Less than 20 kilometers away from Hong Kong's New Territories, at the foot of Wutong Mountain, a small town, about 300 households, because of the mountains and rivers, the scenery of the town is extraordinarily beautiful, quite a bit of paradise, but tonight, the tranquility of the town was broken by the continuous arrival of armored vehicles, trucks and the sound of soldiers shouting passwords.

However, the inhabitants of the town did not panic because of this, and after a short commotion, they got up in their clothes, and saw that it was the troops of the independent division, and they slept boldly and boldly, this army would never disturb the people, but the villagers who went out to fish at night were politely stopped by soldiers with loaded guns outside the town, and told them that the town was under martial law, and from now until six o'clock tomorrow morning, no one in the town was allowed to go out.

Only then did the villagers realize that something big was going to happen here, but the villagers, who lived by fishing, would go hungry and complain if they did not harvest for a day, and the soldiers who had just exited and had already prepared took the villagers to a tent, in which several lieutenant colonels and major officers asked them about their income for a day of fishing, and immediately took out the ocean of white flowers.

And tell the villagers, this is our army, compensate you for the loss, moreover, the standard of compensation, far more than the actual income, holding the ocean, the villagers went home with a smile on their faces, a few years later, the villagers here, all proudly said to outsiders, "Sue sù you, we are here, but the commander of the independent division Tang was in command of the troops." Attacking the place where the Japanese devils occupied Hong Kong, he also asked his subordinates to serve as soldiers to give us white flowers! ”

Hong Kong Campaign General Command. It is located in a private house on the edge of the east end of the town, which is a small courtyard, four main houses, which are already brightly lit, and on the roof, antennas are set up, and dense telephone lines are dense. From here stretched out in all directions, the sentries with loaded guns at the door, and the cars that came at a gallop or departed at a rapid pace. The staff officers who came in and out were in a tense atmosphere.

When Battle arrived at the general headquarters of the campaign, it was already 10:40 p.m. on the night of July 20, after the sentries had strictly checked their documents. Calls were made to the guard brigade. Two special guards came out, led the way in front, and walked towards Tang Qiuli's headquarters.

When he arrived at the door, Battle shouted: "Report to the division commander, the commander of the armored corps of the independent division, Battle, lead the troops, and be ordered to come!" He didn't say it, he came on time. Because, according to the plan of the march drawn up by the General Staff. Own troops, already four and a half hours late!

Tang Qiuli raised his head from the map, a smile flashed in his eyes, and said, "Come in!" ”

Battle stepped into the headquarters in most steps, Tang Qiuli looked him up and down, and said, "You haven't eaten yet, have you?" Without waiting for Battle to answer, Mei Xue on the side had already brought two military lunch boxes, one box was fragrant rice, and the other was oily stir-fried vegetables, exuding an attractive aroma.

Mei Xue picked up the chopsticks, wiped them again and again, handed them to Battle's hand, and said softly: "Little brother, eat quickly, I received a call that you are coming to the headquarters, and your brother has already instructed me to prepare!" ”

Battle smiled innocently and whispered, "Thank you, sister-in-law," and then said loudly, "Division commander, I'll finish reporting on the battle deployment of the armored forces, and then eat!" ”

Tang Qiuli motioned for Battle to sit down, and Battle sat on the canvas marching chair with his waist straight, worthy of being a major general from the German army, who worked hard, and this sitting posture was eye-catching, and said: "Division commander, after my troops enter the predetermined position, before coming to the command headquarters, I took the time to observe the forward position, and I want to make local adjustments to the original deployment of the armored troops, and I still need the approval of the division commander!" ”

Tang Qiuli said with interest: "Oh, what new building do you have, say it and listen to it!" ”

Battle replied: "From the point of view of the frontal width of the attack, it is about 42 kilometers long, but the area suitable for the assault of the armored forces is only more than 20 kilometers wide and the front, and the attack plan stipulates that the armored forces have four brigades, divided into four assault directions, so that the interval between the various assault arrows is only about five kilometers." ”

"From the role of the armored forces, it is a great waste of troops, and it will cause each assault direction, the number of tanks is not much, my plan is to change the four-way assault to two roads, two tank brigades on each road, divided into two assault waves, at the east and west ends of the assault area at the same time, the first assault wave, after breaking through the Japanese fortifications, will no longer continue to attack in depth, but attack in the opposite direction, and broaden the breakthrough."

"The second assault wave, cross the breach, continue to attack in depth to the Japanese defense, clear the task of clearing the remnants of the enemy at the breach, hand it over to the infantry, my report is over, please consider it by the division commander!"

