Age of Rebirth

Colonel Huang Xiaosheng, Chief of Staff of the Second Brigade of the Southeast Mobile Corps, stood anxiously in front of a private house in the northern urban area of ​​Seoul, waiting for the famous but never-before-seen independent division leader directly under the Special Operations Detachment, the current second The acting brigade commander, Colonel Chu Tian, ​​was surrounded by dozens of heavily armed guards on high alert.

This private house is where the temporarily requisitioned brigade headquarters is located. It is an out-and-out Japanese-style building. This temporary brigade headquarters was obtained after a lot of fighting. In this Japanese-style building, there are more than a dozen people hidden Although the armed Japanese civilians were prepared, Huang Xiaosheng paid the price of the lives of eight soldiers from the brigade guard battalion and wounded more than a dozen people before clearing out the group of human bombs. The fighting process was short and intense.

Even Huang Xiaosheng, who had been through battles and rolled over from the hail of bullets, was horrified to watch. He didn't quite understand that these Japanese, all of them, howled and shouted that What kind of shit emperor, his body is covered with explosives, the fuse is in the dark night, braving the sparks of "chi chi", he rushed straight up, was shot bloody from the submachine gun, but he also approached the soldiers, the brigade guard battalion Most of the casualties that occurred were caused by this.

Only now did Huang Xiaosheng know how wise it was for him to order the troops to be alert on the spot after the death of the brigade commander. Entering the urban area of ​​Seoul, no one can predict the number of casualties caused by such a suicide attack like a desperado.

In Huang Xiaosheng's hand, he held a telegram sent by the acting brigade commander. The content of the telegram was very simple, and he was very puzzled, "Chief of Staff Huang, after receiving the order. The troops are concentrated in the brigade headquarters, all put on plain clothes and stand by. In addition, all armored vehicles are assembled on standby. Each armored vehicle is equipped with a squad of soldiers. The equipment requirements are one light and one heavy machine gun, and two mortars. Sufficient ammunition and a walkie-talkie."

Huang Xiaosheng really couldn't figure out what the acting brigade commander was going to do. Moreover, the scouts from the whole brigade were gathered together.At least there are nearly a thousand people, so many people in casual clothes.Where can I get it?Even if it is an emergency dispatch from the brigade logistics department.It was too late, the acting brigade commander said in a telegram that he was just on his way to the brigade headquarters.

Assembling the reconnaissance troops was easy, it was a matter of an order, but seeing more than 900 reconnaissance soldiers assembled, Huang Xiaosheng was so worried that his hair was turning gray.It was Li Dequan, the head of the first regiment, who came up with an idea, "Chief of staff, it seems that the acting brigade commander asked the scouts to change into civilian clothes. What's the use? Why don't you use local materials and temporarily ask the citizens around the brigade headquarters?" , requisitioning casual clothes, big deal, we just give the money!"

Huang Xiaosheng rolled his eyes when he heard it, and was speechless for a while, what kind of bad idea is this, isn't our army becoming a robbery bandit?

But Li Dequan said nonchalantly: "Chief of Staff, why are you hesitating? The acting brigade commander will be here soon. Besides, these citizens, how I look at it, are all out with little devils. Besides, we are requisitioning. For the money!"

Huang Xiaosheng really had no choice but to issue an order to requisition casual clothes on the spot. However, he warned the scouts, "I warn everyone, we are dignified teachers of civilization. When the requisition starts later, if that person is dishonest, borrow Take the opportunity to rob people's wealth, or, seeing a big girl can't move, and do things that are worse than even a little devil, I, Huang Xiaosheng, tell you clearly, military law is ruthless!"

The scouts lowered their heads and sniggered, and started to act, but they didn't take it seriously in their hearts. "Who did the chief of staff see in us? After all, they are soldiers from the independent division!" This group of scouts in miscellaneous clothes gathered in the courtyard of the temporary brigade headquarters, just like going to a market, and I felt awkward.

At this time, Chu Tian, ​​together with Qi Hanzhi, was leading four team members in a car, driving quickly on the empty streets of Seoul, heading straight for the temporary headquarters of the second brigade. The several groups contacted issued an order to quickly assemble in the northern urban area of ​​Seoul. The original assembly location was cancelled, and contacted other nearby groups as quickly as possible.

As for whether the group of die-hard elements will be dealt with after being scattered to the various gathering points of Japanese armed civilians, Chu Tian is not worried at all. He was burning with anxiety when he heard the explosion sound from time to time in the distance in the speeding car. As Xiushan said, in the urban area of ​​Seoul, there were probably hundreds of Japanese armed civilians preparing to carry out suicide attacks, not just at the 20 or so assembly points!

Therefore, although more than 20 teams of the special warfare detachment were able to kill all the Japanese armed civilians at the assembly point they were in charge of, there are still seventy or eighty such assembly points left in the entire urban area of ​​Seoul. There are 30 people counting at one assembly point, and there are more than 2000 body bombs in the urban area of ​​Seoul, walking in every corner of the city. You need to dig them out one by one from the huge urban area before dawn.The difficulty can be imagined.

