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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2509 The Unknown Ahead

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    When the order to continue the attack was given, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. Although the scorching sun had lost its power at noon, it was still hanging high in the sky like a fireball. The early summer heat was as sultry as a steamer, and coupled with the raging napalm bombs  The fire burned the air to the point of being scalded. In such weather, the Japanese soldiers who forced themselves to march suffered so much that their clothes on the front and back looked like they were fished out of the water.

    With a dry mouth and hungry stomach, the stuffy air made me panic. From time to time, I was burned and couldn't bear the high temperature. I fell to the ground. The soldiers who had passed out due to heat stroke were hastily carried to the shade of a tree, looking like dead dogs.  Put it on the ground, and the military doctors are behind, busy rescuing the wounded soldiers. No one cares about these soldiers suffering from heat stroke. There are not many troops in the first place, and it is impossible to leave too many manpower to take care of them. Whether they are dead or alive,  Just leave it to fate!

    Seeing this situation, the Chief of Staff of the 107th Division worriedly said to the division commander, Lieutenant General Shinyuemon: "Division Commander, if we continue to do this, the army will be overwhelmed. Do you want to report to Commander-in-Chief Umezu?  "The officer explained the actual situation faced by the troops and asked the Commander-in-Chief to approve that the troops rest in place for one night so as to treat the wounded and wait for supplies from the rear to launch the attack again at dawn tomorrow?"

    Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon has seen all this. In fact, it does not need to be said by the Chief of Staff. He understands in his heart that if the gas bombs really have an effect in a forced attack based on the current state of the army, everything will be easy. If  Contrary to expectations, on the blocking position, the soldiers of the Independent Division were full of vigor and vigor. Then, under the current situation, the 107th Division would definitely be defeated miserably. Maybe even the last remaining troops would be shattered in this almost overwhelming attack.  middle!

    The leader of the Shinyuemon Division shook his head, trying to put this bad premonition out of his mind.  He could not send such a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Umezu, "Order the troops to gather together the soldiers who have suffered from heat stroke or are exhausted, leaving a large group of troops to protect them. The rest of the troops, continue to move forward!" He told the staff firmly  Chang said.

    General Yoshijiro Umezu, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army in Liaoyang, also knew that he was reluctant to force the severely damaged troops to continue the attack, but.  He had to do this, time, the most important thing was time, he had no reason to waste any more, whether all the independent division troops on the line from Zhuanghe to Bayuquan were hit by poison gas bombs.  The facts have not yet been ascertained, and the effect of the No. 1 special gas bomb is only eight to ten hours long.

    Now, more than eight hours have passed, if the effect of the gas bomb disappears.  As long as one-fifth of the soldiers of the Independent Division regain their combat effectiveness, it will be difficult for the four divisions of the Third Army and the two detachments of the Kwantung Army, which are extremely exhausted and attacked by new bombs from the independent division bombers.  The gap, the time, you have to seize the time. Therefore, no matter how tired the soldiers are, they must continue to attack.

    After the order is issued.  General Umezu strictly ordered the baggage troops to send supplies, ammunition, and medicines needed to treat the wounded to the front line immediately, otherwise.  The commander committed suicide by caesarean section, so on the mountain road from Liaoyang to Anton to Gaizhou, Japanese army troops' vehicles loaded with supplies, ammunition and supplies ran like crazy.

    General Umezu personally sat in the war room, and the frontline troops reported the progress of the advance every half hour. At this moment, General Umezu was extremely nervous. All the blockades had been cast, and victory or defeat depended on this.  !

    However, the exhausted Japanese soldiers, who had lost their numbers one after another, but stubbornly fought their way to the front line from Zhuanghe to Bayuquan to independently block the advance, faced another disaster from the air. After returning from the first round of bombing, the independent division bombers were filled with fuel.  , after replenishing the bombs, a second bombing was carried out against the Japanese army.

    However, what was used this time was not "Buddha's Light" napalm bombs, but aerial bombs. The exhausted Japanese soldiers on the ground once again became the target of bombs. Heavy aerial bombs screamed from the sky and boomed.  The explosion sounded, and fire flashed on the ground. Thick earthen pillars rose up, once again covering the Japanese soldiers in the roar of steel fragments!

    The telegram that he had been bombed again by the independent division bombers quickly flew into the hands of General Umezu. He just glanced at it and put it aside. At this moment, he did not want to know what kind of bombs the soldiers were being baptized with.  What he was concerned about was whether he could break through the blocking line of the independent division troops before the gas bombs failed.

    After bombing for more than 40 minutes, the independent division's bombers lined up in a neat formation, easily climbed to a high altitude, and then returned. The Japanese soldiers just dug out of the soil and began to form a formation. Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon,  Looking at the army that had lost many soldiers, his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. The division commander was not spared from the bombing just now. A piece of shrapnel scratched his arm and made a deep gash.

