Age of Rebirth

From the bottom of my heart, Lieutenant Kato, the captain of the Gaizhou Garrison Brigade of the Kwantung Army, is very pessimistic about Shao Zuo Fukuoka, the captain of the Gendarmerie Brigade, rushing to the west bank of the Daqing River to block the independent division troops. There are only more than 200 troops. More than a dozen mortars were rushed into battle, there was not even a trench, and there was no favorable terrain on the west bank of the Daqing River. If Fukuoka did this, it would ruin the lives of more than 1000 imperial soldiers!

Lieutenant Kato was even more worried about how to defend Gaizhou. There was only one brigade with less than 500 troops. There must be soldiers to defend?

As for the strength of a reinforced regiment of the Manchurian Army in Gaizhou City, Nakazu Kato did not count on these Manchurians at all. After racking his brains for a long time, he finally made a decision to shrink all the troops in the center of Gaizhou The urban area, including a reinforced regiment of the Manchurian Army, and the police, in this way, at least when the independent division troops attack, they will not be defeated one by one due to the dispersion of troops.

As long as you stick to the central city of Gaizhou and persist until the retreating [-]th Division of the Third Army, the first and second detachments of the Kwantung Army arrive, and the siege of Gaizhou will be solved immediately. He issued a series of orders on the phone, and just as he put down the phone, he heard intense gunfire in the urban area of ​​Gaizhou, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Nakazu Kato never expected that the independent division troops came so quickly, the Fukuoka Gendarmerie Battalion.It's been less than three hours since we set off, how come the battle broke out in the urban area of ​​Gaizhou?Has the gendarmerie in Fukuoka been wiped out!

To make matters worse, several squadrons of the police brigade scattered in the urban area of ​​Gaizhou had no time to gather. Lieutenant Kato now has less than one squadron in his hands, and he wants to stick to the center of the city.It had already failed, he knew that Gaizhou could not be kept.Nakazu Kato smiled miserably, and closed the door of the chief's office of the security brigade tightly. Ten minutes later, there was a burst of painful screams.but.Covered by the fierce gunfire, other Kwantung Army soldiers did not hear it at all.

Wan Lipeng commanded the troops, divided into four groups, and rushed into the urban area of ​​Gaizhou almost without encountering any resistance. After the troops rushed in, they immediately formed a company.Fighting along the streets and alleys, there was fierce gunfire.Immediately, it rang in every corner of the city.

It also coincided with the Gaizhou Garrison Brigade of the Kwantung Army, and the Manchukuo Reinforced Regiment stationed in Gaizhou was unlucky. They were gathering in the direction of the garrison brigade headquarters in accordance with the order of Captain Kato. After the troops of the Ninth Brigade rushed into Gaizhou, the two sides came A sudden encounter, almost colliding with each other, a hand-to-hand encounter, the tactical quality of the troops and the experience of the battlefield, as well as the pros and cons of weapons.

When soldiers from the Kwantung Army and the Manchurian Army pulled the bolts to shoot single shots, a dense burst of submachine gun bullets rained over. The [-]-type rifle was the opponent of the Suomi submachine gun. The soldiers of the Kwantung Army and the Manchurian Army were covered in blood and flesh like sieve holes, while only a few soldiers of the Ninth Brigade fell down.

The asymmetric battle, almost one-sided massacre, and the smooth capture of Gaizhou made Wan Lipeng feel unrealistic. After calming down and thinking about it, he really felt lucky. If it wasn't for the little devil and the second devil, he would have committed a crime. That kind of evil energy left their respective barracks and ran along the streets in one direction. The Ninth Brigade, with only over 4000 troops, would be forced to pull out the strongholds of little devils one by one. It will take a lot of trouble, not to mention the time wasted, and the casualties of the troops will not be small!

The gunfire in the urban area of ​​Gaizhou gradually became thinner, which meant that the battle was basically over. After meeting with Chief of Staff Xu Lei, Wan Lipeng headed for the headquarters of the Kwantung Army Gaizhou Garrison Brigade under the protection of the guard company. It is the center of Gaizhou, which has been defeated by the first company of the third battalion, and less than one squadron of the Kwantung Army has been wiped out.

Wan Lipeng came to him and saw that the originally magnificent five-story building was almost empty. Every window was blackened by gunpowder smoke, like black holes. !" Let the staff officer shout over to the company commander who was directing the soldiers and cleaning up the broken bricks.

The company commander of the third battalion and the first company is a young captain. He is agile and capable all over his body. Even after the battle has just ended, he is in full military uniform. Zheng Zhijun, the company commander of the third battalion and the first company, is reporting to you, please give instructions to the brigade commander!"

Wan Lipeng knew all the company-level officers of the Ninth Brigade. He looked Zheng Zhijun up and down, pointed at the building and said, "Zheng Zhijun, did your soldiers do this? I said why don't you grow your brains, okay?" A building has been turned into a black hole by you, how many shells have been thrown into it, tell me, where is my brigade headquarters?"

