"Guderian finally made a good move. This is not good for us now!" Guderian's movement northward cannot escape the eyes of China, whether it is reconnaissance troops, aerial reconnaissance or radio reconnaissance.

You can clearly feel the other party's actions even with the test. But unfortunately, Huaxia

Now we really can't spare the strength to prevent the opponent's rendezvous. The reinforcements raised from the three divisions on the front line have not set off yet. The support troops from the United States and Britain can harass them, but if we go head-to-head, it will be like eggs and stones. In the face of mobility,

The relatively strong German army wants to leave, but there is really no way to stop them!

Once the two Allied forces merged, the pressure on General Gallon increased greatly. Until now, the Russian Army had tried its best. After consuming a large number of armored units of the Austro-Hungarian Army, it finally broke the opponent's sword.

As a result, Gu arrived in time

The German Army has made up for this shortcoming again. The Russian Army has been exhausted. Although it still retains an armored battalion, this battalion is used for counterattacks and cannot be easily defeated. After the armored forces have been strengthened, the second line of defense

I'm afraid I can't hold it any longer!

And more importantly, the addition of Guderian also had a great impact on Tian Yong's outflanking and the airborne troops' blocking of the gap. Tian Yong's troops were only one mechanized infantry division at full strength, and they had already dealt with the Austrians.

It’s a bit difficult. The so-called victory is still based on the supply base of the Austro-Hungarian Army being taken away by paratroopers.

If Guderian joins, the assault force of the Austro-Hungarian Army will be very powerful. It will be too tragic if the paratroopers who just came down encounter the armored troops. Xu Jie bets that China's airborne landing will definitely be

It was worse than the German airborne landing on Crete and the Allied forces’ Operation Market-Garden in the late World War II!

Don't look at China's plan to airborne a brigade this time. However, the combat effectiveness of the airborne troops without many heavy weapons is not at the same level as that of the fully-organized armored troops! Historically, in Operation Market-Garden, the disabled German armored troops had a devastating impact on the Allies.

Paratroopers have an overwhelming advantage. As long as the opponent reacts quickly enough, paratroopers' airdrop behind enemy lines will not be of much use. Instead, they will lose a group of elite infantry. Once the rear is stabilized, several divisions of Allied troops will be close to them.

There is still a chance to protect ourselves together.

Fortunately, it will take some time for Guderian and the Austro-Hungarian Army to converge. The two sides need to contact each other on specific command and operational coordination, and considering the obstruction of the Chinese Air Force and its own fuel limitations along the way, Guderian will still need some time.

It will take time to join forces with Schrager. Therefore, if China launches a counterattack first, there is hope that the Austro-Hungarian Army will be weakened before Guderian arrives. However, this plan is also a double-edged sword. Although the Austro-Hungarian Army will suffer certain

beat

attack, but it is far from being exhausted. If the counterattack is not done well at this time, it will be self-defeating. And if Tian Yongshi is seriously injured, the consequences will be really terrible. The logistics base is under the opponent's gun.

, causing instability across the board. It is difficult to say whether the three southern armored divisions can return to Iran. If Operation Babylon fails, then China’s strategy in Iran can be said to have failed for the most part! It will be difficult for China to return to Iran in a short period of time.

Such an army has been assembled.

The huge risks and benefits are like twins. Peng Yi is always undecided. Although the Chinese Army advocates offense, the certainty of this operation is really not very high. After communicating with Qin Yue, the latter also said that the fleet on the front line

It is impossible to increase the number. If the Chinese Air Force exerts its full force, it can gain air superiority. But it is difficult to say how badly it will defeat the opponent with its air firepower.

"It's time to move our strategic bomber force in Central Asia! Tell the United States and Britain to let them share the use rights of some airports with us. This time we have to show our attitude!" Xu Jie, who was far away in Beijing, finally helped Peng Yi

He and Qin Yue made up their minds. The so-called authorities are confused, but bystanders know clearly. Judging from this battle, China only severely damaged the German army, but it did not break the bones. If the Austro-Hungarian army cannot be defeated

If all the regiments are wiped out in one go, China's legions in the Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia will still receive threats from two directions. With the preparation of the two German divisions in the north, the opponent's attack directions will become three. By then, China will

The operation can be said to be difficult. As the front is further lengthened, the troop density will continue to decrease. By then, how will China respond to attacks from all directions?

