The end of the 10th Front

As the seat of the Japanese Governor's Palace, Taipei's defense strength is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. **!Book. Even with the serious shortage of its own troops, the 62nd Division of the Front Army, which was in charge of the defense of the city, did not make any moves. Coupled with several infantry wings that quickly retreated from the Hsinchu area, the Taipei Garrison Division. The entire county town, in a short period of time, hoarded 40,000 Japanese troops

However, even under the protection of 40,000 heavy troops, the entire city of Taipei was shrouded in an atmosphere of chaos and pessimism as soon as the news of the landing of the Chinese troops attacking Taiwan was received.

In the county town of Nuoda, the most solemn atmosphere is not anywhere else, but the entire island of Taiwan, the place most revered by the Japanese army: the Taiwan Governor's Palace, that is, the headquarters of the 10th Front Army of the Japanese Army.

"Your Excellency the Governor, a farewell telegram has been sent from the Fulu Mountain position. The offensive of the Chinese army is too fierce, and our defenders can no longer afford to continue to hold on, so they have sent a farewell telegram to live and die in the position, and swear to delay the pace of the Chinese army's offensive..."

"Your Excellency the Governor, the air force reconnaissance has shown that the Imperial Army troops stationed in the Fulu Mountain position have suffered a large-scale rout under the onslaught of the Chinese army, and the entire position has changed hands....At present, the Chinese attacking troops are following our rout, attacking and advancing towards our Taipei City...."

"Your Excellency the Governor, the latest reconnaissance information, the Chinese attacking force has ten hours left at the latest, and the troops will be under our Taipei City..."

"Your Excellency the Governor has sent a farewell telegram ,.... the position, and all the defenders have been killed...."

"Your Excellency the Governor......"

Reports after reports rang out in the war room. Huge combat sand table. Chinese troops attacking Taiwan. Just like three indestructible sharp knives, in less than a day, they occupied almost one-fifth of the strategic points on the entire island of Taiwan.

In particular, under the offensive of China's three-way army attacking Taiwan like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, Taipei City, where the Governor's Office is located, has vaguely become a prominent point of influence of the Japanese army on the island....In other words, if one's own troops are not able to block the advance of these three-way army, Taipei City, the seat of the Japanese Governor's Office in Taiwan, will be surrounded by the Chinese army. Become a completely lonely city.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I suggest that the Governor's Mansion be transferred to Tainan City at once and continue to command the battle. It's too dangerous here..."Seeing the Chinese attacking force on the sand table, which was already about to form an encirclement of Taipei City. While the chief of staff Isayama Haruki was worried, he hurriedly opened his mouth to suggest.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the junior rank and others fully support the Chief of Staff's suggestion to transfer the headquarters to Tainan to continue to command the battle...."The combat staff officers said in unison under the gesture of Lieutenant General Isayama Haruki's eyes.

Of course, the words of dozens of staff officers are all the same. However, from their facial expressions at this moment, Admiral Ando Jiri, as the governor, can clearly see it. Among these dozen people. There are those who really care about their own safety and are related to the entire Tenth Front Army, and there are also death-fearing ghosts who begin to feel fear and fear in the face of the heavy encirclement and suppression of the Chinese army.

However, at this critical juncture, even if General Ando Jiri knew in his heart, he would not make such a stupid move as a pre-war beheading. However, General Ando Jiri is still very clear about the bad situation that his headquarters is currently facing.

The words of the crowd had just fallen. A helpless smile appeared on his face. Under everyone's gaze, he spoke: "Everyone, I also want to retreat. But. As it stands, even if we want to retreat. I can't get out...."

Under everyone's puzzled gaze, General Ando Jili pointed to the huge combat sand table in front of him and said: "Don't forget, everyone, if you want to successfully retreat to the Tainan area, you must pass through the Hsinchu area controlled by the Chinese First Independent Division. Do you think that with our current strength, we can break through the defense zone of the 1st Independent Division in just about 10 hours? ”…,

In an instant, everyone's faces were shrouded in solemn expressions. Because just two days ago, it took two days for the four well-equipped field infantry wings of the Imperial Army to break through the defense line of the First Independent Division and return to Taipei under the sworn resistance of the First Independent Division of China. And now although they have more troops, they are relatively more demanding on various terrains and roads. Faced with such a situation, it is almost impossible to break through the defense zone of the 1st Independent Division within 10 hours.

Rather than being exposed in the field like this, there is no chance of winning a field war with China's superior forces. It is better to rely on the strong fortifications of Taipei City to fight a lively positional battle and increase your advantage....

After figuring out the key to this, the chief of staff who had just proposed to retreat. Immediately, a look of death appeared on his face, and he said to Ando Jili in front of him: "Your Excellency Governor, I fully agree with your opinion, stick to Taipei, and swear to live and die with Taipei." ”

The Governor's Palace resolution has improved the morale of the entire garrison of the city, although to a certain extent. However, what General Ando Jili did not expect was that his decision, to a certain extent, actually helped the guard column that went straight to Taipei City, so that the guard column could wipe out the highest command system of the Japanese army.

