*** Colonel Yasushi Inoue, the head of the Army's special agency in Taiyuan, walked into the war room with a dark face. He immediately put his feet back and stood at attention to report to Xiangyue Qingji: "Your Excellency, Commander, five minutes ago, the Suzuki Regiment was collectively shattered!
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"What!?" Xiangyue Qingji, who was bending down to observe the map, suddenly straightened up, his face full of shock.
"This is impossible!" Yamashita Keiwu hissed, "There is no way the Suzuki Alliance can be annihilated so quickly."
"General, this is a fact!" Yasushi Inoue said coldly, "The Chinese army used chemical weapons."
"Chemical weapons!?" Tosuke Koshinosuke said solemnly, "Is the Chinese government also developing chemical weapons?"
"This should be the case." Yasushi Inoue said in a solemn tone, "Based on the information provided by the Suzuki Wing, it is now basically certain that the chemical weapons used by the China Army are by no means destructive mustard gas or smoke bombs, but a
Unknown chemical weapons of mass destruction are extremely dangerous."
"Bagayalu, these abominable China pigs!" Xiangyue Qingji said angrily, "Inoue-kun, immediately send a telegram to the base camp, requesting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to come forward and file a complaint with the League of Nations. The Chinese *** blatantly violated the international
Convention, the use of chemical weapons against the Imperial Army in war requires severe sanctions from the League of Nations!"
"Hai." Inoue Jing lowered his head suddenly and immediately took the order and left.
Xiangyue Qingji turned back to Yamashita and said: "Yamashita-kun, how is the situation on the southern front?"
"It's not optimistic." Yamashita Jingwu said, "After the Murajing Brigade on the southern front defeated the Third China Army in Pingyao, it encountered tenacious resistance from the Ninety-eighth China Army near Qixian County. In addition, the Seventh Army of the Shanxi-Sui Army
, the Eighth Army is also advancing rapidly towards Qixian County and Pingyao day and night. If the Cunjing Brigade cannot move closer to Taiyuan in time, it is likely to be trapped in a tight siege."
Xiangyue Qingji's face suddenly darkened, and he asked again: "Where is the Yagyu Brigade on the northern line? Where are they now?"
"The situation on the northern front is not optimistic either." Yamashita Keibuto said, "The road from Guoxian County to Taiyuan has been completely destroyed, making it impossible for the imperial army's heavy equipment such as trucks, field howitzers, and tanks to maneuver. The Yagyu brigade was leaving
After Guoxian, we only advanced less than 20 kilometers in nearly two days and nights. At this speed, we won't be able to reach Taiyuan in half a month!"
"Haga." Kozuki Kiyoshi's face suddenly became more and more gloomy, and he asked Koshio Torasuke, "Has the 1st Division departed from Manchukuo?"
"Not yet." Koshiki Toranosuke shook his head and said in a deep voice, "It will take at least three days for the 1st Division to assemble soldiers, mobilize materials and then depart. It will take another day to arrive at Peiping by train, and then walk from Peiping.
It will take at least another three days to enter Shanxi, which means that it will take at least a week for the 1st Division to enter Shanxi."
The black line immediately appeared on Xiangyue Qingji's face. This was just entering Shanxi.
After the 1st Division enters Shanxi, it will definitely encounter desperate resistance from the Jinsui Army, the Eighth Route Army and various forms of Chinese armed forces. In addition, the road from Datong to Taiyuan has been greatly damaged, and there will be less than half a month.
, the 1st Division has no chance of reaching Taiyuan City, but can the 1st Army hold on for half a month?
Before that, Xiangyue Qingji was still very confident that he could hold on for at least half a month.
But now, Kozuki Seiji was shaken. The Chinese Army actually possessed chemical weapons of mass destruction. The Suzuki Regiment only lasted 24 hours before being completely wiped out. The Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi only had four field infantry regiments in total.
