Chapter three hundred and sixty seventh swollen face and fat man
From a military point of view, the courage of Japanese soldiers is commendable, but courage cannot replace steel. As the split submunitions exploded at low altitudes, countless irregularly shaped steel balls rushed towards them along with the shock wave of the explosion.
to the ground.
"Asshole, everyone get down, get down"
The captain leading the team anxiously ordered the soldiers around him to find cover, but he forgot that this weapon that exploded from the air was different from ordinary aerial bombs. The larger the area you are exposed to on the ground, the greater the impact.
The chance of being shot is also greater. As the Japanese army habitually lay down, the fragile bodies of countless Japanese soldiers were penetrated by tiny steel balls.
"boom"
A cluster bomb exploded just above a squadron that had just launched an attack. After the explosion, only a large area of yellow motionless corpses was left.
One after another, cluster bombs continued to fall from the sky. Seeing the soldiers of a regiment being enveloped in the hail of death bullets, the commander of the 149th Division, Lieutenant General Tamura Yoshitomi, who was watching the battle from behind, was heartbroken.
"Baga, these damn Chinese planes, damn devil bombs." Lieutenant General Tamura Yoshitomi knew that the 212 Wing that had just been thrown in was finished. "We can't continue to attack like this. My 1 and 4
The Ninth Division is about to be finished. We order the 212th Regiment to withdraw immediately. We can no longer attack like this."
Tamura Yoshitomi shouted loudly at the messenger next to him: "Order all troops to withdraw immediately, do you understand? Immediately?"
"Hey" looking at the division commander's eyes that could kill someone, the orderly soldier was so frightened that he ran out immediately.
The desolate retreat bugles floated on the battlefield, as if telling endless desolation and sorrow.
When the 212th Regiment retreated to the starting position in twos and threes, looking at the grief-stricken captain of the 212th Regiment who was covered in blood, Tamura Yoshitomi only felt a nameless anger rushing through his chest.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, what kind of battle are we fighting? My 212 Regiment is finished, completely finished." The commander of the 212 Regiment cried loudly and knelt in front of Tamura Yoshitomi. "Our Regiment is even finished."
Almost the entire army was wiped out before we even had time to launch an attack. Out of a regiment of more than 4,000 people, only less than one group of more than 600 people came back. Why is this?"
"My regiment is gone. What's the point of my life? In that case, let's serve the Emperor together." After the captain of the 212th regiment muttered, he pulled out his command knife and stabbed himself in the lower abdomen.
Got in.
With a soft "pop", the captain of the 212th Regiment fell in front of Tamura Yoshitomi. Since he had not died immediately, he was rolling on the ground in pain in front of Tamura Yoshitomi.
Tamura Yoshitomi looked at the regiment commander who fell in front of him and rolled around. He painfully took out his Southern Type 14 pistol and aimed his trembling hand at the heart of his subordinate who had been with him for many years.
There was a dull gunshot, and the eight-millimeter pistol bullet quickly penetrated into the opponent's heart. The captain of the 212th Regiment let out a few moans of "ho ho" in his throat, and ended with a weak kick of his legs.
took his own life.
At this time, a communications staff officer ran in panting: "Reporting to your Excellency, the Division Commander, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff Tojo sent a telegram, asking about our attack speed, and ordered us to capture the first Chinese enemy today."
Line position, otherwise"
Before the communications officer could say anything, he saw the body lying in a pool of blood and was immediately stunned.
Tamura Yoshitomi slowly put away his pistol, glared at the staff officer coldly and said: "Otherwise, otherwise we will have to engage in military law, right? What else will this private Tojo do besides pointing fingers at the headquarters?"
In the past three days, two of my three regiment captains were killed. More than 8,000 soldiers have been killed. What else does he want from me? Go tell Private Tojo. If he wants me to continue the attack, it is not impossible.
Okay, then let him come here in person, and I will accompany him to launch a desperate charge."
After finishing speaking, Tamura Yoshitomi walked into his lounge without looking back.
On the land that stretches more than 200 kilometers from Zhangwu to Tongliao, Stuka aircraft are constantly swooping, pulling up, diving and pulling up again, and the ground is shaking amidst violent explosions. Chahar
The heroic pilots seemed to use this method to announce that the end of the Japanese army was coming.
Suddenly, a Stuka that was about to pull up after a dive emitted a burst of thick smoke and rushed straight to the ground. With a loud "boom", the pilot who had no time to parachute collided with his beloved car.
Toward the ground.
At this moment, two Japanese Ki-12 Nakajima fighter planes with ointment flags on them swooped over from the sky. It turned out that these two Japanese planes had secretly attacked the Stuka.
After a while, more and more Japanese planes arrived on the battlefield, and they rushed towards the Stuka in the air like hungry wolves. Dozens of Messerschmitt Me109 fighter jets hovering in the high sky were not affected at all.
