Age of Rebirth

Chapter 570 Xiangtangpu Ambush ([-])

The Japanese army in the battalion soon reached the main road in front of Xiangtangpu. The Japanese soldiers were very relieved that they had their own companions on guard, so they just hurried on. The Japanese tanks and cavalry in front had already turned around the foot of the mountain and disappeared from sight.

The rare good weather, the wind, although the temperature is very low, the bright sunshine on the body still makes these marching Japanese soldiers feel very comfortable. Suddenly there is a strange scream in the sky, and some Japanese soldiers look around strangely, looking for The source of the sound, an experienced Japanese veteran, turned pale all of a sudden, my God Amaterasu, it was the sound of counting cannons falling on his head.

The gun fell in an instant, the screaming sound turned into a violent explosion, and black smoke rose into the sky with flames, mixed with human body fragments and blown up snow, and the Japanese infantry was suddenly enveloped in gunpowder smoke. Among them, several slices, with a metallic vibrato, spun and briskly cut into the body of the Japanese soldier, a splatter of blood flew up, and the number of Japanese soldiers fell, such a dense marching formation, facing The violent shelling, coupled with the suddenness of the shelling, turned out to be disastrous. When a shell fell, the bodies of more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were thrown into the air.

Tang Qiuli gathered eleven artillery regiments, more than 1000 artillery pieces of various calibers, lined up, covering all the Japanese infantry in the rain of death. He had only one requirement for the artillery units, full coverage, independent The artillery unit of the division completed the order of the division commander. The fierce artillery fire covered the marching ranks of the Japanese army. The peaceful Xiangtangpu was suddenly revived. Shrouded, the mountains in the distance echoed with deafening explosions. [

Blocked, the flat road, the Japanese soldiers took shelter, were blown up and down by the roaring cannons, blood and flesh flew all over the place, the clever Japanese soldiers found that the village had not been bombarded, and rushed over one after another, and they were about to enter the village. These guys breathed a sigh of relief and finally got rid of the threat of death.

Suddenly, like a gust of wind blowing on the flat ground, dense rain was shot from all directions in the village. It was the roar of hundreds of light and heavy machine guns and several submachine guns. The Japanese soldiers who were caught off guard were stunned by the sudden rain The head fell in pieces like sorghum stalks in a pool of blood.

The Japanese tank soldiers and cavalry who had turned around the corner of the mountain were stunned by the explosion from behind. The Japanese commander sitting in the tank car understood at that time that the soldiers of the imperial army in the village were Chinese troops in disguise. Yes, he cursed "Baga" viciously, and turned around quickly.

The road was not wide in the first place, so many tanks crowded together, turning around was not just for fun. The Japanese tanks crowded together in a mess, and the cavalry was flexible, but they did not dare to rush into the rain like a volcanic eruption. At this moment, the ground suddenly trembled, and the road surface seemed to be lifted up by force, and suddenly burst open.

The landmines planted were detonated by the engineers of the Independent Division. The huge explosive force was suddenly overturned by the Japanese tanks. Some exploded and caught fire, and some tracked upside down. , Fly into the sky together with the big ocean horse.The remaining Japanese tanks that did not explode, came to their senses, the turrets were rotating, aiming at the village of Xiangtangpu, they knew that there must be many soldiers of the Chinese army in ambush.

The body shook, and a jet of metal exploded inside the tank. The pieces jumped back and forth in a small space, harvesting the lives of the Japanese tank soldiers. A thick smoke with a dark red flame rose from the inside of the Japanese tank. This is The anti-tank gun unit of the Independent Division was cleaning up the remaining Japanese tanks. In less than 10 minutes, more than 100 Japanese tanks were lying on the unrecognizable, mud-turned road like dead turtles.

In the hidden department, Tang Qiuli, who saw the whole situation, clicked his tongue secretly. How many mines and explosives did the engineers plant?It's freezing cold, how did they dig the pit?He is full of curiosity.

Hirano Hiroshi, who was at the back of the Japanese army's marching column, heard a violent explosion like a volcanic eruption in front of him, and his face suddenly turned pale. There was no need to observe, but the strong smell of gunpowder smoke wafted over, which already showed that his troops were suffering. what a hit.

Despite being cautious, he still couldn't escape this fate. As a senior general of the Japanese army, his inner strength made his heart constrict. Fortunately, he didn't have a heart attack, otherwise, he might have died on the spot , and more fortunately, the three artillery regiments of the Japanese army and the artillery of the Chinese army were all exclusively used by the infantry, and they were not hit at all.

Hirano Haoliang calmed down, and felt his chest constricted. That Chinese demon Tang Qiuli, how many artillery pieces he used to deal with him, could no longer judge the scale of artillery shelling his troops from the sound of explosions. The number of explosions could no longer be distinguished. , He immediately made a judgment that the Chinese artillery was the main one attacking his troops.

Under his order, the Japanese artillery deployed hastily, and changed from marching state to combat state. For the artillery, it was not an easy task. They were in a hurry for a while. The Japanese artillery had just unloaded the artillery and had not yet built a good position. The good luck ended here, and a burst of cannonballs flew over the head.

