ebookland Chapter 549: Encirclement and Annihilation of Liao's Regiment (4)
Chapter 549: Encirclement and Annihilation of Liao's Regiment (4)
The three planes circled for a while, and one of them, a silver-gray propeller plane, suddenly dived down from the clouds, and the aircraft machine guns under the wings on both sides burst out with dazzling red light, like the god of death swinging a burning sickle. Two straight smoke trails exploded on the ground instantly, and the scarlet barrage of tracer bullets poured down like a meteor shower.
Countless soldiers on the ground were covered by the barrage of bullets. Some of them were instantly hit by large-caliber machine gun bullets, and their bodies were shattered under the huge impact force. Some soldiers even had their upper torsos rolled forward by inertia, and their intestines dragged out a five-meter-long sticky trail.
The other plane dropped a string of bombs from high in the sky like a hen laying eggs.
With a loud explosion,
The neatly-formed ranks were now in ruins, with corpses lying in all directions, some mutilated, some engulfed in flames. The battlefield was filled with the smell of death, like hell on earth.
Yu Lei looked at the tragic scene in amazement, and suddenly he was no longer sleepy. He turned his head and looked at the squad leader Huang Daru who was also stunned.
After a while, he finally said something.
"Our plane?"
The monitor nodded blankly.
The enemy has retreated like a frightened bird!
In the sky,
Wang Xiangrong, the pilot of the reconnaissance plane, grinned happily, looking at the messy ground, and said into the headset,
"Xiao Huang, this pair of machine guns swooping and strafing is so cool! Did you take pictures?"
"Brother Rong, don't worry, I've taken dozens of photos!"
"Then let's dive again!"
The 1st Air Strike Group, which had been continuously carrying out air strikes on the Eastward Corps in the direction of Huludao, received an order today to start a special air strike on the Liao Corps!
During the recent two days of air raids, these pilots suddenly discovered that the KMT air force had completely disappeared from the skies above Northeast China. This gave them more courage.
In the air raid that started today, Zhang Wenjiu adopted a new tactic, which was to organize the aircraft into groups of 3. All the pilots flew out a total of 6 groups, 18 fighter planes, and began to carry out continuous all-round air raids on the Liao Corps in western Liaoning!
The purpose is only one, to disrupt Liao's Corps and confuse the situation, making it easier for the infantry brothers to divide, surround and eat the enemy!
There was a cheer on the battlefield.
The morale of the soldiers was at its highest point.
This time, the enemy retreated in disgrace before they even started attacking.
Yu Lei sat back in the trench, took out a pack of biscuits and started eating.
Suddenly, he heard cheers coming from the 69th Regiment's position on the right, which seemed to be getting louder and louder.
Yu Lei looked over curiously, but he couldn't see anything because the distance was too far. Suddenly he heard the company commander yelling,
"Our tanks are coming!"
The company commander held a telescope and stared at the right side. Several soldiers immediately gathered around and borrowed telescopes one by one to look there.
In the fields on the right,
A torrent of steel is rushing towards the enemy on the opposite side!
Leading the way was the 1nd Tank Regiment of the 2st Assault Group.
The leader Yuan Canhai really likes the feeling of charging into battle.
He felt as if he was born to be a tank!
Looking at the Kuomintang soldiers fleeing in terror in front of us,
Tanks and armored vehicles continuously spewed out long flames, reaping the lives of enemies everywhere!
Yuan Canhai was in his Type 4 tank, holding a microphone and giving orders non-stop.
"Don't get entangled, just thrust forward and stab the enemy right in the heart!"
He followed Yin Xinjun and attended several classes. As for the use of armored forces, the key was to concentrate them and break through one point of the enemy. This would easily cause the collapse of the enemy's entire defense line, especially against Kuomintang troops. This tactic had always been effective.
Because these officers of the Kuomintang troops are more afraid of death than each other, and they are particularly afraid that their troops will be wiped out. Once they lose all their troops, their official positions will basically be over. This is the warlord habit in them, from top to bottom, all of them are like this!
Two planes flew in the sky, saw the chaos on the ground, and immediately started calling.
"1st Assault Group, 1st Assault Group, reconnaissance aircraft reports, three enemy forces have been spotted ahead of you!
The nearest enemy force is about 5 strong and is about kilometers away!"
Yuan Canhai listened to the voice in the headset, but his face was full of excitement. He said hurriedly,
"Request the air force brothers to strike the enemy first!"
"received!"
The two reconnaissance planes flapped their wings and flew over.
On the ground, a large group of enemy troops marching forward saw the planes suddenly dive and start strafing. They were frightened and panicked. They threw away their baggage, scattered to both sides, and ran desperately away from the road and into the fields!
Many soldiers were stunned while running. Dust was flying in front of them, and there was a tank column on each side of the road, speeding towards them!
A flat spot on the roadside.
More than a dozen Kuomintang soldiers were operating a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, firing fiercely at the planes in the air.
At this time, a tank shell flew over, and there was a deafening bang. The shell accurately hit the enemy's anti-aircraft gun.
Instantly, flames shot up into the sky, metal fragments flew everywhere, and the anti-aircraft gun was turned into a pile of twisted scrap metal under this powerful impact. The Kuomintang soldiers operating the gun were thrown directly into the air, and one by one they were either killed or injured!
This large group of enemy troops was the headquarters of the 49th Army and its subordinate 26th Division. They were originally following the 105th Division.
Under the attack of tanks all over the mountains and air strikes, the 49th Army was in a state of total retreat, and it was a purposeless and disorganized retreat.
One part moved closer to the New Third Army behind, while the other part retreated towards Shenyang. In any case, the road to Yingkou was definitely blocked!
Tang Yantian led his troops to continue attacking northward. At this time, the 8th Column handed over the position to the 22nd Division, and the Column Command led the 23rd Division. The 24th Division followed closely behind, following the 1st Assault Group, and began to press from south to north!
It's already late at night.
East Field Army Headquarters,
A combat staff officer read aloud,
"After the tenacious sniping interception by the 8th Column and the 2nd Independent Division in Liujianfang, Weijiawopu and other places in Tai'an County, Liao Corps attempted to go south to Yingkou, but never made any progress! The 1st Assault Group that arrived later launched a counterattack on the enemy, broke through the defense line of the enemy's 49th Army, and engaged in a firefight with the enemy's new 3rd Army. The battle is still going on fiercely!"
Several people hurried to the map, their eyes sparkling with excitement.
The chief of staff pointed at the map with a wooden stick and added:
"At the same time, as the 1st Air Strike Group and the 1st Squadron of the Northeast Air Force began air strikes on the enemy today, according to reports from various columns, the enemy's position is in chaos. This afternoon, our 1st and 3rd columns each sent a division to take advantage of the chaos to attack the enemy's defense line from the front from west to east! The 5th and 6th columns have now penetrated the banks of the Raoyang River and the Daling River, cutting off the enemy's retreat route to Shenyang! The remaining 2nd, 7th, and 9th columns are encircling and pressing from both wings as planned!"
"Pretty!"
Report, a staff officer suddenly ran in,
"Commendations, Liao Yaoxiang suddenly called out in plain text, asking all troops of the Ninth Corps to move towards Erdaogangzi!"
"Erdaogangzi?"
The chief of staff pointed to the vicinity of Xinlitun, where there was a village called Erdaogangzi!
"What happened? But it was a really chaotic night!"
"Order all columns to immediately charge towards the Erdaogangzi area! Fire wherever you hear gunfire, fire wherever the gunfire is most intense, and continue until you can no longer hear the gunfire."
"Yes!"