Chapter 736 The Great Victory in Datang Town (Please subscribe!)
Great victory in Datang Town
"Commander-in-Chief, according to the latest intelligence from frontline investigators, after a day, the Japanese forward corps of more than 40,000 people has been separated by dozens of kilometers from their main force. They set up camp at night, and the two troops
They did not merge together, but divided their forces to camp. According to the current marching speed of the two armies and the road conditions ahead, by tomorrow night, the Japanese forward corps should arrive at Datang Town... And their main force, because
Because they carry a lot of heavy equipment, they will camp here. In this case, the distance between the two armies will increase to twelve kilometers..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan quickly found the two armies on the map, and the second
After finding out the specific camping location that night, he spoke.
"Chief of Staff, what do you mean, tomorrow night, we will gather a large number of troops to eat up the Kwantung Army's forward corps, give them a wake-up call, and poke their spirit..." Liu Hua asked thoughtfully.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief. As long as we can assemble a corps of 40,000 little Japs, plus the corresponding heavy weapons and powerful terrain, and eat them in a short period of time, there will be no problem at all... As for
As for the main force of the Japanese army, we can rely on the favorable terrain to launch another siege and reinforce it, gradually weakening their strength to reinforce the forward corps, and win enough fighting time for the troops that encircle and annihilate the Japanese forward corps." Zuo Quan was very sure.
He nodded and said.
"Political commissar, what do you think?" Liu Hua nodded in agreement with Chief of Staff Zuo Quan's opinion. He quickly turned his gaze to the political commissar Luo Ronghuan next to him and asked...
"Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff, I have absolutely no objection to the two of you making decisions on military matters..." Facing Liu Hua's questioning gaze, Luo Ronghuan answered directly without any hesitation.
"Okay, since this is the case... Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, time does not wait for me. We will issue specific combat orders to each unit. In Datang Town, we will give a good reception to the Japs' forward corps:
Now I order: The Second Corps, the Armored Corps, and the Special Operations Division will immediately move to the area of Datang Town. After the Japanese forward corps enters Datang Town, they will immediately launch a powerful attack on the Datang Town garrison. Before dawn, we must
Solve the battle. The entire encirclement and annihilation war will be led by Su Yu, commander of the armored corps, as the overall commander, who will uniformly command the entire encirclement and annihilation war...
The Third Corps, the Heavy Artillery Division, the Guard Division, and the Cavalry Division, were led by Commander Gao Yuan of the Third Corps. After the encirclement and annihilation battle in Datang Town began, the powerful terrain was used to block the Japanese reinforcements at all levels. Of course, if
I found a fighter plane that can be used. I don't mind if Gao Yuan uses the troops in his hands to engage in an encirclement and annihilation battle for the little devils, greatly weakening the effective strength of their main force...
Just like that, the chief of staff immediately sent a telegram to all ministries and issued specific combat orders. All units were required to take action immediately upon receiving the telegram. Otherwise, military law would be engaged..."
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, I will issue combat orders to all ministries immediately..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan replied with certainty.
No matter what time of day it is, the nights in the Northeast are always chilly. Lieutenant General Guandian, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army's forward corps, has just issued the order to "prepare for camping." After a day of rapid marching and continuous bridge building and road paving,
Tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, who were already exhausted, immediately began to set up camps with the town as the center under the command of their respective commanders to replenish the large amount of physical energy they had consumed during the day's operation...
In less than an hour, a campsite with a radius of several kilometers was set up. Then, as the sky became darker and darker, a bunch of dark green tents were set alight in the huge campsite.
A huge bonfire was built. Groups of soldiers began to surround the bonfire to drive away the chill that kept coming at night...
At this moment, on a hill about two kilometers away from the Japanese camp, Commander Su Yu, Commander Wang Nanhu, and Commander Liu Xiaogang of the Special Operations Division were standing in a huge semi-underground bunker headquarters.
, holding up the telescope in his hand, looking at the brightly lit Japanese camp not far away...
"Commander Su, according to the intelligence from the reconnaissance team, the Japanese army deployed a large patrol team around their camp for patrolling and warning... In addition, the Japanese artillery unit station, the cavalry regiment station, and various regiments
The specific locations of the brigade and division headquarters have been fully investigated..." Liu Xiaogang replied.
"Well done. In less than two hours, we managed to get a clear picture of the Japs' camp. It seems that victory in tonight's encirclement and annihilation battle must belong to us..." Su Yu glanced appreciatively.
Liu Xiaogang, who was next to him, answered with great satisfaction.
Immediately afterwards, he asked Commander Wang Nanhu on the other side.
"Commander Wang, are all the troops participating in the war in place according to the original battle plan..."
"Commander Su, according to the original battle plan, my Second Corps, the First Division of the Armored Corps, and the Special Operations Division are already in place and may launch a violent attack on the Japanese garrison in Datang Town at any time. Commander Gao commanded
The Third Corps, the three heavy artillery regiments of the heavy artillery division, and the one and two regiments of the guard division were also in place, lurking on the path of the Japanese reinforcements, preparing to deliver a devastating blow to the Japanese reinforcements...
