Age of Conquest Reborn

The sound of gunfire and fire enveloped Mandora, a small coastal town in Western Australia. The Japanese 29th Troop Brigade lost thousands of people on the periphery. Most of the troops were lost, and the remaining thousands of Japanese troops were left behind.

The resistance of the soldiers in the urban area was also very weak. Under attack from both sides by the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade, they quickly disappeared on the battlefield.∈♀

There were quite a few Japanese soldiers who hid in buildings like headless chickens. However, they were immediately hit by direct-aimed tank shells, rocket launcher shells and recoilless artillery shells. The Japanese soldiers and the buildings were destroyed.

In the ruins, the soldiers of the Independent Division did not know that these Japanese soldiers actually had little will to resist. They still followed the urban street fighting method and found a little Japanese hiding in the building, just to greet them with artillery shells.

The street fighting in the city that Liu Hongzhang was worried about did not happen. Three hours later, the battle to attack Mandola ended, much earlier than the originally planned five hours. In fact, there were even piles of goods piled up in multiple warehouses in the city.

The Japanese army had no time to destroy the mountains of weapons, ammunition and military supplies. Now, they all became the trophies of Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan.

Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan each rode in an armored command vehicle and drove through the city streets that were still smoking. They checked several Japanese logistics warehouses. He was not interested in all the weapons, ammunition and military supplies.

, but it was the more than two hundred Italian 1940-type 150mm caliber heavy artillery that made him quite excited.

"I said, brother, these Italian cannons were captured by us together. How about, each family can take half of them, and they can raise two heavy artillery regiments! They can be of great use when they stop the retreating Japs.

Ah!" Liu Hongzhang stroked the cold barrel of the cannon and said to Ouyang Yishan with his eyes shining.

"I have no objection!" Ouyang Yishan didn't argue with him, knowing that he couldn't argue. In fact, this warehouse was the first to be discovered and occupied by the second brigade. He thought about it and said: "These Italian artillery are good things, but

How can we have so many artillery?"

"Your head is spinning, isn't it!" Liu Hongzhang said proudly: "It's enough to temporarily transfer regimental artillery battalions from each regiment and upgrade them on the spot!"

"Win! You still have a lot of clever ideas!" Ouyang Yishan said with a smile: "One more thing, we don't have to worry about the service life of these Italian artillery. We can buy and sell them in one go. After firing all the shells, they will be scrapped. It also saves the need to carry them.

It would cause trouble and it would be impossible for the Japanese army to use it, and it would also affect their mobility. It would be a pity to lose it!"

"Hahaha!" Liu Hongzhang laughed happily, "Who said you were honest? You are so rotten and full of intrigues!"

The two of them arrived at the brigade headquarters of the Japanese 29th Baggage Brigade. Liu Hongzhang walked into Colonel Mizuhara's office and looked at the Japanese officer whose head had been cut off by a shell. He waved his hand and said to the guard: "Give this place to the police."

I'll clean up, then who will drag this little devil out! Hey! Isn't he a brigade? Why is he still a colonel?"

Liu Hongzhang discovered some differences. However, he quickly forgot about it and said to Chief of Staff Liu Chenglin: "Cheng Lin. Immediately report to the division commander, the first brigade and the second brigade. After more than three hours

In the battle, Mandola has been captured. More than 11,000 Japanese troops from the 29th Baggage Brigade have been annihilated. Now the troops have deployed on the spot according to the original plan!"

Almost at the same time, the third and fourth brigades that attacked Sanggu also ended the battle. Major General Chu Ziye, commander of the fourth brigade, also gave similar instructions to Chief of Staff Wu Chengguang, and organized the troops to attack Sanggu.

Unlike the attack on Mandola, the troop commander was not determined according to the order of operations. Instead, the commander of the fourth brigade, Chu Ziye, was the commander, and the commander of the third brigade, Xiao Jian, was the deputy.

Tang Qiuli arranged such a combination, which was similar to the combination of Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan. Major General Chu Ziye, commander of the fourth brigade, had a very similar temperament to Liu Hongzhang. They were both good at fighting and competitive, and the fourth brigade commander was very similar to Liu Hongzhang.

Xiao Jian, commander of the third brigade, although he has a loud name, his personality and temperament are similar to Ouyang Yishan. He is a thoughtful, tolerant and easy-to-cooperate person.

Chu Ziye was very proud of having captured Sanggu so quickly. However, after checking several large Japanese military warehouses, his noses almost touched each other. Why, there were no Japanese military warehouses in Sanggu.

Other things include a lot of food, cans of various flavors, boxes of sake, Japanese gunpowder, etc., all of which are piled up in the warehouse.

Chu Ziye picked up a can of braised beef, weighed it a few times in his hand, turned to Xiao Jian and said: "Old Xiao, we have brought the little devil's military supplies warehouse, and there is food and drink for the soldiers.

If you are tired of eating military rations, try something different!"

"You two chiefs of staff will make an arrangement. During the army dinner in the evening, we will eat canned food from Little Japanese. In addition, each soldier will be given a pack of Little Japanese cigarettes. Don't touch the Little Japanese's wine. Keep it sealed!"

At this time, the reconnaissance staff officer of the fourth brigade came over and said: "The two brigade commanders captured a few wounded Japanese Army officers. After interrogation, they learned that just three days ago, the Japanese Australian Front Army's reinforcements were shipped from Sanggu.

