Age of Rebirth

The differences stem from their respective interests, and war is a direct means of gaining benefits. The central region of the United States is destined to become the focus of the German and Japanese armies, even if the war against the United States is not over yet!

After receiving the order from the General Staff, Marshal Rommel thought about it for a long time. He understood the intention of the head of state and was excited that the head of state had such a large army. Fighting horses and defeating one enemy after another can better reflect the value of soldiers. Now, in addition to Americans, Canadians are also included in the ranks of enemies that Marshal Rommel must defeat.

However, Marshal Rommel was a little interested in this new opponent. If the Americans can barely be regarded as opponents of the same weight, then the Canadians are a few ranks lower. In other words, they are not worthy of the title. As an opponent, it is just a little obstacle in the process of sweeping the North American continent!

The head of state will increase the strength of the South American Army Group to more than 250 million people. His eyes are not only on the United States, Canada is obviously also in the sight of the head of state. He will command more than 200 million elite German soldiers to sweep across the North American continent. Fulfilling the wish of the head of state, Marshal Rommel was very excited when he thought of this time.

Although he understood the intention of the head of state, Marshal Rommel was not in a hurry to attack the second line of defense of the US military on the southwestern border. In the Baton Rouge area, he was preparing a large net for the more than [-] US soldiers. Gradually tighten, and clear a little trouble in the rear before taking the Mideastern United States.Steady and steady is his basic strategy in the war against the United States.

Meanwhile, Field Marshal Rommel was not worried.The Japanese will break through the U.S. Army and the Canadian Army, occupy the defense line of the Delera Mountains in the western United States, and occupy only the central United States. But nothing was achieved, especially in the Salt Lake City battlefield.The Japanese also suffered a disadvantage, which made Rommel underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army.

From the perspective of Field Marshal Rommel.If the German army did not go north from Phoenix and attack Salt Lake City, the Japanese would not be able to break through the US defense line in the west within a few months or even a year.Obviously.Rommel would not attack Salt Lake City, and he was happy to see that the Japanese stopped in the Dillerah Mountains in the west.

If the German army does not come out, the Japanese will not be able to break the situation, and it is useless to be anxious. Once the German army has completely occupied the central and eastern regions of the United States, the Delela Mountains will become Germany and Japan.Divide the boundaries of U.S. territory.

But Marshal Rommel was cautious enough that he was not blocked west of the Dillerat Mountains because of the Japanese.Taking it lightly, he deployed three elite group armies in the direction of Phoenix, one of which went out to the Durango area north of Phoenix.

His order to the commander of the army group was, "With Durango as the boundary, the troops are not allowed to go beyond one step, and must not pose a threat to the US and Canadian troops on the defense line of the Dillerah Mountains!"

Marshal Rommel began to deploy in the central region of the United States, focusing on encircling and annihilating the more than [-] U.S. troops in Baton Rouge without haste. The second time he hit his head badly.

In contrast, General Yamamoto is by no means as relaxed as Marshal Rommel. A line of defense in the Dillerah Mountains blocked more than one million elite troops of the Empire. For more than two months, he did his best to pay for the imperial soldiers. The price of nearly 20 casualties is that they cannot break through the positions of the Americans and Canadians. He knows that the casualties of the Americans and Canadians are even greater, but this does not mean anything!

The latest order from His Majesty the Emperor is tantamount to setting a time limit for himself. Before the end of June this year, he will be ahead of the Germans and occupy the central region of the United States. General Yamamoto knows that this will be difficult. It is now mid-April, and there are still many It will not be easy to do it in two months, otherwise, more than one million elite troops of the empire will not be blocked in the defense line of the Dilela Mountains for such a long time!

If there were no Germans who repeatedly succeeded in the southwestern border of the United States, General Yamamoto could still deal with it calmly, slowly looking for good opportunities to break through the U.S. defense line in one fell swoop, but obviously there is not so much time now, and he is not allowed to slowly consume the U.S. military and Canadian forces.

Marshal Rommel is watching every move of the Japanese, and General Yamamoto has never been paying close attention to any movements of the Germans. The two generals who are leading the army both regard each other as potential competitors and the central region of the United States as their own. A piece of fat in the mouth!

In the eyes of General Yamamoto, the situation and position of the Germans are obviously much more favorable than his own. The two lines of defense of the Americans on the mainland, one is the defense line of the Dillerah Mountains in the west, which is blocking him, and the other is the one in the northwest. From Denver to Baton Rouge in the southwest, this is the second line of defense for the Americans. Between the two lines of defense is a blank space for the US military's defense, and the Germans happen to be in this favorable position.

