Chapter 407: How Did They Get Here?

"Where did they come from?" Tada Jun yelled.

The armored units of the vanguard appeared too suddenly, and the speed of the tracks had already exceeded the reaction speed of the devils. By the time the army around the devil rushed over, 56 tanks were like 56 fortresses, blocking their counterattack.

"The position must be recaptured first, otherwise, as soon as the opening of the defensive line is opened, the army of the vanguard army will rush over like a tide." Itagaki Seishiro thought of the vanguard army that was constantly gathering on the other side, and he couldn't help but feel impatient in his heart.

More than 30 planes of the devils in the air were late, including 20 Zero fighters, but they were stopped in advance by the planes of the vanguard army before they could fly to the Yellow River defense line. With the help of radar stations, the vanguard army was ready to intercept when they flew together from Xuchang.

There was not much threat, and the Stukas in the sky were still using the chirping of demons to stimulate the nerves of the devils. Although they still had some scruples about bombing the fortresses on the Yellow River embankment, they were still easy to deal with those artillery positions.

The artillery positions of the devils, in order to prevent the giant artillery of the vanguard army, were either close or far away. The near ones are directly set up on the Yellow River embankment, and the far ones are arranged to the south of Zhengzhou. But this still could not escape the bombardment of the cannons. The huge artillery that rushed to join in the excitement bombarded it, and it could dumb up the artillery position. Even in those densely populated places, the two huge cannons were bombarded in turn, and hundreds of people died in one shot.

And those devil artillery positions near the Yellow River embankment were taken care of by Stuka and Raiden, although Raiden's large-caliber machine gun bullets could not dismantle the artillery, but those gunners had nowhere to hide. Anti-aircraft machine guns had little effect on the thick armor of the thunderbolt, but the few anti-aircraft guns were taken care of by Stuka.

"How can our tanks just guard? Didn't the instructor say that offense is the best defense. Tank units were born to attack. Wang Zhongfa gritted his teeth and said, he has become the commander of the tank battalion, he is only commanding a temporary brigade at this time, but he also rushes to kill, but when he reaches the bank of the Yellow River, he has become a fixed target. Although the machine guns and shalnzonel only clanged on the armor, and there was no harsh roar of the tank engine, he felt that the blood in his heart had boiled his stomach when he was beaten so passively.

After listening to Wang Zhongfa's words, Wu Sanshan, who had regained the position of captain because of his outstanding achievements, couldn't help but hesitate. The battalion commander of this temporary tank battalion, Hu 12, received and conveyed the order to defend, defend this section of the Yellow River embankment, ensure the safety of the pontoon bridge, and enable the troops on the opposite bank to cross the river smoothly.

Since that incident, Wu Sanshan has become much more cautious, usually a lot of silence, and his combat exploits have been accumulated little by little in accordance with the orders of his superiors to complete the task. No more risk-taking of self-assertion.

"Don't make mistakes on the battlefield, a mistake is to fill it with human life. Be sure to stay calm. Wu Sanshan kept reminding himself.

"Defend our position, wait for the big army to come up!" He was silent for a moment before speaking.

"Alas!" A heavy sigh came from the communicator, which pierced Wu Sanshan's heart.

"I'm going!" Wang Zhongfa said hello and hung up directly. Wu Sanshan saw 6 tanks in the distance lined up in an arrow and rushed out. The devils on the opposite position shouted loudly, trying to block the charge of these tanks, but they were caught off guard, what good way could they have there. The devil did not expect the tank to come, and the tank trench was not dug. Those ordinary trenches and barbed wire simply did not stop the assault of tanks.

Six tanks were rampage in a place where there were many devils, and the exclamations of the devils were transmitted all the way to the defensive positions of the vanguard army.

"Oh no, they're in danger." Wu Sanshan has been paying attention there.

