readx; Yang Ji looked at his watch, looked at the tank in front of him and behind him, and frowned: "Why are there so many people who haven't come up!" ”

A lieutenant next to him said: "Battalion commander, those guys from the 923rd battalion just now occupied a dock that was originally allocated to us, so the speed is slower!" ”

Yang Ji didn't reply after hearing this, he immediately reopened a detailed map of the Tangjin area in his hand, and then thought of the order that the division headquarters had conveyed to him before landing, and immediately said: "I can't do it anymore, those who have landed will go forward immediately, and they can't be blocked here!" ”

You must know that the dock is so big, and if more than 70 tanks from his tank battalion are blocked here, others will not have to land. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In such a large-scale landing operation, it is absolutely impossible to block the beach after landing, and as soon as the troops land, they must be quickly launched to make room for the subsequent landing force.

Yang Ji's battalion belongs to the Ninth Infantry Division, the Ninth Infantry Division as a mechanized infantry division, after the Sino-Russian War, the Chinese Army's high-level interest in the formation of mixed units is very high, plus a large number of T15 tanks into active service, and the original T9\12 tanks can not be said to be useless, can only further increase the number of tank battalions, and the increase in the number of tanks not only let the armored division reorganize, but also let the army top brass reorganize the mechanized infantry division, revoking the model of regimental direct battalions, Instead, the regiment was reorganized into a battle group headquarters, which did not directly administer combat units in peacetime, and temporarily deployed tank battalions and machine infantry battalions in wartime according to different tasks. Artillery battalions and baggage battalions form a battle group with individual combat capability. According to this change, the tank battalions of the mechanized infantry division have also increased from one to two, the ninth division is equipped with a 243rd tank battalion in addition to the original 64th tank battalion, and the mechanized infantry battalion has been reduced from nine to six. In fact, in 1944, China's infantry divisions and armored divisions were already very similar in terms of formation and command combat mode, and the infantry divisions were just a little less tanks, and the others were the same.

The 64th Tank Battalion led by Yang Ji was attached to the 9th Division A Battle Group, and the task of the 9th Division A Battle Group was to quickly rush south to reinforce the 2nd Marine Navy after landing. In addition to the 64th Tank Battalion, the Ninth Division A Battle Group also has the 923rd Infantry Battalion, the 931st Infantry Battalion, the 93rd Artillery Battalion, and the 91st Baggage Battalion.

However, only one of the 923rd Infantry Battalions has gone ashore now, and the 94th Tank Battalion of Yang Ji has not yet completed all the landing, and there are still small half tanks in the process of landing, and the rest of the troops of the Ninth Division A Battle Group are still landing one after another.

With the issuance of Yang Ji's order, more than 50 tanks of the 64th Tank Battalion that had already gone ashore once again started their huge engines, and then drove out of the beach with a faint white smoke.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Yang Ji's 64th Tank Battalion had already arrived at the predetermined location, but it was not found that the brother troops of the Second Marine Division were not contacted, and they were not contacted by radio. After wasting several minutes, the signal corps was unable to get in touch with the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division, except for getting in touch with a few brother units who didn't know wherewhere, which made Yang Ji a little dissatisfied. A few minutes later, the Ninth Division's A battle group gave the latest operational order: The 4th Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division had conquered the current position two hours earlier and was extending the attack, and your unit immediately set off to continue southward to catch up with and support the 4th Marine Regiment.

Yang Ji was even more dissatisfied when he heard this, and delayed for two hours before telling himself the news, this is a military delay! In a bad mood, he even planned to draft a report to complain to his superiors.

"Keep moving and catch up with those damn Marines!" Yang Ji roared loudly, as if he wanted to express his dissatisfaction with his voice!

As a result, these dozens of tanks once again let out a huge roar, spewing a faint white smoke forward, and Lieutenant Colonel Yang Ji, who was sitting in the tank and leaned out, also didn't care about the oncoming cold wind, he just wanted to catch up with the 4th Marine Regiment in front.

