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Although the terrain of Kochach is hilly, it is not an Alpine region that is difficult to drive, so both the troops of the 3rd Division sent from China and the American troops originally stationed here are typical heavy mechanized troops.

Due to the small place in Europe, the firepower density of the countries participating in the war is very large, even the German and Soviet armies with a low degree of mechanization have a large number of tanks and various motor vehicles, not to mention the army units of China, Britain and the United States, basically ordinary infantry units are the most basic motorized troops, and the Chinese Army invested in the troops in Europe, the early dozen divisions were all mechanized troops, although some motorized infantry divisions were also invested with the increase in strength in the later period. However, on the whole, China's army units deployed in Europe are still the main essence of the Chinese army, and its degree of mechanization is second to none.

At present, China has only 17 mechanized infantry divisions and 16 armored divisions, which means that only these 33 divisions can be called mechanized troops, and half of these 33 divisions are deployed in the Ninth Army or the Tenth Army in Europe. Therefore, it is not a lie to say that the European garrison concentrates the elite troops of the Chinese Army, not only there are more than a dozen divisions of mechanized troops, but the infantry units that were reinforced in the later period are also elite motorized troops, and the numbers are basically within 100, but they are not the kind of second-line troops with numbers outside 100.

During World War II, the Chinese Army experienced about three large-scale expansions, the first was the expansion before the outbreak of World War II, mainly focused on mobilization, restoring the standing troops to wartime establishments, and the second was around 1940, a large number of local garrison units were reorganized into field troops, with the 67th to 99th Divisions newly reorganized, and at the same time, the 13th and 14th Armored Divisions were newly reorganized, and the 67th Division was built into a mechanized infantry division. The third expansion was in 1943, that is, before China was preparing to declare war on China, mainly to reorganize the newly trained divisions from the 68th Division to the 99th Division into front-line motorized units, and at the same time set up two new armored divisions, the 15th Armored Division and the 16th Armored Division, and the 100th, 101st, and 102nd mechanized infantry divisions. In addition to the expansion of these obvious main combat units, there are actually many auxiliary units, such as the artillery brigade, which has been expanded from 16 before the war to 36 today, and six of them are brand new mechanized artillery brigades. The engineering regiment has also been expanded from the original six to thirteen, of which the newly expanded are all heavy mechanized engineering regiments, like the heavy boat bridge regiment is also newly organized several, the largest expansion is still the transport regiment, although the Chinese army at all levels of troops have their own transport trucks, but in the combat even the mechanized troops' own truck units are unable to meet their own needs, often need the transport support of the superiors, so the army is to set up a large number of transport regiments to be assigned to the army, Even the group army was used to meet the needs of transporting large quantities of materials during wartime, and during the war in the middle of last year alone, the army urgently set up as many as 16 new transport regiments.

In addition to these auxiliary units, there are also a large number of units with a reading force, and these are also the bulk of the army expansion, compared with the hundreds of air defense battalions, special operations battalions, reconnaissance battalions, tank battalions, and other reading units that have been established in the past few years. However, except for a small number of air defense battalions, most of these reading units are assigned to field troops at all levels to fight, which is why China's armies or divisions are often assigned to reading tank battalions and air defense battalions.

The above three major expansions basically laid the overall scale of the Chinese Army before 1945, and after 1945, the Chinese Army was expanded again, although the number of people did not increase this time, but all the remaining garrison troops were prepared to be organized into field troops, which is now superficially completed, that is to say, there is no such establishment of local garrison units that have existed for decades in the Chinese Army today.

As of November 1945, the Chinese Army currently had a total of 150 infantry divisions, 16 armored divisions, three cavalry divisions, and 36 artillery brigades. Among these main forces, 16 armored divisions and 17 mechanized infantry divisions are naturally well-deserved main forces, and the remaining dozens of motorized infantry divisions are also the main components of the Chinese Army, as for the 104th to 150th divisions, the 46 newly reorganized infantry divisions, they are typical second-line troops, and their equipment and training are inferior to the original troops, so they are currently mainly deployed in the newly occupied areas, the Pacific region, and the domestic region. The biggest effect is to free up the main forces to deploy in areas where they are urgently needed. Without the formation of these 40 divisions, the army would not have been able to easily draw a large number of main forces from Central Asia and Siberia to Europe to participate in the war.

Among the more than 100 main divisions in China, more than 30 divisions have been put into Europe, and they are the main essence of the Chinese Army.

Its high degree of mechanization is not only the crown of the Chinese army, but also the world's first.

The third division of these troops is a veteran mechanized unit in China. The 3rd Division was already the trump card unit of the Nationalist Army during the Civil War, and in the following decades, it participated in many foreign wars, which can be described as outstanding combat achievements, and was the first batch of motorized troops in China, as well as the first batch of mechanized troops. The prestige in the country is not inferior to the 9th and 1st divisions, which are several other ace troops.

