Age of Rebirth

Chief of Staff Nobuto was right to worry. The [-]-strong army of the China Independent Division attacked the city from six sides and possessed powerful artillery firepower. How could it be possible that a series of suicide attacks caused a few casualties to the imperial civilians in Yamagata Castle, so they stopped there?

Chief of Staff Shinto knows a little about the ancient Chinese art of war, "Under a long attack, there is no need to defend the city!" The time to block the independent division of China for more than a week is almost dream language. In his opinion, Yamagata Castle can support Three days is quite enough, the commander of the Yoshida Division was temporarily defeated, no!Not even a small victory, the casualties of thousands of people, for the China Independent Division with a strength of [-] troops, it is just superficial!

Seeing the visibly excited Yoshida Division Chief, Chief of Staff Shinto opened his mouth, and swallowed the words that came to his lips. In fact, Chief of Staff Shinto also misjudged the defense capabilities of Yamagata Castle, which has been completely destroyed. Tang Qiuli, who was enraged, would not even give it to the Japanese for three days!

Outside Yamagata Castle, the artillery array is heavily guarded. Large-caliber artillery has been deployed in place. The thick barrels are pointing at Yamagata Castle from all directions. The corps directly under it is the number one main field corps in the combat sequence of the independent division. It is not only reflected in the combat effectiveness of the troops , is also reflected in weapons and equipment.

Six field mechanized brigades, each brigade has a heavy artillery regiment equipped with 48 36-caliber howitzers, a self-propelled artillery regiment equipped with 32 wheeled and tracked large-caliber artillery, and a rocket launcher battalion equipped with 24 barrels There are twelve rocket launchers, and each regiment has an artillery battalion belonging to the regiment, equipped with [-] medium-caliber artillery pieces, and each battalion also has an artillery company belonging to the battalion.Equipped with twelve medium-caliber artillery pieces and more than twenty mortars.Each company has a heavy firepower platoon, in addition to being equipped with heavy machine guns.Also equipped with a dozen mortars.

As far as the artillery firepower of a mechanized field brigade directly under the corps is concerned, there are more than 380 artillery pieces of various calibers, reaching an astonishing number. Adding up the brigades, the number of artillery bombarded Yamagata Castle exceeded [-].

The artillery of each brigade was ready, and the time passed by.But they never waited for the division commander to give the order to fire. The six brigade commanders kept looking at their watches, their hearts burning with anxiety, holding their breath, and wandering back and forth anxiously, piles of cigarette butts piled up under their feet.

A Yamagata city the size of a palm was fought for several hours, and a certain price was paid in casualties.As a result, they were forced to withdraw from the city, as if they had lost the battle. Is Yamagata Castle difficult to fight, of course not.There are many more difficult targets to hit than this.

"More than an hour has passed, why hasn't the commander issued an order to fire? What are you waiting for?" Liu Hongzhang, the commander of the first brigade, yelled anxiously: "No. I have to call the commander and slap the Yamagata City. Why are you still cautious?"

After speaking, Liu Hongzhang shook the phone.Deputy brigade commander Gao Jingkun hurriedly held his hand, and stopped him: "Brigade commander, don't send you home to be trained by the teacher. I communicated with the deputy brigade commanders of each brigade, and our brigade suffered the most casualties. , You said, the teacher is angry, you call, what good fruit can you eat?"

"Then I'll just wait?" Liu Hongzhang yelled with guilt in his heart, but refused to admit defeat. He didn't expect that the first brigade would suffer more than 1000 casualties when fighting a small Yamagata castle. He was too eager to grab the first place in the main attack, so he suffered a dull loss. He was thinking about it. He didn't know how the teacher would settle accounts with himself after the battle?

"What else can you do without waiting?" Gao Jingkun replied.

"Success, then I'll wait!" Liu Hongzhang lost his temper, sat down on the cannonball box, and smoked sullenly.

Chu Ziye, the commander of the fourth brigade, was also so anxious that his eyes were burning. He had run out of a pack of cigarettes. He frowned and asked Colonel Wu Chengguang, the chief of staff of the brigade: "Chengguang, tell me, the artillery is already in place. What are you waiting for, Master? I'm so anxious!"

"Brigade Commander, it's useless to be anxious!" Wu Chengguang blinked his eyes and said, "According to my judgment, the division commander is probably waiting for bombers! I think the infantry will not be needed to attack Yamagata Castle again! The Japanese in the city , I'm afraid there will be none left!"

"What! Bomber?" Chu Ziye couldn't believe it, and said, "We still need that thing. The artillery of our fourth brigade alone can blow up the little devils in Yamagata Castle. Ah, if you want to blow up Yamagata Castle, you really have to use bombers!" He woke up and muttered.

More than 30 minutes later, more than 180 bombers of the third bomber formation of the Northern Flying Group of the Independent Division Air Force flew over Yamagata Castle under the escort of fighter jets. In the hearts of the Japanese, a kind of boundless fear arises spontaneously.

"Division commander, the Chinese dispatched bombers. It seems that the comers are not good!" Chief of Staff Shinto said worriedly.

