Chapter 189: The Siege (Chapter 3)
Although the Kwantung Army in Jinzhou City suffered some psychological impact, under the supervision of their commander and military Cao, they still threw away the leaflets they had just picked up.
Although the leaflets did not let the Kwantung Army leave, they brought them some trouble slightly, and some timid soldiers began to move in their hearts, and they were also afraid of death, especially in this oppressive environment, half a month of artillery raids, plus half a month of fighting, after the surrounding troops were basically swept away, the Kwantung Army in the city became worried.
More than half of the troops of the three divisions outside the city were annihilated, and the rest fled back in disgrace, except for a small number that poured into the city, most of them ran to the north.
An hour passed, and the Kwantung Army in Jinzhou City did not make any movement, but instead stepped up its defensive forces on the city wall, looking like it was resisting to the death, looking at the movement on the city wall, Liu Sanpao truthfully reported everything here to Su Dao, the situation was beyond his control, and it could be said that he didn't know what to do next.
Holding the telegram from Liu Sanpao in his hand, Su Dao also fell into contemplation for a while, this was the last thing he wanted to see, and it was also the last thing he wanted to face. If it was in the native country, Su Dao would not have so many scruples at all, regardless of whether he surrendered or not, he would just send a burst of shells over, but this was in Huaxia, and he had to think carefully about these issues.
War is naturally easy to say, it is nothing more than those things that fight and kill, the most difficult thing to deal with is after the war, the ruins of the city and the corpses all over the ground, a careless will bring a lot of trouble to the city, although it is winter, the university will cover up many things, but it cannot hide the ugliness of the war, the fear brought by the corpses.
But so what? You have already done everything you need to do, and the coercion and temptation have been used by yourself to the fullest, and it has also given the Kwantung Army the opportunity to make a choice, but people don't accept your feelings, what can you do? War is bound to kill people, but these people who die will be their own people, thinking of this, Su Dao did not want to give the order to attack.
But as a soldier, a commander of more than 100,000 people, he has no choice, if everyone is as indecisive as him, and even delays the fighter, this battle will not have to be fought, just surrender directly, accept his own enslavement, although there will be death, but only a small part of the death, most people can still survive. But this is not the life they want, the 5,000-year-old civilization of China has created her people not to be the kind of people who can be bullied, so resistance is inevitable.
"Inform the Stuka squadron to bombard the city wall with all their might, it is best to blow up the little devils on it to pieces, and give you face, you don't have a face." Su Dao angrily gave the final order to attack.
In the history of the Republic of China, there has never been an example of two divisions and regiments retreating in a hurry when a million leaflets frightened them, so although the 11th Division and the 28th Division in front of them knew that they were not the opponents of the 99th Army, they could only stick to this place, and they did not want to create this kind of precedent, and they did not dare to create it.
Gave up a strategic place without firing a shot, no one can afford this crime, Ishiguro Sadazo and Naito Shoichi are sitting in the 28th Division Division Headquarters at the moment drinking the most authentic sake, before Ishiguro Sadazo's words resonated with Naito Shoichi, he also thought of his relatives in his hometown, looking at the flyers flying in the sky, he also remembered the cherry blossoms in Tokyo, and it was precisely because of this that he came to remind Ishiguro Sadazo, but he didn't expect the two of them to pee into a pot.
"Naito-kun, if the two of us can return to the homeland alive, you must marry your daughter Sakurako to my son." Ishiguro Sadazo held the cup and said excitedly on his face, but he still couldn't hide the sadness in his heart, and finally became the commander of the lieutenant general's division, but he didn't expect that he might come to an end just after a good life.
The most tragic thing is Naito Shoichi, he only took over the post of commander of the 11th Division in early January, and it has not been a month since he was full, and it is not false to say that Naito Shoichi is the most wronged, his predecessor Lieutenant General Watakuo was accidentally infected with scarlet fever and pneumonia, and as a result, two diseases were combined, and January 2 directly killed him, although Watakuo's death brought Naito Shoyi a chance to be promoted, but this also brought a huge disaster to Naito Shoyi.
Naito Shoichi was also secretly sighing in his heart at this time, it was really time for General Wataku to die, and he would face a greater crisis every month, but birth, old age, sickness and death were not something they could control, so now Naito Shoichi did not have any other disrespect to Wataru except for secretly lamenting in his heart that it was really the right time for Lieutenant General Wataku to die.
