flstandardbreds Chapter 114 Breaking the Balance
Chapter 114 Breaking the Balance
General Chujiro Miura of the 69th Division was sighing in the temporary command post.
He never expected that the 82th Infantry Brigade and the 83nd/84rd/85th/th Independent Infantry Battalion, which he led, would be stopped in Dianshang Town by the so-called "local armed forces" that were not even registered with the Chinese Ministry of Military and Political Affairs.
"Report to the General, a telegram from General Yoshio Shinozuka!"
Keisuke Miura opened the telegram and his brows furrowed more and more as he read it.
Yoshio Shinozuka scolded him so badly that he almost asked him to cut open his stomach and apologize. He ordered the four infantry battalions of the 5th Brigade to arrive at the Shipo Township position before midnight.
"Baga! General Shinozuka, don't you know how tenacious our enemies are?"
In just a few days, his four infantry battalions took turns attacking the Eighth Route Army in Dianshang Town, but were driven back by grenades and Mauser rifles.
He also didn't expect that these two local regiments had such powerful firepower, and even the number of infantry guns and mortars was comparable to theirs.
Up to this point, his four infantry battalions had suffered more than 1,500 casualties.
A rank higher in rank can crush a person to death, especially in the Japanese army where those above them are respected.
"Notify the troops to prepare lunch and launch the general attack at 2pm!"
"Hayi!"
Keiichi Miura Tadayoshi's situation is terrible, and Ding Wei and Kong Jie's situation is not much better.
They were stationed on the left and right wings of the main traffic arteries outside Dianshang Town, and were communicating through the walkie-talkies sent by Li Yunlong.
"Old Ding, how are you doing? Our New Second Regiment has more than 1,100 casualties, and we only have more than 2,000 soldiers left!"
"Hey, Lao Kong, you secretly developed such a large army? I didn't realize that you were such an honest person. How could you become a bad person after spending two days with Li Yunlong?"
"Stop talking nonsense. Aren't you also a group of 4,000 people? We are all brothers who share the same abode. Who doesn't know who else?"
"Haha, my New 1st Regiment is better than you. We suffered more than 800 casualties, and we still have over 3,000 left."
This year, with Li Yunlong's support in various ways, both the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments developed rapidly.
Especially the New 1st Regiment, which already had less than 2,000 people when Li Yunlong was there, and all of their rifles were replaced with Mauser rifles. After Ding Wei took over, the regiment continued to grow and become stronger, and became a lot richer.
The New Second Regiment was a little weaker, but any leaks through Li Yunlong's fingers were enough for Kong Jie to fill his stomach, especially during the Linzhou Defense War, when he could pick up equipment from the ground at will.
If they were not strong enough, they would not be able to withstand the successive attacks of the four battalions of the Japanese.
"Old Kong, stop talking nonsense. Old Li, the local rich man, said he would send us some grenades so that we can beat the Japanese hard. I asked for 30,000 grenades. Is that too little?"
When Kong Jie heard this, he felt very disappointed.
"Old Ding, I just asked for 20,000 yuan, and I was wondering why this guy agreed so readily!"
Li Yunlong, who was dozens of miles away, was eating dumplings with the wounded soldiers in a field hospital when he suddenly felt his ears getting hot and sneezed.
"Damn it, some guy must be cursing me behind my back! Bah bah bah!"
Although Li Yunlong was muttering to himself, his mouth was not idle. He kept stuffing dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage into his mouth one by one without stopping.
Doctor Ke Lihua, who came from afar, also adapted to the local customs and was now able to skillfully use chopsticks to pick up dumplings, and his speed was no slower than Wang Meng.
"Doctor Ke, I didn't expect that you have completely adapted to our life?"
"It's OK, Chief of Staff Wang. The food here suits my taste very well, and the medical equipment is excellent. I am proud to be here!"
"That's good, Doctor Ke, I have something I want to discuss with you..."
Now that the Infantry School, Artillery School and Tank School have been established, he also wants to set up a health school to train doctors and nurses to serve the local area, and to train medical soldiers and field doctors for the troops.
Doctor Ke Lihua admired Wang Meng's foresight very much. He immediately put down his chopsticks and pointed to Lin Shubing who was comforting the wounded soldiers with Zhao Gang.
"Coach Lin also told me about this proposal. I fully agree. I request to be the principal of this school. There is a saying in China that students will be everywhere in the world. I want this feeling."
Wang Meng nodded repeatedly. Since they had the same idea, he decided to do it, even if it was for the lives of the common people and soldiers!
The aroma of dumplings filled the air in the Taihang Mountain base, and each regiment received a lot of them.
If there are not enough dumplings, you can have instant noodles. In short, you can eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks.
The Japanese were not having a good time. They had finally transported some food from Pingshun County under the bombardment. Just as they started a fire to cook, they were destroyed by a shelling from Wang Chengzhu's artillery.
"Good job, just go and beat him up where the smoke is coming out, no matter if there's anyone there or not, just do it anyway!"
Under Wang Chengzhu's cold attack, the Japanese soldiers didn't get to eat hot meals for a long time.
Nagano Yuichiro was furious and mobilized the Japanese air force in Taiyuan. Fifteen planes loaded with bombs flew towards the Shipo Township position.
Having learned from the lessons of being shot down several times before, the Japanese planes did not dare to fly too low, but if the altitude was too high, the impact point would easily deviate too much. This put a lot of pressure on the Japanese in Shiyaoao, who were afraid that the bomb would fall on their heads.
A light bomber of the Japanese bravely swooped down and tried to drop a bomb on the Eighth Route Army's position in Shipo Township, but it was directly shot into a sieve by sixty anti-aircraft guns and disintegrated and exploded in the air.
"Baga! Blow up the anti-aircraft gun position first!"
The Japanese used six heavy bombers as bait to attract most of the anti-aircraft artillery positions.
The three Japanese light bomber planes dived down again, heading towards the anti-aircraft artillery position on the far right, pointing their spearheads at the six anti-aircraft guns that were spitting flames.
After the six anti-aircraft guns discovered the intentions of the enemy's three light bombers, the first and second gunners quickly turned the direction and elevation angle to lock the crosshairs on the enemy's dive route.
The third gunner quickly sets the target distance, and the fourth gunner sets the target speed and route.
Five gunners pushed the shells into the magazine.
After the preparations were completed, the second gunner of the six anti-aircraft guns stepped on the firing pedal without mercy, and shell after shell fired a barrage in the air, directly creating an aerial minefield.
The first diving light bomber was quickly shot up, creating a firework display in the sky.
The second dive bomber was better than the first and survived a few seconds faster.
But the third bomber broke through the barrage and dropped two high-explosive bombs on the anti-aircraft gun position, immediately hitting an anti-aircraft gun and destroying it.
The remaining five anti-aircraft guns of the bombed anti-aircraft artillery position immediately recaptured the target, and the angry shells directly sent the triumphant bomber to hell.
After receiving the news, other anti-aircraft artillery positions fired crazily at the Japanese bombers in the sky as if their shells were free.
Seeing that the independent column's artillery was not easy to deal with, the Japanese bombers dropped the bombs they were carrying at random in Shipo Township and walked away wagging their tails.
"The Imperial Air Force has completed its mission, the rest will be left to the Army!"