Age of Rebirth

Han Tie jumped out of the armored command vehicle, heaved a sigh of relief, moved his aching muscles and bones, and under the first dawn, a lifeless county town appeared in front of him, without any lights or vitality. This is the starting point at the southern end of the blocking line that blocked the retreat in the western direction of Liaoning—Panshan Mountain!

According to the information, in Panshan County, there is a brigade of the Eastern Army's garrison troops and a gendarmerie squadron. In total, there are about 2000 people armed.

In Han Tie's eyes, this amount of troops was not enough. He looked in the direction of Panshan County, turned his head and asked Chief of Staff Wang Dongshan, "Chief of Staff, which troops have reached the outskirts of Panshan County?"

Wang Dongshan replied: "It is the fourth brigade of the No.20 Ninth Corps and the brigade directly under the Liaodong Peninsula Theater Command. The other brigades will continue to march towards Beining!"

"Two brigades are enough!" Han Tie said: "Chief of Staff, order Meng Jianzhu, the commander of the brigade directly under you, to come see me immediately, and order the 29th Brigade of the [-]th Corps to immediately deploy on the line from Xinxing to Qingshui, south of Panshan, and the troops should hurry up to build fortifications. , The little devil is probably coming soon, and the soldiers can take turns to eat and rest, I feel sore from the armored vehicle, the soldiers who have been marching must be very tired!"

After a while, a military jeep galloped over with smoke and dust, and when it arrived in front of Han Tie, Meng Jianzhu flew out of the car and stood at attention to salute, "Report to the commander, Meng Jianzhu, the commander of the brigade directly under the brigade, is here to report, please give instructions!"

Han Tie looked Meng Jianzhu up and down.Nodding in satisfaction, he said, "Meng Jianzhu, I know you. You are under Jiang Xianliang, commander of the sixth brigade, and the head of the number one main force regiment. He is very good at fighting. How is it? The troops marched continuously and quickly, and they didn't drag you down?"

There is also a reason for Han Tie to ask this question.The directly subordinate brigade belonged to the troops formed later, from Gaizhou to Andong in the Liaodong Peninsula, and suffered from the losses of the Japanese Third Army.The [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th brigades that were forced to retreat were composed of part of the troops, and they must have lacked long-term running-in. Meng Jianzhu had just taken over the command, and there were soldiers who fell behind.Not surprising either.

Meng Jianzhu's expression changed.He raised his chest and replied: "Commander, so far, no one in the direct brigade has been left behind. It has maintained a complete organizational system and can go into battle at any time!"

"Yo ho! I'm full of energy!" Han Tie smiled, pointing to Panshan County under the faint dawn and said: "Use a regiment of troops to take down Panshan County within two hours. There are small towns in the city More than 2000 people are armed with devils, soldiers from Manchuria, puppet police, etc. Can it be done?"

Meng Jianzhu said without hesitation: "I promise to complete the task!"

"Good!" Han Tie praised, "Two hours later, Panshan County will become a logistics base and field hospital for the army. The other two regiments directly under your brigade will start from Xinxing to Lujia, build a position, and take action! "

Seeing Meng Jianzhu's jeep disappearing quickly, Han Tie felt exhausted all over his body, and his stomach was groaning with hunger. From yesterday afternoon to now, there is still water and rice in his teeth. He picked up the kettle and drank a few Drooling, and then, he opened a box of marching rations and ate them with relish. Wang Dongshan also came over, and the two of them started the first meal of the day next to the armored command vehicle.

Before taking a few bites, he heard fierce gunfire from the direction of Panshan County, "Hey! This Meng Jianzhu is moving very fast! It took only ten minutes to attack!" Han Tie was eating. , praised slightly in a daze.

Meng Jianzhu's movements are definitely not slow. After the direct brigade arrived at the destination, he found that his troops were located in the northeastern part of Panshan Mountain. When he got to the front, he changed his mind.

Panshan County must be taken down. As the rear of the army, it is not a great threat, but has usable value. Therefore, Meng Jianzhu called several regiment leaders together to study the plan to take down Panshan. Order the directly subordinate brigade to do this job, let's move the troops up first, and then we can get the mission. When the time comes, the commander will see that the troops are ready, and can they assign the mission of fighting Panshan to other brigades?

Sure enough, the commander handed over the task to the brigade directly under him, and Meng Jianzhu was very happy. The only difference was that the commander was only allowed to use the strength of one regiment, while he used two regiments. On the next day, Meng Jianzhu gave the first regiment the order to attack Panshan, so Han Tie hadn't eaten a few bites, and the fight had already started here!

The establishment of the three regiments directly under the brigade is different from other troops. Firstly, in terms of strength, a regiment has nearly 7000 people, and secondly, in terms of equipment. The troops were temporarily formed. The division commander Tang Qiuli specially ordered the logistics department to strengthen the equipment. Meng Jianzhu is an expert and knows what equipment the troops need most. Therefore, the more mortars, bazookas and recoilless guns, the better!

