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Chapter 863: A tooth for a tooth

At ten o'clock in the evening, the artillery behind the defensive position of the squadron rumbled, and dense meteors flashed in the sky, falling to the Japanese positions one after another, making a deafening explosion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The officers and men of the 32nd Army and the 29th Army kept up with the pace of the Anjia Army at an astonishing speed, and the two armies concentrated more than 40 surviving field artillery guns, fearlessly moved forward 3.5 kilometers and launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the Japanese positions together with 48 75 guns and 12 120 heavy artillery pieces belonging to the artillery regiments of the two divisions of the Anjia Army. At the same time, the convoys belonging to the artillery regiments of the 39th and 44th Divisions were also busy all the time, and in addition to supplying their own needs, they also sent truckloads of artillery shells to the artillery positions of friendly troops, so as to ensure that the artillery of friendly troops could fire without interruption within 10 minutes.

The Japanese troops on the front line of Luandong, who had been fighting hard for an afternoon, did not have any preparations for the artillery counterattack of the squadron, whether it was the trenches in front of them or the camp in the rear that fell asleep, all of them were within the scope of artillery fire, and in a blink of an eye, they were blown up by the shells that fell densely like raindrops, and the stumps and broken arms and fragments of flesh and blood were quickly spread on the ground.

The reason why the Chinese defenders were caught off guard by the sudden large-scale offensive this afternoon was that the negotiations between the Chinese and Japanese governments were being held in Shanghai and Beiping at the same time, and there was a fierce quarrel at the armistice talks held in Shanghai in the morning, and Chinese Foreign Minister Luo Wengan insisted that the Japanese troops must withdraw beyond the Great Wall. and to see this condition as a precondition for armistice negotiations.

The Japanese consul general in Shanghai, military attaché, and others in charge of the negotiations rejected it outright, and regarded this condition as a contempt for the Japanese Empire.

In order to reverse the economic situation in the country, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, the Japanese cabinet wants to quickly reach a peace agreement, and after consulting with the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese army, it has demanded that the armed forces put the overall situation first, and not to damage the tremendous results and the excellent situation that have already been achieved because of momentary anger and the gains and losses of an inch of land; the domestic economy has long been overwhelmed, and being able to occupy China's territory outside the customs is already a huge victory, and there is absolutely no need to make extraneous troubles.

Although the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Army was dissatisfied with the cabinet's insistence on seeking peace, it believed that the cabinet's decision to armistice did not fully take into account the position and honor of the army, and that the reason why the military agreed to the armistice was entirely because of the emperor's will, and the pressure caused by the rapid deterioration of the Japanese economy was secondary.

However, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters had already publicly and explicitly promised to put the overall situation first, obey the emperor's will, and cooperate with the armistice negotiations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so the commission was resolute and had to call the Kwantung Army Headquarters to ask whether it would be possible to gradually withdraw from the Great Wall on the premise that the strategic objectives had been achieved.

The Kwantung Army, which had just broken through the defense line of the Great Wall with all its might a few days ago, was in a period of excitement of complacency and arrogance, and the ambitions of all the officers and men of the whole army were bursting with ambition under the great victory, and they stubbornly believed that the reason why the Cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs firmly grasped the initiative in the armistice negotiations was entirely the result of the heroic Kwantung Army's resolute and resolute military action, and that the whole army wanted to rest for a few days and then replenish the pursuit of the victory, and to fight to the cities of Beiping and Tianjin in one go, and even if the troops were withdrawn again, it would not affect the honor and glory of the Kwantung Army.

Therefore, after the Kwantung Army Headquarters received an urgent telegram from the General Staff Headquarters, the generals not only did not have the slightest intention of compromise, but were greatly dissatisfied with the submission and concession of the General Staff Headquarters, and asked the commander General Muto Nobuyoshi to issue an order to immediately launch a fierce attack on the "squadron that has lost morale and internal contradictions", and with an indomitable momentum, crush the last line of defense that the squadron has no danger to defend, so as to shatter the last bit of confidence of the squadron and achieve the ultimate goal of this battle. The most satisfactory way is to end this unprecedented entry operation.

Muto Nobuyoshi hesitated at first, knowing full well that after fighting the Great Wall with all his might, the Kwantung Army had reached the limit of what it could bear. As a result of the continuous war over the past few months, the various units of the Kwantung Army have consumed enormous sums, serious logistical supply problems have appeared, a large amount of fuel consumed by the planes has not been replenished in a timely manner, and the aerial bombs of several hundred yuan and the ammunition of aviation machine guns of several tens of yuan each have almost been exhausted, and it is difficult for the ground troops to keep up with the various ammunition and weapons needed for them in a short period of time, and it has reached the point where they are stretched to the point where they are stretched to the limit.

