Chapter 289: Operation Lightning in the Night

Rudendolf and Bob jointly called the Crown Prince William, suggesting that he immediately prepare for the large-scale counterattack of the Chinese team. Judging from the current situation, the Chinese counterattack is likely to be at the point of Alsey on the Ob River. Although the German troops on the north bank have five or six divisions, they have been fighting for a long time and have serious insufficient logistics supply, and the Chinese are best at tactics.

This suggestion is still very subtle, after all, it is necessary to take care of the face of the crown prince. In fact, what Bob said to Rudendolf was: "According to my understanding of the Chinese, they attach importance to mobilizing opponents in movement and then eliminating opponents in movement. The Japanese suffered this loss. The Chinese had already developed a mature military theory two thousand years ago. This book was called "The Art of War of Sun Tzu". War is a trick. Therefore, it is impossible to show it if you can, it is not used when you use it, it is far away when you are near, it is far away when you are far away. It is lured when you are profitable, it is taken when you are in chaos, it is prepared when you are strong, it is avoided when you are angry, it is arrogant when you are humble, it is easy to work, it is separated when you are close, it is unexpected." Bob skillfully recited a paragraph of the original text of Sun Tzu's Art of War, which of course means after it was translated into German.

After receiving the telegram, Crown William attracted attention. But it was a little late, it was already dusk on the 25th. Let's put it this way, because of the face of the Crown Prince, Rudendolf and Bob did not directly say anything to let the German army retreat voluntarily. But it was precisely this that brought the time needed for the Chinese Expeditionary Force's counterattack.

Cai E and others actually did not tell the truth to Betan. The reason was very simple, and they were worried that Betan would not accept the counterattack at night.

At dusk on the 25th, five o'clock! The setting sun was gradually swallowed by the sky, and the last ray of setting sun was struggling in the horizon. A dense sound of artillery sounded like thunder on the south bank of the Aubu River. More than 700 heavy artillery pieces, including two 210 heavy artillery brigades, poured artillery fire to the German positions on the other side. This was a real surprise. The German army never expected that the Chinese Expeditionary Force would start preparing for artillery fire before it was about to dark.

Beiden almost handed over all the heavy artillery troops that could be mobilized to the command of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and he really needed a victory to boost his morale. After the heavy artillery troops that were completely brought down from the front were given ammunition supplies, the heavy artillery troops of the Chinese Expeditionary Force were finally fully equipped.

The army directly has three heavy artillery brigades, equipped with two 210 howitzers and two regiments, one brigades. The 155 howitzers and three regiments are made of two brigades. The heavy artillery brigades under each army are made of two regiments, equipped with 24 105 and 155 howitzers. In addition, the heavy artillery battalions of each division, and a 210 brigade of the French army. Five 155 heavy artillery regiments opened fire at the same time.

On the left side of the eastern battlefield, the Chinese Expeditionary Force concentrated the forces of 5 armies, 13 divisions, plus two chariot brigades, and after three hours of artillery preparation, he crossed the Aubu River while the night was dark and launched a fierce counterattack.

The Chinese team had never fought such a loser battle, including 75 mountain cannons, and 200,000 shells were fired within three hours. During the preparation of the artillery, the well-prepared engineers quickly built more than 30 floating bridges.

At about eight o'clock, the artillery fire began to extend, and the German army, which had been bombarded by dense artillery fire. There was no way to organize an effective counterattack at the first time, and the German artillery fired and intercepted it. Unfortunately, it stopped in less than ten minutes and there were no shells. The special combat division was rampant behind enemy lines, and the German army's logistics supply was quite difficult. Not to mention the German army here, even the German army on the Champagne beach had no more than a base. This is the benefit of fighting in France. After the German logistics supply was lengthened, coupled with the layers of blocking of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the German army consumed a huge amount of ammunition, and before they could replenish it, they were subjected to a fierce counterattack.

The Expeditionary Force set out three armies in one breath and launched an attack on the north bank of the Aubu River at the same time. It was difficult for the German army to determine the direction of the main attack in the dark. In fact, there was a direction of the main attack, which was the central assault of the Third Army in cooperation with the chariot troops.

The first unit to rush across the floating bridge in the dark was Yang Zui's regiment. Yang Zui, who was used on the blade, was named again. The 7th Division was the vanguard of counterattack, and the Yang Zui regiment was the vanguard of the 7th Division. In the Chinese team, the more critical the moment, the more they were, the more they were the first to join the strongest combat force. Those who could be selected as the vanguard regiment mean that the combat effectiveness of this unit was recognized by the superiors.

In the dark, Yang Zui held a submachine gun and four grenades on his waist, which was no different from ordinary commandos. In fact, the entire regiment was equipped with this equipment. The more than 5,000 submachine guns sent by Betton were all given to the various troops that attacked at night.

Tata Tower, there was a sound from the remaining German machine gun positions. The commando that was rushing forward fell down instantly. The others quickly spread out and concealed on the spot. The light machine gun immediately harassed the German machine gun with a point shot, attracting the attention of the German machine gun. The mortar gun quickly locked the target, and two 60 mortars opened fire together. The German machine gun position was knocked out. The sharp knife company rushed forward quickly and rushed into the trenches. The submachine gun's point radio frequencies sounded, and the subsequent troops continued to rush in from the gap opened by the sharp knife company to expand the results.

