Age of Conquest Reborn

When the order to continue the attack was given, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. Although the scorching sun had lost its power at noon, it was still hanging high in the sky like a fireball. The early summer heat was as sweltering as a steamer, and coupled with the raging napalm bombs

The fire burned the air so much that it was scalding. In such weather, the Japanese soldiers who forced themselves to march suffered so much that their clothes on the front and back looked like they were fished out of the water.

With a dry mouth and hungry stomach, the stuffy air made me panic. From time to time, I was burned and couldn't bear the high temperature. I fell to the ground. The soldiers who had passed out due to heatstroke were hastily carried to the shade of a tree, looking like dead dogs.

Put it on the ground, and the military doctors are behind, busy rescuing the wounded soldiers, and no one cares about these soldiers suffering from heat stroke. There are not many troops in the first place, and it is impossible to leave too many manpower to take care of them, whether they are dead or alive.

Just leave it to fate!

Seeing this situation, the Chief of Staff of the 107th Division worriedly said to the division commander, Lieutenant General Shinyuemon: "Division Commander, if we continue to do this, the troops will be overwhelmed. Do you want to report to Commander-in-Chief Umezu?

The officer explained the actual situation faced by the troops and requested the approval of the Commander-in-Chief that the troops rest in place for one night so as to treat the wounded and wait for supplies from the rear to launch the attack again at dawn tomorrow?"

Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon has seen all this. In fact, it does not need to be said by the Chief of Staff. He understands in his heart that if the gas bombs really have an effect in a forced attack based on the current state of the army, everything will be easy to say. If

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However, on the blocking position, the soldiers of the Independent Division are alive and well. So, under the current situation, the 107th Division will definitely suffer a disastrous defeat. Maybe even the last remaining troops will be crushed in this attack that is almost a crossbow.

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The commander of the Shinyuemon Division shook his head, trying to put this bad premonition out of his mind. He could not send such a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Umezu, "Order the troops to send soldiers who have heatstroke or are exhausted,

Gather together and leave a large group of troops for protection. The rest of the troops continue to move forward!" He said firmly to the chief of staff.

General Umezu Yoshijiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army in Liaoyang, also knew that it was difficult for him to force the severely damaged troops to continue the attack. However, he had to do so. Time, the most important thing was time, and he did not waste it anymore.

The reason is whether all the independent division troops on the line from Zhuanghe to Bayuquan were hit by poison gas bombs. The fact has not yet been found out. Moreover, the effect of the No. 1 special gas bomb is only eight to ten hours long.

Now, more than eight hours have passed. If the effect of the poison gas bombs disappears. As long as one-fifth of the soldiers of the Independent Division regain their combat effectiveness, it will be very difficult for the Third Army, which is extremely exhausted and has been attacked by new bombs from the Independent Division bombers.

For the four divisions and the two detachments of the Kwantung Army, there is an insurmountable gap and time. You have to seize the time. Therefore, no matter how tired the soldiers are, they must continue to attack.

After the order was issued, General Meijin strictly ordered the baggage troops to immediately send supplies, ammunition, and medicines needed to treat the wounded to the front line. Otherwise, the commander would commit suicide by caesarean section. So, the front line from Liaoyang to Andong and then to Gaizhou

, on the mountain road, Japanese army transport vehicles loaded with supplies, ammunition, and supplies were running like crazy.

General Umezu personally sat in the war room, and the frontline troops reported the progress of the advance every half hour. At this moment, General Umezu was extremely nervous. All the blockades had been put in place, and victory or defeat depended on this.

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However, the exhausted Japanese soldiers, who were losing their numbers one after another but stubbornly fought their way to the front line from Zhuanghe to Bayuquan to independently block the advance, faced another disaster from the air. After returning from the first round of bombing, the independent division bomber group was filled with fuel.

, after replenishing the bombs, a second bombing was carried out against the Japanese army.

However, what was used this time was not "Buddha's Light" napalm bombs, but aerial bombs. The exhausted Japanese soldiers on the ground once again became the target of bombs. Heavy aerial bombs screamed from the sky and boomed.

The explosion sounded, and fire flashed on the ground, and thick pillars of earth rose up, once again covering the Japanese soldiers in the roar of steel fragments!

The telegram that he had been bombed by the Independent Division bombers again quickly flew into the hands of General Umezu. He just glanced at it and put it aside. At this moment, he did not want to know what kind of bombs the soldiers were being baptized with.

What he was concerned about was whether he could break through the blocking line of the independent division troops before the poison gas bombs failed.

After bombing for more than 40 minutes, the independent division's bombers lined up in a neat formation, easily climbed to altitude, and then returned. The Japanese soldiers just dug out of the soil and began to form a formation. Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon,

Looking at the army that had lost many soldiers, his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. The division commander was not spared from the bombing just now. A piece of shrapnel scratched his arm and made a deep gash.

