Age of Rebirth

If the Germans want to fight such a battle, even if they win in the end, the casualties of the attacking side will definitely not be small. Zhao Yuhe did not express his opinion immediately, but sent the original text of Rommel's attack plan to the Los Angeles division. Accurate, do you want to give your opinion to the German generals?

From Zhao Yuhe's point of view, the German tactics were too rigid. Any point or points on the thousands of kilometers long front could be used as a breakthrough point. How many key cities had to be clinging to?

In Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States, the North American Battlefront Frontline Command of the Independent Division is located in a high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles. Tang Qiuli's office is on the highest floor. Looking out from the window, you can see the undulating sea of ​​the Eastern Pacific Ocean. From the window, the salty sea breeze blows in.

On a large table, there was the original text of Rommel's "Final Action" battle plan reported by Zhao Yuhe. After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuli smiled slightly. He knew what Zhao Yuhe was thinking. As far as he is concerned, he does not quite agree with Rommel's style of play.

If Tang Qiuli was allowed to choose, he would turn the three attack directions into magnets to attract the attention of the US-Canadian forces, and then choose any point of weakness in the long defense line in the eastern part of the United States as the main breakthrough, bypassing the heavy forces of the US-Canadian forces The defensive area does not seek to occupy a few large cities, but adopts the tactics of outflanking and outflanking, cutting the defense line of the American and Canadian coalition forces into pieces, and then dividing and annihilating them.

Of course, Rommel's style of play is correct, but the tactics are a bit dull, and Tang Qiuli will not criticize or find fault with the Germans' style of play. He expressed his point of view in the call back to Zhao Yuhe, "Yuhe, I have received all the information from the call. Since the German Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department, Strance, has no objection, you may as well be an adult, just nod your agreement."

"In addition, as for how to attack, the Germans have their own ideas and habits. It is not good to be picky after all. You can make appropriate suggestions and stop! However, you can let the Germans know the magic of the ancient Chinese art of war on appropriate occasions. , do you show off occasionally!"

Seeing the teacher's reply, Zhao Yuhe smiled slightly and understood.At the second meeting of the Joint Staff Headquarters to review Rommel's battle plan, he signed the battle plan without saying a word. Of course, regardless of whether Zhao Yuhe signed it or not, the Germans would start fighting according to their own plan. Going through this cutscene is nothing more than a gesture.

Since arriving at the Sino-German Joint Staff, the German officers have concealed it very well.But Zhao Yuhe had already seen the arrogance from the bottom of his heart. After signing, he said in front of all the German officers: "according to the traditional virtues of our Chinese, treat friends You should know everything and say everything, so that you can appear sincere!"

"I have a proposal, and I say it for your reference. Between Jefferson City and Nashville, where your army is planning to attack, is the longest Mississippi River in the eastern United States. The river is wide and the water is fast. It is a dangerous place. Because of this, it is also the weakest point in the deployment of the US-Canadian forces.”

"While keeping the three offensive locations unchanged, the German army will deploy no less than 70 troops to covertly gather in the Jonesboro area on the west bank of the Mississippi River, and use it as the fourth breakthrough location, and then. Forces that can cross the Mississippi River, divide into two lines and outflank Jefferson City, Nashville, and Atlanta!"

"The main point of this battle is to gather in concealment, make a quick assault, quickly divide the troops, and outflank the left and right. Of course, before the assault crosses the river, the three predetermined assault directions can be launched according to the plan to attract the main forces of the American and Canadian coalition forces. Even if the enemy finds out It is too late to deploy troops to intercept our intention, the above is just my personal suggestion, for reference only!"

After Zhao Yu finished speaking, the war room was quiet. All the German officers were thinking about what he said just now. Marshal Rommel was also one of the people who participated in the meeting of the Joint Staff Headquarters. While the other German officers were still thinking, With a flash of inspiration in his mind, he instantly understood the young Chinese general's campaign intentions and its brilliance. Once implemented, the "final action" combat plan he formulated would achieve the greatest results in the shortest possible time. breakthrough.

Rommel was a typical professional soldier. He got up, walked up to Zhao Yuhe, bowed slightly, and said, "General Zhao, your words made me understand. Thank you very much for your suggestion. I will put it into action." !"

Rommel's words and actions stunned the senior German generals, including the chief of the German general staff, Marshal Strong. Zhao Yuhe nodded calmly and said, "Your Excellency, Marshal, you are welcome. As a member of the Sino-German joint staff, it is his duty to provide advice to the frontline commanders!"

A few days later, the revised "Final Action" battle plan was officially approved by the German Head of State Hitler and the Sino-German Joint Staff. The content of the new battle plan basically revolved around Zhao Yuhe's proposal.

