At the same time, however, Schrager's Austro-Hungarian corps made a breakthrough on the Western Front, relying on a huge superiority in troops, Schrager's troops successfully defeated two Iranian divisions, although at the same time they paid some costs, but in Schrager's opinion, it was all worth it. He believed that in terms of the size of the troops, all the reserves of China together were not enough for one division, and even the elite troops of China wanted to resist 4 Austro-Hungarian elite divisions and 1 Turkish division (although there were already some losses. That's absolutely impossible. In his opinion, the probability of finally breaking through the opponent's defense is much greater than that of Guderian.

"War is never an opportunistic victory, and Guderian rushed thousands of miles with a fast army to the enemy's base camp, only to be smashed in front of an armored battalion. It's ridiculous. Schrager also saw Guderian's report later in the day. The words were full of sarcasm.

And Schrager shares the same view as Peng Yi. On one side was Guderian's department, which lacked the cooperation of other troops, and this army was estimated to have not even half a division. Lacking heavy artillery and infantry, it has good mobility, but it has a very good ability to attack fortifications. And the lone army goes deep, and over time, the combat effectiveness will gradually decay. On the other hand, it is a fully equipped legion. Nearly 5 divisions, supported by the Austro-Hungarian Air Force, had a powerful artillery and a large number of infantry. Guderian's troops were like a bee, agile and painful to sting, but not deadly. And the Austrians are like a bad wolf. At any moment, he will pounce and bite his throat.

"Let Tian Yong provide some support to General Gallen, and in a maximum of 2 days, I will draw a force from the front line to restore the line of communication. At that time, Tian Yong will be able to fully support General Gallen's Russian ** regiment. In addition, contact General Qin Yue, in addition to leaving a certain number of fighters on the frontal battlefield, the rest of the main force launched an attack on the Austro-Hungarian army. Eventually, Peng Yi gave the order, and at this point, when the Germans in front had been heavily damaged, Huaxia began to target the Austro-Hungarian army.

"The Confederates have a huge number of troops in the valley of the two rivers, and in Operation Babylon we can only inflict heavy losses on our opponents, but we will not be able to completely defeat any of them. The combat effectiveness of the Iranian regiments was mediocre. Tactically it can even be described as clumsy. The Russians do not know how they will behave. If we want to continue with the established plan, then more troops are needed. After giving orders to the front line, Peng Yi also wrote a report to Xu Jie. To say that it is good is to explain the war situation, and to say that it is difficult to hear is to reinforce the army. By now, with the exception of one remaining armored division and one separate armored brigade in Iran, Peng Yi has emptied all the troops deployed in the Middle East. The number of troops can be described as stretched.

Almost at the same time, Qin Yue, commander-in-chief of the Huaxia Air Force in the Middle East, also said that he couldn't bear it! Although Operation Babylon was well timed, the Luftwaffe and Navy had just fought to the death with the British. Combat effectiveness is almost at a low ebb. But after a long war of attrition, Huaxia is also very tired, if it weren't for the British and Americans, it would be interesting enough, providing a lot of parts and support, (although there are not many British planes left, but there are still a lot of Morin engines in the warehouse, and the cannons and shells are also cheap Huaxia.) I'm afraid that the Huaxia Air Force is now running out of gas.

"When the battle is over, I will make up all the losses for you, and then continue fighting! Fight until the Germans don't want to fight! Xu Jie's call back was very simple, and the simple words were resolute.

"If the intelligence is correct. Then we are only 40 kilometers away from our final goal! There is only one last regiment in front of us, which is said to be the Russian regiment of Chinese origin, formed by the descendants of Denikin's Guards and some Central Asian peoples. A staff officer reported to Schrager.

"Guards?" Hearing the word, Schrager's eyelids couldn't help jumping. As a person who has been fighting on the Eastern Front in World War 1, he is very sensitive to the term Guards, if you put aside the position, only from the perspective of combat effectiveness, Denikin's Guards Corps is definitely the most powerful existence on the entire Eastern Front, even if there are only a few units in the German army on the Eastern Front, there are only a few units that can be compared. In those years, it was not uncommon for a Guards division to chase after three Austrian divisions. Schrager also suffered more than once at the hands of this legion.

