Age of Rebirth

Major General Akutagawa, the chief of staff of the Japanese Australian Army, broke in and told General Ito that the sad news was like a bolt from the blue. General Ito's expression suddenly became colorful, and he said almost to himself: "Mr. Akutagawa, what are you talking about? What happened to you?" ambush?"

"It's the Sixth Army and the Seventh Army. They were ambushed by a large number of Chinese Independent Division troops in the Macdonald Mountains. The situation is extremely critical!" Chief of Staff Akutagawa repeated loudly, and put the telegram into the hands of General Ito. ∈♀,

General Ito seemed to have just woken up from the bad news. His body shook, and he hurriedly took over the telegram. While reading it, his hands trembled, "Why is this happening? Why is this happening?" He repeated nervously.

"Miura Kazuhito is talking nonsense, where did the 70 million independent division troops come from? He was confused? Also, why did so many independent division troops suddenly appear in the McDonnell Mountains, and set up such a large The ambush circle? It fell from the sky? Kazuhito Miura is lying!" General Ito suddenly became furious and shouted.

"Commander, now is not the time to pursue responsibility!" Seeing General Ito's disarray, Chief of Staff Akutagawa reminded, "The most important thing at the moment is to send reinforcements as soon as possible, regardless of whether the battle in Mount McDonnell is like Lieutenant General Miura's As said, reinforcements are inevitable!"

"Okay!" General Ito calmed down, with a ferocious grin on his face, and said, "Mr. Akutagawa, you might as well trust Miura's telegram for help. That's fine, then put the decisive battle of the attack in the middle in the McDonnell Mountains. Sooner or later It will happen, order. All the troops of the Central Route Army marched to the MacDonnell Mountains overnight. If you encounter resistance from the China Independent Division, don't get entangled!"

"Call Miura Kazuhito back. The Front Army Command will immediately send troops to reinforce your department. I hope your department will base itself on the current position and carry out a tenacious defense. It will attract the troops of the China Independent Division to the Macdonald Mountains and persist for three days. , is victory!"

Lieutenant General Miura and Hitoshi are not thinking about defending on the spot.Instead, take more than [-] soldiers out of the ambush circle of the Independent Division as soon as possible. They are too passive. Countless attacks have been repelled. The troops are now suffering heavy casualties. They have contacted the neighboring Seventh Army , Listen to the meaning of Lieutenant General Okazaki, the commander of the Seventh Army, about the situation of his troops.It's no better than myself, and it's also under the bombardment of thousands of shells every moment!

Lieutenant General Miura now feels that the entire MacDonald Mountains are a pot of boiling water.The Sixth Army and Seventh Army are the dumplings struggling up and down in the boiling water, and the shells of the China Independent Division are the burning firewood at the bottom of the pot.If you don't jump out of this boiling water pot, you and the two armies will have more than 20 imperial soldiers.Sooner or later, there will be no bones left after being boiled, and in the end there will be no bones left!

therefore.Lieutenant General Miura's orders for all the troops that can be contacted are almost the same, "Each department will use about half of its troops to attack with all its strength at any cost, and seize the positions of the independent divisions of China on both sides. At the same time, the rest The troops quickly retreated at any cost, and withdrew from Mount McDonnell!"

In a word, half of the soldiers cover the retreat of the other half of the soldiers, and run out as quickly as possible. Lieutenant General Miura's only hope is that the two armies with 10,000+ soldiers can retreat half of them without being attacked. The end of annihilation.

However, Lieutenant General Miura Kazuhito obviously underestimated Tang Qiuli's determination to kill him, as well as the troops, heavy equipment, and energy he spent for this purpose. In order to block his retreat and block the inevitable reinforcements, he used a main field battle The corps has a strength of more than 20, and it is also one of the most capable corps among the main field corps of the independent division-Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps.

Cannonballs whizzed and landed on the pile of Japanese soldiers, blowing up gravel and mud. In the fiery flash, the broken corpses were thrown high into the air. On both sides of the ambush circle, the figures of Japanese soldiers charging like desperadoes One by one fell under the dense rain of bullets, and many Japanese soldiers retreated to the northern foot of the MacDonnell Mountains like a retreating tide, trying to rush out of this terrible death zone.

However, with the continuous sound of violent explosions that even overshadowed the sound of the guns, huge soil pillars shot up into the sky, and the Japanese soldiers who ran to the northern mountain pass were suddenly dumbfounded. So the northern exit was tightly blocked, and many trucks were crushed underneath.

Jin Tieshan, commander of the first brigade of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, looked at the mountain peak that was almost blown down by half, grinning happily, and kept yelling, "Little devil, this is the real catch, I stop it!" Your retreat! Where are you going!"

