Chapter 323: Steel Counterattack on East Road (II)

Bogu, the commander of the Japanese Second Division, Masao Junior, was sleeping soundly. The orderly soldiers woke up the lieutenant general's good dream. The lieutenant general's face was filled with anger and asked hatefully: "What's the matter?"

The orderly officer Nuonuo replied, "Lieutenant General, Lieutenant General, Lieutenant Sang Mu Yiming, chief of staff of the Legal Guard, asked for a visit, saying that there was an emergency military situation to be reported."

Lieutenant General Maruyama was furious, "Baga! A little lieutenant, if you have anything to ask him to go to the Chief of Staff to tell me."

The orderlyman looked at the Lieutenant General carefully, "Your Excellency, he said... He said he had to see you!"

Lieutenant General Maruyama was stunned. A small lieutenant stubbornly insisted on seeing him. Could it be that he had urgent military information? So he suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered the orderly soldiers, "Call him in."

After a while, a young lieutenant hurried in, stood attentively and saluted a standard military salute to the lieutenant general. "Your Excellency, Lieutenant Sangmu Ichiming, Chief of Staff of the Liegu Army, reported to you the emergency military information."

Lieutenant General Maruyama raised his chin and said, "Tell me, what's the matter."

Sang Mu stood at attention again, his heel banged. "Lieutenant General, the Chinese army dispatched at least three armored divisions, and the forces of two infantry divisions suddenly attacked Legu. The captain led us to fight to the death. Finally, the captain ordered me to break through and report military information to the general."

After Sang Mu finished speaking, he looked carefully at the expression of the lieutenant general, for fear that the lieutenant general would see through his lies.

The Lieutenant General obviously did not consider his lies and was shocked by the military situation he said. After a while, the Lieutenant General stared in his eyes, "Sang Mujun, are you telling the truth?"

Sang Mu felt a little thrilled. He didn't know what the general said was false, so he had to bite the bullet. "Genius General, the Chinese people do have so many troops, especially tanks and armored vehicles, with at least 400."

The Lieutenant General took a deep breath, "Yoxi, why are you alone coming out?"

Lieutenant Sangmu choked and said, "General, there was a small team guarding me, but they were all killed when they broke through the siege."

The Lieutenant General said to himself in confusion, "Strange, why did the air reconnaissance plane not find the Chinese armored troops? Such a huge gathering of troops cannot be hidden."

At this moment, a staff officer reported that the Front Command urgently informed the military information. The Lieutenant General said calmly: "Remember!"

The staff opened the folder and took out the information. "His Excellency Maruyama, the Second Division of Bogu, the aviation reconnaissance aircraft discovered that Legu had been captured by the Chinese people. In the Legu area, at least two infantry divisions and three armored divisions of the Chinese army were assembled. Please strengthen your guard!"

General Maruyama sat on the chair, "Oh my God! Why didn't our defenders even send out the telegram for help?"

Lieutenant Sangmu added: "Your Excellency, our captain is stubborn. He thought that with the city defense fortifications, he could withstand the attacks of the Chinese people and could last for at least 7 days. So he did not send a telegram for help."

The Lieutenant General rushed to the desk and stared at the map, "What is the intention of the Chinese people? Did they want to attack our Second Division after taking the courage of the leopard?"

Lieutenant Sangmu swallowed, "Lieutenant General, there are hundreds of Chinese tanks and armored vehicles. With their maneuverability, they can quickly attack Bogu."

Lieutenant General Maruyama's second division was the main division of the Japanese army, and still adopted the four-unit system of the two brigades (at this time, only 6 main divisions of the Japanese army were organized by four units). On the Bogu line, the second division built a large number of defensive fortifications, and anti-tank trenches were excavated outside the city wall.

Hearing Lieutenant Sanmu's words, Naruto Maruyama looked at him curiously and said proudly, "As long as the Chinese people are not burned out, they will not risk attacking the Second Division."

Lieutenant Sangmu said stubbornly and boldly: "Genius General, you cannot underestimate the attack ability of the Chinese people. At the city of Legu, I witnessed the combat effectiveness of the Chinese people's armored soldiers with my own eyes. It can be described in one sentence, with a strong momentum."

