Age of Rebirth

Yang Ketian was transferred from the independent division to the deputy director of the staff department, and then transferred to the East Command as the chief of staff. He was also promoted to major general. in a hurry.

Therefore, seeing Yang Ketian walking in nervously, Liu Tiehan muttered, the battlefield is already under his control, and it stands to reason that there should be no unexpected changes. Before Yang Ketian could speak, he asked: "Ketian, battlefield The situation has changed, is it the Italian army or the Japanese army?"

"Not at all!" Yang Ketian shook his head and said.

Liu Tiehan was not very satisfied, and said: "Which aspect is that about? You look nervous? Say something!"

Yang Ketian grinned, knowing that he had lost his composure, and said solemnly: "Deputy commander, our scouts reported that a lot of German soldiers were found on a mountain not more than ten kilometers away from the battlefield in Lewiston, east of Yakima. The officers, and a large number of guards, were in a position overlooking the battlefield, because the Germans were involved, our people did not dare to act rashly, and immediately reported to the headquarters!"

"We were having a lively fight with the Italians and Japanese. At this time, German troops appeared on the edge of the battlefield. The situation is very complicated. Tell me, have the Germans stepped in to help the Japanese and Italians deal with ours? mean?"

"Germans?" Liu Tiehan was also taken aback. It was indeed a surprise. Whether the Germans came to the lively battlefield on purpose or for other reasons, it was impossible to judge for the time being. After thinking for a while, he asked: "Besides , Have the scouts discovered that a large number of German troops are marching in the direction of Yakima?"

"Not really! Our scouts are not at ease. We specially conducted reconnaissance within [-] kilometers of the spot where the Germans were found. No large German troops were found," Yang Ketian replied succinctly, out of the caution and meticulousness of the staff.When he received the report, he had already learned about the situation in this regard.

Liu Tiehan frowned slightly. The appearance of the Germans on the edge of the battlefield is indeed a difficult mystery. However, he is not a person who is indecisive, and he also knows that before the troops of the East Pointing Army entered the North American continent, the division commander had already met with The Germans have communicated in this regard.Presumably the Germans will not come to get in the way.

Thinking of this, Liu Tiehan said: "Don't care about him, let's fight ours, but we will order the troops immediately, especially the troops that are encircling and annihilating the 130th Division of the Japanese Army. Go to the Germans. That's trouble, and it's the same with the Italians!"

On the battlefield in the Northwest of the United States, China, Japan and Italy were divided into two camps, fighting against each other.The fight was full of gunpowder, and in Lewiston, east of Yakima, Lieutenant General Stephens, commander of the third army of the German South American Army Group.He is leading several division brigade commanders under his command and all the senior staff members of the military headquarters to climb the Berg Peak, which is more than 1000 meters above sea level.Set up a high-power telescope, with the mentality of a bystander.Watch this fight.

The area garrisoned by the three armies happened to be on the east side of the Yakima battlefield. The 10,000+ soldiers from China, Japan and Italy were filled with gunpowder, and the guns roared. Lieutenant General Stephens, the commander of the army, who was only a few tens of kilometers away from the battlefield, was a professional soldier. Naturally, officers of military background cannot turn a deaf ear.

Moreover, Lieutenant General Stephens also has another thought, that is, he wants to see, in the mind of the head of state, whether the Chinese Independent Division, which can be compared with the German Third Reich Army, has the combat effectiveness when facing the enemy on the battlefield As strong as the head of state said?

This has nothing to do with the political stance or the agreement of the allies, it is purely out of the professional nature of the soldiers, or curiosity. Moreover, Marshal Rommel, the commander of the Army Group, has repeatedly ordered that the German troops stationed on both sides of the Dillerah Mountains, It is absolutely not allowed to participate in the battle between the squadron and the Italian army and the Japanese army, no matter what the reason is, this is an order personally issued by the head of state to your army group.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Stephens called for deployment, and in the name of watching the battlefield, he pulled the officers here. At this time, it was already past nine o'clock in the morning. , is proceeding to a critical juncture.

"Gentlemen, on the battlefield in front of us, there should be two division-level troops of the Chinese squadron, equipped with three armored brigades of armored assault forces, who are dividing and encircling a division-level force in Japan. We have already After watching it for a while, what do you guys think?" Lieutenant General Stephens left the high-powered telescope and asked his teachers with a smile.

A German division commander thought for a while and replied: "Mr. Commander, it is undeniable that both the soldiers of the Chinese Army and the soldiers of the Japanese Army are very strong in Asia. The soldiers are well-trained, Quite a fighting will and a spirit of sacrifice, the individual combat effectiveness of its soldiers even exceeds that of American soldiers, especially the squadron's infantry and tank coordination tactics, the use of armored group assault tactics is simply amazing!"

