Chapter 661: Changing Situations
The front line of Weifang, full of hills and low mountains, is far from being a natural danger. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info the fortifications built by the Lu army with a lot of manpower and material resources, compared with the Qingdao fortress, can only be regarded as a toy. However, the rolling hills and mountains became a nightmare for the Fuso soldiers.
Gunpowder smoke enveloped the battlefield, the smell of gunpowder mixed with the smell of blood, and the choking people couldn't help coughing. The last darkness before dawn, the sky and the earth were shrouded in black mist. Fusang and the area controlled by the Lu army are intertwined, you have me, I have you. In the sky, there was occasionally a shrill sound unique to shrapnels, and when the Fusang soldiers on guard heard this sound, they would subconsciously lower their bodies, because they knew that on the current battlefield, the god of war only favored the Lu army.
More than 80 percent of the artillery shells of the Fuso army have been consumed, and the artillery shells in the rear have not been transported for a long time, but the god of war, who had been silent for many days, has begun to exert his might.
From the very beginning, the Lu army did not intend to start an artillery duel with the Fusang soldiers. Since the sacrifice of infantry and front-line positions, it has been consuming Fuso's shells. A secret detachment of the Lu army, using the cover of the night, successfully attacked the ammunition depot in Fuso. A large number of artillery shells were destroyed by the explosion, and the backup was cut off, and the front-line artillery was basically unable to support the battle. However, the command erroneously believed that the artillery of the Lu army had been wiped out in the previous battle, and even if there was no artillery support, it would not affect the continuation of the operation, and decided to continue the attack.
This was an unforgivable mistake, and when the artillery salvo of the Lu army began, the Fuso Army, which was the attacking force, instantly felt like it had fallen into hell. The marching Fusang army became the perfect target for the Lu army's artillery fire, and all kinds of artillery of different calibers poured fire on their heads. Entire columns were torn apart by the merciless explosion.
Even if the army struggled to advance to the vicinity of the Lu line, it would have to face a volley of Lu infantry platoons that had been waiting for a long time. Flesh and blood, after all, can't resist bullets, and before the dense rain of bullets, gambling on all the charges can only end in hatred.
The Maori Wing, which was responsible for the main attack that day, was known as capable of fighting in the Fuso army. The troops are obedient and disciplined, and they are the ace troops who participated in the Fusang Tiele War and captured the Lushun Fortress. Accompanied by the rousing snare drums and bugles, the Fuso soldiers gritted their teeth and rushed towards the smoke and death without hesitation. Afterwards, Lu Jun also praised the courage of the Fusang soldiers and praised them as worthy of being the ace iron army.
But bravery and sacrifice could not move the cruel goddess of victory, and the Shandong artillery, who had endured the silence for many days, demanded the blood debt from the Fusang army with an attitude of revenge. Both the speed of fire and the accuracy of the fire surprised the Fuso soldiers, and they were surprised that they had encountered the most formidable opponent.
Almost all officers above the rank of colonel were killed in the Maori Wing, including Wing Commander Kazuo Mori. When the order to retreat was given, only a few military bands of the wing were still alive, and the civilian personnel of the wing, such as the clerk and other civilian personnel, who were called big baggage, had already died honorably in battle.
A few years later, the two countries had already resumed peaceful diplomatic relations, and when a gray-haired old man revisited his hometown with the inspection team, he deliberately came to the site of the Weifang Battle and pointed around: "The co-captain fell here!" It was here that Okamoto Shaosa fell! There are also Yoshikawa Shaosa, Fujino Shaosa...... On this land, almost all my friends are buried! ”
The remaining bands were rewarded by the Fuso command for their tenacity during the attack, and the commander of the Terauchi division promised: "Although your wing has lost its flag, the number can be retained, and the ...... will be rebuilt in the future."
However, the military musician replied coldly, "Your Excellency, there is no more Maori Wing. ”,
The Fusang soldiers on the front line seemed to have returned to Guanwai a few years ago overnight, and their enemies were not the Gonghe Lu army, but the Tiele people of Lushun Fortress. Wasn't that how the days came by?
In this unfavorable environment, the Fuso Army has exploded with amazing resilience and willpower comparable to steel. Since they suffered losses in artillery fire, they abandoned the traditional offensive methods and changed to squad attacks and directional blasting. Just as the Lu army developed the technology of landmines and fire-pulling hand ammunition, the Fuso army has gradually developed some new tactics that conform to the characteristics of Fusang.
The cooperation between the Fuso military squads is more flexible than that of the Lu army, and the combat skills are also better. Relying on the powerful pills captured from the Lu army, a death squad called kamikaze was formed, and at night, launched an attack on the Lu army's position.
Unlike the Lu army's hit-and-run, the Fusang troops were unforgiving, as long as they rushed in, they were firmly nailed like a nail and refused to move. At night, the death squads seized the position with a desperate charge, and during the day they were followed by a large force. In addition, tactics such as dawn attacks and tunnel blasting appeared one after another, which also allowed the Lu army to understand the combat effectiveness of powerful countries in this era. At the same time, the Death Wings Special Attack Brigade in the Fuso Army also made a decisive attack and carried out targeted sniping attacks on the commander of the Lu army.
