Chapter 513 Attacking the Kwantung Army

"What is the Pioneer Army going to do?" Old Jiang was surprised when he received such news.

The vanguard's attack on Hangzhou was expected by everyone, but many people did not understand this move to attack Manchukuo. In the eyes of many people, the vanguard army had not driven away the devils in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so how could it attack Manchukuo again? It was a bit unwise to get involved in the Kwantung Army before the Chinese dispatched troops had been cleaned up. The way to defeat them was to defeat them one by one.

"Are they going to recover the Northeast?" Old Jiang was a little expectant and a little disappointed.

After a long time, he asked, "How is the battle in the north?"

Compared with Hangzhou, he is more concerned about Jinzhou in the north.

"The 35th Army's team has passed Chifeng." Bai Chongxi stared at the huge military map on the wall and said while thinking about calculating. In front of Chiang Kai-shek, no one said that the vanguard army was called by the Central Army's serial number.

"Chengfeng?" Old Jiang frowned and kept thinking about the intentions of the vanguard army.

"Don't stop siege, continue to move forward. Each unit will be in line according to its own goals!" Fu Zuoyi's voice was very calm and did not yell. Everything was similar to the usual exercises, and even easier than the confrontation during the exercises. Only at this time, on the road where his armored command car was parked, half of the body of the Japanese who was dragging his intestines was interrupted by a large-caliber heavy machine gun, and the dark brown soil soaked in blood, indicating that the war was around him.

A T-34/76 tank passed by them. The traces of bombardment by the Japanese anti-tank were particularly obvious on the turret, and the body of the car was covered with many pits, but this did not affect its movement at all. Only the track on the left was clearly marked with newly repaired traces, which was also the reason why it landed behind.

Fu Zuoyi watched it leave without asking, the staff next to him had already obtained some details on the battlefield from their mouths. The convenient radio communication also allowed him to easily grasp the latest battle situation of the tank troops rushing to the front line.

"Report to the commander, there is no defense in the county town ahead!"

"Don't worry about the county town there being no defense. Leave a few people to organize the local people and wait for the guerrillas to come and take over. Others continue to move forward. Tanks are used for charge, not for siege. Continue to move forward, and the Japanese in front have no dikes. While they have not yet reacted, quickly break out their fortifications." Fu Zuoyi said confidently. At the beginning, he received the order to charge at the maximum speed, which made him a little puzzled. When he later learned that behind the Japanese defensive line was the Fourth Division who was responding to the defense, he understood the intention of the above order.

*** people also knew the glorious tradition of the Fourth Division and were not at ease to put them on the front line. After fighting soy sauce after the Battle of Xuzhou, they transferred it back. In the subsequent Manzhouli-Japan-Soviet War, they once again played out their glorious traditions.

Because the Fourth Division not only has a glorious tradition, they are also one of the oldest A divisions with a deep background. This makes the *** base feel a headache, so they have no choice but to have no place to resettle them. In the north, they are not at ease to resettle them; at the junction with the vanguard army, they dare not resettle them; even at the border of the North, because of the frequent activities of Wei Hanchao in Changbai Mountain, Longgang Mountain and other places, the Kwantung Army Command was worried about making a joke of annihilation of a gang for the guerrillas, so they did not place them.

However, the old division of the Fourth Division is not suitable for garrisoning in big cities. After only staying in Changchun for a few months, the convenience store of the soldiers of the Fourth Division had already been opened to Fu Yi's palace.

The Kwantung Army Command had no choice but to send him to the near-front. Just as the 11th Division was transferred to Nanjing to stabilize the defense, the Fourth Division was pushed up and served as a preparatory alert task for Beipiao, Fuxin, Daqintara and other areas. They were protected behind the confrontation between the Japanese and the Pioneer Army.

"The people thought they were French? The Maginot defense line was easily bypassed by the Germans, not to mention these little Douding Fortresses!" Sun Lanfeng laughed.

"This is mainly because the Kwantung Army's energy is still concentrated on the Soviet border line and Shanhaiguan and Suizhong areas. The area near Chifeng is vast, and although it can also build fortresses with the help of mountains. With the small number of troops from the 24th Division alone, we can't stop us from interspersing!" Dong Qiwu nodded.

The 24th Division, which is also from Kumamoto, was just built last year, but it fought fiercely. Unfortunately, they defended the Chifeng to Linxi area. The long defense line made them unable to do anything. The vanguard army, which attacked the multi-headed vanguard quickly cleared the passage. When the vanguard army's chariots rushed out of the valleys of the Sila Mulun River, Yin River, Xibe River, etc., everything was decided.