Wang Zhongfa was still too cautious and did not dare to move his brigade, but only rushed out of 6 tanks. Although the tanks were invincible for a while with their thick armor and guns, there were too few 6 tanks, and there were too many devils on the opposite side. If Wang Zhongfa rushes to the devil's front and withdraws immediately, maybe it doesn't matter. But it seems that Wang Zhongfa was addicted to crushing the devils in the devil's camp just now, and missed the best time to evacuate. Occasional human bombs also worked, and two tanks were blown up and their tracks stopped.

"Captain Guan, I'm going to save people, and my line of defense is handed over to you. The 3rd brigade, all of them, follow me up to save people. Rush over! Wu Sanshan did not hesitate, explained to Guan Hui, who was defending behind him, and then shouted an order, and then his tank was launched. A dozen tanks around him rose with black smoke and rushed out with him with the earth-shattering roar of their engines.

Along with them were 9 armored vehicles. After the tank units of the Vanguard Army were incorporated into the mechanized units, now a squad consisted of one tank, two armored vehicles. But today's stormtroopers have fewer tanks and fewer armored vehicles due to their small number of men. This is the configuration of the armored division that the Vanguard Army is preparing to build mainly for tank combat. The purpose of this operation was also to test this tactic.

But Wu Sanshan doesn't care about it now.

"Make your own decisions, make your own decisions, anyway, as long as I don't retire, Lao Tzu will one day be able to lead dozens of tanks to charge together." Wu Sanshan took off his helmet, revealing his bald head that had just been shaved before the war. The wind brought up by the galloping tank made his mind not calm down, but like a wind that fueled it, boiling more blood.

"Rush!" He shouted again.

More than a dozen clouds of smoke and dust galloped all the way, turning up red waves and blood mud, and went straight to the tanks of the devils around Wang Zhongfa and others. The four thunderbolts hovering in the sky also swooped down, sweeping away the devils around Wang Zhongfa with large-caliber machine gun bullets. Immediately, a blank space covered by dust splashed by the tracks of six machine-gun bullets appeared on the devil's position.

"Get on the armored car in the back!" Wu Sanshan's tank was the first to rush to Wang Zhongfa's tank, whose tracks were also damaged.

"I knew you kid couldn't hold your breath." Wang Zhongfa's smiling voice was quite clear in the communicator.

"You owe me your life, go back and ask me to drink the good wine you treasured." Wu Sanshan replied angrily.

"No problem! Hey, what are you going to do? Wang Zhongfa had already discovered that Wu Sanshan's tank was still rushing forward at this time.

"It's all a trip. You have to kill it! Wu Sanshan replied and continued to command the tanks under his command to rush and kill. He is not a reckless death rush, he has already observed just now, although these devils around him can block Wang Zhongfa's 6 tanks, but they definitely can't stop more than 20 tanks from charging together. After the tank charge into a scale, it kills the god when it encounters the gods, and kills the Buddha when it encounters the Buddha. These devils don't have weapons in their hands that can effectively deal with tanks, and they can't stop them with meat bullets alone.

The mixed sounds of tank guns, machine guns, and Suomi had already masked the crunch of broken bones in the churning flesh of the tracks, and only the howl of the devil was not drowned out by the roar of the tank engine, echoing around this armored arrow.

When the sound of the devils in that area only filled the dirt on the ground, the armored unit was dripping with blood and hanging on the flesh, and returned to the guarded position like an iron demon that had just crawled out of hell.

"You're so uninteresting." Guan Hui waited until Wu Sanshan came back, and then shouted loudly, "You all run up and kill yourself, and I'm left here like a pillar to watch the house." "Wu Sanshan, they fought in front, attracting the attention of the devils, making them have a lot fewer attacking enemies on their side.

"You want to be trained too?" Wu Sanshan's hearty laughter returned.

"It's worth the training!" Guan Hui said dejectedly.

"Keep in shape and keep defending!" At this time, Tiger 12's faint voice came, and he didn't say anything about Wu Sanshan's behavior of leaving his post without authorization.

