Age of Rebirth

In the urban area of ​​Andong, there are still a few places where gunfire is still fierce. It is the Japanese soldiers who rely on solid buildings for defense. After being surrounded, they refuse to surrender and are still defying, but this can no longer change the ending. It fell into the hands of the first brigade.

Xue Shiqiang had thick bandages wrapped around his arms. He listened to the sound of guns and guns, and looked at the pale sky in the east. He put his submachine gun on his back, with a relaxed smile on his mouth. The boss also went to fight in person, and there were at least seven or eight little devils who fell under his gun, and he had a good time.

It took less than four hours from the start of the battle to the occupation of Anton. Xue Shiqiang was very satisfied with the performance of his troops. Although the casualties have not yet been counted, he knows that they must not be large, mainly for the defense of Anton. Little devil, the combat power is too weak, you can't help but fight!

Xue Shiqiang followed the [-]nd Regiment, [-]st Battalion and [-]rd Company to attack. When he hit the front of Andong City Hall, he was counterattacked by about two squads of Japanese Gendarmerie. He rushed out of the building, shouting like a convulsion, but he was also menacing.

However, in the eyes of Xue Shiqiang, who has been through battles for a long time, it is almost like sending him to death. Without the cover of artillery fire and light and heavy machine gun fire, he is just playing hand-to-hand charge on the unobstructed street, and he is just a kid with water in his head. Only then can it be done, Xue Shiqiang will be really troubled if he relies on the five-story Anton City Hall to stick to it.

Now, the little devil gave up the favorable terrain all by himself, so why be polite?Xue Shiqiang ordered more than 100 submachine guns for the live targets delivered to the door.Adding more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, it was a wild shot, and there was no one left in the two Japanese gendarmerie squads. However, Xue Shiqiang's arm was scratched by a stray bullet.

Xue Shiqiang looked at the corpses of the Japanese military police at the gate and waved his hand.Said: "Come a few people, drag the corpse away, and immediately search the entire building. See if there are any little devils who have slipped through the net. Once found, shoot them to death on the spot! Get all the corpses of the little devils in the building. Clean it up. Later, Commander Han's headquarters is going to be set up here! The Communications Office rushed over immediately to communicate with the regiments!"

"Oh! It really hurts!" Xue Shiqiang whispered, frowning, forgetting the injury on his arm, "Chief of Staff, immediately call Commander Han, my first brigade lasted more than three hours. .Having occupied the whole city of Andong, the rest of the stubborn Japanese troops were surrounded in the stronghold, and then wiped out! Please Commander Han immediately enter Andong to command the battle!" He ordered Colonel Tian Xiaogang, chief of staff of the brigade.

Tian Xiaogang hurriedly ordered the communication staff to send a telegram, and then he said to Xue Shiqiang with concern: "Brigade Commander, let the military doctor come over and re-bandage you! If the wound is infected, you will be in big trouble!"

Xue Shiqiang laughed and said, "Chief of staff, I, old Xue, am not so delicate. You will issue an order immediately. The first battalion of the third regiment, the brigade reconnaissance battalion, the engineering battalion, the communication battalion and the brigade headquarters should stay in Anton. The other regiments should immediately go out from An'an and move east and west, and seize key points along the way. As for how many troops are left in each key point, each regiment leader decides on his own!"

"The troops who stayed in Anton immediately took over the task of surrounding the little devil's troops, and told the troops, don't make any storms. The lives of soldiers are worth more than the lives of little devils. Use mortars, rocket launchers, and recoilless guns to attack me!" Boom, use whatever you can with explosives and cluster grenades, don't be afraid to blow up the house, within one hour, cleanly and quickly eliminate the surrounded little devils!"

After receiving Xue Shiqiang's report, Han Tie breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to Chief of Staff Wang Dongshan: "Xue Shiqiang played beautifully. Now, the gate to Fengtian is half closed. Let's go, the headquarters will enter Anton immediately." Set up camp and immediately report to the teacher that our troops have occupied Anton!"

Sitting on the armored command vehicle, Han Tie suddenly gave a "puchi" smile, and the chief of staff Wang Dongshan next to him turned to look at him inexplicably, not knowing why the commander suddenly smirked.

Han Tie said proudly: "Chief of Staff, Li Honggang is quite unlucky enough to take seven brigades of the 29th Corps to the north and fail to win a single battle. First, he was transferred to three brigades to participate in the central Liaodong Peninsula blockade War, and then, three brigades were transferred away and put under my command. Tell me, Chief of Staff, is Li Honggang at this time making trouble and sulking? But he dare not argue with the commander, ah! Ha! Ha ha!"

Han Tie laughed complacently, and then said: "It's strange to say that my old Han is now commanding nine brigades, but I come from three regiments. The battle in the Northeast battlefield is a bit interesting, but I'd rather Li Hong just complained!"