Lieutenant General Yoshida disagreed, and said: "Bombing is only a means of attacking the city. If the order goes on, the whole city will enter an air defense state. In the end, infantry will be needed to capture the city. As long as the Chinese infantry enters the city, all their heavy weapons will be lost. It works, but the result is still the same!"

"Reporting to the commander, Huang Manliang, the commander of the third bomber formation of the Northern Flying Group, reports that our formation has entered the bombing position, please give instructions!" A call came from the ground-air communication radio.

"Let's start all!" Tang Qiuli said coldly, glancing at the bombers in the sky.

The bomb, pouring down from the sky, the silver-white projectile, under the reflection of the noon sun, reflected the dazzling light. It was not the kind of explosion that caused smoke and dust to rise, but it burst into pieces after falling silently. , Immediately, flames sprang up, and countless flames connected together, like tongues of flame swimming in a winding manner, seeping into every corner of the ground and underground of Yamagata Castle.

The "Buddha Light" napalm bomb is absolutely terrifying in terms of lethality to dense urban areas. In an instant, there was a skyrocketing fire and thick smoke in Yamagata Castle. Not only Tang Qiuli, but all brigades of the Independent Division The above-mentioned commanders all know that all key cities in the Honshu Island area of ​​Japan will build underground air defense fortifications, and the Japanese also know in their hearts that if their troops can attack the territory of other countries, their own homeland will also be attacked.

A few years ago, especially after Japan defeated Australia, the Japanese did this. There are already a lot of detailed information to confirm this. The artillery shells cannot destroy the underground air defense system. Then, use the "Buddha Light" napalm bomb, Covering bombing can solve this problem, which is the only reason why Tang Qiuli dispatched a bomber fleet despite having a strong artillery.

At the same time as the "Buddha Light" napalm bomb fell, more than two thousand artillery pieces of various calibers also roared together. Countless shells, like meteors, crossed the sky and smashed into the Yamagata Castle. There were thick columns of smoke.

On Honshu Island in June, the sun was scorching at noon, Yamagata Castle was burning and trembling, and the heat waves blowing in the wind scorched people's faces. In Tang Qiuli's eyes, there was an indelible coldness. With his hands behind his back, he Keep watching like this, under the napalm bombs and countless shells, the burning Yamagata Castle.

The shelling of the Artillery Unit of the Independent Division is quite methodical. It adopts gradual and carpet shelling. The shells first fall densely on the periphery of the Yamagata city area, gradually extend to the inner city area, and finally reach all-round coverage, and then hit back the same way , Repeated shelling, during which, there were also occasional gunshots, which were the surrounding troops, killing the Japanese who were trying to escape.

More than an hour later, the bombers returned, and the bombardment stopped. The entire Yamagata Castle was turned into a sea of ​​flames. The thick smoke mixed with the smell of burning came with the wind. Tang Qiuli let out a long breath, as if the anger in his heart had dissipated. It's almost there.

"Director Ge!" Tang Qiuli called Ge Zhenzhuang: "In the name of the teacher, I authorize Colonel Mei Ting, the acting director of the Information Office, to truthfully broadcast today's shelling and bombing of Yamagata Castle to all Japanese, and once again Statement, the Chinese army attacked the Japanese commander-in-chief Tang Qiuli, and solemnly warned all Japanese that if the Japanese commander in that city tried to drive civilians to fight with our Chinese army, 10,000+ Japanese civilians and more than [-] Japanese soldiers in Yamagata City would end up, That's the next game for you!"

Domineering!murderous look!Ge Zhenzhuang's heart tightened suddenly. He had no doubts about the teacher's statement. Maybe the Yamagata Castle that was disappearing in the fire was not the last Japanese city to be destroyed, maybe it was just the beginning. The murderous intent in the officer's heart is no less than that of the teacher, and even stronger!

After thinking about it, Ge Zhenzhuang felt that it was still necessary to remind the master, so he said: "Master, it is not wrong to deter the Japanese with the fate of Yamagata Castle. It is normal to issue a public statement to warn the Japanese, but in your name, sir, It seems inappropriate, for fear of bad international influence, is it better to use the name of the teacher!"

"International influence! So what?" Tang Qiuli sneered, and said, "It is something that binds one's hands and feet. When the Japanese invaded the Northeast and the whole of China, did they ever consider international influence? Director Ge, the so-called For the strong, the international influence is like a passing wind, like an international agreement, it is a restraint for the weak!"

"The Japanese must learn to be fearful and fearful. This is a nation that does not shed tears without seeing a coffin. If in the battle of attacking the Japanese mainland, killing people in the wild and massacring everyone in the city, and being called a butcher and executioner, I, Tang Qiuli, would be happy." accept!"

"It's almost there. Yamagata Castle no longer exists. I ordered the Sixth Brigade to leave two regiments and enter Yamagata Castle to clean up the battlefield afterwards. The other brigades rushed to the predetermined area immediately to build a blocking position!"

Ge Zhenzhuang was silent, then saluted and left. Tang Qiuli looked towards the northeast of Honshu Island, where there were nearly a million Japanese soldiers.

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