Age of Conquest Reborn

General Yamamoto is indeed an outstanding commander among the senior generals of the Japanese army. He has a sophisticated vision. He can also see the problems that Tang Qiuli saw and deduce the next move of the German army. It is not easy!

"If the German army suspends its offensive after a few days, the imperial army will have time to break through the US military's Dellera Mountain defense line before the Germans, march straight down to Salt Lake City, and approach Denver! Then, we will have to stop the attack and turn around.

The main task is to clear out the remaining U.S. troops west of Denver and consolidate the occupied area!" General Yamamoto's words determined the Japanese army's next offensive direction. With the current strength and momentum of the Japanese army, it was already the limit to reach Denver.

General Minamino listened to General Yamamoto's words silently and did not interrupt, but his eyes flashed with dark light. Looking at General Yamamoto who was confident, it was obvious that he was thinking about other issues in his mind.

After General Yamamoto finished speaking, General Minamino said in a stern tone: "Yamamoto-kun, the German offensive posture is not that simple. I am thinking about a problem. Rommel divided his troops into three groups. The target direction is very obvious, and it should not be revealed.

The empire has to guard against its profound meaning!"

"Oh?" General Yamamoto's eyes jumped. He knew that his close friend had a war vision no less than his own, and there was a profound meaning in his words, so he said with a tone of asking for advice: "Minano-kun, if you have any ideas, it's okay to speak up.

, please feel free to teach me!”

"Teaching me a lesson is out of the question!" General Nanye smiled and said: "Judging from the direction of the attack of the three Lutheran armies, the targets of their left assault group are Santa Fe, Denver and even the Cheyenne front line. Wouldn't it mean that the Chinese mainland in the United States will be attacked?

The eastern region, including Yamamoto-kun. After the imperial army breaks through the US defense line in the Dilera Mountains, they find that the central region of the United States has fallen into the hands of the Germans. What will we do?"

"Limited to the agreement between Japan and Germany, the Imperial Army will stop at the front line of Salt Lake City!" General Yamamoto blurted out, and then he had a cold war. He immediately understood the meaning of General Minamino's words.

"Minamino-kun, you are saying that the Germans are ahead of the empire. Occupying the central and eastern regions of the United States implies the intention of carving up more than two-thirds of the US territory!" General Yamamoto said hastily, "Minamino-kun, is that true?

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"The amount of American land occupied by the empire is within the range of cannons!" General Minamino said with a hint of gloom in his eyes, "The same is true for the Germans!"

"I understand, Minamino-kun!" General Yamamoto stood up, bowed deeply to General Minamino, and said, "Thank you very much for the reminder, Minamino-kun. Yamamoto almost made a big mistake and caused losses to the interests of the empire!"

Among the German army, there are many generals like Rommel, who are quite good at commanding operations. Politically, there are generals who strive for the greatest interests for Germany. Among the Japanese army, there are also generals like Yamamoto Goto and Minamino Osamu, who have great battlefield and political insights.

A powerful general.

There is no doubt that Germany and Japan have joined forces to bring a soy sauce to Italy. The United States is a piece of fat waiting to be cut. The difference is who gets how much and who grabs more. One tiger and one wolf want to win.

If you swallow more fat, disputes will be inevitable. The Axis Powers' war against the United States has just begun, and the root of future disputes has been laid. After the war against the United States is over, there will be conflicts within the Axis Powers for their own interests.

What will happen, who can predict?

After being reminded by Chief of Staff Minamino, since he wanted to get ahead of the Germans, break through the US military defense lines in the Delera Mountains, seize Salt Lake City, and then capture Denver, and firmly control the central region of the United States in the hands of the Japanese Empire, General Yamamoto

No more time will be wasted.

On January 29, General Yamamoto mobilized five divisions from the troops attacking Helena on the north road and strengthened them to attack Salt Lake City on the center road. In this way, the Japanese troops in the center had already

The number reached more than 500,000 people. Immediately, the US troops along the defense line of the Dilera Mountains were under great pressure. The already tense battle situation became even more dangerous!

Lieutenant General Custer, the defense commander of the Dellera Mountains, has already filled all the reserves in his hands to the Salt Lake City battlefield. Faced with the ferocious attack by the Japanese army with air superiority and superior strength, the casualties of the US military are increasing every day.

The defense line was in emergency several times a day. The Americans were using their soldiers' lives to block the Japanese attack, but the force consumption was so huge. If this situation continued, within a few days, there would be no troops to defend the position and the defense line would collapse.

It’s a foregone conclusion!

Lieutenant General Custer, who was mentally and physically exhausted, sent several telegrams a day asking for help and flew to the U.S. Supreme War Headquarters, requesting troops, artillery, and air support from aircraft.

But the Americans are now facing enemy attacks from two directions, fighting on two fronts. Their troops are already stretched thin, especially on the southern border battlefield, where there are more than 300,000 troops. They are blocked by the German army and cannot go smoothly.

After retreating, even the surrounded troops were unable to rescue them. They watched helplessly as they were annihilated by the Germans. How would they still have the extra troops to invest in the western battlefield?

