The German offensive on the southern front suddenly became intense on the 12th when Marshal Hans von Zalmuth led the main force to the junction of Akashat and Lutbai.//《》//(com无/
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Marshal Zalmut, who was short of supplies, divided his six armies into three directions. Among them, the 30th Army and the 54th Army were responsible for continuing to attack the Gudejing line, striving to capture this vital water source as soon as possible.
Then flanked the rear of Rutbai; the Eleventh Army and the Thirty-ninth Motorized Army stormed the frontal defense line; the Fifty-seventh Motorized Army and the Romanian Cavalry Army took on the task of attacking the left wing, aiming directly at Akashate.
Akashat was once a famous border town. There were once more than ten artesian wells in the nearby mountainous area. It was the source of the Sewa Wadi, a tributary of the Euphrates River. Since ancient times, many merchants have gone to the Tadmur region of Syria.
Settled here to replenish water and food supplies. Later, with the gradual drying up of groundwater and the impact of the Iran-Iraq War and the Iraq War, Akashat gradually declined. Only because of the huge phosphate deposits nearby did it barely retain a few buildings.
The town of a hundred people has lost its former glory.
But to people of this era, Akashat is a large town with four to five thousand residents. The difference is that according to agreements signed with West Asian countries, during the war, all areas along the railway line were Nanhua's territory, and residents in the town
Most of them were Chinese serving the war, and coupled with the large camps built for the tens of thousands of troops stationed before and after the outbreak of the war, it was already considered a medium-sized city in the Mesopotamia region in terms of scale.
After peace in the future, this place will be returned to the State of Qatar with Lutbai as its capital. Of course, now this place has naturally become an important target coveted by the German army. After all, when other routes are blocked, it can obtain a water source and seize the access to Qatar.
The railway of Immu, and then advancing to the rear of the Anjia Army's Euphrates River defense line, still has its important significance.
The first line of defense to defend Akashat is the Mulusi Well area more than ten kilometers south of the town. This is also an extremely important water source. Spring water left on the mountain more than 200 meters above sea level flows northward, forming a
The Telfat River also flows into the Euphrates River.
The altitude of Mulusijing is more than 600 meters, and there is a drop of more than 200 meters from the surrounding desert and Gobi. The terrain is relatively dangerous. The people responsible for the defense of this line are the 211st and 21st Division of the 49th Division of the 17th Group Army.
The 2nd Infantry Regiment, the Akashat Border Defense Division and three artillery battalions are also attached to the 216th Tank Regiment of the 50th Armored Division as a mobile unit, and are commanded by Major General Liang Zihua, commander of the 49th Division.
Before the start of the battle today, the group army urgently dispatched five rocket launcher battalions equipped with 130mm 19-barrel rocket launchers to strengthen artillery strike capabilities. Liang Zihua placed the five rocket launcher battalions under the unified command of the artillery regiment.
Liang Zihua once served as An Yi's confidential secretary. After decentralizing the army, he successively served as regimental commander, division chief of staff, deputy division commander, and now serves as division commander of the 49th Division of the 17th Group Army.
At 1:30 p.m., Liang Zihua received an early warning from the air force, and the German army came towards Mulusi Well with great momentum.
Half an hour later, Liang Zihua saw through the lookout point of the headquarters that dust was flying on the southern horizon, and black spots appeared. The black spots were getting closer and closer, and finally they could be clearly seen through the telescope - the "Iron Cross" symbol was painted on it.
A group of tanks opened the way in front, followed closely by armored vehicles, and three-wheeled motorcycles were among them, rolling toward the position. ""/""Advertisement full text txt download
Liang Zihua turned around and said to the communications staff: "The Germans are coming, tell Commander Ma to take aim and hit, don't let any enemy go!"
On the artillery position, the commander of the artillery regiment, Colonel Ma Jingshun, quickly set the yardstick. After the German tanks entered the firing range, he quickly issued a firing order. The 75mm cannons fired rapidly. Several German tanks immediately caught fire and became motionless. However,
Most of the tanks still charged at full speed and fired back.
A row of artillery shells fell on the artillery position, and the telephone lines between the artillery command post, the division headquarters, and the artillery positions were cut off. The correspondent immediately started the walkie-talkie. Commander Ma remained calm and sent a correspondent to check the line while continuing to command.
During the battle, the artillery shells from both sides crisscrossed in the air, and when they fell to the ground, they flashed with flames and made a huge roar. The entire battlefield was filled with smoke for a while.
Several armored vehicles in the German army were hit by bullets and caught fire. The German soldiers sitting in the vehicles came out of the thick smoke screaming and fled to the rear. The German soldiers who got out of the car in advance and accompanied the tanks and armored vehicles to attack were hit by the falling shells.
