The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

The Mechanized Infantry Regiment is getting closer and closer to the stronghold of these little devils. The head of the Mechanized Infantry Regiment also saw the situation ahead. Head Qin picked up the microphone and ordered loudly: "First battalion and third company pay attention, send a platoon to take a look , the rest of the personnel continued to move forward and entered Wuning County."

The 7st Battalion and [-]rd Company were at the forefront of the team, closest to the strongholds of the little devils. After receiving an order, a row of [-] tanks broke away from the main force and headed for a stronghold of the little devils not far away.

There are only a dozen puppet troops in this stronghold. These puppet troops have long been a little dazed when they saw the huge convoy of the mechanized infantry regiment. They have never seen a mechanized infantry regiment before, and they are a little naturally afraid of the huge mechanized infantry regiment.

Seeing a few chariots coming straight towards him, the dozen or so puppet soldiers were frightened to death immediately, trembling immediately, holding a white flag out of the stronghold, and shouting in horror from a long distance: "Don't shoot, Don't shoot, we surrender."

A few soldiers got off the off-road vehicle and drove the puppet soldiers to an open space in front of the stronghold. A soldier with an AK-47 assault rifle began to interrogate the puppet soldiers. [

"Be honest with me, answer my question well, where did the little devil here go?"

"Brother, the little devil has already run away and retreated to Qinhuangdao. Now there is only one little devil from the infantry squad in Wuning County."

A squad leader of the puppet army still seemed a little frightened when he answered.

Seeing that these puppet soldiers didn't look like they were lying, everyone immediately reported the situation, right away.Captain Qin of the Mechanized Infantry Regiment already knew the situation in Wuning County.

Seeing that Wuning County was basically an empty city, and the little devils had basically evacuated, Commander Qin ordered the troops to enter the city.Annihilate that little devil squad.

This infantry squad had just reported the situation to the Japanese army in Qinhuangdao, and had not had time to escape.He was surrounded by soldiers, and all the little devils were killed by the soldiers, and the two to three hundred puppet soldiers in the city were all captured.

After recovering Wuning County, Commander Qin immediately reported the situation to the commander of the 5th Column.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, more than half of the troops of the [-]th column passed through Wuning County, and continued to march eastward, approaching Qinhuangdao. Among them, the vanguard had two mechanical infantry regiments, two tank regiments, two infantry regiments, and one cavalry regiment It has reached the eastern city of Qinhuangdao.

The little devil saw the arrival of the large troops of the 5th column.Knowing that a mere regiment of his own could not compete with such a huge force as the 5th Column, the little devils directly gave up the city located east of the Tanghe River.

Now, the troops of the fifth column are confronting the little devils, and many tanks, armored vehicles, and off-road vehicles have reached the east bank of the Tang River.Everyone is ready to attack.

All the bridges on the Tang River were blown up by the little devils, causing all the tanks, armored vehicles and off-road vehicles of the fifth column to temporarily be unable to cross the river.

The commander of the 5th column, Xie Zhendong, also came to the east bank of the Tang River, and observed the situation of the little devil from across the river for a while.Xie Zhendong frowned, thinking in his heart, this river just blocked our way, and all the vehicles couldn't get through. If we forcefully cross the river, there might be a lot of casualties.

How to do this?Xie Zhendong put down the binoculars and thought about it carefully.

Then he said to the guards next to him: "Map, open the map of Qinhuangdao immediately."

Several guards immediately opened the map, and several high-level officials of the 5th column looked around the map carefully. After looking at the map, everyone felt a little suspicious.

The markings on the map are relatively clear. The lower reaches of the Tanghe River and the estuary are wider, while the upper reaches are getting narrower. If it is as marked on the map, then it is completely possible to cross the river from the narrow upper reaches.

Although it takes tens of kilometers to detour, but in this way, you can go directly to the back of the little devil, and attack him from both sides. Thinking of this, everyone's heart is relieved.

To be on the safe side, we found a few more local people and inquired about the situation carefully. We felt that this plan was safe and feasible, so we immediately mobilized two tank regiments and a mechanized infantry regiment to go around the upstream, and the rest of the troops prepared to Attack here to attract the kid's attention.

On the west bank of Tanghe River, the little devil's position. [

The little devil dug a temporary trench along the river, and piled up rows of sandbags on the embankment, a straight [-]-type heavy machine gun, a crooked machine gun, and a [-]-type rifle. Aim at the east bank of the Tang River.

More than 6 mortars and [-] [-]-type infantry guns of the Little Devils Infantry Regiment are also ready on the west bank of the Tanghe River. There are many little devils next to each gun.

On the east bank of the Tang River, the position of the 5th column.

A mechanized infantry regiment, with hundreds of tanks lined up along the river, their 30mm cannons aimed at the other side of the river.

The two infantry regiments participating in the attack, with thousands of soldiers, also collected hundreds of small wooden boats in a short period of time, and were also preparing to cross the river.

Many machine guns of the two infantry regiments have also been erected. These are squad machine guns produced by Datong Armory. The rate of fire is 200 rounds per minute, and the actual rate of fire is more than 800 rounds per minute. The 600>

Now, at least a hundred of these machine guns have been erected on the east bank of the Tang River, mainly to suppress the firepower of the little devils on the opposite bank and provide cover for comrades crossing the river.

Two infantry regiments and dozens of 60mm mortars were used together. On a long open space on the east bank of the Tang River, dozens of mortars were lined up in a neat row, nearly 200 meters long. , three gunners next to each mortar were at the ready.

Although the 5th column has a lot of heavy artillery, on the other side of the Tanghe River, there are many residential buildings less than 300 meters across the river. If large-caliber heavy artillery is fired on these residential buildings, it will cause a lot of harm to the people. loss.

Considering that the civilians cannot be accidentally injured, the heavy artillery of the 5th column is useless this time, and basically all of them are small-caliber 60mm mortars.

Of course, due to the small caliber of the mortar, the range does not have a great advantage, so the mortar position is behind the entire attacking force, and the little devil's mortar and the [-]-type infantry gun cannot hit it. To this large mortar position.

The commander of the 5th column stood on the east bank of the Tanghe River, carefully watching the little devil's position, and saw that many mortars and several [-] infantry guns were deployed behind the little devil's team. Commander Xie Zhendong also frowned. .

Xie Zhendong looked at his watch, it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, but the two armies had been facing each other for so long, and the little devils were not in a hurry to attack first. The little devils seemed to be delaying time. Could it be that the little devils were waiting for reinforcements?

I don't know if the two tank regiments and one mechanized infantry regiment have crossed the upper reaches of the Tang River now. These three regiments have been setting off for more than an hour.

Xie Zhendong was about to make an inquiry. At this time, a correspondent soldier walked over quickly and reported loudly: "Commander, our two tank regiments and mechanized infantry regiments have all crossed the Tanghe River from Gaozhuang Village upstream. I didn't meet any little devils during the river crossing."

"Okay!" Xie Zhendong was full of joy, looking at his pocket watch, it was less than 10 minutes before [-]:[-] p.m., and he could start attacking.

"Order! At four o'clock, the troops launched an attack."

Xie Zhendong's voice was loud and full of energy. It seemed that Xie Zhendong had full confidence in this battle.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the attack of the 5th column began.

With a "snap" sound, a signal flare rose into the sky shiningly. Almost all the soldiers preparing to attack saw this signal flare. Everyone knew that the general offensive was about to begin.

"Tom, tom, tom..."

In the huge position of the 60mm mortar, there was a dense sound of firing, and the shells roared and flew hundreds of meters away. Going out, there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky. [

Beforehand, the soldiers had carefully proofread each mortar. This round of shells was fired very accurately. Basically, they exploded on the little devils' positions, killing many little devils.

"Ten quick shots!"

Immediately, dozens of 60mm mortars began to fire violently, pouring shells at the little devil's position on the opposite bank.

At the same time as the mortar fired, on the east bank of the Tang River, many machine guns started firing from the positions of the two infantry regiments participating in the attack, causing the dirt to fly up on the little devils' positions on the opposite bank, and many little devils were shot. died.

But as soon as the soldiers started to attack, the little devils also started to fight back. Across the Tanghe River, which was nearly 200 meters wide, the two armies immediately shot at each other.

The little devil's mortars and Type 5 infantry artillery also began to fire shells at the position of the [-]th column, and bursts of explosions sounded on the soldiers' positions. Immediately, the soldiers also began to suffer casualties.

"Destroy the artillery position of the little devil!"

The voice of the commander of the 5th column was loud and short, with a little bit of anger in his voice.

Several armored vehicles and off-road vehicles in the front saw that the artillery position of the little devil was just within the range of his 30mm machine gun, and saw that the artillery of the little devil was still so arrogant that they did not wait for the order of their commander. The 30mm machine gun aimed at the artillery position of the little devil and fired.

The little devils seriously underestimated the range of the 30mm cannon equipped by the No.30 Sixth Army. Although the artillery positions of the little devils are nearly a thousand meters away from these armored vehicles and off-road vehicles, the distance of 1000 meters is still It is within the range of the 30mm cannon.

Through the optical sight on the 30mm machine gun, the soldiers can easily aim at the little devil's mortar and the Type [-] infantry gun, and even the little devil's figure can be seen clearly.

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