my bright sword career

Rubble-strewn streets, broken walls of buildings, burned houses and livestock, and corpses on the ground. If there is a hell on earth, it will undoubtedly be the human version of hell in ancient times.

What the officers and soldiers of the 200th Division didn't know was that a serious quarrel broke out in the headquarters of the 55th Division in an unknown town a hundred kilometers away from Donggu.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, we can no longer hesitate."

Gennosuke Kato, chief of staff of the 55th Division, looked directly at his immediate superior, his bloodshot eyes filled with tears.

"Today, there are less than 3000 soldiers in our division who can still fight, but the two Chinese divisions are still attacking us. If we continue to fight, the 55th Division will be defeated in less than three days. It will disappear from the Imperial Army’s structure!”

"so what?"

Lieutenant General Ishimoto Tosan, the division commander, was unmoved.

"This battle plan was formulated by Commander Domoto himself, and we have no other choice but to resolutely implement it!"

"But this decision will destroy the 55th Division!" Gennosuke Kato's voice was filled with tears and a hint of pleading.

"Please give the order to retreat, so as to save some seeds for the 55th Division!"

"Absolutely not." Ishimoto Tosan's voice was still as stubborn as ever.

"Even if all the 55th Division is killed in battle, they cannot evacuate the position. This is not only the request of Commander Duoben, but also the request of the front army to us."

There was a "boom", and there was a loud noise outside. Everyone in the house felt their ears buzzing, and then the rubble and dust and smoke raised by the explosion poured into the ruins.

"Damn vulture machine, our command post has probably been exposed, everyone, leave quickly."

Seeing through the dust and smoke that the Vulture aircraft completely destroyed a two-story building not far away, Gennosuke Kato spat out the dust in his mouth and cursed the aircraft in the sky, and at the same time called on the panicked staff to quickly pack up the documents and transfer them.

A group of dozens of people entered the underground bunker that had been urgently dug a few days ago.

As an air-raid shelter for the division headquarters, this bunker was well built. The bunker was six meters thick from the ground to the ground. Unless a super-heavy bomb was used, it could not be blown up at all.

In order to capture this unknown town that had hindered the newly formed 22nd Division and the temporary 55th Division for several days, the Liantai Militia Group used almost half of its bombers for bombing.

As soon as Tosan Ishimoto and his party entered the bomb-proof cave, dozens of black spots appeared in the sky, and the black spots flying at high speed suddenly swooped down in a parabola shape.

The ear-piercing screams resounded over the town again. All the remaining soldiers of the 55th Division were looking at the sky in fear. The "death vultures" dived at a large angle and dropped the bomb. The moment they dropped the bomb, they made a beautiful left turn and climbed to the sky again. High in the sky, there was a violent explosion in the distance.

There are more and more "Death Vultures" in the expeditionary force. A week ago, there were only dozens of sorties every day. Now there are hundreds of "Vulture aircraft" screaming and dumping countless heavy bombs on the Japanese positions every day. superior.

This town is like a magnet that attracts the Chinese and Japanese sides to gather around it. The brutal battle fills the town and its surrounding positions with the smell of burning. The smell of burning metal, trees and corpses is mixed together, which is particularly pungent and unpleasant. smell.

Black dust was blown up by the breeze, and the city was filled with smoke.

When the Expeditionary Force aircraft bombed, the town that had been reduced to ruins was set on fire again, but the fire always went out quickly because there was nothing left to burn.

The soldiers of the 55th Division are also accustomed to seeing bombing and fire as an essential part of this place.Looking at the town shrouded in thick smoke and flames, the Sixth Army Commander Gan Lichu turned to Liao Yaoxiang and Chen Mianwu behind him and said:

"Jianchu, Mianwu, I have done everything I can. If you still cannot defeat the 55th Division today, I will personally lead the charge, but before that I will kill you two on the spot. Do you understand?"

Liao Yaoxiang and Chen Mianwu saluted and said at the same time: "Please rest assured, military commander, if we cannot defeat the 55th Division today, we will die in front of our position without the military commander taking action."

Gan Lichu nodded with satisfaction: "Go ahead, I'm waiting for your good news here!"

"Yes!" Liao Yaoxiang and Chen Mianwu saluted and left.

In fact, not only Gan Lichu, but the entire expeditionary force was full of confidence in the war situation at this time. This confidence came from Gao Hongming, who was sitting in Yangon at this moment.

The joining of the Liantai Militia will undoubtedly be of great help to the entire expeditionary force.

The biggest help is the huge air force.

Some time ago, in order to deal with the carpet bombing of the expeditionary force, the Japanese army adopted the tactic of charging to the death and mixing the ground forces of both sides together.

And this tactic did play a big role at the beginning. The bombers were afraid of accidentally injuring their own friendly forces and did not dare to release their bombs.

However, after research, Huang Huaimin and Doolittle adopted the tactic of using Stuka dive bombers for precision bombing.

Although the Stuka dive bomber has the disadvantages of slow speed and poor protection against fighter attacks, its greatest advantages are its high bombing accuracy and strong body structure.

In particular, the unique skill of ninety-degree vertical bombing, which is a specialty, brings the characteristics of fixed-point precision bombing to the extreme.

In the hands of a skilled dive bomber pilot, the Stuka dive bomber bombed fixed targets with an accuracy of within ten meters. This type of precision bombing also caused the Japanese to suffer a lot.

Countless Japanese strongholds were bombarded by aerial bombs.

"Warriors, hold on, turn this place into a meat grinder for the Chinese!" Colonel Kawashima Yoshizo, commander of the 55th Cavalry Regiment, cheered to the surrounding soldiers.

But in fact, everyone understands that although this is a Chinese meat grinder, it is also a Japanese meat grinder.

A week ago, a squadron of 220 people was stationed here, but now there are only more than 30 people alive.

"I hope those vultures won't notice us!" Before a soldier finished speaking, he heard a familiar whistle from the sky, followed by intensive machine gunfire and explosions, more than 200 meters away from them. The position was instantly engulfed in flames, the screams of wounded soldiers resounded on the position, and the remains of limbs shattered by the Vulture's large-caliber machine gun were everywhere.

"Air defense artillery, fire quickly..." Nagakawajima Yoshizo shouted loudly.

五骑兵联队不同于传统的骑兵联队，它是由2个骑兵中队、1个重机枪中队、1个速射炮中队、1个战车中队（装备轻型战车2辆、装甲车6辆）组成。

Therefore, it has air defense capabilities and armored assault capabilities that are rare in other cavalry regiments. This is why the division commander Ishimoto Torazo attaches great importance to them and regards them as the last barrier.