Chapter 329: The True Meaning of Blitzkrieg

At this moment, the 6 P40 fighters flew into the sky again through Baoshan Airport for supplies, and swept in again with a full load of bombs.

Because of the advance of the war, the U.S. Air Command in China arranged a part of its air force at Baoshan Airport, which is not far from the front line, and from here it only takes a 10-minute flight to Mangshi or Zewan Town.

After the first wave of air strikes, Jamie and his party did not stop at all, and quickly piloted the plane back to reload the bombs, and the damn high-level officials have not made it clear whether they will send large-scale air forces to support the Wanmachi battlefield, but only prevaricated on the grounds that Tengchong needs to maintain a certain amount of air pressure.

He deeply understands that there are only 6 fighters on his side, and if they want to support the front line to the greatest extent, they can only fly more and do more, and one person can complete the work of two people.

"Wesker, let's run out of shells and then go back, those Chinese soldiers at the bottom are about to break through this defense line along the river."

As Jamie maneuvers the plane around the sky, he discovers that the Japanese are already in decline, and the friendly forces are just one step away from crushing each other.

"No problem, let's see who can shoot more Footbasin Mud Sun!" Wesker turned the nose of the plane and made a big turn and rushed straight towards the Japanese position.

After the aerial bombs were dropped, there were still four 12.7 caliber heavy machine guns on each plane that could be used as dive attack weapons, and the Japanese, lacking anti-aircraft firepower, could only be reduced to rabbits fleeing in all directions.

The battle situation instantly showed a one-sided trend, the infantry in the rear arrived one after another, they brought more artillery, and the firepower of the tank battalion, which had been firing continuously for more than ten minutes, did not decrease but increased, and for a time the north bank fell into endless explosions, and the Japanese could no longer carry out an effective counterattack.

The vanguard of the engineering regiment also rushed to the battlefield, and without saying a word, they immediately began to build a pontoon bridge with tools.

In addition to the bridge building work, the engineering regiment also took out a lot of kayaks and prepared for the troops to forcibly cross the river, which was the remaining river crossing tool when they attacked Nantianmen, and it came in handy again at this moment.

"Monk, while the little devil is being blown up now, hurry up and take someone to cross the river with me!"

"Company commander, let me lead the team, your injury... Otherwise, let's rest. Monk Zhou looked at his left arm hanging on his chest and felt a little unbearable.

How do you know that Mo Youcai glared angrily, and said very angrily: "Don't you talk nonsense, isn't it just an arm?" Can't Lao Tzu shoot with his right hand, hurry up and organize people to cross the river! ”

"Yes! Everyone is geared up and ready to board! ”

The monk had no choice but to follow orders, and a platoon of soldiers quickly boarded the kayaks, and the soldiers of the engineering regiment rowed the ferry and quickly approached the opposite shore.

Fortunately, the river was not fast and relatively narrow, and they quickly rowed to the north bank in the face of bullets and bullets, although there were still some Japanese soldiers on the bank who resisted desperately, but it was no longer possible to prevent them from landing.

"Find cover on the spot, hold the riverbank, and beware of the devil's counterattack!"

Monk Zhou took the lead and immediately occupied the fortifications along the river, and there was no need for him to continue to fight inside, as long as he guarded this land now, more and more comrades-in-arms would cross the river later.

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"Commander Chen, just sent a report from the front line, the battle in Wan Town is basically over?"

In a jeep, Fang Jingyao asked Chen Jize with some doubts. It's just that the latter was looking intently at the map in his hand, and he didn't hear the inquiry of the person next to him.

"Captain Chen?"

"Oh? I'm sorry, I just thought about it, what do you say? Chen Jize came back to his senses at this time, staring at Fang Jingyao without blinking, and he still had a more respectful attitude towards this power.

"I mean, the battle over there is over? Why are the troops still moving west? Fang Jingyao was not annoyed, and patiently asked again.

It was now about 6 o'clock in the evening, and the battle in Wan Town had only lasted for more than two hours, and it was declared over with the coordination of air and ground troops.

