My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 328 The True Meaning of Blitz

At this moment, the six P6 fighters flew into the sky again after being replenished at Baoshan Airport, and swept in again with a full load of aerial bombs.

Because the war moved forward, the U.S. Air Force Command in China arranged part of the air force at Baoshan Airport not far from the front line. From here, it only takes 10 minutes to fly to Mangshi or Zewanding.

After the first wave of air strikes, Jamie and his party did not stop at all, and quickly drove the plane back to reload. The damn high-level has not yet made it clear whether they will send out large-scale air forces to support the Wanding battlefield. Prevaricate on the grounds of maintaining a certain amount of air pressure.

He deeply understands that he only has 6 fighter planes here, and if they want to support the front line to the greatest extent, they can only fly more and do more work, and one person can complete the work of two people.

"Wesker, let's shoot all the shells before returning. The Chinese soldiers below are about to break through the defense line along the river."

Jamie maneuvered the plane circling in the sky, and he found that the Japanese were already in decline, and the friendly forces were only short of crushing the opponent.

"No problem, let's compete to see who can shoot more mud suns!" Wesker turned the nose of the plane, made a sharp turn and rushed straight towards the Japanese position.

After the aerial bombs were dropped, there were still four 4-caliber heavy machine guns on each plane that could be used as dive attack weapons. The Japanese, who lacked anti-aircraft firepower, could only be reduced to fleeing rabbits.

The battle situation turned one-sided in an instant. The infantry from the rear arrived one after another. They brought more artillery. The tank battalion fired continuously for more than ten minutes. In the middle, the Japanese could no longer launch an effective counterattack.

The vanguard of the engineering regiment also rushed to the battlefield. Without saying a word, they immediately took the tools and began to build the pontoon bridge.

In addition to the bridge-building work, the engineering regiment also brought out a lot of kayaks, preparing to force the troops to cross the river. These were the leftover tools for crossing the river when they attacked Nantianmen, and they came in handy again at this moment.

"Monk, take advantage of the fact that the little devil is being bombarded, hurry up and bring someone to cross the river with me!"

"Company Commander, let me lead the team and get hit. Your injury...otherwise you should rest." Monk Zhou looked at his left arm hanging on his chest, feeling a little unbearable.

Unexpectedly, Mo Youcai glared angrily, and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, don't you only have one arm? Don't tell me I can't shoot with my right hand, hurry up and organize people to cross the river!"

"Yes! Everyone organizes their equipment and prepares to board the ship!"

The monk had no choice but to follow orders. A row of soldiers quickly boarded the kayaks, and the soldiers of the engineering regiment quickly approached the opposite bank by boat.

Fortunately, the current of the Wanding River was not urgent and relatively narrow. They braved the hail of bullets and quickly rowed to the north bank. Although there were still some Japanese soldiers on the bank resisting desperately, they could not stop them from landing.

"Find cover on the spot, guard the river bank, and beware of the devil's counterattack!"

Monk Zhou led the vanguard to immediately occupy the fortifications along the river, and there was no need for him to continue to fight in. As long as this area is guarded now, more and more comrades in arms will come across the river.

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"Captain Chen, the front line just sent a report, and the battle in Wanding is basically over?"

In a jeep, Fang Jingyao asked Chen Jize with some doubts.It's just that the latter was concentrating on looking at the map in his hand, ordering that he didn't hear the inquiries from the people next to him.

"Captain Chen?"

"Oh? I'm sorry, I was thinking about something just now. What can you say?" Chen Jize came back to his senses and stared at Fang Jingyao without blinking. He still respected this powerful man.

"I mean, is the battle over in Wanding already over? Why are the troops still marching west?" Fang Jingyao was not angry, and asked again patiently.

It is now around 6 o'clock in the evening, and the battle in Wanding only lasted for more than two hours, and it was declared over with the cooperation of air and ground forces. Although there are still sporadic resistance staged in some places, it is just a case of ringworm and scabies. , their defense was doomed.

