Age of Conquest Reborn

Lieutenant General Tastro, the commander of the Sixth Army, personally led a large group of senior officers of the Sixth Army to greet Lieutenant General Piesberg, the commander of the Fifth Army, who was running all the way on the steps at the entrance of the military headquarters.

, the two people belong to different factions, and their personal relationship is not always good. Even when they were at home, they had some personal grudges. Being able to do this now is a great honor to Lieutenant General Piesburgh.

"I have ordered the officers and soldiers at all levels in your army to go down and arrange them properly. Please rest assured! In addition, I have also sent your chief of staff, Major General Wester, to my military headquarters to join the two armies.

Contact the military conference." The two people walked side by side in the long corridor, Lieutenant General Tastro introduced very thoughtfully.

This moved Lieutenant General Piesberg, who had been on the run all the way, deeply moved. "Thank you very much for taking care of the officers and soldiers of my unit! At the same time, the Fifth Army will accept your command!" He was very sincere.

He said, and at the same time, he also expressed his attitude. In the defense area around San Francisco, you, Tastro, are the boss!

Lieutenant General Tastro was very satisfied with his attitude and eliminated his worries. He was very entangled. The two men had the same positions and ranks. There was no clear instruction from the expeditionary force headquarters. This guy Piesberg was not a fuel saver either.

The lights are good now, so there is no need to worry about command authority.

The two lieutenant generals walked into the war room chatting and laughing. Dozens of senior Italian military officers stood up and applauded to welcome the arrival of the two giants. Lieutenant General Tastro raised his hands with white gloves in a graceful manner and signaled to the officers.

They sat down and then said: "The theme of the military meeting held today is to study how to face the Chinese army and attack our front-line position in San Francisco..."

Before Lieutenant General Tastro finished speaking, his chief of staff, Major General Diesel, walked in with an ashen face, holding a telegram in his hand, and looked at the two people sitting on the main seat.

The commander said in a hoarse voice: "Your Excellency, two generals, I have just received an emergency telegram from the Los Angeles Regional Security Commander. The squadron has about 200,000 people and has occupied the north bank of the Colorado River three hours ago.

area!"

Suddenly, the conference room was deathly quiet, and all the Italian officers were dumbfounded, as if they had been struck by lightning. They knew very well that the Chinese* Squadron had seized the area on the north bank of the Colorado River. Against the Fifth Army and the Third Army located on the San Francisco front line,

What does Sixth Army mean?

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

"It's true! I have verified it again and again!" Chief of Staff Saidil replied.

Lieutenant General Piesberg jumped up and shouted in disbelief: "Impossible! This is absolutely wrong intelligence! The squadron that is chasing our Fifth Army is still a day and a half away. How could it possibly run south of Los Angeles?

The north bank of the Colorado River is absolutely impossible!”

Chief of Staff Saidil smiled bitterly and explained: "I didn't believe it at first. But this is the fact. The squadron's troops were divided into three groups, and the left and right wings adopted a large roundabout tactic to get in front of you, and

Chasing the squadron of your Fifth Army is just one of them!"

"The Chinese are very cunning. They adopted a method of infiltrating small groups of elite troops in advance, concealing themselves and moving in quickly. The local security forces along the way were either quickly annihilated or were not aware of it. The reality now is that we have been attacked by the squadrons from behind and behind.

Surrounded!"

The most terrifying situation occurred. The senior Italian officers present were all frightened and panicked. They did not know and could not understand how a squadron of more than 200,000 people could complete the journey from Seiler in three weeks.

The distance from Salem to the south of Los Angeles is thousands of kilometers, instead of following the regular play method and pushing it straight from Salem to give yourself ample preparation time?

The content of the following military meeting completely changed the subject. It was not how to fight against the Chinese Army, but differences arose on whether to surrender to the Chinese Army. Led by Lieutenant General Piesberg, commander of the Fifth Army,

Although the generals of the Fifth Army had not been attacked by the squadron, they were very close to what happened to the Third Army. In addition, they had been chased all the way, and they had long lost the courage to fight. They advocated attacking the Central Army.

*The team surrendered.

The generals of the Sixth Army, headed by Lieutenant General Tastro, Commander of the Sixth Army, so far have not seen what Chinese soldiers look like, nor have they witnessed the miserable conditions of the Third Army, so naturally they feel very sad.

If you are not convinced, you must set up your battle array, with the Sixth Army as the main force, relying on the fortifications from San Francisco to Carson City, to resist resolutely, and with the Fifth Army as the main force, quickly move south to attack the squadron on the north bank of the Colorado River south of Los Angeles.

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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 good chance of winning against the poor and backward squadrons.