"Well, I don't know if the army that is working for Huaxia now can have half the combat effectiveness of that army back then!" Schrager muttered to himself. Realizing that he was a little out of shape, he immediately cleared his distractions and began to think about how to fight the last battle in his eyes! "How many troops can we put in right now, I mean our own corps, not counting the Turks."

"A maximum of two divisions, no more than 30,000 troops. And the use of long-range artillery and aviation is restricted, and we have consumed more than double the limit in the fight with Iranian forces. And part of the capacity had to be used to transport General Lübenin's Bohemian legion. So the replenishment rate is slow. The same was true for the Air Force, where the amount of aviation fuel allocated to us by the Germans was declining, and the various stockpiles were quickly depleted. The staff officer thought for a moment and said. Although the Austro-Hungarian regiment was able to deal with the two Iranian divisions with great vigor and considerable losses in equipment and personnel, the consumption of ammunition and supplies was staggering. After all, Huaxia also gave the Iranians some hard goods, and the Iranians' will to fight is also considered to be in the past, so if you don't want to win with human lives, then victory can only be piled up with shells and materials! Although the Austro-Hungarian army achieved an unprecedented victory, it also showed some fatigue, and more importantly, after the failure of Huaxia's southern attack on Germany, it had turned its attention to this Schrager who was behind the scenes!

"Even if the main force of the German ** regiment on the southern front has been heavily damaged, it still has the size of 5 divisions on paper. It is unrealistic to want to eat it in one bite, but with the cooperation of the Russian ** regiment, it is possible to inflict heavy damage or even completely defeat Schrager's Austro-Hungarian regiment. General Gallen has a division plus a brigade of troops, Tian Yonghe and the other garrisons have nearly a division of troops, plus the troops we have drawn from the front line, as long as we gain a certain amount of time, we can organize a strong enough force. After careful consideration, Peng Yi decided to target Schrager's Austro-Hungarian corps at this stage.

There was a reason why the target of the attack was finally shifted from the Germans to the Austrians, and with the consumption of combat effectiveness, it was impossible to completely eat the German 5 divisions with 3 divisions, in addition to the decline in combat effectiveness, another problem was that the Huaxia Corps was a little far from the logistics base. And the supply lines of the Germans were closer. There is no point in dwelling on the strengths of one or the other. Moreover, Huaxia's ultimate goal is to cut off the Eastern Railway and threaten the Kirkuk oil field, which is the range of defense of the Austro-Hungarian forces, if Huaxia can inflict heavy losses on the opponent in the field. Then it will be much easier to continue to attack the railway line or siege the city in depth. In addition, the Austro-Hungarian regiment killed at the gate of China, and the rear of Huaxia was exposed under the enemy's artillery and had to fight!

For Peng Yi's suggestion. Xu Jie was very supportive, and in order to ensure that the back road of the Austro-Hungarian Army could be quickly and abruptly cut off, after some consideration, Huaxia decided to invest in the airborne troops on a large scale, and the main attack would be the independent airborne first brigade. However, it is difficult to support such a large fleet of aircraft into battle. Iran's airports and fuel reserves are a bit of a struggle. In addition, the issue of escort and coordination of the Airborne Forces also needs to be resolved. But if you can eat all 4 Austro-Hungarian divisions and 1 Turkish division, then it's all worth it!

So inadvertently, the ambitious Schrager was silently remembered by the Huaxia Legion, and behind the thin Russian ** Regiment, Huaxia was concentrating his last strength to prepare to hit the opponent hard. However, there must be a premise for all this, that is, General Gallen's Russian ** regiment can buy enough time, and at the same time, Huaxia can squeeze out a part of the troops to clean up Guderian's troops. Although Tian Yong's troops can be put into battle at any time, in order to make Schrager fight to the end, it is better not to invest this force first.

"The other side still has spare strength at present, and theoretically the other side has 5 divisions of troops. Defeating the Iranian legion will definitely not lose 1 division, and now the enemy in front of him is only about 2 divisions, which means that the opponent still has about half of the troops to invest! They are also hesitating, if our reserves are beyond their imagination, then this remaining force is probably to cover the retreat of the main force. Tian Yong raised his concerns.

