The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

In the middle of the mountainous jungle, a isolation belt several kilometers long appeared suddenly, turning the place that could have been easily passed through into a dead place completely exposed to the machine gun and artillery fortress. The feeling of not being psychologically prepared at all, should be How bad is it? !

The leader of the alliance, Kojima Yuichiro, couldn't say anything, but in his heart, several waves of grass and mud horses roared past, and the number of units was tens of thousands!

Damn scouts, don't they have something useful to do all day other than eat and drink?Such a big gap can be seen from the sky casually, even at night, it will feel abnormal? ---The reflections of the forest and the snow are completely different!

Even if I told you half a day in advance, I was well-prepared enough, so that I wouldn't have to let my subordinates rush forward without a choice when it came to the point of no return!

All of a sudden, Colonel Kojima had the feeling that Nogi Nogi, the army god, faced the Russian machine gun fortress defense line more than 30 years ago. For the sake of dignity and face, he had to order the troops to charge to the death. That kind of helplessness and anger are the same!

It's just such a mood, as an officer in charge of the army, it's not easy to reveal it to others casually, so Captain Fumio Hatano, who accepted the order, asked him to confirm with a dark face---in fact, he didn't really want to be a dead ghost. Osako Kojima sternly shouted: "This is an order! You don't need to understand it, just follow it hard!"

As if he felt that his tone was too fierce, Colonel Kojima had to slow down his speech and said earnestly: "We are the strongest third division in the empire, representing the glory of the army and His Majesty the Emperor, no matter what difficulties we face, You must never back down! China’s talents have risen for a few days, even if there are some strange weapons, after all, wars are determined by people’s courage and spirit. In this regard, no one in the world is stronger than the warriors of the Imperial Army! Hatano Major, I am very optimistic about you! The armaments of the entire alliance will give you full support!"

"...Okay! However, I beg to launch an attack at night! This will give full play to the advantages of our army!"

Fumio Hatano was helpless, especially as a proud army officer, he yearned for the feats of Seishiro Itagaki's predecessors very much.You can break the deadlock in a difficult battle and become the key person who decides the outcome... Thinking about it makes people's blood boil!

Colonel Kojima readily agreed.And in front of him, he transferred the field artillery and tank squadrons attached to the brigade to give them full cooperation.

This is quite a force!

The third division is the most elite permanent division of the Japanese Army. If it is full, there will be two infantry brigades and four regiments. In addition, there will be three tank regiments instead of cavalry, three heavy artillery regiments, and one anti-aircraft artillery regiment. , four flying wings.There is also a logistics wing and a field hospital, and the total number of people is less than [-]!

This time, the 29th Brigade, which is attacking from the left, plus the 4th Regiment of the 25th Tank Brigade --- was beaten to pieces on the right wing just before. Most of the strength of the Second Artillery Wing has a total strength of nearly 5000 people!

In order to ensure the success rate of the attack, Colonel Kojima not only dispatched the full infantry brigade, but also provided support firepower to two squadrons of new tanks, twelve 75mm field guns and four 4mm heavy cannons.It should be strong enough to attack the fortifications, is there any?His request is not high, just opening a gap!

Fumio Hatano's request to attack at night was the correct idea.It's just that in this way, the pilots can't help for the time being!

Well, actually those guys can't help during the day!There seemed to be an invisible boundary line in the sky. All the planes that had been dispatched during the day or at night were all shot back or shot down, completely unable to enter the enemy's defense zone!

Fumio Hatano is a big and good man, and he was very decisive to prepare for the order.Kojima Yuichiro secretly breathed a sigh of relief, jumped off his command vehicle, stomped his feet vigorously on the ground in the residual snow, and made a muffled "dong dong" from the black shiny leather boots, um.The heavy enough gun carriage was towed.

Standing on the 30-meter-high earth ridge and looking into the distance, the billowing smoke rising more than ten kilometers away to the right seemed to be on fire in the forest, but the thunderous explosions reminded him that a fierce fire was happening there. fighting.

