The tunnel digging in the warehouse was in full swing, but the Japanese troops were actually not idle either.
They are also digging trenches.
Since the battle yesterday, Jiro Wakita has finally sadly admitted that he cannot become Nogi Nogi, not because of the tactics of the old man who captured the Port Arthur Fortress at a cost of 60% casualties and sent his two sons to hell.
Better than him.
In fact, to be honest, he has racked his brains and used various strategies in the past few days, but he is much better than the old man who can only wave the saber and drive the death squads into the battlefield in piles. However, Nogi Nogi has better luck than him.
, the enemy is the Russians, but as unlucky as he is, he faces a group of Chinese who are even more desperadoes than desperadoes.
The Russians surrendered as soon as they saw that they could not defeat them. If they had to carry on with their lives, Jiro Wakita had reason to believe that the more than 60,000 casualties would have to be rounded up. But the Chinese people on the opposite side wanted to fight with them.
His 6th Infantry Regiment is carrying it to death!
Those guys are not afraid of death, but his 6th Infantry Regiment cannot afford to use it up no matter what. The less than 600 infantrymen left have fear in their eyes. Wakiitajiro knows that even if he just wants to fight, I'm afraid
, those infantrymen no longer have the spirit of yesterday.
But if Jiro Wakiba is allowed to besiege and not attack like this, he will not be able to swallow this breath no matter what. Sihang Warehouse is said to be desperate, but just looking at the huge ammunition consumption of Sihang Warehouse in the past few days, it seems like it will last forever.
Bullets and cannonballs are inexhaustible. No matter how stupid Wakitajiro is, he probably knows that he has been deceived by the Chinese.
The Chinese commanders had long thought that because this area was backed by the Western Concession, the empire did not dare to use heavy artillery and aerial bombs, so they would rather abandon the entire Zhabei to defend this place. Moreover, in order to defend this place, they could not
Fortunately, an arsenal and a food depot were left here.
MMB, since Jiro Wakiita figured out the crux of this problem, he has been looking at the rice balls in his hand with a sour taste in depression, and cursed the cunning Chinese commander in his heart. Everyone thought that this so-called
How brave the Chinese lone army is, but who in Baga can know that he and all the imperial warriors of the 6th Infantry Regiment are the real hard-working people!
We suffered heavy casualties and couldn't capture the fortress opposite. We didn't even have anything to eat. Even the rice dumplings delivered to him, the commander of the company, were sour. What could ordinary soldiers eat? But the worst was not in the short term.
The supply of military rations is not available, but the Chinese are too bad. They fire a few cold shots from time to time at night, even if they can't hit anyone, they use lights. Searchlights are almost becoming a scarce commodity now, but the engineers of the division
All the inventory of the regiment has been emptied! I heard that if the division commander had not been so shameless as to borrow it from other divisions, this position would have been completely dark last night.
If there were no lights, think about the two nights when the Chinese came for a sneak attack. Not only did a whole squad of soldiers lose their lives, but mines were buried to their feet, how would you still want to sleep at night? But even if there were a few searchlights on,
Look, the eyes of everyone who is harassed by the cold guns and cold guns of the Chinese every night are all red!
There was no food to eat, no sleep to sleep, and there was no way to win the battle. It was simply worse than the landing battle known as hell. Who knew how miserable the Japanese army colonel was! He kept staring at the threats in the distance at the silent Sihang Warehouse with his binoculars.
Banjiro felt a burst of sadness. If he hadn't seen that the field trenches that the reinforcements were quietly digging into the Sihang Warehouse under the guidance of the engineers were going relatively smoothly, he would have really wanted to give up the job.
Yes, at 9 o'clock in the morning, the reinforcements sent to him by the division headquarters arrived. The division commander was really generous enough to send him a full infantry regiment of soldiers, and he was still the commander.
The infantry regiment obeyed his orders. The number of troops in his hands once again swelled to 3,000.
But this time, he learned to be cautious. Ever since he learned that the Chinese warehouse was both an arsenal and a food depot, the Japanese army colonel, who became more and more obedient as he fought, understood that he could not be Nogi Nogi, that old guy was given to the Russians.
If he gives away a human head but the Russian surrenders, he will end up with the title of "Military God", but if he gives a human head to the Chinese, it is for free, and he will most likely end up with the title of idiot.
Therefore, after spending a night learning from the pain, he decided not to rush and attack, but to dig trenches with all his strength.
That's right, it's just civil engineering work. The trenches are dug right under the nose of the four-row warehouse and then attacked. This way, there is no need to start killing the Chinese on the way to the charge.
Don't tell me, if we just talk about civil engineering work, let alone the whole of Asia, even if we look around the world, there are not many countries that can do better than these little devils. Whether it is the future Songshan Fortress in Yunnan or the Red Army.
The division besieged the Okazaki Brigade, which had only half a day and one night to build civil fortifications, and used extremely excellent civil fortifications to show the world their ability in this area.
The Japanese have a great talent for digging holes.
At least, up to now, under the cover of infantry artillery and cannon bombardment, the field trenches have been dug to 80 meters away from the Sihang Warehouse. The Chinese defenders inside the Sihang Warehouse seemed unaware and did not use mortars to harass them.
Of course, it is also possible that even if they find out, there is nothing they can do. Who can guarantee that the mortar shells can be accurately sent into the trench that is no more than 1.5 meters wide? No matter how large the Chinese shell reserves are, they dare not waste them easily.
No? As for machine guns, rifles and submachine guns, you can shoot them casually. If you can hit the soldiers in the trenches, then you are considered ruthless.
