Chapter 463 Attack the second line
The National Defense Forces are strengthening their positions, while the Japanese army is actively deploying troops to defend. The positions of both sides fell into a strange calm for a moment. But no one knows when this calm will be broken, but they all expect that once the war starts again, both sides will remain unrest!
The position was calm, but the peace of the international community was broken! Britain and the United States did not expect that Tu Qianjun's assassination would trigger such a big conflict, and even lead to the declaration of war!
So, the ambassadors of the United States, Britain and other consulates stationed in Fengtian went in and out of Yu Yan Zhengqing's office to try to understand what was going on. When they learned that it was the tiger's father who started the war and the current acting commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces, their faces became extremely exciting.
And the word "I want to kill my son, take revenge! Declare war!" has spread throughout the world with the name of Tu Sanpao. Now from Europe to America, everyone knows that there is a commander-in-chief who is so crazy that he has led hundreds of thousands of troops to declare war because his son was almost assassinated.
Governments of various countries are holding emergency meetings to discuss where they should stand in this war. Manchuria is unsuccessful, which is the primary condition. Now the investments in Manchuria have made them inseparable from the interests of Manchuria, but the defense force's declaration of war has not asked about their behavior, which also makes them extremely annoyed!
Now the idea of the nations is to let the National Defense Forces suffer a loss in front of the Japanese, and then they come forward to mediate themselves. Of course, Manchuria must not be interfered with by the Japanese. The various materials produced there and the investment of merchants from various countries have determined that Manchuria must be kept calm!
But they were unwilling to accept the "disobedient" of the National Defense Forces, so it is necessary to put some pressure on them. Therefore, all the nations have remained silent for the time being, and they are waiting for the progress of things.
When the nations were watching, the only benefit was Eisenhower. He was originally worried that his participation in the war would be criticized by the US and Congress, but what he did not expect was that Congress did not say a word as if this had happened.
The military passed the ambassador to hint Eisenhower to pay attention to the combat effectiveness of the National Defense Forces. He summarized a feasible tank tactic based on the war. Only then did Eisenhower understand! His worries turned out to be bullshit!
Use other people's wars and soldiers to test their own tactical ideas and make a summary. Only fools don't do such things! Eisenhower didn't know that there was some criticism in the Congress.
However, the "hammer" who ranks on the top of the United States and seems to have retreated but actually affects the entire country has brought a handwritten letter to Congress! The letter scolded the members of Congress who had some criticism, and then proposed that Eisenhower test his tactical ideas and observe the combat effectiveness of the National Defense Forces in actual combat.
These will become the decision of Congress to support Manchuria to a great extent - Nanjing is also seeking help from the United States. And they are willing to give more than Manchuria, but Congress and businessmen are considering a stable political environment and a certain military strength.
After all, in a place where wars are all day long, it is difficult for them to do any business except selling arms. This is not conducive to business development. Therefore, Manchuria is still the first choice for the US Congress.
Tu Sanpao was eating large pieces of pork stewed vermicelli with Eisenhower in his command center. Now the National Defense Forces lacked anything. The food was even better and it was so good that it ate big fish and meat every day.
But the recruits were in trouble. Today, I saw those flesh-flying corpses and internal organs spitting out several times. Where can I eat them?! I usually like the big fat piece of meat, and I want to vomit after seeing them today...
Eisenhower, holding the chopsticks, found sadly that he seemed to be changing to a Chinese. He was extremely quick to hold the chopsticks and spoke very well in Chinese. Recently, he even started to speak idioms and ancient poems!
Let's talk about it now. Eisenhower followed Tu Sanpao and squatted in the command center, sitting on the shell box, holding a big bowl of pork stewed vermicelli and half a sauerkraut fish and ate it.
After a meal, Eisenhower and Tu Sanpao, one by one and one cigarette were smoked in the command center. The lantern was set up, and the two of them looked at the map hanging on the wall with the lantern.
