Age of Rebirth

Facing the fresh morning breeze from the land of southern Guangdong, the convoy continued to move forward. Tang Qiuli's mood at the moment was quite high-spirited. After all, he had fought for ten years, from the northeast to the South Pacific, no matter how much money he took into the country. Fighting out from mainland China, capturing the Indochina Peninsula, or cutting off most of India from the British, he was not in such an excited mood at this time. Tang Qiuli knew that this should be related to future generations, the one that made all Chinese people enter the country. , all excited about the moment.

The efficiency of the l division troops is absolutely efficient. The battle to break through the r army positions outside Hong Kong has just ended. The engineering troops, driving forklifts and soil machines, have already built a wide dirt road on the former battlefield. The dirt road From time to time, dozens of military trucks, fully loaded with supplies, rolled up the dust, and rumbled past. The logistics supply line connecting Guangzhou to Hong Kong has been smoothly blocked.

After advancing for more than ten kilometers, a sea of ​​tanks appeared in front of us, and all the tank formations could not be seen. The chief of staff, Zhao Yuhe, turned his head from the seat in front of him and said, "Master, we We have already arrived at the position of Commander Battelle's armored forces, if we go further, we will enter the battlefield!"

Tang Qiuli pointed to the rows of tank columns, and said to Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, Battelle is so arrogant, he parked more than 1000 tanks in an open space without any disguise and blatantly. , it's a bit fascinating, if the Japanese army comes with hundreds of bombers, within an hour, Battelle's tank unit will become piles of scrap metal!"

Zhao Yuhe could tell that the teacher was criticizing Battelle. There was an indescribably doting element in his tone, as if he was praising his younger brother. He smiled and replied: "Mr. , I have informed Commander Battelle of your coming to the front line!" [

Just as he was talking, an armored command vehicle drove towards him like lightning. At that speed, Tang Qiuli thought he couldn't reach it. The armored command vehicle braked beautifully, stopped firmly in front of the convoy, rolled up A puff of smoke, a major general officer and several guards jumped out of the car, and it was Battelle who came to greet him.

Tang Qiuli got out of the car with a smile, and Battelle trotted forward, standing at attention and saluting, "Reporting to the division commander, the armored commander Battelle is commanding the troops to wait, please give instructions to the division commander!"

Tang Qiuli looked at Battelle with kind eyes, he was not bad, he was full of vigor, and his face did not show the pride after victory, he asked: "Battelle, how is the loss of the army, can you pull it up at any time? ?”

Battelle replied loudly: "Reporting to the commander, the loss of the troops is not large. A total of 23 tanks were destroyed. Among them, [-] tanks have been urgently repaired on the battlefield. The fuel and medicine of all tanks have been replenished, and they can be put into battle at any time!"

Before Tang Qiuli could speak, Battelle took a step closer and complained in a low voice: "Brother, why did you come to the front line? It's very dangerous here, and the infantry is fighting in the streets!"

Tang Qiuli smiled, stretched out his hand to tidy up the combat uniform for Battelle, and patted some dust off his body, and said, "What do I have to worry about, you have more than 1000 tanks, you can't protect my safety, Battelle, The tank is parked under the light of day without camouflage, so it is not afraid of the air attack of the Japanese army?"

In Battelle's eyes, a naughty light flashed. At this moment, Zhao Yuhe, who was behind Tang Qiuli, saw the youngest major general officer of the Ul division who had experienced the baptism of the European battlefield, and the commander who commanded the torrent of armor. Here, that kind of childlike innocence, maybe, only in front of the teacher, will he reveal such a real side!

Battelle said with a smile: "Brother, I'm worried that the little devil's plane won't come. I've already made a plan with Le Yiqin. My tank unit will be parked on the outskirts of the urban area in such a blatant manner. His first batch of eight A fighter regiment is on standby at the take-off line, if the bombers of the little devil really come to the air strike, the aviation army can also win the battle, you don't know o, Le Yiqin is full of complaints."

"When you talked to me on the phone, you said that you were biased. When you hit Hong Kong, you knew to send infantry and tank soldiers. Forgot about his Southern Flying Group and more than 1000 aircraft. If you don't want to use tricks, just Can envy other troops to fight!"

Tang Qiuli pointed at Battelle, and said with a helpless smile, "You, there is nothing you dare not dare to hook up with that militant Le Yiqin! However, you and Le Yiqin seem to be It's been a waste of time, the main force of the R army aviation in front of us is on the Pacific battlefield, the Hong Kong battlefield, I can't take care of it at all, little brother, it's not bad, I didn't have the brain to drive the tanks into the urban area of ​​Hong Kong!"

Battelle was very unconvinced. How could he say it? He also fought in the European battlefield for more than three years. He has experienced scenes bigger than this. I don’t know how many times. * World, that is a famous ace troop, why did my brother see it with old eyes, and just tried to excuse a few words like a fool, the Guppo car of Chen Feng, the director of the communication department of the ul division, stopped abruptly between the two entering around.

