Chapter 304: The Scramble

The bombardment on the port of Vladivostok naturally could not be concealed from the Japanese himself, and Umezu Mijiro, who did not want to completely tear his face with Stalin but only wanted to force the Soviets to withdraw his troops by himself, was greatly shocked and quickly ordered the Kwantung Army, which had not yet been assembled, to immediately march to Vladivostok as quickly as possible.

On the night of the same day, Riyang, led by the 7th and 8th Divisions, launched an attack on Vladivostok under the cover of more than 200 fighters.

The Soviets, since they had already withdrawn most of their troops, were now left in the city with less than two divisions, and they fought and withdrew under the leadership of General Olega, until the next morning, when the Japanese had occupied most of Vladivostok. At ten o'clock in the morning, Sun Liren also led the army to the city of Vladivostok, and under the leadership of Sun Liren, the expeditionary group army did not hesitate to join the battle.

As soon as the expeditionary force led by the Beliten joined the battle, the battlefield immediately became chaotic. More than 300,000 troops from the three sides were slaughtered in Vladivostok, the second largest city in the Far East, just like the melee of the three kingdoms in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

"Bastard, how did the Chinese army come so soon! The Russians ignored them and quickly ordered the troops to meet the enemy and drive the people out of the country. Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, who was in charge of commanding the campaign, hurriedly ordered the troops to meet them.

"Buzzing ......"

More than 30 "mouth island-type fighters with yào plaster flags painted on their wings flew over and rushed down at the 101st Armored Division, which was preparing to enter the city, and several bombs were thrown from time to time under the wings.

"Boom ......", an attacking "Northwest Tiger", the tank was blown up to the side and black smoke came out, and at this time more than 30 "wildcats" that were serving as cover in mid-air, the fighters also rushed down, and the two sides were also killed.

The Chinese and Japanese armies, which were fighting each other, did not notice at this time that the Soviet and Russian troops had taken advantage of Luàn to withdraw from the battlefield and retreat in the direction of Nakhovad to the east.

The Kwantung Army claimed that the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army had always been first-class in the Japanese army, and the quality of their individual soldiers was indeed outstanding. The expeditionary army led by the Belli people was the most sharp force in the entire Chahar, and after the brutal baptism of the Siberian battlefield, it became more and more unstoppable.

The pilots of the Japanese army relied on their more skillful fighting skills in the sky and fought to the death with the "wild cats and fighters" of the HNA air, and although the pilots of the HNA were inferior to the Japanese army in terms of flight experience and skills, the Chahar planes have always inherited the characteristics of heavy protection advocated by Su Tong.

The planes of both sides kept circling and rolling in the sky, and some planes continued to disintegrate in mid-air or plant themselves to the ground in smoke, and some pilots continued to parachute to escape.

At the beginning of the battle, the 101st Division relied on the superiority of tanks to break the unprepared Japanese army into pieces, until it rushed to the center of Vladivostok, until the Japanese army transferred a large number of 75-mm straight field artillery and relied on countless ròu bomb attacks to "block the attack momentum of the 101st Armored Division."

The two sides fought brutally around the city of Vladivostok, and the reinforcements from both sides arrived in a steady stream, and the commanders on both sides also continuously put their troops into the battlefield, and the battle was difficult to solve, and the two sides became a stalemate for a while.

The intensity of the battle exceeded the expectations of the Kwantung Army and Sun Liren, and by the time the two sides suspended the fire in the evening, the Japanese had lost 68 fighters, 62 chariots (including 17 Type 91 heavy chariots), and more than 6,000 infantry casualties.

The expeditionary force lost 57 planes (24 of which were scrapped after barely flying back to the airfield), 23 tanks, and more than 3,400 infantry killed.

"Chief Sun, this is today's battle damage list." In the busy headquarters, a staff officer gave Sun Liren the list of today's battle losses.

"More than 3,000 killed?" Sun Liren's eyelids couldn't help but twitch a few times when he saw this number, Sun Liren knew that behind this number of casualties, the number of light and seriously wounded would definitely not be lower than this number.

"Hmph, it's worthy of the title, the huā of the imperial army, ah, the combat effectiveness is indeed amazing." Sun Liren's face was very bad, he originally thought that the Japanese army, whose weapons and equipment were weaker than the Soviet Russians, should be easier to fight, but he didn't expect it to be even more difficult than the Soviet army.

