Age of Rebirth

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"That's right, it's faster and smoother than I expected!" After receiving Battelle's report, Tang Qiuli said with a smile: "Yuhe, Jiwu, the infantry can start attacking!"

Major General Jin Tieshan, commander of the First Brigade of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, looked at the clusters of soaring tanks in front of his position, rolled up the dust all over the sky, and rolled away. He touched his unshaven cheek, and said happily: "It's so fucking strong!"

"Brigade Commander, attack immediately after receiving the order from the Corps Headquarters!" Cheng Shaofu, the chief of staff of the brigade, put down the phone and said. ,

"The whole brigade is starting to attack! The little devils beat me up for days and nights. Now, it's my turn to fight back!" Jin Tieshan yelled a few words in a loud voice, and the remaining nearly ten thousand soldiers of the first brigade shouted and rushed After standing there for several days and nights, soaked in the blood of comrades-in-arms, after several repairs, it was still a disfigured position, and rushed towards the direction of the Japanese army.

At the same time, other brigades of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, as well as troops directly under the Corps, also launched a full-line counterattack. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Independent Division swept across the nearly [-]-kilometer front like a torrent.

Battelle's tank jumped up a hillside. Suddenly, he saw countless Japanese soldiers approaching on the sand in front of him. "Young devil's second-line troops!" He came to a conclusion instantly.

"Order, the self-propelled artillery will start shelling immediately, covering the marching ranks of the Japanese army. All tanks will stop advancing and line up. Start shelling!" Battelle immediately issued an order, and then.It also reported: "The division pointed out that the armored assault group in the middle route discovered that the second-line troops of the Japanese army were approaching the front line. I have ordered interception and shelling!"

Lieutenant General Yoshio Kobayashi, head of the 120th Third Division of the Central Route Army of the Japanese Australian Front, was also unlucky enough. He commanded a division of more than 2 troops. He had just received an order from the Front Army Command and immediately went to attack the front line.Take over the No.80 Fifth Division's attack.

The order was issued by the Chief of Staff of the Front Army, Major General Akutagawa himself. Division Chief Kobayashi knew that Chief of Staff Akutagawa was a celebrity in front of Commander Ito. Therefore, after receiving the order, he did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly ordered the division to march at full speed.

The dense march of the 120th Third Division had just arrived in the south of Kniston when it encountered the center armored assault group commanded by Battle.Then, the Japanese soldiers who didn't understand what was going on were hit by shells and large-caliber grenades from self-propelled artillery.The Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces, and the formation suddenly became chaotic.

The car of the head of the Kobayashi division was almost hit by a shell.He jumped out of the car in a hurry and yelled at the communications staff in a panic. "Contact the Front Army Headquarters immediately. We are on the front line south of Kniston. We were attacked by a large number of tanks and artillery from the China Independent Division! Ask for instructions on how to act?" The tanks of China's independent division have already hit the front. Isn't this letting your division go to death?

At this moment, the headquarters of the Japanese and Australian Front Army is in chaos. It is not just the 120th Third Division that has experienced this. Almost all the eight divisions transferred from the second line and preparing to attack have been fiercely attacked by the independent divisions. Shelling, tank attacks, and all of them were on the march. The battlefield was so chaotic that it couldn't be more chaotic. The current battlefield was already deep behind the Central Army.

After receiving the report, General Ito immediately sat down on the chair. The situation became clear. Even a fool would know what was going on. The sudden appearance of the tank unit of the China Independent Division was the beginning of the counterattack by China Devil Tang Qiuli , my subordinates didn't even know how many tanks the enemy had, they just said that there were many tanks everywhere, not only the tanks of the Chinese people, but also the powerful artillery.

The situation on the battlefield is already very serious. After an hour of artillery fire, the forward offensive troops basically lost their combat effectiveness. The second-line troops that were brought in had not yet reached the designated position, but they encountered an unknown number of independent divisions. The surprise attack of the car, not to mention the offensive, is also difficult to switch to defense on the spot, and the troops are all on the march.

"Commander-in-Chief, the commander-in-chief of the forward force reports that the infantry of the China Independent Division has begun to attack. Now, they can no longer hold on, and request the headquarters to issue an order to retreat!" Chief of Staff Akutagawa brought a telegram and said.

"Oh, huh?" General Ito was in a trance, "How many troops did the Chinese dispatch?" He still didn't forget to ask.

"I don't know, but it is said that they are all over the mountains and plains, with 80 million people!" Chief of Staff Akutagawa also listened to the panic-stricken report from the commander of the forward troops, and he didn't know much about the specific situation.

General Ito's gaze was completely dull, "Commander-in-Chief, the current battlefield situation is very unfavorable to us, please issue an order to retreat across the board immediately, otherwise, the casualties of the imperial army will be incalculable!" Akutagawa The chief of staff was in a hurry and shouted loudly.

He was a little dissatisfied with General Ito's performance at the moment. Is this a time of daze? Every minute, there are countless soldiers from the Imperial Army. It's fixed, what are you still hesitating about?

