Although the form looks so good, is it really that simple?
Saito Ritsaburo didn't think so. Although he was very confident in his own strength, he always felt that he had missed something. Saito Ritsaburo again set his sights on the military map that was one hundred thousand to one in front of him.
On the left side of Jiangmen is the 38th Division. The 38th Division was established in the third division of Nagoya in the middle of last year. The division adopts a three-unit organization, namely three infantry regiments and a field artillery regiment.
The division has several other auxiliary regiments under it. The total number of the division is about 18,000. The division leader is Lieutenant General Tadayoshi Sano. Since the division has a relatively short history, its combat effectiveness is second-rate in the Japanese army.
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On the right side of Jiangmen is the 18th Division led by Risaburo Saito himself. The 18th Division was captured together with the 17th Division in November 1907 after the end of the Russo-Japanese War.
Newly established.
In 1914, after the outbreak of World War I, as the independent 18th Division (division commander: Lieutenant General Kamio Mitsuomi. In addition, it was assigned to the 29th Brigade and the 29th Brigade originally affiliated to the Third Division.
The heavy artillery unit) participated in the offensive against the German Qingdao Fortress in China. On August 23, 1914, Japan declared war on Germany. The 18th Division landed at Longkou on the north coast of the Shandong Peninsula on September 2.
.The general offensive began on the day of Emperor Taisho's birthday (Tenjo Festival) (October 31st), and the battle lasted for about a week. On November 7th, the German army in Qingdao surrendered. Therefore, the 18th Division
Although it is a three-team division, its combat effectiveness is still very tenacious and can almost be ranked among the first-class divisions.
Saito Risaburo looked at his own deployment and felt that there was no problem. Behind the junction of the two divisions was the newly arrived 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, and further behind was the 48th Division that had just arrived.
When he thought of the heavy artillery brigade, Saito Risaburo felt that his heart was full of power. He knew the power of the heavy artillery brigade. He also knew the power of the heavy artillery brigade. As long as the heavy artillery brigade was there, they would definitely be able to defeat the 400 divisions on the opposite side the day after tomorrow.
The position was blown to pieces, but why did he feel a little uneasy in his heart.
Thinking of this, Saito Risaburo couldn't help but laugh at himself, "So, it seems that this person is getting older. He is starting to feel a little suspicious in his heart. Forget it, I don't want to think about this anymore."
After that, he stood up and stretched out, and the bones in his body immediately made a rattling sound. After twisting his sore neck, Saito Ritsaburo called out, "Here comes someone!"
"Hai, your Excellency, the division commander, do you have any orders?" A senior officer strode over and asked with his head lowered.
Saito Risaburo saw that it was Chief of Staff Takayama Kimichi. He smiled and asked: "Takayama-kun, how are our troops prepared?"
Gao Shan Gongtong solemnly said: "Your Excellency, division commander, please rest assured that all the soldiers on the position are ready and are just waiting for the order to be issued. Immediately kill all the Chinese people on the opposite side!"
"Yoshi, very good!" Ritsaburo Saito nodded with satisfaction, patted Mr. Takayama on the shoulder and said, "Takayama-kun, will you come with me to inspect the position?"
Gao Shan Gongtong said in astonishment: "Your Excellency, the division commander, now? But it's already three o'clock in the middle of the night, and you haven't had a good rest all day. You'd better go back to bed and have a good rest!"
"No!" Saito Risaburo shook his head, "I don't know why, but I always feel that we missed something. It stands to reason that if we make such a big noise, no matter how stupid the Chinese are, they will know that we are preparing to attack.
, but why didn’t they respond at all?”
"Haha... Your Excellency, Division Commander, you are worrying too much." Gao Shan laughed together: "Have you forgotten that the Chinese people have been beaten so embarrassingly by our naval aviation and army aviation warriors these days?
Even aerial reconnaissance is much reduced. Without the support of aircraft, what else can they do?"
Gao Shan Gongtong's words were full of ridicule. Many people hated and feared the Three Hundred Army, especially in recent years, when the Three Hundred Army had won consecutive battles and even the fifth division was shattered in their hands.
Now when it comes to the Three Hundred Army, many officers of the Twenty-First Army will show disdain on the surface, but they are very scared in their hearts. It has almost become the inner demon of all the officers and soldiers of the Twenty-first Army.
Lieutenant General Furushuo Qianlang mobilized three divisions this time to order a heavy artillery brigade and asked the navy to join the war. He was probably afraid that the Three Hundred Army would grow again in the future and would no longer be able to restrict it. He wanted to solve it once and for all.
Get rid of his ideas.
Looking at the chief of staff who was pretending to be contemptuous, Saito Risaburo secretly sighed in his heart. In the continuous air battles these days, although many Chinese fighter planes were shot down and caused great damage to them, the Japanese army's own casualties were relatively high.
