Masami Kusunase immediately reported the situation to Hiroyoshi Ishii: "Report to the group leader, the big thing is not good, why can't the Chinese army's artillery be found." ”

"Ani, it's impossible. It was just placed there, I think it's a big piece of cannon, how can it be that I can't find a single one, it can't run to the sky, right? ”

Ishii Hiroyoshi still didn't believe it, and went to the front to take a look again. Strangely, it is true that not a single artillery of the Chinese army can be seen. It was only then that Hiroyoshi Ishii began to figure out what to do, and he said to Kusunase, "Oh, I can't complain that we have been attacked by the Chinese army." It turned out that the Chinese army was cunning and cunning, and they used the air force as a cover to carry out the artillery seizure operation. ”

Kusune Masashi also immediately complimented: "Gao Ming, Gao Ming, the group leader is indeed Gao Ming." ”

I figured this thing out, but there was one thing I still couldn't figure out. Ishii Hiroyoshi said: "But I wondered, was the rocket that attacked us just now carried out by the Chinese Air Force? None of our air forces can fly at night, can it be said that the air force of the Chinese army can fly at night, and if they can't fly at night, where will they get rocket attacks? ”

Kusunase Masami immediately said, "Yes, group leader, I'm also wondering about this matter?" ”

Ishii Hiroyoshi said to Masashi Kurose: "This matter is a bit complicated, it seems that the Chinese Air Force is undergoing a qualitative change. We're going to report this to the Legion Commander right away. ”

"What are we going to do now?" Kusunase Masashi asked Ishii Hiroyoshi to say.

Ishii Hiroyoshi thought for a while and said: "Fengxin County is only 70 kilometers away from Nanchang, and at our current speed, it will only take 3 hours to reach the city of Nanchang. As long as we get to the city of Nanchang, we will complete our plan to encircle the city of Nanchang, and this will still be a great victory for our chariot group. As long as it is dawn, our aviation can be dispatched, and the artillery behind us, then let the Chinese army be reduced to ashes! We can only advance, not retreat, let the Chinese army tremble in the face of our steel torrent! ”

Kusune Masashi then said: "Group Commander Gao Ming, Gao Ming, as long as our tanks cross the Lu River, then the Chinese army will not be able to stop our advance, and whoever stops it will be self-defeating." Hary, we move forward resolutely and never retreat. ”

The 1st Tank Group then continued to advance, passing through the artillery positions of the 49th Army, passing through the county seat of Fengxin, and driving all the way to Nanguan in Fengxin County, where they stopped at the Luhe Bridge.

The tactical principle adhered to by the chariot group, that is, when encountering the Chinese defenders, it will never be entangled. As the tanks advanced, many Chinese troops fired at the tanks and threw grenades, but they were eliminated or repelled by the tanks' guns and machine guns.

The remnants of the Chinese army left behind will be solved by the troops behind!

Masami Kurose's convoy was on the north side of the river, lined up with chariots, and all the lights shone towards the south bank. The south shore was bare, with an unobstructed view for several kilometers, and it seemed that there was not a single person.

But Masami Kurose, who has always been cautious, still did not move forward, and he was waiting for Hiroyoshi Ishii's convoy.

After a while, Hiroyoshi Ishii's motorcade arrived. Hiroyoshi Ishii personally went to Masami Kusunase and asked, "Why hasn't your convoy moved forward yet?" ”

Kusunase Masashi said to Hiroyoshi Ishii: "Your Excellency, there is a common tactic in ancient China that is to attack half-crossing, that is, when our convoy is halfway through the river, they suddenly rush out and attack us. That was when we were at our weakest point, and I was very worried! ”

Ishii Hiroyoshi said: "Haha, a small blow, are you afraid of the Chinese army." If you look ahead, there is nothing, how can there be a little shadow of the Chinese army? ”

Kusunase Masami shook his head and said to Ishii Hiroyoshi: "I heard that there is a Southern Expeditionary Army in the Chinese army, and they also have a tank unit in their army. The battle has reached this point, and I have not yet seen the shadow of the Chinese army's tanks, and I am really a little relieved. What if they really lie in ambush in the darkness ahead, and when we are halfway across the river, they suddenly attack us? ”

Hearing these words, Ishii Hirokichi laughed and said, "According to the words of the Chinese, you are really bitten by a snake once, and you are afraid of the well rope for ten years!" Truth be told, our agents have already been in this area for reconnaissance. The southern expeditionary force of the Chinese army did come, but only at the Nanguan of Fengxincheng, that is, north of the Luan River, some barracks were built and symbolically stationed here. The battle had been fought to this point, and before they could see their shadows, they had already smeared oil on the soles of their feet—scared away. As for the tanks of the Chinese army, the operatives said that not even a shadow was seen. Nanse-kun, you can rest assured, just rush to the city of Nanchang. ”

When Masashi Kusunase heard these news, he put his mind at ease and shouted loudly to his troops: "Duck give--towards Nanchang City, advance-"

The first chariot group, one by one, slowly crossed the Luhe Bridge, and then arrived at the south bank, lined up in battle formation, and advanced towards Nanchang City.