Although Fang Jingyao was a little surprised by the sharpness of the army's offensive end, what really surprised him was that the main force of the Chariot Battalion and the third regiment continued to advance westward.

Logically speaking, shouldn't you stop and make some supplements before making any plans?After all, there are still some enemies on the battlefield that have not been completely eliminated. If you advance too fast, if the troops cannot coordinate, it will be a disaster.

"Today is a sleepless night, Commander Fang, have you heard of blitz?" Chen Jize asked back.

"Blitz? The tactics the Germans used against Poland?" Fang Jingyao said casually.
"The essence of blitzkrieg lies in speed, surprise, and concentration. Our westward march to Myanmar this time is just a small test of the meaning of the participants, and we have made a not-so-decent imitation."

Seeing Fang Jingyao's puzzled expression, Chen Jize put away the map and continued to explain unhurriedly:

"This tactic makes full use of the speedy advantages of aircraft and tanks to control the enemy by means of a surprise attack. First, let the air force carry out a breakthrough when it has air superiority. The area cuts off the route of the outflanked enemy forces, and quickly advances deep behind the enemy's rear."

"That's why the Chariot Battalion doesn't care about those enemies who are surrounded and still struggling, because other troops will quickly follow up and divide and annihilate them before the enemy can organize a counterattack, causing the enemy to completely collapse and completely eat them."

Speaking of this, Chen Jize's eyes showed a hint of enthusiasm, and he said excitedly: "This tactic is really a product ahead of this era. I have never heard of a war when I was studying in the United States, and I can still fight like this... "

"It's just a pity that our army can't be like the German army. The environment and hard power don't allow it, but you have seen it, Commander Fang. It's just an imitation. The little devil can only eat dirt in the face of this destructive offensive. , the loss of our soldiers can also be minimized."

The basis of blitzkrieg is mechanization, and the premise is air supremacy, which is mainly reflected in the coordination of air, tank, and infantry.

Tactically, it is one point and two sides, find the breakthrough point, the air force and artillery will open the gap, the armored group will enter the gap and expand the results of the battle, and the motorized infantry will follow up to find the two wings of the breakthrough.

5-10 minutes after the air force opened the gap, the armored group then attacked, followed by the mobile infantry.Quickly destroy the enemy's command center, communication hub, and transportation hub, trap the enemy in a blind and deaf situation, and cooperate with the frontal troops to quickly encircle the enemy's main infantry group.

Of course, such an excellent tactic has very high requirements on the quality of soldiers and logistical capabilities of the implementing troops, and it is also necessary to ensure air supremacy at all times. It is by no means easy to use only tanks and planes.

"This is a good way to win quickly and defeat the enemy by surprise. No wonder all the trucks are going to the front line. I just don't know if the soldiers can guarantee a high-intensity march."

After listening to these words, Fang Jingyao thought about it carefully, and he agreed with the tactics arranged by Liao Mingyu, but he also raised some doubts.

"The people don't stop and the cars don't stop. Commander Gao also promised to send a large number of vehicles to cooperate with this operation. The troops' offensive routes are almost along the Burma Road. This is our advantage. I can guarantee that the soldiers of the third regiment will not have any problems. , I am worried that other troops will..."

Chen Jize explained, but from his words, he could feel the meaning.

"Don't worry, the engineering regiment will definitely be able to keep up with the third regiment, that is, your chariot battalion, don't think that our speed of building bridges and paving roads is too slow." Fang Jingyao, who is old and spicy, can't understand the meaning, but at the same time promises Don't forget to make a little joke.

"Hehe, Captain Fang was joking."

After getting an affirmative answer, Chen Jize smiled. He looked towards the west sky, which was reddened by the sunset, with firmness in his eyes.

"The task of the chariot battalion is to make continuous breakthroughs. The ammunition supply vehicles and fuel trucks I arranged are already on the way. They will arrive at Nankan tonight. They are expected to launch an attack on Nankan at 12 in the morning. If the situation goes well, the US military will If the planes continue to come to help, we can even fight directly to Lashio, so that half a month of fighting can be completed in a few days!"

(End of this chapter)