Age of Rebirth

"It will definitely be put on the centerline battlefield!" Zhao Yuhe replied very firmly.

"Based?" Tang Qiuli continued to ask calmly.

Zhao Yuhe explained: "It's very simple. The troops directly under us went out of Western Australia and took Sanggu and Mandola in a row. This has exposed the intention of the campaign. Ito Gensaburo will immediately judge that our army on the center line battlefield Troops, the strength of the troops has been greatly weakened!"

"The fact is true. Now only Commander Feng's Niangziguan Garrison Corps is on the center line battlefield. Therefore, in order to relieve the siege of the Japanese army on the west front, Ito Yanzaburo must first repel our army on the center line, and then he can deploy troops. Reinforce the Japanese Army on the Western Front!"

"However, the Japanese army on the central line was defeated by the MacDonnell Mountains, and was chased by our army for hundreds of kilometers, and suffered serious losses. Therefore, the Japanese army that had just arrived on the Australian battlefield was assembled in order to gain an advantage in terms of strength! "

"What if the ultimate goal of this part of the Japanese army is to reinforce the Japanese army on the western front?" Tang Qiuli thought about it and said, "Or, is it directly used to attack Sanggu and Mandola and open a retreat channel for the Japanese army on the western front?"

"Absolutely impossible!" Zhao Yuhe denied it very thoroughly, "Master, Gensaburo Ito would not make such a stupid decision, you see..."

Zhao Yuhe walked to the military map, pointed to the positions of Sanggu and Mandola and said, "From Mount Molloy and Cooktown, where the Japanese army is now starting, to Sanggu and Mandola on the western front, we must Crossing the Australian mainland, with a distance of more than [-] kilometers, even if the Japanese army marched all mechanized, they would not be able to reach the western battlefield in less than ten days. This period is not counted as a halfway break!"

"Could it be that Yansaburo Ito thinks that the Japanese army on the western front can last for more than ten days under the attack of the corps directly under me and the Sulu Mobile Force?"

"The analysis makes sense!" Tang Qiuli already agreed with Zhao Yuhe's analysis.No matter from which point of view, it is so easy to deploy troops from the east coast of Australia to rescue the Japanese troops on the western front. It is so easy to travel more than [-] kilometers across the Australian mainland. ?

However, Tang Qiuli was still highly alert to the more than 8 Japanese troops whose purpose was unknown.This Japanese army, no matter which battlefield it enters, will bring uncertain variables, "Yuhe, send a telegram to Deputy Division Commander Tang and the brigade commanders of the brigades directly under the regiment, this battle on the Western Front must be over within ten days! "

"Teacher, what are you most worried about? Ito sent more than 8 Japanese troops on a long-distance march of more than [-] kilometers to the battlefield on the Western Front?" Zhao Yuhe somewhat disapproved of the commander's order.

"Be careful, there is no big mistake!" Tang Qiuli said lightly: "The sooner the Western Front campaign ends, the more mobile forces we have in our hands. Joining the Central and Eastern Fronts will play a decisive role.

It seemed to add a little mystery to the analysis of Tang Qiuli and Zhao Yuhe just now.Ge Zhenzhuang, the chief of the division's staff office, walked in with a telegram.Said: "Master, Chief of Staff, just received a telegram from Commander Feng. After many days of defense on the central battlefield, the Japanese army suddenly launched a counterattack against the Niangziguan Garrison Corps from multiple directions two hours ago. Commander Feng The officer is commanding the troops to fight back against the Japanese army!"

"Master...!" Zhao Yuhe shouted anxiously.

Tang Qiuli waved his hand, stopped Zhao Yuhe's words, and said to Ge Zhenzhuang: "Director Ge, call Commander Feng. You know all about the call. You can deal with it according to the previously established plan! Also, there are more than [-] Japanese troops. Inform Commander Feng about joining the centerline battlefield!"

On the center line battlefield in Australia, Freville, where the headquarters of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps of the Independent Division is located. Senior generals including Major General Zheng Yong, the artillery commander of the division, are present. Zhang Hansheng, chief of staff of the Corps, is reporting the situation on the battlefield to Feng Jiwu. Suddenly, the Japanese army, which had been defending all the time, suddenly launched a counterattack against our regiment in the directions of Camwell, Hallegel, Parkrick, and Granitz. Already!"

"What is the current fighting situation of the various brigades of our corps?" Feng Jiwu asked calmly.

Zhang Hansheng curled his lips and said contemptuously: "The defeated general is still fighting against us. He is asking for trouble. It has been more than two hours since the fight. Besides leaving corpses everywhere, the little devil Didn't take an inch! The brigade commanders of the forward troops requested that we immediately counterattack, maybe we can hit Darwin in one go!"

Feng Jiwu laughed, and just about to speak, the director of the Corps' communications department walked in and reported: "The teacher pointed out to call back!"

