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Chapter 152: The bloody battle in East Africa (2)

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    Two consecutive fierce battles in one day have temporarily exhausted the fighting spirit accumulated by the Northeastern officers and soldiers. The battle ended at about 2 o'clock in the middle of the night. The exhausted officers and soldiers began to fight in the city of Wadmeerny.  Rest and take the time to rest.  The cooks and logistics quartermasters became very busy, cooking meals and distributing cigarettes, hot water, soap, blankets, tents, cans, compressed biscuits, bread, dehydrated vegetables and other food to the officers and soldiers; military doctors and medical soldiers  Then several relatively intact large buildings in the city were immediately converted into temporary field hospitals. A large number of wounded soldiers covered in blood and scars and seriously injured people carried on stretchers began to be brought in in an endless stream, with a strong and pungent smell of blood.  And groans of pain filled the city from the operating tent; the armored soldiers were sweating like rain repairing the tanks that were damaged in the day's battle. Some armored vehicles and "No. 1" light tanks and "No. 2" medium tanks have been destroyed.  It was completely destroyed. The mechanics directly tore it into eight pieces, and then removed the useful parts and pieced them together to repair the less damaged tanks and armored vehicles.  The eight "Siberian Tiger" main battle tanks and four "Black Hawk" helicopter gunships that made great contributions in the battle were parked majestically in the open space in the city. The captured British soldiers and Sudanese soldiers expressed fear and horror.  They looked at these super-killing weapons that combined the latest human technology and wisdom with their eyes, and then they lined up and were escorted into a prisoner-of-war camp amidst the scoldings of the arrogant and arrogant Italian soldiers.  In the busy and chaotic city, the local Sudanese blacks and Arabs looked at the officers and soldiers of the Northeastern Army and the Italian Army who had become the new owners here with awe and timidity.

    "Commander-in-Chief, this is Marshal Rommel and Marshal Graziani of the Afrika Korps, General Garibaldi, Governor-General of the Duke of Aosta, the German Supreme Staff, the Italian High Command, and Deputy Chief of General Staff Yu (Yu Zhen)  The congratulatory messages sent by Colonel), as well as the messages sent from China by the Northeast Frontier Defense Department and the Nanjing Military and Political Department, all congratulated us on our victory. Commander-in-Chief Zhang hopes that we will continue our efforts to capture Khartoum and break into southern Egypt in one fell swoop."  Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Jiarui, director of the NN Operations Division, followed closely beside Chu Qiming, while flipping through the incoming congratulatory telegrams from all parties in his hands.  He was overjoyed and said: "Commander, there is some great news from the country. First of all, the street fighting in Shanghai has officially begun! More than 500,000 national troops and the 18th Group Army, as well as our East China Expeditionary Force,  The five brigades of the Jewish Legion and other troops launched an overwhelming and powerful offensive against the Japanese troops in East China who were trapped in the isolated city. The street fighting was very fierce, but the little Japanese were retreating steadily. Secondly, the final decisive battle in the South China Theater also kicked off.  With the cooperation of our air force, the National Army and the New Fourth Army have won successive battles and won every victory! The Japanese devils will all be driven out of our land! Commander, the last news is the most exciting! Our navy's 'Huangdi'  The super-heavy aircraft carrier was officially completed this afternoon and incorporated into the Pacific Fleet! Oh my god, this giant sea fortress has a full-load displacement of more than 47,500 tons and can carry more than 180 carrier-based aircraft of various types. It is really awesome.  ! And the 'Yandi' and 'Chiyou' of the same class are about to be completed. I heard that our navy's next shipbuilding plan is to continue to build four 10,000-ton light aircraft carriers! Long live Commander-in-Chief Zhang!" Lieutenant Colonel Zhang  Almost dancing with joy.