Although Fang Jingyao was a little surprised by the sharpness of the offensive end of the troops, what really surprised him was that the main force of the chariot battalion and the three regiments continued to advance westward.

It stands to reason that you shouldn't stop and make a good note before you make plans? After all, there are still some enemies on the battlefield who have not been completely eliminated, and if the advance is too fast, if the troops cannot be coordinated, it will be a catastrophe.

"It's been a sleepless night today, Commander Fang, have you heard of the blitzkrieg?" Chen Jize asked rhetorically.

"Blitzkrieg? What tactics did the Germans use against Poland? Fang Jingyao said casually,

"The essence of blitzkrieg is to be fast, surprising, and concentrated, and our westward entry into Myanmar this time is to try a little bit according to the meaning of the seat, and make a not very decent imitation."

Seeing Fang Jingyao's puzzled expression, Chen Jize put away the map and continued to explain unhurriedly:

"This tactic makes full use of the quick advantage of aircraft and tanks to defeat the enemy by means of a surprise attack, first let the air force break through with air supremacy, and the armored forces use their speed and radio superiority to outflank the enemy, occupy key areas such as roads and bridges to cut off the outflanked enemy's routes, and quickly advance deep behind the enemy."

"So the chariot battalion doesn't care about the enemy who is surrounded and still resisting, because the other units will quickly follow up and divide and annihilate the enemy before he can organize a counterattack, so that the enemy will completely collapse and eat them completely."

Speaking of this, Chen Jize's eyes showed a touch of fanaticism, and he said excitedly: "This kind of tactic is really a product of this era, I have never heard of a war when I was studying in the United States, and it can still be fought like this......

"It's just a pity that our troops can't do it like the German army, the environment and hard power don't allow it, but Commander Fang, you have also seen it, it's just imitation, the little devil can only eat soil in front of this devastating offensive formation, and the losses of our soldiers can be minimized."

The basis of blitzkrieg is mechanization, and the premise is air supremacy, which is mainly embodied in the coordination and cooperation of air, tank, and foot.

Tactically, it lies in two sides, finding a breakthrough, opening the gap by the air force and artillery, the armored cluster enters the gap and develops the results, and the motorized infantry follows up and finds the flanks of the breakthrough.

5-10 minutes after the air force opened the gap, the armored group then attacked, followed by random infantry. Quickly destroy the enemy's command center, communication hub, and transportation hub, trap the enemy in a blind and deaf situation, and cooperate with the frontal troops to quickly encircle the enemy's main infantry group.

Of course, such excellent tactics set very high demands on the quality of the soldiers and logistical capabilities of the troops, and it is also necessary to ensure air supremacy at all times.

"This is also a good way to win quickly and defeat the enemy with surprise, no wonder all the trucks are rushed to the front line, but I don't know if the soldiers can guarantee a high-intensity march."

After listening to these words, Fang Jingyao pondered carefully, and recognized the tactics arranged by Liao Mingyu, but also raised some questions.

"People don't stop, Division Commander Gao also promised to send a large number of vehicles to cooperate with this operation, almost all of the troops' offensive routes are along the Yunnan-Burma Highway, this is our advantage, I can guarantee that the soldiers of the three regiments will not have problems, but I am worried that other troops will not ......"

Chen Jize explained, but from his words, he could feel that there was something in it.

"Don't worry, the engineer regiment will definitely be able to keep up with the footsteps of the three regiments, even your tank battalion, don't think that our speed of building bridges and paving roads is too slow." The old and spicy Fang Jingyao couldn't hear the meaning, and at the same time promised not to forget to make a little joke.

"Hehe, Head Fang said with a smile."

"The task of the tank battalion is to continue to break through, the ammunition supply vehicles and fuel trucks I arranged are already on the way, they will arrive at Nankan tonight, and it is expected to launch an attack on Nankan at 12 o'clock in the morning, if the situation goes well, tomorrow the US planes continue to come to help, we can even hit Lashio directly, so that the half-month battle can be completed in a few days!"

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