Chapter 719: The First Battle of the Armored Corps (Ask for Subscription!) ）

The first battle of the armored corps

In Fuxin City, when he was ready to go on the expedition, the radio station had been transferred to the communications office in the truck compartment, and a communications staff officer, holding a telegram he had just received, rushed to Zuo Quan's front panting. Then, loudly reported.

"Chief of Staff, telegram from Commander Sun of the 1st Corps..."

After quickly glancing at the battle map that was about to be put away, Zuo Quan ordered decisively.

"Yes, Commander Sun reported that the 4th Division had launched an attack on the defenders of the Kwantung Army in Yixian County two hours earlier. So far, the 4th Division has been progressing very well, and before dark, it will be able to take the entire Yi County and annihilate all the enemy troops in Yi County."

In addition, according to the latest information sent by the Jinzhou underground party, the Sixth Independent Brigade of the Jinzhou Kwantung Army sent reinforcements from a field infantry wing and a tank brigade half an hour ago, and is rapidly reinforcing Yixian. After the study and decision of the General Headquarters of the Left Army, Commander Sun decided to send the troops of the Fifth and Sixth Main Divisions and the Field Artillery Regiment directly under the army to bypass Yixian. Ambush Japanese reinforcements in the middle of the road, please ask the commander-in-chief of the former enemy not to approve it...."Hearing the order of the chief of staff, the communications staff officer did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly read.

"Well, Lao Sun's idea is good, as long as he can completely annihilate the Japanese army and reinforce all the troops in Yixian. When the time comes, it will be much easier to attack Jinzhou. Immediately send a telegram back to Commander Sun, the forward command, completely agree with the battle plan reported by your department....At the same time, in the course of the next battle, except for important military decisions, there is no need to report everything, so as not to miss the fighter...."Hearing the answer of the communications staff officer in front of him, a thick smile immediately appeared on Zuo Quan's face. Then, with a decisive face, he ordered.

"Yes, Chief of Staff...."

Looking at the communications staff officer who was about to leave, Zuo Quan continued to order: "Wait a minute, send a telegram to Commander Gao, the commander-in-chief of the Right Route Army, to inquire about the current progress of the Right Route Army......

Outside Beipiao City, which is also only more than 70 kilometers away from Fuxin, in the middle of the entire right-hand army, because the four or five armies are all new troops that have just completed the reorganization and have not experienced any war. Therefore, Gao Yuan, as the commander, for the safety of the entire army, did not disperse and march like the army on the left.

Instead, the entire corps formed a group, adopted a step-by-step tactic, and slowly advanced towards its first combat target, Beipiao City.

Just two hours after the Fourth Division's attack on Yixian County had passed, the right-flank army, which had formed a group, rushed to a position less than two kilometers away from the county seat under the command of Commander Gao Yuan, and began to set up camp to make the final preparations for the upcoming attack.

In the temporary command headquarters, glancing at the dozens of military commanders at or above the division level in front of him, Commander Gao Yuan was the first to speak: "Comrades, according to the latest information sent by the intelligence officers of Beipiao, a garrison wing of the Kwantung Army and a Manchurian army division are stationed in the entire Beipiaocheng, with a total strength of more than 6,000 people. And we, two armies, plus a heavy artillery regiment, had a total strength of a staggering sixty thousand men. With ten times the strength of the force, with an absolute advantage in firepower, he launched an attack on the northern drifting city. I believe that it is not very difficult for us to win the whole campaign. ”

Seeing everyone's faces, they all smiled with approval. Commander Gao Yuan nodded in satisfaction. Immediately, pointing to the military map in front of him, he ordered very decisively: "Now I order that the 13th Division of the Fifth Army will attack Beipiao City from the front, the 14th Division will attack from the east, and the 15th Division will attack from the west, and the field artillery regiment directly under the army will be responsible for providing artillery support." The three divisions are not divided into main attacks and assists, and whoever can be the first to rush into Beipiao City will be credited with the first merit of my army on the right since it set out. Is it all clear..."

"Yes....Commander, I promise to complete the task...."The faces of the three division commanders of the Fifth Army, including the army commander Li Desheng, were shrouded in a thick smile, and they replied confidently.

"Well, half an hour later, the three main divisions took the sound of the field artillery regiment as a signal and launched an attack on the North Drifting City. All the remaining combat units, as reserves, are under my personal command...."Gao Yuan continued to order.

And just as Gao Yuan's order was given, a telegram from Chief of Staff Zuo Quan reached his headquarters. , "Report to the commander, the chief of staff telegraphed, asking me about the current progress of the army on the right ...."Seeing the commander plateau, the communications staff officer quickly replied.

"Call back to the chief of staff immediately, our department has launched an attack on Beipiao City in half an hour in accordance with the requirements, and it is preliminarily estimated that before dark, occupy the entire Beipiao City..."

Among the three-way armies commanded by Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, the left and right armies are like two outstretched hands, which not only attract the attention of all Japanese troops in southern Liaoning, but at the same time, the two outstretched hands, invisibly, have formed a huge encirclement, encircling hundreds of thousands of Japanese puppet troops in southern Liaoning....