From time to time, staff came in to report the progress of each unit. The Second Corps of Qimudeng had completed the crossing of the river and was forming an encirclement of the Japanese army. The Korean patriotic regiment reported that the forces of the Japanese headquarters had all withdrawn from their third line of defense.
The Cavalry Department, with the assistance of the Korean Patriotic Corps, has rushed to Pyongyang. If nothing unexpected happens, they will arrive on the third day of forming an encirclement against the Japanese army. Then launched an attack, and the Air Force has achieved results of more than one and a half brigades.
Due to the sudden battle and the Japanese army was unprepared, the Defense Force Air Force only damaged six old-fashioned fighter jets. However, because our army occupied the position very quickly, except for one who died on the spot, the rest were rescued with minor injuries.
"Ike, tell me how we should attack next?!" Tu Sanpao stood up and smiled at Eisenhower. Now the two of them have become very familiar with each other. Especially after Tu Sanpao picked up Eisenhower and explained his command ideas.
"In my opinion, the Japanese army has no power to fight back now." Eisenhower shrugged and said to Tu Sanpao: "I have to admit that your strategic deception method is very effective. At least the Japanese army has lost most of the air force and all the artillery. Morale has also become a problem. Even if you don't launch an attack, you just need to wait until the Second Corps surrounds the Japanese army, and they will be trapped to death. Even after the cavalry defeats the empty Pyongyang, they may fall into a collapse."
As he said that, Eisenhower paused and said to Tu Sanpao: "But I'm very curious, do you really want to go to war with Japan in full swing? After all, although the National Defense Force is very powerful now, compared with Japan with a perfect industrial industry, you will not get any benefits. In my opinion, your chances of defeat can be as high as 90%.
Tu Sanpao couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard Eisenhower's words. He snorted at him: "I said, Ike! Do I look so crazy?! I'm not a fool, so I naturally know that there is still a gap between us and those gangsters!"
Who are you not a lunatic?! Eisenhower muttered in his heart that the title of you internationally is even higher than your son! Do you know what they call you?! They call you "Far East Manic" now!
Tu Sanpao looked at Eisenhower's expression and knew what he was thinking, but saw a strong man throwing cigarette butt to the ground and crushing it with the soles of his boots. He said to Eisenhower.
"I'm telling the Japanese in my way, or telling everyone! Don't try to assassinate my son again. Otherwise, I will become a madman! I will become a murderer!" But Sanpao squinted his eyes and looked at the roof of the command center and said in a deep voice: "I want Japan to pay a heavy enough price! I want to warn those who have some bad thoughts that my son is not so easy to touch! As long as I'm still alive, they should not make those bad thoughts!!"
Eisenhower was silent. He seemed to understand that this bearded man was expressing fatherly love in his own way. You should know that even the most knowledgeable father may not be good at showing love for his children.
This is especially true for the Chinese. Tu Sanpao is using this method to warn those who have different thoughts about their son: If something really happens to Junzi, his father will go crazy! And once he goes crazy, it will be as simple as five steps of blood flow... Because, he is holding hundreds of thousands of national defense forces in his hand!
"I won't kill all the Japanese. But I have to let them know what they will face if I go crazy..." Tu Sanpao squinted his eyes, and the steel needles on his chin that were raising his stubborn chin seemed to be about to stab people's bone marrow!
"Don't worry! Ike~" Tu Sanpao patted Eisenhower's shoulder and smiled and said softly: "In a while, this war will end."
Eisenhower was surprised to hear Tu Sanpao say this, but Tu Sanpao did not explain anything. Instead, he continued to Eisenhower: "I said Ike. You analyzed it and analyzed it but didn't analyze it..."
But Tu Sanpao smiled at Eisenhower and said, "Tomorrow, I plan to let your armored troops take the lead! No one is on the way, your armored troops will come first!"
Eisenhower looked at Tu Sanpao in surprise, not understanding why he made this decision. Tu Sanpao looked at Eisenhower and said, "I said you will have a chance to fight in practice, this time it is the opportunity I give you. And this time, except for the artillery, we will provide artillery assistance at the beginning, our infantry will not attack. It is entirely your armored troops who take the lead!"
