Age of Rebirth

When Hantie’s troops first arrived at Panshan and Beining, the Kwantung Army’s attack did not take advantage. This time, it was the same. There was no battle for a few days, and the troops took the opportunity to strengthen the fortifications. The soldiers relied on the already complete fortification system, It caused serious damage to the troops of the Kwantung Army. In the sky, the bombers of the Aviation Force dropped bombs like raindrops on the charge formation of the Kwantung Army soldiers. Army soldiers are flying in flesh and blood!

In a private house in Panshan County, the temporary headquarters of the Liaoxi Blockade War is set up here. Han Tie sat cross-legged on the big kang, smoking a cigarette leisurely, listening to the sound of artillery from the front line, and smiling at the acting king. The chief of staff at Dongshan said: "The little devils in Liaoxi stopped for a few days and started to work hard again. This shows that the so-called reinforcements of the old devil in Meijin are coming soon. They should cooperate with each other and want to break through our blockade!"

The Chief of the Staff Office didn't take it seriously, "So what? The division commander has long been on guard against this move, and mobilized four brigades from the Shandong Garrison Area in advance to fight for help, plus our three main brigades. good!"

Having said that, he paused, and said worriedly: "I am worried about our blockade line. Chief of Staff Wang took away three brigades, and the thickness of the troops on the position has been greatly reduced. The headquarters even has a reserve team. Not at all, plus today's Kwantung Army soldiers are frantically fighting for their lives, and they will not stop until they break through the blocking line, today's battle, we are going to fight hard!"

Han Tie got off the kang with his legs turned, and said with a smile: "I'm not worried about our blockade line. There are aviation fleets in the sky, and the ground is reinforced after a few days of fortifications. There are sufficient ammunition. The artillery cannonballs with unlimited shells, the Kwantung Army We have to be on guard against the attack from the Niangziguan Garrison Corps at any time. We can spend at most half of the troops on our position. There is nothing to worry about. I really hope that the little devils will attack every day and leave tens of thousands of people behind. When it comes time to attack, Save some effort too!"

"Hey, you're talking about this Wang Dongshan. I haven't sent a telegram until now, and I'm going to report the fighting situation there, how far the aid battle has gone, and I, the commander, don't know anything?" Han Tie suddenly changed his mind. topic.He began to complain about Wang Dongshan.

The chief of the staff department "puchi" was happy. "Commander, you are confused. The Chief of Staff Wang is now the commander of an independent corps. He is directly responsible to the division commander and reports the battle situation to the division commander!"

"That's right! Look at my brain, Wang Dongshan is now working on his own!" Han Tie patted his head and said suddenly. "The Kwantung Army is not finished, immediately convey my order. The dozen or so rocket artillery battalions that have not done anything, will launch two rounds of shelling on the charging little devils, and give these bastards a little bit of power. I will also Clean up for a while!"

In the direction of Manduhu to the north of Central Liao, a regiment of the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade of the Shandong Garrison District guarded here. In the middle direction, there are heavy soldiers from the Independent Division blocking the way, so in the direction of Manduhu, there will be no heavy soldiers from the Independent Division anymore?

However, the ruthless facts shattered his illusions. The second brigade of the Shandong Garrison District adopted a style of attack similar to that of Xu Zixiao's first brigade. It used more than 200 medium-caliber artillery to give the Kwantung Army's Liaoxi Assault Corps a blow. After more than an hour of shelling, the fragmented corpses of Kwantung Army soldiers were everywhere within the frontier of Manduhu's defense line. Almost a detachment of Kwantung Army soldiers remained on the battlefield covered by artillery fire.

Looking at the corpses all over the place, one after the other, General Meijin's face turned livid. How could there be heavy soldiers from the two brigades of the Independent Division in the direction of Manduhu? Moreover, the artillery fire was still so dense and fierce. , the battle has not been fought yet. In Liaozhong and Mandu, two detachments and all tanks were lost. If the loss continues like this, I am afraid that the Western Liaoning Assault Corps will soon be exhausted before Panshan and Beining Now, what to break through the blocking line?

General Meijin, who was in an extremely bad mood, had nothing to do. If the defenders of the Independent Division did not have such fierce artillery fire, they could still use the death squad-style group charge to gain a glimmer of hope. Son, he felt that the idea that he brought more than 5 old and weak soldiers to rescue more than 40 Kwantung Army in western Liaoning was too idealistic, or too naive!

He hates, hates his teeth itching, hates that there are not enough artillery. In Fengtian's arsenal, there are enough artillery for four or five field artillery brigades, and enough artillery shells, but there are no soldiers who can operate artillery. The old, weak and remnant soldiers who came here could teach them how to shoot guns within seven days, but they couldn't teach them how to fire cannons. The Liaoxi Assault Corps with more than [-] people couldn't choose enough soldiers to make up an artillery brigade.

