Age of Rebirth

There is pressure. The pressure does not come from the order of the Corps Headquarters, "Within eight hours, wipe out a division of more than 7 Kwantung Army troops," but that there are four brigades and one tank brigade behind. [-] people are waiting to pass through the front line of Baolong Mountain, and countless pairs of eyes are watching behind them. If it takes too long to break through the Kwantung Army's blockade line, the three brigade commanders will feel ashamed without being severely reprimanded by the commander. Therefore, how to fight? The essential!

Major General Xu Guofu, the commander of the second brigade, who was catching up quickly, in the armored command vehicle that was running all the way in the smoke, used a walkie-talkie to talk to Song Guotai, the commander of the first brigade, and Wu Yaoxian, the commander of the first tank brigade. A flying car military meeting, just ten minutes of flying car meeting, determined the attack plan.

Since the second brigade is catching up, but it will take about an hour, the assault will be completed by Wu Yaoxian's tank brigade and Song Guotai's first brigade. After the second brigade arrives, expand the breakthrough, and then divide the Kwantung Army Surrounded, eaten last.

Wu Yaoxian's tank brigade adopts a linear offensive formation, with more than 300 tanks, to ensure that a 30-kilometer-wide opening is torn in the Kwantung Army blocking position on the front line of Baolong Mountain. This is not difficult to do, lacking artillery and anti-tank The No. [-] Sixth Division of the Kwantung Army, which has weapons, hastily turned from retreat to defense. Even the simple fortifications have not been completed, and it is impossible to stop the assault of this torrent of armor.

Wu Yaoxian also tended to use tanks to tear up the Kwantung Army's blocking position, but Song Guotai considered that the losses of the tank brigade before were all caused by the little devil's reckless play, if the infantry accompanied the assault.It will also increase casualties, taking the lives of tanks and soldiers for the lives of little devil soldiers.not worth it! "Old Wu, those iron bastards of yours, bear with it for a while, I'll use the cannonballs to give the little devil a run for his money!" Song Guotai said to Wu Yaoxian.

Wu Yaoxian was surprised, and asked: "I said, man, your troops are also in constant pursuit, and the artillery has caught up? Besides, it will take time to build artillery positions, we can't afford to wait! Or should I use tank guns?" , Bomb the Guandong Army's blocking positions!"

Song Guotai laughed.Said: "I have two self-propelled artillery regiments in my hand, just follow me, no need to build any artillery positions, and I can fight right away. Look good, brother!"

Standing on a hill of Baolong Mountain, the only one that can be called a highland.The temporary headquarters of the No.30 Sixth Division of the Kwantung Army is located here. Lieutenant General Rongcang, the commander of the division, trembled slightly with his hands holding the binoculars. With the fortifications, behind the mountain bag.The division is directly under the Field Artillery Wing, and they are in a hurry to unload the artillery.Build artillery positions.

But all of this takes time. Without more than three hours, it is impossible to build a basic blocking line. In the telescopic lens of Lieutenant General Rongcang, more than 300 tanks of the independent division in the distance lined up silently. In the horizontal line, the muzzle was aimed at Baolong Mountain. The steel armor of the tank reflected the luster of metal under the hot July sun in Ximan. This silence itself was an invisible pressure.

Lieutenant General Rong Cang felt chills in his heart. He also noticed that the soldiers who were nervously constructing fortifications stopped their movements from time to time and looked at the tank group of the Independent Division visible to the naked eye. On the long yellow sand, Lieutenant General Rong Cang could feel the fear and anxiety from the heart of his soldiers, and as time went by, this fear and anxiety gradually expanded.

"Damn it! This is the psychological tactics of the Chinese commander, with the intention of disintegrating the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the empire!" Lieutenant General Rongcang cursed viciously. More than 300 silent tanks were not attacking in the sight of the soldiers. Not firing guns is a huge coercion in itself. If the tanks of the independent division start to attack when their own troops turn from retreat to defense, the situation will be quite different.

The Imperial soldiers of the No.30 Sixth Division are still in a state of excitement, and it is easy to ignore the coercion brought by the tanks. If they blow up dozens of tanks of the Independent Division with their flesh and blood, it will definitely arouse the soldiers. Their fighting courage!

But it's different now. Lieutenant General Rongcang even felt that those steel monsters silent in the sun seemed to be sucking away more than 30 soldiers and officers of the No. 2 Sixth Division. The arrogant courage to take away all the spirits of the soldiers of the empire!

"Despicable and cunning Chinese people, the tricks of an inferior nation!" Lieutenant General Rong Cang cursed again, "Staff, order the division's field artillery regiment to fire within 10 minutes. The target of the bombardment is the independent division. If it can’t be done, Regiment Captain Hosokawa cut himself open as an apology!” He was almost roaring, and issued an incredible order that the tanks of the independent division must be destroyed, otherwise, the morale of the soldiers would be destroyed without waiting for the attack. , it will fall to a low point, how can we fight the next blocking battle?

