I'm killing enemies with my sword and exploding equipment

This is the Japanese First Division on Zhengtai Road.

The division commander, Saburo Nakazawa, had just kicked a rock and fractured his toe.

At this moment, his right foot was wrapped like a dumpling, and the pain made him gasp from time to time.

Helpless, he could only sit on an ammunition box and wait for news from all sides.

Suddenly, a messenger he had just sent out came running back in a panic and reported:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, something bad has happened!"

When Saburo Nakazawa saw this man, he was immediately frightened.

Because he knew that this guy was sent by him to inquire about the progress of Yoshino Hideki.

He immediately shouted loudly:
"Baka! Ogasawara-kun, you look so panicked, you're as ugly as a frightened mouse!
Where is your courage? "

Hearing this scolding, Ogasawara Yuji immediately calmed down like a duck with its neck strangled.

Then he reported tremblingly:
"Your Excellency, the division commander, it's the Yoshino brigade commander and them...they..."

“What’s wrong with this idiot Yoshino Hideki?
Did he suffer loss at the hands of the Eighth Route Army again?
I knew this jerk was unreliable!!!"

Saburo Nakazawa started talking immediately, leaving Ogasawara Yuji no chance to get a word in.

After a long while, seeing that the other party had paused for a moment, he quickly took advantage of the opportunity to say:

"Captain Yoshino and his troops, all... all... died in piety!

The bodies of the warriors were lying all over the road.

"What? All of us will perish together???"

Damn it! Yoshino Hideki is such an idiot!
I shouldn't have handed the Warriors to him!!!"

Saburo Nakazawa jumped up from the ground, jumping and roaring.

His First Division was already short of manpower, and now Yoshino Hideki had destroyed two of his squadrons in such a short time. How could he not be angry?
How not to be angry?
However, he forgot that his right toe was broken, and when he jumped up, he was hit hard again.

The toes that were simply fixed by the military doctor were instantly stressed again.

Then the next second, he felt severe pain in his feet.

I couldn't help but screamed miserably -

"what--"

……

On the special forces side, Yang Yuanshan had no idea how miserable Nakazawa Saburo's current situation was.

He ignored the rumble of artillery fire and slept soundly for several hours.

The telegraph operators, staff officers and others in the temporary command center were extremely envious.

In such a tense war situation, they can't sleep even if they are asked to!
……

After waking up, Yang Yuanshan opened his eyes and saw Zhan Haishan writing something in front of an oil lamp. He immediately called out:

"Haishan, go get some sleep. I'll be the one keeping watch now."

Zhan Haishan raised his head and refused:
"Captain, I can't sleep. You go on sleeping."

"Enough sleep."

Yang Yuanshan sat up, picked up the kettle, drank a sip, rinsed his mouth, and then asked him:

“What’s the situation now?
Has any news been sent in from any quarter?"

"Yes, our superiors forwarded a telegram from the New Second Regiment, saying that they have already set up defensive facilities in Shuiquan.

We don’t have to fight the devils to death. If we can’t resist them, we can retreat in time.”

Yang Yuanshan nodded:
"Yes, Not Bad.

If Captain Kong doesn't get ready, the leaders will probably call for his dismissal again."

"By the way, the superior's telegram also asked you to..."

Zhan Haishan hesitated a little.

"What happened to me?"

Yang Yuanshan was curious.

"The leader told you not to waste his artillery. After this battle, send him 24 mountain artillery pieces."

After Zhan Haishan finished speaking, he stared at Yang Yuanshan nervously, wanting to see his reaction.

He knew that if Li Yunlong wanted 24 Type 81 infantry guns or mm mortars, Yang Yuanshan would give them to him without hesitation.

But although there are a lot of 75mm mountain cannons in the special forces regiment, they are not something that can be used endlessly, so they can only be stored in the bottom of the box!

When Yang Yuanshan heard Li Yunlong's request, he rolled his eyes and complained:

"Leader, this is robbing me!
He opened his mouth and said 24 mountain cannons, what a big appetite! "

"Then are you not going to give it to me, Captain?"

Zhan Haishan was curious.

"Let's talk about it after this battle."

Yang Yuanshan answered casually.

If there was a big gain in this battle and he had surplus mountain artillery, he certainly wouldn't mind handing over a batch to Li Yunlong in exchange for some veterans, food, etc.

But if the harvest is too small and not enough to make up for his own losses, then he will have to get some Type 92 infantry guns to fool the enemy.

……

After talking about Li Yunlong's request for artillery, Yang Yuanshan asked again:
"Besides this, is there any other news?"

"About two hours ago, the Second Battalion wiped out a group of Japanese soldiers who were charging at them, killing a major general and a colonel."

