Knowing that Xu Rui's real goal was Datong, Chairman Jiang finally felt better.
Chairman Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "So tell me, can Xu Rui conquer Datong?"
"Conquer Datong?" Chen Cheng said incredulously, "Commissioner, you overestimate his Chahar Independent Regiment. In my opinion, let alone Datong, an important town in northern Shanxi, it even serves as the western barrier of Datong.
In Youyu County, Xu Rui’s Chahar Independent Regiment may not be able to defeat it, and I really think the Japanese army is made of mud.”
Bai Chongxi said disapprovingly: "Brother Cixiu's words are subjective. With the current actual combat power of the Chahar Independent Regiment, it is more than enough to capture Youyu County."
Chen Cheng snorted: "That will take at least three days!"
After a pause, Chen Cheng continued: "By that time, the Japanese 26th Division stationed in Datong had already reduced its troops stationed in various surrounding counties and strongholds to Datong City, and Xu Rui's Chahar was independent.
If the regiment wants to capture Datong with lightning speed, it is basically impossible."
"That's true." Bai Chongxi said, "Xu Rui's tactical command ability is indeed great, but he is still very young after all, and he has never fought a serious offensive battle. The equipment of the Chahar Independent Regiment is already very sophisticated, but the same
We lack actual combat experience in offensive operations, so many problems will definitely be exposed in actual combat. Being able to capture Datong within three days is the limit. By then, the 26th Division of Datong will be ready."
Chairman Jiang said: "In other words, you are not optimistic that Xu Rui can win Datong?"
Bai Chongxi said: "I thought that the Chahar Independent Group would have no problem taking over Datong, but they would pay a price beyond imagination, at least beyond Xu Rui's imagination." After a pause, he added, "Because
Offensive operations cannot be compared with defensive operations at all. Being good at defensive operations does not mean that you are good at offensive operations."
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Chairman Jiang nodded happily and said: "Then let us wait and see the results."
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In Youyu County, the attack has begun.
Bai Chongxi was right, defensive operations and offensive operations are completely different. At least He Guangming and the officers and soldiers of the first battalion have never had such an experience! Damn it, there are planes bombing in the sky, and tanks are guiding them on the ground. Before the attack starts, there are still
There are cluster bombardments with dozens of large-caliber howitzers. When did the independent regiment have such a luxurious life?
In the first battalion's forward observation post, He Guangming was holding a telescope to observe the situation ahead. He saw that the Japanese outpost outside Youyu County had long been obscured by thick smoke. This was the effect of the artillery bombardment of the first battalion. In less than a short time,
Within half an hour, the artillery battery fired more than 500 shells, blasting the Japanese position into a sea of flames.
Not only was it shelling, there were more than twenty Ilyushin fighter jets swooping and strafing in the sky.
After a while, He Guangming felt the ground beneath his feet begin to tremble slightly, and the sound of creaking tracks could be heard in his ears. He Guangming subconsciously changed the perspective of the telescope, pointed it at his own position, and saw
A dozen black behemoths slowly emerged from the smoke.
These dozen or so black behemoths are none other than tanks!
Looking at the solid body made of fine iron, looking at the black barrel protruding forward on the low turret, and looking at the clouds of flames spraying out from the muzzle from time to time, He Guangming's chest was full of excitement.
The fire started burning brightly. He handed the telescope to the guard's hand, turned around and walked out of the observation post.
He Guangming's old habit relapsed, and he wanted to lead the commando charge himself.
The guard tried to stop He Guangming, but was scolded profusely.
After a while, He Guangming led the guards to the attack position. At this time, the first battalion and the company, which acted as the assault vanguard, had already been waiting at the attack position for half an hour. They only waited for the tank platoon to form their formation, and they could follow the tanks.
Yao Lei launched an attack on Youyu County from behind, but when Yao Lei turned around he saw He Guangming.
"Batalion Commander?" Yao Lei said in surprise, "You are not at the headquarters, why are you here."
He Guangming said: "Staying at the headquarters is too boring, I will go with you."
"What did you say?" Yao Lei immediately cried out after hearing this, "Batalion Commander, please spare me now. The regiment commander and the political commissar will definitely shoot me if they find out."
He Guangming ignored it at all and refused to leave.
Within five minutes, the tank responsible for guiding the attack of a battalion and a company came up.
It is said to be a tank platoon, but it is actually a company with twelve T-34B tanks.
Looking at twelve T-34B tanks lined up in a row, spitting black smoke and crawling forward, and then looking up at the Il-Fifteen fighter jets roaring past in the sky, He Guangming could not hold back.
?Pishou grabbed the Bobosha submachine gun from the guard's hand, then bent down and followed him with the submachine gun in hand.