Therefore, the current directly-affiliated brigade not only has a large number of troops, but also has very bullish equipment. A regiment of more than 7000 people is divided into four groups and rushes into Panshan County at once. There is no resistance at all on the periphery. The independent division has 10,000 troops. + Troops overwhelmingly came from the direction of the Liaodong Peninsula. The Kwantung Army in Panshan County did not receive an order to retreat, but a garrison brigade and a gendarmerie squadron went out to fight, that is to seek death!

There was no other way. A captain and a squadron leader of the Kwantung Army in Panshan County gathered together for a while and made a decision. They each relied on a few buildings in the city to stick to it. As for whether they could hold it, they both knew. Even if Amaterasu is possessed and His Majesty the Emperor is present, it will not change the fact. Standing firm and not retreating is the heroic spirit of the Emperor of Japan. Don't look at the Chinese soldiers coming all over the mountains and plains, we dare to fight!

The two devil leaders wanted to stick to the defense, but it was cheaper for Meng Jianzhu to save the street fighting and wipe out the scattered little devils everywhere. He personally commanded the troops to attack and rushed into Panshan County without any effort. He didn't intend to let the infantry Going up and attacking, not to mention wasting time, there is no need at all. With a roar, a few cannons were brought over and aimed at the soldiers of the Kwantung Army gathered in the two buildings. Send it into the windows of a building that is no more than three stories high.

In ten minutes, hundreds of rounds of shells of various calibers were poured in, and the two buildings guarded by soldiers of the Kwantung Army were set off by fireworks, which almost fell apart like a big chimney. Chinese soldiers, heard the rumbling guns, and saw the two strongholds of the imperial army, black smoke coming out, so scared that they almost peed their pants. They didn't fight against the independent division troops, but how did the Japanese get beaten? But look in the eyes.

The Japanese are so tyrannical, they are not the opponents of the independent division, we are the old ones, don't pretend to be heroes, big-tailed wolves, survival is the most important thing, everything else is false, the regiment chief of staff and several battalion commanders muttered and surrendered , Therefore, before a regiment of soldiers opened fire, just shouted a few times, a regiment of Manchukuo soldiers, led by the regiment commander, lined up and raised their hands to surrender.

Meng Jianzhu looked at the stronghold of the Kwantung Army with billowing smoke, grinned happily, and looked at his watch. Yes, it only took an hour and twenty minutes to take Panshan County. The battalion commander ran over to ask for instructions, "Brigade commander, we have captured more than 2000 Manchurian captives, what should we do?"

Meng Jianzhu stroked his unshaven chin, thought for a moment and said, "In this way, regiment commander, your regiment has two companies left to be responsible for clearing the Kwantung Army and Manchuria stragglers, maintaining order in Panshan County, and other troops. Immediately drive out of the county, and in addition, bring all the captives and let them dig trenches, we happen to be short of manpower, use waste!"

The head of the first regiment gave a thumbs up and praised: "Brigade Commander, this is a great trick! These bastards are helping the little devils to harm us Chinese. If they don't shoot them, they will be killed. If you work hard, don't give them up." Happy death!"

Meng Jianzhu called over to the Communications Staff Officer and ordered: "Report immediately to the Corps Headquarters. My direct brigade has occupied Panshan County, leaving two companies of troops to maintain order. The other troops are on their way to the blocking position!"

After receiving the telegram from Meng Jianzhu, Han Tie laughed and said to the Chief of Staff Wang Dongshan: "Chief of Staff, this Meng Jianzhu is really amazing! In a little over an hour, he won Panshan County. By the way, the man who went to Beining Troops, how long will it take to reach the designated blocking position?"

"According to their report, it will take about an hour and a half!" Wang Dongshan replied.

Han Tie pondered for a moment, and was about to speak when a combat staff officer hurried over and reported: "Commander, I received a report from the commander of the 20th Brigade Ding of the No. 10 Ninth Corps. Their reconnaissance team found that In the blocking position of the third regiment of the brigade, we found that the vanguard of the Kwantung Army retreated, with a strength of about one brigade, and it is estimated that they will encounter our army in three to ten minutes!"

Han Tie got up slowly, shook his head and said: "It's very fast! Damn, I won't even let me finish a meal of Ansheng. I ordered Brigadier Ding to immediately enter the fighting state of the Fourth Brigade and send two A battalion of troops, kill this group of little devils, and make a quick decision!"

After issuing the order, Han Tie said to Wang Dongshan: "Chief of Staff, report to the division commander that the eleven brigades of our Northern Liaodong Peninsula Combat Group have all arrived at the designated positions and occupied Panshan County. The rest of the troops are approaching Beining , in the direction of Panshan, we found the vanguard of the retreating Kwantung Army!"

A few minutes later, Han Tie led the headquarters and rushed to the forward position. While still on the way, he heard the sound of dense guns and artillery, which opened the prelude to a blocking battle.

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