Age of Conquest Reborn

The independent division's Marine defense force in the direction of Wulu Town, the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment, launched a sudden attack. The opening scene was dozens of light and heavy machine guns, and a dense rain of bullets enveloped a large group of Japanese troops who had crossed the bridge over the river.

In the metal storm, the south bank of the river bridge was an open area without any obstructions. At this moment, it became a death place for Japanese soldiers.

When the stormy gunfire suddenly erupted, Colonel Shimbashi, the leader of the 21st Brigade of the 107th Division of the Japanese Army, heard a buzz in his head, staggered, and almost fell over. He had been very careful.

, conducted two rounds of fire reconnaissance, how could it be ambushed by the Chinese army?

Colonel Shimbashi couldn't figure it out, but he was also a commander who fought with the Allied forces with real swords and guns on the islands in the southwest Pacific. He once had the glorious record of defeating an entire division of the U.S.-Philippine coalition with a single regiment.

He quickly woke up from his panic and issued several orders hastily: "Order, the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade are to forcefully pass through the Nahe Bridge immediately. The regiment's artillery immediately suppresses the independent division's fire points and covers the infantry.

attack!"

Colonel Shinbashi's order was very timely and correct. If we did not continue to invest troops, then the First Battalion that had already crossed the bridge would be surrounded by ambushed independent division troops, and the only bridge on the river in front of us would be

It will become a fatal obstacle to the regiment. The brigade commander's order is to occupy Wulu Town on the other side of the river. If the regiment is blocked on the north bank of the river, how will the grumpy brigade commander punish himself?

Following Colonel Shimbashi's order, nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers from the remaining two infantry brigades shouted wildly and rushed forward like crazy. They showed off the bravery of Japanese soldiers and forced the Japanese soldiers who had just put away their gun mounts.

Fire. Immediately he hurriedly redeployed the artillery position. Chen Mengqiao never took his eyes off the telescope and said without looking back: "Order the mortars to fire, cut off the attack channels of the Japanese follow-up troops, and blow up the bridges!"

In the sky, there was a piercing scream, coming from far to near from the south bank of the river. The battle-hardened Colonel Shimbashi turned pale for a moment, he could hear it. This is at least

With the sound of more than a hundred mortars firing, the two brigades he was charging were finished!

The mortar shells were like a group of black storks, with a screaming sound. They plunged towards the Japanese soldiers. "Boom, boom, boom!" A series of explosions and clouds of black smoke rose up, covering the charging path of the Japanese soldiers. Countless broken shells

body in black smoke

It flew up into the air, and the Japanese mortar soldiers who were setting up an artillery position were even more unfortunate. Several waves of artillery shells hit them. Dozens of Japanese mortars were blown up and their parts were scattered. The explosive ammunition exploded one after another.

A ball of fire.

The wooden Nahe River Bridge, after being hit by more than a dozen mortar shells, burst into flames with a "bang", and the Japanese soldiers who had already boarded the bridge fell into the waves of the river together.

The regiment's more than one hundred mortars and the intensive firing of shells made the following two

The Japanese infantry brigade paid a huge price in casualties and could not advance even half a step. The Japanese soldiers, who were pinned down by artillery shells in the unobstructed field, could only watch helplessly as their compatriots were killed independently on the south bank of the river.

The light and heavy machine gun bullets fired by the division soldiers ruthlessly harvested lives.

One regiment concentrated all its mortars, and as soon as it was launched, it had a miraculous effect. Not only did it kill the artillery of the New Bridge Regiment, it also suppressed the Japanese soldiers of the two brigades in place, and the artillery shells continued to fire at close range.

There was an explosion in the open ground where thousands of Japanese soldiers were lying. There was a loud noise, and a cloud of black smoke mixed with flesh and blood rose up, taking away the lives of several Japanese soldiers, leaving behind black craters, bright red blood stains, and several broken corners.

military uniform.

Colonel Shimbashi watched his soldiers being massacred by the artillery fire of the independent division, his eyes were red, but he had to lie down on the ground, helplessly watching all this, his fingers dug deeply into the ground, angry,

Pain, helplessness and other emotions instantly filled his mind.

The Japanese brigade, which had no way out, was beaten down by the intensive rain of bullets and was reduced to less than a hundred people. On the land south of the river bridge, the corpses of Japanese soldiers were piled on top of each other. The remaining Japanese soldiers were

They were still resisting desperately, using the corpses of their companions to build fortifications and fighting back with guns, but it was in vain. What they saw was just the muzzles of the guns spitting flames hiding in the hidden fortifications, but not a single person could be seen.

Figures of soldiers of the Independent Division.

"Brigade commander, let the second battalion attack. The remaining 100 little Japs will be eliminated with one charge! Don't waste bullets!" Colonel Sun Zhiyuan, commander of the first regiment, suggested eagerly.

There was no longer any suspense in the battle. Chen Mengqiao withdrew his gaze and said: "There is no need to fight to the death. We can't afford to pay any casualties. We ordered twenty mortars to destroy the remaining Japs south of the bridge! The rest of the mortars

Artillery, continue to bombard the little Japanese in the north of the bridge to expand the results!"

The twenty mortars immediately adjusted their coordinates, and a round of shells flew over. The remaining Japanese soldiers at the bridge on the south bank of the river, who were still resisting, turned into a rain of blood and minced meat in the rain of bullets.

