Chapter 325 Steel Counterattack on East Road (IV)

The next day, after breakfast, all five divisions of the Chinese Expeditionary Force Youth Army were ready for attack. At 10:00 a.m., 5 o'clock, Yue Hanping sat upright at the command center, and Liu Wenye looked at his watch, "Commander, there are five minutes left to launch the general attack!"

Yue Hanping nodded gently and sat quietly. Time flowed slowly. When Yue Hanping raised his hand to look at his watch and pointed his hand at exactly ten o'clock, Yue Hanping said clearly to Liu Wenye standing next to the phone: "Order, the general attack begins!"

Liu Wenye pinched the microphone and ordered loudly: "Attention all troops, the general attack will begin!"

The 105 howitzers and 75 mountain cannons from the artillery regiment of the Youth Army opened fire violently, and the shells roared on the top of Bogu. The Japanese army in Bogu were in chaos, with shrapnel flying on the top of the city, and the explosion of air waves burst into pieces of broken fortifications everywhere.

In Dongcheng, two tank regiments of the First Armored Division and more than 200 Sherman tanks of the 5th Tank Regiment of the Second Armored Division were dispatched rumbling.

The one who rushed in front was Zheng Liancheng's first platoon company of the tank leader. The tank of the platoon carefully approached the steel plate wooden platoon bridge, and the Japanese shells flew down to the charge of the Chinese tanks. The platoon commander Zheng skillfully drove the tank to dodge the Japanese shells and arrived in front of a steel plate bridge.

Platoon Commander Zheng slowed down slightly, and the huge body of the tank rushed to the bridge deck under the tracks. The bridge deck shook. Platoon Commander Zheng maintained his speed and successfully rushed through the anti-tank trench filled with water. The platoon commander moved the tank to the left, aimed the tank gun at a fierce heavy machine gun fire point at the head of the city wall, pressed the cannon button, "boom", the 76mm tank gun sprayed flames, white smoke, and a shell was drawn in an arc and headed straight to the Japanese fire point at the head of the city wall.

"Boom" shells exploded, and the explosion of air waves pushed the heavy machine gun far away. The body of the Japanese heavy machine gun shooter rose in the air, and shrapnel splashed in the air kept shooting on his body.

All five tanks in the first row successfully crossed the anti-tank trenches, and the five tank guns spit out flames, constantly killing the fire points on the city wall.

The Japanese artillery became more and more urgent, and dense shells kept falling into the tank marching cluster. Chinese tank soldiers skillfully drove tanks to dodge Japanese shells. Several tanks were still injured by Japanese shells. One tank was directly hit by the shells, and the turret armor was exploded and burned. The tank soldiers quickly stopped and jumped out of the tank.

The tanks in the first row rushed towards the city gate quickly. The tank of platoon leader Zheng quickly rushed to the city gate, and the steel tank hit the city gate heavily. The city gate shook, platoon leader Zheng quickly reversed, accelerated and hit the city gate again. After several collisions, the city gate was finally knocked out by the tank.

The tank rushed directly into the big hole, and the tanks behind followed one after another. The huge steel body kept hitting the city gate into pieces. Finally, the city gate fell to the ground and was crushed into wood chips by the tank tracks.

Three tank regiments concentrated their firepower to open a breakthrough from the east gate, and more than 200 tanks flocked in. Armored vehicles and infantry rushed into the city gate quickly. Tanks tried to tear the breakthrough toward both wings at the city gate, and tank guns kept firing at the Japanese soldiers on the city tower. The Japanese soldiers fell in rows of blood, and the powerful firepower of the tanks easily crushed the Japanese bodies.

When infantry and armored vehicles followed the city gate, the infantry quickly advanced forward, and tanks and armored vehicles immediately formed combat formations and served as cover in the back.

The Japanese soldiers on the East Gate Tower were quickly repelled, and the Chinese soldiers firmly controlled the East Gate of Bogu. A company of Chinese infantry quickly formed a position at the East Gate to block the Japanese counterattack. Five tanks were left behind and cooperated with the infantry to fight.

At the command of Bogu Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Maruyama sat in a daze on the chair. He could not understand why his strong fortifications could not stop the attack of the Zhongzhang Team for an hour. In just forty minutes, Bogu East Gate actually fell.

The city gate was opened, and the fortifications of the city walls had almost no obstacles to the Central ** team. A large number of tanks cooperated with infantry to attack various blocks. The Lieutenant General pressed his sword with his hand, "Yuxi! The Central ** team's armor tactics are quite skillful, and our tank troops have never launched offensive operations on such a large scale."

Lieutenant Sangmu, who had just joined the Second Division, calmly stared at the city map and thought for a moment, "Lieutenant General, the other directions of our defense zone did not seem to have been strongly attacked by the Chinese people. The main attack direction of the Chinese people is at the east gate. We can rely on the fortifications in the city to exert the power of infantry artillery, anti-tank guns, and flat-fired guns, so that these arrogant Chinese tanks will suffer a little."

Lieutenant General Maruyama gritted his teeth fiercely and nodded, "Yoxi, Sangmujun, I don't believe that the Chinese people have a good appetite and their teeth are surprisingly good. My Second Division is a hard walnut. If the Chinese people bite them, we will break a few of his teeth."

Yue Hanping had only two infantry divisions. In other directions of Bogu City, he could only allocate one reinforcement battalion to cooperate with tanks to prevent the Japanese army from breaking out of the city. Fortunately, in addition to two armored regiments, the Young Army's armored division also had a mechanical infantry regiment. Although the number of people was smaller than that of regular infantry regiments, he could take an armored personnel carrier to attack with the tanks.

