Artillery, known as the god of war, is an important means of attack in modern warfare, and Su Jin has always spared no effort in the construction of artillery. www.biquge.info There are artillery regiments in division-level troops, artillery battalions in regimental-level troops, artillery companies at battalion level, and mortar platoons at even the most basic company level, and the ferocious firepower brings lingering nightmares to opponents.

On the other hand, the Japanese army, Dugu's days of seeking defeat have passed for too long, and they didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to attack Mukden, so they naturally wouldn't be idle and build defensive positions around Mukden. Moreover, the Japanese Army, which had been taught by Germany, had always believed that the best defense was to attack, and this army had never learned to defend or fought a defensive war.

This is also the sequelae of learning Germany in its entirety, neither the Prussian Army nor the German Army has ever fought a defensive war, because they have never been the only ones to fight others, and no one else has ever taken the initiative to attack them. This also led to the fact that I himself had never been beaten in either the Sino-Japanese War or the Russo-Japanese War, so over time, I himself forgot the word "defensive war" in his mind.

Under such a guiding ideology, the level of defensive warfare conducted by the Japanese Army can be imagined. Many of the positions on the outskirts of Mukden were improvised fortifications, and the defensive effect was not ideal, and during the hour-long artillery bombardment, these proposed fortifications had been blown to pieces, and many officers and soldiers on the positions were lying in pools of blood, struggling and squirming in pain in the impenetrable rain of bullets.

"Your Excellency Commander, the people of China are shelling our south, north, and west gates, and most of our positions have been destroyed, and the three division commanders of Kusumoto Mitaka, Toyama Noboru and Taniguchi Genjiro have requested that aviation reinforcements be sent!"

At this time, the atmosphere in the headquarters was very tense, and the staff officers were constantly busy. Some are adding the latest troop strength to the sand table, some are calling the front-line troops, and some are nervously discussing the current situation.

Looking at the staff chief of operations Takei Seitaro Nakasa, who was standing in front of the desk, looking at him, Umezu Mijiro rubbed his brow with a little headache, he already regretted that he did not follow the advice of the chief of staff Yoshimoto Sadachi a few days ago to take the initiative to attack the Third Army, so that now he is so passive. However, no one expected that the artillery fire of the Third Army would be so fierce that the Japanese army could not hold out for even an hour after a week's hard work.

Seeing Umezu Mijiro's embarrassed look, Junhisa Ikeda reprimanded: "Takei-kun, don't you know that the Shina people just bombed our airport, and you should have rejected such an unreasonable request at the time, why are you still bothering Your Excellency the Commander!" ”

Takei Kiyotaro lowered his head a little aggrieved, which of those division commanders was not higher than him, where did he dare to refute the demands of those division commanders, why don't you Ikeda Junhisa try to reprimand His Excellency the Commander Take a look, you see how His Excellency the Commander cleans you up.

"Okay, Ikeda-kun, don't embarrass Wu Jujun, as a chief of operations staff officer, it is his job to report the requests and opinions of the military commanders below, how can he have the right to veto the decision of the division commander, isn't this a mess?"

Although Umezu Mijiro was in an upset mood, he still had this demeanor, and he would not be angry with others casually, but he was distressed when he thought of the more than 100 fighters destroyed by the sudden air raid yesterday, and he realized that the strength of the Japanese air force had fallen behind the Third Army, and if he wanted to fight with them, he would only bring humiliation on himself, so he parked the remaining fighters in the airport in preparation for playing the role of a surprise soldier at a critical moment, but he never thought that the result would be even worse. was unexpectedly ended by the other party, and now the troops below are clamoring for air support, but he can't even send a plane.

Chief of Staff Yoshimoto Sadaichi also persuaded: "Your Excellency, Commander, since we have signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviets, then our aviation troops deployed in the Rehe and Heilongjiang areas can also be freed up, it is better to transfer them all back, so that we can support our ground forces!" Otherwise, this battle will be too difficult to fight! ”

"Yes, Commander, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff is quite right. Let's transfer all the fighters, otherwise our casualties will be too great. And the crowd exhorted.