Chen Feng jumped out of the Gup car, "Report to the commander, I received a telegram from Commander Le Yiqin of the Southern Aviation Group of the Air Force!" Tang Qiuli laughed and said, "It's really evil. Cao Cao is coming!"

Tang Qiuli received the telegram, "Master, the Southern Air Force Group of our Air Force was ordered to block the airspace of Hong Kong. At around 30:[-] this morning, the airspace near Huoshizhou Island in the sea area of ​​Dapeng Bay intercepted three Japanese army transport planes. According to the account of the captured prisoners, the commander of the No.[-] Seventh Division of the R Army and Lieutenant General Paul Gavin, the Governor of Hong Kong of the R Army, and his family members were among them. Official music!"

Tang Qiuli blushed with joy, handed the telegram to Zhao Yuhe, and said: "Yuhe, good news, Le Yiqin has caught a big fish, this guy is lucky enough, the ground troops, fight Fighting to the death, a street and a house are gnawing down on the barricades of the Japanese army, he is good, and he can get a big deal!"

Zhao Yuhe was also very excited, and said: "Master, this means that the Hong Kong campaign is over, but this is the first time I've seen the commander of the R army fleeing the battle. This is the first of its kind for a senior military commander!"

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "We can't be optimistic yet. Pauli Gavin must have been hiding the truth from the R Army troops when he escaped from the battlefield. He ordered Yu Deshui, the director of the intelligence department, and Shen Jun, the director of the investigation department, to rush to Guangzhou immediately to interrogate Pauli Gavin. , prompting him to issue an order to stop resistance to the r army's defense forces in Hong Kong. In that case, our troops will reduce a lot of casualties, and Hong Kong will also avoid greater damage. Tell Yu Deshui and Shen Jun, Do everything you can to pry Paul Gavin's mouth open!"

Just as Tang Qiuli judged, Hong Kong's 3-odd Japanese defense troops did not know that their supreme commander Paul Gavin, head of the division, had already escaped from Hong Kong by flying a beautiful golden cicada. And it fell into the hands of the Ul Division troops. They are still fighting desperately with the Ul Division troops that have penetrated into the depths of the R Army's defenses, relying on barricades and fortifications in accordance with the orders of the Division Headquarters!

Every house and every street is the focus of contention. Urban street fighting is dull, monotonous and cruel. Heavy weapons such as airplanes, tanks, and artillery have lost their due functions. Urban street fighting, more It is a test of many factors such as the tenacious spirit, fighting will and individual combat ability of a soldier in an army.

The five main infantry brigades of the ul division's direct corps and the Sulu mobile corps attacking Hong Kong, boldly interspersed, have cut the r army's defense system to pieces. A large battlefield in Hong Kong has become a small battlefield with several ul. In the battlefield, fierce battles are going on. [

This style of play of the l division troops was unexpected by the r army commanders. They built a line of defense according to the normal urban defense warfare, and they were preparing to rely on urban street fighting, gradually exhausting and depleting the troops of the u division troops, saying to wait It doesn't matter whether it's reinforcements, or to reflect the Japanese emperor's aggressive will to fight, anyway, the Japanese troops in Hong Kong, when they are at an absolute disadvantage in strength, don't want to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Chinese soldiers they look down on.

Entrusted by Lieutenant General Paul Gavin, Major General Kobayashi Koichi, the chief of staff of the division who took over the command of the No.30 Seventh Division, did not know the purpose of His Excellency Division Chief. He only knew that he could finally fully command a Even though the division's troops had already lost more than half of their strength, he didn't even know that he was just the scapegoat of the division commander Pauli, who had already been imprisoned in Guangzhou.

As for the plan to blow up all important targets in Hong Kong and turn Hong Kong into a dead city full of ruins, Lieutenant General Pauli Gavin himself thought it was too dirty and crazy. In the No.30 Seventh Division, only Lieutenant General Pauli Gavin and Hamada Nakasa, the head of the special high school, knew about this plan, and even Kobayashi, the chief of staff, didn't know anything about it.

Therefore, after Hamada Nakazuo's plan failed, and Hamada Nakasamoto entered, and was killed by a member of the Ul Division's special operations detachment during the execution of the plan, no one in the r army knew about this crazy plan, and Hong Kong was spared It was destroyed by the r army, but the battle was still going on throughout the Hong Kong battlefield.

By 21 o'clock in the evening on July [-], more than two-thirds of the New Territories, Lantau Island, and Hong Kong Island had fallen into the hands of the Ul Division troops. The defensive troops of the R Army were divided and surrounded in areas of different sizes Within the period, after the r army in the outer positions of Hong Kong had been resolved, the five infantry brigades in the Guangzhou JNG reserve area joined the street fighting. The destruction of the r army was only a matter of time.

According to changes in the battlefield situation, Tang Qiuli adjusted the deployment of the battle in a timely manner.

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