Wakibajiro's gloomy face finally showed a smile of relief. If this progress continues, the Imperial Warriors will be able to dig fifty meters away from the Four Lines Warehouse by evening.
"Your Excellency Wakiitajiro, the warriors are digging trenches, but why don't the Chinese people react at all? Have they seen the imperial army's strength and scared them away?" A junior officer wearing a Japanese colonel's collar saw this.
The girl was in a pretty good mood, so she asked in relatively proficient Japanese.
Wakiitajiro glanced at this guy with some displeasure, and asked, "Baga, why didn't you say that you were scared to run away when I heard you were coming?" His face instantly darkened, and he snorted coldly but did not answer his question.
A question from a colleague.
Logically speaking, the infantry regiment commander who spoke had the same rank as Army Colonel Wakiitajiro, and had more troops than him. Even if the division headquarters ordered him to obey Wakiitajiro's command, Wakiitajiro looked at him like this.
, he could have just said it back with the same expression.
Why, your rank of colonel is awesome, but my rank of colonel was embroidered by me myself?
But this one, with his hot face pressed against his cold ass, although there was a flash of displeasure in his eyes, there was no dissatisfaction on his face. Instead, he quietly bent his waist further and lowered his head. "I'm here for the first time."
On the battlefield, as the situation on the battlefield is unclear, please give me more guidance, Your Excellency, Mr. Wakiitajiro."
With such a despicable appearance, even Takeo Kitajima standing on the other side had never lowered his status to this level in front of Wakiitajiro. He looked nothing like an army colonel. Even though he was a major colonel, they all looked down upon him.
It is estimated that this guy may have been raised by his stepmother.
But it has to be said that as soon as this low posture came out, the expression of Jiro Wakiba who had just suddenly pulled his face softened a lot. He put down the telescope and shook his head and said: "Mr. Gao, the Chinese will not run away. It's not because I sent the troops yesterday."
A large number of troops blocked the Suzhou River leading to the concession, but..."
"But, they are also warriors." Seeing a flash of confusion in the eyes of the colleague in front of him, Wakiitajiro could only continue to explain: "Yes, although I really want to hang them one by one, I have to
Admit it, they are real warriors. Before yesterday evening, they actually had the opportunity to retreat to the Western Concession, but they did not. So far, they have repelled at least thirty attacks from us, killing and injuring the Imperial Army.
Hundreds.”
"If this war is not a national war, and a winner must be decided, I would really like to make friends with them!" Jiro Wakiita said with a calm face in front of his colleague, the guard of the Four Elements Warehouse.
The army wore a high hat.
There was no way. It wasn't that the imperial army didn't work hard, but that the enemy was too strong. Without making the defenders of the Four Lines Warehouse stronger, Wakiitajiro couldn't explain to others why his infantry regiment besieged a small
The fact that Sihang Warehouse has been in operation for five or six days has only made a few big holes in the wall.
As for the killing and wounding of hundreds of imperial troops, the colleague in front of him was not the division commander anyway, and he was not qualified to review the casualties of the 6th Infantry Regiment. He did not know how many times the casualty report was reduced. This kind of belief
The nonsense that comes out of his mouth does not have much psychological burden on Jiro Wakiba.
"Hi! I understand, the enemy is extremely powerful." The Japanese commander nodded. "But such a powerful enemy shouldn't just watch us dig trenches or even tunnels without doing anything! I thought
..."
"That's right, Chinese people shouldn't be so calm!" Jiro Wakita also nodded.
In fact, there was nothing on the battlefield except the loud explosions of infantry artillery and cannons. The Chinese did not even make cold shots. This is unscientific.
After picking up the telescope and staring into the distance for a long time, Wakiitajiro suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Taka-kun, Kitajima-kun, look at the sandbags the Chinese put on the windows! Is there anything strange?"
Hearing Wakitajiro shout this, the two Japanese military officers hurriedly picked up the binoculars hanging around their necks and stared wide-eyed.
"Yes." Takeo Kitajima said after just two glances.
"Nani?"
"The Chinese have sealed several windows, including the door on the front of the building, and used enough sandbags. They obviously don't plan to come out again." Takeo Kitajima said with certainty.
He has a very strong memory. Yesterday, there were many windows in Sihang Warehouse and half of them were left open for shooting. He remembered clearly.
...
Wakiitajiro's face suddenly darkened. With such a deputy, how could Baga be undefeated?
"I mean, look at the earth material used in Chinese sandbags." Jiro Wakiba could only remind him.
"The Chinese people obviously don't have enough military knowledge!" The Japanese colonel stared at the sandbags for a while according to Wakiitajiro's reminder, and came to the conclusion. "A lot of the soil in the sandbags is wet, and some are even dripping. It's not at all
It cannot withstand the penetrating power of heavy machine gun bullets."
Peat... Wakiitajiro's face looked as ugly as if he had just swallowed a lump of food and just vomited it out.
Is my praise just now in vain? If they are scum, then who am I? The little ashes among the scum?
"Where did that large amount of fresh soil come from?" Perhaps thinking of a more serious problem, Wakitajiro asked to himself instead of scolding two colleagues who were already labeled idiots in his heart.
This person and that! You still have to rely on yourself. Wakiitajiro has never understood so deeply what the teacher once said, there are so many idiots!
"Dig..." the Japanese commander murmured.
Then, the faces of the three people collectively became extremely ugly.
"Baga! The Chinese are digging tunnels." (To be continued)