I'm killing enemies with my sword and exploding equipment

In the county seat of Xin County.

In the temporary division headquarters of the Japanese 26th Division, the chief of staff, Colonel Shigeru Kuroda, hurried in and reported to the division commander, Lieutenant General Eizaburo Yano:

"Your Excellency, the division commander, Mr. Yokogawa from the search wing reports that the Eighth Route Army has not completely withdrawn, but is hiding in the surrounding mountains and forests.

Once our warriors leave the city, they will be attacked and unable to gather any useful intelligence! "

"Bageyalu! Damn it!

What use do I have for this useless guy Yokogawa Seizo???"

Yano Eizaburo roared.

Then he paced around the room for a few steps and gave a loud order:
"Send a telegram to the front army headquarters, requesting the Army Aviation reconnaissance aircraft to help us scout the surrounding situation!"

"Hi!"

Kuroda Shigeru agreed and immediately went to the telecommunications room to ask the telegraph operator to send the message.

Soon they responded that they would send a reconnaissance plane immediately.

Upon hearing that the front headquarters was so powerful, Yano Hidesaburo couldn't help but show joy on his face.

To Kuroda Shigemichi:
"Kuroda-kun, with Commander Matsui in command, our Hebei Front Army will soon be able to wipe out those annoying Eighth Route Army troops."

Hei Tianmao was not as optimistic as him, but it was not easy to contradict him, so he could only nod slightly.

……

A few hours later, a telecommunications staff officer hurried over from the telecommunications room and reported to Yano Eizaburo and Kuroda Shigeru:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the Front Army called and said that the Army Aviation reconnaissance plane detected that there is a large army of the Eighth Route Army on the southern highway, and they are heading towards us!
It is estimated that there are at least tens of thousands of people!

And they are moving very fast, and we estimate that they will be outside the city by 3pm at the latest."

"What? The Eighth Route Army???"
They marched on the highway so brazenly, aren't they afraid of being bombed by our locust army's bombers?"

Yano Eizaburou couldn't help but scream.

Kuroda Shigeru snatched the telegram from the telegraph officer's hand, read it quickly, and then screamed:
"What? The Eighth Route Army actually has a large number of trucks, heavy artillery and tanks?

How can this be? "

When Yano Hidesaburo heard his scream, he became anxious and quickly snatched the telegram and looked at it carefully.

Then he looked up to the sky and laughed:
"Ha ha ha ha……"

At this point, Kuroda Shigeru and the telecommunications staff were both confused.

I thought to myself: Has the division commander been frightened crazy by the powerful strength of his opponent?

Laughing like this?

……

After a long while, Yano Eizaburo finally controlled himself. Seeing the sympathy in the eyes of Kuroda Shigeru and the others, he immediately became angry and cursed:

"Baga! You two idiots!

Do you still think that this group of enemies are really Tubalu?"

Kuroda Shigeru felt that he had a vague understanding in his heart, but he was unable to grasp it yet, so he quickly asked:
"Mr. Commander, what do you mean?"

"This must be the Chinese Central Army, dressed in Tubalu uniforms, pretending to be the Chinese.

The purpose is to make us let our guard down.”

Yano Eizaburo explained solemnly.

"Central Army pretending to be one? This——"

Kuroda Shigeru's eyes almost popped out.

I feel that this guy's imagination is too rich.

It really opens my mind!
Yano Eizaburo saw that he didn't believe it, and quickly presented more evidence:

“Let’s not even talk about whether the Eighth Route Army could possibly obtain so many trucks, heavy artillery, and tanks.

Even if they did get it, they probably wouldn't be able to equip it.

After all, the Eighth Route Army’s bases were all in the mountains, and these trucks and heavy artillery could not enter the mountains at all.

Mr. Kuroda, you can't believe that the commander of the Eighth Route Army would be stupid enough to abandon his base and insist on equipping these things, right?
So I think that since this group of enemies in front of us are using trucks to tow heavy artillery, there is no other possibility except the Central Army! "

After hearing what he said, Kuroda Shigeru and the telecommunications staff both felt that it made some sense.

I nodded slightly involuntarily.

Kuroda Shigeru felt that the identities of these people were not that important, as they were definitely enemies anyway.

Now it was time to think of a way to deal with it, so he quickly asked:
"Then, Your Excellency, Division Commander, should we turn back immediately?
Otherwise, when they join forces with the Tubalu troops from before, their strength will outnumber ours!"

"No need!"

Yano Eizaburo waved his hand confidently.

Then explained:

"Kuroda-kun, don't you know the combat effectiveness of the China Central Army?

Although they are well-equipped, their fighting spirit is very weak and they are not to be feared at all!
This time they came to Xinkou disguised as the Eighth Route Army, simply because they thought that the Xinkou area had been captured by the Eighth Route Army before and the city defense fortifications were dilapidated, so they could take advantage of our 26th Division.

What's more, the Chinese love to fight among themselves the most. It is absolutely impossible for these Central Army and the Eighth Route Army who blocked us before to fight together!
It may even cause friction!"

