Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2549 The Phoenix

In terms of distance alone, Xhosa is still relatively far away from Osa.However, because the Second Armored Army has a high degree of mechanization, it is completely possible to implement a fully mechanized march, so this distance is only relative.Manstein's plan was roughly to use Xhosa to cut into the left flank of the Central Soviet Army, and then break through the left flank defense line of the Central Soviet Army in one fell swoop, thus forming a two-sided attack with Group A.Guderian did not inform Manstein of this action plan because he was worried that the telegram would be deciphered.In his reply to Manstein's telegram, he only said that his troops had accelerated the pace of marching, and estimated that the vanguard would arrive at the battlefield in at most forty hours.

It was not uncommon for the warring parties to intercept and decipher each other's secret messages. For example, units above the military division level had special intelligence departments. Listen to the enemy's daily communications.The organizational system of the Far East Expeditionary Army was almost copied from the self-taught army, so Zhang Zizhong's headquarters also had such an intelligence department, and its combat power was quite impressive.

Guderian's Second Armored Army played a pivotal role in the Battle of Stalingrad. It can even be said that the reason why the German army was able to escape from the Soviet Russians' crowd tactics and win was because of the Second Armored Army. The group army outflanked the rear of the Soviet Russian Red Army, which made it difficult for the Stalingrad defenders to supply supplies. In the end, they had to fight and retreat because of insufficient ammunition supplies, which was equivalent to giving up Stalingrad.

The Soviet Russians paid special attention to it because they had suffered so much from the Second Panzer Army, while the Far East Expeditionary Army, because the Supreme Command had already issued a well-known document, gave Zhang Zizhong a list of things that needed special vigilance and attention. Therefore, although the two sides have not had a chance to exchange hands, Zhang Zizhong will pay special attention to the information of the Second Panzer Army once it appears on the desk.

The Second Panzer Army will arrive at the battlefield in forty hours. Timoshenko and Zhang Zizhong received relevant reports at about the same time. The former immediately called the latter and proposed to launch an offensive in advance: "We must not follow the rhythm of the Germans. Let's go, the Allied Army's breakthrough on the southern front is the best time for us to launch an offensive. While the German Second Army is still a certain distance from the battlefield, even if we can't completely defeat Army A, we can still hold the initiative on the battlefield .”

Timoshenko was originally firmly opposed to responding to the Germans' recent decisive battle, but now he is eager to take the initiative to attack. It is not difficult to see from this that Guderian and his Second Panzer Army have indeed left a heavy shadow in his heart.It's not that Zhang Zizhong has never thought about taking advantage of the breakthrough made by the Japanese to take advantage of the situation to attack. It's just that he still doesn't know the strength of the German army very well, and because he has always been vigilant in his heart, he is worried that he will be used by the Soviets. dead", so with the mentality of seeking stability, he decided to take another look.

Now Timoshenko asked for a decisive battle in advance, and Zhang Zizhong also considered the huge imbalance in the strength of the two sides after the Second Armored Army entered the battlefield, so although he still had various concerns in his heart, he still felt that it was "worth a try": "It's okay to start the offensive early, but our reinforcements are on the way. If we attack now, the strength of our army will be greatly reduced."

The so-called reinforcements in Zhang Zizhong's mouth are naturally the Japanese Peace Army.He just received the news yesterday that the Supreme Command informed him that there are about 6 Japanese peace troops in four divisions being assembled, and they will be able to rush to the front line of Osa in a month at the latest, so he insisted.Zhang Zizhong was very dissatisfied with the domestic use of the Japanese to fool himself.However, he also knows the specific situation in the country, so although he is dissatisfied, but in view of the outstanding performance of Suki Tatsurobe, he feels that "something is better than nothing, and there is no psychological pressure to use the Japanese to charge the battle - not bad", so he I can only pretend to be very angry and wronged and call back the Supreme Command, saying that I accept the arrangement of the Supreme Command, but please ask the Supreme Command to support more helicopters and "Phoenix" tank destroyers according to their own requirements.

The "Phoenix" tank destroyer is a new type of tank developed on the basis of the Mandrill and Thunderbolt self-propelled rockets developed by Xuebing Research and Development Institute.The purpose of Xuebing Research and Development Institute to develop it is to cooperate with the "Siberian Tiger Tank Destroyer" to form a complete anti-tank combat force, so that our own armored forces can also have anti-tank destroyer capabilities.As for why this latest tank appeared on the Soviet-Russian battlefield, it is because the "Phoenix" is compared with its predecessors "Jiguang General Tank", "Mandrill Heavy Tank", and "Siberian Tiger Tank Destroyer" The structure is too simple, and the anti-tank missiles it is equipped with are not very accurate, which makes Ouyang Yun doubt its survivability on the battlefield.So he casually said, "I have to go to the battlefield to test it." The fate of the first "Phoenix" prototype was decided. Under Pan Meiren's personal arrangement, this "Phoenix" was directly installed on the Sky Fortress. , and then appeared in the armored units of the Far East Expeditionary Force at lightning speed.

The Soviets generally did not dare to confront the German Second Panzer Army, because the Tiger heavy tanks and the Elephant and Rhino tank destroyers equipped by the German army were too sharp, especially the Elephant and Rhino tank destroyers. The Soviet Russians simply did not have the same type of tanks that could rival them, so the Soviet Russians completely lost the courage to fight against the Second Armored Army after suffering repeated losses.

The Far East Expeditionary Force headed by Zhang Zizhong is different, because Jiang Tongmin's helicopter unit has proved the status of Costin's armed helicopters as the "tanker nemesis" in actual combat, and Xiang Wenlong's "Siberian Tiger" unit also has considerable anti-tank vehicles. ability, so Zhang Zizhong is not worried about confronting the German armored forces at all.If the Costin armed helicopter and Siberian Tiger tank destroyer gave Zhang Zizhong confidence, then the "Phoenix" brought him a surprise.

Like Ouyang Yun, when he first saw the "Phoenix", Zhang Zizhong was not optimistic about this strange chariot that was relatively simple in structure but seemed to be cumbersome.Then, when he saw that the "Phoenix" pierced a German "Rhino" with a single shot, and then a missile directly blew up the turret of a Tiger, he was stunned and hurriedly asked The model of this tank, and then he talked about asking the commander for enough "Phoenix".

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