~Date: ~October 22~

，nbsp; Japan's 1st Tank Division, the 1st Independent Tank Brigade, the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade, and the two elite infantry wings that have just been carefully selected. The Japanese army's starting positions in the southwest and southeast of Yunshan have been deployed on all fronts! Now more than a hundred artillery pieces of the two armies are roaring, and waves of sea of people are attacking to cover their actions well. For this armored assault, the Japanese troops on the Yunshan front have already paid too much price...... Now it's finally their turn to reap the fruits of victory, right? Well, having paid such a heavy price, even if you win, the fruits of victory must be bitter!

The commander-in-chief of this round of armored assault was the commander of the 1st Tank Division, Lieutenant General Toshimoto Hoshino, who was the brigade commander of the tank brigade that was almost wiped out by the American armored forces in the Mexican campaign in Central America! Of course, tactically speaking, that battle should have been won by his tank brigade, so after returning home, Hoshino Toshimoto not only did not have a seppuku, but also was promoted to the commander of the lieutenant general division.

Standing on a hillside burned bare by incendiary bombs dropped by Chinese bombers, Lieutenant General Hoshino always had a sense of foreboding as he looked at the assault vehicles that had begun to form a formation under his feet.

One tank division, plus two separate tank brigades, should have more than 500 vehicles of various types on the books...... However, due to the damn bombing of the Chinese Air Force, now Lieutenant General Hoshino has less than half of the combat vehicles available! And what made Hoshino even more depressed was that because the road from Pyongyang to Unsan was damaged by the bombing of Chinese aircraft, two wings equipped with Type Zero assault guns (one brigade of combat vehicles, and two brigades of armored infantry) under the establishment of his 1st Tank Division were still on the road, and the commander of the mecha corps, Yoshida Pi, transferred two more wings equipped with Type 97 assault guns from the 2nd Tank Division to the 1st Tank Division.

Therefore, Hoshino Toshimoto can only use 180 Type 97 assault guns and 73 Type 98 light combat vehicles to launch this round of armored assault!

In the setting sun, a group of officers ran towards the high place where Hoshino Toshimoto was standing, and Lieutenant General Hoshino put his saber on the ground, squeezing out a faint smile on his face, and put on a confident look. Several officers approached him and bowed respectfully to him. The one led by Katsuichi Kobayashi of the 1st Tank Wing. He was followed by Nishina Nobuyoshi Osa of the 2nd Tank Wing, Oyamabori Osa of the 5th Tank Wing, and Yoshimito Yamada of the 6th Tank Wing. Each was dressed in a black armored uniform with a truncated katana at his waist (all Japanese officers carried a katana, including those who flew planes and tanks).

Kobayashi Katsuichi was the oldest of these people, he stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Excellency, the First Armored Assault Group has been formed. All 180 assault vehicles are in good condition, all combat supplies have been completed, and the accompanying infantry has also been put in place...... Just waiting for your lordship to give the order to attack! ”

Hoshino Toshimoto had thought of a lot of rhetoric in his heart to boost morale, but when the matter came, when he thought of the Chinese's terrible No. 4 tank and No. 3 assault gun, he couldn't say anything beautiful. just nodded emphatically: "Gentlemen, please!" Kudanzaka! ”

Hearing such unlucky words, several people were stunned for a moment, and then they snapped up and replied loudly: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Kudanzaka! Then he turned around and ran down the mountain.

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4:30 p.m. The winter sun in North Korea is gradually setting. Colonel Li Guorong, commander of the 24th Panzergrenadier Regiment, saw through the telescope a field of several thousand infantry and more than 100 assault guns 2 kilometers away. There was also a Japanese column of hundreds of armored vehicles, which was slowly approaching the woods opposite the 81.2 heights. No, no, the woods on the opposite side have been beaten into a bare wasteland full of craters by Japanese artillery fire!

