Chapter 151 Hundreds of artillery can’t blast open the gate of Lashio?
“Battal Commander, there seems to be a small group of Japanese troops stationed in the town ahead.” In the reconnaissance camp, Dong Dao was a little surprised when he heard the report from his subordinates.
Normally, after the Japanese army knew that the Sichuan Army had occupied Hsipaw, they should have transferred all their troops to Lashio and Mandalay.
It's better to prevent the Sichuan Army from sneak attacks.
Why are the troops still deployed in the wild?
Are there any traps?
For a time, Dong Dao thought a lot.
“Let the Japanese man down the mine come over.” After thinking for a while, Dong Dao spoke.
"yes."
Not long after, Lieutenant Jingxia, who was replaced by the Sichuan Army Corps, came to Dong Dao very obediently.
Lieutenant Jingxia's eyes were filled with awe for this strong man who slashed the Japanese soldiers with his hands.
Can't bear any thought of running away.
"Lieutenant Jingxia, there is a small town ahead with about a small garrison. My idea is to deal with it without disturbing the other party. You will be the person in charge of this operation. What do you think?" Dong Dao saw Lieutenant Jingxia , and didn’t want to be verbose with him, so he said it directly.
ah?
Make me the action leader?
Lieutenant Jingxia was stunned. Is this too sudden?
He was even a little touched.
This feeling of being trusted is really good.
For a moment, my eyes became wet.
Dong Dao was confused. Why is this little devil crying?
Are you afraid?
The little devil just can’t do it.
Had it not been for his substandard Japanese, he would have been easily exposed.
He did it all by himself.
Their Japanese has a dialect flavor, so it's okay to fool the natives.
When encountering real Japanese soldiers, it is easy to see through them.
If the team was led by Lieutenant Jingxia, this situation would not occur.
I am a serious Japanese from Kyoto.
“Are you scared?” Dong Dao asked with disdain.
"No, no, I just didn't expect that you could trust me." Lieutenant Jingxia said respectfully.
Since the last time he saw Dong Daosheng slashing two Japanese soldiers, he was completely frightened, so when facing Dong Dao, he was extremely respectful.
Dong Dao looked at the other party speechlessly, what about it?
Had the other party not been so respectful, I would have kicked him twice.
“Okay, I’ll give you a company of soldiers, and you’ll be able to deal with the Japanese troops in the town. Is that no problem?” Dong Dao looked at the other party and said seriously.
“Hai.” Lieutenant Jingxia responded with his habitual lowered head.
"Okay, don't do what you devils do, and hurry up and get a new one. If things go wrong, you know the consequences. I haven't cut any devils for a long time." Dong Dao said half-scaring and half-threatening.
This is really not a threat. When he came, Cun Yunsheng had already told him that if this kid was dishonest, he was welcome to chop him with a knife.
So Dong Dao has never been too polite. He arranged for someone to keep an eye on him and ignored him.
This boy was quite arrogant before, but after seeing himself killing two Japs alive, he could no longer be arrogant in front of him.
“Yes, sir.” Lieutenant Jingxia responded quickly.
Not long after, a group of reconnaissance battalion soldiers dressed as Japanese soldiers, led by Lieutenant Jingxia, walked toward a small town in the distance.
At this moment, Lieutenant Jingxia’s military uniform bears the rank of captain.
When Lieutenant Jingxia and his party appeared outside the town.
The Japanese troops responsible for garrisoning the town were a little surprised, but they still entered a state of alert.
They did not get any news about reinforcements.
So I suspect that the troops in front of me are disguised by the enemy.
“Baga Yalu, ask your commander to come out to see me.” Lieutenant Jingxia looked at the sentry in charge and shouted with a gloomy face.
Hearing the pure Kyoto accent, the two sentries looked at each other, then at each other's captain rank, hesitated, and then asked.
“Your Majesty, Captain, what is your unit number?”
"Baga..." Lieutenant Jingxia stepped forward angrily and slapped each of them twice.
“I am Captain Matsuyama Ichiro of the 7th Squadron of the 3rd Battalion of the 148th Regiment. Please come out and see me, Bagaya Road.”
Hearing Lieutenant Jingxia's words, the two sentries looked at each other and did not move immediately. Instead, they looked at Lieutenant Jingxia.
“Your Majesty, Captain, can I see your military ID?”
Fortunately, before departure, Cun Yunsheng got him a new set of identity, including military officer certificate and so on.
Hearing this, Lieutenant Jingxia looked impatient, but he still took out his military ID card from his chest pocket and handed it over.
Taking the officer's ID card, the sentry opened it and found that the officer's ID card was genuine. He immediately bowed his head and apologized.
“I’m sorry, Sir Captain, we are rude.”
After saying that, he handed back his military ID card.
Lieutenant Jingxia took back his military ID and praised him again.
“Yoshi, you are very responsible and worthy of being the Imperial Army of the Empire of Japan.”
"Hai." The two sentries were delighted. Except for one who stayed behind, the other sentry trotted towards the garrison camp in the town.
