Chapter 1287: Race against time
As a result, after such an adjustment, the number of air forces of the Allies in the Middle East seems to have remained unchanged, but the quality has declined. This seemingly valuable front-line force was withdrawn to deal with possible threats, and many people were puzzled, especially the army, which was about to face a big war, opposed this plan, but soon the information revealed by the navy made the army breathe a sigh of relief. Because Count Spee assured that in the next 2 weeks, the siege of the Iranian fleet would be known. The four aircraft carriers that have been transferred back will be put into the Middle East theater, at least their carrier-based aircraft wings will be transferred over to make up for the vacuum after the transfer of the air force's combat strength.
The Germans were not fools, on the contrary, when the Luftwaffe and Navy planes violently beat the British, the German Army began to adjust its deployment. This is not to say that Germany was well aware of the attrition of the Chinese Army, but that when Guderian was unable to break through the American defense line and an armored division in the west was defeated, this was the weakest time for the German Army, and there was no reason why the Chinese Army should not take advantage of this opportunity. To Huaxia's surprise, when the British Air Force was heavily damaged and Manstein's department saw that victory was on the horizon, an order from the Army General Staff ordered Manstein to retreat quickly.
Guderian also drew a considerable part of the elite south, and the two German armies began to concentrate their forces to form a powerful southern battle group. "The Austrians and the Turks are not credible, if they want to defeat Huaxia, they can only rely on us, the battle situation is in a very delicate stage, the victory and defeat are between the first line, we will transfer two more armored divisions from Europe by transport ships, respectively the tenth and eleventh armored divisions, they will attack from the south with you, and the other two armored divisions will enter the two river valleys from Asia Minor at a later date, they will attack from the north, the air force can only guarantee to support us as much as possible, and in the end we will have to rely on ourselves!" Hindenburg said this in a telegram.
China is fighting, why don't the Germans fight again? Long after the defeat of the 5th Panzer Division. The 10th Panzer Division began to prepare for shipment to the Middle East. And when it became known that a new armored brigade had entered the battlefield in China, the General Staff decisively added another armored division, so that the Germans on the southern front would have 4 armored divisions. They will block the sharpest wave of attacks from China with the Austro-Hungarian and Turkish forces! If you include the armored forces of these two countries, the total number of tanks is estimated to have exceeded the 1500 mark! And the number of tanks on the other side should be just over a thousand at most. After all, the quantity and quality of tanks of the two Iranian divisions will definitely not be the same as that of the Huaxia Genuine Armored Division. Coupled with a large number of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guns, the Germans thought that even without the support of the Air Force, if they did not talk about victory, at least it would not be a big problem to fight each other, right? The Germans had this in mind.
"It's bound to be a bloody battle, regardless of the final outcome. Both sides will pay a very heavy price, and the two river basins may repeat the situation of the Battle of the Somme in World War 1. While the Germans adjusted their plans, Xu Jie was also constantly weighing the balance of power between the two sides, although he had invested almost all his strength, but he felt uncomfortable at the thought of nearly 100,000 Chinese men who would spill blood on the battlefield in a foreign land, and the last land war probably went back to more than 20 years ago!
"Pull the Russians up too! It's always good to have more people to share the damage, we gave so much to the Russians, they should also pay some, right? In the end, Xu Jie threw another hole card in his hand that did not belong to Huaxia on the table! Since the end of the Second Sino-Russian War, the biggest bet on the Chinese military has finally been placed, and the wheel of fate is about to start spinning. Both China and Germany believe that they will be the victors! Neither side will let go easily, so in that case, leave everything to Fire and Sword!
Both sides are racing against time to make final preparations, with convoys of convoys coming from mainland China in Iranian coastal ports and German-controlled Basra and Faw. All berths were moored with merchant ships ready to unload their cargo, and the storage yards of the port were filled with all kinds of supplies and equipment. As for the fighters, they rushed directly to the front line by transport planes. And directly from the warehouse, the hoarded tanks and weapons were armed on the spot.
A convoy of tens of thousands of tanks, armored vehicles and automobiles of various types drove out of the assembly area like a torrent of steel. The earthy yellow convoy and the rising smoke and dust can be seen from dozens of kilometers in the air, and the teams of vehicles walk on the open area like earthy yellow dragons. In the air, the covering force composed of Foxbat fighters and Shicha Falcon fighters held up the air defense umbrella of the troops, and tens of thousands of vehicles of various types of four armored divisions rushed towards the Allied positions like an impregnable wall.
At the same time, the Austro-Hungarian and Turkish forces chose to retreat, and Schrager had no idea of a field battle with Huaxia in the field. Even if there are bunkers and fortifications, the other side can choose to run over or go around, and the Austrians are instigated at the critical moment, so the Turks will have no courage to fight with the armored spearhead of the Chinese army. When the four armored divisions of the Chinese and Iranian coalition forces attacked in great strides, the Austrian and Turkish teams chose to retreat. And the consequences of this were even more unexpected by the Allies.
"Huaxia is finally going to do it?" Roosevelt was relieved when he looked at the documents Marshall had just delivered. This not only meant that China had finally decided to enter the war on a large scale, but also gave hope to the Allies, who were weak on land. Since the beginning of World War I, the mighty German Army has always been a mountain above the heads of the Entente, and in the 5-year war, the German Army killed Russia and forced Britain, America and France to draw! On the strength of the army. France is currently the strongest of the three Entente powers, and the French were obviously frightened in World War 1 and huddled on their home turbulence without moving, so that the only thing the Entente could count on in the land war in the whole of Asia was Huaxia. Of course the Americans gave a sigh of relief to the main appearance now!
