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Chapter 91: Armored Division¡ªAttack!

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    At 5:30 in the morning on February 8, 1938, there was a busy scene in the armored division camp in Huainan.

    Countless personnel are making final inspections of tanks, armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles.  [As for the difference between infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, you can check it out for yourself. I won¡¯t explain it, otherwise you¡¯ll say I¡¯m stupid]

    Du Guowei is currently the commander of the Armored Division. He is currently the only person who serves as a division commander but has the rank of lieutenant colonel.  The ranks of the entire armored division were generally low, and no one knew what Zhou Weiguo was thinking.  Use a lieutenant colonel to command the armored division.

    However, Zhou Weiguo had his own considerations. When Du Guowei did not have any outstanding military exploits, he would not promote his military rank. This was not suppression, but a kind of protection.

    If he is promoted to major general for no apparent reason, it would be a compliment.  Once something unexpected happens to Du Guowei, the blow to him will be devastating.

    Even Fang Shengli and the others are still in the rank of colonel and have not yet been promoted to major general. It is also for this reason.  Because they are promoted too quickly.

    Half a year ago I was a major, and half a year later I was a major general.

    Although he was promoted to the rank of general, he was promoted through actual military exploits. Even so, Shangfeng should not be too obvious in some places, and should also show a suppressive situation appropriately.

    The reason why Zhou Weiguo appointed Du Guowei as the commander of the armored division was because he did have this ability.  He was one of the twenty people who studied in Germany with Zhou Weiguo.  Although his grades are not among the top three among the twenty people studying in Germany, he can be said to be a very outstanding person.

    In Germany, he showed his love for the armored forces and showed sufficient talent in the armor class.  He was not famous in history, probably because there was no place for him to display his talent in China at that time.

    "Master, brothers are all ready and ready to go at any time!"

    While Du Guowei was standing there smoking silently, one of his staff officers came over and said.

    This staff officer graduated from the tenth batch of the Central Military Academy and graduated from the infantry department.  A native of Suzhou, his name is Zhang Delin.  Because he also liked tanks when he first saw them, Zhou Weiguo transferred him to the armored division!

    Du Guowei did not speak, but continued to smoke silently. He was still thinking about what Zhou Weiguo said to him last night.

    Zhou Weiguo wants him to raid the two Japanese divisions in Zhuxiang Town this morning. At the same time, the air force will support them.

    Of course, Du Guowei also talked about the big problem of armored forces currently being unable to form formations to cooperate in operations in large numbers.

    Zhou Weiguo also gave him a solution, which was to use the battalion as a unit.

    The Armored Division did not adopt the German Army's 44 formation. The Armored Division had three tank regiments under it.

    Each tank regiment has seventy-five T34 tanks, ninety-six armored personnel carriers, and fourteen infantry fighting vehicles.

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    The sky was gradually getting brighter, and a huge armored force was advancing on the road from Huainan to Zhuxiang Town.

    This armored force has more than two hundred T34 tanks, about three hundred armored personnel carriers, and 50 infantry fighting vehicles. In addition, there are supply convoys, oil tankers, etc. behind them.  [The division headquarters also has tanks and armored units directly under its jurisdiction.  So the number is not the sum of each tank regiment]

    It is already half past seven, and it has been almost two hours since Du Guowei and the others set out.

    The straight-line distance from Huainan to Zhuxiang Town is 40 kilometers.  But this is not the north. There are many river systems and lakes everywhere. This is the characteristic of Jiangnan.

    They have to walk more than fifty kilometers to get there.

    At this time, Du Guowei was sitting in an armored personnel carrier with his eyes closed and relaxing. Sitting next to him was Zhang Delin.

    In addition, there were two soldiers playing with the radio nearby.

    "Master, the front-line reconnaissance team is here to report, we are almost approaching the Japs camp!"

    Suddenly, a driver in front said loudly.

    There is no doubt that Zhou Weiguo installed radios and walkie-talkies on all the vehicles of the armored division.  Even if it doesn't exist, it still needs to be installed.

    No one understands the importance of installing these communication equipment inside the tank better than Zhou Weiguo.

    "Order the entire division to stop and wait immediately!"

    Du Guowei knew that according to the regulations of the armored force, he was about to approach, which also meant that he was about to reach the cordon range discovered by the enemy.  Now we are far away from the little devil?The camp should be less than ten miles away.

    ¡°Send a message to the Army Headquarters and ask when the Air Force will arrive! According to the plan, at 7:40 this morning, the Air Force will conduct an air raid on the Japs¡¯ camp.

    At 7:40, the sky will start to get brighter, and at 8:00, it will be completely bright.

    And they must start attacking the Little Japs camp before 7:45, because if it exceeds 7:45, the Little Japs' scouts can see them.  It was already very bright by that time.

    It can be said that they are completely racing against time.

    In less than two minutes, the telegraph operator handed a telegram to Du Guowei.

    "Very good! Order the entire army to immediately launch vehicles and start attacking. Our air force will arrive over Zhuxiang Town in five minutes! In addition, send power to the group army headquarters, hoping that the air force can take the lead in dealing with the Japs' heavy artillery."

    Currently, those arriving in Zhuxiang Town include the Sixth Division and the Fifteenth Division of the Little Devils.  Among them, the Sixth Division is the elite force of the Little Devils and one of the seven horse-drawing divisions.  Equipped with 120 howitzers and cannons.

    When the armored division¡¯s more than 200 tanks and more than 300 armored vehicles reached a distance of five miles from the Little Japanese camp, the Little Japanese discovered them.

    If you look at a group of armored troops from a distance of five miles, you can definitely see it. Even the vibrations caused by the armored divisions running on the ground can be transmitted very far

    Zhuxiang Town, in a compound, is the temporary headquarters of the Sixth Division. Since they will leave for Changfeng County at 8:30 this morning, their headquarters here is naturally the temporary headquarters.

    Lieutenant General Hisashi Fu of the Sixth Division was eating breakfast at a table in the yard. The soldiers were carrying things and preparing to load up and leave.

    At this moment, a confidential officer hurried over.

    "Your Excellency, Division Commander! Our forward observation troops are calling. They have discovered Chinese tank troops in the north!"

    "Nani? Chariot troops? Where are the chariot troops from?"

    When Gu Shoufu, who was eating breakfast, heard the news, he immediately raised his head and asked in surprise.

    But as soon as he finished speaking, the roar of aircraft engines suddenly came from the sky.

    "I didn't call for air support! Why are these guys so diligent today?"

    At first, Gu Shoufu thought it was his own plane, but in the next second, when planes jumped out of the clouds and began to dive towards the ground, his expression suddenly changed.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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