Age of Rebirth

The troops of the Gui army on the outlying positions withstood the fierce bombardment of more than a thousand artillery pieces of the Japanese army. The intensity of the artillery fire was unprecedented for all Gui army soldiers.

After the shelling stopped, Masaharu Homma gracefully put down the binoculars, glanced at the senior generals who were still in shock, and said in a flat tone: "Mr. Zhongchuan, the first wave of offensive missions will be handed over to your division. Go, use the blood of the soldiers to wash away the shame of the Takashima Regiment," Takeo Nakagawa's face straightened, and a look of gratitude showed from the bottom of his eyes. This is His Excellency, Commander, giving him a chance to regain his prestige.

Yi, Your Excellency Commander, the Zhongchuan Division must be the first to rush into Nanning City." At the same time, another division of the Japanese army that participated in the attack also started to move. Knowing how they feel in their hearts now, it was he himself who proposed to use all the artillery fire to inflict devastating shelling on the local army.

This plan was almost unanimously opposed except for the old friend, Lieutenant General Iijima Kenji, commander of the Fourth Army, especially the young officers who believed that occupying Nanning only needed one charge and they could have lunch in Nanning city Well, those soldiers of the local army, in front of the grandeur of the Great Imperial Army, do they have any other choice besides fleeing like a mouse?Why waste cannons, save some resources for the empire.

Masaharu Honma scoffed at the remarks of these arrogant officers. The courage is commendable and the actions are naive. Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, will never forget that in North China, under the bombardment of Tang Qiuli's troops, the soldiers of the Imperial Army became a group of soldiers. After retreating from North China, Masaharu Homma equipped his troops with artillery that was more than twice that of other Japanese troops. For this reason, he was ridiculed by many colleagues. [

Masaharu Honma didn't bother to argue with these unseen officers, he just said: "We have no right to use the young lives of imperial soldiers to directly face the guns of soldiers," he said to these senior officers Bringing them here to observe the effect of the shelling is to convince them with the facts. Now, Masaharu Homma's goal has obviously been achieved. Anyone who sees such a spectacular shelling scene and is not shocked is an idiot.

Major General Xia Guodong, commander of the [-]th Division of the Ninth Army of the Guangxi Army, spit out the dust in his mouth, got up from the ground, and shook off the dirt all over his body. The roof was also blown into a big hole, "Damn, the little devil has so many guns. Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff, immediately count the casualties of the troops and order the troops to enter the fortification immediately. The little devil is about to attack."

Xia Guodong issued a series of orders, and he was not in a relaxed mood. Judging from his experience, this time, the human bombardment caused casualties to the troops. According to the preparations to prevent the Japanese army's medium-caliber artillery fire, who would have known that the little devil used so many heavy artillery.

The chief of staff came in with a gloomy face, his body was covered with mud, "Report to the seat of the teacher, the number of casualties has been counted, the brothers have suffered a lot of casualties, more than 500 casualties," Xia Guodong almost jumped up, "What? More than one When I was young, my troops lost one-sixth of their combat effectiveness." No wonder he was shocked, the 9000th Division had 2000 people, and when Wu Xiaoxian came out, Wu Xiaoxian took away a regiment of more than 6000 people, and there were more than [-] people, just for a while After a while, most of the regiment was gone, and his heart ached so much.

The phone on the cannon box rang quickly, and Xia Guodong grabbed the phone, "Master, the little devils are starting to charge, and there are still a lot of people. There is at least one regiment in front of our regiment," San "" said, and then passed through the receiver. There was a fierce gunshot, "Shoot the little devil down, even if there is only one person left, he will die on the ground, and he will not retreat a step, let the little devil taste the strength of our Guangxi soldiers," Xia Guodong almost shouted.

After finishing speaking, Xia Guodong dropped the phone, turned around and threw himself at the mouth of the binoculars. Through the lens of the telescope, groups of Japanese soldiers lined up in a charge formation. Steel helmets and bayonets reflected the sun, revealing a metallic luster, with a sense of majesty. Pressing down, he approached his position step by step. Immediately, the Japanese soldiers accelerated their charge,

Gui soldiers got out of the soil and fired desperately. There was a burst of fierce gunshots on the battlefield. The Japanese soldiers kept falling to the ground, but more Japanese soldiers rushed up. Roaring wildly, the dense bullets hit the trench that could barely see its original appearance, splashing small soil flowers. The soldier who was shooting was shot by the machine gun, his head tilted, lying on the trench, and Can't move

, The soldiers of the Gui army were so overwhelmed that they couldn't lift their heads.

The shelling of the Japanese army just now knocked out a lot of the original firepower points. The gunshots fired back by the Gui army were not very intensive. Almost in a short period of time, the Japanese soldiers had already rushed into the fortification. The Gui army soldiers jumped up and fought with the Japanese soldiers. The hand-to-hand combat started, Xia Guodong felt a "thump" in his heart, and he threw away the binoculars. It was the first time the little devil charged, so he engaged in hand-to-hand combat. This is not a good phenomenon.

