Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

"Woooo...boom..." Hearing this sound on the battlefield, anyone with a little military common sense would know that it was air force bombers conducting precision bombing on ground targets.

Indeed, in order to taste the wrath of the National Defense Forces to the defenders of Niangziguan, a squadron of 12 medium-sized bombers, like eagles finding their prey, launched dive attacks one after another at Niangziguan standing on the mountain ridge.

Another heavy aerial bomb exploded, and a black mushroom cloud quickly rose from Niangziguan.Although it was impossible for Sun Liren standing outside the pass to see the situation inside the pass, the earth-shaking explosion made him feel the huge destructive power of this heavy aerial bomb in Niangziguan.

As the black smoke surrounding the impact point of the aerial bomb dissipated, a huge charred crater with a depth of more than five meters and a diameter of 20 meters was completely burned, just like a huge crater on the surface of the moon, which was displayed in front of everyone.Of course, this is only the scene in the crater.

Looking around, the buildings within a radius of 30 meters from the impact point, whether they are common green brick houses or solid stone houses, were all knocked down by the air waves generated by the bomb explosion and turned into ruins without exception.

Just one aerial bomb turned a 30-meter radius into a no-man's land. It is conceivable how many people will be left in the entire Niangziguan surface position after dozens of hundreds of aerial bombs are dropped by the Air Force of the National Defense Forces.

Looking at the picture in front of him, Zhao Chengshou, who was holding a telescope at the back of the battlefield, was quickly replaced by solemnity.However, there is not much worry behind this solemnity.Because, as early as when the Wehrmacht bombers came to the sky over Niangziguan.Thousands of Jinsui troops at the forefront of the battlefield have all withdrawn into the Tibetan soldier cave several meters deep underground.

As for the origin of these caves for soldiers, it should be attributed to Li Guosheng.

As the National Defense Forces began to sell heavy weapons such as heavy artillery to major local forces in the country.How to defend against the opponent's heavy artillery attack on the battlefield has gradually become a problem to be solved by the leaders of the major local forces.Especially the Jinsui Army, which is surrounded by powerful enemies such as the Central Army, the Northeast Army, and even the National Defense Forces, regards it as a top priority to solve.

Under such circumstances, the major checkpoints and fortresses around Shanxi Province began to excavate and build large-scale Tibetan soldier caves for artillery defense, which became the first choice for the Jinsui army to solve the problem of opponents' heavy artillery attacks.

Therefore, the Niangziguan standing in front of Sun Lianzhong looks the same on the surface, but if you observe from the inside, you will find it.The mountain at the foot of Niangziguan has been dug by the Jinsui army into dozens of caves that can hide tens of thousands of soldiers.Unless the aerial bomb dropped by the national defense force directly hits the entrance of the cave, otherwise, the soldiers of the Jinsui army in the cave will not be able to do anything.

Of course, the downing of dozens or hundreds of heavy aerial bombs is not without effect.Except that two bombs hit two Tibetan soldier caves by accident, and wiped out two infantry companies of the Jinsui Army at one time.All the remaining aerial bombs were fired without missing a beat and razed the entire Niangzi to the ground. Even if most of the soldiers of the Shanxi-Sui Army survived this round of fatal blows from the Air Force of the National Defense Forces, they would have to face no ground to use in the next battle. embarrassing situation.

Seeing Niangziguan in the binoculars that had been razed to the ground by the Air Force, Sun Lianzhong, who exuded a strong murderous look, ordered coldly: "Contact the air bomber formation. Suspend the air attack on Niangziguan. However, the Air Force It is necessary to closely monitor the artillery units of the Jinsui Army that may appear in Niangziguan. Once discovered, a devastating blow will be done at all costs."

"Order the 021 Regiment to attack Niangziguan immediately..."

There is no imaginary charge sound.As soon as Sun Lianzhong's order was issued, the three infantry battalions were like three unsheathed sharp swords, and they were inserted from three different directions into Niangziguan, which had become a ruined wall.

When the attacking troops scattered in skirmish lines were still 500 meters away from the first line of Niangziguan.The six mortar platoons assigned to each company were quickly assembled under the action of the gunner.subsequently.A string of dull cannonballs sounded from behind the attacking troops.

