Age of Conquest Reborn

Hundreds of thousands of troops directly under the corps are marching westward, marching on the edge of the sparsely populated desert, and with Chutian's special operations detachment clearing the way in front, Liu Cuigang's Australian battlefield aviation has control of the air to the maximum extent, whether in the sky or on the ground.

It is possible to conceal the whereabouts of the troops to the maximum extent possible, but beyond the edge of the Great Sand Desert and the Mabubar area, it is almost impossible to hide the traces of the troops.

The information about the hundreds of thousands of elite mechanized troops of the independent division appearing in Western Australia will reach the ears of the Japanese Australian Front Commander Ito Genzaburo in no more than a day. Tang Qiuli knew this very well, so as the leader of the directly affiliated corps

When the troops, the 1st and 2nd brigades attacking Mandola and the 3rd and 4th brigades attacking Sangu, will attack the target, is the issue that he is most concerned about right now.

"Division commander, will the division commander send a telegram to urge the above four brigades?" Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe knew what the division commander was worried about and made a suggestion.

"No heavy hammer is needed to play the drum!" Tang Qiuli shook his head and said, "Liu Hongzhang and the others are all veterans of the battlefield, so it's better not to interfere!"

In fact, the 1st and 2nd brigades, which had been running in front of the main force of the directly affiliated corps and were responsible for capturing Mandola, were marching faster than the division chief of staff Zhao Yuhe estimated. They were not less than a day's journey away.

, but in less than half a day's journey, the Liu Hongzhang Department of the First Brigade and the Ouyang Yishan Department of the Second Brigade have arrived at the Dutali area, which is less than fifty kilometers away from Mandola.

Major General Liu Hongzhang, commander of the 1st brigade, is the commander of the troops attacking Mandola. Major General Ouyang Yishan, commander of the 2nd brigade, is the deputy commander. Ouyang Yishan has no complaints about the arrangement of the division commander.

In the combat sequence of the units directly under the corps, the position of the commander of the joint combat unit has always been automatically determined by serial number.

What's more, even in the directly affiliated corps, Liu Hongzhang was known for his strength, bravery and good fighting skills. However, Ouyang Yishan himself did not need to be inferior to Liu Hongzhang when it came to fighting. In many cases, he even surpassed Liu Hongzhang in terms of military strategy. But

He has a gentle personality and is rarely competitive. No matter how you look at it, he is a suitable candidate for the political commissar of the ** army. Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan can complement each other's strengths as a partner.

Now, Ouyang Yishan was sitting in Liu Hongzhang's armored command vehicle. On the road beside him, there were two brigades of more than 30,000 troops rolling forward side by side. Looking at Liu Hongzhang, whose eyes kept wandering, he asked: "Liu Brigade

Commander, in less than two hours, the troops will arrive at Mandola. How are you going to fight?"

Liu Hongzhang took out a cigarette, handed one to Ouyang Yishan, and lit a cigarette himself. He took a long puff of it and exhaled light blue smoke. He grinned and said, "Second brother, our two brigades combined exceed

With 35,000 troops, plus tanks and artillery, the firepower is several times more than that of the Japs!"

"According to the intelligence from the special operations detachment, the strength of Mandola's little devils is a brigade, with at most only about 10,000 people. It is still a second-line garrison brigade, and its combat effectiveness is not strong. Facing such an opponent, how do you say we will fight?

, give full play to the advantage of firepower and crush it head-on!"

Ouyang Yishan smiled bitterly when he heard Liu Hongzhang calling him "Second Brother!" He got angry with Liu Hongzhang several times over this nickname, but it was to no avail. Except in front of the teacher, he still called him correctly.

As for the entire directly affiliated corps, the nickname "Lao Er" has become synonymous with the Second Brigade and himself.

Liu Chenglin, Chief of Staff of the First Brigade, and Jia Lianhai, Chief of Staff of the Second Brigade, could not help but secretly enjoy themselves when they saw the two brigade commanders bickering. They had seen too many similar situations. Since the troops marched westward, the first

After the brigade and the 2nd Brigade formed an attack group, this happened almost every day.

"The idea of ​​​​crushing head-on is the same, but how to fight, we need to formulate a detailed battle plan, right? We can't have two brigades swarming up and fighting indiscriminately, right?" Ouyang Yishan said slowly.

"How can it be so complicated!" Liu Hongzhang said nonchalantly: "Look at the terrain of Mandola. The west side is close to the sea, and the remaining three sides are flat open areas. Let's fight at will. In this way, the two brigades will start from the east.

Launch attacks simultaneously in both directions, with the first brigade attacking the north and the second brigade attacking the east. It will take five hours to end the battle!"

"After the troops arrive at the target, they will immediately engage in the attack without resting! Try to surprise them!" Ouyang Yishan looked at Liu Hongzhang and concluded.

""Hey hey hey!" Liu Hongzhang said happily: "Boy, it's a pleasure to cooperate with you. The hero has the same idea. First use artillery fire to destroy the fortifications of the little devils outside Mandola, and then the tanks will cover the infantry attack.

, the battle in the urban area must be advanced steadily, and the little devils are not given a chance to fight in the streets, isn't it just a matter of more than 10,000 little devils, just to squeeze their teeth!"

Liu Hongzhang spoke wildly and with a arrogant attitude. However, Ouyang Yishan knew that this was the most appropriate way to fight. "Sure! Let's fight like this!" He said succinctly. An attack was defended by more than 10,000 Japanese troops.

