Chapter 463: Attacking the Second Line
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The Wehrmacht was reinforcing its positions, while the Japanese were actively deploying forces for defense. For a while, the positions of both sides fell into an eerie calm. But no one knows when this peace will be broken, but they all expect that if there is another war, the two sides will be dead!
There was peace on the battlefield, but the peace of the international community was broken! Britain and the United States did not expect that the assassination of Tu Qianjun would cause such a big conflict, and even lead to the declaration of war!
As a result, the ambassadors of the United States and Britain stationed in Mukden entered and exited Mr. Yan's office one after another to try to find out what was going on. When they learned that it was the tiger's own father and now the acting commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht, who had started the war, their faces turned wonderful.
And that "want to kill my son, revenge!" Declare war! "It has spread all over the world with the name of Tu Sanpao, and now everyone from Europe to the Americas knows that there is a commander-in-chief who is so crazy that he declares war with hundreds of thousands of troops because his son was almost assassinated.
Governments are convening emergency meetings to discuss their position in the war. Manchuria must not be lost, and this is the first condition. Now the investments of various countries in Manchuria have made them inseparable from the interests of Manchuria, but they are extremely annoyed by the Wehrmacht's behavior of not even asking them about this declaration of war!
Now the idea of the nations is to let the Wehrmacht suffer a loss in front of the Japanese, so they themselves will intervene. Of course, Manchuria must not be touched by the Japanese. The abundance of all kinds of materials there, as well as the investment of merchants from various countries, determined that Manchuria must definitely remain calm!
But they were also unwilling to accept the Wehrmacht's "disobedience", so a certain amount of pressure was necessary. The nations are now silent for the time being, and they are watching to see how things go.
And while the nations waited and watched, the only one who benefited was Eisenhower. Originally, he was worried that his participation in the war would be criticized by the United States and Congress, but what he didn't expect was that Congress would be silent and completely treat it as if this incident had not happened.
The military, on the other hand, hinted to Eisenhower through the ambassador to pay attention to how effective the Wehrmacht really was. And according to the war summed up a set of feasible tank tactics, Eisenhower can be considered to understand! My worries turned out to be all bullshit!
Use other people's war and soldier equipment to test your own tactical thinking and make a summary. Fools don't do such things! Unbeknownst to Eisenhower, there was some criticism in Congress.
But that one is at the top of the United States. The "hammer" that seems to have retired but actually affects the entire country has made people bring a handwritten letter to Congress! The letter scolded the congressmen who were somewhat critical of the Congress, and then proposed that Eisenhower test his tactical thinking and observe the Wehrmacht's combat effectiveness in actual combat.
These will become congressional decisions on the extent to which support for Manchuria will be, and help is being sought in the United States in the direction of Nanking. They were willing to pay more than Manchuria, but the parliament and businessmen considered a stable political environment and a certain amount of military power.
After all, in a place where there is chaos all day long, it is difficult for them to do anything except sell arms. This is not good for business. It was Manchuria that remained the preferred object of the US Congress.
Tu Sanpao was in his headquarters with Eisenhower's mouth full of oily eating large pieces of pork stewed vermicelli, and now the Wehrmacht lacked anything. The food is even better, not like words, every day big fish and meat are eaten.
But the recruits are miserable, I saw those bloody corpses and vomited the internal organs several times a day, where can I still eat?! I usually like a large piece of fatty meat, but I want to vomit when I watch it today......
Eisenhower, holding chopsticks, sadly found that he seemed to be transforming into a Chinese. The chopsticks are very sharp, and the Chinese are also very slippery. Recently, I've even started to speak idioms and ancient poems!
Let's talk about it now. Eisenhower squatted in the headquarters with Tu Sancannon, sat on the shell box, held a large bowl of large bowls of pork stewed vermicelli and half a sauerkraut fish, and ate it.
After the meal, Eisenhower and Tu Sanpao smoked a cigarette in this headquarters. The lantern was propped up, and the two men were looking at the map hanging on the wall with the lantern.
