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spn Chapter 197 The tank ran over the Japanese (in full-line counterattack)

Matsui Iwane got up early today. After the heavy rain in recent days stopped, he finally saw the clear sky in Northeast China again. However, as the commander of the Kwantung Army, his mood became anxious. Although the Jinzhou frontline headquarters was far away from the fortifications

The group was only a few kilometers away, but he was still worried. After eating something hastily, he took his adjutant and staff to prepare to drive to the front line to have a look.

"Boom boom..."

Before the car moved, Matsui, who had just gotten into the car, heard a dull and huge sound like thunder on a dry day, as if the whole world was enveloped by a depressing air pressure. As an excellent battlefield commander, experience

He was so experienced that he immediately realized that this was not an ordinary explosion, but a dense explosion after a large-scale artillery group bombardment. The empire had never conducted such a large-scale artillery group actual shooting exercise. In the entire Jinzhou battlefield,

The empire doesn't have so many heavy artillery.

"Chinese artillery attack"[

Matsui Iwane knew without thinking that it was an artillery attack by the Chinese. In the entire Northeast, except for the Soviet Union in the north, which was an artillery force, only the New China "government" it said was an artillery force.

He kicked open the car door, rushed out of the car, ignored the staff and adjutants around him, and rushed into the bunker of the frontline headquarters in embarrassment.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, the Chinese have just launched a large-scale artillery attack on us."

As soon as Matsui Iwane rushed in, he met the staff officer on duty. It turned out that there had just been a call from the front line reporting the shelling. "Get me Deputy Commander Ueda Kenkichi from the front line immediately."

Due to attaching great importance to the defensive war in the direction of Jinzhou, the military not only transferred Matsui Iwane to the Northeast as the commander of the Kwantung Army, but also stationed Ueda Kenkichi at the forefront. Originally, the frontline headquarters was his station, but since Matsui Iwane came to

After arriving at the frontline headquarters, Ueda went directly to the frontline.

Fortunately, the telephone line buried underground had not been blown down, and the call was quickly connected.

"Hey, hey, Ueda-kun..."

When Matsui picked up the microphone and wanted to ask about the situation on the front line, he suddenly stopped. Different from the explosions coming from a few kilometers away, what he heard through the microphone was a dense and frightening explosion. The artillery group's cannons

Attack, an unprecedented artillery attack, as dense as rain of artillery, and the power of the explosion can be imagined.

Even though Ueda Kenkichi's forward headquarters was several meters underground, he could still hear the deafening explosions outside. The phone was quiet on one end, but the gunfire on the other end was so loud that Ueda Kenkichi almost roared.

The voice is talking to itself.

"Hello... hello... hello, Your Excellency, Commander, we have just been violently bombarded by Chinese artillery groups. The loss of personnel and damage to fortifications have been very heavy. Your Excellency, Commander, please order the artillery to fight back..."

Having understood the situation on the front line, Iwane Matsui handed the microphone to the combat staff officer next to him with some force, indicating that he would record the situation. No need for Ueda Kenkichi to report, he already knew everything from the explosion sound coming from the microphone.

Unprecedented artillery fire. In his decades of service in the army, he had never heard such violent artillery fire in his memory. Isn’t this China? Is this Europe?

"Chinese, why do they have so many cannons..."

The terrain in Europe is relatively flat, there are many countries, and the strategic depth is relatively narrow. Therefore, each country is equipped with a large number of artillery to ensure that when it invades another country or another country invades, it can inflict maximum damage to the attacking enemy regardless of cost. However, in other countries,

Countries, except for Soviet Russia, have not equipped artillery on this scale. In addition to transportation and cost considerations, the lack of industrial strength is also a reason.

The empire couldn't do it, but the Chinese could.

The Empire had never experienced an artillery bombardment of this scale, but he had experienced it in the West.

During World War I, he traveled to Europe as an observer and was fortunate enough to witness a local battle between the Germans and the French for Verdun. It was just to fight for an inconspicuous advance high ground. The German army used a 4-door

Various calibers violently bombed the French fortifications, while the French stayed in the solid trenches and resolutely fought back with more than 3 cannons. The kind of hundreds of cannons that came and went.

