Warlord: Red Alert Base, I challenge the whole world alone
Chapter 74: The Destruction of the Island City Fuso Army, Next Target: Quancheng
"Have you ever heard a tiger roar in the mountains?"
I don't think you'd see such disasters in a small place like Fuso.
So the soldiers of the 2nd Tiger Heavy Tank Battalion gave the Japanese a good look.
“Boom…Boom…Boom…”
Accompanied by the roar of the 88mm tank gun, the Fuso army, which had been very fierce just now, was immediately suppressed.
The Taisho 11-year heavy machine gun, which was still spewing machine bullets, was blown away along with the gun and the person behind it.
The machine guns on the front tanks also began to roar, and dense bullets shot towards the Fuso army's defense line.
“Boom…Boom…”
Mortars and grenade launchers began firing at the Tiger tanks, but they still could not stop the Tiger tanks from advancing.
The minefields laid by the Fuso army on the front line did not work and were almost destroyed in the previous artillery bombardment.
"kill!"
When they were less than 50 meters away from the position, the soldiers hiding behind the Tiger tanks rushed out with roars.
In an instant, the battlefield was filled with shouts and screams.
"Kill him and give him..."
When the Fuso soldiers saw the soldiers of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division charging, they jumped out of their cover without hesitation and rushed forward with bayonets in hand.
This is the biggest difference between the Fuso Army and the warlord forces.
Often when tank troops broke through their positions, warlord soldiers would basically run away out of fear.
Although the Fuso army was also afraid of the powerful oppression from the Tiger, they also knew that launching a charge at this time would be tantamount to suicide, but they still did it, fearless of death.
"Da da da....."
STG-44 assault rifles, PPSh submachine guns, and G43 semi-automatic rifles opened fire one after another, giving the Fuso army no chance for hand-to-hand combat.
Now more and more soldiers like the PPSh submachine gun, especially in street fighting environments, its performance is no worse than the STG-44 assault rifle.
Its advantages include strong firepower, fast rate of fire, low cost, high reliability and large ammunition capacity.
The ruins blocked the Tiger tanks' path, so one Tiger tank after another stopped to provide powerful fire support to the soldiers who were occupying the positions.
Their presence is like a steel bunker standing on the front line.
“Buzz buzz buzz…”
P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunder, and Il-10 attack aircraft dispatched by the Second Air Force also appeared over the island city.
However, their target was not the outer front positions, but the Fuso army assembled in the city.
When they discovered the Fuso army gathering in the city, they dived down and dropped all the ammunition they carried.
This also resulted in the Fuso army's reinforcements being unable to assemble effectively.
In this situation, the artillery dared not show up.
Half an hour later, the 20rd Infantry Battalion of the 40th Regiment of the 79th Brigade of the th Division of the Fuso Army was completely wiped out, with no one surviving.
The outer positions were also occupied.
The engineering corps quickly mobilized engineering vehicles to clear several passages leading to the island city area.
Because heavy tanks are difficult to use in cities.
So the Tiger heavy tank battalion did not enter the city.
The relatively smaller Type 4 tank is more suitable for this terrain.
In order to capture the island city as quickly as possible and eliminate the Fuso Army entrenched in the urban area, the division commander Liang Yuming sent the 21st and 22nd mechanized infantry regiments to attack the Fuso Army in the urban area.
The two mechanized infantry regiments were divided into two battalion-level assault battalions and a number of assault teams composed of squads and platoons.
The two large battalion-level assault teams were like two sharp knives thrusting into the core defense area of the Fuso Army.
The squads and platoons followed the gaps opened by the battalion-level assault teams and gradually nibbled away at the scattered Fuso troops.
These squads will be equipped with a Panzer IV or Panther tank, plus a varying number of tracked multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicles.
All tactics will revolve around these armored vehicles.
The Fuso Army wanted to use the island city and the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division to fight street battles, but it can only be said that they were too naive.
Two battalion-level commandos, equipped with a large number of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, advanced into the deep area along two main streets.
The Fuso army also sent a large number of soldiers to intercept the two commandos.
It is obvious that the 20th Division of the Fuso Army did not have in-depth research on street fighting.
If he is a general who is proficient in street fighting.
He would break through all the walls of the houses in the city, ensuring that all the streets and alleys were connected to form flexible traffic lines.
Then the doors and windows of all buildings were reinforced, and sandbags were placed to form firing points.
This would slow down the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division's advance, as each step forward would require the demolition of buildings in front.
However, the 20th Division did not do so. Instead, it focused on defending the main road and engaged in a head-on confrontation with the mechanized forces of the th Mechanized Infantry Division.
By nightfall, the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division had advanced about one-third of its way forward, occupying the northern and western areas of the island city, gradually squeezing the Fuso Army's living space.
The night is not very friendly to the Restoration Army because the darkness limits the Restoration Army's heavy firepower.
The commander of the 20th Division, Ichiro Shichida, knew that night was the best time for them to counterattack.
So a large-scale night attack counterattack was organized and all the remaining troops were sent out.
