Finally, while everyone was waiting anxiously, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind Liu Hua. The communications staff officer who was following Liu Hua with the army was holding a telegram and hurriedly ran to the division commander Liu Hua.
"Report to the division commander, the special operations brigade is calling..." The wait finally came... After hearing the report from the communications staff officer in front of him, Zhang Hua couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and loudly ordered to the communications staff officer in front of him: "
read..."
"Yes, division commander. Captain Liu and Political Commissar Luo of the special operations brigade jointly sent a telegram. The Japanese Taiyuan headquarters has been completely destroyed by our special operations brigade, and all enemy officers have been killed. At the same time, the enemy's mountain artillery regiment has a total of more than 1,800 people.
, all were wiped out by our special operations brigade. Now Taiyuan City is under martial law, and a large number of Japanese troops are surrounding our headquarters. Please ask the division commander to launch an attack as soon as possible to reduce the pressure on our special operations brigade and facilitate the next action..."
The communications staff officer read aloud.
"Okay, good fight... Order, the heavy artillery regiment will immediately launch a ten-minute shelling of the Japanese Taiyuan Airport. Ten minutes later, the armored regiment will immediately launch an attack to eliminate all the Japanese troops in the Taiyuan Airport..." After hearing this,
The division commander Liu Hua couldn't help but get excited at the good news from the special operations brigade, and loudly ordered to all the commanders waiting for orders in front of him.
"Bang, bang, bang" three signal flares were fired, following Liu Hua's order. Amid everyone's expectations, with three sharp whistling sounds, they flew into the sky in a beautiful arc. At the same time,
, the heavy artillery regiment, which had long been prepared for the bombardment, fired heavy artillery shells weighing more than ten kilograms at Taiyuan Airport one after another at the command of the regiment leader Chen Guangrong at the moment the signal flare slowly took off.
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"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ...Boom, Boom, Boom..." A sharp whistling sound sounded, and the heavy artillery regiment's position in the darkness was immediately illuminated by the flames generated by the shelling. At the same time, in
A huge explosion also occurred at the Japanese airport a few miles away. 36 shells of various types were shot into the Japanese airport as if they had eyes.
Some of the shells were fired into the approach runway, blowing out large craters with a depth of one meter on the runway that was just flat. Some shells were shot directly into the Japanese apron, and planes were shot one after another.
, in front of the heavy artillery shells, they were directly disintegrated or turned into burning fireballs. What's more, the heavy howitzer shells directly penetrated the thick roof of the ammunition depot, filling the ammunition depot with tons of ammunition.
Tons of aerial bombs were detonated directly...
In short, it was just a salvo of 36 artillery pieces from the heavy artillery regiment. The entire Taiyuan Airport was shrouded in raging fire and billowing smoke. Of course, such a big movement at the Japanese airport could not escape a few miles away.
The eyes of the Japanese army were on Taiyuan City. More importantly, as soon as Taiyuan Airport was bombarded, the captain of the airport garrison sent a telegram to Taiyuan City asking for help.
"Report to the captain, emergency situation..." Just as the captain of the garrison wing was directing the hurriedly arriving imperial soldiers and rescuing the wounded at the headquarters, the loud explosion outside the city also aroused his attention.
Attention. Just when he was about to send a few soldiers out of the city to take a look, the chief of staff, who had just left for less than a few minutes, ran back sweating profusely. And the security force of a brigade that had just left also
He ran back panting.
"Baga, Chief of Staff, have you wiped out the special warfare brigade of the *** Division..." Looking at the Chief of Staff who hurried back, the regiment leader asked with an unhappy face.
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, no. It's the airport. Our Taiyuan Airport has been shelled by at least one heavy artillery regiment of unknown armed forces. Now we have suffered heavy losses and are in danger of being occupied by the enemy at any time. The airport garrison sent us a telegram asking for help.
Send troops for reinforcements immediately. Otherwise, an aviation brigade at the airport will be completely lost.
"The airport was bombarded by an enemy heavy artillery regiment. Baga, there are all combat aircraft of our entire Taiyuan Aviation Force at the airport, and they must not be lost. Otherwise, if the North China Command finds out, we will collectively apologize to His Majesty the Emperor.
Chief of Staff, what are you still doing? You immediately lead a regiment of the Kwantung Army to reinforce the airport and destroy the enemy's heavy artillery regiment. Quickly..." Thinking of the dozens of combat aircraft of various types parked at the airport, and the ones just now.
After replenishing a large amount of fuel and ammunition, the commander of the regiment felt a headache and roared loudly at the chief of staff in front of him.
Soon, such a scene appeared at the station of the Japanese Kwantung Army Brigade. The Major Chief of Staff of the Garrison Regiment commanded more than 3,000 soldiers of a Kwantung Army Regiment to quickly assemble on the training ground. However, because
The entire unit, except the garrison unit, drank a lot of alcohol at night. Although the chief of staff kept ordering the soldiers to speed up the assembly, more than ten minutes had passed by the time all the soldiers were assembled.
Of course, the chief of staff at this time, after hearing the constant explosions at the airport outside the city, had no intention of asking whether the airport was still in his own hands. He hurriedly led more than 3,000 little devils carrying various weapons.
