Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 1,042 Reinforcements Arrive

Tang Qiuli did not break his promise. Just when the Yunnan Army was almost unable to withstand it, the Sulu Mobile Corps' rapid column, with the strength of two infantry brigades, two tank regiments, and an artillery brigade, was behind the Japanese army that was attacking the most fiercely.

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Yu Guanghan, the chief of staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps who commanded the rapid column, also took great risks in this move. With more than 30,000 people attacking more than 120,000 Japanese troops, it was very easy to fall into the Japanese counter-encirclement. Yu Guanghan knew that he

We didn't have many troops at hand, so we could only attack the Japanese troops along the way. The sudden attack achieved very good results.

Yu Guanghan's purpose was very clear. With the fastest speed and offensive, he defeated the Japanese army, rushed into the city, met with the Yunnan Army defenders, and brought hope to the Yunnan Army, which was about to collapse across the board. More than an hour later,

The main force of the Corps will appear around Kunming. At that time, the Japanese disaster will really begin.

The unexpected attack by the two tank regiments soon caused great panic to the two Japanese divisions that were stunned by the artillery fire. The Japanese attacking troops began to be in chaos. Taking this opportunity, a rapid column of

Like a whirlwind, it burst into the city from the northeast corner of the city.

Lieutenant General Kenji Iijima, commander of the Japanese Seventh Army, was constantly receiving good news from the attacking troops in his headquarters. Breakthroughs were achieved across the board. With this effect, there should be no problem in capturing Kunming before noon.

The staff officer's wild shouts woke up Kenji Iijima from his wonderful state. Looking at the pale and panic-stricken staff officer, Iijima hesitated and asked: "Hani? A ** division force has appeared? Is the intelligence reliable?

?" In fact, he just didn't want to believe the news. For such a major military event, the division commander dared to make such a joke, let alone a small staff officer.

After reading the telegram, Iijima Kenji called the 19th Division and the 28th Division. The information was confirmed. The China Devil Tang Qiuli, with more than one division of troops, was attacking a large number of tanks and artillery.

Under the cover of the enemy, they launched a fierce attack on our imperial army. These two divisions were beaten back repeatedly and suffered heavy casualties. They were forced to withdraw from the attack position and move closer to the main force of the army.

The pencil in Ken Iijima's hand slipped to the ground. In the headquarters, it was deathly quiet. Just when Kunming was within easy reach, the troops of the First Division suddenly appeared. I could use the back of my head to think about what this meant to the Seventh Army.

What? It’s not just as simple as wasting all your efforts.

The troops of the ** Division would not come to reinforce the China Regional Army in Kunming with such a small force. Kenji Iijima felt weightless. There were more than a hundred tanks and hundreds of heavy artillery. The entire Seventh Army,

There is only one tank regiment, more than 70 tanks, and more than 300 artillery pieces. This is still the vanguard of the ** division. Where is the large force of the Chinese army following behind?

How many tanks and artillery were there, and how many troops were there? Kenji Iijima was panicking. The roles on the battlefield changed so quickly. The Seventh Army changed from a hunter to a prey. He forced himself to calm down and issued an order that was still correct.

The order read, "All troops attacking Kunming should immediately stop attacking in the current direction and move to the northeast of Kunming. At any cost, the leading troops of the *** Division must be blocked on the outskirts of Kunming, surrounded and destroyed."

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"I hope it's in time, Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief. Unfortunately, you were right about the development of the war situation," Kenji Iijima seemed to be talking to himself, but there was one thing he didn't understand. The troops of the ** Division were...

Falling from the sky? So many reconnaissance troops were sent out, but none of them found the sudden appearance of the ** division troops. Isn't it strange?

The Yunnan Army, which was forced back step by step by the fierce Japanese attack, suddenly found that the Japanese attack weakened and finally stopped. Although I didn't understand the reason, it was a good thing after all. At least they could take a breath, and some veterans were oily.

, his eyes rolled around, and he quietly found a hiding place, thinking to himself, "The Japanese were fighting so fiercely, and they stopped suddenly. They must be preparing for a more violent attack. I'm afraid I can't withstand this one."

The sound of gunfire in other places around Kunming has calmed down. Only in the northeast of the city, the sound of gunfire has become more intense. It almost turned into a pot of porridge. Kenji Iijima's heart was so high that all the troops rushed to it.

In that direction, even if the leading troops reinforced by the ** Division were annihilated, and then the ** Division's large forces arrived, the Seventh Army would still face the fate of being surrounded by counterattacks.

At this time, Kenji Iijima instinctively felt that the next development of the situation would put the Seventh Army into a disadvantageous situation. He gave up the capture of Kunming, turned around and headed north, quickly approaching the main force of the dispatched army. Maybe there was a glimmer of hope. In this way

He couldn't make the final decision on big things, so he could only ask the commander-in-chief, General Touichi Terauchi, for instructions.

After receiving the almost panicked telegram from Kenji Iijima, Juichi Terauchi, who was full of enthusiasm, was no less than a basin of cold water poured on his head, alternating with hot and cold. His Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief, almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He reminded Kenji Iijima

Second, pay attention to the movements of the army in the direction of Nanning. This is just an experienced general who is inherently cautious.

