Chapter 156, South to South
It's far from over.
Now Anqing, all the Japanese troops are inside, and there are not many people in the ruins.
In Qianshan County, which is more than 40 kilometers away from Anqing, the B-4 howitzer erected its barrel, and when firing the bottom shell, the super large range is enough for it to hit and cover the entire Anqing.
"The fifth regiment, the sixth regiment, and the armored regiment have completely withdrawn from Anqing, and the Japanese army has not pursued."
"Order, target Anqing, open fire!"
When the order was given, the B-4 howitzer immediately fired, and the huge recoil, if it weren't for the big hoe that was twice as long as the B-4 base, the recoil of one shot would have made the B-4 with a "fluttering" base turn over several heels, and then fall apart and return to the state of parts.
The shell flew into the sky at a speed of 607 km/h, and the brilliant trajectory looked like a meteor at night, and it was also a meteor shower.
"Brother Wang, look, meteor shower, it is said that Trane made a wish under the meteor shower, let's make a wish!" A shy girl pulled a strong man and said excitedly.
"Yes, yes." The man's shyness responded.
The shell flew in the air for more than a minute, and the trajectory had already deviated, and the first shell exploded three miles outside the city of Anqing, emitting a dazzling light, alarming the exhausted Japanese troops. Countless shells pulled a long trajectory and fell outside the city of Anqing.
"Shelling, run!" At this time, the Japanese army didn't care about anything, yelled and screamed, and then was sent home by the shells that fell down.
The Japanese command, which was originally immersed in the joy of recapturing Anqingxi, was stunned by the next news, and the entire Anqing turned into a sea of fire, full of ruins, and the Japanese troops who attacked Anqing were almost killed and wounded, and the reason for all this was the handiwork of the withdrawn 250th Division.
Nearly 100 tons of 203mm grenades fell in Anqing, turning Anqing into ruins, and the Japanese troops in Anqing, who had no time to escape, were all killed in Anqing.
"Eight Tooth Road." Nanjing, the leader of this counteroffensive battle, Matsui Ishine, was furious, and smashed everything he saw with his eyes. Tens of thousands of Japanese troops, before they had time to enjoy the joy of victory, all died, and they lost so much combat power at once that he almost vomited blood. "The 41st Group Army, Lu Qiang, we, don't share the sky." Matsui Ishone gritted his teeth.
Lu Qiang was very satisfied with his hand, although he destroyed the entire city and some people who were unwilling to escape, but he was able to kill tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, and also blew up some advanced equipment, leaving only a ruins of Anqing for the Japanese army.
In fact, with the combat effectiveness of the 250th Division, it can still be slammed down, as long as the strength is shrunk and the firepower is hit, it can block the Japanese attack.
However, although it can be blocked for a while, once the Japanese army encircles the entire Anqing and cuts off all supply lines, then it will be troublesome, if a large number of anti-aircraft weapons are deployed, so that the transport planes cannot be airdropped, only relying on Lu Qiang's war points can hold out for a week at most. Moreover, this time the Japanese army can be said to have the mentality that if they don't succeed, they will become benevolent, so Lu Qiang decisively didn't want Anqing, anyway, he can attack a lot of targets.
Leaving a relatively complete brigade stationed in Yueyang County, the remaining team will be replenished in Dawang Village, and the Anqing First Battle ended here.
The Japanese side is also sweating profusely, if they fail to take Anqing this time, in two more days, the troops on the front line will have to gnaw the bark, after all, the supply of the front depends on the Yangtze River. Moreover, Nanjing, the capital of the People's Party, was also threatened, and once the 41st Group Army was given the opportunity to take back Nanjing, the consequences would be unimaginable. On the one hand, it greatly encouraged the determination of the Chinese people to resist the war, and on the other hand, the left-wingers in China were bound to demand an armistice, which was also a heavy blow to the militarist Japan.
Anyway, Anqing is recovered, and Nanjing is safe, of course, this is only temporary, and no one knows when someone will get nervous to fight Anqing again.
Two days after Lu Qiang withdrew his troops, an incident that shocked the world broke out in the north, and the Japanese puppet army in the east, the Manchurian army, the North China Front army and other Japanese troops suddenly attacked Outer Mongolia.
At the end of May, the grass grows in Outer Mongolia and the eagles fly, and the cattle and sheep are flocked. At this time, an uninvited guest broke in, and then a conflict broke out in the Normenheim area, which lasted until September.
In order to plan to go north, in addition to the troops in the north, the Japanese army was also being transferred from the south one after another, except for the Japanese army in East China who was heavily assembled in Anqing, as well as the Japanese army on the front line, other places were more or less withdrawn. But even so, in the face of a huge army of hairy bears, it is still not enough.
The main forces of the battle were the 23rd Division, the C Division, the division commander Komatsubara Michitaro, and part of the 7th Division, and the others were the 8th National Border Garrison, the Manchurian Xing'an Cavalry Division, etc.
However, there are many troops on the Mao Xiong side, including the 57th Division, the 82nd Division, the 36th Motor Division, the 1st Regiment of the 152nd Division, the 5th Machine Gun Brigade, the 8th Mongolian Cavalry Division, the 6th Division (regimental establishment), etc., as well as a large number of armored units. Compared with the two tank wings of the Japanese army, they were nothing more than tractors with iron sheets, with slow speed, low power, and thin skin and large filling, and they were not at all the opponents of the woolly bear tanks.