    "Hmm." Chu Qiming gave a vague answer as he strode forward. He didn't even look at the official messages, and his eyes were fixed on the temporary field hospital where the figures were looking forward to, and  There were military doctors with bloody hands and wounded soldiers in agony going back and forth.  A hint of bitterness appeared on Chu Qiming's face: "The lives of soldiers are equally important as the victory of the battle. What an officer has to do is to try his best to achieve the maximum result at the minimum cost, or to achieve the maximum result while paying the minimum price."  Given the results of the victory, we will try our best to pay the minimum price." He sighed, "What are our casualties and losses?" Between the statistical report of the results of the victory and the casualty list, he generally pays more attention to the latter.

    "The casualties are not small." Lieutenant Colonel Zhang's tone became serious. "A total of more than 1,400 people were killed, seriously injured, and disabled in the two brigades of our army, and nearly 2,600 people were slightly injured. In addition, we also lost nearly half of our tanks and armored vehicles.  , the mechanics are doing their best to repair; the losses of the artillery unit are relatively light, 2 105mm light howitzers and 4 75mm infantry guns were blown up by British bombers, but the consumption of artillery shells is very large."

    "The seriously injured and the bodies of the fallen brothers must be carefully transported to Sennar. In addition, I would like to urge Lieutenant General Cavaleiro Badorio to have his transport team immediately transport what we need from Sennar.  Supplies and ammunition." Chu Qiming ordered.

    "Yes." Lieutenant Colonel Zhang stood at attention and accepted the order.

    ¡°In addition, the troops were ordered to dig trenches and build defensive positions on the spot, and then sent out reconnaissance and search operations.He stood up and said, "It really looks like a long rattlesnake. Why don't we just call this mixed assault tactic of infantry and tanks the 'Rattlesnake Tactics'."

    The officers all laughed, and Chu Qiming also smiled: "It doesn't matter what its name is, as long as it can tear apart the British bunkers and minefields."

    Since the logistics railway transportation line from Sennar City to Wadmadani City was quickly repaired, the food, drinking water, bullets and artillery shells, medical fuel, ordnance parts and other supplies needed by the Northeastern Army were quickly supplied by the Italian Allied Forces.  A small train was delivered, and Lieutenant General Cavalero Badario was very "generous" and sent twelve additional Italian-made "L35-lf" light flamethrow tanks and sixteen more to the Northeastern Army.  It is a 13mm caliber twin anti-aircraft machine gun designed and manufactured by the famous Italian ordnance company "Bernata".  Although Italian tanks are not much stronger than Japanese "iron chariots", and the failure rate of the firearms they produce has always been high, this can be regarded as enhancing the armor strength and anti-aircraft firepower of the Northeast Army.  , Chu Qiming expressed his gratitude to Lieutenant General Badoglio very sincerely.  At this time, Chu Qiming also saw that as long as the Italian troops were not allowed to go to the front line to directly participate in the battle (except for grabbing the fruits of victory when the battle was about to be won), they were still willing to work hard on the rear.  After receiving supplies, the infantry tank troops of the Northeast Army immediately conducted experimental "Rattlesnake Tactics" training near Wadmadani. Suddenly, the desert was filled with sand and rocks flying, the sound of killing was loud, bullets were whizzing, and flames were flying.  The steel python fiercely bit into the "enemy's" blockade fire network and minefields. Overall, the tactical effect was satisfactory. All Northeastern officers and soldiers were suddenly full of confidence in victory.

    Soon, the sun sets in the west and night falls.  After a day of training that lasted a day of sharpening their guns in battle, Chu Qiming ordered all troops in the army to have a feast of cooked pork and macaroni sent by the Italian Allies to recharge their batteries for tomorrow's attack on Khartoum.  At the same time, the British 155th Mechanized Brigade stationed in Khartoum quietly moved south along the White Nile on more than 70 civilian boats, rafts, and motorboats, while the British 69th Motorized Infantry Division marched under the stars at night.  Bypassing the desert west of the White Nile, prepare to strengthen control of this important fortress after the 155th Brigade captures Sennar, and completely block the retreat route of the Northeastern Army in Wadmadani.  (Too many words in a chapter will affect the opening speed of the web page, so write less, please understand.) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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