The changes made by the Germans also included the addition of about two pure infantry regiments to the search force. These two infantry regiments set out ahead of the main force. Their task was to search the mountains and forests on both sides of the road to prevent the Chinese from ambush operations similar to last night. ,
Last night, when the sound of gunfire completely ceased and the battlefield returned to its natural state, Guderian personally surveyed the battlefield. As a result, the old German man became more and more frightened as he looked at it, and he had to admit that the tactics and the commander's tactical literacy alone were not enough. He said that the Chinese are not worse than them, "Who said that the Chinese's tactical level is still stuck in the World War I era? Even if they are not as good as us in understanding modern warfare techniques, the gap is very small...",, Guderian did not say this evaluation in public. He would not do anything that would destroy his own prestige by inflating other people's ambitions. However, he could readjust his evaluation of the Chinese army in his heart, which would help him treat the next step with a correct attitude. battle,
The German main force had just returned to the road. Jiang Tiezhang and Fu Chaocheng received the report. Jiang Tiezhang immediately called Fu Chaocheng and Lu Deyang, asking them to discuss the harassment tactics to the end. "We must not let the Germans easily Exiting South Road 2, how many German troops were killed is another matter, but blocking their main force on South Road 2 is a great achievement." He wrote in the telegram,
After the successful ambush last night, Fu Chaocheng and Lu Deyang's confidence increased greatly. After contacting Jiang Tongmin's helicopter unit, Fu Chaocheng and Lu Deyang discussed it and decided to fight a positional battle with the Germans. During the retreat after the ambush last night, Fu Chaocheng and Lu Deyang did not simply retreat blindly. Instead, they left a certain number of troops behind after a certain distance. They hoped that these remaining troops would be able to retreat in the future. However, because Guderian specially divided two regiments of infantry to search and advance in the mountains and forests on both sides of the road, their arrangement was exposed in advance.
In close combat, the real combat power of the German army was perfectly demonstrated. Starting from seven o'clock in the morning, the gunfire in the woods on both sides of the road has not stopped. As of now, Lu Deyang has only about two companies of "surprise soldiers" left behind. About one platoon returned safely, while the others either lost information or were surrounded and killed by the Germans. It was precisely because of the gap between the Germans and the arrangement of the Germans that Fu Chaocheng and Lu Deyang knew that they would conduct an ambush like last night. It was impossible, and out of a desire to avenge the brothers of the two companies and to put more pressure on the Germans, the two decided to have a head-on contact battle with the Germans and let the Germans see them. true strength,
The battle started without any fanfare. First, a company-sized German search force ran into the ambush jointly filmed by Fu Chaocheng and Lu Deyang, making dumplings and annihilating the entire army. Then, the main German force arrived, and both sides surrounded A fierce battle began at a fork in the road.
Different from pure infantry operations, any ground can be used as a battlefield. Competitions between armored forces have certain requirements for terrain. This kind of demand is needed by German tank and armored troops, and Fu Chaocheng's tanked and armored troops also need it. That's why Fu Chaocheng is qualified. Will choose to set up an ambush again at this three-way intersection to eat the German search troops,
The Germans have become much smarter after suffering a big loss due to the terrain restrictions last night. The current march sequence is a group of armored troops mixed with a group of infantry. As soon as the front search force fell into the Chinese trap, the main force behind them Killed them, and although they failed to rescue the search troops, they successfully blocked the Chinese troops (in the minds of the German officers of the Second Armored Group Army, although the Chinese used ambush and other methods to severely damage them, they I don’t think the Chinese have the courage to fight them head-on. In other words, the reason why the Chinese resort to ambush is precisely because they don’t have the courage to fight a front-on conventional war),
Through the ambush battle last night, the Second Armored Group really learned a lot. For example, now, the main force in front has just sent back a report saying that it has stuck the Chinese main force. Here, Guderian immediately ordered the direct-affiliated artillery troops to implement "Operation Plan B". So, just as fierce gunfire rang out at the three-way intersection in front, the engineering troops affiliated with the group army headquarters began a vigorous and effective operation. During the logging operation, about a regiment's worth of German engineers came together with manual labor and machinery. It didn't take long to cut down no less than a hundred large trees and clear out a usable artillery position.
Guderian watched with his own eyes one artillery piece after another enter the position, the self-propelled artillery also opened its supporting legs, and the barrel began to rise. His mood finally became clearer. Artillery is the king of infantry warfare. This rule, even in the mechanization The degree is quite high. More than half of the armored units of the Second Armored Group are still established. Guderian has reason to believe that as long as all the artillery under his command can enter the position, no matter whether the Chinese in front are 20,000 or even 50,000 , all those waiting for the Chinese will be failure, "It's daytime now, hum." Guderian was gritting his teeth secretly, when suddenly a piece of information came from the front that made him frown immediately,
After the Battle of Larbu Mountain, the Chinese helicopter troops appeared again, and compared to Larbu Mountain, the Chinese actually dispatched nineteen helicopters this time.
"TMD." Guderian actually already had the means to target the helicopter troops of the Academy Army, but Rao still cursed when he first received this information, and then he said to himself: "Fortunately, I Be on guard, otherwise..." At this point, he said to the adjutant beside him: "Get me through to Maitres immediately. Now, it's time for them to appear."
Maitres was the supreme commander of the aviation force assigned to the Second Armored Group. Because of Guderian's instructions, he had already placed a flying brigade only two hundred meters away from Naya Ur. The Buguala front-line airport, which is 1,000 meters away, ensures that he can organize fighter planes to rush to the front line within half an hour after receiving the order. However, because now Osa, Sabi and even the Larbu Mountain area have air supremacy. They are all in the hands of the Far East Expeditionary Force, and they have suffered heavy losses at the hands of Chen Chong in the past few days. Therefore, unless Guderian issues a direct order, he will usually conduct sufficient enemy reconnaissance before sending the main force to join the battle. ,
Guderian gave a direct order, and Maitress did not dare to hesitate and immediately sent eighteen fighter planes to the front line, including six of the latest jet fighters.