From time to time, staff officers came in to report on the progress of various units, and the Second Army Corps of Qimudeng had completed the crossing of the river and was forming an encirclement of the Japanese army. The Korean Patriotic Regiment reported that all the forces of the Japanese strongholds had withdrawn to their third line of defense.
The cavalry division, assisted by the Korean Patriotic Regiment, had already headed for Pyongyang, and if nothing else, they would arrive on the third day of the encirclement of the Japanese army. The ensuing attack was launched, and the Air Force reported that it had achieved more than one and a half squadrons.
Due to the suddenness of the battle and the unpreparedness of the Japanese army, the Wehrmacht Air Force only lost six old fighters. However, due to the fact that our troops occupied positions and moved extremely quickly. Except for one who died on the spot, the rest were rescued only with minor injuries.
"Ike, tell me how we should attack next?!" Tu Sancang stood up and smiled at Eisenhower. Now the two have become very acquainted. Especially after Tu Sancang received Eisenhower's explanation of his command ideas.
"In my opinion, now the Japanese army is completely out of the power to fight back." Eisenhower shrugged his shoulders and said to Tu Sanpai, "I have to admit that your strategic deception is very effective. At least the Japanese have now lost most of their air force and all their artillery. Morale also became an issue, and even if you didn't attack, you would have to wait until the 2nd Army had encircled the Japanese and they would be trapped. Even after the cavalry knocked down the empty Pyongyang, they could fall directly into a collapse. ”
As he spoke, Eisenhower paused and said to Tu Sanpao: "But I'm curious, do you really want to start a full-scale war with Japan?!" After all, although the Wehrmacht is very strong now, compared to Japan, which has a perfect industry, you will not gain much by forcibly going to war. In my opinion, the chance of your defeat can be as high as 90%. ”
Tu Sanpao couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard Eisenhower's words. At him, he snorted, "I say, Ike! Do I look like a madman?! I'm not stupid, so I naturally know that there is still a gap between us and those gangsters! ”
You're not crazy, who are?! Eisenhower muttered in his heart, now the international title of you is even higher than that of your son! Any idea what they call you?! They now call you "Far Eastern Maniacs"!
Tu Sancang knew what he was thinking when he looked at Eisenhower's expression, but saw the sturdy man throw his cigarette butt on the ground and crush it with the sole of his boot. Said to Eisenhower.
"I'm telling the Japanese in my own way, or telling everyone! Don't try to assassinate my son again. Otherwise I'll be crazy! Become a murderer! But he saw that the third artillery squinted his eyes and looked at the roof of the headquarters and said in a deep voice: "I want to make Japan pay a heavy enough price!" I warn those who have a crooked mind that my son is not so easy to touch! As long as Lao Tzu is alive. Don't let them do that crooked!! ”
Eisenhower was silent, and he seemed to understand that the bearded man was expressing his father's love in his own way. You know, even the most knowledgeable father may not be good at showing love for his children.
And the Chinese are especially so, Tu Sancang is using this way to warn those who have other thoughts about their sons: if something really happens to the army. This father of his, is going to go crazy! And once he goes crazy, it's not just as simple as five steps of blood flow...... Because, in his hands, he has hundreds of thousands of Wehrmacht troops in his hands!
"I'm not going to kill all the Japanese. But I have to let them know what they're going to face if I go crazy......" Tu Sanpao squinted, and the steel needles in his stubble jaw seemed to pierce people's bone marrow!
"Don't worry! Ike~" Tu Sancang patted Eisenhower's shoulder and said softly: "After a while, this war will be over." ”
Eisenhower couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Tu Sanpao say this, but Tu Sanpao didn't have any explanation. Instead, he continued to Eisenhower: "I said Ike. You analyze and analyze, but you don't analyze one thing......"
