Age of Rebirth

The night was as dark as black, but the night in the MacDonnell Mountains in central Australia was illuminated by artillery fire. The tens of kilometers long ambush circle covered all the areas where the two Japanese armies had more than [-] troops, and there were booms everywhere. The booming sound of cannons, after the explosion, there were flames one after another, and amidst the flames, the panicked and helpless figures of Japanese soldiers, and their limbs shattered with the sound of the explosion. %,

Tang Qiuli pointed out to the division artillery commander Zheng Yong that the order was very clear. If you don’t make a move, let it go. A move is a fatal blow. Use intensive artillery fire to inflict the greatest damage on the Japanese army. The corps directly has more than [-] troops to ambush And annihilating more than [-] Japanese troops, the strength advantage is not obvious, so the shelling that started first will determine the follow-up battle, will it go smoothly?

Zheng Yong is a veteran artillery commander. He served as the commander of the first artillery unit formed when the Blood Hands Group started in the Northeast. Over the years, the artillery unit has fought countless times with the Japanese army. Such battles are in his heart. There are numbers, know how to fight?

Zheng Yong's battle plan is very clear. Several artillery brigades directly under the artillery headquarters, with the battalion as a unit, spread all over the ambush area to form a long-range strike firepower. The location, evenly distributed, is part of the long-range artillery fire, and the next-level artillery firepower is the artillery battalion to which each regiment belongs, as the medium-range artillery strike force.

The four "Thunder" rocket artillery regiments directly under the Artillery Command, as well as the "Thunder" rocket artillery battalions affiliated to each brigade, and six self-propelled artillery regiments, with their flexible mobility, serve as the mobile artillery groups of the headquarters.Put in the direction you need at any time.

Finally, there are the artillery batteries to which the battalions belong.Small-caliber artillery units such as mortar companies are deployed behind the forward positions of the infantry ambush circle.As a short-range strike firepower, three types of artillery with different calibers, different powers, and different ranges were perfectly combined by Zheng Yong and organized into several strike artillery groups, all of which were under the unified command of the Artillery Command.

In the bombardment plan prepared before the war, Zheng Yong clearly told the artillery group leaders, "After the bombardment order is issued, we must use the most intensive and violent artillery fire to cover all the enemy's areas. The bombardment time is tentatively set for one hour. Here During the period, the amount of ammunition is not limited!" In a word, you can shoot hard, there are plenty of shells!

With such a perfectly equipped artillery unit with fierce firepower, Zheng Yong was confident that he would blow up the MacDonnell Mountains. As it turned out, there were more than [-] artillery pieces of various calibers, including mortars.Tens of thousands of shells were poured out every minute, accurately falling on the predetermined bombardment area, covering more than [-] Japanese soldiers in steel and flames.The shrapnel is as dense as the death of migratory locusts!

As for the Japanese artillery equipped with Italian artillery, their fate was much more tragic. When they first entered the MacDonnell Mountains.Its location was followed by countless forward observation posts of the Artillery Command of the Independent Division.It took about ten minutes to report to the headquarters once.

For fellow Japanese artillerymen.Zheng Yong will never be polite, if he wants to fight, he will hit the ground at once, and he will not give the little devils artillery a chance to fight back. For this reason, he specially dispatched a few artillery groups. Let's deal with the Japanese artillery. Therefore, these Japanese artillery, artillery It was still hanging on the truck, and before it could be unloaded, it was hit by dense shells. The miserable face was submerged in the rain of bullets without even firing a single shell!

Major General Battelle, the commander of the Armored Forces of the Independent Division, leaned on the front of the tank with his arms around his arms, watching with shining eyes, illuminating the fire in the night sky, feeling the trembling of the ground under his feet, and said to Colonel Xu Xinrong, the chief of staff beside him: " Commander Zheng is ruthless enough to attack, and by the time we attack, the little devil may have lost his fighting spirit!"

Xu Xinrong disagreed with the commander, saying: "Commander, I admit that the artillery is powerful, but in the end the battle depends on our tanks and infantry. Can the artillery catch prisoners? , the artillery is even more behind, and they can't even catch up with the smell!"

Battelle smiled and said, "You are just not convinced that the commander didn't let our armored soldiers take the lead. Do artillery and armored soldiers have their own advantages and disadvantages? Do you know why the commander ordered the artillery to take the lead?"

"I know!" Xu Xinrong said without hesitation: "Use powerful artillery fire to inflict maximum damage on the Japanese army and create the most favorable conditions for the final complete annihilation of the Japanese army!"

"It's good to know, tonight, we should have nothing to do, order the troops, hurry up and rest!" Battelle ordered, and then he got into the tank, planning to sleep first, sleeping with the sound of rumbling guns , is also quite a good thing!

The sudden artillery fire disrupted the command system of the Japanese army. Under the protection of the guards, Lieutenant General Miura was lucky enough to get into a cave. In, wake up.

