nycdaug Chapter 19 We win, we win
Chapter 19 We win, we win
70 fighter planes and more than 200 machine guns began to fire at the Japanese on the ground. At this time, there were more than 12 combat personnel left, including soldiers from the two brigades under the Japanese 1.4th Division and the cavalry regiment, who were using frontal attack tactics to pursue the 77th Infantry Brigade. But suddenly, a large number of fighter planes in the air began to suppress their fire.
"Da da da!"
Bullet chains pierced through the bodies of the Japanese soldiers, causing heavy casualties. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the commander of the 77th Infantry Brigade, Yan Haokong, began to lead his troops to counterattack. At the same time, the 78th Infantry Brigade also provided support, the Guards Regiment also arrived at the front battlefield, and the heavy artillery brigade began to provide clearing fire coverage.
In addition, the bomber brigade arrived at the position of the Japanese artillery regiment. At this time, 48 Japanese artillery pieces were fully supporting the front line and constantly handling ammunition, but 60 bombers had already arrived over the artillery regiment.
"First team drops in!"
Five SB-2 high-speed bombers began to dive and bomb the Japanese artillery regiment. Many Japanese artillerymen raised their machine guns and began to fire at the fighter planes in the air, but soon they saw a large number of bombs falling.
"Damn it!"
The Japanese artillery regiment commander drew out his samurai sword and shouted to fight back. Seeing that the bomb was about to fall, several Japanese soldiers dragged the commander away without a second thought. The Japanese artillery regiment commander watched helplessly as his artillery was buried in the sea of fire.
Of the 30 bombs, only 3 hit the target, but that was enough to destroy the entire artillery regiment of the Japs. Because the Japs had no anti-aircraft artillery, they did not expect that the flying forces of the Daqian Kingdom would come to the front to support them!
After destroying the Japanese artillery regiment, the Japanese front-line firepower dropped rapidly. At this time, the two infantry brigades, a guard regiment, and the heavy artillery brigade under the entire First Division were all deployed to the battlefield and began to ruthlessly crush the Japanese.
"Kill!"
"Da da da."
With the advantage in numbers, the morale of the 12st Division soared. Submachine guns, heavy machine guns and light machine guns began to be fired at the Japanese at once. With the three-three tactical equipment and the will to attack and pursue fiercely, they began to push down the Japanese th Division.
The remaining 55 bombers fully loaded with bombs also began bombing the headquarters of the 12th Division of the Japanese enemy and the army in the rear. The 330 bombs caused serious casualties to the 12th Division of the Japanese enemy and dealt a severe blow to the morale of the Japanese enemy. Therefore, after the headquarters of the Japanese enemy was bombed, the entire 12th Division fell into chaos.
"Hahaha."
Political Commissar Yang Wenbin laughed and came to the headquarters and said, "We won. Now the front line is frantically capturing Japanese prisoners. It is expected that the battle will be over in another hour."
"What's going on outside?"
Qin Lin asked.
"It was a fierce battle. We were lucky to have several good allies this time, otherwise it would have been really difficult to defeat them. The combat effectiveness of these devils is several times stronger than that of the bandits in the northwest!" Yang Wenbin said, putting away his smile.
"There's no comparison," Qin Lin said. "The Japs are regular troops, well-equipped and highly skilled in combat. How can the bandits compare to the Japs? In this battle, we suffered heavy casualties!"
"Hey!"
Yang Wenbin said with a pained look, "That's right!"
"Young Marshal."
At this time, Chief of Staff Deng Wenzhong walked in and said, "Just now Commander Zong sent a telegram asking how long we can hold out. We have been fighting for three hours on the periphery. The Japs are attacking us almost crazily. Our friendly forces can't stand it. A division was wiped out in three hours!"
"One hour."
Qin Lin responded, "Just say that the Japanese are doomed. The 12th Division and the 71st Mixed Brigade have suffered heavy losses. We are now capturing prisoners and defeating the stubborn Japanese resistance. We expect the battle to be over in half an hour and the entire Pukou District will be cleared and occupied within an hour."
"Understood. I'll go generate electricity right away."
Deng Wenzhong quickly came to the General Staff Headquarters to send a telegram to the 88th Army Command of the Wolf Army. At this time, everyone in the 88th Army Command of the Wolf Army was extremely busy, and the three army commanders were commanding the troops in the operations room.
"Report!"
A colonel staff officer came up to Zong Yucheng and said, "The message from the First Division."
"Oh!"
Zong Yucheng quickly took the telegram and read its contents, then laughed loudly, "Great, the Qin Army is really amazing. We are one-to-one with the Japanese, and we were very embarrassed even though we were well-rested and defending. We didn't expect that the First Division could severely damage the Japanese 12th Division and 71st Mixed Brigade with inferior forces. The battle of Shanglu is decided!"
"Won?"
Chen Zhongjun asked.
"We won," Zong Yucheng said with a smile as he lit a cigarette, "If we can hold out for another hour, we can withdraw our forces to Pukou District. By then, we will use Pukou District as a defensive position, and the four Japanese divisions will be left with nothing but helpless stares."
"Haha."
Chen Zhongjun said, "Without Pukou District, the Japanese's serpentine offensive will be broken, and the Japanese's two-wing encirclement tactics will naturally collapse. Without tactical support, the remaining 50,000 Japanese in these four divisions will not be able to make a big wave! We can eat them up at any time."
"This battle was fought beautifully!"
Zong Yucheng took a puff of cigarette and said, "Then hold on for another hour and tell the brothers that we have already achieved half the victory. As long as we hold on for another hour, we can completely win."
At this time, in Pukou District, the soldiers of the First Division were frantically capturing the Japanese. They could not kill them all at this moment because it would take too much time and the friendly forces might not be able to hold on. After all, there were still tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers in Pukou District. Once they were all killed, they would unite to resist and fighting would take time and energy.
"Surf the gun and don't kill!"
A large number of Japanese devils began to surrender their weapons. Everyone is afraid of death. Even if the Japanese country has such a crappy Bushido spirit, your legs will tremble when death comes to you.
"Hahaha!"
"Colonel!"
The commander of the 771st Infantry Regiment, Xu Zhengde, led his troops to capture a group of Japanese devils and discovered that there was a colonel among them. He was a high-ranking official!
"Captain, that's the general!"
Suddenly, a soldier pointed at an unconscious Japanese soldier in the corner of the bombed headquarters and shouted, "This is two stars! Lieutenant... Lieutenant General!"
"Haha, I'm rich!"
Xu Zhengde shouted like the bandits, "Hurry up and see if it's dead!"
"Not dead, just fainted."
"Medic, medic, hurry up and save it for me. It's a treasure," Xu Zhengde shouted happily, "Clean up the battlefield quickly."
In just one hour, all the resisting Japanese in Pukou District were killed, and 9981 Japanese prisoners were captured, including one lieutenant general, one major general, seven colonels, and thirty-nine commanders including lieutenant colonels. It was a great harvest.
After clearing the Pukou District, the friendly forces that were resisting on the periphery began to withdraw from the Pukou District. Among them, Zong Yucheng's Wolf Army withdrew from defending the northern district, Chen Zhongjun's Hunan Army withdrew from the southern district, Wang Cheng's Cao Army withdrew from the eastern district, and the Single Division guarded the western district. The four forces cooperated with each other to form a square formation, which could attack or defend. There was also a large amount of artillery support in the central district. The four divisions of the Japanese launched seven attacks, all of which failed. They could only retreat to the sea area and form a confrontation with the Pukou District troops.