Chapter 138: The War Begins

Soon, Xu Guoren informed Xiao Liangzi's suggestion to Huang Xiansheng and Yang Jingyu, and they were unanimously approved. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

All the fighters who had hunted and could set traps in the anti-coalition forces were all gathered and formed into a large army, and all kinds of traps for animal hunting began to be arranged on the periphery of various minefields, in the grass on both sides of some roads, in the woods and even in the water.

Although not all traps can kill people, in this era of lack of medical care, it seems that injuries can cause more losses to the Japanese army than death.

Because one devil soldier was injured, at least two devil soldiers needed to carry him down the line of fire, and a lot of medical guards had to rescue him. If his injuries are more serious, then after consuming a certain amount of manpower, material resources and medicines, he will also be disabled for life.

It's hard to get back on the battlefield, but you still have to live to occupy a certain amount of resources.

Therefore, maiming is sometimes more efficient than killing a ghost soldier.

Of course, this is just the best calculation in cases where there is no way to ensure a one-hit kill.

If the trap can kill the enemy in one hit, that's great.

Judging by the emotions of a Chinese soldier, no one wants to spare any aggressor who invaded his own country.

In fact, the people of this era, all of whom were born in poor peasants, basically followed my father and brother and learned some hunting skills, so, to exaggerate, more than 80% of the fighters in the Anti-Japanese Federation team almost all set traps.

It's just that there aren't so many people needed.

The ones who were selected were all like Xiao Liangzi, real hunters and warriors with outstanding hunting ability.

Under the leadership of a group of party members, they rushed to work overnight, and at dawn the next day, tens of thousands of traps of all sizes were arranged.

At the same time, the mines produced by the arsenal were also continuously shipped out and hoarded in the munitions warehouses of various divisions, and some were used to continue to be deployed in the eastern and western suburbs of Jiangcheng and along the Songhua River, so as to prevent the Japanese army from launching a roundabout attack in the future.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, a vanguard of a mixed Japanese puppet army, about 1,000 people, entered the area of Xuejiayuan.

The alert troops of the 1st Division engaged in a skirmish with them. After encountering resistance, the puppet army was the first to retreat, and the Japanese army was forced to retreat, stop the attack, and wait for the arrival of its main force.

On the Japanese side, the encirclement and suppression troops were assisted by Ishihara Wanji and Itagaki Seishiro, and Major General Miyake Koji, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, and together with the commanders of the 2nd, 20th, 7th, and 14th divisions, they set up a joint command headquarters to command the operation in a unified manner.

Although Miyake Koji is only a major general, he is the current chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, and Ishihara Wanji and Itagaki Seishiro are respectively senior staff officers of the Kwantung Army General Staff, and they are also the specific implementers who planned the 918 Incident, representing the Kwantung Army Headquarters, so they are completely able to control the divisions and regiments of the Japanese army participating in this battle.

This Miyake Koji was born in the 13th class of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and is the predecessor of Ishihara Waner and others. The 918 Incident was the one he promoted behind the scenes to acquiesce, and Ishihara Waner, Itagaki Seishiro and others implemented it.

It was a typical militant faction in the Japanese Kwantung Army, and the Kwantung Army's attacks in Shenyang had been frustrated one after another and suffered such a big loss.

He was very angry, so this time he directly represented the commander Honjo Shigeru to the front line in Shenyang and commanded the army to encircle and suppress the anti-Japanese coalition forces.

Miyake Mitsuji set up his headquarters in Changchun, Ishihara Wanji stayed by his side to assist, and Itagaki Seishiro rushed to the front line to supervise the battle, although he was fighting the troops.

The Japanese army's offensive line was like this, with the 14th Division, the 7th Division, plus Zhang Haipeng, Yu Zhishan and other puppet armies, launched an attack from South Manchuria, passed through Fushun, Meihekou, swept Liaoyuan and other places, and attacked Jiangcheng from south to north.

