Age of Rebirth

Lieutenant General Kase Masaga, Commander of Japan's Hokkaido Defense Area Headquarters, is now very entangled and has a headache. He found that it is obviously unrealistic to block the two-month-long plan of the China Independent Division in Hokkaido. Armed civilians looked so vulnerable under the fierce artillery fire.

In Sapporo now, countless people who escaped from northern Hokkaido pour in every day. The supervisory team composed of the Imperial Army at the Hokkaido Defense Zone Headquarters seems to have lost its deterrent effect, even though they are shooting every day. Armed civilians, on the road leading to Sapporo, the bodies of armed civilians who were shot can be seen everywhere, but they can't stop the swarms of people fleeing. We can't kill them all, right?

The troops of the China Independent Division landed from Wakkanai, and in more than a week, they came to Iwamizawa and looked at Sapporo, letting Lieutenant General Kase destroy all the people of Hokkaido and die with the enemy. The plan to delay the advance speed of the China Independent Division completely fell through. I had to spend my own capital in advance, and more than [-] regular soldiers were deployed on the front line of Sapporo, ready to fight to the death.

Lieutenant General Kase was tangled and sad. He couldn't understand why the people of the empire were afraid of death?Why are the civilians of Hokkaido, who have a tough folk style, so afraid of war?

With deep disappointment and contempt for the people of the Hokkaido Empire, Lieutenant General Kase began to carry out the Sapporo campaign plan. In his battle plan, he first expanded his troops massively. Didn’t most of the armed civilians flee to Sapporo? Office, all organized into combat units, all organized in accordance with the establishment of regular troops.

The first is to form an armed civilian brigade, with a regular imperial army brigade as the backbone, supplemented by nine armed civilian brigades.The strength of a wing has reached an astonishing scale of more than [-] people.Such ultra-luxury alliances have formed several branches.The strength of the Hokkaido Defense Zone Headquarters has expanded to more than [-] people.

Then, divide the line from Sapporo to Hakodate into four lines of defense. The first line of defense is mainly composed of armed civilians, deployed on the line from Naichuan to Otaru, with a defensive force of more than [-] people, the first line of defense.According to Lieutenant General Kase, it is the cannon fodder defense line, and people use their best. We don't expect those armed civilians who have just learned to shoot guns to be able to withstand the attack of the independent division of China. Their role is to consume, to consume themselves and to consume the enemy.

Of course, in this case.Lieutenant General Kase only told some senior officers in the defense zone headquarters, such as Major General Yamano, the chief of staff, that the second line of defense is centered on Sapporo.Across the southwestern part of Hokkaido, more than 10 troops were deployed, of which [-] were working in the field north of Sapporo.The remaining troops are placed in the urban area of ​​Sapporo.Prepare to fight an urban street battle with the independent division troops.

The third line of defense is the line from Muroran to Iwanai in the southwest of Sapporo.Deploying about 15 troops, there are two tasks. One is to deploy about half of the troops at any time and put them into the street fighting in Sapporo. The troops on the defense line will immediately be put into a full-line counterattack until they are completely wiped out or left in the Hokkaido area.

The fourth line of defense is the final blocking area with Hakodate as the core. The rest of the troops are deployed here. Lieutenant General Kase gave them the order to fight to the end. Once the first three lines of defense fail to stop China The advancement of the independent division troops, the Hakodate line is the last effort, because at this point, the troops of the Hokkaido Defense Zone Headquarters have no way to retreat. Behind them is the Tsugaru Strait, which is the heart of the empire-Honshu Island.

Yuan Jinghao commanded about 15 troops in the vanguard of the right-wing attack group. After occupying Iwamizawa, if he wanted to attack Sapporo, the battle he faced was to break through the first line of defense of the Japanese army, which was dominated by armed civilians in Hokkaido.

At this point in the Hokkaido campaign, Yuan Jinghao and Sun Zhenbang are not in a hurry. In fact, there is nothing to do if they are in a hurry. The terrain in Hokkaido is narrow, the battlefield space is limited, and the right-wing attack group has 65 troops. It is impossible to fully deploy , that is, the 15 vanguard troops commanded by Yuan Jinghao himself. In his opinion, they are all using too many troops.

The narrow terrain conditions and battlefield space also greatly restricted the hands and feet of the two generals of the Independent Division. The commanders of the various corps of the Independent Division are veterans who have fought for many years, and they are all under the command of the division commander Tang Qiuli. Under the influence of command thinking for many years, he is familiar with tactics such as outflanking on two wings, interspersing in the middle, great detour, dividing the battlefield, breaking down tactics, and assaulting on two wings of an armored group.

But none of these tactics will work in Hokkaido. For example, the outflanking of the two wings will not work at all. The little devil's defense line runs across Hokkaido, and the outflanking of the two wings can only go to the sea. Therefore, there is only one way to play in front of Sun Zhenbang and Yuan Jinghao , head-on hard shake, one-line flat push attack.

On the second day after Yuan Jinghao set up his headquarters in Iwamizawa, Sun Zhenbang ordered the follow-up echelon to stop advancing, rest on the spot, and divide some troops to occupy other areas, and wipe out the Japanese armed civilians who had not put down their weapons. He himself was in a hurry. Nai took the Corps headquarters and drove hundreds of kilometers to Iwamizawa.

