The violent explosion was so loud that even the Dongzhimen headquarters several kilometers away could hear it clearly.
Lieutenant General Eitaro Miyajima, commander of the 110th Division, stood at the entrance of the headquarters and looked at Xiaogushan shrouded in thick smoke with a solemn expression.
Seeing Miyajima Eitarō's frown, the chief of staff stepped forward and comforted him: "Your Excellency, division commander, Colonel Masahiro Kasai is an excellent regiment commander. He will definitely be able to defend Xiaogushan."
"Really, I hope so?" Miyajima Eitarō said lightly, but his frown did not ease at all.
The chief of staff also knew that even children might not believe what he said.
Judging from the extent of the Chinese artillery bombardment, it was at least the size of an artillery regiment, and all of them were heavy artillery with a caliber of 100 mm or more.
Coupled with the bombers circling in the sky, trying to defend Xiaogushan with the troops Kasai Masahiro had on hand was nothing more than a dream.
But what can he say? You must know that the 110th Division has to defend not only Dongzhimen, but also a large area in the city. It is already Lieutenant General Miyajima Eitarō who has the courage to send an infantry regiment to defend Xiaogushan.
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However, Miyajima Eitaro did not expect that the 79th Regiment, for which he had placed high hopes, would show signs of collapse after only holding on for one day, which made him begin to doubt Okamura Neji's judgment.
Faced with such a powerful combined air and land attack, can Taiyuan City really be able to defend it?
"Buzz buzz..."
Just when Miyajima Eitaro was worried, a low roar suddenly came from the sky. Out of the sensitivity of a soldier, Miyajima Eitaro looked towards the sky in the direction of the sound and found that it was flying from the northwest.
an airplane.
The plane was flying towards Taiyuan, and its huge fuselage was still clearly visible in everyone's eyes even though it was thousands of meters away.
"This... this is a Chinese heavy bomber. Where is it going to bomb?"
Seeing this huge bomber, Miyajima Eitaro was shocked. Heavy bombers have always been famous for their huge bomb load and long range. Now this heavy bomber is flying near his home, no matter who he is, he will tremble in his heart.
"Are they heading for the west gate or the south gate?"
Just when Miyajima Eitaro was thinking wildly, a plane suddenly broke away from the formation and flew in his direction. As the plane got closer and closer, the plane's figure became larger and larger.
At this time, there was a sporadic sound of gunfire on the ground. It was the air defense troops opening fire. Not to mention the Japanese ground anti-aircraft firepower, just talking about it made me cry.
It stands to reason that it is standard for Western armies to equip each division or even regiment-level unit with an air defense force.
At the beginning, the Japanese army was no exception. They equipped each unit above the brigade level with an air defense brigade or even a regiment.
But as time went by, Japan discovered that the Chinese people on the other side were too poor, let alone airplanes, and there were not even a few sparrows.
As a result, the status of these expensive air defense forces is somewhat embarrassing.
It costs money to continue to maintain the existence of this force. However, this force, which consumes a huge amount of money, rarely fires a shot throughout the year. The Japanese people's hearts really hurt.
As the war progressed, the aircraft of the national army were almost exhausted. After it was difficult to see the aircraft of the national army in the sky, the Japanese finally decided to evacuate all the air defense units attached to the divisions and brigades, leaving only a few standing divisions.
This position is still retained, but unfortunately, 110 does not belong to this sequence. There is only one air defense brigade in such a large division.
Just when Miyajima Eitaro was feeling panic, he saw a dark object suddenly falling off from the belly of the huge plane and falling towards Xiaogushan.
"boom!"
The entire Japanese soldiers on Xiaogu Mountain felt like the ground was shaking. Even the Japanese soldiers hiding in the air-raid shelters could see the dust flying from the roof of the air-raid caves. The internal organs of all the Japanese soldiers in the caves were shaken to the point of nausea and headaches.
Commander Yang, who was three kilometers away from Xiaogushan, saw the huge yellow smoke rising up to one kilometer in the air several kilometers away. He could hardly believe his eyes. The artilleryman was so stunned by the spectacular scene that he even forgot the order to fire.
Staring at the yellow mushroom cloud in disbelief, he muttered to himself: "My dear!"
In fact, it was not just the Japanese troops on Xiaogushan. Even Miyajima Eitarō, who was several kilometers away from Xiaogushan, felt that the mountain was shaking and the ground beneath his feet was shaking.
The entire city wall was also swaying, and flying stones like raindrops accompanied by billowing smoke and dust instantly enveloped the city gate tower. Miyajima Eitarō sat down on the ground.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander... Your Excellency..."
The chief of staff on the side panicked when he saw his division commander suddenly falling down, and rushed forward to help him up.
"Cough, cough."
Miyajima Eitaro, who was choked by the dust and smoke and kept coughing violently, stood up from the ground desperately.
"Quick...immediately order all Dongzhimen troops to withdraw into the city. Dongzhimen...Dongzhimen can't stand it anymore!"
The chief of staff was shocked when he heard this: "Ah... Your Excellency, division commander, what if the commander is blamed for doing this?"
"Commander Okamura, if you want to blame him, just blame me."
Miyajima Eitarō's resolute attitude was laced with bitterness, "The bomb the Chinese threw just now was a super-heavy bomb. I estimate it weighed at least three or four tons. If such a powerful bomb was dropped, what do you think the emperor on Xiaogushan would think?"
Can Jun survive?
If you want to survive, retreat into the city. There are still tens of thousands of Chinese people in Taiyuan City today, which means they will not drop bombs into Taiyuan City."
The chief of staff stopped talking. The explosion of a most ordinary grenade can cause harm to people within a radius of more than ten or twenty meters, let alone the explosion of a three or four-ton super-heavy bomb weighing several tons.
In fact, Miyajima Eitarō's guess was correct.
The bomb that fell was the giant bomb nicknamed the "Goblet Bomb" studied by the British in another time and space.
The bomb weighs 5,443 kilograms, is 6.4 meters long with a tail fin, has a maximum diameter of 0.965 meters, and is filled with 2,359 kilograms of aluminum powder mixed-D1 explosive.
Needless to say, it's powerful. Just like this, it was thrown to the top of Xiaogushan Mountain.
The explosion of this bomb alone sent the remaining Japanese troops in Xiaogushan to the west. Afterwards, the 686th Regiment occupied Xiaogushan almost in a marching manner.
As expected by Eitarō Miyajima, after occupying Xiaogushan, the Chinese people did not stop at all, but headed directly towards Dongzhimen. Judging from their posture, they probably wanted to capture Dongzhimen in one fell swoop.
Miyajima Eitarō gave the order to retreat on the spot. Today's Dongzhimen can no longer be defended by relying on reinforcements or artillery support. The best way now is to withdraw into Taiyuan City and mingle with the common people. As long as Gao Hongming
If he wasn't crazy, he wouldn't dare to throw bombs over the heads of his own people.