Chapter 339: Worry and Surprise
As soon as Zhang Shaozeng left, Sun Liechen asked thoughtfully: "Commander, do you want to destroy the Japanese artillery first, and then consume a lot of Japanese troops by defending the city......
Yang Xingguo nodded affirmatively: "In my opinion, more than 20,000 Japanese troops are a menacing tiger, and the two artillery wings are the two fangs of this tiger." If www.biquge.info you lose your fangs, the tiger will lose its ability to attack. No matter how strong this tiger is in other aspects, it can't pose a threat to us......"
Seeing that the worry on Sun Liechen's face finally disappeared, he also showed a fanatical expression from the heart.
Yang Xingguo no longer hesitated, and immediately trayed out all the thoughts in his heart.
Twenty minutes later, Sun Liechen's face was completely covered by fanaticism, and he replied loudly to Yang Xingguo: "Commander, it's done, such a good fighter, if you don't use it, then you will be too sorry for the materials, weapons and ammunition that the Japanese have hoarded for us in Fengcheng." ”
"Good...... When the commander of the cavalry regiment Wu came, he immediately ordered him to lead people to slow down the march of the Japanese army, and to buy at least a day for the main force. We and the two main divisions marched into Fengcheng to prepare for a decisive battle with the two divisions of the Japanese army......," Yang Xingguo decisively ordered.
The main force of the Japanese division and regiment that gathered in Fengcheng for more than 50 miles, and yesterday's one-day rapid march made everyone very tired.
Even after a few hours of rest in the evening, the fatigue of the soldiers still did not relieve much.
At this time, a division commander said with a worried face: "We found a lot of corpses of cavalry wings along the way...... According to the predetermined plan, the cavalry wing should have arrived in Fengcheng before dark yesterday. However, the night passed without any news from the cavalry wing. Matsumoto-kun, you say, is there something wrong with the cavalry wings of our two divisions! ”
Lieutenant General Matsumoto's face also became solemn at this time, and he replied with a frown: "Sakata-kun, I also have some bad premonitions......
"Before the cavalry wing set off, we had a special order: after the troops arrived in Fengcheng, they would send someone back to report ......"
"However, not only have we not heard from the cavalry wing now. Even two infantry wings lost contact......"
Lieutenant General Sakata was stunned for a moment, and said directly: "Baga, something must have happened to these two troops...... Otherwise, how could there be no news at all...... Several of the wing captains are veterans. It is impossible to forget to send heralds to the main force of the division and regiment to contact the main force of the division and regiment......"
After scolding one sentence, the anger on Lieutenant General Sakata's face was covered with worry, and he said to Lieutenant General Matsumoto.
"Matsumoto-kun, do you think these two troops will be ambushed by the Liaodong Army! As far as I know. Our opponent this time, the Liaodong Army, is best at ambushing......"
"More importantly, this Liaodong Army is well-equipped and has strong firepower...... If they wished, it was really possible to ambush and destroy our cavalry and infantry wings......"
Lieutenant General Matsumoto, who was frowning, immediately shook his head and replied: "I don't know what happened in Fengcheng, what is the conspiracy of the Liaodong Army in Fengcheng...... But, without knowing anything, I think we have to prepare for the worst......"
"Matsumoto-kun, what do you mean?" Lieutenant General Sakata frowned. Subconsciously asked.
Lieutenant General Matsumoto did not hide it and replied directly: "I have a bad premonition. Just ahead, in Fengcheng, where we reinforced, there is a huge conspiracy waiting for us. ”
"To be on the safe side, we can't just move on like this anymore......"
"The road ahead, both the cavalry and the infantry wing, have walked, but, I still can't be sure, it's safe. In order to avoid accidents, we must send out reconnaissance troops. Search all the way forward ......"
If someone else had said this, Sakata would have not believed it.
However, this sentence came from the mouth of Lieutenant General Matsumoto, and Sakata had to be cautious.
Because. Matsumoto was a well-known prophet in Japanese military circles, especially on the battlefield, and Matsumoto's predictions were even more accurate.
The reason why Matsumoto was able to become the head of the division at such a young age was that his accurate predictions and premonitions on the battlefield played a great role.
Several battles, Matsumoto relied on his precise premonition. The end of the total annihilation of the army was avoided.
Thinking of this, Sakata, who frowned, was still a little worried that he would not be able to successfully complete the task given to him by the commander-in-chief. However, for his own safety and for the sake of the more than 10,000 soldiers under his command, he still made a prudent decision.
"Okay, Matsumoto-kun, just do as you say......"
If the Liaodong Army planned to fight a war of movement with the Japanese, the caution of the commanders of the two divisions would definitely save many of their officers and men.
However, the Liaodong Army had already decided to abandon the movement war and directly engage in a decisive battle with them.
In this way, their caution not only did not play any role, but helped the Liaodong Army and bought a lot of time for the Liaodong Army.
Less than half an hour after the order to send out a reconnaissance force was issued, the mighty marching column stopped.
Subsequently, the leader of a squadron of the reconnaissance unit hurriedly ran over and reported: "Sir, the official road ahead has been damaged, and it must be repaired before it can be passed, otherwise, the baggage vehicles and artillery will not be able to pass at all......
"Baga, there is indeed a conspiracy of the Liaodong Army ahead, otherwise, they will never use such a despicable way as destroying the official road to slow down our march......" Lieutenant General Matsumoto subconsciously scolded.
After finishing, he directly ordered: "The engineering wing will go to repair the official road immediately...... In order to avoid accidents, the infantry wing sent a brigade to guard and protect the engineer wing, ensure the safety of the engineer wing, and repair the official road ...... as soon as possible."
More than 20,000 Japanese troops, harassed by the cavalry regiment, slowly advanced in the direction of Fengcheng like snails.
Yang Xingguo had already entered Fengcheng one step ahead.
Fengcheng, which is a large city, is undoubtedly the warehouse where the Japanese army hoards materials and weapons and ammunition the most.
Therefore, after Yang Xingguo entered Fengcheng, he ran directly to the warehouse without even entering the headquarters.
Zhang Shanlin, who knew the situation of the warehouse best, followed closely behind Yang Xingguo.
Although Yang Xingguo had already known the general situation of the warehouse from the battle report, he was already prepared in his heart.
However, after really seeing the mountains of materials, weapons and ammunition in front of him, Yang Xingguo was still taken aback.
At this moment, Zhang Shanlin introduced: "Commander, we really sent it!" ”
"According to statistics, a total of 15,000 rifles and 150 heavy machine guns were hoarded in this area, including 15,000 rifles and 150 heavy machine guns......"
"In terms of heavy weapons, the formation of two artillery wings of the Japanese army is not stopped, a total of 54 75 mm caliber field guns, 24 105 mm caliber howitzers, 12 150 mm caliber howitzers, 6 205 mm caliber siege artillery ......"
As the largest logistics base for hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, weapons are secondary......"
"The warehouse is mostly full of all kinds of supplies and ammunition......"
"Not to mention anything else, there are 25 million rounds of rifle bullets alone, which can be used by 100,000 Japanese troops on the front line for two months......"
"In addition, there are 6 million rounds of heavy machine gun bullets, 60,000 rounds of various artillery shells, and 100,000 catties of smokeless gunpowder that can be used to produce bullets and shells. In addition, we also found 200 Madsen light machine guns that the Japanese army had not opened, and 200,000 rounds of ammunition were provided......"
"Not surprisingly, these light machine guns and bullets should have been captured by us just after the Japanese military department bought them and before they were distributed to the troops." (To be continued.) )