The team, including the supplementary troops, is only five and a half teams. How many days can it last?
"Where is the Fourth Army?" Kozuki Kiyoshi said through gritted teeth, "What on earth is Jun Tada doing?"
After saying this, Xiangyue Qingji roared angrily: "The Chinese government has assembled hundreds of thousands of troops and launched a fierce attack on our First Army in three battlefields, but the Fourth Army has remained stationary so far. What do they want?
What are you doing? What does Shun Tada, this idiot, want to do? Why doesn’t he launch an attack?”
There was dead silence in the war room, and no one could answer Xiangyue Qingji's question.
However, is the Fourth Army really standing still? The answer is no.
Shimen, Fourth Army Headquarters.
Lieutenant General Tada Shun, commander of the Fourth Army, Lieutenant General Hisao Tani, commander of the 6th Division, Colonel Shimono Ichiho, chief of staff, Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatehei, commander of the 13th Division, Colonel Yuzaburo Tian, chief of staff,*
**Colonel Masao Ikegami, commander of the Army's secret service stationed in Shimen, and others were gathering next to the sand table to listen to Major General Toshihide Tengmoto, chief of staff of the Fourth Army, explaining the combat plan.
Junxiu Tengmoto pointed at the sand table and explained: "Based on the information provided by the aviation force, I have roughly made a model of the China Army's Tumen Fortress. The Tumen Fortress has a total of eighteen bunker groups, and its core support is eighteen large-scale
The mother bunker is surrounded by six to twenty sub-blockhouses, and if nothing else happens, there should be tunnels connecting the sub-blockhouses with the mother bunker."
"In addition, there are three trenches at the entrance of Jingxing. I have marked the width of the trenches and the distance between them on the sand table." Fujimoto Junxiu said this, and then said, "From the scale of Tumen Fortress
From the looks of things, its garrison strength is only 3,000 at most, and its firepower is expected to be slightly enhanced, but not more than one artillery battalion."
Jun Dodian nodded slightly when he heard this. Judging from the terrain, Toshihide Fujimoto's inference was credible.
Fujimoto Junxiu smiled slightly and said: "We have already mastered the distribution of fortifications in Tumen Fortress, and know its upper limit of troops and firepower configuration. Then, it is easy to calculate each mother-child bunker group in Tumen Fortress, as well as the one directly in front.
The troop layout and firepower intensity of the three trench fortifications have been improved."
Jun Tada said happily: "Fujimoto-kun, what is your conclusion?"
"The conclusion is..." Toshihide Fujimoto said firmly, "The garrison strength of each bunker group and the three trenches directly in front is at most one infantry company, which is roughly equivalent to an infantry squadron of the Imperial Army, and its firepower configuration is also similar to that of the Imperial Army.
, each infantry company can have up to six machine guns, and as for the artillery, it should be arranged in the main bunker."
Ogisu Rihei said: "In this case, dispatching two infantry brigades will be enough."
Hisao Tani frowned and reminded: "Fujimoto-kun, won't the Chinese armies reinforce each other?"
"Of course the China Army will, but..." Toshihide Fujimoto changed the topic and continued, "The communication trenches built by the China Army between the bunker groups are too shallow and are not reinforced with reinforced concrete. During the battle, the artillery and aviation of the Imperial Army will
These communication trenches can easily be cut off so that they cannot reinforce each other."
The Chinese *** team may regard the Domon Fortress as a natural hazard, but in the eyes of Toshihide Fujimoto, it is full of loopholes.
The Japanese aviation and artillery were easily able to separate the sixteen bunker groups of Tumen Fortress and the three trench fortifications outside Jingxingkou, making it impossible for them to support each other, thus forming a solitary fighting situation. In this way, the Japanese army
It is easy to concentrate superior troops and superior firepower to defeat each one.
