The Japanese army is on combat duty at the moment, with a total of 3,000 troops, the main force of which is the Sakamoto Brigade of Ichiryu Sakamoto, and then two brigades of the Indonesian National Liberation Army. And because in the past three months, within the 50 kilometers in front of the Pyai Defense Line, In fact, there were only a few British lookout posts. Therefore, neither the Indonesians nor the Japs took combat duty seriously at all. At this time, when they were very sleepy, all but a few of them A few people woke up due to urination, while the others were all fast asleep, and the places where they slept were the trenches and bunkers where they were on duty. The fact that this happened was related to the climate in Indochina. At this time, Indochina It’s still summer in the peninsula, so you don’t have to worry about catching cold when sleeping in the open air at night. As for mosquito bites, Indonesian indigenous people have their own magic method to deal with them. They apply some plant juices that have the effect of repelling mosquitoes on their bodies, and then cover their heads and faces with steel helmets. Sleeping soundly until dawn,
The Japanese soldiers of the 13th independent mixed brigade of the Marine Corps and the Indonesian monkeys of the 26th division of the Indonesian National Liberation Army have been here for hundreds of nights. How could they have thought that they would be unlucky today?
When the rumble of the cannon sounded, Shunzo Nakaura, who was peeing heartily with his hands on his hands, first said "Hey", then his eyes widened and he exclaimed: "Enemy attack, enemy attack." Then he also said "Hey". Not caring about what he said, he lay down on the ground. Nakaura reacted quickly enough and his response was correct. However, facing the concentrated fire of hundreds of artillery pieces, everything he did was destined to be in vain. A 150mm caliber artillery shell exploded three meters away to his left. The air wave hit him and directly rolled him in. Then, his body was torn apart by the shrapnel, like a piece of rag, and his head His legs hit a bunker and he was no longer human. Hundreds of fireballs hit the Japanese army's position, creating a sea of hell and fire in an instant. And this was just the beginning. Next, one round almost every five seconds. Under the command of Wen Mingjian, the chief of staff of the Third Expeditionary Army, the artillery used by the Third Army concentrated and began to rain down artillery shells on the Japanese positions with overwhelming force.
The battle begins with heavy artillery fire. This was once a common tactic used by the Japanese army when fighting the Chinese army. Often, after a round of saturation bombardment, the Japanese can sing a song of victory and enter the defending position. But now, this tactic has become In addition to the most common means used by the Xuebing Army to deal with the Japanese army, in terms of the density of artillery fire and the squandering of artillery shells, the Xuebing soldiers have always been notorious for being prodigal, and misfits like Wen Mingjian do not know that oil and rice are expensive, or they know that oil and rice are expensive But it was done deliberately, and it was even more exciting to catch the opportunity.
When Wen Mingjian was first transferred to the Expeditionary Force, he was quite emotional. Otherwise, after being corrected by the student army (no matter Ouyang Yun and the coalition government, senior officials of the headquarters), in the eyes of die-hard central officers like Wen Mingjian , whether it is the current coalition government or the headquarters, it is actually a beautiful coat put on by the Xuebing Army to take over the central government.) Before the reorganization, he was a commander of the Central Army, and according to the practice of the Republic of China, such a change of flag occurred , as a powerful military officer, he is the target of being attracted. Even if he is not promoted to one level, he will not be demoted. And with Sun Liren's promotion to three levels in front of him, how does he think of himself as a staff officer? Why is the position of chief not pleasing to the eye? Chief of Staff Wen was not happy, so he naturally wanted to find a place to vent his anger, and the Beiyai garrison bore the brunt and became the target for him to vent his anger.
"Hit, hit me hard." "Don't be stingy with the shells. You have to know that if we fire one more shell, our brothers will have one more chance to survive..." Wen Mingjian shouted like this, just because the shelling took so long too short,
After Wen Mingjian was transferred to the Third Expeditionary Army, he was designated by Sun Liren as the commander-in-chief of the artillery. He had already said what kind of officers would produce what kind of soldiers. Naturally, the artillerymen under his command would not care about the loss of artillery shells. , Well, after about five minutes of familiarization period, the artillerymen finished warming up, and the density of shelling immediately increased. As a result, in a quarter of an hour of shelling, the Japanese front-line positions were almost all plowed by artillery fire five or six times. On the third day of the expedition, The artillery equipped by the three armies are all 120-150 mm in diameter. In front of such large-caliber artillery shells, bunkers and bunkers are just a cloud. So, when Wen Mingjian finally ordered the artillery fire to extend in depth, the Japanese army was on combat duty on the front line. The more than 3,000 Japs and the two Indonesian Japs were already dead and injured, while those who survived had lost their fighting spirit and only wanted to escape from this sea of hell as soon as possible.
When Aida Masao walked to a hill in front of the house and raised his eyes to look at the front line positions, what caught his eyes was a sea of fire and the artillery shells hitting the second and third line positions of his side like a rain of meteorites. If he just heard When the artillery sounded, he could not yet determine who the enemy was, but now, from the density of artillery fire and the caliber of the artillery, he could already conclude that it must be the Xuebing Army (in China, the Chinese army under the command of the headquarters has not yet There are the Xuebing Army and the National Defense Force. In the eyes of the Japanese, these troops that use the Xuebing Army's standard weapons and equipment are all called the Xuebing Army. As long as the opponent is the Xuebing Army, then it seems that they will lose the battle. This is understandable. After all, looking at the whole of Japan, there are no famous generals who have suffered defeat at the hands of the Xuebing Army. There are almost no generals. Since even these famous generals and generals cannot defeat the Xuebing Army, then Aida and his like It doesn't seem to be a big deal if you lose all the battles. It's a strange concept, but this is what the Japanese really think),
The Japanese army assembled very quickly. Just when the artillery fire of the Third Expeditionary Army began to extend, the non-combat duty troops of the Aida Brigade and about one regiment of the Indonesian National Liberation Army had already assembled and were preparing to enter under the leadership of the chief officer. Aida Masao was still very satisfied with the reaction speed of the troops at the position. However, considering that entering the position at this time would be an indiscriminate bombardment by the Chinese, he ordered to postpone entering the position until the artillery fire stopped.
Aida Masao was an old man in the army, and he thought that even if the student army wanted to launch a ground attack, it would have to wait until the artillery fire stopped. Soon, he paid a bloody price for this judgment.
Amidst the roar of cannons, he was trying to figure out whether the Xuebing Army's attack was a feint or a planned counterattack. If it was the former, then this was a credit to his doorstep. He could totally make up some rhetoric to express his credit. , and if it was the latter, he had to report to Mr. Koizumi quickly to prepare Singapore. He was hesitant to make a decision. Under the brilliance of the fire on the front line, tanks with enchanting colors appeared. He could no longer care. With these little thoughts in mind, he waved his fist fiercely and said: "Ba Ge, quickly enter the position."