"The upper reaches of the Manzanares River were breached, and the 8,000 garrison surrendered collectively!"
"The No. 2 logistics station in the Cartier area has been occupied!"
"Enemy forces appeared in the southwest. The 3,000-man guard responsible for defending the 'Pastoral House' Park was defeated and contact is currently lost!"
"I just received news that the 20,000 People's Guards in the middle of the Manzanares River were attacked from behind the defense line and are currently retreating southward along the Manzanares River!"
In Dalachi's headquarters, there was no longer the leisure and calmness of the past. As reports of defeats came one after another, a depressing atmosphere enveloped everyone present. The German general Rommel, who was rumored to be a waste,
It doesn't look like any waste now.
Dalachi, who was a staff officer, performed exceptionally tonight. As soon as the northern line of the Manzanares River fell, he decisively mobilized nearly 4,000 reserve troops formed by gathering broken troops and put them into action in time.
The Northern Line.
Unfortunately, both the garrison on the northern front and the reserves invested later were defeated and surrendered one after another. Rommel's armored forces swallowed up the 12,000 People's Guards under Dalach in only 5 hours.
Team.
Forcibly crossing the Manzanares River, blitzing the 8,000 garrison troops within the defense line, and defeating 4,000 follow-up reinforcements. The combat effectiveness of Rommel's troops far exceeded Dalach's imagination.
Darachi has seen countless battle cases and analyzed many battles in the last world war. But he has never encountered such incredible attack speed and intensity! No matter what response plan he made or how many troops he mobilized to contain,
It's all in vain.
All the tactics, all the early preparations, the seemingly solid defense lines, and the huge number of troops failed to cause the slightest delay to the opponent. All of our advantages were forcibly broken by the opponent using the most arrogant means.
And Rommel, who had been ridiculed countless times by the People's Guard garrison, was even more of a master tactician! Almost at the same time as he broke through the northern line, the other party made a keen judgment and mobilized troops to detour behind the central garrison.
Having lost the defensive advantage of the Manzanares River, the morale of the 20,000 People's Guards was greatly reduced and they were defeated in batches.
"General Darachi!" A Republican Army staff officer in the headquarters hurriedly came to report: "Our request for additional troops was rejected by the Madrid General Headquarters."
Daraqi waved his hand gently, indicating that the staff officer could retreat. At this time, even if more troops were to come, it would be impossible to block the growing gap. On the contrary, Daraqi was already a little lucky.
No reinforcements were sent from the rear because the enemy they needed to face was obviously not something they could resist with their numerical superiority.
"Report, three-quarters of the University Town area located northwest of the headquarters has been lost. The enemy is less than 20 kilometers away from our headquarters!" Another staff officer, sweating profusely, delivered the bad news.
The situation of the war has become increasingly clear. If the first line of defense west of Madrid could withstand a large number of forward positions for two days, then the second line of defense on the Manzanares River can only support 24 days at most.
Hour.
There was no problem with the arrangement of the garrison. Dalaqi, who was a staff officer, arranged the most reasonable deployment according to the terrain of each region. Although the water flow in the upper reaches was weak and easy to pass, Dalaqi also deployed 8,000 intensive troops accordingly, and
The position near the rear of the upstream was used as the assembly point for the reserves. All troop deployments had been submitted to the Madrid general headquarters for review, and no one could find fault.
It's just that no one can imagine how the Germans, who have been squatting in the opposite defense line for a long time, can be so good at fighting?
What Darachi is thinking about now is no longer how to fight a successful defensive battle and take the opportunity to become famous. What he is thinking about now is how to clean up the corrupt situation in front of him.
There is no point in continuing to send troops to intercept the enemy. So, what we have to do now is to preserve the troops as much as possible and strengthen the defense force for the next line of defense. Although, this is a problem for Dara, who had previously proposed to transfer troops from the third line of defense to the second line of defense.
Strangely speaking, it is very ironic. However, this is the only choice a wise commander can make. Besides, before the war, who would have thought that the unmoved corps in Rommel's hands could
The National Army, twice their size, pushed them to this extent.
After letting out a long sigh, Darachi closed his eyes and issued his last order: "Let the defenders south of the Manzanares River attack northward and entangle the enemy as much as possible. All other troops should withdraw as long as they can.
"
After Daraqi issued the order, his headquarters was eerily quiet. No one could say anything. Everyone knew that after this battle, Daraqi's military career had come to an end. Regardless of Daraqi,
How many troops Qi had secured for the third line of defense, and his failure was enough to send him to a military court. No matter who it was, this kind of failure was inevitable!
"Major General..." A military academy staff officer who graduated at the same time as Dalaqi wanted to persuade him. However, Dalaqi shook his head gently and refused: "It's useless. We can't do anything now."
.Instead of spending everyone here, it is better to send as many as possible to the next line of defense. At least, the third line of defense should be denser, the length of the defense line should be shorter, and there should be more garrison troops and reserve troops."
After Darachi said a lot about the advantages of the third line of defense that even he himself did not believe, retreat orders were distributed to troops at all levels. As for how many troops could finally escape to the third line of defense, he also
Can't tell.
"Report, there are movements of German armored forces in the northwest!" Without even leaving much time for Dalach to feel sad, Rommel's second hand immediately appeared in front of Dalach.
"Northwest?!" Darachi's eyelids twitched and he turned around to look at the large map on the wall.
After Darachi glanced at the map a few times, he completely understood that now, even withdrawing a large number of troops has become a luxury.
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"Cut it off! We have cut off the El Escorial Highway!" In Rommel's headquarters, an excited liaison officer rushed in. Through the telegram, a German armored battalion cooperated with an infantry battalion to cut off the road.
The news of the El Escorial Highway has been confirmed. Since then, the 50,000 troops of the Spanish People's Guard's second line of defense have been cut off from the final path of retreat. This time, Rommel did not intend to let go of a single soldier.
One pawn!
Although Rommel seemed to be smiling calmly, the fists of his hands were clenched tightly. The nearly ten years of training exercises in China and the forbearance in the first three months of going to Spain finally paid off at this moment!
With this battle, he proved the combat effectiveness of the German-Spanish Combined Corps and his own tactical control.
Yes, Rommel did nothing in the first three months after he arrived. However, he achieved results in just three days that the Italian Army on the northern front had not been able to achieve in three months. Taking Madrid within a week was not
It's just a wild statement, it's a kind of confidence, a prediction combined with sufficient analysis! And now, half of this prediction has been realized!
From today on, the name Rommel will go down in history as the name of the first commander in the world to successfully command armored forces in large-scale operations!
Rommel had an idea that the book he was contemplating might need to be renamed.