In Xu Jie's view, the key point of this Middle East campaign has arrived. If we don't fight now, how long will it take? The strategic bomber force placed on the other side of the Caspian Sea is a deterrent. Before the table is turned, Xu Jie

Jie did not dare to attack the oil fields in the Transcaucasus easily.

In this case, it is better to allocate part of the force to bomb Schrager's rear base and transportation lines. Although the accuracy will be relatively low, as long as the number is large enough and the altitude is lowered, coupled with carpet bombing, the tanks cannot be bombed.

Just target infantry and transport vehicles!

Xu Jie's will was quickly transmitted to the Iranian Theater and the Central Asian Military Region. Peng Yi and Qin Yue saw that their boss had given the order, so they had nothing to say, especially after receiving help from the Chinese Air Force's strategic bomber force, they were confident

It's quite enough. Qin Yue is even more

It said that the Austro-Hungarian Air Force could be cleared from the battlefield. At the same time, the airports in the two military regions were also busy. Even the United Kingdom and the United States were preparing airports and fuel for the Chinese strategic bomber force in order to ensure the bomb load and stay in the air.

Time, China started from the Caspian Sea coast

Some strategic bombers taking off from the airport will not return directly to the base, but will be refueled in Iran before returning. In this case, each strategic bomber can hold at least about 3 tons of bombs. According to the plan of the Chinese Air Force, after the future campaign begins

,magnificent

Xia will maintain an air strike intensity of about 150 sorties per day for at least 5 days, which means that at least 400 tons of bombs will be dropped every day! Coupled with the number of frontline attack aircraft belonging to Qin Yue, every mechanical unit of Schrager can be assigned

Hundreds of kilograms of bombs!

"Do everything you can to support the army. Don't be afraid of damage. The opponent's air force will not appear within your visual range. Their anti-aircraft guns are few and scattered, and their air-to-air radars are even rarer. All you have to do is to lower the altitude as much as possible.

, fly over the opponent's head and drop the bomb!" Before departure, Colonel Duan Tianming, the bomber wing commander who led the load, said to his group commander and squadron commander. The Chinese Strategic Bomber Squadron has

16 bombers can form a complete box formation. Then 4 squadrons are organized into a group, and 3 groups are organized into a wing. In order to ensure the victory of this battle, the Chinese Strategic Air Force is required to improve bombing accuracy as much as possible, in addition to

In addition to bombs, these aircraft, which are covered with m2 machine guns, will also mop up ground units. Some bombers are even equipped with 105mm light howitzers to deal with ground targets.

In addition to the bomber units, the Chinese airborne troops also began to prepare. These airborne troops first arrived in Iran by boat, and then took transport planes and gliders at the rear airport to the airborne area. Like the German airborne troops, the first Chinese airborne troops participating in the war this time

The Fifth Air Assault Brigade is also the leader among Chinese infantry. Although it does not have heavy equipment, its light weapons and light vehicles are top-notch. And considering that they may encounter various armored units this time, they are also specially equipped with vehicle-mounted recoilless guns and

Armor-breaking bullets. They even came up with the Chinese version of Iron Fist and Tank Killer! These new weapons were named rpg1 and rpg2 by Xu Jie, a time traveler (different from the historical ones.) rpg1 is a disposable rocket launcher with a range of 90

meters. The armor-piercing depth is 120mm. The latter is a reloadable rocket launcher. The range is 150 meters. The armor-piercing depth is 150mm! Such a powerful power can be said to penetrate almost all armored vehicles, of course, the premise is that it can be shot out.

In order to ensure the mobility of the troops, the gliders of the Fifth Air Assault Brigade are also equipped with 1/4-ton small jeeps. These jeeps are of great use and can carry 12.7mm large-caliber machine guns, 80mm mortars, and 107mm guerrilla weapons.

Rocket launchers and recoilless guns. Basically, it can carry all the weapons used by paratroopers. It greatly improves the flexibility of paratroopers. A brigade of about 4,000 troops will conduct air operations in two batches.

They do not need to fight desperately to block the opponent's retreat. (You can't stop it either.) As long as you can destroy the opponent's supplies and transportation as much as possible, and lay out minefields on the road to hinder the opponent.

Just retreat. They can even take the initiative to attack along the road from the front to Kirkuk, destroying supply depots and military depots along the way. In short, the focus of the Chinese Airborne Forces' operation is not to hinder but to destroy.

