Chapter 698 Final Battle of Augusta 9

Above the desert.

The crescent moon is like eyebrows, the stars are like buckets, and the Milky Way hangs across the sky, which is beautiful.

Such a clear night can only be seen in the era when industrialization has not been popularized, but the red glow under the horizon in the distance has destroyed this beautiful scenery. Looking at the red horizon like a charcoal fire, Xu Hai took a deep breath, and the continuous explosions deeply stimulated him and all the officers and soldiers of the 37th Division.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

Xu Hai stuffed the meat pie with body temperature into his mouth, chewed it a few times and swallowed it, and then stood by the roadside to encourage everyone to speed up.

The soldiers also gobbled up. Since last night, they have been on their way almost all the way. They only rested for three hours along the way. Many people were blistering on the soles of their feet, but everyone was still gritting their teeth and holding on, because Yangta was too important.

Unlike Wu Peifu before, the 37th and 51 infantry divisions supporting Yangta this time are complete infantry divisions. Although more than 300 trucks have been pulled out, they have to towed cannons and load ammunition, so for nearly 40,000 infantry in the two divisions, it is a drop in the bucket.

As a reconnaissance battalion directly under the division, they are naturally the most elite, but even so, they can't stand it. Fortunately, as long as they cross the low hill in front of them, it is Yangta, so many soldiers have already held their guns in their hands for entering the battlefield at any time.

Shasha's footsteps spread around the wasteland. With a heavy gasp, Xu Hai finally led everyone to climb up the hill bag. When he looked forward, he was also stunned by the scene in front of him.

I only saw that one flame after another exploded from the darkness, and the tracer of the machine gun shuttled like a meteor. Countless figures in the fire were strangled together, shouting and slogans were endless.

"How the hell do you fight this? I can't tell the people clearly!" The commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the 27th Division cursed.

Indeed, for the Allied forces, night is the only opportunity for them to get closer to Xinhua, so almost every officer will take advantage of the opportunity of not having a plane at night. The navy is like this, the army is like this, and even when they escape.

So Xu Hai knew that as long as Yangta persisted for a few hours and waited until dawn for the whole night, the Australian coalition, which accounted for nearly four-time troops, would be completely finished!

" Battalion commander." The correspondent walked to him behind the back of the radio station: "The headquarters has been contacted. If they want us to reinforce the northwest corner, we must stick to the position until tomorrow morning!"

"Northwest corner?"

Xu Hai immediately raised his telescope to see that the light spots and explosions in that place were the most dense, and even flames were ignited in many trenches. Knowing that it must be the most critical time, he immediately shouted, "Contact the headquarters and let them not shoot north!"

The correspondent immediately shouted at the radio station, which was necessary communication. If it was not taken care of in advance, it was estimated that more than 3,000 people in the two reconnaissance battalions would not be killed by their cannons.

======="Bullets, who still has bullets!"

"Then, the last one, save it!" The dog threw out two clips, and his comrades-in-arms didn't even have time to thank him, so he pressed the magazine in from the gun, and then pulled the bridge and pulled the bolt into the ballpoint.

The battle situation has become white-hot. Compared with the previous U.S. military, these Australian soldiers who fought at night were obviously much stronger. No wonder Britain desperately wanted to recruit from here before the war. Fortunately, they were all dragged here. If they were involved in Europe, I'm afraid they would still It will really cause a lot of trouble to Germany.

After more than ten hours of fighting, there were less than 50 people left in the trench garrisoned by a company. There were corpses and blood mixed with mud everywhere, and the machine guns had already stopped because there were no bullets.

After the dog threw out the last mortar shell, as soon as he picked up the gun, he saw a flower on the left, and immediately shouted nervously: "Big head, lie down!"

"Ban Bang."

Two times, the moment the big head fell to the ground, the dog raised its gun and fired two shots at the Australian soldier who jumped into the trench behind the big head. The unlucky guy fell down before he could stand firm.

