Chapter 638: Scorched Earth (I)

Pingdu County was originally a model county for the development of Jiaodong, and it was also known as Little Jinan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis is thanks to the diligence and competence of several prefectural governors, which has revitalized the entire prefecture. The urban planning refers to Jinan, and the roads are wide, the water supply and drainage system and the urban lighting system are the first class in the whole Jiaodong.

But now Pingdu can no longer see the prosperity of the past. What was once a commercially prosperous city is now a rubble field. It is difficult to find a complete house in the city, and the smoke envelops the city, making the city gray.

The gates were blown up, and the walls that were considered impregnable became incomplete. The sound of gunfire and explosions was endless, and the rising sun flag of Fusang hung weakly at the head of the city, marking that the city was owned by the imperial state, but at the other end of the county, a five-color flag stood tall and stood tall without knowing the current affairs, forming a confrontation with it.

Pingdu County is still under the control of the Commonwealth.

In Zhao Guanhou's previous plan, Pingdu County was not an important stronghold, and the two battalions could retreat and move after holding out for five to seven days, and then they would be supported by friendly troops to ensure that they could retreat from the front line. The main significance of holding out was to divert the inhabitants of the city from retreating.

Before taking over the Jiaozhou Concession, Shandong began to resettle the Jiaodong area, and factories, shops, civilian warehouses, etc., all moved to the vicinity of Jinan, and even the border between Shandong and Hebei. Shandong, which has the experience of millions of immigrants before, is relatively simple in terms of rural migration, and can basically evacuate more than 80 percent of its residents. However, urban migration has not been smooth.

Although the people from the internal security agency could kill Luo Guanghua, they could only find out who was Fusang's secret chess or a traitor, and they couldn't be sure who had been frightened by the 50,000 Fusang Army. Killing only one Luo Guanghua still can't solve the problem. If it weren't for Su Wenhu killing Luo Guanghua alive, the intelligence agency would have no choice but to sacrifice the residents of this county, cast a line to fish, and catch them all.

Su Wenhu relied on the identity of the eldest lady's brother, and quickly mastered the miscellaneous regiment cobbled together by these two battalions and a security battalion. Then began to forcibly organize the retreat of the population. Looking at his appearance as a god-killer, coupled with the great feats of just beating a regimental deputy to death, it is more convincing than bitter advice.

By the time Suzuki Shouichi's vanguard arrived in Pingdu, about forty percent of the residents of the city had already been evacuated, and by the way, more than 200 soldiers took advantage of the chaos to entrap the people and get on the train for escape. After all, there are more than 50,000 Fusang soldiers on the opposite side, and there are more than 3,000 people in the forward troops alone, and not all of them have the determination to fight to the death in order to repay the commander.

It is said that the strength in Su Wenhu's hands is not enough to shake the Fusang Army, and if he retreats on the spot, no one will blame him. But the problem is that Su Wenhu is a tendon. At the same time as evacuating the people, the police investigation and fire brigade of Pingdu were all included in the scope of their own management, and all the staff were issued weapons and organized into reserve soldiers, making it clear that they would fight a battle with the Fusang people.

His battlefield was not chosen in the city, he was only beaten and did not fight back, which was not his Su Wenhu style. When the Fuso people come to beat themselves, they will fight back. He took a group of troops and took the initiative to go out of the city to fight, attacking instead of defending.

Taking advantage of the security battalion's familiarity with geography, he fought with the Fuso outpost infantry outside the city for two days, throwing down more than 100 lives, but also expelling nearly 80 soldiers from Fuso, especially the mine detection team in the Suzuki Wing, almost all of them were wiped out.

In the ensuing advance, the army had to slow down its movement and carefully clear mines due to the loss of minesweepers. This bought Pingdu two more days to retreat. When the Fuso Army finally came to Pingdu County, Suzuki's head began to hurt.

Originally, according to the intelligence, Pingdu's guards had been rebelled, and as soon as the imperial army arrived, it could be received smoothly. But the fact is that the city gate is closed, and in addition to the five-color flag, there is also a flag full of words written on the city.

Suzuki is familiar with Sinology, and it is not difficult to recognize the word, and at a glance, the title on it is: Seeking Fusang 檄. There is only one sentence in the text: Fusang people, I x your ancestors!

Suzuki is too lazy to be angry about this kind of incomprehensible thing, he just feels troublesome, which is clearly to fight himself to the end. But he is obviously a lazy person, he just wants to get a little good combat merit, and the Chinese on the opposite side are so uninteresting! In that case, then I have to take it seriously.

