Age of Conquest Reborn

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But Feng Jiwu understood better that the first thing he had to do was to dispel the division commander's concerns about transferring the direct corps away from the middle battlefield. Otherwise, the next step of the plan would not be carried out. He said with a very relaxed smile: "Division Commander, direct subordinates

Don’t worry about the pressure the Niangziguan garrison will face after the corps leaves the battlefield!"

"For more than twenty days, the Japanese army in the middle has become a frightened bird, busy with passive defense and unable to take care of itself. As long as the Niangziguan garrison continues to maintain its original offensive, that old devil Ito Yanzaburo will not notice any change in the battlefield situation!

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"It is not difficult to do this. I can appropriately reduce the force, choose several main attack directions, and increase the intensity of the attack, thus giving the Japanese commander the illusion that we are eager to break through their defense lines and attack northern Australia. As long as the Japanese army

Focus on defense and think about other things!”

"Furthermore, the division commander is hesitant to choose to attack from the east and west. I personally think it is better to choose the west route for the Japanese attack. Didn't our ancestors say in the art of war that it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten of them?

!'West

The strength of the Japanese army on the road is relatively weak. The direct-affiliated corps plus the Sulu Mobile Corps of Deputy Division Commander Tang are nearly twice as powerful as the Japanese army. It is also a flank attack. Even if the Japanese army on the west road is completely wiped out, it will not be impossible.

possible!"

Tang Qiuli nodded and agreed very much with Feng Jiwu's suggestion. This was also in line with his usual practice of concentrating superior forces to fight annihilation wars. Moreover, flanking the Japanese army on the west route also had the advantage of not having to worry about the Japanese troops transferred from the North American battlefield.

reinforce.

Just as Tang Qiuli was about to speak, the artillery commander Zheng Yong stood up and said: "I agree with Commander Feng's suggestion, but there is a practical and difficult problem. There is a large sandy road between the middle battlefield and the west battlefield.

In the desert, the directly subordinate corps, artillery and armored units conduct long-distance raids. How to cross the desert?"

"Especially our artillery unit, which is all mechanized equipment, heavy artillery of several tons or more than ten tons, all of which are huge. In addition, there are many vehicles. It is no problem to travel on highways and mountain roads. But crossing the desert may be too difficult and there is no way to go.

, that’s all I have to say!”

"Hey! Zheng Yong, who has always been brave and good at fighting, is sometimes in trouble?" Tang Qiuli joked. Zheng Yong's face turned red and he was about to stand up to defend himself.

Tang Qiuli waved his hand and stopped him. He said to Zhao Yuhe and Battelle, who were whispering to each other, "Yuhe, Battelle, please stop having a small meeting below. What do you two think?"

Battle raised his head and said clearly: "Division commander, my opinion is that the troops of the directly affiliated corps can withdraw to the Gordon Downs and Billiluna areas, and then march westward covertly on the northern edge of the Great Sand Desert. Then

The area is sparsely populated and there are not a large number of Japanese troops stationed there, so the whereabouts of the directly affiliated corps can be avoided to the greatest extent possible!"

"Then, we quickly captured Sanggu and La Grange and other places to cut off the retreat route of the Japanese troops on the west route. Even if they wanted to run away, they would not dare to enter the Dasha Desert. In front of them was Deputy Commander Tang's Sulu Mobile Corps, and behind us were us.

More than 100,000 little devils are the turtles in the urn."

Battle's opinion made Tang Qiuli very surprised, but also infinitely gratifying. His younger brother had grown up step by step in the flames of war. With his words just now, he already had the qualities to be a general on his own.

He smiled gently at his younger brother, and then turned his eyes to Zhao Yuhe. Yuhe was the chief of staff of the division, and his opinions were very important.

"Commander, the opinion I just made was put forward by the chief of staff, but it was just me who said it!" Upon seeing this, Battelle said with a smile.

"It's the result of the discussion between Commander Battle and I just now!" Zhao Yuhe hurriedly corrected.

"Okay, whatever method you two come up with can be used as a battle plan for the direct corps' westward attack. After the meeting, the staff office will perfect it!" Tang Qiuli said with joy.

Then, he looked at Zheng Yong and Battelle and said: "Zheng Yong, your artillery, except for the self-propelled artillery unit, the rest of the troops will stay on the middle battlefield. You will also stay and be responsible for commanding the artillery operations. The armored forces will leave four tanks."

The brigade is unified under the command of Jiwu. One corps has to exert the momentum of two corps. How can it do it without a large amount of heavy equipment? After tomorrow evening, the directly affiliated corps will begin to advance westward! "

Seeing that the division commander wanted to leave him on the battlefield in the middle, Zheng Yong had a grimace on his face and wanted to say a few words, but looked at the division commander's face and swallowed his words back.

The troops of the directly affiliated corps in the middle attacked the Japanese defense line for another day. When night fell, Feng Jiwu commanded the Niangziguan garrison troops to take over. The brigades of the directly affiliated corps began to move in the direction of Gordon Downs and Billy Luna.

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In the dusk, the smoke on the battlefield had not cleared up. Tang Qiuli and Feng Jiwu stood in front of the armored command vehicle. He looked at Feng Jiwu with gentle eyes and said: "Jiwu, I'm leaving soon.

