The Long family does not have many children in the army now, and Long Hongda is one of the best. After careful calculation, Long Hongda is the child of the youngest son of Long Yuntang's uncle.

It's not so close to say, but if it's an ancestor, it's always better than outsiders. And Long Rope Ancestor also likes this younger brother who is not very close.

The reason is very simple, this younger brother almost does not ask for privileges from people in the army who mention that he is a member of the Long family. But the performance everywhere has not lost the face of the Long family.

Those bigwigs of the Southwest Military Region who knew Long Hongda's identity were very satisfied with this baby.

"Big brother......" Long Hongda grinned when he saw that it was the Dragon Rope Ancestor who came. But the smile looked so hideous and terrifying, he was covered in blood and couldn't tell whether it was Japanese or his own.

His military uniform had rotted into a hemp, and the sapper shovel in his hand had cracked several gaps. One leg was lame, and the other hand was drooping, and you knew that he was not lightly injured.

"Daddy!!" When Long Rope Ancestor saw Long Hongda like this, his eyes turned red. Without saying a word, he took the soldiers around him and pounced directly on the Japanese troops who were still attacking.

When reinforcements arrived, the Wehrmacht soldiers on the positions were naturally demoralized. At this time, the Japanese army also reached the end of the crossbow, and when Long Shenzu rushed to the position with reinforcements, the Japanese army finally chose to retreat.

The Dragon Rope Ancestor also knew that now was not the time to pursue. What they had to do now was to consolidate their positions and wait for the troops crossing the river to arrive fully before launching another attack on the Japanese.

Both the Wehrmacht and the Japanese army needed a temporary respite. The battle came too suddenly and too fiercely, and the Japanese suffered so many losses at once that they were underarmed.

However, there were not many vanguard units of the first batch of Wehrmacht troops who crossed the Weijiang River, and the losses in a chaotic battle were not small. They also need to stop and rest for a while, and wait for all the troops crossing the river to arrive before attacking again.

"Hongda, are you okay?!" Long Rope Ancestor helped the crumbling Long Hongda. Asked anxiously. Long Hongda, who was covered in blood, was like a Shura demon who crawled out of the deepest part of the underworld.

"Brother, I'm fine! Help me take a look at my brothers......" Long Hongda, who was held by the Dragon Rope Ancestor, choked up and said, "Brothers...... My brethren ......"

The eight-foot-tall man was covered in wounds and never shed tears. But looking at his comrades on that position, he couldn't help choking. These are the men who have been born and died with him many times!

Those who lie here, who have lost their hands and feet, are brothers who eat in the same cauldron with him. They trained together, killed the enemy together, and once faced the Japanese army in the northern wasteland.

also joked with each other and asked each other that after they died in battle, they could leave a memory for themselves on the pillar of incense on the Qingming Chongyang Festival.

"I know...... I know......" Long Rope Ancestor muttered gloomily, and then waved his hand to the guards around him to help carry the bodies of the Wehrmacht soldiers who had died in battle.

"Brother! I'm sorry for them!! Long Hongda roared loudly and cried. This battle. Due to the disadvantage of the Wehrmacht's strength and the fact that the Japanese troops who came up to support it were all elite troops, the losses were not small.

The entire attacking company, more than two-thirds of the fighters fell. Even if he survived, he didn't look much better than Long Hongda. For example, Long Hongda's company commander Luo Jia.

He now has six bayonet wounds on his body, and his military uniform is stained red with blood. His pale, horrible face looked like a dead man. The soldiers behind him wept and followed the stretcher all the way back to the position.

"Quick! Take him down for treatment. The rest of the people cleaned up the position! Fast! As a commander, Long Shenzu knows what he should do now better than Long Hongda.

He did not give an immediate order, because if the Japanese retreated, they would undoubtedly be followed by retaliatory shelling.

