Age of Rebirth

General Yamamoto was indeed an outstanding commander among the senior generals of the Japanese army, with a seasoned vision. He could also see the problems that Tang Qiuli saw, and deduced the next move of the German army, which was not easy!

"If the German army suspends its offensive after a few days, the time for the imperial army to break through the defense line of the U.S. Army's Delela Mountains can be ahead of the Germans, go straight down to Salt Lake City, and approach Denver! Then, we also have to stop the offensive and turn around The main thing is to wipe out the remnants of the US troops west of Denver and consolidate the occupied area!" General Yamamoto's words confirmed the direction of the Japanese army's next attack. With the current strength and momentum of the Japanese army, it is already the limit to reach Denver.

General Nanye listened to General Yamamoto's words silently, without interjecting, but there was a gloomy glint in his eyes, looking at General Yamamoto who was confident in his mind, it was obvious that he was thinking about other issues in his mind.

When General Yamamoto finished speaking, General Nanye said in a stagnant tone: "Yamamoto-kun, the German offensive posture is not so simple. I am thinking about a problem. Rommel's troops are divided into three groups, and the goal is very obvious. It is not appropriate to show it. The deep meaning, the empire has to guard against!"

"Oh?" General Yamamoto's eyes jumped. He knew that his close friend had a vision of war that was not inferior to his own. There was deep meaning in his words, so he said in a tone of asking for advice: "Mr. Nanye, if you have any thoughts, it's okay to speak up , please do not hesitate to enlighten me!"

"I can't talk about enlightenment!" General Nanye smiled and said: "From the perspective of the attacking direction of the three-way German army, the targets of the left-way assault group's attack are Santa Fe, Denver and even Cheyenne. Wouldn't it be the Chinese mainland in the United States? The eastern region is included, Yamamoto-kun. After the imperial army broke through the U.S. defense line in the Delera Mountains, we found that the central region of the United States has fallen into the hands of the Germans, what will we do?"

"Limited to the agreement between Japan and Germany, the imperial army will stop at the front line of Salt Lake City!" General Yamamoto blurted out, and immediately, he fought a cold war.Immediately understood the meaning of General Nanye's words.

"Minano-kun, you are saying that the Germans are ahead of the empire. Occupying the central and eastern regions of the United States implies the intention to carve up more than two-thirds of the US territory!" General Yamamoto said hurriedly, "Mr. Minano, is that so? ?”

"How much land in the United States is occupied by the empire? It's within the range of the cannon!" General Nanye's eyes were filled with gloom.said, "The same is true for the Germans!"

"I understand, Nanye-kun!" General Yamamoto stood up, bowed deeply to General Nanye, and said, "Thank you for reminding Nanye-kun, Yamamoto almost made a big mistake and caused the empire's interests to suffer!"

Among the German army.There is no shortage of Rommel, who is quite good at commanding operations.Politically, the generals who won the greatest benefits for Germany, among the Japanese army, there is no shortage of generals with considerable battlefield and political insight like General Yamamoto and General Minano Shuzan.

There is no doubt that Germany and Japan have joined forces to take out a soy sauced Italy. The United States is a piece of fat waiting to be cut. Swallow more fat, and disputes cannot be avoided. The Axis powers' war against the United States has just begun, and it has already been planted. What happened, who can predict?

Reminded by Chief of Staff Minano, since he wants to get ahead of the Germans, break through the US defense line in the Delera Mountains, capture Salt Lake City, and then conquer Denver, and firmly control the central part of the United States in the hands of the Japanese Empire, General Yamamoto There will be no wasting of time.

On January 29, General Yamamoto mobilized five divisions from the troops attacking Helena from the north route, and strengthened them to attack Salt Lake City from the center route. In this way, the strength of the Japanese troops in the center route had reached There are more than half a million people. Immediately, the US troops along the defense line of the Dilela Mountains are under great pressure. The already tense battle situation is even more dangerous!

Lieutenant General Custer, the defense commander of the Delera Mountains, has already filled all the reserves in his hands on the battlefield in Salt Lake City. Facing the fierce attack of the Japanese army with air supremacy and superior forces, the casualties of the US military are increasing every day. The defense line is in emergency several times a day. The Americans are using the lives of soldiers to block the Japanese attack, but the consumption of troops is so huge. If this situation continues, within a few days, there will be no soldiers to defend the position, and the defense line will collapse It's a foregone conclusion!

Lieutenant General Custer, who was mentally exhausted, sent several telegrams a day for help, and flew to the U.S. Wartime Supreme Command, asking for air support from soldiers, artillery, and aircraft.

But the Americans are now facing enemy attacks from two directions. Fighting on two fronts, the troops are already stretched out. Especially on the southern border battlefield, there are more than [-] troops. They are blocked by the German army and cannot go smoothly. Retreating, even the few troops that were surrounded were unable to rescue them, and watched helplessly, being annihilated by the Germans, so there are still surplus troops to invest in the western battlefield?

