Age of Rebirth

Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma, the commander of the Third Army of Japan's China Southern Expedition Army and the commander of the Nanning Campaign, is about to drive all the officers under his command crazy. All orders issued from the Third Army Command are just six words " Accelerate the marching speed", 10,000+ Japanese soldiers, like a turbid stream, are approaching the northeast of Guangxi. The villages and towns along the way are turned into ruins in front of the Japanese soldiers who are passing through like locusts. The smoke lingers all day long. Fortunately, the local people ran Hurry up, leave only empty villages and towns for the Japanese soldiers to vent their bloody desires.

The Japanese pursuit force, which was divided into three groups, reunited in the Langshan area on the south bank of the Hongshui River. Masaharu Honma's purpose was very clear. He crossed the Hongshui River, occupied Laibin, and then attacked Liuzhou, Guilin and other places, driving the Guangxi Army The remnants of the troops were wiped out in the northeast of Guangxi, and turned from the northeast of Guangxi to attack the Central Army troops in the direction of Guizhou to complete the combat mission given by the general headquarters.

Among all the arrangements of Yaqing Honma, the elimination of the Guangxi army has become the overriding main goal. It can be seen that he was almost maddened by the battle of Nanning. If Bai Chongxi knew that he had become the number one enemy of Yaqing Honma, he would definitely I don't know if I should feel lucky or extremely unlucky.

For this goal of your Excellency, Commander, all the Japanese soldiers almost broke their legs. The marching speed of each unit, Honma Masaharu is quite satisfied. Only the troops of the 57th Division that outflanked the Kunlun Pass made Masahiro Honma very dissatisfied. , In the previous telegram, it was said that they had bitten a main force of the Gui Army, about 3 to [-] people, which really made the Commander happy for a long time.

Not all of the 3 or 1000 troops of the Guangxi Army were a very fat piece of meat, but they fought for most of the night and dawn.Occupied the Kunlun Pass, but reported that only more than 3000 corpses of Chinese soldiers were found, but the soldiers of the Imperial Army smashed more than [-] people, and the rest of the soldiers of the Guangxi Army ran away. table.He slapped the two staff officers, and then ordered.He was removed from the post of head of the Seventh Division and sent to a military court. [

Your Excellency the commander was furious, and this move of killing a chicken for monkeys frightened all the Japanese officers, and urged the soldiers desperately.I didn't dare to make any complaints even after I broke my leg. I was supposed to arrive at the south bank of the Hongshui River around midnight today. Now, I arrived half a day earlier, and the troops who arrived.There were already more than 9 people, and Yaharu Honma's ashen face showed a little smile.

Yaqing Honma wanted to solve the problem in Northeast Guangxi in one fell swoop, and drive all the troops to the south bank of the Hongshui River.They were all concentrated in the direction of the guests, concentrated their superior forces, and conquered several important towns in the northeast of Guangxi. He didn't have much time to waste on the Guangxi army that was defeated in one fell swoop.

The Japanese soldiers, who were half dead from exhaustion, were still breathing, and received orders to repair the pontoon bridge immediately.Cross the Hongshui River in the shortest possible time.Chang Feng ordered the demolition of the section of the pontoon bridge near the north bank, which caused Masaharu Honma to have an illusion.The Guangxi army fled north in such a hurry and embarrassment that it was too late to destroy all the pontoon bridges. Doesn't this mean that the Guangxi army has not been there for a long time?If you don't chase after this time, when will you wait?

Carry forward the samurai spirit of the Imperial Japanese Army, and pursue and fight fiercely. Of course, Masaharu Honma is not a fool. When he sent troops to repair the pontoon bridge, the artillery units behind had already set up artillery positions. Immediately, with overwhelming artillery fire, all these frightened Chinese soldiers were buried on the north bank of the Hongshui River. In a vague way, Masaharu Honma had some expectations, looking forward to the Guangxi Army's ambush on the north bank of the Hongshui River.

Bai Chongxi and the officers of the Guangxi army were on a mountain peak on the north bank of the Hongshui River, watching the continuous appearance of lumps of Japanese soldiers on the south bank, first in small groups, and then gradually increased, khaki Figures in military uniform covered the south bank, transporting things back and forth. On the pontoon bridge, there were still many Japanese soldiers busy, obviously repairing the pontoon bridge.

"Why don't you fight? Do you wait for the Japanese soldiers to repair the pontoon bridge and rush to the north bank before opening fire? In that case, you will be very passive," Bai Chongxi looked at Chang Feng in confusion, not understanding why he didn't order to open fire. However, Chang Feng was still not very satisfied. He was going to wait for the Japanese army to cross the river before firing. That would be a real half-crossing attack, and the effect would be much better. Unexpectedly, the Japanese commander relied on going to the pontoon bridge, so it could only be unsatisfactory.

"Order, each artillery group conducts different shelling according to the predetermined target, fire!" Chang Feng finally gave the order, and just as he put down the phone, there was a loud noise like thunder on the north bank of the Hongshui River. In an instant, the silent north bank Suddenly, as if revived, groups of cannons, with screams, passed over the heads of Bai Chongxi and others, and flew towards the Japanese soldiers on the south bank.

