Chapter 1933 Touchstone (II)

Not only Gu Changfeng wanted to regard the war that took place on Siping Street as a touchstone, the Japanese Emperor, the Japanese base camp and the Kwantung Army were also preparing to use the results of the Siping Battle as the key to judging whether his continental strategy was continued. (7*

Vladivostok, Kanto Army Headquarters.

As soon as I received the alarm from Siping Street, Meizu Mijiro urgently ordered to give up the management of the Songhua River defense line. All the Harbin defenders retreated eastward to the Mudanjiang area, and then decided whether to stick to the Mudanjiang defense line based on the outcome of the Siping Battle.

According to the detection of the intelligence department, the Anjiajun North Road cluster has arrived in Hulan, Songpu and other places, and Suihua and Zhaodong on the north bank of the Songhua River have all been lost. The reason why the other party did not immediately launch a forced ferry war was to clear out the defeated troops along the railways and highways to ensure the safety of transportation and supply lines. On the other hand, the army cooperated with its working team to restore rule in various parts of North Manchuria in a timely manner, establish military management committees in a timely manner, maintain social stability, and reduce the damage to industry and agriculture by war.

However, the most important point is that the other party is waiting for fuel and ammunition to supply. The higher the degree of mechanization, the greater the dependence on logistics. It is completely imagined how powerful the other party's well-equipped troops will be after launching a forced transition.

Furthermore, as part of the Anjia Army that occupied Changchun began to march from the Jingtu Railway to Jilin City, the Labin Line, Tujia Line and other railway trunk lines were seriously threatened. Once the Siping Battle was settled, more troops would be put into the northern line, and the Harbin army would not find a place to retreat even if they wanted to retreat.

Meijiro Umezu ordered the Shenyang defenders to speed up their evacuation to southern Liaoning. The Japanese troops in Jinzhou retreated to Liaohe and Shenyang, and determined the next trend based on the results of the Siping Battle.

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On Siping Street, the sky was already completely bright, the rising sun in the east was rising, and the battle entered a white-hot stage.

Under the guidance of low-altitude helicopters, the Anjia Army's heavy artillery cluster readjusted its firing orders and opened fire fiercely at the anti-aircraft artillery positions of the Japanese army.

The stormy artillery shells instantly covered all the strategic points of the Japanese army. As dense shells fell to the ground, Japanese anti-aircraft cannons burst out with violent flames together with the artillery towers that protected them.

Scrapped copper and rotten iron flew everywhere with blood and blood residue. The ammunition trucks and anti-aircraft artillery tractors that transport shells were constantly hit by the falling shells, and turned into parts in a dazzling flame.

The Japanese artillery was considered to be fearless. Although the firepower point gradually decreased under the coordinated attack of the Anjia Army's air-ground, the remaining cannons and anti-aircraft cannons were still firing tenaciously, and the Anjia army tanks that were charging were hit from time to time. However, this often became the last melody of these anti-tank artillery fire - after a few shells were shot out, they were quickly smashed to pieces by the overwhelming shells.

In this blood and fire battle, the Anjia Army, which had an all-round advantage, withstood the pressure and difficulties and finally set the war on the edge of the Japanese position. (7*

Tanks stopped in front of anti-tank trenches that were three meters deep and four or five meters wide, acting as temporary turrets, constantly spitting out flames to attack the Japanese firepower points.

The engineers sitting in the armored chariot behind them rushed out of the rear door of the armored chariot at high speed, jumped into the anti-tank trench with the engineer shovel and the bag, quickly buried the trench, and soon exploded the passages.

Soon, the tanks crossed the anti-tank trenches and approached the first position of the Japanese army.

Seeing that the Japanese army's tanks could not be stopped, the Japanese immediately sent out a "successful squad". A large number of Japanese soldiers were tied up and rushed towards the tanks and armored vehicles without fear of death. Their only thought was to pounce on the surface of the tanks and armored vehicles, then pull the fuse on their bodies and explode with the target.

But after dealing with the Japanese army for so many years, the Japanese have only had a few tricks. How could the officers and soldiers of the An family have not been prepared?

The machine guns of armored chariots and the machine guns of tanks were fired wildly, and the Japanese fell to the ground in batches. The bags on their bodies ignited and exploded violently, affecting their companions. Various kinds of sacrificial explosions were staged at the forefront of the Japanese positions. Almost instantly, the flesh and blood spread a layer of flesh in front of the trenches, which was terrifying and moving.

However, the An family soldiers were not ruthless. They rushed out from behind the tank and stood in front of the tank. The automatic rifles in their hands continued to fire. General machine gunners had found favorable terrain and shot at the ground. Many blockers hid behind the tank or in the craters, and shot with no bullets, specifically looking for important targets of the Japanese army. Before the Japanese army, which followed the human bomb, launched a counterattack, had not yet reacted, they would be swept down like cutting wheat.