More than 200 Italian 1940-type 150mm caliber artillery pieces from the Japanese army on the Western Front, as well as supporting artillery shells, were sent to Mandola!"

"Ouch!" Chu Ziye slapped his thigh repeatedly and shouted: "What a pity! What a pity! So many Italian cannons are cheap. Liu Dashou, Lao Xiao, we can't let Liu Dashou monopolize these Italian heavy artillery.

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"Brigadier Chu, what can you do? We don't know yet what Brigadier Liu can do if he spits out the things in his mouth?" Xiao Jian asked with great interest, and there was a hint of provocation in his words.

Apparently, he was also interested in more than 200 Italian heavy guns!

"Is this it?" Chu Ziye thought hard and muttered, "It's really not easy to pick something out of Liu's loud mouth. By the way, Lao Xiao, let's do this..."

Chu Ziye said to the reconnaissance staff: "You lead the team, load five trucks of canned goods, cigarettes, sake and so on, rush to Mandola immediately, meet with Brigadier Liu and Brigadier Ouyang, and say Brigadier Xiao

The commander and I sent you to give gifts to the two brigade commanders!"

"Are they all brothers? We are old buddies for many years. We have good food and drink. How can we forget to make a small request? From among the more than 200 Italian cannons, can we give them to the third party?

The brigade and the fourth brigade evenly share part of it, and we are not greedy. One hundred guns are enough, and there must be enough to form two heavy artillery regiments!"

The more Chu Ziye talked, the more proud he became. Xiao Jian was dumbfounded. It was unbelievable. The reconnaissance staff officer of the 4th Brigade also expressed his embarrassment. He was not shy about giving gifts, but it was unreliable to ask for cannons.

Chu Ziye's eyes widened and he threatened: "Why are you such a coward? You can't hit the smiling man with your hands, and you can't even give gifts. By the way, if we don't get a hundred Italian cannons, don't come back.

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The first, second, third and fourth brigades respectively captured the telegrams of Sanggu and Mandola. When Tang Qiuli received the telegrams, he was surprised, "Well done.

! Half a day ahead of schedule, Liu Hongzhang and the others did a good job!" In front of Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, he made no secret of his praise for Liu Hongzhang and the other four brigade commanders.

Then, he issued another order: "Yuhe, order the remaining brigades to speed up the march and quickly move to their respective positions to form a blocking line on the Sanggu and Mandola lines! Also, send a telegram to Deputy Division Commander Tang, directly under the

The Corps has cut off the Japanese army's retreat on the western front, allowing him to shift from defense to full-front counterattack from now on!"

The independent division's hundreds of thousands of elite mechanized troops suddenly appeared on the Western Front at Sanggu and Mandola, and the information that they occupied the two places soon reached the hands of General Ito Genzaburo, the commander of the Japanese Australian Front.

My head suddenly buzzed, and stars were flying in front of my eyes.

The situation on the Australian battlefield has become serious. The Chinese Independent Division troops suddenly appeared on the Sanggu and Mandola lines on the Western Front battlefield. Their intention is very obvious, which is to cut off the retreat of the Imperial Army troops attacking on the Western Front, and then fight with the troops in Mt.

On the Vernon front line, the independent division troops fought fiercely with the Imperial Army, and attacked more than 400,000 Imperial Army troops on the Western Front.

At this point, if you still can't tell where the Chinese independent division troops that appeared in Sanggu and Mandola on the western front came from, General Ito must have been secretly sneaking into the battlefield on the central line.

He escaped, crossed the desert, and ran a long distance.

Well, on the central battlefield, the China Independent Division, which has been maintaining a strong offensive against the Imperial Army, now has only half of its strength, about 400,000 or so. What a shame, it is actually slightly inferior to the Imperial Army.

The Chinese soldiers in the army were suppressed and beaten for more than a week. It was shameful and hateful! General Ito almost went crazy.

Chief of Staff Akutagawa reminded even more worriedly: "Commander-in-Chief, the current battlefield situation is not optimistic. The Imperial Army troops on the Western Front will be attacked from the front and back by the China Independent Division at any time. What is even more worrying is that,

The total strength of the China Independent Division on the Western Front battlefield has exceeded the strength of the Imperial Army commanded by Deputy Chief of Staff Tohachiro Yoshitake. We must make an early decision and order the Western Front troops to retreat!"

"Huh!" General Ito breathed heavily, with a frighteningly ugly face, and said: "Okay, immediately report the specific situation of the battlefield on the Western Front to Yoshitake Tohachiro, and order him to command the troops to retreat quickly. The troops in China must be

Before the blocking line is formed, break through its blocking and retreat quickly. At the same time, you must not be chased by the China Independent Division troops on the Mount Vernon line!"

"Yes! Commander, do you want to send troops to meet the troops on the Western Front?" Chief of Staff Akutagawa reminded again. He knew very well that since the devil Tang Qiuli could use this unexpected force, he would definitely not allow the Imperial troops on the Western Front to retreat smoothly.

, Tang Qiu spent such a large sum of money on a long-distance attack across the desert. If he did not send troops to support him, he might not be able to withdraw.

"Hahaha!" General Ito smiled bitterly and asked, "Akutagawa-kun, do we still have enough extra troops?"

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