"Yoshi! Your Excellency the division commander is absolutely right."

Kuroda Shigeru nodded repeatedly.

I didn't use my brain at all to think about how outrageous Yano Eizaburo's words were.

He was the one who came up with the idea of ​​sending an army of more than 10,000 people to Xinkou to take advantage!

Seeing that he had convinced Kuroda Shigeru, Yano Eizaburo immediately gave the order:

"Kuroda-kun, hurry up and order the warriors to speed up the construction of fortifications.

In addition, order Miyagi-kun to immediately deploy his artillery regiment and prepare to destroy the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery as soon as possible!
This damned bunch of Eighth Route Army actually dared to use trucks to tow heavy artillery to Xinkou. They are really courting death!"

"Hi!"

"By the way, remember to send a telegram to Jinyang City to inform them of this situation."

"Hi!"

……

The soldiers of the special forces regiment had no idea that the Japanese devils actually mistook them for Lao Chang's men.

Led by Yang Yuanshan, they rushed all the way northward like a giant dragon.

On the way, the Japanese reconnaissance plane appeared overhead. Feng Shuanglin, the commander of the 1st Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion, personally rode a bicycle to ask Yang Yuanshan:
"Captain, the Japanese reconnaissance plane is coming. Do you want our battalion to deploy right here and beat this bastard down?"

Yang Yuanshan picked up the telescope and looked up, then shook his head.
"It's too high. I'm afraid your anti-aircraft guns can't reach it."

He was thinking to himself that now that he had so many trucks to tow guns, it might be time to get some German 88mm anti-aircraft guns.

That thing can reach a shooting height of over 10,000 meters, which is more than enough to deal with the Japanese reconnaissance planes.

It can be called the "anti-everything cannon" of this era!
Hearing what he said, Feng Shuanglin could only sigh and said with emotion:

"The Japanese planes have suffered too many losses from us. Now they have learned their lesson."

He knew very well that what Yang Yuanshan said was right. The maximum firing height of his Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun was less than 5000 meters, and the probability of hitting the Japanese reconnaissance plane was extremely small.

……

Ignoring the Japanese reconnaissance planes, the special forces regiment continued to roll forward.

This road is quite familiar to them.

Before three o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at Shitouguan, about 10 kilometers away from Xin County.

They met Zou Qingzhi, the commander of the first regiment of the Yanbei detachment, and Qin Hui, the captain of the first detachment of Suinan, who had received the news sent by the sentry and hurried to greet them.

Yang Yuanshan quickly asked the troops to stop and rest, and then took Zhan Haishan and Han Yang out of the crowd to meet Zou Qingzhi and Qin Hui.

"Captain Zou, thank you for your hard work this time. You have helped our Northwest Shanxi Division a lot!
On behalf of our leaders, I would like to express my gratitude to you!"

From a distance, Yang Yuanshan began to express his gratitude.

Zou Qingzhi naturally waved his hands repeatedly and did not dare to take credit for it.

……

After some greetings, Qin Hui, the captain of the First Detachment of Suinan, who was seeing the Special Forces Regiment for the first time, pointed at the trucks and tanks in the distance with a look of shock on his face and asked:

"Captain Yang, your special forces group is too strong, isn't it?
How did you get all those trucks and tanks?"

Yang Yuanshan chuckled and said casually:

"Of course I picked it up!
We can't just set up a weapons factory and make them ourselves, right?"

Qin Hui was certainly not satisfied with this answer.

But he couldn't hold Yang Yuanshan's neck and force him to tell the truth.

I could only shake my head and keep my doubts in my heart.

……

Next, Yang Yuanshan learned about the situation of the Japanese and told them his battle plan:
"Captain Zou, Captain Qin, your troops in Yanbei and Suinan have been entangled with this group of Japanese devils these days, and the losses are not small.

If we continue to fight, I'm afraid we'll get crippled.

So I would like to ask you to help us block the Japanese from fleeing in all directions.

The main offensive mission will be completed by our regiment and the New Second Regiment."

Zou Qingzhi felt somewhat unhappy when he heard what he said.

Isn't this equivalent to asking all of their regiments to stand aside?

He immediately retorted:
"Captain Yang, we have been fighting the Japanese all the time, but your regiment seems to have been busy too, right?
You first wiped out a division of the Japanese in Qubei County, then wiped out two brigades in Xinkou, and then made a long raid to Huangping Town to annihilate two divisions of the Japanese. Now you are turning back. Do you still have the combat effectiveness?
I think it would be better if we divide the work and attack in different directions, how about that? "

Yang Yuanshan shook his head:
“Captain Zou, there’s no need.

This time we plan to use mainly artillery to deal with this Japanese division.

There aren’t many opportunities for infantry to contribute.”

"Artillery? How do we deal with the artillery?"

Qin Hui was puzzled.

Due to the lack of a stable supply channel for artillery shells, the artillery of various units of our army can basically only serve as embellishments.

Cannot be relied upon as core combat power.