The Heavy Artillery Division is directly under the Rocket Artillery Regiment, and the Third Regiment of the Guard Division has moved directly behind the main force of the Japanese army to coordinate our ambush troops at any time, attracting and destroying the superior artillery fire of the Japanese army..." Wang Nanhu replied decisively.
"Very good, order all the ministries to start attacking in half an hour. Tonight, we will have a grand victory and annihilate all the little devils in Datang Town..." Su Yu nodded with satisfaction, looking confident.
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Time passed minute by second. On the outskirts of Datang Town, the corps was directly under the howitzer regiment, each army was directly under the field artillery regiment, each division was directly under the mountain artillery battalion, and the infantry artillery company. A total of hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers had already been deployed according to special requirements.
The bombardment coordinates provided by the reconnaissance unit of the combat division raised their dark muzzles high, waiting for the arrival of the bombardment time.
"Report to commander, forward position report, all artillery fires are ready... artillery group, request for launch..." A communications staff officer put down the phone in his hand and walked quickly to Su Yu to report.
"Order all artillery units to concentrate their firepower and conduct a fifteen-minute saturation bombardment of all garrison troops in Datang Town. Start the attack..." Su Yu's face quickly flashed a long-lost smile. Then, facing
The staff officer behind him ordered very confidently.
"Yes, Commander..."
"Woooooooo..." A sharp whistling sound reached everyone's ears. Hundreds of large-caliber artillery shells were pushed out of the muzzle by gunpowder at almost the same time and flew into the sky. Then, in the air,
Drawing a perfect arc, he quickly flew towards his target...
In an instant, a few kilometers away, huge bursts of fire broke out in the brightly lit Japanese camp. At the same time, the deafening sound of explosions also reached everyone's ears...
In the Japanese military camp in Datang Town, the deafening sound of artillery shell explosions resounded in the huge camp. Lieutenant General Tanaka, who had just been lying on the camp bed and had not had time to take any rest, was like a frightened little cat, quickly
He sat up from the bed. Then, he asked with a look of horror to the staff officers who were also in a state of temporary confusion in the headquarters.
"What happened to the military camp on Bageya Road? Where did the shelling come from? What happened..."
Just as he finished speaking, a combat staff officer with a face filled with gunpowder smoke rushed in panting. Then, he reported loudly: "Your Excellency, division commander, something happened. Our forward corps barracks is surrounded by the Northeast Field Army.
Now...Currently, the Northeast Field Army has concentrated hundreds of artillery pieces and is launching a violent bombardment at our military base..."
"Baga, the cunning Chinese, the cunning Northeast Field Army... order our artillery troops to counterattack immediately and must suppress the enemy's artillery fire... You, please contact the commander immediately, our unit is under heavy attack by the Northeast Field Army
Encirclement and suppression, request for tactical guidance, quickly..." After a brief panic, Lieutenant General Tanaka ordered very decisively.
"Hayi..."
However, it is a pity that the Japanese division headquarters was not directly hit in the first round of artillery fire. With the arrival of the second round of artillery fire, it was not so lucky... Two staff officers were just about to go
The order was conveyed. A deafening explosion reached everyone's ears. Immediately afterwards, the beams and bricks of the roof fell on everyone's heads like rain, beating them up and running away...
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"Boom..." A huge roar sounded in Datang Town. In Datang Town, the town hall that was selected as the division headquarters was immediately turned into a pile of ruins amidst the roar...
.Including the division commander Lieutenant General Tanaka, dozens of senior officers were crushed alive in the ruins, their lives uncertain...
At the same time, in the Japanese military camp in Datang Town, two brigade headquarters, eight regiment headquarters, artillery positions... all valuable artillery targets were attacked by hundreds of large-caliber artillery pieces outside the town at almost the same time.
The saturation blow…..
In less than five minutes of shelling, among the more than 40,000 Japanese troops in Datang Town, almost all officers above the rank of colonel were killed. As for their artillery positions, dozens of large-caliber artillery had not had time to withdraw their gun jackets.
Amidst the explosions of cannonballs, they were blown into pieces...
Seeing that Datang Town, which had been completely shrouded in artillery fire, with the continuous destruction of the command system at all levels, the huge military camp also fell into chaos for the first time. A few kilometers away, in the Dongye temporary headquarters, it looked like it had already
The military camp was completely shrouded in artillery fire and was in chaos. Commander Su Yu's face was immediately covered by a thick smile...
"Commander Wang, such intensive artillery fire has passed. I believe that no matter how elite the Japs are, they will become vulnerable after losing their command system...Immediately issue an order to the 1st Armored Division. After the artillery bombardment is over,
The First Tank Regiment immediately launched an assault on the Japanese military camp in battalion units... The little Japanese in the general camp continued to divide and encircle them. The Second Corps, except for the troops responsible for security and encirclement, all troops followed the First Tank Regiment.
Behind the battalion, surround and eliminate the little Japanese who are constantly divided by a group of tanks..." Su Yu ordered with a confident look on his face...
"Yes, Commander..."
