"Baga? What did you say? Yujiayao Fortress has been breached? The Chinese tank armor group is advancing at full speed? Is the Chinese army crazy?" After receiving the information, Michutaro Komatsubara of the 23rd Division did nothing at first.

I believe it is true, and I was still thinking of wishful thinking, thinking about launching a devastating heavy artillery fire when the Chinese army rushed to the anti-tank trench again and stopped! However, in just over 20 minutes, the Chinese tank and armored forces were

It broke through several lines of defense in succession and directly abandoned Yujiayao Village, which had no surrounding positions to protect it!

"Come here! Immediately order the heavy artillery regiment to adjust its shooting at Zhu Yuan. The Chinese army tank regiment is about to rush over! Hurry up!" After being stunned, Komatsubara Michutaro suddenly discovered the most fatal problem, that is, the most powerful weapon in his hand

The anti-tank weapon is a large-caliber field howitzer. If these heavy firepower cannot be used, the next battle is likely to be very bad! It's just that it's too late to sharpen the gun before the battle!

Large-caliber howitzers are different from small-caliber artillery such as mortars, infantry guns, and combat anti-aircraft guns. It is not difficult to re-adjust the shooting angle of these small-caliber artillery. It can be done in just a few minutes! Skilled artillery operators can even do it in one minute.

The adjustment is completed within! But the same thing is not true for large-caliber howitzers, because large-caliber howitzers are not only extremely bulky, but also have great recoil, so they need to use iron drills to fix the gun mount to the ground before shooting!

Therefore, if you want to adjust the shooting angle of a large-caliber howitzer, you must remove the iron drill, then use a truck or horse to pull the cannon to adjust the shooting angle, and then re-fix it after adjustment! This process takes a lot of time, and usually

The fastest it takes is more than two hours!

The Yujiayao Fortress and the field fortress where the 23rd Division is stationed are only more than ten kilometers away. It will take up to 20 minutes for the tanks and armored units advancing at full speed to arrive. It will not take that much time at all! "Brothers, take off and work!"

Let's go!" The 34 helicopters and only 3 bombers that had been waiting for a long time immediately launched an attack and flew to the 23rd Division's headquarters as quickly as possible! Blitzkrieg requires full use of the speed advantages of aircraft and tanks.

Defeat the enemy with a sudden attack and win.

It is often necessary to use aircraft to violently bomb the communication center of important strategic facilities of the enemy, blow up the enemy's aircraft at the airport to gain air supremacy, and paralyze the enemy's command system. There are no airports around the Japanese army, and the fleet staying on the sea has a large number of

Anti-aircraft weapons, and Yang Fan only has 3 light bombers in his hands, so don’t even think about bombing Japanese warships!

So we could only bully the fixed targets on the ground, and used all available air power to carry out maximum bombing, reducing the pressure on the tank and armored regiments and creating chaos! More than ten minutes later, the bombers and helicopter groups arrived first and arrived one after another.

At the station of the 23rd Division, artillery shells dropped from high altitudes one after another with fierce screams. "Ah, no! It's a bomber from the Chinese army!"

"Oh my God! So many Chinese bombers?" "It's over! It's over!" "Baga! Anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns open fire immediately!" "Shoot! Change it next time!"

In the panic, many Japanese soldiers held their heads and looked for bunkers to hide in. However, the Japanese soldiers who were waiting next to the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns gritted their teeth and shot wildly into the sky! However, there was no radar guidance, no anti-aircraft missiles, and no

Fighter interception, trying to resist air attacks with only a few anti-aircraft weapons is undoubtedly a fantasy!

Not to mention the three bombers, they flew at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, were so fast, and spread out so widely that even if the Japanese artillery saw them, they couldn't even think of hitting them! The helicopters that followed also spread out in formation, and their altitude reached

It reached 5,000 meters. Although the speed was much slower, and it even stayed at high altitude for a short time, it was still not that easy to shoot! Hundreds of artillery shells fell, flying towards the Japanese positions and towards the fleeing Japanese!

Tons of bombs screamed and screamed, tearing at the nerves of the Japanese devils and bringing endless fear and death to the invaders!

Buzz buzz! Chirp chirp! Boom boom boom!

The hum of motors in the sky, the screams of bombs in mid-air, the shocking explosions on the ground, and the raging fires, mixed with the howls of little devils, turned a huge area into a hell on earth! Bundles of fire shot into the sky.

Suddenly, the violent explosion shock wave shattered every flesh and blood body, and the barracks, bunkers and trenches collapsed in large areas!

Although this wild fortress is a fortress in name, there are not many real permanent reinforced concrete buildings. Most of them are semi-permanent fortifications with brick and wood structures!

It came and went in a hurry. The entire bombing process lasted only about ten minutes, but it caused heavy casualties and extreme chaos to the Japanese! As for the Jiaodong Group Army Flying Tigers, 7 helicopters were damaged and 4 others were damaged.

Unfortunately, the helicopter was shot down by an anti-aircraft gun and crashed, causing considerable losses.

