There is a small town near Lanfeng City, where the headquarters of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army is located.
Several people were studying the map here and discussing the next battle, when suddenly a staff officer hurried in.
"Commander-in-Chief, urgent military situation."
Commander Chen said calmly: "What happened?"
The staff officer said: "Gui Yongqing's 27th Army stationed in Lanfeng City just abandoned the city and ran away."
Commander-in-Chief Chen suddenly stood up and said with emotion and disappointment: "The 27th Army, that is Guofu's trump card! The Tufeiyuan Division is still dozens of miles away from Lanfeng City! Not even a single battle has been fought.
, I abandoned the city and ran away..."
He sighed and said: "If Lanfeng City is lost, this dumpling-making plan will only fail. After Doihara Division occupied Lanfeng City, it could attack when advancing and defend when retreating, so it took the initiative. Again.
If we cooperate with Xuzhou's small book inside and outside, it will be difficult to fight."
Speaking, Commander Chen waved his hand vigorously: "Lan Feng City must be defended. The 27th Army has abandoned the city, so we will defend it. The little devils were seriously injured last night. We must not let them escape the encirclement."
Li Yunlong was eager to try: "Brigadier, if we plan to take over Lanfeng City, we must act as soon as possible to avoid being overtaken by the little devils. This time, I, Old Li, are willing to take the lead and take over Lanfeng City before the little devils." As he spoke,
The face is eager to try.
Commander Chen glanced at him and said: "Leave the matter of taking over Lan Feng City to Kong Jie, you have more important tasks."
When Li Yunlong heard this, his expression immediately dropped. What could be more important than capturing Lan Feng City?
Commander-in-Chief Chen said: "We want to take over Lanfeng City, and the little devil wants even more. We will definitely send a part of the vanguard troops to Lanfeng City. Your task is to intercept the little devil's vanguard troops and create opportunities for Kong Jie to enter Lanfeng City.
condition."
Li Yunlong said with a sad face: "I, Old Li, have a hard life. All I do is dirty and tiring work."
Commander Chen laughed and scolded him: "Okay, don't be miserable here, no one knows about you."
"Don't worry, I'll leave the armored battalion to you. The first tough battle when we enter Lanfeng will be left to you."
Li Yunlong's eyes turned left and right, and suddenly he slapped his thigh: "Okay, Brigadier, I, Old Li, will take over this job."
"Look, I came to the barracks to do the dirty work. Can you please assign me one?"
Commander-in-Chief Chen glared at him: "Li Yunlong, you're kicking your nose and face. Go quickly. You've delayed the military plane. I'll punish you."
As he spoke, he said to himself: "I remember that the cooking class was still short of a pancake baker, and I never found the right person."
Li Yunlong immediately became honest.
"Brigadier, how can it be done? How can it be done? We, Lao Li, are the most practical people. We will go now, we will go now..."
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In a large courtyard dozens of kilometers southwest of Lanfeng, Doi Yuan, the commander of the Japanese 14th Division, received an emergency telegram. A smile finally appeared on his face full of bitterness.
As he expected, the 27th Army did not dare to fight a tough battle and actually abandoned the city and fled.
The division was badly bombed in the early morning and its strength was greatly reduced. He was originally worried that the 27th Army would stay and test it out, but he didn't expect it to run away so neatly.
Thinking of the bombing in the early morning, Doi Yuan not only felt his heart bleed, it was so miserable. Guofu actually organized such a large-scale bomber group without anyone noticing, which was beyond his expectation.
This is something they often do, but they didn't expect to be bombed today. The armored regiment was almost destroyed, and almost all of the remaining tanks were injured. Even if some of them could be repaired, only 23 out of 10 were left. In a short time
You can't participate in the battle at all.
The artillery also suffered huge losses, with less than half of the artillery remaining, and the combat effectiveness of the 14th Division plummeted.
Such a tragic situation made him even admire the soldiers on the opposite side. His own division was bombed once, which already made his heart bleed, and he wanted to have a caesarean section.
Since the beginning of the war, all the air supremacy has been on our side, but the army on the opposite side has been subjected to endless bombings every day, and it has not collapsed.
…
After sighing for a while, he thought about the current situation. When he received the mission, he knew very well that if he led a small army of 30,000 people and plunged into the middle of more than 100,000 Chinese troops, he would definitely be besieged.
Although he looked down upon the Guofu army, he did not underestimate the enemy. He was a cunning fox. Even if he had succeeded a hundred times before, he would still be cautious next time.
However, this time he miscalculated. Who would have thought that the threat would come from the air or such a large-scale bombing.
In the past, I would never have believed that Guofu actually had the strength to organize a bomber group of this size.
However, he was bombed, and badly.
Sighing and lamenting his little luck, Lan Fengcheng's 27th Army left without a fight. If they hadn't been committed to ensuring their strength, with the current combat effectiveness of the 14th Division, the battle situation between the two sides would have been particularly obvious. At the very least, they would have
It's okay for him to be stuck here for a few days.
Now, the 27th Army has escaped and can occupy Lanfeng City without any bloodshed. With the cooperation of the Japanese troops in Xuzhou, they are almost invincible.
