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Ding Wei will personally command this operation, which will involve the use of tank brigades, mechanized combat brigades and air force units.

Ever since the advent of tanks and airplanes, air-ground coordination has always been a fantasy and has never been implemented in reality.

There is no problem with infantry-artillery coordination. The troops have long been accustomed to fighting with artillery support and know how to coordinate firepower advances.

Now we should discuss how to launch a lightning raid with the coordination of airplanes and tanks.

"Let Zhou Weiguo tell you about the German army's blitzkrieg tactics. Although it has been used for many years, it is still a good tactic worth learning."

There has always been a debate about Dezi's blitzkrieg. Concentrate armored forces to break through the defense line and look for opportunities to annihilate the enemy during maneuvers. After breaking through the defense line, should you cooperate with the offensive forces to encircle and annihilate the enemy, or should you continue to advance?

According to Guderian's thinking, the emergence of tanks was to deal with heavy machine guns and fortifications and trenches.

To avoid casualties during the frontal assault, after using tanks to break through the fortifications, we should continue the attack, expand the results of the battle, and destroy the logistics.

If you choose to encircle and annihilate the enemy, the enemy can dig trenches outside the encirclement to form a circle of defensive firepower.

This would defeat the purpose of armored warfare and would cause the troops to fall back into the quagmire of siege warfare.

He advocates attack, attack, and attack.

"Everyone, the situation in Tongliao is different. The Japanese invaders have deployed fortifications, fortresses, and strongholds on the western front to prevent the Fourth Column from cutting in."

"The rear of the fortress area is actually relatively empty, and there are not many troops defending it. There are no prepared fortifications either."

"Once we break through the 63rd Division's defense line, we can use the tanks' mobility to form a local encirclement and annihilation, and quickly eat up a regiment. The remaining forces will be eaten up one after another."

"The two divisions closest to Tongliao are the 117th Division in Baichengzi and the 23rd Division stationed in Fuxin."

Zhou Weiguo turned the bamboo stick in his hand and suddenly pointed it upwards with a serious look on his face.

"The Japanese also deployed a 107th Division in the west of Baichengzi, stationed in the mountainous area to guard the western front."

"If our army breaks through the 63rd Division's front in Tongliao and pretends to devour the 63rd Division, it will inevitably attract support from the 117th Division."

"At this time, the mobile force suddenly rushed north, abandoned the 63rd Division, and concentrated all tanks to destroy the 117th Division headquarters in Baichengzi. After eating it, the 107th Division stationed in the mountainous area became a prey."

Tongliao has only one division, but Baichengzi has two divisions.

Since you are going to eat to your heart's content, of course you have to eat until you are full.

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Qing raised an objection.

"Staff Officer Zhou's idea is very bold, but we need to consider one thing. Our army is adjacent to Tongliao. We can attack or defend in the local area. Even if the situation changes, we can retreat to the Xilin Gol line to ensure our retreat."

"But if we attack northwards, once our attack is blocked, we will be faced with the 107th and 117th Divisions in front of us, the 63rd Division in the rear, and the 23rd Division mobile force that can provide support at any time. Facing four divisions at the same time, the situation will be unfavorable to us."

Before Zhou Weiguo could explain, Wang Chao spoke first.

"Four divisions, so what? We will use three columns to break through it. If your first column can't beat it, I will beat two."

"Commander Wang, what do you mean by that? Do you look down on my Gao Qing column?"

Ding Wei snorted, and the two column commanders immediately shut up, looked at the battle map, and waited for the staff's explanation.

Zhou Weiguo smiled disdainfully, drew a yin-yang diagram on the battle map, and explained:

"There are three Type D divisions and one Type A division in Baichengzi, Tongliao, and Chifeng. To be honest, I would prefer the 23rd Division to send additional troops to support us."

"Using the armored brigade as bait to tie up the main force of the Japanese division, the First and Third Columns can easily capture the three cities of Chifeng, Chaoshi, and Fuxin."

"For our Sui-Re-Cha Military Region, it is more tempting to wipe out the devils in Rehe. The main goal is to annihilate the enemy, and to attack the city as a supplement."

Zhou Weiguo's combat deployment, combining open and secret strategies, made Wang Chao and Gao Qing's eyes light up.

Everyone looked at Ding Wei and said, "Let's fight like this. Damn the Japanese division."

Ding Wei was quite satisfied with Zhou Weiguo's deployment, which was a tactic that a staff officer should have thought of. But he was good at starting from the overall situation.

When commanding hundreds of thousands of people in battle, one must take a long-term view.

"The Kwantung Army Headquarters is in Xinjing, and there is no obstruction to passing through Tongliao."

"There are only some low-level security forces along the way. We might as well be bold and pull out my Soviet tank regiment. With the mobility advantage of fast tanks, we can go straight to the Kwantung Army headquarters."

"It will certainly alert the entire Kwantung Army and arrange troops to encircle the center."

"By then, we can implement Zhou Weiguo's combat tactics, and the success rate will be higher."

It's a bit crazy. Arranging a mobile force to go straight to the Kwantung Army Headquarters is a dangerous trip. It's really like going into the devil's lair.

Not only are there heavy Japanese troops stationed in this direction, but there are also 15 puppet Manchukuo troops ready to join the battle at any time.

This is the fighting style that Ding Wei is good at, making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. Every battle must stir up the overall situation.

Make full use of the speed advantage of fast tanks, carry enough fuel, and push inward.

Once the tanks entered Xinjing, there was no need to make detours, but to charge straight into the Japanese base camp. As long as they charged all the way at lightning speed, it would be enough to scare the entire Kwantung Army into trembling with fear.

We must swing a sharp sword over the heads of the Japanese, forcing them to pay attention to the Suirecha Military Region and the existence of Ding Wei.

Since we have to fight, let's fight with all our might, concentrate all the armored forces and give the Japanese a big surprise.

The task was assigned to each combat regiment to distribute ammunition and prepare for war.

The Eighth Route Army's unusual behavior alarmed the Japanese troops stationed there. The Japs immediately became alert and strengthened the defense of their positions.

Three days later, in the early morning, the planes took off first and pressed towards the defense zone of the 63rd Division in Tongliao. The roar of propellers covered the sky.

The bombs scattered towards the positions below, and the rumbling sound was endless.

The Japanese were good at digging trenches, and hiding in cat-ear holes in advance could greatly reduce casualties.

Even if there are aerial bombs, they can't blow up the cat-ear holes, even the Japanese on the ground.

It was not to bomb them, but to prove that the Japanese Kwantung Army really had few planes that could participate in the war, especially the Third Front Army, which had only more than 60 fighter planes to intercept.

The trainees who had just finished training were forced to take off and join the war.

The planes were fighting each other and there was a constant sound of enemy planes falling. The experience was too poor.

The quality of the Japanese's new pilots is very poor. They are not qualified to participate in the war at all. They have just finished their flying courses.

The main force of fighter planes led by Li Eryong pursued and hit enemy planes one after another. The machine guns fired bang bang, and bursts of fire were heard the moment a shot hit.

Under the cover of aircraft, the armored brigade finally appeared on the battlefield, and the sound of tanks roared in front of the defense line of the Japanese 63rd Division.

The BT fast tanks led the way and moved at a very fast speed.

The concertina wire and other equipment could not stop the tanks from advancing.

The heavy machine gun firepower and bunkers were quickly destroyed under the bombardment of tank guns.

The Japanese colonel was surprised. My God, the tank troops were quickly breaking through his regiment's defense line.