Under the cover of a series of low whistling sounds, more than a dozen mortar shells went directly over everyone's heads and landed on the ruined walls of Niangziguan, where they exploded.

Several rounds of artillery fire came down.The Niangziguan position, which had just cleared the gunpowder smoke, was once again shrouded in dust and gunpowder smoke from the shells.

Under the close-range cover of mortars behind them, hundreds of Wehrmacht soldiers were even more confident.In a blink of an eye, the distance to Niangziguan was shortened to 300 meters.At this moment, Niangziguan, which had been completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke, finally fired a counter-attack bullet.

Several National Defense Force soldiers who rushed to the front were caught off guard, and were directly shot several times and fell down in a pool of blood.

Seeing the enemy firing, the mortar shelling speed behind them suddenly accelerated, and the sound of shell explosions that had been sparse just now became one piece at this moment.Not only that, dozens of general-purpose machine guns that charged with the troops were also set up at this time.Gunshots sounded like a chainsaw, and dozens of general-purpose machine guns quickly formed an airtight barrage in front of everyone.

The mortar shells that fell from the sky continued to kill and wound the defenders' vital forces, and the dense barrage that hit them made them unable to lift their heads. In addition, the thousands of Jinsui troops defending Niangziguan had no place to hide.

In just the blink of an eye, hundreds of Jinsui troops had died and turned into corpses.Of course, the Jinsui Army, who was so crushed that it couldn't lift its head, had no chance to shoot counterattack bullets at the National Defense Army attacking in front of them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, hundreds of officers and soldiers armed with semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns suddenly accelerated their charge and continued to shorten the distance between the two armies.Of course, when charging, the weapons in the hands of these soldiers were not idle, they kept firing bullets forward, and strengthened the covering firepower as much as possible, so that the Jinsui army could not raise their heads and shoot at themselves.

Faced with the increasingly fierce offensive firepower of the National Defense Forces, these Jinsui troops who seemed to have seen death beckoning to them had the urge to give up their positions immediately.However, this kind of thinking is just a thought, and since they were sent to the battle, this kind of thinking has become unrealistic.

For the sake of his family business for half his life, Yan Xishan's support for this decisive battle in Niangziguan can be said to be exhaustive.

Before the decisive battle broke out, he directly promised to all the soldiers who participated in the battle: "Soldiers who hold the position for a day will be rewarded with 20 Yuan Dayang each, and no one will give 100 Yuan Dayang as a pension to the soldiers who died on the battlefield. However, if the battlefield retreats, only the rear governor is waiting for them." The steel bullets fired by the team. Not only that. Once you retreat, your family members behind will be implicated."

Under the coercion and temptation of the chief.There is only one way out for these Jinsui Army soldiers, and that is to stick to their positions until they die in battle.After all, even if he died in battle, he could still win a generous pension for his family.

Just as the expressions on everyone's faces gradually changed from panic to firmness, a loud bang suddenly sounded behind them.

"The warriors of the Jinsui Army, if you retreat, you will die. Only by holding the position can we survive. And there are white flowers. Brothers, don't be afraid, the worst is death. Fight back immediately, use bullets and The grenade blocked the Wehrmacht attack, opened fire...."

After being reminded by the officer behind him, the Jinsui army lying on the surface of the position finally moved.Those who throw grenades throw grenades, those who shoot shoot.Although the bullets fired by the Jinsui army were not precisely aimed, but.Among the dense bullets fired by dozens of submachine guns and machine guns simultaneously, there is always one bullet that can hit the target.

More importantly, as the offensive troops of the National Defense Forces continued to advance, coupled with the condescension of the Niangziguan defenders.The grenades dropped by the Jinsui Army from Niangziguan gradually began to cause casualties to the National Defense Forces.

Seeing that the counterattack firepower of the Niangziguan garrison still shows no signs of weakening.The subordinates in charge of the attack continued to suffer casualties.Sun Lianzhong, who was still full of confidence in this round of attack, couldn't help but became worried, and under the reminder of Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang, he decisively issued an order to withdraw troops.

Watching the troops retreating hastily.Sun Lianzhong, who had been staring at Niangziguan all the time, suddenly said: "Chief of Staff, the situation is not right...according to the intensity of the air strike just now. The Jinsui Army on the surface of Niangziguan's position is made of steel. Melted into molten iron, not to mention the flesh and blood of ordinary people..."

