The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 732

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Japanese army could not stand at all. They did not build positions in advance. As a result, they had no way to resist the tank attack. The tanks soon broke through the defense line, and then the mechanized infantry behind them further opened a gap, resulting in the Japanese army falling into collapse!

Although the 21st Division was not the most elite A-type division of the Japanese army, the performance of this division in the Battle of Songhu was still remarkable. Their combat effectiveness was not the top, but their strength was definitely not weak.

Therefore, not only the commander of the foot basin was full of confidence in them, but even the generals on the Celestial Empire felt that it was not so easy to defeat them!

As a result, the reality surprised them!

Facing the attack of the First Armored Division of the Celestial Empire, which had only half the number of its own, the 21st Division was defeated in a few strokes. It was completely different from their previous performance. In this way, how could it look like a strong army? People who didn’t know thought that the national army was beaten and the Japanese army was attacking!

As a result, the roles of both sides on the battlefield were completely reversed, with the Japanese army being beaten and the national army attacking fiercely!

“The armored forces are so strong! The 21st Division is finished!”

A national army general said excitedly:”This is a good opportunity for us. Maybe we can really rely on the 1st Armored Division to break through the Japanese defense line and cut off their retreat!”

“General, order the attack!”

“”Yes, General, give the order!”

The generals on the front line all looked at President Chiang’s trusted and beloved general Chen Cheng. Here, Chen Cheng had the highest military rank, so he was qualified to give this order!

Chen Cheng also showed his decisiveness at this time. Without any hesitation, he immediately ordered:”The 19th Army and the 15th Army will follow me to attack, and the 14th Army will stay in place to block the counterattack of the Japanese army in the south!”

If the attack of the Celestial Empire’s armored forces only slightly disrupted the rhythm of the Japanese army’s retreat, then when the Celestial Empire used the strength of two armies to launch a fierce attack on their rear, it could really be regarded as a disaster for the Japanese army!

“Charge forward, charge forward quickly!”

Even if the Japanese commander was a fool, he also saw the huge crisis at this time. If they could not break out of the encirclement before the national army cut off their retreat, what awaited them would most likely be a great defeat, or even the annihilation of the entire army!

So, under his command, the Japanese army, like a mad dog, launched a frantic attack on the national army’s position.

At this time, the national army had basically cut off its retreat and was rushing to repair its positions and prepare to build a defense line to block the Japanese army!

However, the Japanese army was very fast and rushed over before the national army’s position was built. As a result, in the unprotected wilderness, the two sides launched a bloody and cruel battle!

In order to survive, the Japanese army had completely gone crazy at this time. Driven by the instinct of survival, they were like crazy people who did not know fatigue. They attacked fiercely regardless of everything, and they never stopped even though they were frustrated again and again!

The Chinese army also showed their courage. They gritted their teeth and fought to the death. When the Japanese rushed up, they fired with machine guns and rifles. When they ran out of bullets, they fought with bayonets. The corpses of both sides soon covered the entire battlefield, and the blood gathered together to form a river of blood. The two sides fought extremely fiercely, and the number of casualties soared wildly!

This is a race between life and time. For the national army, as long as they can stop the Japanese army and delay them from retreating, and create time for the friendly forces in the north to launch a fierce attack on the enemy in the encirclement, then they can annihilate this Japanese army.

As for the Japanese army, they must fight to break out. If they fail to break out successfully, then they will all… You must die here.

Therefore, a fierce melee broke out on the battlefield.

The battlefield was divided into several parts.

The westernmost part was the Celestial Empire’s army.

Their mission was to eliminate the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

At this time, they were under the order of President Jiang, and they launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops in the encirclement regardless of their actions.

The two sides fought particularly fiercely, with blood and corpses everywhere.

The Japanese army retreated all the way, and the remains of the dead soldiers from both sides could be seen everywhere along the way.

The second battlefield was in the middle area, which was also the area where the two sides fought most fiercely at this time!

An army of the National Army cut off the Japanese army’s retreat.

The Japanese army surrounded in the middle attacked the National Army’s position in order to survive.

In order to rescue the surrounded friendly forces, the Japanese army in the Songhu area also frantically attacked the National Army’s eastern defense line under the order of their superiors.

The National Army was essentially surrounded by the Japanese army.

, like the Japanese troops in the encirclement, they also endured the fierce attacks of the enemies on the east and west sides, and the pressure was no less than that of the Japanese army!

There is another battlefield located in the south of the battlefield. The main force of this battle is the northern army of both sides, and the national army also includes part of the southern army.

However, the Japanese army in the southern region has entered the mode of watching the show. They are too far away from the battlefield, and they are blocked by the southern army of the national army, so they can’t directly participate in this battle.

So they simply don’t take a long way to support their friendly forces on the front battlefield.

Instead, they start to launch a fierce attack on the national army’s position on the south line.

This is obviously a way to save Zhao from Wei.

They hope to put pressure on the southern line of the national army, so that they are forced to reduce their troops from the front battlefield to reduce the pressure on friendly forces, save the lives of friendly forces, and prevent them from being destroyed!

So, in Li Yunlong’s words, the entire Songhu area was a mess. In this day’s battle, the number of troops dispatched by both sides, the width of the battlefield, and the tragic casualties of soldiers on both sides in the battle far exceeded any battle in the past four months.

According to incomplete statistics, in this battle, the National Army alone dispatched at least 120 artillery pieces of various calibers, firing more than 230,000 shells at the Japanese positions. In addition, the National Army also dispatched its newly formed armored forces for the first time, allowing armored warfare to appear on the battlefield of the Celestial Empire on a large scale for the first time!

As for the Japanese army, in order to save the defeat, they can be said to have gone all out, not only sending out all 800,000 land forces, but also all the forces that the Air Force and Navy could send to the battle.

Not only did the two sides fight fiercely on land, but also in the air!

In the past, the Japanese army could often easily occupy air superiority, but this time, the National Army dispatched a lot of fighters to intercept them. The two sides broke out in the first large-scale air battle since the war began. A total of nearly 300 fighters participated in this battle, because the performance of the fighters on both sides was about the same, and the foot basin was the latest fighter developed by themselves.

The Nationalist army was equipped with the first-class European fighter planes developed by the Gauls of the time.

In theory, they were slightly more advanced than the Japanese fighter planes, but the Chinese pilots were inexperienced, so they could not bring out the full strength of the fighter planes.

However, with the excellent performance of the fighter planes, they were able to fight the Japanese army to a draw.

As a result, both sides lost dozens of fighter planes, but neither side was able to win overwhelmingly and seize air superiority!