The five lines of defense have been broken through three by the Fuso army, and victory seems to be in sight, but it seems that it is far away from itself.
Under the cover of darkness, Masao Ohtani seized the time and moved towards the target. It was a sniper spot he had been shooting yesterday, and he had a gun there and maybe he could shoot a big fish.
As for these shells...... Unless you're unlucky to the limit, it's impossible to get hit. The Lu army just relied on its own battlefield firepower superiority to deter their opponents in this way. He is not a novice who is frightened when he hears the sound of artillery and wants to bury his head in the sand, he is not afraid of this kind of shelling.
Like most of his compatriots, Ohtani was not tall, but extremely flexible. He once served as the chief of the track and field team in the school, and his physical fitness was already excellent, and after training in the army, he became an excellent soldier who was agile and competed against apes.
But what he does best is not jumping or running, but shooting. His marksmanship, in the entire squadron, was second to none. The level of rifles in this era was limited, and in order to pursue accuracy, everyone could only stand in a row and shoot, otherwise it would be difficult to have an effect. Masao Ohtani can use a mini gun to shoot a sniper effect, and with this skill, he was recruited into the special operations team.
Most of the members of this team have skills that are not inferior to Ohtani, and after a period of intensive training, they are ready to use it as a killer weapon when they are put into the Shandong battlefield this time. But now, as the losses of the troops are getting bigger and bigger, this elite unit has had to take on more and more combat missions, and many times in Ohtani's view, they have gradually reduced from super soldiers to super cannon fodder.
At the beginning, their sniper targets were positioned as middle and senior officers of the Lu army, but later the target was expanded to grassroots cadres on the front line.
"A bunch of ignorant bureaucrats! Do they think it's at the shooting range? If you want to shoot at any target, just aim and pull the trigger. As soon as the sniper reveals his position, the next thing is covered with relentless fire, and many times, we don't have the opportunity to fire a second shot. ”
In Otani's mind, he recalled the words of Instructor Yamaguchi. It was a military instructor of the Einsatzgruppen, and all the members were taught by him. But the instructor had already left them.
Just yesterday, Yamaguchi marched with his troops, preparing to find an opportunity to point to the senior officers of the Lu army. Unexpectedly, he was covered by the artillery fire of the Lu army, and a shrapnel cut off half of his head, so that this fierce general, who was known as a ghost-like martial artist, and had created a fierce general who had killed all the enemy's records at the cost of one enemy and five enemies and his own slight injuries, died silently. Yamaguchi's favorite thing to say before his death was that he was not afraid of death, but he must die differently like Benkei, but he failed to do so in the end.
It's not just the mountain passes that leave Otani. His fellow countryman and best friend, the son of a wealthy family, had to go to the front-line army to serve the country's Fukuoka. Ohtani will not forget that when he was bitten by a snake, Fukuoka was desperate to suck out the poisonous blood from the wound for himself, and on the battlefield, he was also a good man who would always cover his teammates with his life. This is the kind of man who was shot by at least twenty bullets. Aoki, who was born as a hunter and had a pair of glow-in-the-dark eyes, was hit by the purposeless blind shot of the Lu army when he was acting at night......
The familiar people are gone. Ohtani suddenly discovered that this elite army, which was pinned on by the empire, had actually been crippled. Since he was put into the Shandong battlefield and used to hunt the opponent's generals, he has also become a prey.
War is always fair, and everyone must have the consciousness of being killed while raising their weapons to kill the enemy. This is what Saburo Tai, who is nicknamed Little Buddha, likes to say the most, when he killed someone for the first time, he said that he would die under the gun sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come true soon. He fell before one of the Lu army's bunkers, and God knows why the commander would make such a stupid decision to attack the bunker with elite soldiers...... They all deserve to be court-martialed!
Ohtani cursed to himself, he knew that he was about to die. When the people around you leave one by one, it will soon be your turn. On the battlefield, the corpses of comrades can be seen everywhere. Although the three lines of defense were broken, the casualties of the Fuso army were equally shocking. He didn't participate in the Battle of Lushun, but if you think about it, the tragic situation of Lushun Hell at the beginning was nothing more than that.
Since the number of casualties far exceeded the previous deduction of the General Staff Headquarters, there were no longer enough body bags on the battlefield to hold the dead bodies. At first, one hand was chopped off, now only one finger is chopped off, and the corpse is allowed to rot on the battlefield. Occasionally, the army would organize death squads to snatch back some of the corpses. But this is not for burial, but for burning with oil. Because there are no dead bodies, they cannot be counted as killed, and they can be reported missing, which can save the face of the army.
Seriously wounded, abandoned earlier. Each soldier asked to leave a bullet in his hand, and when he was sure that his injuries were not enough to support him to return to his position, he would pull his hand to keep the bullet and die to repay the country. For the rise of the empire, everyone should have the spirit of sacrifice......