But he saw Tu Sancang smile at Eisenhower and said, "Tomorrow, I plan to let your armored troops take the lead!" No one will go up, your armored troops will go first! ”
Eisenhower looked at Tu Sanpao in surprise, not understanding why he had made this decision. Tu Sancang looked at Eisenhower and said, "I said that you would have a chance to fight, and this is the opportunity I gave you." And this time, except for the artillery will give artillery assistance at the beginning, our infantry will not attack. It's your armored forces that are the ones who take the lead! ”
Saying that, Tu Sancang patted Eisenhower's shoulder and said with a smile: "Fight well!" I believe this actual battle will help you a lot! Ha ha...... Let's go down and prepare! Tomorrow morning from 10 to 12 o'clock, I will give you two hours to take the second line of the Japanese army! ”
Eisenhower silently gave a solemn military salute to Tu Sancang! He then slowly exited the command. Go down and prepare for battle. Tu Sancang looked at Eisenhower's back and thought, you kid have to train the armored soldiers of our three eastern provinces......
In the early morning, the Japanese troops, who had been on guard all night, watched wearily as the Wehrmacht positions hundreds of meters away fell silent. And compared to them. The morale of the soldiers of the Wehrmacht is high! After the wake-up trumpet sounded, the soldiers shouted the trumpet and sang and ate in shifts.
The Japanese troops on the opposite side hated them and gritted their teeth - the Wehrmacht saw them dead, and there was no artillery attack.
At ten o'clock, the Wehrmacht heavy artillery units, which had been transferred, roared again! The smoke of artillery once again filled the entire position! After the shelling, with the roar of the engines of "Boom ~ Boom ~ Boom ......", the Wehrmacht armored units made a grand debut under the command of Eisenhower! Towards the Japanese position, they will be killed!
When the smoke cleared, the Japanese army finally saw those steel monster clusters towards killing themselves, and they couldn't help but feel a cool breath rising from their hearts! And the fragmented corpses that were heavily bombarded and the screaming Japanese soldiers who were seriously wounded on the battlefield also set off this sadness from the other side.
Before Eisenhower's arrival, the Northeast Army, or the Wehrmacht's tank troops, was almost a chicken rib arm. They are more used as guards for Zhang Xueliang's father and son, or as a charging meat shield when they encounter difficult bones.
Eisenhower, on the other hand, did not use tanks as a backbone in order to break through gaps in enemy positions. Although the United States formed armored forces very early. Even his classmate Patton once invited him to be chief of staff in the armored forces.
It has never been possible to truly command a purely armored unit in battle. Whether it is the Middle East Road, 918, or the civil war in which the Feng Department participated, it has always advocated the coordination of infantry and Tan.
Tu San's artillery asked Eisenhower himself to command a purely armored force to attack, which has to be said to be an extremely risky move. After all, in this day and age, no one has ever tried to attack with tanks as the only class!
The heavy machine guns of the Japanese army sounded on the position, and the armor of those Renault tanks "clanged~" in the "sud......den" Japanese army! Those exposed fire points were immediately cleared by the tank troops!
"Tom~tom~tom...... Rumble! The 37mm flat-firing guns ...... exerted their power at this time, but with a salvo, they directly cleaned up all the exposed fire points!
"Red deer!!" The front-line commander of the Japanese army roared: "Quick!! With a grenade!! ”
The remnants of the Japanese roared and gathered the grenades in their hands. Throw it at the Wehrmacht tanks!
The heavy machine guns equipped with the "Tutu Tu ......" tank immediately opened fire, sweeping away the Japanese soldiers who were standing up! The 7.5 caliber bullets caused huge casualties to the Japanese army, and more than a dozen machine guns fired at the same time, which undoubtedly made these FT-17s a veritable battlefield sweeper!
"Tom~tom~tom...... Rumble! Boom ......" With the strafing of the machine guns, the tanks that had been loaded with ammunition roared again! A few salvos left a trail of corpses on the position, with shattered entrails and machine-gun stumps flying across the position! The entire second-line position of the Japanese army was blurred with flesh and blood!
And seeing that their positions were beaten in a mess, there were constantly Japanese soldiers wailing and dying tragically! North Korean Governor Ugaki Kazunari "Bang! He slammed the telescope on the observation port and roared: "Red deer!" Where did the Wehrmacht get so many tanks ?! Damn it! We don't have that many tanks in the Great Japanese Empire, where did these damn Shina pigs come from?! Bastard! Bastard!! ”
But no matter how angry he scolded, now the defeat of the Japanese army has been revealed! Under the onslaught of the tank cluster, finally someone could not resist it and began to retreat backwards ...