Yue Hanping's armored corps used the tactics of attacking the city properly, and the effectiveness of weapons and forces was exerted to the best of their ability. In the battle in the city, the Chinese infantry attacked forward very quickly.

The Second Division from Sendai, Japan, is indeed worthy of the ace division. The soldiers have a strong fighting will. The buildings in Bogu City have been scientifically transformed into defensive fortifications by the Japanese army. The firepower points of each fortification are carefully configured, with the shooting boundaries overlapping, leaving no blind spots.

Japanese soldiers had strong combat capabilities in individual soldiers, and many soldiers were divided into separate firepower points. Faced with fierce attacks from Chinese infantry, these Japanese soldiers fought to the death.

A company of Weng Zhaoyuan's infantry division surrounded a building. The Japanese soldiers in the building relied on the solid steel and concrete buildings to shoot out from time to time. Five Chinese infantry have already paid their lives here. The company commander adjusted their deployment in time, persuaded the red-eyed soldiers to retreat to a safe position, and called on the tanks behind to come for support.

Two tanks roared and slowly drove over. The tank gunner measured the target position and estimated the attack angle and distance. It was 300 meters away from the building, and the tank stopped, and the muzzle of Wudong Cave was aimed at the target ahead.

"Boom boom" two tank shells roared straight to the building, and the explosion sounded like a "bang" and a corner of the roof of the building was knocked down. The tank calmly adjusted its muzzle and aimed at the floor below for another shot.

The two tanks used shells to shatter the building, and the buildings were full of holes. The shells sent all the Japanese soldiers back to their hometown in Dongyang. The company commander led a platoon of infantry to rush up and enter the building. Several Japanese soldiers who were not dead completely lost their combat capabilities.

The Chinese soldiers used bayonets to deal with the Japanese wounded soldiers one by one, and cleaned up the building again. There were no living Japanese soldiers in the building. Five infantrymen were left to guard the building, consolidate the stronghold, and the main force continued to move towards the next target.

Japanese soldiers equipped infantry artillery or flat-fired cannons in the stronger fortifications to deal with tanks. Chinese infantry marched forward, clearing the Japanese troops on both sides of the streets for tanks and covering the tanks' advance.

On a street, a platoon of Chinese infantry held guns and carefully searched and advanced along the buildings on both sides of the street. The cunning Japanese army concealed the artillery well and did not take action against the Chinese infantry in front. The infantry carefully searched about 10 meters and did not find the Japanese army.

The infantry waved and signaled the tank to follow up. The tank was thundering forward. Suddenly, a fire flashed in the window on the third floor of the building in front of the tank, and a 37-level gun fired a shell.

The moment the Japanese firepower point was exposed, the machine gun of the second tank fired almost at the same time, and violent bullets shot into the window, making a loud bang. The tank gun quickly adjusted its muzzle, aimed at the position of the machine gun's firing, and "boomed" a shell.

The smoke was rolling, and the broken limbs could be vaguely seen flying out of the window in the explosion. The infantry in front immediately returned to the rescue. The two soldiers aimed at the window and threw a few grenades in. A scream came from the explosion.

The tank was hit by a shell, and the turret was blown up a large hole, and the flames burned down the hole. The gunner was killed, and the injured tank soldiers climbed out of the tank with the help of infantry.

The infantry and tanks next to them opened fire violently around them, suppressing the Japanese counterattack with powerful firepower and covering the tank soldiers out of the cockpit. After settling the tank soldiers, the infantry stopped advancing and searched for nearby buildings.

The tank slowly retreated and distanced itself from the infantry. The machine gunner and gunner were vigilant and were ready to support the infantry ahead at any time. Until the infantry searched the nearby buildings again and killed a few Japanese soldiers hiding in the buildings. The platoon leader let out a sigh of relief, "It was finally cleaned up!"

Leave 5 soldiers in the largest building next to it, build strongholds, and consolidate the results of cleaning up the streets.

The last ray of residual clouds in the sky also disappeared, and the unstoppable darkness came down. Yue Hanping ordered all units to suspend attacks, consolidate the occupied positions, and prevent the Japanese army from counterattacking at night.

The blocks occupied by the Chinese team were connected as much as possible. Facing the direction of the Japanese army, they built sandbags on the streets to form a line of defense. On the inside of the sandbag fortifications was an arc line of defense composed of tanks. The infantry stared at the eyes of vigilantly and closely watched the movements of the Japanese army in front of them.

Bogu was suddenly attacked by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and General Kenyoshi Ueda was a little confused about the intention of the Zhongzhang team. Under the command of Commander Liao Yaoxiang, the newly formed 6th Army attacked Pingmanna fiercely, attracting the Japanese army of two divisions.

Under the Japanese clamp attack, Liao Yaoxiang's army commander set up a defensive position arranged in a staggered manner in a figure-shaped shape and resisted one after another. On the defensive position, a division had to deal with the attack of a Japanese division. The Chinese team, whose weapons and equipment were greatly improved, with its powerful firepower, resisted the Japanese counterattack.

On the Bogu line, the Japanese army had no troops to adjust. The main forces were all on the Western Front, and the central front was tightly held back by the newly formed 6th Army. The strong combat power of the newly formed 6th Army made General Kenyoshi Ueda believe that this was the target of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

General Kenyoshi Ueda did not believe that the Chinese team had the ability to quickly cut into the Japanese group, divided Bogu and the defenders, and encircled and annihilated the defenders.

However, Legu's loss and the reconnaissance information of the aviation force were shown on the Eastern Front, and a powerful armored unit of the Chinese team quickly assaulted the Japanese army on the periphery of Bogu.

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Chapter completed!