After a while, a Japanese officer holding a white flag and wearing the rank of major was brought to Gao Hongming by two soldiers.
A soldier from the first battalion who pressed the officer over said to Gao Hongming: "Regiment leader, this person claims to be Naoto Obayashi, the commander of the 16th Japanese Division. He came to fight with our army on the orders of his division commander Ishihara Kanji.
Negotiate.”
Naoto Obayashi stared at Gao Hongming, as if he wanted to imprint his appearance in his mind.
While Naoto Obayashi was staring at Gao Hongming, Gao Hongming was also observing the uninvited center left.
In his opinion, the lieutenant colonel was about thirty years old, and he had a arrogant look on his face that made people want to beat him at the first sight.
Before Gao Hongming could speak, Naoto Obayashi spoke first. He held his head high and said: "Your Excellency... I believe you are Mr. Gao Hongming, the leader of the militia in Liantai County? I am the 16th Imperial Japanese Army
The division's operational staff officer, Obayashi Naoto, came here on orders from our division commander Ishihara Kanji to persuade you to surrender."
"Persuade to surrender?"
Gao Hongming showed a sarcastic look and said calmly: "If you came to see me just to persuade me to surrender, you can go back now and tell your division commander not to waste your efforts."
"Why?" Naoto Obayashi asked puzzledly: "You Chinese people have a proverb that good birds choose trees to roost in. The Japanese Empire entered your China to help you establish a political circle. Why do you resist the emperor?"
military?"
Gao Hongming stared at Naoto Obayashi for a long time before saying: "Are you stupid? If it were us carrying guns and stepping into Japan, killing your people while telling you that we are here to help you establish a ****
* Circle, will you welcome us?”
Daiki Naoto's face turned red and argued: "That's different. According to the "Records of the Japan-China Agreement" and the "Records of Understandings on the Records of the Japan-China Agreement" signed by the Empire of Japan and your current Nanjing government, according to the Japan-China Agreement, the Imperial Army
They have the right to station troops in Chinese territory, Japanese residents have the freedom to live and do business in China, and everything the imperial army does is in compliance with regulations."
"Compliance?"
Gao Hongming was almost angry. Your so-called agreement is just a private deal between your government and a group of traitors. They cannot represent the Chinese government at all, but you always like to use chicken feathers as arrows.
But perhaps Naoto Obayashi also knew that Gao Hongming wanted to curse, and before he could speak, he said proudly: "Captain Gao, with all due respect, Japan is a strong country now, while China is a weak country.
As a weak country, you must have the awareness of a weak country. Any attempt to challenge a strong country will send you into the abyss. I hope you can understand this."
"you……"
Dabao on the side almost burst his lungs with anger. His right hand was firmly pressed on the holster on his waist. As long as his young master gave the order, he would immediately beat this bastard to death without hesitation.
However, Gao Hongming stopped Dabao's impulse. He stopped Dabao's hand that was about to take out the gun and said calmly to Obayashi Naoto: "I admit that Japan is now stronger than China in terms of industry, economy, culture, education and other aspects.
In my opinion, Japan at this time is like a strong ant, while China is a weak giant. But please don't forget that no matter how strong the ant is, it is still just an ant after all, and it will never become a giant.
Giant.
Your fantasy of annexing China will only end in destruction, and Japan will pay the due price for your materialism and arrogance. Go back and tell Ishihara Wanji that in less than five years, the boots of the Chinese army will step on
When we climb Mount Fuji, our military songs will also be sung in your palace, and this day will definitely come!"
"Baga Yalu, humble Chinese, do you know what you are talking about?"
Daiki Naoto's face immediately turned livid. The Chinese man in front of him was so arrogant that he dared to say such rebellious words.
"I know exactly what I'm talking about."
Gao Hongming took a step forward without hesitation, his eyes filled with sharp cold light, "The ambition of you Japanese to conquer the world is well known to the world, but I can tell you clearly that your ambition is just a dream after all.
You go back and tell Ishihara Kanji that Japan will definitely be destroyed in fire and explosions. This solution is doomed and no one can save it...I said this!"
With Gao Hongming's refusal, the Japanese army had already prepared two artillery regiments including 34 Type 38 75mm mountain guns, 24 Type 38 105mm field guns, and twelve Type 96 150mm howitzers. A total of seventy artillery pieces began to attack.
The Liantai militia launched an artillery attack.
The nearly 7 kilograms of picric acid carried by the 150mm grenade exploded into a brilliant firework the moment it hit the ground, turning everything around into dust and throwing it into the air. The shell fragments were mixed with a large amount of gravel, and the bricks and tiles were flying towards the ground at a speed of kilometers.
Flying around at high speed, the entire position was enveloped in hot steel and gravel, and some soldiers of the first battalion who had no time to escape were instantly torn into pieces.
The two artillery battalions of the Liantai Militia were not to be outdone, and immediately began to fight back in kind.
However, if we look at it purely in terms of quantity, the number of artillery pieces of the militia is naturally far inferior to that of the Japanese army. The total number of artillery pieces in the two artillery battalions is only 30.
However, the battle is not just about quantity. The twelve Long-Legged Tom self-propelled artillery equipped by the first battalion is Gao Hongming's trump card. Its range reaches an astonishing 23.5 kilometers, which is far greater than the range of the Type 96 150mm howitzer equipped by the Japanese army.
That's twice as much.
30 vs. 70. On the surface, the Liantai militia suffered a heavy loss, but the Japanese army was taken by surprise as soon as the artillery battle began.
Looking at the huge silver balloon rising from the opposite position, there was an uproar on the Japanese position. Of course the Japanese were familiar with this thing. This type of observation balloon was popular in World War I and then quickly fell into the air. The Japanese army had also been equipped with it.
, but in recent years it has begun to be gradually replaced by reconnaissance aircraft.
Takehiko Iwase was surprised, and then said without thinking: "On Bagaya Road, the Chinese are actually equipped with reconnaissance balloons? Come on, please notify the Army Airlines plane immediately and take it..."
Speaking of this, Takehiko Iwase was speechless for a while, and then he remembered that the aircraft of the 30th Flying Squadron had just returned, and I was afraid that there would be no way to support them in the short term.
"Boom boom boom..."
The shells of the M40 155-caliber self-propelled artillery made large craters on the Japanese positions. The 43.1 kilogram shells were extremely powerful. Once the shells were fired, a large crater was created that was several meters deep and more than ten or twenty meters wide.
Coupled with the advantage in shooting range, the Japanese artillery regiment suffered a heavy loss as soon as the two sides met.