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The German 25th Panzer Army looked down on the Armenian army at all, and although the other side was equipped with advanced weapons and equipment from the Chinese Empire, the German commander, Lieutenant General Stephen, thought that the Armenian army could be easily driven out of the Transcaucasia and give the Chinese Empire a little color. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info╔╗

In fact, this was an explosive manifestation of the strong dissatisfaction of the entire German army with the attitude and style of the Chinese Empire in the Second World War, and they wanted to beat the dog to show their owners. It is expected that by teaching Armenia a lesson, the Chinese Empire will be somewhat restrained.

On January 17, General Stephen commanded the 25 Panzer Corps to launch a surprise attack directly on the 5th Panzer Division of the Armenian Army in front. Because it was Stephen's unauthorized action, the German General Staff Headquarters was not aware of it, so that the German planes at the nearby field airfield could not cooperate with the actions of the 25th Panzer Corps.

The arrogant German 25th Panzer Corps launched a surprise attack before dawn, and under the cover of heavy artillery fire, with about four regiments as the leading force, guided by more than 400 tanks, a column from Kropotkin rushed towards Armavir. Two other armoured brigades served on flank guard duty.

On alert duty in Almavir is the 4th Tank Brigade of the 1st Armenian Panzer Army, which has 80 M28A3 tanks, 20 M35 tanks, 48 W30 infantry tanks, 12 Z29 anti-tank tanks, etc. Because Germany was negotiating with the Armenian government, the Armenian army did not realize that the Germans dared to launch a surprise attack, and the front-line alert force was destroyed by the heavy German artillery fire at the first time.

The sudden war was expected by the Armenian army. But I didn't expect it to be so soon, and in a hurry, the Armenian Army Command ordered the 4th Tank Brigade to hold its position, and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 7th Tank Brigades then rushed to reinforcements from nearby.

The 4th Tank Brigade put up a hard resistance. Relying on the strong combat capability of the M28A3 Leopard main battle tank, it fought with the German No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, although the number was inferior to the German tanks, but it caused huge losses to the German army. Blocked the attempts of the German armored forces to quickly break through.

The Armenian army has been trained by the Chinese Emperor for many years and is a member of the Greater China Co-Prosperity Sphere. ╔╗The Armenian army often participates in the Pacific Rim joint military exercises organized by the Chinese imperialists, and its combat effectiveness is very strong, and the German army has always regarded the Armenian army as a small country unit inferior to the Soviet army, and as a result, it suddenly suffered a big loss.

The Armenian army used M28 and M35 tanks to fight with the German tank units in front, quickly deployed ambush positions in the rear, and ambushed Z29 anti-tank combat vehicles, anti-tank rocket battalions and anti-tank sniper battery there, and deployed a fire bag.

The German tank units were experienced in combat, although their No. 3 and No. 4 tanks were more difficult against the M28 tanks. However, with the advantage of experience and numbers, the victory was achieved after forty minutes of fierce fighting, destroying more than 60 M28 Leopard tanks and more than a dozen M35 Hound tanks of the Armenian army, but the Germans paid a huge price for the destruction of more than 120 tanks.

The remaining dozen tanks of the Armenian army were ordered to evacuate quickly, and at this time, the advantage of the M28 tank was immediately manifested, the cross-country speed was 10 kilometers per hour higher than that of the fastest German tank No. 4, and the speed of the M35 Hound tank was almost 20 kilometers per hour. Leaving the German tank units behind.

The commander of the Armenian army, Zimira, suddenly burst into a rage, and he hurriedly ordered the front-line troops to retreat more slowly, so that the Germans could bite them tightly, and only in this way could the Germans be led into the ambush area.

As a result, the tanks of the retreating Armenian army suddenly slowed down. But the performance is obvious, and people can see at a glance that the slowdown is deliberate. For this reason, Zimira once again used a radio walkie-talkie to scold a group of rice buckets, thinking that the ambush position would soon be perceived by the Germans and was ready to abandon the ambush.

Coincidentally, although the commander of the German forward unit felt that the retreat of the Armenian army had suddenly slowed down, he thought complicatedly, thinking that the Armenian army so easily exposed the ambush area in front of him in order to repel the German army and make the German army dare not advance. The Germans judged that this was an empty plan that the Armenian army could not defeat them, so the Germans not only did not slow down, but accelerated their advance and plunged into the ambush area of the Armenian army in one go.

Zimira suddenly burst into tears and laughed, and scolded again, this time not for her own people, but for calling the Germans stupid. ╔╗

When more than 100 tanks and more than 500 German infantry entered the ambush area, the Armenian army's anti-tank fighting vehicle guns, anti-tank rockets, and anti-tank sniper rifles suddenly fired fiercely at the German column from all directions. The German army was suddenly in disarray, and the infantry was out of harmony.

