On the west coast of the Pacific, May in China was also fruitful. With the efforts of a large number of materials, construction machinery, and labor, the Hawaiian Islands, Midway, Wake Island, Guam, and other key islands were covered with airfields, permanent fortifications, and pillboxes, making them fortified. There are also large sea-search radars on the islands, airfield planes provide long-range warning, and cruisers of destroyers and cruisers snuff out any American desire to advance into the Pacific.

In the Japanese archipelago, with the stabilization of the two nodes of Kagoshima and Shimonoseki, a large number of Chinese soldiers landed and attacked in depth. In the direction of Kyushu Island, the First Army of the Chinese Army concentrated more than 500,000 men to attack in the two directions of Miyazaki and Kumamoto, and fought a blitzkrieg speed under the surprise attack of Leopard tanks and superior air force. At Shimonoseki, more than 300,000 Chinese soldiers had already landed and the landing ground had been extended to an area of about 150 kilometers in all directions, and the Second Army Group, which was in charge of attacking and defending here, planned to capture Hiroshima City before more troops landed, so as to gain a larger and more port and gradually control the Seto Inland Sea.

"Where is the 1st Panzer Division now?" In the field headquarters of the Third Armored Army, the young commander He Guangsha put the carbine aside, picked up the kettle and drank it happily, wiped the water stains from his mouth, and then asked the combat staff officer beside him.

The staff officer walked to the map and said: "This and here have been captured, and it is only about fifteen kilometers from Qinghe. Corps commander, the situation at the front is rather chaotic, tank divisions and grenadier units are mixed, and the opinions of divisions, regiments and even battalions and companies of our army are mixed with each other. The traffic situation on Kyushu Island was not very good, the Japanese deliberately destroyed roads and bridges during the retreat, and the rainy season in the oceanic climate came very early, and many roads were very muddy, which not only hindered the advance of the armored forces, but also caused a lot of trouble for our logistical supply lines. Fortunately, the command system is smooth, and we can get in touch with the troops smoothly. ”

"Is it to slow down the troops in front? The troops are very scattered, the logistics are not smooth, and the number of Japanese troops in front is huge, and if the enemy takes the opportunity to counterattack, I am afraid that there will be chaos. The chief of staff suggested.

He Guangsha let out a "hmm", looked at the map without making a sound, and after a few minutes, he raised his head and said to the chief of staff: "Continue to attack, and rest after capturing Qinghe." "His chief of staff is extremely steady and rigid, not that he is not capable, but that his ability to grasp the fighter is slightly worse. He didn't know that the chief of staff was a genetic person at all, and the gap between his thinking and that of ordinary people was reflected here, and that creativity and flexibility of thinking were better than humans.

"Chief of Staff, you see, Qinghe is the last assembly point of the Japanese army in the south. As long as we capture this place, more than 400,000 Japanese troops in southern Kumamoto will be surrounded by us, and we will be left to our Second Army and Eleventh Army when the time comes. As for the trouble of logistics and the dispersion of troops, it is easy to solve, and the trucks are concentrated to deliver supplies, and the off-road ability of those cars is not bad. Let the front-line units summarize the situation of oil and other materials, and give priority to the delivery of supplies to the armored units, I want to capture the Kiyokawa River before the Japanese can react, and completely cut off the retreat of the Japanese army in southern Kumamoto. In addition, send electricity to the 11th Infantry Army, and make sure to ensure the safety of our flanks. In fact, He Guangsha didn't have to go through the trouble to explain that the chief of staff had no right to object to the commander's order in the army, he just felt that he had to respect the older chief of staff.

Walking out of the field headquarters, He Guangsha put on a steel helmet, carried a carbine, and boarded the jeep, two of the six guards followed him in a car, and the other four took a second car. He didn't want to waste his time in the command, and for a commander, there was nothing more informative than seeing it with his own eyes.

Three Leopard tanks drove past the jeep in which He Guangsha was riding, and the tracks of the tanks splashed a lot of muddy water, which landed right on He Guangsha's pants. He waved his hand to the tank crew carelessly, smiling, and only two rows of teeth on his dirty body were extremely white. For Chinese soldiers, dirty and messy means that they have experienced hard battles, and only such soldiers have combat effectiveness, "neat and clean military uniforms represent pseudo-mothers, thinking about tidying up their appearances all day long, why not have a dresser for each person?" This is even the original words of President Lu Liang, so the Chinese army and soldiers are proud of being dirty, and they must not be "pseudo-mothers"!

"Forward, forward!" He Guangsha brandished a carbine and shouted at the driver. In fact, this is also his requirement for the Third Panzer Army, speed is the biggest advantage of the tank force, and it is also the soul of the blitzkrieg, there are bombers in the sky to clear the way for themselves, and there are Leopard tanks, armored vehicles, trucks and other mobile vehicles on the ground rushing forward, there is no reason not to continue to advance.

