Chapter 768: Pyongyang
On an unnamed position in the north of the Seventeenth Army, more than a dozen soldiers of the Thirty-third Army were leaning on each other and gasping in the trenches...
Outside the trenches, a large number of Japanese troops receded like a tide.
For them, this is a rare opportunity to rest...
Merely...
Next, whether they will be greeted by eternal sleep, I'm afraid even they don't know very well...
"How many bullets are left?" an officer struggled to his feet and looked at his men.
Hearing the officer's order, the soldiers rummaged through their bodies, and finally a soldier who looked very immature came over and said. "Company commander, there are more than three hundred bullets left, plus more than thirty grenades and seven submachine gun magazines..."
"Company commander..."Hearing this title, the officer couldn't help but smile bitterly after glancing around at the only remaining subordinates around him.
Captain...
In the sequence of the Wehrmacht, even if it is the C Division, which is known as cannon fodder, there are at least one hundred and fifty-two people in a company. And in the C Division and the A Division, which occupy the main force, there are 232 infantry companies in one infantry company.
The soldiers stationed in this position, of course, were not from Division A, but they were also troops of Division B. However, at this moment, there were originally more than 230 people in a company, but now there are only more than 10 left, which makes this company commander not suffer...
After all, it was his brother who got along day and night, and it was originally a lively big family, but now there are only more than ten people left. It's almost like only one out of twenty people survived, which is undoubtedly a great blow to him...
But he also knows very well that the most important thing at the moment is to hold the ground. We must not let the position be lost from our hands. Therefore, the company commander quickly sorted out the situation. "Go and see......... Rummage around and see ......... Let's see if there is any extra ammunition on other people's bodies, and there are also those on the little Japan, although the little Japan's 38 big cover is not a good equipment, but it is not much stronger to fight with them with bayonets, and you will go to rummage for a while, and gather the weapons and ammunition of the little devils. Later, if we run out of ammo, we will fight them with the weapons of the little devils! β
"With the weapons of the little devils!" Hearing the words of the company commander, a soldier couldn't help but shout!
"Yes. How can we use the weapons of the little devils! Another soldier chimed in.
Well, this soldier used to be a platoon commander, but when there were only more than a dozen people left in the company, he, the platoon commander, could only be used as a soldier. After all, even the company commander. Now I can only be a squad leader...
On the other hand, leaving aside the fact that this conflict was originally provoked by the Japanese, almost all of them died, which naturally made the remaining people in the company full of hatred towards the Japanese. Now when they heard the company commander say that they wanted to use Japanese weapons, they naturally didn't want to get up...
Of course, there are other factors in this, such as looking down on Japanese weapons and so on...
It's like Yan Shao's era. Even many of the regular armies used old-fashioned rifles made in Hanyang at the beginning. Thirty-eight big cover? Such a weapon could almost be said to be a coveted good gun at the time, where would anyone dislike it?
But now it is different, and now the Wehrmacht uses the Mauser 1904 rifle, which is a serious German weapon of 800 although it was made itself. Although the 6.8mm caliber is a little smaller than the Germans' own 8mm, the actual lethality is about the same as the 8mm, and in any case, it is a little larger than the 6.5mm of the 38 big cover.
In addition, the equipment of the Japanese Army is not good enough, and the military uniform of the Japanese Army is directly caricatured by the Wehrmacht as a 'turtle' uniform...
Now that they heard that the company commander actually wanted them to use Japanese weapons, it is no wonder that they were unwilling...
However, after hearing their words, the company commander said with a stern face.
"What is there to complain about, I know you look down on little Japan's 38 rifles, but in this situation, it is already very good to have weapons for us. What's more, isn't the overall situation more important than these compared to the individual's will! β
Speaking of which, the company commander glanced around at his subordinates and continued. "In addition, I want to say a word here, this time we fell into the trap of Little Japan, almost all the brothers in Lianli died, and in the end there were only a dozen of us left, if we can survive and persist until the siege is lifted or the 17th Army captures Pyongyang, then it is naturally thankful, but if we don't hold on to that time, all the brothers in the company are watching from the ground, I definitely don't have that face to turn around and run away, so, if you want to leave now, you can leave immediately and continue to stay, Please be as determined to die as I do..."
After saying that, the company commander glanced around at his subordinates again...
There are more than 230 people in the company, and now only more than 10 have survived, which is not a big blow to him, and when almost all the brothers who get along with him day and night are killed, he can't allow himself to steal his life, and therefore, the company commander has already made up his mind, even if it is a dead end, he must die on this position, otherwise he will go underground in the future, and he really doesn't have the face to see his old brothers...
