There is a mountainous area more than sixty miles away from Linyi. Most of the slopes here are earth slopes, but some slopes are made of rock. Most of the houses in this area are built with stones collected from here. But what is interesting is that people use the stones collected here to build their houses.
This place is called Shaling. Although we don’t know why, this name has been passed down since ancient times.
After Seishiro Sakagaki was severely beaten by Su Rui and Pang Bingxun two days ago, he led the remaining troops to retreat here, hoping to use the terrain here to hold on until reinforcements arrive.
But in the past two days, Sakagaki Seishiro's mood has been very unhappy, his temper has become louder, and he has been much harsher on his subordinates. He often reprimands severely. This also makes the staff guards of the Fifth Division Regiment Headquarters do things in the past few days.
They are all trembling.
Seishiro Sakagaki was sitting silently in a tent. There was a bottle of sake and a dark green military cup on an ammunition box next to him.
Sakagaki picked up the cup and raised his head. With a "squeak" sound, he poured a sip of sake into his mouth. A hot stream of warmth flowed from his throat into his intestines and stomach.
"ah……"
Seishiro Sakagaki burped with satisfaction, picked up the bottle and wanted to pour more wine, but was stopped by Colonel Saburo Saburo on the side.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, you can't drink any more. If you drink any more you will get drunk. Don't forget that you are a senior general of the Empire. There are thousands of warriors of the Japanese Empire here waiting for your orders!"
"Shut up!"
Sakagaki Seishiro cursed loudly: "Give me back the wine, this is an order!"
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, you can't drink any more. You are irresponsible to the Fifth Division by doing this!" Colonel Saburo Kawabe stubbornly held the bottle in his hand and looked at Seishiro Sakagaki.
"Baga Yalu, you bastard!" Sakagaki Seishiro became angry, and after belching, he cursed: "What do you know, in the eyes of those people in Tokyo, I am already dead...already dead! You
Do you understand?"
Originally, Seishiro Sakagaki had been in the army for more than 20 years and was considered a mentally tough person, but the blow he received this time was so severe that he could hardly bear it.
The Oolong incident that occurred in Tokyo two days ago almost made Seishiro Sakagaki a joke. When Tokyo newspapers were covering the news of his death, he was still alive and kicking in the sand ridge. In the end, although the "Asahi Shimbun"
The misunderstanding was eliminated at first, but the impact had already been caused. Sakagaki Seishiro and his Fifth Division also became greatly famous among the Japanese people.
But this fame is not a good thing. Sakagaki Seishiro's defeat also spread to Japan with this "death", so that even ordinary people know that Sakagaki Seishiro suffered a huge defeat.
In view of this, Sakagaki Seishiro always resorted to drinking to drown his sorrows in the past two days to numb himself.
Seeing the decadent Seishiro Sakagaki, Saburo Kawabe said loudly and angrily: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, if you are like this, the Fifth Division will be doomed!"
"Haha... we were originally..."
"Report!"
A voice appeared outside the tent, "Your Excellency, the Commander of the Division, please report to Your Excellency, the Chief of Staff, General Touichi Terauchi has called. The 111th Brigade that came for reinforcements has already set off, and there is also a tank brigade with them."
and thirty-six heavy artillery pieces are expected to arrive at your place this evening. I hope that your troops will join the 111th Brigade and capture Linyi as soon as possible and join the 10th Division."
"boom……"
There was a sound like a hard object falling to the ground, and then Seishiro Sakagaki, smelling of alcohol, appeared at the door of the tent...
The weather in March is still a bit cool, and the sun sets a bit early. It starts to set around five o'clock in the afternoon.
Surrounding the mountains of Shaling were Japanese mobile sentries in twos and threes and overt and hidden sentries. It seemed that the Fifth Division was frightened by Su Rui's two consecutive night attacks, and the sentries were actually sent out three miles away.
At the foot of a mountain, three or four scattered gray-green figures were slowly walking along a dirt road at the foot of the hillside. They moved very carefully and very slowly. They waited until these figures approached to see them.
Qing Qing turned out to be four soldiers who had wrapped their bodies with branches and withered grass. If they were lying on the ground like this, no one would be able to tell that they were alive unless they looked carefully.
At this time, one of the leading soldiers stopped. He quickly lay down and put his right ear close to the ground to listen to what was going on. Soon, he got up and raised his right fist upwards. The three soldiers behind him immediately stopped.
After landing, the three soldiers soon gathered around the leader, a low-ranking officer wearing the rank of second lieutenant.
A soldier of medium height with a dusty face whispered: "Platoon leader, what's going on?"
If Xu Yaoshan were here, she would definitely exclaim in exclaim. Isn't this man covered in dust and carrying a radio and a rifle behind his back his cousin Li Chenzhe?
The second lieutenant whispered: "Hurry up and take cover, a large group of people is coming!"