"Although our mission this time is to cooperate with the Austrian Wehrmacht, the combat effectiveness of the Austrian Wehrmacht is obvious to all, and it is almost impossible for them to take down the heavily guarded Kochach, so we still have to come to the main task, and the Sixth Division of the Austrian Wehrmacht can take care of our rear road and cooperate with us in the battle at the same time!" In a small valley six or seven kilometers away from Kechahe, in this small valley full of all kinds of mechanical vehicles, on the top of several simple tables, Lieutenant Colonel Zhao Lindong pointed to the map and said: "According to our own reconnaissance and the reconnaissance of our brothers in the Air Force, the enemy we face is a unit of an infantry battalion and at least one tank company of the US army. The detailed number of this unit is not yet known, but according to our overall intelligence, they should belong to the 9th Division of the US Army, which has fought with the Germans in North Africa and Italy, and has rich combat experience and a good level of equipment! ”

"In addition to the more than 1,000 men and less than 20 tanks of the enemy in front of them, it is worth noting that less than two kilometers behind Quechakh, there should be a regiment of American troops deployed here, and at least one tank battalion deployed here, and once a battle breaks out, they can send reinforcements in the vanguard and enter the battle within half an hour, and they can fully commit the strength of a regiment and a tank battalion within an hour. Aside from the factor of air support, the number of enemy troops we need to face is still relatively large! ”

Zhao Lindong said not bad, although the place of Kechach is small, but the US military attaches great importance to it, when Kechach is deployed an infantry battalion and a tank company, and in the rear, there is a regiment and a tank battalion The strength can be reinforced at any time, Zhao Lindong's troops want to take Kechahe, and it is not easy.

Zhao Lindong carefully calculated the strength in his hand, although he had an infantry battalion on hand to use, and he also had a tank battalion to support him, but the number of troops was still not much, and the real numerical advantage had to rely on the Sixth Division of the Austrian Wehrmacht.

However, Zhao Lindong really can't trust the combat effectiveness of the Austrian Wehrmacht, which was formed two months ago, and after Austria announced that it would study from Germany, the Austrian Provisional Republican Axe also formed the Austrian Wehrmacht, and the candidates are some former German retired personnel and newly recruited soldiers, as for weapons and equipment, all Chinese aid. So far, a total of seven divisions have been formed, including two mountain divisions and five infantry divisions. The quality of these newly formed Austrian Wehrmacht forces can only be regarded as mediocre, both in terms of equipment and personnel.

In fact, if the fight really starts, Zhao Lindong can also quickly get a large number of reinforcements, but the problem now is that the upper authorities do not plan to expand the scale of the battle, so it means that Zhao Lindong is unlikely to get a large number of reinforcements in a short period of time, and can only rely on the current forces to fight. As for what will happen next, that's not something he can decide.

Now what he has to do is to use the forces at hand to take down Khachakh as soon as possible, and how to fight after taking it is something that should be considered by the superiors.

"If you fight well this time, you should be able to become a colonel before the end of the war!" Zhao Lindong has considerable expectations for this.

Zhao Lindong had good luck last year, as an infantry battalion major and battalion commander, he participated in the Malaysian campaign, and after conquering Singapore, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. After the war, he was transferred to Central Asia and assigned to the 3rd Division as the commander of the 332nd Infantry Battalion. After the 3rd Division entered Europe to participate in the war, he was temporarily appointed as the deputy commander of the 3rd Division B Battle Group because of his rich combat experience, and also served as the commander of the 332nd Infantry Battalion. In the huge Chinese Army, the commander of the battle group is generally a senior colonel, and there are even examples of junior and major generals serving as commanders, and only holding the post of commander of the battle group with the rank of lieutenant colonel, not to say that there is none, but it is definitely a few.

As the commander of the battle group, if there is no accident, it will not take long to be promoted to colonel, after all, the [***] side implements strict matching of military ranks and positions, and the commander of the battle group is a lieutenant colonel, this kind of thing can only be done occasionally, and it will never become a long-term practice.

Of course, it would be even better if you made another contribution before you were promoted! In the future, we have not crossed the threshold of major generals, which the vast majority of officers cannot cross.

Zhao Lindong is only 43 years old this year, which is the golden age of an officer. The forty-three-year-old lieutenant colonel is not bad, if you are lucky, you will be promoted to colonel next year, the forty-four-year-old colonel, even if it is not too good, can not be compared with those forty-year-old generals, but in the huge Chinese army, it is also considered decent, enough to enter the sight of the military top level as a general to train and promote, even if it is step-by-step before retiring in the future, he can be a major general.

And the early stage of these is that he, Zhao Lindong, has to fight this battle first!

After some tactical arrangements, Zhao Lindong contacted the Sixth Division of the Austrian Wehrmacht for a long time, and after half an hour, he put down the phone: "All departments are ready, the bombing of the air force will start in half an hour, and I have received an order from the division headquarters that we must launch an attack ten minutes after the air raid is launched, and capture Kechach within an hour to end the battle!" ”

In order to control the scale of the battle as much as possible, and at the same time, in order to better create diplomatic pressure, the superiors demanded that Zhao Lindong must fight quickly and ruthlessly, otherwise the Americans would not be able to react, and at the same time, they should also let the Americans see the real combat effectiveness of China's heavy mechanized troops.

Zhao Lindong climbed into his jeep and waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

In an instant, countless tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and vehicles roared, and then quickly swept away to the south!

At the same time, in the sky, more than 30 F6D fighter-bombers were rapidly approaching Khachakh in a mode of medium and low altitude entry under the cover of twelve F12C fighters.

When Zhao Lindong watched the planes roaring overhead, but there were bursts of explosions in the distance, he knew that the battle had officially begun!