Tianjin small station, Siye frontline headquarters.
A pretty village girl in her twenties was holding a baby that could not walk yet, and was begging the soldier guarding the gate: "Brother, please let me in. I won't lie to you, my man is really good."
The officer of your unit, his name is Cao Laogen, he is the captain and company commander of the 4th Armored Division."
"Sister-in-law, it's not that I won't let you in, but your man really isn't here." Da Bing smiled bitterly.
"How could it be?" the village girl said persistently, "I was here half a month ago, and my man was stationed here."
"Your man's unit has already departed." The soldier said patiently, "This is the field army headquarters now."
"Ah, have we set off?" The village girl's pretty face turned pale as soon as she heard this, and she said in a trembling voice, "Have you gone to the front line?"
The soldier shook his head and saw that the village girl was unwilling to leave for a long time, so he had to say: "How about I ask for you? Which army did you say your man is from just now?"
"It's from the 4th Armored Division," the village girl said tremblingly.
Just as the soldier was about to turn around and leave, a jeep suddenly stopped at the gate with a creak. When the door opened, a major officer instigatedly jumped out of the passenger seat, crossed the front of the car and opened the door on the other side.
A young general carrying five general stars got out of the car door, and the two soldiers guarding the door quickly stood at attention and saluted.
Besides Yue Weihan, who else can carry five generals?
Yue Weihan returned the military salute, then turned to the village girl and said, "Sister-in-law, is your man from the 4th Armored Division?"
"Yes." The village girl hugged the baby tightly in her arms and nodded vigorously.
"Then you come with me." After hearing this, Yue Weihan turned around and entered the door, but he sighed in his heart. Yue Weihan already knew the news that the 4th Armored Division encountered an unknown tank group on the front line. Judging from the current situation, the 4th Armored Division
The situation of the 4th Division is already very unfavorable, and this elder sister-in-law's man is probably...
The only thing Yue Weihan can do now is to let the couple talk to each other again before they are separated forever.
The atmosphere in the headquarters operations hall was so solemn that it was almost suffocating.
"Obviously, this should be the Tiger heavy tank!" General Wei Lihuang said flatly.
"If it really is a Tiger heavy tank, then the 4th Armored Division will be in trouble." Huang Jie said.
Mr. Zuo also said worriedly: "Yes, judging from the comparison of the results on the European battlefield, the Tiger heavy tank has an overwhelming advantage against the M4 tank. If the opponent is really a Tiger heavy tank, the 4th Armored Division will probably be fierce.
Too much luck."
"What's more serious is that the defeat of the 4th Armored Division will trigger a terrible chain reaction." General Xu said, "Without the cover of the Armored Group, what can the 4th Army do to resist the steel torrent of the Kwantung Army? Unless the 4th Army
Take a big step to retreat, otherwise we will easily be surrounded by the Kwantung Army's heavy force group!"
General Li also said: "If the 4th Group Army fails, the Jidong Plain will fall into the hands of the Japanese invaders. With our army's current strength and equipment in North China, as well as the current harsh weather conditions, it will be extremely difficult to stabilize the defense line.
It will take at least six months to restore the current front line!"
Six months is not a long time, but it is not a short time either.
The key is, after six months, no one knows what changes will happen on the European battlefield? If the Allies are defeated and the German army wins the final victory, then China will be in big trouble!
Liu Yi raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and asked anxiously: "Why hasn't the main seat come back yet?"
"What will happen if Zhongshu comes back?" General Wei Lihuang shook his head and sighed, "After the Southwest Campaign, he has never personally commanded any battle again. What's more, Zhongshu also said that the situation on the frontline is changing rapidly, and frontline command
Members have the authority to make emergency decisions, and command agencies at all levels are not allowed to interfere for any reason."
"Brother Junru said it well. Even I cannot interfere with the decisions of frontline commanders beyond my level."
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure flashed outside the door of the combat hall, and Yue Weihan had already strode in.
Dozens of senior generals, combat staff, and communications staff in the hall quickly stood up and saluted Yue Weihan. Yue Weihan returned the military salute and then waved to signal everyone to go about their business.
Only then did everyone notice that behind Yue Weihan was a village girl holding a baby.
However, Yue Weihan didn't say much, and no one dared to ask more questions. At that moment, Yue Weihan said to General Zuo: "Old Zuo, pick me up from the 4th Armored Division immediately. I want to speak to Hu Xianqun."
