Age of Rebirth

Meng Jianzhu held up his binoculars and stared intently at the Japanese soldiers crossing the river. Suddenly, he became angry and gritted his teeth and said, "These bastards are too fucking crazy!"

Under normal circumstances, when the troops start to cross the river, no matter what they do, they have to set up cover firepower points on the beach, and deploy mortars or heavy machine guns. Once the opposite bank starts to counterattack, these firepower points will suppress and cover their own infantry. However, What Meng Jianzhu saw was a different situation. The Japanese soldiers in front had already started to cross the river, and there were still piles of Japanese soldiers crowded on the bank, but they didn't see a single point of fire for cover!

"That's good too. After the mortar troops strike unexpectedly, they don't have to worry about casualties!" Meng Jianzhu cursed angrily, but also secretly happy. The more arrogant the little devil, the more he will suffer!

Twenty minutes later, the Japanese soldiers who were the first to cross the river had already approached the south bank of the river, and they could reach the river beach with a distance of about ten meters. Meng Jianzhu suddenly shouted: "Ten quick shots! Fire!"

The Japanese soldiers, who were sinking their heads and paddling desperately with various tools, suddenly heard a different screaming sound amidst the rumbling shelling of the imperial artillery, short and shrill, as if it sounded right above their heads. The experienced Japanese veteran trembled all over immediately, and looked in the direction of the screaming sound. Countless black spots appeared on the smoky sky, and then the black spots pierced down and quickly enlarged in front of his eyes.

"Boom—boom!" The mortar shells fell, and the place where the Japanese army crossed the river, from the north bank of the river to the river surface, was shrouded in bullet rain.There was black smoke and flames, broken shrapnel whizzed and swirled, and mortar shells fell on the beach on the north bank of the river.In the pile of Japanese soldiers who were preparing to cross the river for the second time, balls of sludge and body fragments were blown up and fell on the river surface, blowing up the Japanese soldiers on the river crossing tools, and stirring up a thick white jet of water!

On the entire surface of the river and the beach on the north bank, as if a pot was boiling, all hundreds of mortars were taken out in one group.A volley, that is, thousands of shells, fell on the river surface and river beach within a radius of only a few square kilometers at the river ferry.The density of the bombing point can be imagined. The Japanese soldiers were bombarded by the sudden bombardment, and they were blown to pieces on the unobstructed river beach.The broken bodies of Japanese soldiers are everywhere.The dark red blood flowed into the river, and was carried by the river to the distant North Yellow Sea.

The Japanese soldiers on the river were even more miserable. A mortar shell fell and hit the huddled Japanese soldiers. A water column was stirred up on the river, and when the water column fell back.It has become light red, and it is simply a pile of live targets.Some Japanese soldiers couldn't take it anymore, turned over and jumped into the river, but the submerged river soaked their military uniforms and equipment, so their bodies sank under the water like a piece of iron.

"Baga! Cunning Chinese people!" Major General Kono yelled angrily. His command position was at the back, and the mortar shells fired by the soldiers of the Independent Division naturally couldn't hit His Excellency, the brigade commander, but the soldiers encountered the shelling He took out two infantry regiments, and they were bombed to pieces without even touching the beach on the south bank of the river, causing casualties everywhere.

Major General Kono was so angry that he wanted to kill, but he had no target. Before the troops were about to cross the river, the chief of staff of the brigade suggested, "Your Excellency, brigade commander, although our shelling is enough to destroy the fortifications of the independent division troops on the other side, and eliminate them. However, in order to be sure, we should still set up a cover fire position mainly consisting of mortars and heavy machine guns on the beach on the river bank!"

"Hmph!" Major General Kono snorted disdainfully, looked at the chief of staff, and said a few words with a worried face, "Chief of staff, is this necessary? Do you not believe in the power of the imperial artillery, or... ...?"

Just a few words made the brigade chief of staff shut up immediately. The chief of staff is not a fool. He heard the subtext of the brigade commander Kono and didn't believe my judgment?The chief of staff knew that if he persisted, he would definitely be scolded next time. The chief of staff, including this one, is a scumbag. Working with such a boss, the chief of staff can only feel bad luck.

"Baga! Cunning! Damn!" Major General Kono cursed these words over and over again in anger, "Order, the infantry immediately stop crossing the river, retreat to a safe area to hide, order, the artillery immediately adjust the bombardment target, and completely wipe out the hateful Chinese soldiers !” Major General Kono issued an order angrily, he wanted to call back the Field Artillery Wing, and blow up the mortars of the Independent Division that slaughtered his own soldiers to pieces.

Up to now, Major General Kono still firmly believes that the independent division on the south bank of the river has not many troops, and the heavy equipment it possesses is nothing more than a large number of mortars. At this time, a mortar unit with a thousand rounds of shells had safely withdrawn, and the shells of the Japanese army blew up the area around the Nahe bridgehead that was beyond recognition.