Therefore, the response from the U.S. Supreme Wartime Command to Lieutenant General Custer, commander of the Dellera Mountain Line Defense Command, was a few simple words, "Hold on! Hold on at any cost. The Wartime Supreme Headquarters is currently

I will do my best to reinforce you, but it will take time. The newly restored Army Air Force can send more than ten fighter wings and more than three bomber wings to seize part of the air supremacy in the western battlefield!"

It was better than nothing. Without the reinforcement of troops, having combat aircraft to assist in the battle could also relieve his own pressure. Lieutenant General Custer pinned his hope on the combat aircraft of the Army Air Force.

The wartime Supreme Headquarters did not break its promise. The next day, U.S. combat aircraft appeared over the Salt Lake City battlefield and performed well. The U.S. bombers and aerial bombs inflicted heavy damage on the Japanese infantry who were desperately attacking.

The huge casualties forced the Japanese attack to end prematurely.

But the good times did not last long. When the US military mixed fleet took off again, the commander of the US air formation was shocked to find that the number of Japanese fighter jets waiting for him in the battlefield airspace was almost three to four times his own, exceeding 1,500.

Japanese fighter jets filled the sky densely.

General Yamamoto did not expect that the U.S. Army Air Force, which had been almost wiped out, would still have the strength to participate in the war. The ground offensive troops were caught off guard and paid the price of more than 20,000 casualties.

General Yamamoto, who had suffered a small loss, was unwilling to give up. After a sneer, he mobilized more than 1,500 fighter jets to set a huge and tight trap for American combat aircraft in the Salt Lake City airspace.

After a fierce air battle, the U.S. Army Air Forces, which had finally put together a small fortune to reinforce the defense line of the Dellera Mountains, was basically wiped out. The skies in the western United States were still dominated by Japanese combat aircraft.

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The disastrous defeat of the Army Air Force's reinforcement fleet almost made Lieutenant General Custer despair. He knew that this was already the highest wartime headquarters and could give him the greatest help. However, it was just a flash in the pan and had no impact on changing the battlefield of Salt Lake City.

The serious situation is of no use!

When General Yamamoto commanded more than 500,000 troops to storm the U.S. Army's Salt Lake City defense line, he not only focused on this point, but also sought breakthroughs in other directions. General Yamamoto has never been a commander who goes all the way.

, his many years of service in the navy have given him a changeable command style, which at this point is far superior to that of the Japanese army generals.

Beginning on January 30, the Seventh Army and the Ninth Army of the Japanese North American Combat Command, with a total of seven divisions and 150,000 troops, launched a fierce attack on the US military in the direction of Helena in the north.

On that day, the Fifth Army and the Eleventh Army, totaling six divisions and about 130,000 troops, launched a full-line attack on the US military in the direction of Cedar City in the south. At the same time, the Japanese army attacking Salt Lake City in the middle continued to maintain

Original offensive intensity and density.

On this day, artillery fire roared everywhere along the defense line of the U.S. Army's Dilera Mountains, smoke filled the air, and the shouts of killing were loud. The entire U.S. defense line was trembling and shaking amidst the smoke and gunfire.

According to General Yamamoto's judgment, after such a fierce attack in the direction of Salt Lake City for several days, the US commander should have determined the main direction of the imperial army's attack. In order to prevent the position from being breached, the US commander would definitely mobilize troops from other directions to strengthen the attack.

The strength of the Salt Lake City defense line will lead to the weakening of defensive forces in other directions. It should not be a problem to attack in three directions and break through in one place.

But the facts disappointed General Yamamoto. The fighting continued until evening. Although the US defense line was crumbling, it was still shaky. Progress was made in the direction of Helena and Cedar City, but they failed to break through the US position. He had to issue an order.

Ordered the troops to stop attacking.

As the night deepened, General Yamamoto was still thinking about the attack during the day. He didn't understand whether the US military's defense line would be so strong, or was the US military's strength in the Dilera Mountains far exceeding the figures provided by intelligence?

The intelligence obtained by the Japanese agents was correct, but the US military commander General Yamamoto met was Lieutenant General Custer.

It’s not that Lieutenant General Custer’s commanding ability is better than that of General Yamamoto. He can repeatedly use ingenious strategies to turn the defense line into danger in extremely passive situations. When it comes to the ability to command operations, Lieutenant General Custer and General Yamamoto are not at all.

A heavyweight.

But Lieutenant General Custer's greatest advantage is that he meticulously and strictly implements the orders of the wartime Supreme Headquarters. President Roosevelt ordered him to use the existing forces to hold on to the defense line of the Dillera Mountains.

There is no room for error.

Therefore, even though it was clear that the direction of Salt Lake City was the focus of the Japanese offensive, and the defensive forces were suffering terribly and the last reserves were used, Lieutenant General Custer never thought of deploying troops from other directions.

Reinforcing the Salt Lake City battlefield was an act of accepting death, but it accidentally frustrated General Yamamoto's offensive plan.

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