At six o'clock in the morning on June 2, Zhu Yourong and his party finished breakfast, left here, and continued eastward, heading for the battlefields of the Second Blue Division, the Fourth Red Division, and the Fifth Red Division.
Rommel is also preparing to lead the Blue 1st Division to march eastward to participate in the final battle of annihilation. Although the Blue 1st Division is a fast-moving armored division, it is such a large division after all. Both in preparation and on the road, it is faster than the Queen's convoy.
Much slower. Therefore, Zhu Yourong's convoy left first and headed for the Second Lan Division.
Zhu Yourong sat in a daze in the command car, his body swaying slightly with the swing of the car. Wei Zijin looked at her and noticed something strange. When he came out of Nanjing yesterday, Zhu Yourong was very interested, or lying on his back
Watching the scenery from the shooting window, or lying on the periscope to watch the scenery. But now, I am obviously out of my mind.
Wei Zijin instinctively guessed that it was related to Xiang Xiaoqiang.
She lowered her head, said nothing, and continued to translate the several confidential messages she received in the morning. These were all messages sent from Nanjing, either reported to Zhu Yourong for information, or for Zhu Yourong's instructions. Generally, they were not major national events, mainly related to
Royal things.
However, Wei Zijin flipped through the code book with his left hand and wrote on the telegram paper with his right hand, writing and writing, slowly staring at the telegram.
She looked up at Zhu Yourong, then looked down at the text of the telegram. After hesitating for a while, she picked up her pen and continued to translate it, then read it again, raised her head and said:
"His Majesty."
Zhu Yourong didn't seem to hear it. He was still lazily leaning on the sofa, holding a book in his hand, but his eyes were fixed on a painting on the wall. He was obviously uneasy.
Wei Zijin said softly again:
"His Majesty."
"Um?"
Zhu Yourong finally reacted and looked at her.
"Your Majesty," Wei Zijin looked at her and said softly, "Miss Zheng in the palace called. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a call from Siam, asking if it would be convenient for His Highness the Prince to visit soon. The cabinet has called back, saying that the Prince is welcome to come to Nanjing soon.
You can visit at any time as long as it’s convenient.”
Zhu Yourong's eyes trembled and she lowered her head. She tightly grasped the sofa cushion with one hand and breathed heavily.
"Your Majesty, you...?"
Zhu Yourong closed his eyes and shook his head, saying nothing.
Wei Zijin stared at Zhu Yourong's face, observed her expression, and said:
"Your Majesty, are you feeling motion sick? I'll tell the convoy to drive more slowly."
Zhu Yourong closed his eyes and nodded.
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As if they were deliberately performing for the Queen, the Blue Army's attacks on the Red Army were not carried out simultaneously, but in an obvious sequence. First, the First Blue Division "performed", and after the First Blue Division finished its performance, the Second Blue Division continued to "perform".
". Zhu Yourong just finished watching the attack of the 1st Blue Division, and also had time to see the attack of the 2nd Blue Division.
But this was not arranged like this just to show off to Zhu Yourong. The main reason was the problem of the number of aircraft. Although the proportion of air power equipped by the Blue Army was already very high, it only had more than a hundred aircraft, and at most it could only
At the same time, it supports a fierce air attack on a division. At this time, there are very few aircraft on other battlefields, and they can only ensure small-scale harassment and slow down the opponent's march.
Therefore, the wisest and most efficient way for the Blue Army is to first concentrate its air power and cooperate with the ground forces to attack one division, and then turn around to attack another division.
The Queen's motorcade drove on a small north-south road, and soon turned from the Shanghai-Nanjing Highway to the Ning-Hang Highway. The Shanghai-Nanjing Highway is a main road from Nanjing to Shanghai, running from the north of Taihu Lake; while the Nanjing-Hangzhou Highway runs from
From Nanjing to Hangzhou, we walked from the south of Taihu Lake. The convoy got on the Nanjing-Hangzhou Highway and continued to drive southeast. This is very close to Yixing, where the Fourth Red Division and the Second Blue Division are now here.
The road network in this area of the Yangtze River Delta is relatively dense, which is quite suitable for the movement of motorized troops. Yesterday, the Second Blue Division relied on the road network to circle with the Fourth Red Division in this area. As for the Fifth Red Division, it is to the south of Taihu Lake, away from the
There are still dozens of kilometers here, plus planes are harassing us, so as long as the Blue Army is willing, it won't be able to get through in three days.
When the Queen's convoy arrived at the scheduled location and started to contact the Second Blue Division, they learned that the Second Blue Division had launched an attack an hour ago.
This surprised Xiang Xiaoqiang. He did not expect that Hou Hekun and Rommel were two completely opposite people. Rommel tried every means to let the queen see his fighting and let the queen see his talent; but Hou Hekun did not do that at all.
Fight as hard as you want, and don't wait a moment just because the Queen is here to watch.
In fact, with the current situation, the Blue Army has the final say on where to fight and when to fight. The Second Blue Division is entirely on wheels. It moves very fast and has air superiority, so it can slow down the Red Army at will.
traveling speed. If he really had to let the Queen see him, he could wait a day.
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The defense area of the 4th Red Division is 20 kilometers wide. It is so long. For a division, the area to defend is too long. Originally, the blue army had just made a surprise attack yesterday and broke through the defense lines of the 2nd and 3rd Red Divisions in the north.
, Tang Yunsheng also planned to mobilize the Fourth Red Army Division to nearby for reinforcements, but after a day of exercises, they were bombed by the Blue Army's planes and were unable to move. Moreover, during this day, the four Red Army Divisions were defeated one by one, which made Tang Yunsheng conclude that he still had to hold on.
The line of defense must remain unchanged to cope with the ever-changing situation. We cannot use human legs to compete with the wheels of a car in mobile warfare.
Last night, taking advantage of the lack of aircraft harassment at night, the Fourth Red Division retreated to the defense line between the two lakes. Although the area to be defended here is very long, at least there are big lakes to back it up in the north and south, so we only need to defend the east and west sides. And originally
The defense line basically faces the east, because all the Blue Army was deployed to the east before, and when the war started, they fought from east to west. But now the Blue Army has come over, and according to their mobility advantage, they attack from east to west.
, or whether to attack from west to east is up to others. Taihu Lake in the south is too big to go around, but it only takes an hour for the blue army to go around in the north.
Therefore, the Fourth Red Division re-established a defense line on the west side of the original defense line to guard against the Blue Army's attack from west to east. In this case, the Fourth Red Division itself is in the middle of the two defense lines. Moreover, the new line on the west side
Because time was too tight, the defense line was very crudely built, just a barbed wire fence and some foxholes. Therefore, the Fourth Red Division deployed heavy troops here. The few remaining anti-tank guns and infantry guns in the division were also placed on this line.
On the defensive line, we dug shelter pits and prepared to resist.
The two lines of defense sandwich oneself in the middle. This seems stupid, but there is no other way. Now the Red Army does not have the advantage in strength, speed, firepower, armor protection, and air superiority...
...If you don’t protect yourself as much as possible and are exposed in the open area to face off against the Blue Army, you will definitely be “swamped” again. The examples of the previous divisions are already here.