Feng Jiwu took the telegram, read it carefully, then frowned, shook the telegram in his hand, and said: "I said, where did Yan Saburo Ito get the confidence? Look, this is the enemy's report from the teacher. More than 8 people were transferred from the east coast, and the division commander judged that the Japanese army might join the center line battlefield!" As he spoke, he handed the telegram to Zhang Hansheng.

After reading the telegram, Zhang Hansheng's face became serious, and he said: "Commander, there are more than 8 Japanese troops, which is not a small force, and it is a mechanized march. It will take five days at the latest to reach the center line battlefield. What should we do now? ?

Feng Jiwu didn't feel nervous at all, and said: "The reason why the Japanese army suddenly launched a counterattack must be the knife in the back by the division commander, which cut off the retreat of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops on the western front. The old devil Ito wanted to fight us desperately. Let's fight back, and then free up our hands to reinforce the Japanese on the Western Front!"

"We don't want to fight him, Commander Zheng. My opinion is, concentrate all the artillery fire and repel the Japanese attack, then launch a sudden counterattack to beat the Japanese army back. Then, while the little devil is in a hurry, the troops Withdraw south immediately!"

"If the old devil Ito commanded the troops to catch up, we might as well set up a formation in the MacDonnell Mountains, maybe we can have a beautiful ambush! What's your opinion?"

Zheng Yong was happy, and replied: "I'm under your command now, Commander Feng. How to fight, you decide and I will do it! Anyway, it's troublesome to retreat south with so many shells. Why don't you give it to the little devil to save you worry?" !"

On the center line battlefield, the Japanese army attacking from multiple directions was suddenly attacked by artillery fire from an independent division that was several times more violent than before. Countless shells roared and landed in the ranks of the charging Japanese army, blowing up the battlefield with smoke and sparkling flames. , The bombing made the Japanese soldiers bloody and chaotic.

General Ito, who received the report, gritted his teeth and pulled out the last five Italian [-]mm heavy artillery to fight back, but he still couldn't suppress the artillery fire of the independent division's artillery group. Instead, he was suppressed and suffered a lot of losses.

But General Ito's eyes were red, and the order to the attacking troops was, "At any cost, we must maintain the momentum of counterattack!"

The determination is good, and there is also the courage to go all out, but it can't change the situation on the battlefield. The Japanese army, which was heavily bombarded, could no longer maintain the momentum of the attack and retreated across the board. At this moment, Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps, Suddenly began to counterattack across the board.

More than a dozen infantry brigades, five or six tank brigades, chasing the bombing point extended by the artillery fire, rushed fiercely at the retreating Japanese army, and all at once, General Ito used all his troops to launch a counterattack. Falling, the roles of offense and defense were immediately reversed.

On the phone, General Ito yelled at the commanders of the Japanese armies on the center line, ordering them to resolutely fight the counterattack of the China Independent Division regardless of casualties. General Ito cannot fail. This time the counterattack, Not only to repel the independent division troops on the center line battlefield, but also a more important campaign purpose, to occupy Granitz and open up a way of life for hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers on the western front.

Even though it was a road that needed to cross the Great Sand Desert, it was almost a dead end, hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers walked into the endless desert, how many people would come out alive, even the Ito Fleet itself did not dare to think.

But that is not a dead end after all. As long as there is support at the eastern foot of the Great Sand Desert, the soldiers of the Empire on the Western Front will have a very high hope of coming out alive. Edge, the nearest important town, must be captured!

General Ito must do his best at all costs. Deep in his heart, he does not have much hope that the western front troops will be able to break through the independent division troops, block the front lines of Sanggu and Mandola, and withdraw northward smoothly.

He knew Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, used his troops treacherously and fiercely, and since he dared to transfer most of his troops from the central battlefield and suddenly put them on the western front, it meant that this damned Chinese man had Sufficient preparations will never let go of hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers on the Western Front. How can Sanggu and Mandola be easily broken through?

As for the urgent deployment of more than [-] troops from the east coast of Australia to rescue the western front, I still have a glimmer of hope that the imperial troops on the western front can break through Sanggu and Mandola. If it is possible, General Ito will never order the western Hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers on the frontline battlefield took the dangerous road of the Great Sand Desert, but he subconsciously felt that maybe on the western frontline battlefield, hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers must take the route!

General Ito also took out several corps that were located on the second line, rested for a few days, and had a few incomplete formations, and put them into the counterattack on the center line battlefield. This is his last blood. The troops behind the Japanese army on the center line hurriedly When they caught up, the independent division units, which had beaten the Japanese troops back again and again, suddenly began to retreat southward across the board under the cover of fierce artillery fire.

After the Japanese commander who had been beaten dizzily came to his senses, Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps had already left the battlefield, more than [-] kilometers away, but they did not dare to order the troops to pursue.

In fact, they were unable to pursue them. They had just suffered a severe beating, and the troops were blown up by the shells of the Chinese troops, which disrupted the organization. The sudden retreat of the division troops is another conspiracy?

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