Chapter 1032

The end of March 1944 AD. Tianzhu Peninsula, Delhi.

The Tianzhu Army Group of the Third Reich held a combat meeting here. The commanders of each group army and the commanders of the units directly under the army group participated in this meeting.

The entire Tianzhu Army Group has five infantry armies, two armored divisions, two heavy artillery brigades, two rocket artillery brigades and two army aviation brigades, with a total strength of over one million people.

The commander of the army group is Marshal Brauchic, commander of the army and governor of Tianzhu. However, because Marshal Brauchic had many affairs, he did not have much time to direct the Tianzhu Army Group in operations. Therefore, the command and operations of the Tianzhu Army Group are mainly responsible for the deputy commander, Marshal Rommel. The chief of staff of the Army Group is General Alfred Gauss, the former commander of the Middle East Army Group.

The commanders of several group armies were also generals, and they were considered newcomers in the Army of the Third Reich.

Although their combat experience may not be as good as those of the marshals. However, compared to those marshals, they are younger and more receptive to new affairs. What's more, the Third Reich also needed to train new people for the army to ensure the inheritance of the army. The army will not be completely ruined after a period of time.

In addition, the commanders of several army groups of the Tianzhu indigenous army also attended this meeting.

At the request of the Third Reich, the Tianzhu indigenous army recruited a total of eight million people. These eight million indigenous troops were organized into twenty armies, each with 400,000 men. Then, four army groups were organized, each with two million men.

Although the strength of these Tianzhu indigenous armies is very large, their equipment is very poor. The Third Reich mainly wanted to use these Tianzhu people as cannon fodder, so it was naturally impossible to equip them with too good weapons. Otherwise, wouldn't it be causing trouble for yourself? These Tianzhu people thought of gaining independence after defeating the Eastern Empire. The Third Reich would not let them get their wish so easily. By then, these Tianzhu troops will be very important.

If these Tianzhu indigenous troops are weak in combat and vulnerable to a single blow. What qualifications do the people of Tianzhu have to gain independence? They might as well continue to accept the colonial rule of the Third Reich. Anyway, they have been colonized and ruled by the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets for hundreds of years and have long been used to it.

It is for this reason that the weapons and equipment of the Tianzhu indigenous army are very poor. Although everyone has one rifle, most of these rifles are the first-class Lee-Enfield rifles of the Empire on which the sun never sets, or the Mauser 98K rifles that were eliminated by the Third Reich Army. The number of heavy machine guns and artillery is very small. An infantry company is equipped with only one light machine gun and one grenade launcher. An infantry battalion is equipped with one heavy machine gun and one 60mm light mortar. The infantry regiment is only equipped with 80mm medium mortars.

As for the 120mm heavy mortar, it is a powerful weapon only possessed by infantry divisions.

The 75mm field gun is only equipped by the artillery directly under the group army. As for the more powerful 105mm artillery, it is only equipped by the army group.

As for the larger-caliber 150mm heavy howitzer, these Tianzhu indigenous troops are not equipped at all.

This shows how poor the weapons and equipment of these Tianzhu indigenous troops are and how poor their firepower is.

Even if the total strength of these Tianzhu indigenous troops is as high as eight million, in terms of real combat effectiveness, it may not be as good as the hundreds of thousands of the Third Reich Army. Even the Eastern Army is far from what they can handle.

However, Tianzhu has a large indigenous population anyway, so even if all these troops die, they can easily recruit more troops. The marshals and generals of the Third Reich did not regard these Tianzhu natives as human beings at all, but only regarded them as cannon fodder for consumption.

"Everyone, the Imperial Navy has won the naval battle of Tianzhu Yang. The entire Tianzhu Ocean is already under the control of the Imperial Navy. The sea transportation line from the mainland of the empire to the Tianzhu Peninsula is even more unhindered. Next, a large amount of combat supplies will be transported from the empire to the Tianzhu Peninsula. Moreover, the empire has issued recruitment orders to several servant countries. Several servant armies with relatively strong combat effectiveness have begun to mobilize. It is expected to arrive in Tianzhu Peninsula next month. According to the High Command's plan, we will have the support of 1.6 million people from the Kingdom of Caesar and 400,000 people from Slovakia. This will put us at a further advantage in terms of strength when facing the Japanese Southern Army. In terms of combat power, it can even crush the Japanese!"Marshal Brauchic said.

The other generals nodded repeatedly, and the commanders of several Tianzhu indigenous armies had serious expressions.

They knew very well how bad their army was. The millions of elite troops of the Third Reich were It is already extremely powerful. And now, the Third Reich has mobilized two million servants to the Tianzhu Peninsula, which will make the status of these Tianzhu indigenous troops even lower. The combat effectiveness of those servants is not comparable to that of the Third Reich. Compared with the Imperial Army, it is definitely much stronger than these Tianzhu native armies.

Of course, the first task before them is to drive away the Japanese and eliminate the Japanese Army entrenched in Tianzhu Peninsula. As for the next thing, only I'll think about it then

"We are almost ready. Therefore, our attack on the Japanese also needs to start as soon as possible. Your Excellency, the ruler of the empire, hopes to invade the homeland of the Oriental people next year and destroy the Oriental Empire. So, we are pressed for time and there is no time to waste!"Marshal Brauchic continued.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" everyone replied

"Then, the next specific offensive plan will be arranged by Marshal Rommel."Marshal Brauchitsch said.

Everyone looked at Marshal Rommel.

Among the Third Reich Army, Marshal Rommel was the famous Desert Fox! Not only did he defeat the Imperial Army on the battlefield in North Africa, but he also He also performed outstandingly on the battlefields of Eastern Europe and North America. Otherwise, he would not have become the Imperial Marshal.

"Generals, all our preparations have been basically completed. It is precisely because of this that the time is ripe for us to launch an attack on the Eastern Army. Next, the Imperial Tianzhu Army Group and the four Tianzhu Army Army Groups will dispatch their main forces to attack the Japanese Southern Army and destroy them! The specific combat plan will be distributed to you next!"Marshal Rommel began to make pre-war deployments.