The Wehrmacht soldiers on the battlefield are all veterans, and even if they don't need to be told by the Dragon Rope Ancestor, they know what to do now. Carried the wounded and killed soldiers off the ground.

At the same time, they did not forget to take away all the guns and ammunition on the position, but the position had been cleaned in a few minutes. All that was left was the broken gun parts, and piles of Japanese corpses.

"Captain, our observers have reported the discovery of a Wehrmacht reconnaissance aircraft. If nothing else. The Wehrmacht must have discovered our whereabouts. What now?! ”

On the Thonburi-class coastal defense ship bound for the ungeneral, the captain of the ship, Maki Ichikawa, listened to his first mate's report unmoved. With a gloomy face, he looked out the window of the bridge at the arrogant Wehrmacht fighter plane, constantly monitoring his warship, and was helpless.

As the name suggests, the reconnaissance plane is for reconnaissance purposes, and it is fast and flexible enough. Therefore, a batch of tiger moths came in handy.

The Steller's Moth Detection Type was developed for this purpose. Due to the clear purpose of these tiger moths, a large number of weapons originally used in fighter jets were disassembled.

In order to ensure the flexibility and survival rate of the tiger moth, this detection type of tiger head moth is also equipped with some defense devices in some key parts.

But even so, even the best Triplicate II fighters of the Japanese army at present have become impossible to catch up with the Tiger Moth. Although the Tiger Moth has no means of counterattacking, it has the flexibility and range to kill a type of one and two planes because it has given up its offensive means.

"Captain......" The first mate saw that his captain did not speak. I wanted to open my mouth and persuade again, but I was suddenly interrupted by Ichikawa Maki Osa directly.

"Red Deer Noro! Do you think I'm willing to support the army's horse manure?! But this is a personal order from the Grand Battalion and His Excellency the Commander of the Combined Fleet Mountain, can we retreat now?! ”

Ichikawa Maki Daisa roared in a low voice. In fact, why doesn't he want to withdraw?! But what was helpless was that now the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet and the staff of the battalion gave him a death order, that is, he should immediately lead the fleet to rush to the aid of the No. 1 position of the Southern Army in Weijiang.

Where does Maki Ichikawa have a choice?! Even if he knew now that going to Weijiang was to send him to death, he could only go all the way to the dark. Otherwise, without anyone else doing it, the staff officers on the ship would have killed him and telegraphed to the battalion that he had fled on the battlefield.

"Ordered the fleet to move on, reducing the speed. At the same time, the news of the discovery of our fleet was telegraphed to the command, requesting that the command provide air assistance......"

After a pause, Ichikawa Maki put down the binoculars and gritted his teeth, "Trust me." These vultures won't leave easily when they find us. They're going to find a way to tear them apart and swallow them......"

Out of fear of the Wehrmacht's warhawks, the Japanese privately referred to the Wehrmacht's air force units as "scavenging vultures". In this regard, the army and navy are highly unified.

"Dazuo, that's what I'm worried about...... First Mate sighed helplessly, and said, "Our navy's military spending has plummeted due to the defeat on the Chinese battlefield last time. There are not many new fighters equipped at present, and no one is sure whether the command will let new fighters support coastal defense ships like ours......"

Ichikawa Maki Daisa's face became very ugly when he heard this, and his first mate was telling the truth. The battleship in the hands of Ichikawa Maki Daisa, which is now in the hands of the Thai Navy, was built according to the Thai Navy's order for two heavy coastal defense ships of 2,265 tons from Kawasaki Shipyard.

After the 1932 coup d'état in Thailand. The military corps headed by Phibun Songkhan decided to rely on Japan to develop national defense modernization. At the end of that year, the Thai Navy ordered two 2,265-ton heavy coastal defense ships HMS Thonburi and INS Ayutthaya from Kawasaki Shipyard.

This Thonburi-class coastal defense ship has a broadside armor belt that only covers the engine room section and has a centralized fire control system. The guns on the Thonburi class were originally installed on the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga, and the large-caliber guns were removed during the modernization of the two ships, and later installed on the Thai coastal defense ships.

