In the past few months, after a long tug-of-war, the Soviet and German armies have conquered large areas of the North Caucasus and occupied the oil-producing areas of Mykop and Grozny. However, the Germans were not satisfied, and after a short rest, they made a major southward attack on the Caucasus Mountains, trying to break through the southern mountains, join the Turkish army on the Soviet-Turkish border, and further south to attack the oil fields of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, which was more prolific. The vast Caucasus region is divided into the North Caucasus and the South Caucasus in the north by the Caucasus Mountains, and the majestic Caucasus Mountains, known as the backbone of Europe, are a natural obstacle to mechanized forces.

In the North Caucasus,? Mykop and Grozny accounted for 15% of the oil produced in the Soviet Union. In the South Caucasus, the oil fields of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, were much larger, supplying almost 70% of the oil of the USSR,? Baku produces 24 million tons of oil a year, more than three times what Germany needed in the year before the war. In addition, Georgia has the best manganese ore in the world, supplying more than half of the manganese to the Soviet Union. As for food and other materials, it is also extremely abundant, which can be described as a huge treasure trove.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Axis forces from breaking through the mountains of the Caucasus, the wavering Turkey completely and completely fell to the Axis Alliance, thus triggering a series of chain reactions. Jiang Qiang had to reluctantly withdraw more than 200,000 troops to let Alexander's 18th Army Group go to the Caucasus to support the Soviet Caucasian Front and block the German army north of the Caucasus Mountains.

In this way, the strength of the Allied forces in the North African theater was reduced to less than 700,000, which was much weaker than the strong German-Italian forces. The so-called clever woman is difficult to cook without rice, and there is not enough capital to fight head-on with the Afrika Korps, so Jiang Qiang can only take the ultimate obscene defense, first fight a positional war of attrition with Rommel, and at the same time wait for the opportunity to overturn the Italian naval fleet and cut off the opponent's supply line.

Fortunately, although the division of troops in the Caucasus made the North African Allied forces very passive, it played a big role, and it was really because Alexander's 18th Army Group arrived in time to suppress the Turkish army that was about to move, and stabilized the defense line of the Caucasus Mountains. The arrival of the 18th Army Group announced that Germany would no longer have a chance to threaten the South Caucasus in this winter. The arrival of winter made the German army's less abundant fuel consumption faster, which simply made it worse.

"Don't be in a hurry, believe in our fighters, they will definitely persevere to the end, and victory will definitely belong to us and to the side of justice." After retracting his thoughts, Jiang Qiang smiled and comforted, and then said: "It is indeed difficult for the Allies to endure now, but the same Axis army is also difficult, as long as we can grit our teeth and hold on for a few more hours, there will definitely be a turnaround!" ”

When Stilwell heard this, he seemed to have grasped a certain point, and hurriedly asked, "Do you have any good ideas?" "Although everything is clearly laid out on the sand table, and all the possible countermeasures have been deduced by the staff officers for a long time, so far there is no feasible plan at all.

In the final analysis, such a limited hard battle, what you fight for is hard power, you are not stupid, the enemy is not stupid, what you can think of, the enemy can also imagine, it is difficult to grasp the flaws and weaknesses and kill with one blow! "......" As Stilwell's words fell, Auchinleck, Barton and others also turned their eyes to Yang Fan, hoping that he could come up with some good ideas and change the current extremely unfavorable battle situation as soon as possible.

"I do have some ideas, but the time is not yet ripe, and we still need to get through it." Launching a night raid is not a new thing, let alone an unexpected trick, so Jiang Qiang has no need to sell Guan Zi and throw out his previous ideas.

"The basic idea is this, as long as the Italian Navy dares to spend the night in the waters near the port of Tobruk tonight, I will definitely give them a big wake up tonight." After discussing this idea with everyone, Jiang Qiang said murderously: "Of course, in order to relieve the pressure on the front-line troops, we still have to work hard, and we can't let them attack so smoothly and comfortably!" ”……

17 kilometers west of the port of Matru, a hilly position of the 1st Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. This is the defensive position of the 3rd Regiment of the 5th Brigade of the 9th Division of the Expeditionary Force. At this moment, on the plain in front of the 9th Regiment's position, as well as on the gentle slope hundreds of meters long in front of the position, piles of burning and burned steel wreckage could be seen everywhere, and there were countless enemy corpses scattered in the dirt.

The blood that flowed uncheckedly had almost turned the dry dirt on the slope into a muddy wetland, and it was really a river of blood. The air was filled with the thick smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, filled with the sound of gunfire and cannon explosions that made people's eardrums feedback, and the fierce battle of life and death continued at this moment. The officers and men of the 9th Regiment no longer knew how many enemy tanks and armored vehicles had been destroyed, how many enemy soldiers had been killed, and how many attacks had been repulsed.