Just south of the Luhe Bridge, the tank battalion swam forward, a full 36 tanks, in a semicircle, quietly hiding in underground bunkers at a distance of 2 to 3 kilometers. Han Xing had already issued an order to cancel all car-to-car calls so as not to be detected by enemy monitoring equipment.

Just three to four kilometers further south of the tank battalion, Hou Dashan's heavy artillery battalion set up a position behind a small village, also waiting for Han Xing's order.

There is also the Nanchang airfield, J-20 fighters, Y-8 bombers converted from transport aircraft, which are also waiting, just waiting for the final blow on the Japanese tank units.

The Japanese tank unit drove on, and suddenly stopped, and it was on the north bank of the Yan River facing the south bank of the chaotic photo. You Qianqian was a little breathless, and said to Han Xing: "Commander Han, did the little devil find out that we were in ambush?" Why didn't they leave. ”

Han Xing comforted him and said, "Calm down, the devil may not really find us." They are weak in their hearts, afraid that we have an ambush, and this is to see the situation first. ”

After a while, the Japanese tank group slowly advanced, they drove over the Luhe Bridge, paused slightly, and then, in an advance formation, along the dirt road, towards the Nanchang side.

Several tanks in front fired a few shots around, 57 mm shells, the explosive force is still quite amazing, the killing radius of a shell can also reach sixty or seventy meters, the tank hidden in the bunker was almost hit, and the falling loess covered the bunker with another layer.

You Qianqian said a little panicked: "Are we being discovered, I think let's attack now!" ”

Han Xing stopped him and said, "Wait a little longer." Don't you see, in fact, the Japanese artillery shells are also indiscriminate, one here, one there, if they really find us, will they still be in such a formation? ”

Although the car-to-car call had long been banned, Han Xing lowered his voice and said: "Pay attention to each car, hide yourself, if anyone exposes the target, military law will do it." ”

The Japanese convoy drove forward, and from time to time a few shots were fired. Their formation remained the same, and they still rumbled forward.

Despite the dim light, Han Xing was still trying to observe the advance formation of the Japanese convoy. The two columns advanced, about 30 meters between the columns, and about 30 meters between the vehicles in the column, so that the Japanese tank group opened up a distance of about 2,000 meters.

That is, the M2 tank battalion set up an ambush 2 to 3 kilometers south of the Luan River Bridge, which was just right.

The enemy's convoy continued to advance. At this time, all the tankers in the bunkers were watching every move of the Japanese convoy with their eyes open, and their hearts were beating violently.

In fact, Han Xing's command vehicle was not far from the dirt road, almost exactly in the direction of the enemy's first tank vehicle. To say that Han Xing is not nervous, that is false, Han Xing has warned himself more than once, calm down, calm down, but the heart that can't be controlled seems to be still beating violently, and he can almost hear its sound.

The first tank of the Japanese army drove over, 400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters. At this time, Han Xing once again lowered his voice and shouted to the tank drivers of each car: "You can start the car, try to be as quiet as possible when starting." After activation, climb onto the horse path, remove the cover from the horse road, expose only the turret, aim at the enemy tank, ready to shoot. ”

Each car follows Hanxing's order, and the noise is as low as possible when starting the car. Because each vehicle has a cover, the sound can only be transmitted upwards, and the Japanese tank is on the move, and the noise is too loud, so they didn't hear the starting sound of the M2 tank car.

Kusune Masami's ears were tipped, and he seemed to hear some voices, and reported to Hiroyoshi Ishii: "Group leader, I seem to have heard the sound of the engine starting, is there an enemy tank nearby?" ”

Hiroyoshi Ishii turned on the headlights, shone the surroundings, and said loudly to Masami Kurose: "It's okay, don't you see, there's nothing around, not even a single figure, not a rabbit." It is...... It is...... It seems to be a mound or something. You don't have to be afraid, just rush forward, and I'll be behind you! ”

The devil's convoy is still moving as usual.

Han Xing continued to observe the distance of the enemy convoy from him. 180 meters, 150 meters, Han Xing issued another order: "Attention to all vehicles, attention to all vehicles, towards the nearest tank, armor-piercing shells, aim, shoot-"

"Bang-" "Bang-" dozens of 37-mm armor-piercing shells made the sound ......of cannonballs being ejected.

"Boom-" "Boom-" "Boom-" More than a dozen Type 89 and Type 94 tanks were hit. Some tanks have not received one shell, but several shells.

Because it is too close and it is a stationary shot, the accuracy of shooting is greatly improved.

The Type 89 tank in front of the swim forward was 100 meters away from his command vehicle, and because the distance was too close, the swim forward was a one-shot hit. Happily, he swam forward and jumped up, and his head slammed into the steel plate above his head.

But swimming forward did not care about the headache, and immediately aimed at the second tank, and after the loader loaded the shell, another armor-piercing shell hit.