Shanhaiguan.

Inside a bunker in the forward position of the Japanese army.

Lieutenant General Kiyonobu Shiozawa, commander of the 119th Division, came here with a group of wing commanders and raised his binoculars to look at the battlefield in the distance.

Behind Shiozawa Kiyonobu, he was also followed by Major General Onitake Wushi, the commander of the 131st Brigade of the Mixed Brigade.

These two units were also originally in the Qiqihar area to guard against the Soviet forces in the Far East.

According to Umezu Mijiro's idea, the troops of the Fourth Army had been defending the Soviet Army in the Far East for a long time and were very good at defensive operations, so the Fourth Army was transferred to the Liaoxi Corridor.

When the troops of the Fourth Army of the Devils first arrived at Shanhaiguan, they were also honey confident.

According to the ideas of the devils, relying on minefields, anti-tank trenches, barbed lines, communication trenches, foxholes, reinforced concrete underpasses and permanent fortifications on the ground.

Coupled with the powerful firepower system, the troops in each area of the fortress garrison must be impregnable in defensive operations.

It is enough to give full play to the deterrent effect of "one person, ten kills", that is, "one to ten".

That is, a brigade resisted the attack of a division of the Eighth Route Army.

And once it turns to the offensive, it will also be an unstoppable commando.

The devils' ideas are very beautiful, but the reality in front of them has given the devils a hard slap.

Looking at the Shanhaiguan Pass, which collapsed in the explosion like a landslide in the distance, and the permanent fortifications that were blown up, and looking at the continuous shells that fell on the positions of the Japanese army and the puppet army, the fanaticism and perseverance in the eyes of the devils gradually dissipated, and were replaced by expressions and eyes full of despair.

"Shiguchi-kun, can you tell how many artillery pieces were used in this shelling?"

Major General Onitake Wushi looked at the commander of the 119th Field Artillery Wing, Shigeru Shigeosa, and asked.

"At least 500 guns."

Taking a deep breath, Shiguchi Shigeru Daisa's expression was full of solemnity:

"Among them, there are about 30 guns of more than 200 mm caliber, no less than 70 guns of 150 mm caliber and no less than 150 guns of 122 mm caliber."

"There are also a large number of 105mm howitzers and 75mm mountain guns."

The main heavy battalion of the new regiment and the new heavy battalion have eliminated 105-mm howitzers.

However, the separate brigade of the new regiment was still armed with some 105-mm howitzers.

"500 guns, of which at least 250 are heavy guns."

Shiozawa Qingxuan's tone was a little angry: "We are just a locust army division and a locust army brigade, as for the Eighth Route to use 250 heavy artillery?"

Correspondingly, the 119th Division and the 131st Brigade were independently mixed, and the combined mountain artillery and field artillery were less than 70 in total.

As for the large-caliber heavy artillery, the Japanese army defending Shanhaiguan did not have 1, while the Eighth Route Army had 250 heavy artillery!

"Is the Eighth Route Army commander full of in his head? Why waste so many shells?"

"Even the Soviet troops in the Far East and the American troops in the Pacific could not waste shells like this!"

Shiozawa Kiyotoshi continued to vent the anger in his chest.

The devil officers in the command post fell silent in unison, and the despair in their eyes became more and more intense.

At a rate of fire of 3 shells per minute per gun, more than 500 guns fired in unison, which means that more than 1,500 shells per minute fell on the Japanese positions.

25 shells per second.

Under the huge firepower gap, they have no possibility of turning the tables.

Some devil officers began to reflect on why they wanted to invade China, but in a hurry, they didn't have time to think so much.

At this moment, a staff officer hurriedly ran in: "Headquarters urgent!"

Shiozawa Kiyono: "Read!"

"Hey." The staff officer held the telegram in his hand and read, "Order the 119th Division and the 131st Brigade to hold the Shanhaiguan defense line at all costs, the commander of the Fourth Army, Kusaba Tatsuha, His Majesty the Locust, and the Great Japanese Locust Army on board!"

command post

There was a silence like death, and everyone didn't expect that asking for tactical guidance would be such a result.

"General."

At this moment, a staff officer hurriedly ran in again: "A main force of the Eighth Route has landed from Tianlong Temple, and the rear road of our army has been cut off."

The landing location of the main force of the Eighth Route was very tricky, almost encircling the 119th Division and the 131st Brigade.

There was only a small detachment of the 119th Division defending against the landing of the Eighth Route Scout unit on fishing boats.

The main forces of the 119th Division and the 131st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade were all in front of Shanhaiguan.

The devils there didn't wait for the scouts of the Eighth Route Army, but they waited for the warships of the Eighth Route Army.

A wave of air support aerial bombs washed the ground and naval artillery shells washed the ground, and a squad of devils was instantly reimbursed.

The Eighth Route Army, which landed from Tianlong Temple, was almost not blocked, and successfully grabbed the beach and landed successfully.

"Our field hospitals, baggage and other logistics troops are in the rear..." A staff officer's face changed greatly, the main force of the Eighth Route landed from Tianlong Temple, and the first to be attacked must be the logistics troops in the rear.

At this point in the battle, Lieutenant General Shiozawa Kiyonobu calmed down.

Because at this time, they had fallen into the situation of being surrounded by the main forces of the Eighth Route on both sides, even if the headquarters of the Fourth Army ordered them to move in, they would not be able to escape.

The Eighth Route was aimed at the 119th Division and the 131st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade.

It will not take long, at most, half an hour of shelling, and the permanent fortifications that have just been built at Shanhaiguan will be destroyed by the artillery shells of the Eighth Route Army, and those minefields, anti-tank trenches, communication trenches and other fortifications will also be completely destroyed.

"The enemy shells for a maximum of half an hour, and then when the shelling is over."

Shiozawa Qingxuan's eyes gradually became crazy, and his tone became fierce:

"All the locusts and Manchurian *** immediately enter the position, even if all the jade fragments have to bite off a piece of meat in the eight roads!"

"Hey."

A group of devil officers bowed their heads suddenly.

Although they were all desperate, since the day they joined the army, the devils had already thought that there would be a day when they would be loyal to the locusts.

……

The landing of the Eighth Route Army at Tianlong Temple was relatively smooth.

And the landing of the Eighth Route Army at Wanghai Temple in Huludao was not so smooth.

After all, the Eighth Route Army that landed from Wanghai Temple was facing a whole group of devils stationed in Huludao as an independent mixed brigade.

It is not so much that the beach-grabbing landing did not go smoothly, but that the Eighth Route Army was deliberately grinding.

In the lower cabin of the transport ship, dozens of amphibious landing vehicles were ready to go, and in the body of each amphibious landing vehicle were more than 10 heavily armed soldiers of the newly formed 16th Heavy Battalion.

The amphibious landing vehicle is equipped with two large-caliber heavy machine guns, a radiation hand and a driver, all operated by members of the Eighth Route Navy.

"Why don't you attack yet?"

"If we attack, we'll already be ashore."

The warriors were a little impatient and couldn't wait to kill the devil.

"Don't be in a hurry, wait for the order!"

The platoon commander scolded.

At the same time.

on the destroyer.

From the telescopic field of view of the destroyer, Deputy Regiment Commander Liang saw that the reinforcements of the devils had arrived on the shore, and the devils' troops numbered at least a few hundred people.

The destroyer telescope can see much more clearly than the eight-fold telescope, and even more clearly than the artillery mirror.

The time for the devils to arrive was a little faster than what Deputy Commander Liang expected, and these were the devils' mobile troops in Huludao, coming by truck.

The devils and Manchuria *** stationed in Huludao are coming at full speed.

Deputy Regiment Commander Liang looked grim: "Pass my order and start landing on the beach!"

"Start landing on the beach!"

The staff officer next to him immediately gave orders to the transport planes through walkie-talkies.

"Attack!"

The amphibious landing vehicle immediately started and headed for the beachhead

The ground is gone.

As the amphibious landing vehicle and the transport ship detached, a dense array of amphibious landing vehicles suddenly appeared on the sea.

Subsequently, Deputy Head Liang issued another order:

"Order the rocket artillery unit, target the enemy at the beachhead, and open fire."

The staff officer beside him immediately called the rocket artillery unit: "Target the devil on the beachhead, fire!"

At the same time.

On the transport ship carrying the Katyusha rocket artillery battalion, the rocket artillerymen tore off the camouflage tarp covering the rocket artillery car.

On the body of the rocket artillery vehicle, on the 16 rails of each gun, all 16 132-mm rockets were loaded and the firing elements were adjusted.

"Target enemy beachhead, fire!"

Accompanied by the roar of the commander.

On each rocket artillery vehicle, the artillerymen pressed the launch button of the Katyusha rocket launcher.

In the next second, the strong light on the transport ship flickered, the smoke was filled, and the tail of the rocket spewed flames, one after another, rising into the sky, with the unique roar of Katyusha, crossing the sea and sweeping towards the beachhead of the devil.

The Katyusha rocket launcher does not have much recoil, and the deck of the transport ship is made of steel plates, which can also withstand the high temperature gushing out of the tail of the rocket when it is fired.

The fighters in the body of the amphibious landing vehicle heard a sound overhead, looked up sharply, and saw a large number of rockets flying overhead with tail flames.

"It's Katyusha!"

One of the fighters shouted vigorously, his expression agitated.

At this moment, the soldiers instantly realized that Deputy Regiment Commander Liang was waiting for the best opportunity to attack and create better conditions for landing on the beach.

The rocket flew in the air for less than 10 seconds before landing on the devil's beachhead.

Although there is a port in Huludao, there are some permanent fortifications built by the devils.

When the Eighth Route chose the landing site for the beach, it did not choose to land at the port, but here, because the devils here have weak defenses and no fortifications.

2 rocket artillery battalions, each armed with 24 rocket artillery guns, each rocket launcher firing 16 rockets.

A total of 768 rockets were fired during the shelling.

The first wave of about 500 devils came by truck, some of whom had just begun to enter the position, and some of them were devastated before they could jump out of the car.

In the landslide-like artillery fire covered the explosion, about 500 devils were reimbursed in less than 20 seconds.

Annihilated.

And the devils mixed into the main force of the 80th brigade and did not arrive so quickly.

With the annihilation of the first wave of mobile troops of the devils, more than 600 people of the first wave of beach-grabbing landing troops of the Eighth Route Army landed on the beachhead of Wanghai Temple almost without resistance.

Having ascended to the beachhead, these fighters did not rush forward, but built a defense on the beachhead.

And the amphibious landing vehicle hastened back to the transport ship, ready to transport the second wave of fighters to the shore.

……

Huludao.

Inside the Devil's Command.

Major General Nomura Noboru Kamee was wearing a major general's uniform, and with a brush, he put the major general's war knife back into the scabbard at his waist, and was about to lead the main force to Wanghai Temple to command the battle.

Seeing this, the staff officer of the command couldn't help but exclaim: What, the brigade commander is warming up?

The captain of the 1st Brigade reported that the 8th Road had not yet landed, and the mobile unit of the 1st Brigade had already taken a truck to Wanghai Temple.

The 80th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade is only a garrison unit, far from motorization, equipped with only more than 100 trucks, and usually transports mainly by mules and horses.

The devil didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army would drive a fleet to come and land on the beach, so the defense of the coastline was very stretched, and it was useless.

However, as long as the mobile units of the Independent Brigade resisted for a while, he would be able to lead the main force of the 80th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade to Wanghai Temple.

The Fourth Army in the Jinzhou direction has already sent the 123rd Division to reinforce Huludao.

The command of the Fourth Army had much more trucks than the 80th brigade regiment of the separate mixed army.

Jinzhou is only about 50 kilometers from Huludao, and it will take another two hours at most for reinforcements from the direction of Jinzhou to arrive.

At this moment, there was an explosion from the direction of Wanghai Temple.

The loud explosion shattered the glass of the headquarters, and it poured down, the houses shook, and the beams creaked.

Nomura Ascending the Turtle River: "Yagaya Road?"

Less than two minutes later, a devil staff officer rushed in in a hurry:

"Brigade Commander."

"Just now the captain of the 1st Group reported that the mobile unit of the 1st Brigade had just arrived at the beachhead, and it was bombarded intensively by the enemy fleet, and the enemy used the artillery fire of at least two heavy artillery divisions to carry out artillery bombardment, and the mobile troops of the 1st Brigade had all been shattered, and the vanguard of the 8th Route had already landed on the beachhead."

"Nani?"

Nomura was suddenly startled: "The Eighth Route has already occupied the beachhead?"

"Hey."

The devil staff officer who came to report bowed his head in response.

"Yaga Ya Road!"

Nomura Nobukame scolded angrily, "Order the 1st Brigade to drive the enemy out into the sea!"

"Hey."

The devil staff officer bowed his head suddenly, turned around and hurried out.

"Report to the Brigade Commander."

Another staff officer walked in quickly:

"The 2nd Infantry Brigade, the 3rd Infantry Brigade, and the 4th Infantry Brigade have all been assembled!"

Nomura Nobukamee looked crazy: "Order all the brigades to go to Wanghai Temple as fast as possible, what about the artillery brigade?" Immediately fire on the eight roads of the beachhead!"

Devil Counselor: "Hey!"

……

The West Liaoning Corridor station was opened.

The Eighth Route Army, which was outside Chengde, also kicked off the prelude to attacking the First Army of the Devils.

Chengde.

"General."

At the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army, a devil staff officer reported with an ugly face:

"The rear positions of our army were attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route used more than 40 medium bombers, and the locust army suffered heavy losses.

"Nani?"

Mitsuo Nakazawa was taken aback.

Before leaving Chengde, Yamamoto Kazuki had instructed Mitsuo Nakazawa to strengthen the defense of the area north of Chengde.

Mitsuo Nakazawa did listen to Yamamoto Kazuki's words and strengthened the defenses of this area.

But Nakazawa Mitsuo did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would capture these areas so quickly.

This shows that the rear route of the First Army has been cut off by the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army did not need to occupy all the positions north of Chengde at all, and pushed the battle line under the North City Gate, they only needed to capture the hills of the big and small roads to besiege the Japanese First Army.

"Where did the Eighth Route Army come from?"

"Interspersed troops?"

But soon, Mitsuo Nakazawa figured it out:

"Baga, it's the paratrooper unit of the Eighth Route Army!"

It was at this moment that Mitsuo Nakazawa instantly understood.

He's been tricked!

Recently, the new regiment attacked very regularly, sending new units to attack the Japanese positions outside the city south of Chengde, shelling the city walls of Chengde with the superior artillery firepower of heavy artillery, and relying on perfect positions and strong firepower at night to resist the night attack of the locust army.

During this time, the offensive of the Eighth Route Army was somewhat weaker than at the beginning, and it was obvious that new rotational troops had been dispatched.

In order to reduce the firepower advantage of the Eighth Route Army, every night Nakazawa Sanfu would send some troops to carry out a night attack on the Eighth Route Army.

You sing and I'll appear.

On the side of the Eighth Route Army, the troops were training in actual combat to coordinate the combat tactics of various arms, while the Japanese army was vigorously training the troops' field combat capabilities.

Mitsuo Nakazawa is well aware that in the future is a very long one

For a period of time, the Japanese army could only defeat the Eighth Route Army if they fought at night.

This is also something that the Japanese army can not do.

Now that the retreat is cut off, the battle situation is very passive for the First Army.

Before Sanfu Nakazawa could think of a countermeasure, another staff officer rushed in in a hurry, and his tone was even more flustered:

"General, the Eighth Route Army outside the south of the city has begun to attack, and this Eighth Route Attack is different from the past, and it is the main attack in all directions."

"Yaga!"

Nakazawa Sanfu suddenly scolded angrily, the old devil has realized that something is wrong, this time the eight roads are likely not to be a round battle, but to move the real thing!

If the Eighth Route Army did not have strategic bombers, it threatened the empire itself.

Then he can also coerce the Chinese people in the city, so that the Chinese people can block the bullets and shells of the Eighth Route Army in front of the imperial soldiers.

But if he really did this, tomorrow the strategic bombers of the Eighth Route Army would definitely appear in the sky over Tokyo and drop 1,000-ton incendiary bombs.

Taking a deep breath, Mitsuo Nakazawa said, "Order! The locust army outside the south of the city immediately retreated into the city, and ordered the 57th Division to recapture the captured positions outside the north of the city, and the paratroopers of the Eighth Route must be wiped out!"

While preparing to fight street battles with the Eighth Route Army, Mitsuo Nakazawa was preparing to eliminate the paratroopers of the Eighth Route Army, and he believed that there were not many paratroopers of the Eighth Route Army.

At most, one or two thousand people, as long as the Eighth Route paratroopers are eliminated, the First Army can defend or retreat.

As for a large-scale active attack, Mitsuo Nakazawa couldn't even think of it.

Can't beat it.

"Hey."

The devil staff officer bowed his head and turned around and walked quickly to give orders.

Later, Mitsuo Nakazawa personally drafted a telegram to the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, for tactical guidance.

Originally, it was the chief of staff of the First Army, Yamamoto Kazuki, who planned to send a telegram, but Yamamoto Kazuki went to the Kwantung Army headquarters for a meeting and did not return to the First Army.

Therefore, Mitsuo Nakazawa could only prepare a telegram in person, no matter what the battle situation was, it was right to ask for tactical knowing.

Let's take a look at what Umezu Mijiro said in this wave?

The sound of artillery outside the city shook the sky, and Mitsuo Nakazawa ordered to call the communications staff officer: "Send this telegram to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, immediately!"

"Hey."

The communications staff officer bowed his head suddenly, took the telegram with both hands and turned to leave.

……

Changchun.

557 Xinfa Road.

Command of the Kwantung Army.

As soon as the Liaoning West Corridor and Chengde Station opened, the headquarters of the Devil's Kwantung Army suddenly became lively.

At least seven radio stations and 10 telephones were placed in the headquarters, and the sound of telegrams filled the entire war hall.

Umezu Mijiro likes to place the communication class in the war hall, so that he can get the battle report from the front line at the first time.

"The Shanhaiguan Eighth Road has used 500 artillery pieces, including 250 heavy guns, and is shelling the positions of the 119th Division and the 131st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade!"

"The main force of the Eighth Route Army has landed in the area around Tianlong Temple in the rear of the 119th Division and the 131st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Army!"

"The main force of the Eighth Route Army has landed from Wanghai Temple in Huludao, and the main force of the 80th Brigade is fighting fiercely with the enemy!"

One battle report after another came, and the brows of General Umezu Mijiro of the Kwantung Army were twisted into a Sichuan character.

The Liaoning West Corridor has been beaten into a pot of porridge.

What made Umezu Mijiro shudder even more was that the Eighth Route Army actually had a navy, transport ships and warships!

Does the Eighth Route Army have aircraft carriers?

Were there battleships?

Umezu Mijiro expected that the Eighth Route Army would most likely attack Shanhaiguan and even Huludao.

But he never imagined that the Eighth Route Army would attack Shanhaiguan and Huludao in such a posture.

Sending the new troops to attack in turn in the front seems to be training the new troops in actual combat, but in fact, they have been secretly planning to use battleships to carry infantry to land behind the locust army.

If Li Yunlong was not his enemy, Umezu Mijiro would even want to give it to Li this wave

Yunlong applauded.

Li Yunlong is really a god with soldiers.

At this moment, the communications staff officer took the telegram from the decoder and walked quickly to Umezu Yoshijiro: "General, just now the commander of the First Army, Mitsuo Nakazawa, sent a telegram that the Eighth Route sent paratroopers to cut off the retreat of the First Army, and the Eighth Route Army in front has launched a general attack on the First Army, and Lieutenant General Nakazawa has requested tactical guidance."

Umezu Mijiro's face became more and more solemn when he heard this.

Liaoning West Corridor and Chengde, Li Yunlong all want.

However, these two positions were strategic battles for both the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army.

Umezu Mijiro: "Order, the First Army will eliminate the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible to ensure that the road north of Chengde is unblocked."

"Hey."

The communications staff officer turned and left.

"Kasawara-kun." Umezu Mijiro looked at Chief of Staff Yukio Kasawara, "Where have the 135th Brigade and the 136th Brigade been separated?"

"The 135th Brigade can reach Jinzhou today." Yukio Kasahara immediately replied, "The 136th Brigade will arrive in Jinzhou tomorrow."

Umezu Mijiro immediately said: "The 123rd Division is not enough to reinforce Huludao, order the 149th Division of the Fourth Army to also immediately reinforce Huludao, and the Eighth Route Army must not be allowed to land from Huludao!"

As for the 119th Division and the 131st Brigade of Shanhaiguan, Umezu Mijiro didn't ask.

The Eighth Route has successfully landed from Tianlong Temple, and the 119th and 131st Divisions have fallen into a situation of being surrounded by the main forces of the Eighth Route Army.

It is certain that they will be completely annihilated, and now it depends on how long the 119th and 131st Divisions can hold out.

Yukio Kasawara: "Hi."

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