It was so sudden, I never thought that the Chinese would set up an ambush in the MacDonnell Mountains. What Lieutenant General Miura couldn't understand was that the information from the Front Army Command clearly stated that there were still more than 100 Chinese independent divisions. Why did the Lambina area, which is kilometers away, suddenly appear in the MacDonnell Ranges and set up such a huge ambush circle?

Didn't the heavy rain in the second half of the night affect the actions of the Chinese soldiers? How did the Chinese soldiers march for more than [-] kilometers to get here?Lieutenant General Miura's mind was filled with similar questions.

Seeing that the commander's face was pale, his eyes were straight, and he looked like a wooden man, Chief of Staff Ishikawa reminded: "Commander, it is obvious that we were ambushed by the troops of the China Independent Division. The neighboring Seventh Army can’t get in touch, and the situation is very unfavorable for the Imperial Army!”

Lieutenant General Miura stabilized his mind and said: "Chief of Staff Ishikawa, immediately send a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Ito, requesting reinforcements. Our department and the Seventh Army were ambushed by the China Independent Division in the McDonnell Mountains. Huge, preliminary estimates, there are about 60 to [-] people, requesting the front army headquarters to send troops for reinforcements as soon as possible!"

Regarding Lieutenant General Miura's estimated strength of the independent division's ambush troops, Chief of Staff Ishikawa deeply believed that the 60 to [-] independent division troops that ambushed the imperial army should not be too many, otherwise, there would not be such intensive and violent artillery fire .

Lieutenant General Miura took a breath, and then said: "In addition, contact the various divisions and Seventh Army Commander Lieutenant General Okazaki as much as possible, and issue the following order. All ministries will immediately launch an attack on the positions of the surrounding independent divisions of China. Back, back to Kniston!"

This order is quite wise. More than [-] people are crowded in several ravines, just to be beaten. In fact, without the order from Lieutenant General Miura, the commanders at all levels of the Japanese army have long been aware of this problem. The dense shells blasted blood and blood, disrupting the organizational system, but the combat effectiveness and organization of the Japanese soldiers were still good. A considerable part of the Japanese army organized and began to attack the hills on both sides.

Geographically speaking, the MacDonnell Mountains are not a good place for ambushes. First of all, there is no dangerous terrain to use. There are only some low hills around the ambush circle, which are not much better than open land. The position of the brigade's ambush troops was deployed on such terrain.

The Japanese soldiers who were about to lose their minds after being bombed by the shells, faced with a desperate situation, also broke out with a fierce aura. Groups of Japanese soldiers desperately attacked the hills on both sides, and the tanks that were not blown up by the shells also rushed forward with roars , The middle and lower commanders of the Japanese army are still very proficient in tactical command!

However, although the Japanese soldiers were brave, they could not change the situation on the battlefield. What greeted them was a wall of light and heavy machine gun bullets as dense as a metal wall, as well as rocket launchers and recoilless guns. , was submerged in the sea of ​​flames again and again, fragmented corpses were everywhere, black smoke and flames, and burning tanks.

Wokop, the headquarters of the Australian Front Army in Japan, as the commander of the Australian battlefield and the Central Army, General Ito, the commander of the Australian Front, does not just focus on an offensive force of the Central Army. He wants to coordinate the overall command of the Australian battlefield. Judging from the current situation on the battlefield, it is a bit weird.

Among the three attacking forces, the West Route was stubbornly blocked by the China Independent Division and was blocked on the front line of Mount Vernon, unable to advance. The East Route Attack was actively attacked by the Independent Division. Duzhong Road is still calm now. He handed over the command of the Central Route Army to Lieutenant General Miura Kazuhito, commander of the Sixth Army, and focused his attention on the West and East Roads.

Obviously, the tactic of that Chinese demon Tang Qiuli is to attack from the west to the east, and the situation on the battlefield is still changing all the time. So, in the middle, what tactic will this cunning, fickle and scheming Chinaman adopt?

A damn heavy rain caused the departure time of more than [-] troops of the entire Central Army to be delayed by six or seven hours. Originally, my own headquarters was going to arrive in Kniston today, but now, I have to stay in Wokop, "Miura Kazuhito He is a brave and good fighter, he must not be able to wait, I am afraid he has ordered the troops to continue advancing?"

In General Ito's mind, he almost always pretended that the middle road was very quiet. He didn't care about the report that the Sixth Army and Seventh Army, the vanguard of the Central Road Army, violated his orders and advanced too fast. The distance of kilometers can be reached in a few hours, and you can rush in if you rush!

It was getting dark, General Ito sighed tiredly, and was about to go to rest. At this time, Major General Akutagawa, the chief of staff of the Front Army, barged in with a pale face, and shouted hoarsely, "Commander-in-Chief, I just received you!" When the sixth army commander Lieutenant General Miura sent an urgent call for help, the Sixth Army and Seventh Army were ambushed by a large number of Chinese Independent Division troops in the MacDonnell Mountains!"

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