The eldest of the Yan family in the Siheyuan

Chapter 457

Seeing Wang Chengzhu's gesture, the soldiers of the artillery company quickly unmounted the cannon from the horse, and quickly assembled it again.

After more than ten minutes, all the cannons were assembled, and the black muzzles were aimed at the devil's camp.

"Company commander, it's all assembled." Rows of artillery company commanders ran over and shouted at Wang Chengzhu.

Hearing the sound, Wang Chengzhu walked to the front and raised the flag in his hand. Seeing Wang Chengzhu's movement, the soldiers of the artillery company hurriedly loaded the shells into the barrel.

"Go and shoot, get ready, let go." After speaking, the flag in Wang Chengzhu's hand swung down violently.

When the soldiers heard Wang Chengzhu's order, they immediately understood what their company commander meant.

Rapid shooting is to shoot at the elements that have been set, and the shells can be fired as fast as they can.That is to say, in the shortest time, the most shells are fired.

Following Wang Chengzhu's order, the soldiers of the artillery company pulled the launch rope of the artillery.

In an instant, the cannonballs flew towards the devil's camp with a whistling sound, and then the soldiers quickly reloaded the cannonballs and pulled the launch rope.

This is the case with rapid shooting. You don't need to wait for the command to fire, you just need to load the shells into the cannon and fire them out.

Without Wang Chengzhu's order to stop the bombardment, the soldiers of the artillery company kept firing until all the ammunition they brought was exhausted.

At this time, the devils in the camp were blown up. After several days of marching, they finally set up camp and had a good rest. They didn't expect to be bombarded. At this moment, the devils are in a state of confusion and don't know what happened. whats the matter.

When the explosions sounded one after another in the camp, the devils didn't feel sleepy for a moment, and got out of the tents one after another, and began to evade.

"Bombardment, bombardment, fast, fast, dodge." At this moment, the roars of the devil officers did not come from the camp.

"Baga, where did this shell come from? You are all stupid pigs, and you haven't found it out yet?" At this time, a disgraced Japanese officer yelled at several artillery soldiers beside him.

"Your Excellency, Captain, the shells are coming from our side." An artillery soldier said tremblingly.

"Nani, they're coming from one side. Quickly organize your troops to rush towards the enemy's artillery position. You must catch these people for me." Hearing what the soldiers said, the joint leader ordered to the side railing.

At this time, Li Yunlong also led a new regiment of soldiers to encircle Ping'an County, but he did not launch a siege, but surrounded and did not attack.

Soon, the Japanese army on the city wall discovered the abnormality, so they immediately ran down the city wall to find Mito Muto to report.

"Your Excellency, Head of the Division, Your Excellency, Head of the Division, it's not good, the Eighth Route, the Eighth Route, and the Eighth Route have surrounded our county." The soldier rushed into the room of Mito Muto no matter what, and shouted loudly while panting heavily road.

Muto Miyoshi, who was sleeping, heard the soldier's voice, and sat up from the bed at once, regardless of whether the two Japanese singers next to him were naked or not.

"What did you say?"

"Balu, Balu surrounded our county."

"Bagaya Road." Muto Sanbo was startled when he heard the soldier's words, and no matter what time it was, he quickly put on his clothes after cursing, and then walked out of the room.

While walking towards the command room, he ordered the soldiers next to him to wake up Ichiro Honda and Miki Winter.

Although Muto Sanbo drank a little too much tonight, but when he heard that the Eighth Route Army was coming, he was so frightened that he woke up immediately.

After a while, Ichiro Honda and Miki Toten came to the command room.Then Muto Sanbo told the two about the siege of the city by the Eighth Route Army.

But before the three of them discussed what to do next, a telegraph operator broke in.

"Report, Your Excellency Division Commander, the 21st Division and the 22nd Division sent a telegram saying that their camp was bombarded by the Eighth Route Army." The telegrapher came in and saluted the three of them and said.

"Nani, there are artillery on the eighth road here?" Dong Miki and Honda Ichiro asked in surprise after hearing what the telegraph operator said.

They didn't understand why the Eighth Route Army here was different from what they had seen before.The eight roads they encountered before, let alone artillery, didn't even have a single rifle.

When they heard the Eighth Route Army besieging the city just now, the two of them didn't take it seriously. You must know that without the assistance of artillery, it would be very difficult to attack the city.

As soon as their reinforcements arrive, the two sides will attack back and forth, and this eight-way army will be unable to escape.But now it is different. I heard Muto Sanbo’s introduction before, and I know that there are not many defenders in the city. If the Eighth Route Army starts to attack the city with the help of artillery, it may break the city before the reinforcements arrive.

In that case, the three division heads have no other way out except to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor.

At this time, Wang Chengzhu, who was not far from the devil's camp, quickly organized his men to disassemble the artillery after the soldiers had shot out the shells, then put the dismantled parts on the horse's back, and turned around and rushed towards the new regiment's garrison.

Because all the members were riding horses, they ran very fast. When the little devil rushed to the artillery position, he found that the enemy had already left the building empty.

"Bagaya Road, Bagaya Road." The devil squadron leader who rushed to the artillery evacuation position, looked at the artillery shell casings all over the ground, waved the command knife in his hand, and cursed angrily.

"Your Excellency Squadron Leader, the enemy has already retreated. And the direction of the retreat is unknown, and even the traces have been cleared by them. If we continue to be pursued, then we can only call in military dogs." A devil ran over. Report to the squadron leader.

"Immediately report the situation here to Your Excellency, and ask for instructions on whether to continue the pursuit." The squadron leader said helplessly, and he did not have the right to decide whether to continue the pursuit.

After all, they had just been transferred here, and they were unfamiliar with the place. If they fell into the enemy's trap, this crime would not be something he could bear.

Soon the news reached the regiment leader at the rear. At this time, the regiment leader was angry. Although the bombardment did not lose a lot of troops, only one squadron, the combat supplies they brought over this time were not small. , if the supplement is not timely enough, it will definitely affect the next battle.

After suffering such a big loss, if they were run away by the enemy, how would they explain to their superiors? Although this encounter was not caused by them, the superiors will not pay attention to these.

So several regiment leaders discussed it, and immediately dispatched military dogs, saying that they must keep the enemy's artillery unit today. Only in this way can they make up for their mistakes.

But at this time, Wang Chengzhu and the others, who were only equipped with war horses, marched very fast and marched all the way in the direction of Zhaojiayu.

"Company commander, Zhaojiayu is ahead." A soldier ran up to Wang Chengzhu and said to him.

"Okay, finally back." Wang Chengzhu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what the soldier said.

"Our shelling this time is a huge blow to the devils both psychologically and in action. The regiment leader will definitely give you a reward when you go back. Don't forget me, brother." Sun Desheng rode away on the side Go to Wang Chengzhu and say.

"Commander Sun, don't be humble. If it weren't for the cooperation of your cavalry company, the brothers in our artillery company would not be able to escape from the pursuit of the little devils even if they are very capable. There is no reward, as long as you can follow the regiment commander Just beat the devils, let's not talk about this, we have been busy all night, let's go back to sleep quickly." Wang Chengzhu said to Sun Desheng.

"That's right, okay, then let's hurry up and go back to sleep. Oh, by the way, I haven't notified the leader of our return, no, you go back first, I will notify the leader." Sun Desheng remembered Li Yunlong They are still leading troops to besiege Ping'an County, so they have to rush over to him, otherwise it will be bad for the devils to react and call in support for the regiment leader to attack back and forth.

Next, the troops were divided into two groups. Wang Chengzhu took the brothers of the artillery company back to the station to pay attention, while Sun Desheng took a few soldiers and ran towards Ping'an County.

When Li Yunlong returned to the garrison with his troops, Muto Sanbo learned that Li Yunlong's siege of the county was fake, and his main focus was to attack their camp and blow them up while the supreme commander of the 2122 Division was away. combat materials.

But it’s too late to react now. The combat supplies of the two divisions have been blown up by Li Yunlong’s artillery. If the next combat operation is to go smoothly, we can only report this matter to the headquarters and ask the commander to reconsider. Arrange for supplies to be delivered, otherwise they will be very passive.