Without showing any signs of weakness, they dived down, and nearly a hundred fighters from both sides immediately started a life-and-death fight in the sky.
In this war that concerns the life and death of two countries and nations, no one can expect mercy from the opponent. The purpose of life or death has always been the iron law shared by both sides.
"Da da da"
A series of bright tracer bombs, incendiary bombs, and armor-piercing bombs kept flying in the sky. Fighters were constantly rolling, climbing or diving in the sky. Along with them, there were also a lot of missiles floating in the air.
Parachutes, planes one after another were shot in the air, disintegrated or even exploded in the air. No one here would have mercy. At this time, killing in the hearts of both sides became their only instinct.
This air battle continued on a front of more than 200 kilometers. The battle lasted for more than an hour. Only 190 of the more than 280 Messerschmitt ME109 fighters of the Fourth Air Division remained.
Many fighter planes returned to the airport with numerous injuries. However, in contrast, of the more than 320 fighter planes that their opponent, the Japanese army, came to reinforce, 272 remained behind in the fierce battle between the two sides.
On the battlefield.
Kwantung Army Headquarters Umezu Yoshijiro and Ishihara Kanji were playing Go in a secluded corner of the headquarters as if no one else was around, as if the noisy noise around them had no impact on them at all.
However, Tojo Hideki and a group of his staff were so busy that they were sent to him and his staff one after another on the battlefield.
"Report, the 122nd Division reported that the attack was blocked"
"The 108th Division reported that the opponent's artillery fire was fierce and the troop casualties were too high, requesting to postpone the attack."
"Report, the 149th Division has stopped attacking, and its division commander claimed that if His Excellency Tojo is willing to accompany the soldiers of the 149th Division to launch an attack, he will be very happy to accompany you in a desperate charge."
The surrounding area suddenly became silent. Even Ishihara Wanji's hand holding the black chess piece and preparing to make a move paused in mid-air. Everyone around them looked at Tojo Hideki. Such a document was sent by the division commander.
This extremely unreasonable message to the Chief of Staff was the first of its kind in the Kwantung Army. Tojo Hideki's hand that was about to reach for the teacup suddenly stopped in mid-air.
Tojo Hideki's hand paused for a while and finally grabbed the teacup and was about to put it into his mouth, but in the end he gave up because the hand holding the teacup was trembling. He asked slowly: "The division of the 149th Division"
Is the leader Yoshitomi Tamura?"
"Exactly," the communications staff officer said respectfully, "the order is to immediately remove Tamura Yoshitomi from the position of division commander and be replaced by the chief of staff of the division. Then immediately follow the command of the headquarters to launch an attack. All divisions must be ordered to
To strengthen their offensive, I hope they can remember General Nogi Nogi Nogi’s belief in serving the country for seven lives, work hard to kill the enemy, and expand the territory for His Majesty the Emperor.”
"Hey" the staff officer followed the order and went to "report the First Flying Division." Another communications staff officer ran in with a look of confusion.
Seeing the embarrassment of his subordinates, Tojo Hideki couldn't help but frowned and was about to scold this subordinate for failing to live up to expectations.
But this staff officer spoke first, "Report, at 3:27 this afternoon, the First Flying Division and the Fourth Chahar Air Division fought decisively on the Tongliao-Zhangwu front line. After more than an hour of fierce fighting,
, our pilot regiment lost 272 aircraft and 207 pilots."
"What?" This time the air in the command room seemed to solidify, and a military staff officer looked at that staff officer in disbelief.
"Baga, if you dare to lie about military information, I will kill you alive." A senior staff officer grabbed the staff officer's collar and yelled viciously.
"His Excellency Colonel, I am telling the truth. This is a telegram personally sent by His Excellency Kuroda, the commander of the First Flying Division," the communications staff officer said with a hint of tears.
"What is the result of our victory?" This is Tojo Hideki's voice.
"According to the report of the commander of the First Division, the First Division also shot down nearly a hundred Chinese fighter planes, and the results were brilliant."
To everyone's surprise, Tojo Hideki didn't get angry this time. Instead, he said with a smile: "Well, that's not bad. Kuroda's ability to shoot down nearly a hundred Chinese fighter planes shows that they have lived up to His Majesty the Emperor's high expectations. Commander,
According to the order of the Ministry, the First Flying Division will be commended."
"Hi" Although the communications staff was a little confused, he still followed the order.
"well"
An almost imperceptible sigh came from the corner. Ishihara Wan'er was no longer in the mood to play chess. He threw the chess pieces in his hand into the chess basket, stood up and walked towards the door of the war room.
go.
"Ishihara-kun, wait for me." At this time, Umezu Yoshijiro also stood up and walked out of the door of the war room one after the other.
Immediately, Umezu Yoshijiro's voice came faintly, "Ishihara-kun, if the war situation continues like this, the consequences will be worrying."
"I know, but if someone wants to slap someone in the face and pretend to be fat, what can we do?"