Age of Rebirth

The sound of cannons was rumbling, and countless streamers of light flew in the air, turbulent and lighting up the night. Feng Jiwu stood on the high ground where the temporary headquarters was located, and he had a panoramic view of the battlefield without using binoculars. The cruelest and most beautiful scene, especially at night, is when the artillery fire of his own troops has an overwhelming advantage, a smile appears on the corner of Feng Jiwu's mouth.

"Chief of Staff, in just 10 minutes, our rocket artillery group opened a big hole in the predetermined direction of breakthrough. Its power is unparalleled. The division commander always pays attention to the construction of artillery, which can be described as far-sighted!" Feng Jiwu He turned his head and said to Chief of Staff Zhang Hansheng.

Zhang Hansheng's eyes never left the battlefield, he left the area where the flames were soaring into the sky, and when he heard the commander talking to himself, he replied: "Commander, the Kwantung Army's superficial positions that are planned to break through the area must be basically It was completely destroyed, but what I am worried about is that the underground fortifications of the Kwantung Army provided by the information, I am afraid that the rocket artillery group alone cannot completely destroy it!"

Feng Jiwu smiled and said: "Your worries are unnecessary. Zheng Yong's trump card is not only a group of rocket launchers, what's more, the night flight bomber formation of the aviation force is on the way to the airspace of the war zone. Aerial bombs are enough for the Kwantung Army on the north bank of the Daling River to endure!"

As soon as Feng Jiwu's words fell, there was a dull and loud noise from behind. Countless large-caliber artillery shells, with long tail flames, swept across the night sky above their heads, flying across the Daling River like shooting stars, and slammed fiercely. It fell on the Kwantung Army position on the opposite bank where the flames were raging.After the artillery of the No.18 Division of the Kwantung Army was eliminated, the heavy artillery group was silent for a few minutes, after the rocket artillery group stopped shelling.Start to show off again.

The shelling of the rocket artillery group brought a sea of ​​flames to the Kwantung Army, while the shelling of the heavy artillery group brought continuous explosions like volcanic eruptions in the night, and the rain of bullets flew like flying.The bombing point was connected to the bombing point. At first, the flames from the explosion of the shell could be discerned.Afterwards, I couldn't see the number clearly, and the entire north bank of the Daling River was filled with smoke and clouds.Light up the northern half of the sky.On the defensive positions of the Kwantung Army, it was as if a furnace of boiling molten iron was churning and rolling, the ground was trembling in different ways, and the sound of explosions blew past my ears like a hurricane.

Feng Jiwu and Zhang Hansheng are also veterans who have fought countless battles. However, the scene of thousands of large-caliber howitzers firing in salvo.I have never seen it before, "Commander. It seems that my worries are indeed superfluous. If this round of heavy artillery shells hits, even the reinforced concrete fortifications will be blown to pieces! Even the Kwantung Army's The underground fortifications have not been directly bombarded, and the shock wave alone can achieve miraculous effects!" Zhang Hansheng said with emotion.

Feng Jiwu laughed, but the laughter was lost in the huge explosion. He shouted and said: "Chief of Staff, don't forget, there are night bombers. Let me think again. After the combined ground-air bombardment and bombing, The Kwantung Army on the north bank of the Daling River may not have the ability to resist!"

The Kwantung Army’s No.18 Division’s underground headquarters, a huge shock wave, shook the Japanese officers inside so that they couldn’t even walk normally. Thanks to the division’s underground headquarters, it is a multi-layered reinforced concrete structure. It must be more than ten meters deep underground, otherwise, the shock wave alone can shock the Japanese officers inside to death!

The head of the division, Lieutenant General Watanabe, had a pale face and a microphone in his hand. If the rocket launchers of the artillery of the independent division brought him shock, then the shelling of thousands of large-caliber heavy artillery brought him shock. What is more desperate is that all wired connections to the forward positions have been interrupted. Under such fierce artillery fire from the independent division artillery, the telephone wires buried several meters deep in the ground were all blown off.

The radio station of the division headquarters can contact the combat units at the brigade level, but the commander of the division Watanabe does not want to contact. Even the strong underground headquarters of the division far from the front line is under the artillery fire of the independent division, like a precarious storm. Xiaozhou, where can the frontline fortifications be improved?

Since several field artillery regiments disappeared under the fierce artillery fire of the independent division artillery like snowballs falling into a boiling water pot, the thinking of the commander of the Watanabe division has become numb. The army, the huge gap in strength, is also aware of the disadvantages in equipment, but Lieutenant General Watanabe has always believed that the gap between the two sides can be evened out by relying on the natural barrier and strong fortifications of the Daling River.

Therefore, after receiving the order from the Ninth Army to cover the retreat of the main force of the Kwantung Army to Fengtian, even though he knew that this was a near-death mission, he was still confident that, at least, he would be on the front line of Linghai defended by the No.18 Division. On the frontal position, blocking the Independent Division for at least five days, the No. 18 Division's entire jade was broken, and thousands of Independent Division soldiers were buried with them. It is also a good ending!