On the 27th, the Japanese army launched an attack on Mao Xiong and the Mongolian army, although the cavalry wing of the 23rd Division and the heavy armored vehicle unit outflanked the Mongolian army headquarters, but was soon surrounded by Soviet tanks, as soon as they fought, the Kwantung Army tasted the power of the Soviet army, the Japanese army's heavy armored vehicles were not much thicker than the iron cans, and they were not the opponents of the Soviet tanks at all, one hole at all, and the Japanese army advocated infantry and tan coordination, so the speed of the tanks was very slow, as long as the small artillery could support the infantry, the armor only needed to block the bullets, Therefore, the tanks of the Japanese army were all thin-skinned and large-filled. Although now stimulated by Lu Qiang, new tanks have been developed, but the tanks that have been equipped have to continue to be used.
The Japanese cavalry was helpless in the face of Soviet tanks, so they had to desperately brandish their sabers and chop their armor with a chaotic sound. Mao Xiong's 1 Spitfire tank company and armored vehicle battalion easily annihilated the Japanese fast force. The Japanese troops attacking frontally were not much better, and after experiencing the dense artillery fire of the woolly bears, they realized the power of a salvo of a thousand cannons, and were beaten to the point that they lost their armor and damaged more than half of them, and withdrew to Hailar in disgrace.
The Kwantung Army rubbed their fists for a long time, but they didn't expect to come up and eat a heartwarming fist, Lieutenant General Komatsubara Michitaro only felt afraid for a rash attack, so he had to treat the funeral as a happy event, and quietly swallowed this bitter fruit and prepared to fight again. This is the first conflict. Then on June 20, the second clash continued with the Japanese troops in full armor.
On the other hand, due to the conflict in the north, the center of gravity of the Japanese army began to shift to the north, and the plan of the "Imperial Defense Policy" proposed in 36 was implemented.
Lu Qiang grinned at the Japanese army's sudden ass stroke, this little devil is really looking for death, fighting a naval battle with a hairy bear or not fighting in the territory of the hairy bear, fighting at the border of the hairy bear, it is simply looking for death.
In late June, the Japanese army reorganized its troops to fight again in Nomenhan, and Lu Qiang also reorganized its troops to fight again, and the strategic plan was to move south, and the 251st Division stationed in Nanchang would attack Guangdong.
Jiangxi is a hilly area, and it has the name of "the land of fish and rice", which shows that Jiangxi's water network is developed, and for tanks, it is troublesome, 59 also has more than 30 tons, and the total weight of the battle is nearly 40 tons.
According to the battle plan, the offensive route of the 251st Division was to attack directly to Ji'an, then enter Ganzhou, and finally enter the territory of Guangdong. And there are not too many Japanese troops along the way, and the three divisions that besieged Nanchang before each returned to their nests to lick their wounds, but to prevent the Japanese army from sneaking up, it is still necessary to leave some people to guard Nanchang.
Early in the morning, planes took off from the airfield, bombed targets, and then the 251st Division attacked.
The 251st Division's attack without warning made the Japanese soldiers panic a little, and they did not immediately organize troops to block the offensive pace of the 251st Division.
Although the 251st Division is an infantry division, it does not mean that it has no armor and firepower. Their combat vehicles were armed mainly with modified jeeps, a small number of 59, and a large number of infantry fighting vehicles. There are no 203mm and 152mm guns, and other guns are equipped, and they are more equipped with recoilless guns and 107 rocket launchers. With such firepower alone, the Japanese army was a little overwhelmed. Moreover, there are five masters who appear in the sky anytime and anywhere, and B-45 occasionally comes to visit, and the Japanese army is even more miserable.
Ji'an, as the primary target, was hit by the open space at the beginning, although the 251st Division was not blocked by the Japanese army, but at this moment Ji'an, the remnants of the ridge and the wall, most of the Japanese troops who were defending were buried under the rubble.
The 251st Division, which was blocked by the Japanese army in the Xingan area, was delayed for a while when it went down to Fengcheng, resulting in the completion of the Japanese army's assembly. Because it was attacking along the banks of the river, and Xingan was a county town by the river, the Japanese army naturally defended the city and tried its best to block the southward movement of the 251st Division. At the same time, those three divisions and regiments who went back to Laowo to lick their wounds got the rescue telegram, hurriedly assembled their troops, and waved their troops towards Nanchang, with the intention of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and at the same time venting this evil breath of throwing their armor and unloading their armor in Nanchang.
After resisting for an hour, the 251st Division announced that it had recovered Xingan County, and then continued to advance, not caring at all about the Japanese army going to fight Nanchang and cutting his logistics.
The blades of the B-45's turbine spun rapidly, carrying it forward. There were a total of five B-45s in the sky, and their target was the three divisions of the Japanese army attacking Nanchang. The intentions of these three divisions naturally could not be concealed from the 251st Division, and as early as before they went south, they sent people to keep an eye on these three divisions and report their every move, so as soon as the three divisions moved, the airfield took off the B-45 and carried out a covering bombing on them.