Looking at the company commander's expression now, thinking of the brothers who had died in battle, the remaining soldiers glanced at each other, and finally one of the soldiers took the lead.
"Company commander, you don't have to do this, our brothers have already made up their minds to die."
"That is, at this point, who will escape..."
"If you escape at this time, don't say that you can't go underground to see your brothers, even if you go home alive, I'm afraid you will be laughed at and killed, in this case, it's better to just die here, so that you can get the title of a martyr, and your family can follow suit..."
As soon as he said this, everyone else looked at him. And he touched his head a little embarrassed...
"Anyway, let's gather weapons first, if God opens his eyes and lets us live. Then we will live with the brethren, if not...", the company commander glanced at the brethren. "Then let us go underground and reunite with our brethren..."
Hearing the company commander's order, the others nodded and quickly took action...
The dead soldiers didn't have much ammunition left. After all, in the absence of supplies, they also divided half of the ammunition to the Seventeenth Army. The remaining ammunition was simply not enough to sustain them for too long to fight, and if it weren't for this, their company wouldn't have suffered such heavy casualties...
However, those Japanese had a lot of ammunition on their bodies. It is not surprising, after all, it is fighting on the 'homeland', not to mention that the Japanese are supported by Britain and the United States. Although the Japanese themselves know that this support is not so easy to get. But at least the Japanese don't need to worry about ammunition ...
After a lot of busyness. In the end, they collected dozens of rifles, and countless ammunition, of course, Japanese ammunition, but when using Japanese weapons, they still felt a little uncomfortable...
Fortunately, with a new round of Japanese attacks, they quickly put this feeling behind them...
"Okay, this time. Whether you live or die depends on God's will...", he glanced at the enemy troops under the hillside. After smiling at the brethren, the company commander raised his weapon...
And behind him, the remaining soldiers, too, loaded their rifles with bayonets ...
At the same time, more than 100 Japanese troops under the hillside were getting closer and closer to their positions...
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Just when the 33rd Army was still fighting hard, not only Gao Wenshan, but also looking at the burning city, I am afraid that even those soldiers who were fighting with the Japanese were doubting in their hearts, what kind of weapon could actually make the whole city burnββββββ if it was a long time of shelling and bombing, they could imagine it, the key is that the bombardment lasted for a very short time, not even an hour, which is a little unimaginable...
But at least for a short time, they probably won't be able to know...
After all, this weapon is also an extremely secret weapon in the Wehrmacht...
However, it was not all because of the incendiary bombs that such a large formation could be created.
As mentioned earlier, the incendiary bomb was developed not long ago, and even if the whole country is exhausted, it is easier to manufacture this kind of equipment or something. Obviously, there is no way to make too many incendiary bombs in a short period of time.
In such a long period of time, even if the entire North China and Northeast China regions concentrated all the relevant raw materials, only more than a thousand incendiary bombs were made. And some of them have just been made and haven't been sent to the Northeast yet...
And if such an incendiary bomb alone could make the Japanese scramble, it would be absolutely fantastical to say that they could burn down the whole of Pyongyangββββββ in fact, even now it has not burned down, but only a considerable part of the city has been burned.
But even then, it's already a terrible thing for the Japanese...
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It was precisely because of the insufficient number of incendiary bombs that this time the Wehrmacht resorted to some special means to compensate for the shortcomings in this area, for example...
In the case of insufficient incendiary bombs, a large amount of various fuels, including gasoline, is used as a supplement.
There is no way to do this, after all, there are not enough incendiary bombs, and it is impossible to conjure some. And if you want to make up for this shortcoming in a short time, the only way is to use other fuels that can be burned.
Gasoline is one of them...
After spilling a lot of fuel all over the city, considering the dry weather now, it only takes a small amount of fire to make the whole city burn...
Not long ago, Gao Jun and they did the same/
After throwing the incendiary bombs, the gasoline and other fuels are poured all over the city, and the next fire ignites with just a slight touch of the gasoline...
In the end, a fire that could not be stopped naturally set off...
It's just that for Yan Shao. This kind of fire seems to be not enough...
At least, it's not big enough ...
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In the presidential palace, Yan Shao was sitting in the room with others. Quietly waiting for the news from the front.
Naturally, this long wait was definitely boring, but even so, Yan Shao could only continue to wait.
I don't know how long it was, just when Yan Shao thought it had been a long time, there was a sudden knock on the door, and then I saw Yan Shao's secretary suddenly come in from outside. There is also a telegram in his hand ...
