flstandardbreds Chapter 152: Feint to the East and Attack in the West 6
Chapter 152: Feint to the East and Attack in the West 6
After the meeting, Wang Chun handed over everything on the front line to Chief of Staff Shen Gouzi, and asked him to command the front-line troops together with the theater commander Li Delin.
With the roar of the engine, a large military transport plane slowly landed on the runway of Datong Airport.
After the cabin door opened, Wang Chun walked out of the cabin and met Zhao Ping, the commander of the 12th Division, who came to greet him.
This division commander is Huang Tian’s brother-in-law. He is a man who loves military life and chooses to become a soldier.
Zhao Ping graduated from the Baoding Military Academy. He not only possessed outstanding military talents, but also had extraordinary courage and delicate mind.
With these advantages, he was quickly promoted to major general and division commander in less than two years and held important positions.
Seeing Wang Chun getting off the plane, Zhao Ping hurried forward with concern on his face.
He held Wang Chun's hand tightly and said, "Commander, how can you take the risk yourself?" There was a hint of worry and uneasiness in his tone.
Facing Zhao Ping's question, Wang Chun responded with a smile: "Okay, stop talking nonsense. Now that I'm here, it means everything will be fine. Let's get in the car first. On the way, you can tell me in detail about the current battle situation."
After saying that, he walked towards an armored transport vehicle parked next to the airport runway without hesitation.
As soon as they walked to the side of the armored transport vehicle, several dive bombers fell from the sky and the ground crew nearby quickly ran over.
They skillfully refueled the fighter planes and loaded new bombs without the pilots even getting off the planes.
There were not only ground crew members helping out, there were also some people who were clearly wearing pilot uniforms.
Some of them brought food and water to the pilots, while others helped the ground crew to load bombs.
Looking at those young faces, Wang Chun knew that these people were flight trainees who did not yet have the ability to fly fighter planes independently.
Especially since there were a large number of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns in the Japanese attack team this time, the Air Force Command was even more afraid to let them take off alone.
Wang Chun stood by and watched for a while. Because they set out in a hurry, they didn't bring many people with them.
The total number of his entourage was no more than 30 people, and as he was wearing big sunglasses, naturally not many people recognized Wang Chun.
Watching one of the fighter planes stay for less than a few minutes before taking off again, Wang Chun sighed in his heart and was the first to board the armored personnel carrier.
"Charge forward and bite the Japs hard!" Jiao Feng, the commander of the 189th Division of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army, rushed into the temporary command room at the front line in a hurry and slapped the table so hard that the teacups on the table jumped up.
His eyes widened, his face full of anger: "You bunch of good-for-nothings, you actually let the Japanese army sneak in right under our noses, and you didn't even notice it! In the end, it was only discovered by the 78th Army Air Force reconnaissance plane. By the time we found them, the Japanese army had already broken through our defense line and marched straight into Datong."
At this time, Jiao Zuo was extremely anxious, with veins bulging on his forehead. He knew very well that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. Once the Japanese army occupied Datong, hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line would be in desperate situation, and he would be sent to a military court.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but clench his fists and secretly vowed to make amends.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Accompanied by the passionate shouts, thousands of Shanxi Suiyuan Army soldiers bravely moved forward, resolutely chasing the barrage of artillery fire and rushing towards the blocking positions set up by the Japanese army.
The entire battlefield was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder and blood. Countless corpses were lying on the ground, many of which were the remains of officers and soldiers of the 189th Division.
However, these brave and fearless soldiers showed no intention of retreating. They gritted their teeth and continued to charge forward.
In this fierce battle, everyone is a hero. They defend the dignity of the country and the glory of the nation with their lives.
The Japanese 49th Division left behind a regiment to block the pursuing 189th Division. It was originally thought that a regiment of locust troops should be able to easily defeat the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army of China's Second War Zone.
After all, in their view, the Chinese army was vulnerable, especially local troops like the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, whose combat effectiveness was even lower.
But after the battle broke out, the regiment commander, Colonel Ooka Murato, discovered that their previous thinking was wrong, extremely wrong.
Because of this, not only is the firepower of the Chinese army much stronger than that of the general Central Army of the First War Zone of China, but the indomitable spirit of their soldiers is also far beyond the reach of the Chinese Central Army that was defeated at the first blow on the battlefield in the Central Plains Province a month ago.
These soldiers of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army showed tenacious fighting will and indomitable spirit on the battlefield, making the Japanese army feel unprecedented pressure.
The 189th Division of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was one of the first four division-level units in the Second War Zone to receive comprehensive training from the 78th Army Group.
In fact, they can now be considered as members of the 78th Army Group, but in order to save Yan Xishan's face, they are still affiliated with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
The entire division has more than 200 people, with a standard three-brigades organization, equipped with more than 75 artillery pieces, including 120 with a caliber of mm or above.
There are more than 700 light and heavy machine guns, as well as 30 rocket launchers.
This time, the Japanese army secretly crossed their defense zone, which was considered a shame by everyone in the 189th Division. The company commander in charge of that section of the defense zone was shot as a warning to others.
Now they can only desperately hold on to the Japanese and delay their attack speed to buy more time for Datong to deploy defense.
"Assholes! Get these Chinese out of here!"
The Japanese captain Yoshida Takeo waved his command knife desperately, ran back on the position and roared!
The Japanese had more than a dozen grenade launchers, continuously firing grenades into the group of charging soldiers.
In fact, these Japanese grenadiers on the position were also suppressing the infantry charge with fire while braving the artillery fire of the 189th Division.
In the last attack, the Chinese soldiers almost rushed to the Japanese positions by stepping on the explosion points of the shells. This risky move caught the Japanese troops who were still avoiding the shelling off guard and caused them to suffer a great loss.
They had to try their best and almost lost an entire squadron of troops before they could barely suppress the opposing infantry.
However, less than half an hour later, the Chinese army launched another fierce attack.
This situation was extremely rare in previous battles.
Even within the Japanese army, only those elite Class A divisions could achieve such efficient infantry and artillery coordination.
It is truly amazing that the army before us could quickly organize an effective attack amidst the heavy gunfire.
A careful observation revealed that from time to time one or two of the Chinese army's artillery shells would fall into the charging team, but these Chinese soldiers seemed to completely ignore the danger and turned a blind eye to the shells that fell into the crowd.
With only the enemy ahead and the goal of victory in their eyes, they continued to charge forward without fear. This firm belief and fearless courage can't help but move people.