"Looking at the attack just now, the Jinsui Army defending Niangziguan seems to have suffered heavy losses. Not surprisingly, the Jinsui Army defending Niangziguan must have escaped our air raid just now..."

Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang's eyes lit up, and he replied to Sun Lianzhong: "Commander, I remembered... When I was inspecting the coal mine garrison, I heard that the Jinsui Army was repairing the caves for the soldiers in the major military fortresses. Unexpectedly, the Jinsui army must have built a large number of caves for Tibetan soldiers under Niangziguan. When our air force bombed the ground, these Jinsui troops hid in the caves. When our infantry attacked Niangziguan, these Jinsui troops hid in the caves. Rush to the position to stop us..."

"It must be so..." Sun Lianzhong affirmed.

Now that you have thought of the cause of the matter, the next step is to think about the solution.After thinking for a while, Sun Lianzhong suddenly said to himself: "If we want to kill the Niangziguan defenders as much as possible, we must find a way to lure them out of the cave. Only on the surface of the position can our air force inflict great damage on the Niangziguan defenders... ..”

Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang said: "The military seat is right. As long as we can lure the Niangziguan defenders out of the cave, we can deal a devastating blow to the Niangziguan defenders with the new bombs that the Air Force has just equipped. They lured the soldiers out of the cave... Through these two days of contact, I can feel that the generals of the Niangziguan garrison are very shrewd..."

"Smart..." Hearing these two words, Sun Lianzhong quickly showed a mocking expression on his face.

Facing Chief of Staff Zhou Yunliang, he said confidently: "Old Zhou, no matter how shrewd a person is, he will be fooled sometimes. It depends on whether the bait we released is attractive to him..."

Seeing Zhou Yunliang looking at him with a puzzled expression, Sun Lianzhong changed the subject and ordered: "Chief of Staff, immediately order the 022 regiment to continue attacking Niangziguan. However, before launching the attack, you must tell the commander of the 022 regiment Zhou, The first half of this attack was not a real attack, but to stage a show for the Niangzi guards, lure them out of the cave where they hid, and deal them a devastating blow with the cooperation of the air force."

"In addition, although the attack in the first half is just a scene, it must be performed realistically. During the attack, one must be prepared to lose an infantry company."

"As long as the Niangziguan garrison enters the surface position, the air force that provides us with fire cover will throw submunitions at Niangziguan, and deal a devastating blow to the Jinsui Army on the surface of Niangziguan... After the air strike is completed, the 022 regiment must grasp this great opportunity. Opportunity, attack Niangziguan in one fell swoop. Occupy it and block the possible counterattack of the Jinsui army."

The deadly Niangziguan position.The more than 1000 Jinsui troops who survived the first round of blocking and the more than [-] people who had just been added, a total of [-] Jinsui troops shrank in the Tibetan soldier cave, quietly waiting for the death to come to their heads.A cry of exclamation suddenly resounded in all the caves of the Tibetan soldiers.

"Sir, the Wehrmacht has begun to attack..."

The National Defense Force, which has air superiority, launched an attack on Niangziguan again without launching an air strike, although many officers of the Jinsui Army did not know what conspiracy the National Defense Force had.However, after a successful resistance, they stood up from the ground immediately, picked up their weapons, and shouted at the subordinates behind them.

"What are you still doing in a daze, enter the position immediately. Get ready for battle."

After thousands of Jinsui troops entered the position with raindrops of mortar shells, a new round of attack troops dispatched by the National Defense Forces had already entered the 300-meter position.Not only that, an infantry company serving as a commando had already broken through to 200 meters in front of the position.

Seeing this, the frightened Jinsui Army officer quickly issued an order to counterattack.

Smoking grenades, raining bullets... greeted the attacking troops as if they didn't want money.

There was not much difference from the blocking battle just now. The moment the Jinsui Army opened fire, the offensive troops of the National Defense Forces had already subconsciously lay down on the ground.Afterwards, a general-purpose machine gun began to fire a rain of counterattack bullets at Niangziguan regardless of consumption.

