Chapter 329: Soldiers are in Pingcheng
Wang Yizhe noticed the change in his demeanor, and nodded solemnly: "You are right, the real meritorious heroes are those soldiers who sacrificed, don't worry, I will personally ask the general seat for merit for them!" ”
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Zhao Zhenfan stood up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, at present, Tokugawa and Yongbyon have also been broken through by our army, and the Japanese are about to retreat to Dezhou, so Commander-in-Chief Wang and I have decided not to give the enemy a chance to gain a foothold, and while their foothold is not stable, all troops will attack with all their strength, and take Dezhou in one go!" ”
"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison with angry expressions.
"Sir, it's already dark, shouldn't we call the Air Force (pig) (pig) (island) novel to come and help, with their help, it will never be a problem to capture Texas." Li Zhenyuan said suddenly.
"yes, yes." Wang Yizhe nodded, and said to Zhao Zhenfan: "Guoping, you immediately go and send a telegram to the commander-in-chief, and ask him to send the air force to support immediately." ”
"Okay, I'll go." Zhao Zhenfan nodded in response, and immediately took the order.
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The county seat of Andong.
Jiang Baili put the telegram sent by Zhao Zhenfan in front of Zhang Xinghan, who had not slept all night and was kneading his temples to refresh himself.
"Commander, Division Commander Zhao, they request air force support."
Zhang Xinghan picked up the telegram and looked at it, and said lightly: "Send a telegram to Gao Zhihang, send the 1st Flying Regiment to support the Tokugawa battlefield, and send long-range bombers and Zero fighters to carry out air raids on Pyeongseong, Seoul and other places, causing chaos to the Japanese army, and not giving them the opportunity to deploy or evacuate calmly!" ”
"Yes." Jiang Baili took the order and left.
Zhang Xinghan turned around and came to the map, and after making a comparison on the map, he finally drew a circle on the map with a pencil.
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On the Texas battlefield, 150,000 soldiers of the Northeast Frontier Army launched an all-out onslaught on the Japanese defense line on a battlefield that lasted for dozens of miles.
On the ground, thousands of tanks and armored vehicles galloped across the ground, followed by tens of thousands of infantry and ant colonies.
Everywhere there was the sound of fierce gunfire, everywhere there were violent explosions, and the skyrocketing fire accompanied by thick smoke almost covered the entire battlefield.
In the air, hundreds of various planes were constantly diving and circling. Waves of bombardment and strafing were launched against the Japanese army's field positions, city defense positions, and artillery positions.
With the help of the air force, the Japanese defense line soon collapsed, and the tank assault force of the Northeast Army broke the Japanese defense line with an unrivaled force.
In the afternoon of the same day, the 201st Division of the Northeast Army took the lead in attacking Dezhou City, and the 19th and 9th Divisions of the Japanese Army suffered heavy losses and were defeated.
In particular, the 19th Division, in successive battles, suffered serious losses to its main forces. Together, the two divisions were less than 20,000 men.
The 19th Division and the 9th Division suffered heavy losses due to the attack of the Northeast Army Air Force on the way to retreat, and by the time they withdrew to Pingcheng, they had already lost more than half of their troops, and their morale was low and miserable.
While the Dezhou offensive was in progress, Gao Zhihang, Liu Cuigang and others respectively led air force fighters to attack the Japanese station's stations and defensive positions in Pyeongseong and Seoul. It greatly shocked the Japanese puppet army.
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Inside the city of Seoul, inside the headquarters of the Japanese army.
Sakurada Goro was bitterly persuading: "General, the Chinese army is attacking rapidly, and it has broken through the imperial army's Texas defense line again in less than a day. At the moment its forward troops are less than fifty kilometers away from Pyeongseong, and their air force has also begun to carry out air strikes on Seoul, Pyeongseong, for your safety. I would like to ask you to transfer to Busan immediately! ”
Okamura Ninji was furious: "Yaga Yalu, the victory is not scored, are you asking me to be a deserter?" ”
"General. This is not a deserter, you are the commander of the whole army, and your safety is the most important thing. Sakurada Goro persuaded.
"Immediately gather forces and hold on to Pingcheng with all our might, as long as we hold out for four days, 50,000 reinforcements will be able to arrive, and then we will be able to resist the offensive of the Chinese army at the 38th parallel.
If I evacuate Seoul now, then the soldiers of the Imperial Army on the front line will inevitably be disheartened and their morale will plummet, and it will be impossible for Pyongseong to hold it! Okamura Ninji gritted his teeth.
