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Volume 1: On the Songhua River Chapter 3102: Raid on Mandola

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    Hundreds of thousands of troops directly under the corps are marching westward, marching on the edge of the sparsely populated desert, and with Chutian's special operations detachment clearing the way in front, Liu Cuigang's Australian battlefield aviation has control of the air to the maximum extent, whether in the sky or on the ground.  It is possible to conceal the whereabouts of the troops to the maximum extent possible, but beyond the edge of the Dasha Desert and the Mabubar area, it is almost impossible to hide the traces of the troops.

    The information about the hundreds of thousands of elite mechanized troops of the independent division appearing in Western Australia will reach the ears of the commander of the Japanese Australian Front, Genzaburo Ito, in less than a day. Tang Qiuli knew this very well, so as the leader of the directly affiliated corps  The troops, the 1st and 2nd brigades attacking Mandola, and the 3rd and 4th brigades attacking Sangu, when to attack the target is his biggest concern at the moment.

    "Division commander, will the division commander send a telegram to urge the above four brigades to do so?" Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe knew what the division commander was worried about and made a suggestion.

    "No heavy hammer is needed to sound the drum!" Tang Qiuli shook his head and said, "Liu Hongzhang and the others are all veterans of the battlefield, so it's better not to interfere!"

    In fact, the 1st and 2nd brigades, which had been running in front of the main force of the directly affiliated corps and were responsible for capturing Mandola, were marching faster than the division chief of staff Zhao Yuhe estimated. They were not less than a day's journey away.  , but in less than half a day's journey, at this moment Liu Hongzhang of the first brigade and Ouyang Yishan of the second brigade have arrived in the Dutali area, which is less than fifty kilometers away from Mandola.

    Major General Liu Hongzhang, commander of the first brigade, is the commander of the troops attacking Mandola, and Major General Ouyang Yishan, commander of the second brigade, is the deputy commander.  Ouyang Yishan had no complaints about his teacher's arrangement.  In the combat order of troops directly under the corps, they have always been sorted by serial number.  Automatically determine the location of the joint combat force commander.

    What¡¯s more, Liu Hongzhang is known for his strength, bravery and good fighting skills even in the directly affiliated corps, but Ouyang Yishan himself is not inferior to Liu Hongzhang when it comes to fighting. In many cases, he is even better than Liu Hongzhang in terms of military strategy.  But he has a gentle personality and is rarely competitive. No matter how you look at it, they are both suitable candidates for the political commissar of the ** army. Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan can complement each other's advantages as they partner.

    Now, Ouyang Yishan is sitting in Liu Hongzhang's armored command vehicle. On the road beside him are two brigades of more than 30,000 troops rolling forward side by side.  Looking at Liu Hongzhang, whose eyes kept wandering, he asked: "Brigadier Liu, in less than two hours, the troops will approach Mandola. How are you going to fight?"

    Liu Hongzhang took out a cigarette, handed one to Ouyang Yishan, and lit a cigarette himself.  He took a deep breath and exhaled light blue smoke.  He grinned and said, "Second brother. Our two brigades combined have more than 35,000 troops. Plus tanks and artillery, the firepower is several times more than that of the little devil!"

    "According to the intelligence from the special operations detachment, the strength of Mandola's little devils is a brigade, which is only about 10,000 people at best. It is still a second-line garrison brigade, and its combat effectiveness is not strong. Facing such an opponent, how do you think we will fight?  , give full play to the advantage of firepower and crush it head-on!"

    Ouyang Yishan smiled bitterly when he heard Liu Hongzhang calling him "Second Brother!" He got angry with Liu Hongzhang several times because of this nickname, but it was to no avail. Except in front of the teacher, he still called him correctly.  As for the entire directly affiliated corps, the nickname "Lao Er" has become synonymous with the Second Brigade and himself.

    Liu Chenglin, Chief of Staff of the First Brigade, and Jia Lianhai, Chief of Staff of the Second Brigade, could not help but secretly enjoy themselves when they saw the two brigade commanders bickering. They had seen too many similar situations. Since the troops marched westward, the first  This happened almost every day after the brigade and the 2nd Brigade formed an attack group.

    "The idea of ????crushing head-on is the same, but how to fight, we need to formulate a detailed battle plan, right? We can't just have two brigades swarm up and fight indiscriminately, right?" Ouyang Yishan said slowly.

    "How can it be so complicated!" Liu Hongzhang said nonchalantly: "Look at the terrain of Mandola. The west side is close to the sea, and the remaining three sides are flat open areas. Let's fight at will. In this way, the two brigades will start from the east.  Launch attacks simultaneously from both directions, with the first brigade attacking the north and the second brigade attacking the east. It will take five hours to end the battle!"

    "After the troops arrive at the target, they will immediately engage in the attack without resting! Try to surprise them!" Ouyang Yishan looked at Liu Hongzhang and concluded.

    ¡°¡°Hey hey hey!  "Liu Hongzhang was very happy and said: "Second brother, it is a pleasure to cooperate with you. The hero sees the same thing. First use artillery fire to destroy the fortifications of the little devils outside Mandola. Then tanks will cover the infantry attack and fight in the city.  We must advance steadily and don't give the little devils a chance to fight in the streets. Isn't it just a matter of more than 10,000 little devils?  "

    Liu Hongzhang spoke wildly and arrogantly, but Ouyang Yishan knew that this was the most appropriate way to fight, "Sure! Just fight like this!"??He said succinctly that an attack on Mandola, which was defended by more than 10,000 Japanese troops, was decided just as the two people were bickering.

