The clouds hung low, like a dark cauldron clasped in the low sky, and the abnormal air pressure changes brought by it made people's hearts unspeakably bored and restless.

The Japanese infantry in black uniforms spread over the mountains like surging garlic, their short bodies carrying long and excessive rifles rolling forward, the messy and muffled sound of sturdy lap legs stepping on the ground, and the sonorous and crisp sound of metal components colliding, mixed into a tense and noisy atmosphere, like a strong wind sweeping the ground before a storm fell.

Thousands of soldiers marched in a hurry, but few of them were noisy and noisy, such strict military discipline, even the 11th Brigade Major General Tada Seiyuki, could not help but nod his head again and again with satisfaction. After the fiasco on the Liaodong Peninsula, the reinvigorated Sixth Division, under the active leadership of a very small number of surviving backbone veterans, was able to quickly restore its old outlook.

"Your Excellency, one kilometer ahead is the scheduled combat position, and the enemy's forward is about to arrive five kilometers, please immediately enter the combat readiness fortifications and immediately command the operation!"

An operations staff officer rushed quickly, stood two meters away and raised his hands in salute, panting to convey orders.

Tada Seiyuki nodded calmly, and his eagle-like sharp gaze looked at the canal branch embankment that was bulging like a black line in the distance, as if talking to himself: "Roar, it's coming so fast!" Looks like they're really being pushed. Well, then let's see how strong the current revolutionary army really is! ”

Some of the ideas and ideas of the revolutionary army are generally disagreed with by the Japanese leadership. What is people-oriented, and how can those untouchables be compared to the aristocracy? A country must have a strict hierarchy and clear hierarchy, just like the emperor of Japan as a mascot. The clan forces represented by the Senate and the House of Nobles divided the power. The samurai class below supported the main ruling forces. Merchants and peasants just need to provide the fruits of their labor.

What a perfect model of social composition this is, and it should be promoted to the whole of Asia and even the whole world along with the iron cavalry of the Great Japanese Army, so that the Hinomaru of the Yamato nation can shine on all human beings in the world!

Don't laugh, Maj. Gen. Seiyuki Tada thinks so, and so does most of the Japanese upper echelons. They stubbornly believe that the system to which they have been accustomed and enforced for thousands of years must be perfect, universal, and acceptable to other peoples, at the very least. There is no problem with Asia, which is also a Chinese cultural sphere.

Yang Hao's various subversive ideologies and cognitions represent that he wants to provide 400 million Chinese people with the opportunity to turn over and become masters, and it also means that he must assume corresponding obligations for the safety and well-being of so many people.

In this bloody massacre on the mainland, the revolutionary army, which is rooted in the masses of the people, must courageously stand up and avenge their hatred. And we can't wait!

In a hurry, what kind of comprehensive deployment and strict cooperation can there be to raise troops for revenge? It's just the reckless assault of a group of soldiers, which will only provide countless combat exploits to the opponents who are guarding the barracks, right?

Major General Tada's heart swelled with joy, and he glanced up at the celestial phenomena that represented bad weather, and felt that even God seemed to be deliberately helping the Imperial Army. At the turn of spring and summer. A heavy rain that could fall at any time would greatly weaken the weapon advantage of the equipped side. Heavy artillery can't keep up. inability to precisely aim at important targets; The coordination between the troops could not be timely and thorough, those who rushed out could not retreat, those who followed could not go up, and chaos and disorder almost became inevitable.

On the other hand, the warriors of the Japanese Army, who have been trained extremely harshly since childhood, are not afraid of any difficult environment and bad weather, and can run and train in the snow shirtless in winter.

"Not to mention, we still have a secret weapon in our hands."

Tada Seiyuki remembered that before the expedition, the War Department secretly distributed a batch of magical pills, which were advanced technological creations that had just appeared in Europe, and only a small pill the size of a bean grain was needed to make the tired soldiers burst out again with the power of their heyday! No matter how hard the battle, they will be fearless and will not retreat. Although the fatigue period will be longer after the drug is over, there will even be slight organ damage and mental confusion. But compared to the results achieved, this can be completely ignored.

