Age of Conquest Reborn

Major General Li Honggang, commander of the 29th Corps of the Independent Division, was so depressed. He was full of words and hoped that Lieutenant General Tang Qiuquan, commander of the fleet and commander of the Korean Peninsula Theater, could clear things up with the division commander, but before he could say anything, he

, Tang Qiuquan gave the order directly and in a firm tone.

Li Honggang swallowed and thought about what to say. Tang Qiuquan looked at Li Honggang who was hesitant to speak and asked strangely: "Commander Li, will there be any difficulty for the troops to board the ship in three hours?"

"There is no difficulty. The troops of the 29th Corps are subject to orders and prohibitions and can leave at any time, but Commander Tang..." Li Honggang said what he meant very tactfully.

Tang Qiuquan was stunned, looked at Li Honggang with a half-smile, and said: "Commander Li, this is an order issued by the division commander. I have no power to change it. Otherwise, you can directly send a telegram to the division commander to see what the division commander means?"

"

Li Honggang was startled at that time and said hurriedly: "Okay! Let's forget it and send a telegram to the division commander. Aren't I looking for punishment? Okay, I will call the chief of staff immediately. Three hours later, the troops will be on time."

Get aboard!”

Tang Qiuquan was so happy that he couldn't help but laugh. It happened that Major General Ma Chaoyang, commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps, came over and saw that Tang Qiuquan was overjoyed and Li Honggang looked depressed and couldn't laugh or cry, so he asked strangely: "Commanders, what are you happy about?"

Li Honggang rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Commander Ma, do you think I'm happy? I'm confused. The 29th Corps has been transferred to the north since it didn't fight a single battle, so don't transfer the troops."

Everything is in shambles. Now, I, the commander, have almost become a mere commander, with a brigade in hand. Your commander, Ma, is different. I have been fighting since I landed on the Korean Peninsula until now!"

"I hold the kid by the nose and beat him every day. After all, the 29th Corps formed an army a few years earlier than the Southeast Mobile Corps. It is also the main force on the battlefield. It's better now. It is doing the work of the second-line army.

Son, where can I go to explain this?"

Everyone could hear the sour and grumbling tone in Li Honggang's tone. Only then did Ma Chaoyang understand that Daqing was because the division had assigned three brigades of the Southeast Mobile Corps to reinforce the Liaodong Peninsula battlefield. Li Honggang was full of reluctance.

But it doesn't make sense for Li Honggang to take out his anger on himself. He should tell the division commander what he said. Moreover, what this guy meant was clearly that the Southeast Mobile Corps is inferior to the 29th Corps!

It was a joke to say that Ma Chaoyang could do it himself, but he could not say that the Southeast Mobile Corps could do it. Just when he was about to retort, Tang Qiuquan saw the smell of gunpowder between the two people's words and hurriedly said: "Okay, Hong Gang,

You immediately

The troops give the order. There is only three hours of preparation time. With more than 50,000 troops, the preparation work is tedious enough. Chaoyang, there are temporary changes in deployment. Make arrangements. Your troops will take over from the three brigades of the 29th Corps that will attack tomorrow.

Task!"

At the Korean Peninsula Theater Command, Li Honggang issued an order to the Corps Chief of Staff, Colonel Wang Bingde, and then rushed back to the unit depressed. On the armored command vehicle, he sighed and pondered, "What the hell is going on here?"

ah!"

At this moment, Han Tie, who was throwing off his feet and leading his troops in the dark night, was rushing towards Andong. He was extremely anxious. The enemy situation report from the division commander just now put him under great pressure. It was not because of the sudden increase in troops.

More than 90,000 miscellaneous Japanese troops came out. Before he paid attention to this improvised Japanese army, four brigades rushed up to meet them and beat them fiercely. No matter what, these little devils could not find their way!

What Han Tie is worried about is that what the army lacks most now is time. He does not want to get entangled with this Japanese army. The real task is to block the retreating Japanese Third Army and the remnants of the Kwantung Army's First and Second Detachments. Let's see.

Watch, the troops have been marching on foot for more than two hours. Why haven’t the trucks behind them caught up?

Han Tie stopped and said to Chief of Staff Wang Dongshan in a bad tone: "Chief of Staff, send a telegram immediately to ask what's going on with the transport troops? In two hours, can't even a few trucks reach the north bank of the Yalu River?

Come?"

Wang Dongshan hurriedly ordered the radio soldiers to send the report immediately. He was also anxious. The radio had just been turned on. At this time, a sharp-eyed staff officer shouted in surprise: "Commander, Chief of Staff, the truck is coming up, that's the light!"

Han Tie walked up the high hill on the roadside in a few steps. Without a telescope, he could clearly see a long string of car lights, like a winding and swimming dragon, coming on the mountain road. Farther away, there were

Several long lines of lights were heading in different directions. They were the convoy chasing other brigades. He breathed a sigh of relief, "Chief of Staff, let Xue Shiqiang come up!" he ordered.

After receiving the call, Major General Xue Shiqiang, commander of the first brigade of the Southeast Mobile Corps, hurried over from the front, stood in front of Han Tie, stood at attention and saluted, "Commander Han, Xue Shiqiang, commander of the first brigade, has been ordered to come, please give instructions!"