The two met and discussed, then lay down on the military map for a long time to study, and finally came to the conclusion that if an attack is launched from Iwamizawa to Sapporo, the battlefield space can use up to six brigades with less than 10 troops at a time. The troops can't move.

Another point, the two people agree, that is to send a large number of scouts to go deep into the Japanese army positions in Sapporo to conduct detailed reconnaissance and collect information from all aspects. Although they have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength and firepower , but knowing oneself and the enemy is one of the basic qualities of commanders at all levels of independent divisions.

After finishing all the work, Sun Zhenbang took a sip of water, looked at Yuan Jinghao with a smile, and said, "I said, old man, you have been a pioneer officer since you landed in Wakkanai. You have been bombarded all the way here. You are so majestic. Let's discuss something. How about letting me command the battle of Sapporo?"

"That's not going to work!" Yuan Jinghao's head shook like a rattle, and he refused: "You are the commander in charge, responsible for commanding the overall situation and coordinating the overall situation. I am the deputy, and it is appropriate to command the troops to play the vanguard! Besides, The leading troops are all soldiers from the North China Field Corps, and you are not familiar with my troops, so commanding them is awkward, so don't dare to work hard!"

Sun Zhenbang was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but what Yuan Jinghao said was reasonable, and he said in another way: "Otherwise, wouldn't it be possible to deploy six brigades at a time on the battlefield? We will divide the work and command three brigades each." Brigade attack, what do you think?"

"Is there still such a command method?" Yuan Jinghao widened his eyes in surprise, and said, "I said, man, are you going crazy for wanting to fight? The width of the offensive front is only so much. It is not too much to have two sets of command systems." Mess?"

"Okay, okay!" Sun Zhenbang said discouragedly: "I won't fight! Damn it, if I knew this earlier, why would I be the commander! Let you Yuan Jinghao be!"

The two chattered for a while, and then waited for the reconnaissance troops to send back the intelligence of the Japanese army in Sapporo. In the evening, the intelligence came in one after another.

Yuan Jinghao was the first to see it. After reading it, he shook his head and sighed, and said, "Look, brother, that old devil named Kase is crazy, and he actually put three 10,000+ people on the line from Yingchuan to Otaru." Forces, God, the little devils in the trenches, I'm afraid they will be crowded!"

Sun Zhenbang received the information, read it carefully, and found it inconceivable, and said: "The main thing is to arm the civilians, and the old devil Kase is planning to kill us! Well, a typical attrition tactic, blocking your way with human life! "

"The regular main force of the little devil is concentrated on the front line of Sapporo. He made it clear that he wants to fight us in the street. This old devil, Kase, is not simple. He has a bit of strategy. Jinghao, the street fighting in the city of Sapporo should not be taken lightly. ah!"

"Hmph!" Yuan Jinghao snorted coldly, and said, "Old devil Kase made a wrong calculation. If he dares to come, I will dare to bury him. Dude, I am going to fight like this to break through the battle from Yingchuan to Otaru. The artillery brigade, self-propelled artillery regiment, rocket launcher battalion, and several tank brigades were all brought up to blast the kid's first line of defense with shells. Isn't that old devil Kase going to consume? Then let's fight a war of attrition , do you think it can be done?"

"You are the commander of the vanguard, so you can make up your own mind!" Sun Zhenbang said sourly.

"But you must ensure that the frontline artillery has enough shells!" Yuan Jinghao said with a smile.

In the early morning two days later, mist floated over Hokkaido. On the first line of Iwamizawa, Yuan Jinghao concentrated all the artillery and tanks of the right-wing offensive group and lined up on the position. According to the different calibers and ranges of various artillery, the composition A number of artillery groups, in order to achieve the effect of all-round coverage.

More than 280 artillery pieces of various types are deployed in six attacking directions. The density of the artillery pieces has reached an astonishing number of [-] pieces per kilometer, and the artillery shells that the logistics department has urgently replenished in the past two days are even more than [-] yuan per artillery company. More than ten bases.

In the eastern sky, the first light of dawn appeared, and Yuan Jinghao and Sun Zhenbang sat calmly at the two ends of the cannonball box in the Iwamizawa headquarters. Major General Han Guangqi, chief of staff of the North China Field Corps, looked at his watch and said, "Two commanders, It's time for the bombardment!"

Sun Zhenbang and Yuan Jinghao looked at each other, the former nodded, and Yuan Jinghao said without any emotion, "Let's get started!"

Shen Lei, the thunder-like loud noise rolled in from a distance, and suddenly echoed in the air before dawn in Hokkaido. This dawn is no longer peaceful. More than [-] artillery pieces roared at the same time, and countless shells brought whistling sounds Cut through the morning fog and hit the Japanese positions.

The flames reflected the mist red, and the sound of the explosion dispersed the mist, causing patches of red smoke to rise up. The Japanese positions were trembling, and southern Hokkaido was trembling. . . . . .

(to be continued) (to be continued...)