"Damn it! The tank column of the Japanese is coming up, call the division headquarters quickly! Tell Weigong (Shi Jue) that the main direction of attack of the Japanese this time is the southeast! "Since the movement of the Japanese tank unit to the southwest to the west bank of the Kowloon River in the morning confused the 3rd Panzergrenadier Division, the two assault artillery companies originally assigned to the southeast have been transferred to the southwest! And fill their vacancies. Just a power search company equipped with 15 Min-28 heavy armored vehicles. As soon as he saw the armored assault cluster of the Japanese, Li Guorong immediately knew that something bad was going to happen, and couldn't help but shout again: "What a fucking damn!" Why did you let Little Japan be deceived? Lao Tzu is really going to die this time! ”

And at this time, Chen Li, the staff officer of the regiment commander who was using the phone to contact the division headquarters, suddenly put down the telephone receiver and reported loudly: "Regiment seat, for the sake of the public, let us hold on for 30 minutes, the 403rd Heavy Assault Artillery Battalion will arrive soon, they will arrive soon!" ”

"Smack!" Hearing that the 403 Assault Gun Battalion, which was equipped with No. 3 assault guns, was coming to help, Li Guorong slapped his thigh hard, and then lowered his face and ordered loudly: "Tell the brothers below that today is a good day for our 24th Panzergrenadier Regiment to serve the country!" It's all for Lao Tzu to withstand the position, who dares to take a step back! Don't blame Lao Tzu for turning his face and not recognizing people! Also, send a telegram to the division headquarters, and say that all the officers and men of our 24th Panzergrenadier Regiment are bound to live and die with the position! ”

After saying the beautiful words, Grand Master Li raised his binoculars again and began to observe the black and oppressive Japanese armored assault column ♀ in front of him, and at some point the artillery group of the 3rd Panzergrenadier Division had begun to block the shooting, and the shells exploded in the formation of the Japanese armored column like raindrops, but ordinary high-explosive shell fragments did not pose any threat to these combat vehicles. It's just that the infantry who accompanied the advance suffered and were swept down piece by piece! Occasionally, a few shells hit the armored vehicle directly, one Type 97 assault tank was blown to pieces by a 150mm howitzer shell, and two wheeled armored vehicles were blown to the ground by the air wave of the 105mm howitzer explosion, and several Japanese armored soldiers inside were stunned on the spot. However, the entire Japanese assault column was still advancing!

Watching the Japanese assault tanks and soldiers approaching step by step, the positions of the Chinese panzergrenadiers in the "woods" also began to get busy.

Inside the trenches in the reserve positions, the officers shouted: "Attention, attention, prepare for battle!" "By the way, he kicked the unresponsive soldiers, urging them to move quickly along the shallow communication trenches to the front.

The forward position consisted of a hastily excavated trench this morning, hundreds of large and small foxholes, several 105mm recoilless guns, and about the same number of 57mm anti-tank guns were dragged out of the concealed bunkers and placed on several firing points behind the front-line positions, followed by eight Type 28 heavy armored vehicles. The 50mm guns were already aimed at the front.

There were no anti-tank trenches dug in front of the trenches, but there were countless burned tree roots, which were natural barriers to the advance of the tanks, and the ground in front of the ground was also full of craters.

Rumble......

When the Japanese assault fighting vehicles were less than 1,000 meters away from the Chinese Panzergrenadier positions, the artillery behind the defenders' positions opened fire ∽ The first to fire was a 60 times caliber 57mm anti-tank gun, which was copied from the Soviet ZIS-1 anti-tank gun, which was amazingly powerful, and at a distance of 1,000 meters, it was enough to penetrate the frontal armor of Tank No. 2! Of course, the Japanese Type 97 assault tank, which has a thin skin and stuffing, can't resist it.

Before the sound of cannon fire dissipated, a ball rose in the ranks of the Japanese attack! A 97 assault tank immediately burst into flames, and after moving forward by inertia for a short distance, it lay motionless. Immediately after that, all the anti-tank guns and recoilless guns on the defenders' positions began to roar, and the shells rained down on the Japanese tanks! The Japanese tanks on the march were also shot one after another and caught fire. However, the Japanese tanks that had been beaten did not stop firing, but continued to grit their teeth and move forward. It's not because of a bad brain, but the training level of the Japanese armored forces in this time and space is eight streets worse than that of the Chinese armored forces! At a distance of 1,000 meters, the gunners of the Japanese assault tanks could not be sure of hitting the target, wasting ammunition. It was better to suffer some losses to close the distance ♀, and the situation lasted only a short time, and hundreds of Type 97 assault vehicles opened fire with the 57mm guns they were equipped with. The Japanese armored vehicles that followed closely behind also stopped and fired at the Chinese positions with machine guns.

