At the same time, however, Schrager's Austro-Hungarian corps made a breakthrough on the Western Front, relying on a huge superiority in numbers, Schlager's troops successfully defeated two Iranian divisions, although at the same time paying some costs, but in Schlager's opinion, the qiē was worth it. He believed that in terms of the size of the troops, all the reserves of China together were not enough for one division, and even the elite troops of China wanted to resist 4 Austro-Hungarian elite divisions and 1 Turkish division (although there were already some losses. That's absolutely impossible. In his opinion, the probability of finally breaking through the opponent's defense is much greater than that of Guderian.

"War is never an opportunistic victory, and Guderian rushed thousands of miles with a fast army to the enemy's base camp, only to be smashed in front of an armored battalion. It's ridiculous. Schrager also saw Guderian's report later in the day. The words were full of sarcasm.

And Schrager shares the same view as Peng Yi. On one side was Guderian's department, which lacked the cooperation of other troops, and this army was estimated to have not even half a division. Lacking heavy artillery and infantry, it has good mobility, but it has a very good ability to attack fortifications. And the lone army goes deep, and over time, the combat effectiveness will gradually decay. On the other hand, it is a fully equipped legion. Nearly 5 divisions, supported by the Austro-Hungarian Air Force, had a powerful artillery and a large number of infantry. Guderian's troops were like a bee, agile and painful to sting, but not deadly. And the Austrians are like a bad wolf. At any moment, he will pounce and bite his throat.

"Let Tian Yong provide some support to General Gallen, and in a maximum of 2 days, I will transfer a force from the front line to restore the line of communication. At that time, Tian Yong will be able to fully support General Gallen's Russian legion. In addition, contact General Qin Yue. In addition to leaving a certain number of fighters on the frontal battlefield, the rest of the main force launched an attack on the Austro-Hungarian corps. In the end, Peng Yi gave the order. At this point, when the Germans on the front had already been heavily damaged. Huaxia began to target the Austro-Hungarian corps.

"The Confederates have a huge number of troops in the valley of the two rivers, and in Operation Babylon we can only inflict heavy losses on our opponents, but we will not be able to completely defeat any of them. The combat effectiveness of the Iranian regiment was mediocre, and tactically it could even be described as clumsy. The Russians did not know what would happen to the table. If we want to continue with the established plan, then more troops are needed. After giving orders to the front line, Peng Yi also wrote a report to Xu Jie. To say that it is good is to explain the situation of the war, and to say that it is difficult to say that it is to reinforce troops, so far, except for the remaining armored division and a separate armored brigade in Iran. Peng Yi has emptied all troops deployed in the Middle East. The number of troops can be described as stretched.

Almost at the same time, Qin Yue, commander-in-chief of the Huaxia Air Force in the Middle East, also said that he couldn't bear it! Although Operation Babylon was well timed, the Luftwaffe and Navy had just fought to the death with the British, and their combat effectiveness was almost at a low ebb. But after a long war of attrition, China was also very tired, if it weren't for Britain and the United States, it would be interesting enough to provide a lot of parts and support, (although there were not many British planes left, there were still a lot of Morin engines in the warehouse.) Cannons and shells are also cheaper. I'm afraid that the Huaxia Air Force is now running out of gas.

"When the battle is over, I will make up all the losses for you, and then continue fighting! Fight until the Germans don't want to fight! Xu Jie's call back was very simple, and the simple words were resolute.

"If the intelligence is correct. Then we are only 40 kilometers away from our final goal! There is only one last regiment in front of us, which is said to be the Russian regiment of Chinese origin, formed by the descendants of Denikin's Guards and some Central Asian peoples. A staff officer reported to Schrager.

"Guards?" As soon as I heard the word. Schrager's eyelids jumped. As a person who had come from the Eastern Front in World War 1, he was very sensitive to the term Guards. If you put aside the position, only from the point of view of combat effectiveness. Denikin's Guards Regiment was definitely the most formidable of the entire Eastern Front, and even the Germans on the Eastern Front had only a handful of units that could match it. In those years, it was not uncommon for a Guards division to chase after three Austrian divisions. Schrager also suffered more than once at the hands of this legion.

