Chapter 977: The End of the Kwantung Army's Southward Dispatch Army (Ask for Subscription!) )
The main peak of Yushan, the highest command of the Kwantung Army.
As the sound of gunfire got closer and closer to him, the atmosphere of the entire command headquarters also became solemn.
The commander, Lieutenant General Taniguchi, paced anxiously, waiting for the latest battle report from the front. The slightly excited voice of the chief of staff, Masuda Daisa, finally reached his ears.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the 3rd Infantry Wing has telegraphed that the troops have successfully blocked the attack of the squadron. At the same time, the second and third infantry wings, which had gone to reinforce them, were also about to arrive on the battlefield. If nothing else, this lone squadron will fall into the heavy encirclement of our 39th Division... ̈"
"Yo Si, very good. Send a message to the front-line commander to concentrate forces and eliminate this squadron in the shortest possible time. After that, report to the headquarters as soon as possible." Lieutenant General Taniguchi ordered with an excited face.
What he didn't expect, though, was. Behind his agitation, a huge conspiracy has loomed over him, over his command.
"Buzz... Lieutenant General Taniguchi's nervous heart was put down for less than five minutes because of the telegram from the Third Wing. A huge roar of the engine has slowly reached the ears of every Japanese soldier in the command from far and near.
However, what is surprising is that these little devils do not take it too seriously.
For several days of fighting, this kind of roar has been constantly appearing in his ears. Almost all of them were sent by Chinese planes that had been hovering over their heads to reconnoiter the enemy. What is even more important is that with the cover of the dense forest in the depths of his own headquarters, it is impossible for a reconnaissance plane to fly by just by flying from a high altitude.
So, in the face of a louder and louder roar. The headquarters of Nuoda did not have any confusion except for a series of cursing and cursing of the little devils.
"Airplanes, Chinese planes..." Lieutenant General Taniguchi was still looking at the battle map in front of him with a relaxed expression. A sudden exclamation came from outside the headquarters. Immediately after, a panicked Command guard appeared at the dimly lit door of the Headquarters
"Isn't Baga just a Chinese reconnaissance plane, panicked, what kind of system...." Masuda Osa ordered angrily.
"Sir, report sir, it's not a Chinese reconnaissance plane, it's a bomber, and it's a group of bombers that are flying quickly in the direction of our headquarters..." The guard replied with a look of horror.
"Nani, bomber swarm, how is that possible. How could the squadron know the specific location of our headquarters, impossible, their target must not be our headquarters..."
"But, sir, the direction of the Chinese bomber group is clearly where our headquarters is located....."
Just before the guards finished their arguments, Lieutenant General Taniguchi, who had not spoken, shook his whole body, as if he had thought of something.
"It's not good that it's our reinforcements, it must be our reinforcements who have exposed the command... ̈Quick, notify the troops, and immediately carry out the transfer. Command has been exposed, move immediately....." As he spoke, Lieutenant General Taniguchi was the first to rush towards the door of the headquarters.
However, at this moment, a huge bomber group consisting of 24 bombers had already arrived above them. A squad of bombers, a total of three bombers, had already begun to dive towards the ground with a loud whistling sound, ready to drop bombs.
"Woo woo woo boom boom ̈ Sir, be careful..." A sharp whistle sounded in the air, and a series of explosions that shook the mountains followed closely behind the command headquarters. Suddenly, the headquarters that had just been dim was enveloped by a fireball in an instant. Lieutenant General Taniguchi, who had just walked to the entrance of the headquarters, just felt a wave of hot air rushing towards him, and was thrown to the ground in the exclamation of the guards around him...
"Sir, are you alright..." After some confusion, under the sworn protection of the guards, Lieutenant General Taniguchi, who was thrown to the ground, looked embarrassed, but still intact and returned to the dim underground headquarters....
"Eight Ge Yalu, cunning squadron... ̈" Lieutenant General Taniguchi, who looked aggrieved, scolded loudly....
"Masuda-kun, how's the ground going... ̈"
"Your Excellency, Commander, the situation is not optimistic.... Because all the bombs carried by the Chinese Air Force are heavy bombs, and there are even quite a few incendiary bombs. So far, the entire camp has been completely engulfed in flames, and all the guards have suffered heavy losses from the three infantry brigades..."
Speaking of this, the face that was still solemn just now immediately flashed a look of luck, and then spoke.
"Luckily, though. Because our headquarters is completely underground, we cannot be helpless with the bombs equipped with the Chinese Air Force. Therefore, so far, with the help of radio, our command headquarters has maintained contact with the various units around Yushan. But...
"But what? Masuda-kun, it's all this time, there's nothing that can't be said... Let's say, in addition to the fact that the headquarters was attacked by the Chinese Air Force, what else happened? Lieutenant General Taniguchi asked angrily.
