Age of Rebirth

After receiving the telegram, Battelle immediately forwarded the order from the Australian Campaign Command to Yu Guanghan. Yu Guanghan did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered all the ambush troops to retreat in cover. And the task of outflanking. {Top}{Point}Novel

Major General Wang Yiwu, commander of the 2th Brigade, commanded nearly 40 people to reach Koba in the afternoon. This place is about 170 kilometers away from the No. [-] Division of the Japanese Army. Two hours, more than four hours have passed.

Coba is an ordinary town in South Australia. If it wasn't close to the Lachlan River, Wang Yiwu's troops happened to need to cross the Lachlan River from here. Such a small town would be a little-known place.

Wang Yiwu is now on a hill full of dense forests three or four kilometers away from the small town of Koba, holding a telescope to observe the situation in the town, beside him is the battalion commander of the brigade guard and a platoon of guards, In another mountain more than ten kilometers behind him, all the troops of the Tenth Brigade are hidden.

In the woods on the left, there were slight footsteps. Major Jin Liangshan, the battalion commander of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the [-]th Brigade, was wearing a Japanese military uniform and led a dozen soldiers who were also in Japanese military uniform. They pushed aside the bushes blocking the way. Cong came.

When he arrived in front of Wang Yiwu, before he could speak, Wang Yiwu couldn't wait to ask: "Jin Liangshan, have you figured out the situation of the little devil's defensive forces in Keba Town?"

Jin Liangshan is quite familiar with Wang Yiwu, and he is also one of Wang Yiwu's favorite generals.Hearing the words, he said with a smile: "Brigade Commander, I didn't see who was going to go out, deal with a bunch of little devils. It's not easy to catch!"

"Don't be so hippie!" Wang Yiwu glared at him, "Get down to business!"

"Yes! Brigadier!" Jin Liangshan shrank his neck, put away his smiling face, and said, "Brigade Commander, I took a few people into the town and took out a little devil who was alone. I'm not lucky. Bad. It's a second lieutenant captain!"

"According to the little devil's squad leader, the Japanese army stationed in Cobar Town is a strengthened squadron. There are more than 200 people, and the designation is the Cobar Guard of the Adelaide Police Command. Aside from machine guns and a few mortars, nothing surprising!"

"Why did the Japanese army deploy a reinforced squadron in Koba?" In Wang Yiwu's opinion.Koba is not a strategic location at all.In addition to having a ferry to cross the Lachlan River, under normal circumstances, it would be enough to place a platoon of troops, but now there is a Japanese army that has strengthened the squadron, and he must be alerted, so he asked.

"Ah!" Jin Liangshan touched his head in embarrassment.Embarrassed, he replied in a low voice: "Brigade Commander, I didn't ask!"

"Go! Take that tongue off. I'll interrogate him myself!" Wang Yiwu gave him an unhappy look and ordered.

"This, this, that... Brigadier, when we were digging out that bastard, one of my soldiers strengthened his strength a bit. After asking about the basic situation, the little devil's captain asked I'm out of breath!" Jin Liangshan stammered, sweating all over his face.

"You...!" Wang Yiwu was so angry that he stared at him with rounded eyes, and shouted in a low voice: "You are also the old reconnaissance battalion commander, and you are a recruit? If you are not afraid of disturbing the little devils here , inform the No.40 Division, I can send a few mortars, and this town as big as a palm can be flattened, and you still need to scout and catch tongues? What's the matter?"

Jin Liangshan was trained to shrink his neck and hang his head. He really didn't take this reconnaissance mission seriously.

"Okay, I'll give you a mission, take the reconnaissance battalion, don't shoot a single shot, and deal with a little devil in a reinforced squadron in Koba Town!" Wang Yiwu said angrily, "However, I can only give you one Hours!"

"Yes! Brigadier, I promise to complete the task!" Jin Liangshan immediately cheered up, jumped up and replied, what is the reconnaissance battalion for? It is a good job to do this kind of work, as long as more than 500 people in the whole battalion are replaced The little devils in the military uniform, swaggering in, five hundred people deal with more than 200 little devils, two fight one, it's not like playing!

To the southwest of Keba Town, a group of Japanese troops suddenly appeared. There were about 500 people. However, they looked quite embarrassed. All of them were sweating profusely, stumbling around, and their uniforms were covered with dust. It seemed that they had arrived after a long march. here.

Wang Yiwu put down his binoculars, smiled and said to Colonel Wan Shuangquan, chief of staff of the brigade, "Jin Liangshan has a knack for pretending to be a ghost!"

Wan Shuangquan laughed and said, "Brigade Commander, you have never praised Commander Jin to your face!"

"Praise him? No matter how much you praise him, you can go to heaven!" Wang Yiwu said with staring eyes: "Chief of Staff, order that the troops be ready to cross the river. Floating bridges, at least two!"

When this group of Japanese troops was about one kilometer away from the town of Koba, the Japanese garrison in the town reacted. There was a burst of yelling, light and heavy machine guns were added, and they came over seven or eight times under the leadership of a second lieutenant. A Japanese soldier.