"General!" Sakurada Goro still wants to persuade again.
was glared at by Okamura Ningji angrily, so he had to nod stupidly.
At this moment, a Japanese communications staff officer ran in in a panic, saluted the two of them, and said: "Your Excellency Commander, no, I just got the news that an army on the west coast in China has successively captured Qingjin, Jichuan and other places in one day, and the front of the army is directed at Hamxing!" ”
"What?" Okamura Ninji and Sakurada Goro's faces changed suddenly when they heard this, and the two hurriedly turned around and walked towards the battle map.
After making a gesture on the map, Okamura Ninji suddenly became furious, turned to the communication staff officer and shouted, "Yagaya Road, why are you still reporting it now?" ”
"General, please calm your anger, the people guarding Qingjin and other places are all the Imperial Cooperative Army, and as soon as the Chinese army arrives at them, they all disarmed and surrendered, and no one has informed us of the battle situation at all.
It wasn't until Yoshikawa, where the Imperial Army was stationed a squadron, that this urgent military situation was reported. ”
Okamura Ninji kicked over a chair with a kick in anger, and asked with anger, "How many troops does the Shina army have?" What about firepower? ”
"In a telegram sent by the Yoshikawa squadron in front of all the jade shatters, the Shina Army has a large number of troops, tens of thousands, and is equipped with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, as well as a powerful artillery unit." The communications staff officer replied with a bowed head.
"Tens of thousands?" Okamura Ninji's face changed drastically.
Sakurada Goro took the opportunity to whisper on the side: "General, the Shina Army is menacing, and we simply have no strong troops on the west coast to stop them.
Judging by their marching routes, their goal is most likely Seoul! ”
The corners of Okamura Ninji's mouth twitched, and finally sighed and said: "Chief of Staff, order the command to immediately evacuate Seoul and transfer to Busan, and at the same time find out to our army in Pingcheng, abandon Pingcheng tonight, and the whole army will hold on to Seoul, no, Seoul can not be defended, the whole army will retreat to Busan, where do we hold on and wait for help!" ”
Sakurada Goro didn't expect Okamura Ninji's attitude to change so quickly, and couldn't help but say, "General, are we going to give up Pyongseong, or even Seoul and most of the Goryeo Peninsula?" ”
Okamura Ninji looked at Sakurada Goro with an idiot and said coldly: "If the Shina army only has the frontal way, then we can still hold on to Seoul, but now there is another enemy army on the west coast." If the defenders of Pingcheng do not retreat, they will be cut off by the enemy and the whole army will be annihilated.
And it won't be long before this partial division of the Chinese army will also expose Seoul to the enemy, so these two places can no longer be defended.
You must know that we do not have air supremacy, let alone effective weapons and equipment that can compete with the tank armored assault forces of the Chinese army. Once you get caught in the back, the results will be catastrophic. ”
"But Your Excellency, General, if our army retreats on all fronts, it is likely to be overtaken by the Chinese army. The retreat turned into a rout. Sakurada Goro said.
Okamura Ninji sighed and said, "Then order the 19th Division and the 9th Division to hold on to Seoul and buy time for the withdrawal of the main force." ”
Sakurada Gorou thought for a while, and finally bowed his head and responded, "Hai! ”
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Xianshui County, the North Route Army has just arrived from Jichuan County, Xianshui County is a larger city on the west coast, with more than 500 devils and more than 3,000 puppet troops stationed in the city.
Regarding the news of the attack of the Northern Route Army, the Japanese puppet army in the city had already received the news, although the puppet army in the city was panicked, but the commander of the devil. Duomenimura Shaozo still gave the order to defend it.
This little force of Duomenjing Village did not hold the field defensive position outside the city without its own strength.
Rather, it directly relies on the defense of the city.
Looking through the binoculars at the Japanese puppet army walking back and forth on the head of the city from time to time to carry ammunition, Gao Chu smiled and said to Du Ting next to him: "Old Du, how long did you say it would take to capture this county?" ”
"I just observed. The strength of the Japanese puppet army in the city is definitely more than one regiment, and it will take three or four hours to drop it. When Du Ting said this, he was already very confident in the strong combat power of his own offensive troops.
Hundreds of tanks and three anti-aircraft artillery regiments formed a firepower that no opponent could match.
The image of the attack on Yoshikawa not long ago still came back to Du Ting's mind. The Japanese puppet army in the city could not hold out for even three hours under the powerful artillery fire of their own side.
