Chapter 115: Backup
"Fight" With Yan Wudao's order, the Japanese plaster flag on the head of Weifang City was shot down by the mercenary snipers under Yan Wudao, and then a rain of bullets splashed like water rushed to the Japanese puppet army at the city gate, and the mercenaries in camouflage suits had already lurked less than 100 meters outside the city gate, so that the close distance was that those battlefield newcomers in the training camp could also hit those Japanese puppet soldiers casually.
The large-caliber Browning heavy machine gun is not comparable to the Japanese Army's Type 92 heavy machine gun, if it is hit by its bullet, although the inlet looks like a hole the size of a wine cup, and the outlet, it is a hole the size of a bowl. A few pillars of smoke from the top of the city rose from the top of the city, and the Japanese puppet army defending the city could only hide behind the battlements, and the machine guns from outside were too powerful, and this would not be a good time to rush to death.
Yan Wudao's troops outside the city were actually only 300 people, and the 200 mercenaries under his command and a company of the cleaning team had already mixed into Weifang City earlier, and now the mercenary troops who were attacking outside the city were all mercenaries who came later. The attack on Weifang was Zhao Zhi's order, and he didn't care whether the head mercenaries who cooperated with the operation arrived on time, and the 3,000 Jewish airborne troops who were parachuted into Linyi had been interspersed near Shouguang with the help of the military commander, and the Burmese mercenaries besieging Binzhou also sent 20,000 people to Guangrao, but before that, there were already 50,000 Burmese mercenaries in Anqiu, south of Weifang, who were secretly assembling in secret.
"Once Weifang starts, the airborne troops who rushed to Shouguang immediately went straight to Yuhe Town along Daotian Town and Xingbu Town, and immediately turned to Hetan Town to intercept the possible rout of the Japanese puppet army after clearing the Japanese puppet army near Hezhen." Zhao Zhi's former enemy headquarters was full of officers, this was the day before the Weifang offensive and defensive battle began, taking Weifang was only the first step to occupy Jiaodong, Zhao Zhi needed to explain the specific combat deployment to his officers clearly, lest they not know what to do after they took their respective predetermined goals.
"The main task of the Burmese troops assembled in Anqiu is to intercept the Japanese puppet army reinforcements rushing to Weifang, once they are defeated, they can go south to Zhucheng, whether there are reinforcements or not, your task is to nail me to Zhucheng." Zhao Zhi's knuckles slammed on the location of Zhucheng on the map, and if he took Zhucheng and Weifang, Zhao Zhi locked the entire Jiaodong Peninsula.
For the Jiaodong operation, Zhao Zhi did not hesitate to throw tens of thousands of Burmese mercenary troops as bait in the direction of Dezhou to attract the attention of the Japanese puppet army, and at any cost mobilized Yao Laoyu's green forest guerrilla army to attack and harass the Japanese puppet army in Shandong, if this can not take Jiaodong, then Zhao Zhi can only draw the elite troops of the Jewish Legion from Burma and Vietnam to fight north, but Zhao Zhi's long-planned overall plan will eventually fail.
The attack on Weifang began as Zhao Zhi had planned, and under the pressure of more than 10 Browning large-caliber heavy machine guns outside the city, the Japanese puppet army in Weifang could only return fire with artillery fire, but their accuracy was not very good. Yan Wudao has an internal response in Weifang City, but now is not the time to use them, the firepower deployment of the Japanese puppet army has not yet been fully exposed, Yan Wudao is waiting for the best time, waiting for an opportunity to completely defeat the Japanese puppet army in Weifang with a single blow.
"Head, the brothers inside have received news, they have found the command and ammunition depot of the Japanese army, and they ask when to act." Yan Wudao's infantry soldiers ran over, he was specifically responsible for contacting the lurking mercenaries in the city. With the help of the military commander's intelligence station lurking in Weifang, the mercenaries who infiltrated Weifang easily found the headquarters and ammunition depot of the Japanese army in Weifang, although there were a large number of Japanese troops guarding these two places, but in the eyes of the mercenaries, these part-time jobs were pediatrics, and they were not as strict as those melee training subjects in the Thunder training camp.
Yan Wudao did not make a decision immediately, but looked at the other intelligence materials at hand, the attack on Weifang was just a signal, a signal for Thunder to attack Jiaodong. But it is different to take Weifang, once the follow-up troops cannot arrive here on time to take over the defense, it means that Yan Wudao, who has no soldiers at hand, will use mercenaries to defend the city, and occupying the territory is not what the mercenary troops are good at, and he also lacks heavy weapons at hand.
"Inform the brothers in the city to be ready to attack at any time, the specific time they decide for themselves, but they must report to me before launching." Zhao Zhi is a person who does not play cards according to common sense in the eyes of the CCP and the Kuomintang, and Yan Wudao is Zhao Zhi's subordinate, so he is naturally the same person. After thinking about it repeatedly, Yan Wudao still ordered the mercenary troops lurking in the city to attack at any time, the mercenaries are not good at defending but it does not mean that they can't defend, not to mention that the Japanese puppet army in Weifang has the heavy weapons he needs, and being besieged by the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army is the same as defending the city, as long as there are enough heavy weapons, Yan Wudao doesn't care about fighting with the Japanese puppet army across the city wall.