In the southern region of Liaoning, two siege battles are in full swing. And at this moment, the guard division under the personal command of the commander-in-chief Liu Hua, the first division of the armored corps, the shore defense artillery battalion directly under the headquarters, the air defense division directly under the headquarters, and the cavalry division directly under the headquarters... A total of 30,000 troops have all gathered in Yingkou, waiting for the commander-in-chief Liu Hua to issue the latest combat order.

In the temporary headquarters in Yingkou City, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua was staring motionlessly at the operational map in front of him, thinking about the specific offensive line. Although, this time, the 30,000 army led by himself only attacked less than one-third of the southern Liaoning. However, in this third of the region, there are not only a large number of heavy industrial cities, ports.

More importantly, in this small area, not only an elite field division of the Japanese army, a field heavy artillery wing, a tank wing, and a large number of garrison troops were stationed. At the same time, in the excellent port of Dalian, a small Japanese naval force was stationed...

However, the only thing that made Liu Hua feel fortunate was that the port of Dalian, although a Japanese naval unit was stationed. However, with the outbreak of the Pacific War, a large number of warships were drawn. In the entire port, there are only a few old warships and more than a dozen gunboats left, which do not pose much threat to the 30,000 army troops led by themselves....

Just when the commander-in-chief, Liu Hua, was staring at the concentration in front of him. A communications staff officer walked in briskly. After saluting, he reported: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff telegram." The siege battle of our 1st and 2nd Corps against Yixian and Beipiao has begun...."

"Hehe, the chief of staff deserves to be the chief of staff. It has only been less than two days, and the first shot of this counteroffensive has already been fired....call back to the chief of staff, wishing the chief of staff a complete success in this battle...."Liu Hua responded with a smile on his face.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief...."

"Correspondent, inform all commanders at or above the regimental level in the whole army that within half an hour, rush to the headquarters for a meeting, and hurry up...."Looking at the communication staff officer who was leaving quickly, Liu Hua shouted an order to the correspondent guarding the door.

In less than half an hour, all the military chiefs at and above the regimental level scattered around Yingkou sat in the conference room and their own seats through various means of transportation, waiting for the arrival of Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua.

A few minutes later, under everyone's expectations, Liu Hua's figure appeared at the door of the conference room. Immediately afterwards, a huge combat sand table was also moved in by several fighters and placed directly in the center of the conference room. Looking at the people who had already arrived, Liu Hua was not polite, and waved his hand directly and said.

"Comrades, there are not so many rules for today's meeting. Come here, surround the combat sand table, and I will directly issue specific combat missions to each unit in front of the combat sand table..."

After being tightly surrounded by more than a dozen military supervisors at or above the regimental level, he was in the huge combat sand table. Liu Hua pointed to the combat sand table in front of him and said.

"Comrades, I won't introduce too much about the specific enemy situation, because the combat sand table in front of us has clearly told you the enemy's troop deployment....In this counteroffensive, our 30,000 troops need to face the total strength of the Kwantung Army, which is about 40,000. Therefore, we must give full play to our strengths, concentrate superior forces, and constantly annihilate their limited forces one bite at a time, so that we can achieve the greatest victory with the least casualties. ”

"In addition, we have less than 30,000 troops at our disposal. And among these 30,000 people, the infantry who really has combat effectiveness is only the guard division plus an armored infantry regiment of the armored division, a total of 15,000 people. Therefore, I decided that these 30,000 people would no longer divide their troops, but would directly form a group to form a powerful offensive group, adopt a step-by-step approach, advance to Dalian step by step, and finally, completely annihilate all the troops in the encirclement and the Eastern Army. As soon as Liu Hua's words fell, the faces of more than a dozen commanders were immediately shrouded by the leaping gods. Then, in unison, they replied: "Please give the Commander-in-Chief an order...."

After quickly glancing at the dozen commanders in front of him, Liu Hua's gaze stayed on Su Yu, the first commander of the armored corps who had fought for the first time since the founding of the army. Then, he asked: "Commander Su, a few months have passed, how is the training of the First Division of your armored corps, can you act as the vanguard of the whole army, open a channel for the entire attack group..."

"Please rest assured, the commander-in-chief, the 1st Armored Division has been trained and is ready to go into battle at any time, using the tanks in our hands to destroy all the Japanese positions in front of us..."Su Yu replied confidently.

"Okay..."Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction, and then pointed to the huge combat sand table in front of him and said.

"Now I order, with the 1st Division of the Armored Corps as the lead, from Yingkou, to launch an attack on Gaizhou first. After the complete occupation of Gaizhou, the armored corps immediately replenished enough ammunition and fuel, continued to attack and advance, along the first line of Lutun Town, Jiugongdi Town, Guizhou Town, and Sunsheng Township, and finally, with the strong assault ability of the Zhuangjia Corps, in the shortest possible time, broke through the more than 100-kilometer defense line and launched an attack on Wafangdian... Also, I can only give you a maximum of eight hours for the whole offensive process, is there a problem? “

"Please rest assured, commander-in-chief, to ensure that the task is completed..."Su Yu replied confidently.