The weather in November is already relatively cold at this time, although the area where Kyushu Island is located has not yet entered the cold winter season, but the temperature is not high, according to the conventional speaking, China should not launch a landing near the winter, because the landing will inevitably jump into the sea, the icy sea water is painful for the soldiers who jump into the sea and fight, but because the landing operation on the mainland of Ben can no longer be delayed, now China and the Americans are fighting for a time, It is impossible to make China wait until next summer to make landfall.

Therefore, before the winter completely arrived, China launched a landing on Kyushu Island, and at this time, Kyushu Island, the southernmost mainland island, has not yet entered the winter completely, and the temperature of the sea is acceptable, and if it waits for a month of heavy snowfall, it will be even worse.

On the one hand, the Americans are in hot pursuit, and on the other hand, the temperature is getting cooler and colder, which is also the reason why China has been forced to launch a large-scale landing after making hasty preparations before it can completely wipe out its own air defense and domestic industrial facilities.

When it was close to twelve o'clock at noon, the damned communications corps finally contacted the 4th Marine Regiment in front!

An intermittent voice came from the radio intercom: "Our department is blocked, continue to support the armored forces!" ”

Yang Ji snorted coldly when he heard this, and only then did he remember us, and he hurriedly caught up with us without saying a word of greeting earlier.

However, he complained in his heart, and the battle still had to continue, Yang Ji did not delay, but ordered the troops to continue to advance at high speed, and the tanks were speeding on the country road, and occasionally a large piece of water flew up and stuck to the infantry on both sides of the road, who were marching with their feet.

"Damn tank soldiers, you have the ability to shoot all of them yourself, and say, 'Ben!'" An infantryman with a 1937-style semi-automatic rifle on his back walked and cursed.

But before I could curse, I saw a tank in front of me drive out of the center of the road to the side of the road, and then talked to an infantry captain in a jeep!

"You're from the 923rd battalion?" Yang Ji asked the captain.

The captain in the jeep replied: "Report to the sir, we are the troops of the third company of the 923rd Battalion, and we are being ordered to rush to reinforce the 4th Marine Regiment five kilometers away. ”

Yang Ji nodded when he heard this: "Why don't you have a car, what about your transport vehicles?" ”

The 923rd Battalion also belongs to the Ninth Division, and it is also a unit of the A battle group, while the Ninth Division, as a mechanized infantry division, is equipped with a large number of full-tracked infantry fighting vehicles and a large number of wheeled personnel carriers, and it is relatively rare for infantry to march on foot.

The infantry captain said: "Don't mention it, there was a bombardment on the beach, and my people got off the boat, but there were not many vehicles found, and the more than ten vehicles I brought were also asked by the battalion headquarters, so I could not only walk with my feet!" ”

Yang Ji said: "Do you want to take a ride!" ”

The infantry captain said, "That's a good feeling! ”

Immediately, he shouted in front of and behind him: "Brothers get on the tank, brothers of the 64th Battalion let us hitchhike!" ”

At this time, the infantrymen who were still scolding just now were no longer dissatisfied just now, but they climbed into the tank one by one, sat on the tank and continued to brag.

The three companies of the 923 battalion have more than 100 people, and the 64 tank battalion has more than 60 tanks, which is more than enough.

And at this time, Yang Ji also came out of the tank under his command, and it was not a comfortable thing to sit on the tank for a long march, he would rather ride in a jeep with the infantry captain.

So the 64th Tank Battalion took another infantry platoon along the way, and also pulled out a few heavy trucks that were stuck in the quagmire, and then rushed all the way to the position of the 4th Marine Regiment.

After Yang Ji walked into the temporary combat headquarters of the Fourth Marine Regiment, he found that there were many people in it, some of whom he did not know, and some of whom he knew, and those who knew him were naturally his own brothers of the Ninth Division, and those who did not know were all from the Marine Corps.