As soon as the soldier finished speaking, Li Chenzhe and others quickly dispersed to the side of the road. Some of them hid by the dead trees, and some hid in the hollows. In less than thirty seconds, the four of them were already hiding.
Even if someone walks up to you, you will never know who is lurking here if you don't look carefully.
After a while, the ground began to shake, and soon a mighty convoy drove over, headed by dozens of Japanese-style trucks. The carriages were filled with Japanese soldiers, and there were also Japanese soldiers on the roofs of the trucks.
A Type 11 light machine gun.
Behind these trucks are dozens of Japanese tanks. It is worth mentioning that these tanks have longer bodies, but the diamond-shaped turret is set closer to the front. In front of the turret is a short and thick barrel. They are moving rapidly.
They followed the trucks through the dirt road. After these tanks passed, there was a long line of trucks, all loaded with soldiers. After the long retreat, dust was raised in the sky.
By the time these motorcades had passed, it was already half an hour later, and the faces and nostrils of Li Chenzhe and others were already covered in dust.
"Pooh!"
After spitting heavily with loess, the leading second lieutenant said to Li Chenzhe: "Li Chenzhe, you report to the brigade headquarters immediately, saying that the Japanese reinforcements' leading force of about 3,000 people has passed Xiaogenzhuang.
It is estimated that we will arrive at Shaling in another hour, and there will be twenty-five Type 97 tanks among them."
"yes!"
After more than a month of military career, Li Chenzhe's original childish look had disappeared without a trace, replaced by a calmness and perseverance unique to soldiers.
I put down the radio from my back, connected to the predetermined frequency, and started to call: "Wild cats call their nests, wild cats whistle their nests, the leading Japanese reinforcements have passed Xiaogenzhuang, numbering about three thousand people, including twenty-five
A Type 97 chariot, and..."
After a while, after the report was completed, Li Chenzhe asked the leading second lieutenant: "Platoon commander, are we still observing the next Japanese reinforcements? Didn't Yeying and the others already conduct reconnaissance? Now they have seen their vanguard. Let's
Can I go back?"
"no!"
The second lieutenant said decisively: "We can't leave until we see all the Japanese reinforcements pass by, otherwise what are we doing here?"
"yes!"
Although he was a little disapproving, Li Chenzhe still obeyed the order and began to hide again.
After more than twenty minutes, the ground began to tremble again, and a long convoy began to drive over from a distance. Trucks came one after another, and the billowing dust and smoke almost obscured the entire sky.
The long convoy passed for nearly an hour, and after the last truck had finally gone away, four invisible humanoid objects were revealed on the roadside.
"Cough cough cough..."
There was a strong coughing sound, and the four guys who had turned into natives got up and coughed while holding their throats. It took a while before they finished coughing.
But before everyone had finished coughing, the leading second lieutenant said first: "Li... Li Chenzhe, you report to the brigade immediately. The previous... previous intelligence was wrong. The Japanese army has returned with more than twenty 105-caliber rifles.
Artillery, but a heavy artillery group including twenty 105 field guns and sixteen Type 38 120 field howitzers. Let the brigade and the others quickly step up their guard!"
"It's...the nest...the nest, I'm a wildcat, emergency, emergency..."
"What... the previous intelligence was wrong, the Japanese even brought 120 field howitzers!"
In the headquarters of the 300 Brigade, Su Rui's face suddenly turned gloomy after hearing the news. The original intelligence was wrong. According to the latest report of the reconnaissance team, the Japanese brought in 20 soldiers and 10 soldiers.
In addition to the five-caliber field artillery, there are actually sixteen 120 field howitzers. Together with the original field artillery company of the Fifth Division, the number of Japanese artillery has reached nearly fifty.
This is definitely bad news for the artillery battalion with only eight 105-caliber howitzers and seven 120-caliber mortars left.
Liang Zhi, who was making plans on the side, also dropped the pencil in his hand and said dullly: "Honor, this is really bad news that couldn't be worse."
"Oh, yes!"
Su Rui also said calmly: "Originally, our artillery still had a slight advantage, but tomorrow the Japanese will definitely overwhelm us. As long as they blast us with artillery fire like this, our city walls and fortifications will be destroyed."
It has to be completely unstoppable.”
Liang Zhi sighed: "Not only that, but with the help of their aviation troops, we may not be able to withstand even one day! After all, our air defense battalion has suffered a lot of casualties in the past few days, and it is estimated that it cannot withstand the large-scale bombing by the Japanese army."
.”
Liang Zhi's already gloomy face became even stiffer when he thought that tomorrow their troops would be bombarded by Japanese aircraft in the sky and bombarded by artillery on the ground.
The atmosphere in the headquarters suddenly became dull. After an unknown amount of time, Su Rui punched the table and shouted in a low voice: "Then blow them up at night!"
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