Chapter 141: Battle of Changsha (2)
The imagined tank battles and armored duels that make people boil are not so exciting in the real Chinese battlefield, and they are even a little ...... Dull.
However, in the country of Furong, where the river network is dense and the rivers are more than 10,000, it is not easy to calmly deploy the armor of large clusters. Fortunately, the logistics support unit of the Guards Corps has also been valued by His Majesty for a long time, and the formation of various units of the Guards Corps has always been recruited in a one-to-one ratio of combatants and engineers, and all kinds of engineering vehicles in the base are available. This once stunned the Chongqing officers in the Allied Headquarters, and they also deeply understood the sentence that the Han Emperor once said, "War is fought by economy and logistics" -- the supply of one armor is enough to withstand the logistics of two infantry armies.
The armored duel between the 1st Guards Division and the Japanese 3rd Tank Division took place in the area of Tanjiashan, known as the coal city of Hunan and the hometown of Xianglian. In order to avoid the muddy paddy fields, Huo Lu chose the route for the 1st Guards Division to go north along the foot of Hengshan Mountain, cross the Lianshui River, circle Xiangtan, and go straight to Yuelu along the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, threatening Changsha. The unit responsible for protecting its flanks was the 25th Division of the Youzhou Army, which was almost disabled in the Battle of Zengcheng, repaired in situ, and replenished with the help of the Chongqing Nationalist Government. This made Wang Yizhe laugh and say: We are the only army that can be replenished on the spot when fighting abroad; We are the only unit that is not a descendant of the chairman, but has asked Chongqing to take the initiative to replenish its troops.
Ye Zhiqiu smiled at this, it is normal for Wang Yizhe to come up with some strange words, before the coup in Xi'an, the Northeast Army followed Zhang Shaoshuai into the customs is a group of children raised by stepmothers, and the military salary is not complete, not to mention the equipment and personnel supplement. Even, the chairman of the committee ordered the cadre Chen Cheng to arrange force to solve the Northeast Army on several occasions, but although he did not carry out it in the end, it shows his fear of the Northeast Army.
Wang Yizhe laughed at the matter of Chongqing helping the Youzhou Army to replenish the troops, but his eyes were still too narrow-minded, and His Majesty's evaluation of the Northeast Army's "first-class body, second-rate courage, third-rate quality, beard style, and women's views" was really appropriate.
The chairman of the committee was a high-ranking person, and he welcomed and feared the landing of the Allied forces in China, and was deeply afraid that the wolf would not be defeated and the tiger would enter the door again. His Majesty saw through Lao Chiang's ambivalence, so when he took over Hong Kong, he sent the Bingzhou Legion, which was mainly white, rather than the Youzhou Legion, which was bent on fighting. It's nothing more than trying to reassure the chairman of the committee: If you seek your "outside world, you must first settle inside", and I will beat my little devil.
However, Zhong Yi still underestimated the anti-Japanese wave in China, especially after the landing of the Han army, the call for "unity and joint resistance against Japan" became higher and higher, and even many high-ranking generals in the Nationalist Government began to be dissatisfied with the policy of the chairman. Therefore, the committee members had to go all out and send their own lineage guards to join the battle, and almost all of the brilliant fights in northern Hunan and western Jiangxi were the German armor masters, and the mustache's overtures to the Han Emperor actually cheapened the chairman of the committee, and this has to be said to be a ridiculous thing.
But no matter how much aid Germany provides, the chairman of the committee will not dare to privately agree to an alliance with it, and those who dare to nod and make a decision on this Chinese matter are in the southern hemisphere!
Tanjiashan, a small town 50 kilometers south of Xiangtan, is rich in underground resources such as coal, refractory mud and limestone. Also because of the large number of coal mines, the road conditions are the best area in the whole Xiangtan City.
It is famous for the first and largest tank battle in the Asia-Pacific Theater of World War II.
