Age of Conquest Reborn

The troops of the Japanese 21st Brigade in the direction of Xuling Town are composed of two regiments. In addition to the frontal attack and occupation of Xuling Town, they also have another task: to detour eastward from the direction of Xuling Town and capture Wu from the flank.

Luzhen, outflank the independent division's retreat in the Nahe bridgehead area, attack them from both front and rear, and completely eliminate them.

Major General Kono, the commander of the brigade, hated the independent division in front of him to his core. First, the New Bridge Regiment was severely damaged, and then, the two regiments were beaten to death and wounded again. In total, the 21st

The brigade has lost a total of more than 4,000 troops in the Nahe Bridgehead area, and this was not the result of a direct confrontation, but was all a result of the hateful Chinese people's tricks!

Therefore, the soldiers of the Independent Division defending the bridgehead of the Nahe Bridge must be within the target of Major General Kono's total annihilation. In fact, Major General Kono at this moment has fallen into a state of paranoia. The fundamental reason is that he has been repeatedly attacked head-on.

Also, due to wrong judgment, the defending independent division troops had few troops and weak firepower, so they could only rely on trickery to prevent the imperial army from seizing Zhuanghe County.

According to Major General Kono's judgment, in the direction of Xuling Town, even if there is an independent division of defensive troops, the number of troops cannot be too large. Crossing the river with the strength of two infantry regiments should be an easy task. He needs it most.

What they did was to firmly attract the independent division defenders in the direction of Wulu Town, and create opportunities to outflank the retreat for the troops in the direction of Xuling Town.

The 21st Brigade quickly readjusted its deployment and launched the second cross-river attack. It was still overwhelming artillery fire, which blew up the attack area on the south bank of the river. Smoke filled the air, and then the artillery fire extended.

A large number of infantrymen began to cross the river, covering the fire regardless of whether the independent division troops on the other side counterattacked. Following the orders of Major General Kono, heavy machine gun bullets were poured over like locusts, and mortar shells fell one after another.

Major General Kono believed that those cunning Chinese soldiers would definitely hide in the underground fortifications on the other side of the river, waiting for their troops to cross the river halfway before shooting. In the ancient Chinese military art, there is a tactic called "Half

Cross and attack!" Then use ferocious firepower to cover the infantry crossing the river!

The heavy machine gun bullets and mortar shells of the Japanese army on the other side of the river turned the south bank of the river into a smog. Meng Jianzhu's expression became serious. All strategies were useless. What was left was a head-to-head contest.

"Commander Sun, order the front-line troops to enter the position immediately and bring the Japs closer before attacking. The Japs' heavy artillery will be of no use!" Meng Jianzhu issued the order. This was a tactical adjustment. In the previous battle,

They all tended to launch a surprise attack when the Japanese army was halfway across the river. Now, they had to wait until the Japanese army began to land before they launched a counterattack. The purpose of this was to prevent the Japanese heavy artillery, which Meng Jianzhu was most afraid of, from exerting its power.

Now, Meng Jianzhu only has one heavy artillery battalion in his hands. He has no capital to fight a close artillery battle with the Japs' heavy artillery. The two heavy artillery battalions and two rocket launcher batteries that have been reinforced are still on the way. What's more, Meng Jianzhu hasn't thought about it yet.

Expose heavy firepower early.

Under the cover of firepower from the shore, the frightened Japanese soldiers were surprised to find that not a single bullet was hit during the process of crossing the river. Therefore, the Japanese soldiers became excited and rushed to the beach on the south bank of the river.

Stepping on the muddy river beach felt more solid than walking in the water. Suddenly, in the silent wilderness, the roar of light and heavy machine guns rang out, and a dense number of bullets flew towards the head.

The Japanese soldiers who had boarded the river embankment were knocked backwards by the huge kinetic energy of the bullets. They were covered in blood holes and rolled down the river embankment to the river beach. The remaining Japanese soldiers were killed by the dense rain of bullets.

They were pressed on the river beach, unable to move even half a step, and bullets whizzed past their heads. On the narrow river beach, the densely packed Japanese soldiers were lying in the muddy water like stranded fish.

Major General Kono's face finally turned livid. If the previous mortar bombardment by the Independent Division troops gave him the impression that the garrison of the Independent Division on the other side of the river had a strength of a reinforced battalion, then with so many light and heavy machine guns now

The crazy shooting made him have serious doubts about his previous judgment. According to his understanding of the organization and equipment of the independent division, so many light and heavy machine guns can only be seen in regiment-sized troops!

"Support firepower, suppress the defenders of the independent division, cover the infantry attack, order, concentrate all Type 92 infantry artillery, and bombard the independent division position on the other side!" Major General Kono issued the order. It was not that he did not want the field artillery regiment to bombard, he just

However, Imperial Sergeant

The soldiers have boarded the south bank of the river and are too close to the garrison position of the Independent Division. However, the division is only a few hundred meters away and the probability of accidental damage from heavy artillery shelling is greater than the casualties caused to those Chinese soldiers. Fortunately, there are still small-caliber

The infantry artillery can be used!