"Commander-in-Chief! Commander-in-Chief!" Seeing that General Ito was still dumbfounded and unresponsive, Chief of Staff Akutagawa raised his voice and shouted again, "The troops are waiting for your order?"

"Oh! Ah!" General Ito woke up, his face was terribly pale, and wrinkles appeared on his face repeatedly and instantly, making him look old and slumped. He sighed deeply, and said, "Mr. Akutagawa, we have failed, and the order , The troops retreated across the board, with Bodham and Mataranka as the assembly points, and the troops on the front lines of Granitz, Wokop, and Mount Isa immediately entered the defense!"

General Ito didn't even give an order to ask the armies to deploy some troops to cover the retreat of the main force. He knew that even if a small number of troops were left behind, it would not be enough to block the gap between the teeth, and it would not be able to slow down the counterattack speed of the independent division troops. It is better to withdraw to the northern part of Australia as quickly as possible, and save more troops.

"Where is the army headquarters?" Chief of Staff Akutagawa asked again.

"Hehe! I don't want to be a prisoner of the Chinese people!" General Ito said with a sad smile.

The Japanese Australian Front Command gave an order to retreat across the board. Under the fierce counterattack of the troops directly under the Corps and the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, the Japanese army in the middle of the road suddenly collapsed across the board. It was almost like a mountain collapsed. Headed to northern Australia.

By [-] o'clock in the morning, the armored soldiers of the independent division, the directly subordinate corps and the Niangziguan Garrison Corps had pursued for more than [-] kilometers, and successively captured Kniston, Mount Doring, Baroqueri and other places.

Tang Qiuli led the division and followed the troops. The corpses of Japanese soldiers, abandoned guns and supplies, and destroyed Japanese artillery, tanks and trucks were everywhere, and they were still emitting black smoke and embers. .

The armored command vehicle galloped on the bumpy mountain road, avoiding the bomb craters everywhere from time to time, "Commander, I received a telegram from Commander Battelle, the armored assault group has rushed to the front lines of Granitz, Wokop, and Mount Isa!" Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe reported.

"Are there Japanese troops defending?" Tang Qiuli asked.

"Yes, there are a lot of troops!" Zhao Yuhe replied more simply.

"Order Bateer, Feng Jiwu, and the brigades directly under the corps, don't hesitate, let alone stay, leave some troops, and quickly annihilate the Japanese troops in the above three places!" Tang Qiuli said: "The Japanese troops in the middle retreated across the board, even doing basic cover and blocking. No, taking advantage of the situation to pursue them is a great opportunity to wipe out the vital forces of the Japanese army on the Australian battlefield, it is very rare, tell the commanders at all levels that the division's order is very simple, pursue, keep pursuing!"

Ito Yanzaburo ordered the defense organized on the front lines of Granitz, Wokop, and Mount Isa. In less than five hours, it was broken down by the fierce offensive independent division troops. More than 6 Japanese soldiers, all The army was wiped out, and the two main field regiments of the Independent Division, which swallowed more than 6 Japanese troops, did not stop and continued to chase the retreating Japanese troops.

During this period, General Ito, who was also fleeing for his life, ordered the aviation unit of the Australian Front Army to dispatch all combat aircraft to cover the retreat of the troops. The commander, Lieutenant General Okazaki, took on the heavy responsibility of fighting the fire, but Lieutenant General Okazaki did his best. The hundreds of combat planes sent out were hit hard by Liu Cuigang's fleet, and the two sides fought fiercely in the chaotic battlefield airspace.

More than an hour later, the Japanese aircraft fleet suffered heavy losses. They fled the battlefield in embarrassment and flew back, but only one-fifth of the original number of the aircraft fleet.

With the defeat of the Japanese army in the middle road, the situation in the entire Australian battlefield has undergone a fundamental reversal. It turned out that the Japanese army launched an all-out attack, but now, it is a thousand miles in the middle road. From the beginning of the attack to the current retreat, it took more than ten days. , The loss of troops exceeded 30 people.

After the elimination of more than [-] Japanese troops, the front line of the central battlefield has advanced to the front lines of Gordon Downs, Banca, Camwell and Dobbin in northern Australia, and is very close to the northern part of Australia. Great rear.

Tang Qiuli did not intend to stop. He took advantage of his troops' mechanized and fast movement ability, the fierce breakthrough ability of Battelle's armored group, and the fierce firepower of Zheng Yong's artillery to order the troops to boldly intersperse, outflank and outflank the retreating troops. The Japanese troops bit and ate them piece by piece.

By mid-September, the Japanese army in the middle route had retreated to the front lines of Windecar, Bodham, and Robin River. Even the Gulf of Carpentaria, another anchorage of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet, was exposed in front of Tang Qiuli. At that time, the Australian Japanese army's central route army suffered heavy losses and was severely injured. They could only defend passively and almost lost the power to fight back.

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