Looking back and looking at the distance, the rear troops of two to 3000 people are crawling forward along the winding route. After all, it is not a road that travels all year round. It is not so easy to find a wide passage in the forest and wilderness full of traps. ah!

A Type [-] Chinese chariot slowly drove past below, the steel tracks clanging and jingling, the crushed black soil mixed with white snow hung on the top and bottom of the road wheels, dirty like mud, the heavy vehicle The body shook so that the temporary pavement trembled, and from time to time a piece of the steep side of the slope was shaken off, revealing the soft soil that had begun to melt inside---spring, after all, has come!

Kojima Osamu sighed faintly, this is the last chance.Whether it is the Kwantung Army or the Chinese.Once the spring rains fall, the entire northeastern land will turn into a muddy pond. The roads will be difficult to walk, the snow will melt everywhere, and the movements of the large corps will be extremely troublesome. The snow has melted, the ground is crisp, and it is impossible for the Chinese army with a long supply line to exert the strength of their armored forces. Then the Kwantung Army can wait for work and slowly delay until the moment of the big counterattack!

The more critical it is, the more we must work hard.If you can see it yourself, the other party will naturally know it too!Otherwise, why is their crazy attack?

A Type [-] reconnaissance plane passed by at a low altitude, buzzing and screaming and rushing towards the high ground ahead. Is this the people of the flight regiment trying to make up for their mistakes?

There was a sneering sneer on Kojima Yuichiro's face, those idiots can't beat the Chinese Air Force in the sky, they are really useless!

This place is too close to the front line, that is, within ten seconds, when the reconnaissance plane was about to fly out of the end of the field of vision, suddenly a fierce and short explosion sounded from the dense forest in front, and more than a dozen tongues of flame intertwined He rushed into the air, knocked the plane into the air and exploded, and the pilot didn't have time to parachute, so he finished with him.

"Sure enough, it still doesn't work! I really don't know how the Chinese people arranged it, and they can stop it every time!"

Colonel Kojima is no stranger to it.He has led troops for many years, and he knows how difficult it is to fight fast aircraft with ground firepower, but it seems that this rule does not apply to the Chinese at all.It's just unbelievable.

The marching troops also saw this situation, which indeed caused a brief commotion, but immediately regained their composure under the shouts of the junior officers. Except for the occasional neighing of horses and the roar of chariots and trucks staggering forward, there were few other sounds. murmur.

"Well, the overall spirit is good!" Colonel Kojima nodded in satisfaction.

ahead.Fumio Hatano trotted all the way to keep up with his troops on a Dudong horse, and ran to the front without stopping. After dismounting, accompanied by a dozen soldiers, he carefully approached the front, facing the forest highland on the edge of the isolation zone.

In order to prevent being sniped by the enemy, the military uniform and helmet he wears are exactly the same as those of ordinary soldiers, and the epaulets are all covered up, and he dare not carry his sword on his waist. Only the pistol is refused to be taken off no matter what. .This involves a question of dignity.

Anyway, as long as your own soldiers know each other, that's enough.This is required by the emperor's decree, and no one can violate it, although those in the base camp disagree...

Fumio Hatano first crouched behind a fallen dry pine tree like a soldier, and looked through the gap through the thick branches. Across the sparse trees more than 100 meters away, he could clearly see the V-shaped clearing where the forest had been cleared. Messy tree stumps, end of view.Among the trees are piles of logs piled up like hills, with countless gaps.Any one can be used as a shooting hole, but it can block the sight here and make it difficult to see the reality.

How to attack?Fumio Hatano frowned.Opportunities seem to be everywhere, and traps seem to be everywhere!Natural wooden stakes a few feet thick can just block the chariot, making it impossible to move forward quickly.You must turn left and right slowly... This is the rhythm of being a live target!

"Hmph! Cunning Chinese people! Do you think this will make it difficult for the warriors of the empire?" Mr. Shao Zuo, who was born in civil engineering, sneered coldly. This is really childish!

He picked up the binoculars again, holding the lens with both hands and only exposing half of it, so as to prevent the mirror reflection from attracting the attention of the opponent's sniper --- that is very fatal.After careful observation, he called the engineering squadron leader who was following behind him to give instructions.The captain nodded to express his understanding, and after observing for a while, he went back to prepare.

