The three friends in southern Hebei were in danger at the moment, but Shimomoto Mixiong, the commander of the 108th Division, the highest commander of the Japanese army stationed in Xingtai, leisurely held a combat meeting.
Mikuma Shimomoto is sitting in the first place. On his left is Koichi Terai, the director of the Japanese secret service in Xingtai, and on his right is Eikichi Sugiura, commander of the 117th Infantry Regiment.
"Your Excellency, General, the Third Division of Friends has sent telegrams many times asking for help, requesting our Imperial Japanese Army to send troops for support!" Sugiura Eikichi reminded tentatively.
The 108th Division was formed from reservists of the Japanese Eighth Division and has been stationed in western Hebei for a long time to maintain law and order.
Although Sugiura Eikichi is in the rear, he has always been a militant. He has always been unable to capture the main force in battles with the Eighth Route Army. This time, when the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei encircled and annihilated the Three Friends of Friends, Sugiura Eikichi saw the opportunity to make meritorious deeds and has been active in the headquarters.
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"Sugiura-kun, you are too impatient, the general has his own ideas!" Terai glanced at him with a hint of disdain, thinking to himself, this is a group of warriors who only know how to fight.
"Hey, Mr. Terai, please tell me!" Shimomoto Mixiong said.
"Hi, General!"
"My intelligence department has contacted Shi Yousan many times, but this person is wavering, or in other words, he is playing both sides between the Imperial Japanese Army and the National Government. He ignores our Imperial Japanese Army's attempts to win over him. He deserves to die.
However, Shi Yousan is of great use to our Imperial Japanese Army. As the deputy commander-in-chief of the China-Hebei-Cha War Zone, he is from the Northwest Army. There are many colleagues or subordinates from the Northwest Army in the North China region. If he can join us and work for us,
That would be a huge blow to the Nationalist Government both politically and militarily!"
After hearing this, Shimomoto Yaxiong slightly nodded his head and agreed with Terai Koichi's speech.
Terai showed a hint of joy in his eyes and continued: "There are many Chinese people, but generally speaking, the Chinese people can be divided into three types. In the words of the Chinese people, one is the hardliners like Ma Zhanshan, and the other is the hardliners like Wang Jingwei.
There are surrender factions, and the rest are fence-sitting factions like Shi Yousan. These people have no concept of family and country, and they will follow whoever gives them more meat on their bones!"
"For people like Shi Yousan, what we need to do now is to teach him a lesson and let him understand that the only way out is to rely on our Imperial Japanese Army.
For this reason, I took the initiative to send people to spread the news that Shi Yousan was going to join us, and even supported him with a large number of weapons and equipment.
A small force of the Imperial Army in southern Hebei disguised itself as Shi Yousan's Sixty-ninth Army and attacked the supply team of Gao Shuxun of the New Eighth Army. It also attacked the county brigade of the Eighth Route Army. This caused internal conflicts among the Chinese people and made it difficult for Shi Yousan to get off."
"Hey Xi, there is an old saying in China that people who are not of our race must have different hearts. In the eyes of the Chinese people, our Imperial Japanese Army is a foreign race and an invader, but we really need people with strength and fame like Shi Yousan.
The leader of the Eighth Route Army once said very well that the united front is to inflict a lot of losses on your friends and a few on your enemies.
But what I want is not to cooperate with it, but to tame it into a loyal dog of the Imperial Japanese Army and make it a pawn to control China with China! Sugiura-kun, do you understand?" Shimomoto Yaxiong, an old devil, said.
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"His Majesty the General's words are indeed thought-provoking, and my subordinates have a deep understanding!" Terai Chaoichi responded to Yuan Mixiong's words and flattered him.
"Sugiura-kun, you stay here. You just need to lead the troops to Wei County before dawn tomorrow. At that time, Shizhuang's aviation unit will provide air support. I only have one request to bring Shiyousan to Xingtai to see me. You understand.
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"Gentlemen, for the sake of the Empire of Japan, for the light of the Showa era to shine in East Asia, we all need to work together!" Shimomoto Yaxiong took a deep look at Terai Koichi and said with a pleased smile.
