Age of Rebirth

Major General Li Honggang, the commander of the No. 20 Ninth Corps of the Independent Division, was depressed. He was full of words, and he hoped that Lieutenant General Tang Qiuquan, the commander of the fleet and the commander of the Korean Peninsula theater, could clear up the situation with the division commander, but he hadn't waited for the words to come out. , Tang Qiuquan gave the order directly, and his tone was firm.

Li Honggang swallowed his saliva, thinking about what to say, Tang Qiuquan looked at Li Honggang's hesitant appearance, and asked strangely: "Commander Li, is there any difficulty for the troops to board the ship after three hours?"

"There are no difficulties. The troops of the 29th Corps are prohibited by order and can be dispatched at any time, but Commander Tang..." Li Honggang said his meaning very tactfully.

Tang Qiuquan was taken aback, looked at Li Honggang with a half-smile, and said, "Commander Li, this is an order from the teacher, and I have no right to change it. Otherwise, you can send a telegram to the teacher directly to see what the teacher means. "

Li Honggang was taken aback at the time, and hurriedly said: "Okay! Forget it, send a telegram to the division commander, am I looking for training? Okay, I will call the chief of staff immediately. Three hours later, the troops landed on time. Boat!"

Tang Qiuquan was so happy that Major General Ma Chaoyang, the commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps, came over. Seeing that Tang Qiuquan was overjoyed and Li Honggang was so depressed that he couldn't laugh or cry, he asked strangely, "You two commanders, what are you happy about?"

Li Honggang rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Commander Ma, do you think I am happy? I was wondering, since the 29th Corps was transferred to the north. It hasn't fought a battle, so don't transfer the troops to another seven." It’s scattered, now. As a commander, I have almost become a bare-bones commander, and I have a brigade in my hand, but your commander Ma is different, from the time I landed on the Korean Peninsula, I have been fighting until now!”

"Take the little devil's nose to fight every day. Anyway, the 29th Corps formed an army. It was a few years earlier than the Southeast Mobile Corps. It was also the main force on the battlefield. It's good now. It's the second-line army. Where do you go to reason?"

Li Honggang's tone was sour and full of complaints, anyone could hear it, and Ma Chaoyang understood it.Daring.Li Honggang was full of reluctance because the division ordered the three brigades of the Southeast Mobile Corps to reinforce the Liaodong Peninsula battlefield, but it didn't make sense for Li Honggang to vent his anger on himself, so why not talk to the division commander, and, this guy The meaning in the words.It is clearly saying that the Southeast Mobile Corps is not as good as the No.20 Ninth Corps!

How can you say that Ma Chaoyang can do it by himself.I was just joking, but the Southeastern Mobile Corps is not going to do it this way. Just as he was about to retort, Tang Qiuquan saw the smell of gunpowder between the two people's words, and hurriedly said: "Okay, Hong Gang, you immediately issue an order to the troops, only Three hours of preparation time, more than 5 troops, the preparation work is cumbersome enough, Chaoyang, the deployment is temporarily changed, arrange, your troops, take over the tasks of the three brigades of the 29th Corps that will attack tomorrow!"

In the Korean Peninsula Theater Command, Li Honggang gave orders to Colonel Wang Bingde, Chief of Staff of the Corps, and then rushed back to the army with a stomach full of depression. On the armored command vehicle, he sighed and pondered, "What's the matter?" ah!"

At this moment, Han Tie, who was throwing off his feet and leading the troops in the direction of Andong in the dark night, was very anxious. Just now, the enemy's report from the teacher gave him great pressure, not because of the sudden increase More than 9 miscellaneous Japanese troops came out. This improvised Japanese army was not in his eyes. Four brigades went up to meet them and beat them hard.

What Han Tie is worried about is that what the troops lack the most is time. He doesn't want to get entangled with this Japanese army. The real task is to block the retreating Japanese Third Army and the remnants of the Kwantung Army's first and second detachments. Take a look. Watch, the troops have been marching on foot for more than two hours, how come the truck behind hasn't caught up yet?

Han Tie stopped, and said to Chief of Staff Wang Dongshan in a bad tone: "Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to ask what happened to the transport troops? In two hours, can't even get a few trucks to the north bank of the Yalu River?" Come?"

Wang Dongshan hurriedly ordered the radio soldiers to send the report immediately. He was also anxious. The radio had just turned on. At this moment, a sharp-eyed staff officer shouted in surprise: "Commander, chief of staff, the truck is coming up, that's the light!"

Han Tie walked up to Gaogang on the side of the road in a few steps, and without a telescope, he could clearly see a long string of car lights, like a winding dragon, coming on the mountain road, and further away, there were A long dragon composed of several lights was heading in different directions. It was the convoy chasing the other brigades. He breathed a sigh of relief, "Chief of Staff, let Xue Shiqiang come up!" he ordered.

