Chapter 1053: Waiting
"Ike, we do have the weapons you are talking about. But we have kept this weapon a secret from the outside world, not to guard against our allies, but more importantly to prevent our enemies from acquiring it. ”
"Now that you know about this weapon, we might as well be honest about it. The manufacture of such weapons is very simple, and so is its use. As long as you are well-trained, you can even use a single soldier and a triangular ruler to inflict great damage on targets several kilometers away. In order to prevent our enemies from getting this weapon, we have kept it strictly secret at all times......"
Eisenhower couldn't help but feel his heart pound as he looked at the telegram, which was sent to him by Tu Menghu himself. The tiger did not hide anything from the telegram, and happily admitted that he had the weapon.
"We can have the most skilled fighters skilled in infiltrating and using this weapon to help you strike at the German positions. Now that we have formed an alliance, the Coalition Government and the Defence Force will do their best to assist our friendly forces in the fight......"
"But this weapon should not be exposed for the time being, and I only allow the American team to go with us. The British, the Soviets, I don't want them to get involved in this. That's my bottom line......"
Eisenhower lamented that this tiger really only regarded the United States as his ally. Otherwise he would not have allowed only the US military to come into contact with them with this secret weapon.
"I will hand over the drawings and design of this weapon to the US military at an appropriate time. And this time, our elite fighters will stay on the front line of the Soviet Union for a while to assist you in your defense. At the same time, American soldiers are taught to skillfully use this weapon......"
When Eisenhower saw this, he happily handed the telegram to Patton. Barton quickly read the telegram and gave it to the secretary to revise it.
They were going to delete the Tiger slayer message that they would teach the U.S. military about the use of the weapon and provide drawings, and then tell the Soviets and the British that the Tiger did not want them to participate in the operation.
"Ike, we're going to send planes to pick up the Wehrmacht guys now. We're running out of time. The sooner you destroy these train guns, the better. Patton said to Eisenhower after the adjutant and the others walked out of the command office.
The latter nodded and said, "Patton, I'll leave this matter to you." Don't make a fuss, and send your best soldiers to fight with them......"
Barton naturally knew what to do, so he smiled and nodded, and left to choose someone.
In order to destroy the train artillery, the efficiency of the Americans can be described as unpleasant. It only took a few minutes for Tu Menghu to send a telegram of approval, and the US transport plane in Moscow flew directly to the imperial capital.
In the imperial capital, the No. 18 Special Commando Team, which was specially responsible for polar operations, urgently ended its intensive training in North Korea and quickly rushed back to the imperial capital on the Kunpeng transport plane of the National Defense Force.
"The combat mission is simple. You'll need to travel to the outskirts of Moscow to help our friendly forces destroy the German train guns. Some of the U.S. troops will fight with you this time, but remember! Don't expect them to help you too much, because they're all struggling with their own hands right now! ”
Combat staff officer Lei Daxiang looked at these sturdy men wearing snow camouflage under his command, and smiled: "They are all men killed in the sea of corpses and blood, I believe you know what to do." ”
"So I won't talk about the rest. There are only three things to say: First, except for those US troops who are designated to assist you in the war, no one else is allowed to touch the 'tiger roar'. Even these U.S. troops designated to assist you are not allowed to shoot live ammunition. It is necessary to separate the machine and the gun. ”
"Second, you must not reveal your identity, military rank, or subordinate department. Even if it's death, you can't reveal half a point! Do you understand?! ”
"Understood!!"
After Lei Daxiang finished the above words, he opened his mouth and smiled: "The third point is simple. We've always been called 'Special Commando A8'. Any idea why?! ”
"Yes!" As usual, it was a resounding answer. Why it is called Special Commando No. 18, they know it. In accordance with the rules of the Wehrmacht Special Commando. Before achieving real combat results, the commandos could only use numbers and did not have their own titles.
The crow was killed by the murderer. That's why they are qualified to be called "crows". And the crows are also the most veteran troops in the commando. It is known as the first commando team that "can catch tigers on the mountain and slay dragons when you go to the sea".
Also, it's the mountain guard dog. Although the reputation of the mountain guard dog is not obvious. But they don't know how many times they have resisted the targeted assassinations of the coalition government and the top echelons of the Wehrmacht.
It can be said that the inconspicuous reputation of the mountain guard dogs has terrified the enemy on another front. And for this, the price paid by the mountain guard dog is also very great. As new commandos, they were invited to the special martyrs' cemetery of the two commandos, the Mountain Guard Dog and the Crow.
Over there. There are more than 300 mountain guards lying down! It can be seen from this that in order to protect the top echelons of the coalition government and the top echelons of the Wehrmacht from being assassinated by the enemy. What kind of price did the mountain guard dog pay.
And the tombstone of each mountain guard dog, in addition to the number, code, name and life, also records the process of sacrifice in detail. "Defend the country with loyalty, immovable as a mountain" This is the mountain dog.
And the guards of this martyr's cemetery are also those mountain guards and crows who have retreated. They carefully guarded this cemetery, and told the commandos who were qualified to come to this cemetery one by one about the deeds of these fallen comrades.