During the tense preparations, night fell quickly.Under the cover of the dense forest, it was so dark that it was hard to see clearly.

Suddenly, a rumbling loud noise came from behind, followed by sharp shells whizzing through the air and tearing the silence, groups of dozens of shells landed near the pile of logs in front one after another, under the violent explosion of "Boom" , The logs that had grown for decades or hundreds of years broke at the sound, and flew up one by one, breaking into countless pieces!

The vicinity of the mountain top illuminated by the violent explosion flash is shining brightly, but Fumio Hatano's side across a corner has the effect of being dark under the lamp!Standing in the front line, he waved his hand calmly, and hundreds of soldiers bent down with their rifles and rushed down the slope, and rushed towards the hill opposite the valley in a silent rush!

Behind them, dozens of engineers carried short-handled pointed-headed engineering shovels --- no doubt, German counterfeit goods, followed closely, dispersed into more than a dozen groups, each 60 meters apart, and rushed to a two Digging in front of a half-meter-high tree stump with a diameter of more than a foot, a vertical hole half a meter deep was dug out of the soft humus soil several times, and it was inserted obliquely between the thick tree roots. Another engineer tied his hands After inserting the long strip of explosives to lead out the wires, he pressed them firmly and stepped on them, and then rushed to the next tree stump.

The charging soldiers had just reached the bottom of the valley, when suddenly the flames flickered above, the characteristic rapid firing sound of the m1936 general-purpose machine gun sounded, and strips of tracer bullets were sprinkled downward from the piles of logs like water!

The ten or so soldiers at the front were knocked to the ground with a scream, and the rest flung themselves behind the wooden stakes and retracted their bodies desperately, when they heard the rapid impact of "Tuk Tuk Tuk" on top of their heads one after another. The wooden stake was actually shaken violently, obviously the kinetic energy of the bullet was not small at all!

This is all the experience of playing!

All the Kwantung Army who have been on the first-line battlefield know that the Chinese troops they face are almost equipped with automatic rifles, at least semi-automatic, and at least one machine gun in each squad --- in fact, automatic rifles are as good as light machine guns when shooting. There is no difference!

The firepower density of a squad is more than that of a small Japanese army. When encountering it, it is not easy to cross even a sparse defense line of ten meters.Sure enough, here we meet again!

A dozen or so bright spots popped out all of a sudden, and Fumio Hatano's face remained motionless.The mortars not far away aimed and fired immediately according to the habit. In the mode of rapid fire of three or six rounds, groups of shells "all through" pulled out a steep arc trajectory one after another, and the sudden explosion sounded instantly. One after another sounded from inside and outside the log pile, brilliant sparks lit up the valley one after another!

The firepower on the opposite side immediately fell silent, but the soldiers lying on the ground did not dare to get up and charge immediately.The veterans all know that the guys in front are used to cheating, and at most one-third of them are exposed. Once they come out, they will be used as live targets immediately!

And the mortar in the back moved immediately after firing a circle, and didn't dare to wait a second longer!God knows how the Chinese artillery is trained, the retaliatory artillery fire is fast, accurate and ruthless!The old troops suffered a lot!

Sure enough, they had only been driving for less than a minute when a shell hit from behind the opposite mountain.The sparks in the mountains and forests were brilliant!

On the contrary, the Japanese soldiers before and after were relieved of this. The forwards who were lying on the ground immediately took out grenades from their waists, knocked them on their helmets and threw them upwards. Hundreds of people took turns to work, and explosions followed one after another.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the engineers continued to dig holes and bury explosives on the tree stumps blocking the way according to the order of observation during the day, and quickly caught up with the infantry's tail.The mortars were already in place, followed by another burst of intense bombardment, this time.The shells all hit behind the log pile and in the woods, and more than a hundred people in the front line took the opportunity to jump up and charge forward---exploding.There is no way to fire if there are ambushes!

In theory... yes.