The infantry lying on the river beach are not in danger for the time being, which is something to be thankful for. Major General Kono would not be so impulsive as to order the soldiers to charge desperately under such intensive firepower from the opponent!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of a mortar being ejected made Major General Kono's face change drastically. The damn Independent Division mortars appeared again. Major General Kono saw countless mortar shells.

It flew out from the south bank of the river, rowed in an arc, and landed on the river beach with a scream, exploding countless native flowers. In an instant, the corpses of the imperial soldiers lying all over the river beach, mixed with mud and sewage, flew into the air.

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The Type 92 infantry artillery of the 21st Brigade was pulled up and set up on the high ground on the north bank of the river at close range. It exchanged fire with the mortars of the 1st Marine Corps' 1st Brigade across the river.

The Japanese army had the upper hand in terms of the number of small-caliber artillery pieces fired by the Japanese mortars. The shells exploded into the battlefield, causing mud to scatter in all directions. The Japanese soldiers, who were suppressed on the river beach, took the opportunity to launch a desperate charge.

When a fierce battle broke out in the Nahe Bridgehead area, a fierce battle also broke out on the Xuling Town line in the north of Wulu Town. Two regiments of Japanese troops began to cross the Nahe River under the cover of artillery fire from a mountain artillery regiment.

Immediately, they encountered a fierce counterattack by the Third Regiment of the First Brigade of the Marine Corps. Chen Mengqiao, who had an entire heavy artillery regiment in his hands, did not hide his strength. After repelling the first Japanese attack, he ordered the heavy artillery regiment to do a good job.

Preparations to destroy Japanese artillery.

Sure enough, after the attack was repelled, when the Japanese mountain artillery regiment carried out a second artillery bombardment on the Third Regiment's position, suddenly, countless large-caliber artillery shells flew over and landed on the artillery position. The Japanese artillery and the mountain artillery were bombed.

Heaven.

Regardless of the caliber and range of the artillery, or the power of the artillery shells, the Japanese army's 75 mm caliber mountain artillery cannot be compared with the 155 caliber howitzers of the 1st Brigade Heavy Artillery Regiment. This is an artillery battle with a huge disparity in power.

Too bad

Within an hour, a mountain artillery regiment of the Japanese army was almost completely wiped out, and the heavy artillery regiment of the first brigade aimed its artillery fire at the infantry of the two regiments of the Japanese army. The shells smashed over their heads, leaving behind

The corpses of Japanese soldiers were everywhere.

After receiving the report, Major General Kono, commander of the 21st Brigade, broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, "Heavy artillery? The cunning Chinese army actually showed up with heavy artillery. One of its own mountain artillery regiments was almost completely destroyed.

That proves that the heavy artillery of the Independent Division is at least the size of a regiment, which means that in the direction of Xuling Town, the strength of the independent division's blocking troops is a brigade!" He quickly came to a conclusion.

The direction of Xuling Town, compared to the direction of Wulu Town, is undoubtedly secondary in terms of importance to Zhuanghe County. In that secondary direction, the independent division garrison has reached the strength of a brigade. So, in that desperate situation,

Which Wulu Town is being attacked?

Cold sweat flowed down his face. Major General Kono realized that he didn't know the direction of attack of other brigades, but in the direction of Wulu Town and Xuling Town, there was at least one brigade of the Independent Division plus

The strength of a regiment is not at most the strength of a reinforced battalion, as previously judged by the division commander.

Major General Kono was not a fool. If it was as he judged, this battle would be difficult to fight. He thought about it and felt that it was necessary to remind the division commander of this point. "Immediately inform the division commander of our 21st Brigade," he said.

When the regiment attacked Wulu Town and Xuling Town on the south bank of the river, it was strongly blocked by the independent division troops!"

"During the battle, the independent division troops used a regiment of heavy artillery. The two offensive troops of our 21st brigade failed to achieve results and suffered heavy casualties. Based on this, the staff judged that the independent divisions on the Zhuanghe line

The strength of the division is very likely to far exceed previous expectations!" he dictated the message.

Just when the 21st Brigade of the 107th Division was fiercely blocked by the First Brigade of the Marine Corps in Wulu Town and Xuling Town on the Zhuanghe River line, the 23rd Brigade of the 107th Division

The regiment, in another direction of attack, also suffered a strong counterattack from the 2nd and 3rd Marine Brigades. Moreover, the battle started in the same way as the Nahe Bridgehead, with some Japanese troops being ambushed.

The three brigade commanders of the Marine Corps used the tactics of combining blockade warfare and ambush warfare extremely skillfully. They all gave the Japanese troops a slap in the face. The battle started at the Nahe Bridgehead in Wulu Town, Zhuang River, and ambush the Japanese troops.

The bridge regiment started and unfolded in sequence from east to west. Without exception, it ended with the Japanese army's advancing momentum stalling.

The Japanese 107th Division, which was advancing the fastest, stopped its advance after paying a certain price in front of the independent division blocking line. The Japanese commanders discovered that they were facing an opponent with extremely powerful combat capabilities.

, rather than those independent division troops who were beaten by the imperial army on the Andong front line with tens of thousands of wounded soldiers and fled in embarrassment as previously thought.

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