Chapter 840: The Fall of the North China Front

The Battle of Zhengzhou had just come to an end, but the Battle of Dezhou in Shandong had just begun.

"Tutu Tu Tu ...... Boom Boom Boom ......" With the help of four internal lines, the Third Army led by Liang Dashan unceremoniously knocked directly on the door of Jinan.

The garrison here was nothing more than a large group of Japanese troops and more than 3,000 Imperial Cooperative troops. These were the remnants of Shi Yousan and Zhang Zongchang, and under their organization, the Japanese army had an imperial army of nearly 20,000 people.

The combat effectiveness and loyalty of these units to the Japanese could not be trusted, so they could only operate within the confines of the area controlled by the Japanese army. Most of the time, he only accompanied the Japanese army to collect supplies and food in various places.

Liang Dashan led Zhu Haotang, the commander of the Third Army, to slowly step into Jinan City, and the sound of guns and cannons on the street continued. But the two of them seemed to be strolling in their own garden.

"Damn! Haozi, Lao Tzu will give you another fifteen minutes! If you still can't take this Jinan City, Lao Tzu will kill you! Liang Dashan scolded: "This is just more than a hundred, at most plus a thousand and eight hundred rags, you have been doing it for so long." We've lost the face of our First Legion!"

"Yes!!" Zhu Haotang's face flushed, and he didn't know whether it was excitement or shame to be scolded by the commander.

"Commander, rest assured! Within ten minutes, I will definitely take Jinan City for you! With that, Zhu Haotang rushed out directly with the guards around him.

Liang Dashan looked at the tiger and tiger Zhu Haotang nodded with satisfaction, this cub is the one he values the most. After this battle was over, Liang Dashan was ready to recommend him to study in the Advanced Command Department of the National Defense University for another year or two.

came out, and then squatted beside himself for a few years. Maybe I'll be a legion commander by then.

"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! Boom ......" Not long after Zhu Haotang rushed out, he heard a violent explosion in Jinan City. Liang Dashan smiled, he knew that it must be Zhu Haotang, this kid is crazy.

Sure enough, after only seven or eight minutes, Zhu Haotang was covered in gunpowder smoke and rushed to Liang Dashan like a gust of wind and said loudly: "Report to the commander!" The 1,210 people of the Jinan garrison brigade have all been annihilated by us. ”

"Due to the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army. There were no captives. All of them were killed, and one Japanese 70mm Type 92 infantry gun, 8 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 20 Taisho Type 11 light machine guns, and more than 3,000 Type 99 rifles were captured......"

Liang Dashan nodded, Zhu Haotang is still reliable. As for the absence of captives...... It seems that the Wehrmacht has not taken any prisoners since the war with the Japanese army, and whether the Japanese surrender or not, they will always "die in battle".

The difference is whether they "die in battle" during the battle or "die of stubbornness" after the fight. This mode of warfare has formed the inertia of the Wehrmacht.

As long as they were not ordered to be "captured", then the soldiers below tacitly assumed that all these Japanese were "killed in battle". If you don't die, you have to die.

"Killed and captured 2,430 puppet soldiers, of whom 670 were killed. One thousand seven hundred and sixty men were captured, and the rest were scattered. ”

"This battle. Our troops lost 354 soldiers and 840 wounded. Report complete! Please command, Commander! Zhu Haotang, commander of the Third Army of the Second Army of the Chinese National Defense Forces! ”

Liang Dashan nodded with satisfaction, patted Zhu Haotang's shoulder and said with a smile: "Not bad!" Send a report to the old man, and say that we have occupied Jinan. ”

"Yes!" Zhu Haotang knew that there were only a few people who could make his commander Liang Dashan open his mouth and call him "old man". And now the one who is in command of the campaign is the pro-Lao Tzu of the commander-in-chief of his own family--Master Pao!