Under such an extremely difficult situation, it is already very remarkable that we have been able to achieve such outstanding results and make satisfactory progress, and if we continue to fight by force, it is very likely that there will be huge losses in terms of troops, and even a partial collapse will bring about a global defeat.

However, in the face of the strong desire of the generals to fight, under the watchful eyes of a pair of eager eyes, Muto Nobuyoshi considered it again and again, and still agreed to the request of the generals, and decided to suddenly launch a large-scale attack on the whole line when the squadron was in the waiting period for armistice negotiations, even if it could not break the defense line of the squadron, it could also deter the Chinese government and local warlords, and win more advantages for the negotiators of the Japanese government.

There is another important reason why Muto Nobuyoshi did not make it clear, that is, with the arrival of reinforcements from the An Family, the ratio of forces on the battlefield will change dramatically, plus An Yi, who dares to fight and dare to fight, is definitely not the kind of person who is willing to fail, as long as his main forces arrive at the battlefield, it is likely that he will attack the Kwantung Army with all his might.

With the usual brave fighting style of the An Jia Army, even if the Kwantung Army does not fall behind, it will not get much bargain at that time, but it may be because of the unrelenting and entangled madness of the An Jia Army, there will be a large amount of troop consumption, so that the Kwantung Army, which could not get rear reinforcements in a short period of time, finally had to retreat and retreat to the north of the Great Wall.

Therefore, instead of passively defending, it is better to take advantage of the paralysis of the squadron's hopes for armistice negotiations in the two days when the next three divisions of the Anjia Army have not yet arrived, and suddenly launch a large-scale attack. As long as the defenders' positions are broken, the squadron with a large number of battle losses will inevitably choose to retreat, and even if all five divisions of the Anjia Army come up, they can only take a defensive position at most, and the two sides will form a confrontation, which will not have much impact on the Kwantung Army.

Taking a step back, even if the defenders' positions cannot be defeated, they can destroy a large number of the defenders' vital forces through a surprise and swift blow, which will have a greater deterrent and pressure on the squadron and the government.

Muto Nobuyoshi took almost all the factors into account, and the only thing he didn't expect was An Yi's determination and decisiveness, which was far beyond ordinary people, and he didn't expect the iron-blooded spirit and eager enthusiasm to serve the country in the bones of the soldiers of An Jiajun.

This army, which is absolutely unwilling to suffer losses in doing anything, has traveled thousands of miles to the north day and night, with a very clear purpose, that is, to fight desperately with the barbaric and cruel Japanese invaders, and through today's sudden attack by the Japanese army, the Anjia army feels that they have been deceived and insulted, and they must not forgive the weakness and incompetence of the main peace faction, and the sudden attack of the Japanese army during the armistice negotiations, not to mention that this is on the sacred Chinese soil, the Japanese army broke the towering Great Wall to the soldiers of the Anjia army, and brought great suffering to the people. The chests and abdomen of thousands of soldiers have already been filled, and they urgently need to fight fiercely to vent their anger and grievances.

Therefore, after seven minutes of shelling, the 25,000 soldiers of the well-trained and incomparably brave An Jia Army launched a fierce charge, and the raging flames in front of them became their guiding light, rolling up the smoke that enveloped the earth, and became their best cover. Before the sound of artillery stopped, 25,000 soldiers followed the 20 wheeled armored fighting vehicles and 23 air defense fighting vehicles that were rumbling in, and quickly advanced more than 300 meters.

When the earth-shattering artillery sound stopped, the twin high-level guns on the 23 anti-aircraft artillery trucks spewed out a string of tongues of fire, easily destroying the Japanese fire points one by one, and the armored combat vehicles were in the forefront, approaching the enemy trenches with an indomitable momentum, and finally stopped at the edge of the trenches and suppressed the enemy's fire with rapid-fire guns and machine guns on the front of the vehicles.

The soldiers who broke into the enemy's position immediately after the chariot screamed and roared like thunder, and the Japanese army did not expect that the squadron with heavy losses dared to take the initiative to attack, and unprepared, ushered in a helpless and crazy slaughter.