With the 2nd Division, the 20th Division and a large number of puppet troops such as the Changchun rebel Xiqia Division, they attacked Jiangcheng from Changchun.

In addition, there was also a heavy artillery brigade reinforced from the Japanese mainland, which also marched to Changchun along the South Manchurian Railway, and from Changchun moved with the Japanese army on the North Road.

The reason why the devil waited for the past three days was to wait for this strategic force.

The reason why it is called a strategic force is because the devil's heavy artillery brigade is equipped with heavy howitzers with a caliber of up to 150 millimeters, which is the largest caliber and most powerful heavy artillery equipped by the Japanese army and even the entire Asian army.

It is precisely because of this that this heavy artillery is so large and incredibly heavy that it needs to be transported by rail.

There is also a railway from Changchun to Jiangcheng, although the railway near Jiangcheng has been destroyed by the anti-Japanese coalition forces early, but it does not delay the Japanese army to advance the heavy artillery troops to within 100 miles of Jiangcheng.

As for the remaining distance, the Devil Heavy Artillery Brigade can only rely on trucks to pull it.

Therefore, when the main force of the devil and the puppet army infantry arrived at the outskirts of Jiangcheng one after another, the devil's heavy artillery brigade was still a hundred miles away, because of the road problems in the northeast at this time, the devil's heavy artillery brigade was far inferior to the infantry.

At noon on the same day, more than 100,000 troops from the north and south of the Japanese army arrived in Jiangcheng one after another.

The commander of the 2nd Division, Jiro Tamon, was born in the 11th phase of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and was in charge of the 2nd Division in the Kwantung Army for many years, so he was appointed by Miyake Koji as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy.

In his place, he commanded all divisions and regiments on the front line and all units of the puppet army.

Because of his special status, Seishiro Itagaki was left by Jiro Tamon to serve as a senior staff officer in the former enemy headquarters and praise the military.

The headquarters of Jiro Tamon and Seishiro Itagaki were located in Taipingzhen, a waterfront town less than twenty miles from Jiangcheng. The headquarters is located on the shore of the lake in the south of the town.

As soon as the radio station was set up, Jiro Tamen received information that the vanguard had resisted in Xuejiayuan and had exchanged fire with the armed forces of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance.

Jiro Tamon took the telegram and asked Seishiro Itagaki: "Itagaki-kun, do you think we should attack immediately today, or wait for the heavy artillery brigade to arrive before attacking?" ”

The current Itagaki Seishiro is a hero of Japan, because of his planning, Japan occupies and controls nearly two-thirds of the huge Manchuria, which is a larger area than the Japanese mainland, so he 0 said quite high-spiritedly: "Duomen commander, now the imperial army has 100,000 troops, and with the support of land-based aviation, it has an absolute advantage in all aspects, even if there is no heavy artillery brigade, we can defeat the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation with the momentum of destruction!"

The people of China have a saying in the art of war, which is called the speed of soldiers! Therefore, I think that it should not wait any longer, but immediately launch an attack, and with the strength and firepower of the imperial army, it will not be too long to break through the defense line of the Chinese army! If it goes well, maybe tonight, sir, you will be able to dine at the best hotel in Jiangcheng! ”

Jiro Tamon was moved by Seishiro Itagaki's arrogant words.

His withered old face, which was rarely full of excitement, stood up, slapped the telegram on the table, and said sharply: "It is reasonable, order the 20th Division, the 14th Division, the 7th Division, and the Imperial Allied Army Zhang Haipeng, Yu Zhishan and other units to immediately attack the Jiangcheng defenders from the southwest and two directions!" We must go all out and strive to break through the defense line of the Chinese army as soon as possible! ”

"Hay!" Itagaki Seishiro and several staff adjutants present all bowed their heads to receive orders, and they all looked confident, as if Jiangcheng was already in their pocket! (To be continued.) )