Yang Zui has been paying attention to the movements of the Sharp Knife Company and is very satisfied with this scene. He raised his hand to see the time. In less than an hour, he had already broken through the first line of defense of the German army. "Transfer, don't stop, continue to rush forward, and the second commando takes the lead."

The mission of the Seventh Division was very clear, which was to dig a hole in the German position while the night was in the dark and open up the passage for the chariots and troops to assault. Since it was a night battle, it was very difficult for tanks to travel on the battlefield at night and needed guidance from infantry.

The core of this counterattack was not a comprehensive attack, but a 7th Division cooperated with tanks to penetrate through the German center. There is no doubt that this was a bold idea and an unexpected and ruthless move. This tactic is based on one foundation, that is, the German defense line is insufficient. This is also the reason why the senior executives of the Expeditionary Force dared to do this. The German army has not done so well in terms of defense depth, which is a very strange phenomenon.

The second commando took over and rushed forward, and soon collided with the second line of defense of the German army. The dense German firepower began to show its power, and even in the dark, it achieved beautiful suppression. However, the most troublesome thing about the German army was the mortars of the Chinese team. Although the German army was equipped with a lot, it was far from as reasonable as the Chinese team used. In addition, the previous artillery preparations did cause huge losses to the insufficiently prepared German army.

"Run up, you're doing it beautifully!" Yang Zui saw Zhang Jingyao and the third commando rush into the German trenches in the telescope, and felt a little excited. From the air reconnaissance, the German army had only two lines of defense.

After looking at the time, it was 1:30 in the morning, and the fierce battle had been going on for five and a half hours. The vanguard regiment that had been rushing forward did not care about the number of casualties. According to Yang Zui's estimate, at least one battalion was gone. Despite the unexpected surprise, the German army's resistance was still unexpectedly tenacious, which was too different from fighting in China.

There is no time to think about the casualties now. Yang Zui held a submachine gun and rushed up with his follow-up troops, diving into the German trenches. As soon as he jumped down, a engineer shoveled his head and passed by. The Chinese and German soldiers in the trenches were already mixed together. The sound of Tatata's submachine gun shooting came one after another, and screams kept ringing.

Yang Zui was a martial artist. He reacted quickly. He shrank his neck and the engineer shoveled a little, slashing at the edge of the top of the steel helmet. The guard squad was scared to death and stabbed two daggers at the same time. The German soldier fell to the ground without seeing what he looked like.

In the night, the fierce battle continued. Beta's adjutant Jean and Phil, learned that the counterattack of the Chinese team was at night, it was too late to report. They had to report it in a hurry and ran to the front to see the progress of the battle.

Jean, Phil happened to catch up with the chariot brigade crossing the river. Nearly one hundred tanks drove forward carefully on the pontoon bridge. The engineers who had been in the river for five or six hours were still constantly strengthening the ten pontoon bridges on the middle road. Fortunately, it is early summer and the Ob River is not too wide. When the last tank was shaking and crossing the river, Jean, Phil breathed a sigh of relief.

I looked up at the dark night on the other side. It was three in the morning, and in another hour and a half, it was dawn.

When Beden received the telegram, he did not rest. During this period, he slept for no more than four hours a day. There were too many things, especially the Chinese counterattack, and he was always paying attention. When Jean Phil's telegram was sent to his hands, Beden's heart twitched and a hint of anger appeared. But then the telegram from the Chinese Expeditionary Force arrived, explaining that "Aerial reconnaissance showed that the German army seemed to have signs of strengthening defense, and in order to seek the suddenness of the battle, he launched an attack in advance."

In fact, this explanation is meaningless, but it is also an explanation. Although Betton was angry, he was deeply impressed by the courage of the Chinese Expeditionary Force to launch an attack at night. As time slowly progressed, the second telegram that Betton was looking forward to had not arrived. It was already dawn and the telegram had not arrived yet. Betton began to feel a little anxious.

The roar of the tank's engine rushed forward with the rolled smoke and dust. The two chariot brigades rushed forward along the passage opened by the infantry. Xia Xiang in the command vehicle directly exposed her head, watching the torrent of his chariot move forward.

The infantry of the Third Army kept moving closer to the back of the chariot and fighting fiercely for a night. At this moment, when facing the tanks that suddenly came out, nearly a hundred tanks crossed the trenches and rushed behind the German defense line.

At exactly 8 o'clock in the morning, the Third Army Commander Li Yifeng called the Expeditionary Force Command. The chariot troops, accompanied by the Seventh Division, broke through the German middle line and were advancing towards Sommers.

At 10 a.m. on the 26th, Beden finally waited for the second telegram from the Chinese Expeditionary Force Command to break through the direction of the German army and divided the forces of about five German divisions to surround the Aubu River defense line. It is expected that the victory of the Dark Lightning Operation will end in 24 hours.
Chapter completed!