Surrounded by guards, all the people of the 11th Brigade Headquarters quickly entered the village on the bank of the Jingshankou River, spread out maps and piled up sand tables in the ancestral hall of the landlord's compound that had been cleared, and commanded the troops to deploy in full swing.

The front of the entire position was mainly constructed by the 13th Wing, with the front point at Jiakou Town, a few kilometers away, the right flank to assist in defending Pizhou occupied by the 23rd Wing, and the left flank with a part of the 47th Wing guarding against the possible enemy from the direction of Xuzhou Tongshan, cutting off the east-west traffic, and firmly covering the headquarters of the coalition forces behind under the wings.

This is an umbrella-shaped defensive array with no dead ends, with enough thickness and strength that it is impossible for ordinary troops to crush at all, Rear Admiral Seiyuki Tada so confidently believed.

A small flag representing the troops of the side was planted on the sand table, a loose serpentine curve was outlined, and the second line was rapidly thickening, forming a staggered group of back-down strongholds on both sides of the canal. It is believed that it will not be long before the diligent engineering units will be able to completely communicate with them in trenches, which will be a stubborn position that will be difficult to completely destroy even by heavy artillery bombardment.

Major General Tada Seiyuki was in a relaxed mood, and a faint smile appeared on his face: "Speaking of which, we should thank the Chinese for fighting with them, so that the Imperial Army quickly learned how to build trench fortifications suitable for modern warfare, and can effectively combine the use of artillery, machine guns, and grenadiers." As a powerful Chinese empire, it is not as simple as a superficial decline. ”

The young combat staff officer waved his fist and shouted with confidence: "The imperial soldiers are more motivated than the Chinese!" Not only have we learned, but we will apply it better than they did! This time, let's show what a truly powerful army looks like! ”

"That's right, the Japanese soldiers are the best students, and we will not disappoint the teachers who are at the forefront for the time being. Killing them with their tactics and equipment is the best way to repay them! ”

Smug laughter. Spread in the brigade command.

They have plenty of reasons to shore up their megalomaniacal ambitions. It was just over a year after the First Sino-Japanese fiasco. Far from slumping, Japan burst out with greater self-motivation with the support of Britain. Nogi Noshinori, Yama Prefecture Aritomo and others, who were killed in Liaodong, were promoted as imperial heroes, and tens of thousands of soldiers who were killed were sent to the shrine for sacrifice.

With British and American borrowing, they rebuilt their troops and created a fully militarized education system from elementary school to Army University. They actively introduced and copied all kinds of weapons, built smokeless medicine factories and arsenals, and drummed up a new 6.5mm rifle of the Wise 28 Year Old. It has been put into mass production intensively to supplement the shortcomings of the 8mm Murata 22 that has just been installed.

They secretly purchased a batch of British imitation Maxim heavy machine guns to fill the lack of heavy firepower, but the focus was on the imitation of the Hatch Chase machine gun that was secretly introduced, but it was limited to the poor level of Japanese industry and did not succeed in mass production for the time being.

In terms of artillery, they continued to further upgrade the 70mm bronze gun to a Krupp steel gun, optimized the weight reduction, increased the number of high-explosive grenades and armor-piercing shells, and greatly increased the range, power, and rate of fire, but it was still the mode of ammunition distribution.

In addition, they are working on an oval grenade with a cast iron shell. It is also planned to be equipped with a launcher that packs up the projectile in the air, so as to simulate the mortars that have brought them great damage in the past.

The rest of the series of military equipment is upgraded. Bringing about an all-round increase in combat effectiveness, even veterans who think they are familiar with military development have to sigh, it is simply dizzying!

