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The junction of eastern Mongolia and the Puppet Manchukuo, Tamtsag Prague, is close to the back of the chicken head on the "rooster"-shaped map of the Yanhuang Continent. It is mostly surrounded by desert Gobi terrain, and at the same time it is connected to the Hunshandake Sand Land in Inner Mongolia Province of the Yanhuang Continent.

The border is a barren land that is usually deserted. At this time, the third column of the Yanhuang and Red Party in the target plane, under Boss Chen, is gathering here and on standby.

"Beep~~Beep~~~" The iron whistle suddenly sounded in the camp.

"Gather, gather!" the sergeants' orders came one after another, calling the soldiers of their respective units to return.

Ten minutes later, the temporary training ground was filled with rows of Red Party soldiers, and not far behind were their reliable battlefield partners - rows of neatly arranged Liberation-1 tanks (Type 59). After more than half a year,

Through study, test driving, familiarity and actual combat, the soldiers have generally conquered these steel monsters and can drive them like arms and execute orders and prohibitions.

"Take a break!" Ge Zhuang, commander of the 113th Company of the newly formed 10th Regiment, ordered as he stepped left on the playground.

"Brush~~" The company of more than a hundred people spread their feet apart in an orderly manner, waiting for the company commander's next order.

"Brothers, according to the instructions from our superiors, everyone immediately packed up their personal belongings, checked their equipment, and moved ammunition and supplies. We will set off in an hour. Do you understand?"

"yes!"

"Then liberate now!"

"Quick, quick!!"

As the company commander gave the order, more than a hundred Red Party soldiers trotted back to their respective tents, checking their firearms and stacking their personal belongings.

"Da Shan, do you think you are going back to your hometown to fight against the Japs this time?" asked Li Wenshan, a man in his forties with a weathered face, who was from the Northeast Army and later followed General Zhang Xueliang into the customs and retreated to Shanxi.

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"Absolutely. Apart from the little devils, the only one around us is the Soviet Union. It is impossible to fight against the Soviet Union, so the only way is to the northeast." Tian Dashan, who came from the same village as Li Wenshan to serve as a soldier, replied.

"Northeast, how many years have we been out here, and this time we really have to fight back!" Li Wenshan pulled the gun bolt hard and said forcefully.

"Uncle Li, it's time for us to go back and avenge our fellow villagers!" The Red Party soldier named Dashan, who was bending down to pack his backpack, paused with his hands for a moment, then pressed his thigh hard and said.

"Dashan~~"

"kindness?"

"If I am unlucky this time, I will be honored before the battle. Don't forget to take my ashes back to the village and bury them underground at the head of our village. The feng shui outside is not good, and I'm afraid I won't be used to living 'underneath' outside."

"You can't, uncle!"

"Haha, just in case."

"Well, don't worry."

An hour later, tanks were launched one after another and drove into the distance with a rumbling sound. Thousands of dark green military trucks of various types, loaded with personnel and supplies, followed closely behind. The third column totaled 150,000 people.

, the mighty march to the Puppet Manchukuo

Heading to Gui'an Province, the eastern part of the country, they had to cross the desert, use tanks to clear the way, and cross the Greater Khingan Mountains, aiming directly at Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang Province (this route was the main direction of the Soviet Union's attack on the Guandong Army in later generations).

In early 1943, the "Oriental Verdun" defense line built by the Guandong Army for many years to defend against the Soviet attack was basically completed. Starting from Hailar in the northwest of Gui'an Province, it connected the Heihe, Khabarovsk and Hutou areas.

The field covers more than 1,000 kilometers, with more than 8,000 permanent fortifications and support points, and a depth of 50 kilometers to deal with the threat of heavy armored troops from the Soviet Union in the north.

However, due to the Gobi Desert at the junction of Mongolia and Gui'an Province, the terrain of the Khabarovsk area to the east is not suitable for large-scale tank assaults, so the Guandong Army's defense forces here are relatively simple and lax. Until mid-1943, Yanhuanghong

The party regained Outer Mongolia and cut off the 250,000-strong barrier to attack the Soviet Union.

When the army was on its way back, the senior officials of the Guandong Army suddenly discovered that there were major shortcomings and loopholes in the "Oriental Verdun" defense line they had worked so hard to manage, so they stepped up their efforts to dig and build fortifications here. However, after all, time was limited, and the weather was quickly entering winter.

The progress of the fortifications was not smooth, and only a small part of the plan for the year was completed.

To the east of Aershan City, Gui'an Province, in the Taipingling Mountains. The highest point here is 1,711 meters, and the terrain is dangerous. It was the first choice area for the Japanese pirate army to build a new defensive fortress in an emergency. After several months of excavation, 12 artillery fire stations were built.

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A fortification support point composed of more than 100 machine gun holes. At this time, there were more than 800 Japanese pirate Guandong troops in the fortress. Except for 100 veterans, the remaining more than 700 people were newly recruited retired soldiers or Japanese expatriates from the domestic pioneering group.

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Because the Yanhuang and Red Party had not launched an attack at this time, and the weather was cold, all the fortifications' gun ports were temporarily closed. More than 800 Japanese pirate Guandong troops were distributed in different caves according to their ranks to rest. Most of them were wrapped in quilts.

To get rid of the cold, a few wires were connected inside the cave, and electric lights were installed at places such as the intersection of the cave passages and the commander's command room, emitting a melancholy dark yellow light.

"Has there been an order from the headquarters?" Jiro Endo, who was in charge of the defense of the fortress, asked in the fortress command room.

"Hi! Mr. Endo, there is no news yet. At the same time, there is no news of attacks by the Red Party in other places." Telegraph operator Yotsui replied.

