Chapter 574: The "Beast War" is over
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June 23, Republic 2781 (1940), evening, 20:00 local time. Berkoji, Ethiopia.
At this time, it is the time when the remnant sun is like blood. Two armies of steel are fighting fiercely across the vast East African wilderness. Shells and bullets rained down in the air, rockets and missiles trailed towards each other with long tail flames, and fire, gunsmoke, and explosions spread throughout the battlefield. Against the backdrop of the afterglow of the setting sun, there is a feeling of flesh and blood Shura field.
From time to time, a chariot would be hit, and then they would explode with an earth-shattering explosion that would turn into a pile of garbage that no one recognized. Either a violent burn is produced, and the entire chariot erupts into a blazing fire, turning into a flaming torch. Others appeared intact on the outside, but lay motionless on their laurels, some blood pouring from under the car or through other crevices.
However, if you look closely, this military-level armored battle does not seem to be so enthusiastic and passionate. Because this is a one-sided battle, the East African (German) side, which has a large number of people, is being pressed and beaten by the Chinese side, which is small in number, and it seems that it has no power to fight back.
And the Chinese tank group, which had the upper hand, did not show any eye-catching, creative tactics, they simply pushed it over. Aim, reload, shoot, advance...... The process is repeated over and over again, as if a group of workers on an assembly line are making a product, or like a group of farmers on a modern farm harvesting crops with machines.
This is a typical industrial war, and the war scenes written by those literati are completely different things, and they don't need any clever tricks or wonderful on-the-spot performances, just a simple one-line push. Every soldier, every combat unit, is a part of the entire war machine, and some are just the precise fit of a mechanical clock.
The road is simple, back to basics.
It is only when the national strength and technology surpass the opponent to a certain extent that such a seemingly simple and untechnological war scene can be expressed. This is the absolute crushing of national strength and the absolute crushing of scientific and technological strength.
At 17:20, the 118th and 3rd regiments of the Chinese division caught up with the retreating 1st East African Armored Brigade. Seeing the absolute superiority of the Chinese tank in speed, Brigadier General Schumacher, the brigade commander, who knew that he could not escape, could only give the order to meet the battle while seeking reinforcements from the Lord.
The 1st Regiment (owing the 1st Battalion) and the 3rd Regiment 100 Panda fighting vehicles and more than 300 armored vehicles were combined with 240 combat vehicles and more than 100 armored vehicles of the 1st East African Brigade......
At 17:50, East African reinforcements arrived, and nearly 700 remaining Haw-Pars of the First Panzer Army and more than 2,000 armored vehicles of the entire Panzer Army rushed to reinforce them. Five minutes later, the 2nd Regiment of the 118th Division, as well as 125 Pandas and more than 200 armored vehicles from the division headquarters, were also engaged in battle.
So this armored conference battle that shocked the world entered a climax.
In this battle, there was a huge disparity between the military strength of the two sides, both in terms of the number of personnel and the number of equipment. On the Chinese side, there is only one 118th Panzer Division, which is still Division B. The East African side, on the other hand, is an integrated armored corps, which is the trump card of the king's card.
As mentioned earlier, the German-style establishment adopted in East Africa is the largest in the world, and the number of combat vehicles in one battalion is as many as 90, which is more than a Chinese armored regiment. Their First Panzer Corps has two armored divisions and one infantry division, with a total of nine tank battalions, plus several tank companies directly under the military headquarters and brigade headquarters, with a total of more than 1,100 Tiger and Leopard vehicles. In addition, there are close to more than 2,300 armored combat vehicles and self-propelled guns of various types.
And the Chinese 118th Panzer Division has only 260 Panda and Red Panda armored fighting vehicles, 362 infantry fighting vehicles and more than 300 other armored combat vehicles and self-propelled guns. The difference in total strength is more than three times, and the difference in armored combat vehicles (tanks) as the main force is more than four times.
If you don't know the outcome of the battle in advance, whoever sees such a comparison of strength will feel that the Chinese side must have hit the streets, and the only difference is probably to see whether they will pounce on the streets or at the end of the streets. Probably only China itself does not see it that way.
But the battle has been carried out so far, contrary to this prediction, and the German, oh, East African army, which has an absolute superiority in numbers, has been beaten on the head by the Chinese 118th Panzer Division, which is less than a third of its own strength. And he was beaten, not to mention, and was rubbed back and forth by the Chinese who pressed their faces to the ground.
The entire battlefield was littered with the wreckage of burning and smoking armored vehicles, the vast majority of which were from East Africa, and the few destroyed tanks in China were like symbolic embellishments. Moreover, very few of them were completely damaged, and many of them were only damaged by mobile devices or observation systems, and only temporarily lost their combat effectiveness.
