When the Japanese occupied Chaoxian, they actually did not engage in much war. Except for some resistance forces, the Chaoxian royal family surrendered directly and were proud of being Japanese.
The leader of the Chaoxian division that landed from Qingdao this time was none other than the royal prince Li Cheng.
Li Cheng was a die-hard pro-Japanese person who was proficient in Japanese. In order to satisfy his Japanese masters, he volunteered to lead a team here this time. And as soon as he entered China, he burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil, just like the little Japanese.
Of course, because of this, Li Cheng was highly appreciated by the Japs and ordered him to replace the Fifth Division as the main force to attack the 56th Army and the 55th Army.
But compared to the Japanese, although his troops are also equipped with Japanese equipment, their combat effectiveness is completely different.
Just as Li Cheng's front-line attack in Jining was frustrated and he lost hundreds of people, he heard that enemy troops on his western front broke through the defense line and occupied Dongping County, so he allocated a brigade to march to Dongping County in order to capture Dongping County.
Take it back.
So a brigade from Li Cheng came, with three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction.
It is obvious that this Chaoxian brigade has much more troops than imagined.
A group of non-Japanese Japanese came in an aggressive manner and formed a long queue that stretched for almost five kilometers.
Moreover, the brigade commander, Zhang Guangsan, was sitting in a Japanese tank.
Of course, the Japanese will not completely trust the Chaoxian people, even if they try their best to show their loyalty.
Therefore, in every Chao Xian army, there will be several real Japs following them.
Some of them served as staff officers, while others acted directly as commanders, commanding the Chao Xian soldiers to attack cities and seize territory for them.
At this time, the person sitting next to Zhang Guangsan was a Japanese major, Sakata Chuuji, who also graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School.
But he didn't look very smart, he was fat and white, and he didn't have much to do except eating, drinking and playing with women in the Chaoxian division.
Therefore, Chaoxian people want to make contributions and be loyal to the Japanese Empire, but Sakata Chuuji is not very happy. Because he is a popular drinker in Chaoxian, and he is not playing happily every day, but having fun. So there are only fools.
Only then would they be willing to go to China to fight.
However, Zhang Guangsan discussed tactics with Sakata Chuuji with great interest.
Sakata Chuuji was speechless and thought to himself: "How come I met such a bastard who actually likes to fight? This war will kill people. And China is so dangerous, and where is Dongping County? That's that Chinese lunatic.
A place we have been to before. If that Chinese madman goes and comes back, we will all die in Dongping County.
And you're asking me about tactics? If I know tactics, why would I stay in your Chaoxian division and eat and drink for free?"
So when he thought of this, Sakata Chuuji said angrily: "Isn't this fighting very simple? Start with artillery bombardment, and then let the infantry charge after the artillery bombardment is over. If the infantry can't rush up, then artillery bombardment. After the bombardment is finished, then let the infantry charge.
Infantry charge!”
Zhang Guangsan realized it instantly, gave him a thumbs up repeatedly and said, "Best regards, Your Majesty Zhong Er!"
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Sakata Chuuji was speechless and thought to himself: Can you speak? My name is Sakata, what does it mean when you call me Mr. Chuuji? Chao Xian people are really all bad guys, and they don’t even know how to flatter someone!
But Sakata Chuuji felt that these Chao Xian people were just so stupid, and there was nothing he could do about it. Because no matter what he said, these Chao Xian people would say that he was smart.
But he is so smart. Don’t you know how much he weighs?
He just hopes that these fashionable people can wake up and stop thinking that they are invincible when they put on Japanese military uniforms.
But obviously, Zhang Guangsan didn't think so. He believed that the tactics of the imperial army must be invincible tactics.
"Your Excellency, the brigade commander, our forward troops have arrived in Dongping County."
At this moment, a communications soldier came to report to Zhang Guangsan that the forward troops had arrived at the city gate of Dongping County.
Zhang Guangsan immediately ordered: "Let the artillery fire first. After the artillery fire, the infantry will charge. If the infantry cannot charge forward, use artillery again!"
Sakata Nakaji, who was on the side, slapped himself on the forehead, and was really speechless. He thought to himself: "The artillery troops are following the baggage troops behind. Your forward troops have no artillery, what the hell are you doing?"
At this time, Sakata Chuuji was about to be pissed to death, thinking that these trendy second generation ancestors were all a bunch of stupid pigs, but they thought they were very smart.
So Sakata Chuuji quickly said: "Order the forward troops to stabilize their positions first and conduct a reconnaissance of Dongping County. Then order the artillery to advance quickly. After arriving outside Dongping County, they quickly set up artillery positions and launch artillery bombardment of Dongping County."
"Your Majesty the Second Grader, you are so tall!"
At this moment, Zhang Guangsan gave a thumbs up and praised.
Sakata Chuuji was really speechless. He thought to himself: "I'm so tall. I was sent to your Chaoxian division because of my poor command skills, okay? And these are common sense. How am I tall?"
Already?"
But Sakata Chuuji has long been used to it. Chaoxian people are just so ignorant of the world.
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At the same time, Wang Gang from the 56th Army and Shen Mogan from the 55th Army naturally saw this scene on the city wall.
The little devils lined up outside the east city wall one by one, looking very stiff.
Wang Gang said in surprise: "Brother Shen, look at these little Japs. How do you feel that they are different from the Japs we have seen before?"
Shen Mogan thought for a while and said: "The little devils may also have geographical divisions, and it is normal to be different. And according to the little devils' practice, when they want to charge, they will definitely shell first."
Thinking of this, Shen Mogan ordered: "Commander, go and let the brothers outside the city prepare to avoid bullets."
"yes!"
The messenger responded, and then went to deliver the order. At this time, Wang Gang said again: "Brother Shen, it seems that these little devils just want to attack your east gate, so I will mobilize some people to reinforce you."
Shen Mogan said: "We can't invest too many people now. Once the Japs' cannon fires, the more people we have, the greater the casualties. Let's hide first and wait for the Japs to fire the cannons."
Shen Mogan said that King La had just stepped off the city wall and was just waiting for the little devils to bombard him.
After fighting for so long with the little Japanese, it is no secret that the little Japanese has some tricks. Before the war begins, they will use artillery to blast them. Regardless of how the opponent's position is arranged, they will be the first to get the upper hand.
The infantry squads then cooperated with each other to detect the enemy's firepower points.
Of course, if the infantry has already charged up, there is no need for another artillery attack. Otherwise, the infantry cannot complete the charge and mark the enemy fire points. The artillery will focus on hitting the marked enemy fire points during the next artillery attack, and then the infantry will continue to charge.