Chapter 488: Ambush

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This category is also not a big problem...... At this time, the Chinese Expeditionary Force was an all-round force of sea, land and air, and they would no longer rush with casualties when they hit a hard nail as before, but would call back to ask for air force support, so it would not be long before several bombers flew into the air, and after a dive, they threw a field of incendiary bombs in the direction indicated by the ground forces...... In the next second, the Japanese pillboxes and turrets turned into flames, and the soldiers could clearly hear the heart-rending screams of the Japanese soldiers.

Because the reconnaissance unit in front is very powerful...... The Japanese fortifications were destroyed like dominoes under their extremely coordinated firepower, which caused the main force behind to advance at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour without stopping, and in six hours it advanced nearly 200 kilometers.

At this time, Wu Yuhang heard the air force report: "Fifty miles ahead, the enemy army was found, and the strength was a wing, most of them were cars!" ”

As mentioned earlier, a very important part of the "blitzkrieg" is intelligence, so the Chinese forces have also deployed reconnaissance planes in the air and kept in touch with the ground forces at the right time.

"Stop!" Wu Yuhang turned around and gave an order to the troops.

After thinking about it, Wu Yuhang reported the situation to Zhang Chi, who was following behind.

At this time, Zhang Chi was on an M3 half-track vehicle of the second wave of follow-up troops, that is, a regiment...... Officers generally like to ride in jeeps, but Zhang Chi knows that jeeps often become the primary target of the Japanese army, because it is to tell the Japanese army that it is the enemy officer in the car, and the M3 half-track can avoid this.

In fact, Zhang Chi not only had this information, he even knew that this wing of the Japanese army was set off from Shenyang to reinforce Lushun...... At this time, Northeast China can be said to be full of the eyes of the Chinese army, which are not only the scouts of their fellow villagers, but also the common people and guerrillas who have developed in various places.

Therefore, at this time, the Japanese army in the northeast can be said to be under Zhang Chi's control.

The Japanese reinforcements are still on the way, which illustrates two points:

First, the Japanese army in Shenyang did not yet know that Lushun had been lost.

Second, the Japanese did not yet know the strength of the troops attacking them.

Otherwise, this reinforcement of Lushun would have stopped marching and fortified on the road long ago, instead of continuing the mindless march.

Zhang Chi was very satisfied with this, because it meant that the task of the reconnaissance troops who had infiltrated the northeast in advance had been carried out in a good manner...... At this time, it had been six or seven hours since Lushun was captured, and according to common sense, even if Lushun was captured too quickly to allow Shenyang to get more information, when the expeditionary force pushed forward and captured the pillboxes and turrets along the way, the devils also had time to use the telephone in the turret to transmit the information.

But......

Zhang Chi had already made the arrangements, and he asked his fellow villagers to find the telephone lines in various sections outside the turret in advance and prepare them, and cut off the devil's telephone lines when the time was suitable.

It is not difficult to do this, because the guerrillas usually do this, so even if the telephone line does not work, the devil will only scold: "Bastard!" These abominable guerrillas! ”

The Japanese army had no idea that it was not a guerrilla force but a regular unit that had returned, not only a regular army but also an elite unit.

As a result, when these Japanese troops were attacked, the Japanese army could not transmit the news of the attack to Shenyang at all.

This is actually a kind of information warfare...... This not only bought time for the Chinese troops and the suddenness of the battle to attack Shenyang, but also allowed the Japanese army to send a wing of troops to the Chinese troops.

After looking at the map and calculating the speed of the Japanese army, Zhang Chi ordered Wu Yuhang: "The enemy will meet you in half an hour, and immediately set up an ambush!" ”

"Yes!" Wu Yuhang answered, and immediately issued a series of orders to the soldiers.

The Japanese army that was reinforced, which was reinforced, was the 122nd Wing of the 201st Division of the Japanese Army, and the wing commander was Matsumoto Daisa.

Matsumoto Daisa is not actually a reckless person, on the contrary, he is quite cautious...... This is also the reason why he chose to take the road instead of the railway, and at the same time did not march to more than 200 kilometers from Shenyang until this time.

(Note: Shenyang is 443 kilometers away from Lushun, and the Matsumoto Wing uses car maneuvers at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, which should have marched 300 kilometers at this time.) )

Originally, Lieutenant General Yamashita Yuanyuan meant that Matsumoto's troops would take the train to Lushun, so that they could reach Lushun as quickly as possible and carry a large amount of heavy equipment.

But Matsumoto thinks...... It was too dangerous to take the train, and the guerrillas could plant a few explosives on the tracks at will, which could lead to the derailment of the train and the casualties of the troops, and more importantly, ...... As soon as this happens, the troops will have to rush to Lushun on foot.

Lieutenant General Yamashita also agreed with this point of view, because it was not uncommon for guerrillas to bomb the railroad tracks, and although the Japanese army had strict protection around the rails, it was a railway of more than 400 kilometers, and any flaw in any section of the railway could lead to irreparable losses.

This decision has been proved to be the right one.

Because, the railway was blocked half an hour after the occupation of Lushun...... As for what blockade it was, it is needless to say that the "Sherman" tank slowly drove onto the railway, and according to the oncoming train, it was a "bombardment", and the entire train transporting the coal mine collapsed on the railway like a giant python that had been hit by the vital point.

Of course, this was only the fate of one of the trains that disobeyed the order and tried to ram the tank, and many more trains braked and surrendered above the obscenity of the "Sherman" tank.

It is conceivable that it will not be long before these trains will soon become a weapon for the Chinese troops to transport supplies and ammunition.

As a result, Matsumoto collected almost the entire division's cars, and even requisitioned a number of transport teams' cars, which was enough for one wing to hit the road...... A large number of vehicles were used to transport supplies to the southern front, and the Japanese army had very few cars left in Shenyang.

On the way, Matsumoto felt something was wrong several times, because he saw several planes in the air from a distance.

Although he was not in the Air Force, he knew that those planes were not Japanese planes.

If it's an enemy plane...... So what guerrillas will have planes?

However, this can also be explained by long-range aircraft flying from the direction of the Pacific Ocean in the United States.

But Matsumoto was still a little uneasy in his heart. (To be continued.) )