Although Chifeng has not been captured yet, the vanguard army, with the chariot troops of the battlefield smoke, had already galloped to the front of the Fourth Division near Xinhui.

"Come on the Pioneer Army!"

"The vanguard's chariot is coming!"

While the vanguard army's tank armor was still rumbling forward, some rumors were spreading on the defense lines of the Fourth Division. The teams that were spending their missions suddenly lost their direction and began to turn eastward to advance. However, there were fewer and fewer defensive troops in Beipiao and Fuxin areas. Guerrillas serving on missions near Daheishan could easily pass through their defense lines.

Umbrella flowers floated again in the sky, but the people of the Fourth Division were busy turning in and few people could turn around to attack the unstable paratroopers.

The white umbrella flowers fell all the way and slowly gathered around Beipiao and Fuxin.

"The Pioneer Army has conquered Xinhui and Daqintara. At this time, one of theirs is rushing towards the Eight Immortals Tube. Could it be that they are going to take Tongliao?" Bai Chongxi, receiving the news from the front, staring at the map to consider the purpose of the Pioneer Army.

"They intend to avoid Suizhong and other places with stricter defenses, and first attack Fuxin and Beipiao, and finally take Chaoyang? Or attack Zhangwu eastward and connect with Tongliao through Ganqika. This is the weakest place in the Japanese army and is also suitable for mechanized assaults by the vanguard army. So where are they going to fight? Are they going to fight to the Liaohe River?" Bai Chongxi asked in his mind that the vanguard army's combat plan had not been sent over at this time and was delaying on the way.

"The first battle of the National Defense Forces cannot just practice the ability to quickly penetrate, but it depends on your hard skills!" Meng Xiang emphasized to the artillery unit again.

"Commander, the sound of cannons has already sounded!" Kong Ci's voice was no longer young, and it was a little hoarse and mature with the smoke of gunpowder. Then, a deafening sound of cannon bombardment came from the earpiece, which made the current of the earpiece make Dada's noise.

"Be careful, pay attention to the artillery fire on the front line!" Meng Xiang smiled slightly and reminded him.

Between Ling Yuan and Jianping, hundreds of heavy artillery more than 105 mm were congested, and roaring flames had already spewed out.

In the Suizhong area where the 12th Division defended, hundreds of heavy artillery more than 150 mm were smashed into the Japanese defensive line. The heavy blows of thousands of heavy artillery caused cracks to appear in the Suizhong city wall behind the defense line, and two collapsed.

"Firepower support! We need fire support!" Lieutenant General Kawahara Yukio, who took over the position of Masazo Kawabian, in advance, could only ask for support from his superiors in the face of the overwhelming firepower of the vanguard army.

After the continuous damage, the 12th Division, which had the most experience in combat with the Pioneer Army, remained on the front line. The Kwantung Army headquarters strengthened the scale of the artillery troops. With just heavy artillery, the subordinates had one ** field heavy artillery gang with twenty-four Dazheng 4 150mm field howitzer; two field heavy artillery gangs equipped with sixteen Dazheng Type 14 105mm cannons and sixteen Type 92 105mm field cannons; two ** heavy artillery gangs each had eight Type 89 150mm field cannons.

Originally, these 72 heavy artillery and other mountain cannons could also block the attack of the Pioneer Army, but unexpectedly, they were bombed by the Pioneer Army's attack planes and bombers as soon as the war started. At this time, the sky was full of Pioneer Army's planes soaring, and from time to time, you could also see Zero aircraft coming from Jinzhou and Shenyang, dragging black smoke into the sea.

The 12th Division was also equipped with anti-aircraft artillery, but there were only three or four scattered air defense artillery left at this time. They were the focus of the attack of the vanguard's aircraft. After the attack of the vanguard's heavy artillery, nearly a hundred Il 10 and ju-88 took turns to take turns. After paying the price of one plane crashing and two planes being damaged, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery's muzzles drooping down.

After eliminating the threat of air defense artillery, the rest became a performance of the Pioneer Army attack aircraft. The ju-87g also made its debut in the attack.

This aircraft specially used for anti-tanks is hung with a 37mm-18 anti-tank anti-aircraft gun at the lower part of each side of the wing. Although there were only 12 shells due to weight, the 12 ju-87g performed well. With the companions of 12 ju-87d-5 equipped with 20mm cannons, it directly bombarded the Japanese fortifications, which made the Japanese overturned their horses.