"Well, I don't know if the army that is working for Huaxia now can have half the combat effectiveness of that army back then!" Schrager muttered to himself, realizing that he was a little out of shape, he immediately cleared his distractions and began to think about how to fight the last battle in his eyes! "How many troops can we put in right now, I mean our own corps, not counting the Turks."

"There are two divisions at most, no more than 30,000 troops, and the use of long-range artillery and aviation is restricted, and we have more than doubled the limit in the fight with Iranian forces. And part of the capacity had to be used to transport General Lübenin's Bohemian legion. So the replenishment rate is slow. The same was true for the Air Force, where the amount of aviation fuel allocated to us by the Germans was declining, and the various stockpiles were quickly depleted. The staff officer thought for a moment and said. Although the Austro-Hungarian Legion vigorously solved the two Iranian divisions, and the loss of equipment and personnel was not large, the consumption of ammunition and materials was very amazing, after all, Huaxia also gave the Iranians some hard goods, plus the Iranians' will to fight is also in the past, so if you don't want to win with human lives, then the victory can only be piled up with shells and materials! Although the Austro-Hungarian army achieved an unprecedented victory, it also showed some fatigue, and more importantly, after the failure of Huaxia's southern attack on Germany, it had turned its attention to this Schrager who was behind the scenes!

"Even though the main forces of the German corps on the southern front had already been heavily damaged, on paper there were 5 divisions in size. It is unrealistic to eat it in one bite, but with the cooperation of the Russian army, it is possible to inflict heavy damage or even completely defeat Schrager's Austro-Hungarian army. General Gallen has a division plus a brigade of troops, Tian Yonghe and the other garrisons have nearly a division of troops, plus the troops we have drawn from the front line, as long as we gain a certain amount of time, we can organize a strong enough force. After careful consideration, Peng Yi decided to target Schrager's Austro-Hungarian corps at this stage.

There was a reason for the final shift in the targeting of strikes from the Germans to the Austrians. With the depletion of combat effectiveness, it is impossible to completely eat the German 5 divisions with 3 divisions. In addition to the decline in combat effectiveness, another problem was that the Huaxia Corps was somewhat far from the logistics base. And the supply lines of the Germans were closer. There is no point in dwelling on the strengths of one or the other. Moreover, Huaxia's ultimate goal is to cut off the Eastern Railway. Threatening the Kirkuk oil field, which was the range of the Austro-Hungarian defense, would be much easier if the Chinese could inflict heavy losses on the opponent in a field battle, whether it was to continue to attack the railway line or the siege of the city. In addition, the Austro-Hungarian regiment killed at the gate of China, and the rear of Huaxia was exposed under the enemy's artillery and had to fight!

Xu Jie was very supportive of Peng Yi's construction, and in order to ensure that he could quickly and suddenly cut off the back of the Austro-Hungarian army. After some consideration, Huaxia decided to invest in the airborne forces on a large scale, and the main attack would be the independent airborne 1st Brigade. However, it is difficult to support such a large fleet of aircraft into battle, and Iran's airfields and fuel reserves are somewhat unbearable. In addition, the issue of escort and coordination of the Airborne Forces also needs to be resolved. However, if you can eat all 4 Austro-Hungarian divisions and 1 Turkish division, then this qiē is worth it!

So inadvertently, the ambitious Schrager was silently remembered by the Huaxia Legion, and behind the thin Russian Legion, Huaxia was concentrating his last strength to prepare to inflict heavy damage on the opponent. However, this qiē must be premised on the premise that General Gallen's Russian regiment can buy enough time. At the same time, Huaxia was able to squeeze out a part of his forces to clear Guderian's troops. Although Tian Yong's troops can be put into battle at any time, in order to make Schrager fight to the end, it is better not to invest this force first.

"The other side still has spare strength at present, and theoretically the other side has 5 divisions of troops. Defeating the Iranian legion will definitely not lose 1 division, and now the enemy in front of him is only about 2 divisions, which means that the opponent still has about half of the troops to invest! They are also hesitating. If our reserves are beyond their imagination, then this remaining force will probably cover the retreat of the main force. Tian Yong raised his concerns.

