Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1113 Do not use the hidden dragon
"Evidence!" This is not a simple assumption. If it is raised to the campaign level, it will inevitably involve the issue of increasing troops. Clark feels that speculation is obviously not applicable.

"This is the battle situation of the first battalion and the lost companies. These are the battle records of our encounters with the enemy. Judging from the above time distribution, the enemy's troops are at least two divisions, and the company is the basic The scale of the enemy is lurking around us, and according to the situation of the battle, we can divide and combine at any time to attack our peripheral troops. Of course, all of this does not include whether the enemy has a general reserve.” Although the staff officer was still shy, But his words caught Clark's attention.

"What are we going to do?" Clark asked after pondering for a moment.

The appearance of the 502nd Regiment allowed the companies that had been active in the jungle to respond quickly. The information was continuously transmitted and shared on the radio, and finally integrated and reported. The regiment began to gather nearby, ready to eat the "big guy" who entered the jungle rashly in front of him in one bite

It seems that if the development continues according to the predetermined situation, the 502nd regiment may become the first regiment-level unit to be wiped out by the established system. Of course, the result may be just the opposite.However, these are destined to be assumptions. When Zhang Xueliang, commander of the 48th Army, issued the encirclement order, the plan was canceled by the headquarters.

The 502 regiment didn't know that they had just walked through the gate of hell. Although the enemy had raised the annihilation system to the battalion level in the previous annihilation battle in the jungle, no one believed that the enemy could annihilate a regiment. According to the previous scale calculation, the enemy must at least With three times the force, the encirclement and annihilation can be completed before the rescue troops arrive.This is almost equivalent to the size of a division. If the enemy's troops active in the jungle can really complete the division-level assembly without anyone noticing, it seems that the Fifth Army really does not need to stay here.

"However, sir, I think that things may not be as simple as we imagined. Under the premise that air support and heavy ground equipment are temporarily unable to play a role, we have no decisive advantage against the Chinese army, while the other side can rely on convenient Road access, supply at any time. So I think "The staff officer seems to want to express his opinion too much, but ignores Clark's gradually angry expression.

"You mean, we should withdraw from the 502nd Regiment, or in other words, all members should return to Chicago, is that so?" Clark asked back with a stern expression.

"At least, this is a choice. In front of the Chinese army, our advantage is not decisive, or even not obvious." The staff officer gave Clark a timid look and continued.

"Major, now, you'd better do your job well." Clark was not interested in talking with the other party, and turned his head to continue looking at the electronic map in front of him.The staff officer stared at Clark in astonishment for a long time, then turned around and walked back to his position in embarrassment.

It seems that the staff's idea is really a bit alarmist. According to the reports sent by the 502 regiment along the way, the enemy's troops seem to have completely disappeared in front of them. Compared with the neighboring troops, the 502 regiment can be described as smooth sailing, even There was no harassment from cold guns or cold guns.

The situation of the 502nd regiment restored Clark's confidence that he had fallen into the abyss a little bit. Looking back on everything that happened before, Clark intuitively thought that he was a bit ridiculous. Just now I almost believed the staff officer's so-called suggestion to increase the scale of the campaign.Clark doesn't know how to explain it to the West Point alumni if ​​all this is reported back to New York.

Maybe those companies were not completely wiped out, maybe they just lost contact with the enemy's sudden attack, but there is no need to consider this issue now.Seeing the good news from the 502nd Regiment, Clark came up with a bold idea to use the only railway from Kansas to Peoria to quickly send the 502nd Regiment to Peoria.

As soon as this idea came up, a complete plan was quickly and irresistibly formed. The temptation in front of us was too great for people to resist. Once Peoria was determined to be safe, the helicopter group of the 101st Airborne Division would follow. Afterwards, under the outflank and attack from both sides, the siege aimed at those sons of bitches hiding in the jungle.

"Tell the 502nd regiment that they can requisition civilian vehicles and quickly enter Peoria through the railway." When Clark consciously issued this order, he smiled a little cruelly. A railway coming out is likely to become the target of the enemy's air power, but , for the future of the army group, this risk is worth taking.

"It's easy to kill a regiment, but it's very difficult to kill a group army." Putting down the information, he turned to Zhu Peide.

