RPAGF Chapter 776 Armored Assault, Divine Soldiers Descend from the Sky
Chapter 776 Armored Assault, Divine Soldiers Descend from the Sky
776 Armored Assault, Divine Soldiers Descend from the Sky
The three main divisions that received the order immediately advanced the counterattack order to ten o'clock.
It’s just ten o’clock.
Whoosh whoosh!
The two rocket artillery regiments on Ye Qingshan's side fired rockets one after another towards the Japanese positions.
The tail flames of the rockets streaked across the night sky, illuminating the night sky of northern Guangdong.
Not only the rocket artillery regiment, Ye Qingshan also has a 105mm howitzer and three 75mm mountain artillery regiments.
They all joined in the shelling of the Japanese positions.
This was also the time when Ye Qingshan was before his 86th Army heavy artillery unit arrived.
He could mobilize all the artillery units.
Rumble!
Violent explosions continued to occur in the positions and barracks of the Japanese 40th Division and 22nd Mixed Brigade near the Shaoguan front line.
At this time, the Japanese front-line attack troops should have been preparing to retreat.
Many Japanese soldiers were packing up their baggage and weapons, preparing for retreat in the second half of the night.
As a result, at this time, Ye Qingshan's artillery shells came over.
The Japanese were immediately thrown into chaos.
"Come on!"
After the shelling ended, the 86nd, rd and th Divisions of the th Army launched a counterattack against the Japanese at the same time from three directions.
The shouts of the charging Kuomintang soldiers were deafening.
They quickly attacked the Japanese positions in the front line.
And in the darkness, there was an attacking team that was the most conspicuous.
That would naturally be the only armored battalion that Ye Qingshan currently has that came back with Zheng Guizi.
At this moment, the armored battalion commander Lu Changtian was sitting in a military jeep and advancing quickly.
Behind him was a company of medium tanks.
This medium tank company is composed of 18 M4 "Sherman" medium tanks.
This medium tank company is also the strongest attack group of this armored battalion.
In addition, there are two light tank companies, equipped with 7 M3 'Stuart' light tanks.
There is also a battalion headquarters company equipped with several military jeeps and half-track armored vehicles.
Last was the logistics and supply company, followed by a group of military trucks carrying supplies such as ammunition and fuel.
Ye Qingshan's armored battalion was built completely according to the American armored forces during World War II.
The equipment is also a full set of the latest models of tanks purchased from the Americans.
This armored battalion is the most powerful one even among the armored divisions of the 86th Army.
That's why Zhou Pingkou sent him to Ye Qingshan in advance.
Zhou Pingkou knew that Ye Qingshan would most likely launch a counterattack against the Japanese before the main force of their army arrived in northern Guangdong.
Zhou Pingkou has followed Ye Qingshan for the longest time, and he knows Ye Qingshan's character too well.
In addition to this armored battalion, there are other armored units of Ye Qingshan's armored division.
There are no such advanced tanks anymore.
Most of the equipment of other armored units are still the British tanks and armored vehicles they received from the British.
Many of them are from before World War II.
Only this armored battalion was formed after Ye Qingshan established a relationship with the DuPont family in the United States after the New Year this year.
Ye Qingshan used the DuPont family's connections to ship a batch of the latest models of tanks and armored vehicles from the United States.
Especially the M4 'Sherman' medium tank, which had not yet been fully finalized and put into mass production by the Americans.
The batch that the DuPont family sent to Ye Qingshan was still an experimental model.
However, this tank is only a few months away from finalization and mass production.
Therefore, although this batch of Sherman tanks are still experimental models.
But there is almost no difference from the final version for mass production.
The situation of the M3 'Stuart' light tank was almost the same as that of the Sherman tank.
So, Ye Qingshan used the batch of tanks sent by the DuPont family to form the strongest armored battalion.
Now, they have also become Ye Qingshan, this time counterattacking the Japanese 11th Army.
The strongest sword in your hand.
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
Lu Changtian did not forget to shout loudly to the tanks rushing behind him.
They had no interest in the surrounding areas, other counterattack forces, and the battles against the Japanese positions and barracks.
They just kept advancing northward along the road north of Shaoguan.
The task that Ye Qingshan gave them was to rush to Nanxiong, which was a hundred kilometers away, as quickly as possible.
Meet up with the paratrooper battalion that's raiding there tonight.
According to their pre-war plan, they had to reach Nanxiong, a hundred kilometers away, before dark on the 28th.