The ammunition was driven out of Taiyuan in a mighty manner, and reinforcements were sent to the airport that was already in a sea of flames a few miles away.
However, just when the Japanese army was assembled and had not yet set off, the ten-minute bombardment of the heavy artillery regiment had ended. What followed was the armored regiment, which launched a fierce attack. At the command of the regiment leader Yang Jinghua, the armored regiment that first entered the battlefield
A group of nine tanks, just like usual training, heard the roar of engines at the same time.
Nine tanks lined up in a row drove out of the trenches where they were hiding one after another, blowing black smoke backwards while quickly attacking the Japanese airport that had been plunged into a sea of fire. And in these nine tanks
Behind the tank, nearly 300 soldiers who had been trained for several months were holding various weapons in their hands. They formed a platoon into a combat unit and followed the tank closely according to the usual training.
The Japanese army launched a charge at Taiyuan Airport, which was brightly illuminated by the continuously burning fire.
"Buzz buzz..." The nine tanks advanced at the same time, and the huge roar quickly passed through a distance of nearly a kilometer and reached the ears of the Japanese troops guarding the outermost perimeter. Of course, these little devils
Little did they know that these tanks belonged to their enemies.
"Yo Xi, everyone pay attention, our reinforcements must be here..." This was the first thing the little devil said after hearing the roar of the tank. At the same time, every little devil stood on his feet.
On his own position, he constantly looked out into the distance, preparing to receive the tank troops coming to reinforce him.
However, their wish did not come true. As the tanks got closer and closer, these little devils slowly discovered something was wrong. Because, in front of these tanks, they did not see the military flags belonging to the imperial army.
In front of the tank, a huge five-pointed star burning red appeared.
However, it was already too late at this time. Just when the Japanese troops guarding the perimeter were puzzled by the entire row of steel torrent in front of them, the two truck-mounted machine guns on each tank fired at the same time.
There was a dense rain of bullets. At the same time, the constantly rotating tank guns fired shells one after another at the light and heavy machine gun positions that had not been destroyed by the previous artillery fire.
"Ahh...taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh..." Under the joint attack of tanks, cannons and heavy machine guns, the little devil who was defending the position outside the airport was suddenly hit by the sudden firepower.
They were caught off guard. Of course, these Japanese troops were the most elite Kwantung Army that had been redeployed. After the entire army lost nearly a hundred soldiers and went through a brief period of chaos, the remaining little Japs immediately joined some squad leaders.
Under the command of the squadron leader, we hid in the trenches.
"Baga, those tanks are not from the Japanese Empire, they are tanks from the Chinese Army. Now we don't have anti-tank cannons in our hands, so I need dozens of imperial warriors who dare to sacrifice themselves to follow me.
Go blow up these tanks of the Chinese *** team. Warriors, who is willing to follow me? "Looking at the tanks that were getting closer and spraying rain of bullets, a Japanese squad leader said to
The dozens of soldiers in front of him shouted orders...
"Squad leader, I'm going... I'm going..." Soon, dozens of soldiers, all covered with grenades and explosives, appeared in front of the squad leader. Looking at the imperial soldiers in front of him, the squad leader
Without any hesitation, the captain immediately led them out of the trench where he was hiding and began to approach the tank that was spitting out flames.
"No, the little devils have sent out death squads to blow up the tanks...order the vehicle-mounted machine guns to block them. The infantry behind them must protect the tanks..." Of course, every move on the Japanese army's position will not be affected by the airport behind them.
Under the illumination of the resolute flames, the eyes of the group leader Yang Jinghua were completely reflected.
Seeing dozens of Japanese death squads with explosives strapped all over their bodies, rushing towards his tank. Yang Jinghua immediately followed the tactics he usually trained and gave orders loudly to the commanders. At the same time, he ordered the tanks
The infantrymen following behind should be prepared for battle and protect the tanks in front of them.
"Da da da..." After a dense rain of bullets, a few dozen meters away, a little devil with explosives strapped all over his body was swept down by the dense rain of bullets as soon as he exposed his head.
He fell to the ground on the way to his charge. At the same time, a precise bullet hit the explosive bag on a little devil.
"Boom..." A huge explosion sounded, and the explosive package hit by the bullet exploded immediately. At the same time, several other explosive packages all over the body were also detonated by the explosion just now. "Boom boom."
"Boom!" A series of explosions sounded, and the little Japanese who was hit was immediately blown to pieces. At the same time, the three or four little Japanese around him also went to see their gods amidst the continuous explosions.
Follow the Great God.
However, facing such a bloody scene, these Kwantung Army soldiers who had been completely influenced by the spirit of Bushido did not have any fear. They stepped on the corpses of the fallen soldiers and kept rolling their bodies in the hail of bullets, slowly.
Slowly approach the tank that is getting closer and closer.
Faced with such ferocious and completely desperate little Japs, although the vehicle-mounted machine guns on the tanks were constantly intercepted by a dense firepower network, in the end, there were still a dozen or so Japs who successfully approached the tank, which was less than ten meters away.
At a distance of 300 meters, they entered the blind spot of the tank's on-board machine gun. Facing such a close distance, they only needed one charge to reach the tank and ignite the explosives on them.
Yang Jinghua, the regiment leader in the tank, was very anxious when he saw the enemy less than ten meters away. His mind was also in chaos, and he even forgot the latest tank combat tactics that he usually trained.
Finally, the infantry following the tank came into his mind, and Yang Jinghua immediately began to issue new combat orders, "Order, the infantry must stop the charge of these little devils and protect the tank at all costs..."
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"Ta da da... bang bang bang..." After receiving the order, the soldiers were already ready for battle and ready to practice their skills. They immediately used the cover of the tanks in front of them to face the little Japanese who were close at hand.
, shooting out a dense rain of bullets. For these soldiers who had trained their marksmanship for several months, it was almost effortless for the dozen or so little Japs to shoot them all in front of the tank.
However, although Tucker's threat was removed, the soldiers covering the tank, while stretching out their bodies and shooting, were also exposed to the Japanese firepower. In just a few seconds of shooting,
The infantry following the tanks paid the price with dozens of casualties and casualties.
"Well, it seems that the soldiers of the armored regiment are not cooperating well enough in terms of infantry-tank coordination. Just now, if it were not for the infantry behind the tanks, even if these dozen or so little devils were eliminated, the armored regiment would have lost at least
Almost half of the tanks." Liu Hua, who had been nervously observing the battle of the armored regiment, saw the thrilling scene just now and couldn't help but talk to the two brigade commanders beside him.
"Division Commander, although I'm not very proficient in what infantry-tank coordinated operations are. However, I think that when the little devil's death squads rush out of their trenches, the infantry following the tanks can attack dozens of people from different directions.
The Japanese troops were engaged in a firefight meters away. I think if they open fire at any time, these dozens of little Japs are no match for the hundreds of soldiers behind the tanks." After hearing Liu Hua's answer, he stood next to Liu Hua,
Wang Benqing, commander of the third brigade who was also observing the armored regiment's first battle, said thoughtfully.
"Well, let's not talk about this for now. Brigadier Wang, Brigadier Luo, are the pocket formations prepared for the Japanese reinforcements ready? According to the intelligence of the special operations brigade, the Japanese army dispatched a total of one Kwantung Army regiment, but
More than three thousand people?" In response to Wang Benqing's answer, Liu Hua nodded and asked.
"Commander, don't worry. We have two brigades with more than 10,000 people and have prepared a large enough encirclement for the little Japs. As long as the little Japs get in, I promise to kill all the little Japs who leave the city within half an hour.
"After listening to the teacher's question, Wang Benqing answered confidently.
After returning to the attacking Armored Regiment and crushing the suicide counterattack launched by the Japanese army, what stood in front of the Armored Regiment was a weak line of defense consisting of more than 200 little Japs.
Facing tanks that were emitting black smoke and spraying dense rain of bullets.
Although these little devils have a strong psychological quality because they have been influenced by the spirit of Bushido. However, when they saw the corpses of the little devils standing in front of the tank, they were instantly crushed into piles of flesh. In addition,
The death of almost a small group of suicide squads just now left a deep impression on the minds of the remaining little Japs on the battlefield. These little Japs, who always boasted that they were invincible, still showed a look of panic. All of them had faces full of panic.
Looking expectantly at the squadron leader beside him, he was the last one left after the battle.
"Baga, the Eighth Route Army has tanks. They are very powerful. Hurry up, retreat immediately, retreat to the second line of defense, continue to hold on, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements..." He looked at a tank rushing towards him.
There was also a trace of panic on the face of the Japanese squadron leader. He looked at the more than 200 soldiers around him, who were all looking at him eagerly, waiting for his order. The squadron leader did not hesitate and immediately ordered the retreat.
The command.
"Hi, squadron leader..." After receiving the order, several squad leaders, including all the surviving Jaap soldiers, showed a hint of surprise on their faces. Under the leadership of their respective squad leaders, they turned around and faced the second line of defense behind them.
The position ran over. However, although the retreating Japs were covered by traffic ditches, they could block the flying bullets.
However, the tank guns of the nine tanks were not polite at all. They accurately fired the shells into the retreating formation of the Japanese army. The remaining two hundred or so little Japs were once again
Nearly a hundred corpses of little Japanese were left behind.
With no more Japanese troops to resist, the armored regiment immediately occupied the first-line defensive position that the Japs had voluntarily abandoned. The soldiers following the tanks immediately entered the enemy's trenches and eliminated the dozen or so remaining soldiers in the trenches.
, a dozen wounded Japanese soldiers who were preparing to blow up their tanks.
"Order, all tanks continue to attack, break through the enemy's last line of defense, eliminate all the remaining Japs in the airport, and occupy the entire Taiyuan Airport..." Taking the first-line position that the Japs voluntarily gave up, he saw that he was still almost there.
500 meters away from the Japanese airport. Yang Jinghua, the commander of the armored regiment, did not feel any excitement. Instead, he once again issued a new marching order to the commanders of all the tanks who were waiting for his orders.