When he got up, he saw this guy holding a 7.7mm Lewis machine gun. His head was sweating all over his body. He rushed up angrily and kicked a few bodies fiercely. Then he picked up the machine gun and cursed: "Grandpa laughed!"

"Brother Dog, thank you!"

He turned around and thanked him. After setting up the machine gun, he pulled the trigger fiercely at the figure in the fire.

There was a bullet shuttle overhead, and the shells roared endlessly. The Allied soldiers who were blocked the retreating road were crazy. They knew that tonight was their last chance, so they sent all the troops they could send up.

The dog also gasped, patted his big head on the shoulder, and took several partners to check along the trench. As a sudden position, he didn't even remember that this was the first time he had been attacked by the enemy. It seemed to be like this every time. They rushed in, and then they were quickly cleared, and recaptured the trenches and set up again. Line of defense.

There are dense corpses in front of the trenches, and the same is true behind. Hundreds of machine guns and mortars on the main position are still roaring, forming a tragic death line.

Stumbling under his feet, the depths of the "land" are different, and the soft are all corpses. There are not only his comrades-in-arms, but also more enemies. As the first line of defense, he knew from the beginning that it would be such a scene.

Several Australian soldiers who tried to cross the trench appeared in front of them. The dog threw the last grenade without thinking about it. Before the explosive fire was extinguished, a series of bullets fell at their feet.

"Be careful, tank!"

The dog pushed down his comrades-in-arms fiercely. When he was about to squat down and shrink into the corner, the shell exploded beside him. The 75mm shell exploded at close range not only raised countless dust, but also plunged the burst into his arm.

The pain paralyzed his whole body in an eye, and the shadow in his eyes began to get bigger and bigger. After a moment, a St. Samon tank made a creaking sound and slowly appeared on the edge of the trench, trying to climb over the trench.

"Brother Dog!"

Hearing the explosion, I saw that half of the dog's body was dyed red in the trench. His big head was red in an eye. Whether it could penetrate the tank or not, he raised the Lewis machine gun to the tank and swept at the tank.

In the Mars that exploded, the machine gun at the tail of the tank was immediately broken into pieces. Then he threw away the machine gun without bullets, rushed under the tank's belly, hugged the dog and shouted, "Brother Dog, are you all right?"

"It's okay, ah." After spitting out the mud in his mouth, the dog endured the pain, looked up at the track rolling slowly, and said, "Take a grenade and blow it up."

"It's gone!"

"You're gone, too?"

Seeing that the tank was about to pass, the big head grabbed the mud, smashed it on the tank and shouted around, "Who has the grenade, who has it?"

"It's gone."

"I'm gone!"

There was a sparse voice in the trench. Hearing everyone's answer, the dog endured the pain and scolded, "Damn it, I knew I didn't blow up those bastards just now!"

Seeing that the tank was about to leave the trench and drive back, everyone had no choice but to shoot a fiery red meteor-like light from the north. They only saw that the left side of the Saint-Chamont tank that had just crossed the trench was suddenly opened a big hole, and the flame rushed out in an eye.

"I let you hit my dog brother, I'm your grandma!"

Seeing several Australian tank soldiers escape, the big head was so excited that he put it to everyone in a few times. Just as he wanted to see who was helping, he heard countless loud shouts from the north.

"Don't shoot north!"

"Stop shooting north!"

The company shouted to let everyone pay attention. After a moment, he only saw hundreds of comrades-in-arms in Xinhua military uniform rushing into the trenches, and the shaky defense line, which was less than 400 meters long, was stabilized again.

When the machine gun roared again, the big head began to look for people everywhere.

"Medical officer, do you have any medical officers?!"

The big head ran and shouted. After a while, he finally found a medical officer and pulled him to the dog. He asked anxiously, "Medical officer, what's the matter?"

After a check-up, the medical officer comforted him, "It's okay. It's just that the shrapnel is stuck in the arm. It's not a big problem. The hand can be saved!"

