Section 19 Yoshio Sonoda's Plan

In fact, in order to ensure the speed of the rapid march and to seize the stronghold of Gao'an Castle in the shortest possible time, the capital wing commanded by Yoshio Sonoda gave up all its baggage after crossing the Xiushui River, and rushed straight to the destination in a light and simple style, and ran more than 200 miles in about two days, and committed suicide under Gao'an City.

As the Demoman lit the bag and blasted open the gates of Gao'an City, the first brigade of the Japanese army, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately rushed towards the city like a flood that broke the embankment.

This kind of fighting, along the way to the capital wing of the Japanese army experience not a lot, whether it is Nanxi City, Anyi City or Fengxin City, as long as they break through the city gate and kill into the city, the enemy with no fighting spirit can not play the slightest role in blocking, although there are also many enemies with the determination to die with them to start street battles, but such people are too few, can not play the slightest role, and they are directly drowned in their powerful offensive.

The order of the wing commander to "slaughter the city" aroused the monstrous war intent of the attacking Japanese army, these Japanese troops who crossed the ocean, with the increase in the number of battles, with the bloody battles, the psychology has been a little distorted, it seems that only blood and killing, can they get catharsis and satisfaction, especially some veterans who survived from Wanjialing, they crawled out of the pile of dead people, and they could hardly sleep without smelling blood. Now, Gao'an City is their last goal, and Yoshio Sonoda has finally untied the "shackles" on them.

The first brigade of Japanese troops prepared outside the city gate, without waiting for the aftermath of the explosion to dissipate, rushed into the city one by one with a roar, they roared loudly, roared loudly, and the momentum was amazing.

At this moment, "Click...... The sound of machine guns came from inside the city gate, and the first few Japanese soldiers who rushed into the city gate did not even have time to react, and they were shot and killed on the spot, and the Japanese soldiers behind could not help but hesitate in the face of this sudden change, but behind them, more Japanese soldiers rushed up and rushed towards the city gate without stopping.......

"Boom...... Boom ......" A series of explosions came from the front, and the flames that rose in the air illuminated the city gate, and this burst of fire finally allowed the Japanese troops outside to see the situation inside.

All the Japanese soldiers gasped, because they saw that the inside of the city gate had been completely blocked, and the enemy was relying on strong fortifications to slaughter the Japanese troops who were constantly rushing in.

The long city gate road was cleaned up, without the slightest obstacle, the wide shooting horizon, so that the defenders could give full play to the advantages of defense, the distance between the front and back twenty or thirty meters, became a real death channel, in the absence of any cover, in this narrow place charge, completely looking for death, the attack at the beginning of the Japanese army into a desperate situation, as long as the people who rushed into the city gate, there was no resistance at all, they were shot and killed. By the time one of the Japanese lieutenants in command at the front sensed that the situation was not good and ordered the attack to be suspended, twenty or thirty Japanese corpses had already been left inside the city gate, and they had suffered a lot of blows.

Yoshio Sonoda, who was supervising the battle from afar, saw the chaos at the gate of the city, saw the hesitation of his troops, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense, which made him more and more suspicious, and finally a second lieutenant officer who came to report the situation confirmed his suspicion that there were enemy troops in Gao'an City! There is a lot of preparation here.

Yoshio Sonoda pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How many defenders are there in the city?" ”

This came to report the situation, is just led the attack of a squad leader, the Japanese soldiers who died, are also his men, his luck is good, after the ghost gate closed a circle, in time by the people behind the city gate hole, picked up a life, at this time frightened, the whole body was drenched in sweat, however, his mind is still sober, after hearing the captain's question, he couldn't help but say: "Your Excellency, our attack team can't get close to the enemy's position, but judging from the firepower of the people, There is at least one platoon or more of the enemy here. ”

When Yoshio Sonoda heard this, he was not dissatisfied, but nodded seriously, as if he could understand his subordinates very well.

A Japanese officer on the side, who had been silent, opened his mouth and broke the silence here and said, "Your Excellency, it seems that we are late, and the people of China arrived in Gao'an City before us. ”

Yoshio Sonoda raised his head and looked at his third captain, this is an officer who was replenished from the Japanese mainland after the battle of Wanjialing, after all, he was born in Tokyo Imperial University, he was born in a professional class, he looked like he was twenty-six or seventeen years old, with a fair face, less experience and more elegance, if it weren't for the war, he might not have been promoted so quickly.

Thinking of this, Yoshio Sonoda couldn't help but sigh secretly, as the war continued, they seemed to have fallen into a quagmire, the branch was too big, far beyond their imagination, and this protracted war, but also made the huge empire a little unsupportable, the most obvious manifestation is the lack of military strength, with more and more dead soldiers, the quality of the reserve forces drawn from the homeland is also getting lower and lower, like the young young Yamada Takeji in front of him, maybe the theoretical knowledge is good, but in terms of war, Experience and vision are far from perfect, and if he wants to become a truly qualified Shaozuo captain, he may still have a long way to go, but can the war give him enough time?

