Age of Rebirth

An hour later, Han Tie stood on the Japanese army's position where the soil was below his feet and there were bomb craters all over the place. The gunpowder smoke had not dissipated yet. A smile.The troops are cleaning the battlefield. This is the old rule of the independent division, and it is also a special request of Lieutenant General Zhang Quan, the head of the logistics department. However, in Han Tie's view, cleaning the battlefield is just a formality. On the Japanese positions, everything becomes fragments .

Looking at his watch, Han Tie said to the communication staff officer beside him: "Immediately send a telegram to the Division Command and Crossing the Sea Campaign Command. Our Marine Corps, with six brigades, will arrive at Lushunkou at dawn on June 21. Landed and wiped out the two divisions of the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army. On June [-], they launched an attack on the second line of defense of the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army on the line from Bayuquan to Zhuanghe. After six hours of fighting, they completely wiped out Guard the Japanese army and the Japanese armed civilians!"

"After the previous two rounds of bombing and one round of bombardment, the exact number of enemies annihilated cannot be counted. It is estimated that more than [-] regular Japanese troops were annihilated, and more than [-] Japanese armed civilians were annihilated. Now, our troops According to the original campaign plan, we are advancing towards the northeast and the border of the Korean peninsula!"

In the telegrams sent to the division and the headquarters of the Battle of Crossing the Sea, Han Tie did not use the word fierce battle. In fact, the Battle of Lushunkou and the battle that just ended, the Marine Corps did not really take action at all. The protagonists on the battlefield were aviation. As for the number of enemies wiped out by the Japanese bombers, it is indeed impossible to count them. Under the mortar shells densely packed with migratory locusts, not even a single complete body of Japanese soldiers or armed civilians could be found.

Especially those members of the Manchurian Volunteer Team, the explosives and grenades on their bodies became accomplices in blowing up their own bodies.Almost smashed to pieces, the Sixth Brigade of the Marine Corps, after simply cleaning the battlefield, continued to advance rapidly in depth to the Liaodong Peninsula without stopping.

On the line from Bayuquan to Zhuanghe, more than 9 Japanese were buried, and their flesh and soil were mixed together. According to the soldiers of the follow-up troops, a few days later, when the troops passed by.You can still smell the pungent smell of blood, and you can still see the ground under your feet, a large area, a large area of ​​dried blood, which can be seen from the void from time to time.Kicked out stumps, broken arms, and deflated helmets.Three or eight guns broken into several pieces.

that year.The rain in the Liaodong Peninsula was exceptionally abundant. After being baptized by artillery fire, the vegetation on the battlefield grew vigorously again with the help of rain and sunshine.From Bayuquan in the east to Zhuanghe in the west, a plant belt is formed that is different from other areas in the Liaodong Peninsula.The local residents who escaped the flames of war and returned to their hometown found that the grass, the trees, and the bushes kept growing crazily and were unbelievably lush, and the leaves and branches of all vegetation were so green that they were black It is light red, and if it is broken, you can still smell a faint smell of blood.

The six brigades of the Marine Corps, with more than [-] troops, quickly advanced towards Fengtian after the battle was over. The left and right wings each had three brigades, and marched side by side along the two wings of the Liaodong Peninsula. , There was no large-scale battle at all along the way. Some local garrison troops of the Japanese army, washed away by this torrent, quickly melted like snowballs falling into a boiling water pot.

On June 22, Hengdaohe, Zhuanghe, Wanfu, Liangtun, Wanghaizhai and other towns were recovered, and they arrived in Gaizhou and other places. On the same day, Han Tie led the members of the headquarters and also arrived in Zhuanghe.

Although the Marine Corps began to attack the Liaodong Peninsula at dawn on June [-], it won two battles in two days, wiped out the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army, and turned more than [-] members of the Manchurian Volunteer Team into broken pieces. corpses, and the advance to the depths of the Japanese army was extremely smooth, but from the bottom of his heart, Han Tie was not satisfied.

The Marine Corps fought two consecutive battles, and the results achieved were extremely eye-catching. The main force of the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army did not play any role at all, and the entire army was wiped out. Because of this, Han Tie felt uncomfortable. The protagonist of the two battles, They are all served by the aviation bomber unit. In contrast, the 10,000+ marines have not experienced a decent battle at all. This is very depressing for Han Tie, who has the idea of ​​beating up the little devil.

Han Tie, who commanded an army of 10,000+, was depressed. In the waters on both sides of the Liaodong Peninsula, the captain of the two fast gunboat brigades of the fleet, who accompanied the troops to attack and was ready to provide fire support at any time, was even more depressed. There will be troops such as the little devil's sea patrol team. While accompanying the land troops to attack, they will have the opportunity to fight at the same time. It is the best of both worlds.

It's a pity that they were disappointed. Those responsible for patrolling the coast of the Liaodong Peninsula were not little devils at all, but Manchurian soldiers. They were not patrol boats or other warships, but wooden sailboats. At most, a diesel engine was added. Turned into a motor sailing ship, it was the opponent of the gunboat brigade equipped with naval warfare "Thunder" rocket launchers. Rocket launchers were hardly used. .