He grabbed the submachine gun on the cannon box, turned around and rushed out of the concealed department, "Order the guard battalion of the division headquarters, immediately follow me to the [-]th regiment's position, and beat the little devil back, quickly!" Xia Guodong ordered fiercely, and the guards hurriedly took He picked up a steel helmet and put it on his head. There were fierce gunshots everywhere, and mortars exploded around him from time to time.

When Xia Guodong led the guard battalion to the position of the [-]th regiment, the position was already in jeopardy. The regiment suffered too many casualties, and the firepower was destroyed by the Japanese artillery fire. It was also in a prominent position of the whole division, and was the first to withstand the Japanese attack. , Facing the frantic attack of the Japanese army, I immediately felt very strenuous. Almost all the positions had hand-to-hand combat going on.

Xia Guodong came at the right time. The guard camp of the division headquarters was equipped with almost all submachine guns and shell guns. After joining the battle, they played the role of automatic weapons. , Unlimited, bursting out with great combat power.

The Japanese army's first charge was repulsed, but the defending Gui army also paid a great price. Xia Guodong returned to the concealed department, threw the submachine gun on the gun box, and gasped heavily. , the Major General's uniform was covered with bright red blood, and on his left arm, there was a big gash as an exception, and a deep wound on his arm was straightened out.

Xia Guodong participated in the hand-to-hand combat. If the guards hadn't had quick eyesight and quick hands, they would have shot and killed the Japanese soldier who was attacking the division commander. The dignified division commander would have turned into a corpse at this moment, and a transparent hole would have been left on his chest. "Order the regiments, immediately Enter the bomb defense hole and the hiding place, the little devil is going to shell again, damn it, without these damn cannons, I can pinch the little devil's balls." He ordered urgently.

After repelling the Japanese army's first charge, Xia Guodong didn't feel good. This was just the beginning. The [-]th Division had already exhausted all its strength and used all the guard battalions of the division headquarters as a reserve team. Come down, after the little devil's shelling, the troops will have to reduce their numbers, and Xia Guodong really has no idea whether he can survive the second charge.

There was another burst of bombardment. This time, the time and intensity of the bombardment far exceeded the first time. The Japanese commander was obviously irritated by the tenacious fighting power of the Guangxi soldiers, and was almost turned over. It doesn't make sense for the soldiers to resist and survive under such fierce artillery fire from the imperial army?

Those high-ranking officers of the Japanese army who were clamoring that a single charge could kill the soldiers and occupy Nanning City stopped talking. They all saw the battle scene just now, and they believed that there was no bombardment tactics by Your Excellency Commander. Well, not many soldiers of the imperial army who participated in the attack for the first time can come back.

The fighting power of the soldiers of the Gui army shocked them greatly. Put yourself in their shoes and think about it, if so many cannons were poured on the soldiers of the imperial army, would the soldiers of the imperial army still have such tenacious fighting power?The answer is hard to say, looking at Masahiro Honma's eyes, I have a lot of admiration, but Masahiro Honma himself is still so indifferent. He had no illusions that one shelling and one charge could solve the Battle of Nanning. Everyone has to be mentally prepared for the level of difficulty.

After the shelling stopped, the Japanese army launched another large-scale attack. Hand-to-hand combat took place in almost all the places where the fighting broke out, and even a few positions were broken by the Japanese army. Under the command of the commander, he insisted on using his body to repel the Japanese soldiers. [

In the evening, after repelling the last Japanese attack, the battlefield that had been fighting convulsively for a day finally fell silent. The setting sun was like blood, and the smell of gunpowder smoke had not yet dissipated. Many embers of the war were still wafting green smoke, and Japanese soldiers were everywhere. He and the corpses of the soldiers of the Gui army, the pits everywhere, and the pungent bloody smell made people suffocate.

On the first day of the Nanning Defense War, the outlying positions of the Gui Army were hit by intensive Japanese artillery fire, but relying on the tenacious combat effectiveness of the Gui Army soldiers, they withstood the five attacks of the Japanese division. Of course, the price was huge. The casualties of the troops put into battle by the Japanese army generally reached about 40.00%. At this cost, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses.

The casualties of the Guangxi army exceeded that of the Japanese army.

Army, a large number of casualties were caused by the Japanese artillery fire. With the lives of thousands of Guangxi soldiers, they blocked the crazy Japanese attack. sky.

That night, in Guangzhou, at the headquarters of the Ma Chaoyang Corps, Tang Qiuli frowned and looked at the special operations unit. He used intelligence about the situation on the first day of the Nanning Defense War. Judging from these intelligence, he had a premonition that Nanning City insisted on In less than three days, Bai Chongxi had to be notified of the cruel reality. However, Bai Chongxi hadn't called yet, and Tang Qiuli could only wait patiently.