"Brigade Commander Meng, this battle was fought happily! I have observed carefully. The shelling for a while has killed at least one or two thousand little devils, and the river has been stained red! We are a soldier and have no minor injuries. We are happy. Ah!" Sun Zhiyuan, the head of the first regiment, came in from outside the command post and shouted happily.

Meng Jianzhu was also very happy. This battle was regarded as a victory for the first time. He repelled the first Japanese attack at the cost of not hurting anyone and killed a thousand or two thousand little devils. At the crossing of the river, he took advantage of it twice in a row, and all he fought were frivolous and careless little devils. After that, there was no advantage to take advantage of. It was a head-to-head fight, and the real battle had just begun!

"Dingling!" The phone on the shell box rang suddenly and hurriedly. Meng Jianzhu grabbed the phone, and the voice of Chen Mengqiao, the commander of the first brigade, came over clearly, "Is this Brigadier Commander Meng? I'm in Xuling Town. I heard that the cannons in your place are constantly ringing, and the fight is lively, how is it, are the little devils still attacking?"

Meng Jianzhu said with a smile: "We just fought, zero casualties, more than 1000 and nearly [-] little devils were killed, and the first attack of the little devils was repelled!"

"Ah! Zero casualties! Nearly 2000 little devils were killed, Brigadier Meng, I was shocked!" Chen Mengqiao exclaimed in disbelief. It would not be surprising if a group repelled the attack of the little devils and wiped out nearly [-] people. , The combat effectiveness and equipment level of a regiment are obvious there, but with zero casualties, this is very rare!

"It's just a small gain. The little devil's attack is still to come. The little stuff in my stomach has gone everywhere. The rest is a head-to-head contest!" Meng Jianzhu said truthfully.

Of course Chen Mengqiao understood, "Brigade Commander Meng, in the direction of Xuling Town, on the north bank of the river, the Japanese army has about two regiments of troops, but they have been standing still. I guess, after the little devil suffers from you, immediately We're going to fight in the direction of Xuling Town, and we're going to fight both times, Brigadier Meng, do you have any specific difficulties? But it's okay!"

Meng Jianzhu pondered for a while, and said: "The little devil concentrated all the heavy artillery in the direction of Wulu Town. In comparison, I only have one heavy artillery battalion in my hand, which is a bit powerless. I also ask Brigadier Chen to support at least two battalions. Heavy artillery, I know, when it was withdrawn from the Mokpo battlefield on the Korean Peninsula, the [-]st Brigade strengthened the heavy equipment of a heavy artillery regiment and a rocket artillery battalion!"

When he said this, Meng Jianzhu's eyes shone with a sly gleam. Sun Zhiyuan, the regiment leader beside him, shook his head and waved his hands anxiously. Didn't Meng Jianzhu expose himself by saying this!

Sure enough, when Chen Mengqiao heard it, he laughed, "Sun Zhiyuan must have been muttering behind your back! Okay, I'll transfer two heavy artillery battalions to you. In my direction, one heavy artillery regiment is enough. Just do it to the end, and then transfer I'll give you two rocket launchers, how about Brigadier Meng!"

Meng Jianzhu was overjoyed. With a heavy artillery regiment in hand, he could fight an evenly matched artillery battle with the little devil's artillery. As for the two rocket launchers, there were a total of sixteen 32-barrel rocket launchers, which were the killer of the little devil. For both offense and defense, they are rare and powerful weapons. Not to mention, the marines really didn't prepare rocket launchers. This time, they will compete with the little devil at the river ferry!

"Thank you, Brigadier Chen! With a heavy artillery regiment and two rocket launchers, with the combat effectiveness of one regiment, that river will definitely become the cemetery of little devils!" Meng Jianzhu said confidently.

The field artillery unit of the No. 20 Brigade of the Japanese Army continued to shell for an hour. Countless shells blasted the area around the bridgehead on the south bank of the river into a miasma and filled with gunpowder smoke. Started to cross the river again, but this time, Major General Kono put away his arrogance, and built a firepower consisting of nearly a hundred mortars and more than 100 heavy machine guns at several commanding heights on the beach on the north bank of the river. Take cover.

Major General Kono, who has learned a lot from a ditch, has more foresight. When he ordered the artillery fire of the field artillery unit to start extending, he left a brigade of field artillery, adjusted the coordinates and the angle of attack, and once the independent division defended the troops, Repeating the old trick, then, what greeted the Chinese soldiers were not only mortars and heavy machine guns on the shore, but also a dozen large-caliber field artillery. " he thought viciously.

In addition, Major General Kono also ordered the troops in the direction of Xuling Town to start preparations for the attack immediately. After suffering a loss, he was able to accept the lesson humbly, correct his mistakes quickly, and let the troops with nothing to do start to act stand up.

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