In his heart, he didn't think that Tang Qiuli's troops could join the Kunming battlefield so quickly. There were still hundreds of thousands of imperial troops defending Nanning, which was enough for this Chinese devil to gnaw at them for a while. They rushed out from the direction of Duyun.

The ** division troops were left behind by themselves again, but all this was misfortune to them. Did the damn Chinese people fall from the sky?

Your Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief, who commands hundreds of thousands of Imperial Army soldiers, is very lucky to have a crow’s mouth. Kenji Iijima’s panic in the telegram made him very angry. However, Juichi Terauchi also saw the problem.

The troops reinforced by the ** Division in Kunming were small, with more than 30,000 troops. The Seventh Army was in Kunming, with more than 100,000 troops. If these reinforcements were eliminated before Tang Qiuli's main force arrived, the capture of Kunming could still be completed.

plan.

Then, relying on the surrounding areas of Kunming to fight against Tang Qiuli's main force, coupled with the local reinforcements, they can still take the initiative in the Yunnan war situation. Based on the above factors, Terauchi Juichi sent a letter to the commander of the Seventh Army.

Lieutenant General Shima Kenji issued an order that plunged the Seventh Army into an irreversible situation.

"Commander Iijima of the Seventh Army, the plan to capture Kunming remains unchanged. Your army must destroy the leading troops of the Japanese division that came to the rescue in the shortest possible time, and then occupy Kunming and build a city defense position. I will supervise the dispatch of the main force of the army.

, go south to Kunming as quickly as possible, meet up with your troops, and complete the plan to occupy Yunnan."

In principle, there was nothing wrong with Juichi Terauchi's order. He sent the main force of the army southward into Yunnan from an unexpected direction, and had already left the troops of the Japanese Army far behind. After five or six days of journey, he still insisted on capturing Kunming.

His biggest reliance was that only by doing this could more than 200,000 soldiers have a place to stay. However, he underestimated Tang Qiuli's reaction speed, and everything he did was destined to be a struggle in a more passive situation.

Yu Guanghan commanded the fast column and quickly rushed into the city. Behind him, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops were squeezing in from all directions. Yu Guanghan sneered. He saw that the Japanese army's hasty and disorderly deployment did not form at all.

They joined forces to attack, ordered the tank troops to make a sudden U-turn, and launched a counterattack on the Japanese army.

More than a hundred tanks, as if they were in an uninhabited country, came in and out several times, smashing into pieces the Japanese troops who were rushing in. There was no artillery fire, no anti-tank weapons, just groups of infantry. In tanks like this

Facing the invulnerable steel monster, he couldn't even parry.

The Japanese soldiers became more aggressive. They formed a group of three or five people, with grenades wrapped around their waists, and howled at the ** division tanks. However, the Japanese soldiers underestimated the cooperative combat capabilities of the infantry and tanks in the ** division troops. As the tanks moved towards

The Japanese infantry counterattacked, with a burst of bullets as dense as locusts, beating the Japanese demolitionists into sieve holes.

The two parallel machine guns equipped on the tank became a major killer of Japanese soldiers. Rows of Japanese soldiers fell under machine gun fire. Taking this opportunity, the artillery brigade and four rocket launcher battalions also rushed into the city.

To be honest, Yu Guanghan is not an expert at commanding tank troops.

If Battelle, who was fighting in the European battlefield, had been commanding this battle between tanks and infantry, the Japanese casualties would have been several times greater, and the Japanese troops would have been hurriedly beaten to a loss. However, this would be enough.

, when Kenji Iijima moved the only tank regiment in this direction, he only saw the corpses of soldiers everywhere and heard the roar of engines gradually disappearing.

When Yu Guanghan arrived at the Yunnan Provincial Government Building, Long Yun led a group of senior military officers and civil servants to greet him respectfully on the steps in front of the building. This scene was basically used to welcome the national government.

Yu Guanghan smiled slightly as he could understand Long Yun's mood.

After getting off the car, Yu Guanghan performed the courtesy of a subordinate and said, "Report to Chairman Long. Yu Guanghan, chief of staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps of the ** Division, led the rapid column to Kunming and asked Chairman Long for instructions!" What kind of instructions are there?

We are here to save lives, and this is not the time in Canada.

Long Yun hurriedly stepped forward, held Yu Guanghan's hand, and kept shaking it, "Chief of Staff Yu, thank you for your hard work. For our Yunnan Army, you have traveled thousands of miles to come to our rescue. Long Yun is grateful. Chief of Staff Yu is young and promising. I really appreciate it."

I'm envious!" Long Yun was telling the truth. Yu Guanghan was only in his twenties and had the rank of colonel, and he also held different positions as chief of staff.

Long Yun understood the establishment of the army division. One corps was equivalent to the strength of several armies of the Central Army. This did not include weapons and equipment. Looking at the senior generals under his command, compared with Yu Guanghan, they all looked old-fashioned.

There is an air of sunset.

Of course Yu Guanghan was not here to listen to Long Yun's compliments. He looked at his watch and then said: "Chairman Long, in fifty minutes, Lieutenant General Tang Qiusheng, commander of our Corps, will lead the main force of the Corps to launch a full-scale attack on the Japanese army.

, and we also hope that Chairman Long’s troops will fully cooperate.”

(To be continued)