The call was quickly connected, but the person who answered the phone was the chief of staff of the 4th Armored Division.
"Where is your division commander Hu Xianqun?" Yue Weihan frowned and asked, "Why isn't he at the advance base?"
"Headquarters." The chief of staff reported miserably on the phone, "Our division was hit hard by a group of unknown Japanese tanks. The 1st Armored Regiment was almost completely wiped out. The remaining two regiments have risked their lives to break into the deep positions of the Japanese army to find the Japanese army.
We have arrived at the advance base, and our division commander has also rushed to join the main force with the division headquarters tank battalion."
"What?" Yue Weihan frowned, "What about your base?"
"According to the military order of the commander, the base is retreating to Tianjin." said the chief of staff.
Yue Weihan said again: "Call Hu Xianqun immediately, and then connect the intercom to the phone!"
While he was busy connecting the microphone and the intercom, Yue Weihan also asked someone from the Communications Office to connect the phone here to the speaker, so that all the staff in the Communications Office could hear the conversation between the two parties.
Soon, Hu Xianqun's voice came from the loudspeaker: "I am Hu Xianqun, where are you?"
"I'm Yue Weihan!" Yue Weihan looked back at the nervous village girl and said, "Does your division have a captain named Cao Laogen?"
Dust is flying on the road from Luan County to Changli.
As Hu Xianqun expected, more than 100 Tiger heavy tanks of the 1st Independent Tank Brigade of the Japanese Army were indeed unable to stop the desperate assault of the 4th Armored Division. However, the Tiger heavy tanks were indeed well-deserved. By the time the 4th Armored Division
When the main force left the battlefield, only about 90 of the more than 350 M4s were left.
Suddenly, a Japanese camp suddenly appeared on the right side of the road ahead.
Captain Cao Laogen, who was in charge of the lead mission, looked through the scope from a distance and saw hundreds of armored vehicles and trucks parked in the Japanese camp. Cao Laogen's sharp eyes even saw the long
The command vehicle of the armored carriage, and in the northwest corner of the military camp, were stacked with mountains of oil barrels!
"The Japs' advance base has been discovered!" Captain Cao suddenly shouted excitedly, "Two o'clock direction!"
In an instant, all the tanks that followed forward rotated their turrets in unison. Soon all the tank commanders saw the Japanese bases in the direction of two clocks through the sight glass. At the same time, seventy or eighty Japanese tanks had already
He galloped out of the base and immediately moved away to meet the remnants of the 4th Armored Division.
"All units, prepare to fight!" the commander of the 2nd Armored Regiment quickly issued a combat order.
Captain Cao Laogen and all six tanks of the leading company were deployed on a low slope. All the main guns were aimed at the top of the slope. Just waiting for the Japanese tanks to drive up the top of the slope, they would directly "disembowel" the enemy.
This is also a commonly used trick in tank duels. Even the German Tiger heavy tanks can penetrate the bottom armor with one shot.
At this moment, Hu Xianqun's voice suddenly sounded on the intercom: "Are you Cao Laogen, commander of the 9th company of the 2nd Armored Regiment? I am Hu Xianqun, the commander-in-chief, do you have something to tell you?"
"Main seat?" Captain Cao couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
Immediately, Captain Cao instinctively stood up to attention and said loudly: "Reporting to the headquarters, Captain Cao Laogen, commander of the 9th Company of the 2nd Regiment of the 4th Group Army of the 4th Field Army, is leading all six tanks of the company and 30 officers and men.
Please give me your instructions to launch an attack on the Japanese advance base."
Small station, Siye frontline headquarters.
Yue Weihan turned around and gestured to the village girl, beckoning her to come forward and speak.
The village girl was already extremely anxious when she heard Captain Cao's voice. She immediately took two steps forward, stood in front of the microphone with the baby in her arms, and immediately said in a crying voice: "His father? His father."
, it’s me, Cuihua, from your house!”
"Cuihua?" Captain Cao on the other end was obviously stunned for a moment, "Why are you here?"
"Don't worry about me yet. Let me ask you, have you gone to the front line?" Cuihua was so anxious that she almost cried.
"Yes." Captain Cao on the other end responded in a low voice, "Cuihua, are my mother and baby okay?"
