This was the first time for Ota Ryuji, who had been in the army for many years, to encounter such a thing. He could not believe his eyes that this cruel and bad habit that had disappeared for hundreds of years would actually appear in front of him again.
Don't the Chinese call themselves a country of etiquette? Aren't their people notoriously cowardly? In his impression, it often only takes one detachment of soldiers to surround a village of several hundred people.
Hundreds of common people did not even dare to resist when faced with more than a dozen soldiers from the Japanese Empire. They drove them to the threshing floor and were slaughtered obediently. But the scene now completely overturned his understanding.
Know.
Shock, disbelief, anger and spontaneous fear kept lingering in his mind.
At this moment, a staff officer hurried over and handed a telegram with both hands: "Report, your Excellency, the division commander has called, please take a look."
Ryūji Ohta took a look at the telegram and said, "Your Excellency, the division commander, asked us to launch an attack on the Chinese immediately and stated that he would arrive at noon."
"What does this telegram from the division commander mean?" the staff officer asked in confusion: "We have been marching continuously for two or three days. We should at least be allowed to rest for half a day until the field artillery regiment arrives and sets up the artillery positions before launching another attack.
It is only right to attack. Such a hasty attack without any preparation will lead to increased casualties of the troops."
"Don't you understand yet?" Ohta Ryuji said angrily: "The division commander said he would arrive at noon, so he asked me to win a battle before noon to show him. Do you understand?"
"ah..."
The staff officer became anxious upon hearing this, "Sir, although our warriors are brave and fearless, they cannot be wasted in vain!"
"idiot!"
Ota Ryūji gave the staff officer a slap in the face without any explanation.
"You have to remember that you are just a young major. If you want to question the division commander, please become the commander first."
"I'm really sorry for causing you any trouble..."
The staff officer who was slapped didn't dare to say anything, he just bowed and apologized repeatedly.
"Forget it, you call back the division commander immediately and tell him that the 67th Regiment will follow his order and immediately launch an attack on the Chinese. Also, you immediately take those photos of Jingguan and report them to the division.
Head."
"Hi!"
More than ten minutes later, the dull sound of artillery shell explosions was heard from the fourth battalion position on the first line of defense. The 41st Division and the Liantai people made their first contact, and the battle officially began.
"boom!"
The artillery shells around him exploded violently, and the thick smoke and flying dust obscured the ***'s sight. The thick smell of gunpowder smoke made him almost breathless. The *** squatting in the trench could feel the explosion of the shells.
There was a sense of shock coming from the land, and from time to time, the screams and groans of individual injured soldiers could be heard around them.
The first to launch the attack were four Type 92 infantry cannons from the Artillery Squadron of the 67th Regiment. A single bombardment blew up the 4th Battalion's position into dust and injured two soldiers.
"Everyone, be careful, don't stick your head out so stupidly. If you think you have a long life, you can tell me, I will help you!"
The trenches resounded with some angry voices. The casualties from the previous round of shelling could actually be completely avoided. It was just that the two recruits did not follow the training requirements and were injured after their bodies were exposed.
The Japanese Type 92 infantry artillery was still roaring, as if it would not stop until all the shells were fired. The shells fell on the position one after another, blowing up the fourth battalion's position into dust.
The infantrymen could only hide in the trenches and pray that the shells would not fall on their heads.
However, the power of the Type 92 Infantry Artillery is limited after all. Faced with already dug trenches, foxholes and other defensive fortifications, it does not play a big role.
"How is it? Have you observed the position of the Japanese artillery?" Gao Hongming asked the artillery observer on the side impatiently.
The bombardment had been going on for three minutes, but the bombardment observers could not find the Japanese artillery position. This made Gao Hongming extremely anxious.
"Commander, don't worry, the little devil's Type 92 infantry gun has a short body. After removing the protective plate, it is not much taller than a Type 92 heavy machine gun. The most disgusting thing is that it makes noise when fired.
It's still very small and doesn't have any obvious features, so it's not easy to find it." Wu Chengfeng on the side saw that Gao Hongming was about to get angry, so he could only persuade him in a low voice.
"Tuanzu... How about we raise the hot air balloon? As long as we raise the hot air balloon, no matter how hidden the Japs' artillery is, we can find them first," Xiao Zhankui said.
"this..."
Gao Hongming hesitated.
As early as World War I, both the Allies and the Allied Powers began to use hot air balloons as a means of observation. The advantage of using hot air balloons for observation is that they can stay in the air for a long time, there are almost no blind spots during observation, and you can see very clearly.
But the hot air balloon also has a fatal flaw, that is, it is very fragile. As long as the other party randomly comes by a plane and a bullet goes over, the huge hot air balloon will turn into a ball of torches, and then the people on it will be like weights.
Falling down, so the risk of being an observer on a hot air balloon is quite high.
The reason why we did not raise the hot air balloon before was because we were worried that Japanese planes would come at any time and the bulky hot air balloon would have nowhere to go.
Seeing that Gao Hongming was already a little excited, Xiao Zhankui took advantage of the heat and said: "Tuanzi, let's raise the hot air balloon first, and then put it down after we find the Japanese artillery position."
Besides, no one will die in a war. Compared with the lives of so many brothers on the front line, what is this risk?"
Xiao Zhankui's last words obviously moved Gao Hongming, yes... Compared with the lives of many soldiers on the front line, a few observers on the hot air balloon are nothing. There is no undead person in war.
Obviously the Japanese were already bombarding the frontline positions with artillery fire. I had dozens of artillery pieces, but I was stunned because I couldn't find the enemy positions. It seemed that although I had been in this era for more than half a year, on the 21st
The habits formed over the centuries have not changed yet. I dare not raise a hot air balloon because I am worried about casualties. This is a shameful woman.
"Okay, pass my order and raise the hot air balloon immediately!"
"clear!"
Following Gao Hongming's order, a hot air balloon slowly rose from the back mountain of Qixia Pass. In a few minutes, the hot air balloon rose to an altitude of more than 400 meters. From this distance, the movement of dozens of kilometers above could be seen.
Soon, the voice of the observer on the hot air balloon came over the walkie-talkie, "Report... discovered the Japanese artillery position, bearing 020, distance 9850 meters, four infantry guns."
After hearing the observer's report, Gao Hongming quickly raised his telescope. According to the observer's report, he discovered something strange.
"What a good guy, they actually hid the artillery position in the bushes, and the Type 92 infantry gun made very little noise when it was fired. No wonder the artillery observers couldn't find them.