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Volume 1 Pioneer of the Times Chapter 1243 The Smoke of Kezer Xerus

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    Chapter 1243: Gunsmoke in Kezercherus Looking to the east through the telescope, you can see the faint smoke floating in the distant sky. Under the setting sun, it looks like sunset, a bit magnificent, but also a bit ferocious.  (Niu Wen Novel ~ Read Novel Online) That is not the sunset at all, that is the smoke on the battlefield. Although the battlefield there is still more than ten kilometers away from the bridgehead, and the noise on the battlefield cannot be heard, Qi Chengfeng can be sure that there is  It is the battlefield, the Nastarus battlefield. The reason why he is so sure is because he has received a telegram from the Nastarus battlefield. The person who sent the telegram was the one who commanded the armored forces and the German army on the Nastarus battlefield.  Ji Liangcai, commander of the tank regiment that blocked the fierce battle, told the commander of the paratroopers guarding the bridgehead in a telegram that his troops would arrive at the bridgehead before dark today at the latest to take over the defense.  However, in Qi Chengfeng's view, Ji Liangcai's estimate was too optimistic. Before dark, the Chinese armored troops that reinforced the bridgehead battlefield were unlikely to meet up with the paratroopers. The reason was not complicated, because just outside Nastalu  After the Battle of Sri Lanka broke out, the German heavy armored troops that originally assisted the German infantry in attacking the bridgehead on the east side suddenly turned around and advanced eastward. The purpose was obviously to reinforce Nastarus. According to the conclusions drawn by the paratroopers through today's battle, at the bridgehead here  The German heavy armor units participating in the attack were at least the size of a tank regiment. Therefore, after receiving the telegram from the armored units, Qi Chengfeng, as the supreme commander of the paratroopers, sent a telegram to Commander Ji Liangcai. In the telegram  Here, he told the other party that most of the German heavy armored forces had turned to Nastarus, and the Chinese armored forces must be more vigilant about this. The paratroopers could hold on until dawn tomorrow, and by then, the follow-up reinforcements would also  The Nastarus battlefield will be reached. In other words, the bridgehead can be held until at least tomorrow morning. The armored forces do not have to rush forward to avoid being surrounded by the German army.  In fact, Qi Chengfeng's telegram was also somewhat optimistic. This can be seen from one detail. Qi Chengfeng's original position was the commander of the paratrooper battalion, and the airborne operation carried out at the railway bridge was originally an air assault by the Chinese airborne troops.  Brigade, and now, Qi Chengfeng concurrently serves as the commander of the Paratrooper Assault Brigade as the battalion commander, because the commander of the brigade has been killed in the battle this afternoon, and among the three regiment commanders, two were killed and one was seriously injured.  Therefore, the top commander of the brigade can only be represented by the battalion commander. Qi Chengfeng has the most practical combat experience among all battalion commanders, and is also the most popular. Therefore, he has now become the number one airborne commander of the Chinese airborne troops.  The acting brigade commander of the assault brigade is responsible for commanding the entire brigade in combat.  Before the airborne operations began, the 1st Air Assault Brigade had a total of 3,751 paratroopers. In the first air assault, 1,500 paratroopers were dropped, and in the second air assault, more than 2,000 paratroopers were dropped. This is counting  The total strength of the staff office and support units, and now, after more than a day of fighting, there are only 1,600 officers and soldiers left in the brigade, half of whom are injured. In other words, after more than a day of fighting  During the battle, the 1st Air Assault Brigade lost more than 2,000 personnel. According to military rules of engagement, the brigade should have "lost combat effectiveness" long ago.  It can also be seen from this that the intensity of the bridgehead battle was intense. In order to recapture this "railway bridge" that had not even been laid with rail tracks, the German army mobilized a large number of elite troops to participate in the counterattack, and the Turkish troops coming from the west and north  Also assisting the German offensive, even Italian air force planes took off from distant bases to conduct air strikes on the Chinese paratrooper positions on the bridgehead.  