Morning of September 19, 1940, Peiping, North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters
The Japanese reinforcements arrived in less than twenty minutes. They came from the armored regiment that Okamura Neiji had been reluctant to use. It was also the only fist force in his hands. In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from bombing, they were well hidden during the day. Yes, even for the battle at noon on the 18th, only two squadrons were used.
But at this moment, all the armored units appeared at once, surrounded the entire North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters, and then covered the overseas volunteer teams to clear out the military commandos. The reason why they were the overseas volunteer teams was actually in the hands of the Japanese army. There are no more troops. In less than half an hour, the military police stationed at the headquarters and the cavalry that attacked have suffered more than a thousand casualties, while the Japanese troops in Beiping City have only pieced together a total of only 10,000 people. Man, this is the number before the battle on the 18th. How many are left now, Okamura Neji himself probably doesn’t even know.
If we include the scattered casualties in the riot just now, the number of casualties can even exceed 2,000. The Japanese really don’t have many troops left in their hands. Now, even the female soldiers of the Overseas Chinese Volunteer Team are on the city wall. The Japanese army’s Not to mention that the military strength is stretched thin, it is simply insufficient. It is said that the colonial population and hardcore traitors in the city are already being mobilized.
But who are the military commando troops who are stationed at the North China Expeditionary Force Headquarters? They are all veterans, veterans with many years of experience. Some veterans have even fought against the Eight-Nation Allied Forces. They rely on the shelter of the building and it is nothing to fight. The expatriate volunteers who have actual combat experience should not take it too easy. The only thing not to consider is that the attack was too fierce just now, which caused the Japanese headquarters to burst into flames, and many places could no longer hide people.
As a result, in the back-and-forth tug-of-war between the two sides, it took the Japanese Expatriate Volunteer Team more than eight hours and nearly 7,000 casualties to finally recapture the headquarters building, and there was no guarantee that it would be possible. Nothing slipped through the net. There was no way. The battlefield was too chaotic. The two sides were entangled and it was impossible to tell the difference. Otherwise, the Japanese army would have destroyed this place with heavy artillery. Wouldn't it be that they were worried about accidentally injuring some guy with a background? The village general is still in the basement of the headquarters. If he doesn't dig it out, it will be fine.
The sky was dim and bright, and you could see that there were layers of corpses surrounding the Japs headquarters building, corpses of the expatriate volunteers, men, women, and even some elementary and middle school students holding rifles. Not only Neji Okamura was crazy. Actually, all the Japanese are crazy at this time. You can't understand the pathology and distortion of those guys, and you can't make them change. Under the avalanche, no snowflake is innocent. That's probably what I'm saying.
The Japanese engineering troops drove several bulldozers imported from Bald Eagle into the field, intending to "dig" their lovely general out of the ground. However, they were too impatient and were given another hard blow by the military commander, because he was right there. A hundred kilograms of yellow explosives were buried under the pile of rubble, and a veteran had been hiding under a pile of dead bodies waiting for them. When the time came, he pressed the detonator.
More than a hundred Japanese engineers, more than 500 overseas Chinese volunteers, and several precious imported bulldozers were all gone at once, and a huge pit was opened in the ground, with water even emerging from the bottom of the pit. This shows how deep this pit is.
Just when everyone was worried about whether their general had also been killed, several Japanese officers crawled out from the blasted basement passage, one, two, three, and soon there were more than a hundred Three generals and officers appeared in front of them, the youngest one was a major, and among these Japanese officers, it was General Okamura Neiji, the commander of Japan's North China Expeditionary Force.
The Japanese troops at the scene were overjoyed, and the crowd soon erupted in shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami. Their generals were still alive, and so were the officers from the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters. They also still controlled the city of Peiping, and once again defeated the Chinese army. offensive, they accomplished the impossible task.
But in the midst of these bursts of cheers, Okamura Neji suddenly looked at the sky in horror. Almost at the same time he raised his head, a screaming cannonball crashed down. No, it should be four cannonballs. Four heavy artillery shells accurately hit the North China Expedition Army Headquarters. The impact points of the bombs were very concentrated. They basically hit the yard of the North China Expedition Army Headquarters. Several crumbling buildings were instantly destroyed, taking with them nearly two thousand people on the scene. The Japanese also suffered.
"Quickly, look for your Excellency General, hurry up, haha, haha!" A major general who barely got up shouted loudly, completely ignoring his injuries, because not far in front of him, there was the place where Okamura Neji was standing just now. It has turned into a big pit, and the general and a group of senior command officials have disappeared.
Like this major general, the surviving Japanese soldiers were really crazy this time. They all began to rush towards the explosion area desperately, looking for the missing Okamura Neiji. Don't look at it. The expatriate volunteer team died again in this moment. There are several thousand, but there is still a regiment of armored troops and several thousand expatriate volunteers outside the headquarters. In order to save the face of Okamura Neji and the Hozhu Japanese, they will not hesitate to kill them all. .
It is said that the Japanese have always been on guard against the Eighth Route Army's shelling of targets in Peiping City. The long-range artillery in their hands can effectively control the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions within a safe range. At best, they can only hit the city wall. This sudden heavy artillery attack made them also Very surprised.
It turns out that just in the past few hours, Wang Yue not only sent four B-4 M1931 203mm heavy howitzers to the Eighth Route Army frontline troops, but also asked Li Yunlong's artillery team to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army artillery to build an artillery position with a range of 17.5 kilometers. With the long-range artillery, there is no need to worry about the long-range firepower in the hands of the Japanese. You only need to set up positions from a distance and wait for the opportunity.
As soon as Neji Gangmura climbed out of the underground bunker over there, Wang Yue discovered that the four cannons opened fire immediately. Under Wang Yue's repeated calculations, the shooting accuracy of these cannons was maximized. Guarantee, the four shells all exploded within a hundred meters of Neji Okamura. The nearest one was less than ten meters away from Neji Okamura. The 203mm high-explosive grenade was not within 100 meters of people. There was an explosion ten meters away. Where could anyone be found? Neji Okamura and the senior officials of the headquarters were torn to pieces by the explosive shock wave, and even the blood flowing out was instantly vaporized.
A minute later, just when the Japs were still desperately looking for their general, four more heavy artillery shells hit them, and the Japs crowded in the headquarters compound were cleared again. The small North China Expeditionary Army There were at least tens of thousands of corpses lying in the headquarters compound at this time. The layers of corpses were blown up by the shells, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere in an instant.
The rate of fire of the B-4 M1931 203mm heavy howitzer is one round per minute. At Wang Yue's request, they were going to pour at least a hundred rounds on that target. It was true that Neji Okamura died, but There were still a lot of half-dead little devils at the scene. If he didn't send all those guys away, how could Wang Yue be so angry?
Some people died, but not completely...