"Okay, next is the cavalry division....Commander Wang, your cavalry division must follow closely behind the armored corps, expand the results achieved by the armored corps, and use the advantage of the cavalry to eliminate the remnants of the enemy on the battlefield. At the same time, the troops of two cavalry regiments were sent to be responsible for the security of the two flanks and flanks of the armored corps..."After setting his eyes on the body of the commander of the cavalry division Wang Hu. Liu Hua continued to order.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief...."Wang Hu replied decisively without any hesitation.

"Guard Division, Division Commander Li, your task is to follow closely behind the Armored Corps and the Cavalry Division, and use your fastest speed to receive all the areas occupied by the Armored Corps. In the end, it joined up with the armored corps and cavalry divisions again and launched an attack on the Japanese army in Wafangdian. First pull out the Kwantung Army's first obstacle on our attack on Dalian, Lushun Road..."

"Division Commander Wang, your air defense division will be split in two during the entire attack. The air defense unit of a regiment, which was responsible for protecting the shore defense artillery battalion directly under the headquarters, advanced to the area around Arthur Pass. Prevent the air force units of the Kwantung Army from destroying the only large-caliber coastal defense artillery battalion of our Northeast Field Army....The other two regiments are responsible for providing anti-aircraft fire cover to all attacking units. After all, so far, our Northeast Field Army has only one air defense division and nearly 100 combat aircraft. The limited air force is not enough to provide us with adequate air cover. So, for the air force units sent by the Kwantung Army, the most important thing is to rely on your air defense divisions ...."

"As for my former enemy command, follow the Guards Division....do you know your mission?" Liu Hua ordered.

"It's clear....", more than a dozen military commanders at and above the regimental level replied almost in unison.

"Good... Now I order, at eight o'clock this evening, the armored corps will attack on time....As for the specific battle plan, Commander Su will decide for himself... The meeting was adjourned..."Liu Hua finally ordered.

The distance of more than 20 kilometers will take less than an hour for the first fully mechanized armored corps. At nine o'clock in the evening of the same day, the 1st Division of the Armored Corps, already under the personal command of Su Yu, felt that it was less than three kilometers away from Gaizhou City...

Raise the telescope in your hand and look at Gaizhou, which is brightly lit a few kilometers away. Look at the outside of Gaizhou City, after several months of construction, it has become like a spider's web of defensive trenches. The corners of Su Yu's mouth immediately sneered. Then, facing several regiment commanders behind him, he ordered with a confident face.

"Comrades, in front of us, there are three lines of defense, each of which is garrisoned by about a brigade of devil soldiers. My task for everyone was to break through the three lines of defense arranged by the Japanese army outside the city within half an hour, under the cover of the artillery regiment behind them. The 1st Armored Infantry Regiment followed, expanding the gains made by the 1st Tank Regiment while protecting more than 30 tanks of the Tank Regiment. As for the air defense regiment, there is no need to arrange positions, after breaking through the three lines of defense of the Japanese army, they will follow closely behind and move on to the next operational target ... Tonight, our first division has only one task, and that is to assault, constantly assault forward...",

On the defensive position outside Gaizhou City, just when all the little devils were nesting in the trenches, looking forward to the arrival of the shift change time, a sharp whistling sound woke everyone up from their sleep. For a while, these battle-hardened veterans immediately changed their faces, and while letting out terrifying screams, they lay down in the trenches at the first time, ready to avoid the sudden artillery fire....

"Boom, boom, boom..."In the fierce sound of shell explosions, the Japanese position, which had just been unusually calm, immediately became chaotic. The screams of the soldiers, the explosion of shells, the explosion of ammunition....continuously, began to sound in the huge position...

By the end of the 10-minute artillery bombardment by the artillery regiment, the entire Japanese position was already full of craters. The trench fortifications, which were like spider webs just now, have been blown to pieces. However, in this fierce shelling, the entire field wing, most of the soldiers, was very lucky to survive ....

"Baga, what are you still doing, immediately repair the fortifications, prepare to meet the attack of the Shina people, hurry..." One by one, the little devils who had just escaped from the hands of death took out their sapper shovels desperately and began to repair the fortifications.

However, just when all the little devils kept waving the sapper shovels in their hands, a deafening roar reached everyone's ears. Immediately after that, the entire position also began to shake slightly with the sound of roaring. In less than a minute, dozens of tanks appeared in the eyes of the little devil's observation post.

"Yaga, it's a tank, how can the people of China have a tank... Quickly, inform Your Excellency the squadron leader that the Chinese have begun to attack, and they have a large number of tanks...."Feeling the slightly trembling earth, on the position, the face of the Japanese observation post turned pale again. The hands that clenched the rifle couldn't help but let out a slight tremor ....

"Tanks, the people of China have so many tanks....Quick, everyone, immediately enter the position, prepare for battle....communication troops, immediately ask for help from His Excellency the captain, the people of China have launched an attack with tanks, asking for artillery reinforcements, asking for artillery reinforcements..." Then, he exclaimed loudly to the communication soldier behind him.

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