Taking Phoenix as the starting point for the attack, they could go directly to Salt Lake City and Denver. The areas they passed through were not heavily defended by the US military. No matter how you looked at it, it was impossible for me to seize the central area of ​​the United States before the Germans.

Fortunately, that Rommel made a foolish move, hoarded heavy troops in Phoenix, and no longer continued to attack northward, but put all his energy on encircling and annihilating the more than [-] US troops in Baton Rouge. This is Germany Opportunities that people leave for themselves.

In this regard, when General Yamamoto was chatting with his close friend General Nanye, he often laughed at his German counterpart Rommel, "Mr. Minano, Rommel is known as the most famous military commander in Germany. Now it seems that it is nothing more than that. Of course he does not want to send troops to attack. Salt Lake City helped the imperial army break through the US military's Delela Mountain line of defense, but because of this, it also lost the opportunity to occupy the central region of the United States first!"

General Nanye basically agreed with General Yamamoto's words. He also believed that Rommel's strategic vision was insufficient. Make such a low-level mistake?" It's just that he didn't express this uneasiness.

But General Yamamoto also clearly knows that this opportunity will not last long. Once Rommel ends the battle in the Baton Rouge area, he will immediately turn his attention to the direction of the central United States. The deadline given by His Majesty the Emperor is this year's June At the end of the month, General Yamamoto gave himself a deadline of early June this year. He must break through the US military's western defense line, occupy the central region of the United States first, and fix the boundaries of dividing up the US land after the war!

In less than a month, General Yamamoto must break the current stalemate and make a breakthrough. For this reason, he led a group of senior staff to study new offensive plans day and night, choose new breakthrough points, and constantly adjust Regarding the deployment of troops and the direction of the main attack, in terms of boosting morale, he ordered the staff to issue the orders of His Majesty the Emperor to each squadron, reaching the ears of every ordinary soldier.

During this period, because of the stimulation and encouragement of His Majesty's decree, the Japanese army showed the most ferocious energy. The division-level attack never stopped. The shouts of killing resounded across the battlefield, and both sides suffered losses, but the Japanese army did not achieve its goal. Only more Japanese soldiers, American soldiers, and Canadian soldiers fell on the bloody battlefield!

From April 21 to 23 alone, the Japanese army launched a ferocious attack on the western defense line of the U.S. Army from several directions including Helena, Boise, Salt Lake City, and Caliente. As time passed, the Japanese fleet poured tens of thousands of heavy aerial bombs and artillery more than [-] large-caliber artillery shells onto the US positions, filling the air with smoke and covering the sky.

For three consecutive days of attack, the Japanese army paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties, but only gained a foothold in a few places that were not enough to affect the overall situation. It was of little value to break through the US defense line, and the attack target was still firm It is firmly in the hands of U.S. and Canadian soldiers.

In addition to the ferocious attack by the ground forces, General Yamamoto also adopted Chief of Staff Minano's suggestion to dispatch all land-based air forces to blockade the entire line of defense of the U.S. Army's Dillerah Mountains, with the intention of cutting off the logistics supply line of the U.S. military and the generals.

In the skies of the western battlefield in the United States, thousands of Japanese combat aircraft were covering the sky and looking for any suspicious or moving targets. If even a car was found to be moving on the ground, several Japanese fighters and bombers would be attracted. Crazy bombing and strafing.

During the daytime on the battlefield in the western United States, the sky belongs to the Japanese, but at night, it belongs to the Americans and Canadians. From the direction of Canada, countless vehicles, in the darkness, put the cartloads of ammunition and materials, shipped to the battlefield.

After fighting for a few days, General Yamamoto found to his dismay that the firepower of the U.S. and Canadian troops had not weakened. He knew the problem was there, but the Imperial Air Force did not have the ability to bomb and air strike at night. If it went deep into Canada to bomb, But the battle line is getting longer and longer, at least in the current situation, it is not appropriate to burn the flames of war to Canada!

This is a new round of offensive campaign launched by the Japanese army after the bloody battle in Salt Lake City, but all of them ended in no progress.

The well-planned attacks in several directions had no effect. General Yamamoto was at his wit's end, and his temper became more and more anxious. He successively replaced several army commanders who were weak in attack. Lieutenant General Yoshiki Hirano, commander of the No.14 Army in the Los Angeles, San Francisco and Eureka landing battles, was among them.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)