It is now more than ten o'clock at night on June 27th, and it is only six or seven hours before dawn. If these body bombs are not completely cleared, it is impossible for the troops of the Second Brigade to enter the urban area, receive Seoul, and spread the word. Wouldn't it be a big deal? It's a joke, the majestic independent division, a fully staffed field brigade, with 7000 troops, faced the undefended Seoul, without any resistance from the Japanese army, so they dared not enter!

"Hanzhi, speed up!" Chu Tian said to Qi Hanzhi, the chief of staff who was driving the car, with a stern expression. But the movements under his feet were not slow, the accelerator pedal was pressed to the bottom, the car engine roared, the bright headlights pierced the night sky of Seoul, and swept across the streets and alleys like lightning.

Huang Xiaosheng waited so anxiously that he was about to order the radio operator to contact the acting brigade commander again, when he saw two lights flickering in front, and the roar of the engine, which happened to be here at the temporary brigade headquarters, "Be alert, make sure to come Human identity!" He gave an order to the guards around him, "It is very likely that he is the acting brigade commander, if it is those Japanese armed civilians, it is impossible to kill them so blatantly!" He thought to himself, but he did not dare to relax at all.

The roar of the engine was getting closer and closer, and when the warning line was less than 100 meters away, the speed slowed down, and the car lights flashed three times, and Huang Xiaosheng heaved a sigh of relief. Let go! The acting brigade commander has arrived!"

The soldiers of the security battalion on guard in front quickly moved away from the obstacle, and the car, carrying a burst of dust, stopped abruptly in front of Huang Xiaosheng with a sound of "Hah!" A man in the uniform of the Japanese Army Major jumped out of the car, and immediately, The other five figures also wearing Japanese military uniforms had already arrived outside the car almost at the same time as the car stopped.

"What a nimble skill!" Huang Xiaosheng admired secretly, and went up to meet him, "Chief of Staff Huang! I am Chutian!" Chutian didn't talk nonsense. From the officers in front of him, he recognized the Chief of Staff of the Second Brigade at a glance. Huang Xiaosheng's identity.

At the same time, Huang Xiaosheng also confirmed the identity of the other party from the very young officer in front of him, "Report to the acting brigade commander, Huang Xiaosheng, the chief of staff of the second brigade of the Southeast Mobile Corps, and Li Dequan, the commander of the first regiment, are waiting for your arrival here. Please go to brigade headquarters!" He said succinctly without any nonsense.

Chu Tian returned the salute, turned back to Qi Hanzhi and said, "Chief of Staff Qi, contact the other teams immediately, how long will it take to arrive!"

After giving the order, he walked into the temporary brigade headquarters together with Huang Xiaosheng and Li Dequan, and saw a team of more than 900 people in plain clothes, lined up in a square in the yard, silently, and nodded approvingly, "Chief Huang, Time is running out, without too many polite words, these are all the reconnaissance units of our brigade?" he asked.

Huang Xiaosheng replied: "Yes, acting brigade commander, all of them are on standby at the temporary command post of the brigade headquarters according to your order. In addition, all armored vehicles have also been assembled according to your order. The troops and weapons are all in place!"

Chu Tian's expression relaxed a little. He didn't expect that this seemingly gentle brigade chief of staff would act so neatly. "How many armored vehicles have been gathered and are available for use?" He asked.

"Report to the acting brigade commander, there are a total of 130 armored vehicles available!" Huang Xiaosheng replied without delay.

"Okay, that's enough!" Chu Tian admired again, admiring Huang Xiaosheng very much, "Chief Huang, my plan is this. There are a total of 120 members of the Special Operations Detachment entering the urban area of ​​Seoul. In about half an hour, most of them can gather here, and then I ordered two team members to lead a plainclothes reconnaissance platoon to infiltrate the streets and alleys of downtown Seoul, and continue to search for armed Japanese civilians in all directions!"

"Each group follows one armored vehicle and one squad, and is responsible for storming. In this way, more than 60 armored vehicles will be taken away, and your task is to command these remaining armored vehicles. Every two vehicles form a group, plus Three trucks full of soldiers occupied and controlled the broadcasting stations in downtown Seoul, important Japanese departments, agencies, banks, oil depots, warehouses, and important factories and mines. Fortunately, the Japanese army did not cause major damage before they withdrew from Seoul. Otherwise, what we are facing will be the ruins of Seoul!"

"The rest of the troops formed a security circle around Seoul, set up checkpoints at every intersection in and out of Seoul, and strictly checked all passing pedestrians and vehicles. Don't be soft-handed, there are very likely hidden human bombs in it, after clearing out the hidden Japanese armed civilians in the urban area of ​​Seoul, the troops will enter the city on a large scale, Chief of Staff Huang, what's your opinion?"

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