At this time, Wang Li, the commander of the Second Infantry Division, who had been silent on the side, said: "Brother Fumin, this time because it was a street battle, our troops' firepower advantage could not be brought into play, so the casualties will be greater. If we fight a field battle, we will be able to give full play to our firepower superiority, and the casualties will naturally not be so large, and I will sign today's report with you with Division Commander Chen, and I think that Commander Su will not blame you for this. A wry smile appeared at the corner of Sun Liren's mouth, "Holy light, do you think that I, Sun someone, lost my temper for fear of Chief Su's blame?" My heart aches, if we had done a better job of preparation, these sacrificed brothers would not have died. ”

At this time, Chen Dazhu on the side also said with some suspicion: "Yes, it stands to reason that we have not fought with the Japanese himself" But today's Japanese troops are much stronger than the Japanese troops we have encountered before, both in terms of equipment and individual soldier quality.

…… Hum! Since they have touched us, even if they are the emperor's guards, we will beat them down. All troops were ordered to strengthen their vigilance at night to prevent night attacks by devils, and to prepare more flares in case of emergency. Tomorrow we will continue to attack, the air force will increase the intensity of the attack, didn't those Xiǎo guys in the HNA have been clamoring for war all day before? Tomorrow I will let them fight enough, order the two divisions of HNA, and tomorrow they will take turns, and I will be consumed with the xiǎo devil today! At the same time, in the headquarters of the Japanese army, Ryosuke Isoya was also holding a meeting at the rank of wing commander and above, and more than 20 officers above the rank of wing commander gathered together. It's just that the atmosphere in the venue at this time is not very good, in the chief seat, Isoya Ryosuke has a calm face, and he also holds a report on the casualties of the Japanese army in his hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today our heroic Imperial Army and the opposing Chinese army have joined hands, and the result is known to everyone. What does it mean that we have lost more than 6,000 loyal soldiers, and almost one of the soldiers of the company has been wounded and incapacitated? According to the report of Tegaoke, they are the Chahar expeditionary group led by Sun Liren, and they can be called the most sharp troops in Chahar, which is comparable to the one boasted by the Zhina government a few days ago. ”

Speaking of which, Ryosuke Isoya couldn't help but feel a pain again, three wings, one genius lost so many troops in one day, even high-ranking generals like Ryosuke Isoya, who used soldiers as cannon fodder, would tremble.

At this time, the commander of the Seventh Division, Kazuichiro Sonobe, stood up and bowed and said, "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I think the Chinese army that is with our hands today can be called the most sharp army in China, and they are no worse than our imperial army in terms of soldiers' tactical movements and individual soldier quality." In particular, they have far more weapons than we do, so I think we have to ask the command to send more support, especially the more aircraft and artillery as much as possible. "Yo Xi, Sonobe-kun has a point. Lieutenant General Sanmáo Kazuo, the commander of the Eighth Division on the side, also stood up, "The soldiers of our empire are the bravest in the world, but we also need to let them have weapons that match their courage and perseverance, and you can also see in today's battle, the automatic weapons in the hands of those soldiers are too much of a threat to us, and the rifles in the hands of our warriors are not their opponents at all." ”

In today's battle, the losses of the 8th Division were the largest among the Japanese troops, and the losses of the 3 máo and the Suomi submachine guns were also the deepest. Kazuo Sanmáo saw through the binoculars that more than a dozen Japanese soldiers armed with Type 38 rifles were pressed in an alley by two enemy soldiers armed with submachine guns, and he couldn't even raise his head, and the ferocious firepower made Kazuo Sanmáo, who was watching the battle from a distance, shudder. Therefore, Mimáo Kazuo took this opportunity to jump out and complain.

"Sanmáo-kun, your idea is not right, you must know that the soldiers of our Great Japanese Empire cannot rely on weapons alone to fight." At this time, the commander of the 17th Division, Kyosuke Kawamura, jumped out and accused.

"Oh!" Kazuo Mi sneered, "Do you want the soldiers of the empire to fight the enemy with their bare hands? "Hmph, don't they still have rifles in their hands? ”

"But those rifles are outdated!"

"But they still have bushido, they have Yamato hún!" , Kazuo Mimáo and Kyosuke Kawamura were fighting back and forth at the venue, and the co-captains under the two were also divided into two camps and glared at each other angrily, looking at each other as if they were about to fight.

"Enough!" An angry shout sounded in the venue, and it turned out that Ryosuke Isoya saw that the order of the venue was about to get out of control, and quickly scolded angrily.

"Look at you, do you still have a little bit of the appearance of the Imperial soldiers, the current weapons of the Empire are indeed not as good as the Chahar on the other side is a soldier, but we have the Emperor's teachings and the jīng god of bushido. Vladivostok is very important to our empire, so you must go all out for this battle, you must take Vladivostok down, and the emperor is still waiting for us to pass on the good news! Tomorrow we will continue to work hard to get those people out of Vladivostok! Do you understand? "Hey! "May I be loyal to the Emperor!" Everyone in the conference room bowed together!。