"The light of the Showa era shines in East Asia!" Terai said loudly, with a hint of madness in his eyes.
"The light of the Showa era shines in East Asia!" Sugiura Eikichi, who was eager to make contributions, also shouted the slogan.
That night, the confident Sugiura Eikichi set off from Xingtai with half of his regiment.
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The conversation was divided into two parts. After Zhou Weihan returned to the independent detachment, he wanted to dare the little Japanese to fly.
For this reason, Zhou Weihan told Dong Jiang two things. One was to seize two trucks from the heavy artillery company and buy some fine grain and a big fat pig from the local people.
Second, through local comrades in southern Hebei, some blacksmiths and carpenters were urgently recruited to create simple prevention and control brackets. For this purpose, Dong Jiang specially took away a heavy machine gun.
After Dong Jiang left, Zhou Weihan gathered a total of 35 heavy machine guns and 160 light machine guns from Xu Dali's Second Regiment to deal with the low-altitude strafing by the Japanese planes.
If you want to fight against Japanese planes, machine guns alone are not enough; you also need dedicated people to calculate the lead time.
Fortunately, Chen Feng's artillery battalion has trained many soldiers who are proficient in mathematical calculations during this period, otherwise Zhou Weihan and Zhao Gang would have to do it themselves.
If the Little Devil's plane wants to blow up the target, it needs to drop several bombs before it can blow up the target. The Little Devil's bomber must also lower its altitude or even dive bomb, which gives Zhou Weihan a chance.
It was 6:30 that afternoon, it was summer, and the sky was still bright.
The units of the Eighth Route Army had already had dinner in advance, and the three groups of friends who were huddled in the village were making fires to cook. Each unit took this opportunity to launch attacks from all sides.
Since the Three Shiyou Divisions did not have long-range artillery, Zhou Weihan ordered Chen Feng's artillery battalion to use their hands and feet to their fullest.
Several artillery positions arranged by the artillery battalion in Qingsha tent opened fire at the same time.
"Boom, boom" the two Krupp 105 howitzers made a dull sound.
At this time, the enemy troops on the south side were gathering in twos and threes to eat, and the shells pierced the air and produced a sharp piercing sound.
The enemy troops who had just gathered together to eat suddenly fell into chaos. An officer had no time to warn him, so he dropped his lunch box, turned over into the trench, held it on the ground, and covered his ears with his hands.
Two high-explosive bombs of nearly 16 kilograms exploded near the enemy's trenches. More than 100 enemy soldiers who had just gathered to eat disappeared in an instant.
"Damn it, this large-caliber 105mm howitzer is 30mm more powerful than the 75mm mountain cannon, so it's too lethal!" Second Regiment Commander Xu Dali stammered as he looked at the heavy damage on the enemy's position.
"What does this mean? Both the national army and the Japanese have 150mm heavy artillery. Its power is really earth-shaking. To say the least, there is no living thing within four to five hundred square meters!" said Zhang Hao, the political commissar of the second regiment.
Independent detachment rear headquarters.
Zhou Weihan was also deeply shocked when he saw the power of the 105 howitzer. After all, this was the first time he experienced its power at such a close range.
Zhou Weihan finally understood where our military’s traditional fire phobia came from!
"Old Zhao, I hope that in my entire life I will never encounter the enemy using such large-caliber heavy artillery!" Zhou Weihan murmured to himself.
"Hmph, you fucking think I hope to meet you! Fortunately, Dong Jiang's reconnaissance company captured the enemy's two heavy artillery. Otherwise, with such power, it would explode on the position, and the whole company might not be wiped out!" Zhao Gang
He said fearfully.
"Monk, go and tell Chen Feng that you don't need to save me the shells, and give me a hard blow on his stupid friend San!" Zhou Weihan said loudly.
"Old Zhao, if this continues, the enemy's first line of defense will collapse soon, and we may be able to kill the remaining three of our friends in one breath!"
"With a total of more than 500 shells, can you plow the entire village? Just watch, Shi Yousan will never give up easily!" Zhao Gang said.