In order to pursue speed, Suzuki's troops advanced lightly, and there were not many artillery trucks in the troops, only some easy-to-carry two-pounder guns to advance with the troops. However, Suzuki did not fail to fight without heavy artillery, and since he was determined to fight, he had to make an appearance. First with light artillery bombardment, then with troops to blast the city gates, close to destroying the city walls.

Several county governors of Pingdu were also entrusted with some responsibility, and the city wall was built much stronger than imagined, and the Fuso sappers used several times more explosives to achieve the desired results. By the time the artillery at the head of the city and the fortifications of the city walls were all ineffective, the soldiers of Fuso under the city had already paid more than 200 casualties, and the sappers also suffered heavy losses.

But the real nightmare was after the city gates were blown open.

According to the experience of the Goryeo War, even if the Chinese troops dared to fight, they would only defend the city walls and would not fight street battles. As long as the door is broken, one-sided suppression can be achieved.

But the reality is the opposite of imagination, Su Wenhu has too many landmines in his hands, not only outside the city, but also in the residential areas of the city. This kind of crazy act of laying mines in residential areas, even within the Lu army, is considered by many people to be court-martialed. However, the smooth migration of Pingdu also has a huge relationship with the arrangement of these mines.

The squadron that entered the city first crashed headlong into a minefield, and in just 20 minutes, the Fuso War Department had dozens more disabled servicemen receiving allowances. Subsequently, Su Wenhu's troops rushed out, street by street, house by house, and fought with the Fusang people.

At this time, the Fuso soldiers realized what kind of madman they were fighting against. Not only is he fierce in fighting, but he is skillful in night raids, and when he retreats, he also takes his pursuers into the minefield together. Suzuki later concluded that this was a commander who didn't take his life seriously at all, and his only pursuit was to pull a few more people on his back before he died. It's really ...... to fight against this kind of person Troublesome.

By the time the heavy artillery of the Suzuki Wing was finally delivered, Su Wenhu's available strength was still two battalions, but the soldiers had basically changed. The elite soldiers of the mixed brigade were either killed in the attack or in the night attack, one company commander who was holding a meeting together was killed, two company commanders surrendered to the enemy, and a platoon of soldiers was pulled away. Now under Su Wenhu's command, it is actually a miscellaneous battalion composed of a security battalion, a police investigation, and a fire brigade.

But just as his forces were exhausted, a battalion of reinforcements came from nearby friendly troops. This support soldier did not receive an order from Jinan, and there was only one reason for coming to help: the brother recognized by the eldest lady could not die under our noses.

Su Wenhu, who was replenished by the troops, organized another night attack that night, and as a result, the company commander who opposed the water was hacked to death, and Fusang's defense line was forced to retreat. In the following days, the troops that supported Su Wenhu because of Su Hanzhi had almost two battalions and one company, but the actual strength of Su Wenhu's hands never exceeded two battalions.

Dead bodies littered the streets and alleys, and no one cared to drag and deal with them. The Lu army paid a heavy price in Pingdu, one brigade of Fusang was basically disabled, and the other infantry brigade did not have a much better life. Fighting in small units was originally the strength of the Fusang troops, but the combat skills of the Lu army were equally outstanding.

With high-intensity training and the determination to fight to the end, both sides can only exchange their lives for their lives many times.

Suzuki, who has always been a hanger, once he gets serious, no one in his subordinates dares to disobey his authority. Since Su Wenhu wants to change his life, Suzuki should also make a war letter. The Fusang army relied on the large number of people and fierce firepower, and forcibly occupied three-quarters of the county. It's just that Su Wenhu gritted his teeth and stubbornly guarded the last quarter, not taking a step back.

"This time, I'm going to hide from that irascible old man, or I'll be hacked to death by him with a saber after we meet." Suzuki laughed self-deprecatingly, more than 10,000 stone of military rations, two bases of ammunition, these materials are indeed available, but ...... It's all in the hands of the other party.

Damn the intelligence agencies, can't you just learn to be smarter? Obviously, every move is in the other party's control, and you have to think that you are very smart. As a result, didn't all the materials that I had worked hard to get fall into the hands of the Lu army in the end? ; Lu Jun's guns and bullets were thrown out like no money, and the bullets left in his hands were thrown like raindrops, and there was only one reason for such a loser's behavior: it was not his own things!