"They know we have reserves, but they don't know how many, and Schrager is waiting, waiting for us to play all the cards before we act. In that case, let's call him and get rid of the German troops that have infiltrated from the flanks first. And then back to the trouble of the Austrians. Peng Yi thought for a while and said, "You are responsible for how to fight you, but at most there is an armored battalion and a mechanized infantry battalion, and there is not enough left to make up the number of American and British troops." I don't have much confidence in the Russians either! ”

The last sentence expressed Peng Yi's current worries. There are remaining forces that need to be mobilized, and the counterattack time cannot be delayed indefinitely, on the one hand, because they are worried that the Russians will not be able to withstand it and cause the collapse of the battle line, and on the other hand, they are worried that the other side will see some clues and choose to retreat. Either scenario will lead to the defeat of the battle. Of course, after several battles, Peng Yi determined that the combat effectiveness of the pure German dealer troops was average, at least from the current combat record. Of course, this is not to say that the quality of the German armored forces is not good, but there is some gap between the performance of weapons and the Chinese, and the combat environment is relatively open, and there is no good way except to fight hard. Although the loss of an armored battalion just now made Peng Yi feel painful, he also fully estimated the combat effectiveness of Guderian's troops. With the help of the Air Force, with the main forces of the two battalions in China as the backbone, plus the US and British troops, it is not a big problem!

Ten out of ten things that are unsatisfactory in life**. When the Huaxia Legion sharpened the war knife in its hand and was ready to slash at the Austro-Hungarian Legion at any time, Guderian, who was unwilling to be lonely behind enemy lines, made Peng Yi and the others a little uncomfortable! Although Huaxia had chosen the transportation routes further east to transport supplies and relied on existing stockpiles to maintain the combat effectiveness of the front, there were still many military stations and units along the way that had not had time to evacuate. And these units have become the target of Guderian's attack, and even the opponent is still trying to attack some well-defended areas, if it is not that this has been out of the cover of the Luftwaffe, Guderian's troops have always been under the threat of the Chinese Air Force, he may really have the courage to continue to develop in depth.

In the end, however, the choice of this famous general was beyond almost everyone's expectations, and he dismantled his troops and even moved his combat vehicles into companies alone. Moreover, there were very few tank sorties, and many of them were troops composed of a small number of tanks and a large number of infantry fighting vehicles and half-tracks. This seemed to be very surprising, but after Peng Yi analyzed it carefully, he smiled proudly.

"Guderian has no more food left!" Soon Peng Yi came to such a conclusion, thinking about it, the Luftwaffe is even weaker than the Huaxia Air Force, and it would be good to help Guderian open an opening at this time. Guderian also wants the Air Force to help him with air defense? Isn't that hard for the BF109? No matter how weak the Huaxia Air Force is, it is still no problem to draw out a squadron of Foxbat fighters every day to harass the opponent, and this squadron of Foxbat fighters and the 40 40MM machine guns they carry make Guderian miserable! A truck was scrapped with a single shot. If the tank is lucky, it may leave a hole and continue to walk, and if it is unlucky, such as hitting the engine compartment or gearbox, it will be scrapped. All the time, the Huaxia Air Force was like a knife slowly consuming the combat power of Guderian's department.

If you want a horse to run, you have to give it grass. Since Huaxia wants to let the Russian ** regiment help in defense, then it must not be stingy. AT THIS TIME, HUAXIA ALSO TOOK OUT SOME RESERVE MATERIALS, INCLUDING THREE 155MM CANNON BATTERIES, FOUR 155MM HOWITZER BATTERIES, AS WELL AS A LARGE NUMBER OF 90MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, AND MORE THAN A DOZEN VARIOUS ROCKET LAUNCHERS. Of course, these artillery pieces were only temporarily allocated to the Russians. Subsequently, at the request of the Russians, a large number of 20mm cannons were specially obtained from the air force and installed on small gun mounts as flat-firing weapons. The luxury of the equipment made the Russians, who were accustomed to living a poor life, cry out as local tyrants. As for the supply of ammunition, it is even more fine. When the Russians asked how many base ammunition they could match, Huaxia replied that there are enough shell tubes, and there is only one barrel, so you can do it!

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