The Travelers of the Heavens

Time goes back to early February in the thirty-seventh year of Xiangying (the thirty-fourth year of the Republic of China, 1945 AD).

One month after the coffin was laid in the Luoyi Palace of the Great Zhou Empire, Queen Zhao's Zi Palace was about to be buried.

On the morning of February 5, after a simple sacrificial ceremony, Zi Gong moved out of the mourning hall and placed it on a carriage pulled by six white unicorn horses and slowly drove out of the palace.

In the huge funeral procession, Ji Yizhen, who was wearing sackcloth and mourning, wiped her tears and was supported by Wang Beixuan and Li Xiaoman as she walked forward.

Because the location of the mausoleum is far away from Luoyi, and the funeral procession moved slowly, it took until February 7 to arrive at the cemetery.

This mausoleum is an earth pit tomb with vertical pits. It was an imperial mausoleum built for Ji Jian, the emperor of Zhou Dynasty.

Since the Zhou Empire had already begun to implement the system of joint burial of the emperor and the queen, the body of Queen Zhao will also be buried in the imperial mausoleum, waiting for her husband.

The imperial mausoleums of the Great Zhou Empire did not have names such as"Changling" and"Changling". They were only called"Yuan Emperor's Mausoleum" and"Xiandi's Mausoleum" by adding the word"ling" to the posthumous title of the late Zhou emperor. Imperial mausoleum.

If the Emperor of Zhou was still alive when the mausoleum was completed, then the mausoleum would be called"Ji Land". It's rather casual.

After the funeral, Wang Yu took Li Xiaoman back to Rooster Land, while Wang Beixuan and Ji Yizhen were left behind in Luoyi.

Rooster Land, Republic of China, North China, in the Old Summer Palace of the Capital

"Father, you are back." Wang Qi greeted his father.

""Yeah." Wang Yu nodded.

"Please step aside first, Zhong Heng and I will discuss something." Wang Yu told Li Xiaoman

""Yes." Li Xiaoman left the office hall and went back to his bedroom.

"Has the enemy made any movement during this month?" Wang Yu asked

"After our army announced the suspension of the offensive, the Kuomintang troops in Sichuan frantically attacked our army's defense line and drove our Sichuan-Sichuan Corps out of the Dingjunshan defense line. This is General Li's report." Wang Qi said, taking out a telegraph newspaper Pass it to Wang Yu

"snort! This guy Li Hei delayed the military plane! Should be killed!"Wang Yu was very angry after reading the telegram.

Li Hei, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, did not make strong resistance when facing the Sichuan army's counterattack, but instead took the initiative to give up his position.

"Father, please calm down. General Li said that the attack was suspended and he did not dare to start a war without permission." Wang Qi helped his father sit down and said

"madness! inability! I said the attack was suspended, but I didn't say a complete truce. This nerd ruined my big business, I want to replace him," Wang Yu said

"Father, I think it is better to give Li Hei another chance and let him regain the lost position within a time limit, what do you think?" Wang Qi said

"Well, this order is issued in my name, and the wording must be strict. I will only give him seven days. If he cannot take back the lost land within seven days, I will replace him," Wang Yu said

"Yes, I immediately asked my eighth brother to send a telegram," Wang Qi said.

Then Wang Qi called Wang Duo in the Forbidden City.

In mid-December 1944, after Chi Lian led the 11th Mechanized Corps to leave North China, Wang Duo was in charge of the Presidential Palace in the Forbidden City. Now, his current position is"Military and Political Officer of the Great Zhou Empire stationed in North China", with the rank of first-class four-star general.

This makes Wang Qi's status awkward, and the position of Anton Protector has gradually become useless. Wang Qi was very unhappy but had no choice.

Later Wang Yu appointed Wang Qi as the"Vice Presidential Officer in Chongji Land and the Protector of Anton", who could command and mobilize all the Kyushu Army in Shanhaiguan.

Chi Lian was also the"President Officer in Chongji Land" , has the right to mobilize all the Kyushu Army fighting in the Republic of China, but Chi Lian's current focus is on the Northeast and Far East regions and even Eastern Europe. After all, a full-scale war with the Goose Kingdom will begin in the second half of 1945.

Currently, there are gatherings from the Northeast to the Far East There are 9 corps of the Kyushu Army, a total of 35 corps and 140 divisions, with a combat strength of more than 4.95 million people.

In order to counter the armor and air power of the Goose Kingdom, each corps of the Kyushu Army outside Guanwai has successively strengthened its armored forces and air defense capabilities. The nine corps have a total of 4,690"Mo Kai" medium tanks, 850"Zhulong" heavy tanks, and 220"Yinglong" heavy tanks.

This"Yinglong" heavy tank is the Kyushu Army's version of the"E100"", but its weight reaches 148 tons, the caliber of the gun is 120 mm, and a device similar to a"remote control weapon station" is installed on the top of its turret. Members can control the weapons on the top of the turret from inside the vehicle.