The two br23mm cannons of the Il-10 are also ringing constantly, and some simple fortifications of the Japanese cannons can be easily dispersed, and the 400-kilogram bomb it carries can also flood all the difficult bones.

However, the more than 30 Type Zero Japanese soldiers were sieged by more than 60 lightning and hellcats, and they were unable to break through for a long time.

The Hellcat F6f-5's two 20mm cannons and four 12.7mm machine guns intertwined each other, strangling their movement space.

"The era of artillery has passed, look at our blizzard!" Song Yihui laughed and then pressed a red launch button.

Two m8 rockets sprayed long flame tails, and rushed straight from the lightning p-47n he drove towards the formation of eight Japanese aircraft. While directly blasting one Zero, they also dispersed their formation. Four lightnings next to them rushed in with thick skin and thick flesh. The 12.7mm large-caliber machine guns were fully fired, and they were attacked in a mess. The two Zeros could not avoid such a dense attack, and black smoke emerged.

"Boom!" The aircraft exploded and disintegrated in the air before it fell, and fragments of parts of all sizes flew everywhere.

"What's so great! We have it too." Zhang Changhai hummed a few times. Although he said that, his Hellcat did not carry the air-to-air rocket, but instead carried 6 hvar rails. It was just that because it was mainly used for fighting, he only brought two hvar high-speed rockets, but they were not launched.

He looked around for a long time before he found a reinforced bunker set up in the mountains not far away. Because it was hidden, it had not been affected by artillery fire. On the side of the bunker that was charred by the explosion, three machine guns were constantly spraying, and one of them was a flat 20mm anti-aircraft gun. Perhaps the anti-aircraft gun mount was a little damaged, and the Japanese were not stupid, so they moved it into the fortress. Although it could not be used to air, the armored vehicles used to pass by were still fine.

Not only was there blocked the mountain and the shelling was not good, even the tank guns below could not be bombed. Although the 80mm mortar that hit it stopped a machine gun, the impact was not great.

"Coordinates **, air support is needed!" The squadron leader's voice rang out in time.

Because the open space was just beginning to cooperate, some cooperation was not very skilled. When encountering some difficult bones, although the senior executives on both sides of the open space wanted to compete for their own merits when there were too many wolves and fewer meats, this kind of cooperation often occurred under the suppression of clones.

"Look at me!" Zhang Changhai couldn't help but be happy. He pushed the operating rod, and the Hellcat wandering around the outside swooped down and rushed down towards the fortress.

"Start!" he murmured in his heart and pressed the button.

The 1.83-meter-long, 63.5-kilogram hvar rocket dragged its long tail and rushed straight towards the fortress. From the corner of Zhang Changhai's eyes when he pulled it up, he felt that he was about to hit it.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, Zhang Changhai who was circling back saw the hvar rocket hit the target. He was sure that the fortress must have been completed. During the exercise, the 127mm hvar rocket could penetrate the 1.2-meter-thick fortress.

"The power of this spear rocket is indeed very strong. What they said is that it is really terrifying to penetrate the 38-cm steel plate." Zhang Changhai saw the smoke of gunpowder gradually fading away and revealed the broken fortress, and couldn't help but think, "However, it is said that it is more than three meters long, 300-cm spear rocket, what should it look like?"

There are no more opportunities to be left for the Hvar rockets to be launched on the battlefield. The fortifications of the Japanese fortifications are short of time and there are not many hard-to-get hard bones. Some difficult fortresses have also turned into a pile of ruins under the bombardment of self-propelled artillery.

The Japanese Zero planes were even more involved in the battle on the ground. Although they could throw bombs, they could only protect themselves during the battle.

"Bless Aunt Amaterasu!" Takano Yukiichi, under the involvement of his companions, finally rushed behind two lightning attacks with his superb skills and rushed behind two Il-10s.

"Dada" a series of 20mm machine gun bullets sucked on an Il-10. But there was no explosion that Takano imagined. In the light of Takano's eyes, the Il-10 was still flying slowly. Takano's Zero instantly passed over their heads. He was about to circle back and suddenly saw a red light at the corner of his eyes. Before he could react, a ball of fire exploded on the fuselage.

"What is that?" Takano's last thought in the Zero-style air disintegration explosion was to guess what was focusing on his stuff.

