Age of Conquest Reborn

Knowing the current situation, reacting quickly, and therefore having plenty of time, the retreat commanded by Lieutenant General Piesberg, commander of the Italian Army's Fifth Army, was not as hasty and unorganized as Lieutenant General Magsilotti, commander of the Third Army.

The three infantry divisions, one tank brigade, two artillery brigades and logistics departments under the Fifth Army, in accordance with the orders of the military headquarters, began to evacuate the Salem line in an orderly manner.

Before retreating, Lieutenant General Piesberg was more cautious, fearing that the squadron would be chasing after him. At this time, the chess piece in his hand came in handy. On the line from Salem to Boise, there were originally stationed

The Japanese army had one division and one brigade with nearly 40,000 troops. After the Fifth Army took over the defense, these Japanese troops became nominally the troops under the command of the Fifth Army.

Now, he wanted to retreat, but he was worried that the squadron would pursue him to the end. Therefore, Lieutenant General Piesburgh, in the name of the commander, ordered the Japanese troops to take over the defense line of the Fifth Army and build it from Salem to Boise.

The fortifications were responsible for covering the retreat of the Fifth Army. Of course, Lieutenant General Piesberg was not a stingy person. He handed over all the heavy artillery of the Fifth Army, along with enough artillery shells, to the Japanese army.

It turned out that the Japanese army on the front line in Salem was the 137th Division. The division was led by Lieutenant General Oshima Yushiro. After receiving the order from Lieutenant General Piesberg, he smiled bitterly, knowing that this was the order of the Italians.

It is no longer a secret that the 131st Division ended up being used as cannon fodder. His own division could not escape the same fate. There were more than 400,000 troops from the China Division who came from the north.

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But Lieutenant General Yumo Oshima could only obey this order. The reason was very simple. The Italians could run away, but if they couldn't stay in the North American continent, they could go all the way to Central America or even South America, but he and more than 20,000 imperial soldiers.

But there is no way to escape. If the Germans don't take them in and the Italians don't lead them, they will just be a bunch of lonely ghosts who have cut off contact with the mainland.

For messing up like this, the lives of tens of thousands of people in the 137th Division are destined to be lost on the soil of North America. "Even if we are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan, let the 137th Division

All members of the Seventh Division must be in pieces. Before they die, they must also cause losses to the damned Chinese people!" Lieutenant General Oshima Yumo, with the determination to die, took over the defense line of the Italian Fifth Army and waited.

The arrival of the East Point troops.

The 137th Division, plus a mixed brigade, has only more than 35,000 troops, defending a defense line of more than 100 kilometers from Semler to Boise. The troops are simply not enough, let alone

The defense was in depth, but Lieutenant General Oshima was determined to die. Therefore, under his order, each of the more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers on the position planned to be a personal bomb, acting like a desperado.

However, both Lieutenant General Piesberg, commander of the Italian Fifth Army, and Lieutenant General Oshima Yumo, commander of the 137th Division of the Japanese Army, were wrong. The deputy division commander and East Point Force

The commander, General Liu Tiehan, had no intention of entangled with the Japanese army from Salem to Boise. His target was the hundreds of thousands of Italian soldiers left on the North American continent.

After learning about the rapid retreat of the Italian Fifth Army on the Salem front line, Liu Tiehan issued an order to abandon the capture of Salem and other places and use the San Francisco line as the destination for the retreat of the Italian Fifth Army on the southern west coast of the United States.

The new attack target is not only the Fifth Army, but also the Sixth Army. It is the entire strength of the Italian army entering the North American continent.

The order was issued, and the East Point troops were divided into three lines. They marched together along the west coast of the United States. Each offensive force used a tank brigade, a self-propelled artillery regiment, a heavy artillery regiment, and a mechanized infantry brigade as the leading assault forces, respectively starting from the Japanese defense line.

Attack in three areas.

The overwhelming artillery fire filled the Japanese positions with smoke and fireworks, shattering the Japanese soldiers into pieces and turning their bodies into accomplices, exacerbating the disaster. After the ferocious bombardment, more than 300 tanks were divided into two assault groups.

A large hole more than ten kilometers wide was torn open in the Japanese defense line. Then, the assault troops did not stop at all, stepping on the flattened trenches and walking southward with the body parts of the Japanese soldiers in pieces.

The following troops attacked in both directions, expanding the breach to dozens of kilometers wide, and were responsible for dividing and annihilating the Japanese troops section by section. Then, the main force of the East Point followed the breach, like a raging flood, towards San Francisco.

The direction surged away.

In less than two hours, the suicide bomb defense line designed by Lieutenant General Yushio Oshima was riddled with holes. The Japanese soldiers did not even have a chance to carry forward the spirit of bushido, and were inundated by raindrops of shells. Thirty thousand people were killed.

The remaining troops to stop more than 400,000 people is ridiculous in itself, and it does not include the heavy firepower and armored troops that are dozens of times worse.