The scene was unforgettable for Matsui Iwane for many years to come, and it directly led him to recommend strengthening the construction of artillery units after returning to China to take up his post. Unfortunately, he was a little unlucky and did not catch up with the war of aggression against mainland China. When he served as the commander of Taiwan, although

Artillery units were also required to be used intensively, but the only enemies that could be seen in Taiwan were the resisting Chinese people. Not to mention cannons, they didn't even have rifles.

"Your Excellency, Commander, several of our main artillery positions have been covered by the firepower of the squadron."

"Since it's been exposed, why not transfer it?" [

Matsui Iwane said slightly angrily.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the artillery positions were transferred only yesterday morning. The Chinese air force is everywhere in the sky, and no one can escape their detection within the range of the artillery. Jinzhou Airport alone has nearly three

A squadron of fighter planes, and their newly built Shanhaiguan Airport has even stationed new Chinese fighter planes. We..."

The tone of the staff officer had inadvertently revealed some frustration and sorrow. Who would have thought that the imperial army, which entered China with great momentum and shouted "ban" to continuously capture Chinese cities, would now reach this point. The army, navy and air force

, almost the entire army was beaten.

Matsui Iwane was slightly stunned, and waved his hand to indicate that he understood. The air force, the empire's air force in the Northeast has shrunk, and will not be involved in this kind of aerial refueling battle until the most critical moment of the battle. The Chinese have more and more aircraft.

, in addition to Zhang Xueliang’s original dozens of old-fashioned aircraft, before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Jinzhou received dozens of advanced aircraft from the southwest, not to mention that after I, Zhang Shusheng, aspired to dominate the country, the air force moved northward with great force.

It cannot be said that the Empire's pilots are not excellent, it can only be said that the other side's pilots are better and their aircraft are more advanced. However, the Empire's targeted improved fighter planes are still in the research institute in Nagoya. It is estimated that they will not be equipped with troops after the war is over.

Although the series of bad news made him full of anger, he always remained calm. He needed to be responsible for the entire Kwantung Army and the entire Northeast China.

He was wondering how many artillery pieces the Chinese had used and how many artillery pieces they had consumed. He was afraid that there were seven or eight hundred cannons that could destroy frontline positions and exposed artillery positions at the same time. It was not something that an ordinary artillery group could do.

Although they did not participate in the Tianjin-Beijing Battle, judging from the situation understood by the Military Department, the Chinese have the habit of using artillery groups intensively. They once used hundreds of heavy artillery to bombard the Tianjin city defense on the Tianjin-Beijing battlefield.

"Order to closely monitor the section of fortifications that were attacked and the movements of the Chinese army on the opposite side, and order the 59th Infantry Regiment of the Reserve to be ready for battle. As soon as the shelling stops, support will be sent up immediately. The Chinese counterattack will start from here.

start."

The Chinese will not use such a huge artillery group to play a "shooting" game. Since it is a counterattack, they will of course destroy a large section of the fortifications and then make a breakthrough. Otherwise, facing the two armies fighting for more than a year, the solid fortifications have been repaired.

, no matter how elite the Chinese army is, they will fall under the crossfire of machine guns and rifles in the fortifications.

However, the Chinese wanted to rely on simple artillery bombardment and infantry raids to break through this section of the position, but they underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army, Matsui Iwane couldn't help but secretly thought.

"Weiguo, what do you think of the results of this shelling?"

Zhang Xueliang raised his telescope and looked at the Japanese position opposite. Above his head, the cannons were still screaming and flying, so dense that it seemed as if the whole sky was filled with rain. Looking at it, the position opposite was shrouded in smoke after the explosion.

He turned around and asked Huo Weiguo next to him.

As the commander-in-chief of the Northeastern Front Army, he eagerly hopes to succeed in the First World War. After all, Northeastern is where his Zhang family started. It has been occupied by the Japanese for a long time. He is ashamed of the nation and the country, and also of the elders who once placed hope in the Northeastern Army.

Folks, there are tens of millions of folks outside the customs, but they are looking forward to the return of New China's troops day and night.

"I don't know. We won't know the specific situation until the reconnaissance plane comes back, but the attack will definitely start on time." Huo Weiguo put down his binoculars, turned to look at Zhang Xueliang, took out a cigarette and handed one to him, and said, "Commander, if I

Say, I hope we won’t fight each other for the time being, do you believe it?”