"President, this is a telegram from the aviation unit from the airfield, and a telegram from the commander of the Seventeenth Army..."
Hear the telegram from the secretary. Yan Shao, who was originally closing his eyes and recuperating, suddenly opened his eyes and said while looking at the secretary. "Read!"
"Yes!" Receiving the order, the secretary opened the telegram and read it. ββ¦β¦β¦ Our unit completed the bombing mission with Shun LΓ¬, and now Pyongyang has turned into a sea of fire. I believe that it will definitely help tens of thousands of compatriots of the Seventeenth Army to complete the task of capturing it..."
"At 11:33 a.m. The army aviation unit completed the bombing mission with Shun Lì, Pyongyang was turned into a sea of fire, our troops launched a full-scale general offensive, and the Japanese command was chaotic and disorderly.
Hearing these two telegrams, Yan Shao couldn't help but smile a little. Even the others smiled.
Almost all of you here are high-level members of the national government, so naturally there is nothing to hide. This is also one of the reasons why Yan Shao will let the secretary read it in front of everyone. Although the telegram has not yet said that Pyongyang has been captured, it can be seen from the tone above that both the army and the 17th Army are very confident in capturing Pyongyang...
And as long as there is such information, nature is enough ...
"Very good, it seems that the dilemma of the Seventeenth Army and the Thirty-third Army can finally be lifted..."
"yes, we can breathe a sigh of relief, why don't we celebrate later..."
After hearing the words on the telegram, many people in the room suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Naturally, not all of them were in such a happy tone, after all, this accident was also a crisis for Yan Shao. And in the cabinet, it is impossible for everyone to be on Yan Shao's side...
At least many people would like to see Yan Shao unlucky, but these people are usually hidden deeply. Of course, the most important thing is that they didn't expose too many things to Yan Shao, and Yan Shao didn't care much even if he knewββββββ because Yan Shao couldn't make everyone loyal to him at all, so why do you have to do something boring.
Anyway, there are so many vacancies in the government, since you don't like those people, it's okay to let them go to some positions that are not very critical, and there is no need to make some fanfare...
Those people obviously knew this very well, so they didn't do anything to anger Yan Shao. After all, even if they want to see Yan Shao unlucky, they still know one thing very well, that is, Yan Shao's status now is not something that they can shake at all...
Then, as Yan Shao said, although the fire in Pyongyang seems to be very big, Yan Shao is not particularly satisfied with it...
"Order the bomber troops, during a bombing mission, be sure to turn the whole of Pyongyang into a sea of fire..." took the telegram from the secretary's hand, read it himself, and after reading it himself, Yan Shao commanded.
Hearing Yan Shao's words, there was a slight pause, and the secretary nodded and accepted the order.
But on the other hand, after hearing Yan Shao's words, Li Liang frowned slightly. "Is this still necessary? Since the telegram has already said that it is very smooth, is it okay to do so? β
He had also heard the telegram just now, and now that Pyongyang has turned into a sea of fire, one can imagine how big the population casualties in Pyongyang will be this time. If we do it again, won't it really be a massacre?
With Li Liang's opening, others also agreed.
After all, this kind of thing, which is close to slaughtering the city, is indeed not suitable to be done more, and that kind of international perspective will be very poor. In the past, even if it was not, but at least now, they are still very aware of this, not to mention that North Korea was once a vassal state of China, and now it is. If you want to drive the Japanese out of Korea, you will probably need the help of the Koreans, and in this case, you will be going too far with the Koreans. By that time, it is difficult to say whether the Wehrmacht will still receive support from the North Koreans ...
However, after hearing Li Liang's words, Yan Shao shook his head slightly. "Since it's all already done, why worry about it? Rather than failing the whole plan because it didn't do it, it's better to simply do it, so that the plan doesn't have the slightest flaw to come better, and now there are more people dead. That's just the Koreans, but if the plan fails, the more than 100,000 people of the 17th and 33rd armies will be completely finished..."
"And you should know that too. The Thirty-Third Army was almost unable to hold on. If the 33rd Army collapses, the 17th Army will also be finished, even if it can be a minute faster at this time, it is very important..."
Speaking of which. Yan Shao looked at it and stopped. The secretary who was listening to their conversation. "Okay, you go, send the telegram to the air force, and tell SΓΉ Gowensan that you must take Pyongyang within two days today and tomorrow..."
"Yes!"
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It's a little too late, sorry, but I'll make up for it tomorrow before the sun rises!
Really sorry 0-0
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