They only know that we are invincible, and as long as the enemy is still attacking, they must fight to the end. The large array of thousands of anti-tank and infantry mines, which had long been consumed by the enemy's frenzied bombardment and ground offensive. Of the more than 40 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, only a pitiful 5 are still available. There are not many reinforced concrete forts and pillboxes left under the frenzied bombardment, and the entire defense system has been seriously damaged.

Even the two front trenches had changed hands several times, and the soldiers had engaged in several hand-to-hand combat with the enemy who had rushed into the trenches, driving the enemy out of their positions again and again. Under the wave after wave of frantic attacks of the fierce and formidable enemy, the officers and men of the Chinese expedition had long been insensitive, and had become a killing machine, constantly repeating the mechanized shooting and firing movements.

Even with planes in their heads, heavy artillery in the distance, and tanks and armored vehicles in the distance, they were not afraid and did not leave any room for the enemy's imagination from beginning to end. "The Huaxia Expeditionary Force is really a hard bone that can't be broken or smashed!" A German colonel commander, standing on a distant slope, holding a telescope and staring at the fierce battlefield several kilometers away, the brow on his forehead twisted into Sichuan characters.

The German ground troops in charge of the main attack were indeed hard enough, and the continuous offensive had been continuous for more than eight hours since dawn, and no less than 5,000 people had been killed one after another, and the number of tanks and armored vehicles damaged exceeded 350. But in order to be able to take the fortress of Matrouh, in order to conquer Egypt as soon as possible, and for the final victory, they had to bite the bullet and continue to attack, and had to fill it with human lives.

"Come on, shit! Lao Tzu doesn't believe that it's not just you! Long Wenwen lifted the heavy machine gunner who had just been killed, then filled it himself, pulled the trigger with his hand and continued to fire wildly. Snort!

Strings of metal warheads instantly rained down, splashing blood on enemy soldiers in the distance and sparks on tank armored vehicles. The gauze wrapped around Long Wenwen's head has been soaked with a steady stream of blood at this time, no matter how strong the hemostatic effect of hemostatic powder is, it can't withstand the violent toss.

Although Long Wenwen was already the commander of a regiment, and under normal circumstances, there was no need to go to the front line in person, but now at the moment, the entire 9th regiment was in a desperate situation, except for the hygienists and communicators who had not yet gone to the front line, everyone had been fighting bloodily for a long time. The wound on Long Wen's forehead was caused by hitting a rock after being swept away by a wave of air during the shelling.

Thanks to this hard life, if he was a little unlucky, the fragment that flew past his scalp would cut off his head. Until now, Long Wenwen's head was still dizzy, and even his vision began to become foggy, and he didn't know if he was bleeding too much, or he was smashed out of a concussion, or if he had a cerebral hemorrhage.

But obviously, the pain on the body is not the point now, and even whether it will bleed too much and die is not the point, the point is that the battle cannot be stopped at all, and only by knocking down all the enemies in front of the position can they survive and complete the combat mission. In the trenches on both sides of the dragon article, many soldiers have fallen forever, and one by one young lives have been forever buried in a foreign land for the sake of the country and the nation.

At this moment, almost all the fighters who insist on fighting are in the lottery, but they are not lightly injured and cannot get out of the line of fire, as long as they can continue to fight, they will live more than fighting. And those seriously injured soldiers, although they have no way to maintain the fighting state, they can't pick up heavy weapons and continue to fight, but they do not hide aside and wait for the last moment to come, but endure severe pain to help their comrades around them reload their magazines, and even crawl in the trenches to transport ammunition.

There is no way, the battle has reached this point, they have no way to retreat, and at the same time, the enemy will not give them the opportunity to retreat calmly. As long as they show timidity, as long as they mess up, as long as they run away without hesitation, the enemy army that has long been full of hatred and red eyes will pounce on them like a pack of vicious wolves, tearing them to pieces in three or two blows.

At this time, you can only grit your teeth and fight to the end, defeat the enemy, and beat them to get a glimmer of life! "Watch out!" Just when Long Wenwen was firing wildly, Zhang Milong, who was tied with a strap on his arm, ran over from nowhere, and suddenly threw Long Wenwen, who was already hazy-eyed, to the ground.

Whoosh! Almost as soon as the article was pressed, a string of heavy machine-gun bullets flew past the dirt and rocks on the side of the trench. If this movement is slowed down by 1 second, the area above the dragon's chest should be broken to pieces at this point. "Ahem, ahem!" Long Wenwen shook his head, subconsciously touched his itchy eyes, and then looked down to find that his hands were full of blood, and he didn't need to think about it to know that the wound on his forehead had been torn again.

