Chapter 377: Flames Soar to the Sky
……………………………… Smack——!
Gunshots were heard from the lookout post, and the entire Japanese battalion was alarmed.
"Not good! Fuck, there's a little devil! The reconnaissance battalion commander said with a grim face.
Whoosh——!
A cold star, the Japanese troops on the lookout post softened silently.
"Battalion commander, it's solved!" Old Xiao said in a low voice. It turned out that there were two Japanese soldiers at the lookout post, but one of them was on duty and the other was dozing. There was a guardrail at the lookout post, and the Japanese soldier sat lazy under the guardrail, and the attacking reconnaissance battalion did not find it. After the other little devil fell, he was crushed to wake up, and the little devil fired a warning shot.
"It's been leaked. Rush to Lao Tzu! The reconnaissance battalion commander roared, and the black-pressed Northeast Army soldiers behind him broke through the obstacles and rushed into the Japanese camp.
It can be said that the Japanese army was really careless. The guards in the barracks are reasonably set up, but the intensity is not high. Except for a ring of obstacles outside the camp, no additional troops were being dispatched to patrol. This is also because since they came ashore from the sea to the present, they have not been harassed and blocked by the soldiers of the Northeast Army, which makes them like the protection of the navy's heavy artillery a lot.
After the gunshots, at the moment when the reconnaissance battalion launched a charge, the trumpeters of the 18th Brigade of the Northeast Army sounded the charge desperately.
Kill ——!
The earth-shattering shouts of killing made the cold winter in the Northeast a little more scorching. The little devils crawled out of the bed with sleepy eyes, facing the sharp bullets and bright bayonets of the Northeast Army.
"Mortars, mountain artillery, field artillery, all fired. There are no reserves in this operation, rush to Lao Tzu! Jiang Huai, the commander of the Eighteenth Brigade, shouted loudly.
The soldiers of the Northeast Army, like tigers opening the floodgates, rushed through the gap opened by the reconnaissance battalion into the camp of the 10th Division. Disheveled Japanese soldiers rushed out of the camp with their weapons. He was shot dead by soldiers of the Northeast Army. After all, the proportion of automated weapons in the troops of the Southern Military District is very high.
Poof! Lao Xiao not only has a good secret weapon technique, but also a bayonet killing skill. As soon as they met, they picked a devil soldier to death.
"Lao Xiao, let's go together and follow Lao Tzu to attack the enemy's headquarters!" The commander of the reconnaissance battalion leaned over and said after hacking a little devil to death.
"Battalion commander, where is the command? This devil's tent is the same, I can't find the direction! Lao Xiao said with a bitter face. Although his strength is very good, he is a road idiot, and when he sees the continuous battalion commanders of the 10th Division, his whole brain is mushy. Now it is difficult to get him out of the camp by himself, let alone find the headquarters protected by the devil's heavy troops.
"You follow me! I've seen the way the camp is set up. When I went to the cram school in the army, the instructor told me! Grandma's, as long as the little devil is not innovative, we can find it. The reconnaissance battalion commander said with a tiger on his face.
"Come on! As long as you always lead the way, my old Xiao's life will follow you! Lao Xiao patted his chest and promised.
"Hey, hey! Brother, do a good job this time, if we succeed, I will promote you to deputy battalion commander! The commander of the reconnaissance battalion said with a smile.
"Please!" Old Xiao was very excited. At his age, the reason why he will fight in the army, in addition to having nowhere to play his good skills, is also to fight while he can still fight, if he can become an officer before the age of fifty, then this life is not in vain.
"Iron Egg! Dog leftovers! Take your squad and follow Lao Tzu! Leave this periphery to the brothers in the back! Let's go touch the big fish! The commander of the reconnaissance battalion shouted. Immediately, the two squads quickly converged around the reconnaissance battalion commander, and the unit rushed straight towards the center. It seems that the reconnaissance battalion commander said that he had seen the terrain was not false.
Headquarters of the 10th Division. The moment Lieutenant General Morinari Morioka, who had just fallen asleep, heard the gunshots, he woke up and got up with a grunt.
"Where's the gun?" Lieutenant General Morioka Shounari shouted to the guards on duty outside the big tent.
"Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, it's not clear yet." The guards are also not clear.
"Check it out!" Morioka Moranari's face changed and he said loudly. He had a very bad feeling. But what it is, it is not clear.
Tick...... The loud trumpet of the Northeast Army sounded. Lieutenant General Morioka, who was walking around the camp, changed his face wildly.
"Blow the assembly trumpet!"
At this time, Lieutenant General Morioka would have been a fool if he didn't know that he had been attacked on the camp.
Doodoo ...... It's just that at this time, the Northeast Army has already rushed into the camp tent and fought with the Japanese soldiers who rushed out of the camp in a hurry. The earth-shattering shouts of killing don't need to be reminded of the assembly number at all.
"Yaga! Great cunning of the Chinese people! Quickly assemble your troops and wipe out all the Chinese troops that attacked the camp! Lieutenant General Morioka Shounari yelled loudly in the tent. Originally, you should not have taken off your clothes and slept during combat. This will affect the speed of reaction. But the winter in Tohoku is too cold. The quilts prepared by the Japanese logistics department are still quite thick, which is also so that the Japanese soldiers can rest well at night. Coupled with the possibility of war during the day, many Japanese soldiers chose to take off their clothes and go to bed. This allows for more rest. It was this kind of carelessness that when the Northeast Army rushed into the camp, many Japanese soldiers ran out wearing crotch cloths, and they didn't have time to put on clothes at all. But now little Japan doesn't care about the cold. The bayonets and dense bullets of the Northeast Army told them that if they didn't react quickly, they would die.