As Japan's most important strategic force, the Kwantung Army not only has the strongest strength in the army, but also the strength of the air force. Especially after being beaten by the Soviets at Nomenkan, the Tokyo base camp strengthened the aviation strength of the Kwantung Army, and by the time Su Jin led the army into the northeast, the Kwantung Army had a total of the 2nd and 5th air armies, with a total of nearly 800 aircraft, which could be described as strong, but with the defeat in the Huludao air battle, the aviation strength of the Kwantung Army began to shrink, and Umezu Mijiro also began to restrict the aviation to take the initiative to provoke the Third Army, and even the aviation deployed in the Rehe and Heilongjiang areas was not transferred. In order to preserve the remaining aviation power, but now that Su Jin has come to the door, he naturally can't be indifferent. Listening to everyone's gossip of suggestions, he finally agreed.

However, Umezu Mijiro still solemnly instructed: "Gentlemen, although I am very reluctant to admit it, it is a fact that the performance of the Shina aircraft is better than that of the Imperial Zero, so we must be extra careful when using the air force, if the remaining army aviation troops are exhausted, then we will have to bear the bombing of the Shina people every day." ”

After deploying all this, Umezu Mijiro sent everyone out, staring at the map on the table in a daze. Originally, it was very certain that the three divisions in his hands would be used to hold Fengtian, turn Fengtian into a magnet, and firmly attract the more than 100,000 troops of Su and Jin to Fengtian, and then wait until the Japanese troops in Heilongjiang, Rehe, Hulunbuir and other places arrived, and they could all encircle and annihilate these large armies under Fengtian City, but now it seems that this plan is in danger of collapsing.

"Maybe I'm too worried, how can the nearly 50,000 men and horses of the three divisions not be able to hold out for two days? Even 50,000 chickens are not so easy to kill. Umezu Mijiro couldn't help but comfort himself as he listened to the dense sound of cannons in the distance.

Umezu Mijiro was right to be worried, the intensity of the artillery fire of the Chinese army at this time had already exceeded the expectations of the Japanese army. Not to mention the three heavy artillery regiments under the heavy artillery brigade, it is said that the artillery regiments directly under the divisions are not very good, and dozens of M40 155-mm self-propelled howitzers, as well as 75-mm infantry guns and mortars of various calibers under each regiment, have made the Japanese troops who have not perfected their fortifications suffer enough.

Captain Kawahara Link, a commander of the 52nd Wing of the 57th Division stationed at the north gate, was already squatting in a bunker, watching through the lookout as shells fell one after another in all directions, and the smoke of gunpowder rose up with the light of fire, and the wailing of soldiers could not stop being heard around.

"Phew......"

Kawahara Link had already spat out the dirt that flew into his mouth along the shock wave and asked the chief of staff on the side, Nakamura Makino, "Did the people of China attack?" ”

"Nope! It seems that the people of China are trying to blow us all up with shells! Nakamura Makino replied with a wry smile, the artillery of the Chinese army was not only accurate, but also far more ferocious than he expected, and the devastating shelling for nearly an hour had already caused their wing to lose more than forty percent...... He couldn't have imagined the consequences.

"What if...... It's really getting to that point...... Then the jade is broken! ”

A miserable smile appeared on Kawahara Link's dusty face, just now in the shelling, the three telephone points leading to the rear were all blown up, the 52nd Wing had lost contact with the division headquarters, the fortifications that he had high hopes for were also turned into a pile of ruins in the explosion, and the machine gun fire points that he thought could be used well were all turned into scrap copper and rotten iron, and he no longer knew what he would use to resist if the Huaxia people attacked them later.

Perhaps the victory or defeat was already predestined from the moment the Huaxia people surrounded Mukden.

The thunderous cannon fire showed no signs of stopping, but the originally vibrant morning became so dead silent, the fresh air of the past was now completely enveloped by the thick and pungent smell of gunsmoke, and the bombed trenches, countless stumps and broken arms fell again and again, and then turned into smaller fragments, which were thrown into the air again and again, and then turned into bloody and fleshy corpses dotted the northeast land.

"Woo...... Boom ......"