Not long after, more than ten Japanese soldiers appeared in the field of vision of the lieutenant in the mine. Leading the way was a second lieutenant, with a Southern Type 14 pistol on his waist and a command knife in his hand, trotting over.
"Your Excellency, Captain." Seeing Lieutenant Jingxia, Second Lieutenant Kuroki stood at attention and saluted.
Although he was confused as to why someone would come here, the sentry notified him after he verified the identity of the other person and found that there was no problem.
"Baga, where are your subordinates? Why are there just these few people?" Lieutenant Jingxia suddenly shouted angrily.
“Hai, your Excellency, they are all resting in the camp.” Second Lieutenant Kuroki explained quickly.
"Baga, assemble all your men, I want to announce the division commander's order." Lieutenant Jingxia roared menacingly.
Hearing the division commander's order, Second Lieutenant Kuroki was stunned, but he immediately asked people to assemble all the troops.
Not long after, the team of more than fifty people was assembled.
As everyone knows, they have been completely surrounded.
"Your Excellency, Captain, we have all assembled. Please give us your guidance." Second Lieutenant Kuroki said respectfully.
Hearing this, Lieutenant Jingxia glanced at the other party with a complicated expression, then patted the other party on the shoulder and said.
“Yo Xi, you did a good job, now start asking your men to put down their weapons.”
“??????” Second Lieutenant Kuroki looked at the other party with a blank expression.
lay down your weapon?
what's the situation?
How to get him to put down his weapon in a good manner?
Just as he looked at Lieutenant Jingxia with puzzled eyes, he saw that the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion who had completed the siege had raised their guns and pointed them at them.
“Your Excellency, Captain, why is this?” Second Lieutenant Kuroki still didn’t react.
Do you still think that you have violated some military law and the other party is going to execute him?
But after thinking about it, he couldn't figure out what military law he had violated.
"Second Lieutenant Kuroki, tell your men to put down their weapons." Lieutenant Jingxia felt a little uncomfortable, but he still said it bravely when he thought of Dong Dao's terrifying sword skills.
"Your Excellency, Captain..." Second Lieutenant Kuroki wanted to say something else, but in the end, several Thompson submachine guns were pressed against his head.
"What nonsense are you talking to him about?" At this time, Dong Dao's voice appeared, making Lieutenant Jingxia shudder.
He was really afraid of this person.
“Surrender or die.” Dong Dao said coldly. "Baga, are you Chinese?" Second Lieutenant Kuroki, no matter how stupid he was, realized that the unit in front of him was fake. This made him extremely angry and he just wanted to pull out his gun.
Bang, bang, bang!
A few gunshots were fired, and Second Lieutenant Kuroki fell to the ground with a look of reluctance.
The rest of the reconnaissance battalion soldiers heard the gunfire and pulled the triggers one after another.
The Japanese soldiers who were surrounded did not wait for a reaction and fell to the ground after being shot.
After a while, all the assembled Japanese troops were shot and killed.
Not only that, Dong Dao also asked the soldiers in the reconnaissance battalion to perform last-ditch attacks one by one.
This is their battlefield habit and they cannot give up.
As expected, several of the Japanese soldiers pretended to be dead in an attempt to conceal their fate, but were ruthlessly attacked.
A round of bullets directly smashed them into sieves.
"Lieutenant Jingxia, you did a good job. I will explain your performance to the regiment." Dong Dao patted the other party on the shoulder and praised him.
Hearing this, Lieutenant Jingxia showed a bitter expression, and he was walking further and further down a road of no return.
The loss of contact in the small town soon spread to Lashio City.
After all, based on Ying Duo’s previous lessons, the Japanese army increased the number of contacts with various units.
Generally if there is no call back within a fixed period of time, it is considered that the contact has been lost.
So Masao Watanabe immediately judged that the Sichuan Army should go north to Lashio.
At the same time, report the situation here to the military headquarters.
On the other side, Cun Yunsheng seemed very calm after receiving the news.
"The performance of this underground mine was pretty good. It was a great achievement to quietly eliminate a small group of Japanese troops."
Only Meng Fanxiao curled his lips.
“If the Japanese army found out about this underground mine, they would probably be chopped into eighteen pieces.”
"So, we have to kill all the Japanese soldiers who know about it, so that this kind of thing won't happen?" Cun Yunsheng said calmly.
“Since the Japanese troops in Lashio know that we are coming, they should stop covering their tracks and change from a surprise attack to a forceful attack.”
“Let Kang Ya work harder and transport the heavy artillery to the front line. I don’t believe it. Hundreds of heavy artillery can’t open the gate of Lashio?”
Cun Yunsheng sneered and continued looking at the map.
“Let the second battalion guard the town, especially the captured supplies, while the third battalion goes to test the firepower of the Japs.”
“Remember, let the Third Battalion take it easy and don’t be in a hurry. This time is also a test of the troops’ recent training results, especially the infantry-tank coordination and infantry-artillery coordination. Let Li Sifu take his time.”
"yes."
