Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 655: The killing weapon comes from the Kwantung Army

The palm-sized first defensive position of Huangyadong, under the bombardment of Okamura Neji's secret weapon, actually caused the **3rd Brigade, a veteran force, to lose almost a regiment of troops. Chang Feng, the commander-in-chief of the Huangyadong garrison

Ma Chaoyang, commander of the **3rd Brigade, couldn't swallow this breath. The commander of the regiment who was ordered to withdraw to the core position of Huangyadong to rest was crying like a man in tears.

The seven-foot-tall man, with the remaining hundreds of brothers under his command, burst into tears and almost fainted when he saw the face of the brigade commander Ma Chaoyang. The tears in the eyes of those soldiers never stopped. Chang Feng saw

It makes me feel sad. For the ** Third Brigade, this is

What a waste of money. The Japanese army just bombarded them continuously. The soldiers didn't even have a chance to fight back, so they were maimed. It was said that they were bombarded by little devils, but this cannon was too overbearing. It was designed to be the strongest.

The fortifications were actually vulnerable.

In his telegram to division commander Tang Qiuli, in addition to reporting on the defeat in the first battle to defend Huangyadong, he also specifically requested the division commander to activate the division intelligence system to find out what weapons the Japanese army used. We must not suffer any loss.

I don't know where the ruthless man came from, or how to deal with the following battle. The entire Huangya Cave was filled with resentment at the result of today's battle. Only Okamura Neiji, the old fox, smiled happily.

After surrounding Huangya Cave, Okamura Neiji was not in a hurry to attack. Looking at the terrain around Huangya Cave, which was obviously dotted with bunkers and bunkers, the old Japanese felt a chill run down his back. He understood that Ryuichi and his brigade were in the vicinity of the mountain.

Why did he fill in the troops, but there was no response at all? Given the terrain, even if he filled in all the troops he had, he probably wouldn't be able to break through what was obviously a well-designed defense system.

He rushed back to Northeast China overnight and asked for help from his old boss, Kwantung Army Commander Nanjiro. As the former Kwantung Army Chief of Staff, Okamura Neiji knew all the Kwantung Army’s deployment and equipment. He had the heavy equipment he needed, which was the deployment

in Heilongjiang

The 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Kwantung Army on the Dongning front line. This brigade is equipped with 64 heavy artillery pieces with a diameter of 205 mm. It is the only strategic heavy artillery brigade of the Kwantung Army. It targets the Soviet Union in

Haishanwei is the only outlet to the sea in the Far East.

According to the strategic vision of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, once the war between Japan and the Soviet Union breaks out, these ultra-large-caliber super cannons with a range of dozens of kilometers will instantly destroy the Soviet Haishanwei military port, preventing the Soviets from using it as a base and warships to cross

In an attempt to attack the Japanese mainland in the Sea of ​​Japan, it can be said that this Kwantung Army's only strategic heavy artillery brigade is responsible for guarding the northern gate of the Japanese mainland. Therefore, except for the Kwantung Army Commander himself, no other senior general has the authority to use it.

This troop.

And what Okamura Neiji was interested in were these super big guys. When he saw General Nanjiro, he did not hide his thoughts. Nanjiro looked at his slightly tired former subordinates and knew that his life in North China was not easy.

, as the commander of the Kwantung Army, Nanjiro has always wanted to include North China in the Kwantung Army's sphere of influence and have his chief of staff serve as the commander of the North China Expeditionary Army. Half of his goal has been achieved.

Okamura Neiji's difficulties are his difficulties, so he will naturally support him unconditionally. He will give guns to guns and people to people. In a few words, he decided on the heavy artillery brigade and dispatched 28 heavy artillery to support Okamura Neiji.

Sub-unit, attacking the Huangyadong area

During the battle, Nanjiro said to Okamura Neji in a solemn tone: "Okamura-kun, North China is the fundamental place of the imperial holy war. With the full-scale war against China, Manchuria alone can no longer satisfy the growing war.

Consumption.”

Okamura Neiji nodded sympathetically, and Nanjiro continued: "I have reported to His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp. From an overall strategic perspective, Manchuria and North China should be classified as a war zone in order to better utilize the resources of the two places.

Human and material resources, therefore, Gangcun-kun's performance in North China is not only for the honor of the Kwantung Army, but also related to the fundamental interests of the empire. Please, Gangcun-kun."

After Nanjiro finished speaking, he held Neji Okamura's hand tightly. In fact, in the eyes of all senior generals of the Kwantung Army, the vast and fertile Far East of the Soviet Union, rich mineral deposits, and uncultivated fertile land are extremely rare.

The aborigines have always had a piece of fat on their lips, and their greed has made these greedy Japanese people restless.

Since the middle of the last century, Japan, an island country that has been taught a lesson by European and American powers, has embarked on the road of industrialization. As its national power has increased, there has been a strong desire to kill the thousand-year-old teacher and cultural motherland China, which is separated from the Japanese archipelago by a sea.

The desire to kill, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, and the fledgling Japan knocked over the giant dragon of China, which made the Japanese, who were originally feeling guilty, bursting with confidence. The seemingly powerful China was so vulnerable.

At the beginning of this century, the Russo-Japanese War broke out in China's Liaodong Peninsula. To put it bluntly, this war was just two hungry wolves fighting over a sheep in someone else's yard. It was nothing more than a matter of deciding this fate.

