The Iron Ox half-track armored car is actually a very simple transport vehicle of design. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In the process of development, due to the influence of the chassis of the No. 2 tank, this vehicle was finalized as a platform that could be converted into a variety of weapons and equipment. One of the largest modifications of this type of armored vehicle is the oversized armored command vehicle known as the Bastion.

Unlike the battalion and regimental armoured command vehicles, this professional armoured command vehicle has three sets of independent high-power antennas to provide signals for a variety of different radio equipment. In addition, the armored vehicle, which has been lengthened and raised, also tows a diesel generator vehicle to provide more reliable and abundant power for its own equipment.

Because of the wider body, more electrical appliances are arranged inside, and there are special seats for the commander, and even a separate commander's lounge is separated. This kind of command vehicle is widely used in the command of armored forces at the division level, and is used as a mobile command center.

However, the command headquarters of the Ming Empire's group army level was modified from another system. When containers began to secretly spread within the Ming Empire, the military procured a flatbed trailer specifically designed to transport containers.

Containers are placed on such trailers, windows are opened and more antennas are installed, more seats and benches are arranged, enough high-power radios are calmly installed, and air conditioners and generator sets can even be installed above the containers - this command vehicle is officially named "giant fortress", and soldiers affectionately call it "RV".

It is indeed an RV, Zhang Jianjun is lying in the shaking giant fortress at this moment, feeling the movement of the car on the bumpy road. There is his room in the container, and the size is not bad. It's quite comfortable to have a bed covered with futon and a small safe that doubles as a bedside table when you're on the road.

In this private room, he even has a small bookshelf welded to the wall of the shipping container, as well as a writing desk that can be folded down with a cup of tea if he can.

Sitting up from the bed, Zhang Jianjun knew that during the hour of his journey, he took a nap because of exhaustion. Stretching out his hands and rubbing them vigorously on his face, the commander of the 1st Army walked out of his room and came to the back half of the container full of equipment and maps.

"Where is the 1st Janissary Panzer Division in the vanguard?" Scratching his hair, he asked the chief of staff who was guarding the telegraph, who raised his head, stood on the rocking car and saluted, and then replied: "An armored battalion has rushed to the outskirts of Turtle City, and the Japanese army obviously knows that they will not be able to escape from our encirclement, so they have set up a defensive line near Turtle City and are ready to resist stubbornly." ”

"Turtle City? Is there any special report from the intelligence department about Turtle City? Immediately take it out and analyze it carefully, and see how large the defense system arranged by the Japanese army in Guicheng is. When Zhang Jianjun heard that the Japanese army had stopped retreating, he put on a look of fighting to the death, frowned, and asked about the news of Turtle City.

"General, the defense system of Turtle City is not perfect, and a month ago, the defense system here was only a part of the outer barracks stationed in the cantonment area. It has been strengthened in the last two weeks, but only to the extent of simple trenches. The chief of staff had apparently checked the information about the defenders of Turtle City and replied confidently.

Because of the lack of materials, it is impossible for the Japanese army to build the permanent fortifications to such a rear position in Guicheng, which can be said to be a rear material transfer station, or a barracks and a transportation hub, but it is not a well-guarded fortress.

When the advance troops of the Japanese 2nd Army arrived at Turtle City, they were shocked by the tragic situation here. The streets are littered with wreckage and craters from the bombing, the train station has been razed to the ground, thousands of wounded civilians are waiting to be helped, and the city is filled with fire sirens and a chaotic pot of defenders.

Thousands of tons of various materials hoarded in warehouses were blown up, and not one in ten salvaged items was saved. From time to time, explosions from burning sounded in the city, and people kneeling beside the corpses of their loved ones and weeping everywhere -- the Ming bombardment was very effective, and the locals and the Japanese army, who had little knowledge of air defense, paid a heavy price.

It was not because the Japanese 2nd Army felt that there was still a need to defend here, and chose to defend here, the main reason was that the remaining troops of the 5th Division behind their palace were caught up by the advance of the Ming army.

In the end, the Japanese army had to try out the method of breaking the wrist of the strong man again to solve the forward troops of the Ming army that had caught up. A brigade of the 5th Division, as well as the divisional headquarters, were left behind and ordered to hold on to Turtle City to buy more time for the remaining units of the 2nd Army to retreat back.

And on the periphery of Turtle City, looking coldly at the Japanese soldiers who were desperately digging trenches and the local conscripted civilians in the eyepieces, Fan Ming sneered and then turned sideways and said to the company commander of the reconnaissance force next to him: "I really plan to resist here." ”

"There are not many heavy weapons, they lost almost half of their family along the way, and now these Japanese soldiers are less than 10,000 people, and the prisoners just captured confirmed that they are the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, and the division commander is called Nakamura Shigeru. The other captives were unclear and did not know exactly how many there were in Turtle City. A company commander of the reconnaissance unit leaned against the mound of earth and replied to Fan Ming.

The forward unit of the Ming army, which was in charge of reconnaissance, accidentally crashed into a village where the Japanese rearguard troops were stationed on the outskirts of Guicheng, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides. The Ming army was almost surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese at one point, but later Fan Ming's armored battalion arrived to relieve the siege and killed about 200 or so Japanese soldiers.

It was this fierce battle that made the Japanese realize that they could not get rid of the pursuit of the Ming army, so they deployed positions in Guicheng, leaving the 5th Division to buy time for the other Japanese troops. At present, there are 30,000 troops in Guicheng, including the Korean Cooperative Defense Force and the Japanese Kamecheng garrison, all of which are assigned to the 5th Division to defend Guicheng.

These forces appear to be abundant, but at least 12,000 men are not capable of fighting at all. And no one knows how determined the remaining Japanese troops were to die in Turtle City. The remaining troops of less than 20,000 people were actually the entire main force of the Japanese army defending Turtle City. (To be continued.) )