Pueraria Gena Temple is located on the left bank of the Taoer River, 30 kilometers southeast of Laoye Temple, at the foot of the southern slope of Taolaitu Mountain. From the Kudzu Gen Temple to the east, the terrain gradually becomes gentle, and when you reach Ping'an, the platform and other places officially enter the fertile northeastern plain.
The Japanese army deployed three Japanese mixed brigades and three divisions of puppet troops in the Gegenmiao area, with a total strength of nearly 100,000. Lieutenant General Tatsuki Kusaba, commander of the Japanese Fourth Army, knew full well that the duel with the Anjia Army in the plains was purely self-defeating.
They were looking for a way out, so they gathered a large number of troops here and prepared to finish their work in one battle.
At present, all the Japs in Tao'an, Zhendong, Taonan and other towns east of Pueraria Temple have been mobilized. They will either march westward to Laotou Mountain and Engel Mountain to set up front-line defenses, or withdraw south to Liaozhong. Once the Second Route Army defeats the enemy in front of them,
The enemy will be completely flat all the way to Liaoyuan.
At seven o'clock in the morning, the sky is already bright in the northeast in midsummer.
The Laoye Temple, also known as Ulanhot in later generations, was named after the third generation of the Qing Dynasty’s Zasaktu Commandery King Eqil built his family temple here. It is located at the southern foot of the Greater Khingan Mountains, in the hinterland of the Horqin Grassland, and is the choke point for entering the Northeast Plains.
The headquarters was busy. Staff officers were waiting in front of the phone, urgently contacting the frontline troops to verify the specific location of the troops.
Gu Changfeng, wearing a camouflage summer uniform, stood in front of the map and watched quietly. When Chief of Staff Gao Guodong reminded him that the time for the general offensive had arrived, he walked out of the headquarters, took the telescope from the guard, and carefully watched the situation in the southeast.
"call out--"
A shower of fire and meteors suddenly appeared from the horizon, like thousands of troops, galloping towards the distant sky. Almost in the blink of an eye, large fireballs rose up from the Japanese army's position in the southeast and the mountains behind it, and the black sky
Red and white pillars of fire leaped high into the sky, and thick smoke filled the air.
The black smoke from the explosions of howitzers, cannon shells and rockets was still filling the air. Another row of shells hit the ground and exploded into a series of fireballs. Countless thick black and red flames connected into one, and the earth became a churning sea of fire.
Through the telescope, the fortifications built by the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain and on the mountain collapsed one after another, the bright and dark bunkers flew into the sky, the trenches were filled, and they were completely changed beyond recognition in the blink of an eye.
Not to be outdone, the Japanese army began to mobilize artillery to fight back.
The dense artillery shells fell like a heavy rain on the Anjia Army's starting position, sending up large and small fireballs, black smoke rushing into the sky, and billowing heat waves raging everywhere.
Since none of the tanks, armored vehicles and infantry involved in the attack by the Anjia Army entered the front-line positions at this time. Therefore, although the Japanese artillery bombardment looked spectacular, it had little effect. Instead, the shelling exposed the location of its artillery positions.
A wave of bombers appeared at the right time and rushed towards the Japanese artillery position. Almost in the blink of an eye, the Japanese artillery was cleanly cleared away by dozens of B2 dive bombers, and the Japanese artillery fire quickly fell into silence.
The Anjia Army's shelling lasted for more than forty minutes, and the Japanese army's position was ravaged to pieces. It was as bumpy as the surface of the moon.
At this time, the attacking troops entered the starting position. (Update the latest chapter of this book)
Tank Lieutenant General Xiao Wu, wearing a black tank uniform, poked his head out of the Tiger I tank and glanced at the dense group of tanks and armored fighting vehicles behind him, with a proud look on his face.
Almost all the commanders poked their heads out and looked at the young lieutenant general who was in charge of the front line, waiting for him to give the order to attack.
The artillery fire gradually became sparse. Xiao Wu looked at his watch and shouted an order into the transmitter: "Tank troops, move forward!"
Radio waves transmitted Xiao Wu's orders to various fighting units, the loud sound of charging horns sounded, and the deafening shouts of killing came from the sky and the earth.
