741. Carpet bombing
At 3:00 p.m. on September 25, 1937, Ling Kaishan got the news that the special train of the little devil's commander of the North China Front, Shouichi Terauchi, had arrived at the railway station. Officers of the 6th Division and above, led by division commander Toshio Tani, went to meet them.
The latest news received by Ling Kaishan has finally been determined that the headquarters of Shouichi in the temple is really located in the Governor's Mansion of Zhili. Moreover, Gu Shoufu washed the dust of the commander Terauchi Shouichi at night, and it was also a huge celebration banquet.
"Lao Tzu is really rich!" When Ling Kaishan got the news, his heart couldn't support it anymore, and he was so excited: "It's really a good time now, a general, a lieutenant general, three major generals, and a lot of big Zuo Zhongzuo came to eat, shouldn't Lao Tzu be counted?" ”
At 7:30 p.m., Ling Kaishan hid in a cave and asked the two radio stations to send out the same telegram, once again confirming the key bombing area. At the same time, the news that General Terauchi Shouichi took his headquarters to Qingyuan City was reported.
At 19:58 on September 25, 1937, Bai Shujie, commander-in-chief of the Rehe Front, suddenly issued a telegram: "In the past ten days, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army has committed all kinds of evil. More than 9,000 civilians and prisoners of war were slaughtered in Gaobeidian, Dingxing, and Xushui, becoming the first animal army in the world! ”
"The Rehe Front has repeatedly warned that as long as the little devils dare to massacre civilians and abuse prisoners of war, we will redouble the punishment! This commander now officially issued an order: All the officers and soldiers of my Rehe Front Army, as long as they encounter the 6th Animal Division of the little devil, will not be forgiven, and all of them will be killed! This cloth in the world, salty to know! ”
A power-on, suddenly earth-shattering!
Of course, it is not how powerful this power is, but it has long been ambushed in three artillery positions 10 kilometers away from Qingyuan County, and a total of 248 artillery pieces fired the first shell at the same time, and the carpet bombing officially began!
The location of the 1st Reconnaissance Company under Ling Kaishan was now the only place where no shells fell. This location is not elsewhere, it is the Huaijun Office.
The commander of the first company is now lying on the top of the archway, observing the bombing effect with a telescope, and providing correction parameters to the artillery at any time.
The shells of the 75mm field cannon were better, they would only tear off the roof. But the shells of the 105mm field cannon, where they fell, those walls were blown apart like paper paste.
The place where the first shells were concentrated was the Naoli Governor's Palace. The 108 shells, without any specific distribution rules, suddenly blew up this small courtyard into a mess, and the sky-high fire suddenly rose.
The commander of the first company knew that there must be a little devil's car and gasoline in this place, otherwise, no incendiary bombs were used now, and it should not have caused a fire.
"This is not a place for people, Lao Tzu is about to become deaf!"
The commander of the first company originally had earplugs, but he had never seen the spectacular sight of hundreds of cannons bombarding at the same time, so he wanted to experience it for himself.
Unexpectedly, the nearest shells were three hundred meters away, which still made him have the urge to vomit blood. The ear drums, in particular, simply could not withstand such a dense explosion.
At the same time, the artillery battalion of the Zhangfang Independent Regiment and the mountain artillery battalion and air defense battalion of the Rao'an Independent Division in Huangcun in the north also launched a destructive artillery bombardment on the city wall of Qingyuan County.
The fortifications arranged by the little devils along the moat did not have the slightest effect at all. In less than half an hour, it was all in ruins. All the little devils in the fortifications were blown to pieces, and the light and heavy weapons were also reduced to parts.
This can't be blamed on the little devils cutting corners, Jiang someone's central army has no planes, tanks, and artillery, let alone those local armies. So the little devils of the 6th Animal Division built machine-gun fortifications and some ordinary trenches.
Besides, the 6th Animal Division won't be staying here for long. As long as Commander Terauchi Shouichi arrives one by one, and then the garrison is transferred, and the independent mixed 5th Brigade is transferred, the 6th Animal Division will continue to move south, so there is no need to build permanent fortifications.
It's a pity, not to mention ordinary little devils, even Commander Terauchi Shouichi didn't expect that just one day after the fall of Qingyuan County, the Chinese army began a major counteroffensive!
In this sense, this Qingyuan county town is a tomb deliberately left, and the Chinese army adopted the most classic "please enter the urn" strategy!
Just now after receiving a telegram from the Rehe Front, Gu Shoufu laughed: "The samurai of the empire, can they all be scared to death by a telegram?" Bai Shujie, the devil, I must settle accounts with him! ”
As a result, before his words landed, the first batch of shells had already fallen from the sky, and the banquet hall (the main hall of the Governor's Mansion of Zhili) was blown up on the spot!
I don't know what's going on, so I set fire to something, and the fire is getting bigger and bigger!
What is Ling Kaishan doing? He took a company with him, and now he is hiding in the tunnels more than three meters underground in the Naoli Governor's Mansion and the Qiangu Shogunate. The sound of explosions on the ground reaching the ground was equally terrifying.
Therefore, Ling Kaishan and the others did not enter the scope of the Zhili Governor's Mansion, in case the tunnel was blown up, they would be buried alive. It would be too unjust to be buried alive by your own artillery, and to direct the shelling yourself!
