Chapter 174: Breakout Battle

Circling around, Bai Zhai did not forget his original intention, he called to the ground troops through the wireless intercom: "I am the No. 04 fighter of the Air Force, do you need support?" ”

"The 1st Armored Battalion of the Armored Brigade does not need air force support for the time being, thank you for your kindness!" The sound of sneering and pulling was not clear, and the rumbling sound of the chariot came into Bai Zhai's ears, and Bai Zhai, who was rejected, did not feel much embarrassment, other people's chariots were not as windy as their own planes, but they were equally shocking.

Unwilling to return empty-handed, Bai Zhai pulled up the fighter slightly, and the two Makqin machine guns 7.92 mm fixed machine guns in front of the cockpit were aimed at a Japanese army gathering place, and suddenly ploughed out two deep trenches, the smoke and dust on the ground dispersed, dozens of Japanese soldiers were knocked to the ground, and the rest of the people scattered in all directions.

Bai Zhai pouted, such a battle is not a victory, just like a strong man bullying a child who can just walk, no one will have a sense of accomplishment! Oh my God, let the enemy equip the plane and shoot yourself!

With the arrival of information from the front, the Japanese troops in the rear began to enter the position and wait for the battle, and the scattered comrades-in-arms looked like they were scattered, muttering monsters and steel monsters in their mouths! The commander received initial information and took care of the routers, but the increasing number of defeated Japanese troops also caused an impact on the existing positions, and the commander had to ask the soldiers who entered the positions to assist in the diversion of these routed troops. As a result, both the defense of the positions and the morale of the soldiers were hit.

As for the monsters in the mouths of the defeated soldiers, the commander attaches great importance to them, and they all know that the enemy's new weapons are emerging in an endless stream, airships, airplanes, super battleships, and now it is not surprising that steel monsters have appeared on land. When he actually saw it, it was a different look, and the commander who pretended to be calm couldn't stop trembling.

At this time, the gap between the Easterners and the Westerners was evident, and the German soldiers saw the British tanks for the first time during World War I. However, on the battlefield of Kyushu, the prepared Japanese army was instead aroused by the Chinese tanks. The commander roared, drew his katana, and rushed towards the armored troops, the soldiers behind him shouting "Serve the Emperor!" Banzai! The slogan launched a decisive attack.

Therefore, when people are desperate, they either either break down, or go insane and act incredible. The onslaught of the Japanese soldiers seemed incomprehensible to Westerners, but Easterners saw it as a sign of bravery. It is shameful to flee without a fight. And this cultural characteristic is infinitely magnified in the Japanese, the most obvious is suicide by caesarean section, not even taking their own lives seriously, let alone sacrificing for victory, maybe the Japanese soldiers are happy at the moment of death.

In order to express his admiration for the Japanese, He Guangsha ordered the maximum horsepower and firepower to be turned on, leaving no one behind. At this time, tank guns were useless, and armored units were disconnected from the infantry. But the Japanese charged straight and straight, turning the battle of the armored forces into a strafing game. Until the machine gun runs out of ammunition, the Heavy can continue to enjoy target shooting.

The good times did not last long, the rapid impact of the armored brigade and the tactics of ignoring the friendly forces were finally forced to stop, and the Japanese tactics of crowds were once again in full swing, and the two armored battalions and brigades of the 1st Armored Brigade became three disconnected battlefields, all of which were surrounded by the swarming Japanese, so that the tracks of the tanks would be clogged with flesh and blood, and the ammunition for the machine guns would be consumed. Tank shells will run out, and the first appearance of the armored forces will end in a shameful defeat.

The tracks of three tanks of the 1st Panzer Battalion were blown off by Japanese explosives packs. The Japanese advanced very quickly and quickly found the weak point of the tank, so it was easy to fall into a siege when the armored units were separated from the infantry coordination, especially when facing such a crazy force as the Japanese army. According to the situation on the battlefield and the order to wait for infantry support in the rear, He Guangsha ordered the armored battalion combat vehicles to surround the three destroyed combat vehicles to form a circular position with a diameter of more than 100 meters. Use tanks and tanks as obstacles, and attack externally with machine guns and tank guns.

The Japanese man-sea tactics were frantically attacked when they entered the two hundred meters range of the armored forces, and few people could rush through this distance. Some of the armored corps used submachine guns and used combat vehicles as cover to shoot, mainly against the Japanese troops who were lucky enough to rush to the position.

"Each vehicle reports on the consumption of ammunition." A three-point shot was fired at a Japanese soldier who was approaching. He Guangsha lay on the chariot and commanded through the radio.

"The No. 4 car ran out of high-explosive shells, and the machine gun ammunition was less than a third."

"Car No. 5 has only machine gun ammunition left, and three bullet chains."

"The track of the second car was broken, it could not move forward, and the ammunition was basically exhausted."

