Under the attack of Xu Rui's tank troops, Japanese corpses littered the fields. Two infantry regiments and more than 6,000 people were eventually killed or injured. Looking at the snowy fields full of broken limbs, there was no trace of unbearable in Xu Rui's eyes. , he knows that this is war, and now, his eyes have been set on the last line of defense of the 18th Division, where the Japanese 56th Kurume Regiment is ready.
The 56th Kurume Regiment is the most powerful unit in the entire Kurume Division. The entire regiment is fully staffed, with a total of more than 3,500 people. The weapons and equipment are also the best in the entire Kurume Division. The commander of the regiment, Saburo Inagaki, Osaka, has been in battle for a long time. Zhen is a veteran with rich combat experience.
At this time, there was no living thing between the Kurume unit and Xu Rui's rapid assault force. Xu Rui gave an order, and the tank troops began to move forward. These tanks kept crushing the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, and then the tracks were left behind. The next string of bright red blood stains looked so dazzling in the sun.
"go ahead!"
The tanks began to accelerate, the motors roared loudly, and strings of thick smoke rose from the rear of the tanks. All tanks were ready to attack.
Xu Rui's face was as dark as water. He knew that this was the last battle to eliminate the 18th Division. If he fought well, after this battle, the 18th Division would definitely be erased from the Japanese army's establishment.
"Captain, the little devils are moving so fast. Look, they dug the fortifications in such a short time." Zhuoligetu said.
Xu Rui said: "Artu, look carefully at the Japanese fortifications. They are just simple accumulations of frozen soil. Such fortifications will be flattened by just a few bombardments by us."
"Captain, do you think the Japanese can stop us?"
Xu Rui grinned, showing his white teeth, and said: "No one can stop the tank troops. This time, I will annihilate the Kurume Division!"
Inagaki Saburo is still at the forefront of the position. In the massacre just now, Inagaki Saburo saw six thousand of his compatriots being slaughtered without any means. Inagaki Saburo's heart was bleeding, but he had no choice. If these defeated troops are allowed to pass, then their 56th Regiment will inevitably follow in their footsteps and become a member of the defeated army.
Now, the massacre is finally over, and it's time to fight the enemy to the death!
Looking at the tanks slowly advancing, Inagaki Saburo shouted: "Prepare the rocket launcher, fire as soon as the tank enters the range!"
"Hai!"
Dozens of rocket launchers were placed at the forefront of the position. During the battle between the Soviet Union and Japan for the Far East, the Japanese relied on rocket launchers to defeat the Soviet army's steel torrent, and finally successfully captured the Far East. Now, Inagaki Saburo He took out the rocket launcher and used it intensively, hoping to repeat the scene of destroying Soviet tanks during the Soviet-Japanese War.
However, at this moment, the tank that was advancing forward came to a sudden stop. At this time, the tank did not enter the range of the rocket launcher, just a little bit short of it, but this short distance was beyond the range of the rocket launcher.
"What's going on? Why doesn't the tank move?" All the Japanese soldiers at the front looked at this scene blankly, not knowing what happened.
The next moment, the tank parked on the spot let out an earth-shattering roar, and shells from the tank guns were fired one after another, exploding in the Japanese position.
These tanks gave up the use of armor-piercing projectiles when attacking infantry targets, and instead chose high-explosive grenades. For a while, the shells made a loud noise in the Japanese formation.
After these shells exploded, shrapnel flew everywhere, effectively causing damage to the Japanese in the simple positions. The most important thing is that these shells blew up the Japanese rocket launchers one by one.
The artillery attack lasted for a full twenty minutes, and the Japanese's forward position was in a mess. The fortifications they had hurriedly excavated had been completely destroyed. Many people were killed and injured, and they fell into chaos.
At this moment, the tank moved forward again, firing continuously.
"Bagaya Road!"
Inagaki Saburo took a rocket launcher and fired a shot at the tank approaching in the distance.
I saw a rocket shooting forward with a long tail flame, but because the distance was too far, the shot missed and disappeared.
Inagaki Saburo cursed angrily, loaded up the rocket launcher again, put the rocket launcher on his shoulder, and attacked the tank approaching from the front.
"boom!"
This shot hit the front armor of a tank, and the tank emitted billowing smoke. Then, the hatch was opened, and several operators jumped out of the tank, but they were quickly hit by the Japanese and fell to the ground.
"Hahaha… "
Inagaki Saburo laughed.
However, what Saburo Inagaki didn't expect was that although he hit the target at this time, he also exposed himself. Three tanks locked onto him almost at the same time.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Three tanks opened fire at the same time, and tank shells exploded next to Saburo Intan.
Saburo Inagaki felt his body shake, and was swept away by the huge airflow from the explosion of the shell. After a while, Saburo Inagaki struggled to get up. Only then did he realize that his two legs were gone.