"Dad, you have to be careful. Don't let anything happen. Mom and the baby are fine. The baby will call you daddy. Listen." Tears finally fell from Cuihua's eyes, and she immediately hugged the baby hurriedly.
He leaned in front of the microphone and coaxed the baby and said, "Baby, call me daddy. Your daddy is listening over there."
Unexpectedly, the young child burst into tears.
Captain Cao on the other end burst out laughing, and said while laughing: "This cry is loud and powerful, it's my son!"
After laughing, Captain Cao suddenly sighed again and said softly: "Cuihua, I can hear your voice and the baby's cry at this time, you don't know how happy I am..."
Yue Weihan turned around and walked out of the communication room silently.
The communications staff officers and confidential personnel also followed and walked out of the communications room.
Many female secretaries had their beautiful eyes filled with tears before leaving the communication room.
Everyone knows that this assault of the 4th Armored Division is a real desperate assault, because they only prepared ammunition for the attack, but did not prepare fuel for the return journey. At this moment, Captain Cao Shang on the other end was still a man.
A living officer, husband and son, but soon, he will become a name on the monument of heroes!
"His father..." Cuihua had obviously realized something and was choking, unable to speak.
"Don't cry, Cuihua, when you join the army, this day will inevitably come. From the day I joined the army, I have been prepared. I just suffered a lot for you, my baby, and my mother. After I leave, you should find someone else."
Marry a good man, you are still young and you still have a long way to go, but you can't just live in ruins like this."
"No, dad, you can't leave me and my baby alone."
"Silly woman, do you think I don't want to go back alive? But I really can't go back."
"Not just me, our camp, regiment, division, and more than 10,000 brothers in the division can't go back, none of them can go back. The little devil's tanks are too powerful. In order to win for the logistics troops,
During the retreat, in order to give the main force of the group army time to move, we have no choice but to fight, fight with the little devils..."
"Cuihua, please wait a moment, the Japs tanks are coming up!"
Immediately, Captain Cao's vague roar sounded from the other end: "11 o'clock direction, 30 yards away, hit!"
Immediately, a loud bang came from the loudspeaker, and Cuihua suddenly screamed, but the baby in her arms cried harder and harder.
"Cuihua, I just killed a Japanese tank!"
"Another one, haha, you damn little devil, go to hell!"
"Ah, the one with a donkey's head, I've been hit. Six, I've been hit by it, and the one with a dog's head has been hit and killed!"
Immediately, Captain Cao's voice became clear again, and he panted: "Cuihua, I don't have much time. The car is leaking oil. Before the fuel runs out, I have to kill the little devil's oil depot! Cuihua,
Are you still listening? There is a sentence that I have been holding in my heart for five years. I have wanted to tell you since I first met you five years ago."
The communicator on the other end seemed to be damaged, and a harsh noise suddenly sounded from the speaker.
However, before the communication was interrupted, Captain Cao's last voice came clearly: "Cuihua, I love you!"
Immediately, there was another loud bang from the loudspeaker, and then there was only a harsh rustling sound. Even though Cuihua shouted at the top of her voice, Captain Cao on the other end did not respond at all.
In the combat hall next to the communications room, Yue Weihan suddenly stood at attention facing the north, and then slowly took off his military cap.
Behind Yue Weihan, dozens of senior generals, combat advisors, communications staff, and female confidential officers all stood up to attention. Then they also took off their military hats and expressed their condolences to the fallen soldiers.
Shanhaiguan, the headquarters of the 1st Front of the Kwantung Army.
Amidst the rapid footsteps, the Chief of Staff of the 1st Front Army, Hattori Akitaro, strode into the combat hall. He immediately stood upright and reported to Okamura Neji and Nakazawa Mitsuo: "Your Excellency, General, Your Excellency, Commander, move forward.
The remaining troops at the base have eliminated all invading enemies, but..."
"But what?" Mitsuo Nakazawa asked anxiously.
Hattori Akitaro said solemnly: "The Changli base was destroyed."
"Baga!" Mizuo Nakazawa's expression suddenly changed, and Neji Okamura was also surprised.
"Hai!" Hattori Akitaro suddenly lowered his head and said, "The Chinese people's will to die is beyond imagination. They rushed into the forward base of the 1st Tank Division like crazy. One of them was already on fire.
Chinese tanks even rushed into the oil depot, causing a big explosion that razed the entire base to the ground..."