In one day and one night, they ran a hundred kilometers.
At this moment, the surrounding Japanese troops were suffering from fierce attacks from the three main divisions of the 86th Army.
They had no time to take care of Lu Changtian's armored unit.
Even if a small group of Japanese troops discovered Lu Changtian's armored battalion.
But they were completely unable to stop the advance of the armored battalion.
Even before the Japanese could react and gather their forces to stop the armored battalion, they had already gone far away.
Coupled with the cover of night, the armored battalion continued to fight until the early hours of the morning.
Finally, more than 30 kilometers north of Shaoguan, they encountered an ambushes from a large battalion of Japanese invaders.
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Just as the armored battalion set out from Shaoguan and rushed northward overnight.
Nearly a hundred kilometers away in Nanxiong, a paratrooper battalion landed half a day in advance.
They also split into two groups and reached the Japanese logistics supply base near Nanxiong.
The Jiaolong team eliminated the sentries outside the Japanese base.
At twelve o'clock in the morning, the paratrooper battalion suddenly broke into the enemy's supply base like a force of gods descending from the sky.
Boom boom boom!
Soon, a rumbling sound of explosion was heard from inside.
The paratrooper battalion blew up the ammunition depot inside the Japanese supply base, and then began to clear out the Japanese who were resisting in the surrounding area.
There were not many troops left behind at the enemy's rear supply base.
There was only one and a half battalions, most of whom were baggage troops.
Compared with the infantry in front, the combat effectiveness of these Japanese baggage soldiers is much worse.
Facing Ye Qingshan's side, there are the most elite infantry, as well as a special forces team, plus a night attack.
It can be considered a dimensionality reduction attack.
In this situation, it would be strange if we couldn't win.
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And in the middle of the night, in the headquarters of the Japanese 6th Division, the old Japanese soldier Shiro Inaba kept receiving telegrams from the front line.
Never stopped for a moment.
But unfortunately, all he received was bad news.
Either the Japanese 22nd Mixed Brigade was surrounded, or a regiment of the Japanese 40th Division was defeated.
What was left was these two Japanese troops frantically calling for help.
"Baga, how come Ye Qingshan has so many elite troops?
He actually managed to launch a counterattack against us."
Shiro Inaba looked at the telegrams of bad news in his hands, and besides anger, he was also shocked.
It was not until this time that the old man realized that the previous judgment of their commander Anami Korechika was actually correct.
They planned to retreat tonight.
As a result, Ye Qingshan arrived just three or four hours before their front-line troops began to retreat.
Launched a counterattack.
Inaba Shiro didn't believe it was just a coincidence.
In light of this incident, two days ago their 22nd Mixed Brigade suddenly attacked before their main force retreated.
A breakthrough was achieved in the defense line east of Shaoguan.
Then it was definitely a trap set by Ye Qingshan.
It is just to lure them and keep them from leaving.
At that time, Ye Qingshan might not have been fully prepared for a counterattack, so he used this method to delay them for two days.
"Baga, the cunning Ye Qingshan is really too cunning."
The old devil Shiro Inaba slammed the table in anger.
But after getting angry, he had to give up the retreat plan he had already made.
He forced his Sixth Division, which had already begun retreating, to give up the retreat.
To rescue the 40th Division and the 22nd Mixed Brigade.
He could not afford the responsibility for the annihilation of these two Japanese troops.
As a result, at around three in the morning, Shiro Inaba received the news.
It was known that Ye Qingshan's armored force was advancing madly along the only road heading north east of the Zhenjiang River.
Shiro Inaba told the news to the commander of the 40th Division, the old Japanese soldier Aoki Shiroichi.
An old Japanese soldier in Aoki Castle actually already knew the news.
He was ordering the Japanese troops nearby to go over and block Lu Changtian's armored battalion.
That was originally the only passage for their 40th Division to reach the logistics supply center behind.
It is impossible for the Japanese 40th Division to ignore it.
There has always been a large group of Japanese soldiers stationed nearby.
Guarding this important passage.
After receiving the order, a battalion of Japanese troops near Daqiao Town immediately laid mines on the road next to Daqiao Town overnight.
Prepare to stop Lu Changtian's armored battalion here after daybreak.
It was not until the early morning of the 28th that Lu Changtian's armored battalion arrived here.
As soon as they arrived here, they discovered the Japanese blocking troops.
"Commander, there are Japanese blocking troops."
"Saw it.