"Lieutenant General Ikeda, Lieutenant General Ikeda's 63rd Division, was completely annihilated under the attack of the squadron. Lieutenant General Ikeda himself was killed on the battlefield as a result, and according to a farewell telegram from Lieutenant General Ikeda, the squadron's attack not only used a large number of air force and artillery, but also at least one regiment of tank troops..."
The 63rd Division, the only one on which it relied on its hands, was wiped out in less than a day of fighting.
As the commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Taniguchi's face was instantly shrouded in despair.
However, at this moment, there is no time for him to be angry and vent the anger in his heart.
After repeated bombardment, the dense forest, which was the concealment of the Japanese headquarters, had long since disappeared. The position of the Japanese general headquarters, under the expectation of all the pilots in the air, finally appeared clearly in front of them.
"Order, 1st Bomber Group, to start attacking at once. Let the little devils have a good taste of the power of our armor-piercing bullets...."
At the sound of an order, 12 bombers equipped with armor-piercing shells, like falcons predatoring, pounced on their targets.
"Boom, boom... ̈"
The results speak for themselves, and the Japanese commanders who have not yet reacted from the news of the total annihilation of the 63rd Division, including the former commander of the Kwantung Army, General Mitsu Ichiro, who has been relieved of his military duties. In the face of the sudden, without any warning, the armor-piercing bullets were all buried in the underground headquarters... ̈
"Call, call, 179th Division Call Headquarters, 179th Division Call Headquarters..."
"Call headquarters, 186 division call headquarters... ̈"
Seeing the smoke of gunpowder rising from the main peak of Yushan Mountain, the various divisions scattered around immediately realized the danger, and they used the radio one after another to contact the high command of the Kwantung Army, which had been completely buried underground.
"Report to the chief, there is still no contact with the headquarters..." After a series of calls, the operator had to report helplessly in the face of the radio station that did not hear back.
"Keep in touch with me. In addition, immediately contact several other divisions, especially the 39th Division stationed at the main peak, and I want to know what happened to the headquarters..." The Japanese soldier Dazuo, who was standing behind the operator, ordered with an iron face.
"Hayi...."
A few minutes later, it wasn't just the 179th Division. Throughout the Yushan battlefield, the few remaining main divisions of the Japanese army had to face a serious problem: their supreme headquarters was destroyed, and their supreme commander, Lieutenant General Taniguchi, and even the former commander Mitsu Ishiro. All the commanders are missing and have lost contact .... ..., for a while, on the entire Yushan battlefield, the remaining more than 100,000 Kwantung troops fell into a leaderless situation in an instant.
Of course, just when the entire Kwantung Army was in chaos when the southward dispatch army was in chaos, an even more unexpected news spread again, and it spread among ordinary soldiers.
The 63rd Division has the elite 63rd Division of the Kwantung Army. Under the attack of the squadron, it lasted less than a day before the entire army was annihilated. This was undoubtedly a great shock to the hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army, especially some of its recruits.
"Report to the sir, the squadron has begun to attack .... Moreover, at least one battalion of tank troops was dispatched..." On a Japanese wing position, a second lieutenant officer panted and reported.
"Nani, and the tank troops... ̈"
At the front of the position, a huge torrent of steel composed of 12 tanks of the Chinese attacking force was rushing towards its position with the roar of a huge engine.
See the squadrons with high morale, and then look at their own troops. More than 1,000 recruits who had been replenished on the battlefield for less than half a year, and as soon as tanks appeared on the battlefield, the faces of these soldiers showed a look of horror. As the tanks got closer and closer to the position, the bullets fired by the squadron became more and more dense, and the panicked look on the soldiers' faces became even thicker.
On the defensive position of Nuoda, except for the veterans of less than half of the brigade, they still lay on the position with a solemn face, waiting for the opportunity to fire. The remaining soldiers have long since lost sight of the calmness and murderous spirit that a soldier should have....
"It's over, the troops are over, the Kwantung Army is over... ̈ There was no command, plus the entire army of the 63rd Division was annihilated. The morale of the entire army has fallen into a trough. If we continue to fight, there will be no way out except to die..." The captain of the Japanese army sighed and said helplessly.
His words were not wrong. With the spread of two bad news one after another, coupled with the addition of the squadron tank unit, the battle was fired. On the Yushan battlefield of Nuoda, morale was low, especially the troops led by those noble officers, and the phenomenon of surrendering to the squadron slowly appeared...
On the land of China, the Kwantung Army, which fought thousands of miles and brought huge losses to the Chinese, sent troops to the south, and in this way, it was destroyed step by step in the hands of Liu Hua.
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