Tang Qiuli pondered for a moment and said: "Battle, do you know, your construction is tantamount to overturning the original battle plan, the infantry is placed in the first attack wave, it is the five main field brigades, they are responsible for the task of clearing the breakthrough of the remnants of the enemy, attacking the depth and conducting street battles, they have to be handed over to the troops of the Guangzhou garrison area, which is not in line with the original plan. ”

"Moreover, I am not very sure whether the combat effectiveness of the troops of the Guangzhou Garrison District can be qualified for the next street fighting, I am not ready to adopt your proposal, so let's implement it according to the original plan!"

Battle was a little anxious, and said quickly: "Division commander, according to my experience in the European theater and the armored forces attacking cities, this is the most realistic tactic, and I have studied the equipment level of the Japanese troops, they do not have perfect anti-armor capabilities, and the task of clearing the remnants of the enemy at the breakthrough, each brigade only needs to be equipped with one regiment of infantry." ”

Tang Qiuli asked quietly: "It is true that the 37th Division of the Japanese Army is not equipped with anti-tank weapons, but with the Japanese army's bushido spirit, if they take a close attack, or simply take a suicide attack, I don't want to exchange a tank for the life of a Japanese soldier, this is too cost-effective!" ”

Battle insisted: "When I was the commander of the German First Panzer Army, the Lightning Assault Division, I participated in many battles to capture European cities, and the standard configuration of the German army is a tank, accompanied by a squad or a platoon of troops, just to prevent the other side from carrying out close attacks, so I only need two regiments of infantry to completely clear the remnants of the Japanese troops at the breakthrough!" ”

Tang Qiuli smiled and said: "You persuaded me, in this way, I will give you two brigades of infantry, however, the fighting method needs to be modified, the first assault wave of the armored force, after breaking through the Japanese defensive position, do not stop, continue to attack in depth, clear the task of clearing the remnants of the enemy at the breakthrough, and hand it over to the second assault wave tank and follow-up troops, there will be no problem!" ”

Battle stood up and replied loudly, "Guaranteed to complete the mission!" ”

Tang Qiuli said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, telegraph Tian Shangxi, the troops of the Guangzhou Garrison District, transfer two brigades and assign them to the armored troops, and the remaining three brigades are still used as second-line attack troops!" ”

Zhao Yuhe went out, Mei Xue looked at Battle, and said distressedly: "It's cold, eat it, little brother!" ”

Battle smiled embarrassedly and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm really hungry!" ”

Tang Qiuli smiled, looked at Battle's sweet gobbling, suddenly remembered a question, and asked: "Battle, there are only more than two hours left, is it too late for your troops to adjust their deployment?" ”

Battle swallowed a mouthful of food and said, "I won't tell you the division commander, before coming to the headquarters, I have already ordered the troops to deploy according to my plan, and this kung fu has already been deployed!" After saying that, he seemed very proud!

Tang Qiuli was dumbfounded, and pointed at Battle angrily, just muttering a few words, "You, you guy, are too bold and reckless!" Even if it's accurate, I will definitely agree with your proposal? ”

Battle smiled innocently, and said without fear: "Are you my brother, besides, after fighting in Europe for a few years, do you still have a little experience!" ”

In the early morning of 21 July, at 1:50 o'clock, it was night, the stars were dim, the dark clouds drifting from the South China Sea gradually accumulated in the sky above the war zone, it was going to rain, the town at the foot of Wutong Mountain, the Hong Kong Campaign Headquarters of the Independent Division, was quiet, Tang Qiuli closed his eyes slightly, and there he closed his eyes to recuperate, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, staring at his watch, telephone, and radio, all in a standby state, and the operators and staff officers sat motionless in their positions.

At two o'clock, Zhao Yuhe said: "Division Commander, the time has come, please give an order!" ”

Tang Qiuli suddenly opened his eyes, and in his eyes, a cold light flashed, and he calmly spit out three words, "Let's start!" ”

There were no signal flares flying in the sky, no earth-shattering artillery fire, and no shouts during the charge, and in the dark night, the roar of the engine was heard, and the "rolling" sound of the crawler crushing the earth, with the four brigades of the armored forces of the independent division as the forerunner, and the five brigades of the field infantry followed, the attack on Hong Kong began!

In the New Territories of Hong Kong, the forward position of the 5th Brigade of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army, the squadron leader, Captain Hirono Keno, had just returned to the squadron headquarters after inspecting the sentry post, and walked half-naked for more than an hour in the hidden fortifications like a rat hole.

Especially the early morning check, monotonous, boring, and an indescribable sense of guilt, Captain Haoye half leaned on the musty smell of the marching bed, not a good voice shouted: "Orderly! ”

The orderly didn't come, and Captain Haoye was about to shout loudly, when he suddenly felt that his cover department was shaking, as if there was some behemoth that was gradually approaching?

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )