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 is a die-hard pro-Japanese who is proficient in Japanese. In order to satisfy his Japanese master, he volunteered to lead the team this time. Moreover, as soon as they entered China, they burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes, just like the little devils.
Of course, because of this, Li Cheng was highly appreciated by the little devils 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 very 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.
Obviously, this Chaoxian brigade has much more troops than imagined.
A group of non-Japanese Japanese came in an aggressive manner, forming 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, there will be several real Japs following each Chao Xian army.
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 Nakaji, 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, the Chaoxian people wanted to make contributions and be loyal to the Japanese Empire, but Sakata Chuuji was not very happy. Because he is a popular drinker in Chaoxian, and every day is not about playing happily, but still having fun. So only a fool would be willing to go to China to fight a war.
However, Zhang Guangsan discussed tactics with Sakata Chuuji with great interest.
Sakata Chuuji was speechless and thought: "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 lunatic 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 a very simple battle? First bombard with artillery. After the artillery bombardment is finished, you let the infantry charge. If the infantry can't rush forward, then bombard with artillery. After the bombardment is finished, then let the infantry charge. Infantry charge!”
Zhang Guangsan understood instantly, gave him a thumbs up repeatedly and said, "Best regards, Your Excellency 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? As expected, Chaoxian people are all bad guys, and they don’t even know how to flatter someone!
But Sakata Chuuji felt that these trendy people were just so stupid, and there was nothing he could do about it. Because no matter what he says, these Chaoxian people will say that he is very smart.
But he is so smart. Don’t you know how much he weighs?
He just hoped that these fashionable people could wake up and stop feeling invincible just because they put on Japanese military uniforms.
But obviously, Zhang Guangsan didn't think so. He believed that the imperial army's tactics 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, then the infantry will charge after the artillery fire. If the infantry cannot charge forward, use artillery again!"
Sakata Nakaji on the side slapped his forehead, truly speechless. He thought to himself: "The artillery is behind the baggage troops. Your forward troops don't have 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, and 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 Excellency Chu Er, 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, right? 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 of the 56th Army and Shen Mogan of 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 shell first."
Thinking of this, Shen Mogan ordered: "Commander, go and let the brothers outside the city prepare to avoid bullets."
"yes!"
The ordering soldier responded and then went to convey 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 with the little devil for so long, the little devil's tricks are no longer a secret. Before the war begins, they will use artillery to blast them. Regardless of how the opponent's position is arranged, they will take the lead first.
The infantry squads then cooperated with each other to detect the enemy's firepower points.
Of course, if the infantry has already charged forward, there is no need for further artillery attacks. Otherwise, the infantry will not be able to 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. After that, the infantry will continue to charge until they reach the enemy position!
(End of chapter)