Just listening to the sound of gunboats on the shore, but not being able to receive orders, and when they had nothing to do, the captains of the two fast gunboat brigades discussed in the telegram that, except for the necessary gunboats, the rest of the gunboats should simply go Fighting pirates, as a result, the battle on land in the Liaodong Peninsula was a massacre without any suspense. bandit.

After the independent division troops control the Liaodong Peninsula, they will no longer be disturbed by the pirates. This is also an unexpected gain. However, without the approval of the superiors, it is purely an action to find wars by themselves, and they dare not report to the top at all. , even Han Tie didn't know.

At this time, Han Tie has led the members of the headquarters to enter Zhuanghe County, which has not been baptized by the flames of war. Major General Jiang Fangliang, the commander of the Sixth Brigade, greeted the commander at the south gate of Zhuanghe County. Unexpectedly, Along with the car was Major General Huang Wanshan, commander of the Fourth Brigade.

Seeing Han Tie getting off the armored command vehicle, Jiang Fangliang hurried forward, "Report to the commander, the Sixth Brigade has occupied Zhuanghe County without a large-scale battle. The Japanese guards there are extremely empty. In the county, there are only less than One squadron of Japanese military police and the rest were Japanese policemen. The battle lasted for 10 minutes, and the Japanese army was completely wiped out. Our department suffered 26 casualties! Now the whole city is under control!"

Han Tie looked Jiang Fangliang up and down, and saw that Jiang Fangliang was trembling, "Jiang Fangliang, I think you seem very proud? Do you think that the little devil is vulnerable, and next, your Sixth Brigade will go straight to Fengtian?" Han Tie spoke, but to Jiang Fangliang's ears, why was something wrong?

Han Tie looked at Jiang Fangliang, who was obviously thinking about what he said just now, with his eyes rolling around, and said with a straight face, "Okay, don't think about it, I have no other meaning, just to remind you, don't win the battle If the little devils didn't stop us in the wild, all the troops would be wiped out, relying on the town to stick to it, how could it be so easy to fight Zhuanghe? Lead the way, let's go into the city to see!"

Jiang Fangliang didn't dare to say anything, but quietly grabbed the chief of staff Wang Dongshan, "Chief of staff, the commander doesn't seem very happy, what is it for?" he asked in a low voice.

Wang Dongshan lay next to Jiang Fangliang's ear, and whispered: "I didn't win the battle. In the two consecutive battles, the bombers of the aviation army played the leading role. Think about it, the commander can be happy? You still have a few devils to defend?" Zhuanghe County is going to talk about the matter, can we not be punished!"

Only then did Jiang Fangliang suddenly realize that he slapped his head and saw that the commander and his party had already entered Zhuanghe County, and hurriedly chased after him. The Zhuanghe County in that era was far from being developed into a bright pearl in the Liaodong Peninsula like later generations. Dilapidated, only houses and shops with obvious Japanese-style buildings look different, not only tall but also somewhat magnificent. On both sides of the street, watching the troops enter the city one after another, an atmosphere of fear permeated the entire county.

From the moment he entered the county seat, Han Tie felt this atmosphere, but Han Tie understood that since the September [-]th Incident, after the Kwantung Army occupied the entire Northeast, it has been more than ten years. Residents of the Liaodong Peninsula have already remembered I can't afford the squadron, what it looks like, but no matter what you say, after the little devils occupied the Northeast, many people's families have relatives who served as national soldiers in the Manchukuo army. Even better, it doesn't matter if you are a national soldier, in short, it has been under the rule of the little devil for more than ten years.

He has already been branded as a traitor. Today, so many soldiers suddenly came, and they are still troops of the Nationalist Government. Can we not settle the matter?Maybe, in Zhuanghe County, many people's heads will fall soon, but the soldiers have blocked the four gates, and they can't get out even if they want to leave, just waiting to be stabbed!

This atmosphere made Han Tie very uncomfortable. He said to Jiang Fangliang and Huang Wanshan: "The battle has just ended. In the future, this will be the territory of our independent division. Zhuanghe can't be chaotic. Take out a part of the troops, just one battalion, to form The Zhuanghe Security Command immediately began to restore the social security and market order in Zhuanghe, by the way, all Japanese properties in Zhuanghe County will be confiscated immediately, and all Japanese will be detained and managed centrally!"

Jiang Fangliang and Huang Wanshan glanced at each other, but they didn't speak. The commander's words were confused. Zhuanghe should keep a small number of troops, but he didn't specify whether it was the fourth brigade or the sixth brigade. If the troops stay in Zhuanghe to serve as guards, it means that this part of the troops is likely to become a second-line garrison.

Han Tie saw that the two brigade commanders were all sullen, and neither of them spoke. He thought that he didn't want to keep the troops and take on the garrison task of Zhuanghe. His eyebrows were raised at that time. !” he exclaimed.

(to be continued) (to be continued..)