The rescue telegram sent by Junki Komatsu to Aoki was signed by the name of Harimoto Shun. Among the Japanese who knew the contents of this telegram, Sakuragi Shota and Harimoto Shun had a good personal relationship, and as the major staff officer in charge of communications in the detachment, they had the highest rank. Enough, he dared to question Aoki: "Colonel Aoki, why didn't you send reinforcements? Do you want to disobey the detachment leader's order? If the detachment leader encounters an accident, who will bear the responsibility?"
The Japanese army has strict military regulations. Once a superior officer is killed in battle, his subordinates will be censured, and those who are more likely to be demoted will be retained, while those who are more serious will be court-martialed. Therefore, many of them will be executed.
Aoki Seijiro's answer at the time was: "The Chinese people are cunning. How do you know this is not their move to lure the enemy? The detachment leader led the team to perform night attack warfare exercises. I originally disapproved of this move. Listen to the artillery fire of the Chinese army." Density, the size of its artillery is no less than that of a regiment. The Chinese Army's artillery is limited, and each army is often equipped with one artillery regiment. Moreover, the Chinese are obviously well prepared. I am even worried that the detachment leader and the others have simply been hit by the Chinese Army. An ambush, Major Sakuragi, if you were in my position, would you like to ask how many troops we should dispatch based on the premise of asking for reinforcements? It won’t be helpful to dispatch one or two brigades. If the whole army is dispatched, what will Linyi do? Stock up on supplies. Who will guard the supplies?"
What Aoki said was the truth, but Shota Sakuragi was stumped by his series of rhetorical questions. He could only insist on his opinion with the excuse that "the strength of the China Army is not a concern", while Aoki sneered and said that the Xuebing Army was in Xuzhou City. The fact immediately sealed his mouth.
The Xuebing Army, no matter the weapons or the personal abilities of the soldiers, are not inferior to the imperial army. If Banben really encounters the Xuebing Army, then he can only ask for blessings, Sakuragi thought helplessly. He never mentioned the rescue again, but he always had luck in his heart. He always felt that such a coincidence would not happen. He just thought of it and planned to conduct such a night attack drill. How did he happen to meet it? As for the Xuebing Army, Xuzhou is not close to Linyi. He didn't know that the 57th Army had already stationed in Xiangcheng two days ago.
"It's really a student army." Standing next to Qingmu, looking at the lights outside Linyi City that were as dense as stars, he knew that the situation was over.
The Japanese spy agents did a lot of work for the Battle of Xuzhou. As early as a few months ago, they learned that two divisions of the Xuebing Army had joined Zhang Zizhong's 57th Army.
The Chinese have gathered a large number of troops in Xuzhou, but only the Xuebing Army has such a high degree of mechanization. Only the Xuebing Army can hide from the eyes of the imperial army and conduct such a long-distance attack.
"Major Sakuragi, you believe my judgment now." Aoki was a little proud, but he controlled it well. Although he made a correct guess, when the Xuebing Army actually appeared in front of him, he still He felt a shudder. The battle in the distance was not over yet, which caused him to misjudge when calculating the number of enemy troops. He took it for granted that the 57th Army that appeared outside Linyi City was Zhang Zizhong's 57th Army and not just the Xuebing Army. two divisions,
He shouted to the messenger beside him: "Inform all the brigades to prepare for battle. Xiaocun, immediately notify the mountain artillery unit so that they can be ready to fight back at any time. Tell Kameye that his mission is to destroy the Chinese tanks and suppress the enemy's artillery."
"Hai." After Xiao Cun and several other messengers nodded and bowed, they quickly ran down the tower.
As early as when setting up the position, Aoki took into account the sharpness of the artillery of the Xuebing Army and set up the headquarters in a private house close to the west gate wall. The telephone line just assumed there connected the other four positions. Xiaocun and other Japanese soldiers each
Responsible for a line, able to convey Aoki's orders to everywhere as quickly as possible,
The battle suddenly started. When Aoki was about to order his men to launch illumination bombs to observe the specific situation of the enemy, Huang Haifu took the lead in issuing an attack order. A illumination bomb suddenly flew from the temporary position of the Xuebing Army to the sky above the west gate, blooming.
The moment the light drove away the darkness, the three light-relay tanks at the front opened fire at the same time. The next moment, the west gate and the city tower were hit at the same time. Amidst the "rumbling" explosion, two of them were unable to dodge.
The Japs were blown up into the air. Against the background of smoke and fire, they howled and fell heavily in front of the city gate, making a heartbreaking sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.
The next moment, a flare was also raised on the city wall where the Japs were guarding. This flare lit up the night sky above the mountain division. Aoki took the opportunity to peek out from behind the city wall where he was hiding, and saw an astonishing scene, just a few meters away from the city wall.
About two hundred meters away, the Chinese soldiers were scattered in a long row. They were lying on the ground, waving iron shovels and digging fortifications. They were digging fortifications under the eyes of the imperial army. Are these Chinese pigs determined to win Linyi City?