It was only a lot more than three hundred troops. However, these casualties were quickly replaced by the powerful back force, and no one noticed this.
Thinking of this, Saito Risaburo felt a little unmotivated. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go!"
"Hai!"
After saying that, the two of them walked towards the headquarters one after another...
The hands of the clock quickly turned to the five-fifteen position. On a certain position of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, Private Ryota Nakamura was awakened by the urge to urinate. Originally, he did not want to get up, but ten minutes later
, he felt that his bladder was about to burst. Unable to bear it, he had no choice but to sit up, trotted out of the tent wearing a pair of Japan's unique crotch cloth, and came to a place with dense grass on the highlands to start his journey of releasing water.
Because he had been holding it in for too long, it took a long time to pee this time. It took a full three minutes before the water in the bladder was drained. Nakamura Ryouta shook the peeing tool, turned around and forgot to go to the opposite side of the position, where there was still
It was dark and there was no movement.
Looking at the silent front, Nakamura Ryota spat hard and cursed in a low voice: "Baga, damn the Chinese, don't they always like to shoot and shoot here? Why has there been no movement at all these days?
You must be afraid of being hit by planes from our Japanese Empire."
These days, the frequent air battles in the sky have made the soldiers of both China and Japan addicted to watching. Although they can't help much, they can still do things like cheering and shouting for their own aircraft on the ground. The fierce battles in the sky have always been
The fight lasted for several days until both sides were exhausted, and finally the number of planes in the sky slowly began to decrease.
Without the threat of planes in the sky, and with the arrival of reinforcements, the Japanese troops on the position began to become more confident again, and Nakamura Ryota dared to spit at the 400th Division position opposite.
"Hey... what are you doing?" A voice rang not far from Ryota Nakamura, almost scaring his little brother to death.
When Nakamura Ryota turned around, he saw a soldier standing next to him. He was so angry that he stared at him fiercely and said: "Baga, you guy, what are you doing standing there? Don't you know this will scare people to death?"
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"Humph, you're just timid, okay?" The guard on the side didn't bother to give him a slap on the back of his head, and then walked to the other side.
"Baga, this bastard from Nagoya, I'm going to make you look good one day!"
Nakamura Ryota, who was still frightened, spat at the opponent's back again, and walked towards the way he came from...
Yes, the place where Nakamura Ryota is now is the junction of the 18th Division and the 38th Division. His position is connected to the 38th Division. The guard just now is from the 38th Division.
Just when he was about to bend down and walk into the trench, he suddenly saw something written in front of him, and some bright lights were rising.
"What is that?" Nakamura Ryota screamed in shock.
That is to say, he is a new recruit. If it were any veteran, the first reaction at this time would be to quickly report to his superiors.
A few kilometers ahead, out of sight of Ryota Nakamura, Wang Dezi, commander of the heavy artillery brigade of the 300th Army, was standing in the headquarters, holding a phone into the mouthpiece and preparing to issue orders.
On various positions, more than two hundred heavy artillery pieces of different calibers had long taken off their gun jackets, and their muzzles were all pointed at the Japanese position.
The loader has pushed the first wave of shells into the barrel and closed the breech, and the aiming hand has positioned the muzzle according to the pre-assigned elements. At the same time, hundreds of howitzers, mortars and cannons of the 400 Division have also been adjusted at the same time.
Good Zhuyuan, the moment the minute hand and the second hand were aligned in a straight line, Wang Dezi gave an order to the phone.
The order came quickly. It was very simple, just two words: "Fire!"
"Tum, tom, tom..."
On the howitzer position deployed a few kilometers behind the 400th Division position, amid the continuous sound of artillery, the roar of more than thirty 203-caliber howitzers almost shook the entire earth, and the thunderous sound of artillery tore through
A dull world.
Clusters of white smoke and orange flames immediately appeared on the artillery position. The sound arrived a little later. It was an airtight loud noise, accompanied by the scream of the artillery shells.
The movement was indescribable, as if the entire sky was like a big drum with countless sledgehammers beating and beating on it, causing the gunners' ears to tense up and hurt, and the ground beneath their feet to shake rapidly.
"Whoosh..."
In about ten seconds, the joint between the 18th and 38th Divisions of the Japanese Army first exploded into a bright spot, and then the bright spot turned into a sea of flames, forming black smoke.
Amid the sharp whistling, someone shouted: "Baga, lie down quickly..."
Only then did Nakamura Ryota lie on the ground in panic.
"boom!"
As soon as Ryota Nakamura fell to the ground, he heard explosions coming from the ground beside him from time to time. There was also a strong heat wave that almost blew him away. The ground began to shake, and the explosions made his ears roar.
Except for the dull explosion, there was no other sound...