Therefore, the U.S. Wartime Supreme Command's call back to Lieutenant General Custer, the commander of the Dellera Mountain Line Defense Command, was simply a few words, "Hold on! Hold on at any cost. The Wartime Supreme Command is We will try our best to reinforce you, but it will take time, the newly restored Army Air Force can send more than ten fighter wings and three bomber wings to seize part of the air supremacy in the western battlefield!"

It is better than nothing, without the reinforcement of troops, and having combat aircraft to assist in the battle, can also relieve his pressure. Lieutenant General Custer pinned his hopes on the combat aircraft of the Army Air Force.

The Supreme Command did not break its promise during the war. On the second day, over the battlefield of Salt Lake City, there were combat aircraft of the US military, which performed well. The huge casualties forced the Japanese attack to end early.

But the good times didn't last long. After the US military's mixed fleet took off again, the commander of the US air formation was shocked to find that the number of Japanese fighter jets waiting for him in the airspace of the battlefield was almost three or four times that of his own, more than [-] Japanese fighter jets densely filled the sky.

General Yamamoto did not expect that the U.S. Army Air Corps, which had been beaten to almost annihilation, still had the strength to participate in the battle. The ground offensive troops were caught off guard and paid the price of more than [-] casualties.

General Yamamoto, who had suffered a small loss, would not let it go. After a sneer, he mobilized more than [-] fighter jets to set a huge and tight trap for the American combat aircraft in the airspace of Salt Lake City.

After a fierce air battle, the U.S. Army Air Corps, which reinforced the Delela Mountains defense line battlefield, managed to put together this little property, which was basically wiped out. The sky in the western United States is still dominated by Japanese combat aircraft. .

The disastrous defeat of the Army Air Force's reinforcement fleet almost made Lieutenant General Custer desperate. He knew that this was already the supreme command during the war, and the maximum help he could give him was just a short-lived flash in the pan. Serious situation, useless!

General Yamamoto commanded more than [-] troops to attack the U.S. defense line in Salt Lake City. At the same time, he not only focused on this point, but also sought breakthroughs in other directions. General Yamamoto has never been a commander who went all the way to the dark , Years of service experience in the navy endowed him with a changeable command style, in this regard, far surpassing the generals of the Japanese army.

Beginning on January 15, the Seventh Army and the Ninth Army under the Japanese North American Combat Command, with a total of seven divisions and 11 troops, launched a fierce attack on the U.S. military in the direction of Helena in the north. On that day, the Fifth Army and the No.13 Army, with a total of six divisions and about [-] troops, launched a full-line attack on the U.S. Army in the direction of Cedar City in the south. At the same time, the Japanese army attacking Salt Lake City in the middle continued to maintain the original Offensive strength and density.

On this day, the U.S. defense line of the Dillerah Mountains was full of artillery fire, gunpowder smoke, and shouts of killing. The entire U.S. defense line trembled amidst the smoke and the sound of artillery.

According to General Yamamoto's judgment, the U.S. military commander should know the main attack direction of the imperial army in the direction of Salt Lake City on the middle road for several days. In order not to break through the position, the U.S. military commander will definitely mobilize troops from other directions to strengthen the The strength of the defense line in Salt Lake City will lead to the weakening of the defensive forces in other directions. It should not be a problem to attack in three ways and break through in one place.

But the facts disappointed General Yamamoto. Fighting until evening, although the U.S. defense line was shaky, it was not toppled. Progress was made in the direction of Helena and Cedar City, but they failed to break through the U.S. positions. Order, troops stop attacking.

As the night darkened, General Yamamoto was still thinking about the attack during the day. He didn't understand, could the U.S. military's defense line be so strong, or that the U.S. military's strength in the Delera Mountains far exceeded the figures provided by the intelligence?

The information obtained by the Japanese agents was correct, but the US military commander that General Yamamoto met was Lieutenant General Custer.

It doesn't mean that Lieutenant General Custer's command ability is better than that of General Yamamoto, and that he can repeatedly implement ingenious tricks in an extremely passive situation to turn the defense line into safety. On a heavyweight.

However, Lieutenant General Custer has one of the greatest advantages, that is, he meticulously and strictly implemented the orders of the Supreme Command during the war. President Roosevelt ordered him to use the existing forces to stick to the defense line of the Dellera Mountains. Nothing can be lost.

Therefore, even though it was clear that the direction of Salt Lake City was the focus of the Japanese army's attack, the defensive troops fought terribly, and the last reserve team was used. Lieutenant General Custer never thought about deploying troops from other directions. Reinforcement on the battlefield of Salt Lake City is just such an approach of admitting death, but by mistake, General Yamamoto's offensive plan was thwarted.

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