Covering his face, Li Zihao was speechless. They couldn't take a beating. It was his fault. This blame was very much placed on him!
For them, it was better to go home and live than to fight a war. After all, Rome was a country with great powers. The standard of living was very high during this period, just a little worse than that of Farran Chicken.
Because of this, Shadia in China called him and told him to win another battle.
Li Zihao hurriedly summoned Rommel. He didn't trust Franco's army. Fortunately, the second batch of reinforcements had arrived. This was a mechanized infantry. As long as it was mountainous in southern Spain and the terrain was very high, it was more suitable for a mechanized unit. If it was a pure infantry unit, it would definitely have problems marching.
"Old Long, I won't say anything else. This time, I'll leave the responsibility to you.”Li Zihao gave up his authority and directly let Rommel command the troops. He handed over nearly 30,000 troops to him.
"General, what are you doing?"
"Hahn? The problem is that we are a field force, and not an infantry division. If we are to surround a city, I'm afraid we don't have enough troops.”Rommel had a strategic vision. The biggest problem with attacking reinforcements was the shortage of troops. If the armored forces entered the city, they would be courting death. He had long known this.
"Hahn only has a brigade of people. We will surround this place. If the enemy gives up, we will directly attack and then press up. If the enemy reinforcements, we will eat their reinforcements. I will communicate with Franco and let his troops be the main force of the siege.”
"They don't have many cannons, so it might be difficult for them.”
"Of course. Otherwise, would those people be anxious? Not only do I want to bombard, I also want to bombard!”Li Zihao stabbed his sword into the map, which was exactly where Hahn was.
With Malaga as his back, Li Zihao had a steady stream of support, but he didn't want to be defeated. He was here to be gilded, not to be slapped in the face.
It was rare to see a single intact building in the city. Suddenly, an air defense alarm sounded, and nearly 50 HE111 bomber planes appeared and continued to drop bombs on the city.
Franco's army was ready to attack again. After receiving a large amount of equipment, they finally changed their weapons. Although their weapons were better, their military quality did not improve.
On the hill outside the city, Rommel was watching the battle inside the city with his binoculars. It was already the fifth day.
There was a newspaper beside him. It was about the bombing of Hahn on the first day, causing thousands of civilian casualties. The impact was extremely bad.
Hanging the binoculars around his neck, he walked to the front of the big map. The enemy's reinforcements were about to arrive. They would arrive by evening at the latest. The fish had been caught, but he did not know if his net could be tightened enough.
The Western Army reinforcements consisted of five divisions, including a Guards Tank Brigade equipped with T-26s. Their firepower was stronger than the Pu Army's No. 1 tank, and their armor was similar.
Because of this, Rommel couldn't let his tank regiment fight the enemy's tank brigade head-on. They were at a disadvantage in terms of firepower and numbers.
Li Zihao had given him the task of occupying the city and eating the enemy's reinforcements. It was a little difficult, but Rommel still accepted it. He knew that this was an opportunity and a gamble.
Li Zihao, on the other hand, would at most be dismissed from his post and then slip back to Princes. The outcome would definitely be better than him.
Rommel called this plan the Hahn En, which would annihilate the Spanish Third and Fourth Corps, the Guards Tank Brigade, and a mixed brigade of nearly 80,000 troops.
There were nearly 30,000 Prussians in the special task force, including a mechanized division, a mechanized division, and a paratrooper regiment.
It had 200 airplanes, including over 100 fighter planes, over 50 bomber planes, over 40 dive bomber planes, over 300 transport planes and over 100 gliders.
Franco's National Army had more than 60,000 people. Only a part of his core was the original Spanish army. The rest were mostly untrained recruits with poor training and low fighting spirit.
With such a force, Rommel still dared to launch an encirclement tactic. He was indeed a famous general of World War II. He was extremely daring.
Of course, he still relied on the air superiority. In addition, he had more than 3,000 paratroopers from Stuart. If used well, they could block the enemy's retreat and outflank the enemy from both sides. It would not be a problem to suppress the enemy in the narrow area of Hahn. The terrain here was too special. If they really fought, the country roads outside Hahn could be said to be the road of death!
The net was already prepared. It just depended on whether the enemy would crawl into their pockets. It didn't matter if they didn't. They would directly take down Hahn. This was a traffic choke point and the capital of Hahn Province. Once it was taken, a large area in the south would soon fall into the hands of Franco and the rebels.
The commander of the Western Army, Cortés, was a conceited man. According to his personality, he would definitely not let go of such an opportunity. Franco's rebels were the bait and the most important part. If the other party attacked Franco's army and could not hold on, it would probably be for naught.
Rommel's ambition was very big. He wanted to eat up these 100,000 people in one go to make Prussians proud and let all the countries in the world see that the Prussians were not Roman and that they were invincible.
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