"Grab your weapons and set up your positions!" Mu Xuanzhu, who had become the battalion commander of the paratrooper unit, shouted, "Take me as the center, send a signal, and assemble!" ”

Liao Gensheng, who was following him next to him, had already prepared a signal flare to launch immediately, and an orange-yellow firework exploded in the sky, attracting the attention of his own people and the Shucheng devils. The roar of nearly 100 planes and the umbrella flowers in the sky just now had already stunned them, and the small Shucheng had attracted such a large-scale army attack.

"Hold on!" Sadaji Hasei stood on the streets of Shucheng County and shouted loudly. He was just a captain of the 224th Wing of the 36th Division, and he didn't think in his heart that he, a brigade guarding Shucheng, could block the attack of so many people in the vanguard army.

The main force of the 36th Division was at Huoshan and Lu'an at this time, and for a period of time, the 36th Division had fought dozens of skirmishes with the vanguard army sporadically. Their 224th Wing also fought against the Vanguard, and just near Lu'an, they lost a squadron, and the Pioneer Recruit Regiment they encountered retreated without leaving a single corpse.

There were definitely deaths, but he still felt the strength of the vanguard army in his heart after letting the opponent evacuate so easily. At that time, although he somewhat despised the immaturity of some novices in the vanguard army, he was deeply impressed by the firepower of the vanguard army.

Today, the fire of this paratrooper who fell from the sky is still the same, and almost everyone has a light machine gun in their hands.

"This guy is so much more convenient!" Zhang Ninghan, who had just escaped from the parachute rope belt, immediately aimed the muzzle of his FG42 paratrooper rifle outside.

Although part of the parachute jump this time fell directly in Shucheng County, it was not intercepted by the heavy fire of the devils. The devils here also don't have so much heavy firepower, and the few anti-aircraft guns and machine guns in a few places have already scattered into a pile of scrap metal under the repeated attacks of the escorted Hellcat formation. Even those devils who were aiming at the sky with guns in their hands were suppressed by the machine guns of the aircraft, and they had to hang down the muzzle of the 38 rifle and hide in all directions.

If it was in the face of the troops of the European and American powers, Meng Xiang would never dare to land in the city so directly, the firepower network in the sky was enough to cut the paratroopers who landed into pieces, and the parachute could only be used as a shroud. But the firepower of the Japanese was not worth mentioning, and the occasional losses were not enough to affect the fall of the army from the sky.

Li Baotang shook his hand, turned his shoulders and muttered, "Light is light, catch up with the light machine gun." It's just that the recoil is too great, and the shoulder hurts. ”

Weighing only 4.5 kg, the FG42 paratrooper rifle is the first assault rifle in the true sense of the word.

It's just that Goering wanted to develop a different standard from the army at that time, and instead of using the 7.92*33 mm medium-power warhead that the army had already begun to develop, he continued to use the traditional 88S bullet. But this decision brought a fatal flaw to this very well-conceived semi-automatic rifle, which was too much recoil.

Even its designer Louis. Stanger developed a buffer system for it and used a semi-floating stock, but the problem was still prominent. This also makes a gun that was originally a classic of World War II always come to an end with this shortcoming.

Perhaps it was originally used with the characteristics of a light machine gun, and a folding bipod was specially added, which can be regarded as alleviating some of the problems of recoil. But in this way, part of the lightness of the assault rifle was weakened.

"Okay, you kid, you still know the word recoil, the cram school in the army is not in vain?" Zhang Ninghan suddenly laughed, but an explosion interrupted his words.

"Grenadier for little devils?" Zhang Ninghan stared into the distance, and at the other end of the long street, there was a faint yellow military uniform of devils shaking.

He held up his FG42 paratrooper rifle with a sniper scope on it, a sniper FG42. But the mortar crew behind him was not slow either, and immediately deployed 45-mm mortars, ready to return fire.

The Mod35 45-mm mortar was used in all teams at this time, not only in the mountain troops, but also in the paratrooper units. In the paratrooper unit, a group of three people is enough to provide a little artillery support, even without the use of airborne weapons boxes.

But before they could attack, a Hellcat was already roaring overhead. The plume of smoke from the grenadier explosion attracted it to it, and it didn't mind pouring a bunch of bullets at it when it could attack the ground. There was no shadow of the devil's plane in the sky, and the pilots' enthusiasm aroused by the flames of war could only be released and cooled by the destruction of some targets on the ground.

Under the continuous machine-gun explosion, there was already a rain of bullets, and there were not many living creatures to be found.

