Chapter 867: Surrounding and annihilating the 27th Army (1)
Qiqihar, 27th Army Headquarters
Lieutenant General Hara Morijiro is convening a meeting with several old Japanese soldiers. He has already felt the suffocation before the decisive battle. This will be a life and death test for the 27th Army.
"Gentlemen, during this period, the Eighth Route Army has been gathering troops and mobilizing combat supplies. The intention is very obvious, which is to capture Qiqihar and encircle and annihilate our 27th Army!
To this end, the Eighth Route Army has assembled no less than 250,000 troops, hundreds of aircraft, hundreds of tanks, and hundreds of artillery pieces of various types."
As soon as Hara Morijiro finished speaking, the others couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. They didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army had become so powerful, and everyone's heart was cast into a shadow.
Lieutenant General Numata, commander of the 12th Division, took over and said:
"For the original army, Qiqihar's terrain is flat and there is no danger to defend. The Eighth Route Army has huge advantages in strength and firepower, and also has control of the air. This battle is not easy to fight;
I suggest that we concentrate our forces and move toward the southeast, trying to open up contact with the main force of the front army, so that there is still a chance of forming a group with the Xinjing troops."
As soon as Lieutenant General Numata finished speaking, the commander of the 71st Division, Lieutenant General Ichiro Sakanishi, immediately retorted:
"Numata-kun, the Eighth Route Army has formed heavy troops around Qiqihar, built several blockades, and has air superiority. The Imperial Army has lost a good opportunity to break through;
Once the main force of our 27th Army leaves the fortification group and is blocked in front of the Eighth Route Army's solid blockade when breaking through, the Eighth Route Army only needs to dispatch enough aircraft to carry out indiscriminate bombing of the exposed Imperial Army troops.
collapse.
Now we can only rely on the fortifications to hold on and fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army, making the Eighth Route Army pay an unbearable price, and maybe there will be a glimmer of hope!"
When the original Lieutenant General saw that the two division commanders had different opinions, he had to make his own decision:
"Gentlemen, now is not the best time to break out. Mr. Banxi is right. The Eighth Route Army has huge air superiority and firepower advantage. Don't forget that they also have hundreds of tanks;
Qiqihar's flat plain is very suitable for armored troops to fight. Once the imperial army leaves the solid fortification group, it will be difficult to stop the armored group from charging in the wild, and the consequences will be disastrous.
Therefore, I agree with Mr. Banxi's opinion and rely on solid fortifications to fight the Eighth Route Army to the death!
The Eighth Route Army's armored units are mainly concentrated on the northern front. I judge that their main attack direction should be the northern front. I plan to deploy the 9th Division on the northern front..."
Just when the Japanese were intensively deploying defense missions, a harsh air defense siren sounded, and there was chaos in the command room. Lieutenant General Haraji slapped his hand heavily on the table and said angrily:
"On Bagaya Road, the Eighth Route Army plane has not arrived yet, how can you behave in such a panic?
The empire has lost all face!
It's just a plane bombing, what's the big deal? The flying team took off to answer the challenge, and the others quickly returned to their command positions, preparing for a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army!"
After being scolded by the commander, everyone immediately felt ashamed of their panic behavior. They were the commanders of the Kwantung Army, the flower of the imperial army. How could they be frightened by a few planes?
Everyone quickly stabilized their bodies and said in unison to Lieutenant General Yuan Ji:
"Hey!"
Then he strode away. The Kwantung Army's arrogance was still there.
Ten minutes later, Black Crow Crow's fleet of aircraft flew over the Japs' positions, and strings of heavy aerial bombs roared down and smashed into the Japs' positions...
Bunkers flew into the sky one after another, trenches were blown to the ground, and groups of Japanese were swallowed up by the explosion. In the face of absolute firepower, individual bravery can be ignored;
No matter how elite the old devils are, a heavy aerial bomb will kill a large area. Apart from praying for Amaterasu's protection, they can do nothing.
The Japs of the Ninth Division were indeed brave. They raised their crooked machine guns and even 38-guns, and fired wildly at the sky, trying to knock down the Sky Fortress bombers with their light weapons.
The pilots of the Eighth Route Army would naturally not tolerate them. They dropped an incendiary bomb on them and instantly set them on fire.
The enemy's position suddenly became a hell on earth. The screams could be heard thousands of meters in the air. Feeling relieved, they dropped a few more incendiary bombs on the enemy;
Hundreds of napalm bombs burned the positions of the Ninth Division into a sea of flames. These beasts who had committed numerous crimes against humanity in Aurous Hill finally tasted the feeling of being burned alive by the fire.
Chu Xiong had already issued a killing order for the Ninth Division. Chu Xiong had no intention of letting these beasts leave the land of China alive;
The Japs in other places can still surround three towers, but since there is the Ninth Division in the direction of Qiqihar, they are sorry, they will all be wiped out, no one will be left!
The Japs of the Ninth Division finally waited until the plane left, and then "fireworks" flew into the sky;
The Wei Shen cannons of the three columns were used intensively. Thousands of rockets hit the Japanese position, completely covering the Japanese position. The Japanese of the Ninth Division and the Twelfth Division learned what it means to destroy the sky.
In the end, only the Japs of the 71st Division who were deployed in the city escaped the disaster.
The key target was the northern position defended by the Ninth Division. The Eighth Route Army artillery group fired a total of more than 12,000 130mm rockets at their position, inflicting a devastating blow to the Ninth Division.
This group of pioneers who invaded China, the demons in Jinling City, finally tasted the taste of being slaughtered like pigs and dogs.
Just as the artillery attack ended, a steel square formation composed of more than 200 tanks and self-propelled artillery rolled towards the position of the 9th Division;
The remaining Japanese on the position climbed up from the floating soil, picked up their rifles with bayonets, and charged fiercely towards the T34 tank, which was as strong as a black bear.
The tank driver stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and ran over the Japs, knocking down groups of Japs before being rolled into the tracks;
After the tank left, there was a pool of bloody meatloaf on the ground.
Behind the tanks, countless Eighth Route Army soldiers, armed with steel guns, fired revenge bullets at every Japanese they saw. Even the dead Japanese had to be shot again, so there was no shortage of bullets!
Lieutenant General Yuan Ci correctly guessed that the main attack direction of the Eighth Route Army was indeed the northern front, and this time the 103rd column of the new force was deployed;
The 103rd Column was formed from the main force of the 129th Division. Many of its commanders were old friends of Chuxiong, such as the Second Brigade Commander He Wei, the Third Brigade Commander Kong Xu (the former commander of the New Second Regiment, and the old commander of the Chuxiong Seventh Company).
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The 129th Division system is the largest of the Eighth Route Army in this time and space. Strictly speaking, Chuxiong's Independent Army and Chen Shukang's 81st Division were all derived from the 129th Division, but they formed their own systems.
The third brigade commander Kong Xu has always kept a low profile, but he is definitely the most prestigious among the first-level commanders of the Eighth Route Army brigade. The reason is that he left a company commander behind at that time, and now he has grown up to command hundreds of thousands of independent army troops.
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Several platoon leaders and squad leaders of the Seventh Company, such as the first platoon leader Li Qing, the third platoon leader Lin Xiaofeng, the fifth squad leader Chu Dapeng, and the seventh squad leader Yan Haoyu all became column commanders or military division commanders. When they saw Kong Xu, they had to Call the old leader.
This time when the 103rd Column was formed, he stood out from dozens of regimental commanders and became the main brigade commander, which means that he has the hope of becoming the column commander in the future;
At this time, if you get ahead, you will get ahead. It is difficult for dozens of group leaders to get ahead.
Column 103 committed two brigades at once, the first and third brigades, with He Wei's second brigade serving as reserve;
The first brigade was on the left and the third brigade was on the right, following the tank troops into the hinterland of the 9th Division.
I thought it would be a fierce battle, but the Ninth Division was a first-class division, and Kong Xu was already mentally prepared to suffer heavy casualties;
Who would have thought that the fight would be so easy? The Japanese didn't even organize a decent blockade on the battlefield. The one hundred and eighty Japanese who rushed out in pieces didn't even stir up a single wave. This made Kong Xu very unhappy. After adapting, I couldn't help but cursed in the headquarters:
Chapter completed!