Even during this attack on the Japanese 26th Division, their various units received weapons and equipment donated by the Special Forces Regiment, including a considerable amount of artillery and shells. However, none of the regiment commanders and detachment commanders of the Yanbei Detachment and the Suinan Division dared to waste even a single shell.

The artillery would only be ordered to fire when it was absolutely necessary, which meant that the artillery was held in the palm of his hand.

That's why he had such doubts.

Yang Yuanshan smiled slightly:
"Nothing, just fire coverage.

Our regiment now has two artillery battalions, one equipped with 20 105mm howitzers and the other equipped with 32 120mm heavy mortars.

There was also plenty of ammunition.

So I decided: first blow up the Japanese artillery regiment, and then let the artillery continue bombing to destroy all the city defense fortifications in Xinxian and Jinchang counties.

Wait until tomorrow and then send the troops into the city to wipe out the remaining enemies.

If the Japanese are smart, they will break out of the city tonight. At that time, your troops will guard the periphery and ruthlessly wipe out their remaining troops.

If the Japanese soldiers refuse to flee until they see the coffin, then tomorrow, when our entire army surrounds them and attacks the city, they won’t be able to escape even if they die! "

Upon hearing this plan, Zou Qingzhi and Qin Hui were both stunned. They looked at each other and were speechless.

They have never seen this kind of fighting style before!
After a long while, the two men came to their senses and tried to persuade Yang Yuanshan not to waste the shells.

But how could Yang Yuanshan listen to them?

For him, instead of letting the soldiers of the artillery battalion use the shells in live-fire training, it would be better to directly hit the Japanese on their heads.

So he insisted on his idea with a firm attitude.

Seeing that they could not persuade him, Zou Qingzhi and the others could only nod in agreement helplessly.

……

Next, Yang Yuanshan discussed the specific details with them.

Then he sent the two men back to prepare for the battle.

As soon as they left, Yang Yuanshan called the cadres in his regiment to his side and arranged:
"Gao Yuanzhi, your howitzers have a long range, so later, you should find a suitable place nearby, deploy your howitzers on the spot, and prepare to destroy the Japanese artillery, mountain artillery and field artillery.

A Class B division of the Japanese usually has a mountain and field artillery regiment, equipped with 24 mountain or field guns and 12 105mm howitzers.

We must destroy these guns first before we can bombard their fortifications with impunity."

Gao Yuanzhi felt a lot of pressure as he used his newly equipped troops to destroy an artillery regiment of the Japanese.

But since Yang Yuanshan had given the order, he could only bite the bullet and accept it:

"Yes!"

Yang Yuanshan saw that he was guilty and immediately gave him advice:
"Yuanzhi, you don't have to think this mission is difficult!
I think our advantage is very obvious.”

"What? Obvious advantage?

Captain, you are not kidding, right? "

Gao Yuanzhi’s eyes widened.

I almost thought I heard wrong.

Han Yang and others beside him couldn't help but ask in unison:

"Captain, the Japanese have an artillery regiment, not an artillery battalion?
Do you have any way to easily deal with them?"

Yang Yuanshan smiled slightly, looked at Gao Yuanzhi and said:

"Yuanzhi, we can have Dacheng's tank company fire first at the Japanese city defense facilities to draw in their mountain and field artillery to counterattack and expose our own position.

If the Japs don't take the bait and are unwilling to expose all their artillery positions, don't you have those four highly mobile self-propelled howitzers in your hands?

Let them open fire first for calibration. I don't believe that the Japanese can remain calm after seeing these four cannons!

As soon as these bastards start counterattacking and expose their artillery positions, you must use all your howitzers to aim at the Japanese artillery positions and launch a saturation bombardment.

Use up all the shells we have!

I just don't believe that our hundreds of tons of artillery shells can't take out their artillery regiment!"

When Gao Yuanzhi heard what Yang Yuanshan said, his eyes suddenly lit up.

I feel my mind has been opened.

Having served as an artillery battalion commander for such a long time, he has gained a lot of experience in artillery command.

In an instant, he came up with a more perfect plan that could achieve the effect Yang Yuanshan wanted.

So he immediately nodded confidently:
"Captain, I understand. Our First Artillery Battalion will ensure that the mission is accomplished!"

Seeing that he also had meat to eat, the tank company commander Kong Dacheng also patted his chest and promised:

"Don't worry, Commander. Our tank company will definitely complete the mission of luring the enemy!"

Wang Gensheng was a little anxious when he saw that they had grabbed the most important task, and asked Yang Yuanshan:

"Captain, what is the mission of our Second Artillery Battalion?"

"First, work with Yuanzhi and his men to wipe out the Japanese artillery regiment, and then launch a full-scale bombardment on the city defenses of Xinxian and Jinchang counties.

Anyway, my goal is to directly blow up the Japanese organization!
However, your mortars have a short range and it takes some time to reach the gun position.

So later, you should discuss with Yuanzhi and ask them to give you some time to prepare."

"understand!"

...(End of chapter)