It's just a few minutes. Tu Sanpao, who was in Texas, received a telegram from Liang Dashan. The cannon master laughed and let the adjutant beside him order: "Elect all departments to launch a general attack on Texas immediately!" ”

"Yes!!"

With the radio waves, this order was spread to all the troops, including the First and Second Army Corps, and suddenly launched a general attack on Texas!

"Whoosh ......" This is Li Yannian's Second Artillery Unit, and they are firing rockets at the Japanese positions in Dezhou City. This was the first attack by the 2nd Artillery Corps since it arrived at the Texas position.

More than 300 Storm 75 40-barreled self-propelled rocket launchers fired all the rockets they were carrying at Texas City, and these rockets rained down on the Japanese positions with tail flames.

The explosion of "boom, boom......, boom and boom" rang out, and more than eighty percent of the firepower points of the Japanese position, which had already been penetrated, were directly removed at this moment. An explosion that occurs after the explosives are burned. Triggered steel fragments flew through the air and sliced.

The Japanese soldiers, who tried to take refuge by the fortifications, were desperate to find that their evasion would not help at all, the coverage of these rockets was simply too wide.

"Boom, boom, boom ......" This was the blow suffered by the Japanese artillery position, which had very few opportunities to speak since the beginning of the war. The transfer was extremely diligent, in order to avoid being served by the Wehrmacht.

It's a pity. Their location was still detected by Wehrmacht scouts. No need for precise shelling, only a full fire coverage of the Storm 75, these guns, which the Japanese regarded as life, would be turned into a pile of expensive scrap metal.

The Second and Fourth Armies under the jurisdiction of the First Army Corps would attack Dezhou City from the outlying Old City and Lingxian County, which was different from the Second Army Corps. They did not use the bombardment of the Second Artillery.

Instead, he called on the situation detected by his own scouts, and then used the heavy artillery of his headquarters to launch an artillery attack on the Japanese troops on the position.

"Buzz buzz ...... "It's the Wehrmacht's war eagles coming. This time it was not a drill, but a direct attack. There are 30 Tiger Shark Type A planes that have come over, and there are more than 80 Tiger Shark Type B aircraft that specialize in ground attack!

"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! "......The area that had already been marked on the Japanese position was all bitten by the sharp teeth of the tiger sharks, and the flesh and blood of those Japanese soldiers were sprayed on the position like broken dust.

After the Tiger Sharks had finished attacking the primary target, they used the machine guns and machine guns on the fighters to sweep at the Japanese position.

"Tom ......" In the roar of machine guns and machine guns, those Japanese soldiers who thought they had escaped were once again torn into pieces of broken corpses.

The massacre was carried out with such determination and indifference that no IDF thought it should not have been. Everyone was calmly and calmly carrying out the killing, clearing the area where the Japanese troops could pose a threat little by little.

The Tiger Sharks on the fighter planes also sent coordinates to the legion artillery units below according to their own judgment. Tell them some suspicious target locations. These suspicious targets are then targeted by the artillery units belonging to the corps.

With the help of fighters, these artillery units easily corrected their own coordinates. Thus directly destroying the Japanese troops in the threat area provided by those fighters.

The shelling and air raids lasted two and a half hours, first covered by the fire of the 2nd Artillery Corps. This was followed by precision strikes by the Air Force, and finally by targeted killings by the heavy artillery units to which the corps belonged.

It was only then that the "Kerala ......" heard the sound of tracks crushing from the position. The remnants of the Japanese troops on the battlefield wailed, and they looked at the Tiger B tank that was faintly exposed in the smoke of gunpowder!

These steel monsters slammed into the slaughter, and with the power of crushing everything, they rushed towards the Japanese position.

"Tom...... Rumble!! "The first to speak was the tank gun on the tank. Tank commanders and observers were more likely than the Air Force's eagles to spot the Japanese behind the smoke, and they did not hesitate to fire at any point of fire that might pose a threat.

