Age of Rebirth

Also on the south bank of the Daling River, in addition to the artillery and armor units that are ready to go, there are also pontoon vehicles of the engineering unit, standing silently in the dark night, and the engineering soldiers are waiting for the order to attack. , the car is a new type of pontoon bridge developed by the Equipment Research Institute of the Dingbian Special Economic Zone Military Industry Bureau. As early as a year ago, it has been equipped with various field troops. , You can use this new type of pontoon vehicle to lay a pontoon across the Daling River in just ten minutes, which can be provided by tanks.

Ever since Feng Jiwu commanded the troops and replaced Liu Tiehan in Jinzhou, this Daling River fell into his eyes. For more than a year, I have become very proficient in erecting pontoon bridges.

On the south bank of the Daling River, all units are ready. At the airfields in Jinzhou, Beiping, Tianjin, Tangshan, Shanhaiguan and other places, night-flying bombers and fighter jets are silently lined up on the runway of the airport, and the pilots sit silently in the cabin , looking in the direction of the command tower.

On the front line of Jinzhou, at the temporary headquarters of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, when the minute and second hands of the clock coincided at exactly eleven o'clock at night, Colonel Zhang Hansheng, the chief of staff, suddenly lowered his arm and said to Feng Jiwu: "Commander, Time to attack!"

Feng Jiwu opened his eyes suddenly, stood up straight, and shot out a cold light, "Start!" He said two words simply, with a metallic clang.

The night is dark and the evening wind is blowing.On the north bank of the Daling River, the Kwantung Army's defensive position, Kwantung Army soldiers who have been on high alert for two or three days.Already a little tired, bouts of drowsiness hit my heart uncontrollably, but under the strict supervision of officers at all levels, these Kwantung Army soldiers dared not even close their eyelids to enjoy it for a while.

Suddenly, on the south bank of the Daling River.In the dark night sky, three red meteors rose slowly and went straight into the night sky.Immediately, red signal flares of the same color, like festive fireworks, rose in many places on the south bank of the Daling River.It reflects the night sky brilliantly.It's pleasing to watch.

But this pleasing red signal flare, in the eyes of the Kwantung Army officers and soldiers on the front line, is as terrifying as a reminder. They are all veterans who fought with the Soviets on the Far East battlefield. They know what the sudden appearance of the signal flare means. ?

There was a burst of hasty shouting, commotion in all the fortifications. "The Chinese troops are about to launch an attack, report to the chief immediately!" Then.It's the sound of shaking the phone.

The officers and soldiers of the Kwantung Army stared nervously at the other side of the Daling River, and saw in horror that layers of meteors suddenly flew over in the night on the south bank, with long and beautiful tails, quickly pressing over. In an instant, it was overhead, there was no usual loud noise, only the high-speed flying object, the "hiss!" scream that cut through the air, and the meteors fell, falling on the Kwantung Army position on the north bank of the Daling River.

At this time, the loud noise of "Boom!" echoed continuously in the night. Accompanied by the loud noise, there were clusters of rising fires. Among the fires were fragments of reinforced concrete. The artillery group commanded by Zheng Yong, among them the "Thunder" rocket artillery group, started shelling first.

On the front line of Linghai, the main attack direction, Zheng Yong gathered four "Thunder" rocket artillery regiments, each regiment was equipped with 32 rocket launchers with 98 tubes, the four regiments had nearly 210 rocket launchers, and a salvo was almost [-] Three thousand rounds of [-]mm rockets, which are twice as powerful as the [-]mm caliber howitzer shells.

The most terrible thing is that the "Thunder" rockets are covering and indiscriminate bombardment. The density of the falling bullets does not leave any dead ends or gaps. , Shrouded in a sea of ​​steel and flames, the bodies of the soldiers of the Kwantung Army exposed in the fortifications were torn into countless pieces by the dense hail-like rocket shells, and turned into ashes by the high temperature of thousands of degrees.

Rows of rockets, dragging a long tail flame, screamed and flew towards them. The air was filled with the sound of "hiss!" of tearing cloth. Lieutenant General Watanabe, the commander of No.18 Division , When the first round of rocket shells fell, you knew what happened, "The independent division troops launched an attack. It was time to come, and it finally came!"

The telephone ringing in the headquarters of the division and regiment rang like crazy, and the staff officers answered the phone in a hurry. It is so fierce that it has never been seen before, and it is a new type of artillery that has never been seen before, and the fortifications of the forward positions have been seriously damaged!"

The head of the division Watanabe's face was livid, and he didn't want his subordinates to report. In the division headquarters, he could see the artillery fire that lit up the night sky. Indeed, it was artillery that he had never seen before. He grabbed the phone and said, "Order , The Field Artillery Wing belonging to the division immediately launched a suppressive artillery bombardment on the independent division artillery, and must destroy the enemy's new artillery!"