The Armenian army seized the favorable opportunity, and the retreating dozen combat vehicles immediately turned around and counterattacked, and the W30 wheeled infantry vehicles on both flanks quickly attacked, and the vehicle-mounted M2 heavy machine guns carried forward their firepower superiority to attack the German infantry from the flank, and the bullets rained down in an instant, and the German infantry suffered heavy casualties.

In just ten minutes, more than 30 German tanks were destroyed, 28 cars were lost, and the infantry suffered particularly heavy casualties, with more than 300 casualties. The Germans were forced to retreat in a hurry.

This ambush effectively stopped the German advance and forced it to retreat to adjust the attack deployment.

However, the Armenian 4th Tank Brigade also suffered heavy losses and was unable to stop the next wave of German fierce offensives. At this critical juncture, the Armenian Air Force rushed to help.

In addition to the most advanced propeller fighter J-10, the Armenian Air Force is also equipped with the most advanced ground attack aircraft in service in the Chinese Empire, the A5 jet attack aircraft.

As the active equipment of the Chinese Empire, the A5 fighter aircraft was originally not exported to the outside world, but as Germany also had several jet aircraft being tested in combat on the European battlefield, the Chinese Imperial Air Force believed that the combat performance of the Imperial Air Force's jet aircraft should be tested in actual combat. After all, this kind of jet aircraft has just been developed, and the Imperial Air Force has no bottom in its mind, compared to the mature technology and manufacturing process of propeller aircraft, there are too many things to improve in jet aircraft. It's hard to make a judgment without taking part in a combat test.

In this way, the Imperial Air Force of China, with the intention of testing new weapons and equipment, exported the A5 jet attack aircraft to the Armenian Air Force, and at the same time equipped the Armenian Air Force with the B2 Mustang jet tactical bomber. ╔╗The Chinese Empire is very relieved by the Armenian Air Force. Because Armenia does not have any aircraft production lines, it will not imitate the advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire, and the logistics supply of its air force depends entirely on the Chinese Empire. Under the strict supervision of the Chinese Empire, the degree of technical secrecy was even higher than that of the military industrial complex in the Chinese Empire.

A group of 50 A5 attack aircraft and 20 B2 Mustang tactical bombers flew into the battlefield at an ultra-low altitude. Inflicted heavy losses on the German armored forces, which were preparing for a second offensive. The Armenian Air Force fired more than 400 anti-tank rockets, destroying more than 130 German tanks, 212 trucks of various types, 25 tanker trucks, 11 ammunition trucks in a single attack, and killing and wounding more than 2,200 German soldiers of two German infantry regiments.

The Germans suffered heavy losses and immediately brought in a large number of anti-aircraft guns, but most of these anti-aircraft guns were aimed at enemy aircraft at medium and high altitudes. In the face of the A5 attack aircraft and B2 bombers flying at ultra-low altitudes in the ground, their anti-aircraft firepower was weak.

The German offensive was suspended, and the Armenian 4th Tank Brigade was quickly moved to a village in the rear to recuperate.

The German government soon officially declared war on Armenia, and Hitler did not hold Stephen responsible, but only demanded that he must capture Transcaucasia and control the oil zone as soon as possible.

Stephen was then supported by the Luftwaffe, and after a large number of German planes flew into the battlefield, they engaged in a fierce air battle with the Armenian Air Force.

This is despite the fact that the Armenian Air Force is armed with the most advanced J-10 fighters. However, because of the limited strength of Armenia, the air force is not large, with less than 400 Jian-10 fighters, but the pilots have been rigorously trained by the Air Force Training Center of the Chinese Imperial Air Force, which is small but fine. The Luftwaffe did not have an advantage in combat technology. But it has a numerical advantage.

In three consecutive days of air battles, the Armenian Air Force lost 120 J-10, 24 J-5 and 3 Mustangs, while the Luftwaffe only lost 213 aircraft, the battle loss ratio was close to one to one, and three years ago, this battle loss ratio was unimaginable, it was the German-French air war, using the French Air Force, which also used Chinese-made J-10 fighters, when dealing with the Luftwaffe, the battle loss ratio was as high as 1:7.8, which shows that the Luftwaffe has grown rapidly after three and a half years of world war. ╔╗

Fortunately, the main aircraft group of the Luftwaffe is concentrated in the direction of Moscow, and the number of aircraft in the Transcaucasus is not large, basically the same as the Armenian Air Force, and the two sides have reached a tie in air supremacy, which also surprised the Germans, who underestimated the strength of the Armenian Air Force before, and the Armenian Air Force became famous in the first war.

