ebookland Chapter 262 Artillery Exhibition
Chapter 262 Artillery Exhibition
"Brother Liu, please rest assured. We brothers have seen blood before. It was just these Japanese, wasn't it? Just wait, there will be news soon."
Sun Xing stomped out his cigarette, as if he had made an important decision. With so many people coming tonight, the Japanese would probably come to ask questions soon. If he didn't kill them, he would not survive.
"Brother, I will wait for good news."
Liu Renyuan looked at the people behind him. There were more than 30 commandos in total. He originally wanted to do it himself, but if you could do it, it would save a lot of trouble.
Sun Xing nodded and began to issue deployments. More than a thousand people were to kill dozens of Japanese soldiers. If they couldn't even do this, they might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes.
From time to time, muffled groans and loud shouts of cursing could be heard from the trenches, but the people on the city wall paid no attention. After all, it was perfectly normal for them to hear the Japanese scolding the puppet army.
At one o'clock in the morning, gunshots were heard again. Sun Xing's men were too useless. Before they had killed half of them, a Japanese soldier discovered them and opened fire directly on the position.
"Help them with their work."
Liu Renyuan said speechlessly, and dozens of commandos behind him went out with submachine guns. With their participation, the Japanese soldiers naturally could not make any trouble. Of course, more than a dozen puppet soldiers also died.
When the submachine guns were firing at the Japanese soldiers, some puppet soldiers were standing too close and were killed for no reason.
Some members of the puppet army expressed dissatisfaction, but they were suppressed by their regimental commander. Don’t you see what time it is now? Have you ever thought about the consequences of daring to challenge the people of the 72nd Brigade?
At 2:30 in the morning, the Japanese troops in the trenches outside the city were almost eliminated, and a red flare was fired into the sky. Li Shaoyi waved his hand, and more than a thousand brothers quickly entered the trenches outside the city.
The Japanese soldiers on the city wall also discovered this, but it was pitch black below. Apart from firing randomly, these people did not dare to run out. Major General Nomura was woken up in his sleep again. This guy was still able to sleep, which shows that he has a strong mental quality.
"These damn Dragon people are really not trustworthy."
There is no need to investigate at this time, you can guess what happened next. It must be that this group of puppet soldiers rebelled.
There were several Dragon Country translators beside Major General Nomura, and they looked a little unnatural after hearing his words.
"Arrest them all. All Dragon nationals in the headquarters and government agencies must stay in their offices and not come out without my order."
When Major General Nomura turned around, he happened to see several Dragon people around him and immediately gave orders. These people wanted to explain, but the Japanese military police's bayonets were already against their backs.
This was exactly what Li Shaoyi wanted: to show all the Dragon people in the city what was the point of working for the Japanese? Could they trust you at a critical moment? Even though they usually spoke well, at this moment, the first to turn their guns were the Japanese.
The puppet army commander and deputy commander were executed that night. They had four regiments under their command. Now that all four regiments have surrendered, what's the point of keeping these commanders without troops? Although there were still two companies in the city, Major General Nomura no longer trusted them and sent military police to surround them.
After a whole night of tossing and turning without getting any serious work done, Major General Nomura discovered that several hundred of his men were still tied up, and all of them were used to watch over the Chinese.
If the Japanese had sufficient artillery, they could occupy a high position on the city wall and attack the enemies in the fortifications outside the city. But the problem was that their weapons and equipment were all in the military camps outside the city, just to prevent them from being able to provide support outside the city when the city was surrounded.
Now look what happened. Li Shaoyi didn't attack the city first, but attacked your military camp outside the city first.
All the reserve supplies fell into Li Shaoyi's hands. They stood on the city wall and looked at the outer trenches, which were filled with soldiers from the 72nd Brigade, but they could only stare blankly. Who made them do so because they didn't have many weapons and ammunition?
According to Sun Xing, there were only a few small arsenals in the city. When they arrived outside the city to defend, half of them had been emptied. The remaining ones were only enough for these people to fight for two hours.
When the sun rose, Li Shaoyi had already arrived at the foot of Chengde City.
The city wall built in the past as a royal summer resort is indeed very good. With the renovation by the Japanese, it has a certain antique flavor. However, the plaster flags hanging on the wall made Li Shaoyi very dissatisfied.
"Reporting to the Brigade Commander, a telegram came from the Intelligence Department, saying that a part of the 12th Division is less than a hundred miles away from us and can arrive within a day."
Li Shaoyi was planning how to attack the city when he heard the news. He had originally thought of charging in tonight, but now it seemed impossible. He had to deal with this place before the people from the 12th Division arrived.
"Brother, shall we fight now?"
Tang Guoping said anxiously, but even if they fought now, facing the Japanese in front of them, they might not be able to defeat them in a short time. There was no possibility of any sneak attack during the day.
"Have all our weapons and equipment gathered in South City. Show us all the artillery shells and other items. I want him to get out here on his own."
Li Shaoyi hesitated for a moment and felt that it would be better not to attack by force. If we did, facing such a defensive offensive, our people would suffer heavy losses.
The people from the 12th Division are coming and will definitely rush into the city. At worst, we can surround the city and attack the reinforcements. But it is definitely not a good idea to attack Chengde fiercely now. We have to think of a clever way.
After hearing what Li Shaoyi said, Tang Guoping also felt that this was a solution. Perhaps after the other party saw our powerful military force, they would choose not to fight.
Under Tang Guoping's command, the brothers of the 72nd Brigade began to gather quickly towards the south of the city, and various heavy weapons were also gathered.
The people on the city wall also saw it and pulled Major General Nomura over. There were at least thirty 105mm heavy artillery pieces gathered outside the city, as well as various mountain artillery, infantry guns, and large-caliber mortars.
Major General Nomura felt like this was an artillery exhibition. Not to mention his own partially manned brigade, even the artillery of the entire Kwantung Army seemed no match for these people...