    The beloved war horse was lying on the ground covered in blood at this moment. Several guards supported him.The broken corpses were mixed with the war horses. If there were no war horses to block the shrapnel that exploded at close range, and several guards protected the division commander, at this moment, it is estimated that the Lieutenant General, the division commander, would have to fight for His Majesty the Emperor and the emperor.  The Japanese Empire is loyal!

    The commander of the Shinyuemon division, with his arm wrapped in thick bandages, looked back at the soldiers and said to the division chief of staff expressionlessly: "Continue to attack and advance!" He knew very well that since the independent division's  If the bombers can carry out the second bombing, then there will be a third and fourth bombing, and they will not stop until it is completely dark. Even at night, those damn China bombers and fighter jets,  They will also come out to drop bombs and shoot.

    The 107th Division would have to suffer several waves of bombings before seeing the blocking position of the Independent Division. The commander of the New Yuemon Division felt like a mirror, but retreat was impossible. At this moment, the only option was to give full play to the Empire.  The soldier's Bushido spirit and his tenacious will continued to attack and advance. However, he was even more convinced of what General Umezu said in the order, "There is no obstacle ahead!"

    "The independent division's bombers have repeatedly carried out such intensive bombings. Are they concealing the fact that the poison gas bombs dropped by the Kwantung Army's First Aviation Squadron have worked. There is no independent force ahead that can stop the imperial army.  Are you a soldier?"

    "Otherwise, the imperial army suffered such heavy losses, was a tired force, and had no air supremacy. Why didn't Tang Qiuli, the cunning Chinese devil, organize his troops to fight back? If it were him, he would never let go of such an opportunity.  , Thinking from his perspective, it is easy to defeat or even severely damage the imperial army attacking in three directions!" At this moment, Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon fell into a blind spot and firmly believed that General Umezu's order was correct and the only way to do it!  Only in this way can he overcome the uneasiness deep in his heart!

    After suffering two bombings, the Japanese soldiers continued to advance numbly. What they didn't know was that on the front line from Zhuanghe to Bayuquan, which was more than 180 kilometers long, the independent division's Liaodong Peninsula interception troops were lined up.  The seven main field brigades, in accordance with the order of the division commander Tang Qiuli, took out artillery of all calibers and deployed all rocket launchers on the firing positions. Even mortars were deployed on the forward positions.  .

    Every direction of the Japanese attack was within the coverage of artillery fire. A dozen 155mm howitzer regiments, more than thirty regiment artillery battalions, plus all mortars, were in the independent division.  On the position, there are thousands of artillery pieces of large, medium and small caliber, standing ready, with the muzzles of the guns pointing black holes to the north, just waiting for the Japanese soldiers to appear within the range of the artillery fire!

    Jing Zhanqi, commander of the 1st Brigade of the 29th Corps, concentrated his use of artillery and almost crippled the 53rd Brigade of the Japanese 109th Division attacking on the northern front.  After the first attack, he was highly praised by the division commander Tang Qiuli, and he was immediately pushed aside by all the troops. Several artillery groups were formed according to different artillery calibers and ranges, forming an all-round, indiscriminate, and all-round artillery attack in the Japanese attack area.  No blind spots of gunfire coverage.

    At the defense line of Wulu Town in the east, Colonel Meng Jianzhu, commander of the brigade directly under the Liaodong Peninsula Theater, had just put down calls to several artillery group commanders. He was so happy that he couldn't help but smile. If it was about artillery firepower, Meng Jianzhu was now richer than that brigade.  Er Duhou, in his own position, in addition to the heavy artillery regiment of the 1st Marine Brigade, Major General Chen Mengqiao, commander of the 1st Brigade, also supported him with two heavy artillery battalions and two rocket launcher companies.  It's in place, just right, and used in this battle!

    First regiment commander Sun Zhiyuan looked at the smiling Meng Jianzhu and said: "Commander Meng, do you think our brigade commander's intestines are green with regret now? He gave us two heavy artillery battalions and two rocket launcher batteries!"  "

    The corner of Meng Jianzhu's mouth moved and he said: "It's too late to regret. Our Wulu Town is the key target of the Japs. Naturally, we need to strengthen artillery fire. If we don't see the Japs opposite us, it's too much. Without so many artillery, can we do it?"  ? Besides, those who can do more work!"

    "Reporting to the commander of the division, the river is in front of us. Not far from the other side of the river is Wulu Town, which is the only way to Zhuang River!" A Japanese staff officer ran to the commander of the Shinyuemon division and said,  Report after the salute.

    "That river!" The corners of the mouth of the commander of the Shinyuemon Division twitched. He was familiar with this place. The 21st Brigade, the vanguard of the 107th Division, first lost almost a regiment of troops.  , then, when the main force of the 21st Brigade was crossing the river, it was attacked by mortar fire from the Independent Division. It suffered heavy casualties and was forced to retreat. For this, he severely scolded the brigade commander, Major General Kuroda.  .

    The sun was slowly setting in the west, but there was still some time before nightfall. For some reason, Lieutenant General Shinyuemon looked at the sun that had already set in the west. The sunlight was as red as blood, and something suddenly flashed through his heart.  An ominous omen!

      (To be continued)
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