With the landing of the Chinese ** troops in Sicily, the war began to undergo a major change. (氵kun氵kunnovels.com)
The Chinese ** team has completely taken over the Italian defense. Both the Chinese and the Germans are now convinced that Italy, as an ally, is not trustworthy at all. Their presence will not only be useless, but will also cause harm.
Instead of feeling any shame, the Italians breathed a long sigh of relief. It was a good thing that they no longer had to fight on that terrible battlefield.
After the Chinese corps landed in Sicily, the Allies also felt a huge panic. These Chinese corps, which never knew what failure was, would inevitably show great combat effectiveness in Sicily.
The Allies quickly organized two major offensives, trying to take advantage of the Chinese Army's unstable foothold to solve this problem in one fell swoop.
However, the elite squadron obviously would not give them this chance. They tenaciously repelled the enemy's attack and ensured that the war could proceed smoothly.
On August 20, Army General Wang Mingzhang, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese ** Corps in Sicily, arrived in Sicily and appointed Jia Haoyang, the Third-level Army General of the Waffen-SS Army, as the former enemy commander-in-chief.
A counterattack codenamed "Meat Grinder" began...
For this counterattack, the Chinese Army mobilized a total of 8 divisions of the Waffen SS as the main attack, while the German army mobilized 7 divisions to cooperate. As for the Italians? They may be more suitable for logistics supply tasks.
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On August 27, a large number of Chinese and German fighter planes appeared over the battlefield, competing with the Allies for air supremacy.
The air battle was extremely fierce. A large number of aircraft on both sides were shot down, but no one was willing to give up their crucial air supremacy.
Just as the battle began in the air, each attacking force quietly entered the attack position...
On the 28th, after the tragic battle the day before and countless previous battles, the Allied air force appeared a little tired. But the young Chinese air force guys who had just joined the European battlefield showed high spirits.
Fighting spirit. They took off in batches, fought with the enemy in the air, and tried their best to control the blue sky.
This became known as the "Air Battle over Sicily".
Those jet fighters of the Chinese Air Force have demonstrated their tremendous power. In this aspect, China is far ahead of the Allied fighters.
When Europeans and Americans were still laughing at the jet concept as a fantasy, the Chinese government had quietly recruited supporters and researchers of the jet concept from Europe and the United States; when Europeans and Americans were still laughing at the jet concept,
When the concept was dismissed, a large number of geniuses in China, headed by Wang Xi, had already begun to study jet aircraft. When Europe and the United States finally realized the huge power of jet aircraft, the Chinese Air Force had already equipped a large number of such advanced fighters.
This is a contest between two eras, a contest between the most advanced aircraft and an aircraft that appears to be advanced but is actually far behind.
In fact, from the very beginning of the air battle, the top brass of the Chinese Air Force knew that there was not much suspense...
The Chinese Air Force gradually controls the superiority in the air, and gradually demonstrates its unshakable supremacy in the air at a cost far less than the casualties of the Allies. Read h-u-nmix*h-u-n with me, please remember
German pilots looked with envy at their allies' advanced fighter jets and bombers flying in the sky. They could now confirm that having China as their ally was something worth being excited about.
From August 27 to September 3, in several days of air battles, the Allies lost a large number of aircraft, and air supremacy gradually came into the hands of the Chinese and German air forces.
Now, the next phase of Operation Meat Grinder can begin...
On September 4, Wang Mingzhang issued the order for a general offensive. At 5:30 in the morning on the 4th, the former enemy commander-in-chief Jia Haoyang grabbed the phone on his desk...
Thousands of artillery fired, and the shells roared overwhelmingly towards the Allied positions. Americans, British, Canadians, and of course Australians...all of them were caught in the fire.
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This is the roar of the Chinese army's counterattack, and this is also the roar of the Axis powers' counterattack!
Operation code name - Meat Grinder!
Artillery fire shrouded every corner of the battlefield, and Allied soldiers huddled in their trenches, enduring endless artillery fire.
They have lost their sea superiority, they have lost their air superiority, what now?
Then, a large number of Chinese soldiers appeared on the battlefield. On both sides of them were German soldiers whose confidence had been enhanced as never before.
"Go forward, soldiers!" Jia Haoyang gave the simplest order to his troops!
Forward, soldiers!
Countless Chinese and German soldiers jumped out of their positions, and then, under the cover of artillery, aircraft, and tanks, launched a tidal wave of attacks toward the enemy's positions.
Those "Thunder", "Dian", "Tiger" and "Leopard" tanks appeared on the battlefield one by one, with the artillery on the tanks roaring and the machine guns on the tanks roaring...
..Their tracks ruthlessly crushed through the position, mercilessly advancing towards a set goal.
No force can stop them, the only one who can stop them is themselves!
The Chinese and German infantrymen accompanied the tanks, roaring towards the enemy's position. They crossed the trenches one after another, and then used the weapons in their hands to eliminate the enemies in the trenches one by one.
Then, they will not stay for one more second on the position they have captured, and then continue to move towards the new goal.
In their eyes, the battle has no end. Only when the Allied forces are driven out of Sicily will they stop their progress...
A German officer wrote in his diary:
"...I was shocked by the way this attack was done. Our ally China has too many aircraft, too many tanks, too many artillery, too many soldiers...their soldiers
They are so elite and so brave. They strictly abide by the "Infantry Combat Code". They are like a carefully debugged precision machine, meticulously completing the tasks they should complete without any problems.