The cannons kept falling like migrating locusts. Bai Chongxi saw through the binoculars that the Japanese soldiers on the opposite bank were like a nest of ants scalded by boiling water. Before they had time to run back, more than a dozen cannonballs directly blasted the pontoon bridge into the sky. The water column aroused was several feet high, and the corpses of Japanese soldiers were thrown up along with the water column.

In less than ten minutes, the south bank of the Hongshui River had been shrouded in gunpowder smoke and flames, turning it into a hell on earth. Bai Chongxi and the officers of the Gui Army were speechless from ear to ear. The Japanese army fired at each other across the river, using artillery fire. Looking at the formation of the shelling, it was impossible to do it without more than 1000 large-caliber artillery pieces. How much wealth did Tang Qiuli have?This is a corps, counting other troops?

Bai Chongxi didn't dare to think about it. Changfeng's unique firepower attack method and the fierce artillery fire of the independent division gave him too much shock. Not at the same level, looking at Chang Feng, who was looking at the normal expression, using a telescope to observe the effect of the bombardment, Bai Chongxi's eyes showed a little awe and loss.

The first round of bombardment brought heavy casualties to the Japanese army. Masaharu Homma considered that there might be an ambush, but he did not expect it to be an ambush in this way. The Guangxi army unexpectedly used so many artillery pieces to surprise him until Now, Masaharu Honma has not thought that this is a unit of the Independent Division, not the Guangxi Army that he thought was only concerned with escaping.

Not only did the soldiers suffer heavy casualties, but even his headquarters suffered several rounds of large-caliber artillery, destroyed several tents, killed more than a dozen staff officers, and destroyed the military radio station. As a meat shield, Lieutenant General Masahiro Honma may become the first commander of the Southern Dispatch Army. This made the Commander very angry, "Order the heavy artillery brigade to fight back immediately and destroy the The artillery positions of the Guangxi Army," Masahiro Honma issued an order, which sent the Japanese artillery into the hell of death.

As soon as the Japanese artillery fired, the Artillery Observation Post of the Corps directly under the Hongshui River on the north bank of the Hongshui River keenly captured the target. "The artillery positions of the Japanese army were immediately shrouded in billowing smoke. From the south bank of the Hongshui River to the rear seven or eight kilometers away, all the places where the Japanese army concentrated were the targets of the artillery group directly under the Corps.

This was a one-sided battle. More than 9 Japanese soldiers, under the cover of stormy artillery fire, suffered many casualties and corpses everywhere. The Japanese artillery was still very effective. On the artillery positions of the Corps, in a small area, a situation of artillery battles was also formed.

The more than a hundred officers of the Gui army from Bai Chongxi onwards were dumbfounded. It was the first time that even these veterans of the Gui army, who had spent half their lives rolling around in guns and cannons, saw such a large-scale shelling scene. In war, you don’t need soldiers to charge, you use cannons to blow up, the little devils are turned into a mess, and when the cannons are fired, the arms and legs of the little devils will fly all over the sky. This battle is enjoyable and relieves hatred, but then again Well, then you have to have such a family background. While the officers of the Gui Army relieved their hatred, they also had envy and even more jealousy.

Chang Feng frowned subconsciously. He was somewhat surprised by the resistance and the number of Japanese artillery. They did not pose much threat to his own artillery, but such an artillery battle could not form a one-sided deterrent. He Picking up a phone on the cannon box, "Commander Zheng, don't hide it, take out your big guy, and give the Japanese a final blow. If the Japanese army retreats, they will lose a lot of damage." This is a great opportunity for the little devil to have some strength."

On the other side of the phone, Zheng Yong, the artillery commander of the independent division and the artillery commander of the directly subordinate corps, laughed and said: "Chief of staff, this is the first time I have used these treasures that the division commander is most optimistic about in actual combat. Tell your guests, Cover your ears and don't be scared for a while, it is estimated that after this round, there will not be many little devils left."

There was a piercing "chirp chirping" sound, in the whistling sound of ordinary guns, it was extraordinarily different, rows of buttocks were on fire, even in the daytime, you can clearly see, with long tail flames, weird-looking big guys , screaming and passing overhead, flew over the Hongshui River, and plunged into the Japanese army assembly area and artillery positions.

In an instant, it was as if streams of magma and flames poured down from the sky, pouring their heads onto the ground. The south bank of the Hongshui River boiled and burned. , Everything was shrouded in hellish black smoke and flames. [

Bai Chongxi's eyes almost protruded from the eye sockets, and the scene of the explosion completely destroyed his psychological defense line. He swallowed hard and asked dryly, "Chief of Staff, what kind of weapon is this?" Chang Feng was also there Lost for a moment, Bai Chongxi asked twice before he came to his senses, and replied somewhat in a daze: "That's the Thunder Rocket, our teacher's secret weapon."