Age of Rebirth

Knowing the current affairs and responding quickly, so there is plenty of time. The retreat commanded by Lieutenant General Pisberg, the commander of the Fifth Army of the Italian Army, was not as hasty and disorderly as Lieutenant General Magsilotti, the commander of the Third Army. The three infantry divisions, one tank brigade, two artillery brigades, and the logistics department under the Fifth Army began to withdraw from the Salem line in an orderly manner in accordance with the order of the military department.

Before retreating, Lieutenant General Pisburg was extra careful, fearing that the squadron would be chasing him. At this time, the pawns in his hand came in handy. With a division of the Japanese army plus a brigade of nearly 4 troops, after the Fifth Army took over the defense, this part of the Japanese army also became a force under the command of the Fifth Army in name.

Now, I want to retreat, and I am worried that the Chinese squadron will chase after me to the end, so Lieutenant General Pisberg, in the name of commander, ordered the Japanese army to take over the defense line of the Fifth Army, and to fight on the line from Salem to Boise. He built fortifications and was responsible for covering the retreat of the Fifth Army. Of course, Lieutenant General Pisberg was not a stingy person. He handed over all the heavy artillery of the Fifth Army, together with enough shells, to the Japanese army.

It turned out that the Japanese army on the front line in Salem was the 130th Seventh Division. Lieutenant General Oshima Yumo, after receiving the order from Lieutenant General Pisberg, he smiled wryly, knowing that it was the Italians who made him cut off. As cannon fodder, the fate of the 130th First Division is no secret, and its own divisions cannot escape the same fate. The China Independent Division killed from the north has more than [-] troops.

But Lieutenant General Oshima Yumo could only obey this order, for the simple reason that the Italians could run.If you can't stay in the North American continent, you can go all the way to Central America or even South America.But myself and more than 2 imperial soldiers had nowhere to run.The Germans don't accept it, the Italians don't take it, they are just a bunch of lonely ghosts who have cut off contact with the mainland.

For this reason, the lives of tens of thousands of people in the 130th Seventh Division are destined to be lost on the land of North America. Now, before you die, you must also cause damage to the damned Chinese!" Lieutenant General Yumo Oshima took over the defense line of the Italian Fifth Army with the determination to die.Waiting for the arrival of the Dongzhi troops.

The 130th Seventh Division plus a mixed brigade has a strength of no more than 3 troops. To defend the more than [-]-kilometer line of defense from Semler to Boise, the strength of the troops is simply not enough, let alone the depth of defense. , but Lieutenant General Oshima was determined to die, so under his order, more than [-] Japanese soldiers on the battlefield.Everyone intends to be a personal bomber, a desperado.

However, whether it is Lieutenant General Pisberg, commander of the Fifth Army of the Italian Army, or Lieutenant General Yumo Oshima, commander of the 130th Seventh Division of the Japanese Army.They were all wrong. General Liu Tiehan, deputy commander of the Independent Division and commander of the East Pointing Force, had no intention of staying in the area from Salem to Boise.Entangled with the Japanese army, his target is the remaining 10,000+ Italian soldiers on the North American continent.

After learning about the rapid retreat of the Italian Fifth Army on the front line of Salem.Liu Tiehan issued an order to give up capturing Salem and other places.Taking the southern part of the west coast of the United States, the destination of the Italian Fifth Army's retreat - San Francisco, as the new attack target, there is not only the Fifth Army, but also the Sixth Army, which is the entire force of the Italian Army entering the North American continent.

The order was issued, and the troops of the East Pointing Army were divided into three groups and marched side by side along the west coast of the United States. The attacking troops of each group consisted of a tank brigade, a self-propelled artillery regiment, a heavy artillery regiment and a mechanized infantry brigade as the vanguard assault troops. Three lots for assault.

The overwhelming artillery fire filled the Japanese positions with smoke and fireworks, and the Japanese soldiers were smashed to pieces. The explosives wrapped around their bodies became accomplices, which made the disaster even worse. After the fierce shelling, more than 300 tanks were divided into two assault groups. A large opening more than ten kilometers wide was torn in the Japanese defense line, and then the assault troops did not stop at all, stepping on the flattened trenches, leaving the body parts of the Japanese soldiers all the way south.

The follow-up troops then attacked in two directions to the left and right, expanding the breakthrough to tens of kilometers wide, and were responsible for dividing and annihilating the Japanese troops one by one. The direction surged away.

In less than two hours, the human bomb defense line designed by Lieutenant General Shigeru Oshima was riddled with holes. The Japanese soldiers had no chance to carry forward the spirit of Bushido, and they were flooded by shells like raindrops. It is absurd in itself for the remaining troops to stop more than [-] people, and it is not considered to be dozens of times worse than the heavy firepower and armored troops.

