Age of Rebirth

As soon as Liu Hongzhang said that he had picked up a big deal, Liu Chenglin, the chief of staff of the brigade, was dumbfounded at that time, and secretly cried out in his heart, "Well, the brigade commander is crazy again, he just smashed the city of Royhill, Swallowed more than 4000 little devils, and now, I am thinking about the more than 1 little devils from the West Road!"

"But this situation is different. Those are the little devils of the three groups. There are 4 to [-] people in total. No matter how strong the first brigade can fight, there are only [-] people. What's more, it is still in a prominent position of the lone army. The devils are entangled, that is the situation of being surrounded, and the consequences are unimaginable!"

Liu Chenglin made up his mind that this time, no matter what, he couldn't make the brigade commander's eyes turn red, "Brigade commander, I disagree, our current position is absolutely outstanding, and there are no nearby reinforcements on the left, right or behind. And the intention of the Japanese army is very obvious, that is to encircle us with heavy troops.±,"

"So brigade commander, we must retreat immediately. If you insist on going your own way, I will telegraph this matter to the headquarters as the brigade chief of staff!" Liu Chenglin's tone was very serious, with uncompromising meaning.

"Puchi!" Liu Hongzhang was happy, and said, "Chenglin, I'm so stupid, I can't see the little devil's intentions, but the opportunity is here, you see, the little devils on the East Road and North Road are far away from Roy. Hill City is more than 60 kilometers away, judging by the marching speed of the little devil, even if it is a partially mechanized march, look at the road conditions, and the vanguard will have to arrive here after more than two hours!"

"As for the more than 1 little devils from the west, didn't the pilots of the reconnaissance plane also say that just now, the main force is 25 kilometers away, and some of them are marching mechanized. The distance of [-] kilometers will take an hour to reach Royhill. Enough for me to give the little devil a head-on blow!"

Seeing that Liu Chenglin still did not let go, Liu Hongzhang became anxious.Roared: "Time is running out, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, convey my order, the self-propelled artillery regiment, the tank regiment and the first infantry regiment, immediately set up an ambush at Bruce Mountain, five kilometers west of Royhill City, to annihilate the small The vanguard of the devils is the target, and then retreats to the second line."

"The brigade belongs to the heavy artillery regiment, and the rocket artillery battalion builds artillery positions on the spot. The main force of the follow-up little devils is used as the artillery target. The second infantry regiment is on standby and ready to attack at any time. It is required that the most violent artillery fire must be used to achieve the goal of killing a large number of enemies. After receiving the order to retreat from the brigade headquarters, all ministries will immediately retreat in the direction of Mount Vernon regardless of the outcome of the battle!"

"What are you still doing in a daze? Follow me to the front line!" After Liu Hongzhang gave the combat order.Seeing that Liu Chenglin was still in a blocking posture, he shouted loudly.

"Brigade Commander, it's okay to go to the front line, but you have to be responsible for your actions today!" Liu Chenglin saw that the result could not be changed.muttered and said.

"It's a bit of a grind, I'm in charge, wait until you get some fat. You don't have to say anything!" Liu Hongzhang glared at him and said dissatisfied.

Japanese troops coming from the west of Royhill City.It is part of General Ito's roundabout and outflanking troops along the way, numbered No. 30, the Second Brigade of the Ninth Division.It is also the closest unit among the 10,000+ units.

The head of the brigade, Major General Uchiyama, is currently in the brigade at the rear. His idea is very simple. With a brigade of about 1 troops, he can eat nearly 9000 well-equipped troops from the China Independent Division. Realistically, although Major General Uchiyama has not fought against the Independent Division, he has heard a lot about the China Independent Division, and knows that it is a unit that has repeatedly suffered losses from the Imperial Japanese Army.

The best result that Major General Uchiyama wants to achieve is to entangle this Chinese army in Royhill City, encircle the imperial army troops coming from the other two directions, and win time. Therefore, he ordered the only mechanized main force of the brigade to march quickly, go forward fifteen kilometers, and rush to Roy Hill at the fastest speed. People want to run, but they have no chance!

The so-called mechanized unit of the No.30 Ninth Brigade is shabby enough to say the least. It mainly consists of trucks, and there are also some teams that use animal power instead of motor vehicles and animal power. The marching speed cannot be the same. In order to maintain care, The speed had to be reduced, coupled with the bad road conditions, the commander of the regiment, Okazaki, had no choice but to urge the troops to move forward desperately.

After passing the Bruce Mountain Pass in front of him, he arrived at the city of Royhill. Colonel Okazaki was full of enthusiasm for fighting. Similarly, he had no experience in fighting against independent divisions. In his opinion, on the North American battlefield, the powerful All the Americans in China have been beaten to pieces by the empire, so what are the Chinese who are like sick men in East Asia?

Colonel Okazaki's car, along with the troops, rushed over the Bruce Pass, and his vision suddenly opened, and the outline of Royhill City was clearly visible. Then, he saw rows of tanks all over the place, and silent tigers were standing in front of them. There, the low roar of the engine came, and under the afternoon sun in central Australia, the armor reflected a cold metallic luster, and the black muzzle pointed forward.

