Age of Conquest Reborn

Lieutenant General Shin Yuemon, the commander of the 107th Division on the eastern front, was extremely conceited and saves face, which made the first and second detachments of the Kwantung Army on the central line pay the price. In the direction of Wulu Town on the eastern front

After encountering successive fierce attacks by the independent division troops and losing troops and generals, Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon felt that he had lost face and did not inform the neighboring troops of the situation encountered by his leading unit, the 21st Brigade.

Otherwise, the Kwantung Army troops advancing in the middle will not be rampaging unsuspectingly. It is like entering an uninhabited country. The ambush the second detachment is now suffering is entirely the result of the lack of communication of battlefield intelligence. In the direction of Wulu Town,

When fireworks were everywhere and the sound of artillery was booming, the two detachments of the Kwantung Army in the middle had no idea that the 107th Division on the eastern front had already fought against the blocking troops of the Independent Division.

A sudden ambush, intensive firepower, and roaring shells suddenly enveloped the unprepared Kwantung Army's second detachment of more than 9,000 people in a dense fire net, which was already close to the edge of Guiyunhua Town.

Before the search squadron had time to form its formation, it was hit head-on by a heavy rain of light and heavy machine gun and submachine gun bullets. Countless bullets intertwined into a fire net, beating a squadron of Kwantung Army soldiers to pieces and causing blood to spatter.

Major General Asayama issued the order to retreat. In this case, it was not the time to show the bravery of the Kwantung Army soldiers, the "Flower of the Army" of the empire. In fact, there was no need for Major General Asayama to issue the order to retreat. The officers of the Kwantung Army at all levels who were experienced in the battlefield

Understand, this battle

There was no way to fight. The independent division troops had already prepared and ambushed troops. There were at least three regiments and terrifying firepower, including hundreds of light and heavy machine guns, hundreds of mortars, and several

Ten medium-caliber artillery pieces, all hailing to oneself?

From a high position, the cross fire on the peaks on both sides and a volley of guns and artillery fired, the second detachment of the Kwantung Army was beaten into chaos and covered with corpses. The choking smell of gunpowder smoke filled the valley, and a forced attack

Shooting artillery shells. Near Major General Qianshan

The explosion blew away several staff officers at the detachment headquarters. Major General Asayama dismounted. At this time, he was riding on a tall horse. It was the most obvious target. Your Excellency, the major general with rich combat experience, would make such a low-level mistake.

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In the valley leading to the north of Guiyunhua Town, artillery barrels rumbled and bullets flew like rain. The second detachment of the Kwantung Army retreated in embarrassment, leaving corpses everywhere. The commander of the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the Marine Corps,

Commander of the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the 29th Corps. Two Dingbian Military Academies

The old classmates discussed on the walkie-talkie. "The little Japs are now beaten to the point of being unable to fight back. They are retreating in embarrassment. We also have an absolute advantage in terms of firepower. How can we miss such an opportunity? Who said we could stop it?"

You can't fight and chase, so just chase him!"

As a result, the two daring regiment commanders immediately issued orders to charge and pursue their respective troops. In an instant, more than 7,000 independent division soldiers in the ambush positions on the peaks on both sides rushed down the mountain like a roaring tsunami.

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The seven to eight thousand men of the second detachment of the Kwantung Army who were retreating in a panic were pursued fiercely. Thousands of submachine guns sprayed hot metal projectiles from their muzzles. In the narrow valley, they fired a rain of bullets that was denser than a heavy rain.

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There were constant reports of Eastern Army soldiers screaming and falling to the ground. However, after all, the Kwantung Army was an elite division that was well-trained and had been fighting the Soviet army for more than half a year in the Far East. In an extremely passive situation, the lower-level officers,

Showing extremely high tactical literacy, without waiting for the detachment headquarters to issue an order, the squadron was used as a unit to alternately cover and establish a blocking line, which slowed down the pursuit speed of the independent division troops.

More than an hour later, the independent division troops of the two regiments drove the second detachment of the Kwantung Army to the mountainous area of ​​​​Sundagou, nearly 20 kilometers away from the blocking line of Guiyunhua Town. Along the pursuit route, Kwantung Army soldiers lay on their bodies.

Tired and tired, it was not until the second detachment of the Kwantung Army established a blocking line that the two regiment commanders issued the order to retreat and returned to the Guiyunhua defense line.

The results of the battle were tallied up. In an ambush battle, more than 2,000 Japs were killed. Moreover, there was an unexpected gain. The baggage detachment of the second detachment of the Kwantung Army, weighed down by a large number of baggage, could not outrun those combat troops. The pursuit process

Among them, the soldiers of the Kwantung Army were suddenly surrounded by soldiers and were beaten hard. The soldiers of the Kwantung Army's baggage troop, who were only equipped with Type 38 rifles and pistols, were the opponents of the soldiers of the independent division carrying submachine guns. In terms of strength, they were also

The difference is huge.

After killing a large baggage brigade of the Kwantung Army, the soldiers were happy when they were cleaning the battlefield. Although the ammunition in the boxes was not eye-catching, it was equivalent to cutting off the logistical supplies of the little devil. There were a large number of Japanese cans, which made me very curious.

The strong soldiers pried it open and tasted it, but they all felt that the taste was not very good. It was very different from our marching rations. Also, what good things can the little devils tinker with?