This"Yinglong""Like the"Candle Dragon", it was the original design given by Chu Bufan. After all, this guy is a German-Austrian stick, and many of the weapons he designed have a"German-Austrian flavor."

In addition, there are various half-track armors There are 27,000 artillery vehicles, 3,180 tracked self-propelled artillery, and 16,700 wheel-tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

As for other towed barrel artillery and anti-aircraft guns, there are tens of thousands of them. The entire Northeast and Far East regions have been completely It became a large barracks of the Kyushu Army.

In addition, the Japanese Kwantung Army also received a large amount of assistance. A total of 1,000 obsolete early"Mo" tanks were successively delivered to the Kwantung Army from 1942 to 1944. The Kwantung Army used these batches Tanks formed several"armored divisions"""The"Mo type" tank is called the"Fourth type heavy tank" among the Kwantung Army because of its weight of 43 tons.

Why is it called the"Fourth type heavy tank" instead of another name? Because these armors formed by the Kwantung Army The division was formed into the army in November 1944, so these tanks are named according to the year they were formed.

Thinking again of the naming of Obata Hideyoshi, the commander of the Saipan garrison in the Pacific, this"moon" tank is in the Japanese army. So far, there are actually two names: Type 2 self-propelled artillery and Type 4 heavy tank.

What’s funny is that these two names are all named after the Japanese Army. Hey, forget it, let the Japanese call them whatever they like. Let’s get down to business. Li Hei, who was far away in Sichuan, immediately ordered his troops to attack after receiving this harsh telegram.

Under the bombardment of hundreds of 105mm mountain guns, the defense line of Dingjun Mountain was recaptured in just one day. Li Hei then led his troops. Advancing into Mianzhu.

On February 19, 1945, Mianzhu was occupied by the Kyushu Army. On February 26, the Sichuan-Sichuan Corps began to attack in the direction of Chengdu.

Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, March 20, 1945.

At noon. The Sichuan-Shu Corps took the lead. The 45th Division under the 12th Army arrived at the gates of Chengdu and immediately launched an attack on Chengdu. The defenders of Chengdu were the 30th Group Army of the Sichuan Army, and the commander-in-chief was Wang Lingji. It was under the jurisdiction of the 72nd Army, the 78th Army and the 86th Army. Among them, the 72nd Army It is a reconstructed unit. This unit has been annihilated once in the Battle of Hengbao. Commander-in-chief Wang Lingji also serves as the commander of the 72nd Army. On the afternoon of

March 20, the 105mm mountain artillery of the 45th Division of the Kyushu Army launched an artillery bombardment on Chengdu targets..

Considering that the terrain of Sichuan is mostly mountainous, the 105 and 150mm howitzers and cannons of the Sichuan-Sichuan Corps are too heavy and difficult to transport in mountainous areas. Therefore, before the start of the"Plowing" plan, a large number of 105mm mountain guns entered the units of the Sichuan-Sichuan Corps. Instead of the original 105 and 150 mm howitzers and cannons, all the removed heavy artillery was left in Hunan and temporarily handed over to the Japanese South China Dispatch Army for safekeeping. The

105 mm mountain gun is a lightweight version of the same caliber howitzer, with a shorter barrel. , with a shorter range of only 11 kilometers, but it can also fire all 105mm artillery shells, including drill-mounted artillery shells. The sudden start of the artillery attack caught the defenders in front of them by surprise. Guarding the outer positions of Chengdu in front of them was a regiment under the 86th Army of the Sichuan Army. There are two thousand people in total, and this regiment has all been equipped with beautiful weapons.

It is not uncommon for the national army today, whether it is the Chiang Kai-shek troops or the local warlords' troops, to be equipped with beautiful weapons. The M people need to strengthen the Kuomintang army so that they can consume Kyushu The Sichuan Army intercepted a large amount of fine weapons and equipment when Chiang Kai-shek fled to Chengdu. The 22nd and 23rd Group Armies also kept all the weapons and equipment when they left Sichuan. When they arrived in the Pacific, they would be captured by the M Country again. Re-armed.

The large number of beautiful weapons and equipment left behind became the basis for the Sichuan warlords to form new troops to fill the gap. However, these newly formed troops lacked basic combat effectiveness, and they were largely annihilated by the Sichuan-Shu Corps in the previous battles. At present, the total strength of the defenders in Chengdu and southern Sichuan is only over 100,000, which means that as long as Wang Lingji's 30th Group Army is annihilated, the defenders of Sichuan can be basically wiped out.

Liu Wenhui and Deng Xihou had already moved to southern Sichuan to recruit new soldiers, preparing to stick to southern Sichuan and wait for the change. In fact, they don't really think Chengdu can hold on.