"The commander-in-chief has made it clear that this mission is to give us an opportunity. It was beautifully finished, and he personally presented us with the flag when he came back! Lei Daxiang looked at the soldiers below and said loudly.
And when they heard that Tu Menghu would personally present the flag, the eyes of these members of the No. 18 Commando Team were red. I can't wait to go to Moscow now, kill those train cannons so that I can come back and get the flag from the Tiger Slayer.
The commander-in-chief personally presented the flag! This is an honor only for crows and mountain dogs, which means that as long as they complete this mission, they will not only be able to get rid of the not embarrassing name of "A-18 Special Commando", but also be affirmed as the commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht.
"That's it! Nonsense aside, you guys have half a day to trim up. After that, take the plane directly to the front line to carry out the mission, and disband! Thunder gave a loud order, and everyone dispersed.
It's all veterans. Know what you should do first. They took off their snow camouflage uniforms and equipment, returned to their dormitories to change their clothes, and then went to the cafeteria to eat.
The commando canteen is specially set up, and in addition to being highly nutritious, the most important thing is to eat 24 hours a day. The cafeteria is in three shifts and is stocked with materials at all times. As long as the commandos come back, they will need to cook for them at any time.
"I protest! Their behavior is clearly not treating us as allies! I think they're going to have to make it public to us and send people to teach us how to use it! ”
Sure enough, after Eisenhower handed over the intercepted telegram to Montgomery and others, it immediately caused a lot of anger. The British generals were jealous of the Wehrmacht's possession of such weapons. On the other hand, he was also annoyed by this attitude of slaughtering the tiger.
"General Eisenhower, I think we should unite to put pressure on this tiger. He has to hand over the weapon, and we can give it a price. But we need this weapon now to support our operations. ”
Relatively speaking, Montgomery was more sober than his own generals. He knew that Tiger Gen didn't care about the persecution of the allies. The Allies were now exhausted by the German army. There is even less time and energy to deal with Wehrmacht units.
Now the Allies desperately needed this weapon to support their wars, so Montgomery thought it could be purchased at a certain price. Then it was made in the United States.
In Montgomery's view, the allies did not have hole cards in their hands. Those cooperative minerals and oil wells are in fact a kind of hole card. Of course, Montgomery did not support the allies in these matters.
"Ladies and gentlemen! I also think it's grossly inappropriate, so I'm calling to say we'd like to get this weapon from them. Eisenhower's expression was serious, but he laughed inwardly.
Truly. The Tiger did not consider the Soviet Union and Britain his allies. But he at least considers the United States his ally, and he has promised to provide weapons blueprints and training without the need for the United States. He even said that the U.S. military would send people to assist in this operation.
Eisenhower knew that the tiger was giving them a chance to see the weapon's use and power up close.
"I'll try to get the blueprints for this weapon." Eisenhower motioned to everyone to be uneasy: "Of course, we can't push the Wehrmacht too much. Otherwise. If you have some undesirable consequences, then this is what we don't want to see. ”
Eisenhower was warning these people not to use their brains. Apparently, both the Soviets and the British were tempted by this weapon. There is no guarantee that they will not be playing tricks behind their backs in order to obtain weapons.
After all, the Wehrmacht soldiers had left the soil and had come here to fight alone. And here again, the territory of the Soviets. In order to get their hands on weapons, these Soviets did not necessarily do nothing. The British army is actually about the same.
Almost all of the people here are robbers, and everyone has no psychological pressure or concerns about robbery.
"Knock knock knock ......" at this time. There was a knock on the door of the conference room. Eisenhower called in, and then saw Patton come in with a telegram.
"General, after urgent discussions, the coalition government has decided to send five soldiers to our US military to fight together. At the same time, they said that they would hand over the weapon to us in due course......"
As he spoke, Patton looked at the crowd: "Tu Mengben, commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht, said that as long as this kind of weapon is in hand, it is very easy to manufacture, if these weapons fall into the hands of the Germans, and they organize a small force to continuously penetrate the Moscow defense line, then no one can guarantee that our logistics supply line is safe......"
Montgomery's face changed several times when he heard this, how could he not hear the subtext in these words?! The tiger told them plainly that I would give you this weapon, but not now.
I don't mind giving this weapon to the Germans if I want to force it.
Lin Sen, chairman of the coalition government, said that this is the bottom line for the coalition government to send troops. If you can do it, send a plane to pick it up immediately......"
The conditions were very harsh, but in order to be able to hold the position, Montgomery and the others could only pinch their noses and admit it.
Tu Laohu frowned in the forward command of the Weijiang position, studying the current battlefield situation. The Japanese fleet was blocked from the battlefield, but the losses paid to block their air force were not small.
The Japanese navy was desperately trying to break through the Wehrmacht's defense line along the Weijiang River and support their land forces. And Sugiyama Gen mobilized a large number of troops into the position in an attempt to prevent the Wehrmacht invasion of the position.
A couple of small towns on the second line of defense of the Japanese army. Directly in the battle, it was bombarded into ruins. Even so, the Wehrmacht was forced to fight the Japanese in one alley after another in the rubble.
