recently, German reconnaissance planes have frequently circled the southern Shamiyah Desert to reconnoiter the situation of our army's defenses and flee before our air force fighters rush to expel them, which shows that the enemy has a certain understanding of our defense situation. Therefore, I judged that it was highly probable that the enemy, after crossing the border, would take advantage of the width of more than 50 kilometers in the middle, and move at high speed northeast along the Haulingan River, which was dried up in winter, and suddenly appear on the southern shore of Lake Gadisiye, and cut off our railway line to the border area in one fell swoop, so that the Germans could achieve the suddenness of the start of the campaign without alarming us.

"The Germans like to play the tactics of two wings and traps, the Battle of Minsk, the Battle of Smolinsk, the Battle of Kiev, etc. are basically carried out in this way, but that is under the condition that the German army fully grasps the strategic deployment of the Soviet Army, and now the enemy has a black picture of our situation, if this opening is too large, there are too many troops in the encirclement, it is likely to collapse their teeth, but if the opening is too small, the follow-up troops of our army can completely implement anti-encirclement, resulting in the situation that the German army is losing ground.

"Throughout the battlefield, Lake Gadisier was just right, and it was close to the water source that the Germans needed most, and there were also towns such as Hadith, Bairvanay, and Hagelenier nearby, which made it easy for them to rest and build up blocking positions."

Yin Jinan nodded appreciatively:

"The chief of staff's analysis is very constructive, but there is a big premise for the implementation of this strategy, that is, the German army must have a large-scale assault force in the north to cooperate...... Just like the two big pincers wielded by a crab, if one is broken, not only will the power be greatly reduced, but it will also allow the opponent to seize the opportunity to knock out the only pincers. ”

Zhang Chengzhu's heart moved, strode to the telephone, and dialed the phone of the 48th Division of the 16th Group Army, which was responsible for defending the Hlaisier area, under everyone's gaze, and before he heard the words, there was a violent explosion in the microphone, and the howling of the air wave shook the microphone to buzz, and the division commander Dong Bo almost roared and reported that the German offensive on the opposite side was extremely fierce, and so far the front-line troops had repelled the opponent's three charges, and the artillery bombardment before the fourth German charge had been launched again, and the casualties of the troops were very large.

Helaisye is located in the southeast of the important town of Margadai on the south bank of the Habur River, an important tributary of the Euphrates River, belonging to the desert and Gobi terrain, with occasional grasslands, because there are only the wells of Hevisiyah and a few rivers that often break the flow of the river nearby, drinking water in this area is extremely difficult, the thickness of the defense line is not deep, and the front line of more than 100 kilometers is only supported by three fortresses. At this time, the Germans launched a fierce attack on this area, and the plan was not small.

Zhang Chengzhu asked Dong Bo to resolutely repel the German attack, then put down the phone and said to Yin Jinan: "Jinan, your inference is correct, the German army is storming Hlaisier at this moment, and the breakthrough point of the northern front is believed to be there." We've set one table, and now we're having two tables of guests, so what's next? ”

Yin Jinan strode to the large map where the staff officers had already marked the situation of the enemy and us, thought for a moment, and said to Zhang Chengzhu who followed him:

"Brother Zhang, which of the two roads in the north and south is more significant to the German army?"

Zhang Chengzhu said without hesitation: "It must be the northern road, as the main force of Army Group A and B, the German First and Fourth Panzer Army are not far from here, the area is in the middle of the two main attack directions of the Euphrates River and the Tigris River, it is easier to obtain a replenishment of troops, once a breakthrough is made, the north can threaten Mosul, the south can achieve a strategic encirclement with the enemy forces approaching from the south road, and completely annihilate our troops in the encirclement, even if the sortie fails, because it is not far from the two troop support points in the north and south, The Germans could also send troops to help.

"Another point, although there are nearly 100 kilometers of desert and Gobi terrain on the north road, compared to the two or three hundred kilometers of desert on the south road, it is already very good, and there are water supplies along the way, which can meet the basic water needs of tank troops. As long as we put the Germans in and then successfully defeat the German tank units in the pocket formation we have laid out, then our four tank armies can take the opportunity to drive straight in, plunge into the heart of the German army like a sharp blade, and stir up the entire German defense line! ”

Yin Jinan became excited:

"Well, that's what I thought too...... Ladies and gentlemen, everyone put down their work and come over to discuss, my plan is as follows:

"The Seventeenth Army, stationed twenty kilometers behind the line of Ghaim, was sent in by train overnight, and when it reached the town of Akashat it it quickly unfolded, repairing the trenches all the way to Rutbay to stop the German troops advancing from the southern front. In order to achieve the dual purpose of containing and blocking the enemy, when the German army approaches our border line tomorrow morning, our side will activate radio jamming to block the contact between the front and rear of the German army, and at the same time send fighter planes to strike at the enemy, so as to play the role of striking at the grass and startling the snake, and when the German commander is hesitant, our side will seize the time to build a defensive position and strive to firmly block the road for the German army to go north and eastward!

"In order to reduce the pressure on our defense, I will authorize the Air Force to concentrate on the use of cloud burst bombs and napalm, and assign three rocket artillery brigades, two antiaircraft artillery brigades, and four self-propelled cannon brigades directly under the command to the southern front, and at the same time assign the five ** heavy tank regiments and army aviation brigades of the third tank group to the southern front, and it is expected that the southern front will hold out for at least five days to a week.

"And we will choose the decisive battle in the Hatra area of the northern front, the 1st and 2nd tank groups and the 9th Army of Mosul are actively moving south, the 30th Army of Zanjan City is moving towards Mosul, and at the same time the 3rd and 4th tank groups and the 7th, 8th, 28th, and 29th armies deployed in the area west of Baghdad are moving north at high speed, and we will concentrate the forces of four tank groups and five army groups to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop!"

The staff officers quickly assessed this operational plan and finally came to a unanimous conclusion -- With the fact that nearly 10,000 bombers and more than 4,000 fighter planes that were originally preparing to deal with the Japanese archipelago were quietly moving westward, coupled with the coordination of various strike means such as electronic jamming, missile strikes, and air defense rockets, the German army, which was at a loss and ignorance of our situation, would certainly fall into an all-round passivity, and the probability of victory would be as high as more than 90 percent.

Zhang Chengzhu said: "Commander, the opportunity is rare, give an order quickly, and we will ask the Military Commission and the headquarters for instructions afterwards!" ”

Yin Jinan hesitated: "What if the boss opposes it?" By then, the troops have already been deployed, and it will be too late to make adjustments! ”

Zhang Chengzhu shook his head: "There is a five-hour time difference between Xinjing and us, and now it's three or four o'clock in the morning. ”

Li Jundao: "Commander, I think the political commissar is right, although the chairman is not satisfied with our last plan, it is because it is too risky, but in the past ten days, we have not only greatly strengthened the number of troops, but also have the support of the air force, and we already have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the German army." Since we all think this is an opportunity, we must seize it! ”

Yin Jinan finally made up his mind: "Okay, Chief of Staff Li, now record my order......"

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