Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2503 The Germans want to escape

Two weeks later, in a tent standing on the ruins of Kungur, after Manstein received another report from the frontline troops and learned that the unnamed highland had still not been captured, the German old man finally had to admit that they had suffered another defeat. .In just two weeks, Army Group A launched an average of [-] attacks on the unnamed highland every day. Almost every day, there were always several times when they could attack the unnamed highland, but they always fell short when Manstein and others were waiting for their eyes. ——A few days ago, Manstein was able to forcefully restrain the anxiety in his heart, and cheered up many of his subordinates: The Chinese must have some advantages in defeating Japan, but can they compare with the Soviet Red Army?We can easily defeat the Soviet Russian Red Army, so why can't we defeat the Chinese?Speaking of which, the modernization of the Chinese military was completed with our help.Saying the same thing once, the officers of Army Group A can draw courageous strength from it; twice, some people begin to doubt whether the commander's words are fair; three times, few people have the patience to listen to it.The importance of the unnamed highland became more prominent when Shire became a tank cemetery and blocked the road due to the frequent battles between the tank troops of the two sides.And because the three warring parties have assembled a large number of troops in the Kungur generation, it is determined that no matter which side divides the troops first at this time, it will cause the own side to be weak in front and may be crushed by the opponent.As a result, around the unnamed highlands, the battle was stalemate.The nameless highland became a meat grinder, and began to ruthlessly devour the forces of the three parties.

The Soviet Red Army joined the war in the later period. Originally, they had the opportunity to raid Perm to outflank Army Group A's rear, but they were worried that the Chinese Expeditionary Force would let them go and fight the Germans.Therefore, under Stalin's remote command, the Soviet Red Army of the three divisions gave up this excellent fighter, and chose to join forces with the expeditionary army.The Soviets claimed that they would not sit back and watch the Chinese brother troops fight against the evil Japanese army alone, but Zhang Zizhong knew that Stalin was still worried that the expeditionary army would be defeated, which would cause the A group army to enter the Far East in a huge slump.On the third day of the war, the entire army of Group A was pressing on, and Zhang Zizhong already felt the pressure.As expected of the elite of the German army, Army Group A exerted its full strength, and the expeditionary force immediately felt the mountainous pressure.In terms of fighting will, the Germans may not be as good as the Japanese. However, the German army is a modern and standardized army produced by a modern military system assembly line. Its tactical concepts and combat methods are quite mature, and it has ready-made solutions for every situation A textbook case.Immediately, the expeditionary force with a strong aura of recklessness immediately burst out, and the German army almost took back the unnamed highland several times.The battle lasted only three days, and the expeditionary force killed more than 3000 people and suffered more than [-] wounded.Zhang Zizhong was considering whether to ask the high command for additional troops. When reinforcements from the three divisions of the Soviet Russian Red Army came up, Zhang Zizhong stopped being stubborn and agreed to the request of the Soviet Russians to fight together.

The expeditionary force can be considered elite in Asia, but compared with the A group army, especially when the battle situation is in a stalemate, its lack of foundation is undoubtedly revealed.Soldiers and officers lack standardized education and training, and do not have a good understanding of the characteristics of modern warfare; the coordinated operations between the various arms of the army are not skilled enough; In the book, there are new discoveries every day.Without exception, these discoveries are "flaws" highlighted by the expeditionary force.

When the battle entered the second week, because the casualty rate of the troops had already exceeded 28%, Zhang Zizhong was still thinking about retreating, although he still appeared to be fighting high.It is not that Zhang Zizhong has never experienced such a vicious battle, but that was when the Anti-Japanese War just started.After that, even when the Northwest was in sole control, the [-]th Army never encountered such a vicious battle again.Losing one battalion or even two battalions every day, watching hundreds of young men go up to the battlefield alive every day, but being carried down bloody, Rao's years of military service have hardened his heart Like iron, the corners of his eyes were still involuntarily moist in the face of this scene.When he sent troops to the Soviet Union, there was already a lot of opposition in the country. If the losses were too great, or even had to be withdrawn to the country for rest because the war damage exceeded a certain level, then he would become a national sinner.

"As a soldier, the greatest honor is to be able to help the country expand its territories!" When the Sino-Soviet governments reached the "land for population" agreement, Zhang Zizhong also specially summoned his subordinates to give lectures and said the above words.This is also the driving force behind him fighting the Germans to the end, but now facing huge casualties, he has to consider whether it is worth it.

Fortunately, just when Zhang Zizhong was timid, the Soviet Russians stepped forward.The Expeditionary Army and the Soviet Red Army took turns to fight, and the number of casualties of the Expeditionary Army dropped immediately. Zhang Zizhong also regained his motivation to "open up the territory" and finally survived until the time when Manstein was the first to fail.

Manstein was very cautious when he led his troops forward, but now he has become very decisive once he gives the order to retreat.The German old man has quite a lot of actual combat experience. He knows that retreating is more dangerous than attacking.He first gave an order to the front-line troops, asking them to strictly guard their offensive positions and be ready to attack at any time, and then gave an order to the subordinate air force, ordering them to intensify their attacks and never allow Chinese and Soviet fighters to cross the safety line.

In the sky, the fighter planes of China, Germany and the Soviet Union have not stopped fighting for the airspace since the beginning of the battle.There are too many confrontations between the three parties, and the commanders of each party have a considerable understanding of the size of the other party's air force.Therefore, when the German Air Force suddenly exerted all its strength and sent all capable fighter planes to the front line, the commanders of the Chinese and Soviet Air Forces thought that the German Army was about to attack on a large scale, and hurriedly called for support while sending their respective ground military officers a message. Report to remind them to be more vigilant.

The information was transmitted to Zhang Zizhong, who was comforting the wounded in the field hospital, he was very nervous at first, subconsciously took the phone from the adjutant and was about to call Jiang Tiezhang, asking him to strengthen his vigilance.The microphone was close to his ears, and the intelligence information stored in his mind surged up, and he couldn't help being stunned while holding the microphone: "No, Manstein is not a reckless person, and he will never make the same mistake a second time. ——I know, the German devils are trying to escape!" He blurted out the last sentence.

It is not that Group A has launched similar attacks before, but the results are counterproductive.There can be so many people on the unnamed high ground, so increasing the number of troops will not only have no positive effect, but will make the opponent's artillery units strike more efficiently.In Zhang Zizhong's view, a famous player like Manstein would not fall twice in the same place.There must be a reason for abnormal things, why does Manstein still make such an appearance?Then there is only one explanation-the Germans wanted to escape.

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