The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

Chengde.

Chengde is located in the transition zone between North China and Northeast China, close to Beijing and Tianjin, backed by Mengliao, adjacent to Qinhuangdao, Tangshan, two coastal cities, and Zhangjiakou City.

Chengde's geographical location is relatively important, and it is one of the places where the little devil's Kwantung Army may pass by when going south.

If the little devil Kwantung Army goes south to support the North China Front Army, there may be two routes.

The first route is to enter North China through Jinzhou, Qinhuangdao and Shanhaiguan, which is commonly referred to as entry.This route may be the most likely route for the little devil to take. [

For the second route, the little devil may also bypass Chengde and go straight to Peiping.Although most of the areas passed by this route are mountainous and the roads are relatively rough, it is not ruled out that little devils will also take this route.

Therefore, Zhang Yunfei believed that Chengde must be restored and that heavy troops must be stationed there.The garrison in Chengde, on the one hand, can besiege Beiping, because Chengde is closer to Peiping, and on the other hand, it can prevent the little devils Kwantung Army from going south.

The task of recovering Chengde and garrisoning Chengde is now undertaken by the 4th column.

At present, most of the troops of the 4th column have entered the attack position, and everyone will launch an attack only after the commander of the 4th column gives an order.

The main task of the 4th column is to restore Chengde, and then it must be nailed to Chengde like a nail, and control several small counties around Chengde to prevent the little devil's Kwantung Army from going south.

There are many mountains around Chengde, and the little devil's troops built some lookout posts and strongholds on the surrounding mountains, and entered several main roads in Chengde.The little devils have set up levels.

Chengde belongs to the hinterland of the Japanese-occupied area, and it is not far from Beiping and Qinhuangdao, so.The little devil's troops in Chengde are not many, about a puppet army with a strengthened brigade and a regiment.

There are tens of thousands of people in the fourth column, equipped with a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, off-road vehicles and heavy artillery.To deal with such a small devil, basically don't adopt any strategy, just fight directly.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, following the order of Luo Jihua, the commander of the [-]th column, the tank regiment and the mechanized infantry regiment took the lead and marched into Chengde from the south and north along the road, followed by several infantry regiments.

This time, the 4th column was only dispatched for a little while to restore Chengde's troops.Most of the troops acted as a reserve team, and a few regiments were sent to recover several small counties near Chengde that had been empty of troops.

Nearly [-] chariots from the tank regiment rumbled along the road, forming a long queue that was two to three kilometers long, kicking up a large cloud of dust.Behind the tank regiment, there are two infantry regiments running to follow up.

There are still three or four kilometers away from Chengde. In front of the road, there is a checkpoint built by a little devil.The tank driver numbered '0261' at the front of the tank regiment has already seen this little devil level from a distance.

The tank driver immediately reported to his head into the microphone, "Head, there is a little devil checkpoint 500 meters ahead, please give instructions."

All tanks, armored vehicles, and off-road vehicles of the No.30 Sixth Army are equipped with an inter-vehicle radio communication system, which is very convenient for communication.

"Call directly!" The calm and powerful voice of the head of the tank regiment came from the headset immediately.

Several Type 39 tanks in the front heard that there was a little devil's checkpoint ahead, and everyone immediately moved forward to wait and see.

On the road ahead, there were about a dozen little devils and dozens of puppet soldiers. The little devils put a barricade across the road. On both sides of the road, there were some sandbags piled up, and two or three crooked handles were erected. machine gun.

On both sides of the road, two strongholds with a height of more than ten meters were built at a distance of about tens of meters. Shooting holes.

It seems that the little devils have built a lot of fortifications during the past two years of occupying Chengde. Although there are not many little devils, there are still quite a lot of fortifications. Build a solid stronghold. [

Chengde has beautiful scenery, and it used to be a royal summer resort. Therefore, after the little devil occupied Beiping and Chengde, some generals of the little devil's North China Front Army often came to Chengde for summer vacation and leisure.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, the little devil built a lot of strongholds around Chengde, especially on the roads entering Chengde, and built several checkpoints.

Now, nearly a hundred tanks and armored vehicles from the tank regiment rumbled along the road, and there was a lot of movement. The little devils and puppet soldiers had already spotted the tanks on the road in the distance.

Currently, the tank regiments of each column are organized as follows:

每一个坦克连11辆39式坦克，每个坦克营46辆（营部2辆）。二个坦克营计92辆39式主战坦克。

In addition to the two tank battalions, there is also a mixed battalion. The mixed battalion has two tank companies with 22 Type 39 main battle tanks, two infantry companies with 22 Type 39 armored personnel carriers, and the battalion headquarters has 3 Type 39 armored personnel carriers. .