"Tutu Tu ......" followed. It is the infantry unit of the Wehrmacht. They stormed the hill with light and heavy machine guns, Tiger assault rifles, and single-shot Punisher 35mm grenade launchers.

The first is to use their light and heavy machine guns to cover the position, and in the event of any counterattack, the single-shot Punisher 35mm grenade launcher and Tiger B tank will provide strong fire support and destroy the opponent directly.

"Sudden ...... Rumble!! "Two Japanese machine gunners tried to rush to an undamaged Type 92 heavy machine gun and counterattack the Wehrmacht. Unfortunately, as soon as they took a step, they were attacked by the punisher.

These two Japanese soldiers. The lower leg was cut off directly by shrapnel from a 35mm grenade. There was a constant wailing from the position, and they only wailed for a moment before they could no longer breathe under the roar of heavy machine guns......

"Order everyone, break through! Break out now! Terauchi Shouichi watched the battle on the battlefield in despair...... No! This is nothing short of a massacre! **Naked slaughter! They are using their firepower to slaughter the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire!

Terauchi Shouichi was full of sadness, and said desperately to the adjutant beside him: "Order all the divisions and regiments to disperse and break through." Take away our banners and don't fall into the hands of the Chinese people......"

A few minutes later. The General Staff Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, received a farewell telegram from Toshiichi Terauchi, commander-in-chief of the North China Front Army in Tokushu.

"The war in Texas is at the last moment, Xiao Zhi is standing on the front line, praying for the victory of the imperial kingdom and the peace of the country! However, at present, the Imperial warriors of the small office have been outnumbered. Xiao Zhi decided to make a desperate gamble, shattered his bones, in order to repay the emperor's kindness, and lead the soldiers. Long live the Holy Emperor, take this eternal recipe!

The commander of the North China Front Army, Shouichi Terauchi. ”

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out in the conference room of the Terauchi Shouichi headquarters. After all, he did not use the caesarean section, which the Japanese consider sacred. Instead, he committed suicide with a pistol.

And the entire Japanese army was already panicked in the strong attack of the Wehrmacht, and with the loss of Terauchi Shouichi's organization, everyone could only break through in the direction that Terauchi Shouichi said.

Lieutenant General Otaka Kamizo of the 12th Army led two divisions and a cavalry brigade under his command to break through in the direction of Takejo. Lieutenant General Umezu Yoshijiro of the First Army broke through in the direction of the border with a division and an independent mixed brigade with the remnants.

The rest of the troops directly under the Front Army broke through in the direction of the plain.

"Tell the cubs down there, be careful! I guess the little devil is going to run away. Tu Sancang, who had been lighting the table with his eyes closed all the time in the headquarters, suddenly opened his eyes and said in a deep voice to Qi Muden, who was looking at the map behind him.

"What?! Run?! No way?! Some time ago, we beat them so much that they didn't run, why are they running now?! Qi Muden was a little surprised, but he still asked the adjutant to go down and send a report to the various ministries to know the situation.

"We didn't run some time ago because we didn't launch a general attack. They felt they could wait for support. The cannon master smiled and said to Qi Mudeng: "Now that we are all beating hard, if they don't run anymore, they can only say that the commander is a second goods!" ”

"However, judging from the Battle of Pingjin, this commander is not a second commodity. When he found that he had lost his strategic advantage, he chose to retreat very simply. It's not muddy at all. I guess this time. He will do the same. ”

Pao Ye's estimate was very correct, but Pao Ye didn't guess that Shouichi Terauchi would commit suicide to apologize.

"Assault!!" From the position in the direction of Wucheng, which was defended by the First Army and the Second Army, there was a roar. Countless Japanese cavalry horses stepped out of the "rumbling ......" charge on the position.

"Tutu Tu Tu ...... Da Da Da Da ...... "Wan Vieng, the commander of the 13th Regiment of the 5th Division of the 2nd Army of the National Defense Army, who was stationed on the position

Xuan personally wielded a machine gun and swept at the Japanese cavalry that rushed over.