Han Tie didn't waste any time and said directly: "Commander Xue, the truck is coming. You immediately arrange at least one regiment of troops to mechanize the march and raid Anton. You must capture Anton before six o'clock in the morning. Then, with Anton

As the starting point, the troops quickly deployed horizontally towards Yangjiapu in the west. What was important was speed. The troops should be spread as thin as possible. Put a company or even a platoon to seize the key points first. When the subsequent vehicles arrive, the other regiment should also be suppressed.

Go to Anton!"

The first brigade now only has two regiments of troops. Take them all away. Commander Han has no troops left. How dare Xue Shiqiang take such a risk? He hurriedly said: "Commander, I will take the second regiment with you."

If you don’t have enough troops, you can leave three regiments to deal with emergencies!”

Han Tie became anxious and said with wide eyes: "Where can there be so many emergencies? The line from Anton to Yangjiapu is more than a hundred kilometers wide. There are dozens of key points alone. The strength of a regiment is enough

Okay? Leave your guard camp to me and carry out the order immediately!"

Xue Shiqiang did not dare to persuade anymore, so he had to leave with his troops in a car. Han Tie looked at the lights of the cars in the distance and felt somewhat relaxed. As long as some of the troops marched mechanizedly and caught up with the fleeing Japs, it would be victory.

Even if it's a company or even a company

A platoon of troops can also stop the little Japs. "Chief of Staff, send a telegram to the armored and artillery commanders, ordering them to arrive at the designated location before 12 noon tomorrow to provide fire support to the troops. In addition, again

Urgent transport troops!"

The Korean Railway troops were racing against time. Major General Xue Shiqiang, commander of the first brigade of the Southeast Mobile Corps, led a regiment of troops in a truck and quickly approached Andong. Behind him was the third regiment that followed, separated from the front and rear.

It's more than half an hour away.

At around 11 o'clock at night, more than 4,000 troops from the First Brigade and Second Regiment of the Southeast Mobile Corps arrived at the outskirts of Andong. Looking at the lifeless city of Andong without a trace of light in the night, the brigade commander Xue Shiqiang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the troops

Immediately get off the car to prepare for the attack, and the convoy returns along the original route to transport other troops.

More than half an hour later, the third regiment arrived. Xue Shiqiang had nearly 9,000 troops in his hands. He divided the two regiments into two directions and launched attacks from the east and north of Andong. The attack began

The time is exactly one o'clock in the morning.

Xue Shiqiang is also bold enough. The troops he has now do not even carry artillery, and he dares to attack Anton, one of the important towns in the Liaodong Peninsula. The brigade's heavy artillery regiment is still on the north bank of the Yalu River, and is rushing towards Anton.

, however, it would take more than three hours to reach the battlefield at the fastest. Commander Han's order was dead. Anton must be occupied at 6:00 in the morning. Xue Shiqiang had no time to wait for the heavy artillery regiment to arrive.

Xue Shiqiang had his own plan. Looking at the current situation in Anton, he was not alert at all. The little devil did not expect that his troops had already reached the periphery. Moreover, intelligence showed that the Japanese troops in Anton City only had two military police brigades, and the rest

They are the rear agencies and some Puppet Manchukuo police. They have nearly ten thousand people in their hands. Although they don’t have heavy artillery, they do have a lot of mortars, rocket launchers, recoilless rifles, and these light artillery pieces.

Based on the situation of the Japanese troops in Anton, Xue Shiqiang determined that the strategy of this battle would be a sneak attack, and unexpectedly entered the city of Anton. The two regiments used battalions as units, deployed at multiple points, and assaulted on multiple routes to attack An Dong at the fastest speed.

Let’s fight in Dongcheng

Wear it through, and when you encounter the Japs relying on solid fortifications, don't rush to attack them, let alone attack them hard. Leave a small number of troops to surround them, and other troops will continue to attack and advance. After taking Anton, they will turn around and deal with the recalcitrant Japs!

Xue Shiqiang's tactical deployment was very clear, and his fighting style was also suitable for urban street fighting. More than an hour later, the troops began to take action. No one expected that the operation into the urban area would be so smooth. There were no encounters at all outside Anton.

The resistance of the Japanese army did not include the common fortifications outside the city. The two regiments of the first brigade entered the city of Andong without firing a shot.

This is not surprising. In Anton City, the defensive strength of the Japanese army is pitifully small for the Anton area. There are only two military police brigades, which are still used to maintain public order. Moreover, the Japanese army regards Anton as a safe rear area.

There is no need to waste troops on defense, not to mention that General Umezu does not have extra troops in his hands.

After the troops broke into the center of Andong city, they encountered a counterattack by the Japanese army. Gunshots were fired loudly, mixed with the screams of mortar shells. The city of Andong, which had been lifeless just now, suddenly became noisy, and the flames of explosions were reflected red from time to time.

In the night sky, the city is boiling like a boiling pot!

The Japanese military police force used to maintain public security was the opponent of the independent division's field force. From weapons and equipment to combat experience, it was far from inferior. The battle went very smoothly. By about 4:30 in the morning, Xue Shiqiang had already

Standing on the steps at the gate of Andong City Hall.

(To be continued)