Perhaps it was because the lowest rank of privates, from Sugiyama to Gen, knew that if this battle was lost, the entire Southern Army would repeat the mistakes of the Chinese battlefield.
At that time, once the Southern Army, which is now the main force of the Japanese army, collapses on all fronts, then this war day will be equivalent to half of the defeat. The loss of South Asia would have a knock-on effect on the Soviet expeditionary force.
They will lose supplies, and no one knows how long they will be able to support on the battlefield without a supply of guns and ammunition. Moreover, the Wehrmacht can use this as a springboard to launch attacks on places including Malay and Java.
"We now have great losses in our front-line troops, and the resistance of the Japanese army is strong. They even used wounded soldiers to ambush in the rubble, detonating bombs on their bodies while we were passing by, killing and wounding our soldiers......"
The Dragon Rope Ancestor had already been withdrawn from the front line to repair. More than half of his second echelon suffered casualties and had to be withdrawn for repairs. Even Long Rope Ancestor himself suffered three shrapnel. If it weren't for the guards around him desperately protecting him, he would have died on the battlefield a long time ago.
"Commander-in-chief, this battle is not easy to fight......" Long Rope Ancestor finally concluded with a sigh. The gun master smiled and pointed to the map with his finger and said.
"Is there a good fight?! It's not easy to fight. It's not easy to fight every time. Pao Ye smiled and said to the Dragon Rope Ancestor: "Fighting is a fight between you and me." Knives, guns, brains, food...... Nothing is missing. ”
That being said, the loss this time is really not small. The No. 4 position of the Southwest Military Region, which was responsible for the attack, almost disabled half of the Southwest Military Region.
Of course, the losses of the Japanese army were not small. The Southeast Military Region on the No. 1 position suffered relatively small losses. But it's also relative. After calculating it, the losses of the Southeast Military District were also enormous.
For this reason, Li Zongren was so anxious that he jumped to his feet. Urgently asked Bai Chongxi to go to the imperial capital to ask for reserve replenishment.
And the pressure is greater than Bai Chongxi's, Gao Zhihang. This is the most arduous battle Gao Zhihang has fought since he joined the army. The Japanese navy and army have sent out the most advanced fighters they have at the moment.
Due to the temporary subsidence of the fighting some time ago. The day gained respite. With their huge manufacturing capacity, they soon built a large number of new fighters and equipped them with the army and navy.
After absorbing the failures of previous air battles, the Japanese army combined the technology provided by Germany to build a new type of fighter that has to a certain extent approached the performance of the Wehrmacht's Tiger Shark fighter.
And as the number of surviving pilots of the Japanese army increased, their actual combat experience continued to improve. As a result, the Wehrmacht was no longer as easy to clean up the Japanese as it used to be.
This is the essence of a country. Historically, Japan also had the upper hand at the beginning of World War II. They inflicted heavy losses on the U.S. military at Pearl Harbor and later launched the Southeast Asian War and won a great victory.
However, the United States, which had a stronger industrial base than Japan, rose later, although the losses of the American army in the early stage were great, but in the middle and late Pacific War. The United States relied on its industrial superiority to produce a large number of weapons and equipment of all kinds, and found a way to defeat the Japanese army.
In the end, Japan could only hate the frog-jumping tactics of the US military.
There is no shortcut to the accumulation of technology, and all countries that want to become strong must go through the path of industrialization. The road to industrialization can only be to accumulate one's own technology and heritage step by step.
Although he was relieved to Long Rope Ancestor, in fact, Tu Sanpao knew in his heart that the battle had reached this point, and there was no shortcut between the two sides. It can only be hard fighting.
With hundreds of thousands of people in battle, there is not much room to move and dodge. Especially in the special terrain of South Asia, there are large areas of primeval jungle and small war zones.
This has led to the fact that the two sides are in fact able to carry out strategic planning, and there is not much leeway. Whether it is Pao Ye or Sugiyama Yuan, they can only fight hard.
If one of the opponents can't support each other, then the one who can continue to fight is the winner.
"Did those monkeys in the Philippines launch?! It's almost time now, those Japanese navies are attracted to us, why haven't they made a move yet?! ”
After letting the Dragon Rope Ancestor go down, Tu Laohu found his chief of staff and asked. The latter immediately replied to the cannon master.
"According to our information, they are already ready. It will be launched in three days at the latest, and our troops in the Nanyang Army Division are ready, and the clean-up operation has entered a countdown state......"
Pao Ye nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to study the map with his head down. Seeing this, the chief of staff gave a military salute and turned to leave.
"Three days...... Then let you go for three days, and I'll clean you up after three days......" I don't know how long it took, Tu Sanpao put down the red crayon in his hand and pressed the corner of the table on the map and said to himself: "Solve it all at once, my grandson is about to be born, and I'm still running outside as a grandfather, it's not right......"
PS: Everyone! I'm going to take the exam tomorrow, so let me pass it all at once with your wishes!! We won't have to suffer from this in the future!!!