"Dog, pick up another life, haha, it's worth it! What a time for you, boy! But even so, Long Wenwen did not feel scared and frightened because of this, but laughed very brightly, as if he really triggered the "famous knife" effect, dodged the fatal blow, and survived one more time! Zhang Milong asked with a distressed face: "Tuanza, are you okay?" Do you want me to remedicate and bandage your wound for you? ”

"It's just a little skin injury, you can't die!" Long Wenwen shook his head, how can he deal with his wounds slowly now, the enemy is attacking frantically, and a final decisive battle may occur at any time. After a pause, Long Wenwen suddenly sounded an important question, and immediately asked angrily, "Why did you kid come to me?" What's going on over there? ”

Zhang Milong hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, the position is good, and it won't be lost for a while!" As soon as he heard this, he knew that Zhang Milong must have something to find him, and immediately shouted: "If you have something to say, let it go, don't you see that you are still fighting?" I don't have the time to chat with you! "Hehe, the parents of those who gave birth to me are also, and the people who know me are also in the group!" Zhang Milong laughed twice, and then changed his words and said, "Tuanzao, let's withdraw." More than half of the casualties in our regiment have been killed, and the brothers have really done their best, and if we continue to fight, we will all be finished! ”

"You bastard, as soon as you pout your ass, I will know what shit you are going to shit!" As soon as he heard this, Long Wenwen didn't know what Zhang Milong was planning, and immediately warned in an extremely stern tone: "Don't talk this nonsense to Lao Tzu, if you want to be a deserter, Lao Tzu will collapse you now." "Tuanza!" Zhang Milong was so anxious that he stomped his feet, and said in an extremely sad and helpless tone: "Our heavy equipment is almost exhausted, what are we going to use to fight with the ghost guy's tank armored vehicles now?" Isn't this a death for our brothers?

When has our Burmese army fought such a wretched battle? You can do it, leave some seeds for our group! "Haha, you bastard, you are afraid of death, just say it, Lao Tzu will not laugh, because Lao Tzu is also afraid of death!" Long Wenwen didn't laugh angrily, and pointed with his hand: "But, you sober up Lao Tzu, behind us is a steep slope of more than 100 meters, and farther away is the plain of a horse and a flat river, even if we don't care about anything and run away directly, how many people can survive?"

Are you going to watch those goblins watch us flee back? Don't you want to kill us all and avenge their fellow citizens? "Anyway, I don't want to die, I'm going to be a father, I want to go back to take care of them alive!" As he spoke, Zhang Milong began to shed tears.

A few days ago, Zhang Milong received a letterhead from his daughter-in-law, only to know that his daughter-in-law was pregnant with twins, and he naturally had an extremely strong desire to survive, and he didn't want to die here no matter what. Even if it is the responsibility of everyone to defend the land in the Anti-Japanese War, even if it is the glory and destiny of a soldier to sacrifice his life for the country, then at least let him take a breath and see with his own eyes the pair of twin babies who were not born! Otherwise, Zhang Milong is really dead! "Don't step on the horse, tell me nonsense!"

Long Wenwen raised his arm angrily, wiped the blood that had just flowed between his eyebrows, and then pointed to the remains of several soldiers lying in the trench not far away: "You go and ask them, do they want to die here?" But why did they die here? "Do you listen to what the brother troops are doing, and they are not the same as they are fighting bloodily? Isn't their life their life? ”

Without waiting for Zhang Milong to answer, Long Wen pointed to the sky again and said: "Are you blind and haven't you seen that the Air Force brothers have been fighting hard with the Nazi Fascist Air Force all along?" Do you think they're full and have nothing to do? Do you think they don't want to live well? If it weren't for the fact that they fought so hard with the enemy's air force, would we still be able to hold out until now? ”

Zhang Milong was speechless when asked, he couldn't answer all of this series of question marks, and he couldn't answer them, but he was still not very convinced in his heart. "Zhang Milong, let me tell you, as long as the head is not kicked by a donkey or broken by the door, no one wants to have a hot kang head for his wife and children, and no one wants to die!

But if you don't carry a gun, I don't carry a gun, who will defend the home, who will defend her? "Long Wenwen was not a good temper in the first place, but it was really angry to see Zhang Milong's bear-like appearance at this critical moment. After breathing a sigh of relief, Long Wen then roared angrily: "Zhang Milong, you listen to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu doesn't want to die here!" Lao Tzu is also hurt and thought by someone in Myanmar, Lao Tzu was also raised by his father and mother, and Lao Tzu did not pop out of the cracks in the stones! ”

"But the big husband has something to do, and he doesn't do something, who told us to live in this troubled world where human life is like a mustard, and who made our country poor and weak and bullied? If you don't fight with the enemy today, if you don't kill all these dogs, tomorrow your wife and children will only become slaves to the country who can be slaughtered, and they will only become the swords of the Nazis and fascists! ”

"Tuanza, don't yell at me! I'm not really afraid of death, when did I Zhang Milong coax? I just want our group to leave some seeds! Okay, okay, if my head falls out, there will be a big scar at the mouth of the bowl, and it's a big deal that I got more than 100 catties here today! Hearing these words, Zhang Milong's temper was also aroused, and he immediately picked up the Bobosha assault rifle under his feet and walked in the direction he was coming from.