Subsequently, Marshal Rommel, the commander-in-chief of the German Army in the North American battlefield, began to dispatch troops. He is worthy of being a military genius. On the basis of Zhao Yuhe's suggestion, he added many new contents, including, In addition to the three main assault directions, in order to cover the real offensive attempt on the Jonesboro line on the west bank of the Mississippi River, three other false attack directions were also carried out in order to confuse the commanders of the US-Canadian coalition forces and cover up their real campaign goals.

By the end of March, the offensive deployment of the German troops on the Eastern Front had been prepared. In the early morning of March [-], the eastern defense line of the United States was overwhelmed by thunderous artillery, from Jefferson City in the north, Nashville in the south, and Atlanta. The arc defense line of thousands of kilometers was fully attacked by the German army.

More than [-] million German soldiers, under the cover of powerful ground-to-air firepower, with armored clusters as the main assault force, launched a fierce attack on the positions of the US-Canadian coalition forces. The North American war, which had been stalemate for several months, once again opened With a bloody prelude.

While the Germans launched a fierce attack on the Eastern Front, they had already occupied more than half of the Northern Front of the Independent Division of Canada. They reached the border of the United States and Canada, and quickly broke through the first line of defense organized by the Canadians in Manitoba. In two weeks, more than [-] Canadian troops were annihilated and the entire territory of Manitoba was occupied.

In this battle, Lieutenant General Feng Jiwu, Commander of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, Lieutenant General Jing Zhanqi, Deputy Commander of the No.20 Ninth Corps, Lieutenant General Ma Chaoyang of the Southeast Mobile Corps, and Lieutenant General Sun Zhenbang, Commander of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps Commanders of the offensive force were not satisfied with the fight.

In short, it is a sentence, "It's too easy!" The Canadian army fighting against the Northern Front of the Independent Division, in Feng Jiwu's words, is similar to the mob, whether it is the quality of the soldiers, the level of weapons and equipment, or the command of the Canadian army officers. The level is disappointing. The generals of the independent division who are full of enthusiasm for fighting in the North American battlefield are greatly disappointed. There are too few enemies and they cannot help fighting.

Calculating carefully, the offensive force on the northern front has four main field corps, with a huge force of more than 180 million people. The Canadian army annihilated is only more than 10 people. How satisfied are the generals of the battle?

The generals of the Independent Division on the Northern Front were disappointed with the combat effectiveness of the Canadian soldiers, but for Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie, it was a deep-rooted fear to block the Chinese Independent Division and advance to the southeastern part of Canada. The first line of defense , Lost more than [-] troops, which is already about half of the reserve soldiers recruited by the government with all its strength. Within two weeks, the entire army was wiped out.

When the bad news came, the Canadians once again fell into extreme panic. Mackenzie had soldiers in his hands. There were more than 20 million elite Canadian troops on the eastern defense line of the United States. Together with the American army, they were struggling to resist The German army's ferocious attack was unable to escape and return to the country. In desperation, Mackenzie had no choice but to recruit [-] reservists to supplement the second line of defense in Ontario.

In this way, on the second line of defense in Ontario, south of Hudson Bay, Canada, the total strength of the Canadian Army has reached about 80. Qi estimated that he could stop the Chinese army for a few months. As for what to do after a few months, he was so devastated that he had no time to think about it.

Mackenzie overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Canadian army and his own confidence. At the end of March, the corps directly under the Independent Division and the Marine Corps, with a total strength of more than [-] troops, landed at various ports on the west coast of the United States. The Field Corps and some troops from the Eastern Command also boarded ships from Japan and set off for the North American battlefield.

After the direct corps and the marines landed on the west coast of the United States, according to Tang Qiuli's order, there was no need to cross the Dellera Mountains and attack the northeastern United States as the Germans imagined. Instead, they went north through Salt Lake City and entered from Bismarck. In the area along the US-Canada border, important troops have been directly inserted into Ontario, and part of them are directed at Duluth, the wartime capital of the United States.

The troops of the Independent Division landed on the west coast of the United States, and their strength was directed at the area where the defense of the Canadian and American troops was the weakest. One was to penetrate directly behind the second line of defense in Ontario, Canada, and the other was to approach Duluth, the wartime capital of the United States. These two hands can kill Americans and Canadians.

From the actual situation of the North American war situation, Tang Qiuli took advantage of the situation on the battlefield. Rommel's all-out attack attracted the main attention of the American and Canadian coalition forces. The main forces of the American and Canadian coalition forces were struggling to cope with the German army The ferocious attack could not mobilize enough troops to stop the attack of the independent division troops, so they could only watch helplessly as the Chinese army hit in front of them.

The joining of the Independent Division has accelerated the demise of the United States and Canada. Tang Qiuli smiled. He joined the North American battlefield at the most appropriate time, at the most suitable place, and in the best way, to fight for himself and the Independent Division. The first battle came to a successful conclusion.

(to be continued) (~^~)