"Brother Ziyu's headquarters is so rich, but it compares us all." As soon as he stepped into the headquarters, Xu Shuzheng had to sigh.In the headquarters of the West Army, there are various radio stations and telephones, huge military maps are hung on the wall, and there is an exquisite battlefield sand table in the middle of the room, which looks lifelike.If it is a Gaul officer with rich combat experience, he must be able to quickly detect that this is a sand table near the mouth of the Grunt River near Blay, and its size and terrain are extremely accurate.

Wu Ziyu has only been here for two or three days, and it is not easy to clearly detect all the nearby terrain in such a short period of time.Wu Ziyu just passed on what Xu Shuzheng had said, without further mentioning it. If he really wanted to introduce it in detail, it would probably make Xu Shuzheng and many other officers' jaws drop.

After the current Hualan war army was equipped by the White Eagle Kingdom, the radio station was finally deployed to the headquarters at the regiment level, which made their communication much easier.Xu Shuzheng even felt that the transmission of orders was more than twice as fast as before.But they don't know that the reason why the command of the West Army has so many radio stations and telephones is because their radios have already spread to the platoon level, and even in the tank unit, each tank has its own microwave radio station for Obtaining orders and intelligence.

Such a convenient way to allow orders to be communicated can greatly improve command efficiency, so that all troops can be commanded by officers at all times and make the most effective tactical changes.

Wu Ziyu didn't want to expose his family's strength too much, he just smiled and led everyone to the sand table.Pointing at the scenery in the sand table with a long stick, Wu Ziyu said: "After I arrived, I sent hundreds of soldiers to investigate and survey the surrounding conditions, and only then did I complete such a sand table."

Although these words were plain, they sounded like thunder in Xu Shuzheng's ears.Sending hundreds of people to carry out dangerous front-line reconnaissance is not a big deal, but to enable these people to map the terrain and complete such a battlefield sand table, it means that they are capable of military surveying and mapping.To study military surveying and mapping, you must at least have a culture and a certain understanding of mathematics before you can learn.

In the Anhui Army, most of the poor personnel who know military surveying and mapping are officers above the division level and senior chief officers of the staff department. Even many division commanders do not know this very useful military discipline.From Wu Ziyu's words, it can be heard that the background of the Xite Army is much deeper than that of the Wan Army.Thinking of this level, Xu Shuzheng couldn't help giving Wu Ziyu a deep look.

Wu Ziyu didn't notice the change in Xu Shuzheng's heart. He pointed to the sand table and said, "Now my line of defense is the section from Marmande in the east to the mouth of the Gullent River in the west. The most dangerous place is the city of Blaise. That's where we are. The last stronghold in Jiangbei is the only fulcrum for our attack and must not be lost."

"Could it be that with our current strength, should we not defend but also attack?" asked a division commander of the Anhui Department.

"As a combat-capable army, we must always think about offense, and use the most powerful means to hit the opponent to the maximum." Wu Ziyu said: "While defending, we must first think about the deployment of offense. Offense is the most important thing. A good defense can only hold the position better if the enemy is hard to defend and dare not attack with all his strength."

All the generals felt that what Wu Ziyu said made sense, and they all nodded in agreement.However, most Anhui generals still have some doubts. They think that Wu Ziyu's offensive deployment is to save face for himself.In the offensive, the Anhui troops must be used as cannon fodder, so someone raised an objection: "If an offensive is launched, Bligh is indeed our only fulcrum. I don't know how Commander Wu's offensive deployment is? Which of our troops will be placed on Bligh as an early strike force."

This sentence attracted the attention of all the Anhui generals, and it can be seen from the deployment of the troops that Wu Ziyu's intentions are in the end.If he had the idea of ​​consuming the Anhui faction, he would definitely put the most elite troops of the Anhui faction in Bligh, so that the achievements would be his, but the loss would be the Anhui faction's troops.

