[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 639: Heavy Artillery Siege (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Before the war, the political leaders and major generals of the Nationalist Government had a very limited understanding of the Japanese army, and their main energy was focused on 'suppressing bandits' and fighting for territory, but they turned a blind eye to the powerful enemy that was close at hand. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, the high-ranking officers of the Japanese army had a very thorough understanding of the imaginary enemy Kuomintang itself, and this was related to the fact that the Japanese spy agencies spared no effort to collect confidential information about the political organs of the Nationalist Government and the relevant military departments.

In the intelligence archives of the Japanese army base camp, there are detailed records of officers above the rank of major general of the Nationalist Government and units with the number of divisions and above, even local units such as the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army.

According to the relevant information collected by the intelligence department before the war, not to mention such local units as the Suicha Military Region, even the central army of the Nationalist Government was not equipped with formed heavy artillery, and even those small-caliber mountain artillery and field artillery were only equipped with one or two battalions of troops at the army and division levels, and the Chinese side had not used large-caliber heavy artillery since the beginning of the war, including Ma Zheng's headquarters.

Besides, heavy artillery is really not suitable for use on the Chinese battlefield to be honest, first, China's national defense forces and the Japanese army are not opponents at the same level. In the eyes of almost half of the officers of the Japanese army, the vast majority of the Chinese army and the imperial army often fled from the wind, and if the troops were lightly armed, they could still pursue and pursue, but once they carried a large number of heavy artillery, the pursuit became a joke.

Even if you encounter a Chinese army with a relatively high will to fight and a relatively strong combat effectiveness, it generally does not use heavy artillery, and it is not bad if the Chinese army has a few 60 or 80 mortars, but if you use a large-caliber heavy artillery of several hundred millimeters to hit other people's mortars of tens of millimeters, it is simply an anti-aircraft gun to fight mosquitoes, and it can no longer be said to be bullying, but a naked waste, and waste is shameful.

Second, China's infrastructure is extremely poor due to its weak national strength, and there are no decent roads between even major cities. It's okay for a big guy like a field heavy artillery to drive a short distance, but once the distance exceeds 30 kilometers, then the situation is more serious. Therefore, apart from dealing with those heavy cities, field heavy artillery is of little use. Therefore, the Japanese army did not see the Chinese use field heavy artillery, and even they rarely used it themselves.

Because of this, after listening to the report of Major General Hirata, Tada Jun and Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara glanced at each other, and they both saw deep worry in each other's eyes.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang outside the door, followed by a violent explosion from outside the door, and a huge shock wave destroyed all the doors and windows of the front combat headquarters, and all the officers, including Tada, felt dizzy and lost their sense of all the sounds around them.

It took a long time for everyone to recover and shake their heads, and Tada Jun saw a young man talking loudly in front of him.

"You land, what to say, !! loudly" Tada shook his heavy head again, trying to make the buzzing in his ears go away.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, please and Your Excellency the Chief of Staff immediately go to the underground command room to direct the operation, the heavy artillery of the Chinese people may destroy this place at any time!"

This time, Tada Jun heard it clearly, and he didn't answer this Shaozuo immediately, but asked loudly: "Muto, what happened just now, how could the cannonballs of the people of China hit here?" ”

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, just now a shell from an Imperial Type 96 heavy cannon exploded outside the headquarters, causing more than 30 casualties among the guards, and the headquarters building was seriously damaged, so you and Your Excellency the Chief of Staff must be evacuated immediately." The captain of the guard, Muto Shaosa, replied loudly.

"Nani, Imperial Type 96 Heavy Artillery, are you sure?" Tada Jun said loudly.

"Hai, before his humble position, he served in the First Brigade of the Imperial Army's Field Heavy Artillery, served as the squad leader of the First Wing of the First Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery, and personally used the Type 96 heavy artillery many times, so he knows this kind of heavy artillery very well. What just exploded outside the command must be a Type 96 heavy cannon made in the Empire, and it is also a Type 96 150mm heavy cannon, it must not be wrong! Muto replied loudly.

"Muto, what is the main equipment of the Imperial Field Heavy Artillery Unit, is it the Type 96 heavy artillery?" Tada continued.

"Hai, there are two kinds of artillery mainly equipped with the Imperial Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, one is the 96-type 150mm heavy cannon, and the other is the 96-type 150mm field howitzer, the field howitzer has a long range and accurate accuracy, so it is responsible for suppressing the strike, and the heavy cannon is powerful and responsible for key destruction. Just now, I heard that the army outside the city not only has a Type 96 150mm heavy cannon, but even a Type 96 150mm field howitzer, which is incredible!! Muto Shaosa said loudly.

"Muto, are you sure?" Tada Jun confirmed repeatedly.

"Hai, the humble position is guaranteed by the honor of a soldier!" Muto Shaosa said loudly.

Tada Jun and Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara knew that this time was a big trouble, heavy artillery, especially large-caliber heavy artillery, which was regarded as a strategic weapon by the empire, and would definitely not be sold to the outside world, so the only way for the people to obtain field heavy artillery was to capture it on the battlefield.

But since the start of the war, the North China Front has only dispatched heavy artillery units twice, the first two years ago when Chahar sent his corps to attack Tianzhen, and the second when the First Army used it in the Battle of Taiyuan last month. After the incident, the headquarters of the First Army reported to the headquarters of the front army, and the heavy artillery wing was almost completely wiped out, including more than 3,000 soldiers and 24 heavy artillery pieces.

However, at that time, the headquarters of the First Army repeatedly assured that before the troops were completely defeated, the heroic Imperial soldiers had blown up all the heavy artillery, and there would never be any heavy artillery in the hands of the China.

But now it seems that the so-called guarantee of the command of the First Army is nothing more than self-deception, and now the heavy artillery of the people of China has hit the city of Beiping, what a bastard.

Tada Jun, who felt that he had been pitted, was extremely angry and dissatisfied, but thinking about it, the commander of the First Army stationed in Shanxi, Umezu Mijiro, was now the commander of the Kwantung Army, and his rank and position were no worse than him. What's more, Umezu Mijiro's allies in the base camp are much stronger than him, and if he impeaches Umezu Mijiro, the result will definitely be self-inflicted, and it seems that he has to swallow this breath if he doesn't want to.

At this moment when the Japanese army headquarters was bombarded, the siege battle had entered the white-hot stage, under the blow of field heavy artillery and large-caliber flying mines, the city gate building of the west gate of Beiping had been smashed, and the city gate had also been knocked down.

Even so, the Japanese troops defending the city are now in danger, mainly because Yang Chengwu's troops came too suddenly, and the Japanese army was almost unprepared, if it weren't for Changping to make a buffer, the Eighth Route Army would probably enter the city directly from the West Gate, and there would not be too many casualties. (To be continued.) )