Private Iwasaki Ryota had turned into bloody minced meat with the ten-kilogram explosive package behind him, but the huge power of the explosive package also blew up one side of the track of the Somoa S-35 tank.
Even the sturdy turret collapsed.
Li Chenzhe turned around and looked back at the situation inside the turret. The loader and machine gunner behind him had his head half-cocked, and only the driver in front, Xiao Li, stood up unsteadily.
"Xiao Lizi, abandon the car!"
Li Chenzhe shouted in a hoarse voice while taking out an MP38 submachine gun and a pack of ammunition from his side, then opened the escape hatch at his feet and got in.
When Li Chenzhe and Xiao Li got out of the tank, they saw another tank parked nearby with black smoke. A sergeant wearing a tank leather hat was holding a submachine gun and biting it.
The teeth kept firing forward, while more tanks were speeding past them.
"***, you are so careless. You are so careless today."
Li Chenzhe, who had escaped with his life, took a deep breath. At this moment, he had no time to regret, and he followed a tank as an infantryman with a submachine gun, shooting at suspicious targets.
As the tanks and infantry approached, the machine gun firepower on the Japanese army's position also began to revive. Countless bullets came with a bang, but most of them hit the charging tanks, causing little sparks.
For the infantry following the tank, it was no big deal.
Looking at the tanks that were still slowly approaching, Colonel Yoshikawa Akira became red-eyed and sent out several groups of death squads. However, the armored regiments who suffered a loss were much more careful this time. They and the infantry behind them covered each other.
, knocking down the Japanese soldiers who tried to get closer one by one, and some even had their explosives detonated directly. They turned into a ball of blood and disappeared between the sky and the earth.
Seeing this situation, the remaining Type 94 anti-tank guns fired even more urgently.
"Whoosh...boom..."
A shell landed with a whistling sound next to an anti-tank gun that had just fired a shell. The five gunners who were operating the gun to fire desperately were blown into the sky, along with the 94 gun weighing more than 300 kilograms.
The anti-tank gun was also thrown several meters away.
The artillery shells from the tank's counterattack blasted a crater into the remaining Japanese positions. At this time, the armored regiment was only fifty or sixty meters away from the Japanese positions. Some tank crews who were excited to fight also fired machine guns back and forth at the Japanese positions, with flying bullets.
The beating made the soil fly.
As far as the eye can see, the tanks have circled back to their right wing, and the anti-tank team has almost been lost. The entire regiment now has less than one group of soldiers left. It is impossible to hold the position with these few remaining soldiers.
Yes, seeing such a scene, Colonel Akira Yoshikawa sweat broke out on his forehead.
He pulled out his command knife and shouted loudly to the surrounding soldiers: "Baga, fight back, fight back quickly!"
"Your Majesty Colonel, it's not good, the Chinese have invaded our left wing!"
A voice like a sharp knife shouted next to him. Colonel Yoshikawa Akira turned around and saw that more than a dozen Chinese tanks and more than a hundred soldiers had appeared on the left position. They were cooperating with the tanks.
Chasing Japanese soldiers.
"The Chinese tank has also been spotted on the right wing!" At this time, someone shouted again.
At this moment, Colonel Yoshikawa Akira had already understood his fate very clearly. He waved his command sword to form a forty-five-degree angle, and then shouted crazily: "Everyone, bayonets are attached, and Tusi is ready."
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Mornings in Guangzhou are always beautiful. Especially in March, everything in the city seems to be wrapped in a light spring mist early in the morning. The breeze blows gently, and the soft mist slowly disperses, just like
The gauze was picked away one by one until it finally disappeared.
Since occupying Guangzhou, one of Ando Rikichi's favorite things to do on weekdays is to get up in the morning and sit by the window sill next to his office on the second floor, quietly admiring the exquisiteness here with the attitude of a conqueror.
But Toshiyoshi Ando was in no mood at all this morning. The mess of paper scraps on the ground and a brass paperweight thrown on the ground all showed how bad the mood of the Japanese commander in charge of more than 100,000 troops was at this moment.
Because starting from the morning, telegrams from Yangchun were flying in like snowflakes announcing a funeral. First, Imamura Jun reported the news that the 300 Army had launched an attack on them. Well, this was expected. But what followed
What happened was that the Yangchun port was occupied by the Chinese army. The two destroyers Qiufeng and Yuwu in the port were blown up, and the news that all the supplies were taken away almost made him vomit blood.
This is enough material to support three divisions for a month of high-intensity war. More importantly, there are 260,000 gallons of oil there. These oils were originally meant to be transported to Wuhan, but now they have all fallen into the trap.
What does this mean in the hands of the Three Hundred Division? He knows it very well.