Orders were sent to each company to continue advancing and break through the Japanese blockade as quickly as possible.
We can't stay here too long.
Otherwise, there will be more Japanese troops around and besiege us.
By now, the Japanese commander must have guessed it.
Our armored unit's intentions."
"Tell the first company that I want to see them break through the enemy's blockade in two hours at most.
Open up a path forward.
After the road was opened, the troops behind immediately followed.
Pass this section quickly.
Let the three consecutive breaks come.”
"Remember, the purpose of this battle is not to destroy the devils.
The goal is to break through the enemy's blockade in the shortest possible time."
Lu Changtian quickly issued combat orders.
He knew very well what the focus of his mission this time was.
Killing the Japs is not what their armored battalion is supposed to do.
They had to cross this river valley road before the surrounding Japanese troops could react.
Continue to advance northward and reach Nanxiong, a hundred kilometers away.
Among these 100-kilometer road, the most dangerous section is the dozen kilometers to Daqiao Town.
Because this is the road section closest to the positions of the three main regiments of the Japanese 40th Division.
It is also the place where they are most likely to be stopped by the Japanese.
Just let them get there before the main force of the Japanese 40th Division arrives to stop them.
After passing this route, the Japanese would have no chance to stop them further north.
Because by then, the other main regiments of the Japanese 40th Division would simply not be able to catch up with them.
No matter how fast the Japs marched, they could not be faster than their armored battalion that was attacking at full speed.
Therefore, it can be said that this is the most difficult part of their mission.
Now, they didn't know how many Japanese soldiers were blocking their way.
But their number is definitely not too large, and they are not the main force of the Japanese 40th Division.
But this Japanese army will definitely stop them at all costs.
At this moment, the main force of the Japanese invaders who were rushing to support this side from all around were buying time.
This is a battle against time.
The first company of the armored battalion did not dare to delay for a moment after receiving Lu Changtian's order.
Immediately launched an attack on the Japanese blocking positions.
"Baga, tell the 236th Regiment to rush over.
Stop this Chinese armored force.
We must not let them pass through Daqiao Town."
The commander of the 40th Division, Aoki Jōichi, was going crazy.
Of course he saw that Ye Qingshan sent out this armored battalion to make such a crazy attack.
The goal is to infiltrate behind their division and cut off their retreat.
But unfortunately, the other party may really be able to do it.
Before this, Aoki Shiroichi would never have thought that the National Army had the ability to cut off their division's retreat route.
After all, it is a full hundred kilometers from Shaoguan to Nanxiong.
It was impossible for any large infantry unit of the National Army to pass through the only passage to the north that they controlled right under their noses.
If there are too few infiltrated troops, it will be useless.
If we send more people, they will be able to discover them quickly and stop them in time.
Moreover, the infantry infiltration troops cannot carry too many heavy weapons.
Without heavy weapons, once we are surrounded by the Japanese in Daqiao Town, we will inevitably be annihilated.
By that time, it would not be Ye Qingshan who was fighting back against the Japanese.
Instead, Ye Qingshan should consider how to rescue the besieged infiltration troops.
But the Japanese had overlooked the fact that Ye Qingshan suddenly had such a powerful armored battalion in his hands.
Although this armored battalion has a small number of people, its attack speed is very fast.
At the same time, the tanks they drive are powerful heavy weapons.
Faced with the blocking of a large battalion of Japanese troops, they would not be blocked for too long like the infantry infiltration troops.
Boom!
During the battle, a Sherman tank was blown up by the Japanese suicide squad.
But this Japanese suicide squad was also completely wiped out.
"Quick, get the tanks behind to push the bombed tank away.
quick! "
Lu Changtian shouted anxiously.
He realized that the Japanese who were blocking them were determined to blow up the tank in front of them at all costs.
The purpose is to use the destroyed tank to stop the tank behind it.
Lu Changtian couldn't let the Japanese succeed, so he immediately ordered the tanks behind to push the destroyed tank forward.
Push the destroyed tanks to the side of the road until they can pass without delaying the tanks and armored vehicles behind them.
A bloody battle lasting nearly two hours followed.
The armored battalion broke through the Japanese army's desperate resistance in Daqiao Town at the cost of losing five tanks and more than fifty soldiers.
Then he continued to advance northward without looking back.
An hour later, the 236th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese invaders who arrived could only look at the Japanese corpses scattered all over the ground in Daqiao Town, feeling helpless and furious.
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