Xiao Wu retracted his head, lowered the top cover, and then the Tiger I tank started to start. The high-power diesel engine roared loudly, and a puff of smoke erupted from the back of his butt. Then he took the lead and rushed out of the starting position.
In the Japanese command post located in the bunker on the top of Engel Mountain, Lieutenant General Tatsuki Kusaba, commander of the Japanese Fourth Army, said to a room of generals:
"The opponent we faced was the most elite Gu Changfeng Department in the Chinese army. During the Shanghai 1932 and Great Wall Operations 33, this department caused huge casualties to our imperial troops! The July 7 Incident and the August 13 Shanghai Incident
After the incident, this unit brought us great shame!
"Just last year, the Empire's Malay Army also encountered this enemy. It was defeated! Today, we will settle our old and new grudges together and use the blood of the Chinese to wash away the huge humiliation suffered by the Imperial Army!"
"Hi--"
All the Japanese took off their military caps and wrapped white ribbons on their foreheads one by one with the words "Jihad will be won".
Although he knew that the prospect of this battle was not optimistic, Kusaba Tatsumi learned from the experience of previous battles with the Anjia Army and organized a large number of supervising teams. There was zero tolerance for any behavior that gave up the position and was passive and fearful of the battle. Regardless of the official position, no reason could be given on the spot.
Killed.
"Go! Only by repelling the Chinese will we have a way to survive, otherwise we will see you at the Yasukuni Shrine!"
Having said this, Tatsuki Kusaba bowed deeply, and after the room full of generals bowed in return, they all walked out of the headquarters and rushed to the positions they were responsible for.
On the front line, the gray-headed Japanese soldiers pulled each other out of the soil one after another. They spit out the sand in their mouths, and then found their weapons from the soil. They dug into the trenches that were riddled with holes.
The machine guns were set up inside, and the grenadier soldiers took up their positions. Most of the Japanese soldiers were lying in the trenches, holding Type 38 rifles, ready to fight.
On the horizon ahead, countless small black spots appeared, the earth trembled slightly, and strange sounds came from the whole world.
A Japanese captain couldn't figure out what it was. He picked up a telescope and took a look. His face suddenly changed and he murmured: "Is this the legendary An's army's invincible chariot unit? One, two, three days,
I forgot where to count, how can we resist so many tanks?"
All the Japanese who saw this scene turned pale. In last year's "Guan Special Exercise", the eight tank divisions formed by General Yamashita Fengfumi, the commander of the Kwantung Army's First Front Army, were invincible. They observed the exercise and records.
The Japanese officers and soldiers in the movie left a deep impression
Xiang. Now except for the 1st Armored Division of the Kwantung Army, which remains in southern Liaoning, the rest of the tank units are still fighting in North America. The Fourth Army only has a tank brigade equipped with more than 90 old tanks. Faced with such a terrifying opponent,
The sea of tanks gave me the feeling of doomsday.
The terrifying roar came from far to near. Thousands of tanks, armored vehicles and other combat vehicles lined up in a triangular formation and charged at high speed. The one at the front was the thick-skinned Tiger I tank.
Behind the Tiger I tanks are the larger number of Leopard II tanks, and behind them are the Type I assault guns and Type III armored fighting vehicles. Countless armored personnel carriers follow, and at the rear of the mechanized army are
A large number of 120mm and 150mm self-propelled artillery guns.
On the way forward, the self-propelled artillery suddenly stopped. Under the order of the artillery commander, they raised their artillery fire and opened fire on the Japanese positions.
Almost in the blink of an eye, one after another, the high muzzles of the guns spit out scarlet and orange fireballs. The dense shells rushed into the sky with the explosion of gunpowder gas expansion, and with a sharp whistling sound, they hit the Japanese positions.
Fall hard!
The Japanese army was caught off guard. Before they could take cover, the artillery shells with a huge whistling sound had already touched the ground and exploded. A series of large and small fireballs rolled up from the ground. The thick smoke was still rising, and another row of artillery shells roared in. Fireballs shot up one after another.
. Broken limbs, broken arms, gun parts, and pieces of earth and rocks flew out one after another. Groups of Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces by the falling shells.
The tanks charging ahead did not stop because of the shelling from the self-propelled artillery. It didn't take long for them to approach the defensive position built by the Japanese army at the foot of the hillside. Dozens of 37 anti-tank guns were pushed out by the Japanese soldiers, braving the artillery fire.