"Ah!" Inagaki Saburo let out a miserable scream, the sound was so sharp and harsh...
Encountering almost no resistance, the tanks had broken through the first line of the Japanese positions. As the Japanese defense line was broken, the Japanese scattered. Under the joint attack of tanks and armored vehicles, the Japanese were continuously knocked to the ground.
"Onboard!"
A Japanese soldier held two grenades, knocked them on his helmet, and rushed toward the tank, hoping to die with the tank. However, before he could reach the tank, a string of machine gun bullets hit him, and the Japanese soldier fell down with a thud. On the ground, the next moment, two loud noises were heard, but it was a grenade explosion, which blew the devil into a bloody mess...
As the battle continued, the Japs were constantly bombed to death by artillery shells, shot to death by machine guns, and crushed to death by tanks. The whole country was filled with mourning. After the tanks penetrated the Japs' formation, three hundred cars filled with fully armed soldiers of the new regiment Rushing into the enemy's formation, the car flew across the field, shooting out strings of bullets, mowing down the enemy on the ground...
Mutaguchi Ren was not at ease with Saburo Inagaki, so he personally led the guard troops from the division headquarters to rush for reinforcements. Before they arrived at the battlefield, he felt that something was wrong. Moving forward, Mutaguchi Ren also came to a small high ground. On the ground, tanks and cars were seen running around chasing their troops from a distance.
Mutaguchi Lian couldn't help but be shocked. The enemy actually had such a powerful armored force and so many tanks. It was impossible to stop him. Mutaguchi Lian immediately wanted to retreat...
"General, what should we do?" Hatano Taro asked.
Mutaguchi Lian also said: "You can't stay here for a long time. Go to Vladivostok immediately to ask for reinforcements."
Hatano Taro said: "General, do you think our army in Vladivostok can withstand such an elite armored corps of the enemy?"
Mutaguchi Lian was also silent and said, "Then where do you think we should go?"
Hatano Taro said: "The current situation is that if we go south, the enemy will be chasing us. In the end, we will either die in battle or be captured. Instead of doing this, we might as well take a risk and go north to cross the Hunchun Ridge. , back to Manchuria.”
"Crossing the Hunchun Ridge? But now the southern corner of the Hunchun Ridge has been occupied by the Soviets." Mutaguchi Lianya said.
Taro Hatano said: "Although the Soviet army occupied the south of Hunchun Ridge, Hunchun Ridge is very large, but the Soviet army does not have many troops. There must be many gaps in the middle. We can use these gaps to return to Manchuria. In the end, The important thing is that our march route can completely avoid the enemy's main force and catch the enemy's surprise. In this way, we look dangerous, but in fact we are safe."
After listening to Hatano Taro's words, Mutaguchi Ren also nodded repeatedly and said: "Yo Xi, this is a good idea, so let's do it!"
At that moment, Mutaguchi Lian left the hill with a few chief officers of his division and a total of more than 200 guardsmen, got into the forest on the side, and headed towards Hunchun Ridge...
"boom!"
After a gunshot, the tank came to a screeching halt. Xu Rui got out of the tank and came to the tent at the headquarters of the 18th Division. At this time, the tent was empty except for a few corpses and white documents on the ground. one person.
Zhuoligetu glanced at the corpse on the ground and said: "Captain, there are no senior officers, and Mutaguchi Lian has also ran away."
"He can run fast." Xu Rui said bitterly.
"Captain, what should we do next?" Zhuoligetu asked.
Xu Rui said: "The 18th Division is finished. Next, we must march to Vladivostok as soon as possible. It is estimated that Savushkin is almost unable to hold on..."
In Vladivostok, fierce street fighting is still going on, with more than 30,000 Soviet troops and 50,000 Japanese soldiers fighting.
It has to be said that Savushkin's choice of street fighting tactics was completely correct. In street fighting, the Japanese artillery fire could not be used effectively at all, while the Soviet army was familiar with the terrain and its advantages in light weapons were fully demonstrated.
In the street fighting, the Soviet army killed a large number of Japanese soldiers, but it also suffered huge casualties.
The street fighting had been going on for two days and two nights. The Soviet army had wiped out more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers in the street fighting, and also suffered more than 6,000 casualties. At this time, the Soviet army and the Japanese soldiers were like two battles with scars. All the beasts are fighting with their last breath.
The Japanese army's former enemy headquarters, Genda Bingwei, devoted all its troops to street fighting. However, each troop invested was like a pebble entering the sea, unable to stir up any waves.
Genda Hebei had not slept for two days and two nights, and his eyes were bloodshot.
"General, we must change our tactics, otherwise we will not be able to make a breakthrough in a short time." Genda Bingwei's chief of staff said.
Genda Bingwei said: "Change tactics? What can you do?"