"Baga! Damn the Chinese Air Force!" "Baga! Put out the fire quickly!" "Enter the position quickly! The Chinese tanks and armored forces are coming!" "Request air support from the Imperial Navy immediately! Quickly!"

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Michutaro Komatsubara of the 23rd Division finally escaped a fatal air attack. When he ran out of the division headquarters, all he could see were blazing fire and ruins, and he suddenly felt bad! Just as Michutaro Komatsubara feared, not only the armored tanks

The regiment is assaulting at full speed, the rumbling sound of motors is already faintly visible, and the first batch of follow-up infantry has arrived in Yujiayao Village in cars!

As soon as the convoy arrived at Yujiayao Village, Hao Cheng, the commander of the 5th Regiment, ordered: "The 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 5th Regiment immediately got off the train and surrounded Yujiayao Village. Never let a single soldier go! The 1st Battalion

Keep pushing forward!”

"Quick! Quick!" "Surround us up!" "Be careful!"

More than 40 personnel carriers screeched to a stop. 1,200 fully armed infantrymen quickly jumped out of the carriages, and then surrounded Yujiayao Village on all sides as quickly as possible, building a simple defense line on the spot! The vacated personnel carriers

Quickly turn around and gallop back to meet the next wave of infantry!

"Nani? The Chinese army has fully mechanized troop transport?" "Baga! We are surrounded!" "It's bad! The Chinese army is going to fight a counter-encirclement and annihilation war. The 23rd Division is in danger! Call the division commander immediately

Send a telegram to report the situation!"

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the Japanese captain who was trapped in Yujiayao Village suddenly discovered through observation that a purely mechanized transport convoy was approaching in a mighty manner, followed by a large group of fully armed infantry jumping out of the vehicle. At this time, the Japanese captain

I still didn’t understand what this meant, and I was trembling all over with fear. It was obvious that I wanted to eat everything!

However, there were only about 500 Japanese infantrymen trapped in Yujiayao, and they had been frightened by the torrent of steel before. Therefore, even though they knew they were being divided and surrounded, the Japanese captain did not dare to order the troops to break out! "Nani?

The Chinese army actually wants to encircle and annihilate a division of the Imperial Army? It’s really bizarre!”

The Tuqiao group quickly received the news and immediately seemed confused. Although they had always known that the Jiaodong Group Army they were facing was very powerful, they still did not expect that Yang Fan would have such a huge appetite! "Humph, whoever eats it will not eat it."

Definitely! Come, please send a telegram to the base camp immediately, and please be sure to order the Imperial Navy Air Corps to provide air support!" Dohashi thought carefully for a moment, and then ordered to the staff beside him:

"In addition, let the 85th Regiment and the 86th Regiment be ready for battle. As soon as the Imperial Air Corps is dispatched, it will immediately launch a full-scale attack on the remaining Chinese enemies!" Although the Jiaodong Group Army's attack was unusual and sharp, it seemed that the entire army went out with all its strength.

, but Dohashi and his party did not think that they had the ability to eat up the entire 23rd Division that was defending the fortress in a short period of time!

It has always been a headache for the Jiaodong Army, which was huddled in solid cities and fortifications. This time it finally broke out on a large scale and was exposed in the wild. Doqiao did not want to give up this golden opportunity! Because Doqiao was still full of hope for the Japanese Naval Aviation Corps.

He has gained faith and firmly believes that as long as the aviation regiment concentrates its superior forces, it can not only severely damage the Flying Tigers of the Chinese Tigers and the Ben Army, but also cause serious damage to the ground troops of the Huben Army!

Then, the 22nd Division and the 23rd Division, as well as the army troops transferred from various places, can join forces and encircle and annihilate the Jiaodong Group Army that has rushed out of the city fortress in the wild! Tuqiao's one-time calculation is not bad.

, to be honest, this is an excellent opportunity to backhand the Jiaodong Army.

But there is a prerequisite that the Japanese Aviation Corps has enough strength to annihilate the Jiaodong Group Army aircraft, otherwise everything is just delusional talk! "Nani? What is that?"

"Baga! It's the Chinese tank group rushing over!" "Quick, quick! Enter the position!" "Fire immediately! Taoji changes!"

Just five or six minutes after the air raid ended, tanks and armored groups rumbled to the front of the position. At this time, the Japanese soldiers were either struggling to put out the fire, repairing the damaged fortifications, or rescuing the wounded. Only a few Japanese soldiers had already entered the defensive position.

Stand by! As soon as they saw so many intimidating heavy tanks rushing forward, the Japanese went crazy. Everyone put down their chores and entered their respective positions as soon as possible!

Soon the sound of gunfire and explosions exploded like fried beans, and tongues of flames were like fireworks sticks, flashing in the early morning mist! "Tanks and cannons cleared the Japanese army's heavy firepower points, and heavy machine guns suppressed fire!" The engineer demolition team

Get out of the car immediately and blow up the tank trenches! Act quickly!" Anti-tank trenches were also dug outside this field fortress position.