And at the headquarters of the First Japanese Army in Taiyuan, Kusuyama Hideyoshi also saw the urgent telegram sent to him by Muto Sanbo.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, if you want to say something, do you want to send this telegram to Your Excellency the Commander?" Intelligence agent Matsushitaro asked Kusuyama Hideyoshi who was in a daze.

Ever since he received Muto's triple telegram, he was also stunned for a moment, and then realized that the situation was urgent, so he found Kusuyama Hideyoshi who was on duty with those telegrams.

After reading the telegram, Kusuyama Hideyoshi was stunned for more than ten minutes without speaking, so Matsushitaro, who was a little anxious, hurriedly asked.

"Baga, there is this Li Yunlong, are the two division commanders all idiots? They lost a squadron just after they arrived in Ping'an County. How did you get promoted in the military?" Kusuyama Hideyoshi said cursingly after hearing Matsushitarou's words, and walked towards the room where Shinozuka Yoshio was resting.

When Kusuyama Hideyoshi came to the door of Shinozuka Yoshio's room where he was resting, he hesitated for a long time, he didn't know how to report this matter to Shinozuka Yoshio, and finally he had the heart to knock on the door of Shinozuka Yoshio's room.

"Boom boom boom, boom boom boom."

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Commander."

Nanshan Hideyoshi knocked on the door a few times, and then shouted.

"Nanshan-kun, what's the matter, is there something urgent?" Shinozuka Yoshio vaguely heard that it was Nanshan Hideyoshi calling him, so he got up and dressed while facing the door and asked.

"Your Excellency, Commander, something has happened. The 21st Division and the 22nd Division have sent urgent telegrams." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said unnaturally with his head down.

After hearing Kusuyama Hideyoshi's words, Shinozuka Yoshio sat up from the bed suddenly, his sleepiness disappeared without a trace, and ran over to open the door for Kusuyama Hideyoshi regardless of whether he was dressed or not.

After all, when the telegram was sent at this time, it must be that something happened to these two divisions, otherwise it would be impossible to be so anxious.

"Nanshan Jun, what happened?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, tonight, the division heads of the 21st and 22nd divisions went to Ping'an County as guests. Li Yunlong took this opportunity to send artillery to shell the camps of the two divisions. The two divisions lost a total of one The strength of the squadron, and all the combat materials they brought over this time were all blown up, they sent a telegram, wanting us to send a batch of supplies there." After Nanshan Hideyoshi finished speaking, the telegram in his hand also turned to Xiaozuka Yoshio handed it over.

Shinozuka Yoshio couldn't believe what Kusuyama Hideyoshi said. Finally, after reading the telegram from Kusuyama Hideyoshi, he was sure that it was true.

"Bagaga Road." Yoshio Shinozuka angrily tore the telegram into pieces after reading it.

You must know that this is a month's combat supplies for the two divisions. If you want to get them together again, it will not be completed in a short time. As for the loss of a squadron's strength, he doesn't care much.Anyway, enough troops have been transferred this time, so it's a big deal to replenish them again.

But combat materials are different, especially the really huge amount of materials, not to mention how much, it will take a lot of time to transport them.

On the way, there are still many defensive areas of hostile forces, although they have colluded with the Central Army and the Jinsui Army in private.But no one knows if there will be any accidents if they take this route again, after all, the two sides are now enemies.

"Your Excellency, Commander, let's hurry up to mobilize the supplies and deliver them to the front line. Anyway, the next two divisions will participate in the battle. It's impossible without combat supplies." Hideyoshi Nanshan's scalp was numb to Xiao Yoshio Tsukasa said, no way.Combat supplies must be re-transported, otherwise the next battle will be impossible to fight.

Fortunately, for this battle, they had prepared a total of one and a half months of combat supplies. Except for the two divisions that had been brought over when they left, there was still a lot left that would last them half a month as long as they were delivered.It will be easy after that, the big deal is to mobilize slowly.

"Okay, send them the rest of the supplies, but be careful on the way, and don't be destroyed by the Eighth Route Army." Although Yoshio Shinozuka was very angry, he also knew the priorities, no matter what the supplies were Might be shipped over.

As for the punishment of the two division commanders, we will have to wait until this combat operation is over.
(End of this chapter)