There were not a few Japanese soldiers killed by him, but there were many more who rushed closer.

"Tom tom tom...... Boom, ......boom, boom, "The Japanese army took this opportunity and called in a small number of mortars that they had managed to keep with great difficulty, and they bombarded the position of the 13th Regiment in a burst.

The position was suddenly covered with dust, and several Wehrmacht men directly picked up grenades and stuffed them into the grenadiers in their hands.

"Tom...... Rumble!! Explosions suddenly came from the Japanese cavalry group, and the bombed men of these Japanese soldiers turned on their backs. But it still couldn't stop them from moving forward.

But I saw that countless Japanese soldiers were frantically rushing towards the position as if they were dying!

"The Emperor is onboard!!" These Japanese soldiers had blood-red eyes and a white ribbon tied to their heads, screaming and killing towards the position.

"I'll go to your grandmother's emperor!" Wan Rongxuan, the head of the Thirteenth Regiment, has never been a man of many words. He was accustomed to taking his brothers with him on the battlefield to kill the enemy.

He didn't like to talk, but the entire 13th regiment felt that his head who didn't like to talk and who opened his mouth must be and scolding was so reliable. You can see him in any hard work and tiring work.

You can see him in the most dangerous places on the battlefield, the hardest places to fight. Retreating, he always lined up with the guards behind the palace. Charge. He would always rush to the front with a platoon of guards.

This young regiment leader has more than twenty scars of various kinds. This is his glory, and the glory of the entire Thirteenth Regiment.

Anyone in the First Legion who said that the 13th Regiment had a thumbs up when they talked about the "old ghosts" who didn't want to die in battle.

"Hack this bunch of wretched! Don't give them a position!! "Wan Lao, the head of the Thirteenth Regiment, is the rare first time to shout so many words. The men of the 13th Regiment below knew that the regiment commander was in a hurry.

Therefore, the fighting became more and more intense. The Japanese cavalry charge originally had some advantage. But by the time they rushed to the front of the position by constant strafing and bombardment along the way, more than half of them had been lost, and the formation was completely disrupted.

And because it is charging up the slope, the impact force is also lost after being blocked. The cavalry, having lost these advantages, simply fought into the positions of the 13th regiment. He was unable to charge again.

However, fortunately, the follow-up Japanese troops continued to pour into the position, which led to the continuous strengthening of the Japanese army's strength on the position. No matter how much the 13th Regiment can fight, it is only the strength of one regiment, and it is simply unable to resist such a huge attack by the Japanese army.

The balance of victory is gradually tilting in the direction of the Japanese army......

"I'll your grandma!!" A soldier of the 13th Regiment roared angrily, strapped bundles of grenades to his body and pounced on the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers who rushed to the position shouted in horror but were shouting "Boom!!" With an explosion, he fell to the ground with a wail.

"Da Bing!! your ancestors' little Japan!! "A company commander is also on fire. This is one of his favorite class leaders. Two days ago, I discussed with the regiment commander to report the name of this cub and let him go to the non-commissioned officer school to learn it.

The 13th Regiment also came out with a lot of talents, but it was only two days! Just died on the battlefield, how can this not make this company commander angry?!

"Whew~click!" A Japanese soldier's head splattered with blood, and the company commander was covered in blood like a demon killed in the Shura Hell, constantly roaring and fighting in the crowd.

However, the disadvantage of too few troops cannot be reversed in this way. The Japanese army is an army unit, even the remnants are enough to crush a regiment.

Gradually, the advantage in the position was being lost. Wan Lao Ghost, an old ghost who has been fighting for many years, is gradually feeling hopeless, he is not desperate for his troops.

Instead, they despaired that they could not stop the Japanese army, which was the task assigned by the commander of the corps. The requirement was that the 13th Regiment must hold this position.