"You stupid X, who said we were going to die here? If you want to survive, you must persevere to the end, and you must not give up hope at any time! Long Wen then roared and said: "You have to remember that we are not fighting alone, we must have firm faith, we must believe that we can survive, and we must believe that the commanders will not let us die in vain!" ”

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! "After these words, Zhang Milong is in a much better mood, although Long Wen scolded himself bloody, but he is really uplifted, at least he is not as desperate and pessimistic as before!" Okay, you hurry up and let Lao Tzu go back and defend the position! There is no endless road, as long as we persevere to the end, we will definitely be able to go back alive! ”

Long Wenwen waved his hand vigorously, and this sentence just now was not only for Zhang Milong, but also for the surrounding officers and soldiers, and it was also for himself. Although the world is still material, many times faith and spiritual power can play an unimaginable role. "Yes! People are in the position, people are dead, and people are dead! ”

Zhang Milong turned his head and smiled at Long Wenwen, and then the cat trotted quickly. Buzzing, it seemed to confirm the "endless road to the sky" of the dragon article, and at this moment, a dense motor hum was heard in the sky in the distance. "Hey, what's the situation? Could it be that the Air Force is coming to our aid again? ”

Long Wenwen hurriedly turned his head to look, just listening to the direction and movement of this voice, he knew that this time it was probably not a small scale. Sure enough, when he turned his head to look, he was surprised to find a group of small black dots flying in the eastern sky, this time the scale of the combat aircraft group was unprecedentedly large, and there must be as many as three or four hundred planes at any time.

And judging from the formation, there are not only bombers, attack planes against the enemy, but also escort fighters, and it seems that this time there is going to be a wave of ruthlessness. Dididi, at this moment, the walkie-talkie pinned to Long Wenwen's waist rang.

Long Wenwen hurriedly connected to the walkie-talkie, and Niu Bo's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Captain Long, I'm Niu Bo, please answer if you receive it!" Long Wenwen hurriedly replied: "Report to the brigade, I am Long Wenwen!" "Very good, Commander Long, all the brothers of your 9th Regiment are doing well, and this blocking battle is very beautiful!"

Without waiting for Long Wenwen to answer, Niu Bo continued: "Now the air force units will cooperate with us in a counter-charge battle, and soon there will be brother troops to meet you." When the time comes, you will cooperate with the fraternal troops to carry out a counter-charge, and after annihilating the enemy troops at the front of the position, you will retreat with all your troops. "Huh? Full retreat? ”

Long Wenwen was slightly startled and said, "Brigade seat, don't you want this line of defense?" In that case, wouldn't our brothers die in vain? "You bastard, is your head caught in the door?" Do you just want to be crucified there, so that your brothers can die heroically and put them in boxes and go home? Niu Bo was really funny and angry, and then added: "This is an order issued by the head seat himself, don't doubt it, just carry out the order!" It must make sense for the head office to arrange it this way! ”

"Okay! Good! I understand! Long Wenwen immediately became happy, and kept nodding, just like a chicken pecking rice. As he said earlier, no one will give away a man's head unless he is kicked in the head by a donkey. Well, now there is an order to retreat from above, and there are fraternal troops to respond, and all problems do not exist.

"The field hospital will send a helicopter to pick up the seriously wounded, and leave some of the lightly wounded to carry the wounded when the time comes!" At this time, Niu Bo said in a low tone: "As for those brothers who died heroically, we can only wronged them first, and we will take them home when we have the opportunity in the future!" "Okay, Travel! Brothers will understand us! After hanging up the phone, Long Wenwen immediately shouted on the communication channel of the regiment headquarters: "All units pay attention, all units pay attention, listen to me!" ……”

"Understood!" "Roger!" "Haha, that's great!" "Long live Soza! Long live the Burmese Army! "You dogs, I'm going to kill you all!" "Brothers, cheer up, beat me hard in a while, and avenge the dead brothers!" "That's a must!" "Blood debt and blood payment!"

Soon, the order reached the ears of everyone in the 9th Regiment, and everyone became excited at once, and after a long day, they could finally fight a counter-charge. It didn't take long for a huge group of combat planes to fly to the front line in anticipation, and bombers and ground attack planes began to kill enemy targets on the ground. The more than 100 escort fighters continued to fly forward, crashing head-on into the surging German fighter group in the distance. At the same time, several armored units began to rush out of the town of Matru early and went straight to the front battlefield.