Age of Rebirth

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The Japanese attack was repulsed again, receding like the ebbing tide, leaving corpses all over the place. Because the Japanese army used fierce artillery fire, the surface blocking positions of the brigades of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps were almost in ruins, but relying on There were not many casualties in the bomb defense holes, concealed parts and short tunnels. On the bloody and smoky battlefield, there was a brief calm. √∟,

Feng Jiwu put down his binoculars, looked at his watch, and said to Zhang Hansheng, chief of staff of the corps: "Hansheng, give the order, the brigade commanders, seize the time to organize the troops, quickly transfer the wounded to the rear, immediately replenish ammunition, and make preparations before the counterattack!"

The battlefield was quiet for half an hour, and the Japanese army was preparing for the next attack. When it was four o'clock in the morning, Zhao Yuhe looked up at the commander who was still in deep thought with his eyes closed, and said, "Master, it's time!"

"Start!" Tang Qiuli opened his eyes and said calmly. There was excitement and coldness in his eyes. Then, he got up and walked out of the tent, looking to the north.

A counterattack started during the Japanese attack officially started. Zheng Yong's artillery was the first to attack. This guy simply made the artillery command artistic. Already surpassing the strength of the Japanese artillery on the opposite side, thousands of artillery salvos deployed in stages shook the ground in an instant. In the twilight before dawn, it was like a meteor shower flying from the sky.It lit up the vast sky and landed on the starting point of the Japanese infantry attack and the Japanese artillery positions where the shells were still pouring just now.

Northern MacDonnell Ranges.Undulating hills, bare sand.The low bushes and stretches of woods were instantly shrouded in gunpowder smoke and flames. Looking from Tang Qiuli's current position, the explosive spots formed by the explosion of countless shells were like the scene of underground magma eruption.

The Japanese soldiers who were preparing to attack again were stunned by the bombing, and the Japanese artillery was stunned by the bombing, shelling like a storm.Covering the area where the Japanese army is located, from the front of the battlefield to tens of kilometers in depth, it is the bombardment range of Zheng Yong's artillery group. Under the coverage of artillery fire, this area is destined to become a hell on earth.

The offensive troops and artillery units were attacked by unprecedentedly powerful artillery fire from the artillery of the Independent Division. The news was quickly reported to the headquarters of Ito Gensaburo, who was the first to answer the phone.It was Major General Akutagawa, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Australian Front Command, and after hearing a few words, his face turned pale, as ugly as a dead man.

"Commander-in-Chief. I report a very bad situation to you!" Chief of Staff Akutagawa said with difficulty, his throat dry.

In fact, when the independent division artillery group started shelling.General Ito was alarmed, and he was also full of suspicion.Why did such a violent artillery fire suddenly appear, if it was its own artillery.Obviously impossible, how much property does the artillery of the Australian Front Army have?

Hearing what Chief of Staff Akutagawa said, General Ito immediately had an ominous feeling, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Akutagawa, what's the situation?"

"Commander-in-Chief, the troops and artillery positions that were preparing to attack were all heavily shelled by the artillery of the Chinese Independent Division. According to reports from the commander of the attacking force and the artillery commander, the firepower of the Chinese artillery was unprecedentedly fierce and powerful, surpassing It was several times higher than yesterday's shelling!" Chief of Staff Akutagawa tried to calm himself down.

"What?" General Ito exclaimed, and he immediately realized a possibility. In the hinterland of the MacDonnell Mountains, the independent divisions that killed the Sixth Army and the Seventh Army had already reached the northern battlefield.

"Mr. Akutagawa, the Chinese reinforcements are here!" General Ito said with bloodshot eyes, gritting his teeth. He didn't understand why the enemy's reinforcements came so quickly.

"Commander-in-Chief, this is the only possibility!" Chief of Staff Akutagawa also agreed with General Ito's judgment, "What should we do now? Should we stop the attack immediately and change the deployment?" Without reinforcements, the battle cannot be fought in the current way!

General Ito hesitated, and he put hundreds of thousands of troops from the Central Route Army into the offensive. He fought from yesterday afternoon to early this morning, and even went against the norm, he did not stop attacking at night, in order to break through the independent division with all his strength. The troops blocked, and then surrounded and wiped out this part of the independent division troops. The soldiers who fought fiercely for half a day and all night, their energy and physical strength have reached a critical point, and now they are maintaining the attack entirely by relying on one breath!

If at this time, the troops are ordered to stop attacking, it will not only discourage the attacking imperial soldiers, but also affect the next battle. If the independent division of China takes advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them, the situation will be even worse!