Before launching the counterattack, these soldiers were also issued assault ingots.
The so-called assault tablets are actually methamphetamine, which is Uncle Dong’s favorite ice drug.
Drugs are actually very rampant in the armies of both Japan and Western powers.
Assault tablets are only found in the Fuso army, along with marching pills and some stimulants.
These drugs can enhance soldiers' self-confidence and reduce hunger and pain, allowing soldiers to continue high-intensity combat without feeling tired and always in a state of excitement.
As for side effects and addiction? To the Fuso Army's top brass, soldiers were just horses, consumables, and numbers on their battle reports.
The drug-addled Fuso soldiers immediately became excited.
With an order, the 20th Division launched a fierce counterattack across the board.
Although the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division was prepared, it did not expect the Fuso Army's counterattack to be so large and fierce.
However, relying on its powerful firepower, it still managed to withstand the counterattack of the Fuso army.
The drugged Fuso soldiers seemed to have no idea what death was, and they charged forward fearlessly under the firepower.
The entire island city was caught in a fierce battle.
Liang Yuming couldn't help but be surprised when he received the battle report from the front line.
"Are these little devils crazy?"
At this moment an officer entered his command center.
"Reporting to Division Commander Liang, Zheng Tongwen, commander of the 26th Regiment of the th Division, has been ordered to report for duty.
The entire group was supposed to have 3279 people, and the actual number was 3279 people.”
After seeing Zheng Tongwen, the commander of the 9th Regiment of the 26th Division, Liang Yuming also smiled.
"You've arrived just in time. The front lines are facing a fierce counterattack from the Fuso army, and the defense is under considerable pressure. You must immediately enter the city to reinforce."
Zheng Tongwen didn't expect to have to fight right away, and immediately said excitedly: "Yes! Commander Liang, I'll go right away!"
As the saying goes, the first effort is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted.
After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the Fuso army suffered heavy casualties, and the division commander Ichiro Shichida had to send out the reserve Marines.
However, it still couldn't shake the increasingly solid defense line.
It was not until around four in the morning that the Fuso army's offensive finally retreated.
In this fierce battle that lasted for five hours, the Fuso Army suffered more than 500 casualties, while the Seventh Division suffered less than casualties.
The 20th Division's counterattack also consumed some of their already limited manpower.
Liang Yuming decisively seized this opportunity.
After dawn, he released all his troops and launched a more fierce attack on the Fuso army.
At this time, the Sixth Division also reorganized its organization and formed three regiments of troops.
The addition of this vital force did not reverse their decline, and their defense line continued to shrink.
By evening, they had retreated to the island city's port area, which was also their last defense area.
Nearly ten thousand Fuso troops were concentrated in this area.
"It's time! Order all artillery units to launch an indiscriminate bombardment of the port area."
The railway artillery regiment, the rocket artillery brigade, and the artillery units of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division all joined in the bombardment that lasted all night.
Two-thirds of the artillery shells that had accumulated for nearly a month were used up.
The entire port was covered by artillery fire, and explosions continued one after another.
The most powerful of them was undoubtedly the 310mm railway gun, which caused the most obvious damage to the Fuso army's fortifications and cover.
After a night of shelling, the port area was in such a state that it could not be described as devastated.
It is completely unrecognizable and you can't tell that this was once the most prosperous port area in the island city.
In the early morning, a decisive battle broke out in the island city.
The 7th Mechanized Infantry Division deployed more than 10,000 combat troops to launch the final general offensive.
The Fuso army also fought desperately.
A large number of suicide squads were organized to launch a human bomb charge against the tanks in the front.
However, the tanks were protected by infantry, and their human bomb charge did not achieve much effect.
It only caused damage to a dozen Type 4 tanks.
Their resistance is a last hurrah for them.
After a large number of manpower were wiped out, they were compressed into the port in the afternoon, and the ruins here became their last position.
Another hour of artillery preparation passed, and I didn't know how many layers of soil had been plowed in the port of the island city.
At 5:17, when the flag of the Restoration Army fluttered in the port of the island city, it meant that the last Fuso army was eliminated.
The 6th Mechanized Infantry Division took three days to wipe out about 20 troops from the th and th Divisions of the Fuso Army and occupied Daocheng, an important town in Qidong Province.
This also means that the Renaissance Army finally has a deep-water port.
However, it is easy to take it down, but it is a bit difficult to rebuild it.
The port will be unusable, at least for a short period of time.
When Jiang Hua received the news that the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division had captured the island city, a smile appeared on his face and he directly called the Second Corps Headquarters.
"Zhengyang, have you captured a regimental flag? It's quite valuable as a collection."
"Report to the commander, the Fuso's regimental flag was guarded by a squadron. They burned the regimental flag before they died in battle, so it was not captured."
This was not beyond Jiang Hua's expectations.
How could it be so easy to capture the regimental flag?
Now that the island city has been taken, the only thing left is the spring city.
This is the key to taking over the entire Qidong Province.
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