Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 719 Battle of Munich

The footsteps of spring are approaching, and the death knell of the Western Qing Empire is also getting closer.

The Ming army moved frequently in February, and the Nordic Front quickly entered Denmark, which was empty of defense, and occupied Copenhagen at the end of February, and landed on the Scandinavian Peninsula.The Qing army stationed in Sweden and Norway was almost like an abandoned son, and there were also many local puppet troops, and there were continuous surrenders to the Ming army.The Ming army took Norway and Sweden without too much trouble.

On the Southern European Front, Gao Ning replaced Shang Zhonghe as commander-in-chief, and Shang Zhonghe replaced Gao Ning and became the newly established Commander-in-Chief of the Western European Front.When Gao Ning came to Italy, he didn't waste any time at all. He directly led the reinforced 28th Army of the Ming Army and the 4th Army of Italy, crossed the Alps, and captured the important Austrian town of Innsbruck.

Zhangtai, a veteran of the Qing army, had a strong will to fight, and mobilized all the troops in his hands, about [-] troops, to prevent the Ming army from breaking through the Alps and entering South Germany.

When everyone was wearing military uniforms, Zhang Tai wore a cotton armor.

"It should be over early in the morning..." Zhangtai touched a precious sword on his knee. The current battle has involved too many guns. What kind of aircraft and cannons are there? When he was young, the war he worshiped was Manchurian warriors rode war horses and fought with bows, arrows, knives and guns.

Although he is still working hard to learn how to play the new war, Zhangtai always feels that he has only learned something, so he has to learn something new.

Moreover, Zhangtai's surname is Aixinjueluo, and he was a shellfish back then.Most of the Aixinjueluo family did not die in the Central Plains, and they might have been purged by Fei Yanggu on the way westward.Because Zhangtai obeyed Fei Yanggu very much from the beginning, he was about the same age as Fei Yanggu, and had some friendship, otherwise he might be killed by Fei Yanggu.

For the current Xiqing royal family whose surname is Fei, not even Dong E, Zhangtai has long since expressed no allegiance.The world used to belong to their Aixinjueluo family. If Aixinjueluo forgot, then the Qing Dynasty should be over.The empire that now exists under the guise of the Qing Dynasty may have been a mistake in the first place.

The staff officer walked into Zhangtai's camp, seeing this general who was actually wearing a strange armor, feeling full of frustration in his heart.The more they fail, the more strange people will do.The staff officer is a Russian, so naturally he can't understand Zhangtai's current performance.

"Put on the armor and pick up the sword. Is the general going to die like a knight? But we don't look like being buried with you." The staff officer thought to himself.

"General, the Ming army has broken through Kelin. Our defenders have worked very hard, but the Ming army's mountain firepower is very strong, we can't resist..."

Zhangtai said indifferently: "I know."

"General, what should we do next." The staff officer asked tentatively.

Zhang Tai said: "We use everything we have to fight back against the Ming army."

The staff officer's face turned pale: "Don't we have a plan? Don't we have reinforcements?"

"Plan your staff room to do it. You just need to know that at the last moment, your general will fight the enemy on the battlefield just like you."

"Uh, yes..."

The Qing army was both disappointed and pleasantly surprised. The first thing they encountered was not the Ming army, but the Italian army.Compared with the real Ming army, the Italian army regarded as a "servant army" will be considered weaker, and there may be a certain chance.

In such adversity, the staff still made a strategy of fighting and going, disrupting the deployment of the Ming army in South Germany, and gradually retreating to the rear.But even if they succeed in withdrawing, their future remains uncertain.Because another army of the Ming army had already invaded Austria and was about to enter the Czech Republic, their way to the east might also be blocked by the Ming army.

In the following battle of Munich, the Italian army took on the main combat mission, and the Ming army only provided assistance, and even the Italian air force mainly cooperated in the sky.

The total size of the Fourth Italian Army was close to [-]. After breaking through the Alps, it divided into two groups and attacked the Qing army led by Zhang Tai with a pincer attack.The actions of the Qing army were extremely resolute. They mainly attacked the Italian army on the right, with the purpose of breaking through the defense and withdrawing troops to the east.

The most exciting part of this battle is Eugen, the commander of the 14th Division of the Italian Army, launched a defensive counterattack against the Qing army.

The assault group composed of nearly a hundred tanks and armored vehicles was the decisive force of the Qing army at the last moment.Zhangtai concentrated the use of armored forces and covered them with a large number of artillery and infantry in order to break through the Italian right line of defense.

After Eugen learned of this situation, he took the initiative to order the troops to give up space and let the Qing army leave.

However, at this time, there were many problems in the actions of the Qing army. For example, they did not consolidate and expand the breakthrough, but a successful breakthrough and stepped up to pass a large number of troops through the breakthrough.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Eugen mobilized the artillery of the whole division to bombard most of the Qing army, and cooperated with other friendly troops to cut the fleeing Qing army in half.

Zhangtai obviously also knows how much risk he will suffer if his army is cut off in the middle.Zhangtai even came to the battlefield himself to lead the troops to resist the Italian army.The Italian army tried many times, but there was no way to completely shake the defense of the Qing army.

However, at this time, the Italian army had surrounded the truncated Qing army, and about [-] Qing troops were completely besieged.What followed was a large-scale shelling and bombing, and even Zhang Tai himself died in the subsequent bombing.

With no chance of victory at all, the remaining Qing army chose to surrender to the Italian army.This also achieved the biggest victory of the Italian army in this world war, and the 28th Army of the Ming Army who came later took advantage of the situation to occupy Munich, an important town in southern Germany.

The Germans, who had suffered greatly from the Qing army, also continued to launch various sabotage and harassment actions against the Qing army under the organization of the Daming Jinyiwei at this time, and even formed guerrillas to attack small-scale Qing army troops, and achieved great success. A lot of victories.

In the second week after Munich was occupied by the Ming army, the army led by the British commander Churchill had already reached the city of Berlin. Looking at the performance of the Italians, the British also wanted to win their own commendable victory. A very special set of devices was shipped from Russia to Berlin, and intensive and orderly debugging work began.

No one knew what the device was for, they just didn't know what it was.At this time, the Qing army had transferred the important main force away from Berlin, leaving only some garrison divisions in Berlin.

(End of this chapter)