"No! The attack cannot be stopped!" General Ito said decisively: "Order the frontline troops to continue the attack after the Chinese artillery shelling stops, order the second-line troops to move forward quickly, Akutagawa-kun, you can be angry and not let it down!" There was a gambler-like light in his eyes.

Chief of Staff Akutagawa was speechless. He did not agree with the commander-in-chief's approach. Obviously, when there were no reinforcements, hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers attacked day and night, but failed to make any progress. Going on will not gain anything, but will make the soldiers more tired. In this case, it is better to switch to defense on the spot, observe the situation on the battlefield, and then make a decision.

However, after Major General Akutagawa saw the light in General Ito's eyes, he swallowed back his full stomach. He understood that under such circumstances, Commander Ito would not accept any objections, even if they were proposed by himself. ,is also like this!

Battelle leaned out most of his body from the tank, staring intently at the flames and gunpowder smoke rising from the north, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, marveling at the power of Zheng Yong's artillery. Even its own armored cluster will be submerged in the artillery fire.

Zheng Yong's artillery group is the first round of counterattack firepower, and his own armored forces are the second and most critical counterattack force. For this reason, Battelle will send the six tank brigades to which he belongs, and the twelve self-propelled artillery regiments attached to them, It is divided into three assault groups, each with two tank brigades of more than 155 heavy tanks, and two self-propelled artillery regiments equipped with [-]mm howitzers and [-] large-caliber howitzers.

Self-propelled artillery is accompanied by armored cluster assaults, which are used to eliminate the enemy's infantry defensive firepower on the battlefield. Tank clusters break through the enemy's positions, and a burst of large-caliber shells hits them. What infantry anti-tank weapons and equipment will become scrap iron in an instant. All that remains is for the tanks to attack in depth, cut through the enemy's defense system, and open the attack channel for the infantry that followed.

This is the standard accessory of the German armored assault force on the European battlefield of World War II. Battelle, who commanded the German "Lightning" armored assault division and crossed the European battlefield, is familiar with it. The only regret is that the armored personnel carrier of the independent division infantry unit does not have Form a scale and cannot be accompanied by a compact attack, otherwise, it will be the most perfect armored group assault method.

However, in the face of the Japanese army, Battelle is not worried about the lack of infantry accompanying the attack. The Japanese army's anti-tank equipment is almost equal to zero. As long as the Japanese army's artillery fire is suppressed, there is no threat to his own tank group. Obviously, Zheng Yong did it On this point, as for the Bushido spirit of the Japanese soldiers, the suicide attack was handed over to the self-propelled artillery that accompanied the attack.

It is not that Battelle has never experienced a battle without infantry accompanying the attack. On the European battlefield, he once commanded an armored division to attack the infantry of the British and French allied forces.

What makes Battelle even more confident is that the tank units of the Independent Division Armored Forces are equipped with communication equipment on bicycles. He can command each tank in detail through the on-board radio system, and keep abreast of the attack rhythm and battlefield situation at any time. The combat unit tank company, each tank can also cover and cooperate with each other.

For this, Battelle is very grateful to his elder brother. From the day he formed the armored force, he put the communication between bicycles as the top priority, and ordered the Dingbian Military Industry Bureau to give priority to the development of equipment, and then generally equip the troops. For the six brigades and more than a thousand tanks, I can know everything about it like the back of my hand, command it like my arm, and command it freely!

Zheng Yong's artillery group, thousands of large-caliber artillery, roared for an entire hour. The dense shells almost turned the Japanese army's position over. peaceful.

Battelle looked at his watch, retracted his body, picked up the microphone, "Order, all assault groups, start attacking according to the predetermined plan!" Then, his tank engine roared suddenly, like a tiger descending the mountain, sprinting After going out, there are more than 600 heavy tanks and more than 100 self-propelled guns forming an armored torrent, rolling towards the Japanese army.

The three-way fierce assault armored group, like three sharp knives, instantly cut through the Japanese army positions that were blown up by Zheng Yong's artillery. It was filled with the low roar of the tank engine, the "cracking" sound of the tracks crushing the soil, and what I saw in my eyes were the huge figures of tanks speeding up on the horizon before dawn, and the black hole. muzzle.

After being bombarded intensively, the Japanese attacking troops suffered heavy casualties. They didn't even have time to organize and gather the troops. They were crushed by Battelle's armored cluster torrent. In the direction of the Japanese attack, they opened three widths in an instant. A big mouth of nearly fifteen kilometers.

Through the lookout hole, Battelle saw the Japanese soldiers who fell under the bullets of the parallel machine guns of the tanks, and the Japanese soldiers who were left behind, full of bullet holes. He smiled slightly. He knew that the assault was successful. He picked up the communicator and said: "Report Commander, the armored three-way assault group has already broken through the Japanese positions in the direction of attack!"

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