Chapter 521 Kaiyuan
Of course, Zhang Chi is not a newborn calf who is not afraid of a tiger. ()? ()? ()? ()? ()
In fact... Wu Xuexin is indeed older than Zhang Chi, and he has been fighting with the Japanese army for a longer time than Zhang Chi, but his combat experience and understanding of the Japanese army may be far less than Zhang Chi.
To be precise, Zhang Chi's experience in fighting with the Japanese army and his understanding of the enemy-to-we-combat power comparison is more in-depth than Wu Xuexin. If the troops used Springfield style at this time, the poorly-few logistics of the Chinese or domestic ones, Zhang Chi's experience and understanding against the enemy would be far less than Wu Xuexin.
Kaiyuan is a county town more than 100 kilometers away from Chenyang. The first and second regiments of the Expeditionary Force fought along the railway and highway before they reached here... Needless to say, the Japanese army at this time already knew that the Chinese troops were attacking Xinjing (Changchun), so they were all prepared along the way.
The preparation mentioned here is to break roads, explode bridges and lay landmines. Fortunately, the terrain in the northeast is relatively flat and the engineering regiments belonging to the Expeditionary Force are fully equipped, so these actions can only play a limited role.
Break the road... The terrain in the northeast is relatively flat. Even if the roadbed is blown down, engineers can use excavators and bulldozers to create a new road in just a few strokes.
Mine burying, Expeditionary Force minesweeper... The structure of this minesweeper is actually very simple. It is to install a minesweeper in front of the "Sheerman" tank and install several iron chains. When it moves forward, the iron chains will be whipped forward with great force as the rolling of the minesweeper, and thus it will detonate the mines all the way.
The bridge bombing... There are only two rivers from Chenyang to Kaiyuan, Fanhe and Chaihe.
Among them, Fanhe is located next to Tieling County. For such a river, the success rate is also small... so the Japanese army simply let the bridge bombing.
The Japanese army originally wanted to rely on Fanhe to defend for a while, but was bombarded by a bombardment of aircraft and cannons by the Expeditionary Force, and then sent a tank to seize the bridge. The Japanese army had no choice but to blow up the bridge... If they didn't blow up, they would be afraid that they would not even have the chance to blow up the bridge.
Then the Japanese army wanted to block the expeditionary army from building a pontoon bridge across the river, but they were frightened to find out... the tanks of the Chinese team actually drove into the river and swam towards them in the river.
This is actually "Donald Duck". The Japanese army on the Pacific battlefield are more familiar with this, but the Japanese army in Manzhou have never seen this world.
So the Japanese army dared not stop it, and withdrew to the rear with an order...
Of course, the Expeditionary Force would not miss this opportunity. After crossing the river at the fastest speed, it would chase them all the way... The "faster crossing the river" mentioned here is a group of soldiers swimming in armed manner, then carrying tanks to chase them, and the engineers behind built a floating bridge to only serve as reinforcements.
The Japanese army had never seen such a fighting style. A river crossing in front of them was not a problem for the enemy. In just half an hour, heavy tanks and infantry all came... What the Japanese army didn't know was that the army they faced had fought one landing battle after another on the Pacific battlefield, and they fought at sea, and it was just this small river.
The Japanese army caught off guard had no time to break the road, and were chased by tanks behind them, running like ducks... Many people hurriedly stepped on the mines they laid on the road (Note: After the Japanese army set up a mine, they would plant a small flag on the mine, and the last troops would pull it away when they passed). In addition, they were chased by tanks behind them, so countless casualties were killed and injured along the way.
They originally wanted to rush to the Chaihe Bridge and use the bridgehead to buffer for a period of time, but unfortunately... the Chaihe Bridge was first occupied by the reconnaissance forces of the Expeditionary Force.
These reconnaissance units are extremely poor, and they have a good way of playing this time... disguised as puppet troops coming to reinforce.
You should know that there is also a problem of language barrier between the Japanese and the puppet troops. Seeing the puppet troops coming to reinforce the imperial army so bravely, and at this critical moment... Of course, I won’t ask more questions, and I only praised him with a thumbs up: “Big, it’s better!”
But soon they couldn't get better... As the sky gradually darkened and the expeditionary forces advanced, the "puppet army" suddenly pointed the mouth and bayonet at the Japanese army, and ended the battle in just a few minutes and demolished the bridge.
When the Japanese defeated soldiers fled to the Chaihe Bridge in a panic, they didn't understand what was going on. There was a row of people who were shocked... The Japanese army didn't even know what was going on with those soldiers wearing puppet military uniforms, and they even shouted at the couple of bridges: "Bitch, you are my own!"
Then the tanks behind quickly followed, and with such a pincer attack from front and back... A Japanese engineer brigade was solidly destroyed at the bridgehead of the Chaihe Bridge.
The expeditionary army rushed to Kaiyuan in one go, and then occupied Qinghe Bridge north of Kaiyuan before stopping to rest.
More than 80 kilometers ahead, the 135th Japanese Division was following Siping, Liaoyuan built a line of defense, and the soldiers needed to accumulate strength to fight a battle... After all, using two regiments of troops to deal with a division of the Japanese army, which was waiting for their hard work, was not a small battle.
When Zhang Chi arrived at Kaiyuan, it was eight o'clock in the morning. The first regiment had already rested for three hours and embarked on the road of progress again. The second regiment was still trying to rest. Behind Zhang Chi, the third regiment of the New First Division followed closely... The third regiment was originally stationed in Lushun Port, but with the landing of the Sixth Army, the third regiment took the train to Shenyang, and then rushed along the way.
Behind the Third Regiment, the 50th Division was followed.
These two infantry divisions can be said to be the elite of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and of course the main force in attacking Changchun must be these two divisions.
"Military Wu!" When Zhang Chi got out of the car, Wu Xuexin was already waiting for him at the temporary command center. Zhang Chi stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Let the Military Wu wait for a long time!"
"I dare not!" Wu Xuexin answered politely.
The two walked into the command center and immediately spread the map on the shell box.
Zhang Chi pointed to the map and said to Wu Xuexin straight to the point: "We know... the airport is located in the north and east outside Shenyang City. This is the key defense area of our army. Another key defense area is the railway station! If you use your defensive model, that is, deploy troops in Dongdaying, Beidaying, and Shenyang main city like the Japanese army, and add two more defense lines outside the railway station... Then it is inevitable that the airport and the railway station are bombed by the Japanese!"
Wu Xuexin couldn't help but say in confusion: "Can we avoid being bombed?"
You should know that in modern warfare, the cannon can hit several kilometers or even ten kilometers at any time. What can we do to avoid being bombarded by enemy artillery fire?
(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!