Even if the enemy's strength exceeds yours by four or five times, you can still defeat him!

The military meeting lasted all day. The senior generals who held two different views argued endlessly and were at a stalemate. They were red-faced and thick-necked, but there was still no conclusion. The quarrel continued until evening. The hungry senior Italian officers ended

After arguing and having a good meal, it was decided that the meeting would continue tomorrow.

The meeting on the second day was still noisy and no one could completely convince the other party. Time passed like this...

The East Point troops following the pursuit of the Italian Fifth Army had already reached the Reno area north of the defense line from San Francisco to Carson City, which was only thirty kilometers away from Carson City.

Several armored command vehicles and military jeeps drove up a mountain ridge. Liu Tiehan jumped out of the car, shook his stiff waist from sitting in the car for a long time, put one hand on his hip, looked at the large plain in front of him, withdrew his gaze, and shouted

:"map!"

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

Yang Ketian replied succinctly: "There has been no action, and the Italian troops on the line from San Francisco to Carson City have not made any adjustments to their deployment. Deputy division commander, it seems that the Italians do not know that their retreat has been cut off!"

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"Impossible! Stop dreaming!" Liu Tiehan said with a smile: "More than 200,000 troops appeared on the north bank of the Colorado River. We pursued troops of more than 100,000 people on the middle route and appeared in Reno. The Italians

I'm not blind or deaf, how can I not know?"

Yang Ketian was happy and said: "Deputy Commander, that's strange. Since we know that our army has formed a flanking attack, the Italian army should take action no matter what. But now you see, they are calm and composed as if nothing is wrong.

ah!"

"The Italians don't move, we move!" Liu Tiehan looked at the map and said: "Ketian, order the troops on the north bank of the Colorado River to attack northward, first capture Los Angeles and other places, and then continue to attack northward, but we must emphasize

What is important is that the speed of the attack does not need to be too fast, but should be carried out steadily and in parallel, mainly to eliminate Japanese troops and local Italian garrison troops in various places, forming a threat to San Francisco!"

"Order the pursuing troops in the center, concentrate all artillery units, and launch a large-scale artillery bombardment against the Italian positions outside Carson City. The louder the better, the infantry units will not participate or attack the urban area of ​​Carson City, but will cooperate with the tanks.

Next, focus on destroying the Japanese troops in the surrounding areas!"

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

"My mind is spinning so fast!" Liu Tiehan said with a smile: "The soldiers are pressing down on the border, which has put great pressure on the Italians. Judging from the situation of our fight with the Italian army, this is an opponent that cannot help but be beaten.

In the past, the Italian commanders could clear their minds, and we could get rid of the Italian troops on the North American continent at the minimum cost, so why not!"

In downtown San Francisco, the quarrel in the conference room of the Italian Sixth Army was still going on fiercely. Major General Sedier, the Chief of Staff of the Sixth Army, was whispered by a gray-faced staff officer to go out and answer the phone. When he came back

, Your Excellency, the Chief of Staff, walked with his feet dangling, and his eyes were completely straight.

"Gentlemen, I just received a call from Major General Leonard, commander of the 36th Division of the Sixth Army defending Carson City. Carson City was violently bombarded by the squadron, and all the outer positions were blown up. According to Leonard,

Major General Nader said that the squadron used at least two thousand artillery pieces. If there is no strong reinforcement, Carson City will fall within five hours!" Chief of Staff Saidil said in an interfering voice.

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Lieutenant General Tastro and Lieutenant General Piesburgh exchanged glances with each other. The officers of the Sixth Army below who were clamoring for a fight also lowered their heads in dejection. Carson City's defense system had passed through the Japanese.

After painstaking efforts, it can definitely be called a fortified city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, especially the peripheral defense system. The officers of the Sixth Army have all seen the three-layer reinforced concrete structure in-depth defense system.

The officers of the Operations Division of the Sixth Army Headquarters have assessed that with the weapons and equipment of the Sixth Army, and with sufficient ammunition, it will take several months to siege Carson City to break through the outer defense line. But the current reality is that

, the squadron's artillery shells destroyed Carson City's peripheral defense system to pieces. How could we still fight this battle?

San Francisco's defense system is much worse than that of Carson City. Doesn't that mean that the Chinese Army can break through it more easily? Thinking of this, the Italian officer's face looked ashen.

Lieutenant General Tastro and Lieutenant General Piesberg whispered for a long time, and then Lieutenant General Tastro said: "Gentlemen, I have carefully discussed with Lieutenant General Piesberg, in order to avoid

Italian soldiers suffered unnecessary casualties and decided to surrender to the Chinese!"

(To be continued)(To be continued)

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