African Nationhood

Although the German-Austrian forces were retreating steadily, they did not suffer a large-scale rout.

This made the three regiment commanders Shi Honglian, Shi Quan'an and Hong Haifeng, who were observing the battle situation at the edge of the battlefield, amazed and wary.

"Tell the commander leading the charge to be careful of the enemy's ambush."

"Yes!"

……

The messenger rode through the front line. By the time he found Si Xiaoguang, the division commander on the front line, the vanguard of the South China Army had already entered the city of Vienna, and Si Xiaoguang's cavalry was about to enter the city.

"Commander Si, the commander of the Red Alliance Army wants me to tell you something."

Si Xiaoguang is 44 years old and has been in the army for years. He rose up the ranks step by step from a young soldier.

He attached great importance to the messengers. He immediately reined in his horse, jumped off the horse and asked, "What do you want to say?"

The messenger immediately told Si Xiaoguang what Shi Honglian said, and Si Xiaoguang immediately relayed what Shi Honglian said.

The other two battalion commanders did not need to give orders, and each went to organize the manpower to take charge of the rear to face the enemy attacks on both sides.

Si Xiaoguang's guards acted as messengers and left quickly on horseback. Unfortunately, it was already a bit late.

After hearing this, Si Xiaoguang immediately looked at the guard, "Where have Zhang Gang's troops advanced?"

After saying that, he turned around and strode away.

"Just go back and break out. Our people are behind us. Only by walking back can we break out."

The guard immediately returned: "His messenger came here 10 minutes ago and said that they had chased them to the edge of Vienna. They should have entered the city by now."

"Captain, we are ambushed, which way should we break out?"

Not surprisingly, Germans came behind them and blocked their way back.

"Dong dong~~dah~~"

Who would have thought that as soon as he entered the residential area, he found that the enemy who was fleeing in front turned back.

Although Zhang Gang blamed himself, what he needed to do most at this time was to take responsibility.

When they planned to take advantage of the terrain to defeat the enemy, they discovered that there were enemy forts and heavy machine gun fire points in the surrounding residential buildings.

At this moment, Zhang Gang immediately understood that he had fallen into a trap. The enemy actually led their group into an encirclement.

……

Now that the regimental commander had made a decision, Li Wenlong, commander of the first battalion, immediately shouted, "Breakout, our first battalion will take the lead!"

At this time, they were like a turtle in a urn, and the deputy and battalion commander of the regiment were anxious to death.

"Whose troops are chasing into the city?"

"Hurry up and send people to chase the forward troops and ask them to be careful not to get ambushed by the enemy."

He hadn't noticed it before, but after being reminded by his boss, Si Xiaoguang became a little scared.

Zhang Gang and the others didn't pay attention when they were chasing a group of fleeing enemies. They didn't pay attention when they chased them to a residential area.

The guard scratched his head and said, "It is estimated that three or four regiments gave chase."

Zhang Gang held a pistol and was about to get on the horse, but Zhou Ya, the deputy of the large group next to him, grabbed him.

"The leader cannot ride a horse at this time. We have been surrounded and there are snipers ambushing us around. As soon as you mount your horse, aren't you just giving the snipers a target?"

Hearing what the deputy chief said, Zhang Gang nodded, "Give me a submachine gun!"

The guard company commander next to him immediately handed over the submachine gun in his hand, "Captain, here it is!"

Zhang Gang took the gun in his hand, pulled the safety, and said to the people around him: "I am responsible for being ambushed and surrounded this time. Everyone rush out with me and let's discuss my fault."

After saying that, Zhang Gang quickly rushed in the direction where the battalion commander of the first battalion left, and the people of the guard company followed him.

Zhou Ya, the vice-president of the group, sighed, pulled out the pistol from his waist and followed.

……

"Reporting to the division commander, as we advanced, we discovered that the enemies at several points in the city had a very strong will to fight. We attacked them, but they actually refused to retreat."

After hearing what the messenger said, Si Xiaoguang immediately understood.

"Have the messengers just sent to notify the vanguard come back?"

"Report, no."