Zhan Haishan continued to answer.

"What? Major General?

My goodness, this guy must be a brigade commander, right? "

Yang Yuanshan was surprised and stood up quickly.

That’s at least four more 105mm howitzers!

Beautiful!
Zhan Haishan nodded:
“Yes, Lu Tao identified his identity from the incomplete documents seized.

This guy should be the commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division of the Japanese, Major General Yoshino Hideki. "

"Lu Tao is a good kid. He recognizes more and more Japanese characters!

What about the colonel? What is his status? "

"I don't know. I didn't see any other names in the incomplete documents that were seized."

Zhan Haishan replied with some regret, and then pointed to the pile of things on the table:
"Here, these are the captured sabers, collar badges, and so on."

Yang Yuanshan came over and took a look, then frowned and asked:

“These collar and shoulder straps belong to a major general.

But this saber is not a general's saber!"

The special forces regiment has killed more than a dozen Japanese generals and seized a large number of generals' swords.

He was so familiar with the Japanese general's sword that he could tell at a glance that this sword was not right.

"Captain He said it was too dark and their artillery fire was too intense, so they couldn't find the Japanese general's sword. They only had this colonel's sword."

Zhan Haishan hurried to explain.

"Okay. Tell me exactly what happened!"

Yang Yuanshan didn't care too much about it. It was just a major general's sword. If he didn't have it, then he didn't have it. It wouldn't affect anything.

Anyway, they had handed in quite a few lieutenant general's sabers.

Zhan Haishan immediately recounted in detail what He Yunfu had reported.

When Yang Yuanshan heard that Yoshino Hideki, a major general, was only leading two squadrons to attack, he immediately became suspicious:

"What's up with this little devil?
There are so few people here, and they are rushing into our territory. Are they tired of living?
They let a major general lead the team. Is it because there are too many officers and there is no place to put them?"

As he spoke, he was even a little excited.

I would like the Japanese to have more senior officers, because they can drop good equipment!
Zhan Haishan didn't notice the expression on his face, and answered thoughtfully:

"Captain, I've been thinking about this for a long time and I think there is only one possibility."

"What's possible?" Yang Yuanshan looked at him curiously.

Waiting for him to come up with some insightful ideas.

"I think that maybe the Japanese thought that we had transferred all our troops to attack from the east, and that the town was very empty, so they sent these two squadrons here to attack from the rear.

The fact that they are led by a major general shows that although this unit is small, it is of great significance!"

Zhan Haishan expressed his thoughts.

But I don't have the confidence.

After all, this speculation is indeed outrageous.

But Yang Yuanshan felt that this idea made some sense.

After all, today the troops in northwestern Shanxi did dispatch a large number of forces to launch a night attack on the Japanese.

It is possible that the Japanese commander suspected that Huangping Town had been emptied of its resources.

So he smiled and nodded:

“That’s quite possible.

But the Japanese have hit a wall this time. After failing to save Zhao by attacking Wei, they sent us a plate of side dishes!
I, Yang Yuanshan, have to thank them!"

"Haha, that's right!

Captain He reported that in this battle, they estimated that at most 20 to 30 casualties were suffered, which was a huge advantage for the Japanese.

Zhan Haishan also laughed.

"Good job! Twenty or thirty people eliminated more than three hundred people. Well done!
This battle is so interesting!"

Yang Yuanshan couldn't close his mouth at all.

This victory is like picking up something for nothing.

If the enemy had attacked during the day, given the Japanese's marksmanship, the casualties of the Second Battalion would definitely not have been limited.

Zhan Haishan suddenly thought of something and quickly reminded:

"Oh, right, Commander, Captain He said that the battle just now caused most of the mines in front of their position to explode. If the Japanese attack in large numbers after daybreak, I'm afraid this minefield won't be of much use."

"It's okay. In a battle of this scale, we can't rely too much on these mines.

A few 150mm shells from the Japs would be enough to blow them all up."

Yang Yuanshan waved his hand and didn't take it too seriously.

……

At this time, a telegraph operator suddenly stood up, holding a telegram paper, and reported to the two of them:

"Commander, Commander Zou of the Yanbei First Regiment called and said that the Japanese 26th Division suddenly launched a night attack tonight, broke through the defenses of Gang County, and rushed into Gang County.

Now, Captain Zou and his men have left behind more than a thousand men to fight the Japanese in the streets, while the main force has retreated to the Xinkou defense line.

When Yang Yuanshan heard this, the smile on his face disappeared instantly, and he couldn't help but swear:
"The damn Japanese are actually imitating us and fighting at night?"

Then he snatched the telegram from the other person's hand and began to check it in the dim light of the oil lamp on the table.

