Chapter 7: Shelling
"The 6th Division?!"
When it came to the 6th Division of the Imperial Japan, Major General Kei Seya had a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth.
It was short, but the sarcasm continued to flicker in his gaze.
The Japanese 6th Division was severely attacked by a Chinese army calling itself the "Chiyou Army" during the siege of Nanjing. The army was only 500 men, and their weapons system was said to be rather strange.
In the case of officers of the Japanese army, who emphasized the role of the spirit, based on the "spirit of bushido", and also opposed the "weapon-only theory". No matter what kind of weapon, it is impossible to be more powerful than the power of the "spirit". I believe that if it weren't for the two nuclear bombs, little Japan would still insist on this stupid view.
If there is a historical record of mankind, mankind has had a painful experience. Then the only problem proved by history is that the race that has mastered science will inevitably conquer the ignorant race. Whether the goal is just or great, it is not the fundamental factor that determines the outcome of a war or the outcome of a war.
"Yes, the 6th Division is very much in the siege of Nanjing, and the hands of the Chinese army have suffered a little. It is said that from the time the appearance of those Xuan You troops to their departure from Nanjing City singing military songs, the 6th Division of the Japanese Empire, as well as other Japanese troops in Nanjing City, as well as the Chinese who helped the Japanese, were attacked by them. The Japanese military lost more than 15000 people. As for the Chinese, who helped the Japanese army, the losses were even greater. So ......"
What the 6th Division of the Japanese Army looks like, Major General Seya Kai also understands in his heart. Of course, because of the Nanjing incident in my heart, I can't help but look down on them. However, as one of the 17 standing divisions of the Empire of Japan before the start of World War II, its combat capability was no worse than that of the 10th Division where he was based.
He thanked the chief of staff of the division in front of him, Lai Chuan Yukio, and understood in his heart that the other party mentioned this matter so that he would not underestimate the Chinese defenders in Taierzhuang in front of him.
Sun Lianzhong is one of Feng Yuxiang's thirteen Taibao. Zeng Zhen Qinghai, Gansu, as the provincial chairman. Most of his men were from the northwest, and they were one of the most formidable enemies of the Japanese army. At the hands of China's Northwest Army, the Japanese army suffered several small losses.
"So ......"
Hearing Yorikawa Yukio's words, Major General Seya Kai took his words as if prompting.
Lai Chuan Yukio Dazuo gestured to the head of Taierzhuang with his chin, and continued what he had just said.
"On the opposite side is the Northwest Army, and as you can see from the telescope, almost all of them are carrying big knives."
The Northwest Army's "Eight Swords" were extremely famous at this time, such as Xifengkou and Taierzhuang. After these battles, it was called the nemesis of the Japanese army's white-knuckle warfare. Although in the cold weapon battle, it is inevitable to injure 800 of the enemy by killing 1,000 enemies, but in the face of the Northwest Army, which dares to fight and fight, no Japanese army dares to take it lightly.
Major General Kei Seya certainly understood this truth, but he still didn't understand the meaning of Yorikawa Yukio's words.
"I know that they are the Sun Lianzhong Division of the Northwest Army and have a certain combat capability, but what do they have to do with things in Nanjing?"
Lai Chuan Yukio Osamo smiled slightly and said as if prompting.
"Seya-kun, if those guys have the equipment of the Chiyou Army, I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with!"
The weapons of the Northwest Army were really not very good in the Chinese army during this period. At present, Yorikawa Yukio's reminder immediately made Major General Seya Kai think that if the brave Northwest Army had the equipment of the Nanjing Chiyou Army, it would be difficult to say what this battle would look like.
Or maybe it won't be difficult to win, but the cost will be huge.
"Yes, the Northwest Army in the Chinese army is not easy to deal with, those guys ......"
Major General Seya Kai sighed softly, but the contempt for the Japanese 6th Division in his heart did not dissipate.
More than 10,000 people were killed by a force of more than 500 people. It's unbelievable and hard to accept.
In particular, some time ago, at the beginning of February, the headquarters of the Nanking side was attacked, and all the senior officers were captured. Now that the officers have been released, what awaits them is the fate of redistribution after returning to the Japanese Empire.
"Those are some guys who don't have the spirit of bushido, they don't deserve to be called soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire!"
Front-line generals, from generals to small soldiers, all have such similar thoughts. This is not to blame them, because the army and generals of the Japanese Empire were cultivated and shaped according to that spirit. Therefore, Yorikawa Yukio's admonition was only a small circle in the heart of Major General Seya Kei, and it was thrown aside.
"I will order the shelling to be more intense, as long as our troops arrive at the scheduled time, I think we will be able to enter Taierzhuang by early tomorrow morning!"
Major General Seya Kai didn't believe it, but Sun Zhonglian's men did become more powerful because of those newly arrived equipment.
For example, those cylindrical grenades that are lighter than ordinary grenades, in the past, the soldiers at the head of the city would not carry more than 7~8 of them, and any more would affect the battle. However, this kind of terracotta grenade without a wooden handle, because there is no complete shell, and the clay is much lighter than steel, and each soldier can carry as many as 15 pieces on his body.
