Age of Conquest Reborn

Raindrop-like artillery shells flew in endlessly, exploding into clouds of fire. Violent explosions reverberated between the sky and the earth. The earth was trembling. The Japanese positions from Yingchuan to Otaru were submerged in the flames like a volcanic eruption.

, there was the roar of steel fragments everywhere, cutting the bodies of Japanese armed civilians, and scattered human body fragments everywhere.

This morning, Lieutenant General Kase was awakened from his sleep by bursts of earth-shattering artillery fire. He jumped up loudly, without even wearing his military uniform, and ran out of the bedroom barefoot, looking towards the north of Sapporo.

A layer of clouds dyed red by the firelight was brighter than the morning glow, and the face turned as ugly as deathly gray.

Major General Yamano, chief of staff of the Hokkaido Defense District Headquarters, came to the commander's residence in a panic. He was familiar with the familiarity and barged in without using a warning. He said hurriedly: "Commander, after receiving the report, the artillery of the China Division

, launched a fierce shelling on our military positions from Yingchuan to Otaru, and they asked the commander for permission to retreat to the second line of defense. The Chinese artillery fire was too fierce!"

"I know!" Lieutenant General Kase turned around and sighed: "Listen to the intensity of the artillery fire, it is nearly ten thousand artillery fire. What kind of defenses will be destroyed under such a fierce artillery attack?

To no avail.”

"Then give the order to retreat immediately!" Chief of Staff Yamano said eagerly: "The armed civilian forces on the first line of defense are paying huge casualties every moment!"

"No!" Lieutenant General Kase said coldly: "The role of armed civilian troops is to consume. Even if it consumes the artillery shells of the China Division troops, they cannot retreat half a step. That is their fate. It is also their value! If armed

The civilian troops retreated without authorization and were killed without mercy. In addition, Mr. Yamano, please order them to go down and prepare for a street fight in Sapporo in which both the enemy and the enemy will be destroyed!"

"Old man, is it almost done?" Sun Zhenbang put down his telescope, looked at the Japanese first line of defense that was bursting with flames, and turned to Yuan Jinghao and said.

Yuan Jinghao glanced at him and said: "It's not even close. If we don't kill more than half of the 300,000 Japanese people first. When the troops attack, they will definitely encounter obstacles. I don't have time on the line from Yingchuan to Otaru. It will be a waste of time."

Lots of time!”

"How about letting the fire support fleet add the last fire?" Sun Zhenbang suggested.

Yuan Jinghao was happy and replied: "There is no need to dispatch bombers to deal with Japanese armed civilians. Those are reserved for the little devils in Sapporo city. More than 7,000 cannons are enough!"

Thirty minutes later, the stormy shelling suddenly stopped. Yuan Jinghao picked up a helmet, put it on his head, and said to Sun Zhenbang: "Commander, I'll wait for you in downtown Sapporo!" After that, he turned around and left.

Let's go, and more than a dozen guards will quickly follow.

Sun Zhenbang took a few steps forward. He pulled Yuan Jinghao and warned him: "Old man, be careful. There are stray bullets everywhere, don't get off the armored command vehicle!"

The six mechanized infantry brigades of the North China Field Corps, under the cover of tanks, began to attack the Japanese front-line positions from Yingchuan to Otaru from several different directions. At the beginning, the soldiers were cautious and deployed in an offensive formation.

, but until we stepped onto the Japanese army's position, the gunfire that rang out was surprisingly sparse.

Yuan Jinghao's armored command vehicle followed closely behind the offensive troops of the 1st Brigade. He saw the tragic situation of the Japanese positions after the large-scale shelling. There were huge overlapping craters with residual smoke everywhere, and the armored command vehicle was bumpy.

Very powerful

Damn, the wheels of the wheels were sunk deep into the void. Broken corpses, pieces of meat, and guns exploded into pieces could be seen everywhere. From time to time, a few seemed to be stupid, with dark faces and ragged clothes sitting there.

Japanese on earth.

These Japanese, who were stunned by the shells, turned a blind eye to the soldiers passing by, and kept muttering nervously. Reports from several other brigades continued to come from the walkie-talkie in the car, "

"Commander, our brigade has broken into the Japanese position. We encountered very little resistance, but we found a large number of prisoners!" "Commander, our brigade is making good progress. What should we do with the Japanese we encountered?"

Yuan Jinghao picked up the walkie-talkie and issued an order: "Leave them alone and leave them to the follow-up troops. If they encounter resistance, annihilate them on the spot. Quickly pass through the Japanese army's Yingchuan to Otaru front-line positions and launch an attack on Sapporo!"

Then, he began to call: "Commander Sun, the offensive troops have broken through the first line of defense of the Japanese army. It is very smooth. The follow-up troops can follow up. There are many Japanese who were frightened and stunned. They are all left to you to deal with."

, I don’t have time to deal with these bastards!”

In more than five hours, Yuan Jinghao used hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to blast through the Japanese army's first line of defense and approach the northern suburbs of Sapporo. Post-war statistics showed that there were more than 300,000 Japanese armed civilians on the first line of defense.

A total of 200,000 people died under the unprecedented fierce artillery fire. The remaining ones did not even have the energy or strength to stand up. They sat on the hellish battlefield, waiting to be captured.