The gunfire outside the city was much weaker, and the Japanese puppet army hiding on the city wall deduced whether it was because the enemy army outside the city was running out of ammunition, but no one dared to get up and test it, and the mercenaries and the Japanese puppet army formed a kind of stalemate across the city wall in this way, and neither side had any intention of breaking this stalemate first. Half an hour later, the lurking mercenaries in the city who received Yan Wudao's order came to the opportunity to attack, how could they let the opportunity slip away from their eyes when they determined the time of the attack, and when the Japanese puppet army was busy defending against foreign enemies, fierce gunfire and explosions suddenly sounded in the city.
"These boys are really anxious, they can't wait for me to start fighting first." A pillar of smoke rose in Weifang City appeared in the telescope, and Yan Wudao, who commanded the attack outside the city, knew that the city had done it, and then ordered his mercenaries to use Bazooka to bombard the city gate, and he wanted to show the momentum of the attack to attract the attention of the Japanese puppet army in the city, so as to relieve some pressure on the mercenaries in the city. "Boom" and "Boom" The two Bazooka rockets flew towards the city gate guarded by the Japanese puppet army in Weifang with tail flames, but unfortunately the distance was too far, and the rockets fired by Bazooka could only fall on the open ground and explode.
"No, if you move forward, there will be an enemy fire network, so if you can't hit it, you can retreat." Looking at the empty Bazooka rockets, Yan Wudao suddenly regretted that he didn't bring the steel fortress over when he came, if there were two iron guys like that here, let alone the city gate, it was not impossible to use Bazooka to blast open the city wall. The gunfire in the city is getting denser and denser, and the smoke is getting louder and louder, but this has nothing to do with Yan Wudao outside the city, and all he can do now is to attract the attention of the Japanese puppet army in the city as much as possible.
"Mi Siyan, it looks like you're in need of my help right now." The strange tone that suddenly sounded in his ears made Yan Wudao happy, and it was Eric who appeared in Yan Wudao's command headquarters, a German artillery officer who returned to China with Zhao Zhi for 40 years, but Eric is now the commander of the Thunder Rapid Artillery Unit. The so-called rapid artillery unit is just the product of Zhao Zhi's collection of 75 mountain guns and 92 infantry guns captured from the Japanese army, the reason why they are called rapid artillery units is because the 75 mountain guns and 92 infantry guns are light and easy to conceal and move, as long as there are enough trucks or mules and horses, Eric can transport more than 30 guns under his command to all corners of the battlefield.
"My God, how did you come to me?" For Eric's appearance, Yan Wudao was confused after being happy, according to the original attack plan, Eric's rapid artillery unit should be in the siege of Binzhou at this time, Weifang and Binzhou are so far away, how did this blond-haired guy get here?
"Oh, all I can say is God's will." Eric reached out and took the cigarette handed by Yan Wudao and put it in his mouth, shrugged his shoulders and replied to Yan Wudao vaguely. Eric's coming to Weifang was not God's will, but received an order from Zhao Zhi, in order to let Eric's rapid artillery troops arrive in Weifang in time, Zhao Zhi even contributed his own car to help Erica transport 02 infantry guns. "Okay, okay, I said, this is what the boss meant, the boss said that Anqiu's Burmese troops have exchanged fire with the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army rushing to Weifang, so Weifang must be taken quickly, otherwise the plan to advance east to Pingdu will be delayed."
Zhao Zhi's formulation of battle plans has always been linked one by one, for these, Yan Wudao has long been used to it, but Weifang has not yet been defeated, and his own husband has already thought about going east to Pingdu, Yan Wudao still can't digest the news brought by Eric for a while. "Say, how do you want me to fight, after you finish it, I will go to Zhucheng to help those Burmese." Eric seemed to have the face of a busy man, and Yan Wudao couldn't stop laughing.
Yan Wudao was not a serious officer from the bones, if it weren't for the attack plan that Zhao Zhi had already formulated, he might have followed the group of mercenaries lurking in the city to deal with the Japanese headquarters and ammunition depot. But Eric is different, before joining the Thunder, Eric was a major officer in the German army, and attacking a small place like Weifang was easy for Eric. After the first shell of the "free fire, three rounds of rapid fire" test fire hit the city, Eric gave the order for the rapid artillery unit to attack, and more than 30 mountain guns and infantry guns of different calibers lined up in a row were the sharp weapons in Eric's hands.
Yan Wudao is really a little envious of Eric's days, the artillery under his command will calculate and demarcate the coordinates and directions by themselves, and the range of mountain artillery and infantry artillery is long enough, and the artillery shells are well stocked and not afraid of not being enough. Just smashing the cannonballs from afar, it is far more refreshing than taking the mercenaries and the Japanese puppet army in close combat.