It is okay for the Kimchi Army to fight with the wind and follow the Ming Dynasty King's army to drink soup, but if they are to fight a tough battle, even if they perform the task of in-situ defense, there is a question mark as to whether they can complete it.
Among the coalition forces, the Ming Dynasty King's Division undoubtedly has the highest combat effectiveness, followed by the Japanese Army and the Grassland Cavalry. The Kimchi Army, which has just arrived, can only be at the bottom, and there is no suspense at all.
Zhang Huangyan didn't plan to send the Kimchi Army to the battlefield at first, but he couldn't bear to decide that this time it would be a battle. There was indeed a shortage of people on the front line, and the face of Kimchi's top management had to be taken into consideration.
The dignitaries in Seoul desperately wanted to catch up with the contribution of the Tokugawa generals to the Ming emperor in all aspects. They first sent beautiful women, but they were returned because they were unqualified...
Then they pinned their hopes on things like iron ore, ginseng, and gold. Seeing that the Japanese country could always benefit from following the expedition of the Ming Dynasty king, they naturally did not want to be left behind.
The direct consequence of this is that the second line of the battlefield is full of pickle soldiers who are strong on the outside but good on the inside. They can fool people by posing for photos, but if there is a real fight, then...
Facing the rampage of the dying armored troops of the Holy Roman Empire, the entire Kimchi Army suddenly became panicked.
The opponent launched only one charge, tore through the defense line of the 5th Brigade of the Kimchi Second Army, and continued to advance towards the hinterland.
Although the veterans are fighting back, they are really desperate if they can't hold off the enemy, and the performance of the heavy equipment is not bad.
Most of the recruits who had never seen blood or dead people were stunned by the tragic scene, their minds were in a trance, and they almost forgot what they were here for.
"Ah Xiba! Block the gap for me!"
Battalion Commander Song Gangren held an assault rifle and loudly ordered his men. If he hadn't been near the line of fire, these guys would have been overwhelmed by the opponent.
Everyone also wanted to block the opening, but the enemy's firepower was too fierce. The swarms of shells and bullets made it impossible for flesh and blood to resist.
Those with missing arms and legs, those whose heads and bodies were separated, and those whose stomachs were disemboweled by a single piece were everywhere on the battlefield. The bloody scenes were already similar to those in a slaughterhouse.
"Say it again! Don't back away!"
Before Song Gangren could finish speaking, he saw several of his subordinates running into the smoke behind them. It seemed that they had already done what they had been told before.
There was no need for him to do it himself. Soon, bursts of machine gun fire and the sound of some people screaming came from the smoke. You didn't need to think about it to know what happened.
After the gunfire, some people kept calling for help, hoping to get help from their comrades.
At this time, if you stay where you are and fight, you may still have a chance to survive.
Once you run backwards, you may be beaten directly into a sieve by the machine gunners of the overlord country.
Such people will be regarded as deserters and will either be shot dead on the spot, or they will become slaves after the war and work in the mines for ten years without pay!
Of course, you can also choose a method that does not punish the public, that is, the whole brigade mutiny!
However, doing so would be tantamount to surrendering to the enemy and treason, and senior officers such as brigade commander Che Tai'an would definitely not agree.
Your family and property are all in your homeland. If you surrender to the enemy and treason, you will end up with no way out!
What's more, Che Tai'an is the great-grandson of President Cha Zaizhen, so he can't come here with confidence.
If he does something treasonous and the old man cannot explain it to the Ming Emperor, then he will be stabbed directly.
It doesn't matter if the fifth brigade retreats, but it will cause the Ming Dynasty King's Division behind them to suffer huge losses.
You can't just say sorry afterwards. Planes are worth much more than people.
What's even more fatal is that it leaves a bad impression on the Ming Emperor that the entire Kimchi Army is unreliable.
It will be difficult to predict the relationship between the two countries in the future, especially when the economy of Kimchi Country is completely dependent on the suzerain country.
More than 80% of the metal ores and semi-finished products produced by the Kimchi Country will be exported to the suzerain country. If the other country stops importing them for one year, it will have huge side effects.
In turn, Kimchi Country has to import hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain from the suzerain country every year, and about half of the country's population depends on the suzerain country for feeding...
Those who disobey orders on the battlefield, especially those who run away from the battlefield, will have only one fate.
Because the stakes were so high, brigade commander Che Tai'an was also supervising the battle on the second line, which was less than a hundred meters away from the first line.
Seeing that his own defense line was like paper, Che Tai'an suddenly became angry.
Before, he thought that the combat effectiveness of his unit should be no less than that of the Japanese army, and at least in-situ defense would not be a big problem.