Immediately, he walked over and walked directly to a colonel with the highest rank: "The 64th Tank Battalion of our department has arrived, what is the situation now?" ”

That colonel is Fang Yunlong, the commander of the Fourth Marine Regiment, although it is said that the Marine Corps and the Army have different systems, but now everyone is working together, and according to the tradition, the command of the battle is the responsibility of the person with the highest rank on the scene, he is the battalion commander of the 64 Tank Battalion, and the other 923 Battalion commanders are all lieutenant colonels, so they can only accept the command of Fang Yunlong, the commander of the Fourth Marine Regiment.

Although Fang Yunlong is a naval general, he is also a serious general of the ground forces, and he studied ground warfare in the military academy, not commanding warships, so he immediately said to the map on the table: "From three hours ago, our regiment launched a counterattack, and successfully defeated the enemy's strength of a wing or so, and then entered here, and in front of us, there is Zhanggao Mountain, this mountain is not high, and the terrain is not complicated, but the army has built a large number of defensive offensives here. According to the fire reconnaissance and feedback from the air force, the enemy in front of us had at least one division of troops, and there were also a lot of heavy weapons! And our regiment is seriously underarmed with heavy weapons and equipment, and when the time comes to attack, I am afraid that we will have to rely on your tanks and infantry fighting vehicles! ”

Yang Ji said: "This is as it should be, we are here to support your department!" ”

Fang Yunlong said: "As long as you can open a gap, then our regiment will be able to quickly invest a large number of troops to expand the gap, and directly tear the direction of the enemy's entire division, and then the sixth regiment of our second marine division will also launch a coordinated attack from the south, and it will be possible to defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop." ”

Yang Ji said: "When will the support from the Air Force arrive?" ”

Fang Yunlong looked down at his watch and immediately said, "I have already contacted the 21st Squadron, and at that time, the 21st Squadron will dispatch at least fifty sorties of aircraft to support us on the ground, and the fleet is expected to arrive in thirty minutes!" ”

Yang Ji sighed secretly after hearing this, these marines are good at this, they can call air support at will, but thinking about the fact that the marine division is a naval force, and it is the navy's carrier-based aircraft that are called, it is also relieved, their naval system is naturally simple to call air contact, and if the army wants to call for air support, it is much more troublesome, after all, the air force has limited aircraft, and there are so many ground troops that need air support, it is impossible to say that dozens of planes can be called to support with a casual shout. It's good to be able to send more than a dozen planes.

After the troops of the 64th Tank Battalion and the 923rd Battalion hurriedly rested, it didn't take long to see dozens of planes roaring, these naval carrier-based aircraft are very different from the planes of the Air Force, the Air Force generally uses F6D or F5E fighters to carry out ground support, among which the F6D is mainly a twin-engine fighter-bomber, but on the Navy side, the sortie is a dive bomber and F8G fighters, plus the Navy's carrier-based aircraft pilots are generally of higher quality than the Air Force pilots, those F8G are handy at low altitudes to play maneuvering strafing, and those dive bombers are constantly dive-dropping bombs and pulling up, and the hit rate is much higher than that of fighter-bombers like F6D.

With the arrival of air support, the ground force consisting of the 4th Marine Regiment and the 64th Tank Battalion and the 923rd Infantry Battalion also began to attack with the support of a large number of artillery in the rear!

Dozens of tanks took the lead, leading dozens of infantry fighting vehicles and other tracked armored vehicles to advance rapidly, braving the words "my own intensive artillery fire interception and machine gun strafing directly rushed to the outer positions of the company" with irresistible momentum, and then those infantrymen of the 923rd Battalion in various armored vehicles began to get out of the car, and then used semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns, machine guns and grenades in their hands to engage in hand-to-hand combat, at the same time many soldiers began to fire grenades, rocket launchers, and recoilless guns to the front line. The soldier's heavy fire was killed.

