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Chapter 859 Steel Monster (Part 1)

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    According to the judgment of the Northeast People¡¯s Army Headquarters, the Japanese army has two ways to support the Kwantung Army domestically:

    First, it is the fastest to transport the army to the Port of Busan on the Korean Peninsula by sea, and then use the railway line that runs through the north and south of the island to Pyongyang and then to Sinuiju, the border city of China and North Korea.

    However, the People's Army that has penetrated deep into North Korea is making rapid progress. It is still unclear whether Sinuiju can hold or break through the defense line of the People's Army 26th Army in Dandong in the short term. In case the Japanese army fails in the battle on the China-North Korea border  , and the reinforcements were unable to go up, it turned into a war of attrition on the China-North Korea border. The Japanese 2nd Division in Kanto Prefecture was unable to quench their thirst and could not provide timely reinforcements.

    The second possibility is direct shipping to Dalian Bay.  Although it will be two days slower than the railway, Japan relies on its powerful navy, which has a high coefficient of reaching Kanto Prefecture safely and smoothly. Moreover, it can also use the super strong transportation capacity of the sea to provide strategic supplies to the 2nd Division.

    Come to think of it, the Chinese army does not have the ability to eat up Japan's first-class elite divisions in a few days. Even Russia in its heyday could not do it. In the official history, all Chinese anti-war armies have not been able to do so.  Never did.

    Zhang Hanqing has thought about these two paths countless times.  The naval gap between China and Japan is not generally large. It is impossible for China to have a head-on confrontation with Japan at sea.  The only thing that can be done is to rely on the slightly superior air force to build a solid near-shore defense circle in the Bohai Bay.

    Prior to this, all the destroyers of the Bohai Sea Fleet were on standby, and submarines were also deployed in the Yellow Sea, preparing to use the power of air-submarine integration to form a defense in China's offshore waters and stand in a stalemate with the Japanese Navy.

    As long as the Japanese navy is firmly limited to the Chinese side of the Yellow Sea, the success or failure of the war in China's Kanto State and Korea will depend to the greatest extent on the army's success.

    The longer the confrontation at sea is delayed, the more obvious the disadvantages of the Chinese navy will be.

    When the Kwantung Army is still in the heart of China, if it cannot be eradicated as soon as possible, if the naval battle fails and the Japanese army succeeds in assisting, it will inevitably bloom on all sides of Northeast China. Even if China wins, it will definitely be a tragic victory - because this is in  In the great war fought on Chinese soil, history will inevitably return to the bloody past that is unbearable to look back on. This is something Zhang Hanqing absolutely does not want to see.

    In the face of the unity of the whole country, the whole party, and the whole army, it goes without saying that the enthusiasm of the non-commissioned officers for resisting Japan is high.  In any case, this is the first time in decades that the government has launched a comprehensive counterattack against one of the great powers, even if it means dying for the country.

    However, because of decades of humiliation, most people in the army have no idea whether they can win this war and how to fight it.  In a word, determination to die and doubt about the prospects of victory coexist.  In building confidence in victory, the officers of the Political Department of the People's Army played an important role in pre-war mobilization.

    Officers and soldiers at all levels of the army have established the belief that China is far behind Japan in terms of strategic sustainability, resources, troop sources and other items. China needs such a victory to stand among the world's great powers, so as to truly  stand up!

    Moreover, since the Meiji Restoration, no complete Japanese regiment or above has been captured or destroyed in an organized area. If the People's Army can wipe out its entire division in one fell swoop during the battle in Kanto Prefecture, it will surely go down in history forever.  And became the clarion call for China to become a military power.

    Therefore, after Zhang Hanqing gathered enough manpower, he determined to use superior force to carry out a decisive blow to the Kwantung Army. He must pacify the Northeast in one battle. This would not only break the myth of the Japanese army's invincibility, boost morale, but also completely eliminate the abdominal threat strategically.  , laying the foundation for another war and possible future peace talks.

    Therefore, Zhang Hanqing¡¯s order to Ji Yiqiao was to concentrate superior troops and firepower and launch multiple waves of non-stop regiment-level charges.  After preparing for the artillery fire, a battle will determine the outcome at all costs.  The tank army, which had been prepared for a long time, also entered the predetermined position, waiting for its debut.

    In the early morning of August 6, the Japanese soldiers who were sleeping were suddenly awakened by the thunder-like roar coming from far and near in the sky.  Before the panicked Japanese troops could enter the position, the roaring fleet of aircraft poured out bombs and machine gun bullets like raindrops. The roaring muzzles in the distance spewed out streaks of fire, and the smoke and fire swallowed them up.  Japanese army position.

    This is an almost desperate gamble in which China has concentrated almost all its bombers stationed in Northeast and North China, protected by three fighter groups.  On the ground, about 500 cannons were concentrated and roared loudly. 105mm caliber and 75mm caliber howitzers prepared for half an hour of artillery fire, dumping a total of 20,000 tons of artillery shells.

    You must know that in the 1920s, on the Sino-Japanese battlefield where the industrial strength was far less than that of Europe, it was unbelievable that such powerful firepower could appear, and of course the scene was also particularly spectacular.  The Japanese army's position suddenlyA sea of ??fire.

    After finally surviving the continuous bombing and shelling, a horrific scene appeared that the Japanese army would never forget: on the boundless land, more than 300 monster vehicles roared, forming a torrent of steel hundreds of meters wide.  , crushing towards the Japanese position in a decisive battle posture.

    The thick smoke emitted by this thing is like dark clouds rolling in from the sky, and the ground rolled by the tracks is shaking with the roar.  This monster also carried cannons and machine guns, burning the Japanese positions into a sea of ??flames, and its heavy tracks pressed back and forth on the Japanese fortifications.

    Many Japanese soldiers knew nothing about this flaming steel monster, and some frustrated Japanese officers even pulled out their command swords and tried to cut the "monster's" throat!

    Although the Yamato samurai put up tenacious resistance, many of whom had their bodies covered with grenades and explosive bags, trying to die with the tanks, it was all to no avail.

    In the World War II movies shot by the Chinese, as long as there is a confrontation between infantry and tanks, there will usually be heroic soldiers rushing towards the tanks with explosive bags strapped all over their bodies, using their flesh and blood to burn with steel and jade.  Only by truly witnessing the scenes of that war can we know that in many cases, real tank battles are not like this, at least not entirely.

    As a weapon of assault, tanks had already taken shape during World War I.  However, at that time, tanks were only used as a supplement to the infantry, and the infantry was used as cover. In terms of combat theory, it was far from the level reached in the middle and late stages of World War II.  Even the European powers thought it was unbelievable for a group of tanks to charge without the protection of infantry.  Not to mention Japan, whose army is more than one level lower than Europe.

    To be fair, explosive packets and incendiary bottles pose a huge threat to the tank, especially when the tank is initially "thin-skinned" and can be hit almost instantly.

    However, due to the sudden nature of the battle using tanks, and the unfamiliarity of Japanese middle and lower-level officers and soldiers with tanks, Zhang Hanqing had no idea where to start when he woke up from the artillery fire that had just stopped.  The few soldiers who tried to use "human bombs" were only injured by accident when they were sick and rushed to the doctor.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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