"I understand. It's so cold in Ba Ge!" Jiro Endo, who was stomping his feet due to the low temperature in the fortress, said and cursed. Since this place is far from nearby villages and towns, in order to prevent possible attacks by the Yanhuang Red Party, they came here

It was stationed three days ago, but now, there is not even a trace of the Red Party's offensive troops.

"After dawn tomorrow, you ask the people in the fortress to go out in batches to bask in the sun. Besides, there is no way to survive like this. Tomorrow, let Kudo lead people to build a wooden house at the foot of the mountain, and half of the people go to the wooden house to rest every day."

"Hi!"

The Japanese pirate Taipingling Fortress is a resting area for ordinary soldiers. In order to save electricity, only a light bulb is installed in the toilet. As for the sleeping area of ​​the soldiers, it is completely dark.

"Okabe-kun, it's so cold~~" said Sadago Kusanagi, who was wrapped in a quilt.

"Ba Ge! Those useless engineers built the fortress without designing vents, so they can't burn firewood for heating. Ba Ge, Ba Ge!" Shigeichi Okabe cursed.

"Ding~~~" A sudden sound came from outside.

"What's going on?" Cao Cao Zhengo asked warily.

"What else could there be? The gravel must have fallen from the top of the cave!" Okabe Juichi said confidently.

"I heard the sound came from the arsenal, is it okay?" Sogo Sadago asked worriedly.

"Are you worried about those shells?" Maybe he finally had a topic to divert his brain's attention. Okabe Juichi said in a playful tone: "Don't worry, Mr. Kusanagi, I used to work in a military factory, let alone

It’s just a small stone, even if a relatively large stone hits the cannonball directly, it will be fine.”

"I'm still a little worried, let's go over and take a look, okay? Okabe-kun." The cautious Sogo Sadago insisted.

"No need~~"

"Please, Okabe-kun!"

"Okay, okay. I'll go with you and take a look. Anyway, there's nothing to do."

Half a minute later, Okabe Juichi and Kusanagi Sadoo used flashlights to observe carefully in front of the cave where a large number of shells and bullets were placed, and found nothing strange.

"Well, look, I'll just say it was the pebbles falling from the top of the cave."

"Well, Okabe-kun was right."

"Go back quickly, I'm freezing to death. I wish I had a bottle of sake now!"

"Hi!"

When the two Japanese pirate soldiers returned to their residence after chatting with each other, a small oblate black metal box appeared in the munitions department in a blind corner covered by a shell box that was invisible to the human eye.

Somewhere high in the sky at Taipingling Fortress.

"Huh~~ Fortunately, these two little devils didn't do an in-depth inspection. I was shocked."

"I will be more careful next time. Unexpectedly, the place where the time bomb was placed was slightly tilted, causing the bomb to slip." Yadi explained.

"It doesn't matter. Yadi, the self-destruction device you designed should be powerful enough, right?" Wang Fan asked.

"Don't worry, the power is enough to detonate these shells, causing the entire mountain tunnel to collapse and bury the Japanese in the fortress alive."

"That's good. It's 11 o'clock in the evening now. Let's go to the next location and continue to plant explosives. We will listen to 'Serial Firecrackers' at four o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Okay, but you have really gone to great lengths to prevent the Yanhuang and Red Party from sacrificing fewer soldiers."

"There is no way. According to the records of the Soviet attack on the Guandong Army in 1945, the Guandong Army relied on the permanent defense of fortifications. In the end, it still caused considerable casualties and troubles to the Soviets. If it was a pure field battle, we would not be afraid with our equipment advantages, but

A mountain fortress like this is quite hard to crack, so it’s better if I get rid of it all at once.”

"What about the fortifications in cities like Harbin, Changchun and Shenyang?"

"Tomorrow at four o'clock, as the 'serial firecrackers' are lit, we will fire dumplings from high altitude again to destroy the artillery positions and barracks of the urban devils and weaken the combat power of the Guandong Army to the greatest extent. As for further street fighting and rural clearing,

We can only rely on the efforts of the Red Party troops themselves."

"I understand!"

At this time, Xinjing City, Jilin Province (later Changchun), the capital of the Puppet Manchukuo State, built a large number of military camps in its surrounding areas to accommodate the tens of thousands of troops of the two mobile decisive corps of the Guandong Army. Because the weather in the Northeast turned cold and started to snow

, the time was after 12 o'clock in the evening, and there was no news of the Red Party's attack in various places, so most of the Japanese pirate soldiers of the Decisive Victory Corps had already gone into the house to go to bed, recuperating for possible deployment tomorrow.

Next to more than a dozen rows of long brick barracks, there are several large playgrounds covered with white snowflakes. Thousands of trucks, artillery and other weapons and supplies are neatly parked here, waiting to set off at any time. There are bricks around the barracks.

Surrounded by walls and wires, entrance and exit need to go through the gate, on both sides of the gate

They are all equipped with elevated heavy machine gun towers, which are also powered by electricity. Each is equipped with a high-power white searchlight. The pale white light shines back and forth, which not only maintains the mystery of the military camp but also ensures the safety of the military camp. Therefore, here

The stationed Guandong Army soldiers slept peacefully and soundly.

Not far from these military camps, about 10 kilometers away, is the Xinjing Military Combat Readiness Airport. More than 400 fighter planes are parked in permanent or semi-permanent hangars, waiting for orders to go out at any time. However, due to heavy snow, the runway began to

Freezing, really

Thinking about taking off requires a lot of preparation work and a lot of excitement. As for Xinjing City, a train maintenance factory is burning the midnight oil, working overtime, modifying ordinary locomotives and carriages, and welding steel plates to meet the firepower and protection requirements of armored patrol trains.

Four o'clock in the morning is the time when people sleep most soundly. The Japanese pirate barracks are 10,000 meters high in the sky.
To be continued...