After a moment, he handed the telegram to Zhan Haishan, sighing with emotion:
“Although these regiments in the Yanbei region have a large number of people, they still have too few heavy weapons.

There is no way we can compare with a division of the Japanese devils.

In just a few days, the Japanese broke through the two defense lines of Daizhou and Gang County!
If our special forces regiment was there, we would definitely make sure that the 26th Division could not move!"

Zhan Haishan reminded silently:

"Captain, you're going too far by comparing us to our comrades in Yanbei.

Moreover, even if we give Captain Zou and his men more artillery, they don’t have skilled gunners who can fight against the Japanese artillery!”

Upon hearing this, Yang Yuanshan smiled bitterly:
"Haha, I forgot about that.

It seems that if we want to wipe out the Japanese on a large scale, we still have a long way to go! "

He already understood that if the Japanese did not withdraw all the divisions in the entire northern Hebei region to other battlefields, the best our army could do with its current strength was to trap the Japanese in big cities and let them starve to death or die of confinement.

It is absolutely impossible. We must annihilate them all quickly like sweeping the fields and recapture the entire Shanxi area and the entire northern Hebei!
Zhan Haishan felt that Yang Yuanshan's ambition to drive away the Japanese as soon as possible was unrealistic.

Remind him immediately:
"Captain, the leaders back home have said that our fight with the Japanese is a protracted war.

Don't keep thinking about eating until you become fat!"

Yang Yuanshan nodded and stopped dwelling on this topic.

After all, no one in the world knows that I am a cheater.

Zhan Haishan felt that it was normal for him to have wild ideas.

He turned to the telegraph operator and said:

"Call Captain Zou back and tell them to hold out in the Xinkou area at all costs for at least 3... no... 5 days!
After 5 days, we can let the Japanese 26th Division pass Xinkou, and then harass their logistics and supply lines!

Tell them, don't be afraid of losses!
If you run out of bullets and shells, come back to me and I will supply them!"

The telegraph operator was so excited when he heard his domineering words that he immediately shouted:
"Yes!"

……

After sending the telegram, Yang Yuanshan raised his wrist and saw that it was already 4: in the morning. It was not long before dawn. He immediately said to Zhan Haishan:
"Haishan, if you don't want to sleep, just stay here. I'll go to the artillery to check the situation."

Zhan Haishan was used to working hard and of course he would not refuse and nodded repeatedly.

……

As he walked out of the command center, Yang Yuanshan smelled the smell of gunpowder in the air.

The sound of gunfire on the eastern battlefield seemed to be even more intense than before, and the explosions that came one after another were like endless muffled thunder.

Calling a few guards, Yang Yuanshan, holding a flashlight, strode towards the position of the 1st Artillery Battalion.

……

After a while, he arrived at the 1st Artillery Battalion, was discovered by their guard post, and was brought to the position.

At this moment, the soldiers of the 1st Artillery Battalion, who had worked hard all day, had all crowded into the anti-gun cave and fell asleep, snoring loudly.

Battalion commander Gao Yuanzhi had just fallen asleep and was a little groggy when he was woken up.

While rubbing his eyes, he walked over and asked in a low voice:
"Captain, why are you here?"

“I’m here to see what’s going on here.

Have you received the cannons I sent to you earlier?"

“Received.

We now have 25 mountain guns in total. When daybreak comes, we will definitely be able to severely punish the Japanese!"

When Gao Yuanzhi talked about cannons, light suddenly appeared in his sleepy eyes.

"Okay, not bad."

Yang Yuanshan nodded with satisfaction, and then asked seriously:
"Today you have witnessed the power of the Japanese 150mm heavy artillery. Has the anti-artillery hole in this position been reinforced?"

“It’s reinforced.

I estimate that as long as the Japanese shells do not fall within 10 meters of the anti-artillery hole, our anti-artillery hole will not collapse! "

Gao Yuanzhi is full of confidence.

"Are the gun positions spaced far enough apart?"

"Well, the distance between every two guns is about 300 meters."

……

After carefully inquiring about the deployment of the First Artillery Battalion and seeing that Gao Yuanzhi had made all the arrangements, Yang Yuanshan let him continue sleeping and left for the Second Artillery Battalion.

……

On the side of the Second Artillery Battalion, Wang Gensheng was obviously very excited about receiving the reinforcement of 8 120mm heavy mortars and did not sleep at all.

Seeing Yang Yuanshan coming, he immediately pulled him over and carefully checked his position.

He also patted his chest and vowed that when the daybreak came, he would severely punish the Japanese.

Of course, Yang Yuanshan would not dampen his morale. He patted him on the shoulder and urged him to get some sleep before dawn.

Then he led his men back to his headquarters.

...(End of chapter)