坦克团还有一个团部，团部有3辆39式坦克、3辆装甲指挥车、3辆39式装甲运兵车。

全团共117辆39式主战坦克，53辆39式装甲运兵车、3辆装甲指挥车。

Of course, because the number of 30-type armored personnel carriers and 39-type tanks in the No.39 Sixth Army is limited, except for the first column, the tanks and armored vehicles of the other columns are not fully equipped, and most tank regiments are only equipped with nearly half of the 1-type armored personnel carriers. tanks and twenty or thirty armored personnel carriers.

For example, the tank regiment of the 4th column currently has only one tank battalion and one mixed battalion, and there is still a tank battalion missing.

But at present, the scale of the No.30 Sixth Army’s tank factory and armored vehicle factory has expanded several times, and the monthly output of tanks and armored vehicles has exceeded [-]. According to this production capacity, each column will not need a year. All tank regiments will be fully staffed.

The little devils and puppet soldiers in the distance saw so many tanks and armored vehicles approaching, and they seemed to be jumping around. Many little devils hurriedly entered the fighting position, preparing to fight back.

The little devil's communication soldier hurriedly picked up the phone and called the little devil's headquarters in Chengde City to report the situation here.

And those puppet troops, about a company of puppet troops, saw so many chariots approaching with murderous aura, these puppet troops seemed trembling, obviously frightened.

Quite a few puppet troops actually hid, or lay on the ground with their buttocks lying on their backs, or hid behind sandbags. It belongs to the No.30 Sixth Army.

The little devils next to them, seeing the performance of these puppet soldiers, were so angry that they were dying, but at this moment, the little devils were too busy to take care of these puppet soldiers.

Seeing that the little devils were preparing to fight back, and at this time, several tanks in front were only 300 meters away from the little devils, and the little devils had already entered the firing range of the tank's main gun.

Several tanks started firing.

The tank numbered '0261' at the front was aimed at a machine gun position built by a little devil with sandbags in front of it, and it was a shot.

With a loud "boom", the little devil's machine gun flew into the sky, and the crooked machine gun was also blown away. It flew high and landed far away beside the road.

A dozen or so puppet soldiers not far from the machine gun position were lying on the ground. The tank fired a mighty shot just now, blowing up all over the sky and blowing up the dozens of puppet soldiers.

Among these grains of sand, there were also some broken limbs and broken arms of the little devil, and one of the little devil's arms fell right in front of a puppet soldier. The puppet soldier saw the bloody broken arm , immediately rolled his eyes, and fainted from fright. [

The rest of the dozen or so puppet troops saw how powerful the tanks of the No.30 Sixth Army were, sending one of the kid's machine gun positions into the sky with one shot. These puppet troops turned pale and gave up a long time ago. The idea of ​​resistance.

The two little devil strongholds next to them saw the tanks of the No.30 Sixth Army firing, and immediately began to fight back. Crooked machine guns, [-]-type heavy machine guns, [-]-type rifles, and even grenades and mortars began to fire .

The little devil's counterattack was very violent, but this time it was the tank regiment of the No.30 Sixth Army. Although the little devil's counterattack made the tanks and armored vehicles of the tank regiment clank, the effect was not great.

The tanks in front of the tank regiment saw the little devil's fierce counterattack, and everyone sneered in their hearts, thinking in their hearts, the little devil is really courting death.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

After several more shots, the little devils on the road flew into the sky completely. The little devils were killed one after another, and a small number of puppet troops were also affected. The rest of the puppet troops, seeing that the road was not safe, panicked. With a cry, he started running to both sides of the road.

After smashing the checkpoints on the Little Devils Highway, the Little Devils stronghold next to the highway became the focus of shelling. The two watchtowers in the Little Devils stronghold are now also shooting fiercely at the tank regiment.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Several tanks fired in turn, and the two watchtowers of the little devils collapsed, raising dust all over the sky. The little devils inside were either killed or buried alive.

In just a few minutes, the little devil's level was successfully solved, and dozens of little devils were killed.

The puppet army of that company also killed more than a dozen people, and the rest of the puppet army dropped their weapons one after another, raised their hands high, and stood on both sides of the road to surrender.

The soldiers of the tank regiment ignored the more than 100 surrendered puppet troops, but drove the tanks along the road to Chengde. Naturally, the soldiers of the infantry regiment followed up to deal with these puppet troops.

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I got up early this morning to prepare the code words, and found that the entire community was out of power. I didn’t call until 4 pm. I will post a chapter first. Now I can only hurry up and write. I don’t know if I can complete the task of the third shift. (to be continued)