Age of Rebirth

Lieutenant General Tastro, the commander of the Sixth Army, personally led a large group of senior officers of the Sixth Army, on the steps of the gate of the military headquarters, to meet Lieutenant General Piisberg, the commander of the Fifth Army, who ran all the way over. Well, the two belong to different factions, and their personal relationship is not very good. They even had some personal grievances when they were in China. Now that they can do this, it is a great face for Lieutenant General Pisberg.

"Officers and soldiers at all levels in your army, I have ordered them to go down and arrange them properly. Please rest assured! In addition, I have also received your chief of staff, Major General Wester, to my military headquarters to join the two armies. Contact the military council." The two walked side by side in the long corridor, and Lieutenant General Tastro introduced it thoughtfully.

This moved the heart of Lieutenant General Pisberg, who was running desperately all the way, "Thank you very much for taking care of the officers and soldiers of our army! At the same time, the Fifth Army will accept your command!" He is very sincere said, at the same time, it can be regarded as a statement of attitude, in the San Francisco defense zone, you Tastro is the boss!

Lieutenant General Tastro was very satisfied with his attitude and relieved his worries. He was very entangled. The positions and ranks of the two were the same, and there was no clear instruction from the headquarters of the expeditionary force. The lights are all right now, there is no need to worry about command authority.

The two lieutenant generals walked into the war room talking and laughing happily. Dozens of senior Italian military officers stood up and applauded to welcome the arrival of the two giants. Lieutenant General Tastro gracefully raised his white-gloved hands to signal the officers They sat down, and then said: "The theme of the military meeting held today is to study it. How to face the squadron and attack our first-line position in San Francisco..."

Lieutenant General Tastro hadn't finished speaking.His chief of staff, Major General Diesel, walked in with ashes on his face.Still holding a telegram in his hand, looking at the two army commanders sitting on the main seat, he said in a hoarse voice: "Your Excellencies, I have just received an urgent telegram from the Los Angeles District Police Commander. About [-] people have seized the northern bank of the Colorado River three hours ago!"

Suddenly, the conference room was deadly quiet, and all the Italian officers were dumbfounded.As if struck by lightning, they knew too well that the squadron seized the northern bank of the Colorado River. What would it mean for the Fifth Army and Sixth Army on the front line of San Francisco?

The back road was cut off, and the road back to Central America was impassable. "Is the situation true?" Lieutenant General Tastro asked with trembling lips, his tone full of disbelief.

"It's true! I've checked it over and over again!" Saidir Chief of Staff replied.

Lieutenant General Pisberg jumped up and shouted in disbelief: "Impossible! Absolutely wrong information! The squadron of our Fifth Army is chasing after us. There is still a day and a half away. How could it be possible to go beyond Los Angeles?" The north bank of the Colorado River in the south, absolutely impossible!"

Chief of Staff Sedir smiled bitterly and explained: "I didn't believe it at first. But it's the fact that the squadron is divided into three groups, and the left and right wings adopt a roundabout tactic. Go ahead of you. And the squadron that pursues Your Fifth Army is just one of them!"

"The Chinese are very cunning. They adopted a small group of elite troops to infiltrate ahead of time. The way of concealed and rapid advance, the local security forces along the way were either quickly annihilated, or they were not aware of it. The reality now is that we have been captured by the squadron Surrounded from front to back!"

The most terrifying situation appeared. The senior officers of the Italian army present were all frightened and panicked. They didn't know and couldn't understand how the squadron of more than 20 people managed to finish the run from Seiler in three weeks. The distance from Salem to the south of Los Angeles is thousands of kilometers, instead of following the regular style of play and pushing from Salem, so as to give yourself plenty of preparation time?

The content of the military meeting that followed completely changed the subject. It was not how to confront the squadron, but a disagreement arose on whether to surrender to the squadron. Although the generals of the Fifth Army, who will be the leader, have not been attacked by the squadron, they are close at hand to what happened to the Third Army, and they have been chased all the way, and they have long lost the courage to fight. Advocate surrender to the squadron.

As for the general of the Sixth Army headed by Lieutenant General Tastro, the commander of the Sixth Army, so far, he has not seen what the Chinese soldiers look like, nor has he witnessed the tragedy of the Third Army. Unconvinced, we must spread out the formation, with the Sixth Army as the main force, relying on the first-line fortifications from San Francisco to Carson City, and resolutely resist, with the Fifth Army as the main force, quickly go south to attack the Central Army on the north bank of the Colorado River south of Los Angeles. Team.

Most of these officers are members of the Nazi Party and crazy admirers of Prime Minister Mussolini. They believe that with the well-trained soldiers and sophisticated weapons and equipment of the Italian army, they have a great chance of winning against the poor and backward squadrons. , Even if the enemy's strength is more than four or five times that of his own, he can still fight!