"Commander, all the explosion points on the northern mountain pass have been detonated on time, and the Japanese army's retreat has been completely cut off!" Zhang Hansheng, chief of staff of the Corps, put down the phone and said excitedly.

Feng Jiwu looked at his watch. Only [-] minutes had passed since the shelling of the regiment directly under him. It seemed that the Japanese army was defeated earlier than expected. Go to the ambush circle!"

"Order the armored troops to cover the Seventh Brigade to the No.12 Brigade immediately after the shelling stops, and launch an attack. We must create a blank area of ​​at least [-] kilometers in order not to face the enemy on both sides. At the same time, order each reconnaissance team to closely Monitor the main force of the Japanese army in the direction of Walkop, that is our real opponent!"

Almost the same scene was staged in the northern part of the MacDonald Mountains. The shells that smashed their heads and covered their brains exploded into a sea of ​​​​flames, driving the Japanese soldiers who retreated here, and drove them back. The Japanese soldiers crowded at the blocked mountain pass Lieutenant General Miura, who received the report, suddenly felt cold all over his body, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

He knew that his troops were in a desperate situation, surrounded by artillery fire like a volcanic eruption, the soldiers' charges were repelled again and again, and the retreat was cut off. Death!

Now, the only hope is that Commander Ito's reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible, and open a gap in the northern mountainous area to support the withdrawal of his own troops. "Chief of Staff Ishikawa, immediately convey my order to the Seventh Army and our troops. Stop breaking through, organize defenses on the spot, and wait for reinforcements!"

"Commander! Commander!" Battelle, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by Chief of Staff Xu Xinrong, "Chief of Staff, what happened?"

Xu Xinrong looked at the commander who had just woken up from a deep sleep, but his eyes were shining immediately, he was really impressed, and said: "Just received the order from the division commander, the armored soldiers are waiting for the division commander's order, ready to go into battle, after the shelling stops, Cover the infantry and start attacking! This is the attack distribution map!"

"Oh!" Battelle's eyes narrowed, he took a few pages of paper in Xu Xinrong's hand, and then carefully looked at the lights inside the tank several times. , After inflicting a lot of damage to the Japanese army, the troops did not launch an attack until the sky brightened. Brother Qiuli changed his plan?

On the European battlefield, he had commanded the German "Lightning" armored assault division. Battelle, who was galloping freely, was familiar with armored cluster tactics. In his heart, he did not quite agree with Tang Qiuli's decision. It is very easy to be attacked by Japanese soldiers who are quite desperadoes, and have fought countless battles with little devils. Battelle knows this well, let alone the Japanese soldiers who are now in desperate situation!

There is no such worry in the long-range bombardment of the artillery. Anyway, there is no troops of its own in the ambush circle, so there is no need to worry about accidental injury. Battelle thought for a while, and prepared to contact his brother to remind him of this point, "Communication soldier, immediately Connect to the teacher, I want to talk to the teacher!" He ordered.

"Master's finger! Master's finger! I am the command of the armored forces..." The communications soldier just started to call, but a big hand stopped him, "There is no need to call for the master's finger!" Battelle suddenly thought, his brother would not ignore it Such an obviously unfavorable situation, then, the only possibility is that the little devil's reinforcements came very quickly. If this is the case, it is easy to understand the division's order and stop the call of the communication soldier.

After sorting out his thoughts, Battelle took a closer look at the attack distribution map in his hand, and became more and more sure of his judgment, "Order the brigades, after the attack begins, use the regiment as a unit to cover the infantry attack, use piercing tactics, and Divide the Japanese army into masters!"

After an entire hour of shelling, the McDonnell Mountains became a hell on earth. The corpses of Japanese soldiers were covered with blood-soaked ground. When the shelling of the artillery units of the Independent Division stopped, the surviving Japanese soldiers could hardly believe it. The situation in which their own ears changed from roaring like an earth-shattering explosion to extremely quiet made them extremely uncomfortable in a short period of time!

However, the temporary silence on the battlefield did not last for a few minutes. The roar of the tank engine and the "cracking" sound of the tracks crushing the soil immediately reached the ears of the Japanese soldiers. Tanks appeared in front of the Japanese soldiers, tank shells with low ballistics, and tail flames whistling. The independent division attacked the Japanese troops in the ambush circle, and the coordinated attack by infantry and tanks began!

Battelle's armor cluster piercing tactics were very effective. When the sky was bright, the remaining Japanese troops in the ambush circle had been divided into countless small pieces that were not connected to each other, and then they were surrounded and wiped out.

Tang Qiuli was very satisfied with the progress of the ambush. According to the original plan, it would take about five days at the fastest to wipe out the two Japanese armies. After all, where is the number of 10,000+ Japanese troops? Judging from the effect of the shelling, it can take up to three days to complete the established plan, especially the tactics used by Battelle, which shortens the time to end the battle.

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