Seeing everyone's attention, Wu Ziyu smiled and said, "I was planning to threaten the Teutonic Army with a fatal threat when Marshal Foch ordered the next counterattack. Now that the Hualan troops in the western continent have arrived Alright, I'll make some arrangements."

"The first army of the participating army is stationed in the San André area as a defensive force to block the attack of the Teutonic army in Bordeaux. The second army is stationed in Marmande. In addition to defending the eastern section of the participating army's front, you must also pay attention to the Gaul army. Trends. They often have loopholes in their defense, once these Gauls let the Teutonic army over, you have to cover our flank." Wu Ziyu said.

Hearing Wu Ziyu's contempt for the Gaul army, everyone couldn't help but burst into chuckles.Because of the large number of deaths of the Gaul army, the combat effectiveness of their various armies has dropped significantly.The Gaul Army, which was famous for its elite in the past, is now synonymous with the underdogs. Stuck on the defense line often happens, which surprised the Hualan officers who originally admired the Gaul Army. Now they look at the Gaul Army. How revered.

Wu Ziyu continued: "The third army is located between Saint-André and Marmande, filling the gap between the two armies. The fourth army is stationed in Le Verdon-sur-Mer, and the fifth army is stationed in Medoc. You two An army must be careful not to let down its vigilance because of the wideness of the Grunt River. If I were the commander of the Teutonic Army, I would definitely find a very difficult place to launch an attack, because the vigilance of the army here must be relaxed, and an attack can be launched. to suddenness."

"Yes." Several Anhui military officers agreed loudly, and they still affirmed Wu Ziyu's judgment.Now most of the main forces of the Anhui faction have been allocated, but none of them are stationed in the most dangerous areas, which makes them feel relieved.

The commanders of the Anhui Sixth Army and Seventh Army couldn't help looking at each other. In their view, the main force of the Anhui Faction was placed in a relatively safe position in the south of the river, which showed that the West Special Army still gave Duan Ruiquan a lot of face.But someone has to be the cannon fodder, and this role seems to fall on the two armies of their own. Whoever makes most of their subordinates are strong men, a role that uncles don't love and grandma doesn't love.

"The Sixth Army and the Seventh Army." Wu Ziyu looked at the two apprehensive army commanders.Sure enough, upon hearing Wu Ziyu's roll call, the two army commanders immediately raised their chests and looked up, waiting for Bligh's familiar name.

"You are stationed in Bligh." As soon as Wu Ziyu said that, their hearts sank.

Chapter 777 No Discrimination

Sure enough, the one who should come has come. They never thought that they would really become cannon fodder. It seems that it is difficult to escape bad luck this time.After all, on the battlefield of the Western Continent, it is not uncommon for the two armies to be completely wiped out.But when Wu Ziyu said the following words, the mood of the two suddenly entered heaven from hell.

"You are stationed on the... south bank of Bligh. Together with the [-]st Nakagawa Garrison Division of the West Army, you will support Bligh's offensive. If necessary, you will cross the river as quickly as possible, cover the flanks of the frontline troops, and consolidate the recovered land in the rear. "As soon as Wu Ziyu said the words, all the Anhui generals exclaimed in a low voice. Unexpectedly, Wu Ziyu put all the Anhui troops of the participating army in a relatively safe place on the south bank.However, all the positions on the south bank have been allocated, and the main force of the West Army has not yet been deployed, and the only remaining position is Bligh.

Not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Wu Ziyu's gourd, the Anhui generals all raised their ears, waiting for the next order.Sure enough, Wu Ziyu pointed to the north bank of the river with a wooden stick and said, "The [-]st Tank Corps of the West Special Army and the [-]rd Division of the Cochin Army will be stationed in Blei, as the vanguard troops to attack the Teutonic Army. In such a big battle, there is no People can stay out of it. Now is the time for us to show the strength of the Hualan army and let the people of the western mainland look at us with admiration, so I hope everyone will put aside factional disputes and work together to win glory for the country. Because outside of Hualan, no one will distinguish whether you are Whether it is the Anhui Clan or the Zhi Clan, whether it is the Jiaozhi Army or the Xite Army, they only know that we are Hualan's army and we are Hualan people."

