"Yaga? What did you say? Yujiayao fortress has been breached? The Huaxia tank armored group is advancing at full speed? Is the Chinese army crazy? "After receiving the information, the 23rd Division Komatsubara Michitaro didn't believe it was true at first, and was still thinking about wishful thinking, thinking that when the Chinese army rushed to the vicinity of the anti-tank trench again and stopped, it would give a devastating heavy artillery fire! However, in just over 20 minutes, the Huaxia tank armored unit broke through several lines of defense in a row, and directly abandoned Yujiayao Village, which had no outer positions to defend it!

"Someone! Immediately order the heavy artillery wing to adjust the firing of Zhu Yuan, and the tank regiment of the Chinese army is about to rush over! Hurry up and drop! Stunned, Michitaro Komatsubara suddenly discovered the most fatal problem, that is, the most powerful anti-tank weapon in his hand is a large-caliber field howitzer, if these heavy firepower cannot play a role, then the next battle is very likely to be very bad! It's just that it's too late to sharpen the gun!

Large-caliber howitzers are different from small-caliber artillery such as mortars, infantry guns, and anti-aircraft guns, and it is not difficult for these small-caliber guns to readjust the firing angle, and they can be done in just a few minutes! Skilled artillery can even be adjusted in a minute! But large-caliber howitzers are not the same thing, because large-caliber howitzers are not only extremely bulky, but also have a huge recoil, so it is necessary to fix the gun carriage to the ground with an iron brazing before firing!

Therefore, if you want to adjust the firing angle of a large-caliber howitzer, you must take out the iron drill, and then use a truck or horse to pull the cannon to adjust the firing angle, and then fix it again after adjustment! This takes a lot of time, usually more than two hours at the earliest!

The Yujiayao Fortress and the field fortress where the 23rd Division is stationed are only more than ten kilometers, and the tank armored troops advancing at full speed can reach it in a maximum of 20 minutes, which will not take so much time at all! "Brothers, take off and get to work! Let's go! "The 34 helicopters and the only 3 bombers that had been waiting for a long time immediately attacked the whole army and flew to the 23rd Division at the fastest speed! Blitzkrieg needs to make full use of the quick advantage of aircraft and tanks to defeat the enemy by surprise attack.

It is often necessary to first use planes to violently bomb the communications centers of the enemy's important strategic facilities, blow up the enemy's planes, gain air supremacy at airfields, and paralyze the enemy's command system. There are no airfields around the Japanese army, the fleet staying on the sea has a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, and Yang Fan only has 3 light bombers in his hands, so don't even think about bombing the devil warship!

Therefore, I can only bully the fixed targets on the ground, and use all the air power that can be used to bomb to the maximum, reduce the pressure on the tank armored regiment, and create chaos! More than 10 minutes later, bomber and helicopter groups arrived at the 23rd Division's headquarters one after another, and from a high altitude shells fell into the sky with a fierce scream. "Oh, no! It's the bomber of the Chinese army! ”

"Oh my God! So many Huaxia bombers? "It's over! Finished! "Yaga! Anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns opened fire immediately! "Shoot! Change it next time! ”

In the panic, many devils were holding their heads and looking around for cover where they could hide, while those devil soldiers who were waiting next to anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns gritted their teeth and shot wildly into the sky! However, there is no radar guidance, no anti-aircraft missiles, and no fighter interception, and it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to resist an air attack with just a few anti-aircraft weapons!

Not to mention the 3 bombers, they fly at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, the speed is fast, and they are scattered and opened, even if the devil artillery sees it, they don't want to hit it! The helicopter that followed also spread out in formation, and the altitude reached 5,000 meters, although the speed was much slower, and even made a short high-altitude stay, but the same was not so easy to shoot! Hundreds of shells fell, flying towards the Japanese positions, flying towards the devils fleeing in all directions!

Tons of bombs hissed, and the sharp whistling sound tore the nerves of the Japanese devils, bringing endless fear and death to the invaders!

Buzz! Chirp tweet! Boom!

The humming of motors in the sky, the screaming of bombs in mid-air, the earth-shattering explosions on the ground, the blazing fires, and the howling of little devils, a huge area has become a hell on earth! Beams of fire burst into the sky, and the violent blast blast blast shattered flesh and blood, and the barracks bunkers and trenches collapsed in large areas!

Although this wilderness fortress is nominally a fortress, there are not many real permanent reinforced concrete buildings, and most of them are semi-permanent brick and wood fortifications!

The whole bombing process only lasted for about ten minutes, but it caused extremely heavy casualties and extreme chaos to the devils! Seven helicopters of the Flying Tigers of the Jiaodong Group Army were damaged, and another four helicopters were unfortunately shot down and crashed by anti-aircraft guns, and the losses were not small.

"Baga Ya Road! Damn the Huaxia Air Force! "Yaga! Extinguish the fire! "Hurry up and get into position! The Chinese tank armored forces are coming! "Request air support from the Imperial Navy now! Hurry up and drop! ”

The 23rd Division's Michitaro Komatsubara managed to dodge a deadly air attack, and when he ran out of the division headquarters, his eyes were full of raging fire and ruins, and he was suddenly not good! Just as Michitaro Komatsubara feared, not only was the armored tank regiment assaulting at full speed, and the rumbling sound of motors was already looming, but the first batch of follow-up infantry had already arrived in Yujiayao Village by car!

As soon as the convoy arrived at Yujiayao Village, Hao Cheng, the commander of the 5th Regiment, ordered: "The second and third battalions of the 5th Regiment immediately get off the bus and surround Yujiayao Village, and not a single soldier can be let go!" The first battalion continues to advance forward! ”

"Quick! Fast! "Fence it off!" "Be careful!"

More than 40 troop carriers creaked to a steady stop, and 1,200 fully armed infantry quickly jumped out of the carriages, and then surrounded Yujiayao Village on all sides as quickly as possible, building a simple fortification line on the spot! The vacated troop carrier quickly turned around and galloped back to meet the next wave of infantry!

"Nani? The Chinese army is actually fully mechanized to transport troops? "Yaga! We're surrounded! "Big things are bad! The Chinese army is going to fight a war against encirclement and annihilation, and the 23rd Division is in danger! Immediately send a telegram to the division commander to report the situation! ”

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the captain of the devil brigade trapped in Yujiayao Village noticed through observation that the purely mechanized transport convoy was driving over, and then a large group of heavily armed infantry jumped out of the car. At this time, the captain of the devil still didn't understand what this meant, and he was suddenly trembling with fright, this was clearly the rhythm of eating and wiping!

However, there were only more than 500 devil infantry trapped in Yujiayao, and they were frightened by the steel torrent before, so they knew that they were being divided and surrounded, but the devil captain didn't dare to order the troops to break through! "Nani? The Chinese army actually wanted to encircle and annihilate a division of the Imperial Army? What a whims! ”

Tuqiao and his gang quickly got the news, and immediately looked very confused, although they always knew that the Jiaodong Group Army they were facing was very powerful, they still didn't expect Yang Fan to have such a big appetite! "Hmph, it's not certain who eats whom! Come, immediately send a telegram to the base camp, be sure to order the Imperial Naval Aviation Corps for air support! Tsuchihashi pondered carefully for a moment, and then ordered to the staff officer beside him:

"In addition, let the 85th Wing and the 86th Wing be ready for battle, as long as the Imperial Air Corps launches a full-scale attack on the remnants of the enemy in China as soon as it is dispatched!" Although the Jiaodong Group Army's attack this time was very abnormal and sharp, and it seemed that the whole army was attacking with all their might, Tuqiao and his party did not think that they had the ability to eat the 23rd Division that was fully manned and held on to the fortress in a short period of time!

It has always been a headache for the Jiaodong Group Army to shrink in the strong city and fortifications, and this time it finally rushed out on a large scale and was exposed in the wilderness, and Tuqiao didn't want to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Because, Tsuchihashi was still full of faith in the Japanese Naval Aviation Corps, firmly believing that as long as the aviation regiment concentrated superior forces, it could not only severely damage the Flying Tigers of the Chinese Tiger Army, but also cause serious damage to the ground forces of the Tiger Army!

Then, the 22nd Division and the 23rd Division, as well as the army units drawn from all over the place, can join forces and encircle and annihilate the Jiaodong Group Army that rushed out of the fortress in the field! Tuqiao's calculation is not bad, and it is indeed an excellent opportunity to hit the Jiaodong Group Army with a backhand.

However, there is a prerequisite that the Japanese Air Corps has enough strength advantage to annihilate the aircraft of the Jiaodong Group Army, otherwise everything is delusional and empty talk! "Nani? What is that? ”

"Yaga! It was the Huaxia tank group that rushed over! "Hurry up and drop! Get into position! "Fire now! Tao times change! ”

It was only five or six minutes after the air raid and bombardment ended, and the tank armored group rumbled to the front of the position, and at this time, the devil soldiers were either struggling to put out the fire, or nervously repairing the damaged fortifications, or rescuing the wounded, and only a few devils had already entered the defensive position and stood by! As soon as they saw so many formidable heavy tanks rushing to the front, the devils blew up at once, and everyone put down their chores and entered their respective positions as soon as possible!

Soon the gunshots and cannon explosions exploded like fried beans, and the tongues of fire were like fireworks sticks, flashing in the early morning mist! "Tank guns clear the heavy fire points of the Japanese army, and heavy machine guns suppress fire! The sapper demolition team immediately got out of the car and blew up the tank trench! Move fast! "Anti-tank trenches have also been dug around the perimeter of this field fortified position.

Boom, dozens of tank guns fired one after another, and each shot would explode a dazzling fire, and the burst of shrapnel and powerful explosive shockwaves kept destroying the devil's fortifications and harvesting the devil's head! Dozens of heavy machine guns even weaved a storm of death metal, which made the Japanese positions dusty, and the devil soldiers couldn't raise their heads at all! After receiving the order, the door of the armored car in the queue opened with a bang, and dozens of sappers quickly got out of the car, and with three or two clicks of explosives, they turned over and entered the tank trench in front!

The sappers wielded their pickaxes to dig holes in the walls of the tank trenches, and then quickly placed the explosives packets and connected the leads. The whole process was smooth, and in less than 5 minutes, more than 50 powerful explosive bags were placed!

"Detonate immediately!" After all the sappers had climbed ashore from the anti-tank trenches, the demoman suddenly pressed the telegraph!

Boom, boom, earth-shattering explosions continued to explode, the incomparably powerful explosion power made the surrounding ground shake violently, and a cloud of fire rose into the sky, thick gunpowder smoke mixed with dust in the sky, and soon a large area was completely enveloped!

"Assault of the whole army! Kill a piece of armor and leave it behind! "Rush!" "Kill!"

After a short wait, a 50-meter-wide collapse section appeared in front of the smoke and dust, and the tank trench fortifications that the little devils had spent a lot of effort to build exploded! As for the barbed wire and mine arrays or something, they have long been directly pushed and crushed by the leading heavy tanks, and there is no way to stop the mighty torrent of steel!

Because the main battlefield of the Japanese army was Asia, it was faced with infantry with improvised equipment, and weapons such as anti-armor were useless, and Japan was extremely short of anti-tank weapons in the early days of World War II! In addition, Japan's development focus is on the navy, so that Japan, which has limited national strength, really can't support a mechanized armored army!

Rao is now that Japan has been beaten to the heart by the tank troops of the Jiaodong Group Army, but it is still not a moment and a half to make up for it! Boom, the roar of the majestic motor sounded again, and the first eight heavy tanks plunged into the trench in front of them, and the powerful track chain kept the loose dirt flying backwards! It only took four or five seconds to complete the downhill and uphill hula and rush to the ground, and one by one huge steel bodies instantly appeared in the retina of the devil infantry!

"Nani? This is rushing through the tank trenches? "Amaterasu! This! "Yaga! What are you still stunned about? Don't go up and blow it up yet! ”

The devil infantry were dumbfounded, half an hour ago, these tanks were attacking the fortress of Yujiayao more than ten kilometers away, and they could only see the skyrocketing fire in the hazy night! According to the previous combat experience, without three or four hours, they would not encounter a battle here, and even they would have a false alarm at all! However, after only one meal, the suffocating and desperate torrent of steel rushed to him, and not only ordinary soldiers, but even those experienced devil squadron leaders and captains were trembling with fright!

"A battalion and a company assaulted forward, cutting through the devil's position head-on, and hitting the headquarters of the devil's division! The rest of the troops are divided and annihilated! "Broke through several trench fortification lines one after another, and soon broke through to the camp where the devil was stationed! Zhou Hao immediately divided his troops into two ways, one way 22 heavy tanks rushed to the headquarters of the devil division in the center, and the remaining 108 tanks were pushed horizontally in formation!

Since the Japanese army formulated a strategy of long-term siege of the Jiaodong Group Army half a year ago, in order to compress the living space of the Jiaodong Group Army to the greatest extent, the Japanese army naturally would not shrink in the county seat! As a result, the Japanese army built a large number of fortifications and defensive fortresses in the mountains and villages around the defense area of the Jiaodong Group Army! Covering an area of several square kilometers, this wild fortress was originally a small village that was not disputed with the world, and after the devils occupied it, the villagers were either slaughtered or driven to other places! The internal and external positions are arranged with barbed wire, trenches, pillboxes, turrets, barricades, turrets and other fortifications, and under normal circumstances, it is very difficult for the Chinese army to break through head-on!

"Kill!" "Kill!"

All the commanders, gun commanders, drivers, and loaders let out an earth-shattering roar at the top of their voices, and after nearly an hour of fighting, everyone not only did not appear tired, but became more and more passionate and excited! At this time, the sky has already brightened, and a red sun has risen in the east, and you can see the surrounding scenery clearly with the naked eye! After breaking through the devil's defense line, a large number of houses and buildings appeared in front of him, but even if they were all brick houses converted into devil barracks, there were also many reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers!

Soon a new fierce battle began to be staged again, and the tank group frantically attacked from all sides, and the barrels of the black holes kept blasting out shells, emitting wisps of gunsmoke!

"Shoot! Tao times change! "His Majesty the Emperor is onboard!"

The little devils who were forced into the corner also went crazy with red eyes, and attacked with all the weapons in their hands, anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, grenades, and many devils launched a desperate charge with explosives bags! The Jiaodong Group Army is red-eyed, the devils are fighting for their lives, and the battles between life and death are constantly staged! However, how can flesh and blood resist the torrent of steel, although the devil soldiers fought hard and carried explosives bags one after another, but they were as fragile as pieces of paper in the face of the metal storm!

Even if a few little devils succeed and blow up the tank tracks, there is no way to stop the tank from continuing to fire as a fixed battery, and the Japanese devils who lack effective anti-tank weapons are doomed to bleed today! "Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, something is wrong! The tank group of the Chinese army has broken through the outlying positions and has now rushed into the camp! "Report to the commander of the division, there is a tank unit rushing towards the division headquarters at full speed!" It's already dangerous here, please move immediately, Your Excellency the division commander! ”

"Nani? So fast? Is it all a bunch of stupid pigs ahead? How can you make a tank unit drive straight in? Bad news kept coming, and Michitaro Komatsubara's face became more and more ugly, until now he was pale, and a bean-sized cold sweat broke out on his forehead!

In fact, without the reminder of the staff and guards, he could clearly hear the sound of the cannon getting closer and closer, and even the rumbling motor mixed with the violent gunfire of the gunfire! "Yaga! Burn the flag now! Request air support from the Imperial Navy now! Even if all of us are shattered, we must not let go of these Huaxia armored tanks! Hurry up and drop! "Send the order to organize the death squad to blow up the tank!"

At this time, the only thing Michitaro Komatsubara can do is to burn the military flag, and then use the last of his strength to fight to the end! As for retreating, don't think about it, get out of the strong fortifications, and run with the tank on your legs, you will only die an even more ugly death!

"Your Excellency, Commander, there is an urgent telegram from the front! 100,000 urgent! "Yaga!"

Deputy Takeshi Toyoda was called up while he was still asleep, and he suddenly got up a little angry, scolded very unpleasantly, and then sat up straight and said, "What the hell is going on?" So anxious! The devil's staff officer said: "The armored troops of the Jiaodong Group Army launched a general attack on the Yujiayao fortress at about four o'clock in the morning, and now they have not only broken through the Yujiayao fortress, but also broken through to the fortress where the 23rd Division is stationed!"

Moreover, a large number of follow-up troops of the Huaxia Army are being quickly transported to the front line by car and helicopter to carry out an encirclement and annihilation battle against the 23rd Division! The situation was urgent, and both the 22nd and 23rd Divisions sent telegrams requesting the Imperial Naval Aviation Corps to saturate and bomb the Huaxia Tiger Army! ”

"Nani? How is this possible? In more than an hour, the Huaxia troops advanced 30 kilometers, and not only conquered the Yujiayao fortress, but also formed an encirclement and annihilation posture against the 23rd Division? After reading the message, Toyota's head was instantly clouded! Since the Jiaodong Group Army began its summer offensive, Deputy Toyota has not listened to the news of the Jiaodong Group Army's guerrilla operations in all directions to attack the surrounding counties and cities! In particular, when entering the second stage of large-scale frontal attacks on Changyi County and Weixian County, there was a great movement every time, and the local army defense units repeatedly sent urgent reports requesting air support!

However, every time the Jiaodong Group Army made a fuss for four or five hours, it suddenly died down, so that Deputy Toyoda became suspicious, thinking that this was a deliberate ambush of the naval aviation regiment! Because the naval and air corps of the fleet transferred a considerable part of the aircraft group to the Wuhan battlefield, the fleet only retained more than a hundred aircraft as a deterrent and defense force! Otherwise, Deputy Toyota would not have been holding back all the time, sitting back and watching the small force of the Huajiaodong Group Army go out of the city to attack Weixian and Changyi County!

But now the shocking news has broken out coldly, the Jiaodong Group Army has broken through more than 30 kilometers in just over an hour, conquered a fortress, and defeated the 23rd Division stationed in the fortress! It's crazy, it's unbelievable! "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the base camp is in an emergency!" Just when Toyota's deputy military head was insufficient, an intelligence officer rushed to send an urgent telegram from the domestic base camp!

"Nani? At 5:40, all the aviation regiments of the Fourth Fleet took off and headed for Changyi County, when the Jinan Army Aviation Brigade will arrive at the same time, and must inflict heavy damage on the tank and armored units of the Jiaodong Group Army, and work together to annihilate the Huaxia Air Force that may come to the war! Toyota's eyes lit up instantly, and he couldn't imagine that the army had hidden an aviation brigade in Jinan. During World War II, Japan had only two branches of the army, the navy, and the Japanese air force could only be called an "air combat force", not an independent service! Japan's air force has always been dependent on the army and navy, and it only used aircraft as an auxiliary weapon to assist the army and navy in combat, and did not form an independent air force until the end of World War II.

The Japanese army and navy control Japan's military and political power, but the two sides are like fire and water, and the contradictions are quite deep; in order to obtain more aircraft, the Japanese navy and army not only compete for the resources of aircraft in service, but also start their own aircraft manufacturing projects. Because the two sides looked down on each other and refused to share technology, there was a strange phenomenon of repeated introductions by the army and navy of the same production line.

In this case, it is simply impossible for Japan to create an independent formed air force on its own. Although the Japanese base camp moved the idea of forming an air force, it was quickly rejected. Because they believe that if the Air Force becomes independent, it will infringe on the established interests of the Navy and Army. Unless the commanders of the base camp don't want to mess around, they can't afford to mess with either the army or the navy.

Due to the discord between the army and navy, Japan's navy and army also looked down on each other, and the two sides did not even communicate with each other. Although Japan's air power is divided into navy and army, it is very active, especially Japan's naval aviation, which has been battle-hardened and world-class. However, it was not until the end of the war, due to the loss of the Japanese Navy in the Pacific theater, that the Japanese Army Air supported some of the HNA aircraft, but these planes were not suitable for naval operations at all, so they did not play much role.

"Shw! The order was given, all aviation units were ready for battle, and all took off at 5:40! If you can annihilate all the tank armored troops and air force of the Jiaodong Group Army, it will be equivalent to pulling out the teeth and claws of the tiger, which will be a great merit and honor! Zhou Hao led 22 heavy tanks all the way forward, although they encountered extremely stubborn resistance, each tank did not know how many bullets, shells, grenades, and even explosives packs were hit!

However, after advancing almost two kilometers forward, only two tanks lost their forward momentum by blowing up their tracks and were forced to become battery and heavy machine gun emplacements! The other 20 tanks are still alive and well, rampage forward along the traffic lane in the center of the fortress and crush them frantically, annihilating all the Japanese who dare to take the lead!

"Haha, you get up, let me shoot a few shots too!" Zhou Hao's skills were unbearable, and he squeezed a young soldier from the position of the gun commander, and then looked at the gun mirror to look around for an attack target! After a while, Zhou Hao saw several imps firing wildly with Type 92 heavy machine guns on the earthen house a hundred meters away, and the bullets splashed strings of sparks on the tank armor.

"Haha! Eat me a shot! Without the slightest hesitation, Zhou Hao pressed the fire control switch, and almost at the same time, the huge steel body suddenly shuddered, and a cannonball whistled out in an instant! Immediately afterwards, the ghost heavy machine gun position in the field of vision exploded directly, and the little devil's flesh and blood flew sideways, and the heavy machine gun was also blasted into pieces and fired in all directions. "Haha, well done!" After turning around, he didn't find other devil soldiers coming up, and Zhou Hao was not interested in going through the wall and breaking the house to clear the remnants of the enemy, so he roared directly: "Keep going!" Straight to the Yellow Dragon! Come on! ”

"Tuanza Ox Break! Let's go! "A lot of praise from the other tank soldiers!" Get out of the car! "Spread out the formation!" "Prepare for battle!"

Hao Cheng led the main battalion of the 5th Regiment to the field fortress garrisoned by the 23rd Division at the fastest speed, and as soon as the car stopped, 1,100 heavily armed infantry jumped out of the carriage one after another! "Mom! Do you still need us? "That's terrifying, isn't it?" "Wouldn't it be that the little devils were all killed by the brothers of the tank armored regiment?" "Ahh And what about the brothers of the tank armored regiment? "Don't be careless! Stay on high alert! ”

However, when Hao Cheng and the others stood firm, pulled the bolt and picked up the gun and looked ahead, everyone was dumbfounded! I saw that the Devil's Fortress a hundred meters away had completely turned into a smoky ruin. As far as the eye can see, there are ruins everywhere, flames crackling and burning, and then take a closer look at the rubble and ruins scattered with countless broken limbs and dead devil corpses! More than 1,000 people scattered in formation, and after a high degree of nervous observation on the periphery, they couldn't see any living creatures for a while, and even the huge tank group was completely gone!

Hao Cheng and the others were very puzzled in their hearts, they originally thought that they would encounter a fierce battle as soon as they arrived at the place, but according to the intelligence, this field fortress was stationed with a fully equipped B division, and there were at least 13,000 people! Even if there is bombing in front and a tank regiment rushing in and attacking, after all, there are more than 13,000 devil troops, and it should be impossible to be so vulnerable! Hao Cheng and the others hurried over, not directly encircled and annihilated, but first besieged to prevent escape, and then encircled and annihilated with the follow-up troops! But now, it seems that things are completely different from the written script! "Boom!" However, at this moment, the rumbling of artillery and explosions came from the front, reminding everyone that the battle was still ongoing!