Chapter 672: Final Preparations
The Wehrmacht prepared for war from north to south, and the Nanking government was not idle. Jiang Zhongzheng is not a fool, let alone an idiot, how can he not know that the Japanese army is mobilizing troops to prepare for war?!
It's just that he is preparing for the whole battle with deep sorrow. In his opinion, without the intervention of external forces, the current Nationalist Government can only do so than to let the Japanese army occupy it later.
Of the 100 75mm guns supported by the Wehrmacht, more than 50 are already in place. At the same time, more than 20,000 shells arrived. And these cannons have been distributed to the garrison of Nanjing City.
It's a pity that Jiang Zhongzheng didn't know that in fact, this batch of artillery Tu Qianjun was prepared for his own troops. The troops of more than 3,400 people were divided into four groups and entered the city of Nanjing from different directions and under different identities.
With the help of all around, it lurked. It's like the work of ordinary businessmen and workers, who are originally from workers and merchants, and this is their true colors.
In the three eastern provinces, the Wehrmacht took out all kinds of firearms that they had been stockpiling for a long time. In particular, the Tiger assault rifles were all equipped with front-line troops. The replacement weapon was sent to the red one.
These include some rifles, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, mountain artillery, and field artillery...... Wait a minute! The reoutfits are all new weapons and large-caliber artillery.
The newly developed and improved rocket launcher in the three eastern provinces is a Storm 75 40-tube self-propelled rocket launcher converted from the original Minsheng brand 7.5-ton truck. The rocket vehicle is equipped with a 122.4 mm rocket with a maximum range of 15 km and a rate of fire of 40 rounds per 18-20 seconds. The trip can be up to 405 km!
However, Tu Qianjun did not integrate them into active forces, but directly concentrated them as the most secret mobile troops in the three eastern provinces. Externally, it is called the "Second Artillery Corps directly under the National Defense Forces".
From the headquarters in Mukden to Yunnan, the southernmost state, all the units belonging to the entire Wehrmacht have entered a state of first-class combat readiness! Those soldiers who have been trained by the non-commissioned officers of the Wehrmacht are like hungry wolves, waiting for the order from their superiors to start fighting!
As green-eyed as the Wehrmacht, there are also Japanese troops! Both the Army Aviation Corps stationed in Korea and the Army Tank Units are gearing up to completely annihilate the Wehrmacht!
"Tiger of the Far East?! I turned him into a dead dog in the Far East! I'll tell you, my goal is to cut off his head and make a night pot! Hahaha......"
This was a lecture given by Kawagishi Bunzaburo, commander of the 20th Division stationed in Korea, to his subordinates. At the same time, he said: "I want to take back all the interests of Manchuria and Mongolia, which originally belonged to the empire!" Only those idiots will throw away these benefits! The stupid politicians are dead, and the rest will be done by the loyal soldiers of our Emperor Majesty! ”
Kawagishi Bunzaburo graduated from the Army Military Academy in the 15th and the Army University in the 23rd. In August 1931, he was promoted to major general and then military attaché. Commander of the 11th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Army, Lieutenant General in August 1935.
Subsequently, the performance of the various ministries in North Korea really made the military department very dissatisfied! As a result, the newly promoted lieutenant general, who was considered "brave and resolute," was transferred to North Korea to take up a post.
Actually, Kawagishi Bunzaburo is not a stupid person either. He also talked to Ishihara about these things, and according to him, he was too careless at the time to let the Wehrmacht take advantage of the loophole.
And now. Even if the Wehrmacht is developed, there is still a big gap between the industrial level and Japan! Therefore, what Japan has to do is to use its industrial advantages to directly flood the three eastern provinces!
Therefore, whether it is for the security of the empire itself or for the defeat or delay of the Wehrmacht, Japan should have heavy troops under Korea! In particular, new combat vehicles, flying units, etc. are indispensable!
Then, it's time to build a lot of offensive fortifications! As for manpower, what do those North Koreans do?! They are naturally the best coolies!
In Ishihara's view, this method is undoubtedly a very good and safe way. Garrison and drag the Wehrmacht with permanent fortifications, fighter and tank units. The worst. At least they can defend against them and prevent them from threatening the Japanese mainland.
So, he and Kawagishi Bunzaburo studied a set of feasible plans and handed them to Prince Kangongin. The idle palace is notoriously ignorant, and when he saw that it was his confidant who handed over the report, he signed it directly without looking at it.
Took this report. The entire Japanese Army began to operate. First of all, the North Korean garrison began to arrest people everywhere! A large number of offensive permanent fortifications were built along the 38th parallel.
However, the mines were not used, because Ishihara and Kawagishi Bunzaburo did not think that they would necessarily not attack the Wehrmacht. It will be troublesome to lay mines and clean them up yourself. Moreover, the interests of the DPRK are long-term in their opinion. It is not advisable to use such a thing as landmines.
These naturally can't escape the eyes and ears of the Wehrmacht, and Tu Qianjun, the commander of the Korean Military Region, Lin Bao, and others, who got the news, couldn't help but sneer! These devils are really looking for death!