Aim at the charging tank and start shooting.
It is very obvious that the Japanese anti-tank information is not symmetrical. The armor-piercing projectiles fired by the 37mm anti-tank gun have no effect on the surface of the Tiger I tank. Even the Leopard II tank only leaves a white mark and then bounces away.
The Anjia Army tank group continued to advance towards the Japanese position unscathed.
The fire of the Japanese counterattack attracted the attention of the advancing Tiger I and Leopard II tanks. A row of dense explosions sounded, and 105mm cannon shells rained down on the Japanese positions.
Hundreds of No. I assault guns stopped and fired one after another. 75mm cannon shells poured down on the Japanese positions overwhelmingly, accurately hitting the battle anti-artillery positions. There was a continuous explosion on the ground. Those Sanqi who had just fired the shells
The combat anti-cannon disintegrated in the explosion.
In the exploding fireball, steel fragments flew in all directions, tearing the Japanese artillerymen who were fleeing in panic into vague pieces of flesh and blood.
At this time, the tanks had rushed to the periphery of the Japanese trenches. The Japanese hiding in the position panicked and fired at the approaching tanks, but whether it was a machine gun or a rifle, the bullets hit the armor and shot out sparks. The grenade throw
The small grenade landed on the surface of the tank and exploded, sending out shrapnel. It did not pose any threat to the tank.
When Gu Changfeng saw this, he put the binoculars into the guard's hands and turned back to the headquarters. Gao Guodong thought that Gu Changfeng was not satisfied with the progress of the battle, so he quickly caught up with Gu Changfeng and walked side by side:
"The battle line is too narrow and the troops cannot deploy at all. This attack only used two tank divisions of the Fifth Tank Army, two armored infantry divisions and four ** heavy tank regiments. It is already good to have such a performance! As long as
Entering the Northeast Plains is like a dragon returning to the sea, letting us gallop away!"
Gu Changfeng knew that Gao Guodong had misunderstood what he meant, so he said as he walked: "Our combat order has been issued. How to fight depends on the commander's on-the-spot performance. I have great confidence in Xiao Wu. Instead of wasting time watching the drama here
, it is better to consider what happens after entering the plain after kicking away the stubborn enemy obstacles in front of you!
"According to the Air Force's reconnaissance, the Japanese are making great strides to withdraw troops from the Liaozhong area. Currently, the defenses in Changchun and surrounding areas are very empty. I am thinking that the headquarters means that we can invade Liaozhong as soon as possible, but there is no explicit order prohibiting us from regaining Jilin, especially
Changchun. Lao Gao, think about it, if we send a group of surprise troops to attack Changchun via the Chang-Tao Railway and arrest Puyi and his gang, how much of an encouragement would it give to the morale of the army?"
Gao Guodong was stunned for a moment: "Isn't it the task of the First Army to attack Changchun? I'm afraid General Ye Cheng won't be happy if we go overboard!"
"So what if you don't like it?"
Gu Changfeng waved his hand: "Who told them to be far apart while we are close? Going from northern Manchuria to the south, there are rivers and rivers along the way. I estimate that it will take at least half a month for them to reach Changchun. By then, everyone will be gone.
What a harvest! Even if we divide two or three divisions, it will be enough to make those grandsons who established Manchukuo understand that there are some things that cannot be done, and if you do, you will have to pay a heavy price!"
Gao Guodong thought about it briefly and realized that two or three divisions would indeed have little impact. He immediately said: "I support the commander's opinion, but it is best to call political commissar Yang and deputy commander Xie. Let's make a careful calculation and not leave any clues to others!"
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"OK!"
Gu Changfeng looked at his watch: "Xie Chi is currently in Aershan, organizing military supplies and coordinating with engineers to urgently repair more than 50 kilometers of railways. It is unlikely to attend the meeting. Yang Guan left Solon and went south.
It’s ready. It is expected that the main force of the legion will arrive at noon. By then, the front will probably be taken down as well, and it will be just in time for a meeting to coordinate the various ministries.”
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:Well, I went to the community hospital for a physical examination today. My health was not optimistic and my mood was also very bad!
By the time I finish writing this chapter, my mood has recovered a lot. Who can say clearly about life? In short, as long as there is one breath left, the emperor will never change!
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