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Text Chapter 543 The counterattack begins

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    At 3:53 a.m. on June 23, 1940, in the headquarters of the 24th Division of the Japanese Army, several staff officers who had been busy all day were sleeping soundly on the table.

    "Ring, ring, ring"

    A rapid and loud ringing sound came from the black phone on the desk. Colonel Aozu Kikutaro, who was sleeping soundly on the desk, sleepily grabbed the phone receiver.

    "Moxi Moxi, this is the headquarters of the 24th Division, what's the matter Nani the Minjiang Bridge has been lost! What on earth is going on?"

    With Aozu Kikutaro's exclamation, another rapid ringing sounded from another red phone on the side.  Another staff officer picked up the phone. When he put the phone to his ear, a quick voice came from the phone.

    "Nani, the Chinese have launched a full-scale counterattack against us. This is impossible!" Another exclamation rang out.

    As the exclamations continued, a staff officer stumbled towards a room that served as a temporary lounge. After a while, the disheveled Lieutenant General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu hurried over from the side.  Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu said loudly while putting on his clothes: "What is going on? How is the battle situation on the front line now?"

    Colonel Qingjin Kikutaro quickly said: "Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, we just received a call from the front line. Starting at 3:30 in the morning, the Chinese launched attacks on us from dozens of kilometers of fronts including Wangtai Town, Laizhou Town, and Xiqin Town.  launched a full-line offensive, and half an hour ago the Chinese launched a surprise attack on the Minjiang Bridge, and now the Minjiang Bridge has fallen into the hands of the Chinese."

    "Nani? This is impossible!"

    When Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu heard this, he felt a wave of dizziness pass over his head and his body became weak. He sat down on the shell box next to him and murmured: "How could this happen? How could the Chinese people do this?"  To capture the Minjiang Bridge so quickly? I remember that there were two squadrons of infantry defending there. How could it be lost so quickly?"

    No wonder Heiyan Yisheng felt weak all over. The Minjiang Bridge located behind Xiqin Town is the only link connecting the two sides of the Minjiang River. Its geographical location cannot be overemphasized.  Now the Minjiang Bridge is lost.  This means that the troops on the south bank of the Min River have been separated by the Chinese army, and they are already in an isolated and helpless situation.

    "No, we must rescue the troops in Jiangnan!" Heiyan Yisheng made up his mind in an instant. There are many troops in Jiangnan now, from Wangtai Town, Laizhou Town to Xiqin Town, where they have been placed  There are more than 10,000 soldiers in the three regiments.  If all were wiped out by the Chinese army, it would be a huge blow to the Japanese army. And the most important thing is that the army there not only includes the troops of the 24th Division, but also the 15th Division and the 63rd Division.  There are troops there, and if he, Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, just leaves them there and doesn't care about them, it will be very lively.

    "Come here, record the order, and immediately order Colonel Jin Shanjun. Let him lead the 89th Regiment to march to the Minjiang Bridge immediately. He must send me the bridge to recapture it before dawn, otherwise he will wait for caesarean section!"  Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu's voice was filled with an icy chill, as if coming from an ice cellar.

    "Hai!" Colonel Aozu Kikutaro didn't dare to neglect. He quickly agreed and turned to leave. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu. Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu sighed and said, "Go and tell Nishizono Issei again."  Lieutenant General, ask him to lead a regiment of tanks to support us. We must take back the Minjiang Bridge before dawn, otherwise it will be too late"

    As the chief of staff of the 24th Division, Qingjin Kikutaro naturally knows how important the Minjiang Bridge is to our side. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is our lifeline. Now the Chinese people have quietly given up this bridge to us.  Taken away, Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu was very well-mannered by not jumping up on the spot.

    As the counterattack commanded by Bai Chongxi began, the 100,000 Japanese troops in the entire Nanping area began to move, and for a time countless messages were flying in the sky.  Sent to all directions

    "Every day"

    ¡°Dong dong dong¡­¡±

    ¡°Whoosh whoosh whoosh¡­¡±

    "Boom, boom, boom bang, bang, bang"

    With the launch of a full-scale counterattack, the originally quiet night sky boiled like a boiling pot. Countless shells flashing orange or fiery red light pierced the sky like rain, followed by another  A flare flashing with hot white light turned the originally pitch-black sky as clear as day.

    On this night, Bai Chongxi played almost all the trump cards that he had been reluctant to play these days.  And this trump card is the artillery unit he has always held in hand. This artillery unit includes a heavy artillery brigade, five artillery regiments, and more than 600 artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 75 for all units.

    ?The whole earth felt like it was being hammered hard by a giant with a huge hammer.  The whole earth was shaking.  In this bombardment, the heavy artillery brigade company also took out its treasure at the bottom of the box, thirty-six M43 203-caliber self-propelled howitzers.