Especially Tu Qianjun, laughing cold and terrifying! Now the Wehrmacht has been reloaded, including heavy machine guns. The new heavy machine gun is a new 14.5 caliber heavy machine gun secretly developed by Jia Xiaohou, Shen Hong and others under the strong request of Tu Qianjun!
This heavy machine gun was called the "R II 14.5 mm twin heavy machine gun" and had a caliber of 14.5! It can shoot high and flat, and the effective range of high aircraft can reach 2000 meters. Shoot flat 1000 meters!
But Tu Qianjun knows that this machine gun is not so simple!
In late February 1979, the Guangxi Front Army, which was fighting in self-defense and counterattack, had already attacked Dong Deng City, an important town in northern Vietnam, and the Vietnamese side retreated to the "Pingdingshan" fortified fortress group southeast of Dong Deng City.
The fortress complex is about 120m long from east to west and 60-70m wide from north to south. The middle and lower three floors, the wall thickness is up to 1-1.5m, and it is made of steel rails, steel bars, pebbles, cement, etc.
There are more than 300 perforations in the surrounding walls, and large pillboxes are built at the four corners. The surface position is equipped with annular trenches and fire fortifications, equipped with 3 82mm recoilless guns, 3 anti-aircraft machine guns, 9 light and heavy machine guns, and about 150 Vietnamese troops on the surface position. The fort was extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack under the cover of fire from the southern heights.
At that time, the first attack (attack time from 18:50 to 23:30 on the 19th) and the second attack (attack time from 8:40 to 12:00 on the 20th) were blocked.
The last shot is ruthless, all heavy firepower! 3 85mm cannons, 3 recoilless guns and the most important protagonist: 4 14.5mm twin anti-aircraft machine guns! In waging a war, it was extremely smooth to attack!
A veteran who participated in this battle, and later an old acquaintance of Tu Qianjun, recalled him at a wine table and said: This monkey is miserable! Junzi, you haven't seen it! This man is all beaten to pulp! The walls are all over the place.
There was not a single living person in the entire fortress complex. This 14.5 gun has made that wall into a sieve, and if you push it, it will collapse......
Tu Qianjun couldn't help but chill when he heard this, but then he really verified it once. In a war in South America, a certain drug lord decided to resist stubbornly by relying on his fortress as a stone castle left by former colonizers, and reinforcing it with reinforced concrete.
Tu Qianjun did not hesitate, and directly asked the attacker to transfer five 14.5mm machine guns to sweep at the castle! Come down a few times, and then let people charge! After they were killed, even those murderous guerrillas couldn't vomit!
Sure enough, as Tu Qianjun's old friend said, the walls were full of piles of minced meat! Bloody blood and brains were scattered all over the ground as if they didn't want money! It's miserable.
With such a big killing weapon, how can Tu Qianjun not give it to the Japanese to enjoy? ! Besides, this thing hits those Japanese armored vehicles one by one! Basically, there is no leakage!
It's a pity that Tu Qianjun didn't know that the Japanese army had modified its own tanks! Whether the 50mm front armor, 14.5 heavy machine gun will be able to penetrate is still a question.
And Japan does not know that Tu Qianjun is a strange opponent, and still thinks that the Wehrmacht is at most using fighters with similar performance to the Type 97 light explosive aircraft.
As for the tanks, they felt that their armor was not thick enough! If it's thick enough, you won't suffer, and the two sides don't know each other well, but they think that they have enough money to slowly walk towards you to the death.
On June 18, 1937, all units of the Japanese army ushered in a general order issued by the military headquarters! The ministries held an emergency meeting, which was personally attended by the commanders-in-chief of the garrisons and the commanders of the armies of all quarters! After getting the order, everyone was overjoyed!
"Gentlemen! His Royal Highness the Prince of the Imperial Palace personally requested His Majesty the Emperor, and His Majesty's approval was obtained! We are about to be the first executors of the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere' established by the Empire! ”
It was the Japanese Army General who was originally incorporated into the reserve - Naiichi Kanno! Originally, this old guy planned to die at home, but unfortunately, the position of the North Korean garrison first required that he must be a qualified future.
Secondly, and most importantly, none of the generals wanted to come here as commanders. The reason is very simple, there are not a few major generals and lieutenant generals at all levels who fell into the hands of that tiger! If you fall into the hands of others when you are dying, it will be really too late!
As a result, everyone shirked going to North Korea to take up their posts. In desperation, the idle palace thought of this general, in terms of qualifications, the 13th class of the Kanno Shoichi Army University, and also served as the head of the infantry section of the Military Affairs Bureau, and the director of education.
It wasn't long before he entered the reserves, but it was only in 1928! It's not too old now, and it's still okay to use it! Yes, the black cauldron fell on Kanno's head all at once.
He couldn't help but not take it, because the idle palace courtyard directly cut it first and then played! I found Hirohito to get the appointment, and then it was issued to Kanno Shoichi! So, knowing that this was a matter with an 80% chance of bad luck, Kanno Shoichi had to pinch his nose and admit it.
"Your Majesty has an order! The whole army makes final preparations! On July 7, the whole army launched a war against China! Strive for the full occupation of China within three to one year! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )