Dai Yewang, who was on the front line, didn't know about the intrigue between Group A, the Far East Expeditionary Force and the top commanders of the Soviet Red Army's Southwest Front. He didn't know about it, and he wasn't in the mood to know. He really wasn't in the mood, because it lasted for about a month. After weeks of good luck, his bad luck finally came. Chasing and beating the Italians was an extremely satisfying thing for the officers and soldiers of the 14th Brigade of the Japanese Peace Army, not only because of the Italians but also because of the Italians in front of them. The Hungarians and Poles were as if they were made of paper and fell down with just one poke, which gave them a great sense of achievement. This was also because they captured a large amount of combat preparation materials, which greatly improved the food and other treatment of their troops. , perhaps because victory came so easily, despite Dairo Suki's timely reminder (of course, Ohnowang wanted to come to Sumu to take credit), Ohnowang and his men still pursued them relentlessly, and ended up crashing into each other. Entering the ambush network carefully woven by the Germans,
Manstein would give extra attention to the Japanese Peace Army as an exception because the actions of the Japanese Peace Army during this period had threatened his decisive battle plan. For Great Ambition, it was definitely something he should be proud of, because right now Not long ago, Manstein looked at him with disdain, but now, he and his 14th Brigade have become "stubborn enemies that must be dealt with first" by the Germans. The command originally formulated by the A Group Army Headquarters The ambush plan was not for the 14th Brigade of Great Wild Hope alone. After all, compared to Group A, the 14th Brigade of Great Wild Hope with less than 2,000 people was still too small. The purpose of Army Group A in planning this ambush was to To boost the morale of the Axis forces, the Italian 6th Infantry Division succeeded more than failed. They failed so quickly and completely. Invisibly, it helped the Japanese Peace Army to promote propaganda, and in the hearts of Hungarians and Poles, Japan People are inherently cruel elements (this is due to Ouyang Yun's emphasis on propaganda and diplomacy. It is precisely because the Xuebing Army focuses on exposing the crimes of the Japanese army internationally, so even the Hungarians and Poles who belong to the same camp know some about Japan through hearsay. The evil deeds committed by people in China gradually gained a preliminary understanding of the Japanese, thinking that the Japanese were a group of wolves even more ferocious than the Germans), and now I have witnessed with my own eyes that the Italians were defeated and defeated by them. It was terrible to watch. The two sides had not yet faced each other, and their courage was already cold. Manstein was powerless and could not think of a good solution to the situation of Hu Congjun, so he could only appeal to the military. Manstein had already prepared "Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys", plus he understood the intention of the Chinese and Soviet troops to fight early, so he decided to attack the coalition forces first, "draw all the coalition forces into the encirclement and then kill them all" to regain the initiative on the battlefield.
With the current strength of Army Group A, it would not be a problem for Manstein to play a big game. It's just that God's calculations are not as good as man's calculations. Grand Ambition led his 14th Brigade in pursuit too happily, and ended up triggering Army Group A's attack first. ambush net,
Manstein ambushed the entire Union Army to deal with Great Ambition's 14th Brigade. The result was predictable. Although the Japanese fought very tenaciously and even launched a desperate attack at one point, the strength of both sides was limited. The gap was too big, so the Japanese's desperate resistance only made the Germans' battle a little more difficult.
When the 14th Brigade was besieged by the Germans, the closest one to it was the 001st Brigade under the direct control of Taro Suki. There was a loud sound of gunfire more than ten kilometers ahead. The Japanese officers and soldiers of the 001st Brigade were very excited for a time.
, thinking that the 14th Brigade had caught up with the Italians, the first reaction of its commander, Major General Shige Komaki, was to draw his command sword and shout forward to attack. Later, they received orders from Dairo Suki.
, Sumiki Dalang received the latest intelligence from the military advisory group and learned that the Germans had set up an ambush net in the front and launched a siege on the 14th Brigade. He was thankful and quickly gave orders to the troops, asking them to stop the pursuit immediately.
and built fortifications on site,
The Japanese were the first to stop, then the Koreans, then the armies of the four countries in Indochina, and then the French Restoration Army. Just as the Allied Forces began to build fortifications, Oh Yewang began his escape journey under the protection of several confidants.
, the Soviet forward advanced from the northeast into the town of Ulanla, about 50 kilometers away from the coalition forces, and exchanged fire with a German reconnaissance force of about a company size there.
Zhang Zizhong decisively ordered the Allied forces to stop the pursuit and build fortifications on the spot, because he had a premonition that the Germans might take the opportunity to ambush the 14th Brigade to launch an attack, and if the Allied forces were defeated, it might cause a huge disaster to the Germans.
If this happens, the Central and Soviet Army will lose the battlefield initiative won by the Japanese Peace Army. The most terrifying thing is that Group A and the Second Armored Group Army will attack from the south and west, thus forcing the Central and Soviet Army to
They had to fight independently. In that case, he would have to worry about the Soviet Russians sacrificing the Far East Expeditionary Force to protect themselves.
"It will take at most one day for the main force of the expeditionary force to arrive on the battlefield. Before that, you must block the Germans west of Sabi." Zhang Zizhong then called the coalition forces and asked them to hold on.
According to Zhang Zizhong's calculations, although the 14th Brigade was ambushed by the Germans because of its rash advance, because the 14th Brigade only accounted for a very small part of the total strength of the Allied Forces, even if the brigade was completely wiped out, it would not have a negative impact on the Allied Army's combat effectiveness.
The impact was too great. Based on the performance of the Japanese Peace Army in the Sabi Counterattack, it should not be a problem for them to hold off the Germans for a day.
Objectively speaking, Zhang Zizhong has a certain basis for making such a judgment, but it is just because he ignored this point, that is, the complex national and ethnic composition of the United Army means that the army is not a strict whole, so it is inevitable that
The phenomenon of one rat droppings ruining a pot of porridge happened.
This rat shit is none other than Jin Gehui,
After receiving Geng Zebao's order, Jin Gehui did not realize the seriousness of the war situation. On the contrary, because the 14th Brigade that was ambushed and surrounded by the Germans was a Japanese army, he gloated over the misfortune and did not do anything at first.
His thoughts, that is, his words: "The Japanese have finally suffered their comeuppance. The Japanese are not trustworthy at all. If it were us, would the Germans dare to take our ideas?" Then he didn't know that he was wrong.
, he actually came up with such an idea, thinking: "The Japanese have been very arrogant during this time. I thought this was the perfect opportunity for us to humiliate them. I sent my order to leave the third brigade to build fortifications, and the others
Follow me and attack, and we will rescue the Japanese."