Jin Gehui had studied the two battles in which Great Ambition's 14th Brigade defeated the Germans and Italians. Therefore, he concluded that the Germans were not as scary as the legends say. As long as he commanded them properly, he would be able to be as scary as the Japanese. To create miracles like that, Koreans were famous for their arrogance and shamelessness in the time and space before Ouyang Yun traveled. Also, for a nation that even steals the names of ancestors of other nations as its own, you can expect him to become a gentleman. Well, Ouyang Yun was far away in Chongqing and couldn't see Jin Gehui's performance. Otherwise, he would definitely be thinking: It turns out that the shamelessness of the Koreans has historical origins. The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Jin Gehui is arrogant. The subordinates just looked up at the sky. They only saw the benefits the Japanese had gained. They only thought about the sweetness and deliciousness of the rice but forgot the price the Japanese paid behind it.
The Koreans rushed out majestically. Anyone who saw this from other coalition forces thought that the Koreans were on some sort of combat mission, so although they found it strange, they didn't take it seriously. Because Geng Zebao integrated the military advisory groups in order to prepare for the upcoming decisive battle, the military advisory groups in the Korean Peace Army were actually in name only at this time. Therefore, when Geng Zebao received the news and learned the whereabouts of the North Koreans, There was nothing he could save,
Manstein had assembled about 60,000 main troops, with the original intention of encircling and annihilating the coalition forces, but now he was forced to raise his net by a small fish like the 14th Brigade of the Japanese Peace Army. Of course, he was not satisfied with the result, so he At the same time as the encirclement and annihilation campaign against the 14th Brigade began, he sent the armored troops of the Fourth Army to launch a surprise attack in the direction of Sabi. He wanted to gamble his luck to see if there was a chance to carry out a blitzkrieg and stage another lightning miracle. Originally, if If the Koreans had honestly followed Geng Zebao's orders to defend in place, the Germans would not have found a chance. However, Jin Gehui overestimated his capabilities and actually wanted to repeat the miracle of the 14th Brigade of the Japanese Peace Army. As a result,
In terms of basic tactical literacy, Jin Gehui can be regarded as a qualified commander. After making the decision to take the initiative, he did not lead his troops to swarm forward. Instead, he divided the troops into two parts, the forward search force and the forward search force. The main force was to ensure that nothing went wrong, but he had no idea about the performance and technical parameters of the tanks equipped by the German army. So, when his forward search troops discovered the German tanks, what he didn't know was that at this time, even if he ordered the troops to immediately It's too late to turn around and run away,
It seems that fate played a joke on the Koreans. This was the most common view among later Korean military historians when they studied this war, because even decades or even hundreds of years later, the Koreans were still puzzled as to why. In front of the Japanese, it seemed that the German army was very brave in front of them. Some even came to the conclusion that the Sabi counterattack was basically a battle between the Japanese and the Germans. The Germans did this to confuse the top brass of the Allied Forces and the Central and Soviet armies so that they could make wrong judgments. Of course, this view of some North Korean military historians has no market in the international community. Regarding the objective evaluation of this battle, after the vast majority of international military historians conducted in-depth investigations and research, their first reactions were incredible, because the armored units of the German Fourth Army had been completely exposed to the Korean Peace Army. In front of them, the Koreans actually thought they could defeat the opponent. They actually had the courage to fight the Germans in a positional battle.
"Maybe it's because of the encounter. The brave will win when they meet on a narrow road, but the Koreans soon discovered that all their attacks were immune to the German tanks, and the Germans could easily inflict heavy damage on them even with the lightest armored vehicles. , one can imagine how General Jin Gehui, the commander of the North Korean Peace Army, felt when he suddenly discovered that there were very few of his vanguard search troops left. At this time, even if the North Koreans wanted to escape, it was already impossible..." This A Chinese military channel in later generations mentioned this commentary when broadcasting a program about the Battle of Ossa. This commentary was actually extremely funny, but compared with the real situation at the time, this commentary was Still too gentle,
The real situation at that time was that when Jin Gehui received a report from his subordinates and learned that a large number of German tanks appeared in the front, he was not afraid at all but was very excited, "There is no infantry escort, it's great, it's a god-sent opportunity, tell the soldiers , Next will be the time to witness miracles, and our Korean Peace Army will create a miracle in military history..." This is what Jin Gehui said to his subordinates when he issued the attack order, because the Japanese once defeated the German armored forces, Because he firmly believed that they must be stronger than the Japanese, the battle, which was obviously a fight between eggs and rocks, actually turned into a game like twisting snails with three fingers.
The German officer commanding the Armored Forces of the Fourth Army was Major General Tansch Wilhelm. Coincidentally, when he received a report from the powerful search team ahead and learned that Koreans were present in the front, he was as excited as Jin Gehui.
When Tenschwilliam first received Manstein's order, he was not optimistic about this sortie, because in his opinion, any commander with a brain would not make such a mistake, that is, when he discovered that there was a large group of enemy troops ahead, When the situation arises, it will leave holes in the defense to give the opponent the opportunity to launch a surprise attack. After the troops set off, he even joked with his men: "I think those amateur soldiers of the Union Army must be digging fortifications at this time. ,,Aren’t the French the best at digging fortifications? Otherwise, where would Maginot be?”
What Sumiki Dairo, Oh Yewang and Jin Gehui never imagined was that they all regarded their own troops as the main force of the Allied Forces and believed that the Allied Forces would be unable to function without their own troops. Little did they know that in the minds of the Germans, what could be done in the Allied Forces? The only thing that aroused their interest was the French Zionist Army, and even the French Zionist Army was just the object of their ridicule.
The Koreans rushed forward without hesitation, and their morale seemed to be particularly high. Tansch Wilhelm's first reaction was a bit stunned: "The Koreans are crazy." Then he quickly reminded his men to be wary of the Koreans' suicidal attacks, and the Japanese special attack tactics. A heavy shadow was left in the hearts of the Germans, so when Tansch Wilhelm saw the Koreans' momentum at first sight, he naturally thought that the Koreans were also preparing to play this trick. Then, when the Koreans began to completely collapse after a wave of contact battles, he was dumbfounded at first. Then he was ecstatic: "Attack, attack, speed up, haha, ridiculous North Koreans."