But Wu Sanshan knows that meritorious service in the vanguard army is merit, and there is a fault, and it is very fair. I heard that even Commander Meng never interfered with the rewards and punishments of military merits, let alone other people's favors. Although the situation was urgent, he was eager to save people, and rushed out without waiting for instructions, and it was inevitable that he would be punished for some small mistakes.

The army does not pay attention to human feelings, but pays attention to orders. Even if Wang Zhongfa attacks without permission, he will be punished slightly.

"Don't worry, it's okay! You haven't seen it yet? Battalion Commander Wang only said defense, but he didn't say defense on the spot. As long as you keep the pontoon bridge behind you, you can complete the mission. It's that you have too many scruples. Instead, Wang Zhongfa took advantage of the break in the battle, stretched out his head, and said with a smile showing his two front teeth.

"Did I think too much?" Wu Sanshan recalled the order of Tiger 12, and it did mean a little bit.

"Anyway, it's finally refreshing. It's worth it, too. Wu Sanshan's hearty laughter continued to echo. He didn't know that Meng Xiang had appropriately left a little room for adaptation in view of the shortcomings of the clone order. The battlefield is teleporting ever-changing, and once the situation changes, the clone officer does not react, but is afraid that he will be passive. At this point, clones are always less flexible than ordinary people.

The battle continued, and with the charge of Wu Sanshan and others, the tank troops were not limited to holding on to the death. A proper charge made it easier to break up the devil's attack, and with the support of air fighters, the devils still did not succeed in counterattacking. At this time, the three infantry pontoon bridges of the vanguard army had been built, and the infantry units of the vanguard army began to run along the pontoon bridges.

In order to prevent the shelling of the devils, dozens of fighters appeared in the sky. Although most of them are novices, they still have no problem dealing with ground targets. At this time, there were more than sixty Thunderbolt planes in the sky, and there were more than a dozen Thunderbolt N-type planes. For this attack, more than a dozen excellent pilots were also drawn here. After all, there are also Zero planes here, plus the elite pilots of the Army Airlines, which are not something that the novices of the Vanguard Army can deal with.

16 Thunderbolt N entangled 16 Zeros, catch and fight. On the other side, there are 8 Thunderbolt B planes attacking 4 Zero planes. One-on-one can be a draw, let alone two-on-one.

In addition, there were more than 30 thunderbolts chasing more than a dozen other planes flying all over the sky.

After more than half an hour of air battle, the vanguard army was again 8-3 ahead, and there were two Zeros.

"My plane is coming for reinforcements again." In order to reverse this ineffective battle situation, Tada Jun quickly sent out all the more than 80 fighters in his hand. Trying to open the tide on this side. He also knew that the planes of the vanguard army were powerful, but at present, the Yellow River defense line might be breached, and he had to fight.

"The little devil wants to have a decisive battle in the air? Then fulfill him, than the plane, how have we ever been afraid? Meng Xiang immediately ordered planes from nearby airports to rush to support.

The big war was about to start, and the pilots were on standby at the airport, waiting to be dispatched. Originally, the vanguard army had prepared more than 100 fighters near Xinxiang, but at this time, in order to win in numbers, Meng Xiang directly transferred nearly 100 planes from the nearby airport.

The size of the plane is not large, but it can travel several kilometers, or even a dozen kilometers, in a minute. When the planes engaged in the battle in the skies near Zhengzhou, the maneuvering space of the planes was limited by the number of planes. As far as the eye could see, it was all the wings of an airplane, and the fire snake that strafed it accidentally even touched its own people. Accidental injuries have occurred on both sides.

The entire battlefield was captivated by the hum of planes in the sky. The planes in the air were put down like dumplings, and then both sides rescued their pilots.

"Haha, this is the second time." When Luo Yingde threw off the parachute in frustration, several tanks stopped beside him with black smoke, and Wu Sanshan showed his head and smiled. Whenever a parachute from the vanguard army fell, the tank unit would rush out of a part of the fight to get back its pilot.