The 36 "Raccoon" armored rescue vehicles of the division's maintenance and repair battalion and the maintenance and repair companies of each regiment braved the rain of bullets with the same thick armor as the main battle tanks, and whenever their own vehicles were damaged and unable to move, they would rush up and release smoke. Then, under the cover of smoke, their specialized towing equipment is used to tow the incapacitated vehicles out of the battlefield.
Behind a low hill more than a dozen kilometers from the battlefield, the 118th Panzer Division set up a temporary repair and supply camp. After the "raccoons" dragged the injured "animals" back to the camp, the engineers and maintenance soldiers who had been waiting for a long time rushed up to inspect and repair them as quickly as possible, replace them with new parts with various professional equipment, repair loopholes, replenish fuel bombs, and so on.
Because of the influence of Wen Desi, China's new warships, aircraft, combat vehicles, etc., the subsystems used are all modular open design, and the interface specifications have been formulated, which can not only be easily upgraded, but also very convenient to maintain, just remove the broken parts and replace them with new parts, which is very fast and convenient. Soon, these vehicles that have been restored to combat effectiveness will be put into battle again.
It's something that can't be helped.
Because the Germans and the Black Corn were very depressed to find that all their combat vehicles, whether they were the Tiger Leopard main battle tank, or the Tiger and Cheetah armored destroyers, not only could not penetrate the side armor of the two main battle tanks, the Big and Panda, but even the "Lynx" heavy infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy armored vehicles were difficult to destroy. Although the main armor of these armored vehicles is far inferior to that of the main battle vehicles, they have external armor.
On the contrary, not only can China's main battle tanks easily penetrate the faces of all their "animals", but even those armored vehicles are also a lethal threat to their tigers and leopards. Yes, those infantry fighting vehicles, armored reconnaissance vehicles and the like have not thick enough tubes, but the terrible thing is that they are equipped with anti-tank missiles. This thing seems to be more ruthless than the panda's main cannon, as long as it takes one shot, most of it will die.
In fact, the most terrifying thing for the Germans is not the giant panda and the red panda, but another kind - the "clouded leopard" armored destroyer. The vehicle was a Lynx transformer, which had no guns and only two 12mm machine guns for self-defense, but it was equipped with a six-pack missile launcher with 18 Red Arrow 4 anti-tank missiles that could be self-reloading. Once you're targeted by them, it's definitely over.
In fact, the East African army has been able to survive until now only because China's "birds" (air power) did not participate in this "beast war". After sweeping away the few remaining planes of the other side, they were ordered by their superiors to stand by in the sky and not to attack ground targets without orders.
Well, after Wang Yaowu saw that he had brought the people back safely, he remembered the arrangement of his superiors again, which was an actual combat test and training. Since this is the case, it is natural that the air power cannot be allowed to intervene.
This decision can make the pilots depressed, those fighter pilots are okay, anyway, what is on the ground is none of their business, and those attack aircraft pilots are scolding their mothers. Nima, isn't this a trick?
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Temporary command of the 118th Division.
Although the animals on the front line were still fighting, the atmosphere at the division headquarters was very relaxed.
"Hahahaha, Mr. Hong, don't worry, Lieutenant Wen Zecheng is resting at the division headquarters now, yes, it's okay, nothing at all...... His performance was very good, not at all like the first brother who went to the battlefield for the first time. This time, his crew achieved the result of destroying 12 main combat vehicles and 6 armored vehicles of the opponent. In addition, Platoon Commander Wen also showed the skills of a sharpshooter in the subsequent battle, and relied on his marksmanship to withstand the self-detonating charge of the East African death squad. Oh, because the situation was so chaotic that he couldn't keep accurate statistics, and he didn't remember it himself. However, according to the memories of his comrades-in-arms at the time, he killed at least 50 daredevils...... No, no exaggeration, this is already a very conservative estimate, this is the dragon and the phoenix ......"
"Mr. Hong, my opinion and that of Political Commissar Huang, according to the results and performance of Platoon Commander Wen, it is certain that the first-class Tiger Ben Medal and the first-class Medal of Courage and Courage will be awarded this time, and even if the Chinese Hero Medal is awarded, it can be considered. Yes, I know, Huaxia Heroes needs to be reviewed by the central government...... Yes, I'll pass on the results of their battalion to you right away......"
Wang Yaowu hung up the phone and laughed proudly: "Hahahaha, Lao Huang, this time there may be four Chinese heroes in our division." Gao Dengwan, Zhao Baosheng, Wen Zecheng, Dai Weiguo...... The four of them will destroy most of the enemy's armored regiment!"
"It's half an armored battalion, and one battalion on the other side has 98 ......," Huang Rixuan reminded.