"That's good, that's good!" As soon as he heard that the dog was no big deal, and the reinforcements had arrived, the anxious head was finally relieved. He sat on the ground with his buttocks, and his strength seemed to have been taken away.

The dog who endured the pain and let the medical officer bandage the wound saw that a trace of blush was gradually released on the edge of the sky, and the most difficult night was finally about to pass!

====== Looking at the red wheel in the sky, Major General Jim collapsed on the ground with a bang. He invested as many as 300,000 soldiers all night, but the Yangta remained as motionless as a rock.

As the sky brightens, it means that I have completely failed!

"General." The staff officer ran into the headquarters with a nervous face, but was frightened by Major General Jim's appearance. After half a sound, he said the last four words: "Fly, the machine is coming."

"Boom."

A series of explosions responded to the staff's words. The empty third division, which had been holding back all night, took out all its strength. 170 Kunpengs were divided into three batches, plus 163 storms, 21 hippo-class airships, and even more than 50 unmissioned wild horses were hung with 125 kg bombs.

The sky seemed to be covered in an instant. The flowers of death kept blowing up, fighting bitterly overnight, and the reality that nearly 70,000 casualties did not take down the Yangta, so that the last bit of morale of the Australian coalition was also swallowed up.

When the plane appeared above their heads, almost everyone forgot that the military order began to flee. Looking down from the sky, their eyes were full of remnants of soldiers running around.

"Good blasting!"

"The dog said, let you have fun last night!"

Seeing the black and red mushroom clouds all over the mountains, the big head patted his hands excitedly, followed by a horn that resounded through the world, making everyone feel a burst of numbness flowing by.

"Brothers, go!" In the blink of an eye, the big head was the first to rush out of the trench. He didn't know where he found a military flag and waved to the enemy.

The dog held the wall and stood up slowly with pain. He only saw that the places he could see on the left, right and behind were all his comrades-in-arms. In the loud charge, tens of thousands of comrades swept towards the enemy, and those allied forces that had attacked all night had forgotten to shoot like homeless dogs. .

"Winning!" In Yangta Town, Wu Peifu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Winning!" On the plane, Zhao Long and Huang Fuqi clapped their hands to celebrate.

"Winning!" The thunder of the general participation of Yanjing was thunderous.

"Winning!" In the new garden, Li Mo hooked the corners of his mouth, put down the telegram finger and slid to the final target.

The Battle of Augusta ended at 3 p.m. on September 17.

In 5 days, with Augusta, Flinders Ridge and Yanta as the center, the West Route Army of Xinhua Central South Theater invested a total of 370,000 troops, 508 aircraft, 579 tanks/armoured vehicles, 8,900 trucks and 1,375 heavy guns.

In the five-day battle, a total of 320,000 enemies were killed and injured, more than 410,000 people were captured, and more than 15,700 people were lost.

19 said that hundreds of giant ships suddenly appeared off the coast of Brisbane. With the help of six battleships and heavy patrols, three fire support ships and five motherships, it took only half a day to control the port of Brisbane.

23 said that 110,000 Xinhua landing troops converged with the North Central and Central South War Zone and successfully cut off the contact between New Queensland and New South Wales. More than 190,000 of the Fifth Army of the Australian Allied Forces stationed in Queensland were killed and 230,000 were captured.

On the 25th, the forwards of the West Army arrived in Canberra. The Australian Parliament announced its surrender at the last minute. The last 300,000 Allied soldiers also laid down their weapons. Under the care of the Xinhua soldiers, they were sent to the island of New Zealand together with the previous prisoners, and were detained by two divisions of Japan and North Korea who arrived there in advance. .

At the same time, Xinhua announced that the families of those Australian soldiers would be expelled to New Zealand together because they supported the war and were called unpopular people. Because almost all Australian men were emptied, a total of nearly 960,000 families involved needed to leave!

(to be continued)