However, Toshihide Fujimoto did not expect that Japanese officers and soldiers had already built Domen Fortress into a large underground lair under the guidance of civil engineering experts. The traffic trenches on the surface were just for show, but the real traffic trenches were hidden underneath.
Deep underground, and all reinforced with concrete and concrete with a diameter of more than 70cm!
Once the Japanese army really starts to attack, the Tumen Fortress garrison will be able to deliver a battalion of troops and at least fifty machine guns to the first trench at the forefront of the fortress within five minutes. Faced with such a firepower density, the Japanese army can even invest a
The infantry brigade is just like meat on the chopping block, ready to be slaughtered by others.
Pingding County.
The battle is over and the battlefield has been cleared.
Yue Weihan took Gao Shuxun, Sun Dianying and other senior generals to Pingding County immediately, and reviewed the teaching brigade that had just won the battle outside the east gate. Also being reviewed with the teaching brigade was Wang Zanchen's death squad, which made those who followed Yue Weihan
Dong Qiwu was quite proud. This battle was also made possible by the Jin-Sui Army, wasn't it?
Yue Weihan and other senior generals rode tall horses and walked slowly past the infantry formation.
As Yue Weihan rode past, almost every soldier who was inspected suddenly puffed up his chest. When he looked at Yue Weihan, his eyes were full of ardent worship. Yes, it was worship. These soldiers worshiped Yue Weihan fanatically.
In their hearts, Yue Weihan is a god, the omnipotent God of War!
Yang Donglin in the queue couldn't help but said: "It seems that the brothers admire Commander-in-Chief Yue very much!"
"Of course." A veteran next to him winked his eyebrows and whispered, "The Commander-in-Chief is the God of War in our hearts. He descended from the sky with omnipotent power and led us from one victory to another until we achieved the final victory.
Great victory, kill all the evil Japanese invaders!"
Not far away, Mu Tie said in a daze: "I seem to have seen this passage somewhere?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Tie screamed again: "Ha, I remembered, this sentence is written on the wall of the military camp toilet!" The veterans next to them suddenly grinned,
But he quickly covered his mouth again, because Yue Weihan had already come over there on a tall horse to review.
"Brother, to tell you the truth, he is a villain!" A veteran struggled to hold back his laughter and said to Mu Tie, "This sentence was actually written by him on the wall of every toilet. He wanted to force him to
Each of us has to read it at least once a day. Sometimes we have a stomachache, and we even have to read it two or three times a day. We are not human."
Although the veteran did not name him, everyone on earth knew that he was talking about Yue Weihan.
"No, he's just an asshole!" Another veteran immediately retorted, "Six months ago, when we were still in Xuzhou, this asshole forced us to run fifty kilometers every day, and he wouldn't let us eat until we finished. Oh my God, I'm hungry.
For three whole days and three nights, I was so hungry that I could smell the smell of rice even when someone farted. It was miserable."
"No, he is just a cold-blooded butcher." The third veteran retorted in a low voice, "You don't know, this butcher is really cruel when he kills people. Last time in Qinghe, I saw him glare with my own eyes.
, it really scared a person to death, the two puppet soldiers on the opposite side immediately collapsed to the ground with fear, and most of them were stunned."
Yang Donglin, Mu Tie and other officers and students looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.
"Are you stupid?" Li Chusheng glanced at Yang Donglin and said calmly, "Yes, he is a villain, a bastard, and a butcher!" After saying this, Li Chusheng's tone suddenly turned solemn, and then said, "But
, as long as he gives the order, I can charge at the gunpoint of the Japanese army without hesitation!"
Yang Donglin, Mu Tie and other officers and students heard this with awe.
When I looked around at the group of veterans around me, I saw that they were no longer smiling. The expressions on their faces all turned solemn in an instant. Obviously, the veterans agreed with what Li Chusheng had just said from the bottom of their hearts. As long as Yue Weihan gave the order,
They dare to go to the mountains of knives and go to the frying pan, and they are willing to do so!