The second lieutenant held a pistol in his hand, and shouted loudly from a long distance: "Hey! Stop advancing, you belong to that part, report your serial number and commander's name, otherwise, we will shoot!"

Jin Liangshan, who was wearing the collar badge of the Japanese lieutenant commander, waved his hand, and the team stopped, and then, with a few scouts who were quite good at Japanese, he greeted him aggressively, cursing in a rough voice: "Baga! I am No. .40th Division Reconnaissance Corps [-]st Battalion Commander Kitamura Lieutenant Commander, was ordered to take over the defense of Koba Town, let your chief come and speak! And you, my soldiers are exhausted from the long march and need to enter the town immediately rest!"

This second lieutenant of the Japanese army was stunned by the scolding, but his military rank was much higher than his own. According to the rules of the imperial army, it is good for you if the officer scolds you, let alone say thank you .

"Hay! Captain Kitamura, but our Koba garrison has not received any orders from superiors in advance, so I don't know that you will not be able to take over Koba's defense!" The second lieutenant of the Japanese army said in a humble tone, but his attitude did not give in at all, " So, I'm sorry Captain Beicun, your troops cannot enter the town, I need to consult our squadron leader, and then my superiors before I can make a decision!"

This second lieutenant of the Japanese army talked a lot, thinking he was polite and polite, neither humble nor overbearing, but just as he finished speaking, he felt a gust of wind blowing, "Slap!" The eyes are full of stars, the ears are "buzzing", and the cheeks are burning and painful.

Before he could react, the soldiers who followed the unreasonable Beicun Zhongzuo roughly pushed aside the soldiers who came out of the town, moved the deer wood outside the town, and then, Kitamura Nakazuo waved his hand and shouted, "Open the way!"

More than 500 people entered Koba Town crookedly, and none of them in good shape. The second lieutenant of the Japanese army who had been slapped spit out a mouthful of blood and stared at the Lieutenant Beicun with hatred in his eyes. Not daring to fart, he followed Ye, who was listless, into the town.

More than 40 minutes later, Wang Yiwu received a report from Jin Liangshan: "Brigade Commander, more than 200 little devils, all of them have been solved without firing a single shot!"

"Are there any prisoners? They must be strictly guarded, and don't run away a few, which will ruin my big business!" Wang Yiwu asked.

"Well...then, Brigadier Commander, there are no prisoners, and the little devil resisted fiercely, so the soldiers showed no mercy and were all wiped out!" Jin Liangshan replied hesitantly.

"Understood!" Wang Yiwu said dumbfoundedly, "Don't worry too much!" He didn't blame Jin Liangshan.

An hour later, the trucks of more than 7000 infantrymen of the Tenth Brigade, the brigade's heavy artillery regiment, the artillery vehicles of the two "Thunder" rocket artillery battalions, the tanks of the two tank regiments, and the convoy of the brigade's logistics department, rumbled. After driving across two temporary pontoon bridges, we quickly passed the fast-flowing Lachlan River and headed toward Ivanhoe.

Wang Yiwu left a company of troops in Keba Town.

At about the same time, the Ninth Brigade, which rushed to Roto, also under the command of the brigade commander, Major General Shi Jue, crossed the Lachron River and rushed towards Ivanhoe. Similarly, the Japanese army did not arouse any vigilance. , the No.40 Division of the Japanese Army staying on the east bank of the Lachron River did not notice at all that the two mechanized infantry brigades of the Independent Division, with more than 3 horses, had already spread their nets to outflank them.

Wang Yiwu and Shi Jue's troops arrived at the scheduled location nearly an hour earlier than the time stipulated by Yu Guanghan, nearly three hours earlier than the time stipulated by Tang Qiusheng. As a cover, the outflanking troops on both wings quickly spread out on the battlefield. From the north and south directions, the No. 40 Division of the Japanese Army was placed in a position of flanking attack from both sides.

After receiving the report, Yu Guanghan immediately reported to Commander Battelle that the Adelaide direction troops had arrived at the predetermined location ahead of schedule. At the same time, he ordered the No.11 Brigade and No.12 Brigade of Sulu Mobile Corps, Artillery and tank units immediately advanced towards the west bank of the Lachlan River.

"Okay!" After reading Battelle's telegram, Tang Qiusheng praised: "The troops responsible for annihilating the No. 40 Division of the Japanese Army moved very quickly, and it also left enough time for our troops marching westward from Melbourne. !"

"The combat staff officer ordered the troops in the direction of Adelaide to enter the predetermined position and wait for the command to attack. The order, the westward troops quickly encircled the No.13 Division and the No.40 Fifth Division of the Japanese Army according to the original plan. After the deployment is complete, wait for the command to attack!"

The twelve brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps of the Independent Division, with more than 20 troops, surrounded the three divisions of the Japanese army from the east and the west, and stayed in place, waiting for orders for a day and a half. Commander, I don't know yet, a catastrophe is imminent!

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