The beloved war horse was lying on the ground covered in blood at this moment. The broken corpses of several guards were mixed with the war horses. If there were no war horses to block the shrapnel that exploded at close range, several guards were protecting the division commander. At this moment,

, I estimate that Your Excellency, Lieutenant General Division Commander, will be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan!

The commander of the Shinyuemon division, with his arm wrapped in thick bandages, looked back at the soldiers and said expressionlessly to the chief of staff of the division: "Continue to attack and advance!" He knew very well that since the independent division's

If the bombers can carry out the second bombing, then there will be a third and fourth bombing, and they will not stop until it is completely dark. Even at night, those damn China bombers and fighter jets,

They will also come out to drop bombs and shoot.

The 107th Division would have to suffer several waves of bombings before seeing the blocking position of the Independent Division. The commander of the New Yuemon Division felt like a mirror, but retreat was impossible. At this moment, the only option was to give full play to the Empire.

The soldier's Bushido spirit and his tenacious will continued to attack and advance. However, he was even more convinced of what General Umezu said in the order, "There is no obstacle ahead!"

"The independent division's bombers have repeatedly carried out such intensive bombings. Are they concealing the fact that the poison gas bombs dropped by the Kwantung Army's First Air Force have worked. There are no independent bombers in the front who can stop the imperial army.

Are you a soldier?"

"Otherwise, the imperial army suffered such heavy losses, was a tired force, and had no air superiority. Why didn't Tang Qiuli, the cunning Chinese devil, organize his troops to fight back? If it were him, he would never let go of such an opportunity.

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It is very easy to defeat or even severely damage the Imperial Army's three-pronged attack!" At this moment, Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon's thinking fell into a blind spot. He firmly believed that General Umezu's order was correct, and only in this way could he overcome it.

The uneasiness deep in his heart!

After being bombed twice, the Japanese soldiers continued to advance numbly. What they didn't know was that on the more than 180-kilometer-long front line from Zhuanghe to Bayuquan, the Liaodong Peninsula interception troops of the Independent Division were lined up.

The seven main field brigades, in accordance with the order of the division commander Tang Qiuli, took out artillery of all calibers and deployed all rocket launchers on the firing positions. Even mortars were deployed on the forward positions.

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Every direction of the Japanese attack was within the coverage of artillery fire. A dozen 155mm howitzer regiments, more than thirty regiment artillery battalions, plus all mortars, were in the independent division.

On the position, there are thousands of artillery pieces of large, medium and small caliber, standing ready, with the black muzzles pointing north, just waiting for the Japanese soldiers to appear within the range of the artillery fire!

Jing Zhanqi, the commander of the 1st Brigade of the 29th Corps, concentrated his use of artillery and almost crippled the 53rd Brigade of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army on the northern front.

After the first attack, he was highly praised by the division commander Tang Qiuli, and he was immediately pushed aside by all the troops. According to the artillery caliber and range, several artillery groups were formed to form an all-round and indiscriminate attack in the Japanese attack area.

Artillery fire coverage without blind spots.

At the defense line of Wulu Town in the east, Colonel Meng Jianzhu, commander of the brigade directly under the Liaodong Peninsula Theater, had just put down calls to several artillery group commanders. He was so happy that he couldn't help but smile. If it was about artillery firepower, Meng Jianzhu was now richer than that brigade.

Both children are thick, since

On his own position, in addition to the heavy artillery regiment of the 1st Marine Brigade, Major General Chen Mengqiao, commander of the 1st Brigade, also supported him with two heavy artillery battalions and two rocket launcher batteries, which were already in place. Just in time,

Use it in this battle!

First regiment commander Sun Zhiyuan looked at the smiling Meng Jianzhu and said: "Commander Meng, do you think our brigade commander's intestines are turning green with regret at this moment? We were given two heavy artillery battalions and two rocket launcher batteries!"

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The corner of Meng Jianzhu's mouth moved and he said: "It's too late to regret. Our Wulu Town is the key target of the Japs. Naturally, we need to strengthen artillery fire. If we don't see the Japs opposite us, it's too much. Without so many artillery, can we do it?"

?Besides, those who can do more work!"

"Reporting to the division commander, the river is in front of us. Not far from the other side of the river is Wulu Town, which is the only way to Zhuang River!" A Japanese staff officer ran to the commander of the Shinyuemon division and said,

Report after saluting.

"That river!" The corners of the mouth of the commander of the New Yuemon Division twitched. He was familiar with this place. The 21st Brigade, the vanguard of the 107th Division, first lost almost a regiment of troops.

, then, when the main force of the 21st Brigade was crossing the river, it was attacked by mortar fire from the Independent Division. It suffered heavy casualties and was forced to retreat. For this, he severely scolded the brigade commander, Major General Kuroda.

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The sun slowly set towards the west, but there was still some time before night fell. For some reason, Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon looked at the sun that had set to the west. The sunlight was as red as blood, and a sudden flash of light flashed through his heart.

An ominous omen!

(To be continued)