After the artillery bombardment of the independent division, the infantry began to cross the river next, and the battle now can only be artillery against artillery. The commander of the Watanabe division still has confidence in the four field artillery regiments in his hands. Even if the artillery cannot destroy the independent division, it can still suppress it. Afterwards, counterattack the infantry of the independent division who crossed the Daling River, and the pressure on the forward troops will be greatly reduced.

"A great battle! The water of the Daling River may be stained red with blood!" Division Chief Watanabe said to himself. Of course, what he was talking about was the blood of the soldiers of the Independent Division, which stained the water of the Daling River red.

On the south bank of the Daling River, at the Artillery Headquarters of the Independent Division, Zheng Yong was concentrating on observing the shelling of the rocket artillery unit. Now it seems that everything is going according to plan. The blockbuster, what he was concerned about, was that it was impossible for the little devil's artillery not to fight back!

Sure enough, from the north bank of the Daling River, some bright spots appeared, which were completely different from the trajectory of the rocket shells. The bright spots flew over the Daling River and landed on the land on the south bank. There was a dull bang, and Zheng Yong laughed, "Bastard!" , finally showed up! If you show up, don't expect to live!"

Zheng Yong put down his binoculars and walked to the telephone in a few steps, "Is it a heavy artillery group? I'm Zheng Yong. Listen, the artillerymen of the little devils have shown up. Referring to the previous information, according to the current trajectory of the artillerymen of the little devils, within 10 minutes Inside, the heavy artillery group immediately destroyed the little devil's artillery position, if I see that the little devil's artillery fired a second round of shells, you brigade commanders, just wait to come to the headquarters to explain to me!"

Accompanied by bursts of flames and thunder-like bangs, the heavy artillery group of the independent division artillery began to fight back. The shells flew towards the artillery positions of the Japanese army at a height higher than the rocket shells.

"Dingling!" In the headquarters of the No.18 Division, a red telephone rang suddenly, and a Japanese major staff officer answered the phone, "Hani? Impossible, the artillery position was attacked by heavy artillery from the independent division. The shelling was covered and the losses were heavy, I will report to the division commander immediately!" His face turned pale at that time.

Staff Major put down the phone and ran to Commander Watanabe in a few steps. Just as he was about to speak, Commander Watanabe, who was on the phone, glared at him fiercely, "Your Excellency, Commander, our division's frontal position is being attacked. The artillery of the independent division was violently bombarded. This is the artillery preparation before the large-scale attack of the independent division. Hani? The positions of other divisions were also bombarded, Hay! The staff understands, hold firm, and fight to the last man! "

Putting down the phone, Commander Watanabe's face was heavy, he looked at the Major Staff and asked, "What's the matter?"

Staff Major swallowed his saliva, and said nervously: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, just received a call from the artillery unit. Their position was bombarded by independent heavy artillery. The enemy's artillery fire was several times more violent than our artillery. Most of them were destroyed, the artillery was seriously damaged, and it was no longer possible to form an effective artillery counterattack!"

"Hani? Eight Ga! Your nonsense!" The commander of the division Watanabe was stunned for a moment, and then he became furious. He grabbed the major staff officer by the neck and shouted: "Impossible, you lied about the military situation! The artillery of the imperial army , just started the first round of test firing, how could there be such a violent counterattack? Impossible!" Lieutenant General Watanabe's roar echoed in the headquarters, and all the Japanese officers looked at the angry man in a daze. Your Excellency the Roaring Division Chief.

Seeing the major staff officer's almost paralyzed expression and eyes, Commander Watanabe loosened his collar suddenly. The poor little staff officer was sweating and almost couldn't stand still. In fact, Commander Watanabe , I have already believed the words of the staff officer, otherwise, there would not be such a violent explosion coming from the rear, "Could it be that the artillery of the independent division holds the position of our artillery position?" He judged with a pale face.

The rocket artillery attack of the artillery group of the independent division stopped abruptly after 10 minutes. In the sky, the heart-pounding "hissing" sound suddenly disappeared. Instead, there was a terrible silence, depressing and suffocating. .

The flames, continuous patches of fire, burned on the Kwantung Army positions on the north bank of the Daling River. The cover bombardment of the "Thunder" rockets was extremely destructive. On the surface, it was a mess. Entering the surface position, the soldiers of the Kwantung Army who were preparing to counterattack the infantry of the Independent Division crossing the river suffered more than 80.00% casualties.

Located on the north bank of the Daling River, the artillery positions of the No.18 Division of the Ninth Army of the Kwantung Army were even more appalling. They only had time to launch a round of test firing artillery, and they were covered by fierce artillery fire from the independent division artillery. Inside, nearly [-] shells razed the artillery positions of the Kwantung Army to the ground. There were cannons with bent barrels everywhere, gun wheels scattered in the distance, and the fragmented corpses of the Kwantung Army artillerymen.

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