Deviation... While I am shocked, I have to feel lucky that we have such an ally. If the Chinese are the hostile party now, there is no doubt that we will lose this war again
.Fortunately, such a terrible thing did not happen... Now I can be sure that we will definitely win this war, and no force can stop our advance... Sicily
The counterattack is just the beginning. We will soon attack London, New York, and every city we want to enter... Of course, the premise for this is that the armies of China and Germany are always close.
Fighting together..."
The diary of this German officer represents the voice of most German officers and soldiers.
Now, the battlefield is taken over and completely controlled by the Chinese. The soldiers of the Chinese Armed SS wearing gray and black military uniforms and helmets have expressionless faces. They are cold and ruthless. They faithfully complete every task assigned to them by their superiors.
They never compromise on any task. They tirelessly launched attacks again and again and achieved victory one after another. They made the entire battlefield tremble in front of them.
The balance of victory is tilting rapidly towards the Axis powers.
When the counterattack was named "Meat Grinder", it seemed to mean something. Yes, the entire battlefield had become a huge meat grinder. The lives of countless Allied soldiers were in this huge meat grinder.
Lost in the meat grinder…
Alexander, the commander of the Allied forces, was extremely anxious, but he had no solution. You can completely imagine how he felt when he had to see with his own eyes reports of a large number of soldiers being killed, captured, and missing.
He has mobilized as many troops as possible in an attempt to restore the situation on the battlefield, but he is unable to do anything. No matter how many troops he puts in, they will always be swallowed up by that terrible meat grinder.
Now Alexander had to consider the possibility of failure...
In order to seize the initiative on the battlefield, the Allied forces carried out this landing after careful preparation. The landing did not go smoothly at the beginning, but fortunately, they finally achieved the first and second phase of the combat objectives.
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But just when the Allies were about to win, Sicily was about to be controlled by the Allies, and the war was about to end, those Chinese suddenly appeared!
Undoubtedly, this was the most frustrating time for Allied officers...
What is even more worrying is that the U.S. Pacific Fleet lost the Battle of Midway. Now that Midway has fallen into the hands of the Chinese, they are about to attack the Hawaiian Islands.
Even in the United States, we now feel the huge threat of war...
On September 5, the Sino-German coalition completed the first phase of its combat mission. They captured all possible positions, killed and captured more than 28,000 Allied troops.
The Sino-German coalition, which had achieved victory in the first stage, did not stop its pace. On the 6th, a new offensive began.
"Attack, attack, attack again!" For the former enemy commander-in-chief Jia Haoyang, this was the only order he could give to his soldiers!
Attack, attack, and attack again! This is also what Chinese soldiers require of themselves!
They don't care at all how many enemies are on the opposite side of them, or how fierce the enemy's firepower is. In their minds, completing the mission is the only thing a soldier should do.
The panic quickly spread among the Allied officers and soldiers.
As you can imagine, it's frustrating to see victory turn into defeat.
What's even more terrible is that the Chinese *** team showed no signs of stopping the attack. After they achieved the first stage of victory, they quickly increased the intensity of the attack. Obviously, they did not drive all the Allied forces into the sea.
I will never give up...
What also frightened the Allies was the threat from the air.
Those Chinese planes bombed the Allied positions again and again, and endless bombs fell like raindrops, shattering the Allied positions.
Supreme Commander Eisenhower, the head of the Allied Forces in the Mediterranean, was also troubled.
Judging from the current war situation, if no effective measures are taken, the Allies will lose the war here. His army commander Alexander kept sending emergency telegrams to himself, but Eisenhower had no way to do it.
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The sea is also controlled by the Chinese, and now it is extremely difficult to replenish Sicily.
"We must retreat." In a telegram sent to U.S. President Pitt, Eisenhower said: "Otherwise our troops will be completely destroyed here."
Just when the Allies were hesitant to retreat or continue fighting, the Chinese and German coalition forces once again made a major breakthrough, and the position defended by the British was completely breached.
"retreat!"
On September 9, amid chaos on the battlefield, the Allied forces finally received such an order.
The great retreat has begun! The chaos of the scene is embarrassing. Countless Allied troops are rushing to evacuate from the battlefield, while the Chinese aircraft in the sky are relentlessly bombing the Allied forces. This makes the already chaotic situation
The Allied forces became even more confused.
"We have won." In his headquarters, Jia Haoyang said to Wang Mingzhang who came to inspect.
"We have won, but this is only in Sicily." Wang Mingzhang's face showed little excitement: "I have received orders from the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff Headquarters, and we will serve as the leading force.
Continue to maintain strong offensive power and deterrence against the Allied forces."
He paused briefly at this point: "But the first thing we have to do now is to annihilate the enemies here as much as possible and let as few enemies escape from here as possible."
"Yes." Jia Haoyang replied calmly but firmly.
Operation "Meat Grinder" began on September 4, 1943 and ended on September 11. In this counterattack, the Allied forces lost 82,000 people!
As for the material losses, they are countless.
If we just look at numbers, 80,000 people is a tiny amount for a world war, but it sends a signal to the world:
Not only has the Chinese Army fully intervened in the European war, but they are fully capable of winning. Neither the British nor the Americans have any way to stop the Chinese Army.
Now we are in Sicily, so where will it be next? In any case, it is now the Allies' turn to have a headache, because they cannot capture the Chinese's next combat motivation.