Liu Tiehan did not intend to let the troops waste too much time on the line from Salem to Boise. He ordered the follow-up troops to use a brigade as a combat unit to attack Salem, Spree, Burns, Boise and other key points.

The area was divided and encircled without any demands for speed, with the purpose of reducing troop casualties and gradually eliminating Japanese resistance.

Liu Tiehan knew very well the combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers and their desperado-like habits. They had the courage to fight when facing desperate situations. Therefore, he adopted different tactics to fight the Italian army and the Japanese army, using four brigades with more than 60,000 troops.

, dealing with the 30,000-strong Japanese 137th Division, they already looked down upon the Japanese.

The main force of the East Point was marching southward in large strides. Liu Tiehan had more than 400,000 troops in his hands and had enough capital to do so. He made appropriate adjustments to the tactics of pursuing the Italian Fifth Army.

The pursuit troops on the left and right wings should use the fastest

The goal of speed advancement is not to occupy San Francisco and other places, but to occupy the Colorado River line south of San Francisco at the fastest speed through long-term, long-distance detours and rapid advancement, cut off the retreat routes of the Italian Fifth and Sixth Armies, and form a

Close the door and beat the dog!

The attacking troops in the center deliberately slowed down their pursuit, forcing the Italian Fifth Army to pursue them from behind, but kept a distance of about a day and a half to avoid fearing the Italian Sixth Army on the front line in San Francisco due to excessive pressure.

They outflanked the troops and retreated to Central America in advance before they reached the Colorado River line, which would add trouble to future battles.

This was an unprecedented large-scale roundabout and large-scale pursuit by the East Point troops in the western region of the United States. More than a thousand tanks were the forerunners, countless artillery vehicles and self-propelled artillery, and hundreds of thousands of mechanized marching troops.

Along the west coast of the United States, several raging torrents formed, destroying and submerging all obstacles and Japanese resistance along the way.

Most of the senior officers of the German army stationed on the front line of the Deillera Mountains in the western United States, almost like Lieutenant General Stephens, the commander of the 53rd Army, summoned his subordinate officers to form an observation group and arrived at the edge of the battlefield to observe the entire process.

Received the pursuit of the Chinese * team.

The German officers were extremely shocked when they saw the grand pursuit battle scene. They had not experienced the huge scene of the German armored forces and the mechanized troops advancing on the European battlefield, but on the American continent, they saw the momentum of the Chinese Army.

, still impressed these rather proud German officers, and their view of the squadron changed fundamentally. The name of the commander, General Liu Tiehan, was also known to the Germans, and his popularity even reached the level of

To the extent that Tang Qiuli is comparable.

The German officers stationed on the west side of the Dilera Mountains formed written materials about the situation of the squadron they observed and reported it to Marshal Rommel, commander of the German Army Group South America. Although there was no clear order from the Army Group headquarters,

But the quality of the German officers was commendable. On the other hand, the combat effectiveness of the squadrons that appeared on the North American battlefield also made them feel terrified.

Marshal Rommel was at the top of German politics and understood Hitler's thoughts. He had also met Tang Qiuli a few times. Naturally, he would not be as frightened as other officers. However, in the North American battlefield dominated by the German army, the same phenomenon occurred.

The powerful squadron still made him feel uncomfortable inside. This was a mentality that would not allow others to snore next to him.

But Rommel was not impulsive and stupid enough to let the German troops cause trouble for the division. If he really had friction with the squadron because of his own hints or ambiguous attitude, even the smallest friction.

, the first person the head of state did not forgive was himself, and his position as commander of the South American Army Group was finally over!

After more than three weeks, using the Japanese 137th Division as cannon fodder, Lieutenant General Piesberg, commander of the Fifth Army of the Italian Asian Expeditionary Force, finally managed to capture more than 50,000 soldiers of the Fifth Army intact.

, and hundreds of tanks, were brought back to the San Francisco area. Behind the Fifth Army, there was a tidal wave of pursuit by the Squadron. Fortunately, there was still a day and a half away, enough for me to calmly join the Sixth Army.

Seeing the blurry outline of the city of San Francisco in the distance under the bright sunshine, Lieutenant General Piesburgh lost all his 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 general stars on the epaulettes are shining brightly in the sun, and then looking at the dirt and dust all over my body, I can't help but smile bitterly, feeling quite shameless.

The two Italian army lieutenant generals gave each other a gentlemanly hug and exchanged a few pleasantries. Lieutenant General Tastro smiled and said: "I have prepared the best suite for you in the most luxurious hotel in San Francisco. You go first."

Take a rest and wash off the dust of conquest, and then I'll wait for you at the military headquarters to discuss how to attack the Chinese troops!"

Lieutenant General Piesburgh did not refuse his kindness. Although this kindness was obviously ridiculing, he really needed to relax. After taking a hot bath in the hotel and filling his stomach in a hurry, he drove there.

Sixth Army Headquarters located in downtown San Francisco.

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