Boom boom boom, dozens of tank main guns fired one after another. Each shot would explode into a ball of dazzling fire. The shrapnel and powerful explosion shock waves kept destroying the Japanese defenses and harvesting Japanese heads! Dozens of heavy machine guns

It even weaved a death metal storm, causing dust to fly on the Japanese position, and the Japanese soldiers could not raise their heads at all! After receiving the order, the doors of the armored vehicles in the queue opened with a bang, and dozens of engineers quickly got out of the car and hugged them.

After a few clicks of explosives, he turned over and entered the tank trench in front!

The engineers swung their engineer picks three or three times to cut out the blast holes in the earthen wall of the tank trench. Then they quickly placed the explosive packages and connected the leads one by one. The whole process went smoothly, and it took more than 50 people in less than 5 minutes.

A powerful explosive pack has been placed!

"Detonate immediately!" After all the engineers climbed ashore from the anti-tank ditch, the demolition crew suddenly pressed the trigger!

Boom boom boom, earth-shaking explosions exploded one after another. The extremely powerful explosion power caused the surrounding ground to shake violently. Balls of fire shot into the sky. Thick smoke mixed with dust in the sky soon completely enveloped a large area!

"The whole army attacks! Kill them all!" "Charge!" "Kill!"

After waiting for a while, a more than 50-meter-wide collapsed area appeared in the smoke-filled front, and the tank trench defenses that the little devils had spent a lot of effort to build had a big hole! As for the barbed wire fences and mine arrays, they had already been taken advantage of.

The heavy tanks directly pushed and crushed them horizontally, and there was no way to stop the mighty torrent of steel!

Because the main battlefield of the Japanese army is in Asia, they face infantry with simple equipment, and anti-armor weapons have no place. In the early days of World War II, Japan was in short supply of anti-tank weapons! In addition, Japan’s development focus was on the navy, so that originally

Japan, with its limited national strength, really cannot afford to support a mechanized armored army!

Even now, Japan has been beaten heartily by the tank troops of the Jiaodong Group Army, but it still won't be able to make up for it in a short while! The roar of the majestic motors sounded again, and the first eight heavy tanks in the row came out.

Plunging into the tank trench in front, the powerful caterpillar chains kept turning the loose soil back! It only took four or five seconds to complete the downhill and uphill climb, and rushed to the ground with a huff, one after another.

The steel body instantly appeared in the retina of the Japanese infantry!

"Nani? Are you rushing through the tank trench now?" "Amaterasu! This!" "Baga! What are you still waiting for? Why don't you go up and blow it up!"

The Japanese infantry were dumbfounded. Half an hour ago, these tanks attacked the Yujiayao Fortress more than ten kilometers away. They strained their eyesight to see the light of fire in the sky in the hazy night! According to past combat experience, within three or four hours,

They would not encounter war here, and it was even a false alarm! However, after just one meal, the suffocating and desperate torrent of steel rushed in front of them, not only ordinary soldiers but also those Japanese who had experienced many battles

The squadron leader and the group leader were so frightened that they were trembling all over!

"One battalion and one company charged forward, penetrated the Japanese position frontally, and attacked directly at the Japanese division headquarters! The rest of the troops were divided and annihilated!" They broke through several trench fortification lines one after another, and soon broke into the Japanese camp! Zhou Hao immediately divided his troops.

Two lines and one group of 22 heavy tanks rushed head-on into the Japanese division headquarters in the center of the sword, while the remaining 108 tanks opened up and pushed horizontally!

Since the Japanese army formulated a long-term siege strategy for the Jiaodong Group Army half a year ago, in order to compress the Jiaodong Group Army's living space to the greatest extent, the Japanese army would naturally not huddle in the county town! Therefore, the Japanese army built a large number of fortifications and defenses in the mountains and villages surrounding the Jiaodong Group Army defense area.

Fortress! This wild fortress covers an area of ​​several square kilometers. It was originally a small village isolated from the outside world. After the Japanese occupation, the villagers were either massacred or driven to other places! Barbed wire fences, trenches, bunkers, and gun towers were arranged in the internal and external positions.

, barricades, turrets and other fortifications. Under normal circumstances, it is very difficult for the Chinese army to break through head-on!

"Kill!" "Kill!"

All the commanders, gunners, drivers and loaders roared at the top of their lungs. After nearly an hour of fighting, not only did everyone not appear tired, but they became more passionate and excited! It was already daylight,

A red sun rises in the east, and you can see the surrounding scenery clearly with the naked eye! After breaking through the Japanese defense lines, a large number of houses and buildings appeared in front of you, but even the brick buildings were converted into Japanese barracks, and there were many steel bars in them.

Concrete bunkers and turrets!

Soon a new fierce battle began again. The tanks attacked frantically from all directions, and the black barrels kept blasting out shells and wisps of gunpowder smoke!

"Shoot! Taoji changes!" "His Majesty the Emperor is on board!"

The little Japs who were forced into the corner became red-eyed and went crazy. They launched attacks with all the weapons in their hands, including anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, grenades, and many Japs held explosive packs and launched a desperate charge!
To be continued...