"It's a credit to us!" Tian Dongguang, who was aiming to operate the mortar, flicked his hat and said angrily.

Assaulting all the way, it is rare to encounter many heavy firepower, and most of the thorns have been cleaned up by the air blow. The devil's attack in the county town was not worth mentioning in the eyes of the paratroopers who had been trained in street fighting. In the street fighting, under the explosion of Suomi and MG-42, there was not much place for mortars to play, so that Tian Dongguang, who had not yet fired a shot, grabbed his head.

"Mortars are coming, and there are devils guarding the bunker not far ahead." At this time, Zhang Ninghan, who heard the company commander's shout through the walkie-talkie, waved his hand, and Tian Dongguang put away the mortar and rushed behind Zhang Ninghan with people.

In the past, there were already four mortars blasting towards a large courtyard, and the gunfire of the devils inside seemed to be getting weaker and weaker.

But when a soldier approached crawling with a bazooka, he was knocked down by a burst of machine guns inside. Another fighter was also knocked down while receiving and dragged down by his accomplices.

"Mortars continue to cover, demolition teams continue to go up!" Mu Xuanzhu stared at it, there was not only a fortress fortification, but also a hidden fortress converted into a treasury of Qianzhuang, which blocked the open space in front of it. Mortar fire suppression alone is not enough, the lack of heavy firepower of paratroopers remains, and even with bazookas, the launch range of bazookas is too short. However, the fortress fortifications of the devils in front of them sealed the distance within 200 meters.

"Support artillery hasn't arrived yet?" Mu Xuanzhu couldn't help but be annoyed as he watched the fallen warrior's body still twitch in a pool of blood.

Usually the training is good, but when it comes to actual combat, there are a lot of problems. At first the attack of the paratrooper units went well. With the assistance of the planes in the air, the paratroopers and light infantry broke through all the way, and when they were about to reach the center of the county, they encountered this hard bone. At this time, the heavy fire was still lagging behind, and the accompanying 45-mm mortars could not deal with these difficult fortresses.

"Report to the battalion commander, the 3rd Support Fire Squadron has arrived." A lieutenant ran over in a sweat.

"Blew it up for me right away!" Mu Xuanzhu glanced at the group of artillerymen running behind him, and without hesitation, he pointed directly at the two fortress fortifications in the distance that were spraying four tongues of fire, and shouted a little.

"Yes!"

With an order from the lieutenant, two 75-mm LG40 recoilless guns were already aimed there.

"Get out of the way!" The lieutenant shouted, and everyone stayed away. The LG40 recoilless gun has a disadvantage, its tail flare is too long, and the rear is a dangerous area within 100 meters. And when it is fired, it is very noisy and can seriously damage the gunner's hearing. At this time, several operating gunners were wearing earplugs.

However, the L40, which uses a large number of light alloys, is only 145 kilograms, and can be parachuted directly, allowing the airborne troops of the Vanguard Army to quickly obtain light and simple heavy weapons. This is also the reason why the paratroopers of the Vanguard Army have not been eliminated from this weapon.

With the gesture of the lieutenant, the two LG40 recoilless guns, which had a range of 6.8 kilometers, easily hit the two forts from more than 300 meters away.

"His grandmother's, this movement is strong enough!" Mu Xuanzhu waved the smoke and dust rolled up by the recoilless cannon in front of him, and spat out a mouthful of dust. Without his orders, the soldiers who served as the sharp knife team had already rushed forward in groups of three or five.

The fortress of the devil is not the kind of monster fortress piled up with reinforced concrete in Europe and the United States. Although the recoilless artillery is slightly weaker than the artillery of the same caliber, it is still no problem to deal with the fortresses of some non-key areas of the little devils. Even if it wasn't destroyed, if it was directly hit by such a heavy blow, the people inside couldn't slow down for a while.

By the time the smoke cleared, the two fortresses had fallen into the hands of the vanguard. The open bunker has been blown open with a hole, and although the bunker is still fine, the devils inside have been shaken and dizzy, and after being stuffed with two grenades by the soldiers who rushed up, they have completely stopped moving.

"This 75mm gun is still a little less powerful!" When Mu Xuanzhu walked over, he looked at the soldier who was carried down for treatment, and then looked at the dark fort that was only cracked, and couldn't help but worry.

He couldn't help but think of the 88-mm R43 recoilless gun, which was also equipped in the paratrooper units. The total combat weight of this gun is only 146.2 kg, and the triangular bracket is used, which is not bad. It's a pity that its maximum range is only 700 meters, and its effective range is only 230 meters. Unless it's a larger caliber, more long-range.

The recoilless gun adopted by Meng Xiang also has the 105 mm LG40 of the Germans, as well as the 150 mm LG42. However, these productions are also small, and they have no historical reputation. The main reason was that the Germans were not very satisfied with their range and power.

However, Meng Xiang thinks it's okay, at least it has more potential to be used on paratroopers. Relatively lightweight, they have a range of six or seven kilometers, which can provide more powerful heavy fire support for the paratrooper team. Compared with the 88mm R43 recoilless gun, because of the bazooka, it is a bit of a chicken rib.

The Bazooka bazooka was also tested in real combat, but in a separate group of paratroopers. The paratrooper brigade to which Mu Xuanzhu belonged was only responsible for Shucheng.

The Junkers roared in the air, the umbrella flowers in the sky were still falling, but the battle on the ground was almost over.

How long can a brigade of more than 1,000 devils, and some of them are outside the city, facing the onslaught of a parachute regiment of more than 3,000 people? If it weren't for the trouble of street fighting, the battle would have been over long ago. However, in more than two hours, the large army of devils has been wiped out, and only some remnants of devils are fighting around. Under the premise of artillery and aircraft bombardment support, the vanguard army was not afraid of devils holding on to one place and resisting stubbornly. After a burst of artillery fire, there was nothing.

"Commander, Shucheng and Xinghua have been occupied." The information provided by Rat Er is always timely, ensuring that Meng Xiang can get first-hand information.

"Shucheng is occupied by the vanguard army!" Kenji Dohihara also reminded Shunroku Hata in time. Such a result was something they had expected, but they didn't expect it to be so fast.

"Lu'an and Huoshan are in danger!" Toshiroku Hata frowned, looked at the map and didn't move, but his deep voice echoed, "Hefei is also dangerous, and the 11th Army is even more troublesome!" ”

Kenji Tohihara also saw the intention of the vanguard army, at this time Yuexi was in a hurry, Jiangpu was in full swing, Shuzhou, the 3rd Division and the 36th Division in Hefei, Huainan, Bengbu and other places were in danger. But it seems that the appetite of the vanguard army is greater, and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang guerrilla columns are attacking Wuhu, Lushui and Ma'anshan.

Although the Japanese had occupied most of Guangdong and Fujian, they did not open the passage to Jiangxi, Hunan, and Hubei, and only relied on the Yangtze River and the areas on both sides of the river. If Wuhu and other places are occupied by the vanguard army, the passage of the Yangtze River from the north to the south is only afraid that the 27th and 35th Divisions remaining in Anqing, as well as the 6th Division of the 11th Army remaining in Jiujianghe, Wuhan, and Nanchang, may be cut off.

"They have such a big appetite this time?" He was surprised.

At the same time, Fan Chong also lamented in the General Headquarters of the Joint Theater: "It's a pity that we can't knock them out at once, if we destroy these nine divisions and those independent brigades at once, the Japanese will be greatly damaged." ”

"Eat the rice in one bite. If Jiujiang and Nanchang were surrounded by the vanguard army, the five divisions might have to be eaten in one bite. But the west and south are the Central Army, and there are even some miscellaneous armies, they can't stop the unanimous impact of the 5 divisions of the Japanese army, and even the 2 divisions of Anqing. If this is the case, it is possible that the Japanese army moving south will inevitably harm more people. Jiang Baili looked at the map and showed a trace of regret, but then a trace of relief emerged, "As long as we do a good job this time, the four divisions in Hefei and Huai'an and other places will definitely be in hand." ”

At this time, the battle in Huai'an continued. More than 300 heavy artillery pieces opened the way, and Sun Tongxuan's 12th Army advanced step by step, which made the 20th Division guarding Huaiyin and Huai'an also feel pressure. Although the main force of the 32nd Division remaining in Sheyang shared the threat from the 12th Army with them, they had to worry more about the safety of Yancheng, where they were stationed behind.

The Pioneer Army's marines had landed from Huangjiajian, cutting off the connection between Yancheng and Sheyang and Funing.

Lieutenant General Nanata Ichiro, the commander of the 20th Division, could not care about the problem of the 32nd Division's nest at this time, and he heard several bad news in a row, and the occupation of Xinghua by the vanguard army had taken him by surprise. But then it came again, and the vanguard army landed behind them along Hongze Lake.

"How did it make it so easy for them to come ashore?" He exasperated.

"Their firepower is too strong, they have amphibious tanks, we can't stop it!" Chief of Staff Uchida Ginnosuke Osa said in a low voice.