Although the Luftwaffe failed to gain air supremacy, it succeeded in preventing the Armenian Air Force from attacking the German ground forces, allowing Stephen's armored forces to strike quickly.

On the morning of 21 January, reconnaissance vehicles of the 7th Tank Brigade of the Armenian Army spotted about 150 German tanks moving in the direction of Stavropol on the road, intending to penetrate the flanks and rear of Almavir.

As soon as the Germans approached the forward defensive positions on the west side of the 7th Brigade of the Runners-up, they formed battle formations and launched a fierce assault from the march, and about 50 tanks broke through the defensive positions of the Runners-up. A battery of anti-tank artillery of the runner-up defending the area engaged in a fierce battle with German tanks.

After a fierce battle, the anti-tank guns of the runners-up were destroyed by the German tanks one after another, and the Germans thought that they had broken through the defenses of the runners-up, so they boldly advanced, but unexpectedly entered the ambush circle of the 7th brigade of the runners-up, and were immediately dizzy and fled in confusion by the sudden fierce fire.

During the battle, the tanks commanded by Sergeant Kemir of the Armenian Army destroyed 9 German tanks in one go, and its vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns wiped out an entire infantry company of the German army, becoming the first army combat hero of the Armenian Army.

After 12 hours of fierce fighting, the 7th Tank Brigade of the Armenian Army destroyed 43 German tanks and 26 anti-tank guns, killing and wounding more than 500 officers and men. The Germans were forced to retreat a full two kilometers and assemble in a depression to gather the remnants.

In the evening, the Chinese Empire airlifted the Raytheon-17 multiple launch rocket system directly to the front-line airfield, where it was quickly deployed by the Armenian army to the front-line position, and fired a fire salvo at the German troops assembled in the depression. ╔╗

It's night. The Thor rocket launcher let out a deafening roar, and the Dao Fire Dragon pierced the night sky and roared towards the German troops in the depression. The German army was suddenly in chaos, and people and vehicles were trampling with each other. Heavy losses.

In this ambush, the 7th Tank Brigade of the Armenian Army lost only 6 tanks, 2 of which were burned on the battlefield. The remaining four were towed by field rescue trailers and transported to the rear to be repaired quickly. But the motorized infantry battalion and the anti-tank artillery battalion suffered significant losses.

On 22 January, a thunderous Stephen ordered the German 25th Panzer Corps to attack on all fronts, reaching the combined position of the Armenian Army's 7th and 4th Tank Brigades, in order to break through in one fell swoop. At the same time, the German 47th Panzer Division also drove to the Don River and attacked Sweetler from the flank, pinning down the reinforcements of the Armenian army.

Typical encirclement tactics.

On the evening of 22, the defensive positions of the 4th tank brigade of the Armenian army were broken through. The 3rd Infantry Division, which rushed to reinforce it, was ambushed by the Germans, with more than 2,000 dead and wounded, and was blocked at Labinsk, unable to reinforce the 4th Tank Brigade in time.

Due to the fact that the 4th Tank Brigade had already been heavily damaged by the Germans, when Stephen's Panzer Army attacked for three hours, the 4th Tank Brigade was forced to abandon its position and retreat back.

In this way, the joint was torn open by the Germans, and the German armored units that broke into it did not continue to advance. Instead, he turned around and attacked the flank of the 7th Tank Brigade of the Armenian Army, and Stephen was ready to take revenge.

Since the 7th Tank Brigade of the Armenian Army was bitten by the Germans in front of it, once it retreated, the Germans were bound to swarm up, and it was difficult to evacuate safely. In desperation. The 7th Tank Brigade had to call for help from the base camp and hold its position on the spot, but was soon surrounded by the Germans.

Similarly, the German 47th Panzer Division, which was blocking Armenian reinforcements in the direction of the Don River, received a dead order not to retreat, and was nailed there like a nail, and was also surrounded by Armenian troops.

At this time, the Armenian army and the German army were in a staggered situation, both sides had nails embedded in each other, and they were both carrying out encirclement tactics, the only difference was that whoever had a hard enough nail to hold on for a longer time would be able to achieve victory.

In the Armenian Army Headquarters, Lieutenant General Zhang Kaifeng, a special military adviser to the Chinese Empire, gave them an idea in a timely manner, and the 49th Air Wing of the Chinese Imperial Air Force stationed at the Baku Air Base in the Caspian Sea was responsible for parachuting an integrated division of the Armenian Army directly into the defense area where the 7th Tank Brigade was located.