Stalin was quite interesting. The Bobosha submachine gun had just been put into mass production. The Soviet Red Army did not have a large amount of equipment yet, but it gave more than 2,000 to the Chahar Independent Regiment. But then again, compared with the T-34B tanks of the entire regiment,
Compared to that, a mere two thousand Bobosha submachine guns are nothing.
Yao Lei was just stunned when he saw that He Guangming had already followed the tank.
There was no choice, the first level of officialdom was overwhelming, so Yao Lei had no choice but to copy Bobosha and follow him.
Soon, the more than 600 officers and soldiers of the first battalion and one company were divided into twelve squads, each of about fifty people. Under the guidance of a T-34B tank, they slowly moved toward Youyu County ahead.
Slowly approaching, they had already conducted this kind of contract many times during the exercise, so there was no problem in cooperating.
…
Ahead, the Japanese outpost.
Kotaro Tada is lying on the ammunition box and writing in his diary.
Perhaps he had a premonition that this would be the last diary entry he would write in his life, so he wrote this diary specifically to his wife and children who stayed in his hometown. He thought that after today, he might become a ghost in the underworld and never be able to do anything again.
Reunited with his wife and children, the little devil couldn't help but feel his heart twisting and burst into tears.
The little devil cried while writing, and soon the writing on the diary was soaked.
Just as he was hesitating whether to tear up this page and rewrite his last words for his wife and children, he suddenly heard an exclamation in his ears. Kotaro Tada turned his head subconsciously, and his whole body froze.
I saw at the end of my field of vision, on the low shallow hill in front, I don’t know when, more than a dozen black tanks had appeared. They were real tanks, much larger than their Type 95 or Type 97.
Not to mention anything else, it's just that the caliber of the main gun in front of the turret is larger.
Behind those dozen giant tanks, groups of Chinese infantry followed.
After half an hour of indiscriminate artillery bombardment, the Chinese infantry finally went on the offensive.
This also means that the Chahar Independent Regiment's attack on Youyu County has officially begun!
Seeing this scene, not only Kotaro Tada, but almost all the Japanese in the entire outpost were confused. When will Tubal Road be able to carry out mechanized contract operations?
The engine roared, interspersed with the crunching sound of the tracks.
Time passed quietly as the Japanese were stunned. In less than a moment, the Chinese infantry, guided by the tanks, had already approached within a thousand meters. However, the first thing that came was not the attack of the tanks, but the fighter jets from the sky. Two
The IL fighter suddenly swooped down with a piercing scream.
The next moment, the heavy machine gun installed on the lower wing of the aircraft opened fire violently. In an instant, four smoke streaks were drawn out on the Japs' outpost, extending rapidly from left to right. Six or seven Japs were caught off guard. In an instant,
One of the Japanese soldiers was the most unlucky when he fell down after being shot. His whole body was torn to pieces.
"Baga Yalu, where's the machine gun, the anti-aircraft machine gun!" the Japanese squadron leader at the outpost immediately roared.
The two anti-aircraft machine guns were immediately pushed out and fired violently into the air. However, less than half of the ammunition belts were fired. With two violent explosions, the two anti-aircraft machine guns that had been firing fiercely just now turned into ashes.
There were two dazzling fires, but it was the Chinese tanks that opened fire, killing the Japanese anti-aircraft machine guns with the first shot!
In an instant, the entire outpost was filled with shrill screams.
Kotaro Tada turned around blankly, and saw that the tanks that had been advancing silently just now were firing continuously, and the black tank guns would fire from time to time.
The muzzle of the cannon burst into flames, and with each burst of flames, a huge cloud of fire and smoke would erupt from the outpost.
Vaguely, Kotaro Tada heard their squadron leader roaring: "Machine gun, tear the silk and change..."
Then when he turned his head, he saw fierce gunfire from the machine gun position not far away. It was the remaining Type 92 heavy machine gun in their squadron that opened fire.
Vaguely, Tada also saw a ferocious-looking Morita, who was the machine gunner.
The dense bullets poured over like raindrops in an instant, hitting the Chinese tank. The bangs were heard continuously, and streamers of electric fire continued to burst out from the surface of the tank. However, this was of no use.
The Chinese tanks are still moving forward, still moving forward slowly but non-stop.
"Boom!" The muzzle of one of the tanks' main guns suddenly burst out with a burst of red light.
The next moment, Kotaro Tada saw a ball of flames rising from the heavy machine gun position.
Unable to withstand the harsh glare, Kotaro Tada instinctively closed his eyes. However, before closing his eyes, he vaguely saw that Morita's stocky body had been torn apart, and the lower half of his body was still attached to the machine gun.
On the position, the upper half of his body had already flown into the air, and one of his arms was still separated from his body.
There was no hope, and Kotaro Tada instantly fell into despair.