The burden is on you. Remember my words. Once you find out that the Japanese army has an attempt to encircle you, or if you get reinforcements and start a strong counterattack, you must immediately order the troops to retreat. You must not be reluctant to give up, regardless of the gains and losses of one city or one place.

!”

In the dusk, Feng Jiwu smiled silently and said, "Sir, don't you trust me yet? When have you ever suffered a loss in a war?"

"Jiwu, take care!" Tang Qiuli hugged Feng Jiwu.

"Commander, take care of yourself too!" Feng Jiwu felt the division commander's agitated emotions and whispered. Then, he watched motionlessly as the division commander's armored command vehicle disappeared into the dark night, and did not speak for a long time.

In Darwin in northern Australia, where the headquarters of the Japanese Australian Front is located, the commander-in-chief General Ito, who returned from the MacDonnell Mountains in embarrassment, fell into endless frustration and pain. Since the day he came back, he has locked himself in his office.

, often not going out for the whole day, and when it comes to military matters, Major General Akutagawa, the chief of staff of the front army, is in charge of supporting and handling them.

The Central Army, which had more than 900,000 troops, suffered a disastrous defeat and retreated all the way. It lost more than 400,000 people and faced the relentless pursuit of the disaster division troops. It only had the power of passive defense to parry.

Moreover, looking at the posture of that Chinese devil Tang Qiuli, it seems that he will not give up until he defeats Darwin!

There are two things that General Ito is most troubled about now. One is how to withstand the fierce attack of the division troops with the more than 500,000 troops in the Central Route Army with low morale and incomplete organization? The second is that the Central Route Army will be defeated and return.

How to explain the heavy losses to the base camp?

Before launching a full-scale counterattack, the very disrespectful telegram he sent to the base camp now seems so ridiculous and stupid. It simply cut off his own retreat and offended all the big bosses in the army. General Ito understood that in

Within the Army, no one would be able to excuse himself, at least in this matter, because he had offended everyone!

Therefore, after escaping back to Darwin, General Ito never defeated the Central Route Army and reported it to the base camp. In the face of the crisis, he had not considered transferring a considerable number of troops from the East and West Route armies.

, strengthen the defensive force in the middle.

However, according to the reports of the commanders of the east and west armies, the situation seems not to be optimistic. The division troops also launched an active offensive. The battlefield fell into a stalemate, and artillery fire continued. The two armies are currently unable to divide their forces, and in this case

, General Ito cannot force troops to be transferred from the east and west battlefields to reinforce the middle battlefield. If the number of troops is reduced, and then leads to a disastrous defeat on the middle battlefield, he will have to commit suicide!

It would not be possible to mobilize a small number of troops from the east and west battlefields. More than ten to two hundred thousand people could not change the passive situation in the middle battlefield. In desperation, General Ito could only put the troops that had just arrived in northern Australia into the battlefield immediately.

When a division arrived, they would pull up another division and constantly fill the holes in the defense line. It was impossible to form a heavy counterattack group, and it became a passive tactic of adding troops one after another.

General Ito also knew in his heart that it was very stupid for him to do this. But apart from that, is there any other better way? Obviously there is not. Moreover, the division combat aircraft from the Southwest Pacific Theater recently attacked the northern Australia

Air raids are becoming more and more unscrupulous and frequent, which has endangered the safety of the troops transferred from the North American battlefield to the Australian battlefield. Every air raid, more or less, will cause certain casualties to the troops.

For this reason, he often sent telegrams to denounce the commander of the air force of the Front Army, Okazaki. However, Okazaki also had his own difficulties. The imperial land-based aviation force had to fight the Chinese aviation force from the north and south. Although the number of combat aircraft seemed to be quite large,

, but divided into two battlefields, the number is insufficient. Coupled with the losses in air combat in recent times, combat aircraft are increasingly stretched.

Many factors, pressures, and failures were intertwined. General Ito was overwhelmed and had no idea what to do. He was almost going crazy. Even after all his hard work, he couldn't think of a sure way to solve the crisis in the middle battlefield!

General Ito knew that with the more than 500,000 troops who had returned from the defeat in the central battlefield, the passive defensive situation would not be a problem until the end of this year without division troops reaching Darwin, but what would happen after that?

manage?

Calculating, there are still about 380,000 troops in the North American battlefield who have not reached the Australian battlefield, as well as the second batch of Italian heavy equipment supplemented by the base camp. This is General Ito's last capital, which must be used in the most critical situation.

It is best to use it in future counterattacks. Unfortunately, there are no combat aircraft in the second batch of supplementary heavy equipment.

The Front Army Aviation Command has no new combat aircraft to supplement, and it has become impossible to control the air. Without air supremacy, how can we talk about counterattack? General Ito was in the office, thinking and weighing over and over again, sighing, and worrying about his hair.

White.

"That damn Nagumo Chuichi has hundreds of carrier-based aircraft in his hands, and they are very close, and he just sits back and watches Imperial Army soldiers being massacred by China's combat aircraft!" General Ito cursed fiercely, and he thought of Nagumo again. Be loyal.

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