    This howitzer is a heavy howitzer developed by the Americans at the end of World War II in another time and space. It is an excellent heavy-duty suppressive artillery.  This self-propelled howitzer uses an automatic loading machine.  Therefore, its rate of fire can reach 1.75 rounds per minute, and its power and range are very impressive. When firing a 42-kilogram ordinary grenade, its range can easily reach 23 kilometers, even if  Launching enhanced artillery shells weighing 90 kilograms, its range can reach 16 kilometers, and its killing range for infantry reaches 1088-1813 square meters. It can be called a powerful weapon.

    The reason why Suri equipped the army with this thing was because of the game "World of Tanks" that he had played before time travel. In this game, Suri equipped the artillery with a loader, artillery stabilizer and skill.  The gunner simply became a tank killer. Once the gun was fired, it was completely destroyed by humans and animals. Even heavy tanks could not stop its power.  Therefore, when Suri equipped the heavy artillery regiment with heavy artillery, he immediately thought of this artifact.

    When heavy artillery shells weighing 90 kilograms fell on the Japanese army's position, the Japanese army's disaster began. Whenever a shell exploded after falling into the Japanese army's position, a deep hole would immediately appear at the place of the explosion.  With a large crater that was two to three meters wide and six to seven meters wide, Japanese troops within a radius of several hundred square meters would be killed by the powerful shock wave, regardless of whether they were hit by shrapnel or not.

    Needless to say, the scene of more than 600 howitzers lined up to bombard the Japanese positions was quite astonishing. Shells exploded on the ground one after another, and craters appeared one after another, which only made the Japanese army scream in agony.  When the Japanese commanders were busy directing the Japanese soldiers to hide, a sound as heavy as the breathing of a train passed through the air, and then landed more than forty meters away next to the officer, and soon exploded.  The airwaves and smoke engulfed the commander and dozens of soldiers around him.

    "Moxi Moxi, I am Colonel Takiguchi Ichiro of the 67th Regiment of the 62nd Division. Now our position has been bombarded by Chinese heavy artillery. The soldiers have suffered heavy losses and most of the position has been destroyed by artillery fire.  It is no longer necessary to continue to defend, so I first request to turn north and ask for approval from the division commander!"

    The retreat request call of the Sixty-seventh Regiment came to the desk of Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, commander of the 24th Division in charge of the battle on the south bank of the Minjiang River. Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu was also frowning at this time. He and the arriving tanks  The commander of the First Division, Nishizono Issaku, looked at each other, swallowed, and then said sincerely into the microphone: "Takiguchi-kun, just now the Minjiang Bridge was attacked by the Chinese. The Minjiang Bridge has been  It fell, and now I am organizing troops to take back the bridge, so you can't retreat to the Jiangbei area through the Minjiang Bridge yet, please hold on a little longer!"

    Speaking of this, even Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu himself couldn't help but blush. Look at what he, a commander on the south bank of the Minjiang River, did. He couldn't even defend a bridge. It would be really embarrassing to tell anyone.

    But since it was night, the slight change in Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu's expression was not obvious.  He sighed and said to Xiyuan Yice next to him: "Xiyuan Jun, I see that the attack on the Chinese tonight has been planned for a long time, and just now Colonel Jinshan Jun of the 89th Regiment also called, and they are taking back Fujian."  The operation of the Jiangdaqiao is not going well, please see if we send a brigade to reinforce the Minjiang Bridge."

    Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu and Nishizono Issaku have been friends for many years, so they are never secretive when talking to each other and are very direct.

    Of course Xiyuan Yice knew the importance of the Minjiang Bridge to his side, and coupled with the request of his friends for many years, he agreed without hesitation. He said to Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu: "Kuroiwa-kun, time is urgent now, and I still have some things on hand.  There is a tank regiment and a field artillery regiment, and now I will transfer them all to your command. I hope you can retake the bridge as soon as possible."

    Kuroiwa Yisheng was overjoyed, "Nishizono-kun, thank you so much. With this chariot force, we will definitely be able to take back the bridge."

    Xiyuan Yice shook his head: "Heiyan Lord, I don't know why I always have a bad premonition. This time the Chinese counterattack came too suddenly and too violently. It was completely beyond our expectation, just like the Minjiang Bridge.  , who among us would have thought in advance that it would be silently occupied by the Chinese without even sending out a distress signal. And I believe that since the Chinese can deliberately seize this bridge, they will also try their best to defend it.  , so Mr. Heiyan, you still have to be prepared for the worst."

    Hearing this, Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu¡¯s face began to look grim (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to recommend it.Tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation.  Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.  )

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