"Amphibious tanks? How much? It was the first time for Ichiro Nanada to hear him destroy his own prestige like this, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

"A lot. We have to be prepared, or they will cut us off. Uchida Ginnosuke smiled bitterly.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Cut off the devil's retreat and make dumplings for them all! Jiang Chang sat on an LVT(A)-1 amphibious combat vehicle and shouted loudly, watching the amphibious combat vehicles of the second regiment drive by one by one.

They are hurrying towards the back of Huai'an, the devil's fortress fortifications have not been repaired, and they will definitely lose half their lives if they stab them with this knife. The devils also took precautions in the direction of Hongze Lake, but they didn't pay much attention to it.

The two small gunboats they set up in Hongze Lake were easily sunk directly by the four Stukka. And although Jiang Chang and his team landed at the place where there was a squadron working hard to guard, it didn't take long to react from the shock, and under the crushing of hundreds of amphibious iron armors, they couldn't find a shadow. The whole landing is thrilling and easy like an outing.

"It won't be too difficult over there, will it?" Jiang Chang suddenly thought of He Huang's first regiment.

He Huang's troops did not take Hongze Lake, they crossed the Huai River directly from the place east of Bengbu. It was impossible for the Devil's fortifications to block the south bank of the Huai River completely, and He Huang's T-40A cut directly into the weak link.

"These stinky boys, don't leave us some!" Watching the fortifications and artillery positions on the opposite bank being overturned one by one by Stuka D, and those machine gun positions were hovering under the Il-10, one by one silenced, He Huang was a little scratchy. I thought there was going to be a bloody battle, but I didn't expect it to be so easy.

Originally, there were few pillboxes and fortifications here, and there were not many artillery, but after being cleaned up by Stuka and Il-10 in the sky, on the position of the devils, only sporadic Type 38 and Yiliang crooked machine guns were still crying, how could they block another round of impact from the armored forces?

Although the 75mm and 37mm guns on the LVT amphibious combat vehicles did not have much room to play, the 7.62 and 12.7mm machine guns kept roaring, directly smashing the devil's position silently with a rain of bullets.

"Go ahead and capture Mingguang for me first!" He Huang looked at the mess on the devil's position behind him and shouted loudly.

In Bengbu, Huainan and other places, the devils built a lot of fortresses and couldn't take them urgently, so Fan's intention was to conquer Mingguang first, and then rely on the Jinpu Railway to connect Jiangpu with the paratroopers to cut off and cut off the devil's back road. In particular, Jiangpu, as the southernmost point of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, is directly connected to Nanjing through the river wheel, which has always been heavily guarded. The paratroopers of the vanguard army also threw the most into the force there.

The umbrella flowers in the sky provoked the citizens of Nanjing on the other side of the river to climb high and look at it. When the sound of gunfire came, there were not many people on the street. Everyone knew that something had changed, and all kinds of gossip were flying in the sky, and behind the windows of buildings everywhere were sticking out their heads and looking out. There are also some who don't go home, and go to the tavern and teahouse to listen to the news.

"The vanguard is coming!" Someone was pleasantly surprised.

"Really?" Some still had doubts on their faces.

"Of course it's true. Don't you see those umbrella flowers? It was a paratrooper, and there were people up there, soldiers of the vanguard army, who came down from the sky with umbrellas. Someone pointed to the white umbrella ikebana that was still falling in the sky, and the C-47 in the sky kept turning back and sending people away. It's a lot faster than the Junkers.

"Can the umbrella go up to the sky? Can it also drive people? Someone gestured.

"They jumped out of the plane. The parachute is so big that it can wrap around this house. There is a slow and logical explanation of the understanding person.

"How can such a big umbrella fit on the plane?" Someone wondered in surprise.

"Stupid! The umbrella is wide open, but it is small when it is put away. Someone explained while holding an umbrella and demonstrating how to collect it. There is a lot of rain in summer, this oil paper umbrella is very common, some people also specially held the umbrella from the high platform to jump once, but unfortunately the umbrella surface was broken all of a sudden, facing the sky.

"It's all said on the vanguard radio that this time it's really the vanguard army called." Someone said cautiously. The devil forbade the public to listen to Pioneer Radio, but this could not stop the people from listening secretly. A lot of people get their news from above.

"Listen to the sound of guns over there, you know that it can't be faked, where are the ordinary guerrillas with so many guns?" A disabled veteran lamented.

At this time, a person at the door suddenly broke in and shouted in surprise: "Come and see, the aircraft of the vanguard army and the little devils are fighting in the air on the river, and the fight is fierce!" Let's go and see it! ”

When the people heard this, they rose up in a hurry and rushed out.