In the temporary headquarters of the guard column, the communications staff officer rushed in with excitement as if he had eaten a peach.

"Commander, telegram from the 1st Independent Division: The Japanese garrison in Taipei, including the entire front headquarters and their governor's palace, did not retreat in the face of our troops being pressed by the large army. Prepare to hold on with strong fortifications..."

"This is really good news....Political commissar, now I, Bruce Lee, can confidently say that as long as the enemy does not flee, with the combat effectiveness of our guard column, even if he is given another 40,000 people, he will not be able to fly...."Bruce Lee, who has always been worried that the Japanese command will abandon the city and flee, will not be able to complete the task of destroying the Japanese army headquarters. couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and said confidently to the political commissar beside him.

"With our combat effectiveness, we didn't say anything about the total annihilation of 40,000 little devils. However, as the last battle in China. What we have to do is to control the casualties of the troops as much as possible....otherwise let the vice chairman know. Even if we win the battle, we won't be able to get any benefit...."While political commissar Chen Zhengxiang was proud, he did not forget to give his partner a kind reminder.

"Political commissar, don't worry, I don't want to be scolded by the vice chairman....As for the specific way of playing, my opinion is that there is a lack of one of the three. While shaking the hearts of the Japanese army, they launched a fierce attack on Taipei City with superior firepower...."

"Although the Taipei garrison claims to have 40,000 troops, judging from the battle on this day. Among them, there must be a large proportion of recruits. The adoption of the siege of three without one, coupled with the fierce offensive of our army, will definitely be able to break the will of the Japanese army in the city to resist in a short time. At the very least, it can break the will of those recruits to resist..."Political Commissar Chen Zhengxiang analyzed with a look of approval.

With the approval of the political commissar, the entire battle plan was quickly distributed to the commanders of the regiments.

The 1st Guard Division, the 2nd Guard Division, and the 3rd Guard Division launched attacks on Taipei from three directions, east, west, and north. To the south of Taipei, as a gap to break the will of the Japanese army to resist, although there was no explicit deployment of offensive troops. However, in order to prevent the Japanese army from really breaking through, the column was directly subordinate to the guard regiment, the independent 1st Division. A total of nearly 10,000 troops secretly deployed a huge pocket array outside the city, waiting for the Japanese troops who might abandon the city and break through.

"Boom, boom, boom...", the cannon sound of the guard column heralded the beginning of this storm. Faced with the bombardment of more than a hundred guns of caliber of more than 75 mm, coupled with the continuous bombardment of an entire bomber regiment. The defensive pressure of the Japanese troops stationed in Taipei City is self-evident. ..., especially in order to take Taipei City, Bruce Lee fully used two-thirds of the guard column's artillery shell reserves, totaling hundreds of tons of shells of various calibers.

"Baga, don't you want money for the shells of the people of China, half an hour has passed. Why hasn't the shelling stopped...."In the anti-artillery hole of the city wall, which was completely enveloped by artillery fire, a wing commander who felt the ground tremble continuously, shouted with a little horror.

You know, for decades, even the field troops stationed on the island of Taiwan. There were no real big wars either. As for the shelling he has experienced, the largest scale is a dozen artillery pieces that bombarded for a few minutes.

And in front of you. The Chinese army even used more than 100 large-caliber artillery pieces that were rarely equipped with its own divisions, and the shelling continued for an hour without any intention of stopping.

"Wing Commander, the Chinese are fighting across the sea, they can't carry too many shells, if nothing else, the shelling will soon stop...." replied the chief of staff.

The words of the chief of staff of the Japanese army were not wrong, and the hour-long artillery bombardment, the shells that the guard column could use, almost all of them were fired into the Japanese positions. However, what the chief of staff of the Japanese army did not expect was that it was this hour's artillery bombardment that caused more than one-third of the total casualties to his defenders.

At the same time, the fortifications of the strong city wall were also blown out one after another in the rumbling cannons. All kinds of machine-gun bunkers, concrete bunkers, without exception, were all blown into ruins ...

At the end of the shelling, the stunned Japanese troops had just drilled out of the anti-artillery holes, and they had not yet reacted from the shock. With the help of the cover of shelling, the guard units, which had already secretly moved to a position less than a hundred meters from the city walls. Already under the cover of light and heavy machine guns behind him, like a galloping leopard, he quickly pounced on the gap in the city wall ....

"Baga, what are you still doing in a daze, counterattack, immediately counterattack, block the offensive of the Chinese army, quickly, counterattack...."The Japanese commander waved the command knife in his hand, scurrying back and forth, and roared loudly at his subordinates who were still stunned.

However, on the city walls, which have been completely turned into ruins, their roars not only did not get a response from their subordinates, but instead held a deadly sniper bullet....

The commanders of the Japanese army, large and small, were killed one after another under the guns of nearly 100 snipers of the guard column. The Japanese position, which was already chaotic because of fear, was completely thrown into chaos with the death of a large number of commanders, the collapse of the entire command system, and even worse, they were ready to flee.

As for the guard column outside the city, they did not miss this good opportunity. With a loud trumpet of charge, he rushed to the gap, rushed into the city, and completely strangled the chaotic Japanese army...

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