Originally, there was a sandwich road between the Naoli Governor's Mansion and the Qiangu Shogunate, which was also called the Fire Road and the Patrol Road. To put it bluntly, this place serves three purposes:
On peaceful days when there was no war, this passage was called the Changeover, that is, the place where the watchman walked.
In the event of a fire, this passage not only cuts off the fire path, but also provides passage for those who are fighting the fire.
In times of war, this passage is a fast passage for soldiers, which can protect the governor's palace as quickly as possible.
Now, Ling Kaishan and the others are hiding in the tunnel under the mezzanine, and once there is a collapse in front of them, they can exit the tunnel as quickly as possible.
Hearing that there was no more explosion close at hand overhead, Ling Kaishan shouted in a low voice: "Follow me and see if those general-level old devils have been blown up!" ”
The exit of the tunnel is located under the wall of a small pavilion in the northeast corner of the "Retreat Hall", which is the least likely to be visited by shells, and it is also the most hidden place.
Especially when the little devil has just occupied this place, and when he sees the wall and a small pavilion, it is clear at a glance that there is absolutely nothing, and no one will come to dig further into the ground and search.
Ling Kaishan poked out half of his head and looked out, and was immediately taken aback: "I'm cāo, isn't the incendiary bomb used last, how can there be such a big fire here?" Backwards, there is at least one squadron of imps fighting fires here, and all submachine guns are safe and ready to fight! ”
It turned out that Shouichi Terauchi had a brigade of guards who were specifically to protect the headquarters. In the "indiscriminate bombing" just now, a reinforced brigade has basically been reimbursed.
Now there are only about a hundred or so people left who can desperately put out the fire and want to pull out their commanders.
"Hit-"
Ling Kaishan and there were more than 1,000 people, all of whom were equipped with 47-round drum submachine guns, which could be used as light machine guns with the front bracket.
Now a company of more than 200 people crawled out of the tunnel, and then spread out close to the root of the eastern wall, and launched a devastating blow to the little devils who put out the fire in the center.
More than 200 submachine guns hit more than 100 unsuspecting little devils, and as a result, one of them was killed with fast movements, and all of them were empty guns with slow movements.
"A platoon guards the direction of the Gongshengming archway in front, a platoon hurriedly searches the back, and a platoon checks the fire to see if there are any living people!"
After Ling Kaishan arranged all three platoons, he took a look at the environment here: the five-bay lobby had now been completely blown up, and after being burned by fire, he couldn't see what it looked like at all.
The ground around the lobby was littered with craters, as well as corpses, guns, and redwood furniture that had been blown into unknown pieces.
It's a pity that Ling Kaishan doesn't know that this house is still a sign of shame for the entire Chinese nation!
This hall was originally a place to rule the world, but none of the previous governors had ever handled cases here.
The only time the case was handled was in October 1900, when the British, French, German, and Italian dog mongrels invaded Baoding, and the governor's office was occupied. Ting Yong and other Qing officials who stayed in the governor's office, in accordance with the instructions of Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, to "treat each other with courtesy", ordered the defenders of Zhili to withdraw from the provincial capital and let the invading army burn and loot.
However, in the lobby of the Governor's Office, the aggressors blamed others for conniving at the "boxers" to kill foreigners and burn down churches, and interrogated Tingyong, Shen Jiaben, and other Qing officials, and sentenced them to death.
Foreign dog mongrels sit in the lobby of the Governor's Office to try Chinese officials, which is a great shame in the history of the Chinese nation and the Governor's Office!
Bai Shujie believes that in the past, backwardness was bound to be beaten, but now that he has the ability, he should take revenge. So he chose Qingyuan County as the grave, just to bury those dog mongrels who despised the Chinese nation!
Because of this place, a series of traitorous and unequal treaties of the Qing court were produced, which belonged to the shameful land of the Chinese nation.
Ling Kaishan doesn't know anything about history, and he doesn't want to know history at all. He found the bombed-up corpses, some hanging on the broken walls, some on the branches of trees. Some are only half of their heads, and some are only half of their legs. It was shocking and disgusting.
At this moment, Ling Kaishan felt that something liquid was dripping into his neck, and when he reached out and touched it, it turned out to be blood! Only then did he look up, and he was so frightened that he turned his head and ran: "Ouch, I'm cāo!" It's going to scare people to death! ”
What's that? It turned out to be a corpse with the upper half of the opaulette hanging from it, just hanging from a branch above his head, and with his head down!
As soon as Ling Kaishan raised his head, he almost kissed someone, so he didn't react at this moment, so he could only crawl away with a roll.
It's more than eight o'clock in the evening now, even Ling Kaishan has killed hundreds of people, but all of a sudden, even if he escapes, his heart is still pounding.
Da - Da - At the moment when Ling Kaishan was stunned, a dense submachine gun fire suddenly sounded from the northwest direction, which finally made him sober up, and he rushed in the direction of the gunfire with his legs drawn.
"Deputy Commander, there are people in the side room in front!" A warrior hiding behind a big tree saw Ling Kaishan coming, and immediately said loudly: "There should be more than a dozen of these people, but they don't listen to the greeting. The platoon commander, they have already outflanked it. ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.