The military conference lasted all day, and the senior generals who held two different views argued endlessly and were at loggerheads. The quarrel was so blushing that their necks were thick, and there was still no conclusion. The quarrel continued until the evening. After arguing and having a good meal, it is decided that the meeting will continue tomorrow.

The next day's meeting was still noisy, and no one could completely convince the other party, and time passed like this. . . . . .

At this time, the Eastern Finger troops, which followed the pursuit of the Fifth Italian Army, had reached the Reno area north of the defense line from San Francisco to Carson City, only [-] kilometers away from Carson City.

Several armored command vehicles and military jeeps drove up a mountain ridge. Liu Tiehan jumped out of the vehicle, shook his stiff waist due to the long-term driving, put one hand on his hips, and looked at the large plain in front of him. After looking back, he shouted :"map!"

The combat staff hurriedly spread out the military map, "Ketian, after the left and right wing troops reached the north bank of the Colorado River, what's the movement of the Italian army on the front line of San Francisco?" Liu Tiehan looked at the map and asked Chief of Staff Yang Ketian.

Yang Ketian replied succinctly: "There is no action, and the Italian troops on the front line from San Francisco to Carson City have not adjusted their deployment, deputy division commander, so it seems that the Italians don't know that their retreat has been cut off! "

"Impossible! Don't dream!" Liu Tiehan said with a smile: "Two 10,000+ troops appeared in the northern bank of the Colorado River, and our 10,000+ chasing troops in the middle appeared in Reno. The Italians are not Blind and deaf, don't you know?"

Yang Ketian was overjoyed, and said, "Deputy Commander, that's strange. Now that we know that our army has formed a front and rear attack, the Italian army should take action no matter what? But now you see, it's as if nothing happened, calm and composed ah!"

"The Italians don't move, let's move!" Liu Tiehan looked at the map and said, "Ketian, order the troops on the north bank of the Colorado River to attack northward, take Los Angeles and other places first, and then continue to attack northward, but we must emphasize The most important thing is that the speed of the attack does not need to be too fast, and the attack should be steady and steady, and advance in parallel, mainly to eliminate the Japanese troops and the local garrison troops of the Italian army, forming a threat to San Francisco!"

"Order the pursuit troops in the middle, concentrate all artillery units, and launch a large-scale artillery attack on the Italian positions outside Carson City. The bigger the momentum, the better. The infantry troops will not participate, nor will they attack the urban area of ​​Carson City, but with the cooperation of tanks. Next, focus on destroying the Japanese troops in the surrounding area!"

Yang Ketian's eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "Deputy division commander, you are planning to force the Italian army to surrender!"

"The brain is turning fast enough!" Liu Tiehan said with a smile: "The pressure of the soldiers has brought great pressure to the Italians. Judging from the situation of our fight with the Italian army, this is an opponent who can't help but hit. In the past, the minds of the Italian commanders could be cleared up, and we used the least cost to eliminate the Italian troops on the North American continent, so why not do it!"

In the urban area of ​​San Francisco, the quarrel in the conference room of the Sixth Army of Italy was still going on fiercely. The Chief of Staff of the Sixth Army, Major General Sedir, was called out to answer the phone in a low voice by a gray-faced staff officer. When he came back Well, the chief of staff, His Excellency, walked with his feet fluttering, and his eyes were completely straightened.

"Gentlemen, I just received a call from Major General Leonard, the commander of the 36th Division of the Sixth Army defending Carson City. Major General De said that the squadron used at least [-] pieces of artillery, and if it does not receive strong reinforcements, Carson City will fall within five hours!" Chief of Staff Saidir said in an interfering voice .

Lieutenant General Tastro and Lieutenant General Pisberg exchanged glances, and the officers of the Sixth Army below who were clamoring for a fight also lowered their heads in dejection. The defense system of Carson City, after the Japanese With painstaking efforts, it can definitely be called a fortified city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, especially the outer defense system. The officers of the Sixth Army have all seen it, the deep defense system with three reinforced concrete structures.

The officers of the Operations Department of the Sixth Army have assessed that with the Sixth Army's level of weapons and equipment, and with sufficient ammunition, it will take several months to besiege Carson City before they can break through the outer line of defense, but the reality now is that Well, the squadron smashed the outer defense system of Carson City with one shell, so how can we fight this battle?

San Francisco's defense system is much worse than that of Carson City. Doesn't that mean that the squadron can break through more easily? Thinking of this, the face of the Italian army officer is as ugly as death.

Lieutenant General Tastro and Lieutenant General Pisberg muttered in low voices for a long time, then Lieutenant General Tastro said: "Gentlemen, I have carefully discussed with Lieutenant General Pisberg, in order to avoid Italian soldiers suffered unnecessary casualties and decided to surrender to the Chinese!"

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