Chapter 1042 Rescue arrived

Tang Qiuli did not break his promise, and when the Yunnan army could barely withstand it, the rapid column of the Sulu Mobile Corps, with the strength of two infantry brigades, two tank regiments, and one artillery brigade, stabbed the Japanese army in the back of the most fierce attack.

Yu Guanghan, chief of staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps, who commanded the fast column, also took great risks in this hand, more than 30,000 people, attacking more than 120,000 Japanese troops, and it was very easy to fall into the counter-encirclement of the Japanese army.

Yu Guanghan's purpose is very clear, with the fastest speed and offensive, to defeat the Japanese army all the way, break into the city, and join the defenders of the Yunnan army, to bring hope to the Yunnan army that was about to collapse on the whole front, more than an hour later, the main force of the corps will appear around Kunming, at that time, it is the real beginning of the disaster of the Japanese army.

The surprise attack of the two tank regiments soon caused great panic to the two Japanese divisions that were dazed by artillery fire, and the positions of the Japanese attacking troops began to be chaotic.

Lieutenant General Kenji Iijima, commander of the Japanese Seventh Army, was in the command headquarters, constantly receiving good news from the attacking troops, and the breakthrough on the whole front was such an effect, and there should be no problem in capturing Kunming before noon.

The staff officer's wild shouts woke up Iijima Kenji in a wonderful state, and looking at the staff officer with a pale face and panicked, Iijima hesitated and asked, "Hani?" Emergence of separate divisional units? Is the intelligence reliable? Actually, he just didn't want to believe the news, such a major military incident, the division commander dared to make such a joke, let alone a small staff officer.

After reading the telegram, Kenji Iijima wanted to call the 19th Division and the 28th Division, and the information was confirmed, and the devil Tang Qiuli, with the strength of more than one division, under the cover of a large number of tanks and artillery, launched a fierce attack on the troops of our imperial army.

The pencil in Iijima Ken's second hand slipped to the ground, and the command headquarters was as quiet as death, just when Kunming was within reach, the troops of the independent division suddenly appeared, and they knew it with the back of their heads, what did this mean for the Seventh Army? It's not just about losing all your efforts.

The troops of the independent division will not come to reinforce the local army in Kunming with such a small number of troops, Kenji Iijima has a feeling of weightlessness, there are more than 100 tanks, hundreds of heavy artillery, and the entire Seventh Army has only one tank wing, more than 70 tanks, and more than 300 artillery pieces.

How many tanks and artillery, how many troops? Kenji Iijima panicked in his heart, the role of the battlefield changed so quickly, the Seventh Army changed from a hunter to a prey, he forced himself to calm down, and issued a still very correct order, "All the troops attacking Kunming, immediately stop the attack in the existing direction, move to the northeast of Kunming, and at any cost, we must block the vanguard of the independent division on the outskirts of Kunming, surround him, and destroy him." ”

"I hope it's too late, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the development of the war situation has been unfortunately told by you," Kenji Iijima said as if he was talking to himself, but there was one thing he didn't understand, the troops of the Independent Division fell from the sky? Isn't it strange that so many reconnaissance units were sent out, and none of them discovered the sudden appearance of independent division troops?

The Yunnan army, which was pressed back step by step by the ferocious attack of the Japanese army, suddenly found that the Japanese attack weakened and finally stopped, although I don't understand what the reason is, it is a good thing after all, at least I can take a breath, and some veterans are oily, their eyes are rolling, quietly looking for a good hiding place, and secretly thinking in their hearts, "The Japanese fought so fiercely, suddenly stopped, Zhun Bao is preparing for a more fierce attack, this one, I'm afraid I can't withstand it." ”

The sound of gunfire in other places around Kunming has calmed down, only in the northeast of the city, the gunfire is becoming more and more intense, almost into a pot of porridge, Iijima Kenji's heart, Ti Lao Gao, all the troops, all rushed to that direction, even if the vanguard of the independent division reinforcements was annihilated, next, the independent division arrived, and the Seventh Army still faced the fate of being counter-encircled.

At this time, Kenji Iijima instinctively felt that the next development of the Seventh Army would put the Seventh Army in an unfavorable situation, give up the capture of Kunming, turn around and go north, and quickly approach the main force of the Dispatch Army, maybe there is still a glimmer of life, such a big thing, he can't be the master, so he can only ask the commander-in-chief, General Terauchi Shouichi.

Receiving a telegram from Kenji Iijima who was almost panicked, Shouichi Terauchi, who was full of eagerness, was no less than a basin of cold water poured head-on, alternating between hot and cold, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, a mouthful of blood almost spurted out, he reminded Kenji Iijima to pay attention to the movements of the independent division in the direction of Nanning, but he was an experienced general, and he was inherently cautious.