Now it seems that the problem is not that it is not a big problem, but that it is a huge problem!
Not even the enemy's armored forces could withstand the first attack. The entire defense line was torn open in nearly ten holes, large and small.
The results of the battle were quite rewarding, but if the mission could not be completed, the results alone could not absolve oneself from the blame.
What made him feel even more humiliated was that when he saw the first line of defense being breached by the enemy, some people on the second line of defense were actually frightened and ran away.
It would be okay if he slipped away, but the key is that he didn't slip away and was wounded and captured by the military commander's supervising team.
According to reports, there are also several relatives of Seoul dignitaries.
They originally came to gild melee combat skills, but in the end they were not gilded, and they might even be skinned!
Right now, Tai'an is worried enough to save his own life, so he doesn't even care about these scum and idiots.
"Continue the attack!"
Just one attack tore through the yellow-skinned monkey's defense, which made Marshal Fritz very happy.
It seems that the defense of the local defenders of Nuremberg was indeed a bluff, and the defense line seemed to be in vain.
Even if it was not the yellow-skinned monkeys who were defeated, but just their army of servants, it would still be a glorious victory worthy of being recorded in history.
If it is really the Yellow-skinned Monkey's servant army stationed in the local area, it means that the Yellow-skinned Monkey's troops in Nuremberg are empty, and he is here.
Victory or defeat depends on this!
Otherwise, there is no turning back, and the Second Army must fight to the end.
If the battle could continue until midnight, they might be able to retreat under the cover of darkness.
When the "Imperial Guards" rushed into the enemy's position, the "Paladins" and "Crusaders" also followed.
Behind the three tanks were a large number of infantrymen jumping from armored vehicles and trucks. Their appearance made the yellow-skinned monkey vulnerable from both sides.
Especially seeing the panicked look of the yellow-skinned monkey greatly cheered up the imperial soldiers who had been demoralized by repeated air raids.
Everyone suddenly discovered that the yellow-skinned monkeys only relied on air strikes. When it came to hand-to-hand combat, they would show their true colors, and it would be easy to deal with them.
After throwing a round of grenades, the infantry of the Holy Roman Empire began to charge towards the engine group of the Yellow-skinned Monkey's position, and the effect was very good.
Even they themselves couldn't believe that the opponent's fighting spirit was so slack, and even showed a timid expression, as if they were afraid of being stabbed to death with a bayonet.
In hand-to-hand combat, the more you fear death, the more likely you are to die, because it is difficult to use your full combat power because of fear.
Until now, the Kimchi soldiers have completely forgotten the saying "When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins"!
Basically, fight if you can, and run if you can't.
But this is not the kite-flying tactic of the prairie cavalry, which can use the range advantage of bows and arrows to tease the enemy's infantry.
Once the pickle infantry flees to the rear, it is equivalent to leaving their own backs as a living target for the opponent!
People who were shot in the back appeared one after another, and they died even faster than those who were still shooting at the enemy after the war.
Because of the existence of these cowards, the defense line finally collapsed.
Originally, the fifth brigade still had a hundred tanks, and the seventh brigade supported fifty tanks.
During the melee, these tanks did not play their due role. Instead, they were destroyed one after another by the tanks and infantry of the Holy Roman Empire.
The Kimchi soldiers are desperately running backwards, and the Kimchi tanks are desperately reversing. It’s really a battlefield spectacle!
"Brigadier, we can't stand it anymore!"
Song Gangren was shot in the arm. It was not that he didn't want to defend, but the people in front of him were already dead and he could not escape.
"you……"
Che Tai'an was almost angry to death. How could he have the nerve to say this?
Seeing Army Commander Wu Weiming, do you dare to say that we can't stand it anymore and we should escape quickly?
One hundred and fifty tanks, hundreds of artillery pieces, and five thousand soldiers were blown away like dandelions by the enemy?
Even if he survives to the end of the war and gets the lightest punishment, he still has to be beaten to the end, right?
"Brigadier, how about we go to the second line and organize a counterattack?"
Song Gangren's face turned dark when he saw his boss, and he hurriedly found a reasonable excuse.
"This is the second line! Pass my order and organize everyone to fight back on the spot. Behind us are the machine guns of the supervising team. If we run any further, we will all die!"
Che Tai'an might be merciful and unwilling to massacre his soldiers, but Wu Weiming would not be so merciful. Maybe people thought that deserters should be killed.
In fact, no one has time to continue running away. No matter how fast a person's two legs run, they can't run faster than bullets.
The artillery shells fired by the enemy tanks have already reached the airport, and from time to time you can see groups of fire appearing in the white mist.
