Chapter 117: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada, the Yellow Sparrow Follows (3)
Of course, it is not easy to rely on such a small number of people to cause great damage, and during the terrorist attack on Shanghai, a total of 4 to 500 people were dispatched, and although certain results were achieved in the end, it was still far from Japan's initial target.
But at this moment, the Red Lotus Sect started in Anhui, and Kawashima Naniwa couldn't help but be very happy, this is a great opportunity, you can use the power of the Red Lotus Sect, although Kawashima Naniwa also knows that the Red Lotus Sect is just relying on some means of pretending to be gods and ghosts, coaxing fools and fools, this set of Kawashima Naniwa has also seen a lot in the Boxer Rebellion a few years ago, so it is impossible to rely on the Red Lotus Sect to deal with East China.
However, an organization like the Red Lotus Sect can generally make a lot of noise at the beginning of the event, so as long as it is used properly, it can still play a great role, and Kawashima Naniwa's plan is to use the Red Lotus Sect to attract the attention of East China Politics, and he can act in secret.
Since the Red Lotus Sect started in Yingzhou Mansion in Anhui Province, the target of the destruction was determined to be the resettlement camp for the victims set up in Luzhou Mansion in East China, so Kawashima Naniwa sent people to blend into the Red Lotus Sect on the one hand, and on the other hand, he arranged manpower to disguise himself as disaster victims and blend into the resettlement camp.
The ability of Japanese spies is naturally at ease in the Red Lotus Sect, and at the beginning of the success of the Red Lotus Sect, the personnel expanded rapidly, and they were also in urgent need of talents, and the loose organizational structure of the Red Lotus Sect also gave them great room for their activities, so the Japanese spies who infiltrated the Red Lotus Sect quickly became the leaders, and two of them rose to the position of envoys. And strongly suggested to the high-level of the Red Lotus Sect to attack Luzhou Mansion, capture the resettlement camp of the disaster victims in East China, and send a large number of Red Lotus disciples to disguise themselves as disaster victims, and also mixed into the resettlement camp, and controlled the external communication of the Red Lotus Sect
Later, Kawashima Naniwa searched for a temporary base near the resettlement camp, and finally found this small mountain village, which was a good place for hidden people, with few people and almost isolated from the outside world. So he ordered his right-hand man Oshimagawa Yoshishi to preside, lead people to kill all the residents of the mountain village first, and then arrange for people to enter the village in turn, and all changed into villagers' clothes, and successively brought in a lot of guns, weapons, ammunition and other things, just when the time comes, they can launch an attack on the camp.
It turned out that Kawashima Naniwa's plan was to let the Red Lotus cultists develop the congregation in the resettlement camp, and then gather to make trouble, create chaos, and create an opportunity for Oshima Naniwa and his gang to cooperate with the outside and break through the camp in one fell swoop, but the camp management was strict, and the Red Lotus cultists were correspondingly unsmooth in developing the congregation in the resettlement camp, so Kawashima Naniwa also realized that this method would not work. In order to break through the camp, it must be outside the camp. So he came up with another plan, deliberately exposing the Red Lotus cultists in the camp to make trouble, but he was almost wiped out by the camp, the purpose of which was to divert the attention of the camp and relax his vigilance, which was conducive to his own actions.
So far, Kawashima Naniwa's plan has gone smoothly, after the Red Lotus Sect's infiltrators were captured, the camp was indeed relieved, and Luo Yue led the army to meet the Red Lotus Sect's army, causing the camp to be empty, it can be said that this is the best time for the Japanese to attack, although Shanghai sent reinforcements, but there is still time.
At this time, Nakata Kogoro said, "Although we have been fully prepared, after all, there are too few people." Even if Luo Yue led the army away, there were still 2 battalions in the camp, and the weapons and ammunition were complete, and we had less than 200 people in total, so the disparity was too great. ”
Oshimagawa Yoshiho smiled and said, "Captain Nakata, your intentions are not unreasonable, but this time we have brought a new weapon that we have just developed in our country, which can help us and make up for our numerical inferiority." ”
Nakata Kogoro was also a little surprised, and said, "What kind of weapon?" ”
Oshimagawa got up and took a long wooden box from the wall, put it on the table, opened the lid, and said, "This is it." Because you've been lurking in the camp and haven't seen anything like this. ”
Nakata Kogoro looked into the box and saw that it contained three main things, one was a round tube about 1 meter long and the thickness of a teacup, one was a triangular stand composed of three thin round tubes, a disc-shaped object, several accessories, and 12 shells. "What kind of weapon is this?" ”
Oshimagawa Yoshimichi: "This is called a mortar, a simple artillery. ”
It turned out that in the Far East War, the People's Army was equipped with a large number of mortars, and played an important role on the battlefield, so that the Japanese army suffered a lot in the confrontation with the People's Army, so Japan also imitated it, and the structure and principle of the Bijing mortar were not complicated, and in the war, the Japanese army also captured some mortars on the battlefield as the original reference.
