Chapter 211: Shelling
"The more rampant the Japanese are, the better it will be for us. The Japanese army opposite the www.biquge.info was the 31st Wing under the 4th Brigade, but the commander of the 4th Brigade, Suzukita Shin, wanted to strengthen the deterrence of the 31st Wing.
The field artillery brigade and cavalry brigade directly under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Brigade were also strengthened to the 31st Wing, so that the strength of the 31st Company would reach more than 5,000 people.
Think about it, if we kill this Japanese army, the Fourth Brigade will lose at least seventy percent of its combat strength, and we can go directly to Chengde in one go. Li Han said with a sneer.
Suzuki Tian Zhen probably thought that the 31st Wing was just coming to Dushi Pass for a turn, and after he agreed to the conditions of the lost field, they could go back, so he swaggered to expose his strength.
Of course, in the eyes of the Japanese, this is not called revealing strength, but deterrence, used to scare the so-called weak and cowardly Shina people in their mouths.
Li Han and Shi Shi'an followed Xu Hu to visit the two positions of the artillery regiment before returning to the military headquarters.
"Chief of Staff Gao, I'm going to see Commander Li now, Commander Li.
I told him a long time ago that he should not try to play tricks with the Empire, otherwise the tens of thousands of troops of the Empire would immediately set foot on Chahar. ”
Early in the morning, the angry cries of the security army headquarters in Zhangjiakou came from the meeting room of the security army headquarters.
"Mr. Losta, I have already told you, the compensation you are asking for is too high, and the military seat has already gone to Xuanhua to borrow money, and he will come back in the evening.
Since your country has been waiting for seven days, you don't care about the time of this day," Gao Jian said with a helpless expression.
"Humph! At best, there is a limit to the patience of the Empire, and today is the deadline.
I'm here today waiting for Li Han to come back, if I don't get the result I want before ten o'clock tonight, then you just wait for the Imperial army to set foot on Chahar! ”
Being shirked again and again by Li Han, anger also appeared in the eyes of Otian, and this matter has not been resolved, which has caused the consul general and the top brass of the Kwantung Army to be dissatisfied with him.
If it weren't for Okita telling the Japanese Consul General in China and the Kwantung Army Command that Li Han would definitely agree to Japan's request, the Kwantung Army would have done it long ago.
"Consul Lost Land, please rest assured, the relationship between Junzuo and several big businessmen in Xuanhua is very good, borrowing five million silver dollars should not be a problem, and he will be back soon." Gao Jianpi replied with a smile.
"Stepping on Chahar, maybe, but the thousands of Japanese soldiers outside the Dushi Pass must be buried for the people of Chahar first." Looking at the loss of land with a blue face, Gao Jian sneered in his heart.
Seeing the sun setting on the other side of the mountain, there was no news from Zhangjiakou, but Muto Nobuyoshi, the wing commander of the 31st Wing, was extremely excited.
Although the brigade commander told him before leaving, he asked him to lead his troops to Dushi Pass this time, just to cooperate with the consul who lost his land to force the security army to surrender, and there would be no big battle.
However, Muto Nobuyoshi, who has more than 5,000 elite soldiers, is unwilling to just conduct an armed training in front of the Dushi Pass, and it can be said that Muto Nobuyoshi does not want Li Han to agree to the request of losing his field more than the Chinese.
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, do we want His Excellency the Brigade Commander to ask for instructions, and then decide whether to attack Dushi Pass tomorrow."
As soon as the sun went down, Muto Nobuyoshi announced the battle plan for tomorrow's attack on Dushi Pass, which made the captain of the field artillery brigade, Mihara Kiaki Shaosa, very uneasy, because he had not received an order from the brigade commander.
"Mihara-kun, you are too careful, the people of China obviously do not intend to accept the conditions of His Excellency Losta, even if you ask the brigade for instructions, the result will still be the same. The brigade commander will only send the 8th Wing to attack Chahar with us.
I now have 5,000 Imperial warriors, as long as I capture the Dushi Pass and then lay down the Dragon Pass in front, the Imperial army can drive straight in, and then the entire Chahar will be in the pocket of our 31st Wing, why should we share these exploits with the 8th Wing. ”
Muto Nobuyoshi was very dissatisfied with Mihara Yoshiaki's attitude, but although Mihara Kiaki was a young man, he was a young man of the artillery brigade, and when he attacked Dushi Pass tomorrow, he would have to test the field artillery brigade to help him suppress the firepower of the Shina army.
If you have a request for someone, of course, you can't speak confidently, so Muto Nobuyoshi had to be patient and choose something that can be demagogic to Mihara Yoshiaki.