Gao Chu smiled and said, "Old Gao, how about we make a bet?" ”
"What bet?" Du Ting asked.
"I bet that our army can completely annihilate the Japanese puppet army in the city within two hours. Take this city, believe it or not? Gao Chu Dao.
"Two hours? Isn't it too short. Du Ting thought about it, there was no harm in winning or losing, and said, "Okay, I'll bet with you!" ”
"It's not enough to just bet, at least you have to have some lottery, right?" Gao Chu said with a wicked smile.
"What lottery?" Du Ting asked puzzled.
"Bet on half a year's military salary, if either of us loses, we will hand over half a year's military salary to each other!" Gao Chu smirked.
"What a boss, the twenty-five oceans you fucking owed me last time haven't been given to Lao Tzu yet, and you pay attention to Lao Tzu's military salary!" Du Ting suddenly said angrily.
Gao Chu smiled and said: "Lao Du, you just say that you don't bet, if you win, Lao Tzu will not only pay you back the twenty-five yuan of ocean that you owe, but also give you half a year's military salary, and never break your promise, what do you think?" ”
"Talking counts?"
"A mouthful of foam and a mouthful of nails!" Gao Chu said seriously.
"Okay, Lao Tzu will bet with you, if you can take this salted egg city within two hours, Lao Tzu doesn't even want the twenty-five yuan you owe me." Du Ting Road.
Gao Chu nodded and shouted to a herald behind him, "Herald, come here." ”
"Yes, Master, please instruct!" The herald hurriedly ran over and stepped forward.
"Order four tank regiments and three air defense regiments to concentrate fire on the south gate of this salted egg city, and bombard it to pieces, and the rest of the troops are all ready to fight, and after the shelling is over, launch a full-scale onslaught!" Gao Chu quickly ordered, their Northern Route Army, plus two tank regiments directly under them, a total of four tank regiments, more than 400 tank fighting vehicles.
"Yes!" The communications soldier responded with a bang and quickly took the order.
In a short time, four tank regiments and three anti-aircraft regiments began to assemble.
The three air defense regiments are the air defense regiments of the divisions of the Independent Tank Armored Corps, equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and 88mm anti-aircraft guns, and their firepower is much stronger than that of the three tank regiments.
Especially the salvo of their 88mm anti-aircraft guns, the huge power, even the city walls can be blasted into smithereens, this is where Gao Chu's confidence lies.
In addition to the three anti-aircraft regiments and four tank regiments, the artillery regiments directly under the two divisions also began to build artillery positions, and a 105mm howitzer was pulled down from the tractor, and the muzzles of the black hole were raised high and aimed at the direction of Saltwater City.
It took more than half an hour for all the attacking troops to be ready.
With Gao Chu's order. Three anti-aircraft regiments, four tank regiments were the first to open fire one after another.
Four hundred 75mm tank guns and dozens of 88mm anti-aircraft guns rained shells at the Japanese fortifications at a rate of thousands of rounds per minute.
Thousands of steel cannonballs rained down on the city walls, and there was an earth-shattering explosion.
Subsequently, two regiments of 105mm howitzers also opened fire.
A cannonball fell on the head of the city, and the entire southern area of Xianshui County quickly turned into a sea of fire.
The Japanese puppet army held on the head of the city was killed and wounded in the raging explosion flow, and the stumps and broken arms of the Japanese puppet army could be seen everywhere.
As the shelling progressed, dozens of 88mm anti-aircraft guns took their rapid-fire superiority and powerful explosive power to the extreme.
Shells rained down on the walls, and the violent explosions that blew the walls into pieces and blew them down.
Looking at the city wall that was ravaged by the dense rain of shells, Du Ting couldn't help but gasp. "Damn, the intensity of this firepower, not to mention a few devils and puppet soldiers, even steel monsters can't fucking stand it.
I have to say that the family base of our Northeast New Army is getting bigger and bigger, and I couldn't have imagined such a scale of intensive artillery bombardment before. ”
"Look at your little bit of interest." Gao Chu was leisurely nibbling on a chicken leg on the side, which was naturally the one that had seized the Goryeo stick, and his mouth was full of oil: "But to be honest." Our firepower is indeed good, and the commander treats us well, and gives us the only three air defense regiments in the whole army, obediently. The firepower and rate of fire of these deflated calves are much stronger than tank guns. ”
Du Ting looked at Gao Chu with some sadness, and secretly complained in his heart, it's over, I'm afraid Lao Tzu's military salary will be lost.