Compared with the attack of hundreds of thousands of **** on the northern front, the Japanese army paid more attention to the armored torrent of the Han army on the southern front. The 1st Guards Division alone has nearly 1,000 tanks and almost the same number of armored vehicles, and in the eyes of the island dwarves, this is an out-and-out tyrant! If China also had such armored forces, it would not dare to launch a war of aggression against China if it was killed!
There is also the even larger 77th Armored Army, although it is a group of defeated generals of the Kwantung Army, but now that people have changed their guns, of course, their strength can no longer be the same as that of the 918 Incident.
Lieutenant General Gangmura Ninji, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army on the southern front of Changsha, was considered by the Japanese base camp to be a rare famous general in both command and operation, "with the qualities of wisdom, insight, decisiveness, and strong will", and was the first in the Japanese Army to carry out a joint breakthrough of armored forces in the air and ground, which was deeply appreciated by Emperor Hirohito.
But it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and Gangcun, who has thousands of strategies in her heart, what else can she do in the face of the situation that the Japanese air force of the Japanese invasion of China is almost paralyzed and the armor of the Han army is almost invincible? The only remaining planes didn't even have the courage to take off, and the blue sky of Xiaoxiang was full of Han eagles circling; Only the places where Chu has talents flourish are all the roars of South China tigers. What else are you talking about about a joint breakthrough of armored forces in the air and ground? In the first battle of Tanjiashan, the most advanced Hatch improved tank equipped by the Japanese army was destroyed and smashed like a little doll toy in front of the Han army's Tiger type, and Gangcun Ningci is now holding a photo taken back by intelligence officers: After a Han army's Tiger tank destroyed a Type 97, he pushed it and crashed into another Type 95 light tank, and the Type 95 of the cup was directly knocked into the pit on the side of the road without firing a shot, and fell to the bottom!
"Baga, it's a bit too bullying, isn't it?" Gangcun tore up the photo sadly and angrily, "This battle, not the fault of the war, the empire is sorry for the mountain road king, and I can't help the warriors of the chariot division!" ”
On the battlefield of Tanjiashan, Huo Lu drilled out the command tank he was riding, and he was still scolding in his mouth, because the charge was too strong, this command tank was hit by the Japanese army with three shells, one of which was still armor-piercing. If it weren't for the reactive armor installed on the command tank, Division Commander Huo would have been heroic just now!
This made the good-faced Huo Lu feel very embarrassed, the battle was like this, although it was said that the chariot division of the little devil was completely annihilated, but if the division commander was messed up by others, it would be a shame to be thrown into the Pacific Ocean!
"How many did we get?" Commander Huo, who came out to breathe some fresh air, turned his head and asked the gunners of the same car who were crowded aside.
"Hehe, division commander, it's too enjoyable, the ones who broke the tracks don't count, there are five of them that hit a fireball. Liang Laosan is a fool, if he drives faster, we can still catch a few more! ”
…… Fast? No matter how soon we are, we will really be in the west! This product is really addictive. Huo Lu grinned and ignored him, got into the tank, and picked up the communicator, "I am the commander No. 1, and the brigades will clean up the battlefield at a speed, and the support convoy will come up soon." If there are still shells in the car, turn around, look for the matchbox of the little devil who has not yet moved, make up for a cannon, and don't leave trouble for the infantry brothers of the 25th Army. ”
Matchbox is the new nickname given to the Japanese Hatch tank by the Guards armorers, which means boxy, and it will burst into flames when you wipe a shot......
"By the way, give me a good look for the sword of the commander of the little devil division, if anyone is crushed, I will send you to the Military Intelligence Bureau to find Black Heart Wood to drink tea!" Division Commander Huo suddenly remembered another important matter, and made a military order with Director Mu. After winning the battle, being sent to the MIA for tea is really a joke.
Blackheart is another nickname made up by these armored soldiers, and the target is, of course, ...... The Buddha said: Don't say it, don't say it!