Wu Ziyu's words were very light, but every word hit the hearts of the Anhui generals like a heavy hammer.We are Hualan's army, we are Hualan people, this will mobilize everyone's fighting spirit.During this period of time on the battlefield in the Western Continent, every Hualan soldier understood this truth. After going abroad to participate in the war, everyone is the shadow of Hualan, and it is the window for the people of the Western Continent to understand Hualan.If you give up your life, Hualan will be brave, if you are high-spirited, Hualan will be brilliant, if your heart is for the light, Hualan will not be dark.

For decades, Hualan, the old empire, has been struggling. From the eyes of the people of the Western Continent, it has become a fat meat that everyone wants to eat.Hundreds of billions of Hualan people, who don't want to be self-reliant, who don't want to be looked down upon by foreigners.Even if it is sacrificed for this, in exchange for their descendants to hold their chests up, they will no longer be despised by white people, and they will no longer face the sign that Hualan people and dogs are not allowed, their remaining wishes are enough.

Seeing their brothers fighting selflessly, fighting without fear of sacrifice, and getting more and more respectful eyes from the Gauls, all the officers and soldiers participating in the war understood this truth.In fact, they have long been prepared to sacrifice, the only thing they are not willing to do is that they may be used by others, even if they become cannon fodder, it is meaningless.

Now Wu Ziyu volunteered to take on the most difficult task and put the West Army on the most dangerous line of defense. How could this not move them.This time, the generals of the Anhui Faction finally saw clearly that the domestic method of intrigue and dismantling each other is simply not on the table.The ideological realm of Duan Ruiquan, Feng Guofu and others are at best just housekeeper dogs. Compared with Wu Ziyu's grandeur and methods, they are simply not in the same breath.

Now the generals of the Anhui faction really admire the strong confidence of the West Army. They never imagined that in the face of such a powerful Teutonic Army, there would be such an army that wanted to take the lead.Now Wu Ziyu's idea is very obvious, to complete all his achievements in one battle, to play a miracle in Bligh, a miracle that all Westerners can hardly imagine.They believed that as long as Wu Ziyu could realize his vision, at least the Western Continent Army would no longer dare to face Hualan, and the country would be able to recuperate and start real nation-building.

Inspired by Wu Ziyu, all units of Hualan's participating army put into intense fortification construction. They dug various fortifications carefully, exchanged experience with each other, and improved defense facilities.Those veterans of the Anhui Army who had been fighting in the Western Continent for more than a year even took the initiative to show their favor to the West Special Army and help them improve their defenses. The two sides quickly became acquainted.

As the commander-in-chief of Hualan's participating army, Wu Ziyu moved his headquarters to the south bank of the Gurunte River, across the river from Bligh.He wants to be as close to the front line as possible to command this unique combat operation, because this will be the world's first large-scale use of armored troops in an interspersed combat operation, and it will be recorded in the military history of the world along with the name of the Hualan Army .

In order to better cover the attack of the armored forces, Wu Ziyu even built a large airfield on the south bank, and transferred all the First Division of the Air Force here to wait for orders and prepare to give the armored forces powerful air fire support.

For this attack, Air Force Division Commander Liu Baotai and Deputy Division Commander Guan Zhongming attached great importance to it.In order to be able to understand the frontline terrain, they even took the risk of flying fighter jets to the frontline for reconnaissance to determine the opponent's troop configuration.

The Teutonic Army also became vigilant about the frequent aerial reconnaissance of the Hualan Army, and the fighter jet battle between the two sides soon started over the Dordogne River.The fighter jets of the Teutonic Army were updated very quickly, and the Teutonic Air Force attacking during this period had already used the advanced Fokker D.VII fighter jets.This aircraft uses a BMW [-]-type [-]-cylinder inline piston engine, with a single engine reaching [-] horsepower and a speed of [-] kilometers per hour, which was quite powerful in [-].Two fixed front-firing [-]mm machine guns shoot out through the propeller blades, which can form a fairly dense front-firing firepower, and the offensive capability is very powerful.

