Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2676 First Battle in North Africa
Time passed quickly, and the private agreement reached by Ouyang Yun and Guderian has not been reflected in Sino-German relations for the time being.After the Soviet Russia and the decisive battle in Osa, Manstein consulted Berlin and learned that he would not be able to obtain domestic support for a long time, so he decisively led his army to withdraw to Kirov, relying on the fortifications that had been established there Put on a defensive stance.In the decisive battle between Osa and Sabie, the Japanese Peace Army suffered the most under the Chinese Far East Expeditionary Force system.Therefore, Stalin repeatedly called Ouyang Yun, hoping that Zhang Zizhong could decisively launch a counterattack to help the Soviet Russian government recover more areas.In this regard, after seeking Zhang Zizhong's opinion, although Ouyang Yun did not immediately reject Stalin's request, he did not let the Far East Expeditionary Force immediately invest in a larger-scale counterattack.

The reason why Zhang Zizhong did not agree to launch another counter-offensive at this stage was that the coalition forces were not fully prepared.In view of the excellent performance of the Japanese Peace Army in the decisive battles of Osa and Sabi, he deliberately mixed the Allied Forces across borders, so that the Japanese officers headed by Ohnomo could play a greater role, and reorganize more for the Far East Expeditionary Force. Many battleable troops.In the secret telegram sent to Ouyang Yun privately, he said: "The Japanese are indeed wolves, but as long as the chains are tied tightly and they are fed with blood at the right time, they will become very good minions." As a time traveler, Ouyang Yun has always been He thought he had a better understanding of the character of the Japanese, but after reading the relevant battle reports of the decisive battle between Osa and Saby, he was confused.What makes him suspicious is, is this the truest side of the Japanese?Regardless of whether he doubts it or not, since Zhang Zizhong, the front-line chief officer, thinks it is feasible and can reduce the casualty rate of Chinese officers and soldiers, he is naturally happy to see it succeed.As for whether this will arouse dissatisfaction among other United Nations leaders or even tarnish China's national reputation, he doesn't care at all when Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and France all need China's support.

Because of the strong rise of the Xuebing Army and its dominance in Chongqing, the former Central Army and other factions' combat power has also improved rapidly after they became the National Defense Forces, and they began to show more and more strength in the war against Japan. This not only increased The casualty rate of the Japanese army also revealed early the ills of Japan's weak population and resources.According to the news from Fox Tong, who is lurking in Japan, in response to the threat that the Chinese army has approached its doorstep, Japan has begun to implement a policy of all citizens.From old men in their 60s to [-] years old, down to teenagers who are still in junior high school, they were all organized into volunteer teams based on streets or towns.All the people are soldiers—from this policy, we can certainly see the determination of the Japanese government in war, but at the same time, it also makes its front-line troops no longer as elite and orderly as they were at the beginning of the war of aggression against China. Therefore, even if the Chinese army won a battle, The situation of not being able to capture a single prisoner is gone forever. On the contrary, even if it is an encounter, if the Chinese army wins, it can capture dozens or even hundreds of prisoners of war.These prisoners of war had just entered China, and many of them were not yet familiar with the title of Taijun, so naturally they did not do much evil.These prisoners of war are not enough to impose the death penalty, and since the coalition government is now the de facto chairman of the United Nations, it cares more about reputation than ever, so it is naturally impossible to enforce battlefield discipline arbitrarily.The combination of various reasons resulted in the following phenomenon. In order to prevent these prisoners of war from occupying precious food resources in the country, and in view of the excellent performance of the Japanese Peace Army on the Soviet-Russian battlefield, the top leaders of the Supreme Command unanimously agreed to include them all in the In the Japanese Peace Army.Even those like Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi who like to play tricks and tricks began to plan to use the Japanese Peace Army to counterattack the Japanese mainland.In their view, as long as these Japanese peace troops are stained with the blood of enough Axis troops, then if they cut themselves off from the Axis powers, they will have no other choice but to obey the orders of the United Nations and obediently land on the mainland to fight. .

The Soviet-Russian battlefield temporarily entered a stalemate period because the Far East Expeditionary Force needed to rest. In North Africa, due to the strong demands of the French, the North African Expeditionary Force led by Chu Tiange had several encounters with the German North African Army Group Commanded by Rommel. On July 7, a decisive battle was fought in the border area between Egypt and southern Libya.

When Chu Tiange led the North African Expeditionary Force into North Africa, because of Zhang Zizhong's outstanding performance in the Russian Far East, he was full of ambition and belief in victory.

To this day, Zhang Zizhong and others, who were born in the old Northwest Army, have long been branded with the imprint of the Xuebing Army. However, in the hearts of Chu Tiange and others, they still belong to foreign troops and cannot represent Xuebing The army's direct descendants.

"The Northwest Army fought well in Soviet Russia, and the junior officer has repeatedly praised him. Brothers, General Zhang Zizhong joined the army of soldiers after I don't know how much later than us. We can't be compared by them." When the brothers were getting along, Chu Tiange said so.

However, in hindsight, his method of motivation seems to have backfired.There are many deserts in North Africa, and the North African Expeditionary Force obviously does not have much combat experience in this area.So in several encounters, the North African Expeditionary Army was defeated by the German army with almost the same strength or even superior strength. This directly made Chu Tiange feel hostile, and thus aroused the idea of ​​​​a decisive battle with the German army.

Chu Tiange decided to clarify the situation on the North African battlefield through a decisive battle, also because of the influence of Ang Bosi.

Emposs was all about fighting back to Europe to restore his country as soon as possible, so he was naturally dissatisfied with this small fight.Unfortunately, they had no experience in fighting the German army, and they didn't know how powerful the German army was, and they were too superstitious about the standard equipment of the Xuebing Army, thinking that the Restoration Army equipped with the standard equipment of the Xuebing Army would definitely beat the Germans.Coincidentally, Rommel also wanted to show his strength to deter evil guests from the far east.The two sides then sent troops to a desert area called "Duvalbar" in the southern border area between Libya and Egypt, and then the French Restoration Army took the lead in launching the attack.

This decisive battle lasted for two weeks. At the beginning of the decisive battle, the vanguard of the German North African Army carried out Rommel's tactics of luring the enemy deep, and lured the French Restoration Army of the [-]st Division and the [-]st Brigade into a village named "Boujir". In the hilly area, the main force was immediately dispatched to surround the French army.

At that time, Chu Tiange, having recognized Rommel's plan to "siege the city and fight for aid", overestimated the combat power of the North African Expeditionary Force and couldn't bear the noise of Emposs, so he led the main force to march northward. enemy.Chu Tiange raised his troops lightly. On the one hand, he was confident that the North African Expeditionary Force would be able to withstand Rommel's "siege and aid" plan. On the other hand, he believed that this was a great opportunity to annihilate the German North African Army.Before the attack, he called the Allied North African Command, informed Montgomery of the battle situation, and suggested that as long as Montgomery could send a force to outflank the German army, it would be possible to surround the German North African Army and annihilate it.

Chu Tiange took it for granted.

(End of this chapter)