Lieutenant General Maruyama looked at the lieutenant with interest. He didn't believe that a small lieutenant dared to speak to him like this. He asked half-testedly: "Lieutenant, do you have a way to deal with the Chinese people?"

Lieutenant Sangmu shook his head, "There is no better way. He can just try to delay the attack of the Chinese people and consume as much of the Chinese people's armor power as possible, but in the end he still cannot withstand the steel torrent of the Chinese people."

General Maruyama nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, you are now the staff officer of my division headquarters. I hope you can do your best to consume the armored power of the China people for me."

1942 was a turning point in the Japanese tactics. The Japanese field corps did not pay attention to defensive operations, especially the construction of defensive fortifications. Since the Battle of Myitkyina, the Japanese generals with far-sighted vision have understood that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Expeditionary Force is far beyond the best in the country.

Fortifications were extremely important to the Japanese army. Lieutenant General Maruyama was one of the more sober generals among the Japanese army. Therefore, solid fortifications were built in Bogu's division.

In the hilly areas outside Bogu, he built a large number of castles, many of which were built according to the mountainous landscape, and the coverage of firepower points and the shooting range were strictly calculated.

Across the hilly areas, a 1,000-meter-long anti-tank trenches surrounding the city wall were dug up, and the anti-tank trenches were then built according to the terrain. Many earth slopes were transformed into burials as frontier fire support points.

Lieutenant General Maruyama immediately telegraphed General Ueda and asked the general to mobilize troops to cut off the logistics supply line of the CPC team. As long as a large number of armored vehicles have no fuel, the attack ability of the armored troops will be greatly reduced. At the same time, he ordered his division to enter the first-level combat readiness state and be ready to fight with the CPC team at any time.

Yue Hanping personally directed his five divisions to launch a sudden attack on Bogu. Ligu was only more than 100 kilometers away from Bogu. The five divisions of the Chinese Expeditionary Force Youth Army were mechanized units. In just one and a half days, the main force arrived at the periphery of Bogu.

The tank soldiers drove the Sherman medium tank and quickly launched an attack on the outer Japanese positions. Moban Road, a small mountain village that was only 30 miles away from Bogu. However, the terrain was dangerous and guarded the main road entering Bogu.

The Japanese army had only one garrison brigade stationed here, with more than 600 defenders. The Japanese army built solid fortifications in the village. The small mountain village was located at the foot of the mountain and was built around the mountains. The Japanese army dug trenches about 3 meters wide outside the mountain village and built three large mother-child bunkers. In the village, four bunkers were built, distributed in four corners.

The hill behind the village is the main position of the Japanese army. When they left the village and looked towards the hill, the Japanese dug a trench and cut the front of the trench into a steep wall. More than a dozen castles were built on the hill according to the mountain. The castles were hidden in the grass, and the vegetation on the outer wall of the castles was still preserved as it was, and the soil layer was restored as it was. Even if these castles were standing in front of them, it was difficult to find them.

The Sherman tanks rumbled towards the village entrance bunker, 300 meters away, and five tanks lined up in fan shape. The Japanese soldiers in the bunker desperately shot out a string of bullets, hitting the tank armor and sparking. The thick-skinned Sherman medium tank did not take these steps at all, and the machine gun bullets were attentive.

Five tanks and five dark 75 tank guns swayed slowly, aiming at the bunker. A flash of fire at the muzzle, "boom", and 5 shells hit the bunker.

The upper layer of the bunker was collapsed, and the Japanese soldiers on the top turned into powder together with their guns. The Japanese soldiers on the lower layer were still firing bullets tenaciously. The Japanese artillery positions on the hills, two mountain cannons and four mortars desperately fired at the tanks.

"Boom boom", the Japanese shells exploded around the tank. A shell just landed next to the tracks of a tank. With a loud bang, the tank tracks were blown off, and the huge tank body immediately rotated on the spot.

The armored vehicles behind immediately adjusted the on-board artillery. According to the calculated Japanese artillery trajectory, 24 armored vehicles and 45 artillery fired at the Japanese artillery positions. One round of artillery shells dragged white smoke and drew beautiful arcs toward the Japanese artillery positions behind the hill. A violent explosion came, and black smoke rose on the back of the hill. Soon, the Japanese artillery was cancelled.

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Chapter completed!