"Hey, I'm not by our standards, doesn't that sound better......" Wang Yaowu said nonchalantly.
In addition, Mr. Hong said that the first battalion will be awarded the honorary title. This time it's cheap Chen Chen's kid, Made, I'm so angry that I want to beat him!I almost killed Lao Tzu!" Wang Yaowu said angrily.
Huang Rixuan persuaded beside him: "Lao Wang, according to our investigation, except for the fact that Battalion Commander Chen Chen failed to bring the Jibu Company assigned to him, the other commanders did not make any mistakes, his reactions and judgments were decent, and it would not be better to replace others." And according to the situation at that time, if you bring the infantry company, the loss may be greater, after all, the opponent is the main battle vehicle, and the number is superior, and there is no infantry to accompany them, their infantry fighting vehicle is of limited use, and there may be unnecessary losses. His judgment on this point cannot be miscalculated. So being surrounded this time can only be said to be his bad luck......"
"Okay, well, I'm not that stingy. Wang Yaowu waved his hand, pointed to the battlefield dynamic diagram on the central display screen, changed the topic and said: "We have now eliminated more than half of the other party, do you want to work hard again and kill them all." ”
Huang Rixuan shook his head: "Lao Wang, I see it almost." This is not a battle of life and death, the scale has now exceeded expectations, and we have shown that the purpose of force, military training, and weapon testing has been achieved, and it is enough. If this force is completely eliminated, it will also create an imbalance of power in Africa, which will have a negative impact on our future strategy, and I think we can stop it. If we really wipe out the First Army, then we will be working for the Entente, hehe......"
"Well, okay then. Then persuade him to surrender......" Although Wang Yaowu is still a little unsatisfied, he has made a plan this time, and he has to focus on the overall situation. He didn't want to cheapen the Entente.
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Provisional Command of the 1st Armored Corps in East Africa.
Lieutenant General Ludwig Kruvel stared blankly at the battlefield, seeing that the originally majestic chariot under his command was easily killed by the other party like a toy, and one after another turned into festive fireworks.
His mood at the moment was sad, he never expected that the result of the fight, which he had an absolute advantage in, would be so miserable, this was simply a hanging fight. I really want to drink a cup of Sanlu and die!
"Why is this happening!?What exactly are the Chinese's chariots made of?Didn't those guys say that I am the number one in the world in science and technology in Greater Germany?" Cleuver was trembling all over, he felt that this was simply a nightmare, completely unrealistic.
At this time, the chief of staff, Major General Delane, came over and said with a dark face: "Your Excellency, the Chinese commander's telegram of persuasion to surrender ......"
Clausel smiled bitterly, "Well, it seems that Chinese haven't wanted to kill us all yet......"
He picked up the telegram and looked at it, which was also a standard template for persuasion to surrender, first praising him and his troops, saying that they were brave and good at fighting, and then the conversation changed and said that they were illegal invaders and invaders. Then they said that they are now in a desperate situation, and there is no possibility of turning the book back, so for the sake of world peace and to avoid unnecessary sacrifices, you better surrender quickly. We will guarantee your personal safety and fundamental rights in accordance with international conventions...... Yunyun.
"Well, just do as Chinese say......" Clausel dropped the telegram and leaned feebly into his chair. Although Falbeck had previously said that "even if the First Panzer Army is completely destroyed, the operation cannot be canceled", he also knew that this was just talk. The First Panzer Army is not only the trump card of East Africa, but also the strongest force of the Allies in Africa.
"Yes!" Chief of Staff Delane hurriedly went to convey the surrender order.
After a few invisible telegrams came and went, the command in East Africa raised the white flag, and the entire battlefield soon fell silent. The officers and men of the 1st Armored Corps in East Africa, on the orders of their superiors, surrendered to their opponents and disarmed. The officers and men of the 118th Division happily went up and surrendered.
Both sides have been very low-key about the outcome of the war, making light claims that "this is just an armed conflict under a misunderstanding."
That's right, it's a misunderstanding!
The Chinese side says that we don't know what the East African troops are doing in Ethiopia, so of course we think they are aggressors, and of course we have to help our Ethiopian friends resist the aggression.
The East African side claimed that they had received an invitation from Ethiopia to help quell the unrest. The result was a clash with Chinese troops, who had also rushed to help quell the unrest, mainly because of problems with communication between the two forces.
Subsequently, after the First Panzer Army was disarmed again, it left the border under the escort of the People's Liberation Army. Then, after some arguing, East Africa paid a selective ransom and got its equipment back.
In this battle, the First Armored Army of East Africa lost more than two-thirds of its equipment and nearly 10,000 personnel.