This time, it was the turn of the Japanese army to strafe the Chinese front with intensive firepower. The Chinese officers and men were completely unable to raise their heads, and the anti-aircraft guns and recoilless guns deployed behind the positions were also destroyed by Japanese fire. The 8 Min-28 armored vehicles became the main objects of the Japanese assault artillery, and within 10 minutes of the artillery battle, 4 were shot and caught fire and burned on the battlefield! Seeing that the firepower of the squadron was suppressed, the Japanese armored column resumed its advance, and the assault guns roared forward. The accompanying infantry even raised their rifles with bayonets and shouted and charged.

But when the Japanese assault guns approached the front line of the Chinese army, they ran over anti-tank mines and exploded! This was followed by heavy bombardment by the remnants of the Chinese anti-tank artillery, and the infantry in the Chinese trenches continued to fire the Japanese infantry accompanying the assault vehicles with automatic rifles, mortars and machine guns. The Japanese tanks, which had been thwarted in the attack, once again stopped advancing. Switch to artillery to support the infantry charge. Soon the Japanese infantry, overwhelmingly numerically superior, rushed into the first line of Chinese trenches, and a tragic melee battle ensued.

The reason why it is said to be melee combat rather than hand-to-hand combat is because the standard equipment of the Chinese armored grenadiers in the defensive position is not a rifle with a long bayonet, but a Min 25 automatic rifle type of automatic rifle ♀ similar to the historical AK-47, using a 7.62mm intermediate power bullet, the firepower is very powerful, but the bayonet is not as good as the 1.7 meter long Type 38 rifle (including the bayonet). Therefore, the Chinese panzergrenadiers simply gave up the idea of stabbing and just "suddenly" fired wildly with the automatic rifles in their hands! At the same time, the howitzer group of the Chinese army deployed in Yunshan City also concentrated its firepower to cover the forward positions of the Chinese army, blocking the road for the reinforcement of the follow-up troops of the Japanese army. In a short time, all the Japanese troops who broke through the position were wiped out. Subsequently, the Chinese and Japanese armies began firing at a distance of 400 to 500 meters, and the battle gradually reached a stalemate.

Inside the forward command post, watching the assault of the armored cluster was blocked by the Chinese troops. General Yoshida was sweating profusely there, picked up the phone, gritted his teeth and gave an order to Hoshino Toshimoto: "Assault!" Give me a blitz! Don't be afraid of losses, give me a surprise at all costs! Order the infantry to follow up and charge me! ”

And Shi Jue, the commander of the 3rd Panzergrenadier Division, was already sitting in Li Guorong's command post, holding a telescope to watch the battle at the foot of the mountain. Looking at the Japanese tanks, armored vehicles and infantry of the brigade screaming, braving the rain of bullets of the squadron, rushed through a hastily arranged minefield of anti-tank mines, and launched a decisive attack. The forward positions of the 24 Battalion of the 2 Panzergrenadier Regiment have been broken through, and the 3 Battalion, as a reserve, has also arrived there in half-track armored vehicles and is exchanging fire with Japanese assault fighting vehicles with 105mm recoilless guns and 57mm anti-tank guns on half-track armored vehicles! Whether it is a Chinese half-track armored vehicle or a Japanese assault fighting vehicle. All of them are typical cart-carrying cannons, and their firepower is far stronger than defense, and as long as they are hit by an opponent's shell, they will turn into a burning fireball on the spot!

"Where did the 403rd battalion and the 25th battalion of the 1st regiment go? These bastards, it's time to crawl! Shi Jue was so anxious that he couldn't help but curse and ask about the reinforcements.

"It's almost there, it's almost there." A senior staff officer of the division headquarters behind Shi Jue was also sweating profusely, and he raised his hand there to look at the time. "Five minutes, five minutes at most. And they arrived. ”

"Damn, it's been five minutes! In another five minutes, if they don't show up, Lao Tzu will ......"

