Chapter 0266 Bombardment! Bombardment!
The Japanese MCC corps has three infantry brigades, two heavy artillery squadrons and one heavy machine gun squadron. The total number is more than 4,000 people.
The village brigade was completely wiped out by Dragon Boat Festival outside Changshu City. The Dragon Boat Festival sent a fake help telegram to the village.
The MCC Japanese were eager to come to rescue the village brigade, but they only left a small amount of infantry protection supplies and heavy firearms, so they took the brigade of troops to Changshu to rescue the village brigade.
Because it was a marching force, the heavy weapons it carried were limited, and more than ten trucks were galloping fast, while the remaining Japanese could only follow the car and eat dust.
The Japanese army spent nearly sixteen minutes on a marching five kilometers.
When they arrived outside Changshu City, many Japanese were so tired that they fell on the grass by the roadside.
The MCC Japanese got off the car because he could no longer hear the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of Changshu.
At this time, he was extremely worried because the guns and cannons stopped, and there were only two possibilities.
The first possibility is that the village repelled the enemy and stood firm on the high ground outside Changshu City. Another possibility is what he least wanted to see, that is, the village brigade was no longer there.
It is hard for MCC to believe that this is true. Because it is a whole brigade of troops. In order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the village brigade, he mobilized 12 80mm caliber mortars to the village.
He really couldn't imagine that the 44th Division had such military strength and courage.
He sent a reconnaissance team to investigate, but what was sent back was news that made him even more angry. The village's grandson and more than 200 imperial soldiers under him were actually hung in the woods by Chinese foot binding.
This was a barely provoked, an insult to his great Japanese empire.
The MCC Japanese were furious. Although he also felt that the enemy was deliberately angering him, he still had to meet the Chinese commander who could wipe out the village brigade for a while.
It can be said that everything is too incredible. Is this village a pig? How could he be killed outside Changshu City so easily? What methods did the enemy use?
He wouldn't believe it if he didn't witness it with his own eyes.
Of course, he also had to beware of his repetition of the same mistakes and ordered the troops to fully deploy, and two squadrons were dispatched on the left and right wings to prevent the enemy from launching sneak attacks from both wings. He led the remaining Japanese, about five squadrons of troops, and set up a formation in the center.
Eight 80mm caliber mortars and six 70mm caliber mortars are lined up and placed in front of the formation.
The MCC devils walked forward a few steps and said loudly to the mountain: "I am MCC Kang, the 16th Division of the Great Japanese Empire, the 30th Brigade, and the 38th Regiment. Who is the commander on the mountain? I am very interested in your tactics, can you come out to meet? Of course, if you are too brave, then just pretend I didn't say anything!"
"Hahaha!"
"Do you dare to come out in china coward?"
MCC's men laughed at the release of animals.
However, just as all the Japanese laughed, Dragon Boat Festival stepped on the front of the position, holding a loudspeaker in his hand and shouted: "Little Japanese, what are you crazy about? This village brigade is killed by me. What can you do? If you have a genital, come up and bite me? A bunch of waste, a coward. Didn't Matsui Ishigen teach you what a bushido is? You should rush up like a samurai instead of barking at the foot of the mountain. Do you understand?"
"Baga!"
The MCC Japanese were very angry, but he still wanted to pretend to be polite and said, "Your Excellency, can you tell me your name? In the hands of my MCC, there are immortal names."
Dragon Boat Festival looked at MCC Cang with contempt and said: "Captain Commander of the Independent Regiment of the 88th Division - Dragon Boat Festival. I fought in the battle of the Sihang Warehouse, I robbed the prisoner-war camp, I robbed the Izumo, and Yoshida Detachment was destroyed by me. Today, I will destroy your 38th Regiment under this Changshu City. Now, do you understand?"
"Nani?"
MCC was surprised. How could he not know the name Dragon Boat Festival?
In the battle of Sihang Warehouse, the Imperial Army lost nearly 5,000 people. In the prisoner-of-war camp, the defenders were shot and killed in execution style.
At the dock port, hundreds of imperial soldiers were broken, and the Izumo was seized.
The empire sent three fleets to intercept them, and two fleets were wiped out, and one fleet suffered a heavy blow. This record made Dragon Boat Festival the number one wanted criminal hunting by the Shanghai Expeditionary Army.
Matsui Ishien even offered a reward of 200,000 oceans to take the Dragon Boat Festival heads.
He once informed the entire army that if they encounter Dragon Boat Festival, they will kill this man at all costs.
So from this we can see that Matsui Ishione's hatred for Dragon Boat Festival.
However, Xie Jiaqiao and Yoshida Detachment were completely wiped out, and MCC Gang really didn't know that it was done by Dragon Boat Festival.
"Baga! Shoot me! Shoot!"
MCC Cang shouted the order. But at this time, the Dragon Boat Festival only waved its hands, but the artillery of the 44th Division had already taken action.
Dragon Boat Festival will never give the Japanese a chance to take action first.
Although it is not necessarily a strong idea to start first, it will definitely take advantage of the situation when you start first.
Sure enough, although it was just a test shot, a mortar of the Japanese was killed. The huge explosion directly swept over a dozen Japanese artillery soldiers into it.
The other shell was only thirty meters away from the MCC. The old Japanese MCC was not taken away by a single shot. He was so scared that he rolled and crawled and was rescued by his subordinates.
At the same time, the Japanese central army was blooming everywhere, and the artillery on the top of the mountain was launching indiscriminate attacks on the Japanese and firing rapidly.
This kind of shelling is not targeted, so the Japanese have no way to avoid it. They can only bet on luck and don’t hit the shells by themselves in the next second.
Of course, the Japanese artillery soldiers were not only a group of wine bags, but also threw the shells into the cannon barrel in a hurry. A wave of shells also landed on the mountain.
However, due to the hasty shooting of the Japanese, the hit rate was not high, and only one shell fell on the top of the mountain. But at this time, except for the soldiers of a company's 44th Division, who were deploying defenses on the front, there were only more than one hundred artillery soldiers.
The remaining people of the 44th Division were arranged by Dragon Boat Festival to the back of the mountain.
They cut off the soil vertically along the mountain, forming a narrow foothold in a circle. The Japanese shells could not hit here at all. Even if they crossed the top of the mountain, they could only hit the bottom of the mountain.
Therefore, the first round of Japanese bombardment had no effect at all.
Dragon Boat Festival loudly ordered: "Look for a few artillery soldiers with high hit rate to fight the Japanese artillery first. Whether this artillery battle can be won depends on yours. Kill the Japanese artillery and force the Japanese to fight us head-on, hurry up!"
"yes!"
The artillery of the 44th Division had never fought such a brave war. In the past, the commanders lived by counting shells in wars. Because except for the direct lineage of the Central Army, no army was rich. The shells were fired one less. Some shells were even exhausted and there was no place to replenish them.
Because there were too many types of artillery in the Chinese army at that time. There were in all countries. Some artillery ages were all from grandfathers. The artillery was discontinued, let alone shells?
Chapter completed!