The Mandola battle was decided just as the two people were bickering.

In Western Australia, Mandora is not considered a major military town. The commander of the Western Route Attack Japanese Army and the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Australian Front, Major General Yoshitake Tohachiro, left a second-line brigade to garrison. The reason is that Mandora is a western

It is an important logistics supply point for the offensive troops on the road. The defending troops are the 29th Baggage Brigade. Rather than being tasked with guarding Mandola, it is more appropriate to say that it is transporting ammunition and supplies for the frontline troops.

Sanggu, which is more than 130 kilometers away from Mandola, has a similar role. The 27th Baggage Brigade of the Australian Front is stationed for defense. Like Mandola, it is an important transfer point for supplies and ammunition.

Gu, the third and fourth brigades directly under the corps attacked.

Colonel Mizuhara, commander of the 29th Baggage Brigade of the Japanese Australian Front stationed in Mandola, had just stared at the scorching sun, inspected the military supplies to be transported to the Mount Vernon front line, and returned to the brigade headquarters.

He did not dare to slack off when he received this batch of military supplies. It was a large amount of Italian equipment that the Front Army's Logistics Department had added to the front line. They were all large-caliber heavy artillery and associated artillery shells.

The shirt on his body was soaked with sweat and he felt very uncomfortable. The leader of the Suwon Brigade walked into the office and drank a large glass of cold water. Then he sighed heavily and shouted to the orderly, "Naito, Baga! Where are you going to die?"

Are you going? Get me a basin of water!"

Colonel Mizuhara's position as brigade commander was not very satisfactory. According to the practice of the Imperial Army, brigade commanders all hold the rank of major general. Just because the 29th Brigade under his command is a supply unit, he is not the same as the Imperial General.

Without a chance, he would just be a porter all day long.

Originally, I had a chance to be promoted to major general, but unfortunately, when the empire was stationed in Australia, I was the captain of the field force. Because of the consecutive defeats in the battlefield in central Australia, I was assigned to a major general.

As the commander of a second-rate brigade, Colonel Mizuhara was full of resentment.

His shirt was wet and sticky, and it felt uncomfortable to stick to his body. But before that bastard, the orderly Naito, had even fetched water, the fire in the head of the Suwon brigade was gone. He stood up with a frown, and was about to start again.

Calling the orderly Naito, and preparing a big mouth, at this time, a figure broke in.

The leader of the Suwon Brigade saw that it was Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Kitamura. It was a hot day, but his face turned pale, and he asked strangely: "Kitamura-kun, what serious thing happened?"

Chief of Staff Kitamura gasped and said: "Commander of the brigade, we have just received an emergency telegram from the front army headquarters, so there is a Chinese independent division force, with a strength of about 200,000, heading towards Mandola from the east.

Approaching from the direction of Hesanggu, the front army headquarters requires our brigade to hold on to Mandola to ensure the safety of the rear route of the Western Front offensive troops. This is a telegram!"

"Nani?" The leader of the Suwon Brigade doesn't believe it. Isn't it nonsense? To the north of Mandola is the rear area of ​​the Imperial Army, and to the south is the front line of more than 400,000 Imperial Army troops fighting fiercely with the Chinese troops.

To the west is a vast ocean, and to the east is a large sandy desert that would kill anyone entering it. Where did the China Independent Division troops, with more than 200,000 people, fly over?

The people at the headquarters are probably insane, right? The leader of the Suwon Brigade shook his head, with a sneer on his lips, and reached out to take the telegram. Just as he was about to read it, suddenly, "Boom! Boom!—Boom!" There was a landslide and the ground cracked.

A loud noise like that echoed across the land in Western Australia in the afternoon, accompanied by a slight trembling of the earth. It was the loud explosion of countless artillery shells covering a large area, which came from the east and north of Mandora at the same time.

"Nani?" The leader of the Suwon Brigade screamed this time. There were indeed troops from the China Independent Division, fighting from the east. The telegram fell to the ground, "Chief of Staff Kitamura, order the troops to enter the position immediately and prepare to fight back!" He said

Shouted loudly, the sound seemed very weak among the overwhelming explosions.

The 1st and 2nd brigades of the directly affiliated corps launched simultaneous attacks from the east and north of Mandola respectively. The attack was a thunderous blow. The outer positions of the Japanese 29th Baggage Brigade were not even standard field fortifications.

Yes, they are not a field force to begin with.

The 1st and 2nd brigades belonged to heavy artillery regiments, plus the attached heavy artillery regiments and self-propelled artillery regiments, more than 600 large-caliber artillery pieces, and the shells hit them head-on. The Japanese positions were suddenly filled with smoke and flames.

During the attack, the attack was so sudden and the artillery fire was as fierce as a volcano erupting. It took almost no effort to tear apart the fragile and paper-thin Japanese defensive positions outside Mandola.

Forty minutes after the shelling, thousands of broken corpses of Japanese soldiers were left on the position. Bomb craters were everywhere, and the original fortifications could not be seen. Under the cover of tanks, more than 10,000 infantrymen began to attack like a tide. Soon,

Rush into the city of Mandola.

Liu Hongzhang stood in the armored vehicle and followed the troops into the city. He looked at the battlefields around him and said to the brigade chief of staff Liu Chenglin, "I can't help but fight!"

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