"Yo Xi, Muto-kun is right, Li Han, this person is really arrogant, doesn't he know how stupid it is to refuse the Empire's request?"
Hearing that there were countless feats waiting for him, Mihara Yoshiaki's eyes also flashed with a gleam, and he said with a smile.
"Mihara-kun, I heard that you have a special penchant for women in China, and when you break the Dushi Pass tomorrow, I will ask you to catch dozens of them, and all of them must be young and beautiful. The woman of China has a lot of flavor than the woman of the empire, hahahaha! ”
As he spoke, Muto Nobuyoshi hardened himself first, as if he was thinking of the women he had humiliated in the Northeast.
"Yo Xi, Yo Xi, thank you Muto-kun, Muto-kun, please rest assured, tomorrow I will use cannonballs to move the Dushi Pass to the ground and open the way for the 31st Wing to enter Chahar." Mihara Yoshiaki said with a lewd smile on his face.
"Are you all ready?"
Standing on the wall of the Great Wall at Dushi Pass, Li Han could faintly hear the noise coming from the brightly lit Japanese military camp ten miles away.
Below the monolithic pass, all the city gates were quietly opened without knowing when, and a long black dragon with no end in sight under the night was constantly opening out of the monolithic pass.
In order to defeat the 31st Wing of the Japanese Army in one fell swoop, the 145th Division was dispatched and divided into three camps of the next Japanese army.
"Throne, you're all set! Just waiting for your orders. Artillery commander Xu Hu replied.
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
Xu Hu roared loudly.
Sixty Bofors 75-mm field guns and 12 105-mm German-made howitzers raised their muzzles at the same time.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! ……
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! ……
A row of twelve guns, five rows of cannons on two artillery positions fired at the same time, orange-red flames flickered in the muzzles, and one shell, like meteors, roared towards the Japanese artillery positions, ammunition depots, and baggage camps.
"Whew! Shout! ”
Muto Nobuyoshi had no defense against the security army at all, and of course he didn't know that the security army would have such a powerful artillery.
When the sound of screaming shells breaking through the air sounded in the artillery positions of Mihara Yoshiaki, the ammunition depot and baggage camp of the 31st Wing, Muto Nobuyoshi and Mihara Kiaki reacted that they were attacked.
"Yaga Yalu, it's an artillery bombardment, Muto-kun, quickly hide, the people of China are shelling us!"
Hearing the familiar whistling sound of shells, Mihara Yoshiaki's face changed greatly, because he had already heard that to be able to make such a large number of sounds, at least a cannon above the artillery wing was firing at the same time.
"Yaga! Is the Chinese people crazy enough to dare to take the initiative to attack the imperial army. Muto Nobuyoshi's face was already gloomy, as if he could drip water.
Thundered!
As the shells fell, the sound of dense explosions sounded in the Japanese camp, and 72 mountain guns and howitzers opened fire together, except for the howitzer battalion, the shells of 60 mountain guns all hit the Japanese barracks, and the Japanese camp instantly fell into a sea of purgatory.
Because the firing of various targets had already been marked, the ammunition depot of the 31st Wing was hit by dozens of shells at the same time, and thousands of shells and hundreds of thousands of bullets were killed.
The entire Japanese garrison was swept away by the heat wave of the explosion, and hundreds of Japanese soldiers cried and howled, and were swept into the air dozens of meters high by the air wave of the explosion.
Even the 145th Division, which was marching towards the Japanese position, was forced to pause its advance, and even after a few miles, they seemed to be able to feel the heat wave of the explosion, and the sky-high fire illuminated the camp of the 31st Wing as bright as daylight.
At the same time, the artillery brigade of the three-day Ximing was also dealt a devastating blow, and each of the twelve howitzers sprayed 20 rounds of 30 catties of shells at the position of the Tuye artillery brigade.
The artillery of the Japanese field artillery brigade, which was neatly arranged and did not have a trace of preparation, was all blown back to the state of parts. Twelve Type 41 mountain guns of 75 mm caliber were destroyed without firing a single shell.
Looking at the station of the 31st Wing shrouded in firelight, Li Han's mood was also very excited, this is more than 5,000 Japanese troops!
If it is really boiled by itself, not only will the Eighth Division be severely damaged again, but the superiority of the enemy and us will also be reversed, and the security army will always occupy the initiative until the Kwantung Army Division reaches Rehe.
"Signal corps, order the artillery regiment to start the artillery fire extension in ten minutes. Immediately send a telegram to Division Commander Shi, ordering the 145th Division to immediately attack the Japanese positions after the artillery fire is extended, and I hope that they will be able to stand on the Japanese positions and talk to me before dawn. Because of the sound of cannons, Li Han had to order loudly.