    In Western Australia, Mandora is not considered a major military town. The commander of the Japanese offensive on the west route and the deputy chief of staff of the Australian Front, Major General Yoshitake Tohachiro, left a second-line brigade to garrison.  It is an important logistics supply point for the offensive troops on the road. The defending troops are the 29th Baggage Brigade. Rather than being tasked with guarding Mandola, it is more appropriate to say that it is transporting ammunition and supplies for the frontline troops.

    Sanggu, which is more than 130 kilometers away from Mandola, has a similar role. The 27th Baggage Brigade of the Australian Front is stationed for defense. Like Mandola, it is an important transfer point for supplies and ammunition.  In ancient times, the third and fourth brigades directly under the corps attacked.

    Colonel Mizuhara, commander of the 29th Baggage Brigade of the Japanese Australian Front stationed in Mandola, had just stared at the scorching sun, inspected the military supplies to be transported to the Mount Vernon front line, and returned to the brigade headquarters.  He didn't dare to slack off on the batch of military supplies he had received. They were a large amount of Italian equipment that the Front Army's Logistics Department had added to the front line. They were all large-caliber heavy artillery and associated artillery shells.

    The shirt on his body was soaked with sweat and he felt very uncomfortable. The leader of the Suwon Brigade walked into the office and drank a large glass of cold water. Then he sighed heavily and shouted to the orderly, "Naito, Baga! Where are you going to die?"  Go? Get me a basin of water!"

    Colonel Mizuhara's position as brigade commander was not very satisfactory. According to the practice of the Imperial Army, brigade commanders all hold the rank of major general. Just because the 29th Brigade under his command is a supply unit, he is not the same as the Imperial General.  No luck, he just plays the role of a porter all day long.

    Originally, I had a chance to be promoted to Major General, but unfortunately, when the Empire was stationed in Australia, I was the captain of the field force. Because of the consecutive defeats in the battlefield in central Australia, I was assigned to a major general.  As the commander of a second-rate brigade, Colonel Mizuhara was full of resentment.

    The wet, sticky shirt felt uncomfortable sticking to his body, but before that bastard the orderly Naito came to fetch water, the fire in the head of the Suwon brigade was gone. He stood up with a frown and was about to start again.  Calling the orderly Naito, and preparing a big mouth, at this time, a figure broke in.

    The leader of the Suwon Brigade saw that it was Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Kitamura. His face turned pale on a hot day, and he asked strangely: "Kitamura-kun, what serious thing happened?"

    Chief of Staff Kitamura gasped and said: "Commander of the brigade, we have just received an emergency telegram from the front army headquarters, so there is a Chinese independent division with a strength of about 200,000 people, heading towards Mandola from the east.  Approaching from the direction of Hesanggu, the front army headquarters requires our brigade to hold on to Mandola to ensure the safety of the rear route of the offensive troops on the western front. This is the telegram! "

    "Nani?" The leader of the Suwon Brigade doesn't believe it. Isn't it nonsense? To the north of Mandola is the rear area of ??the imperial army. To the south is the front line of more than 400,000 imperial army troops fighting fiercely with the Chinese troops.  The west is a vast ocean, and the east is a large sandy desert where people will die if they enter it. Where did the China Independent Division troops, with more than 200,000 people, fly over?

    The people at the headquarters are probably insane, right?  The leader of the Suwon Brigade shook his head, with a sneer on his lips, and reached out to take the telegram. Just as he was about to read it, suddenly, "Boom! Boom! - Boom!" A loud noise like a landslide and a cracking earth echoed across the land of Western Australia in the afternoon.  , and accompanied by the slight trembling of the earth, the loud explosions of countless shells covering a large area came from the east and north of Mandola at the same time.

    "Nani?" The leader of the Suwon Brigade screamed this time. There were indeed troops from the China Independent Division fighting from the east. The telegram fell to the ground. "Chief of Staff Kitamura, order the troops to enter the position immediately and prepare to fight back!" He said  Shouted loudly, the movement seemed very weak among the overwhelming explosions.

    The 1st and 2nd brigades of the directly affiliated corps launched simultaneous attacks from the east and north of Mandola respectively. The attack was a thunderous blow. The outer positions of the Japanese 29th Baggage Brigade were not even standard field fortifications.  Yes, they are not a field force to begin with.

    The 1st and 2nd brigades belong to the heavy artillery regiment, plus the attached heavy artillery regiment and self-propelled artillery regiment, more than 600 large-caliber artillery pieces, and the shells hit the head, and the Japanese position was suddenly filled with smoke and flames.  During the attack, the attack was so sudden and the artillery fire was as fierce as a volcano erupting. It took almost no effort to tear apart the fragile and paper-thin Japanese defense positions outside Mandola.

    After forty minutes of shelling, thousands of broken corpses of Japanese soldiers were left on the position. Bomb craters were everywhere, and the original fortifications could not be seen. Under the cover of tanks, more than 10,000 infantrymen began to attack like a tide. Soon,  suddenEnter the city of Mandola.

    Liu Hongzhang stood in the armored vehicle and followed the troops into the city. He looked at the battlefields around him and said to the brigade chief of staff Liu Chenglin, "I can't help but fight!"

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