It is under this situation that the 1st Air Assault Brigade of the Chinese Airborne Forces still holds their position, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements and the full support of the Air Force. They do not think that the Parachute Brigade has lost its combat effectiveness.  , they believed that the paratrooper brigade could continue to fight.  The superiors obviously knew the difficult situation of the paratroopers and sent reinforcements as soon as possible. The coordinated attack troops coming from the south also launched a general attack on the German and Turkish positions on time. In fact, as a small force in this battle,  The young paratrooper battalion commander, Qi Chengfeng, did not know that the current battle that broke out yesterday was the most intense land battle in the entire Anatolian campaign. The entire frontal battlefield, east, south, and north  , the total force mobilized by the German, Turkish and Italian armies exceeded 500,000 people, and the total force mobilized by the Asian Alliance was more than that of the enemy. If you include the army units that implemented strategic detours from the northeastern part of the Anatolian Plateau.  , then in order to end the current stalemate on the Anatolian battlefield, the Asian Alliance Frontline General Headquarters has prepared 900,000 troops for this battle, 600,000 of which are from the Chinese National Defense Forces.  In this battle, the ASEAN Allied Frontline Headquarters named it the "Battle of Ankara" because the goal was to capture the Turkish capital Ankara, completely destroy the confidence of the Axis Army in holding on to the Asia Minor Peninsula, and push the frontline to the Bosporus.  and the Dardanelles.   As a small screw in the "Battle of Ankara", Qi Chengfeng had no intention of thinking about how glorious and magnificent the land battle he participated in was. He only had one thing on his mind now, which was to lead his paratrooper brothers.  Hold this bridgehead until reinforcements arrive to take over.  This bridgehead is not actually a small position. In fact, it is a town, much larger than Nastarus. Because it is on the east bank of the Kizer River, it is called "Kizersherus"  , which means "highland on the east bank of the Kizer River" in local language. Due to the higher terrain, it is several hundred meters higher than the west bank. Therefore, even if you only control the town of Kizercherus, you can overlook the west bank.  Another bridgehead, so that the railroad bridge connecting the two towns was secured.  Now, Qi Chengfeng and his paratroopers are holding on to the town of Kezershelus, and the railway bridge is a new bridge that just started construction a few years ago. The main structure of the bridge has been completed, but the railway has not yet been completed, so  The bridge does not pass trains, but it can pass cars and tanks. If the German and Turkish troops east and south of Ankara want to withdraw to the west bank of the Kizer River, they must pass through this railway bridge.  At present, the German troops and Turkish troops in the east have basically withdrawn, while the German troops and Turkish troops in the south are still fighting against the Asian Alliance forces attacking them, retreating while fighting. Under this situation, Kezershe  The railway bridge in Ruth Town is very important. If the German army cannot recapture this railway bridge, it will not only mean that the tens of thousands of elite German troops and more than 100,000 Turkish and Italian troops in the southern theater will be completely annihilated.  And it will also mean that Ankara has opened the door for the westward advance of the Asian League coalition forces, and Ankara's fall can only happen overnight.  It is precisely because of this that the German offensive was so fierce. The Turkish and Italian troops also changed from their previous sloppiness and cooperated quite well with the German offensive troops. And more importantly, in order to rescue the tens of thousands of soldiers in the southern battlefield,  The elite force of the German army, the Nazi Luftwaffe, took the risk to launch a very rare air campaign, taking the initiative to attack the technically superior Asian Alliance Air Force, in exchange for the safety of the army at the expense of the air force.  The combat plan of the German Army Command has proven to be very effective. From the beginning of the battle yesterday to this morning, there were only dozens of Asian Alliance Air Force aircraft that rushed to the Kezerscherus battlefield to support the Chinese paratrooper operations, while more Asian Alliance aircraft  The aircraft was attracted to the southern battlefield, where the German Air Force was frantically attacking the southern flank tactical group of the Asian Alliance Army.  