With the sound of explosions, flashes of fire, and smoke everywhere, the Japanese artillery positions were covered by fierce artillery fire. Zheng Yong, the commander of the First Artillery Brigade of the Independent Division, wanted this opportunity. The Japanese artillery of these three regiments was his focus. , if the artillery was fired in advance, the artillery dragged by mules and horses might be able to escape by luck. This is not in line with Zheng Yong's style. Therefore, he chose the moment when the Japanese artillery could neither escape nor was ready to fire, and killed them all in one fell swoop. .

Hirano Hiroshi closed his eyes, feeling miserable. The Second Army was finished, and he suffered such a severe injury. It wasn't a muscle injury, but a serious injury to his vitality. In the current situation, let alone going to rescue Yamaguchi, it is still unknown whether he can escape He couldn't even organize a counterattack. The infantry was bombarded by the Chinese army, and they couldn't even assemble. Without soldiers, what would he use to counterattack?

Fierce strikes, will kill the opponent, good at ambushes and siege, every battle must wipe out the opponent, this is the style of Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, Hirano Hiroshi learned the lesson, the shelling has not stopped, Hirano Hiroshi saw through the binoculars, all over the mountains and plains The Chinese soldiers rushed forward with shouts, and if they didn't leave, they might become prisoners themselves.

He made a wise choice. All the troops of the Second Army immediately withdrew to the direction of She County, hoping that there would be no intercepting Chinese troops in front. There is a saying that he did not expressly say, that is, as many people as possible can be withdrawn, as many as possible. It depends on the fate of each soldier. Logically speaking, the second army with a strength of [-] should at least have the power to fight back. Fighting with the troops of the independent division for a few rounds and then retreating like this is not in line with the Japanese army's expectations. style.

Hirano Haoliang knew in his heart that he was able to cause such heavy casualties to his troops in such a short period of time. Tang Qiuli used the method of ambush and surprise attack for the remaining tank regiments, cavalry regiments, and artillery regiments. The method is to use artillery fire as the strike force, using no less than a thousand artillery pieces. With such fierce artillery fire, how many soldiers can fill this death trap?

If it was a head-on confrontation, Hirano Hiroshi was confident that Tang Qiuli would not be able to repel him so easily, but this was an ambush and a sudden attack disrupted the formation of the troops. With the artillery fire soaring into the sky, they retreated in the direction of Shexian County.

Tang Qiuli gave the order to pursue across the board. The 11 troops chased the retreating Japanese army like a tsunami. The Xiangtangpu ambush was fought very well. In just over two hours, more than 3 troops The Japanese soldiers fell under the fierce artillery fire of the Independent Division, coupled with the Japanese tanks, cavalry, and artillery, all of a sudden disabled the Second Army.

Under the protection of the guards, Tang Qiuli came to the battlefield that was still filled with gunpowder smoke. The strong smell of gunpowder smoke mixed with the smell of blood rushed straight into his lungs. The fragmented corpses of Japanese soldiers, blown guns, and broken guns were all over the place. The helmets, the military uniforms that were shattered and charred, a shocking scene after a great battle. [

In this battle, at the cost of the independent division and its slight casualties, the Second Army of the Japanese North China Expedition Army was disabled. The first contribution should go to Tang Qiuquan's Second Special Operations Detachment. In the ambush circle, the battle would not be so smooth, and the credit should go to the artillery unit of the Independent Division. Without the tens of thousands of cannons they fired, they could not have killed more than 3 little devils in more than two hours.

Tang Qiuli was more interested in those mine-exploded tracked tanks, or tanks that looked intact. He wandered around a few tanks for a while. These iron guys are very useful. One year, Battelle, who studied at the Berlin Military Academy in Germany, is about to come back. He majored in armored forces. When his younger brother comes back, he is not as successful as a tank. He can't be a bare-bones commander!

Tang Qiuli sent a telegram to Zhou Yushan, the commander of the Transportation Headquarters of the Independent Division, and immediately organized a transportation force to transport all the usable things on the Xiangtangpu battlefield back to Huangyadong, and sent the tanks to Dingbian Arsenal for maintenance He has a military expansion plan in mind, no matter how rich his family is, he has to save his life.

Zhou Yushan, who received the telegram from the division commander, was so happy from ear to ear. It had been a long time since he had fought such a battle, and the division commander could send a telegram himself, which meant that cleaning the battlefield must be very lucrative.

On the evening of January [-], the Independent Division pursued the troops, chasing the backs of the Japanese soldiers all the way to the outskirts of Shexian County. Along the way, the corpses of Japanese soldiers could be seen everywhere. In the Japanese army, the blocking lines were broken through one after another, and the few Japanese soldiers were immediately submerged in the torrent.

The Japanese army retreated into Shexian County in a panic, and the independent division troops, under the order of the division commander Tang Qiuli, surrounded Shexian County on all sides, forming a situation of besieging Shexian County. Hirano Haoliang saw that the next mountain pass was coming.

(To be continued)