"Eating a regiment is not easy in my opinion. A full regiment of the 101st Division has thousands of troops gathered in the jungle. We can't launch an offensive at all. It is difficult for us to end the battle within three hours. It seems Well, the Yankees are imitating traitors, and it’s really difficult to transfer groups one by one.” Zhu Peide nodded, shook his head again, and said instead.

"You still pay too much attention to the gap between the enemy and us. Do you think the command of the headquarters is to retreat? In fact, it's the opposite. You will see a good show soon." Seeing that the other party misinterpreted his meaning, he immediately laughed corrected.

"Do you mean that we need to increase troops? Completely eat the 101st Division? This is a bit unlikely? You know, the 101st Division is a trump card unit that claims to be able to withstand the attack of a group army in defense. If we want to eat them, I'm afraid we have to gather all the equipment of the 48th Army to eat this little fat guy." Zhu Peide asked back in astonishment.

"The 101st Division? Hehe, where are you thinking? Our goal is not the 101st Division." After smiling, he walked to the map on the wall, grabbed the baton, and pointed heavily at the red arrow representing the US Fifth Army Draw a circle on it.

"What we want to eat is the Fifth Army!" added.

The words made Zhu Peide's head a little numb. Although he first proposed the ace confrontation when he conceived the battle plan before, but before the No. 15 Army arrived at the support location, the 48 Army defeated the No. 48 Army in one bite. The group army is really a bit of a dream.Taking the fifth army as a heavy army, if necessary, they can be surrounded by three or four times the enemy until reinforcements arrive from other parts of the United States, but right now, the commander-in-chief wants to use the [-]th army eat each other.

If he didn't know too much about him, Zhu Peide would really think that he might have a fever caused by a wound infection.But even so, Zhu Peide still instinctively didn't believe what the other party said.

"Look! The outcome depends on the 502 regiment." Instead of continuing to explain, he said instead.

At the same time, a train had already stopped on the railway. Under the command of the head of the regiment, the 502nd regiment stepped onto the train in a single file, and then, amidst the roar of the train, quickly moved towards Peoria.

If it is not immersive, no one knows what it feels like to sit in this car. The only feeling that everyone feels sitting in the car at the moment is nervousness. The weapons in their hands are constantly aiming around with the advancing wheels. Any disturbance in the jungle is enough to instantly turn the entire train into a big candle with fireworks, turning everything around into ruins.

The people in the car now deeply understand the definition of bait, the feeling of being watched and coveted by the target in the dark at all times is far more worrying and frightening than fighting the enemy face to face.The short journey is tormenting every American soldier in the 502 regiment like purgatory at the moment.Now it seems that this is not a leisurely march that can save energy, but a death journey deliberately arranged by the military like luring the enemy.

Overhead, the American warplanes followed the train and moved forward rapidly. Although the rotors were spinning vigorously, they could not provide people with a sense of safety. All commanders with a little common sense knew that at this moment, even one RPG rocket launchers can easily derail a fast-moving train and turn it into a steel coffin full of dead people.

Gambling, purely gambling, using time to bet that the enemy will not react and detect, although it is only a short 230 kilometers away from Peoria, although the train only takes two or three hours, though.

Clark has been staring at the red signal representing the train symbol on the map and is constantly moving forward. He doesn't know if he is gambling by doing this. He is just sure that the enemy cannot concentrate the strength of a division in an instant to destroy the 502 regiment. He was also sure that the enemy could not have imagined that he would dare to take the train to attack Peoria in such a situation.

If he succeeds this time, it will be a victory that laid the foundation for the battle. He may be famous in the textbooks of the West Point Military Academy. If he fails, he will also leave his name in history and create an opportunity for the enemy to wipe out a regiment.

No one can understand the anxiety and worry in Clark's heart at this moment. Since the order was given, he has been standing in front of the screen, and has been so motionless for several hours.He doesn't know what is the use of what he is doing now, or how it will help the troops. He only knows that as long as he can watch the train that is related to whether the Fifth Army can get out of trouble and move forward safely for a second, he will feel a little more in his heart. peace of mind.

The train gradually approached Peoria. Seeing that the already short routes on the map were constantly decreasing, everyone's hearts could not help but hang in their throats.

In the jungle, a pair of black eyes, painted with oil paint, watched the oncoming train in front of him for a moment. In his hand, a PF89 individual rocket had completed the final pre-launch preparations.At this moment, as long as there is an order, the rocket can shoot out the launch tube at any time, and make a big hole in the old steam locomotive that is driving on the track.

(End of this chapter)