In fact, before the end of the war, Japan had already copied 60 mortars, but at that time, Japan's domestic resources were almost exhausted, and there was no capacity for mass production, so it was not used in the Far East battlefield.
After the end of the war, Japan began to produce a batch of 60 mortars on a small scale, on the one hand, to equip the troops and familiarize them with their use, and on the other hand, to test the performance and improve it. This time, Kawashima Naniwa brought 5 sets of mortars to participate in the battle of attacking the camp.
Oshima Kawayoshi was trained to operate mortars, so he picked up the parts, assembled them, and spent about 20 minutes putting together a set of mortars, saying: "The biggest feature of this kind of artillery is that it is light and easy to carry, the total weight is only 32 kilograms, if it is disassembled, the heaviest barrel is only 21 kilograms, and it can be used by at least 2 people, and the maximum range can reach 2800 meters." This time we brought a total of 5 guns, each with 24 shells. ”
When Nakata Kogoro heard this, he couldn't help but light up his eyes, because if according to what Oshima Kawayoshi said, the firing of this kind of simple artillery can reach 2800 meters, which means that as long as it is fired at about 2500 meters away from the camp, it can directly hit the camp, and now the external garrison range of the camp has been greatly reduced, if it is a night operation, it is not very difficult to touch the position of about 2500 meters outside the camp. Even if one or two of them were discovered by the KPA night patrol troops, there were a total of 5 mortars this time, which could still give the camp a considerable blow.
After the camp is hit by artillery, it must be thrown into chaos, and other personnel can take the opportunity to attack the camp, and there are still people in the camp to respond, so it must not be stopped, and the result of the attack will be successful, just to see how much damage can be caused to the camp.
So Nakata Kogoro also nodded again and again, and said, "Great, I didn't expect that we have such a weapon, and we will definitely succeed this time." ”
Oshima Kawayoshi took the map of the camp again, and together with Nakata Kojiro, determined the location of the five artillery pieces, and decided to send someone to survey the field during the next day, and mark it, and at the same time discussed some details of the operation, such as the distribution of personnel, the route of the operation, etc., until after 12 o'clock at night, and Oshima Kawayoshi arranged a place for Nakata Kogoro to stay.
The scale of this mountain village is not large, there are only a dozen families in total, about 50 people, and this time Oshima Kawayoshi brought more than 150 people, more than 10 people live in a room, only Oshima Kawayoshi's room is slightly better, only 5 people live, because Oshima Kawayoshi is the person in charge of this operation, this house also doubles as an office, conference room, and other items, so Nakata Kogoro's residence is arranged here.
I walked more than ten kilometers from the camp to the small mountain village, and discussed with Oshima Kawayoshi for most of the night, so now Nakata Kogoro is also very tired, although the living environment is not good, and he is not in the camp, but Nakata Kogoro fell asleep soon after falling on the bed.
I don't know how long I slept, and suddenly I only heard a loud "boom", which woke up Nakata Kogoro from his sleep, and at this time his mind was still drowsy, and he didn't know what was going on? But before he could understand it, he only heard two loud noises of "boom", and this time Nakata Kogoro also heard it clearly, at this time, the sound of the explosion of the cannonball, and he also felt that the ground was shaking, and smelled a trace of gunsmoke.
Nakata Kogoro suddenly fell asleep, turned over and sat up from the bed, didn't care about dressing, hurriedly opened the window, looked out, but the window just opened, only to hear the sound of several explosions in a row, a huge wave of air from the window, actually blew the window sash and broke it, the strong wind blew the bed in the house into a mess, and the thatch thorns on the roof fell.
Outside the window, it was already dark, but it was full of smoke, fires, and explosions, sand and gravel, trees were torn apart, and two houses could be seen to be blown into a fire.
Nakata Kogoro couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly ran out of the room where he slept, and came to the outer room, that is, the room where he discussed with Oshima Kawayoshi last night, only to see that this room was also in chaos, the thatch on the roof almost fell to the ground, and the walls and doors were cracked in many places, and Oshimagawa Yoshi's clothes were not neat at this time, his face was full of panic, and he was a little at a loss.
Nakata Kogoro said, "Sir, what the hell is going on? Who is attacking us?" ”
Oshima Kawayoshi shook his head and said, "This... I don't know ...... either."
Before the words fell, I heard another "boom" explosion, the door "clicked", and was hit by the air wave, shaking into several pieces, sawdust scattered into the room, Oshimakawa Yoshi, Nakata Kogoro's body and face were splashed with several wounds.
At this time, Oshimakawa Yoshiichi pushed Nakata Kogoro and said, "Quick, let's go out first." ”
Nakata Kogoro had no other way, so he had to follow Oshima Kawayoshi out of the house.