In the trenches, Kawahara Link squatted on the ground and only covered his ears and opened his mouth wide to try hard, he saw an overly frightened soldier standing in the trench screaming desperately, this soldier's eardrums have been cracked by dense shells, and blood continues to flow out of his ears, but the soldier is not aware of it at all, and is still roaring loudly. Looking at this gaffe soldier, Kawahara Link did not stand up and shout, but pressed his body against the wall, around him, trembling rapidly in the continuous rain of explosions, and some bloody fragments continued to fall around the position, Kawahara Link's heart suddenly swelled with a sense of awakening, what is hell? Kawahara Link felt like he was in hell right now.

"When will this damn shelling stop?"

Not only Kawahara Link, but also all the Japanese troops who were suffering from the shelling were born together, but no one could answer this question anymore, and now the entire wing headquarters was almost dead, and those who could still move could probably count on both hands.

"Ah...... What is it? ”

Suddenly a scream came from the side, Kawahara Link turned his head to look, only to see a blue and gray thing fall on Nakamura's face, Nakamura Makino, who was hit in the face by something suddenly, screamed when he saw it after getting the thing off his face, it turned out to be a intestine that was cut in half I don't know who it was, Kawahara Link resisted the desire to vomit and turned his head to look away, but all he saw was the falling cannonballs and the dust that was kicked up, and the whole world seemed to have no living creatures, It seems that everything has been destroyed by the cannonballs.

I don't know how long it took, Kawahara Link suddenly noticed that the originally deafening explosion suddenly became sparse.

"Is the shelling going to stop?" Kawahara Link was a little surprised, this time his guess was right, and the shelling soon stopped completely.

The shelling stopped, but Kawahara Link's mood did not become relaxed, because he knew very well that the cessation of the shelling only meant one thing, that is, the Chinese infantry was about to rush up, thinking of this, Kawahara Link habitually touched his waist, but he fell into the air, and looked to the side and found that there was an extra crater around him at some point, which was estimated to have been blown up by the 60 mortar, and his command knife had long been blown up.

When the sun rose to the top of the mountain, the long-awaited infantry finally began to attack the outskirts of Mukden.

"Quick...... Rise up for me those who are not dead! The people of China have come up! Kawahara Rinkosa, who had found a rifle from there, kept walking around the bombed-out trenches, and whenever he saw a soldier who was not dead, he would rudely pull him up and drive him into the trenches.

As the soldiers in the trenches staggered into the trenches, which could barely cover their bodies, they were surprised to find a tooth-aching sound of metal grinding ahead, accompanied by a low roar.

Maybe some of the recruits didn't understand what was going on, but when the veterans heard this, their faces immediately changed, and they didn't know who it was, and they hissed and shouted with all their might: "It's the chariot of the Chi Na people!" ”

Kawahara Link, who was lying in the trench, saw the last thing he wanted to see, the infantry of the Huaxia people did come up, but they did not come up alone, and in front of them there were groups of dozens of tanks painted gray.

At 50 o'clock in the morning, when the shelling stopped, the assault columns of the 350th Division, which was responsible for attacking the West Gate, began to advance towards the target, and although the sun had risen halfway up the mountain, then the sunlight that was supposed to shine on the earth was shrouded in the smoke of gunpowder in the sky, and it was the armored regiment of the 350th Division that was responsible for taking the lead.

Although the 350th Division has not been established for a long time, and it is not like the 347th, 348th and 349th Divisions, which are the oldest divisions, it is an establishment of two brigades and six regiments, it is only composed of three infantry regiments, a heavy artillery regiment and an air defense regiment, but it is one of the few units with an armored force establishment, which also proves from the side that Su Jin attaches great importance to this division, because in Su Jin's opinion, Sun Liren, who graduated from the Virginia Military Academy in the United States, is the general who can best understand the idea of armored breakthrough.

And Sun Liren did not live up to Su Jin's expectations, and in the past two years, he built a newly formed infantry division into a force with strong offensive capabilities. In particular, in order to maximize the strength of the armored regiment, he personally went to the 1st Armored Division to work with the front-line armored soldiers, and studied with Fred for three months before returning to his own unit to form his own armored unit. (To be continued.) )