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Chapter 150 Taking Teng County, with Unstoppable Momentum
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Amidst the roar of machine guns, the boom of artillery, and the creaking of tracks, warhorses and cavalrymen were shot down, fell to the ground, and then crushed one after another.
Tengxian Railway Station has been secured!
Huang Zhenbiao, the commander of the 788th Regiment, was dumbfounded as he looked through his binoculars at the station being crushed by the steel torrent.
"You can still fight like this?"
He stood there stunned, thinking to himself that the Third Detachment was indeed formidable; back in the Tengxian battle, they were the ones chasing and beating up the Japanese.
Unfortunately, Huang Zhenbiao was not present at the time and did not witness that breathtaking scene.
Now that all of this is happening right before his eyes, one can imagine how strong the impact on his mind must be.
"Which unit is this?"
The guard standing nearby asked with a hint of curiosity.
Huang Zhenbiao slapped him on the head and said:
"Open your eyes wide and look carefully. This is Commander Li Jianghe's Independent Third Detachment. They are all armored units. The Japanese tremble when they see them."
As he said this, he thought to himself that he finally understood why Li Jianghe's Third Detachment had been able to easily defeat the Japanese when they encountered them.
This is pure equipment domination.
"Commander, should we charge in now?"
"Charge in? What for? To cause trouble? Be careful they don't go berserk and start beating us up too."
As Huang Zhenbiao said this, he thought to himself that no matter what, it was good that they had taken over the station, even if it wasn't taken over by them.
Inside Fumizaburo Kawagishi's command post, two pieces of bad news arrived almost simultaneously.
"Tengxian Railway Station has fallen."
"What?"
Upon hearing the contents of the telegram, Kawagishi Bunzaburo was greatly surprised.
20th Division Chief of Staff Hisazo Kinemura handed over the telegram, saying:
"It is said that they encountered a surprise attack by enemy armored forces and were unable to resist. The cavalry regiment suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw from the battle."
Kawagishi Bunzaburo slammed his hand on the table.
"Li Jianghe, his troops are coming! What a bunch of bastards! What is the 10th Division doing? Wasn't the enemy's main force supposed to be around Taierzhuang?"
Kawagishi Bunzaburo coldly questioned him, but no one could answer his question.
"Where is the second batch of support troops?"
He turned his head and asked.
Just as Kinemura Hisazo was about to speak, a communications soldier suddenly stood up and said:
"Report: The support troops were ambushed by enemy armored forces on the highway south of Guanqiao Town. They suffered heavy losses and are no longer able to continue fighting."
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Kawagishi Bunzaburo was speechless for a moment, looked at the map, and his gaze fell on Teng County.
He had already begun to pray that nothing bad would happen here, otherwise their escape route would be completely cut off.
In the southern part of Teng County, Lin Yongzhi watched as the artillery battalion's firepower exploded across the city, turning the dark sky a crimson red.
More than fifty cannons simultaneously bombarded the Japanese troops in Tengxian County, leaving the Japanese soldiers inside dumbfounded.
Previously, the 20th Group Army had also used artillery to bombard them.
In total, there were only about thirty field guns and mountain guns, no large-caliber heavy artillery, and the number of shells fired was not very large.
This time it was very different; not only was there a large amount of heavy artillery fire, but there were also a lot of shells.
The 20th Army Group, fighting in the direction of Tengxian, looked at Tengxian shrouded in artillery fire and the soldiers couldn't help but think to themselves, "Are our army's artillery pieces that powerful?"
In Tang Enbo's command post, he stared at the town of Tengxian, which was covered by artillery fire, and his emotions were quite complicated.
What pleased him was that the Third Detachment was willing to put aside past grievances and truly step up when needed, bombarding the Japanese in Tengxian County with shells as if they were free.
His concern was that when the Third Detachment attacked the train station, the armored units charged directly after the artillery shells had been detonated.
When the time comes, it will be Li Jianghe's Third Detachment that captures Teng County.
After all that scheming, how did I end up working for Li Jianghe?
Wan Jianfan said excitedly:
"Commander, the artillery of the Third Detachment is really impressive. Look at that, they've fired at least a thousand shells in such a short time."
"understood."
Tang Enbo said with a complicated expression:
"Order the troops at the front to launch an attack simultaneously from the east and north immediately after the artillery bombardment ends. Be quick and try to capture Tengxian County before the Third Detachment."
He said that, but he didn't really have the confidence.
After all, the third detachment was equipped with armored vehicles, which were fast, had heavy firepower, and were well protected.
In contrast, their charging infantry had only two legs and a gun.
After the shelling ended, amidst the roar of engines and Wang Dayong's distinctively Northeastern-style shouts, the armored forces began their charge.
" "These damn bastards!!!"
His roar echoed through the communication channel.
The tanks of each company and battalion, with their headlights on and illuminated by flares, charged toward the already collapsed city walls.
On the city wall, or rather, it can no longer be called a city wall.
After all, the Japanese army had already bombed down these city walls during the previous battle of Tengxian, and armored tracked vehicles could directly rush up the collapsed city walls.
The Japanese soldiers lay prone on the collapsed city wall, their fingers on the triggers trembling almost uncontrollably.
Even seasoned veterans of the Japanese army couldn't help but feel fear.
What we see before us are not charging infantry, but a raging torrent of steel.
And it wasn't just a few, but nearly a hundred tanks charging at the same time, causing even the ground beneath their feet to tremble.
Suffocation—that's all they felt. The oncoming blast of air made it difficult for them to even breathe.
"No retreat!! Samurai!!! Amaterasu will protect you, His Majesty the Emperor is watching you! Fire!!!"
The Japanese commander issued the order almost in a broken voice.
"Da da da!!!! Tap tap tap!!!"
Japanese light and heavy machine guns and rifles opened fire simultaneously.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!!!"
The bullets struck the armor plating, sending up only a series of sparks, but had no effect on the tank.
Even the tires of the tanks are bulletproof, so they can continue to run for a period of time even if hit by bullets.
All the firepower from the armored vehicles was poured onto the Japanese positions.
The 20mm shells from machine guns tore apart Japanese bunkers, while shells from anti-tank guns and short-barreled guns blasted Japanese firing positions away.
This is an absolute overwhelming force, an unstoppable momentum.
The Japanese tank squadron also launched an attack at this moment.
But those dozen or so tanks and armored vehicles were almost instantly engulfed, without even having time to fire many shells.
The battle continued until dawn, and the Japanese flag was cut down in the sunlight on the church in Tengxian County.
With battle flags flying high, the tank units of the Third Detachment wiped out the Japanese forces in Tengxian in less than three hours with overwhelming force.