The lights symbolizing civilization are so eye-catching in today's land of China that the Eighth Route Army soldiers in the Caijiayu ambush position almost instantly discovered the group of Type 94 trucks on the Weidai Highway.
The soldiers of the 687th Regiment of the Red Front Army instantly entered combat mode and locked onto the Japanese convoy that was slowly approaching in the distance.
"Every unit should take cover and wait for the attack signal!" Zhang Dong, the regiment leader, immediately cheered up and issued the order. Then, with the help of optical binoculars, his eyes were fixed on the Japanese trucks driving smoothly on the Weidai Highway.
The combat mission of the 687th Regiment is to cut off the tail. What they have to do is to let the Japanese advance troops pass, wait for the main force of the Japanese army to enter the entire ambush pocket, and then cut off the opponent's retreat route, rather than alerting the enemy.
Ten minutes later, the Japanese convoy arrived at the Caijiayu ambush position along the Weidai Highway. The leading vehicle drove directly into the narrow section of the road and entered the Shiliqiaogou area without any stop. The whole process was completely unprepared.
Be on guard?
Sorry, for the reinforcements of the Fifth Division, there is no need to do this.
The reason is simple, they have no enemies.
For the Fifth Division, all enemies are on the Pingxingguan battlefield. There is no organized Chinese army in the area outside the pass, and it is a safe area.
One after another, the Type 94 trucks passed the Caijiayu intersection and drove slowly and steadily into Shiliqiaogou. The formation was like a long dragon with no bottom in sight. Each truck was full and carried more than a dozen Japanese soldiers with live ammunition and some troops.
Military supplies.
"Thirty cars..."
"Fifty-five vehicles..."
"Eighty cars..."
"Ninety vehicles..."
"One hundred and one trucks, including motorcycles and cars, the Japanese vanguard force has about 2,000 troops. If nothing else, this should be the main force of the 21st Brigade in the field." The regiment leader Zhang Dong crawled in the ambush position and carefully
Count the number of Japanese vehicles passing through the positions, estimate the approximate strength of the Japanese vanguard, and then dispatch communications troops to report this information to the brigade headquarters and share battlefield intelligence.
By the time the vanguard of the Japanese army had completely passed the Caijiayu intersection, more than an hour had passed. Only then did the Japanese army's real logistics troops appear.
One after another, carriages loaded with various military supplies and ammunition supplies came into view, driving along the Weidai Highway and slowly approaching the Caijiayu intersection. The number of carriages was so large that at a glance they far exceeded the leading Japanese troops.
A rough estimate of the number of vehicles used by the troops was nearly 200 baggage carriages.
The reason for using so many baggage carriages is simple: it needs to meet the total supply capacity of a complete brigade for offensive operations.
After roughly ascertaining the enemy's situation, the regiment leader Zhang Dong once again sent a communications soldier to report to the brigade headquarters the number of Japanese baggage carriages and troop strength, and then waited for the signal of the general attack.
"It's so beautiful..." The slightly pungent engine exhaust filled the carriage and filled the tip of the nose. Sakai Masizumi, a newly recruited soldier, sat quietly on the bumpy bench of the carriage, holding his beloved Type 38 rifle in his hands, a pair of revealing
The student's eyes looked around, enjoying the scenery of this foreign country.
No, to be precise, it’s the beauty of the ‘future home’.
Because Chief Matsui Fujiwara once told him personally that they were undertaking an extremely great undertaking - fighting for the future of the Yamato nation and establishing a social circle belonging to the Yamato nation and people. Like him,
There will be fewer and fewer people studying in the future because their families cannot afford the expensive tuition.
Masaizumi Sakai was born in the middle class. There are six people in his family. His father is a carpenter, his mother runs a grocery store, he has a sister and two younger brothers. As the eldest son of the family, Masaizumi Sakai was admitted to a junior high school with his excellent academic talent. However,
When I finished junior high school and faced senior high school, my family could no longer afford the expensive tuition fees.
"Sakai-kun, are you willing to see the tragedy that happened to you continue to happen to your children?" Masaizumi Sakai recalled the words of encouragement from Commander Matsui Fujiwara during the original training.
No, he would never want to see his children unable to study because of lack of tuition fees. He must work hard and move forward in order to complete a great cause, and this is the source of motivation for him to insist on completing the special shooter training.
Yes, Masaizumi Sakai is not an ordinary Japanese soldier, but an extremely rare special shooter, and he is also the best among special shooters. Not long ago, he won the first place in the Kwantung Army special shooter competition.
"For the new home, for the children, and for the Sakai family..." Masaizumi Sakai held the 38-type rifle as if it were his own life in both hands. His eyes were full of determination and seriousness, and his heart was full of fighting spirit. He couldn't wait to reach Pingxing Pass.
On the battlefield, use your love gun to open up a path to the future for the empire.
Let this vast and fertile land become the new home of the Yamato nation and the new home of the Sakai family.
Let every child of the Sakai family and the Yamato ethnic group be able to study, drink milk, eat pork, and grow up happily and carefree.
"Bang!" At this moment, a crisp and loud signal gunshot suddenly came out, and three dazzling and bright red signal bombs shot straight into the sky, cutting through the hazy sky where dawn and darkness blended like meteors, illuminating the entire sky.
The sky above the Yudai Highway.
At this moment, the world seemed to turn red.
"Flag flare?!" The light of the red flare was reflected in his pupils. Masaizumi Sakai, who was sitting in the car, was stunned. He didn't know what happened yet.
However, just as Sakai Masizumi and a Japanese infantryman were stunned, there was an extremely shrill and sharp scream of artillery shells in the sky, and the spindle-shaped 60mm artillery shells flew at a high speed of more than 100 meters per second.
, tearing apart the dense and invisible air, reaching the top of the flight trajectory, and then accelerating downward at a steep angle of nearly 85 degrees.
This is...a steel rainstorm composed of cannonballs!
With eyesight beyond ordinary people, Masaizumi Sakai captured small black dots that seemed to symbolize death. He finally realized that this was an enemy attack, but it was already too late.
Half a second later, in the desperate eyes of a Japanese soldier, a steel rainstorm consisting of a group of 60mm artillery shells spanned the last distance and swept through the moving convoy like a hurricane.
"Boom, boom, boom!" In an instant, the deafening sound of explosions filled the entire world. The intensity of the sound was as if it had directly entered the climax of the symphony. There was no prelude for the audience to listen. The TNT explosive carried in the shell was activated and burned.
Vent your own energy in the most direct and violent physical way.
The core area of the explosion formed a high-temperature and high-pressure environment, and the shock wave containing high energy moved outward at a speed of several thousand meters per second. Countless irregular metal fragments were accelerated to a speed of hundreds of meters, sweeping through the surrounding space like a goddess scattering flowers.
Just at the same time, more than twenty gorgeous fireworks were born on the Weidai Highway. The whole scene is full of war art and can be regarded as an eternal masterpiece.
A shell directly hit the cargo box of a Type 94 car, and the twelve Japanese soldiers carried on it were torn into pieces on the spot. Subsequently, a 70mm high-explosive bomb transported in the cargo box caused a more deadly explosion.
"Boom!" A big firework soared into the sky, instantly becoming the focus of the entire Qiaogou battlefield.
The explosion of a whole vehicle of artillery shells was so powerful that a thirty-meter radius around it was directly transformed into a life-limiting zone. The two Type 94 vehicles at the front and rear were at the center of the explosion. The Japanese soldiers on board died instantly before they had time to react.
You know, these soldiers are not ordinary infantry, but artillery as a technical branch.