It is difficult for the strong, and the officers surrounded by Lieutenant General Rongcang all complained in unison that the current field artillery regiment has just unloaded the artillery, and the artillery firing position does not even have a prototype. Under normal circumstances, a regiment should be built. A large-scale artillery position can't be done without more than three hours. Even if the situation is urgent now, it will take about two hours. Didn't your Excellency the commander of the division force the commander of the field artillery regiment, Hosokawa, to commit suicide?

Lieutenant General Rong Cang didn't wait for the roar of his field artillery firing. Ten minutes later, there was a piercing scream in the sky, and a faint blue smoke rose from the distant field. Then came, "Division commander, the enemy has started shelling!" A staff officer exclaimed.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Hundreds of shells slammed into the soldiers of the Kwantung Army who were building fortifications. Nearly a hundred bombers and fighter jets from the independent division flew over, and in conjunction with ground artillery fire, poured heavy aerial bombs and strings of machine gun bullets on the soldiers of the Kwantung Army. There was no fortification to hide from, and the soldiers of the Kwantung Army lay desperately On the fine sandy ground, resign yourself to fate!

When the first round of artillery shells fell, Lieutenant General Rongcang was covered by several loyal guards with his body, but he struggled and shouted: "Baga! Immediately order the Field Artillery Regiment to move its position!" Because He saw that more than a dozen bombers of the independent division turned their heads and were flying towards his artillery position. Even with the back of his head, he knew what the result would be. The artillery wing exposed in the wild would become an independent division. A live target for bombers!

A few minutes later, a trembling explosion came from behind the hill. Lieutenant General Rong Cang closed his eyes in pain. His field artillery unit, the only heavy fire unit of the division, ended like this, facing 300 soldiers. Many independent division tanks, the No.30 Sixth Division has more than [-] imperial soldiers, and they will be helpless. Suicide attacks are impossible. The tanks of the independent division are on guard, and suicide attacks are difficult to work. Can the grenade soldiers survive the fierce shelling?

Wu Yao first opened the top cover of the tank turret, exposing half of his body, and held up the binoculars to observe the battlefield situation. While observing, he nodded repeatedly. He admitted that the shelling effect of Song Guotai's two self-propelled artillery regiments was far better than that of his own tank brigade. After all, the caliber of tank guns cannot be compared with those big guys, and more than 300 tank guns fired in salvo, and they did not have such a formation and deterrence.

Song Guotai's two self-propelled artillery regiments, a fierce shelling, the Kwantung Army's No. The large opening of more than ten kilometers, the upturned sand and the red blood flowing from the corpses of the Kwantung Army soldiers, mixed together, dyed the Horqin sandy land in July with a striking dark red, in the hot air, There was a pungent smell of blood and gunpowder.

Lieutenant General Rongcang's hands were firmly grasping the soft sand, and the division's despair was shining in his eyes. Only at this moment did he sadly realize how ridiculous and self-indulgent his decision to block the Independent Division was. , the opponent only used artillery fire to tear open a big hole in his blocking line that was enough to collapse the entire line. The only field artillery regiment was lost under the bombers of the independent division. The 36th division faced more than 300 An independent division tank, not even capable of fighting back.

Don't expect those mortars and Type [-] infantry artillery to overturn and blow up those steel monsters. The flesh and blood of the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Empire cannot withstand shells, bombs and bullets. Tragedy, at this moment, Lieutenant General Eikura seems to understand the pain and intentions of General Umezu Yoshijiro, the commander-in-chief. On the Ximan battlefield, any form of blocking is a stupid move that will cause greater losses to the Kwantung Army. doing.

However, the No.30 Sixth Division cannot be withdrawn no matter what, and sticking to the Baolongshan blockade line, let’s call it the blockade line, is a dead end. The artillery shells of the independent division will kill every imperial soldier. , Torn to pieces, under extreme despair and madness, Lieutenant General Rongcang made a decision that surprised and even shuddered the officers under his command, "Convey my order to all troops, all imperial soldiers in the whole division, bayonet, Launch a hand-to-hand charge against the Chinese army!"

Facing more than 300 tanks of the Independent Division, braving fierce artillery fire and bombs and bullets pouring down from overhead, and behind the tanks, countless infantry of the Independent Division, before the imperial soldiers rushed a few steps, they would Torn into pieces by the dense rain of bullets, is your Excellency the head of the division crazy?

All the officers of the No.30 Sixth Division Division Headquarters looked at Lieutenant General Rongcang, who was pale and had a death-defying gleam in his eyes, with horror and puzzlement. No one responded to his order.

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