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Itagaki Seishiro was very excited.
Being able to receive an audience from His Highness the Prince in China was an unexpected courtesy for him.
He and the generals looked harmonious.
The excitement is beyond words.
The major general officers under his command admired and convinced Itagaki Seishiro even more.
If you are in Kyoto.
Only those who have made outstanding contributions to the empire during the war are eligible to be received by the prince.
Only officers who are lieutenant general and above can have the opportunity to meet Tian Locust and the prince.
They were able to shake hands with His Highness the Prince at such a close distance and receive his review and condolences.
Just this one thing will surely bring glory to our ancestors.
Itagaki Seishiro's mind sank. He walked to the phone and hung up the phone to the Kwantung Army Headquarters.
First, I would like to thank Commander Shigemoto Honjo for his great love for the Second Division.
Introduce His Highness the Prince to Lindian County to express condolences to the officers of the Second Division.
Secondly, I would like to ask when the troops and air force to reinforce Hecheng will arrive.
How should they fight the next battle!
Itagaki Seishiro held the phone, and he couldn't help but frown, because he found that the phone was out of reach.
Even the echo from the microphone disappeared.
"Signal Corps."
"Hai."
The Japanese outside the door responded and heard his voice before seeing him.
After a short interval, a Japanese communications soldier who was no taller than a Type 38 rifle stood in front of Itagaki Seishiro.
He bent down and bowed, "General."
Itagaki Seishiro handed the microphone to the communications soldier. He was very angry and asked seriously: "What's going on?"
The signal trooper answered the call.
He put it under his ears, then looked up at Itagaki Seishiro, "General, the line may be broken."
"Please wait a moment, we will check it immediately."
Itagaki Seishiro frowned and said angrily: "Why don't you go quickly?"
"Hai!"
I was in a good mood just now.
The phone was disconnected in an instant, and I was in trouble.
Itagaki Seishiro walked to the map and remembered the scene of His Royal Highness entering the city in his mind.
No way?
He frowned and looked at the map.
They are two photos distributed by the Kwantung Army headquarters to the headquarters of each division under its command.
One of them is Ye Anran.
One is a sketch of Ma Jinshan.
Itagaki Seishiro looked at the photo on the wall, his expression getting increasingly ugly.
Your Highness, how come you look like you are carved from the same mold as Ye Anran? ? ?
Just when he was confused and dazed.
boom……!
A shell exploded on the roof of the war room where he was.
The explosion shook the entire house.
A hole was directly blown out of the roof.
The shock wave of the explosion directly knocked Seishiro Itagaki to the ground...
He was confused.
"General."
His adjutant and senior counselor rushed into the room, grabbed Itagaki Seishiro and ran away.
"idiot!"
"what's going on?"
Itagaki Seishiro asked the adjutant as he left the room.
boom……!
Another shell exploded not far from him.
A house suddenly burst into flames.
Three houses were instantly reduced to rubble.
The explosion shot up into the sky with flames more than twenty meters high...
A mushroom cloud rose spectacularly into the sky.
The Japs stationed near the houses were blown to pieces...
Lindian County is in chaos.
The Japanese were all in disarray.
They ran into the streets, into the wooden houses, and into the pig pens of the farmhouses built up against the courtyard walls.
War is coming quietly.
The Japanese did not see an enemy...
One shell directly blew up the enemy's ammunition depot hidden in a private house...
Good thing.
The gunfire soon stopped.
The explosion only damaged one ammunition depot of the Second Division.
The combat headquarters of the Second Division was blown up.
They didn't have too many injuries.
The military commanders of each unit are still alive.
"idiot!"
"Each unit immediately counterattacked and immediately reconnoitred its artillery positions!!!"
Itagaki Seishiro urgently issued combat orders.
"Hai!"
The dozen or so generals guarding him bowed and saluted at the same time, and then quickly returned to their ranks.
The Second Division is a complete Class A division.
Especially as the first imperial army to attack Beida Camp, almost all of the military commanders of this army came from the Imperial Army Officer School.
Unlike other troops.
Sado, the commander of another division.
There may only be one or two major generals.
Serve as brigade commander.
or senior operations staff officer to the division commander.
The Second Division is different. As the heroic force of the empire, the Second Division has eight major general officers.
The adaptability and command ability of these people are very extraordinary.
On the streets where soldiers and horses were in a panic just now.
After a few Japanese major generals and officers left, things quickly returned to normal.
Order was quickly established and perfected.
in this brief time.
The brigades and regiments of the Second Division even quickly established a complete combat plan.
The troops entered various defense points in Lindian County in an orderly manner...
Itagaki Seishiro was in a two-story residence.
He looked in the direction of the city gate, ha!
The artillery of the Northeast Army is nothing more than that.
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Itagaki Seishiro didn't know.
Only three artillery shells had just entered Lindian County.
One shot, in his command office.
One was in the war room of the Second Division.
Another round, in the enemy's ammunition depot.
Three shells, as accurate as a damn sharpshooter...
Not a single shot missed the target...
And these are just the calibration target points reported by the forward observers of the artillery brigades of the 101st, 102nd, and 103rd divisions.
For the artillery units stationed at Xiaohaozi and Chenjia stations.
The three shells were just an appetizer they gave to the Japanese.
On the Chinese dining table, there is a saying that food gets cold first and then gets hot.
Itagaki Seishiro's face turned red with anger. He could no longer care about whether Ye Anran and Prince Chongyi looked alike.
His most important thing now is to counterattack!
He wants the Northeast Artillery that bombarded Lindian County to pay the price! !
Itagaki Seishiro clasped his hands tightly. He looked at the adjutant and said, "Order the artillery brigade to find the location of the Northeastern Army's artillery!!"
"Kill him!!"
"Hai!"
The adjutant nodded heavily and was about to turn around to convey the order.
boom……! !
boom……! !
A fireball-like projectile flashed across the sky...!
The projectile was surrounded by white flames...!
Like meteorites falling to the earth, like fireworks scattering across the sky...!
What happened?
Itagaki Seishiro and his adjutants looked up to the sky.
One shot.
Two shots...
Dozens of rounds!
boom……!
boom……!
boom……!
The explosion was deafening and resounded throughout Lindian County...
The shock wave caused by the explosion made the earth tremble.
Seishiro Itagaki's location was a few kilometers away from the explosion.
The lights in his room flickered and pots and pans were scattered on the cupboards.
The position where he and his adjutant were standing was shaky.
At this moment, they had the illusion of going home because they felt a specialty of the empire...an earthquake! !