This made Yoshio Sonoda can't help but think of his former subordinate General Tanaka, who is also the captain of Shaozuo, although he does not have such a prominent background, but when it comes to fighting, he doesn't know how much stronger than this young man, that is really honed on the battlefield, that is the ability that has really been tested by blood and fire. It's a pity that he died in Wanjialing!

Thinking of this, Yoshio Sonoda couldn't help but soften his voice, as if an elder was carefully teaching his junior for one night, and he was extraordinarily gentle, "Yamada-kun, Gao'an City has four city gates, each city gate is counted by a platoon, and there is at least one company of troops in the city, but there must be more than one company of people in China." ”

Yamada Takeji couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Why?" ”

Yoshio Sonoda raised his head, looking at Gao'an City in front of him with his saber, at this moment, the attack had stopped, obviously this round of offensive, so that the Japanese army had a lot of losses, what to do next, I still have to speak to the joint captain. However, at this moment, Yoshio Sonoda didn't seem to be in a hurry, he calmly said to Yamada Takeji: "The people of China don't know how many of us are and what weapons we have, so, in addition to defending the city gate, we also need to leave enough troops on the city wall, don't forget, although it is no longer the era of cold weapons, but capturing the city wall is also the most common method of siege warfare, so the troops left on the city wall by the people of China should be no less than the city gate, so how many people will be on the four city walls?" ”

Yamada Takeji couldn't help but be stunned, and then he understood, he was not an idiot, an idiot couldn't enter the extremely demanding Tokyo Imperial University, he was just inexperienced, and he was a little unfamiliar with the battlefield, after the point of Yoshio Sonoda, he finally came back to his senses and exclaimed: "The people of China still have to leave reserves, and they have to arrange manpower to patrol all parts of the city to maintain order, so there is at least one battalion or more in the city?" ”

Yoshio Sonoda nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, there is at least one battalion." If it is on flat ground, a battalion of Shina troops will not even be enough to stuff us with teeth, but defending the city, this amount of strength is enough to cause us trouble, and the most important thing is that at the moment we lack enough heavy firepower to pose little threat to the walls of the Shina people, in this case, the possibility of wanting to enter the city is almost zero. ”

Yamada Takeji was stunned for a moment, and said incredulously: "Your Excellency? Is this a battle that we have lost? ”

"Lose?" Yoshio Sonoda couldn't help but chuckle, as if he felt very funny about Yamada Takeji's words, and after laughing for a while, he asked, "Yamada-kun, can you tell me, what is losing and what is winning?" ”

This young young Shaozo opened his mouth to answer, but suddenly, before that, he didn't seem to know where to start, lose! Their target this time is Gao'an City, but just now His Excellency the Wing Captain has already said that Gao'an City is basically impossible to take, and they are a step late, but, for them, it is like a bamboo along the way, and they have been down several cities in a row, until this moment, except for the loss of some manpower in the previous attack, there is basically no loss along the way, and it is indeed not easy to be sure if you want to lose.

At this time, Yoshio Sonoda said to several officers on the side: "Tell Captain Takeo that the first brigade changes its attack plan and attacks from other city gates, and does not storm it, but it is not allowed to stop the attack, let him think about the way to attack and attack the city with the least loss." ”

"Hi" Several officers, plus the second lieutenant who had come to report the situation earlier, all respectfully agreed, and left quickly.

Watching them leave, Yoshio Sonoda continued: "War, it's not a simple win or lose, in fact, the war is very complicated, just like our target this time is Gao'an City, and now we can't take it, it can be said that we lost, but, Yamada-kun, what is the purpose of our battle this time?" ”

Yamada Takeji said without hesitation: "Your Excellency, it is to block the enemy reinforcements southwest of Nanchang and win enough time for the main force to take Nanchang City. ”

"Yes, then, if we can't take Gao'an City, won't we be able to stop the enemy's reinforcements?" Yoshio Sonoda said calmly, although he was really a little surprised by the appearance of the enemy in his heart, but after the wind and waves had passed, he had been able to control his emotions almost perfectly, and at this time, he knew that there was an enemy in Gao'an City, but he calmed down.

Yamada Takeji looked at the castle in the distance, and thought about the order of the wing commander just now, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Your Excellency is going to eat the enemy outside the city?" ”

Yoshio Sonoda smiled and said, "The combat effectiveness of the Shina people is far inferior to the warriors of our empire, is there any difference between where to eat them?" Occupying Gao'an City is just to make the battle a little easier, and in essence, there is no big difference. ”