Bags of snow-white rice, this is a good thing. In line with the principle of not wasting, the two group leaders waved their hands and said, "Send them all back! We won't eat the canned food, but we can give it to the people! Let's eat rice tonight."

!" The soldiers discussed happily, "In this battle, not only we killed more than two thousand Japs, but we also cut off their bullets and food! These bastards should be hungry!"

After retreating to the defense area of ​​Guiyunhua Town, the two regiment commanders reported the ambush outside Guiyunhua Town to their respective superiors, Major General Xiao Jinting, commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Marine Corps, and Major General Guo Zhenmin, commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 29th Corps.

situation of war.

After reading the telegram, the two brigade commanders were startled into cold sweats. These two guys were too audacious. It made sense that the blocking battle turned into an ambush battle, but the subsequent pursuit battle was a bit suspenseful. In Kanto

The right wing of the second detachment of the Kwantung Army, which is more than 20 kilometers away, is the first detachment of the Kwantung Army, with more than 9,000 people. If this part of the Kwantung Army comes outflanking it, it is not certain who will hit whom?

"Adventure! Be bold!" These words popped up in the minds of Xiao Jinting and Guo Zhenmin, who were dozens of kilometers apart, almost at the same time. Following that, two telegrams with similar contents were sent to the two heads of the Guiyunhua Town Defense Force.

In the hand, the general idea is, "I am sure of the results of the battle, and the ambush battle was very beautiful, but I severely criticized the subsequent pursuit battle. The merits were balanced by the faults. I neither criticized nor praised it, and will never allow it to happen again!"

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The second detachment of the Kwantung Army, which had retreated to the front line of Sundagou, reorganized the troops. Major General Qianshan, the leader of the detachment, was on the verge of crying. In less than three hours of fighting, the second detachment lost more than 4,000 people. Among them, Yu Shai

More than 2,000 people were killed and injured.

The second detachment of more than 2,000 people, with a strength of less than 9,000, suffered more than half of its casualties. What's more terrible is that it lost all its baggage, ammunition and food. Now, in addition to the rice dumplings that the soldiers carry with them, the next meal

I started to feel hungry.

The most important thing is that the detachment's field hospital was beaten to pieces and all the medicines and medical equipment were lost. The wounded had no medicine to treat them and had to wait to die. The area near Sundagou was almost turned into an outcrop hospital. Listen,

The wounded soldiers wailed low and high, frustrated.

Major General Asayama, who had returned home from mourning, was sitting on a stone with a pale face. He first sent a telegram to Major General Narita, the leader of the first detachment on the right wing, asking Mr. Narita to reinforce him. The strength of the troops was secondary, mainly ammunition and food, and also

There are medicines and military doctors.

Major General Narita's call back made the hopeful Major General Asayama stunned, "Asayama-kun, my first detachment was fiercely blocked by the independent division troops in the direction of Buyun Mountain because the enemy's artillery fire was very fierce.

The troops suffered heavy casualties and a large number of wounded soldiers need medical treatment. Now, they are forced to retreat to the front line of Lijiatun and wait for orders. The detachment's heavy troops are seriously lagging behind due to the difficult mountain road and the supplies are temporarily difficult to keep up. Please forgive me, Mr. Qianshan!"

In other words, the life of Narita's first detachment is no better than mine. They have too much time to take care of themselves and can't do anything to help them. Major General Asayama paused for a while and dictated a message to report the situation encountered by the second detachment.

It was given to General Yoshijiro Umezu, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army who commanded operations in Liaoyang.

In the telegram, Major General Asayama asked for troops, ammunition, food, and even artillery. The second detachment was secretly transferred from the Liaoxi Corridor area to the Liaodong Peninsula battlefield. At that time, Nanjiro was still the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. In order to

The Feng Jiwu Corps of the Independent Division in the western Liaoning area was not alarmed. They were all lightly armed and simple, and their heavy weapons were not used at all. The entire second detachment only had dozens of mortars and a number of light and heavy machine guns.

As a member of the Kwantung Army, Major General Narita felt uncomfortable with what happened to the Asayama detachment, but he was helpless. Although the first detachment was not ambushed, the independent division troops that blocked the first detachment on the Buyun Mountain front line,

When he was completely unprepared, a heavy artillery shell came down. The shelling was so fierce that it almost killed more than half of the first detachment marching in a ravine.

According to Major General Narita's estimate, the independent division's defense force used at least one field artillery regiment, plus the artillery fire of two mountain artillery regiments, to deal with his troops of only more than 9,000 people. Without any warning, they fired with overwhelming artillery shells.

Therefore, Major General Narita came to the conclusion that he did not know what the situation was in other directions. On the Buyun Mountain front line, at least the main force of the independent division was blocking him!

Therefore, Major General Narita, like Major General Asayama, was advancing the first detachment in the middle, but was strongly blocked by the independent division, causing heavy casualties. Moreover, the independent division had a large number of artillery, and he had to order the troops to retreat.

The situation was reported to the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Yoshijiro Umezu.

On the western front, the 109th Division, advancing from Gaizhou to Bayuquan, was the last main force of the Japanese army to fight against the independent division's blocking force. The opponent the 109th Division encountered was the independent division's 1st

Troops of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd brigades of the 29th Corps.

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