The only pity is that now they have to carry a shoulder bag, and the grenade carrying gear of the past is no longer usable.
The salvo, which had just caused the Japanese army to make a tentative attack, had caused huge casualties, but it was only an attack by the infantry at the head of the city. Behind the city walls, the "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers" and the "Accordion-Multi-Barrel Grenadier" were not used at all.
The defenders at the head of the city will begin to look at the low red sun, and they all understand that the real war may have just begun.
"Enemy artillery fire ......"
With a loud shout, the soldiers hurried to the anti-artillery hole.
Then the cannonballs with the aim of revenge and destruction of the walls fell whizzing.
The walls of Taierzhuang shook to the sound of shells exploding, at first 57 mm tank guns and 70 mm infantry guns. But it wasn't long before 150-mm heavy guns joined the bombardment.
Staying in the anti-artillery hole in the city wall, the city wall and everything shook in the violent explosion. The sand falling from the roof of the anti-artillery shelter made a "rustling" sound and landed on the straw hats that everyone put on top of their heads.
The straw hat is an old tradition of the Northwest Army, with raindrops to block the rain and shade the sun on hot days. Sitting on the ground is a pu fan, and when you sleep, you have a mosquito net on your head. This would have no effect on the veterans, even though the sand above their heads kept falling under the shelling.
"Come on, baby boy, smoke a cigarette!"
The person who spoke had a strong Gansu accent, and the thick-eyed, big-eyed recruit, who wore only a basin-shaped steel helmet, put down his hand covering his ears, feeling a little embarrassed. In the entire anti-artillery hole, except for recruits like him, no one covered their ears at all.
One by one, the veterans continued to smoke the packets of "old knife" cigarettes from the dead, as if the shelling was not directed at them, and they were not in the war at the moment.
He took the cigarette and lit it with a match. As a puff of smoke came out, the tension that could be felt seemed to relax. This gave the thick-eyed recruits the opportunity to carefully observe the veterans' counterattack against the shelling.
They didn't look scared, but he noticed that the veterans seemed to have their ears bracked, listening to the shells flying outside the barrage.
As the mood settled down with the smoke, the thick-eyed recruits noticed that if they listened closely, they could tell the sound of the shells flying by. For example, this one, a gentle "woo", all the veterans didn't care. Continuing to smoke their cigarettes, he pointed at the recruits.
But if another, heavier, louder cannonball arrives. The veterans couldn't help but stop the smiles on their faces and listen carefully, even their legs and arms unconsciously reacted.
Gradually becoming familiar with the sound of the shelling, the thick-eyed recruits felt that they could hear it.
On the battlefield, the sound of those shells flying by can be both a good thing and a bad thing.
Listen, this cannon is far away, and that cannon is overdone, but the next cannon seems to be flying towards the anti-artillery hole where he is.
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Before the sound fell, the veterans were already arched headlong in the anti-artillery, and they looked full of solid places. The thick-eyed and big-eyed recruits, who had learned to listen to the sound of shells, also arched their heads in the corners of the anti-artillery holes. In fact, this only plays a psychological role, and if a cannon falls into the anti-artillery hole, none of the people in the hole will survive.
It's just that the corners look stronger, and if the bomb hole is blown down, it may not be buried or crushed by the collapsed things.
"Boom ......"
There was a heavy explosion, and the whole anti-artillery hole shook like a ship's cabin in the sea. The thick-eyed, big-eyed recruit arched in the corner of the wall could feel the powerful blazing pressure pressing him from behind. He gritted his teeth so that he didn't scream.
In fact, it was just his delusion, and in the violent explosion, he shouted desperately at the top of his throat with only one word - "mother......"
After the explosion, the pressure formed by the heavy qi Lang made people feel like they wanted to vomit, as if they had been slapped flat on the back by someone.
The thick-eyed and big-eyed recruit who raised his head could feel that even though he had blocked his ears, if the explosion just now still caused his ears to be shaken and "chirp". And his wide open mouth only made a sound like crying that no one around him could hear.
"Woo......"
Swarms of cannonballs streaked across the sky, and thousands of projectiles fell on the walls of Taierzhuang before nightfall. The female wall at the head of the city was torn down by Qi Lang, and the masonry shattered into powder in the explosion field, and flew under the push of Qi Lang.
The red sun in the sky seemed to no longer want to watch humans carry out such a massacre, and the last ray of light in the city fell under the city walls.
It's starting to get dark!
"Am I alive?"
From the bombarded bombardment hole, the thick-eyed recruit struggled hard in the dust-filled airhole. While struggling, he no longer knew if he was still in the world.
There is smoke and fire everywhere at the head and under the city, especially when these fires become hazy because of the smoke, the head and bottom of the city in Taierzhuang feel like a burning hell.
"Broken cub baby (similar to the northwestern-style name of a little brat), what are you stunned, take your gun, the devil is coming!"
It was the veteran who shouted, and at the moment there was a stain of blood on his face that he didn't know who it was.
And his slightly old face was wide, bloodshot, and fierce eyes.
The battle is really about to begin!