Before Jiang Tiezhang could finish his words, the group leaders present understood what he meant. A stout man with two thick eyebrows and a big mouth stood up and interrupted: "General seat, Of course, such a difficult task belongs to our 'Linzhuang Hero Group', and I want this place to stay."
The stocky man's name was Lu Baoshan, with the rank of colonel. As soon as he finished speaking, he was immediately opposed by others. Someone older than him yelled at him directly by name: "Lu Dazui, You guys are too shameless, you are already the 'Linzhuang Hero Group', isn't that enough? Don't be too awesome, and don't only think about yourself when good things happen."
"Yes, it is a rare opportunity to have such a good opportunity. Even in terms of seniority, we should be ranked in the eighth regiment. Commander, I strongly request that the stay-at-home mission be handed over to us. I can issue a military order. If the mission cannot be completed, you do not need to pursue it. I take responsibility directly for myself."
Lu Baoshan laughed heartily, pointed at the last speaker and said: "Zhang Gangzi, don't be so cute and return the military order. If you really can't complete the task, you will be dead a long time ago. There is also Li Daozai, you can tell yourself, Our two teams have met several times in the gymnastics finals, have you won once?" After saying that, he turned to Jiang Tiezhang and said in a loud voice: "Chief, if you want to keep Yanaur from losing, , the task of staying behind must belong to our regiment.”
Before he could finish his words, the faces of "Zhang Gangzi" and "Li Dazizi" both turned red. "Li Dazi" jumped up and roared: "You know how to do it? How many years and months did that happen? Lu Dazui" , with your little ability, you can only cry out with the little honor you had before."
Lu Baoshan smiled, pointed at him and said to everyone: "Look, I've hit the weak spot. This means that when you get to the Soviet Union, you won't be able to do it. Li Dadan, I tell you, if we do it, our Linzhuang heroes will The group will still leave you even a whole village without even breathing a breath."
It was also very interesting to listen to them bickering and bickering. Jiang Tiezhang's tense face also relaxed. He looked at Bisev with a somewhat apologetic look, and then pretended to scold: "Okay, there is also Soviet Russia. Comrade is here, please pay attention to your image." After a pause, he glanced at everyone and said seriously: "Since Lu Dazui is determined to win, well, leave the task of staying behind to their regiment." His eyes shifted to Lu Baoshan's face, and he said: " Lu Dazui, I have something to say first. If we are chasing the Germans outside and you lose Yanauer, even if I chase you to the underworld, I will still have to drag you up to beat you."
Lu Baoshan also became serious, gave a serious military salute and said: "Chief Officer, we will never destroy the signboard of our Linzhuang Heroes Group."
"I believe you can do it." Jiang Tiezhang responded with a military salute and then said,
At about half past five that afternoon, the main force of the Second Armored Group appeared outside the southern city of Annaur. Standing in a camouflage on top of a bunker, Lu Baoshan saw the neat lineup of German troops through his binoculars. Unexpectedly, He swallowed involuntarily. From what he saw so far, Lu Baoshan knew that he had underestimated the current strength of the German army. In his lens, there were densely packed German tanks.
"How much does it cost? Maybe a thousand." Next to Lu Baoshan lay deputy commander Wang Quan. Wang Quan said softly, his breathing obviously becoming heavier.
Lu Baoshan's mentality has actually become different from before, but after all, he is a front-line commander who grew up under the baptism of blood and fire. He can still remain calm enough, "Tanks can't fight in street battles. What are you afraid of? The Germans If you really dare to rely on tanks to rush in, huh, it just gives us a chance, and Guderian is good at blitz warfare, and he may not be willing to use his mobile power for street fighting."
While Lu Baoshan and Wang Quan were observing the German army lineup, Guderian, surrounded by a group of German officers, was also looking at this small city.
The Soviet cities did not have city walls, so the defenders could only make full use of the buildings in the city and add materials to build fortifications. "I heard that it was only the third day that the Chinese arrived here." Guderian asked a major general next to him. In charge of intelligence, he nodded and said: "Yes, but they got help from the local Russians, so they were able to build such a large-scale fortification group in a short period of time."
Guderian turned to another general and said: "Calculate, if I use the strength of one division, how long it will take to defeat it."
The general pretended to think for a while, then took out a notebook and scratched it twice, and then said seriously: "Your Excellency, if the defenders have not built underground fortifications, we have enough artillery support, and we should be able to We will capture it within three hours. However, considering that Yanaur is surrounded by mountains and woods on all sides, we may not be able to completely wipe out the defenders inside. Therefore, we must leave a certain amount of troops behind for defense..."
Guderian frowned and interrupted: "You mean that attacking is not cost-effective."
"Yes, Your Excellency, I think that what we need now is just a logistics supply point. We can definitely choose a terrain nearby that is easy to defend and difficult to attack."
"I understand what you mean. That's it for now. However, the purpose of the Chinese stationing troops here is probably to threaten our army's supply lines, so I think we should leave a force outside the city to maintain sufficient deterrence. troops, and we should launch attacks without interruption. Even if we cannot capture the city, at least we must make the Chinese in the city dare not act rashly."
"Your Excellency is brilliant." Everyone praised in unison,
Now that he had made a decision on how to deal with the defenders of Yanauer, Guderian lost interest in continuing to observe the enemy's situation. He turned around and walked towards his command vehicle. After taking two steps, he remembered something and turned around to ask the major general in charge of intelligence. : "Where is the 1st Cavalry Division? Has there been any telegram from Major General Medeles?"
The major general opened his mouth to answer, but suddenly there was a muffled sound from the northwest, and he felt a strong earthquake on the ground. A cloud of doubt floated in his mind, and he thought to himself: Isn't this direction the direction where Medeleis and the others will attack, and then He calmly replied: "Half an hour ago, Major General Medeles sent a telegram back. According to his report, they have arrived at Sachahar, which is more than 80 kilometers away from here."
"Sachahar is the largest town in the southeast of Sabi."
"Exactly, you have a good memory."
"The Chinese have no troops stationed along the route."
"Major General Medeles has no reports in this regard."
"Really?" Guderian said, but his brows frowned subconsciously.
Guderian got into the car and had just settled down in his seat when his adjutant Marcus followed up and asked: "Sir, what's the matter?"
"I don't know why, I have a bad feeling in my heart." Guderian still trusted his confidants and replied,
And Marcus was worthy of being his confidant, and he immediately asked tacitly: "It's because of the First Cavalry Division."
"Yes, it's impossible that the Chinese didn't have arrangements along the route, but Medeles and the others found nothing. This is too abnormal."
When it came to military aircraft, Marcus did not dare to speak nonsense. He sat down in his seat, shut up and listened.