The extent of the damage is unknown now, but the airport was indeed attacked, and Che Taian was really anxious now.
The situation of the Sixth Brigade commanded by Zhang Haozhe is not much better. The defense line of the brigade has turned into a standard vegetable market.
A certain wise battalion commander racked his brains and came up with a good way to block the enemy's advance.
That is to release smoke bombs on the position so that the opponent cannot identify the target.
Then……
The purest melee in history occurred!
Our tanks and soldiers and the enemy's tanks and soldiers were all in the smoke, and both sides relied on firelight and sound to determine the other's position.
Before it gets dark, the two sides start fighting blindly. If you are lucky, you can kill some enemies, which also leads to the common occurrence of cannibalism.
For most soldiers of the 6th Brigade, they did not know whether they were hitting an enemy or a friend, or whether they were hit. Instead, they stayed where they were, shooting and throwing grenades.
The battle situation can be described as maybe, possibly, probably, or almost, because when all the battalions of the entire brigade released smoke grenades, no one knew the results of their respective battles.
Shooting into the smoke, most people can't do such a genius thing, and they become more and more enthusiastic, almost immersed in it, unable to extricate themselves...
Wu Weiming, who was supervising the battle at the airport, saw clearly that of the two brigade commanders under his command, one was defeated by the enemy in one blow, and the other was confused by his own men. They were two "big smarts"!
Fortunately, all the bombers turned around and flew away. I really expected them to defend the airport. I am afraid that in the end, even the aircraft and the tens of thousands of people under their command would be killed by the enemy!
Wu Weiming did not withdraw because he had received news via radio that his 19th Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 4th Japanese Brigade had arrived on the battlefield.
Anyway, if you already have this kind of virtue, then just go to the Northeast to stew, use the airport as bait, and annihilate the invading enemies here in one fell swoop.
However, both men and horses need to move quickly. It is the sunset now, and it will be dark in an hour at most. After nightfall, the enemy who succeeds is very likely to give up the fight and run away.
As the first Holy Roman Empire tank appeared on the airport outside Nuremberg, it marked that the frontal defense line composed of two Pickle Brigades was completely penetrated.
Fortunately, there were only some "organ donors" left at the airport whose main components had been removed, and all types of combat aircraft that could be transferred to other places had long since disappeared.
Even so, this was the first time that the Holy Roman Empire entered an airport controlled by the Ming army during a counterattack, which cannot be said to be unsurprising.
Marshal Fritz planned to end the battle within fifteen minutes, and then lead his troops to retreat westward at sunset, the faster the better.
The sky-high flames at the airport had proved that the Second Army's trip was worthwhile and it had indeed achieved something.
The price paid before is worth it. After all, there is no victory without sacrifice.
They were still far from the final victory, but Ming and Japanese reinforcements were close at hand.
According to the development of the war situation, Wu Weiming has changed the goal of the campaign.
Instead of blocking the enemy outside the airport, use the airport as a bait to annihilate the invading enemy.
Because if there is no change, there will be no way to restore the situation of the Kimchi two brigades responsible for frontal defense being completely defeated.
The combined combat effectiveness of these two brigades may not be as good as a Japanese brigade, let alone the fighting will.
The offense doesn't work, and the defense doesn't work either!
It can only be regarded as following the coalition forces to earn a living. It is a high-purity waste!
Resistance was symbolic, and fleeing was their real idea, and they put it into action.
Wu Weiming couldn't blame these two idiot brigade commanders now. The airport was not only an open area, but also a flat land.
It is especially suitable for tanks to have fun on, not to mention that they are enemy tanks.
The defenders could only use temporarily dug gun positions and hangars to resist, and there was nothing they could do if they couldn't stop it.
Wu Weiming only had a few battalions of Wang Division soldiers, which were pieced together from guard battalions, air defense battalions, cooking battalions, reconnaissance battalions, health battalions and other units.
The important thing is that the military headquarters is not equipped with heavy tanks that can crush the opponent, which means they can only defend in place and cannot carry out counterattacks.
Fortunately, there are also many rocket launchers and smoke grenades. Individual soldiers can use the interference of smoke to take advantage of the chaos and kill enemy tanks that break into the airport.
This is definitely not a long-term solution. The purpose of doing this is to delay time and lay the foundation for reinforcements to come up and make dumplings.
"Commander! It's too dangerous here! You should still..."
"Danger? If I run away, wouldn't it be more dangerous to go see the commander? Why don't I hold it back! Reinforcements have arrived!"
Pickles can't be counted on, so Wu Weiming can only go into battle in person. Whether he can do it or not depends on this tremor!
