Before the war, the political leaders and major generals of the Nationalist Government had very limited understanding of the Japanese army, and their main energy was focused on 'suppressing bandits' and fighting for territory. However, the high-ranking officers of the Japanese army had a very thorough understanding of the Chinese army, which 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.

Therefore, Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo are extremely familiar with the weapons and equipment of the Chinese army, not to mention local troops like Chen Feng in the Chinese army, even the government army in China is not equipped with formed heavy artillery, even those small-caliber mountain artillery field artillery, only the division-level troops will be equipped with one or two battalions, since the beginning of the war, the Chinese army has not used large-caliber heavy artillery, including Chen Feng's 61st Army.

Besides, heavy artillery is really not suitable for use on the battlefield of China, one is that the Chinese army and the Imperial Japanese Army are not opponents at the same level, and the vast majority of the Chinese army and the Imperial Army are often fleeing from the wind, if the troops are lightly armed, they can also pursue and pursue, but once they carry a large number of heavy artillery, the pursuit becomes a joke. Even if it encounters a Chinese army with a relatively high will to fight and a relatively strong combat effectiveness, it generally does not use heavy artillery, which is simply anti-aircraft artillery to fight mosquitoes. It is not bad that 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 several tens of millimeters, it can no longer be said to be bullying, but a naked waste, and it is shameful to waste.

Second, the infrastructure of Lai China is extremely bad, even if there are no decent roads between the major cities, it is okay for big guys such as field heavy artillery to drive short distances, 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. Not only did the Japanese army not see it used by the Chinese army. Even they themselves rarely use it.

After listening to the debriefing of the staff officer. General Terauchi Shouichi and Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo looked at each other, and they both saw deep worry in each other's eyes, and the first thing they thought of was whether something had happened to the Fourth Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery.

If it is really the heavy artillery of the Chinese army, it is nothing, at most, these Chinese people have played their usual loser nature. Spent a lot of money to buy these broken copper and iron from Western countries. For the Japanese Empire, it was just a matter of sending a few planes and dropping a few bombs. No big deal.

But if the heavy artillery in the hands of the people of China belongs to the 4th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery, then the matter is a big deal, what does this mean. It shows that the 4th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery is likely to have had an accident, and has even been completely wiped out by the Chinese army. The total annihilation of an infantry brigade or cavalry brigade is already a major event that shakes the whole country, not to mention the field heavy artillery brigade and regiment in a strategic position, once it is completely annihilated, the impact will definitely be earth-shattering.

"Immediately contact the 4th Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery, ask them where they are, quickly!" General Shouichi Terauchi ordered in horror.

Soon a staff officer of Shaozuo replied: "Your Excellency Commander, the Fourth Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery has called back, they have arrived in Zhangjiakou yesterday, but because the Chinese army has destroyed the railway line from Zhangjiakou to Tianzhen, they are still in Zhangjiakou City, and Matsui Dazuo is sending people to repair the railway line, and it is expected that the whole line will be opened to traffic at noon today." ”

After listening to the report of the staff officer Shaoza, General Terauchi Shouichi and Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe both breathed a sigh of relief, as long as this heavy artillery brigade is fine, everything will be fine.

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 General Terauchi Shouichi, felt dizzy and lost their sense of all the sounds around them.

It took a while to recover, and after shaking his head, General Terauchi Shouichi saw a young man talking loudly in front of him.

"You land, what to say, !! loudly" General Shouichi Terauchi shook his heavy head again, trying to make the buzzing in his ears disappear.

"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, Terauchi Shouichi heard it clearly, and he didn't answer this Shaozuo immediately, but asked loudly, "Muto." What happened just now, how could the shells 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." Muto replied loudly.

"Nani, Imperial Type 96 Heavy Artillery, are you sure?" General Shouichi Terauchi 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?" Shouichi Terauchi will continue to ask.

"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?" General Shouichi Terauchi confirmed again and again.

"Hai, the humble position is guaranteed with the honor of an imperial soldier!" Muto Shaosa said loudly.

General Terauchi Shouichi and Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe said that they were in big trouble this time, and something must have happened to the Fourth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade. Heavy artillery, especially large-caliber heavy artillery, was regarded as a strategic weapon by the Empire and would certainly not be sold to the outside world, so the only way for the Chinese 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 once, and that was at the Battle of Baoding a few months earlier. Moreover, Terauchi Shouichi was very sure that the heavy artillery of the empire was not hit at all that time, and none of the 12 heavy artillery guns dispatched were damaged, and other than that, the front army did not use heavy artillery units. Therefore, it is self-evident where the field heavy artillery of the Chinese army came from, and the fourth brigade of the field heavy artillery is the only way for the Chinese to obtain heavy artillery.

Moreover, the appearance of the Zhina army outside the city was too sudden, you must know that there are Zhangjiakou, Xuanhua, Huailai, Xiahuayuan, Yanqing and other towns between Beiping and the defense area of the 61st Army, how could the people of China defeat these places overnight, not to mention that these places are the only way to Beiping, and they cannot be bypassed at all.

There is only one possibility, that is, the people of China wiped out the Fourth Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery in silence, and then suddenly appeared outside Beiping City overnight by train, and even had a siege weapon field heavy artillery. If this is inferred, all the irrationality can be explained.

But is this possible, not to mention that there was originally a garrison wing in Zhangjiakou, and there were two wings of ground guards in the Fourth Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery, how could it be silently annihilated. And what about that telegram just now, did the people of China even control the radio station of the 4th Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery?

Ignoring Muto Shaosa's repeated advice, General Terauchi Shouichi insisted on staying in the combat command room, and the blood-red General Terauchi Shouichi eased his mood and said: "Immediately send a report to Takeda Daisa in Zhangjiakou, saying that Beiping is besieged by the Chinese army, let him strengthen the defense, in case the Chinese sneak attack on Zhangjiakou City, and at the same time let him protect the birthday gift prepared by the commander for His Majesty the Emperor, if there is any mistake, let him prepare for seppuku." ”

After a while, Muto Shaosa came over with a telegram, and before he could call out the report, General Terauchi snatched the telegram full of telegrams and read it.

Suddenly, General Terauchi Shouichi's hand shook, and the telegram fell to the ground, and General Terauchi's face became dead, and he muttered: "It's over, it's over"

Lieutenant General Naosaburo Gangbe picked up the telegram and looked at it and said, "Your Excellency Commander, didn't Takeda Daisa say that the birthday gift was foolproof, and the Chinese army was not found outside Zhangjiakou City?"

"Gangbe-kun, I didn't ask the Takeda team to prepare any emperor's birthday gift at all, do you understand?" General Shouichi Terauchi said with a dead heart.

Lieutenant General Naosaburo Gangbe is not a fool, and immediately figured out the key to it, the so-called birthday gift of His Majesty the Emperor is just a pretext to test Zhangjiakou. If Zhangjiakou was still in the hands of the Takeda United, Takeda Dazuo would definitely call to ask what was going on with this illusory emperor's birthday gift, and it would not be such an answer at all. This can only show that Zhangjiakou is no longer in the hands of the Takeda Wing, and it can be inferred from this that the so-called telegram of the Fourth Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery Regiment stationed in Zhangjiakou must also be false, and all the information in the last one can only draw one conclusion, that is, the Takeda Wing, the Fourth Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery and the Zhangjiakou City have all had accidents. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )

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