The shrapnel hit them and they fell to the ground one by one.
At this time, several German tanks had already rushed to the first defensive position built at the foot of the hill. Rockets flew out one after another, and German tanks continued to be hit and burned.
The battle situation was extremely tragic. Liang Zihua discovered in the command post more than 100 meters above the ground that under the interception of artillery fire, the distance between the armored vehicles and motorcycles of the German army behind them and the tank troops opening the way gradually widened.
The main force now lost the cover of the tanks and exposed its weak flanks. So while issuing orders to organize anti-tank guns and rocket launchers to cleanly kill the tanks rushing to the front of the position, they also ordered to the communications staff: "The German flanks are exposed.
Now, order the tank regiment to attack now!"
The Anjia Army tank officers and soldiers hiding behind the hill had long been itching to hear the fierce shelling. Now when they heard the order to attack, they immediately started at full speed, bypassed the German army's main attack direction, and rushed out from the flank.
The German army was caught off guard by the sudden arrival of more than a hundred Leopard II tanks. The formation was cut off in the middle. The infantrymen fled in any direction. Motorcycles and armored vehicles turned around to avoid the sharp edge of the tanks and rushed ahead.
The German tanks made mistakes in the rush. They either burned out, broke down, or collided with each other. Coupled with the rockets fired continuously by the Anjia Army infantry, the entire German battle formation was turned into a mess.
The Anjia Army tank unit took the opportunity to expand its results and destroyed more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles.
Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Qien, the commander of the 216th Tank Regiment, was about to order his troops to pursue the victory. Suddenly he felt that the body of the tank he was on was beating continuously with the surrounding land. Experience told him that this was the enemy starting to fight back with heavy artillery, so he immediately issued the order.
: "Everyone retreat, take cover behind the hill..." Before he finished speaking, he felt as if the tank had been pushed hard by someone, jumped suddenly, and then stopped moving.
The driver pulled the joystick hard twice, but there was no response. Upon seeing this, Zhang Qi'en decisively ordered the vehicle to be abandoned. He waited for the five crew members to get off the vehicle and rushed into the compartment of the armored personnel carrier accompanying the tank attack. Zhang Qi'en was in the mood after waiting for the armored vehicle to start.
Looking to see what was wrong with the tank, he found that a large black hole had been punched out in the front of the abandoned tank, and a large piece of the surrounding area had collapsed. He was very lucky that it did not penetrate the armor and explode inside the tank.
The armored personnel carrier had just driven more than thirty meters away when another artillery shell hit the top of the immobile tank. The turret was instantly blown open, and then ignited the bomb in the ammunition compartment. The body of the vehicle exploded violently, and the entire tank was instantly destroyed.
Surrounded by raging fire.
The two sides were fighting inextricably. Although the more than 40 tanks and armored vehicles that had entered the front line were all lost, due to the withdrawal of our tank troops, the following German troops resumed their offensive formation, with about 10 tanks, dragging
Streams of dust and smoke rushed towards the position down the mountain again.
Liang Zihua sneered and said to the communications staff officer: "Tell Commander Ma that you can give the Germans a bath and let them calm down."
The communications staff officer smiled and went to issue the order. After two or three minutes, the ground of the command post suddenly trembled. Immediately, the officers and soldiers in the front position and the attacking German army heard a series of shrill howls, like
Thousands of people tore the cloth strips in their hands at the same time, and then dazzling fire dragons pierced the sky and rolled up waves of heat.
With the surge of air, dry grass and fine sand and gravel hit his face, causing Liang Zihua and several staff officers around him to inadvertently take a few steps forward and backward from the observation hole at the same time to avoid the stinging slap in the face.
A strong wind. Before they could stand firm, suddenly, like a string of thunderbolts falling on the ground, lightning-like light passed through the observation hole, illuminating the unusually dim observation station built in the heart of the mountain with white snow.
A stream of mud fell on the top and four walls of the cave dwelling. Almost everyone's eardrums were buzzed by the huge explosion, and they could no longer hear anything.
"Damn it, I called you German devils, now do you accept it?"
Liang Zihua also didn't expect that five battalions of more than ninety rocket launchers firing together would be so powerful. He couldn't help but cursed, strode to the observation hole, raised his telescope and took a look. Can he still see the shadow of the German army there?
What was just a dusty place has now turned into a sea of fire. The flames shot up to a height of three to four meters, forming a wall of fire from left to right.
Above the fire, there were thick plumes of black smoke, billowing straight up and covering the sky.