The sheep destined to be devoured just entered the wolf's mouth, and the owner of the sheep was ridiculously neutral and refused to help.

Even the Japanese themselves at the time could not believe the result of the war. The behemoth from the north, with its feet straddling Europe and Asia, was knocked back by the Japanese, who had the courage but were actually trembling in their hearts at the time, and suffered a bloody head.

Flow, throw away one's armor,

The Liaodong Peninsula had a new owner. The victory of the Russo-Japanese War gave all Japanese a shot of stimulant. There was no rival on the Asian continent, and they embarked on a road of no return. They eventually ended up defeated and surrendered.

The consequences of letting the Yankees colonize.

As one of the core figures of the Kwantung Army, Okamura Neiji, doesn't he understand Nanjiro's painstaking efforts? Only when North China is as stable as Manchuria and is connected with Manchuria can the Kwantung Army have the capital to challenge the giant bear in the north.

, this is also the unswerving overall strategy of the Kwantung Army. Throughout the entire Anti-Japanese War, although as the Japanese army occupied more and more land in China, its military strength was already stretched. The vast land of China diluted the strength of the Japanese army.

However, the Kwantung Army, which has millions, has always been guarding the very safe Sino-Soviet border. The German army was approaching the city of Moscow. Stalin was no longer able to look east. The Kwantung Army neither went south to join the battlefield in the Central Plains nor went north to attack the empty Soviet Far East.

The region seems to be indecisive, doing nothing, and sitting on the sidelines

Looking at it, it is really puzzling to let the Japanese troops in other directions fall into the quagmire. They always keep their eyes on the north and millions of troops are vacant. Is it the Kwantung Army's strategic decision-making mistakes, or is it the greedy personality that determines its fate? Maybe, only

Those who were crazy about the war of aggression against China knew this clearly.

If millions of Kwantung troops march southward and sweep over like a torrent, neither the Central Army nor the revolutionary Eighth Route Army will be able to withstand this violent force. China's War of Resistance Against Japan will be much more difficult to fight. Will the Nationalist Government ultimately be able to win the war?

It is still difficult to determine whether Chongqing, which is located in the southwest, will gain a foothold. The final victory will definitely not be in 1945. It may take another three to five years, or even longer.

After dismantling the behemoth cannon, it was put on a train and rushed south. The performance of this kind of cannon in actual combat, not to mention Neji Okamura, even Nanjiro had never seen it, and it could be used in actual combat.

A chance to test your power, Nanji

Lang was also happy to be a favor and gave Okamura Neiji a big gift. The Kwantung Army Headquarters is actively considering forming a new southbound corps to support the North China battlefield. The strength will not be less than three first-class divisions.

The group has 110,000 people.

Okamura Neiji returned to North China with a full load, and was busy deploying heavy artillery. It took a lot of effort to transport these terrifying big guys into the Taihang Mountains. The results of the first bombardment proved that Okamura Neiji was an extremely powerful person.

A senior Japanese general with tactical knowledge and strategic vision could be called Tang Qiuli's opponent.

After the bombardment stopped, the Japanese army dispatched a division of troops and easily occupied the first fortification of the Huangyadong base without encountering any resistance. Later, the results of the battle were reported.

Where is Okamura Neji? Looking at the battle report, the old devil Okamura Neji is very satisfied.

"Your Excellency, Commander, after preliminary statistics of the results, this shelling destroyed a total of more than 200 reinforced concrete bunkers of the Chinese defenders. Based on the 30 troops per bunker, a total of more than 6,000 Chinese soldiers were annihilated this time. Specific details

numbers, being

The statistics are in progress and will be reported later. "I don't know what the psychology is. Maybe it's because since the war in North China started, the Imperial Army has been beaten everywhere. This is the only great victory. Out of the need to boost morale, the Japanese frontline commander,

The results of the victory were exaggerated several times.

The strange thing is that Okamura Neiji actually believed such a battle report. He had reason to believe that the power of this huge cannon shocked even him, who claimed to be battle-hardened and well-informed. He saw it with his own eyes.

, when a cannonball went down, the huge rock was overturned and exploded, and a huge crater appeared on the ground.

Okamura Neiji came to the scene in person. He wanted to carefully observe the effects of the artillery bombardment. Commander Nanjiro also needed detailed ear data. A large group of senior Japanese commanders, along with a large group of artillery commanders and engineers, etc.

, arrived at the bombardment site, the empty soil covering the uppers of the shoes, the gravel and concrete fragments everywhere, the exposed steel bars, the specks of blood, and the trees broken into sawdust all showed the catastrophe that had been suffered here.

Japanese technicians began to measure the crater and calculate the explosive force. Neji Okamura carefully looked at the explosion point of the shell. There were white craters all over the hard stone wall. He picked up a piece of concrete fragments, which was more than 80 centimeters long.

The thickness, not counting the soil covering it, means that such a bunker is vulnerable to the imperial army's giant artillery. Okamura Neiji doesn't know how many such bunkers and fortifications there are in front.

All he knew was that no matter how solid the defense system was, it would fall apart in front of the imperial army's cannons. The soldiers of Tang Qiuli's troops huddled inside were his own killers.

The ammunition base will become a ruin more desolate than a desert. Unfortunately, I cannot cut off the heads of Chinese soldiers with my own hands. In three days, Huangya Cave will become a historical term.

(To be continued)