Chapter 866 Battle of Outer Northeast (4)
Within the encirclement, the Central Corps began to encircle and annihilate the 7th Division;
The Japanese on the periphery also accelerated the speed of closing the net, and the two sides were competing for time.
The Central Corps no longer hid and used all its strength, and the Seventh Division finally felt overwhelming pressure.
At the 7th Division Headquarters, Chief of Staff Suzuki Keiji, Colonel, reported to the division commander, Lieutenant General Yukichi Koichi:
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the Eighth Route Army's offensive is too fierce. The artillery shells are like fireworks. The Imperial Army has suffered heavy casualties. They have broken through two lines of defense in succession!"
The sudden display of powerful attack power by the Eighth Route Army made Old Japanese Li Deng startled. An ominous premonition surged in his heart, and he pretended to be calm and said:
"Suzuki group, don't worry, this is the Chinese people's reflection before they die!
As long as they withstand this final blow, they are not far from destruction;
Tell the warriors of the empire that the time has come for His Majesty to test them!
Use the blood of the imperial warriors to dye this black land red, and use their bravery to make the Chinese people tremble!"
The old Japanese issued a death order to the troops, intending to fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army.
"Since the Japanese want to die, let's send them away with a cannon and let Wei Shenpao teach the Japanese how to be a human being!
Fire up the artillery and use up all the rockets, I won’t be able to survive!”
In the headquarters, Li Qing faced the Japs' madness, and he also went mad;
His madness means that he can't survive, blowing all the artillery shells at the Japanese, and using rocket launchers to clear the ground!
Following Li Qing's order, more than 300 8-barreled Wei Shen cannons from the entire Central Corps were fully fired!
One volley was 2,400 130mm rockets, which hit the Japanese like hailstones. One volley covered the position of a Japanese regiment;
You know, the Japs only have a few regiments in total. In one word - the Japs are so worthless!
Of course, the artillery shells were also wasted. The Eighth Route Army could only afford six rounds of such extravagant fireworks, with nearly 15,000 artillery shells. Within ten minutes, all the artillery shell reserves were used up, covering all the positions of the Seventh Division, including the Japanese.
The location of the headquarters has not been hidden.
All the Japs in the division headquarters were brought under the same blame, including the division commander Yukiichi Koto and the chief of staff Suzuki Colonel;
The Japanese's command system was paralyzed, and the troops suffered a devastating blow. Even those who survived by chance were stunned by the bombing. Their heads were buzzing, and they didn't recover for a long time. It was so scary!
As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the infantry of the Eighth Route Army launched a general attack from all directions on the bombed Japanese positions.
Thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers rushed toward the Japanese positions in overwhelming numbers;
Immediately, sparse gunfire sounded from the Japanese position, like a few small boats in the huge waves. A few waves smashed them into wood slag!
The Eighth Route Army's attacking troops did not give the Japanese any time to react. With just one charge, they captured the Japanese core position and wiped out the remaining enemies on the position in less than an hour.
The previously impressive 7th Division was completely wiped out, and the Eighth Route Army unceremoniously swallowed up the Japs' bait. The news reached the Far East Expeditionary Force Headquarters. General Xiangyue could hardly believe his ears, thinking that it was in
in dreams;
In order to find out whether it was a dream, he slapped the communications staff officer twice. When he saw that the communications staff officer's face was swollen into a pig's head, he believed that it was not a dream!
The bait he carefully prepared was easily swallowed by the Eighth Route Army. This was beyond his expectation and he said angrily:
“Bagaya road, Bagaya road!
A bunch of trash!
A first-class division could not withstand even half a day. This is a humiliation to His Majesty..."
The chief of staff could only listen hard. Even if the saliva sprayed on his face, he would not dare to wipe it.
Ten minutes later, Old Japanese Xiangyue finally vented his anger. Lieutenant General Udo carefully reminded the commander that they had previously conducted a simulation of the annihilation of the Seventh Division, which allowed Old Japanese Xiangyue to seize the opportunity again.
I don't know if a thick straw could save his life, but at least it gave him a glimmer of hope for the time being.
"Your Excellency, Commander, in order to annihilate the 7th Division, the Eighth Route Army has probably used up all its artillery shells and pushed its position to the ground;
Now around them, there are 250,000 imperial troops surrounding them!
In two days at most, the net will be in place, and by then the Imperial Army will be able to wipe out a squad of the Eighth Route Army with just one shot of artillery shells;
The hundreds of heavy artillery of the heavy artillery brigade have become their nightmare. Just as they destroyed the 7th Division, we will destroy them.
It's just that the artillery units must pay attention to camouflage. The Eighth Route Army has control of the air. It's time for the air warriors that the dispatch army has been hiding to come in handy!
If we can completely annihilate the Central Corps of the Eighth Route Army, it will be worthwhile to use all the fighter planes."
Xiangyue old devil nodded and said:
"Yo Xi, what Udu-kun is saying is that the Chinese people in the encirclement have become a lonely army;
Annihilating the 7th Division has consumed a lot of their ammunition and supplies. I want to see what they can do to withstand the attack of 300,000 elite imperial troops!
Uto-kun, generate electricity for the airport, order all the air force warriors to attack, and blow up all the Chinese tanks and artillery into scrap metal for me;
The infantry is ready for the general attack, and we will use one morning to completely annihilate the mechanized corps of the Eighth Route Army, and also give Chu Xiong some pain and kill him!"
The old Jaap Xiangyue is a little bit crazy, which is very consistent with the Japs' desperate character and completely fits their temperament.
On the position of the Japanese 7th Division, the First Brigade of the 101st Column of the Eighth Route Army was frantically digging fortifications;
Naturally, the position of the Seventh Division was not enough for the entire Central Corps of 120,000 men, and the other two brigades continued to stay in their original positions.
The tanks and self-propelled artillery of the armored column are all hidden in the old forests. The most indispensable thing in the Greater Khingan Mountains in the Far East is the old forests. This is the sharp spear used by the Central Corps to launch the final assault. When the center blooms, it depends on them.
A huge fleet of Japanese aircraft flew over from the north, and air defense whistles sounded one after another from the Eighth Route Army's outer positions;
Pass ten to ten, pass ten to a hundred, all the way to the deep positions. This is the experience summed up by the Eighth Route Army in its long-term air defense.
In order to attract the enemy's firepower, Li Qing had previously driven hundreds of trucks onto the main road, and then used tree branches to slightly block them, which was a bit of a cover-up.
Although China has control of the air, it will take some time from the discovery of the Japanese fleet's sneak attack to the dispatch of the fleet to intercept. During this period, Li Qing and others can only rely on themselves to carry it.
The Japs' fleet soon appeared over the Central Corps defense area. The first thing they discovered was the hundreds of trucks. This made the Japs leading the team very excited. This was definitely a big piece of meat. They mistakenly thought it was armor.
The heavy equipment of the column.
The Japanese commander shouted excitedly:
"Warriors, kill the chickens! Kill them all!"
Chapter completed!