Now that the 6th Division has officially set foot in the heart of China, it has concentrated the best weapons and equipment and soldiers of the Japanese Empire, and they want to pass Guò to an epic victory, announcing the official arrival of Japan as a world power!

"Boom!"

A huge shock abruptly interrupted their group, and the dull heart-pounding sound made Tada Seiyuki's head jump, and a bad feeling involuntarily rose.

He hurried into the courtyard and looked in the direction from which the sound came, but did not see the rising smoke. Could it be that it was the thunder that exploded in the sky?

His Excellency shook his head and laughed at himself for being a little too sensitive. With such a hasty action, how could the other side deploy artillery lightly? Not to mention that the two sides are still in the rapid opposite impact, and indiscriminate fire will only cause accidental injuries.

"It seems that deep down in my heart, I am not as strong as I imagined! I really have lingering feelings about the magic of the Chinese. ”

Shaking his head in self-defeat, Tada Seiyuki returned to the house, waved his hand to everyone, and said, "Don't worry, it's thunder." Let's move on. ”

The crowd let out a messy laugh, and then one by one they resumed their solemnity and meticulous work.

Neither the Major General nor the others expected that the loud noise was definitely not thunder, but an explosion that they couldn't imagine! The location of the outbreak was not the expected front, but on the right side of Pizhou! A 152mm shell fired from the direction of Taizhuang crossed more than ten kilometers in the air, accurately smashed into the city crowded with Japanese troops, destroyed and collapsed a large number of houses within a radius of 100 meters, and killed and injured all the Japanese troops in the range of forty or fifty!

Of course, Tada Seiyuki couldn't see the explosion point, because it was too far away from his headquarters! And the distance of the blow was so large that he could not hear the whistling of the shells in the air!

Also in the distant sky that he could not see, at the edge of the crushing clouds, a hot air balloon kept jolting in the rapidly changing air current, as if it could be torn to pieces by the wind at any moment, and fall to the ground like a stone.

But a few scouts in the hanging basket completely forgot about the danger, grabbed the telescope and stared downward, casually reporting the observations: "One hit!" The coordinates are not corrected, continue to launch! Hit, hit hard! ”

The operator quickly relayed it by radio, then turned his head and shouted: "Captain! The command ordered us to withdraw immediately, the weather conditions were too bad and we were in danger of crashing! ”

The captain shouted without looking back: "I know so much, I don't have to say it over and over again!" Sue sù command, Lao Tzu is not going anywhere here! The little devils of the dog day are still ravaging our ground, and I must see with my own eyes that all these dog days are blown to pieces! ”

"But ......."

The operator is embarrassed, can he say this directly? What's the matter if you don't listen to orders!

"Nothing!" The captain gritted his back molars and sneered, "As a soldier, it is your duty to defend the territory. It is already our fault to let the local folks suffer. Now that you are on the front line. Don't think about safety! Help the artillerymen well, don't waste the precious shells are serious, and the rest, worry less! Go on! ”

"Yes!"

The newspaper operator turned his heart sideways, fuck it, it's a big deal that the buddy fell to death and pulled down, anyway, there are countless devils down there to be backed.

The coordinates of each one were quickly reported, and several shouts in the command headquarters had no effect. Lin Yongfang threw away the radio angrily on behalf of the teacher, and scolded: "Bastards, one or two don't listen to greetings." I kind of know why Chief Yang refuses to be promoted, he's all rough! ”

Chief of Staff Li Guangyi glanced at him and snorted in his heart: "It seems that you are also one of them!" Otherwise, how could you still have a pronoun title when the battle started? It's clear that the chief can't trust your temperament! ”

The revolutionary army rose too fast, and the backbone force was generally in their twenties, and those in their early thirties were a minority. Yang Hao remembered the tragedies that occurred in the early days of the world revolution. Firmly control the ideological trends of lower-level officers, and never allow the rapid surge of power desires to lead them to an imbalance in their mentality. Outbreak of painful internal friction.

