Six hundred and fiftieth eighth chapter Lien Chan Lian Jie
But when MacLean had vaguely seen the city walls of Windhoek, he received an urgent telegram from the rear. There was a powerful armed force wreaking havoc in Angola and had eliminated many encirclement and suppression forces, and the Chinese Empire's
The army has arrived at the Cunene River. They used mines to block the patrol route of the Boston River Fleet and began to prepare for a strategic counterattack.
After receiving the intelligence from the rear, MacLean was frightened to death. If he lost the Angola colony because of the attack on Windhoek, his only fate would be to be handed over to a military court. Therefore, he left one corps behind and continued to attack Windhoek.
, maintaining military pressure on the blocking troops, while he himself led the large troops back along the original route, towards the Cunene River. At the same time, he also sent a telegram to the 20th Army to assemble immediately and build a defense line along the river, which must be blocked.
The way forward for the Chinese Army.
Watching MacLean's troops retreat in a hurry, Ouyang Zhe was quite helpless. He also wanted to catch up and harass the opponent all the way, but MacLean was so ruthless that he left an army behind and continued to advance, still wanting to attack Windhoek.
, which forced him to withdraw his troops. Ouyang Zhe knew very well that the indigenous soldiers relying on the Yaman Restoration Army were unable to compete head-on with the well-trained Boston regular army, and this situation was why Walbeck never allowed
The reason why your own troops fight regular battles.
An army without culture is an army without combat effectiveness. The indigenous soldiers are basically illiterate. They only have loyalty to Walbeck in their hearts, but they don't know why they fight or how to fight more efficiently. During training, these
It is difficult for ignorant soldiers to learn more advanced tactical movements and weapon usage habits, which results in their weak strength in regular warfare. Without the support of a brigade of the National Defense Force in his hands, Ouyang Zhe can hardly imagine how Brigadier General Baden can hold on.
Line of defense.
Soon returning to the defense line under the city of Windhoek, Ouyang Zhe and his troops recharged their batteries, just waiting for the opponent's attack. Brigadier General Reid was the commander of the 91st Army.
, was very unlucky to draw the one that stayed. Faced with a situation with no backup, no friendly forces, and no base, Rhett knew that his army was in a very difficult situation. If he was not careful, he would be in danger of being wiped out.
Rhett knew very well that his only chance was to defeat the enemy in front of him and occupy Windhoek, which had a lot of logistical supplies, before the troops ran out of food. In this way, he could hold on to the city and wait for McClane to slow down and help him.
Reinforcements were provided, so the attack on Windhoek was urgent.
Two days later, the 91st Boston Army finally arrived at the gates of Windhoek. However, what greeted them was a fierce bombardment by the National Defense Forces and the Southern Army. The Bostonians had already suffered many casualties before they even launched an attack. Rhett immediately organized his troops.
The troops launched a full-scale attack, and at the same time all artillery opened fire to provide cover. The two sides launched a fierce battle.
When the battle started below the city of Windhoek, Lieutenant General MacLean led the Seventh Army in a hurry and was marching towards the road he came from. Fortunately, he was more familiar with the terrain along the road he came from, and there was no obstacle from snipers.
Their marching speed was also much faster, but McClain's aggrieved mood did not diminish at all.
It was originally a vigorous attack, but because of Major General Somerville's mistake, the opponent reached his own base. He led his troops back and forth but did not gain any benefits.
Although this retreat was really helpless, there was no other way. However, with such a retreat, McClain's offensive operation was completely in vain. What worried him even more was that he did not know how much damage Major General Somerville had suffered.
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With extreme uneasiness, McClain urged the Seventh Army to move forward as quickly as possible. With the wooden bridge that was originally laid, they quickly crossed the Etosha Salt Marsh after leaving the rainforest.
Five days later, the exhausted Boston army finally arrived at the Cunene River. However, when they arrived, they learned that the Chinese Empire's army had already left, and their trip was in vain again.
Faced with this situation, Lieutenant General MacLean was dumbfounded. The Boston army defending the other side was afraid of being attacked and had not dared to cross the river for reconnaissance. Even the river fleet could not retreat. As a result, the other party had already left, but they did not know it at all.
The news made me run back in a hurry.
The Seventh Army, which returned to the Cunene River at a rapid march speed, was completely exhausted. Lieutenant General MacLean knew very well that if he commanded the troops to attack again, morale would probably fall to the bottom. Therefore, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops and first attack in the colonies.
Rest for a while, destroy the enemy army that broke into Anluoda Port and wiped out an entire escort fleet, and then discuss the issue of attack.
Lieutenant General McClain was not too worried about the issue of writing this combat report. With the Axis powers being defeated everywhere, his small failure was inconspicuous, so he only mentioned in the combat report that he had invaded.
Dozens of kilometers from the southern counties of the Chinese Empire, they were finally forced to retreat due to too many enemy troops.
Regarding the losses, the Spring and Autumn writing method was used to cut it. Except for Somerville being written as being killed in battle, the army's losses were vague. After the army crossed the river and retreated, Maclean did not forget to send a withdrawal letter to Brigadier General Reed.
orders, but he didn't know that Brigadier General Reid's 91st Army could no longer withdraw.
After discovering that McClain had left more than 30,000 troops behind when he retreated, and continued to attack Windhoek, Cheng Guangling gave up his plan to invade the Angolan colony. The battle had to be fought bit by bit, and he had to eliminate it at the minimum cost.
And to contain the Axis forces, in order to better support other battlefields, Cheng Guangling decided to contain McClain's troops and prevent him from moving.
If he wants to suppress McClane, he needs to eliminate his effective strength and reduce the number of troops of Boston's Sixteenth Army to a number equal to his own, or even lower. Therefore, his next target is the lone Ninety-first Army.
After several days of rapid march, Cheng Guangling's troops arrived in Windhoek and launched an attack from behind the 91st Army. Brigadier General Rick had just received MacLean's telegram, and he had not yet had time to issue an order to withdraw from the battle.
Rumbling artillery sounds rang out from behind the troops, and dense rockets flew in large tracts, exploding clouds of smoke and dust on the position of the 91st Army. At this time, if you still don’t know that you are trapped in an encirclement,
Brigadier General Rick doesn't have to mess around.
After knowing that he had been surrounded, he immediately ordered his troops to break out to the rear, because that place was close to the rain forest and was the easiest place to escape. Moreover, the enemy's encircling troops definitely did not have as strong a position as the defending troops, so it should be easier to break through.
Brigadier General Rick could imagine that the third-level general Cheng Guangling, who was the defense commander of Nanfang County, could also imagine that the closest place to the rainforest was the 192nd Army under his personal command. This force was the strongest in Nanfang County.
As a unit, its combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated and its equipment is also the best.
After Boston's 91st Army launched its attack, it was immediately attacked by the National Defense Forces, ranging from rocket launchers to mortars. Although Cheng Guangling's troops did not carry large-caliber artillery due to the inconvenience of moving in the rain forest, they had the advantage of having rocket launchers.
In addition, the Boston army was also in trouble. Under the intensive bombardment, the Boston army suffered heavy casualties, and they had to launch an attack because retreating would also lead to death.
Behind the charging troops, Brigadier General Reed led the guard regiment to form a supervising team. They deployed a large number of machine guns. If the charging soldiers turned around, they would be greeted by dense machine gun bullets. At this time, Brigadier General Reed had already made a desperate move.
Knowing that there are no reinforcements from his side within a radius of a hundred kilometers, if he cannot break through the encirclement on his own strength, he will have no choice but to die in battle.
Under the death threat of the Supervisory Team, the Boston army launched successive charges, but the firepower of the National Defense Force was more fierce than that of the Supervisory Team. Even if they tried their best, they could not get close to the opponent's defense line. Those Boston soldiers could only advance in vain.
One after another fell on the charging road, and the troops of the two regiments were wiped out in an instant. However, Brigadier General Reed was unmoved. He mobilized the troops of the two regiments again and launched a new round of attack.
Seeing the soldiers of the Boston Empire working so hard, Cheng Guangling was a little confused. In his mind, these guys had never been so desperate in battle. He immediately observed it with a telescope, and soon he discovered the problem. Those people were lined up in a row.
The people standing behind the charge team, each holding a machine gun in their hands, were obviously the Supervisory Team. As expected, those Boston soldiers who charged desperately were not voluntary, but were forced by the Supervisory Team.
"Order the rocket launcher group to cover the people in the rear." Cheng Guangling pointed to the Boston Supervisory Team in the distance and issued the order, and the rocket launchers immediately began to adjust their angles.
The soldiers of the guard regiment who were the cronies of Brigadier General Reed stood at the back leisurely, looking at the soldiers who were charging desperately under their guns. They seemed very relaxed. After all, they were not the ones who went up to die. The leisurely and content soldiers of the guard regiment were expressing their emotions.
While chatting relaxedly, some even smoked cigarettes, at this time a cloud of smoke from a rocket salvo rose from the rear of the Chinese Imperial Army. Soon hundreds of rockets flew into the sky, covering the guard regiment standing.
The area is completely covered.
Without any defensive preparations, Brigadier General Red and his guard group were covered by a huge explosion of fire. Most of them had no time to even lie down and were blown into a pile of minced meat. When the smoke cleared,
The place where more than a thousand people were standing just now has now turned into a pitted, lifeless place. Broken limbs and broken arms are scattered everywhere, and gun parts can also be seen everywhere.