Chapter 293: Notorious
Just when Xiangyue Qingji commanded the 14th Division and the 20th Division of the Yue Army to storm Baoding, the 16th Division of the Yue Army, which was roundabout from the direction of Cangzhou, also captured Wuqiang, Shenxian and other places. The 208th Division of the 26th Group Army, together with Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army, deployed defenses on the front line of Shenze, Jinzhou, and Xinji to block the attack of the 16th Division of the Yue Army.
Nakajima Imago and his 16th Division are notorious. More than 300,000 soldiers and civilians were killed in the famous Nanjing Massacre, of which more than 200,000 were killed by the 16th Division. The notorious "killing contest" also took place in this 16th division. The commander of his division, Nakajima Imazo, wrote in his chronicles: "Basically, the policy of taking prisoners was not practiced, and it was decided to adopt a policy of total extermination." Even the director of the Personnel Bureau of the Ministry of War at that time said: "The combat guidance given by the commander of the 16th Division, Nakajima Imasago is against humanity." It can be seen how serious the atrocities of the 16th Division were.
Due to the rapid advance of the army, the logistical pressure was too great. Nakajima ordered the troops to collect grain on the spot to relieve the logistical pressure on the troops. The so-called on-the-spot collection is, to put it bluntly, looting. Therefore, the 16th Division of Nakajima Jinchao Wu burned, killed and plundered all kinds of evil along the way, and countless Chinese soldiers and civilians died in its hands.
Outside Jinju City, Nakajima stood on the forward position, looked at the position of our army in front of him, and asked slowly, "Which branch is stationed in Jinzhou?" ”
Chief of Staff Nakazawa Sanfu Dazuo said respectfully, "It has been ascertained that the army on the opposite side of China is the 208th Division of China!" ”
"208th Division?" Nakajima asked suspiciously.
"Yes, Your Excellency! It was the 208th Division that besieged the Sixth Division not long ago, this army is an elite unit of China, and Your Excellency the General must not underestimate the enemy! Nakazawa Mifu Dazuo cautiously persuaded.
"Yaga! What a branch of the elite! In front of my invincible Imperial Army is a rabble! Gu Shoufu's defeat was all caused by his stupid pig-like command, if it had been replaced by our 16th Division, the imperial army would have already captured Shimen! Nakajima said angrily. The defeat of the Sixth Division in Baoding also caused a great shock to the Yue army, and one division was completely defeated, with losses of more than two-thirds, and even the division commander was killed. Such a result made the political axe deeply ashamed. Although the party had the intention to conceal this matter, the Huaxia side took out Gu Shoufu's body, so that the side could not deny it at all. Front-line generals like Nakajima Isago also held their breath in their hearts, always thinking of annihilating the 26th Group Army of China in order to wash away the shame brought to the imperial army by Gu Shoufu's idiot.
"Hayi! Your Excellency the General taught you a lesson! It's a humble job! Nakazawa Sanfu Osaku said with a respectful expression with his head lowered.
"Yo Xi! It's time for the people of China to see the power of the Imperial Army! Nakajima said coldly.
"Hayi!" Nakazawa Mitsuo Dazuo responded respectfully.
Then Nakazawa Sanfu Dazuo ordered the army to launch an attack, the army tactics are notoriously rigid, the 16th Division after arriving in North China, all the way forward, almost never encountered the strong resistance of the Chinese army, the 16th Division from the division commander to the soldiers below, all of them are crazy and boundless, still holding the ridiculous mind that the imperial army is invincible, so the tactics of the 16th Division are still the same, first send a small force to launch a tentative attack, attract the enemy to expose firepower, and then launch an artillery bombardment.
But this time, their tried and tested old tricks obviously lost their effectiveness. The army first sent a squadron of soldiers to launch a tentative attack in a straggler line. Everything was normal at the beginning, but it was a little abnormal when it came to the back, until the attacking troops of the army entered within 300 meters, and there was not the slightest movement on the opposite position. According to past experience, when the army entered a distance of 500 meters at most, the opposing Chinese army could not help but open fire, but today this Chinese army was obviously restrained enough, and 300 meters had already entered the effective range of rifles, but the opposite position was quiet and terrifying, and even gave these little devils an illusion that there was no Chinese army on the opposite position at all.
"Shouldn't all the Chinese army be scared away!" A soldier Cao said to the squadron leader beside him with a grin.
"Yaga! Don't be careless! Keep moving! "The squadron leader was obviously much more cautious than that military cao, and at this time, the squadron leader, relying on his years of combat experience, suddenly smelled a hint of danger. But he did not complete the task, so he could only order the troops to move on.
It's 200 meters! The people of China haven't shot yet, and the squadron leader's heart is already a little anxious at this time, these people are too calm! "Keep going!" The squadron leader yelled.
The army continued to advance cautiously, and soon walked a distance of another hundred meters, and at this time there were only a hundred meters left. The squadron leader already had a fine bead of sweat on his forehead, probably because he was too nervous! As the distance gradually narrowed, the sense of crisis in the squadron leader's heart became stronger and stronger.
"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader! Charge! It seems that the people of China have all been scared away! Or they were already frightened and didn't dare to shoot at the imperial army! The military cao next to him smiled triumphantly.
The squadron leader swallowed a mouthful of saliva, gritted his teeth and pulled out his command knife, swung forward and shouted loudly, "Kill it!" Although the squadron leader rushed to the slightest danger, the task was not completed at this time, and he naturally could not order a retreat. And the squadron leader thought luckily in his heart, with the firepower configuration of the Zhina people, even if they were shooting at this time, the distance of less than 100 meters, the imperial army could rush to the opposite position in just ten seconds, as long as it was mixed with the Zhina people, and when the follow-up troops arrived, the imperial army would be able to break through the position of the Zhina people in one fell swoop, and the first merit of breaking through the position of the Zhina army would fall on him.
Under the order of the squadron leader, the little devils rushed over one by one with bayonets and screaming.
"Da Da Da!" The crisp sound of gunfire finally broke the deathly silence, and a dense rain of bullets blew from the opposite position, sweeping the little devil to the ground like a wheat harvester.
Looking at the tongue of fire that kept spewing out from the opposite position, Nakajima Imasa, who was watching the battle behind, couldn't help but be stunned, "Yaga Ya Road!" How could the people of China have such a powerful firepower! "As an old devil, Nakajima Imasago naturally saw at a glance that the Shina army on the opposite side did not use machine guns at all, at most some submachine guns, but the splashing rain of bullets couldn't help but make Nakajima Imasago wonder in his heart, how many people are there on the other side?