For a while, the bullets on both sides seemed to be free of money.Mutual exchange.Of course, under the heavy rain of bullets, from time to time, soldiers from both the enemy and our side were shot and fell to the ground and turned into corpses.At this point in the battle, the only factor that can determine the outcome is to see who can persist until the end regardless of casualties.

Just when both the enemy and us were attracted by the almost white-hot exchange of fire on the battlefield.A medium bomber equipped with two aircraft submunitions suddenly appeared on the edge of the battlefield.The silver-white bomber fuselage continued to lower its height, and along the mountain ridge where the city wall of Niangziguan was located, it roared past and approached the sky above the battlefield of Niangziguan.

Zhao Chengshou, who was watching the battlefield with his binoculars, saw a bomber coming out of nowhere in the binoculars.A pair of eyes couldn't help jumping, and exclaimed loudly: "Not good. I was fooled..."

As soon as the voice fell, the silver-white bomber had already arrived in the sky above Niangziguan.at the same time.A sharp and ear-piercing whistle sounded in the sky above Niangziguan.

Two consecutive dull explosions sounded in the sky above Niangziguan, and the two aviation sub-munitions separated by 400 meters quickly split in the air, scattering two hundred small bombs weighing up to [-] kilograms in the air like a goddess scattering flowers.

Subsequently, the two hundred small bombs fell on the surface positions of Niangziguan like rain and exploded.

"It's over... I really didn't expect that the five thousand Jinsui troops would disappear in such a short period of time..." Zhao Chengshou couldn't help but said with a heartache when he saw the explosion scene that was almost everywhere in Shanhaiguan.

However, the heartache is heartache, and Niangziguan, which has been razed to the ground, still has to be guarded.

Seeing the National Defense Army who had just been suppressed in front of the Niangziguan position, it seemed as if they were suddenly given a stimulant, screaming and rushing towards the still exploding Niangziguan.Zhao Chengshou, who had already reacted from the shock, ordered decisively: "The third wave of defenders, order the third round of defenders hidden in the cave to attack immediately, and drive the National Defense Forces attacking Niangziguan to me..."

Watching helplessly as more than 1000 National Defense Forces were about to rush into the grenade throwing range, many soldiers had already pulled out grenades from their armed belts and were about to throw them.The Niangziguan position, which had been completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke, suddenly threw a rain of hand grenades.

The grenade exploded, and hundreds of national defense troops rushing to the front were directly submerged in the smoke produced by the grenade explosion.Not only that, after the first round of grenades, the second round, the third round... More and more dense grenades kept falling on everyone and exploded as if they were free of money, taking away the lives of soldiers...

The casualties of the attacking troops were increasing, and Zhou Yunliang, the chief of staff of the army who was watching the battle at the rear, was also taken aback by the sudden change in front of him, and exclaimed in surprise: "Why, how come there are so many Jinsui troops in Niangziguan. Could it be that the bodies of the Jinsui army are all made of iron, and more than 200 bombs have not wiped them out..."

Sun Lianzhong, with a gloomy face, shook his head and said, "It's not that they haven't been wiped out. The two aviation sub-munitions just now wiped out at least thousands of Jinsui troops. Not surprisingly, reinforcements from the Jinsui Army must have arrived..."

"Reinforcements, it's impossible. If the Jinsui Army sends reinforcements to the front, our air force cannot remain indifferent." Zhou Yuliang loudly vetoed.

Sun Lianzhong replied in a low tone: "If the reinforcements of the Jinsui Army had already hidden in the Zangbing Cave... It would only take half a minute at most for the reinforcements of the Jinsui Army to rush from the Zangbing Cave to the surface position of Niangziguan. In addition The gunpowder smoke covering the surface of the Niangziguan position is used as a cover, do you think the air force can find them...."

After finishing speaking, Sun Lianzhong, with a gloomy face, quickly ordered: "Immediately order the 022 regiment to withdraw and continue to attack. It will not do anything except increase casualties."

"Contact the Air Force. After the 022 regiment withdraws from the 300-meter range of Niangziguan, it throws two aircraft cluster bombs at the surface of Niangziguan. No matter what, I can't let hundreds of soldiers of the 022 regiment die in vain on the offensive road." (unfinished to be continued..)