Zheng Zhijun scratched his head in embarrassment, and explained: "Brigade Commander, I'm sorry, the situation at that time was that the little devils in the building resisted very fiercely, and the crooked sub-machine guns hit like raindrops, and a strong attack was impossible. In a hurry, I gathered all the bazookas and recoilless guns of the company, starting from the first floor, and hitting windows one by one, and wiped out a hundred or so little devils, and the building became like this!"

"Hahaha!" Wan Lipeng laughed loudly, punched Zheng Zhijun, and said, "Yes, I know how to use my brain. The soldiers of my Ninth Brigade can not only fight in the field, but also fight in the streets of the city. What do you think? Ah Chief of Staff?"

Colonel Xu Lei, chief of staff, couldn't help grinning, and said to himself, "When did the brigade commander learn to brag about himself? The most basic street fighting tactics, the commanders of the Marine Corps brigade at all levels don't know it well, oh, just us Will the Ninth Brigade fight?"

Wan Lipeng didn't notice Xu Lei's expression, and said to Zheng Zhijun: "Since you shot it down, then you are responsible for cleaning it out!" Just as he finished speaking, suddenly, dense gunshots came from the southern part of Gaizhou. It was also mixed with the explosion of grenades, and judging by the strength of the gunshots, the location of the battle was no more than ten kilometers away.

Wan Lipeng's complexion changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "No, the little devils who retreated from the middle and west roads have arrived in Gaizhou. Chief of Staff, you must immediately assemble your troops and rush to the south of Gaizhou to set up defenses. The guard company and Zheng Zhijun, Take your company and follow me!"

Rotor Mountain in the south of Gaizhou is a low hill. The hill is covered with dense bushes and tall trees. A dirt road crosses the hill. After descending the hill and walking for more than ten kilometers, the Arriving in Gaizhou is the only way to get to Gaizhou from the south.

Of course, there are other roads, which also lead to Gaizhou. However, it takes a detour of 34 kilometers. When Wan Lipeng rushed to Rotor Mountain with two companies, a small-scale battle was being fought Get intense.

Along the way, Wan Lipeng kept thinking that it was the army that was fighting with the little devil. Before his own army had time to deploy defenses here, after arriving at the battlefield, he could tell at a glance that on the hill, relying on temporary digging The simple fortifications, the soldiers who shoot calmly and calmly are independent divisions, but they are by no means soldiers from their own brigade. Hit accurately and hard!

Under the hill, about 400 Japanese soldiers were desperately attacking the hill. However, under the gunpoints of the soldiers of the Independent Division, their bodies were beaten so that they could not lift their heads.

When Wan Lipeng rushed up the hill with his troops, the soldiers of the independent division on the hill saw reinforcements coming. Their morale was greatly boosted at that time, and they no longer saved ammunition. There was smoke and dust everywhere.

With a wave of Wan Lipeng's hand, soldiers from the Zheng Zhijun Company and the Guard Company immediately entered the position, and a dozen mortars were also set up. The mortar shells roared and fell on the pile of Japanese soldiers below the hill, blowing up clouds of smoke. , The light and heavy machine guns also began to howl, and the Japanese army below the hill was suddenly hit by fierce firepower. At that time, they suffered heavy casualties, and their bodies were torn apart by shells.

Wan Lipeng heaved a long sigh of relief, "It's so dangerous, I finally stopped the little devil! Without this team of soldiers, the battle would have started in the suburbs of Gaizhou, and we would have lost the most favorable blocking area, Rotor Mountain! "

However, Wan Lipeng was stopped in the woods below the hill by the company commander of the guard company. He called a staff officer and ordered, "Go and ask, which army is it? Let their commander come to see me!"

After a while, a captain officer with a tired face, travel-stained, and torn military uniform came up behind the staff officer and came to Wan Lipeng with a neat military salute, "Report to Brigadier Commander Wan, No .20 Liu Zijian, captain of the advance team of the First Brigade of the Ninth Corps, led 120 members to report to you, please give instructions!"

Wan Lipeng laughed and said, "It's soldiers from Jingzhan Banner, Captain Liu, you guys came very quickly! How is the Japanese army retreating along the way? Wait a moment!" He turned around and said to the staff officer: "Order the troops, attack immediately, and get rid of this little devil!"

Amidst the shouts of troops charging, Liu Zijian introduced in detail the situation of the retreating Japanese troops along the way, which gave Wan Lipeng a sense of confidence. At the same time, he was also relieved. The main force of the Japanese army is still half a day away from Gaizhou, which is enough to prepare by yourself.

After Liu Zijian finished reporting the situation, Wan Lipeng looked at his tired face and said, "Captain Liu, I happen to be short of soldiers. You and your advance team will be temporarily included in my army. Seeing that the soldiers are very tired, okay?" , go to Gaizhou City first, have a full meal, rest the whole team for a day, and I will give you a task!"

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