Compared with the infantry firepower, the T15 tanks are more powerful, the protection and firepower of the T15 tanks are not comparable to the T19 amphibious tanks equipped in the Marine Division, the thick armor is enough to defend against the blow of the 75 mm anti-tank gun of the largest caliber, and the high-explosive shells fired by the 105 mm tank guns on it can destroy a fortress position and take the lives of countless soldiers when firing at close range.

Although the infantry fighting vehicles accompanying the tank combat did not have high protection capabilities, they also began to fire fiercely with vehicle-mounted machine guns and 20-mm rapid-fire guns at this time.

This mode of battle is the traditional infantry and tank coordination tactics that China's mechanized forces have always adopted, and there is only one characteristic, that is, to crush all enemies with absolute firepower superiority!

The breakthrough positions chosen by these small-scale armored assault groups are actually only a few hundred meters wide, but in these hundreds of meters of width are dozens of tanks, dozens of various armored vehicles and hundreds of soldiers, and the density of firepower is even comparable to the maximum firepower of an ordinary infantry division in a short period of time!

And this model is also a subtle embodiment of the Chinese Army's theory of great depth! An extremely important point in China's theory of great depth is that it concentrates more than 90 percent of the firepower of tanks, artillery, and aviation units in 10 percent of a front, forming an absolute superiority in firepower and strength locally, and then tearing through the enemy's defense line, and after tearing through the defense line, causing the collapse of the enemy's entire line from point to point, forcing the enemy to retreat on its own initiative to avoid being encircled and annihilated, and in the process of the enemy's voluntary retreat, its own mechanized heavy units destroy the enemy through the mode of pursuit and movement warfare. It would be better if the enemy did not retreat from the side, the mechanized troops would quickly advance through the gap, and then capture the enemy's rear, forming two fists with the troops attacking from other directions to cut off the enemy's retreat, creating the possibility of encircling and annihilating the enemy by a large number of infantry units in front.

When Yang Ji led this small-scale armored force to attack and assault, the other side of the 4th Marine Regiment also launched an attack from the entire front, and an infantry battalion of the 4th Marine Regiment also followed the 64th Tank Battalion with the 923rd Battalion to go deep into the gap, expanding the gap and continuing to attack forward, trying to create an opportunity to encircle and annihilate a large number of enemies.

A few kilometers away, the 6th Marine Regiment also launched a coordinated attack, pinning down the troops of the Yue Army on the southern flank, so that the troops of the 4th Marine Regiment and the 9th Division A Battle Group could smoothly break through and penetrate deep into the enemy's depth.

When the Chinese troops launched an attack, the defenders said, "I did not retreat, they used weapons far inferior to the Chinese army to resist desperately, and the anti-tank guns were gone, so their soldiers took off their shirts in the cold wind, tied their heads with white strips with the words "victory" and "decisive death" written in blood, tied explosive bags on their upper bodies, and held several cluster grenades or explosive bags trapped together in their hands!

Then under the heavy fire of the Chinese troops, they kept running in the craters or tunnels, and finally went straight to the Chinese tanks! Although most of these soldiers who launched suicide anti-tank attacks were shot by Chinese fire one by one halfway, there were still a very small number of soldiers who were lucky enough to pass the dense fire interception, and then rushed to the Chinese T15 tank and shouted Long live and pulled the explosive bag on their bodies!

Although the explosives pack cannot directly destroy the thick armor defense of the T15 tank, it will still cause the T15 tank to suffer some considerable injuries, such as the loosening of internal parts, the inability to rotate the turret or the damage of other parts, the crew is dizzy from being shocked, and the most serious thing is the detachment of the tracks.

The suicide attack launched by himself did not last long, because it did not take long for the armored troops led by Yang Ji to completely crush the Yue army in this position, and then continue to lead the troops south, they wanted to completely encircle and annihilate at least two or more wings of the Yue army in this area.