While Su Wenhu was transferring residents, he also transferred supplies, and Suzuki believes that at least more than half of the supplies were sent to the rear by his opponents. Some of the supplies were also destroyed on site. After entering the city, the Fuso infantry found at least three warehouses with traces of fire, and according to the ashes left at the scene, all of them were grain.

There are not many officers who have made up their minds to set fire to food, and such people basically never thought of surviving until after the war. The outlaws in charge of the troops are crazy and terrifying.

Not long ago, the other party even wanted to launch an attack from the sewers, and almost ended up with his own headquarters. Thinking that such a madman was still alive and didn't know what method to use to fight him in the future, Suzuki's head couldn't help but hurt a little, and he scolded a few times, and then called the adjutant "Damn rat, haven't you been expelled yet?" ”

"Your Excellency, Captain, the other party...... It seems that reinforcements have been received again. ”

"Reinforcements? Is he the only one who has reinforcements? Suzuki snorted coldly, his troops had not ended for a long time, and he also took advantage of the Pingdu battle situation to invite the surrounding Chinese garrisons. As long as I dare to come, I dare to swallow. Wait until you have exhausted all the troops around you who dare to fight, and then see who dares to face the Imperial Army's blow. For this reason, he did not even destroy the Jiaoji Railway, but wanted to see if anyone dared to come from the railway to die.

Behind him, after all, there are tens of thousands of troops as the backing, and Shenwei is close to his thoughts, and a Pingdu battle is not terrible. The scary thing is that from Pingdu, there are quagmires everywhere, then it will be a joke for the Navy. Take advantage of the Pingdu stage to destroy all the enemies first.

"The train from the direction of Jinan is not far from Pingdu, and I am afraid that it is a new force from Jinan."

"A new force?" Suzuki snorted, "What's the difference for us?" Originally, Yuan Zhengfu said that he was neutral, and if he wanted to do something to them, he had to find some excuses. Shouldn't we be happy that they're coming to the door with excuses? Since the Lu army took the initiative to fight against the imperial army, the outside neutrality clause is not valid, and we can tear it apart with confidence. Yesterday, I was very satisfied with that woman, according to the Chinese parlance, she was a young lady. The faster we advance, the more women there will be. ”

The woman Suzuki was talking about was the daughter of a large local businessman, whose family had been trading with the Fuso people for a long time, and the two had a deep cooperative relationship. According to the other party's family's idea, even if the Fuso people land, there is nothing to be afraid of, but they can use the power of the Fuso people to get the property they have always wanted to take. When the Lu army immigrated, the family hid and waited until the Fusang people came, and then took the initiative to contact.

It's just that they didn't expect that this time the Fuso people did not come for trade, but only for conquest. These armies had no interest in trade, only in the savings of the merchants, and in the beautiful maids and ladies, and wives. The proud beauty in the family has to deal with all the middle and high-ranking Fuso officers every day, including Suzuki.

Suzuki's hand grabbed a book on the desk, which was the Rogue Luo Ping of Fuso's translation. "I am a big reader of this book and I am looking forward to getting up close and personal with the author. Up close, you know? I heard that she was in Jinan, so I went to Jinan to talk to her. So, the more they come, the happier I am. Of course, prudence is a virtue, because of the loss of supplies, the old man is already very angry, if he loses more valuable troops, he may die of a burst of cerebral blood vessels. Inform the Kurotia Wing that the Suzuki Wing will have a decisive battle with the Chinese Army, and please give guidance if necessary. Then the artillery squadron was ordered to prepare, ready to give a warm welcome ceremony to friends from Jinan. ”

"The shells are gone...... So let's ...... next."

"What kind of attitude do you have! You just need to carry out the orders of the sir, how can there be so many problems! ”

The adjutant who was reprimanded by his own commander saluted and walked out, and Suzuki waited for the visitor to leave before whispering, "Idiot...... When the cannonballs run out, can't you justifiably withdraw from the vanguard position and hand over the hard bones to others to gnaw. My goal, but that Ms. Su, until I see her, I can't die. ”

The Fuso samurai love face more than life, and asking for guidance is a euphemism for asking for help. Unlike most Army officers, Suzuki was known for his laziness and asking for guidance when fighting was commonplace. When Kuroteng got the telegram, he just smiled, "The senior will make trouble for others" and then ordered: The wing gathers, advances to Pingdu County, and cooperates with the Suzuki wing to solve the battle. (To be continued.) )