The ammunition situation reported one after another made He Guangsha feel that he could not be consumed like this anymore, and at this moment, He Guangsha received an order from the brigade headquarters to move closer to him. The 1st Armored Battalion, the 2nd Armored Battalion, and the Brigade Headquarters were surrounded by the Japanese troops respectively, but the Brigade Headquarters was the least under pressure. One is because they have fewer tanks and are considered secondary targets. Rather, it is because the brigade headquarters has more hierarchical combat units, including panzergrenadier regiments, motorized artillery battalions, engineer battalions, and so on. The brigade headquarters hoped that after the two armored battalions and the brigade headquarters converged, their forces would be added to resist the siege of the Japanese army and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

After having to give up the three chariots with destroyed tracks, the first armored battalion started and slowly moved closer to the brigade headquarters, and He Guangsha, who was lying on the top of the chariots, could clearly hear the sound of the chariot's tracks pressing against the ground, he knew that it was because there were too many Japanese corpses on the ground, and the sound of broken flesh and bones was made, so try not to think about it and listen to it!

After receiving the request for help from the armored brigade, the headquarters of the group army immediately ordered the marines, who had many grievances, to move closer to the armored brigade and ordered the air force to support. Armored forces are the president's favorite and must not be lost on the battlefield!

First of all, the air force fighter group with super mobility ability, under the strafing again and again, the pressure of the armored troops was greatly reduced, and then the bomber group, around the three encirclements, the Japanese troops were amazingly dense, which also made the bombs play the greatest effect.

From majestic to encircled and then supported, He Guangsha has experienced great ups and downs in a short period of time, looking at the cute plane overhead, he wiped the beads of sweat on his black face, and held it up, the armored forces on the battlefield are not omnipotent, and no one can be underestimated!

Although the offensive of the armored brigade was temporarily blocked, on the whole, the offensive of the Chinese Kyushu Group Army was relatively smooth, and the first and second armies on both flanks were attacking more fiercely and with stronger firepower. The 2nd Division of the 2nd Army formed a solid defensive line in the Wumu area, and the simple individual fortifications with powerful firepower made the Japanese troops who tried to desperately break out of the encirclement return in vain, and the flood hit the embankment, and under this huge encirclement, the fate of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops was already doomed.

Army motorized infantry attacking from both flanks showed a more powerful offensive capability than armored units, as the armored brigades attracted most of the attention of the Japanese troops, leaving the land forces on both flanks less hampered. They successively captured the Kobayashi and Suki areas, squeezing into the center of the Japanese army.

As time went on, the Japanese resistance became more resolute and organized, and the mobilized temporary brigades launched a crowd offensive against the Chinese army in the absence of weapons and ammunition, which did not look like the encircled side.

This is exactly the calculation of Major General Takasaki, who still has a trump card in his hand that he has not used, that is, the 14th Division. The previous attacks had always been the cannon fodder of the temporary brigades, and the dead and wounded were all those people, and it was also those temporary brigades that besieged the enemy's armored forces and resisted the attacks on both flanks, but the most elite 14th Division stayed near the Japanese base camp of Renji and did not suffer much losses.

The order from Tokyo demanded that Takasaki should take the 14th Division out in its entirety no matter what, and the loss of more than 100,000 mobilized soldiers in exchange for the survival of a standing division was worth making. Now that the temporary brigade has attracted most of the attention of the Chinese army, the breakout battle of the 14th Division is about to begin, and the location of the breakout is selected in the Simira area northeast of Hitoyoshi.

According to intelligence, there are units of an infantry regiment of the Chinese army in the Similian area, but there are more troops on both sides that can be close to support at any time, so if you want to break through, you must do it as quickly as possible!

The order from the headquarters of the Kyushu Army to rescue the 1st Armored Brigade gave Takasaki the best opportunity, and the troops on both flanks of the Chinese army moved closer to the armored brigade, causing the forces on the other encirclements to be thinned.

The army group ignored Takasaki's 14th Division and the Japanese army's determination to break through the encirclement, and their frantic attack and the failure of the Gogi breakthrough made the army headquarters mistakenly believe that the enemy was going to fight to the death in the encirclement. However, Major General Takasaki also ignored a strategic advantage of the Chinese army, that is, reconnaissance!

The sky on the battlefield was ruled by the Chinese army, and the group army never relaxed its reconnaissance of the battlefield. After the formation led by Captain Bai Zhai returned to the field airfield, the logistics personnel immediately refueled, repaired, and loaded the fighters, and half an hour later, Bai Zhai had to fly into the blue sky with the formation, which means that Bai Zhai had almost no time to rest. But he thinks that he is still much luckier, because he does not have to worry about the aircraft being attacked in the sky, and the safety of the pilots is guaranteed to the greatest extent, but the brothers on the ground are different, he knows the madness of the Japanese army, and he also knows the hardships of the army brothers. (To be continued.) )