Lin Yongfang cursed in his mouth, but his eyes were fixed on the progress of the attacking troops on the sand table, almost every phone call meant that their position had moved forward a large block.

He rubbed his head irritably for a long time, and sighed helplessly: "Don't count on infantry and artillery coordination, order the artillery regiment to maximize the position of attacking the enemy's hedgehog group, and provide effective containment for the attacking regiments!" They don't care about the front! ”

The three infantry regiments launched together, forming three sharp spearheads aimed at the enemy troops in an arc formation, and the speed of the attack was too fast to keep up with the coordination of the command.

One command after another was quickly issued, and after a few minutes of silence, the heavy artillery position on the west side of Taizhuang suddenly erupted into a violent roar! Eighteen 152mm guns crashed one after another, throwing heavy shells into the air violently, and the thick smoke rolled and rolled against the ground like angry waves, drowning the busy artillery in pieces, and then blowing the wind of disorderly commotion.

The rumbling sound shook the earth, and a high-pitched and loud explosion broke out in the middle: "The coordinates are not corrected, three rapid fires, release!" Put! Put! ”

"Boom! Bouncing ......! ”

In the muffled roar that can shatter people's hearts, a large area of camouflage net seems to be caught in a ninth-level gale and tears desperately undulating, crushing and scattering the branches and grass blades tied to the surface.

More than ten kilometers away, the 23rd Wing of the Japanese Army, which had fallen into a panic, was digging around in the streets and alleys, and the 1st Brigade led by Michiji Umezawa had just completed the takeover of the entire city, and before he could drink a sip of water, his head was buzzed by the sudden explosion!

High in the air, a series of shrill howls followed, it was the devil from the netherworld laughing wildly, it was the messenger of the soul who was whispering, it was the terrible power they had never dreamed of changing songs, cannonballs, and volleys falling in the air!

"Boom!"

The ancient county town suddenly shook violently, like a shallow earthquake suddenly came, thousands of houses trembled together, bricks, stones, sand, grass and trees were swept by the raging waves of swept messy flying, changing into a sharp blade wantonly cutting a qiē block!

The explosion of the 152mm grenade was connected together, and the furious power released by the boiling fireworks rose rapidly, and in an instant, it could run five or six thousand meters of impact kinetic energy, cutting out a huge crater two meters deep from the ground where it fell!

Most of the Japanese troops in the first brigade did not have time to disperse, and the explosion that was close at hand could completely blow up many people in an instant, and the unfortunate short body sandwiched between the two explosions twisted strangely in an instant, the bones were shattered, the internal organs were shattered, the clothes were shattered, and the weapons were shattered! The flesh and blood completely disintegrated like sand, mixed with the burning fragments of the building and splattered in all directions!

"Yagayalu, damn bastard, there is such artillery!"

Umezawa Michiji let out a heart-rending howl from his throat, drew his sword but didn't know who to slash at, the ecstasy that had not subsided after taking the city suddenly turned into boundless fear, he could only use yelling to embolden himself, but he was immediately pounced on by the heat wave that broke through the sky and couldn't even shout in surprise!

For the soldiers of this era, the large-caliber high-explosive shells were simply incredible and terrifying monsters, and the Japanese troops who were caught in the fire seemed to have seen a volcanic eruption with their own eyes! The peaceful and silent town suddenly turned into a gate of hell that was spewing the flames of death, and the endless heat wave and the terrifying steel rag shattered a qiē with a force they could not imagine!

Wild screams, wails, painful moans, and boundless fear completely tore their seemingly heroic faces clean, and the flesh and blood with great ambitions instantly restored to their weak and unbearable original appearance, and they were broken and quickly withered at the slightest touch!

Gunsmoke, fires, explosions, and tumbling air currents engulfed the county. On the hot air balloon in the sky, the scouts are dancing and laughing!

That's right, that's how it should be, invaders who dare to set foot on our land, don't expect a good end, broken bones is the best response to them. Blow up, blow up these shit! (To be continued......)