Major General Xue Shiqiang, the commander of the [-]st Brigade of the Southeast Mobile Corps, who received the call, hurried over from the front, stood in front of Han Tie, and stood at attention to salute, "Commander Han, Xue Shiqiang, the commander of the [-]st Brigade, has been ordered to come, please give instructions!"

Han Tie didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Brigade Commander Xue, the truck is coming up, you should immediately arrange at least one regiment of troops, mechanized march, and surprise Anton. Before six o'clock in the morning, you must take Anton down, and then use Anton As a starting point, the troops quickly moved horizontally to Yangjiabao in the west. What is needed is speed, and the strength of the troops should be spread as thin as possible. Put a company or even a platoon, and seize the key points first. Follow-up vehicles arrive, and the other regiment also presses down. Go to Anton!"

The first brigade now has only two regiments of troops, and they are all taken away. There are no troops around Commander Han, how dare Xue Shiqiang take such a risk, and hurriedly said: "Commander, I will take the second regiment away. It’s not as good as the army, so leave three regiments to deal with emergencies!”

Han Tie was in a hurry, staring and said: "Where are there so many emergencies? The line from Anton to Yangjiabao has a width of more than 100 kilometers. There are dozens of key points alone. Is the strength of a regiment enough?" ? Alright, leave me your guard battalion, and execute the order immediately!"

Xue Shiqiang didn't dare to persuade any more, so he had to take the troops away by car. Han Tie felt a little relieved when he looked at the lights of the cars going away. As long as a part of the troops marched mechanized and rushed ahead of the fleeing little devils, it would be victory. Even a company or even a platoon can stop the little devil, "Chief of Staff, send a telegram to the armored and artillery commanders, ordering them to arrive at the designated location before noon tomorrow to provide firepower for the troops." Support, and in addition, urge the transport troops!"

Hantie troops are racing against time. Major General Xue Shiqiang, the commander of the first brigade of the Southeast Mobile Corps, took a regiment of troops, and quickly approached Anton in a truck. Behind them was the third regiment that followed, separated from each other. There is more than half an hour's journey.

At around eleven o'clock at night, more than 4000 troops from the Second Regiment of the First Brigade of the Southeast Mobile Corps arrived at the outskirts of Andong. Looking at the gloomy Andong City in the dark, the brigade commander Xue Shiqiang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the troops to immediately Get off the car and prepare to attack, the convoy returned along the same road to transport other troops.

More than half an hour later, the third regiment arrived. Xue Shiqiang had nearly 9000 troops in his hands. He divided the two regiments into two directions and launched attacks from the east and north of Anton respectively. When the attack started It's exactly one o'clock in the morning.

Xue Shiqiang is also bold enough. The troops in his hands don't even carry artillery, so he dares to attack Andong, one of the important towns in the Liaodong Peninsula. However, it took more than three hours to reach the battlefield at the fastest. Commander Han ordered that Anton must be occupied at [-] o'clock in the morning, and Xue Shiqiang had no time to wait for the heavy artillery regiment to arrive.

Xue Shiqiang had his own plan. Looking at Anton's current situation, he was not on guard at all. The little devil did not expect that his troops had already reached the periphery. Moreover, according to intelligence, there were only two Japanese military police brigades in Anton City. Yes, there are rear agencies and some Puppet Manchukuo police. I have nearly [-] people in my hands. Although there are no heavy artillery, there are mortars, rocket launchers, and recoilless guns. These light artillery are also quite a lot.

According to the situation of the Japanese army in Anton, Xue Shiqiang determined that the method of this battle was a sneak attack, and attacked the city of Anton by surprise. Fight across the east city, and when encountering little devils relying on strong fortifications, don't rush to attack, let alone gnaw hard, leave a small number of troops to besiege, and the other troops will continue to attack and advance. little devil!

Xue Shiqiang's tactical deployment was very clear in thinking, and his style of play was also suitable for urban street fighting. After more than an hour, the troops started to move. No one expected that the operation into the urban area would be so smooth. In the periphery of Anton, there was no encounter at all. The resistance of the Japanese army did not have the usual fortifications outside the city. The strength of the two regiments of the first brigade entered the city of Andong without firing a single shot.

This is not surprising. In the city of Anton, the Japanese army's defensive strength is pitifully small for this area of ​​Anton. There is no need to waste troops to defend, not to mention that General Meijin does not have any extra troops.

After the troops broke into the center of Andong City, they encountered a counterattack from the Japanese army. There was loud gunfire, mixed with the screeching sound of mortar shells. Andong City, which was still lifeless just now, became noisy in an instant, and the flames of explosions turned red from time to time. In the night sky, the city is boiling like a pot!

The Japanese Gendarmerie used to maintain law and order was the opponent of the field troops of the Independent Division. In terms of weapons and equipment and combat experience, it was not a star and a half behind. The battle progressed very smoothly. By around [-]:[-] in the morning, Xue Shiqiang had Standing on the steps of the gate of Andong City Hall.

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