kingnovel Chapter 816 The war is about to begin
Chapter 816 The war is about to begin
After the Japanese artilleryman was killed, Diao Sanhu immediately led his men to turn the muzzle of the gun. After all, they were all mortars, so they only needed to adjust the angle slightly and the nearby shells could be fired.
When the soldiers of the Japanese Kurai Battalion were still more than 900 meters away from the artillery position, a barrage of shells came down. Anyway, they were not our shells, so there was nothing to feel bad about. The coordinates were just a little off, so we just continued to fire.
Captain Aoi was indeed distressed, as these shells were provided by several battalions to support him, and they had also completely emptied the warehouse reserves.
Previously, because of the 72nd Army, the Japanese army's foundation in North China was destroyed, including the warehouses hidden in various places. I don't know who those guys in the 72nd Army are. We hid so well, but they finally found us and detonated us.
After the 72nd Army withdrew, the Japanese took advantage of the fact that the 72nd Army's main focus was on Southeast Asia and transported a lot of supplies to North China. However, the problem was that the transported and stored supplies were not as good as the damaged supplies. This was because the main force of the 72nd Army withdrew, but they left people in police stations in various places.
Apart from wearing police uniforms, these people's combat effectiveness is no worse than that of regular troops. The Japanese side dispatched its main forces, but they were still beaten badly by these policemen while covering the transportation of arms.
There was nothing they could do about it. Just looking at the weapons in their hands, you could tell that the Japanese soldiers were all armed with Type 38 rifles, along with crooked light machine guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns. They might not have any problem bullying the ordinary Dragon Army.
But the police station's action teams were all equipped with German submachine guns.
A submachine gun can suppress your light machine gun, and occasionally some armored vehicles will appear. What can you use to fight against them?
"Commander, the Japanese reinforcements are coming from the east."
Just when the artillery shells here were almost finished, his men came over on three-wheeled motorcycles. They were stationed at a mountain pass in the east, specifically monitoring the Japanese troops coming and going.
"Hasn't the railway line been bombed? How did they get here?"
Diao Sanhu said with some surprise that Li Shaoyi had previously obtained the rights to the Jingfeng Railway by putting pressure on Japan through Western countries.
After the war started, Li Shaoyi's order came. Our strength in North China was definitely not as strong as that of the Japanese, so when the war started, we directly blew up the railway line. We had plenty of cars, so after the railway line was gone, it was not a big loss to us.
"I don't know where they came from. They were so huge, probably several thousand people."
When Diao Sanhu heard this, his face flickered a few times, and he realized that there must be something wrong with our intelligence.
This is normal on the battlefield. If you have all the information, you will definitely be the victorious side. Changes on the battlefield are the time to test us.
"Give these people to the 29th Army and order all personnel to assemble on the east side and take out all our guys."
Diao Sanhu thought about it briefly. Without artillery, the 29th Army should be able to deal with these people. What we need to do is to resist the enemies coming from the east first and wait for support from above.
"Reporting to the Director, our sixteen bombers have taken off and will arrive in about an hour."
After hearing this, Diao Sanhu smiled again. If it weren't for the Nanjing National Government's nonsense, we would have plenty of airports in North China.
Do I need to fly here from further north?
Marshal, the same goes for us. Why should we give up the airport in North China?
In fact, he was not the only one who had this question. Many people within the 72nd Army also had this question. If Li Shaoyi were here, he would definitely give them an answer.
Li Shaoyi is a man who was reborn. What he hopes most is that the wheel of history will follow the original offensive steps. Only then will our ability to predict the future appear in all wars.
Of course, we should avoid what should be avoided. For example, the police station usually brings the village protection team to the common people to practice how to escape and not to stay in their homes.
But the main direction of attack remains the same. If our airports were spread all over North China, the Japanese would probably not be able to come up with a battle plan just by looking at the map.
It's the same if we take off from the grasslands in the north. It will take at most an hour or so. Given the Japanese's combat capabilities, what can they accomplish in an hour or so?
"Have all the troops in Beiping City gathered?"
When Diao Sanhu got on the jeep, he immediately thought of the various people around him. Although we have retreated from North China, according to what Li Shaoyi said, as long as they are armed personnel with guns and do not belong to the army or police system, we have to find a way to infiltrate them. Now we have infiltrated several thousand people.
"They've all started to advance towards the battlefield. The first ones are the Salt Administration Inspection Team, over 200 people, and the Yenching University Security Team, over 300 people. They'll be here in half an hour at most."
His subordinates had contacted them long ago. Diao Sanhu's rank was similar to those people, but according to the principles set by Li Shaoyi, whoever entered the battlefield first would be the temporary commander among the people of the same rank.
As long as no other commander is assigned to you, you must listen to the temporary commander first. Unless there is a serious mistake, no one can hesitate on the issue of command to avoid missing the opportunity to fight.
The battle had been going on for two or three hours, and all the telegrams had been sent, but there had been no instructions from the commander-in-chief, which meant that he still trusted Diao Sanhu.
East side of Peking.
"What the hell is going on with that bastard Aoi? We need to capture the entirety of Pingjin and even North China as quickly as possible. How on earth did he manage to fight against a mere county?"
The Kamikawa Regiment was the Japanese army that came to support, and was also the one discovered by Diao Sanhu's men. At this moment, Captain Kamikawa frowned and looked at the communicator next to him. Has the contact with the Aoi Battalion been cut off?
According to their battle plan, they have now entered the county town and completely blocked off the entire Peking. However, half an hour has passed and all they can hear are the sound of artillery and gunfire, but no news about the county town at all. Did the attack fail?
That's impossible. That's the strength of a battalion. They only have one battalion of the 29th Army on the front line. Can't they even defeat this?