He was also a promise in front of the commander of the legion, but now, ......

"Old ghost! Hold on to Lao Tzu! You still owe Lao Tzu two bottles of burning knives! Suddenly, the old ghost heard a familiar roar. This is Qi Yizhi, the commander of the 14th Regiment, who is also the headquarters of the 5th Division.

"Damn! Hook. If you slow down, you can still see Lao Tzu?! "Wan Lao Ghost is also on fire, and he has held on to his own group for so long before he sees the support, what's going on?!

Just when he discovered the Japanese cavalry, Wan Lao Ghost realized that something was wrong. I hurriedly called the headquarters to ask for support, but the support came so slowly.

It's almost over, and it's too late.

"Slow down, shit! Slow down your shit! I'm here and waiting to collect Lao Tzu's body! Wan Lao Ghost scolded: "Lao Tzu's brother almost confessed all here......"

scolded angrily, and the work in the hands of the old ghost was not loosened. Picking up the heavy knife on his back and pulling it twice, he saw several Japanese soldiers around him screaming and clutching their stomachs and turning down.

The two Japanese soldiers were disemboweled, and their intestines, hearts and livers all fell to the ground. Looks scary. It smells fishy.

But the old ghost didn't care, and was still angrily scolding Qi Yizhi, the head of the 14th regiment: "How long have I telegraphed your dog's self!" Do you still want to find Lao Tzu to get wine?! I'll give you a hair!! ”

Sure enough, Wan Lao Ghost definitely didn't have good words when he spoke. But now that they heard the regiment commander scolding, the men of the 13th regiment, who were originally in decline, finally regained some spirit.

"Damn! Lao Tzu came to save you and you saved the wrong one?! I said that there is not a single ghost shadow on my position, so they all ran away from you! Your kid made a profit. It's not kind to complain! ”

Qi Yizhi, the commander of the 14th Regiment, laughed, and led his brothers to the battle group suddenly. The First Army was originally the starting regiment of the Wehrmacht, and in the early years, it followed Tu Menghu in all directions.

Its combat effectiveness can be imagined, and it is because this Japanese army has no choice but to resist and cannot advance.

"The Emperor is onboard!!" Suddenly, the Japanese soldiers with white cloths wrapped around their heads smirked and pounced near the largest crowd of Wehrmacht, and suddenly pulled the grenades tied to their bodies.

"Boom!!" More than a dozen Wehrmacht soldiers lay in a pool of blood, but none of these iron-like men squeaked. They gritted their teeth. All those who were able to stand up got up and continued fighting.

Those who couldn't stand up gathered their grenades on themselves and rolled towards the crowd of Japanese soldiers.

"Boom!!" Both sides are fighting desperately, and countless shouts and fighting voices are in one piece. Although the two units of the 13th and 14th regiments suffered heavy losses, they both insisted on fighting in their positions, and no one took a step back.

"Damn! It's all for Lao Tzu to resist. I've lost the face of our fifth division, and I'm not done with you!! A few people looked back, and it turned out that Shang Ying, the commander of the Fifth Division, personally led people to kill him! Good guys, this is directly a division to the battlefield!

The slaughter on both sides seemed endless, and people kept roaring and pulling grenades to detonate in the crowd. Even if you are a division commander. Sang-young still brandished a machete and joined the warband.

The afterglow of the setting sun gradually dissipated, and the fighting on the battlefield still did not stop. It wasn't until the Fifth Division Shang Ying arrived with people. These Japanese troops gradually retreated.

"Commander...... You...... It's really a good time for you to come......" Wan Lao Ghost and Hook Qi Yizhi smiled bitterly on the battlefield, and the brothers who were still able to stand around them may add up to less than eight hundred.

Two regiments, more than 4,000 smaller, can stand in this battle of less than 800! This shows how tragic the war has become.

