When Wild Hope was mobilizing before the war, Zhang Zizhong was on the phone with Major General Geng Zebao, the head of the Chinese Military Advisory Group of the Japanese Peace Army. Zhang Zizhong did not trust the Japanese Peace Army and the Korean Peace Army. The Osa Battle, as the warring parties continued, As the strength of the troops increased, the width of the battlefield also increased again and again. The Chinese and Soviet troops only had so few people. In desperation, Zhang Zizhong could only let the coalition forces garrison in less important areas like Sabi. The Supreme Command had no idea how to use the coalition forces. I have specific opinions: The Japanese Peace Army and the Korean Peace Army must be used with caution. The armies of other countries, especially the French Restoration Army, can be reused. According to the opinions of the Supreme Command, Zhang Zizhong should have proposed the French Restoration Army and other countries' armies. Form another group. However, precisely because he was worried about the Japanese Peace Army and the Korean Peace Army, he insisted that the Allied Forces continue to remain a main body, and reached a tacit understanding with Major General Larison, the commander of the French Zionist Army. The French Will help the expeditionary force monitor Japanese and Koreans,
For Zhang Zizhong, he is really afraid of what he wants. Sabi was the first to have the lowest chance of fighting, but now the Germans have chosen to attack it first. Zhang Zizhong is not afraid of the Japanese Peace Army and the Korean Peace Army rebelling on the battlefield, because he is originally a "battlefield" The strongest supporter of "discipline", if the Japanese and Koreans really surrender without a fight, it will be convenient for him to cook in one pot. In this way, the expeditionary force may pay a considerable price, but as long as these Japanese and Korean devils can be wiped out, As an extreme Japanese hater, Zhang Zizhong felt that it was worth it. If the Japanese and Koreans were about to rebel, it would be playing into Zhang Zizhong's hands. However, if Sabi fell prematurely due to this, huge holes would appear in the defense lines of the Soviet Union and China. This was unacceptable to Zhang Zizhong. Zhang Zizhong needed to know how well the military advisory group controlled the Japanese Peace Army and the Korean Peace Army in order to determine whether other measures should be taken. Geng Zebao replied: "I can't guarantee that no one will surrender to the German army, but There will definitely not be a collective surrender of the formations above the brigade, Commander-in-Chief Zhang, I think the right thing to do is to send reinforcements immediately."
"I hope so. General Geng, please tell Sumiki Dalang and Jin Gehui truthfully that I, Zhang Zizhong, am willing to give them a certain amount of trust and will do my best to provide assistance. But if they dare to surrender without a fight, I will I will personally command the troops to kill them."
Sumiki Dalang and Jin Gehui were the nominal supreme commanders of the Japanese Peace Army and the Korean Peace Army respectively. Geng Zebao frowned and said, "This is not good. Now, shouldn't we give priority to comfort?"
"General Geng, you don't know the Japanese well enough. Just listen to me and say this. I promise it won't be counterproductive."
Because he was involved, Zhang Zizhong could not speak more straightforwardly. However, when Geng Zebao relayed his original words to Su Mu Dalang and Jin Gehui with doubts, they not only did not have any negative reaction, but expressed their acceptance of the teaching with a solemn expression. After thinking about it carefully, I figured out why Zhang Zizhong was so confident. Both Sumu Dalang and Jin Gehui had stayed in the northwest. They had dealt with Zhang Zizhong a lot, so they must have been convinced.
While Zhang Zizhong and Geng Zebao were talking on the phone, in the woods behind a small village about 50 kilometers away from Sabi, Wang Chengyi stood in front of the instrument of a missile launch command vehicle, holding the microphone in his hand and talking to the expeditionary force aviation officer. Zhang, the pilot of the reconnaissance plane assigned to him by the army, was on the phone.
When the German rocket force was still accustomed to blind firing and only pursuing deterrence effects, Wang Chengyi and his second artillery were pursuing precision-guided strikes. There are currently three types of surface-to-surface missiles developed by Xuebing R&D, among which The Huoshan is a short-range missile and is most suitable for striking targets between 15 kilometers and 150 kilometers. Wang Chengyi's delay in carrying out a saturation strike is not because he lacks confidence or because he is afraid of German retaliation. He is just He was just waiting for a suitable opportunity. Through the intelligence of reconnaissance planes, he learned that the German army had dispatched no less than 100,000 troops to attack Sabi, including a considerable number of armored troops. He knew that the opportunity to become famous in the Second Artillery Battle had finally arrived.
At around 8:15 in the morning, the Battle of Sabi entered its first climax. Two elite armored divisions of the German Army successfully broke into the first, second and third lines of defense defended by the 14th Brigade of the Japanese Peace Army. Immediately, Mann Stein ordered three divisions of infantry to follow him.
Among the Allied forces, only the French Restoration Army has a small number of tanks, so in terms of tank confrontation, the Allied forces are no match for the Germans. Fortunately, the Japanese and Koreans are not weak in civil engineering capabilities. In China, Under the strict orders of the military advisory group, they dug several anti-tank trenches. It was these anti-tank trenches that slowed down the German attack speed, so that after the German army broke into the Sabi garrison position, its troops were passively assembled again and again, forming a distinct formation. Several tank clusters,
When the battle situation on the front line was reported back to the headquarters, Manstein also realized the disadvantages of excessive concentration of his own tanks. He ordered the Air Force to expand the alert range and "guarantee air superiority over the battlefield at all costs." At the same time, he ordered the air defense units of the two regiments. Accelerate the advance to the front line to prevent the Chinese from resorting to helicopter anti-tank tactics. Finally, he also asked the attached self-propelled artillery unit to move forward to prevent artillery raids by the Soviet Union.
Manstein was very cautious, but he never imagined that the weapon that would cause huge damage to his tank group this time would come from fifty kilometers away.
On the Sabi front, Da Yewang saw that the Germans were using all means to fill the last anti-tank trench in front of their own troops, but all the counterattacks he organized were crushed by German tank artillery. He felt that his end was approaching. , became a little hysterical, "Where is the Jinjin Team, Jinjin Team is ready, gentlemen, the time for us to become a benevolent person is coming soon." He shouted like this, subconsciously opening his chest, as if this is the only way to appear more imposing. similar,
A little further away, Geng Zebao and Larison were also paying attention to the progress of the German army's filling of anti-tank trenches. Geng Zebao had recently convinced Larison that once the 14th Brigade rebelled collectively, Larison would use the Allied Forces Geng Zebao persuaded Larison that the 14th Brigade was only a small part of the three divisions of the Japanese Peace Army, and he had to take thunderous measures to prevent other Japanese troops from following suit.
About a thousand meters in front of them, Sumiki Dairo was also paying attention to the progress of the war. Beside him, about a thousand military police were already loaded with ammunition and ready to attack.
Sumiki Dalang has decided that once there is a rebellion in the 14th Brigade, he will lead the military police to rush forward and suppress it mercilessly. The reason why he behaves so resolutely is precisely because of Zhang Zizhong's A warning,
This should be something Geng Zebao cannot understand, just as he cannot understand Zhang Zizhong’s status in the minds of these Japanese Peace Army officers.