Just behind, Gu Changfeng and Yang Guan both breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the most difficult moment had passed, and the situation on the battlefield had changed again.

The 105mm and 120mm self-propelled heavy cannons and the 4-type 75mm gun chariots of the Japanese newly equipped troops were launched soon after. They suddenly rushed out of the hilly forests in the Qinjiayao area. About 40 or 50 anti-tank weapons opened fire on the tanks of the Anjia Army.

These self-propelled artillery vehicles are quite powerful. The three models of self-propelled artillery vehicles of the Japanese Type 98 A, B and C, which followed the gun car and also acted as air defense, were even spitting out flames crazily. The dense artillery shells swept across the front of the position like fire whips, and the Anjia army officers and soldiers who had just rushed to the position were overturned by the artillery.

The Anjia Army's tiger i, leopard ii and a small number of leopard i tanks, as well as the No. 1 assault gun, type i tank destroyer, type i, type ii and type iii armored combat vehicles were constantly hit by the bombardment, and there were violent explosions everywhere at the front of the position. However, in such a dense rain of bullets, the Anjia Army's tanks and various armored combat vehicles were not outdone, resisting the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army and fighting back frantically.

Fighters, striking planes and bombers in the sky fired rockets at this rare mechanized force of the Japanese army, and dived to drop bombs and strafuse. The fiery red bullet marks were like cutting tofu with a quick knife, turning these self-propelled cannon cars covered with only a thin layer of armor into fire coffins. ( .com)

The entire Japanese position was shrouded in flames and smoke.

At this time, the huge roar of the train sounded. Seeing that the battle situation ahead was unfavorable, the Japanese armored train finally took the initiative to rush along the highway of the Ring Railway in the west of the city, and turned south at the Xiaohongzui River. The long train car was aimed at the position in the west, and various cannons extended out of the train car, regardless of their own life or death. Attacking the frontier positions, it was a blast.

In the sky of Siping Street, at least four bomber squadrons were guaranteed to stagnate the air to attack firepower points in various parts of the Japanese army. After seeing the threat of Japanese armored trains, one of the b2 bombers squadrons left the battle, quickly raised the height, and quickly flew towards the armored train. Arrived above the railway, B2 bombers began to make huge whistling sounds and dived towards the armored train that was driving at high speed.

When they arrived forty or fifty meters above the train, the b2 bomber dropped bombs, and fighter jets like vultures rushed over almost rubbing the top of the train.

The Japanese anti-aircraft artillery fired at both sides of the railway. Two climbing b2 bombers could not dodge and turned into fireballs in the air.

The armored train was too large and the rails were fixed, so it was impossible to make timely avoidance. Soon, under the attack of dense bombs like fish laying eggs in the water, it made a violent explosion. Then, the carriages were blown into pieces, causing the explosion of ammunition, and even the railway tracks below were blown to twist into twists.

Baijiagou, Shuangyushu, Zhaojiatun, Xiangjialu and Zhongjiatouzi front-line positions, as the anti-tank firepower points and maneuvering forces of the Japanese army were gradually eliminated, the front line was finally broken through by the Anjia army's attacking troops.

A large number of engineers became firefighters on the battlefield, and they could rush there when needed to clear obstacles for the tank troops to advance.

By 10 a.m., the attacking troops of the Anjia Army successfully broke through the Japanese front for three kilometers, successfully spreading the war to the edge of the Xicheng District of Siping Street.

Gu Changfeng personally called the front line commander and asked them if they needed to withdraw and rest. The three teachers insisted in unison that there was no need at all. They could just push down Siping Street and ask their commander to listen to the news of their victory.

At this time, Yang Guan organized the rush to transport the wounded and sent troops to transport ammunition to the front line. Chief of Staff Gao Guodong kept reporting the latest situation on the battlefield to Gu Changfeng, and conveying Gu Changfeng's latest instructions.

In order to restrain the Japanese army in Siping, Gu Changfeng mobilized three divisions to attack and advance eastward from the "hurtball" walls on both wings of Siping, with the focus on the Shuangmiaozi line in the south of Siping Street, which was heavily guarded by the Japanese army, and cut off the Japanese army's retreat route and supply route.

The siege was very cruel. You should know that Siping Street was a city that the Japanese army focused on defending, and it built a large number of permanent fortifications from the edge of the city to the central area.

Among these fortifications and bunkers, the Japanese army had many bulky ** and 98 water-cooled heavy machine guns, which had fast firing speed, great power and fierce firepower. They were the ace weapon for the Japanese army to defend fortresses and permanent fortifications.

Unfortunately, this weapon was extremely lethal to the human sea tactics, but it had to be defeated against the tank army of Anjia Army. These machine gun fortifications and bunkers had just exposed their targets and immediately recruited tank guns. In addition, the infantry took out the resilient cannons, rocket launchers and other powerful weapons. The Japanese bunker firepower points did not play their due role at all, and they were wiped out under continuous strikes.