, Wanting to fight steadily is too arrogant. Did they think that the Sanba Gai in the hands of the imperial army was a fire stick? Aoki did not expect that the attack under the city was originally a trick to deceive his eyes. Thinking of this, a ferocious smile appeared on his face,
He waved his command sword and shouted to both sides at the top of his lungs: "Warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army, use such accurate shooting to teach the Chinese people a painful lesson, let them know that the Imperial Army is invincible."
"Bah, bah, bah." The gunshots of Sanba Dagai rang out intensively, but the results achieved were limited. Aoki saw the helmets of five Chinese soldiers being hit with sparks flying, and finally realized that the Chinese soldiers were at that distance.
This method of digging fortifications was adopted after careful calculation. When Wei Qing's unique gunfire sounded, he was horrified and finally understood the beauty of the Chinese people's efforts to dig fortifications. Once the Chinese people can
If we engage in exchanges of fire with the imperial army within a range of nearly a kilometer, we can suppress the imperial army on the city wall and prevent them from threatening the tanks outside the west gate. If the Chinese tanks are allowed to bombard the west gate unscrupulously, then
Sooner or later, the west gate will be blasted open. By then, the advantage given to the defenders by Linyi's tall and solid city wall will no longer exist. Once the two sides start a brutal street battle, the passive ones will definitely be the imperial army. Realizing this, Aoki immediately ordered the artillery
Execute vitality coverage outside the west gate, and at the same time send Sakuragi down to organize a special attack team, asking him to prevent the Chinese from entering the city no matter what.
The flares rising up one after another illuminated the area around the west gate as bright as day. Thousands of guns were fired from above and below the city in turn. The flames from the muzzles were as gorgeous as flowers in bloom. The difference is that the flowers in bloom bring people a feeling of beauty.
Guns and flowers can only bring pain and even death to people. From time to time, the tanks of the Mountain Division hit a certain battlement. With a loud "bang", fireworks rose, bricks and stones burst out, and occasionally there were a few Japanese dancing and dancing.
The waves set off, and suddenly, there was flames in the dark middle of Linyi City, and then a fireball dragged through the night sky and hit the tank position outside the city. The fireball hit an open space and exploded with a "boom" and splashed out.
Mud, bricks and stones hit several nearby relay tanks, making the steel body clang. This was the beginning. Minutes later, from the place where a shell hit, dozens of flames flickered at the same time.
, and then dozens of artillery shells flew across the night sky and hit the mountain division tank positions intensively. The fireworks from the continuous explosions completely engulfed more than a dozen relay-type tanks.
Aoki Seijiro, who had lost his temper after being beaten, witnessed all this and shouted excitedly: "Well done." Then, he suddenly became stunned, took a breath and cursed: "Ba Ge."
The largest caliber artillery that the Little Devil has is only 75mm, which is not enough to tear down the protection of the Jiguang tank. More than twenty cannons fire at the same time, which is spectacular, but the effect is close to zero. These batches of guns equipped by the Mountain Division Although the tanks are relatively old models, they have been modified and even the tracks have been equipped with protection. The first round of repeated fire from the Little Japanese artillery failed to cause any substantial damage to them.
"I finally can't bear it any longer." In an alley in Linyi City, Xiao Liang cursed in a low voice, and the tense nerves in his body finally relaxed.
The Japanese army was very strict on the defense of the city wall. Except for the four city gates, patrols were constantly patrolling other sections. Xiao Liang and the others spent a lot of effort to sneak into the city, and then something incredible happened. After they turned around, they actually lost their way. The little devils were afraid that the people in the city would take advantage of the chaos to riot or cause damage, so they implemented a curfew and a light ban. The city was completely dark, which seriously affected Xiao Liang and the others' judgment of the direction. They were originally I walked towards the middle of the city, but I was too unfamiliar with the road conditions. Even with a compass, after passing through several streets and alleys, I still lost my sense of direction and didn't know where I was. Fortunately, the little devil's artillery was there at this time. Finally opened fire, Xiao Liang and the others discovered at this time that the Japanese artillery position was only two or three hundred meters away from where they were now. The next thing was simple. He first ordered his men to set up a ladder to take him to the roof. Then he stood on the ridge of the roof and fired a flare over the Japanese artillery position. The flare not only provided the bombardment coordinates for the artillery regiment outside, but also illuminated the area brightly, allowing him to look for Japanese military supplies from a high position. The location of the warehouse,
Aoki knew the danger of artillery confrontation, so he set up the artillery position far away from the military warehouse. However, Linyi City was so big, and Xiao Liang was condescending. Although he could not find the location of the warehouse at once, he found the right direction. After descending to the ground, he gestured to his brothers through the remaining light of the flare, and the group quickly trotted towards the warehouse marked on the map.
A flare suddenly rose in Linyi City, and it was in the general direction of the enemy's artillery. Fang Qing, the commander of the Mountain Division's artillery regiment, did not greet Huang Haifu and immediately ordered a five-minute rapid fire attack below the flare.