, the gunpowder smoke dissipated, and the originally lush ground was covered with large and small craters.

Colonel Shimbashi saw with his own eyes that one of his own brigade, hundreds of brave and skilled imperial soldiers, disappeared before his eyes, while the two infantry brigade on the north bank of the river suffered constant casualties under the bombardment of the independent division's mortars on the south bank.

Increase, continue here

After being bombarded by artillery shells from the Chinese army, I am afraid that within a few hours, there will not be many troops left in the regiment. "Baga! Damn the Chinese! Send my order, and the regiment will retreat five kilometers immediately!" He gritted his teeth and finally said

Painfully, he gave the order to retreat.

The Japanese army began to retreat. A group of more than a hundred mortars chased the retreating Japanese army and fired several rounds of shells, which made the Japanese soldiers miserable until the Japanese army withdrew outside the range of the mortars and forced them to retreat.

After attacking the artillery soldiers, they stopped before they had finished.

Meng Jianzhu witnessed the entire battle process. He admired the commanding skills of the 1st Brigade Commander Chen Mengqiao, "Commander Chen, we won the first battle and completely wiped out a Japanese infantry brigade. We had no casualties. I, Meng Jianzhu, have witnessed Brigadier Chen's commanding skills.

I admire you!" He said very sincerely.

Chen Mengqiao smiled and said: "If it were you who occupied a favorable terrain and concentrated firepower for a sudden attack, the result would be the same, but you would just take advantage of the little devil's unpreparedness! What follows is a head-on attack.

Fight!"

Chen Mengqiao turned to Sun Zhiyuan and said: "The order goes down. All the firepower points that were fired just now are to be abandoned immediately, and the troops are withdrawn to the backup fortifications!"

Sun Zhiyuan was stunned and then understood. Meng Jianzhu also understood Chen Mengqiao's intention and killed an infantry brigade of the Little Japs. When the main force of the Little Japs came up, the firepower points that had been exposed must be the key targets of the Japanese artillery and were kept.

It only increases casualties, and abandoning the firepower point at the bridgehead of the Nahe Bridge will not affect the overall defense. The Nahe Bridge has been blown up, and the firepower point at the bridgehead has lost its greater role.

"Baga!" received a report from Major General Kono, commander of the 21st Brigade, that his leading unit was ambushed by the independent division on the south bank of the river. One brigade was completely wiped out, and the other two brigade suffered heavy casualties.

, the commander of the Shinyuemon Division couldn't help but cursed fiercely.

Without an infantry brigade, the vanguard regiment suffered heavy losses. Lieutenant General Shin Yuemon didn't care much. In a battle involving nearly 200,000 imperial soldiers, an infantry brigade was just an inconspicuous small wave.

What made him angry was that his plan to have lunch in Zhuanghe County came to nothing, and besides being attacked by air attacks, this was the first time that, starting from Fenghuang Mountain in Andong, the wounded soldiers of the independent division who were pursuing the retreat were attacked by ground troops of the independent division.

of blocking.

The 107th Division leads the central and western attacking forces by more than 70 kilometers. This is a huge advantage. If the 107th Division takes the lead in reaching Lushunkou on the eastern front in this attack, it will definitely be

It was the first achievement. For this, the 107th Division paid a greater price than other troops. Even Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon could not forgive himself for not being able to achieve brilliant results despite paying the price!

What he was worried about was why the independent division troops, who were only focused on retreating along the way, showed such a fierce blocking posture on the Nahe River, and severely damaged one of his own field regiments. They were those dragging tens of thousands of soldiers.

Wounded troops, or reinforcements coming?

"Kuroda-kun, immediately send a message to the commanders of the Kwantung Army's first and second detachments attacking on the center line and the 109th Division on the northern line to ask if your unit has been blocked by the independent division troops!" Shin Yuemon Division

The regiment commander told his chief of staff that if the three-pronged offensive force was strongly blocked by the independent division, then the enemy situation on the battlefield on the Liaodong Peninsula would have fundamentally changed. It is very likely that the enemy is coming.

Reinforcements?

After giving orders to Chief of Staff Kuroda, Lieutenant General Shinyuemon read the telegram from the 21st Brigade again. One detail caught his attention, "Our Shimbashi Regiment was forced by the Independent Division.

Massive damage from artillery fire!”

"Mortar! Isn't it a large and medium-caliber artillery?" Lieutenant General Shinyuemon thought sharply. According to the firepower configuration of the independent division provided by the intelligence department, mortars were equipped at the battalion level of the independent division, that is,

It is said that the independent division troops blocking the Xinqiao Regiment on the south bank of the river were battalion-sized.

Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon vaguely caught something. At this time, the chief of staff, Major General Kuroda, came back, "Reporting to the division commander, I received a call back from the commander of the central and western front troops. The imperial army is continuing to advance to the south.

So far, there has not been any form of obstruction by the independent division troops!"

"Haga! Cunning Chinaman!" Lieutenant General Shinyuemon suddenly understood that the one who ambushed the Shinbashi Regiment at Nahe Bridge was just the part of the independent division he was chasing. Otherwise, he would not have been able to defeat the enemy with just one battalion.

The troops came to block the attack. As for the reason for the blockade, it was obvious that the wounded soldiers of the retreating independent division were resting and recuperating in Zhuanghe County!

(To be continued) (To be continued..)