"They know we have reserves. But the number is not clear, and Schrager is waiting. He waited for us to play all the cards before he acted. In that case, let's call him, first get rid of the German force that had infiltrated from the flanks, and then turn back to the Austrians. Peng Yi thought for a while and said, "You are responsible for how to fight you, but at most there is an armored battalion and a mechanized infantry battalion, and there is not enough left to make up the number of American and British troops." I don't have much confidence in the Russians either! ”

The last sentence expresses Peng Yi's current worries, there are remaining troops that need to be mobilized, and the counterattack time cannot be delayed indefinitely, on the one hand, he is worried that the Russians will not be able to withstand the collapse of the battle line, and on the other hand, he is worried that the other party will see some clues and choose to retreat. Whatever happens, it will lead to defeat in battle. Of course, after several battles, Peng Yi determined that the combat effectiveness of the pure German dealer troops was average, at least from the current combat record, the Germans had never taken advantage, of course, this is not to say that the German armored forces are not good, but there are some gaps between the performance of weapons and China, and the combat environment is relatively open, except for hard fighting. Although the loss of an armored battalion just now made Peng Yi feel painful, he also fully estimated the combat effectiveness of Guderian's troops. With the help of the Air Force, with the main forces of the two battalions in China as the backbone, plus the US and British troops, it is not a big problem!

Nine times out of ten, life is unsatisfactory. When the Huaxia Legion sharpened the war knife in its hand and was ready to slash at the Austro-Hungarian Legion at any time, Guderian, who was unwilling to be lonely behind enemy lines, made Peng Yi and the others a little uncomfortable! Although Huaxia had chosen the transportation routes further east to transport supplies and relied on existing stockpiles to maintain the combat effectiveness of the front, there were still many military stations and units along the way that had not had time to evacuate. And these units have become the target of Guderian's attack, and even the opponent is still trying to attack some well-defended areas, if it is not that this has been out of the cover of the Luftwaffe, Guderian's troops have always been under the threat of the Chinese Air Force, he may really have the courage to continue to develop in depth.

In the end, however, the choice of this famous general was beyond almost everyone's expectations, and he dismantled his troops and even moved his combat vehicles into companies alone. Moreover, there were very few tank sorties, and many of them were troops composed of a small number of tanks and a large number of infantry fighting vehicles and half-tracks. This seemed to be very surprising, but after Peng Yi analyzed it carefully, he smiled proudly.

"Guderian has no more food left!" Soon Peng Yi came to such a conclusion, thinking about it, the Luftwaffe is even weaker than the Huaxia Air Force, and it would be good to help Guderian open an opening at this time. Guderian also wants the Air Force to help him with air defense? Isn't that hard for the bf109? No matter how weak the Huaxia Air Force is, it is still no problem to draw out a squadron of Foxbat fighters every day to harass the opponent, and this squadron of Foxbat fighters and the 40 40mm machine guns they carry make Guderian miserable! A truck was scrapped with a single shot. If the tank is lucky, it may leave a hole and continue to walk, and if it is unlucky, such as hitting the engine compartment or gearbox, it will be scrapped. All the time, the Huaxia Air Force was like a knife slowly consuming the combat power of Guderian's department.

If you want a horse to run, you have to give it grass. Since Huaxia wants the Russian legion to help with the defense, then it must not be stingy. At this time, Huaxia also took out some reserve materials, including three 155mm cannon batteries, four 155mm howitzer batteries, as well as a large number of 90mm anti-aircraft guns, and more than a dozen rocket launchers of various kinds. Of course, these artillery pieces were only temporarily allocated to the Russians. Subsequently, at the request of the Russians, a large number of 20mm cannons were specially obtained from the Air Force and installed on small gun mounts as flat-fire weapons. The luxurious equipment made the Russians who were used to living a poor life cry out for local tyrants. As for the supply of ammunition, it is even more fine. When the Russians asked how many base ammunition they could match, Huaxia replied that there are enough shell tubes, and there is only one barrel, so you can do it!

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