Major General Morishima Kurogai never expected that his first meeting with the Russians would actually proceed in that way.
Even the Russians were nowhere to be seen, and the Russian artillery shells were overwhelming.
Boom——
The powerful 203mm high-explosive grenade exploded, and tons of dust and ash were launched directly into the sky like a volcanic eruption.
A huge number of devils ascended to the sky together with them, or rather, fragments of devils whose human form was no longer visible.
All kinds of missing arms and legs and stumps whose original appearance could not be seen were scattered in all directions, and tons of soil were thrown together at a height of twenty or thirty meters. Then they hit the east hard due to the gravity of the earth and fell.
Return to the ground.
The Japanese soldiers sitting on horseback in the east field were miserable when the truck was there, and Major General Morishima Kurōgai, who was riding a tall horse, turned out to be no better.
The frightened war horse suddenly jumped up with its front hooves and flew high into the air. Morishima Kuroi, who was riding on the horse's back and holding the reins with his legs, did not react. He fell to the ground with his center of gravity unstable and fell to the ground on his back.
What's even more critical is that the shrapnel that hit at high speed directly hit the huge war horse with blood holes all over its body. Who knows how many bullets were hit in that instant.
Morishima Kurokai, who fell to the ground and was shocked, could not see that the war horse, which screamed in mourning, had no time to lower its front hooves, and then slammed backwards with a high posture.
What a coincidence, the direction in which the war horse fell to the east happened to be in the wrong direction of Morishima Kurokai, who fell to the ground.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Morishima Kurokai wanted to run away quickly, and immediately rolled to the ground and struggled desperately, but in the end it was too late.
"Uhhhhhh!!!"
A heart-rending scream echoed across the sky.
Morishima Kurokai, who felt as if half of his body had been smashed, was in unbearable pain. His throat felt sweet and he couldn't hold it back any longer. On the spot, a mouthful of blood spurted out.
The huge impact of the moment when the war horse fell heavily to the ground hit Morishima Kurokai to such a degree that he suffered severe fractures and injuries, including almost half of his body being completely scrapped.
"Someone - come quickly! Come help him and pull him out!"
Half of his body was pinned down by the corpse of the war horse. Morishima Kurokai, who was seriously injured and unable to move, struggled desperately, but to no avail.
No matter how hard he tried, he was still unable to move even half a step away from the heavy body of the war horse.
If you have no choice, you can call for help, but the "come and go at a moment's notice" that works so well in ordinary months, has completely changed the appearance of the eyes, and it is like a different kind of thing that makes people shiver down their spines.
The desperate situation.
The Russian heavy artillery barrage was not only overwhelming, but large-caliber artillery shells rained down in the east, exploding in various places visible and invisible to the naked eye.
Unable to escape on his own, Morishima Kurokai could do nothing. He could only watch helplessly as the soldiers in front of him were blown up like a boat in the sea by the crazy wave of Russian shells and fled in all directions.
A considerable number of people did not even have a chance to escape, and were crushed on the spot by the huge explosion, with their bones shattered and ashes scattered.
"The brigade commander's pavilion is to the east! The brigade commander's pavilion is to the east!!"
Thanks to that, everyone was focused on running for their lives and completely forgot about themselves.
Morishima Kurogai, who was looking surprised, saw a major rushing towards him quickly. He was about to say something, so he quickly asked for him to be pulled out before he could say anything.
But he didn't expect that the shrapnel coming at high speed was much faster than his closing and opening movements.
The large shrapnel, which is about the size of a fist, is very powerful and heavy, and the equivalent power calculated in terms of impact energy is already higher than that of conventional full-power rifle bullets, making it even more terrifying.
Poof——
As soon as the shrapnel hit him, half of his head was chopped off on the spot.
Morishima Kuroi, whose eyes were as big as a cow's egg, was full of shock and astonishment. He didn't even notice because the distance was so close. He was only two steps away, and even he was covered by half of his head.
The sticky substance sprayed out of it splashed all over his face.
Plop——
The body with only half of its head hanging from its neck fell heavily, but accidentally fell head-on due to the movement of running forward. The distance to Morishima Kurokai was very close, and the only thing left in the East District was
District two steps away.
The eastern half of the body was hit by a horse corpse, and the upper half of the body was hit by a human corpse.
Morishima Kurokai, who was covered in the stench of blood and corpses in Toto City, felt extremely aggrieved. No one could help him, and he didn't think he was in such a bad situation. If he had stayed in the county town, why would he have ended up in that place now?
Do you regret it?
I do regret it, but it's too late now.