"However, there is no suspense in this battle. The Japanese army lacks tanks and heavy weapons, and its strength is also at a disadvantage. It is only a matter of time before the entire army is wiped out. According to my personal judgment, the battle will end around dusk!"

Lieutenant General Stephens nodded again and again, expressing his agreement with his subordinates. Then, he turned his gaze to Major General Coulter, the commander of the armored division of the army, and said, "Major General Coulter, I have carefully observed that the squadron's armored assault The use of clusters is quite similar to that of our German army, what do you think, the commander of the armored division?"

Major General Kotter, who was dressed in German armor, had a cold face. When the commander asked himself, he mechanically replied: "Mr. Commander, it is not surprising that the founder of the Chinese Independent Division Armored Corps is called Battelle, and his rank is lieutenant general. An old friend of the head of state, the younger brother of General Tang Qiuli, vice chairman of the Military Commission of the Chinese government!"

"Battelle has another identity. He graduated from the Armored Command Department of the Berlin Military Academy in Germany. When Germany launched the War to Liberate the European Continent, he served as the commander of the First Army Group'Lightning' Armored Assault Division. During the battle to encircle and annihilate the British and French allied forces in Dunkirk, he commanded an armored division to attack hundreds of thousands of British and French soldiers in disregard of the orders of the then Air Force Commander-in-Chief Goering and His Excellency the Head of State!"

"It was precisely because of Battelle's decisive action that the retreat of Britain and France was shattered, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the British and French coalition forces were wiped out. After the war, he was rewarded by the head of state, received an Iron Cross, and was promoted to major general. He was the only foreign general in the German army at that time, so we are not unfamiliar with the armored group assault tactics of the Chinese army!"

Major General Coulter talked eloquently and explained the problem clearly, which surprised the German officers, including Lieutenant General Stephens. However, he was very curious about how he knew the Chinese named Battelle.

Major General Cottle saw everyone's doubts, so he explained lightly: "Battelle was once a senior student of General Guderian, and I happened to be a student of the General, and I learned this from the general. General Guderian is very Appreciate Battelle, call him a rare armored warfare wizard!"

Everyone suddenly realized, who is Guderian, he is famous, the father of the armored soldiers of the German army, who created the theory of blitz warfare and practiced it on the battlefield, making the torrent of German steel sweep across the European continent. He called the Chinese Battelle a wizard of armored warfare. It is not surprising to see the shadow of German armored warfare on the North American battlefield!

Under the fierce attack of the Dongzhi troops, the head of the Hengshan Division, who was on the brink of extinction, did not know that on a mountain just a few tens of kilometers away from his command post, a dozen senior members of the allied German army The officer, with the mentality of a bystander, is watching more than 2 Japanese soldiers under his command being wiped out by the squadron, otherwise, they will break out in this direction even if they are desperate.

The battle of the Eastern Finger troops to encircle and annihilate the 130th Division of the Japanese Army in North America was earlier and faster than the Germans expected. By about 130 o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army had been completely wiped out, and the head of the Hengshan Division was desperate. Dozens of high-ranking officers including Major General Asano, the chief of staff of the division, also committed suicide one after another. The entire Japanese [-]th Division was wiped out. Few of the more than [-] soldiers were captured, and the rest were all killed.

After the encirclement and annihilation of the Yakima right-wing Japanese army ended, according to Liu Tiehan's order, the East Pointing troops of this department immediately made a surprise attack in the direction of Salem. Yakima, the breach of the Everett-Spokane line of defense across the northwestern U.S. frontier, swooped toward Salem and toward the Fifth Army of the Italian Asiatic Expeditionary Force stationed in the area.

The battle between Everett and Spokane is still going on, but it is coming to an end. After the remnants of No.20 Ninth Division and No.30 First Division of the Italian Third Army retreated to the urban area, most of the Italian officers and soldiers Surrendered, a small number of officers loyal to the Nazi Party and Mussolini led a small number of soldiers, relying on the city to carry out defensive street fighting, which caused trouble for the troops to end the battle.

This pissed off the soldiers of the Eastern Finger Army attacking the above two places. After calling in artillery and tanks, any area where Italian soldiers were found to be resisting, even if a few sporadic bullets hit them, they would immediately be covered by artillery fire and blow up all over the place. The ruins, such a fierce fighting style, completely shattered the resistance will of those Italian officers and soldiers who were full of the Nazi Party and Mussolini. They got out of their hiding places and raised their hands to surrender.

After the capture of Everett and Spokane, a total of six mechanized infantry brigades and four tank brigades of the East Command troops rushed towards Salem without stopping. At the same time, Liu Tiehan also led the East Command Members of the headquarters rushed to Salem to unify the command of the encirclement of the Italian Fifth Army.

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