As he said that, Tu Sanpao patted Eisenhower's shoulder and smiled and said, "Fight well! I believe this actual battle will be of great help to you! Haha... Go and prepare! From 10 to 12 o'clock tomorrow morning, I will give you two hours to take down the second-tier position of the Japanese army!"
Eisenhower saluted Tu Sanpao silently! Then he slowly withdrew from the command center and went down to prepare for battle. Tu Sanpao looked at Eisenhower's back and thought, "You kid, you have to train the armored soldiers of our three eastern provinces..."
In the early morning, the Japanese army, who were alert all night, looked tired and looked at the National Defense Forces position hundreds of meters away and fell into silence. Compared to them, the soldiers of the National Defense Forces were in high spirits! After the wake-up call sounded, the soldiers shouted trumpets and sang in shifts and ate.
The Japanese army on the opposite side hated him for gritting their teeth - the National Defense Forces saw that they did not attack the artillery.
At ten o'clock, the heavy artillery troops of the National Defense Forces that had been transferred roared again! The smoke of artillery once again filled the entire position! After the shelling, with the roar of the engine "Room~Room~Room...", the armored troops of the National Defense Forces made their grand appearance under the command of Eisenhower! They rushed towards the Japanese position!
When the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, the Japanese army finally saw those steel monsters fighting against them and couldn't help but feel a chill rising from their hearts! The fragmented corpses and severely wounded Japanese soldiers on the position also set off this sadness on the other hand.
Before Eisenhower arrived, the tank troops of the Northeast Army or the National Defense Forces were almost useless soldiers. They were more of the guard shields of Zhang Xueliang and his son, or as charge shields when they encountered difficult bones.
Eisenhower did not use this. He advocated using tanks as the backbone to break through the gap in enemy positions. Although the United States established an armored force very early, even his classmate Patton once invited him to become the chief of staff in the armored force.
But it has never been possible to truly command a purely armored unit to fight. Whether it is the Central East Road, the Civil War that the Fengtian clan participated in, it has always advocated the B-Tan collaboration.
Tu Sanpao asked Eisenhower to command a pure armored unit to attack, which has to be said to be an extremely risky move. After all, in this era, no one has ever tried to attack with tanks as the only army!
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"Bang~Bang~Bang...Bang! Boom..." The 37mm flat-fire cannon exerted their power at this time, but it was just a volley that directly cleaned up all the exposed fire points!
"Made Deer!!" The Japanese front-line commander roared: "Hurry!! Use grenades!!"
The remaining Japanese soldiers roared and concentrated the grenades in their hands and smashed them towards the tanks of the National Defense Forces!
"TuTuTuTuTu..." The heavy machine guns equipped on the tank car immediately opened fire, sweeping the Japanese troops who stood up suddenly! The 7.5-caliber bullets caused huge casualties to the Japanese army, and more than ten machine guns were fired at the same time, which undoubtedly made these ft-17s a veritable battlefield sweeper!
"Bang~Bang~Bang~Bang...Bang! Boom..." With the machine gun fire, the tanks that had been loaded with ammunition roared again! Several volleys left behind the remains of the corpses on the position, broken internal organs and broken limbs swept by the machine guns flying on the position! The entire Japanese second-line position was covered in blood and blood!
Seeing his position being beaten into a mess, Japanese soldiers kept wailing and tragic deaths! North Korean Governor Ugaki Ichizumi smashed his telescope into his observation mouth with a "bang!" and roared: "Made!! Where did the National Defense Forces get so many tanks?! Damn! Our Japanese Empire doesn't have so many tanks. Where did these damn Chinese pigs get?! Bastard!!
But no matter how angry he scolded, the Japanese army's defeat was revealed now! Under the impact of the tank cluster, some people finally couldn't stand it and began to retreat backwards...
Chapter completed!