This was simply to meet Thailand's requirements. Two coastal defense ships resembling shelling ships in shallow water were built at random. Later, however, the Japanese Navy discovered that these ships could only be used in the inland waters of Southeast Asia.

At this time, the navy was cut in military spending, so in order to play a greater role and at the same time let the army rely more on itself. The Navy proposed the construction of this "Thonburi-class shallow water heavy gunboat".

The original data of this battleship were: length 765 meters, width 1443 meters, draft 417 meters, standard displacement 2015 tons, full load displacement 2263 tons.

But with the refinement of the Navy. The draft was reduced to 273 meters. At the same time, the full load displacement remains unchanged. As a result, this warship is extremely useful for inland river patrol, support, and transportation.

At the same time, the two three-year twin 203-mm 50-caliber main guns, four single-mounted 76-mm 40-caliber anti-aircraft guns, and four twin 40-mm anti-aircraft guns were also sufficient to cope with the sudden situation in the inland river.

And because this warship of the Navy can indeed give great support to the army in terms of transportation and fire support. At the same time, the army could not build such a warship, so it could only pinch its nose and increase military spending for the navy.

Of course, this ship is only effective for supporting or attacking small forces. However, in the face of a combat unit like the Wehrmacht with infantry and air coordination, such equipment alone is not enough.

They also need to have air support, at least the cover of fighter jets to protect them from being blown up.

"Send twenty Type 2 fighters and 30 Zero fighters to support them. At the same time, they are required to completely block the surface of the Weijiang River, and there must be no mistakes! "The commander-in-chief of the combined fleet, Yama Fifty-Six, pointed to the table. "Even if all of them are broken, they must carry out the blockade until the army's support arrives." No retreat! ”

"Hay!" The adjutant hurriedly recorded the order, and then Rear Admiral Kuroshima, a staff officer of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, hurriedly walked in and bowed to the mountain, and said.

"Your Excellency! Think again! Although these 'Thonburi-class river ships' are not very important, will sending so many new fighters to support it affect our own safety and future combat ......?"

"If the army loses its position this time, we won't have anything to fight in Southeast Asia." Shan looked at his subordinates and sighed helplessly.

The dispute between the army and the navy has been going on for a long time, and the mentality of the two sides that they want to strangle each other is not to be believed until there is no royal family to help the trouble.

In peacetime, this antagonism would benefit the royal family and safeguard the balance of the country. But in times of war, such disputes can be fatal.

If the two sides cannot cooperate, they can only be defeated by each of them when they encounter a strong enemy, and then retreat miserably. Such examples are not unprecedented, the Battle of Shanghai was a problem in the coordination of the navy and the army, which eventually led to a total rout.

Even, on the Chinese battlefield, if the army and navy can cooperate tacitly, at least they will not lose so badly. Unfortunately, the army and navy were the natural enemies of the Japanese army.

Both sides were extremely reluctant to work together. Not to mention tacit cooperation.

"Southeast Asia is our last resource area, if we don't even have this place, where will the empire find resources to support the war?!" Shan Fifty-six reprimanded his chief of staff: "The first thing we need to consider now is how to prevent the Wehrmacht from occupying these areas. ”

"Otherwise, it's not just the Army that's unlucky. Our navy is no better, without the oil supported by Southeast Asia, our warships can't even drive! Not to mention the warplanes and warships that are still being built, do you want them to stay in a half-finished state forever?! ”

The Black Island Turtle Man stood silently, but did not say anything to refute.

"Kuroshima-san, you take two 'Thonburi-class' ships to support again. My request is simple. It is necessary to ensure that the National Defense Forces will not be able to support the other side of the river. Shan Wuliu nodded on the table and said, "I will send fifty additional fighters to escort you in turn, remember!" We can't let the Wehrmacht send support to the other side! ”

"Hai ......" The Black Island Turtle Man bowed his head, then turned around and left silently. Because of his outstanding achievements in the Battle of Pearl Harbor, Yama 56 had great prestige in the entire Japanese Navy.