As Xu Jie's orders were transmitted to various grassroots units one by one, airports along the Caspian Sea and Iran were in a state of hustle. Ground crews pulled out truckloads of bombs from the airport ammunition depot. Then they carefully placed the bombs.

On the pylon on the belly of the aircraft, the ground crew in charge of the machine gun placed 12.7mm machine gun shells mixed with armor-piercing and incendiary bombs in the turrets of the aircraft.

The crosshair was calibrated and the remote-controlled turret was tested. Strategic bombers have greater fuel requirements. A bomber requires an average of two 3-ton fuel trucks to refuel. In other words, an average sortie requires about 6 tons of fuel. Simply one bomber per day.

The coalition's five-day attack will require at least about 8,000 tons of fuel (including the fuel replenished in Iran). Strategic bombing is indeed something that non-superpowers cannot afford!

In addition to these 150 strategic bombers, a certain number of electronic warfare aircraft also need to be equipped. Although from the intelligence point of view, there should be no hard work nearby, the empty shell of a bomber is worth about US$200,000. In order to ensure safety, escort

Strength is still needed, let alone 8 crew members on a bomber. The strategic bomber wing is in

The airport on the Caspian Sea coast is being prepared, while transport aircraft and gliders are being prepared at the Iranian airport. The first wave of transporting 2,000 people, including equipment and vehicles, will require about 100 various transport aircraft and gliders, but considering that one transport aircraft can tow one

gliders, so there are actually only 50 aircraft taking off. Two airports are completely enough.

China's military communications in Central Asia are generally conveyed by telephone, so even if the Germans deploy electronic warfare aircraft in the Caspian Sea, they cannot know the specific situation. However, from the large-scale dispatch of airports in Iran, the Germans still arrived

The danger is approaching, but they don't know how China will take action this time. At this time, there are not many methods that the Allies can take. After the German air force and navy finish fighting in the air,

After Operation Park, they participated in the war of attrition with the Chinese Air Force without any pause. Until now, the Chinese front-line air force was unable to bear it, and the German Air Force was even more exhausted. The main force of the German army on the southern front was in a confrontation with the three Chinese divisions.

With both sides staring at each other, neither of them could do anything, so the only hope was Schrager's Austro-Hungarian Army. Although the latter was also very tired, it still had strong combat effectiveness.

"I didn't expect that the key to finally breaking the situation would be us!" Schrager couldn't help but be startled after looking at the telegram sent by the Germans. He actually became the last word in the largest battle since World War I. This is

Even Schrager didn't expect it at first. He was instantly surrounded by a huge sense of honor, and

The telegram also said that Guderian's troops would be included in his order of operations after their arrival. This solved Schrager's urgent need. After receiving the supplement, he could finally concentrate enough armor strength to attack the defense line again.

This time, Schrager played all his trump cards, tanks, infantry, long-range artillery and air support.

At the same time, Tian Yong's troops and the Russian Army are also making final preparations. According to the newly formulated plan, Tian Yong's Army will launch an attack from the northeast. They will face the Posi army of Major General Lu Beining who just participated in the battle.

Mia Division, but the combat effectiveness of this division has been greatly reduced after a large amount of heavy equipment was transferred. The problem should not be

Of the three remaining divisions of the Great Austro-Hungarian Army, one was left behind as a reserve. The other two divisions will serve as the main force of the attack after reintegration. Although there are two divisions on paper, they can actually be made up.

A complete armored regiment (120 tanks) and 3 infantry regiments are a good offensive strength, and the rest are heavy artillery and logistics units.

As for Guderian? As of now, they are not in place yet. Schrager has not thought about waiting until the Germans are in place before attacking, but the time is tight and he is afraid of other variables. So his plan is to break through with his own army.

The opponent's last line of defense is then to have Guderian in place to participate in the sweep of the Chinese logistics base, or to resist the counterattack of the Chinese armored forces. In this case, Schrager can launch an attack one day in advance.

In addition to continuing to defend, the Russian Legion will launch a counterattack when the strategic bombers and airborne troops are in place. Cooperate with Tian Yong to eat up the offensive troops. However, at this time, the Russian Legion's combat attrition is also very severe. As a last resort, some logistics

The work was handed over to the Iranians who had gathered together. The final decisive battle was about to begin.
Chapter completed!