Not long after, the order was passed to the forward positions that were on standby.
A soldier from the 3rd Battalion and 1st Company looked at the M4 tank not far away with envy in his eyes, and then took a long puff of cigarette.
After finishing smoking, he threw the cigarette **** at his feet, crushed it hard, walked two steps and said to a sergeant: "Squad leader, when are we leaving?"
"What's wrong? Do you want to fight?" The sergeant glanced at him and said calmly.
The sergeant looks a bit older, almost thirty years old.
However, he has a good temper and speaks very kindly.
"Wait a little longer until the company commander comes back. Besides, the chariot battalion next door hasn't activated its tanks yet. Why are you so anxious? Are you afraid that there won't be a fight?"
"Aren't my hands itchy? When we attacked Hsipaw, the first battalion stole the spotlight. Our third battalion didn't get any benefit at all. This time we have to show our faces, right? I have been training for a long time. Ah." The soldier said with some complaint.
"Okay, let's wait until the company commander comes back." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a roar from the chariot camp not far away.
“Hey, it looks like a fight is about to begin.” The sergeant looked over and then murmured.
“Squad leader, the company commander is back.”
Hearing this, the sergeant looked over, nodded and said.
“It looks like the order to attack has been issued.”
“Squad leader Wang, the company commander calls you to a meeting.”
"Okay, I'll come right away." The sergeant responded, and then ordered.
“Stay safe and wait until I come back.”
“Yes, monitor.”
There are nearly two hundred people in their company. Every time there is a meeting, the company commander will call half of the squad leaders to gather together for a meeting.
"The task given to us by the battalion headquarters is to follow the tank battalion in a frontal attack. The second company is on the left and the third company is on the right. The artillery battalion will provide us with long-range artillery support, but don't expect too much, because the battlefield is very large. The artillery battalion will The support will not be timely." The company commander didn't waste any time and conveyed the order quickly.
“So, what we can really count on is the battalion’s artillery battery. The largest caliber is the 81mm mortar, and the support is limited.”
“Our mission is to cooperate with the reconnaissance battalion to quickly break through the Japanese fortifications in front and open a gap for the main force to attack.”
“Do you have confidence?”
After listening to the company commander’s words, everyone nodded and understood the content of the order very clearly.
The first is to cooperate with the tank battalion in the attack, the second is to obtain artillery support, and finally, the opening is to be opened to allow the main force to launch the attack.
“The number of Japs in the fortification is currently unclear, but it should not be less than one squadron.” The company commander said again.
“Understood, that means if each of us kills a Japanese, the battle will be over, right?” Squad Leader Wang said with a smile.
“Yes, that’s the truth, so when each class goes back, get ready immediately and set off in five minutes.”
"yes."
Five minutes later, the tanks of the chariot battalion were ready. Following Zhao He's order, they rushed towards the distant position.
The Japanese army has deployed three entire perimeter defense lines in Lashio. If they want to capture Lashio, they can only rely on tanks, artillery, and aircraft to slowly tear open the opening.
He still doesn’t believe it. With these things, how can he still break through the Japanese defense line?
With the arrival of the tank battalion, the artillery battalion in the rear also began to fill the artillery shells under the command of Krupp.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The fierce artillery fire almost reduced the Japanese fortifications to ruins.
12 155mm howitzers and 20 105mm howitzers, constantly pouring out anger.
As for the 120mm heavy howitzers, there are up to 50.
In total, the number of heavy artillery alone is close to one hundred.
This is already a very scary amount.
Even the Japanese army in Lashio did not necessarily have so many heavy artillery.
Not only that, the number of heavy artillery continues to increase with air supply.
It is expected that the 200 heavy artillery pieces of various types required by Cun Yunsheng will not be far away.
According to Cun Yunsheng's idea, don't worry about anything and give me a good blast with heavy artillery first.
Let the little devil have a taste of what it feels like to be blasted away by heavy artillery.
It can be said that once 200 heavy artillery pieces gathered outside Lashio City, this terrifying firepower density and power would absolutely destroy the Japanese army.
"The Sichuan Army actually has such powerful firepower? It's unbelievable. Where did they get so many heavy artillery?" On a high wall in the city, Masao Watanabe used a telescope to look at the falling shells in the distance, and felt a chill in his heart. .
He did not expect that the Sichuan Legion, which was once easily crushed to death, would grow so fast now.
The artillery shells flying in the sky fell on the forward position, raising a cloud of smoke.
"Report, observation post reported that more than half of the first line of defense fortifications have been lost, and it is expected that they will not last long." The combat staff hung up the phone and said in a serious tone.
"Baga, send another report to the military headquarters and ask for tactical guidance." Masao Watanabe's scalp was numb. He did not expect that the defense line he had worked so hard to withstand could not withstand a round of artillery fire, which really made him feel scared.
“Hai.”
I've reached my limit, I can't bear it anymore, I'm missing one update, I'll make up for it when I have time, I'm dizzy and my whole body aches! Change first and then change!
(End of this chapter)