Liu Tiehan did not intend to let the troops waste too much time on the front line from Salem to Boise. He ordered the follow-up troops to use a brigade as a combat unit to deal with key points such as Salem, Spray, Burns, and Boise. The area was divided and encircled, and it was not required to be fast. The purpose of reducing the casualties of the troops was to gradually eliminate the resistance of the Japanese army.

Liu Tiehan is well aware of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers and their habits of desperadoes. When facing desperate situations, they have the courage to go all out. Therefore, they adopted different tactics to fight the Italian army and the Japanese army, using four brigades with more than 130 troops , Dealing with more than [-] people from the [-]th Seventh Division of the Japanese Army, the Japanese are already very respected.

The main force of the East Pointer is making great strides to the south. Liu Tiehan has more than [-] troops in his hands, and he has enough capital to do so. He has made appropriate adjustments in the tactics of chasing the Fifth Army of the Italian Army. The pursuit troops on the left and right flanks advance at the fastest speed. The goal is not to occupy San Francisco and other places, but to occupy the line of the Colorado River south of San Francisco at the fastest speed, and cut off Italy. The retreat of the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army of the Chinese Army has formed a trend of closing the door and beating dogs!

The attacking troops in the center deliberately slowed down the speed of the pursuit, and chased behind the Fifth Italian Army, but kept a distance of about one and a half days, so as not to cause the Sixth Army of the Italian Army on the front line of San Francisco to feel afraid due to the tight pressure. Detour and outflank the troops, and before reaching the front line of the Colorado River, withdraw to Central America in advance, which will add trouble to future battles.

This happened in the western part of the United States. The East Pointing Forces made an unprecedented large-scale detour and pursuit. More than a thousand tanks were the guide, countless artillery vehicles and self-propelled artillery, and tens of thousands of mechanized marching troops. On the west coast of the United States, several raging torrents formed, destroying and submerging all obstacles and resistance of the Japanese army along the way.

Most of the senior officers of the German army stationed on the front line of the Delela Mountains in the western United States, almost like Lieutenant General Stephens, the commander of the three armies, gathered the officers of his subordinates to form an observation group, arrived at the edge of the battlefield, and observed the entire process. * Team pursuit.

The grand chase scene, the German military officers were extremely shocked in their hearts. It is not that they have not experienced the big scene of the German army's armored torrent and mechanized troops marching on the European battlefield, but in the American continent, they saw the Chinese army. The aura of the squadron still impresses these rather proud German officers, and their views on the squadron have undergone a fundamental change, and the name of the commander, General Liu Tiehan, is also known to the Germans. His popularity even reached a level comparable to Tang Qiuli's.

The German officers stationed on the west side of the Dillerah Mountains have written the situation of the squadron they observed and reported it to Marshal Rommel, the commander of the German South American Army Group, although there is no clear order from the Army Group headquarters , but the quality of the German military officers is commendable. On the other hand, the combat effectiveness of the squadrons that appeared on the North American battlefield also made them terrified.

Marshal Rommel was at the top of the German government, knew Hitler's thinking, and had met Tang Qiuli a few times. Naturally, he would not be terrified like other officers, but in the North American battlefield dominated by the German army, appearing Having joined the same powerful squadron, it still made him feel uncomfortable. This is a mentality that would not allow others to snore beside the couch.

But Rommel is not impulsive and stupid enough to let the German army cause trouble for the independent division. For a small friction, the first person the head of state will not forgive is himself, the position of the commander of the South American Army Group, and he will come to an end!

It took more than three weeks to use the 130th Seventh Division of the Japanese Army as cannon fodder. Lieutenant General Pisberg, commander of the Fifth Army of the Italian Asian Expeditionary Force, finally took more than [-] soldiers of the Fifth Army and several soldiers of the Fifth Army intact. Hundreds of tanks were brought back to the San Francisco area. Behind the Fifth Army was the chasing army of the Squadron. Fortunately, there was still a day and a half away, enough for him to calmly merge with the Sixth Army.

Seeing the blurred outline of San Francisco in the distance under the bright sun, Lieutenant General Piisberg lost all strength. He looked at Lieutenant General Tastro, the commander of the Sixth Army who came to greet him in person, with an unpredictable smile. , the straight military uniform, the stars on the epaulettes are shining in the sun, and looking at the dust all over his body, and his disheveled appearance, he can't help but smile wryly, feeling quite ashamed.

Two lieutenant generals of the Italian army came to hug a gentleman and exchanged some pleasantries. Lieutenant General Tastro said with a smile: "I have prepared the best suite for you in the most luxurious hotel in San Francisco. You go first. Take a break, wash off the dust all over your body, and then, I will wait for you at the military headquarters, and discuss how to attack the Chinese army!"

Lieutenant General Pisburgh did not refuse his kindness. Although the kindness was obviously mocking, he really needed to relax. After taking a hot bath in the hotel and filling his stomach in a hurry, he drove to the Sixth Army headquarters in downtown San Francisco.

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