China has once again proved that its status as the number one chariot power is unshakable, and chariots such as the giant panda have suddenly become world stars. As a result, there are hundreds of "volunteers" from several other camps in several research institutes and a few very dangerous places of work in China, such as uranium mines.
Because both China and Germany are accustomed to naming their chariots after beasts, this battle is also known as the "Great Battle of Beasts".
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Of course, all of the above is a later story, and at this time in the camp of the 118th Panzer Division, everyone is celebrating the victory.
The chefs and cooks of the joint logistics battalion were busy, and they had to come up with the all-pay skills to add food to the officers and soldiers. Fresh meat, fish, fruits and vegetables airlifted from Yanqiu, as well as all kinds of game brought back from the local area, were piled up in the warehouse of the joint logistics battalion.
In the open space outside the camp, the trophies of the battle were piled up, from daggers and sabers to tank artillery, all the remaining weapons of the 1st Panzer Army were here. A group of reporters from China are happily filming these things.
A group of officers and soldiers also watched the strangeness here, and they pointed around the trophies, talking and laughing.
"You say, what the hell do these Germans have in their brains? With our samples, we can make things like this, I'm really convinced of them!" Sergeant Gao Bowen pointed to the German version of Haw Par in front of him with a strange expression.
"So we refuse to admit that they are also tigers and leopards, they can only be meows, Hans meows and Hans meows......" Fang Hushan pouted and said disdainfully.
The Chinese officers and soldiers despised these German knock-offs, and they contemptuously called the Tiger style "Hans Meow" and the Leopard style "Hans Meow".
"Platoon commander, tell me, what do the Germans think?" Gao Bowen asked Wen Zecheng.
"God knows......" Wen Zecheng spread his hands and said helplessly: "Who knows why they love staggered load wheels so much, they not only use staggered load wheels on the chariot, but even that kind of small barrel car is also using staggered load wheels......"
After Germany got China's leopard and Siberian tiger, it made its own tiger and leopard on this basis, and the rest of the place was basically according to the original design, but only in the running gear, the Germans opened their minds. They actually swapped the leopard and Siberian tiger with a single row of weights and switched to their favorite staggered weight wheels. The leopard's five pairs of weight-bearing wheels became nine pairs, and the dense wheels were dizzying to watch......
"Staggered load wheels...... Such a complicated thing, they can think of it, I am dizzy when I look at it, I think they will regret it when they repair the car......" Lieutenant Dai Weiguo, the platoon commander of the second platoon, gloated beside him.
"My dad used to say that the Germans are the best at complicating simple things, hahahaha......" is also known as "beast wars".
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Of course, all of the above is a later story, and at this time in the camp of the 118th Panzer Division, everyone is celebrating the victory.
The chefs and cooks of the joint logistics battalion were busy, and they had to come up with the all-pay skills to add food to the officers and soldiers. Fresh meat, fish, fruits and vegetables airlifted from Yanqiu, as well as all kinds of game brought back from the local area, were piled up in the warehouse of the joint logistics battalion.
In the open space outside the camp, the trophies of the battle were piled up, from daggers and sabers to tank artillery, all the remaining weapons of the 1st Panzer Army were here. A group of reporters from China are happily filming these things.
A group of officers and soldiers also watched the strangeness here, and they pointed around the trophies, talking and laughing.
"You say, what the hell do these Germans have in their brains? With our samples, we can make things like this, I'm really convinced of them!" Sergeant Gao Bowen pointed to the German version of Haw Par in front of him with a strange expression.
"So we refuse to admit that they are also tigers and leopards, they can only be meows, Hans meows and Hans meows......" Fang Hushan pouted and said disdainfully.
The Chinese officers and soldiers despised these German knock-offs, and they contemptuously called the Tiger style "Hans Meow" and the Leopard style "Hans Meow".
"Platoon commander, tell me, what do the Germans think?" Gao Bowen asked Wen Zecheng.
"God knows......" Wen Zecheng spread his hands and said helplessly: "Who knows why they love staggered load wheels so much, they not only use staggered load wheels on the chariot, but even that kind of small barrel car is also using staggered load wheels......"
After Germany got China's leopard and Siberian tiger, it made its own tiger and leopard on this basis, and the rest of the place was basically according to the original design, but only in the running gear, the Germans opened their minds. They actually swapped the leopard and Siberian tiger with a single row of weights and switched to their favorite staggered weight wheels. The leopard's five pairs of weight-bearing wheels became nine pairs, and the dense wheels were dizzying to watch......
"Staggered load wheels...... Such a complicated thing, they can think of it, I am dizzy when I look at it, I think they will regret it when they repair the car......" Lieutenant Dai Weiguo, the platoon commander of the second platoon, gloated beside him.
"My dad used to say that Germans are the best at complicating simple things, hahahaha......"