The intensive shelling lasted more than half an hour. Tens of thousands of shells were poured into Saltwater, and later, tank gunners and two howitzer regiments aimed their guns directly at the city.
Because there is really no target to bomb at the South City Gate. There are ruins of collapsed city walls everywhere, and the devils and puppet troops on them have long been wiped out, and even a few hairs can not be found.
Half an hour later, thousands of infantrymen, who had been holding back their strength, suddenly roared and rushed across the south of the city like a tidal wave, heading towards the city.
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The county seat of Andong, the General Headquarters of the Northeast Frontier Army.
Zhang Xinghan was taking a nap, and he didn't sleep all night last night, but he was trapped to death.
Suddenly someone woke him up.
When he opened his eyes tiredly, he saw Jiang Baili standing in front of him with bloodshot eyes, but the smile on his face was very bright.
"Chief of Staff, you didn't go to rest?" Zhang Xinghan rubbed his eyes and sat up.
"I just wanted to go, but suddenly I received good news from the Northern Route Army and the Southern Route Army at the same time, and I couldn't sleep." Jiang Baili said with a smile.
"Good news?" Zhang Xinghan's expression was lifted, and he was completely sleepy, and said, "How is the situation?" ”
"See for yourself." Jiang Baili smiled and gave him the message.
"The Northern Route Army has broken through the saltwater?" Zhang Xinghan looked at the message with uncontrollable joy.
"Well, at the moment they are moving on non-stop." Jiang Baili nodded and said: "Not only the Northern Route Army has reported success, General Wang has also sent good news, Dezhou has been broken by our army, and the remnants of the Japanese army have retreated to Pingcheng, and our army will be able to enter Pingcheng City by tonight at the latest." ”
"Really? Progress so fast? Zhang Xinghan was obviously a little surprised.
"Yes, I originally thought that I would have to defeat Pingcheng tomorrow morning at the earliest, but I didn't expect the troops to advance so fast," Jiang Baili said.
"The Japanese army is so vulnerable, I think it may be that they have no intention of fighting, the reason should be the appearance of the Northern Route Army, so that the devils dare not continue to hold on to Texas." Zhang Xinghan calmed down and analyzed.
"Well, it's quite possible." Jiang Baili said.
As he spoke, Zhang Xinghan had already stood up and walked towards the battle map.
Jiang Baili hurriedly followed, and the two came to the map.
Jiang Baili saw the circle drawn by Zhang Xinghan, and said incomprehensibly: "Commander, what does this mean?" ”
"After taking Pingcheng, we will immediately rush to repair the airfield here so that our air force can use it as a forward base." Zhang Xinghan explained.
"The forward base of the Air Force?" Jiang Baili said puzzledly: "At present, our air force range can basically cover the Goryeo Peninsula, I don't know what you mean by this?" ”
"First, as our army's front continues to advance, the range of fighters taking off from Dalian and other places increases, and the time to reach the front line also increases.
With an advance base in Pingcheng, our air force can arrive at the battlefield within a radius of several hundred kilometers within 10 minutes or even half an hour to provide support.
Second, I predict that the Japanese mainland must have been informed of the news and may be gathering reinforcements to prepare for the Goryeo Peninsula.
And if our army wants to delay the reinforcements of the Japanese army, in addition to attacking coastal ports including Busan, it is best to give the devils a strong medicine, that is, air strikes on the Japanese mainland, such as Kumamoto, Hiroshima and Fukuoka. Zhang Xinghan said.
"Air raids on the Japanese mainland?" Jiang Baili was taken aback by Zhang Xinghan's strategic idea.
"Yes, I don't want to see many results, but it's not hard to imagine how much shock this will have on the whole of Japan!" Zhang Xinghan said.
Jiang Baili thought for a while and said, "Indeed, if our air force can really attack the Japanese mainland, it will inevitably cause a great shock to the Japanese, and the strategic significance is greater than the harvest of the battle!" ”
"As long as we have an air base in Pingcheng, with the range of our fighters and bombers, it is enough." Zhang Xinghan said.
ps: dragging an extremely weak sick body, holding on to the code word 14,000, just to fulfill the promise of constantly changing, a lot of more, and striving to update.
I don't know if the brothers have ever had the experience of vomiting and diarrhea for a whole day and a night, almost to the point of dehydration, and that feeling is really worse than death.
I really want to sleep, there is only one monthly pass today, I am sad, and I hope that my brothers can give me some strength, so that I can continue to work so hard tomorrow, and a single chapter will not be opened, thank you for the autumn wind! (To be continued......)