Wang Dongshan was completely speechless, and after a few minutes of boredom, he said, "Commander, you still want to fight for Commander Li? How do I see that you are gloating!"

"Is there? Don't talk nonsense! My old Han is not that kind of person!" Han Tie said solemnly.

Wang Dongshan curled his lips and just said, "Okay, I didn't see or hear anything, it's all right!"

In more than a week, Anton changed hands again, but this time the Kwantung Army no longer had the ability to recapture Anton, and at this moment, Anton became the third army of the Japanese Army and the first and second Kwantung Army. The remnants of the detachment withdrew from the East Road to Fengtian, an insurmountable gap, while the other brigades of the Hantie Army were rushing towards the intended target at high speed, following the retreating Japanese army and the more than 9 improvised Japanese troops who came up with reinforcements , Grab time.

At the same time, the No.20 Ninth Corps, with more than 5 troops from three brigades boarding at Mokpo Port on the Korean Peninsula, was escorted by an aircraft carrier of the Independent Division Fleet and seven or eight warships, on the surface of the North Yellow Sea where the dawn was slightly dewy. Up, chopping through the waves, galloping towards An Dong.

The news of Anton's fall quickly spread to Liaoyang. The entire headquarters of the Kwantung Army, the commander-in-chief, General Umezu Yoshijiro, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Matsuda Kenjiro, have become numb to the news and are not surprised at all. Anton will definitely not be able to keep However, the two giants of the Kwantung Army knew very well the consequences of Anton falling into the hands of the independent division.

The Third Army and the rest of the Kwantung Army's First and Second Detachments, which retreated from the central part of the Liaodong Peninsula, have been completely cut off through Anton to retreat to Fengtian. They can only pin their hopes on the middle and west roads, but two people know that this way The obvious battlefield situation, that insidious and cunning Chinese devil Tang Qiuli, can you not think of it?I'm afraid, there are more arrangements!

Therefore, General Meijin and Chief of Staff Matsuda don't have much hope for the Gaizhou front line on the middle and west roads. Now, the only thing that can change the situation of the battle is the impromptu patchwork of more than 9 troops. The new designation is called the New First Corps of the Kwantung Army, and the Manchurian army that assembled thereafter is designated the Second Corps of the Kwantung Army. The combined strength of the two corps exceeds 25, although more than 90.00% They are all Manchukuo soldiers, but the number of troops is quite scary!

These more than 25 people are all on the front line of Gaizhou in Anton, and it may not be possible to change the situation of the battle. The confidence is not because there are so many soldiers suddenly, but from the commanders at all levels of the two troops. The officers of the Japanese Empire and veterans with rich combat experience are in charge, and a group of sheep led by a wolf can also kill a tiger!

This is where all hope lies. Therefore, General Umezu Yoshijiro, who regained command, strictly ordered the First Corps of the Kwantung Army to speed up the march and go straight to Anton. He ordered the First Corps of the Kwantung Army to arrive at Anton before noon today. On the eastern outskirts, recapture Anton before [-]:[-] p.m., and the Second Corps will arrive in Anton no later than [-]:[-] p.m. tomorrow.

If the two corps fail to arrive in Anton on time and fail to complete the orders from the headquarters, the officers at all levels will cut themselves open immediately as apology. ** Soldiers, for large-scale disposal, officers at all levels have the power to determine the target and scope of disposal without having to report to superior officers.

This order is absolutely ruthless and extremely vicious. With the authorization of Commander-in-Chief Umezu Yoshijiro, Japanese military officers at all levels can dispose of the Manchurian soldiers under them at will. They can be shot to death with just one sentence. One person, to put it bluntly, if the first and second corps of the Kwantung Army did not complete the task of recapturing Anton, then there would be no need for them to exist. , Let's kill!

The Japanese military officer before his death must be crazy. Coupled with the violence and killing desire in the Japanese bones, the soldiers of the Manchurian army who were transferred to the battlefield will end badly. The top Japanese military officers exerted pressure and adopted the most severe measures to urge the Manchurian soldiers to march faster. For these servile Chinese, killing one as an example is the best deterrent and persuasive force. A bloody head is more powerful than Countless sentences of mobilization and intimidation are much more effective!

He knew very well in his heart that time was extremely precious to himself and the Kwantung Army, and extraordinary measures had to be taken. The journey of two days had to be completed in one day. Without special means, it was impossible to achieve the goal!

This time, the soldiers of the Manchurian army with the designation of the Kwantung Army will be miserable. On all the roads from the south of Fengtian to Andong, the soldiers of the Manchurian army, under the threat of the horsewhip and the command knife wielded by the Japanese officer , spread their feet, and ran desperately. From time to time, soldiers who were exhausted were pulled out by Japanese officers and shot to death. On both sides of the road, you could see the bloody corpses of several Manchurian soldiers from time to time.

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