In his heart, he didn't think that Tang Qiuli's troops could join the Kunming battlefield so quickly, there were still more than 100,000 imperial troops in Nanning, enough for this branch of the devil to gnaw for a while, and the independent division troops that pounced out from the direction of Duyun were left behind by themselves, but this qiē, in his own unfortunate words, did the damn Zhina people fall from the sky?

His Excellency, the commander-in-chief who commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the imperial army, was very lucky to become a crow's mouth, and Kenji Iijima was in a telegram, showing that he was panicked, which made him very annoyed, however, Terauchi Shouichi also saw the problem from it, the independent division reinforced the troops in Kunming, the strength was not much, more than 30,000 people, and the Seventh Army was in Kunming, there were more than 100,000 people, and before Tang Qiu left the main force, this reinforcement was eliminated, and the plan to capture Kunming could still be completed.

Then, relying on the surrounding areas of Kunming, facing Tang Qiuli's main force, and in addition, the local reinforcements brought, can still grasp the initiative in the Yunnan war, based on the above factors, Terauchi Shouichi gave the commander of the Seventh Army, Lieutenant General Kenji Iijima, an order to let the Seventh Army fall into a situation of no return.

"Commander Iijima of the Seventh Army, the plan to capture Kunming remains unchanged, your unit must eliminate the vanguard of the independent division that comes to help in the shortest possible time, and then, occupy Kunming, build a defensive position in the city, I will urge the main force of the dispatch army to go south to Kunming as soon as possible, join your unit, and complete the plan to occupy Yunnan."

In principle, there is no problem with Terauchi Shouyi's order, sending the main force of the army from an unexpected direction, south into Yunnan, has left the troops of the independent division, far behind, five or six days away, is he still insisted on capturing Kunming's biggest dependence, and only by doing so, more than 200,000 soldiers can have a place to stay, but he underestimated Tang Qiuli's reaction speed, and what he was destined to do was just a struggle in a more passive situation.

Yu Guanghan commanded a fast column and quickly rushed into the city, behind, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, squeezed from all directions, Yu Guanghan sneered, he saw that the Japanese army was in a hurry, disorderly deployment, did not form a joint attack at all, and ordered the tank troops, suddenly turned around, and gave the Japanese army a counter-assault.

More than 100 tanks, as if in a no-man's land, a few in and a few out, rushed the Japanese troops who came in a hurry, there was no artillery fire, no anti-tank weapons, just groups of infantry, in the face of tanks, invulnerable steel monsters, not even the power to parry.

The brute strength of the Japanese soldiers came up, in groups of three or five, with grenades wrapped around their waists, howling and pounced on the tanks of the independent division, but the Japanese soldiers underestimated the ability of the independent division to cooperate with the infantry of the infantry who counterattacked the Japanese army, and a burst of bullets as dense as flying locusts smashed the Japanese demomen who rushed over into sieve eyes.

The two parallel machine guns equipped with the tank became a big killer weapon for harvesting the lives of the Japanese soldiers, and rows of Japanese soldiers fell under the strafing of the machine guns, taking advantage of this opportunity, the artillery brigade and four rocket artillery battalions also rushed into the city, frankly speaking, Yu Guanghan was not an expert in commanding tank troops.

If Battle, who was fighting in the European theater, came to command this battle between tanks and infantry, the Japanese casualties would be more than several times, and the various units that the Japanese army came in a hurry would be so that they could not find the north, but this was enough, and when Kenji Iijima transferred the only tank wing to this direction, he only saw the corpses of soldiers everywhere and heard the roar of the engine gradually moving away.

When Yu Guanghan rushed to the Yunnan Provincial Government Building, Long Yun led a group of senior officers and civil officials on the steps in front of the building to welcome his arrival.

After getting out of the car, Yu Guanghan gave his subordinates a full salute, "Report to Chairman Long, Yu Guanghan, Chief of Staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps of the Independent Division, led a fast column to Kunming, and asked Chairman Long for instructions!" "What other instructions, people are here to save lives, and it's not this time to take a big day.

Long Yun hurriedly stepped forward, held Yu Guanghan's hand, and shook it, "Chief of Staff Yu has worked hard, for my Yunnan army to come to help, Long Yun is grateful, Chief of Staff Yu is young and promising, I really envy it!" "Long Yun is telling the truth, Yu Guanghan is only in his twenties, he has the rank of colonel, and he also holds different positions as chief of staff.

Long Yun understands the establishment of independent divisions, one corps of the people, that is, the strength of several group armies of the Central Army, this is not counting the weapons and equipment, and then look at the senior generals under him, compared with Yu Guanghan, they all look old-fashioned, with a declining atmosphere.

Of course, Yu Guanghan didn't come to listen to Long Yun's compliments, he looked at his watch, and then said: "Chairman Long, in another fifty minutes, our corps commander, Lieutenant General Tang Qiusheng, will lead the main force of the corps to carry out a full-scale attack on the Japanese army, and hope that Chairman Long's troops will fully cooperate." ”

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