Everything seems to be developing rapidly according to the written script. More than a hundred warriors have successfully advanced 200 meters, and they are about to approach the log pile. Suddenly, there is a sudden burst of machine gun fire. After killing a dozen, the rest continue to lie down Volt.But this time it didn't seem to work well. Two flares rose from the sky "Jiujiu" and slowly landed on top of their heads, and then a series of melon grenades rolled down the slope from above, without a trace. Accurately fell between the Japanese army, bang bang explosion!

Those are all offensive grenades!Steel balls and prefabricated fragments have a large killing radius.The ones that exploded on the ground were fine, but those who deliberately guaranteed air explosions were vicious. The 30-odd Japanese soldiers in front had no place to hide, and they were beaten to pieces on the spot, screaming again and again!

In the woods behind, a dozen heavy machine guns roared suddenly!This was arranged by Fumio Hatano, an uncharacteristically attacking sequence, like an old hunter who has been observing for a long time, finally spotted all the traces of the prey, exploded in one fell swoop, and blocked all the ways of survival!

The engineers and soldiers were finally safe above their heads. They hurriedly dug the pit to the front, then dragged the wires and ran back all the way, pressed the switch hard, "boom---" the ground shook, and hundreds of bombs zigzag. Points erupted one after another, and almost all the thick wooden stakes were uprooted and flew off the ground. On the originally chaotic open ground, there suddenly appeared more than a dozen passages for chariots to pass through easily!

Yes!Although the wooden stakes turned into pits, the width and depth of the pits couldn't block the tracks of the chariot. On the contrary, those tree stumps more than half a meter high could just get stuck. Now, the obstacles no longer exist!

Fumio Hatano finally showed a hint of excitement, waved his hand vigorously, and the signal soldier next to him immediately issued an order, and then a shell rumbled into the opposite woods, and the ground around him trembled. The heavy tanks staggered back and forth, rushed down and broke through, and drove into the temporary passage that was blown out!

Hundreds of meters of ground passed under the tracks of the chariot, unimpeded all the way, and the speed was many times faster than those who beat around the bush!

Soldiers from several squadrons moved closely behind the chariots, swarming forward and backward across the open ground, despite the intermittent machine gun fire in front and the mortar shells falling from overhead, they could not stop the explosion of thousands of warriors!Hundreds of meters passed in one breath!

Seeing the black steel chariot rushing up the mountainside, and within a few tens of meters to enter the enemy's defense line, a loud noise like a bull's roar came from the front, followed by the whole mountain trembling like an earthquake , The logs piled up like a mountain seemed to be buried with tens of thousands of catties of explosives and suddenly exploded, and they flew up without warning in the loud "rumbling" sound!

That's not three or two, that's thousands of logs!Each one weighed at least one or two tons, and it bounced all over the mountain, collapsed, and tumbled down the hillside!

The more than 100 Japanese soldiers in the front were so soft that they screamed and were squeezed into meatloaf by logs, and the [-] to [-] tons of tanks and chariots were smashed one after another, and their rivets were about to collapse!

But after all, it is a monster made of steel, and some wood seems to be unable to stop them. The drivers slammed the accelerator and turned on the horsepower to push through the scattered wood to kill them. Tall and gigantic figures like small buildings emerged from behind the pile of logs, each one as high as four or five stories, with at least dozens of logs as thick as a person hanging in the huge bucket, and they were raised more than ten meters high. , and then suddenly flipped down, and fell down with a huff!

"It's... a monster!" The recruits who entered the battlefield for the first time screamed and peed their pants on the spot!

The veterans were finally well-informed, but their hearts were trembling with fright, and their minds were in chaos--did the hateful Chinese people use these strange big guys to bully people again? !

There are more than a dozen super engineering vehicles!

These mighty giants grabbed logs and piled them into hills, hid themselves in them, and were not afraid of firing guns. When they got the right opportunity, they got out, pushed the whole wooden hill down, and drowned most of the attacking Japanese army. , and then continued to push logs, chariots, and dead soldiers all the way down. Wherever they passed, the chariots were also squeezed into steel cans, soldiers?Flesh and flesh into mud! (To be continued..)