"Nani? Chinese tanks!" Colonel Okazaki lost his mind for a moment, but his boss didn't tell himself that the Chinese troops were equipped with tanks. Isn't that terrible? The regiment doesn't have anti-tank weapons at all.

"Order, the troops stop advancing immediately, disperse and hide, and prepare to fight! Immediately call the artillery of the brigade and regiment, and give artillery support!" After a moment of loss of consciousness, Colonel Okazaki reacted and issued an absolutely correct order.

But this kind of correctness is only relatively speaking. It can be easily done by dispersing and concealing troops, but the artillery support of the brigade has to wait for the artillery to come up. Then, Colonel Okazaki heard a dull loud noise, and a row of shells carried There was a screaming sound, smashing down, and seeing the group of tanks in front again, flames spewed out from the muzzle.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The Heavy Artillery Regiment of the First Brigade and the two tank regiments started shelling at the same time, and the raindrops of shells covered the position of the Japanese army in an instant. Colonel Okazaki was very unlucky, and a few large-caliber shells It fell on his car, several flames rose, and the car and him were turned into pieces.

In just ten minutes, the Okazaki United was enveloped in a bloody storm. The black smoke and dust from the shell explosion filled the air. Standing on the armored command vehicle, Liu Tiehan turned his head and said to Liu Chenglin: "Look, this is the mechanized army of the little devils. How many little devils are left alive after a shell hits them?"

"There is still the main force of the little devils behind!" Liu Chenglin was convinced. He did not expect that when a mechanized Japanese army was less than 25 kilometers away from the city of Royhill, the brigade commander would dare to set up an ambush here, so bold!

In fact, what Liu Hongzhang relied on was the high-speed mobility of the two tank regiments and one self-propelled artillery regiment, which could be ahead of the Japanese army and deploy artillery firepower.

The rumbling gunfire from the front immediately surprised the head of the Uchiyama Brigade, "Report to the head of the brigade, and the second regiment reported that they saw that the Okazaki regiment was attacked by the Chinese Independent Division at the Bruce Pass. The shelling caused heavy casualties!" A staff officer ran over panting and reported.

Colonel Okazaki, together with the regiment headquarters, disappeared into the artillery fire, and the Japanese army who was blown to pieces by the shells had no chance to report the situation to the brigade headquarters. The troops following the Okazaki regiment could only rely on what they saw. situation reported.

The head of the Uchiyama brigade was thinking quickly. Judging by the intensity of the artillery sounds, the artillery firepower of the Chinese army was several times higher than that of his own brigade, and he was prepared to press all the brigade up. Sensible.

"Order, the troops stop advancing immediately, prepare to fight, send a squadron to scout the situation, and the brigade artillery immediately build a position!" Major General Uchiyama issued an order.

"What? The follow-up little devils stopped advancing?" Liu Hongzhang was greatly surprised, thinking rapidly in his mind, but within a minute or so, he made a decision, "Cheng Lin, you lead the first group back immediately." Royhill City, command the Heavy Artillery Regiment and the Second Regiment to retreat as planned, and in addition, order the Rocket Artillery Battalion to move up immediately!"

"Brigade Commander, what about you?" Liu Chenglin asked.

"Hey!" Liu Hongzhang smiled deceitfully, and said, "While the following little devils are not on their feet, use two tank regiments and a self-propelled artillery regiment to charge for a while, and then use the rocket launcher to break the battalion, and then go after you!"

The situation was like this, Liu Chenglin also gave up the idea of ​​dissuading the brigade commander, and hurriedly led the brigade headquarters back to Royhill. Fortunately, the brigade commander commanded highly mobile troops, and it was still very easy to leave.

After watching Liu Chenglin leave, Liu Hongzhang picked up the walkie-talkie and gave an order: "Tank regiment and self-propelled artillery regiment pay attention, don't take into account the current battle situation, immediately go out of the Bruce Pass at the fastest speed. After encountering the Japanese army, all troops Determine the bombardment target by yourself, and retreat quickly after receiving the order!"

Then, he shouted to the driver, "Follow!" The armored command vehicle rushed out, and the tanks and self-propelled artillery of the first brigade crushed the Bruce Mountain Pass, which was still filled with gunpowder smoke, and crushed the Japanese soldiers At the same time, the tank that opened the way used parallel machine guns to aim at the remaining Japanese soldiers who were dizzy from the bombing, and swept them wildly. The Japanese soldiers who escaped the shells screamed and fell under the machine gun bullets.

Liu Hongzhang's style of play is absolutely risky and irregular. Tanks and self-propelled artillery without infantry cover are extremely vulnerable, especially when he is trapped in infantry groups. Loaded with dynamite, pounced on the tank.

But Liu Hongzhang did not intend to fight a dogfight with the Japanese infantry at all. The No.30 Ninth Brigade had just started to set up positions. The head of the brigade's eyelids twitched.

The head of the Uchiyama Brigade understands that this is the armored group assault tactics used by the Germans on the European battlefield, but when did the independent division of China equip so many tanks?

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