Comparing the two, Si Xiaoguang quickly understood the enemy's intentions. "The people who organized the attack on the enemy at those points must be quick. I guess those points were deliberately arranged by the enemy to block us.

The enemy's intention is to capture our forward regiments. "

Deputy Master Wang Weilin nodded immediately, "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

……

The sound of "rumbling" tracks signaled the arrival of armored vehicles. The artillery and heavy machine guns on these armored vehicles opened fire one after another. The soldiers behind also took out grenades, armor-piercing hand cannons and grenades from time to time to greet the enemy.

"Da da~ bang bang~~"

The bullets tilted mercilessly and the bombs kept exploding. The fortress could not withstand such powerful firepower, let alone flesh and blood.

Facing a strong attack, the German-Austrian forces could no longer hold on.

They had no choice but to retreat towards the arranged route. This retreat soon exposed the buttocks of the regiment troops who were concentrating on the siege.

The advancing armored vehicle troops continued to advance without stopping, "Bang bang~~"

There was another series of explosions, and the German soldiers who were already desperately resisting the Nanhua breakout soldiers must be cursing their comrades who abandoned them.

I thought they were fighting from all sides and stormed to capture Nan Hua's forward group.

Seeing that success was imminent, the encirclement was broken by the fierce firepower of the South China Army. The Germans had no choice but to abandon the encirclement and leave.

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This battle of siege and counter-siege can be said to be full of twists and turns, but the sacrifices made by both sides are real.

In order to implement this "encirclement strategy with a time lag", the German commander mobilized more than 4 troops to carry out the siege, and ultimately lost more than 11000 troops.

The Nanhua Forward Regiment, which was surrounded on all sides, also lost almost 1 people, and all five regiments were defeated.

The two sides had a real fight, and what followed was an arduous street battle.

The German-Austrian Allied Forces fought for every inch of territory, and the soldiers of the South China Army also fought bravely.

It can be said that the city of Vienna is full of wars and battlefields.

Shi Honglian and the other three people in the rear looked heavy when they heard the battle reports coming back from various places.

“I didn’t expect the Germans to be so good at fighting.

Our equipment has advantages, but it still cannot end the battle quickly.

It can be seen that equipment superiority is not the key factor that determines the direction of a war.

Soldiers are the key factor that determines the direction of the battlefield! "

Facing Shi Quan'an's sigh, Shi Honglian smiled, "Yes, Chairman Shi has said this a long time ago, but we didn't listen to it before.

Now this battle has made me deeply realize that Chairman Shi is really unfathomable! "

Shi Honglian’s words resonated with Hong Haifeng, and he nodded with a smile, “The Red Alliance Army Commander is right, the Chairman is indeed unfathomable.

You should remember that in 1914, the Chairman of the General Assembly suddenly visited the Lunda Administrative Office.

At that time, he proposed that the General Staff make a plan to capture Germany's East African colonies. At that time, the military commanders felt that the Chairman was too impatient.

Unexpectedly, a few months later, a war broke out in Europe. We easily captured the German colonies in the Pacific, and then took over Tanga in East Africa.

Later, through the Vorbeck turmoil in East Africa, we gained access to British Uganda.

Moreover, the Chairman of the General Assembly had early asked the General Armament Office to accumulate a large amount of weapons and equipment. When the European War started, we started arms trade with Britain, France and other countries, and all the money flowed into our Nanhua treasury like running water. middle.

The Chairman of the Generalissimo has long foreseen this European war, and he even foresaw our victory.

Every time he makes a decision, we win a battle.

He calculated the right moment and allowed us to fight the easiest battle and achieve the greatest results when we attacked.

We arrived at the European battlefield and walked to Vienna very easily.

Although we encountered German sniping here, according to my observation, the Germans were at the end of their strength and our victory had already been predetermined.

This is the most surprising part. What a terrible strategy and layout is this? "

After listening to Hong Haifeng's words, Shi Honglian and Shi Quan'an both felt a chill in their hearts. They were extremely frightened when they thought about it!

A word popped up in Shi Honglian's and Shi Quan'an's minds: So wise yet so close to a demon! (End of chapter)