"Our blizzard is also very useful!" Zhao Mingshu looked at the two rs-82 rockets that were still hanging on the wings of the Il-10 attack aircraft, and couldn't help but smiled.

"The New First Army has captured Suizhong and is attacking Xingcheng!" Lao Jiang, who has been paying attention to this place, received a new battle report.

"They are very fast. But weren't the *** people's planes and guns dispatched?" Lao Jiang weighed the urgent report and handed it to Bai Chongxi. The intelligence transmitted by the Central Army's intelligence agencies was far less timely and detailed than the Pioneer Army Command.

"The *** people's aircraft are not superior, and their ships are also threatened by shore cannons and shore cannons. I heard that the two heavy patrols of the Fifth Fleet and an aircraft carrier have also passed. The *** people's Nagamon-class battleships there are not superior." Bai Chongxi has accumulated a lot of information in his hands. He is also analyzing the motivations of the vanguard's army to invade the Northeast this time.

"Is it too early to directly attack the Northeast now? The Kwantung Army and the *** people in the pass were two systems. As long as they were not moved, they could slowly recover the southern provinces. Finally, it would be better to deal with the Northeast. Why is Meng Ribai so anxious? It is not easy to face the pressure from the Kwantung Army and the Soviet Union."

In the General Command of the Pioneer Army, Meng Xiang was also waiting in the command hall.

"Why did the Kwantung Army become weaker in front of the Pioneer Army?" Yan Xishan couldn't help but sigh and joke.

He knew the strength of the Kwantung Army. When the Japanese entered Shanxi, three or four divisions occupied his home. At this time, the vanguard army attacked in one after another, and the four divisions of the Japanese were defeated, causing the four divisions of the Japanese to retreat step by step.

When the sun was west, Beipiao and Fucheng had already fallen into the hands of the vanguard army. The Fourth Division had no habit of defending the enemy. After the vanguard army was overwhelmed by the vanguard army, the Japanese in Beipiao gave up the blocking defense in the Daheishan area and turned east. The 28th Division had lost Jianping and was now retreating in Chaoyang, resisting the vanguard army's artillery attack and was unable to take care of themselves.

The 12th Division had retreated to Xingcheng at this time, and did not dare to be careless or rescue at will. The Japanese who were stationed in the 29th Division in Panjin area were eager to rescue the 12th Division and could not take into account the Japanese fronts in other places.

The Japanese were in a hurry, and they asked the Kwantung Army's base to send one emergency telegram after another. Some of the radio waves requesting support were already calling in clear codes. But they had just pulled away two divisions to defend the Yangtze River defense line, and the two divisions that were quickly mobilized had to face the damage to the railway by the guerrillas. They had not yet achieved motorization and could only move to support step by step.

But when I arrived, I still don’t know what the result would be.

There were more and more Zero-type aircraft coming to support in the sky, and even the Soviet-Russian border was rushing back, but more and more Zero-type aircraft falling in the sky. It was not only them who deployed their troops, but the Pioneer Army prepared more fully.

"It's their luck to meet us!" Meng Xiang said with a smile.

This time, although the attack of the vanguard army was a bit sudden, it was determined by strength to suppress it head-on. Only in this way can the momentum of the first battle of the National Defense Forces. In the years to come, the gains brought by the morale of the National Defense Forces ignited by this momentum will be more worthwhile than more sacrifices.

"The *** people suffered this time!" Although Chiang Kai-shek had a lot of opinions about the vanguard army, he hated the *** people even more. After hearing the battle reports flying from the front line, he still smiled.

But he immediately turned his face and asked, "How is the conversation between the *** people?"

"Today, they made some concessions!" Qian Dajun, who was standing beside him, said respectfully. Because he had made a fraud on the air force costs last year, he was demoted by Chiang Kai-shek. This year, because Chiang Kai-shek lacked reliable candidates, he resumed. This time, the secret negotiations with the *** were chaired by the old servant department.

“What do you say about *** people?”

"In principle, the *** people have agreed to gradually return to the outside world, and the matter of Manchukuo can be put on hold before talking about it!" Qian Dajun next to him said.

Lao Jiang pondered and said nothing.

Such good conditions certainly made him moved. At this time, the Pioneer Army expanded very quickly, and he could not refuse. If he really saw the Pioneer Army recovering its territory bit by bit, he would probably not have the Central Party to perform.

"Can't wait any longer!" Old Jiang decided in his heart.
Chapter completed!