"Rumble..." With the deafening roar, the tank group of nearly a hundred tanks was immediately divided into three, like three steel torrents, rushing towards the Japanese military camp that was already in chaos from three directions.
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Behind each torrent of steel composed of these tanks, there must be two main divisions, with an army of almost 20,000 people. Under the cover of the tanks directly in front, they launched a fierce attack on the Japanese military camp.
"Baga, the Chinese have begun to attack. Quick, counterattack immediately. We must block the Chinese attack... You, immediately inform the commander of the company that the Chinese have begun to attack. Please ask for reinforcements. Please ask for reinforcements..." The dark
In the night, feeling the slight trembling of the earth, a major captain stationed at the edge of the camp, directly in front of the tank regiment and battalion's attack direction, immediately changed his face and gave a very decisive order to the staff officer beside him.
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"Ha Yi, captain..."
Two minutes passed in the blink of an eye. In a large group, nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers were lying on a simple position, holding the rifles in their hands tightly, waiting for the arrival of the Northeast Field Army. There were more than thirty tank regiments and one battalion.
A torrent of steel composed of a medium tank suddenly appeared in the eyes of these little devils...
"Boom, boom, boom..." A deafening roar reached the ears of all the little Japs on the battlefield. The shells fired by more than thirty tanks, without exception, all landed next to the little Japs...
"On Bageya Road, the Chinese are actually equipped with so many tanks... Hurry, ask the regimental commander for artillery support immediately..." Seeing the machine gun positions around them being destroyed, one soldier after another, amidst the explosion of artillery shells,
The corpse was bloody and torn into pieces, and not even a single sentence could be left intact. The Major Captain's face immediately showed a look of horror. He almost roared an order to the staff officer beside him...
However, what disappointed him was that just as he finished speaking, the staff officer who went to convey the order two minutes ago rushed over with a panic look on his face and reported nervously.
"Captain, something happened, something happened... The entire regiment headquarters suffered a devastating blow in the shelling just now. The commander of the regiment has been killed... At present, the entire regiment has fallen into chaos, and everyone is doing their own thing.
Fight. I can't find any reinforcements at all..."
"Captain, the Chinese tanks are coming. We don't have anti-tank guns. What should we do next..." Another frightened voice reached the ears of the captain...
Looking around, amidst the continuous gunfire, a torrent of more than thirty tanks, with dense infantry behind them, has charged to a position less than 200 meters away from the position. In two minutes at most, dozens of tanks
A tank will rush into its position...
"Baga... the warriors of the Japanese Empire, no matter what, we cannot let the enemy's tanks rush into our positions... Now I give an order: the first squadron, attack immediately, even if it is exploded with grenades, it will
All the enemy tanks have been destroyed... Warriors, the time has come to sacrifice your life for the empire. The First Squadron, immediately launch an assault to destroy the enemy tanks..." Facing their tanks that were so close, they stared at a pair of red eyes, big
The captain had no choice but to issue this almost suicidal order...
"Onboard...Long live His Majesty the Emperor..." As shouts rang out on the battlefield, a little Japanese, with a grenade wrapped around his waist, quickly rushed out of the position, wanting to die with the tanks that were just around the corner...
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"Da da da..." A burst of intensive machine gun fire sounded. He saw the human bombs rushing toward him one after another. The tank crews in more than thirty tanks were no longer the same as before when faced with danger.
When the recruits went to the battlefield, without any hesitation, they immediately fired a vehicle-mounted machine gun and fired an airtight rain of bullets at the little Japs who were within easy reach...
"Bagya Road, the cunning Chinese, the cunning Northeast Field Army... The second squadron, continue to charge. The three and four squadrons, fire immediately, cover the second squadron..." Looking at a squadron, a squadron,
More than a hundred soldiers faced the airtight rain of bullets, without even touching the shadow of the tank, and they all fell on the charging road. The captain did not have time to express any regrets, so he continued to order very decisively...
"Onboard...Long live the Great Empire, long live His Majesty the Emperor..."
Although each Japanese soldier was not afraid of death and launched one round of suicide attacks after another. However, facing the dense rain of bullets fired by more than 30 tanks and more than 70 machine guns, almost no one could
You can escape. And even if someone is lucky enough to rush near the tank, he will be shot by the infantry behind the tank and fall into a pool of blood unwillingly...
"Well done... All tanks, keep moving forward. Be on guard against the Japs' suicide bombs and vehicle-mounted machine guns. Strengthen the firepower output. You must not let the Japs get within ten meters of the tanks... 1st Battalion, keep moving..." See
In front of the position, there were densely packed corpses of little Japanese... The commander of the 1st Tank Battalion immediately gave the order with a confident look on his face.
"Rumble..." After losing nearly half of its troops and all heavy weapons, the entire infantry brigade no longer had the determination to continue to resist in the face of the swarming more than thirty tanks. There was no need for the brigade leader to order a retreat.
After receiving the order, the little Japanese, who had been frightened to the point of losing any courage, abandoned their positions one after another and began to retreat...
More than thirty tanks, facing the frantically retreating Japs, immediately followed them, using dense rain of bullets to continuously kill and injure the retreating Japanese troops...