While I felt sorry for the loss in the early morning, I also lamented that there was a bright future in another village.
However, in order to prevent accidents, the most important thing now is to send the vanguard to take over Lanfeng City.
The armored regiment was originally the most suitable, with fast speed and strong firepower, but it was bombed so badly in the early morning that only 10/10 were able to move, and it was impossible to form a combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
After thinking about it, now that the third regiment is closest to Lanfeng City, Doiyuan immediately issued an order to the herald: "Order the third infantry regiment to abandon the excess baggage and march at full speed to capture Lanfeng within an hour and a half.
city!"
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On the other side, as soon as Kong Jie led his people into Lanfeng City, he heard that the Japs were not far away. Li Yunlong hurriedly led his troops to set up a formation three miles east of Lanfeng City.
At the front was the armored battalion, with thirty tanks arranged in a basic attack formation, lying there quietly like giant steel beasts.
In order not to alert the little book, it was covered with military green canvas at this time. It would be difficult to find anything unless you walked a certain distance.
This kind of camouflage has been carried out by armored battalions since it entered the battlefield. It is mainly for fear of bombing by imps. Sometimes it even adds branches and weeds to prevent enemy planes from discovering the target as much as possible.
Li Mu also put a lot of effort into training the armored battalion. He spent a lot of money to recruit five or six talents who were familiar with tank combat from the first armored division in the country, the 200th Division of the Army, to serve as instructors to train the armored battalion.
train.
Because the time is too short, the armored battalion has only mastered the most basic formations, attack arrays, how to cooperate with the army in combat, and some other tactics.
No matter how much, we can only do it slowly in the future.
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When the Japanese Third Regiment of more than 3,000 people marched for an hour, they finally saw Lanfeng City faintly on the horizon, and they also saw the troops arrayed in front of Lanfeng City.
Although Xiao Benzi was heavily bombed in the early morning, his pride has not been lost. Since the division commander gave the order to capture Lan Feng City, he will definitely capture it, and he will not be intimidated by the mere troops under Lan Feng City.
They even feel that if they charge, the army in front of them will abandon their armor and flee for their lives. They are very experienced in this and have developed a habit of it.
As a result, Xiao Benzi directly formed an attack formation and rushed towards Lan Feng City, even faster.
Seeing the two sides getting closer and closer, one thousand meters, eight hundred meters...
Li Yunlong gave an order, and the canvas on the tank was torn off. Thirty steel behemoths lay there quietly, looking down at the enemy in front of them.
The soldiers of the Third Regiment looked at the row of steel behemoths that appeared seven or eight hundred meters away, with the dark muzzles facing them. Their faces turned pale with fright. They pointed forward and stammered: "
Fight…chariot!”
"Whizzing…"
As several flares flew into the sky, the drivers pushed the joystick and stepped on the accelerator, and the nine-ton tank began to move slowly. Like a giant beast with its mouth wide open, it rushed towards the small book.
Although the tank is a light tank, its firepower is not weak. It is equipped with a 37mm cannon and two 92mm machine guns, with a maximum speed of 42 kilometers.
When Xiao Benzi stared in amazement at dozens of steel chariots, lined up in a row, spitting out billowing black smoke from their tails, rolling over them with the force of a mountain, he couldn't help but feel chilled in his heart.
Of course, they are no strangers to tanks. Although their tanks are just thin sheets of iron compared to European ones, they are still invincible on the Chinese battlefield.
Now, their opponents also have tanks, which are even more powerful than them.
Looking at the rolling torrent of steel, many people felt panic and despair at this moment. In order to march in a hurry, they had no heavy weapons at all.
The only threats to tanks may be heavy machine guns and mortars.
The pride in Xiao Benzi's heart did not allow them to run away as soon as they saw the enemy and fail to complete the task of capturing Lanfeng City. But they were also very scared inside and wavered for a while, so they could only order the heavy machine guns and mortars to fire quickly.
"Hurry...fire...hurry up and fire!"
For a time, the roar of officers could be heard everywhere in the small army.
On the other side, the company commander, platoon leader, and squad leader of the security group were also yelling: "Quick, follow closely, just like in training, the little devil's bullets cannot penetrate the armor of the tank!"
The security team has only practiced the infantry and tank attack tactics a few times, and is also not proficient at it. However, at this time, it can only catch up, as long as it knows how to follow the tank and cooperate with the tank to attack.
Fortunately, the training still had a certain effect. A row of steel torrents provided good cover for the infantry, just like a movable wall. The soldiers held rifles and followed the tanks, steadily advancing towards Xiaobenzi.
The formation was a bit chaotic at first, but after a few hundred meters, everyone gradually got used to it.
On the other hand, the soldiers of the 386th Brigade were fighting with tanks for the first time. They had not received any training in this area and could only follow the security regiment to learn and sell.
However, they have rich experience in the battlefield and learned quickly.
As the torrent of steel rolled forward, a 37mm cannon and two 92mm machine guns equipped on the tank launched.
One after another, artillery shells were aimed at Xiao Benzi's temporary position, and he began to roar filial piety angrily.
Two heavy machine guns, like two fiery snakes, fiercely lashed at the Japanese soldiers, like sickles cutting wheat...