"Don't worry, Ishiguro-kun, if we can go back alive, I will definitely marry Sakurako to Yoshizuka." Naito Shoichi also raised his glass, at this moment he couldn't see the superiority of the commander of the 11th Division in his body at all, when he first came, he was still a little disdainful when he looked at Ishiguro Sadazo, but at this time the two were grasshoppers on a rope, Naito Shoichi didn't want to go too far, anyway, all of this had to wait until they could go back alive, and it didn't seem wrong to promise him, besides, Ishiguro Yoshizuka was about to reach the age of joining the army, and it was one thing to be able to go back alive at that time, and it was naturally good to be able to live, The two division commanders are married, and they can be regarded as promising in their own military circles.
'Buzz! Airplanes! Airplanes! ’
The two chatted with laughter, although they would clink glasses for a long time, but both of them were more measured, and they didn't drink too much, just after a few glasses of wine, they heard a buzzing sound in the air, and the two didn't need to go out to check to know what was going on outside, this sound was the sound of fighter jets and that kind of terrifying dive bombers, these fighters have brought them a lot of shock since these days, so it is normal to be able to remember their voices.
"Ishiguro-kun, it seems that this branch doesn't want the two of us to have a good drink, come on, dry this last drink, and then we will go to serve His Majesty the Emperor, it doesn't matter whether we live or die, the two of us must save the face of the Imperial Army." Shoichi Naito filled Ishiguro Sadazo and himself with wine, raised his glass and said eloquently.
Air, Stuka Squadron;
This mission can be said to be the most important, the mission target to be attacked is very small, so in order to hit the target accurately, they can only use all their skills, of course, whether they can hit in the end, can only depend on their own luck. And there seems to be no salvage for this, and if it does not hit the target, there is a risk of casualties among the people.
"Attention units, let's blow up along the city wall, so that the chance of hitting will be greater. The task of escorting the convoy is left to the guys of the fighter brigade. Li Zhi, the leader of Stuka's squadron, instructed through the radio that he had already checked the terrain of Jinzhou from the previous bombing, and had already made plans for any situation, but he did not expect that the task they would face today would be the most difficult.
The plane bombs along the city wall, even if you don't have to worry about the bomb running over the city wall and falling somewhere else, but you also have to consider whether the bomb will deviate from the course, and it turns out that there is a high probability of deviating from the course, because throwing a bomb from a height of one thousand meters to a section of the city wall two or three meters wide below, even with professional aiming tools, there are mistakes, and what if they don't have so much equipment? Now he can only pray that the error can be smaller.
"No problem, leave it to us and you can rest assured." Wang Qingshui replied, due to the shortage of flight personnel, even Wang Qingshui, the commander of the flying regiment, could only take to the air in person.
Li Zhi gently pulled the longitudinal rod, Stuka turned a corner directly and flexibly, and then the other Stuka also followed Li Zhi's plane and flew away, of course, only part of it followed him, and the rest of the city flew directly forward, after all, the city wall has four sides, and they need to blow up at least two walls.
'Ming! Toll! Toll! ’
Immediately, a heartbreaking roar came again, and the air defense fire points of the Kwantung Army on the ground also began to intercept the threat from the air, but it was very helpless, it was not so easy to hit the fighter plane that was in a high-speed dive, if the fighter plane that hit the level flight was fifty percent sure, then the fighter plane that hit the dive was not even one percent sure. It's not that their technical level is not good, but the principle is there, just like gravity, you can't seem to find a solution except in a vacuum.
'Boom! ’
With a violent explosion, a bomb did not directly hit the city wall, but it exploded close to the city wall, Rao is so, still brought some casualties to the soldiers of the Kwantung Army, and the Kwantung Army, which was already in extreme panic, has long been a little overwhelmed. It is estimated that the army can do this, if it is replaced by the French [***] team to defend, maybe thirty Stuka can directly take Jinzhou City.
One by one, the shells rained down directly around the city wall, but there were very few direct hits, but fortunately, most of the shells that did not hit also exploded outside the city, which was also the result of the deliberate control of the pilots, who did not dare to let more shells fall into the city, so as not to injure more civilians by mistake.
'Boom!' When the air raid was about to end, a bomb finally landed on the city wall accurately, and it happened that the bottom of this section of the city wall happened to be blown by other shells, the city wall had already shown some signs of loosening, a two-hundred-and-fifty kilogram bomb directly blew the entire city wall into a hole about ten meters long, and in this other direction, tanks and infantry guns were not idle, one by one bombarded the city wall, at this time the gap in the city wall that was blown up was as many as three or four, it is estimated that it will take another hour, There will be two or three times fewer openings than there are now.
And the Kwantung Army above has long been blown up, and many people are in a hurry to jump off the city wall, and no one wants to stay on it and be bombed. As Stuka flew away, the troops on the ground finally began to move. (To be continued.) )