When he got the news, his first thought was to summon all the fighter planes in Guangdong to blow up everything in the port. Even if he couldn't get it, he couldn't take advantage of the Chinese people.
But then Colonel Yasuo Makino of the 50th Flying Group told him that in order to achieve this goal, the less than fifty fighters of the 50th Flying Group alone would not be enough. At least thirty bombers would have to be dispatched, and there would also have to be 30 bombers.
Only the escort of more than a hundred fighter jets can achieve this goal, but now there are simply not so many fighter jets in Guangdong.
This result made Ando Rikichi very painful. Once upon a time, the sky here belonged to the Japanese Empire, and there were no Chinese fighter planes to show up. Now, it’s better. Others are attacking me, but I have to watch the other side rob me.
things, but he was powerless. So after the fifth regiment commander Imamura Jun sent a distress telegram, he had no choice but to tell the other party that the reinforcements would not arrive in three days. As a commander, he could only
Sending this kind of message to his subordinates asking for help made Ando Rikichi feel miserable.
"After the fall of Yangchun, I guess the Chinese people should go all out to capture Enping!" Ando Rikichi murmured to himself, feeling bitter in his heart. He had been working here for three hours since the morning, but besides giving orders, he
He could do nothing but return at full speed with the 18th and 38th Divisions, which had rushed to Hunan to prepare for a feint attack.
Now the situation in Guangdong and Fujian is very complicated. Although the Japanese army has occupied most of the areas, many areas are still in the hands of the Japanese. The deputy commander-in-chief of the Fourth War Zone, Zhang Fakui, is still leading his troops in Guangdong and Fujian.
Fujian was dealing with the Japanese army, and it was impossible for him to mobilize all his troops to deal with the three hundred troops.
"Perhaps in a few days, the successor sent from China to replace me will arrive!" Ando Rikichi murmured with a wry smile.
"Report!"
"Come in!"
The door of the office was opened, and Chief of Staff Major General Tanaka Kuichi walked in, with a trace of frustration and helplessness on his face.
"Your Excellency, Commander, Imamura is calling. Their perimeter has been breached by China. The 41st and 42nd Regiments have been completely destroyed. Now he is leading the 11th and 20th Regiments to retreat to Yangchun City.
Plan to continue fighting against the Chinese!"
The pained look on Ando Rikichi's face flashed away, and then he cursed in a low voice: "This idiot, the warriors of the two regiments can only resist for less than five hours, and the remaining two regiments can resist
how long?"
Major General Tanaka Kuichi sighed in a low voice: "I have personally sent a telegram to Imamura-kun to persuade him, but he just doesn't listen. It seems that he is planning to break up in the spring."
"Idiot! Idiot!"
Ando Rikichi's anger that he had suppressed all morning finally broke out. He stood up and shouted angrily: "Don't forget that he is the commander of the fifth division. His mission is to lead the fifth division to win another victory."
Rather than letting the Fifth Division disappear from the Imperial Japanese Army's structure, doesn't he understand this simple truth?"
Major General Tanaka Jiuichi lowered his head and was silent for a while, then whispered: "Your Excellency, division commander, you know Imamura-kun's temper. He has a character that would rather be broken than ruined."
"All right!"
As if all the bones in his body had been taken away, Ando Rikichi slumped down on the chair again, and said feebly: "I can't care about you for much longer anyway. You can discuss these issues with the next commander in a few days.
"
"Nani!"
Major General Tanaka Kuichi was shocked and asked quickly: "Your Excellency, Commander, are you leaving?"
Ando Rikichi smiled bitterly and said: "After such a huge defeat, do you think His Majesty the Emperor will allow a defeated general to remain in this position? If my estimate is correct, my replacement will arrive no later than the day after tomorrow.
Here it is, let me tell you first so that you won’t be prepared."
Major General Tanaka Jiuichi was stunned for a while and then said eagerly: "But... but this is unfair to you. You must know that Guangdong and Fujian were conquered under your command. Is it because of a small incident now?"
Will you be dismissed from your post if you lose the battle? This is extremely inappropriate for His Majesty the Emperor to handle!"
"idiot!"
Ando Rikichi shouted loudly: "Tanaka-kun, I don't want to hear your remarks again. No matter what His Majesty the Emperor does, there is a reason for it. As a minister, you must have the consciousness of a minister. If
If I hear you say something similar again, I will be rude to you!"
"Hai!"
Major General Tanaka Kuichi then realized how big an impact it would have on him if his words criticizing the emperor were spread, and Ando Rikichi was protecting him. He quickly bowed to Ando Rikichi gratefully.
Ando Rikichi had expected that he would leave, but he did not expect that Hirohito's dissatisfaction with him would be so strong. The next morning, a lieutenant general named Furushuo Qianro knocked on the door of his office and said
He came in with two expressionless military policemen... (To be continued)