In general, the Siping Street, located between the north and south hills, is relatively flat. This terrain is very conducive to breakthroughs for the Anjia Army's tank cluster.

Because of this, the Japanese army sent its killer weapon against the tit-for-tat—leading two ** tank brigades belonging to the Kanto Army headquarters, a total of more than 100 tanks.

When Gu Changfeng heard the Japanese army dispatching tanks, he did not show any nervousness, but instead smiled: "It seems that the Japanese commander is much more nervous than we imagined! The previous wave of self-propelled artillery and this wave of tanks, if they were placed in urban warfare, using their mobility and the cover of urban buildings, would definitely be much more useful than taking it out like this to charge and do it clearly!

"The essence of defensive battles lies in the consumption of things. How can we get out our trump card so quickly? If I had some concerns before, then I can let go now. As long as I break their old tanks, the next step is to test the results of our daily practice of urban warfare!"

Gao Guodong said cautiously:

"The tanks dispatched by the Japanese army are mainly old Type 94 cavalry tanks, Type 95 light tanks and ** medium tanks, mixed with a small number of Type 97 medium tanks, and a small number of Type 91 and Type 95 heavy tanks. However, except for a few heavy tanks equipped with 70mm tanks, the maximum caliber of the other tanks is only 57mm, which poses little threat to our tanks. It will be a matter of time before that! However, the city defense of Siping Street is much stronger than any city we have encountered before, so we should be cautious!"

Gu Changfeng nodded: "The Battle of Siping Street is related to the situation in the Northeast. There is no way to make any mistakes. After the officers and soldiers in front of them clean up the Japanese tank troops, they will send our special forces out. I don't believe that the cooperation between heaven and earth will be carried out, and there is no way for the Japanese to fight!"

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The tank showdown appeared in the field in the west of Haifeng Village. The Japanese defensive positions here have been destroyed, with collapsed trenches and fortifications everywhere.

The Japanese tanks lined up in formation frequently fired fire. Unfortunately, whether it was a 57mm tank gun or a 37mm tank gun, it only had lethality against armored vehicles. For Leopard i and Leopard ii tanks, they only left white marks on the tank's armor, not to mention the Tiger i tank with thicker armor.

The next battle was more like a unilateral massacre. As the Anjia Army's tanks launched a deafening shelling, the Japanese tanks were shot one after another, exploded and caught fire.

A 26-ton Type 95 heavy tank rushing in front was rotating the turret with one main and two guns. Before he could lock the target, he was hit by a 105mm shell shot from the Leopard ii tank. The front armor of the Type 95 heavy tank was torn apart in an instant. With the rumbling sound, the Type 95 heavy tank burst into flames, and the bursting fireball shocked the tank into pieces and instantly turned into a burning fire cabinet. The five Japanese tank players were shocked to death without even reacting, and were immediately burned to coke.

Amid the explosions one after another, the Japanese tanks who came to fight were fired into bonfires one after another. The thin-skinned tanks of the Japanese army were completely vulnerable to the tank army of Anjia Army. Some of them were even crushed by the Tiger and Leopard ii tanks in close collisions, and were crushed together with the tank hands inside.

This tank battle, which was larger in scale than the Wanbaoshan encounter but was of incomparable quality, ended with the Japanese army's complete failure. In just one hour, more than 130 Japanese tanks were destroyed, while the Anjia Army's tank armored cluster suffered extremely minor losses. The biggest loss was the armored vehicles, nineteen of which were destroyed, twelve of the Type I tank destroyers and the I assault artillery. In addition, there were eight Leopard ii and three Tiger i tanks withdrew from the battle due to crawlers or engine problems, but most of them could return to the battlefield after repair. The Japanese army could not lose rice and gave such a gift in vain.

The An family army was incomprehensible that the Japanese made such low-level mistakes again and again, but they did not know that the commander of the Japanese Third Front Army, Lieutenant General Naosabu Okabe, also complained.

Naosaburo Okabe served as the first chief of staff of the Chinese dispatched army after the July 7 Incident in 1937. Later, he followed General Soichi Deanuchi to serve in the Kanto Army. After the Japanese army expanded greatly, Naosaburo Okabe was appointed as the commander of the Third Front Army. Because he did not prove himself well, the Third Front Army did not respect him as the commander, and things happened frequently.

For example, the self-propelled artillery and this wave of tank group in front were kept in the city as a strategic mobile force according to Naosaburo Okabe's plan. However, the commanders of the two troops "fight like a real man" under the instigation of staff, and ended up being a meat bun to beat the dog without going back.

After Okabe Naosaburo knew that the tank troops were wiped out, he was stunned for a while and immediately issued an order. The Japanese army on the edge of the city must not take the initiative to attack, and wait for the labor to try to give the An family army a warning.

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