Everywhere the fierce and ruthless officers and men of the Anjia Army went, the guns were constantly fired, flesh and blood were flying, and the unique way of killing the enemy with submachine guns, pistols and bayonets after hand-to-hand combat made the Japanese troops who had not yet organized suffer a lot, and the explosion of grenades one after another, and the strafing of dense bullets one after another, did not stop from the moment the two armies met, and in just half an hour, the 36th Brigade of the Sixth Division on the right flank position of the Japanese army was annihilated by the Anjia Army, which was more than twice the strength of the army.

The 20,000 officers and soldiers of the adjacent 29th Army showed their broadswords, and the officers and men of the Anjia Army fearlessly stepped on the landing point of the shells, surging out, and stepped on the Japanese position and began a tragic hand-to-hand fight.

Although the Jin Sui army on the southern position is famous for its good defense, it is not necessarily inferior to the brothers of the Northwest Army in the attack, they are as smart as the soldiers of the Anjia Army, and all the machine guns and pistols are concentrated at the front of the charging team, as soon as they set foot on the Japanese position, they will kill a bloody road with dense firepower, tens of thousands of soldiers who follow up with grenades and shell guns to eliminate all the targets they see, one by one the Japanese soldiers who are still struggling failed to stand firm, sharp bayonets stabbed with them, and the whole position wailed, The screams and sorrows were endless, only to kill the stars and moons, and the heavens and the earth were discolored.

At the rear of the position, An Yi, Song Zheyuan, Shang Zhen, and other generals who were chasing the team in more than a dozen jeeps were extremely calm and calm, and every time they stopped, they issued orders to their own troops one by one, and the command post headquarters launched non-stop strikes in the most effective and direct way.

The convoy stopped at the starting point of the attack, and Liu Ruming jumped out of the jeep, yelled a few times, stood on the mound in front of the side, and looked ahead. After a while, he took the telephone handwritten from the signal soldier panting, and shouted loudly: "Brother Zhuge...... Brother Zhuge ...... Holy shit, why is there no sound on the phone? Yes? You can't even connect a line, why are you eating? ”

The signal corps hurriedly flashed to the side and looked behind him, for fear that the brother who was pulling the string would not be able to keep up with him and the conversation would not be smooth.

He Zhuguo's voice came from the microphone: "Who? Who are you scolding, uncle? ”

Liu Ruming, who was staring at the signal corps, hurriedly turned around, approached the microphone and laughed loudly: "Haha! Brother Zhu Ge, the younger brother is Liu Ruming, how is the progress on your side? Why don't you see your artillery fire extended? ”

"Go, go, where am I as rich as you, a dozen small cannons have a range of 4.5 kilometers, and if you shoot a few cannons, you have to push forward, otherwise you can't keep up with the speed of the infantry...... Grandma's, this battle was fought, and I was in a hurry and didn't prepare, and I had to attack hard-headed when I saw that there was a lively fight on your side, and there were more than 13,000 brothers who didn't have a few people to replenish ammunition, but fortunately it went surprisingly well, otherwise I really don't know how to clean it up...... By the way, why didn't you let me know sooner? Didn't you say that we would advance and retreat together from today? Yes? He Zhuguo's bright voice revealed a little dissatisfaction.

Liu Ruming laughed heartily: "Aren't we advancing and retreating together now?" Ha ha! Brother Zhuge, don't blame the younger brother, the initiator is not our 29th Army, nor Brother Qiyu's 32nd Army, but Brother An Yi's two divisions, they all rushed forward regardless of life and death, can we watch from the side? I didn't expect that little Japan looked fierce on the surface, and they couldn't really fight, didn't they be defeated backwards like we drove ducks? ”

He Zhuguo paused obviously: "I think you are carried away by victory, right?" The officers and men of the Anjia Army were well-equipped and brave in battle, especially good at night fighting, and it was their rapid breakthrough that did not fear death and caused chaos on the entire front of the Japanese army that we fought so smoothly.

"General An's resourcefulness and decisiveness are even more admirable, he seized the fighter plane as soon as he came up, and also gave the invincible little Japan a surprise, this battle was fought so easily and beautifully! However, only Brother An Yi has the capital to fight such a battle, and if we change it, even if we see the opportunity, we are powerless! ”

"Haha! That's right, Brother Qiyu and Brother Song have the same thing as Brother Zhuge's heroes! Okay, let's not talk about it, the little brother has to take the opportunity to take two brigades to rush to Xifengkou, see you later! ”

"Wait! Little Japan withdrew from the Xifengkou line so quickly? But even if you regain Xifengkou, there is no one to protect your flank in the east, and you are still dumplings by the Japanese army? ”

"Don't worry, Brother An promised to send his tiger general Xia Jian to lead the thirty-ninth division to help me guard it, and there will be no problems......"