Kill—on the other side of the Japanese camp, there was also a dense burst of gunfire.
"Report to the division commander, there is an attack by a large force of our troops in the rear, and the troops are gathering to resist! Just ......," said the disheveled chief of staff who ran into the command.
"Just what?" Lieutenant General Morioka looked at the face of Chief of Staff Tie Qing, and the ominous feeling in his heart became more and more serious.
"The Chinese army raided the positions of the artillery wing of our division. There was turmoil on the position of the artillery wing, and it was judged that the artillery wing had the possibility of the whole army being broken! The chief of staff said with a look of trepidation.
Yaga!
Lieutenant General Morioka couldn't hold back any longer, and the boss's ear scraper swept over.
"How did you arrange the defense? How could so many troops of China touch the area around the camp and not know. You're a bastard! Lieutenant General Morioka took a few ear scrapers from the chief of staff, and without caring about anything else, he rushed out of the camp tent and began to gather his troops. Because it is the most central part of the large battalion, it is difficult for the Northeast Army to reach it in a short time. This gave Lieutenant General Morinari Morioka the opportunity to rally his forces. Soon the Japanese troops around the large camp gathered thousands of people. And it's still swelling.
"Captain Hayata, I order your troops to go to the front and stop the advance of the Shina army at all costs! Commander of the Murano Division, I order you to lead your troops forward to resist the advance of the Shina army. Captain Fujino, order your unit to support the artillery wing and grab as many heavy artillery as possible. If you can't snatch it, blow it up! ”
"Hai !!"
A brigade commander and several commanders of the Dazuo Wing ran to carry out the order of the division commander with a happy face. They did have reason to rejoice, because the Northeast Army was not attacking the positions of their wings, giving them time to assemble their own troops.
Dadada——!
The automatic firepower of the Northeast Army made the Japanese troops of the 10th Division suffer enough. And in order to inflict the greatest losses, all the camps where the soldiers of the Northeast Army passed through were set on fire. Some of the baggage and supplies that the little devil carried with him were all burned. The entire Japanese battalion was turned into a sea of fire.
Soaring to the sky, your fire can be seen for more than a dozen miles.
At sea, the soldiers on the watchtower of the Combined Fleet, which assisted the 10th Division's westward advance, noticed the sky-high flames and the faint sound of artillery at the 10th Division's station, and hurriedly reported it to Vice Admiral Hachiro Yashiro, commander of the 3rd Detachment of the Combined Fleet.
"Nani?" Vice Admiral Hachiro Yashiro, commander of the Third Fleet, was amazed. Then he quickly said to the head of the intelligence section:
"Contact Lieutenant General Morioka Morinari and ask what's going on!"
"Your Excellency Commander, was the 10th Division ambushed by the Chinese army?" Said the deputy commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Isamu Takeshita.
"Yaga! The Chinese army was as cowardly as a mouse, and they dared to attack the Imperial Army within the protection of the Great Japanese Navy? It's impossible. Lieutenant General Hachiro Yashiro scolded loudly. Vice Admiral Kato Dingyoshi was already the captain of a major warship of the Japanese Combined Fleet during the Sino-Japanese War, and he had seen the fragile appearance of the huge Chinese Empire, not to mention that the current Chinese Empire had become a weak country in China, and the Great Japanese Empire had become the largest power in Asia. The Imperial Japanese Army even defeated Russia, a world power. From any point of view, the Shina army could not have been an opponent of the Great Japanese Imperial Army. Although the Japanese army and navy were seriously competitive, they were after all compatriots, and when faced with foreign enemies, they could always deal with them together. This is also the reason why Japan's crippled form of government has been able to rise so quickly.
"Report to Your Excellency the Commander! Lieutenant General Morioka sent information. The camp of the 10th Division was attacked by night by a large number of Chinese troops, and now a fierce battle is going on between the two sides! ”
"Nani?"
Lieutenant General Hachiro Yashiro's old face turned a little red. He just said that the Chinese army did not dare to attack the imperial army, and now the imperial army is being attacked by the Chinese army, which is simply a naked slap in the face. Damn the Shina people, when did they become so brave that they even dared to attack the division-sized garrison of the Imperial Japanese Army.
"Order the main guns of each ship to be ready, and wait for my orders at any time!" Lieutenant General Hachiro Yashiro said with a fierce face.
"Your Excellency, Commander, please wait. Now the Chinese army and our Great Japanese Imperial Army are strangled together, if heavy artillery is used. I am afraid that the Imperial Japanese Army will suffer even greater losses. Major General Isamu Takeshita hurriedly stopped. After all, it's night. Cannonballs don't have long eyes. The enemy and us are strangled together and bombarded with heavy artillery, which is a desperate plan. This is also absolutely not allowed to fire at the troops of colleagues within the Japanese army.
"Yaga! Of course I know this, I just ordered the troops to prepare so that they can provide fire support to the army at any time! Lieutenant General Hachiro Yashiro scolded. This deputy commander is becoming more and more arrogant. Now they dare to openly contradict him.
(To be continued)