As he was talking, he saw that the Japanese tanks on the battlefield suddenly exploded one after another!

"It's here! It must be our heavy assault artillery battalion that has arrived! ”

"It's time to let little Japan know a little bit more powerful this time!"

The command post of the 24th Panzergrenadier Regiment was filled with cheers. More than 60 heavy assault guns No. 3 armed with 88mm cannons and 110mm frontal armor arranged at an angled angle are no joke! Even if this kind of weapon is the famous No. 4 heavy tank, it must have a tingling scalp when it sees it, let alone these thin-skinned Type 97 assault tanks from Little Japan?

The fierce confrontation on the battlefield quickly turned into a one-sided slaughter! The Japanese tanks were shot and exploded, turning into a pile of scattered parts. Seeing that the general trend was gone, Hoshino Toshimoto had no choice but to give the order to retreat, and the surviving Type 97 assault tank reversed and retreated at full speed, but the Japanese infantry rushed forward with strange screams, and the result was naturally beaten alive into a blood gourd. However, their suicidal charge temporarily stopped the pursuit of Chinese assault guns and Panzergrenadiers, leaving dozens of Type 97 assault guns and more wheeled armored vehicles. and the infantry who turned around and fled, all escaped with their lives.

This round of fierce fighting won the Chinese panzergrenadiers nearly two and a half hours of rest and recuperation, and as soon as 7:30 a.m., the Japanese artillery shells once again exploded ♀ in the Yunshan frontline position, and the next time it seemed to be a 150mm caliber heavy gun, the explosion was extremely powerful, and a roar could blow up a gap of more than ten meters in the defenders' positions! It seems that the reinforcements of the Japanese army have already felt it.

As soon as Shi Jue saw this posture, he felt that something was wrong, and he looked at the battlefield ♀ in front of him motionlessly with red eyes, and the Japanese zero assault gun should come up! He hurriedly gave the order: "Strengthen the remaining two battalions of the 25th Regiment to the southeast and southwest defense lines." Organize all the miscellaneous personnel of the division headquarters and organize them into reserves. Send another telegram to Commander Xu and urge reinforcements! ”

At this time, Li Guorong had already arrived at the wooded position opposite the 81.2 heights, and the terrain above ♀ it was relatively flat, and it was estimated that it ♀ was the focus of the breakthrough of the Japanese armored forces. The heavy fire overwhelmed the defenders. The entire defensive area, including the reserve positions, was covered with overwhelming fire! Many Panzergrenadiers who had taken refuge in the trenches of the reserve positions were killed by the raining Japanese shells.

Before the smoke of artillery fire had dissipated, the assault column composed of Japanese tanks and infantry poured in, and the Japanese ♀ Zero assault tank that was seven or eight points similar to China's No. 2 assault gun took the lead! More than a hundred Type Zero and Type 97 assault vehicles formed a wedge-shaped formation and roared over. Around these tanks were dense Japanese infantry, shouting "Onboard!" Onboard! The slogan of "Charge forward! More than a dozen self-propelled guns with 105mm cannons also came up and did not dig behind the Japanese charging columns.

The 62 No. 3 heavy assault guns on the position opened fire at the same time, and the sound of 88mm cannon salvos was continuous, as if countless mines were ringing in the ears at the same time. However, when the Chinese Panzergrenadiers listened to it, it was comparable to the sound of heaven. With the help of the light of the flares that continued to rise into the sky, the 88mm gun of the No. 3 assault gun began to fire at a long distance of about 2,000 meters, turning the Japanese tanks rushing forward into blazing torches. But such fierce firepower did not stop the Japanese army, which was already half crazy, and the assault guns that were not hit all charged at full speed! Trying to close the distance, they counterattacked with their 48 times caliber 75mm cannons. After paying the price of 30 or 40 tanks being destroyed, the Japanese assault tanks finally brought the two sides closer to about 1,000 meters. However, just as these Japanese assault tanks had just stopped, ready to look for targets to aim, a thick cloud of smoke suddenly rose from the Chinese assault gun position opposite, and then only the roar of the motor was heard, and the Chinese assault guns began to reverse and retreat......

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