Two flares, one red and one green, broke through the air on the Japanese position. Chang Zhilin, the leader of the 407th Regiment, gave an order on the walkie-talkie: "Second Battalion, attack!"
Zhang Lu, the commander of the second battalion, followed and shouted: "Brothers, let's go!" He slapped the driver next to him with his right hand on the right shoulder. The latter stepped on the brake, skillfully shifted into gear, and then stepped on the accelerator to turn the engine on.
The engine immediately roared, and then sped out with a "woo". The headlights were turned on before flying, and two beams of light spilled out, instantly illuminating the road ahead.
On the front line, the cadets of the 401st Regiment put their guns on the edge of the trench one after another. Some of them put grenades or anti-tank grenades at hand from their waists or ammunition boxes next to them. In just ten seconds, everyone
They were ready for battle, with their ears perked up and their eyes widened, waiting for the battle order to be issued.
There is a bunker on each side of the trench near the hill. Each bunker has three shooting holes. At this time, the cadets in the bunker are struggling to move a five-kilowatt searchlight belt bracket to the leftmost shooting hole.
There. After the steel baffles of the other two shooting holes were removed, the two rail-mounted cannons were pushed forward, the ammunition chains were hung, and the preparations were completed.
Two signal flares began to fall, and three illumination flares rose into the sky one after another. Then, the low hum of the engine suddenly became fierce. Three minutes later, the sound of "Tong Tong" sounded, and the Japanese mortars began to fire.
Shot.
After Hisao Tani received a call from Iwane Matsui and learned that the 11th Air Corps would definitely participate in the war, the old Japanese moved his headquarters forward and placed it with the headquarters of Yui Otani. Hisao Tani was a veteran general, Yui Otani.
However, as soon as the newly promoted major generals and the two headquarters merged, Hisao Tani took over the specific command and operations. After directly obtaining the command of the independent tank brigade from Otani, Hisao Tani immediately carried out the previous combat plan.
Modified, and then said to Yuhe Otani: "The New Year's Offensive is a gift to His Majesty the Emperor, so this battle can only succeed and cannot fail. Instead of spreading out the troops and entering the battle in batches, it is better to come in one wave. Chariot No.
The 42nd Regiment also joins the attack, and the 47th Infantry Regiment also joins the attack!"
Otani Xiongbing hesitated and said: "Your Excellency, would you like to ask the commander for instructions?"
Hisao Tani refused: "There is no need. I am the frontline commander and I will bear full responsibility!"
Otani Yuubi frowned slightly, thinking that he was the frontline commander. He looked up and saw Hisao Tani looking at him with a stern face. He knew that a confrontation with him at this time was not conducive to the war, so he kept silent as acquiescence.
The 42nd Tank Regiment and the 47th Infantry Regiment immediately joined the offensive team. At this time, the Japanese offensive force suddenly expanded to more than 14,000 people.
The battle started, and an endless stream of Japanese troops joined the battlefield. This made the staff officers of the 6th Division and the independent chariot brigade located not far from the west gate of Cangnan County look dazzled one by one, but at the same time they couldn't help but secretly
Worrying - if the Xuebing Army launched an artillery attack at this time, how many people would die? Their worry did not last long, because soon, the sound of the engines of the 11th Aviation Regiment's fighter planes reached their ears
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Hisao Tani, a madman, stood on a haystack, holding a loudspeaker and shouted loudly to the Japanese who were passing by: "...You only have twenty minutes. If you can't break through the Chinese defense line and occupy one or two people in twenty minutes,
If there are no trenches, then just eat shit... The 11th Air Corps will help you destroy the Chinese tanks and artillery, and attack boldly! A breakthrough is victory! No, only a breakthrough can survive... For His Majesty the Emperor
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There are truss bridges above each trench to facilitate the passage of our own tank troops. First the 2nd Battalion of the 407th Regiment rushed to the front line, followed by the 1st and 2nd Battalions. The Japanese heavy artillery had been completely destroyed, and the 401st Regiment and 402nd Regiment rushed to the front line.
The regiment provides cover, and now the "Mandrills" and "Alligators" of the 407th Regiment are invincible. Chang Zhilin's command vehicle appeared on the front line with the last batch of the Third Battalion. His eyes had just adapted to the environment here, and suddenly his headset suddenly
The voice of brigade commander Yu Zhengyi sounded: "Chang Zhilin, the Japanese army has enemy planes to assist in the battle, pay attention to air defense!"
Chang Zhilin was taken aback. He responded and spread the news to the entire regiment. Then he asked the machine gunner to come down and sit on the turret. On the battlefield, flares rose one after another, illuminating a range of several hundred meters.
It was as bright as day, and he saw that there were no Japanese soldiers within a few hundred meters of his sight, but there were already explosions on his own position. He exhaled heavily and thought to himself: "After several meetings, our regiment has been
We are ranked at the bottom, but this time, we have to show those guys who look down on our Sichuan troops a good look with a real record!"
In the headquarters of the 10th Xuexi Division in Fuding, Liu Yuqing received various intelligences one after another from the frontline scouts. His expression changed drastically, and he issued orders one after another.
In the temporary headquarters of the Fourth Xuejun Army in Fuzhou, Jiang Guangnai received a call from Liu Yuqing and was told that the Japanese army was unprecedentedly large and vast, and that there was also an air force to assist. He realized that this Japanese offensive was different from the past, so he called Wang Hai first.
, asked him to immediately take off fighter planes to intercept the Japanese planes, and then asked him to find several captains of the Self-Defense Forces in the Fuzhou area, and decided to immediately recruit these Self-Defense Forces as reserve forces, ready to support the front line at any time. Finally, he called
Give the brigade commander of the Second Special Artillery Brigade ten thousand soldiers to prepare him for battle and be ready to enter the battlefield at any time.
On the front line of Guanmei Town, the battle finally started. Naturally, the first to engage were the tank troops of both sides.
When the leading Type 99 tanks of the 41st Tank Regiment of the Japanese Army had just entered within a kilometer of the first trench of the Xuebing Army, Chang Zhilin took the lead in opening fire based on the intelligence provided by the scouts on the mountain.
As soon as they opened fire, the Japanese army immediately began to fight back. The tank gunners on both sides of the war were fighting completely based on their feelings. The difference was that because the Japanese army's array was too dense, the tank gunners of the 407th Regiment only needed to ensure that
If the direction is correct and the preset range is not too small, then every shot will be able to hit the target.
Fan Neng lay close to the edge of the trench, picked up his telescope and looked across the way, but he saw that with every fireball rising, there must be a Japs flying in the heart of the flames. After observing for a few minutes, his hands itched, and he thought to himself
:Dear me, Chang Zhilin’s kid is making a lot of money this time! This is not a battle, it’s clearly a massacre! Then he got strange again and thought to himself: Where is Ma Chungui’s son? This kid can’t even scream.
?What a great opportunity!
In the eyes of Fan Neng, Fu Xiangfu and even Liu Yuqing, the Japanese tactics are crazy and stupid. This kind of human wave tactic is no different from suicide when the opponent has heavy firepower weapons. Fan Neng and Fu Xiangfu
Fu Bu Jie Gui Bu Jie would never be vague when it was time to take action, while Liu Yuqing was slightly worried. The Japanese are not fools. There must be a reason for them to do this. So, what do they want to do?