After the troops arrived at the northern suburbs of Sapporo, in order to wait for the next four brigades to come up, Yuan Jinghao did not order an immediate attack. He did not want to engage in a consuming street battle with the Japanese in downtown Sapporo, so he adopted the old tactics.

A massive bombardment, but this time coupled with aerial firepower from hundreds of bombers and fighter jets.

Since he could use hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to blast through the Japanese defense line, Yuan Jinghao believed that he could also blast through the Japanese defense line in Sapporo. All artillery units were once again mobilized to the front line, and thousands of artillery roared again.

The unprecedentedly violent bombardment immediately enveloped the northern part of Sapporo in a sea of ​​fire!

Lieutenant General Kase stood in the courtyard of the Hokkaido Defense Zone Headquarters, looking at the flames burning in the north of Sapporo. His face was so pale that there was no trace of blood. Chief of Staff Major General Yamano accompanied him silently.

"Yamano-kun, none of us thought that the commander of the China Division would attack Sapporo in this way. The urban street fighting we planned will probably be useless!" Lieutenant General Kase said in a hollow voice.

Chief of Staff Yamano's mouth was as bitter as eating a few big mouthfuls of coptis, and he said miserably: "Commander, such fierce artillery fire is unprecedented. The tactics of the China Division troops are obvious and effective. They use large-scale shelling to destroy

Our city defense line then runs through several passages in the city, with heavy defense on both wings to block the counterattack of the imperial army and form an unobstructed passage."

"Such tactics can only be used when there are sufficient troops and firepower. You are right. We dispatched division-level troops and organized several large-scale counterattacks, but they failed to stop the Chinese troops.

The advance, with heavy casualties, is ultimately due to the Imperial Army’s insufficient strength and heavy equipment. Once the passage from Sapporo to Hakodate is opened, the fall of Hokkaido is imminent!”

Lieutenant General Kase and Chief of Staff Major General Yamano analyzed the offensive tactics used by Yuan Jinghao very thoroughly, but they could not change the result. Yuan Jinghao had enough troops in his hands to blast away the Japanese blockade with artillery shells while clearing the passage.

Then follow-up troops were sent to establish defense lines on both sides of the passage to block the counterattacking Japanese troops, and gradually expanded the passage to both wings. The main force did not get entangled and passed quickly along the passage.

Although this style of fighting progressed slowly, it was very effective in destroying the Japanese army's plan to engage in street fighting in the city of Sapporo. Street fighting in the battle for the city has always been the most troublesome and the most casualty link for the attacking side. Yuan Jinghao

But it created a new way of fighting, but the prerequisite is that there are enough troops and strong firepower, and there is no specific time limit.

The sound of artillery has already sounded behind the flank of the Hokkaido Defense Zone Headquarters. In the courtyard of the headquarters, a strong smell of gunpowder smoke can be smelled. Chief of Staff Yamano said to Lieutenant General Kase anxiously: "The China Division troops have advanced to Sapporo City.

In the central part of the district, we are in a very dangerous situation. Commander, please evacuate Sapporo immediately and transfer to Hakodate to command the troops for combat! I will stay in Sapporo to command!"

Lieutenant General Kase shook his head slowly and said: "Yamano-kun, what if we move to Hakodate? Can I still evacuate to Honshu Island? Before I took office, I promised Prince Zaihi that once Hokkaido

If it is occupied by the China Division, I will never go back alive!"

"Convey my order and immediately mobilize the troops of the third line of defense to the Sapporo battlefield. Be sure to block the advancement path of the China Division troops. Once all 150,000 people are put in, Sapporo will be lost and the third line of defense will be ineffective.

!”

"Commander, you should move to Hakodate, I will stay and command the troops to fight! Your existence is the hope of hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers in Hokkaido!" Chief of Staff Yamano shouted angrily.

"No! I won't leave!" Lieutenant General Kase yelled stubbornly: "My staying in Sapporo is a spiritual inspiration for the imperial soldiers. Generals of the Japanese Empire have no habit of escaping in battle!"

The sound of artillery became more and more intensive. Just as the two people were arguing, more than a dozen division bombers and fighter jets suddenly appeared in the sky. The sound of artillery covered up the roar of the engines. None of the Japanese in the yard, including the guards, noticed it.

By now, their lives have entered a countdown.

In front of the headquarters building of the Hokkaido Defense Region, the plaster flag fluttering on the flagpole amid the smoke is the most obvious target. It is also the most direct way for the Northern Flying Group fighter and bomber pilots to find the location of the Japanese command center and important targets.

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More than a dozen heavy aerial bombs roared down from the sky, "Boom! Boom! - Boom!" Thick columns of smoke rose up, flames flashed, smoke filled the air, and after a huge explosion that exceeded the sound of artillery, the Hokkaido Defense Zone in Japan passed.

Several huge craters appeared in the courtyard of the headquarters.

Lieutenant General Kase, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Yamano, and dozens of guards in the yard were all turned into mutilated corpses. The plaster flags fell like autumn leaves in the cold wind, covering Kase just in time.

The lieutenant general's face was missing half of his head.

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