Passing through a Chinese-controlled village, the narrow road was stretched by tank tracks, full of uneven puddles, and after being run over by armored vehicles and trucks, and trampled by infantry boots, it was difficult to move at a high speed. He Guangsha swayed left and right on the bumpy jeep, what he wanted to see most at this moment was that the weather turned from cloudy to sunny, this damn oceanic climate, it was only rainy at the end of May, it was really the enemy of the armored forces, and it also made it impossible for the air troops to dispatch!

The meteorological department predicted that the rainy weather would stop in one day, and the sun would soon dry the roads. Turning your mind to the forest on the side of the road, the smell of nature is soothing, mixed with the smell of gasoline left on the road, which makes people feel indescribably refreshed.

"Bang!" Suddenly, He Guangsha saw that the grass not far away was shaking, and thought it was a small beast, but he didn't expect the gunshots to come and hit the engine cover in front of the car.

"Whew!" Nervous, the driver stepped on the brakes, and He Guangsha shouted: "Don't stop, rush out!" ”

A little late, the second bullet came out of the grass and hit the driver's head accurately, followed by more bullets flying over, He Guangsha and others were forced to jump out of the car and hide behind the car, and two more soldiers were hit in the process.

"It's all rifles, no machine guns, about a dozen people!" The guard squad leader slammed back, then lowered his head and shouted loudly.

"Drag the wounded over, hurry." He Guangsha had no experience in infantry combat, and the carbine in his hand casually shot a magazine into the grass, and he didn't hit the enemy, but a bullet flew past his ear and made He Guangsha lower his head.

"Can you fight back?" He Guangsha was so aggrieved that he still had four soldiers in his hands, including two Garand and two submachine guns, and their firepower was no worse than that of the enemy.

"No, Commander, our priority is to keep you safe!"

"Fart safe, we're all going to die here! Don't grind, think about a way to see if you can repel the enemy! ”

The squad leader thought for a while, the enemy must have been scattered by the armored forces, about a dozen people, the firepower was very sparse, probably worried about the rapid-fire weapons in the hands of the Chinese army, so he did not rush out.

"Brothers, let the little devils see the power of elite grenadiers!" The squad leader made a simple deployment, but there were only four grenadiers on his side, but there were more than a dozen people on the other side, and they were still hiding in the shadows, which was not easy to fight!

"Boom!" Several grenades exploded near the bushes, the Japanese fire stopped, and the four grenadiers quickly drilled out of the rear sides of the car under the cover of smoke and rushed into the bushes. He Guangsha, who was hiding behind the car, heard the sound of gunshots, which were the sounds of Garand and submachine guns, followed by the screams of the Japanese. He Guangsha, who couldn't bear it, also got out of the car bunker and bent over and rushed over.

The grass was shallow, and He Guangsha could see the battlefield clearly, five Japanese soldiers were retreating, and four grenadiers were chasing behind. He half-crouched down, raised his gun to aim, and before the enemy could exceed the range of the carbine, he ran out of magazines and hit only one enemy. He Guangsha blushed because of his shooting skills, but his grenadiers were much more powerful, and quickly dealt with the fleeing Japanese soldiers.

After the short battle, a logistics transport convoy happened to pass by, and his own army commander almost died, which made the top brass of the Third Armored Army break out in a cold sweat, and the chief of staff and deputy army commander could not change He Guangsha's idea of continuing to follow the troops, but equipped him with more escorts.

Not only did the army commander encounter the remnants of the Japanese army, but many logistics supply convoys and small units of the Chinese army encountered the remnants of the Japanese army, and the rapid advance speed of the Third Panzer Army caused a large number of Japanese troops to be routed, and the Japanese reserve units of the division regiment were scattered. Due to the order issued by the Japanese military headquarters not to retreat, even the scattered Japanese troops did not dare to retreat to the rear, so they could only enter the mountains and forests or villages.

A company of the grenadier unit of the 3rd Panzer Corps, which was responsible for clearing the rear, was surprised to find that there was at least one brigade of Japanese soldiers in the rear, who were in rags, but their morale had not dropped in the slightest, and they were still very fierce. Lacking artillery, machine guns, and ammunition, they took advantage of the terrain to inflict more than a dozen casualties on the Chinese soldiers of that company in close combat.

Most of the air force planes were used on the front line to open the way for the armored troops, and it was impossible to mobilize heavy artillery because of a small village, so the Chinese army had no choice but to send more troops, and it took a lot of effort to wipe out this Japanese army. In the vast area of engagement from the Kagoshima front line to the south of Kumamoto, there were still nearly 400,000 Japanese troops waiting to be cleared, and the Japanese troops in the encirclement were ordered to fight to the death and not retreat, and to use every soldier and every inch of land to consume the strength of the Chinese army in accordance with the principles of the military headquarters, and when the Chinese army could not bear huge casualties and was forced to negotiate peace with Japan, it was the time when the Japanese army was victorious.

Therefore, He Guangsha's successful cutting is only the first step in the battle plan of the Chinese army, and how to solve the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in the encirclement is the most important, after all, the Japanese rarely surrender. (To be continued.) )