With the help of a telescope, Liang Zihua saw that a German tank had been turned upside down by the explosion, with its tracks pointing upwards and its turret pointing to the ground, like a frog with its belly exposed. Another tank not far away had its upper half damaged by the explosion.
Where it went, only the part under the tracks was left, naked and surrounded by flames. There was also an armored vehicle. The front of the vehicle was gone, and only the rear half was left, which was burned red by the fire.
Liang Zihua looked around the entire battlefield and made a slight calculation in his mind. Just such a single salvo destroyed more than 30 tanks and armored vehicles. The impact on the morale of the German army was immeasurable.
Seeing the surviving German tanks retreating in panic, without any formation at all, the motorcycles in a mess, and the infantry fleeing in all directions, Liang Zihua couldn't help grinning with joy.
Just more than 20 kilometers south of this battlefield and more than 10 kilometers northwest of Lutbai, the German army's attack on a front of more than 20 kilometers was even more crazy than the Mulusijing area where the Anjia army had a favorable geographical location.
The terrain of this river valley is flat, which is very conducive to the assault of mechanized troops. Therefore, the German Eleventh Army and the Thirty-ninth Motorized Army used all their strength to attack from the beginning.
In the first wave of German charges, more than a hundred tanks were concentrated. There were also some jeeps among the tanks. Two tweeters were fixed on the roofs of these jeeps. Wagner's music was constantly playing from the speakers, and the tanks accompanied them.
With melodious music, it rumbled in, as if it were a grand military parade, rather than a life-and-death battle.
Those assigned to guard this area were the 224th Regiment of the Division, commanded by Colonel An Zhixiao, Political Commissar of the 51st Division, and the 213th and 214th Regiments of the 49th Division, as well as the 1st and 5th Baghdad Guard Divisions.
An artillery battalion assisted in the battle, and the two tank regiments of the 50th Armored Division served as a mobile force, ready to attack at any time to plug possible loopholes on the battlefield.
The Anjia officers and soldiers were surprised when they saw the arrogance and arrogance of the German army. According to the news conveyed by the group army, the German army suffered a major defeat yesterday west of Gudejing. Unexpectedly, the Germans had no losers at all.
The consciousness is still so high-profile.
The German tanks were getting closer and closer. Lieutenant Cai Zhiming, commander of the second company of the 1st Battalion of the 224th Regiment, who was deployed on the front line, and his instructor, Lieutenant Liu Hong, decided to divide the six 75mm anti-tank guns assigned to the company into two groups.
Use one group of artillery fire, and after the enemy's attraction is over, the other group will aim and shoot. The bazooka operators will be on full alert and wait until the German army reaches the optimal firing range of 200 meters before firing again.
Just after the deployment, the German tanks entered the range of the 75mm cannon. Cai Zhiming, who was on the right side of the position, asked the soldiers to aim at a Panzer III tank at the front of the formation and shoot. After a gunshot, the Panzer III tank
Thick smoke billowed out and it stopped moving forward. The other two shells fired at the same time caused the tracks of a No. 4 tank to be interrupted and it could only spin in place. Another No. 2 light tank was penetrated through the turret, and an incident occurred.
Violent suicide.
Three hits in one round surprised Cai Zhiming, but he did not dare to continue firing. He quickly retreated the cannon into the bunker, and then hid in the bunker without moving.
At this time, the German tank commander used the radio from the command vehicle at the rear to notify each tank of the firing direction of the artillery fire on the front position. As a result, almost all the tanks turned their muzzles in the direction of Cai Zhiming, and then spat out madly.
With tongues of fire, the entire formation began to gradually tilt to the right. In this way, the side was exposed to Liu Hong's group ambushing on the left side of the position.
It was too late, but it was too late. Before the German tank group fired the second round, the three 75mm cannons here had already fired. Just two salvos immobilized the four tanks.
The German army quickly reorganized their formation. In the panic, two more tanks hit a mine, and another one fell headlong into a cleverly disguised anti-tank trench, with its butt in the air.
The remaining tanks were afraid that they would encounter landmines or fall into traps if they moved forward. They left nine smoking tanks and one immobile tank and temporarily retreated. The German troops attacking other positions were also beaten.
go back.
After several consecutive hours, the German army failed to break through the defense line held by Colonel An Zhixiao's troops in several attacks. By dark, they had to set up camp and start building a defense line outside the range of Anjiajun's artillery fire.
In the direction of Gudejing, due to the suppression of the air force and army aviation, coupled with dense mines and fierce artillery fire, the German army was still unable to cross the mountainous area leading to the water source. The entire southern front was in a strange confrontation.
, this is undoubtedly a nightmare for the German army who lacks supplies, especially water.
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