On the other hand, the West Air Force is not simple. The first division of the Air Force entered Europe to participate in the war, and it has already replaced the J-450 fighter jets produced by Fengru Aircraft Factory.Although for the sake of safety, Feng Ru gave up the immature upper-wing structure and continued to use a biplane, but the Zhonghua [-] nine-cylinder radial piston engine used by Feng Ru can provide a powerful power of [-] horsepower for the aircraft, adding The retractable landing gear reduces air resistance and allows the aircraft to reach a speed of [-] kilometers per hour, which is the best in today's aviation industry.

Four Kong-[-] [-]mm caliber aviation machine guns modified from Type [-] heavy machine guns are placed on the wings on both sides, so that they can bypass the blockage of the propellers, and there is no need to consider the interference of the propeller rotation on continuous shooting, but this is also This brings up a big problem, and that is the aiming problem.

But with the help of the Wright Zeiss factory, the aiming problem was quickly resolved.The J-150 aircraft has an aiming device similar to the optical rangefinder on a warship installed on the nose, and a lens is installed on each side of the aircraft. When the images in the two lenses are completely overlapped on the small screen in the cockpit, It means that the opponent's aircraft is at a distance of [-] meters from one's own aircraft.

Chapter 778 Death Red Baron

Because of the angle setting of the machine gun, when the machine gun fires, the streams of bullets from the wings on both sides cross at exactly 150 meters. As long as the attack is launched at this distance, the opponent can be shot down easily with intensive firepower.

It is precisely this advanced aircraft that has enabled the West Air Force to win repeated air battles. Although the Teutonic Army later sent the latest Fokker D.VIII fighter, it was still slightly inferior to the J-[-]. Surprisingly higher than nature.

In these small-scale air battles, a new pilot began to show his talents. He was Gao Zhihang who had just graduated from aviation school and joined the Air Force's First Division.

In the early morning, Gao Zhihang sat in the cockpit of the fighter jet, leisurely looking at the cobweb-like trenches under his wings.This is his routine air patrol every day, and he only needs to hang in the air for an hour and a half before returning to the base.

This kind of patrol route is not peaceful, because they go deep into the Teutonic army's position, they often engage in battles with the Teutonic air force, and Gao Zhihang also took advantage of this opportunity to obtain a record of four aircraft.Now Gao Zhihang has half a foot in the ranks of ace pilots, so he keeps his eyes wide open, looking for his next target.

"Zhihang, you have already entered the densely populated area of ​​the Teutonic Army. Pay attention to the surrounding situation. If you fly another plane today, I will treat you to a Gaul dinner." Colonel Guan Zhongming, the deputy commander of the lead plane, joked with him.Because Hualan has an original microwave communicator, it has an information advantage in various battlefields of sea, land and air. For example, they have such a relaxed conversation, which is unimaginable to pilots of other countries.

Hearing Guan Zhongming's words, Gao Zhihang couldn't help rolling his eyes: "Mr. Guan, just take a look, I promise you won't be ashamed. If I can really see the Teutonic plane, I will definitely shoot one down. You just wait." Come treat me."

"That's not necessarily the case. Be careful to get your ass kicked by the Teutonic people." Although Guan Zhongming said so, he loved this little brother very much in his heart.Gao Zhihang was not well-educated and joined the aviation school late, but with his hard-working spirit, he managed to complete all the cultural courses within half a year and kept up with the learning pace of other students.

After he started to learn flight operations, his natural intimacy with machinery became more prominent. Among the more than 130 students in the same period, he was the youngest, but he was the first to fly solo.And the kind of accurate shooting that is close to intuition is simply beyond the reach of other students.Therefore, this trailing student when he entered the school got No. 3 in the cultural class in the graduation exam, and he was the first in other exams.