"Okay, I'll treat you when you go back." Luo Yingde smiled as he took out the Victory Cigar and put it in his mouth. Since Wu Sanshan rescued him that time, the two have become friends and often correspond. However, this time, no one expected to meet on the battlefield again.

"How many?" Wu Sanshan asked with a smile.

"Two were shot down, and the total was just over ten. Momentarily proud, negligent, and knocked down. Luo Yingde shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"It's not a trump card, you have to treat yourself when you go back. Let's talk about it later! Wu Sanshan shook his hand and retracted his head. Luo Yingde saw the tanks that were rushing around him, and knew that this was not the time to speak, so he quickly jumped into an armored car that followed behind.

The steel brigade composed of more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles once again flew up a stream of blood-red smoke and dust, and flew away.

Over time, the aircraft, which had begun to fight, had to return due to fuel and ammunition constraints. After he lost the 20 flexible Zero planes, the remaining 80 planes were even more brutalized by the Vanguard planes that doubled the number of fighters. After the space of flight is expanded, Raiden's dash skill is well played, and it often swoops down to hit with a single hit.

After losing more than 20 planes, he had to evacuate while fighting.

At this time, the infantry of the vanguard army had already built a solid defense line on the Yellow River, and Huang Baitao's 57th Army was still coming in a steady stream.

After the continuous replenishment and training of the 57th Army, the 111th and 112th Divisions were fully established. At this time, the army of more than 60,000 people was mobilized in a huge way. They will be the main force fighting in Henan, and Meng Xiang has observed Huang Baitao for a long time, and Huang Baitao is worthy of his trust. Not to mention that his subordinates are filled with so many clones and hardcore veterans.

After reorganization and filling, the 57th Army is no longer the ranks of the down-and-out Northeast Army. Among the additional recruits, there are personnel from Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Sichuan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and other places. The local character of each army was diluted, even Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army. Local armies are particularly prone to warlords, and Meng Xiang wanted to extinguish this sign in advance. At this time, all the soldiers had only one title, that is, the vanguard army, and they were proud of this title.

After the end of the air battle, the sky near here became a place for the vanguard fighters to fly freely. The record of 36 to 14 is enough to show that the crown of victory in air battles is still in the vanguard.

By the time the evening was completed on the pontoon bridges that could supply tanks and armor and trucks to cross, everything seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

"Get them back!" Sugiyama Motodai yelled. As soon as Wang Jingwei's puppet political axe was established here, several appointments in Henan Province were announced, and the vanguard army over there came to slap him in the face. Besides, once Zhengzhou is lost, the army on the Shanxi side will be all blocked inside. If the vanguard army had opened up the Pinghan Line again, there would have been some hope of capturing Wuhan, but I am afraid that it will be far away in the future.

"How could their chariot troops suddenly come out of nowhere?" Kenji Dohihara kept thinking about this question. If you don't figure it out, you're afraid that similar problems will occur in the future, how can you beware?

"How did those tanks get there?" Fan Chong also asked curiously. It's not just that he can't figure it out, but even he has been thinking about it for a long time, and he doesn't know how to hide it from himself and transport so many tanks behind the devil.

Those tankmen, he knew, were slowly slipping through various channels. As long as you don't bring weapons, it's easy for hundreds of bare-handed people to get through, but how can so many tanks and those weapons and equipment be brought over?

"The organization sent people to prepare, and they took the path of foreigners." Meng Xiang explained with a smile. But that's all there is to it, it's better to keep a little mystery, otherwise how would he explain it? Do you want to tell the truth, it is directly produced by the base?

The direct jurisdiction of Xinxiang's sub-bases directly covers Zhengzhou and other places. Meng Xiang built a chariot factory, a logistics equipment center and a barracks in remote places early on, with the shelter of woodlands and the camouflage function of the base, coupled with the remoteness of the location, so it is easy to avoid the eyes of the world. And with this, these tanks and armored vehicles appeared.