"Huh? Weiguo, why do you have such an idea?" Zhang Xueliang asked in confusion. He did not think that Huo Weiguo was not determined enough to resist Japan. You must know that in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the volunteers who marched from the southwest to the north were less afraid of death than the old Northeastern officers and soldiers.

existence, in the entire Jinzhou battlefield, although there were not many Southwest veterans killed, almost all of them were

Among the famous fighting heroes, there was even a legendary hero who put his intestines in his pocket and continued to fight hand-to-hand with the Japanese who rushed to the battlefield. Of course, the most legendary thing is not his battle, but that after the battle, he took care of it himself

I used a miraculous hemostatic "medicine" on the wound, and I actually survived in the end.

Huo Weiguo took a deep breath through the filter. When the smoke flowed through his lungs and stimulated him comfortably, he pointed to the front and said, "Suppose the Japanese do not continue to massacre my compatriots, but simply occupy the Northeast, then,

If I were a decision-maker, I would probably choose to slow down the pace of liberating the entire Northeast. Looking at the map, there are only four countries in East Asia: China, Japan, North Korea and Soviet Russia. Now that Japan occupies North Korea, it is equal to three countries.

Stand strong.

Today's international situation is a bit delicate. Conflicts among various countries have been on the rise. It is very likely that a global war similar to World War I will break out in the next few years. Against this background, how the situation in East Asia develops depends on

The decision lies with the three countries of China, Japan and the Soviet Union.”

"You mean you want to drive the Japanese to fight the Soviets?" Zhang Xueliang understood after thinking for a moment. Isn't that what the Three Kingdoms War is like? If China and Japan do not continue to fight, they will have the advanced base and resource base in Northeast China.

Japan would be able to fight against the Soviets.

"Yes, although the Soviet Union is powerful, the Far East is too far away. In front of the crazy Japanese, if their military and political leaders can learn from the experience of fighting with us, carry out targeted upgrades of weapons and equipment, and improve the tactics of the three armies.

To sum up, once the time is right, the insufficient Soviet Red Army in the Far East may not be the opponent of these madmen." Huo Weiguo did not continue, but in the deepest part of his heart, he was thinking about the Japanese nation. The nature of the island nation is full of

They are aggressive and have an almost crazy yearning for the mainland. If they turn their attention to the Soviet Far East, then if the world situation is possible, Japan will start a fierce competition with the Soviet Union in the Far East.

At this time, China, which is sitting back and watching the tigers fight, will gain the greatest benefits.

Of course, the interests of the nation cannot be lost, so in Huo Weiguo's vision, if the Japanese are finally driven out of the Northeast, they should give up pursuing North Korea, and even open a free passage for them to go north to the Soviet Far East in the future.[

"Time's up." Zhang Xueliang raised his wrist and looked at it. He found that the time had reached 7 o'clock for the general attack. Thirty minutes of shelling had already knocked out most of the artillery stored in Jinzhou. Without considering supplies at all,

The fortifications built by the Japanese were completely destroyed for a long period of time.

Zhang Xueliang nodded and waved to the combat staff officer not far away, "Let all units start to contain the attack on time and as planned."

After attacking in the main direction of attack, the former Northeastern Army also had to launch diversionary attacks at various positions.

Before the sound of artillery stopped, the general attack had already begun.

"Heavy Armored Brigade, Attack"

Chen Jun stood in the position of the heavy armored brigade. When the time for the general offensive came, he personally ordered the armored brigade to attack. Behind them, the most elite third division of the group army heading north was also the old unit he once commanded.

Peng Zhonghuai, commander of the heavy armored brigade, was the original armored regiment commander of the First Division, which was the most elite main division of the People's Army after the Guards Division.

Looking from the bunker position of Zhang Xueliang and the two men, they saw a section of fortifications cleared in the distance, with steel monsters driving out. They were the Chinese Tiger III tanks of the People's Army, and more than a hundred tanks and armored vehicles.

The vibrations caused by the operation could even be felt by soldiers lying in the trenches far away watching the artillery attack on the Japanese fortifications opposite.

Feeling the vibration under his body, Huo Weiguo pulled off the military cap on his head with some excitement and moved closer, wishing that he could drill out the observation hole.

I saw Chinese Tiger III tanks one after another, with their 88mm tank guns raised high. Although they were bumpy and bumpy, they still drove out of the position quickly, crossed the center line of the rugged battlefield, and even occasionally fell into the gun pits and relied on them.

Strong climbing ability and then climb out.

"Oh my god, there are so many... so many..."
To be continued...