However, the strategic significance of the Kizer Railway Bridge cannot be ignored. Therefore, starting from this afternoon, the Asian Alliance Air Force quickly strengthened its air support for the bridgehead paratroopers. Just twenty minutes ago, when the Nastarus battle  After the outbreak, two Chinese Air Force "Tornado" attack aircraft once again attacked the German armored forces on the west bank of the bridgehead, destroyed some German tanks and armored vehicles, and used machine guns to strafe German and Turkish infantry units.  Evacuate the battlefield safely before the fighter jets arrive.  Relying on that air assault, the Chinese paratroopers guarding the bridgehead on the west side of the railway bridge got a temporary respite, but how long they could hold on, Qi Chengfeng was completely unsure. After all, the strength of the bridgehead on the west side was too thin, and Qi Chengfeng  Chengfeng was even hesitating whether to completely abandon the defensive position of the western bridgehead and concentrate all its forces on the higher east bridgehead position?  With this idea in mind, Qi Chengfeng stood on the roof of a hotel in the town of Kezerscherus, holding a telescope and looking at the Nastarus battlefield in the east, while stray bullets flew above his head from time to time.  However, the fighting in the town was still very fierce. Although most of the German heavy tanks rushed to the Nastarus battlefield in the east for reinforcements, the German infantry and armored grenadiers were still launching attacks frantically, fighting with Chinese paratroopers at every turn.  There was a fierce battle for every house and every street. This was a battle of strength and weapons, but it was also a battle of wills. This battle that took place in the town of Kezershelus was the most famous battle in Qi Chengfeng¡¯s entire career.  The most brutal battle I have ever encountered.  From the telescope, Qi Chengfeng saw the smoke over the Nastarus battlefield getting thicker and thicker. He realized that the battle there was also entering a white-hot stage. Even if Commander Ji Liangcai could lead the tank troops to break through the German army in the town,  Block, but on the way to the west, Ji Liangcai's troops will still run into the German heavy armor troops reinforcing Nastarus, which will be another more brutal battle.  Qi Chengfeng could only place his hope on the Air Force now. He hoped that the Air Force could send some more planes to the bridgehead for reinforcements before dark, or attack the German armored forces that were reinforcing Nastarus on the east road.  Chinese reinforcements arrived at the bridgehead as quickly as possible to clear the way.  After paying attention to the Nastarus battlefield in the east, Qi Chengfeng turned the telescope lens to the west, looking at the railway bridge and the smaller town on the west side of the railway bridge, which should also be considered  KizersheAs part of this part of the country, according to the brigade commander's regulations, Chinese paratroopers always call the town to the west "Xizhen" and the town to the east "Dongzhen". Now, Qi Chengfeng's headquarters is located in  Dongzhen, and in the wine cellar of the hotel right under his feet, it was also a field hospital. The seriously injured were all gathered there, and there was not a single lightly injured person.  Now, like the East Town, the West Town on the other side of the river is also filled with black smoke, dense gunfire, and explosions. Standing on the roof of the hotel, Qi Chengfeng can even see the German tanks rampaging on the streets of West Town.  , and the violent explosion flash produced when the rockets fired by the paratroopers hit the tank.  The anti-tank rocket launcher is indeed a sharp weapon in the hands of paratroopers. Without this weapon, the bridgehead would not have been able to hold on until now. However, the paratroopers in the West Town position were at the end of their strength, and the battle there was more intense than the battle here in East Town.  Intense, because in the West Bank area, there are no reinforcements from the Chinese Army Armored Forces to attract the attention of the German and Turkish troops.  "Give an order to the troops in West Town to give up their positions immediately and withdraw to East Town." Qi Chengfeng finally made up his mind and planned to withdraw all the paratroopers in West Town to East Town and hold on to the higher ground with all his strength.  For the east bank position, if you gather your troops now, you may lose the bridgehead on the west side immediately, but it is better than being scattered and eaten by the enemy one by one. Concentrate your troops on the east bank position, and you may be able to hold on for a longer time, even if the German army blows up the bridge from the west.  , at least the paratroopers have completed another task, which is to prevent the German troops from withdrawing to Ankara in the southern battlefield. No matter how you calculate, this transaction will not lose money.
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