And the entire division of the Fifth Division is now able to stand, less than 3,000 people. This still includes the troops directly under the division headquarters, and they are all like this.

"Say no more! Fuck, let's pit the little devils! Just when Shang Ying, the commander of the Fifth Division, wanted to say something, the adjutant ran up to him and sent him a telegram.

After reading it, Shang Yingtie gritted his teeth with a blue face and said fiercely: "These bastards are quite smart, they lost a division and a wing to use as bait for us to bite the hook." Ran through the gap with a division and a wing himself! ”

Wan Lao Ghost and Hook suddenly changed their faces when they heard this, they didn't expect the Japanese army to be so decisive. He even did not hesitate to use a large force as the main force to attract himself, but he himself broke through directly with a small force.

"Damn...... These people are really doing it......" The old ghost with a blue face gritted his teeth for a long time, and could only say: "This bloody ......"

The rest of the people stopped talking, no one thought that the Japanese army would be so resolute and ruthless! But they didn't want to think about the artillery fire and bombardment in Texas City, and the tanks.

These have already made Shouichi Terauchi, as the commander of the front army, desperate, how good can the army commanders below be?! Of course, they certainly cannot openly say that they fear the fighting power of the Wehrmacht.

It is only said that for the sake of the division and the honor of the front army, he cannot be completely annihilated, so someone needs to attract the attention of the Wehrmacht. Undoubtedly, it was most of the troops under their command who attracted the attention of the Wehrmacht.

The withdrawal of small groups of troops, on the one hand, is relatively easy, and on the other hand, it will not go unnoticed. When a large force attracts the main force of the Wehrmacht, then the gap in the encirclement will naturally be exposed.

Because Wan Lao's position was attacked, and the Fifth Division was dispatched by the whole division, there was a gap in the position between the Fifth Division and the Sixth Division, and Lieutenant General Ozaka Kamizo of the 12th Army took the opportunity to jump out of the encirclement directly with a division and a wing.

"It's really a goose every year, but the goose pecks its eyes!" Shang Ying, the commander of the Fifth Division, slammed the machete into the ground with a "click~" and sighed: "This punishment, Lao Tzu is determined!" ”

In fact, Shang Ying doesn't have to worry about carrying the punishment alone. In fact, the Fourth Army garrisoning Ling County was not much better.

The position garrisoned by Lin Chengyun, the commander of the 10th Division of the Fourth Army, also encountered the same problems as Shang Ying, but the Japanese army who successfully jumped out of Lin Chengyun bet more ruthlessly than the 12th Army.

Lieutenant General Umezu Mijiro of the First Army kept only one brigade and threw almost the entire division and a mixed brigade directly out as bait. Such a result can be imagined, and the commander of the 10th Division, Lin Cheng, directly ordered all units to support without thinking too much.

After a battle, the Japanese army relied on the advantage of its small force to penetrate through the gaps in the position. By the time they found out, they had already fled for dozens of kilometers and could not find a trace.

"Damn...... These sons of men are so fucking able to endure it......"

In Tokyo, Japan, Prince Xianyuan Gong of the General Staff Headquarters directly ordered the staff officers around him: "Order the 12th Army and the 1st Army to march in the direction of Kaifeng as soon as they break out." ”

"Order the Central China Front Army Matsui Shigen to immediately attack Liaocheng and other places. Ensuring the safe evacuation of the North China Front Military Station ......"

"I'm going to ask Your Majesty...... In the name of the base camp, the commander of the North China Front Army, Terauchi Shouichi was awarded the Rising Sun Medal and posthumously awarded the rank of marshal......"

As he spoke, Xianyuan Gong took a deep breath and said in a deep voice to Ishihara Wan'er, who had been silent beside him: "Improve your plan as soon as possible!" I think I'll be using it soon. ”

"Hay!" Ishihara bowed down and responded: "Please ask His Royal Highness the Prince, his subordinates will do their best!" ”

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