"In addition, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has just sent a telegram asking about the next steps, since the British have no longer been able to achieve their goals in Iran, and the British mean a gradual withdrawal from Iran. And hope that we will persuade Huaxia to abandon its actions in Iran. The smile on Roosevelt's face had not yet receded, and Marshall's other message made the former uneasy.
"When is it? The British are still so self-conscious, is it really still an era of peace maintained by the British Empire? Roosevelt snorted. What the British thought was well known to the Americans. If the Germans are a real threat to India, then Iran, supported by China, is a huge potential threat to India's colonial system and even the future pattern of the Middle East! If China and the Entente win in the future, then in the face of a blank Middle East, China, which has Iran as an important bridgehead, will inevitably have the upper hand in the process of expansion, and when the great enemy is gone, who knows whether China will turn its attention to India? Therefore, the British idea is that if they can't get it, then Huaxia can't get it. After pushing the Germans out, everyone will redistribute the interests of the Middle East.
In fact, in addition to long-term concerns, the British have short-term interests in doing so, and if the current Iranian regime supported by China is preserved, then in order to maintain it. Huaxia would inevitably have stationed some of its troops in northern Iran, and the British feared that this would affect Huaxia's strength in the future Indian garrison. Marshall, who was on the sidelines, defended the British.
"But at the same time, we also have an additional front, and the Chinese Army in northern Iran will be the sword of Damocles hanging over the German passage. In general, as long as Huaxia is willing to do everything in their power to help us, no matter what they do in Iran, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for us. Why should we be unhappy about these trivial issues with one of our most important allies? Roosevelt smiled and vetoed the British's proposal. It is not that Roosevelt had a good impression of China, on the contrary, he can clearly realize that once the Germans fall, then the only person in the world who can compete with the United States in the future is Huaxia. However, it should also be noted that at present, apart from the United States, the only one that can provoke the banner against Germany is China, and the strength of the British is still weaker than that of the United States and China.
"Huaxia is still our most important ally, and told the British that the troops of the United States of America in Iran would do their best to help Huaxia. As for the British? Let them go! Roosevelt was not good because of the reaction of the British, but even because he was very unhappy with the British Empire's style of being the best in the world!
Most of the time, the United States is still more interesting to its allies. At Roosevelt's behest. The U.S. military in Iran has also opened their material warehouses to China, not to mention being the most industrially powerful country on the planet. The Americans still have a lot of good things, especially in radio and electronics, and their strong strength has shocked both the British and the Chinese!
"Americans are really dishonest, crying poor while hiding so many good things." An officer muttered quietly after handing over a list of U.S. military aid to Mr. Xu.
"We've done this kind of thing in China. What's more, the Americans are very good about our Huaxia, it would be good to be able to take it out, what else to find fault with? Xu Huaide shook his head with a smile. The strong support of the Americans surprised most people, although there are not many hard weapons such as artillery and machine guns, but there are a lot of electronic equipment and communication equipment! It can even be described as extravagant!
"Americans' electronic devices are all sold by the pound!" After looking at an American armored reconnaissance vehicle, a Chinese officer made such an exclamation. You can even smell a strong sour smell in it! A reconnaissance vehicle weighing less than 10 tons was actually equipped with a short-range line-of-sight radio station and a long-range radio station. The long-range radio station can not only communicate with friendly forces within a range of 80KM by telegraph, but also directly use the talk mode to get in touch with the artillery. Next to the car body, there is also an M209 cipher machine, which is terrifying because the 6 rotors inside can be adjusted at will. You must know that even if the history is down, even if it is late. It also took about 3 days for the British to decipher the German code. And the Americans' cipher machines change every day, which is basically impossible to decipher!
Not only armored vehicles, but even reconnaissance jeeps are equipped with radio stations and short-range portable radio walkovers! The Jeep squad can communicate with each other, and it is also very convenient to communicate with superiors. This networked communication system is based on a large number of radio equipment. Speed up the speed of information transmission!
In addition to a large number of high-performance communication equipment, the Americans are also amazing in terms of radar, and even the British people are shocked by the anti-jamming performance and small size of the American radar after looking at the American radar. And some British technical officers claimed that if Britain was equipped with American-style radars, it would not be at a loss in the face of this interference carried out by the Germans! While the British were still using single-band radars, the Americans had begun to use multiple frequency bands and could complete frequency hopping relatively quickly. At the same time, the U.S. radar also has some lobe and filtering equipment. It has strong adaptability to medium and low-altitude targets and electronic interference.
But the most terrifying thing is the high maneuverability of the American radar! The Americans' small mobile radar can maneuver quickly with only three trailers, one equipped with a control system and radar antenna, another is a generator, and the last one carries spare tools and operators. Although the performance of these radars cannot be compared with large land-based radars, their high mobility has an irreplaceable role in field air defense. (The United States did have anti-aircraft radars that could maneuver quickly in World War II.) With this set of radars, coupled with specialized air force guides and fighters patrolling over the battlefield, the air defense capabilities of the field forces will be multiplied!
In addition to these big guys, Americans are also taller than some small but equally practical things. The Air Force is very appreciative of a warning device called a sentry. This thing weighs only a few kilograms, can be installed in the tail of the aircraft, when there is an enemy aircraft behind them into a certain conical area within a kilometer, this system can provide early warning for the pilot, you must know that from the actual combat point of view, more than half of the downed pilots do not know where the attack came from, and no matter how good the cockpit design will appear in the tail of the aircraft will have a certain blind spot, even the P51D, which is known as the best vision of the propeller aircraft in later generations. And this little thing makes up for the problem of rearview vision to a certain extent, although sometimes there are false positives, but the actual combat value of this thing cannot be denied (historically, the P47 has been equipped with similar equipment. )
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