The roar of heavy artillery in his ears was still continuous, with explosions scattered in all directions. Morishima Kurokai, whose body was close to the ground, could feel the trembling of the earth, as if he was at the scene of an earthquake that was shaking wildly.
His ears were almost completely deafened by the continuous explosions of artillery shells, and he could no longer hear anything. Even his internal organs, which were deeply traumatized, seemed to be aggravated by the violent shaking of the earth at that moment.
Morishima Kurokai, who had a strong desire to survive, did not want to die there in such frustration, let alone give up in despair.
"Drink - ah -"
Gritting his teeth and exerting all his strength, he tried to push away the dead Major Toru's body that was pressing on his body.
But Morishima Kurogai overestimated his eyesight's physical condition, no matter how hard he exerted his arms and gritted his teeth, he tried his best.
The dead body pressing on his chest and head was still as heavy as a mountain and motionless.
"Is that the end? Is it the end of Morishima Kurokai?? Died to the east of two corpses of a man, a horse???"
Even breathing became more and more difficult, and he couldn't help but ask himself, and even Morishima Kurogai almost gave up completely.
Unexpectedly, at that last moment when they were resigned to their fate and waiting for death, two Japanese-like soldiers who rushed over despite the flying shrapnel and the risk of coal being blown into a pulp were once again plunged into despair.
Morishima Kurokai saw the hope of life.
"Brigade Commander Ge Dong! Are you able to move? Are you able to stand up!?"
After removing the major's body that was pressing down on him, the two anxious Japanese soldiers immediately rushed towards Morishima Kurogai, who was obviously in a bad state, and asked questions.
He didn't wait for a reply from the brigade leader Ge Dong, but he did wait for the brigade leader Ge Dong to point at his ears and wave his legs repeatedly.
There was no protection from such huge continuous explosions of Tellurium, not even basic shell-proof holes and trenches.
Not to mention that Morishima Kurokai was almost deaf. Even the two Japanese soldiers who were the captains of the first aid brigade were in no better condition and could only communicate by kicking their legs.
It was only after seeing Morishima Kurogai's leg kicks that the two Japanese soldiers, who were thinking about the leader of the emergency brigade, realized it.
It turns out that my ears are no different than being unable to hear.
There were obviously huge explosions all around, and all kinds of high-speed shrapnel shrieked and flew in all directions, but it was as if my ears had been turned off to mute mode, and I could barely hear anything.
Dong consciously stretched out his legs and wiped his ears, and when he took a look, Dong Na realized that his legs were covered in blood.
He didn't care whether his ears could be saved, so he quickly rescued the brigade leader Ge Dong and then brought him to a safe place.
The two Japanese soldiers, who were completely ignorant of themselves, used all their strength to lift the heavy horse carcass to a gap. Only then could Morishima Kuroi, who was like a dead dog, move on his own.
, crawling forward along the ground, and finally pulled out.
But if I pull away, I can't stand up again, at least if I can't stand up at all.
He tried struggling to stand up several times but to no avail. Even the command knife was pinned down by Morishima Kurokai, who Ma Shidong couldn't even care about. Two Japanese soldiers, one on each side, dragged their arms and rushed to set it up.
The posture is to move to a safe position of the expected target.
When I stood up and took a look, I realized that there was no "safe position" at all to the east of the heavy artillery barrage.
Everywhere as far as the eye can see, there are constantly exploding Russian artillery shells, huge fires and high-speed impacting shrapnel, which is the only main rhythm behind the barrage of waves.
There were corpses, wreckage, countless broken limbs and broken arms, as well as fragmented parts of various weapons and equipment.
His face and eyes were full of negative signs almost everywhere, but there was no place where he could be called safe.
If you have no other choice, you can quickly choose the "safest place among unsafe places" and hide it first. Whether you live or die depends on your luck.
Two Japanese soldiers plus a major general, the three of them combined cannot make up a pair of useful ears.
If you are bombarded and there is really nowhere to hide, you can just pick a bigger crater on the spot and jump in like a dog eating shit with all your strength.
I felt that the earth in my body was still shaking violently, and I was tortured by the severe pain of the shattered fractures of my legs.
I have never suffered such a crime since I joined the army. Even before I joined the army and since I came out of my mother's womb, I have never suffered such a crime.
"Baga! Those idiots at the Kwantung Army Headquarters! They knew the Russians were invincible and sent him to die, but if he begged him to come back alive, he would never end up with those idiots! No, he had to come back alive no matter what!
You must live!"
Morishima Kurokai, who was secretly cruel, threw all the blame on the head of the Kwantung Army Headquarters.
Deciding that there was someone out there who was not on good terms with him, and deliberately seeking to kill himself in a different way, he then used the Russian's legs to kill him with a borrowed knife.