He just decides and insists on something. Then other people will choose to do it silently, even if they have a disagreement in their hearts. This is true even for the large camp against the mountain.

The entire navy, from top to bottom, believed that the judgment of Shan Fifty-six could not be wrong. Then you just need to listen and execute.

And in fact, Hill has hardly been at fault since he became the commander of the Combined Fleet.

While the storm was brewing on the river, the outskirts of Moscow had already been slaughtered. The U.S. Air Force, the British Air Force, and the newly trained Soviet Air Force battled German fighters in the skies.

The troops on the Allied side flew the planes provided by the U.S. military, while the German side was almost exclusively BF-109s. The two sides fought each other in the sky, and the battle was inseparable.

It's a mess in the sky. The ground forces even beat the pig's brain out of the dog's brain. Although Montgomery withstood the strong attack of the German army, he also suffered a lot of losses.

After the Germans found that Montgomery's fortifications were difficult to destroy directly, they chose to bring in heavy artillery from China and let small forces constantly test the fire points of the British defensive line, and destroyed them one by one after finding them.

"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! Boom ......" every time the cannon sounded. Montgomery's heart beat a few more times. The Germans now brought in several train guns by rail.

And what was transported to the battlefield were the three special weapons that Hitler relied on the most - the K5E train gun!

After deciding to storm Moscow, Hitler sent three K5E train guns, just equipped with GR35 grenades, to the battlefield. After repairs by hundreds of thousands of Soviet prisoners of war, the railway to Moscow was ready for use.

Yes. This terrible weapon was sent to the battlefield outside Moscow. The GR35 grenade was developed with the K5E train gun and has a range of up to 60 km. The firing range is up to sixty km. Just think about it, you can know the power of the shells fired by this artillery, and even in order to better let the train cannon exert its due power, Hitler also ordered the air force's reconnaissance planes to assist.

The Air Force had to help the artillerymen, who were dedicated to Hitler, to observe the battlefield, assess the rate of destruction, and help them correct their trajectory.

With such support, it is easy to imagine what happened to Montgomery's position. The fortifications of the fortifications crumbled in the face of the heavy artillery.

Even if this gun does not have to hit the position directly, but only sweeps the edge, it will cause a large area of the tunnel to collapse.

"These damn Germans...... They actually made train cannons! They actually made a train cannon!! Montgomery cursed grimaciously in his headquarters.

In fact, he knew in his heart that the reason why the Germans made these train cannons was inseparable from those British Empire parliamentarians who were now in Canada.

Those parliamentarians naively believed that Germany would only stir up Europe, and that Britain would only need to give them some convenience and they would be able to suppress France, thus giving Britain more say and room for maneuver on the European continent.

But these idiots didn't expect that they would be burned by fire if they played with fire for too much. The Germans not only played the Netherlands, France and Belgium to death in one fell swoop, but also crippled the British Empire by the way.

A group of people ran away from London crying dad and mother-in-law to Canada, and they couldn't do anything but curse Hitler for having a son without an asshole and being struck by lightning when he went out.

"Boom!!" The power of the heavy artillery can be imagined, and even every time these shells fall, Montgomery can clearly feel the ground trembling.

Even more tragic than Montgomery were the American positions where Eisenhower was located. Because the American army did not pay attention to the construction of fortifications at the beginning, the American army suffered greater losses than the British army in the battle.

Heavy train guns, base razed those fortifications of the American army. Even a hard-nosed general like Patton could only curse helplessly when he saw this situation.

"We have to take out these train guns, or it won't be long before our positions are finished!" Patton gritted his teeth and said: "Our fortifications, the root will not be able to withstand the shelling of the Germans!" ”