Amidst the sound of cannons tearing the earth, the head of the Watanabe Division realized that he was wrong, and he was very wrong. He did not expect that the firepower advantage of the Independent Division would be so obvious that it was one-sided. "Under such a fierce shelling, even if the With the protection of strong reinforced concrete fortifications, how many imperial soldiers can survive?" He lamented in his heart, after the independent division's artillery fire stopped, the next step was the overwhelming infantry attack, but he couldn't do anything!

The shelling was coming to an end. In the Artillery Headquarters of the Independent Division, Major General Zheng Yong, the commander, was in his usual posture, with one foot on the empty shell box, holding up the phone and shouting, "Okay! The shelling effect has been achieved, the channel It has been opened! The defense system of the little devil has been smashed, good! Are you sure? Well, the report from the forward artillery observation station, good!"

Putting down the phone, Zheng Yong was full of smiles, and he was quite proud. The artillerymen under his command did not lose face. First the rocket launcher and then the heavy artillery. His blood was racing when he saw it. He picked up another phone, "I am Zheng Yong." , Pick up Commander Feng for me!"

"Commander Feng? I'm Zheng Yong! I received a report from the Frontier Artillery Observation Office that the planned breakthrough area has been opened, um, almost razed to the ground. Our artillery work is done, and the rest is Battelle. The work of the tanks and your brother's infantry! By the way, the artillery has finished all the work ahead, can your brother send a telegram so that you don't have to bother the bombers of the aviation army?" Zheng Yong said relaxedly and humorously.

On the other end of the phone, Feng Jiwu also had a relaxed expression on his face. After hearing what Zheng Yong said, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "Commander Zheng, the bomber fleet of the aviation force will arrive in the bombing airspace in ten minutes. Now, at this time, you let people go back, I can’t say it, how about you send a telegram to Liu Cuigang and Le Yiqin? Just say, you don’t need your air force for the Liaoxi campaign, so why don’t you just stay there?”

Zheng Yong grinned and said hastily: "Okay! Oh! Commander Feng, I didn't say anything, I sent a telegram to the air force? Liu Cuigang is easy to say, he is reasonable, that Le Yiqin music lunatic is unreasonable, he is a good guy!" Master of dealings? Didn’t I ask for trouble? I!” The progress of the battle was very optimistic, and the two commanders also joked with each other.

While Feng Jiwu and Zheng Yong were talking on the phone, the shelling of the artillery group was coming to an end, and the huge explosions that shook people were finally gradually fading away. In the fortifications on the north bank of the Daling River, the surviving Kwantung Army The officers and soldiers, as if they had walked through hell in Leo, all of them had sallow faces and were still in shock, but what surprised these Kwantung Army officers and soldiers was that the artillery fire of the Independent Division did not extend, but stopped!

The head of the Watanabe division is also wondering, his head is confused. The battlefield tonight is full of evil spirits everywhere. The fortifications of the No. 18 division were first bombarded by the new artillery of the independent division, and then, again. The heavy artillery bombardment, followed by the desperate artillery fire, unconventional, just stopped like this, the artillery fire should be extended!

"Those Chinese people who don't play their cards according to the routine, what tricks do they have?" Lieutenant General Watanabe rolled his dull eyeballs in doubt, thinking gloomily, no matter what you say, this hellish shelling has finally passed, and then Come down, it's still a fight between infantry.

"Come here, convey my order to all the units you belong to, enter the position immediately, and prepare to counterattack the infantry of the Independent Division to cross the river. I emphasize that no matter how destroyed the ground position is, it must be repaired immediately and resolutely counterattack!" , the first command.

Just after Lieutenant General Watanabe gave the order, there were bursts of roaring in the silent night sky, but it was definitely not the sound of artillery shells flying. The roar was getting closer and closer, and soon enveloped the entire sky, "Bomber!" Watanabe The face of the head of the Bian division turned sallow all of a sudden, and he slumped on the chair weakly. He understood why the artillery fire of the independent division artillery did not follow the routine and bombarded deep into his own defense. It turned out that the hateful Chinese people, The bomber fleet is dispatched again!

Hundreds of night flight bombers were divided into several echelons, and began to dive according to the coordinates provided by the ground troops. In fact, the north bank of the Daling River, where the flames were burning everywhere, was the best landmark. There was no threat of fighter jets, and there was no ground air defense. The trajectory of the firepower and this kind of bombing are similar to the usual training for the night flight bomber formation of the Air Force of the Independent Division, but it has more real combat feelings than the training. When I think of throwing bombs on the little devil's head, Bomber crew members, get excited!

High-level night bombing, the aviation night bomber formation used thousands of heavy aerial bombs to blow up a sea of ​​flames ten kilometers wide and tens of kilometers deep on the north bank of the Daling River and the defensive positions of the Kwantung Army. Groups and heavy artillery groups, the defense system of the Kwantung Army that had been ravaged, was ravaged again.

Double bombardment, an aerial bombardment, and the underground fortifications of the Kwantung Army's defense system were not spared. Feng Jiwu watched with great interest, and simply sat cross-legged on the grass, "It's almost there!" He thought easily.

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