Regardless of what Morishima Kurokai thought and planned to do in the future despite gritting his teeth secretly and vowing revenge, he still had no idea whether he would survive the disaster.
Not far away from the piles of Japanese who were bombed by heavy artillery and unable to take care of themselves, there was a one-stop service to kill and bury them, saving them from even digging their own graves.
The Red Army scouts, who were closely observing the Japanese in distress, had already sent updated strike targets back to the artillery positions in the rear.
Not only that, it is even possible to contact the command post at the rear through the radio of the jeep driving across the river in an emergency, and fully describe how happy Tsukimoto is now.
"It's clear. Let's continue to observe and calibrate the strike targets for the artillery, so that the more and more accurate firepower can be projected to the enemy to maximize the damage! Wrong! We don't care about the consumption of artillery shells now. If we miss the enemy and cause the most damage to the enemy, we can blow it up.
Open your mouth and hit!"
"Okay, let's do that. If there are any new situations, we will report them in a timely manner."
Because of the importance of combat, Malashenko directly contacted the forward scouts by leapfrogging. After listening to the complete report transmitted by the radio and giving orders, he put down the microphone and turned to the political commissar comrade.
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"The effect of the strike is very good. The forward scouts reported that the enemy's actions have completely stopped. They are now stuck in the artillery bombardment area and cannot move forward or retreat. It is a luxury to hope to even move a little bit."
It is good to be bombed and eat artillery shells in the preset position, but it is worse to be bombed on the march without bunker.
What's even worse is that he was bombed in an open plain, with no village in front of him, no shop behind him, and no place to hide. So even trying to find a ravine and a boulder to hide became a dream.
Therefore, the enemy's current state coincides with the moment when the bombardment results can be maximized.
In line with the battlefield truth of "asking for my life while I am sick", Malashenko, who beat the drowned dog without any weakness in his legs, not only had no intention of giving up when the situation was good.
Instead, they plan to continue to output the firepower of the more than 300 heavy artillery clusters, and continue to blast the Japanese until they disappear.
As for how long it will take before the bomb explodes, Malashenko has not thought too much about it for the time being.
In short, let’s talk about whether to show off the bomb. The sound of artillery will not stop coming from the east! We will make decisions based on feedback from the front line while bombing.
Anyway, I have enough artillery shells, so much that 100 rounds of heavy artillery shells per person in my regiment is more than enough.
The surplus military supplies that the Nazis have not used up cannot be wasted. Expired ammunition is very troublesome to destroy. It is better to take this opportunity to reward the enemy. At least it can be used to its best advantage, which is worse than destroying it after its expiration date. Seek strength.
It is said that even when he was in Berlin, Malashenko had never made such an order, pouring out artillery shells so madly regardless of consumption.
At that time, Berlin had to at least consider that the road conditions in the city were complicated and difficult to navigate. The supplies available to the siege team entering the city were very limited due to the poor road conditions, especially the heavy equipment and ammunition of the siege team.
Save your time.
But it's different now.
Now the entire artillery force is backed by the Far East Military Region, which is very close to Luojiang.
Since the Nazis were barely dead, preparations for the war have been carried out until now. Huge amounts of ammunition reserves have been accumulated. Even Malashenko himself cannot give an accurate estimate.
The cannonball tubes are sufficient and can be easily replenished, so there is no need to waste them if they are left unfired.
What does that mean? Based on the number of Japanese soldiers, each person should be fired with at least 10 heavy artillery shells on average first.
Or was it because he was shocked by Malashenko's "relentless heavy artillery" over-the-horizon annihilation battle, and the political commissar who responded with a dumb smile shook his head slightly helplessly and spoke.
"It's just a regiment, with a maximum of 4,000 people. But I mobilized more than half of the army, and the artillery bombardment of the leadership army cannot be explained by simply "paying attention to the wrong leg."
Malashenko, who had slowly walked to the map, was still smiling. Hearing the words of Comrade Political Commissar with a smile, he raised his leg and marked the map himself while speaking.
"Those Yueben Japs are hiding in the county town, kidnapping civilians as a shield. They really know how to tie their legs, and there's no good way to deal with them."
"Who made those blind bastards dare to go out of the city for a decisive battle? Since he is looking for death, of course he has to help them."
"Since the era of the leader's division, there has never been an enemy who can defeat the leader's name in a frontal field battle. This was true in the past, and it is not the same now. He asked those Yuemoto Japanese to know if they dared to go out of the city for a decisive battle with the leader's army.
Dongchang, he will surely eat those Japanese bastards tomorrow!"