"This is the flower of the Imperial Army—the status quo facing the Kwantung Army!" General Meijin felt helpless and depressed.

"Wait, only when it gets dark, use the darkness to weaken the power of the independent division's artillery to the greatest extent, and then launch a group charge, will it be possible to tear apart the independent division's position!" General Meijin thought with regret.

"Convey my order, the troops stop attacking, retreat three kilometers, disperse and hide, and rest on the spot! Each detachment sends out some troops, and the guards are all in the direction!" General Meijin wisely issued an order to stop the attack, but he did not He forgot that what he was commanding was not a well-trained army, but a mob who were civilians a few days ago, so what he saw afterwards almost made him despair.

If we say that in the previous battle in Liaozhong, the first detachment and the tank brigade were covered by the artillery regiment of the first brigade of the Shandong Garrison Area, covered by artillery fire like a volcanic eruption, and the entire army was wiped out. , If there is no impact, after all, the follow-up troops are still tens of kilometers away from the battlefield at that time, and they have not seen the fragmented corpses of their compatriots, so they have no intuitive experience.

But in the just-concluded shelling from the artillery of the Independent Division in the direction of Manduhu, for these Kwantung Army soldiers who were civilians seven days ago, it was a great psychological and spiritual challenge. Excited, the second detachment of more than 8000 people, within an hour, all turned into broken corpses lying on the battlefield full of bomb craters and scorched earth everywhere.

Here, some are my neighbors, some are my relatives, and some are partners who were drinking a pot of water a few hours ago. Now, they have become bloody pieces. It is conceivable that my own The fate will be the same as theirs. Boundless fear shrouded the hearts of these Japanese who temporarily changed from civilians to soldiers. Their faces were ashen and ugly, and they lay on the ground trembling. More women began to vomit. Some half-grown children, He began to cry loudly, making the whole army look like a funeral scene!

After the officers at all levels leading the team gave the command to retreat in accordance with General Meijin's order, an accident finally happened. An orderly withdrawal from the battlefield turned into a chaotic breakup. Those women and The half-grown child dropped the rifle in his hand, turned around and ran back desperately, the officers at all levels couldn't stop shouting, and drew out their command sabers angrily, regardless of whether it was a woman or a half-grown child, the knife saw blood, repeatedly Killed hundreds of rout soldiers.

However, not only did it fail to stop the trend of collapse, but it even increased the fear of these mobs and their thoughts of fleeing. Therefore, the tens of thousands of remaining tens of thousands of Kwantung Army Liaoxi Assault Corps under the personal command of General Meijin dispersed. The establishment, in the crop fields all over the place, there are wrinkled Japanese men, women and half-grown children in military uniforms everywhere, rout, and rout.

General Meijin's eyes darkened, his throat felt salty, he couldn't help spurting out a mouthful of blood, his body shook a few times, thanks to leaning on the car, he didn't fall to the ground, "Is this the end?" His eyes widened Straight, looking at the broken soldiers running past in front of his eyes, he said to himself nervously, "Could it be that the people of the Great Japanese Empire, who are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and whose Bushido spirit permeates the entire nation, are so vulnerable?" Wrong, very wrong!

Several staff officers and guards turned pale with fright, and hurriedly supported General Meijin to the grass. Then, they looked at the commander-in-chief whose face was so pale that he didn't even have a trace of blood, and didn't know what to do. good?

"Reporting to Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, I have received urgent telegrams from the commanders of the garrison in Yuhong, Sujiatun and other places. In the defense area of ​​our garrison, a large number of independent divisions, a large number of tanks and artillery suddenly appeared, and they are launching a fierce attack. The artillery fire All the positions of our department have been destroyed, and the department cannot hold on for a longer period of time, so we can only fight to the end and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!" A staff officer ran over in a panic and reported even worse news.

All the officers were stunned, thinking about a terrible fact in their hearts, "The escape route back to Fengtian has been cut off!"

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, what should we do?" The officers asked in a hurry, regardless of the health of General Meijin who had just vomited blood. In fact, the questions were all nonsense, and even the soldiers broke up. Just dozens of officers, can they be used as farts?

General Meijin waved his hands wearily, stopped the officers from asking, and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't ask, there is nothing we can do, we failed, I didn't expect such a result, leave here, and return to Fengtian by detour!"

The sudden defeat of the Kwantung Army's Liaoxi Assault Corps was not only unexpected by General Meijin, but Colonel Cheng Hejiang, the commander of the Second Brigade of the Shandong Garrison Area in the Manduhu position, was stunned, wiped his eyes in disbelief, and pointed Looking at the Kwantung Army's defeated Kwantung Army soldiers who were digging into the crops with their heads in their hands, they stammered, "This, this is the little, little devil soldier?"

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