Zimira took Zhang Kaifeng's suggestion, and that night, the 49th Air Wing of the Imperial Chinese Air Force sent 200 large transport planes to the Shari airfield to load the 1st Armenian Airborne Division, which had just arrived there to standby.

Because the Luftwaffe interceptor still did not have the ability to take off at night, the Imperial Chinese Air Force boldly sent the most advanced Y8 strategic transport aircraft to directly airlift the 1st Airborne Division of the Armenian Army to the 7th Tank Brigade for airborne landing, of which 80% of the airborne troops and 70% of the materials were directly airborne in the predetermined position, but still 10% of the airborne troops and 15% of the materials fell in the German theater of operations, and other troops and materials fell in the surrounding no-man's land.

10% of the Armenian army's airborne troops fell in the German theater of operations, which caused great panic to the German army that was on the offensive, and once thought that the Armenian army was carrying out strategic airborne landings in the German rear, and Stephen immediately sent a large number of troops to guard the rear. But soon the Germans learned the purpose of the operation from the captured Armenian troops, and knew that an airborne division had fallen on the position of the 7th Tank Brigade in the midst of the encirclement.

The German army has obtained a lot of advanced weapons and equipment of the Armenian army, Stephen can't help but praise the equipment of the Chinese Empire is really advanced, the news spread within the German army, many German troops even turned the target of attack to search for airborne materials, just to be able to have advanced weapons and equipment from the Chinese Empire.

The 1st Airborne Division and the 7th Tank Brigade of the Armenian Army joined forces to continue to resist the frantic onslaught of German tank clusters. On the 23rd and 24th, the Germans did not know how many troops had parachuted into the encirclement and how many troops were scattered around, and how much threat they posed to the flanks of the German attacking forces, so Stephen could only conduct combat reconnaissance with a small force.

At this time, the 7th Tank Brigade and the 1st Airborne Division of the Armenian Army were ready for battle in the new defensive zone.

On the 25th, the Germans dispatched a large number of fighters to block the Armenian Air Force, and divided 20 planes to cover the bomber group, and indiscriminately bombed the defensive positions of the encircled Armenian army. The Armenian army used advanced anti-aircraft rapid-fire artillery to shoot down 5 enemy aircraft.

German tanks then directed about a regiment of infantry to attack the center and left flank of the Armenian army's defensive positions, but were stubbornly resisted by the 7th Tank Brigade's motorized infantry battalion, separate battalion, and 1st Airborne Division's mixed mountain combat battalion. Seeing that the frontal attack could not be achieved, the Germans attempted to make a detour, but were ambushed by two mountain infantry companies scattered on the flanks of the 1st Airborne Division.

On the night of the 26th, the Armenian Air Force sent 20 two-seat A5 fighters and 18 two-seat B2 Mustang tactical bombers to launch the first night ground attack operation, targeting the German 47th Panzer Division.

In the fierce air attack, the German air defense unit was violently attacked by the A5 attack group and soon fell into a state of paralysis, and then the B2 Mustang bomber carried out saturation bombing on the German headquarters, ammunition depots, oil depots, barracks and other key targets, which plunged the German 47th Panzer Division into a sea of fire.

Subsequently, the Armenian 1st Panzer Division and the 6th Tank Brigade launched a fierce night attack, breaking through the German blocking positions in one fell swoop.

After a night of fierce fighting, the German 47th Panzer Division lost more than half. At noon the next day, the Armenian army concentrated several times the German tanks and artillery, crushed the German 47th Panzer Division in one fell swoop, and captured Saliks.

On the 28th, the Armenian army rushed to reinforce Almavir, the German army's plan to encircle and send reinforcements failed, and Stephen had to give up the fat in his mouth (the 7th Tank Brigade and the 1st Airborne Division) and ordered the German army to retreat on all fronts.

Beginning on the 30th, the Armenian army counterattacked on all fronts, more than 1,000 M28 main battle tanks opened the way, four armored divisions and six motorized rifle divisions pursued the Germans all the way, and drove the German 25th Panzer Army to Rostov at the mouth of the Don River and controlled the entire Transcaucasia.

On 1 February, the Armenian government declared victory in the Transcaucasian campaign and declared control over Transcaucasia. On the same day, the German government also announced a temporary defeat in the Transcaucasian campaign, but said it would not give up.

Since Hitler focused on the fighting in the Moscow direction, where the Germans were at a stalemate, in the Transcaucasian direction, the Germans suspended the offensive and went on the defensive.

The Armenian army did not move forward, mainly because Armenia is a small country, with insufficient troops and limited financial resources, and the annexation of the entire Transcaucasian region is already its limit. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )