After Ichigawa Yoiji walked away, Kawabe Shozo turned his head to look at Yukio Kasahara, the commander of the 12th Division of the Japanese Army, and said, "Kasahara-kun, before the General Army Headquarters issues a new combat order, please be sure to stick to the last line of defense, please!" After speaking, Kawabe Shozo bowed deeply to Yukio Kasahara. Hello! Please rest assured, Your Excellency, the Imperial Warriors of the 12th Division will never let Your Excellency the Commander down, and will definitely make the Chinese army pay the price of blood! ”

Yukio Kasahara nodded emphatically, and then walked away with a brisk and majestic stride. At present, the 19th Army is already in a crisis situation of being surrounded by the north and the south, but Yukio Kasawara is still very confident, which is due to the fact that the 12th Division still has a strong strength. The 12th Division, also known as the Kurume Division, was established in 1898 and included the 12th Infantry Brigade and the 24th Infantry Brigade, as well as a field artillery wing, an independent mountain artillery wing, two field heavy artillery wings, an anti-aircraft artillery wing, and a tank wing.

As a veteran A division, the 12th Division has always been an important division when it launched aggression and expansion against China. Shozo Kawabe is the former division commander of the 12th Division and the old superior of Yukio Kasahara, so he has a special affection for the 12th Division. Therefore, in this campaign to attack Tonggucheng, Kawabe Shozo has always hidden the 12th Division and used it as the last trump card of the 19th Army, and has never participated in the war of attrition on the Tonggu front.

So far, the other three divisions have been damaged to a great extent, but the 12th Division is quite intact, and the total strength is still as high as 20,000! "Don't panic, the Huaxia army is actually just the end of the crossbow, as long as we withstand their offensive, they will lose their strength and fall into a state of weakness!"

"Not only are the 15th and 20th armies going north to support us, but the air force and navy of the Empire of Japan are advancing with all their might, and soon we will be able to carry out a counter-encirclement and annihilation war against the Chinese army!" "This battle is not only related to the safety of the 19th Army, but also to the success or failure of the Battle of Burma, and even more to the great plans of the Japanese Empire!" "We can only win this battle, not lose!" "If we win, we will all become heroes of the Yamato nation, and will be remembered forever by future generations, if we lose, then we will be the sinners of the empire and the shame of the Yamato nation!"

After returning to the division command post, Yukio Kasawara relayed Kawabe Shozo's order to the devil officers. After bringing the wave of rhythm, Yukio Kasahara bowed very solemnly and said, "Gentlemen, please!" "Hello!" "Please rest assured, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" "The imperial warriors will definitely kill the Chinese army without leaving a piece of armor!" "People are in the position!" "The Great Japanese Empire will win!"

The 14th Infantry Wing Captain Ichiyoshiro, the 24th Infantry Wing Captain Kikuchi Saburo, the 46th Infantry Wing Captain Yamane Goro, the 48th Infantry Wing Captain: Tanaka Ryoyoshi Osa, the 24th Field Artillery Wing Captain Ogura Saburo and other devil officers shouted for orders.

The 12th Division of the Devils is a veteran unit, not only equipped with a large number of anti-tank weapons, but also with very powerful artillery firepower. What's even more difficult is that these devil soldiers are all extremely murderous, and they don't want to die when they start a battle! The armored brigade and the 7th brigade in charge of the main attack continued to storm Menghe Town for more than an hour, but the progress was very slow under the stubborn resistance of the 12th Division of the Devils.

Not only the tanks and armored vehicles responsible for the attack were seriously damaged. The infantry also suffered heavy casualties, and for a time the battle situation fell into a stalemate, and it was difficult to quickly break through the last line of defense of the 19th Army. As a last resort, Duan Zhongyi could only order the front-line troops to temporarily stop the offensive and wait for the rear troops to first clear out the 14th and 44th Divisions of the Devils who had been divided and encircled.

"Yo Xi! Well done! The Huaxia army is really just the end of the crossbow! Seeing that the Huaxia army had finally stopped its attack and retreated to a peripheral position a kilometer away, the face of the commander of the 14th Infantry Wing, Yoshiro Ichichi, became better. 15 kilometers away from the town of Orton, the Duan Anguo Regiment is now waging an annihilation battle against the remnants of an infantry wing of the 14th Division of the Devils.

Duan Anguo was in charge of commanding a large infantry tank and served as the battlefield command vehicle of the regimental headquarters. The infantry tank is a type of tank used to support infantry operations in World War II and the 30s of the 20th century. It is characterized by its slow marching speed, which can keep up with the speed of infantry, and has heavy armor that can provide cover and fire support for infantry, and its tactical concept is close to that of contemporary infantry fighting vehicles.

"Be careful, there are anti-aircraft guns at 7 o'clock! Fast! "The command vehicle was covering the infantry team to move forward, and the observer suddenly roared." Dog day! Hearing the roar of the observer, the driver slammed the steering wheel, and the infantry tank body immediately turned sharply, and the front of the car was facing the direction of the devil's anti-aircraft gun.

There is no way, the infantry tanks are too bulky, and there is no way to completely avoid the devil's anti-aircraft artillery, so you can only take care of your head at this time. "Boom!" Almost at the same time that the infantry tank turned its head, the 37-mm shells fired by the devils hit the front armor of the infantry tank.

Immediately after that, a deafening loud bang was heard, and the body of the infantry tank shook violently. Several people in the tank were shaken and swayed from side to side. Duan Anguo, who was in the gun position, was also shocked, and even his head hit the steel wall uncontrollably.

If it weren't for the tactical helmet on his head, just this violent impact, Duan Anguo would have to be opened, and he would have to faint if he didn't die! But fortunately, although the movement of the battle defense gun played by the devil is really not small, but the infantry tank is unscathed, and the thickness of the front armor of the body is more than 120mm, which is more than enough to withstand the 37mm battle defense gun of the Japanese army.

"Little devil of dog day, don't hurry up and die for me!" Duan Anguo hurriedly sat up straight, shook his head slightly, and then brought his eyes to the back of the aiming hole at the speed of his mouth. Soon, through the aiming hole, Duan Anguo accurately found the devil battle defense cannon that had attacked him just now. I saw that those devil artillerymen were busy reloading the shells in a panic, preparing to carry out a second shelling at this big guy, but it was obvious that Duan Anguo would not give them another chance.

"Ahh Duan Anguo roared with a red face and pressed the button hard. Those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and they have been mixing with the big soldiers in the army for a long time, and Duan Anguo, a Sven man, has also learned to speak foul language. "Boom!"

The main gun of the infantry tank let out an earth-shattering roar, followed by a violent shock to the entire tank body, and a 95-mm shell rushed out of the barrel. Almost as soon as he pressed the fire control switch, Duan Anguo saw that the 37mm caliber anti-aircraft gun in his field of vision turned into a strange red light, and the people and the cannon exploded into a pile of fragments. "Damn little devils! And that's just the beginning! ”

This is already the sixth military target that Duan Anguo has personally destroyed, destroying 4 battle defense guns and 2 heavy machine guns before and after, and there are as many as 20 devil soldiers who died in his hands. However, Duan Anguo, who had already been baptized with iron blood, did not have a little pity and unbearable in his heart, and only had a hearty pleasure and sense of achievement!

That's right, this is a cruel war to the death, and being merciful to the enemy is cruel to yourself, not to mention that these are executioners whose hands are stained with the blood of Chinese soldiers and civilians! "Second brother! Well done this one! Haha, was it okay just now? At this time, Duan Zhenguo, who was closely followed by the infantry tank, sent a congratulatory message. After some hard work, Duan Zhenguo was finally discharged from the hospital and returned to the team as he wished, and was promoted to an infantry battalion commander.

Duan Anguo reached the rank of lieutenant colonel before joining the Asian People's Liberation Army, so after some training and further study, he naturally became a regimental officer. "Don't worry, I'm fine! This infantry tank of ours is really skinned, don't try to hurt us with this little devil! Duan Anguo replied on the communication channel, and then whispered: "Third brother, you all have to be careful, these devils are all things that don't cry when they don't see the coffin, the more we have to be calm and calm at the last moment!" ”

Duan Anguo was really a little worried about this younger brother who had just been discharged from the hospital, although the infantry had a full set of combat uniforms of "three levels of head and three levels of armor", but in the face of heavy machine guns and artillery shells. The bomb is still uncontestable. Now the battlefield is chaotic, stray bullets are flying all over the sky, and unexpected and deadly attacks can occur at any time!

This way, Duan Anguo has seen too many lives and deaths, not to mention the serious casualties of the infantry, even the thick-skinned tanks and armored vehicles have also lost an unknown number of vehicles under the indiscriminate bombardment of the devil's defense artillery, iron fist rocket launcher, and the devil's air force and artillery. "Don't worry, second brother, I'm not that fragile! You can clear the heavy firepower for us with peace of mind, don't be distracted, you are a big tree now, and the devils will definitely try to knock you out by all means! ”

Duan Zhenguo pursed his lips and smiled, at this time, he could only meet on a narrow road, and the brave man would win a bloody battle with the devil to the end, as for whether he could survive or not, he could only resign himself to fate. "Great Japanese Empire onboard!" "His Majesty the Emperor is onboard!" While he was talking, several devil soldiers ran out of a pit with explosives bags and tried to fight for their lives.

"Okay, let's not talk nonsense with you, there's business coming to the door!" Seeing this, Duan Zhenguo hurriedly picked up the AK47 assault rifle, aimed it at the devil soldier, and then suddenly pulled the trigger. "Holy shit, if you want to blow up the tank, let's get past our level first!" Almost at the same time, several infantrymen who were working together around the infantry tank also pulled the trigger.

Da Da Da, a string of bullets swept past, and these ghost soldiers were directly beaten into a sieve, and streams of hot blood rushed out without money, and after a while, they collapsed on the spot. "Jingle ......" A tongue of fire burst out of a bunker, and then a crisp metallic sound rang out from the wall of the car, which turned out to be a ghost heavy machine gun bullet hitting the outer wall of the tank.

"Regiment seat, in the direction of five o'clock, there is a Type 92 heavy machine gun." The observer followed the prestige and found the Japanese heavy machine gun hidden in the shadows at a glance. "Excellent! I just like big fish like this! "One of Duan Anguo's main tasks is to clear the devil's heavy firepower, and in the face of this devil's heavy machine gun that took the initiative to send to the door, he naturally did not refuse.

Without any extra movements, Duan Anguo locked on to the target in just a few seconds, and then suddenly pressed the fire control switch. The same recipe and the same taste, and after a while, there was a bang, and I saw that the bunker of the civil structure exploded directly. There was a bloody storm in the midst of the civil engineering, and the two devil machine gunners and the Type 92 heavy machine gun were directly killed in an instant.

Sou! Wave after wave, Duan Anguo just knocked out a devil heavy machine gun, but unexpectedly, he didn't know where to drill out an iron fist bazooka. Boom! This time the infantry tank was not lightly damaged, the thick front armor was almost completely opened, and the entire huge body was shaken violently.

A carload of people was shocked, and they couldn't slow down for a long time. Thanks to the Iron Fist bazooka that the devil is now equipped with, it is only the first model, with a range of only 30 meters and a maximum armor-piercing thickness of 120 mm. If it hits the side at an effective range, the front armor of this infantry tank will not be able to carry it, but luckily the devil bazooka man does not have that angle of fire. "Fuck me!"

Seeing that his infantry tank was seriously damaged, the bazooka man on the side immediately retaliated with a tooth for a tooth, half-squatted on it and aimed at the hidden cover of the devil, and suddenly pulled the trigger. Boom, a moment later, there was a violent explosion, and the small dirt pit in front of it was directly flattened, and I saw pieces of flesh and blood flying all over the sky in the midst of the civil and engineering flights. "Ahem, ahem! My goodness, I almost confessed! ”

"These shitty days, it's so enduring! Even hiding in the mound, aren't you afraid of being directly crushed into pulp! "Careless! Careless! "The car could already smell the strong smell of gunpowder smoke and burnt odor, and Duan Anguo and others, who had survived the disaster, gasped for breath! I have to say that this wave is really dangerous! "Second brother, are you okay?"

I have never eaten pork and have seen pigs run, and when he saw the movement in front of him, Duan Zhenguo's heart suddenly burst out, and he hurriedly picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted. "It's okay! Can't die yet! Duan Anguo responded with a smile, looked down at his watch, and shouted on the regimental communication channel: "Attention of the whole regiment, we are running out of time, we must speed up and clean up the remnants of the Japanese army!" After annihilating the remnants of the devil's enemy, we still have to fight the vanguard as quickly as possible!

The goal of our army is to break through the comprehensive defense line of the 19th Army of the Devils before it gets dark and annihilate the main force of the 19th Army of the Devils! All vehicles must be careful and careful to keep in formation, and use firepower to detect any suspicious targets first, so as not to give the devil soldiers a chance! ”

The time is tight and the task is heavy, and the blitzkrieg has to pay attention to a fast, accurate and ruthless, and can't let the devil slow down, so he can't take too much care at this time.

"One revenue has arrived!" "Second revenue arrived!" "Three revenues have arrived!"

The response of the battalion commanders rang out in the communication channel. "Excellent! Keep going! After saying that, Duan Anguo ordered the infantry tank to enter the battle state again and drove towards a devil position in front.

Three hours ago, at 3:40 a.m. on May 25, 1941! Darcy City, the position of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army. The 18th Army of the Devils made a detour north into the Shan Plateau, and then fought fiercely with the stubbornly resisting 6th Army and 66th Army of the Nationalist Army on the Taunggyi-Jingdong line for two days.

In the end, the 18th Army of the Devils, with the outstanding performance of three veteran divisions, overcame the defense line of Taunggyi * Jingdong in one fell swoop, and dealt a devastating blow to the 6th Army and the 66th Army. After resting in place for a few days, the commander of the 18th Army, Anda 23, divided his troops into two routes: the 1st and 8th Divisions attacked the railway hub city of Darcy, and the 11th and 42nd Divisions attacked Xibu and Lashio.

The 11th Division and the 42nd Division attacked relatively smoothly, and in just over 10 days, they successively conquered important towns such as Menglan and Xibu. The two divisions then advanced closer to Lashio, fought bloody battles with the 6th, 66th, and 71st armies of the Nationalist Army, which were shrinking to defend for half a month, and finally conquered Lashio on the afternoon of May 24, further cutting off the retreat of the Chinese Expeditionary Force to return to China, and successfully completing the set strategic objectives.

The 1st Division and the 8th Division of the Devils who attacked Darcy City hit the iron plate, and the Chinese army responsible for garrisoning Darcy City was Sun Liren's division of the 3rd Army of the Huben Expedition. In the remaining months of the bloody battle, in this small city in central Burma, the number of casualties on both sides exceeded 20,000, and the 8th Devil's Division, which was the main attacker, was bloodied, and more than half of the division's casualties were exhausted of technical equipment, and finally had to retreat to the second line and turn to a state of defense and recuperation.

The 1st Devil's Division took over and became the Devil's unit for the main attack in the west. The 1st Division, also known as the Tokyo Division, was reorganized on May 14, 1888 from the old Tokyo Town Terrace, and was the oldest division in the history of the Imperial Japanese Army. In the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, the division landed on the Liaodong Peninsula in China and participated in the attack on Jinzhou City and Lushun. After three days of continuous assault, the 1st Division of the Devils, with high morale, broke through three outer lines of defense one after another, and attacked the city of Darcy before dark on April 24, occupying nearly a quarter of the city.

At half past three in the morning, the captain of the 1st Wing of the Devil's Army, Yang Tian Huji Dazuo, gathered several captains together for a short pre-war meeting. There was only one topic on the agenda, and that was to launch a massive Banzai charge against the Asian Liberation Army in Darcy City before dawn, in an attempt to conquer this small town that had shed too much blood for the Imperial Japanese Army.

Jiang Qiang has been holding back his big move to send troops to the devil Burma to deal a devastating blow at the most appropriate fighter, and the devil's attacking troops are also racking their brains, trying every means to break through the defense line of the Chinese defenders, and completely defeat or even completely annihilate the Chinese expeditionary force. The 1st Infantry Wing of the 1st Division, which is formed in Tokyo, Japan, is an absolutely veteran wing as you can see from this number.

The 1st Division formed in Tokyo was the "broad minor" of the Japanese army, and as the backbone of the Kwantung Army, it had the most military capacity and the strongest equipment, but it did not participate in the war for a long time. This time, the Burma Theater was in an emergency, and the Japanese base camp thought of this long-term pampered ace unit and transferred it to the Burma Theater to fight fiercely with the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Although it is said that the Japanese officers and soldiers from Tokyo are not born with a tough, fierce, and tenacious style like other devil soldiers from the bitter cold land. However, they also have the advantages that the devil soldiers in other bitter cold regions do not have, that is, they have the strongest weapons and equipment, excellent physical fitness, and at the same time, their loyalty and will to fight are also unusually strong.

Therefore, the 1st Division of the Devils is very strong in combat, and it has also performed well in the First Sino-Japanese War in the early years, and it has also been very tough since entering Burma. When attacking the 6th Army and the 66th Army of the Nationalist Army on the Taunggyi-Gyeongdong front, the 1st Division of the Devils, as the general reserve of the whole army, played a decisive role at the critical moment. This time, after the Battle of Darcy, the 1st Division of the Devils once again broke the deadlock in just three days and attacked Darcy City in one fell swoop.

Although a large part of the credit lies in the hard work of the 8th Division, it is indeed very uplifting for the 1st Division, which makes the devil soldiers in the division and regiment very high-spirited, and they all want to achieve greater success and victory. Finally attacked the city, the Asian Liberation Army was forced to retreat to the north of the city of Darcy, seeing that victory was imminent, the captain of the Devil Wing Yangtian Huji Dazuo was excited all night, and this was not before four o'clock in the morning and began to plan a wave of death.

For this attack, Yang Tian Huji gathered all the non-commissioned officers of the entire 1st Infantry Wing and supplemented the 1st Brigade of the Progressive Corps. Not only that, but he also transferred all the backbone veterans of the wing and organized them into a reinforced brigade. Moreover, Yangtian Huji also decided to personally lead the team to launch a onboard charge. Yangtian Huji's combat intention is very clear, he wants to use this crazy onboard charge to conquer Darcy City in one fell swoop with the momentum of thunder!

Yangtian Huji is desperate like this, not because he is too arrogant or "how can he survive if he is not crazy", but because he saw that the Huaxia Tiger Army could no longer hold on! As early as half a month ago, Yang Tian Huji heard the press conference held by Jiang Qiang on the radio, and was extremely excited to learn that "Jiang Qiang has decided to give up Burma."

Well, Jiang Qiang, the soul of the current Chinese Expeditionary Force, has decided to give up, so the Chinese Expeditionary Force must be disheartened, and there is not much combat power left. However, the next battle situation did not follow the script, and the Japanese Burmese troops in various battlefields were met with stubborn resistance from the Chinese Expeditionary Force. But it didn't matter, although the battle was a little more difficult, the Japanese Imperial Army was completely in a superior position, and the battlefields were victorious everywhere.

In particular, the 18th Army achieved brilliant results, inflicting a devastating blow on the three armies of the National Army, and now Darcy City will also be in the bag. Therefore, Yangtian Huji is very confident that as long as he can organize a real Banzai charge at this time, he will definitely be able to take Darcy Town in one fell swoop and completely annihilate the 6th Division of the Huaxia Tiger Army!

It was with this idea in mind that Yang Tian Hu made a desperate bet to condense the essence of the entire wing into a reinforced brigade, and wanted to launch a board charge that would either kill you or die. "His Majesty the Emperor is onboard!" "Great Japanese Empire onboard!" "For the future generations of the Yamato nation! Onboard! "Kill all the Chinese soldiers!" Charge! ”

At 3:50 a.m., more than 1,000 devil soldiers with bowls on their heads, after completing the final pre-war mobilization, they took advantage of the night to launch a board charge against the Tiger Army position in the north of Darcy City. Quietly entering the village without letting go of the gun, the devil soldiers gritted their teeth, their foreheads were bruised, and the cats shuttled through the alleys full of ruins and rubble.