It is precisely because of such an excellent resume that when the Air Force expanded, he was not put into the new Air Force Division for adaptation training like his classmates at the same time, but directly entered the First Division, which is the ace of the Air Force.It was precisely because of this opportunity that he, who was under 20 years old, was able to enter the battlefield of the Western Continent and join the real air battle.

Gao Zhihang lived up to expectations after flying combat duty. Although his operation was still a little rusty compared to the old pilots, with his natural shooting instinct, he even shot down four Teutonic fighters in a short period of time and became a young man in the army. master.

Because they have not participated in the war for a long time, even the earliest veteran pilots in the army did not have outstanding records. For example, Colonel Guan Zhongming, who is the second highest scorer in the whole army, only has seven records, so Gao Zhihang's achievements are already very outstanding. .

Today, Guan Zhongming and Gao Zhihang came out to patrol in a two-plane formation. Guan Zhongming had the idea of ​​letting him add another record and become an ace pilot.Therefore, after the patrol ended, he deliberately deviated from the route and entered the airspace not far from the Teutonic Army airfield, intending to lure the opponent's attack.

In this era when the air force is still in its infancy, pilots still maintain a chivalry similar to that of the Middle Ages. Actions like this approaching the opponent's airport are tantamount to issuing a challenge to a duel.Sure enough, the warlike Teutonic Air Force did not disappoint Guan Zhongming. They really sent two planes.

"The enemy plane was found, at two o'clock." Gao Zhihang's voice came from the receiver, and his tone seemed very serious.You can laugh and laugh at ordinary times, but once you enter the combat state, you must be serious, otherwise you will be irresponsible for the lives of yourself and your comrades.

Relying on his natural clairvoyance, Gao Zhihang was able to spot the enemy plane earlier than Guan Zhongming. Looking at the two small black spots that gradually became clear, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Pay attention to the two enemy planes, one of which is red all over. .”

Gao Zhihang's tone became more and more serious. He knew that there might be a big problem today.A fighter jet with a red body, the meaning of this sentence is equivalent to death for the pilots of the Allied Powers.Baron Richthofen, who is almost a mythical existence among pilots, was almost invincible in this war, and the number of shot down recorded in his account was as high as eighty.

British ace pilot Major Lanno Heck and a large number of outstanding pilots died at his gunpoint, so in the minds of pilots on both sides of the war, he is a god-like existence.

Hearing that the Red Baron Richthofen was dispatched, Guan Zhongming also became nervous. He said in the microphone: "Follow me and don't panic. According to the usual training, we may not be worse than the Teutons."

"Understood." Gao Zhihang didn't talk much, obviously he was also very nervous. In fact, in the air force camp of the Allied Powers, who could face the Red Baron without being nervous.Fortunately, the tactics of the West Air Force are quite advanced. At the beginning of their establishment, they had already formulated the tactics of a two-aircraft formation.While countries in the Western Continent are still using the old-fashioned tactics of the three-aircraft formation, the two-aircraft formation is obviously more flexible.

Since the First Division of the Air Force of the West Army arrived on this battlefield, the two sides have fought many times, but with the slightly better performance of the aircraft and the more experienced pilots, the West Army has always been able to beat the other side.The loss ratio between the two sides is always about three to one. Even so, because the J-[-] fighter has a more solid structure and better aerodynamic performance, even if the airframe is seriously damaged, the pilot can still drive the plane back to the airport.

Feng Ru's aircraft development has always focused on war. With their repeated tests and Zhao Shouhong's reminder, the J-[-] fighter has many subtle improvements, including adding armor to the pilot's cockpit, using self-sealing fuel tanks and bulletproof glass cockpit, to ensure the safety of the pilot. Huge improvements.Therefore, although the aircraft loss ratio of the two sides is three to one, the loss of pilots is more than ten to one.

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