The fact that this kind of official article conceals is that the carrying capacity of the army's field hospitals has been overloaded, and even if expatriates are requisitioned into China, the medical staff are still far from meeting the requirements. Too many wounded soldiers did not receive minimal care, and could only lie on the damp and cold ground wailing, endure flies flying in front of the wounds, and watch themselves festering little by little until they die.
Ohtani had been to the field hospital once, and that time to see off another of his comrades, who had only been shot through the arm by a stray bullet, and was not seriously injured. But because he ran out of penicillin and had no one to take care of him, he had to have his leg amputated. Such an excellent shooter became a cripple like this.
That kind of scene is an unprecedented blow to people's spirits. The military apparently realized that allowing the wounded to increase would completely disintegrate the morale of the army. Rather than sending wounded soldiers to the rear and creating despair, it is better to let them die on the ground.
Touching his hand, Ohtani began to envy the comrade who was missing an arm. At least he got a ticket back home, even if life might become embarrassing later, and the Empire's finances were tight, and he never paid attention to these useless soldiers. But no matter what, he can return to his hometown, but he still has to endure torture.
In order to boost morale, the military has done everything it can. In the occupied areas, at the risk of provoking large-scale popular uprisings, a number of consolation women were requisitioned, along with women brought from Goryeo and Daewon, to set up temporary consolation centers on the front line to boost the morale of the soldiers. At the same time, the military has agreed that as long as the captured woman, regardless of identity or nationality, can be enjoyed by the soldiers. You must know that the wife of the Shandong Overseer is also on the front line, and a wife of the Overseer is not an ordinary soldier who has the opportunity to kiss Fangze.
The spoils of war were allowed to be at their disposal, and a large number of military tickets were issued. The printing workers of the really hard empire must have worked overtime to print so much waste paper. In order to let the soldiers die with peace of mind, the military has used all the methods at their disposal. If it weren't for the fact that these special forces members needed to keep a clear head, Ohtani suspected that he would also be asked to take a pill of strength, and then rush to the Lu army's platoon gun without knowing whether he was alive or dead.
The red sun rises in the east, the light gradually dispels the darkness, and Otani finally arrives at his destination. This sniper point can be directed at the front-line headquarters of the Lu army. If he is lucky, he can knock out a brigade and regiment-level cadre on the other side, just like his own instructor.
On the handle of his gun, nineteen marks were drawn with a knife, which represented the number of Lu soldiers he sniped. Originally, he only recorded officers, but now, he had to count them together with the soldiers. It's a shame to hit a soldier with a sniper, but an order is an order.
He habitually narrowed his eyes, adjusting to the effect of the sun's rays on him. If one day, a device to assist aiming can be invented, it will be a boon for snipers.
Of course, the gun should also be improved, not like it is now, you have to reload it once you shoot, and the trajectory is not guaranteed. In order to ensure a hit, you have to be close enough to the target, and that's almost a life-for-life situation. If one day, the range of the gun is long enough, then maybe the role of the sniper will become even greater.
Boredom, he thought wildly, the terrain was not good for him, he was facing the sun. This caused him to dare not use the telescope, for fear that the reflection would attract the attention of the other side, and without saying a word, he came to greet him with a cannonball. Even if you want to die, you have to take a big man with you before you die.
There was movement on the other side, and a group of people began to move, and Ohtani adjusted his breathing, trying to identify the other party. Military hats, dresses, command knives...... After staying on the position for a long time, both officers and soldiers look like little ghosts, and sometimes the big fish just leaks out. But he also has his own way of identification, and the same as Qianjin, Gonghe is a country that pays attention to dignity and humility, and a large group of people are surrounded by one person, and that person must be a big man.
The muzzle of his gun, swinging with the person, was pointed at a character who looked like a high-ranking officer. Fingers, already on the bolt.
Twentieth ...... Hopefully, there are twenty-one more. Ohtani thought, his finger snapping into the bolt.
A crisp shot pierced the silence of the battlefield, followed by a dense volley of guns. Masao Ohtani failed to fulfill his wish, and his kill count was forever fixed at nineteen.
Zhao Guanhou casually threw the gun to the guard behind him, and Sun Meiyao smiled: "Master, it seems that your old craft has not been thrown away." The ability to shoot accurately is still so strong. ”
"That is, the ability to eat, how can you put it down. Dare to run to my position and play sniper, don't kill him, when I am a dead man. Our anti-sniper detachments were sent? ”
"More than 500 brothers have all dispersed, like him, if you hadn't specially ordered it for you to test the gun, you would have died."
"Do the Fuso people think that they are the only ones who can play sniper? If he dares to kill my brigade commander, I will demand the lives of his officers. This time, they were destined to cry. ”
Sun Meiyao said: "What's the point of just killing a few officials? When will we move too? ”
"Wait another day or two, as soon as the news we need comes, let's do it immediately, I want to let the Fuso people know how wrong they are this time!" (To be continued.) )