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Chapter 776: Killing the Japanese Lieutenant General is too easy!

The long night finally passed and daybreak came.

When Kazuo Shinozuka, who had not slept in the middle of the night, learned with red eyes that only three carriages of his armored train were left intact and that nearly two hundred soldiers were lost, he almost bit his teeth off.

However, what made him even more furious was that he had sent out four squadrons to encircle and suppress the group of Eighth Route Army soldiers who came with a cannon to attack his engineers, but they did not catch even one person!

Instead, dozens of people were lost because it was dark, the road was slippery, and people’s hearts were complicated!
This embarrassing situation made him so angry that he almost vomited blood.

I feel like all the people under me are useless and none of them can accomplish anything.

He slapped the squadron leader who came to report twice in the face.

Beat it into a pig's head.

Then he yelled at him to get out, and called a telegraph operator to give the order:

"Hurry up, send a telegram to ask that loser Yamada Taro when he will arrive."

He felt that he couldn't wait any longer.

We must immediately and crush all the local guerrillas in front of us.

Let them know that the whiskers of the commander of the First Army cannot be stroked!
The telegraph operator received the order in a panic and ran out trembling.

Not long after, I came back excitedly to report:
"Commander, Brigade Commander Yamada reports that they are expected to arrive in four hours."

Kazuo Shinozuka was not satisfied with this reply.

He continued to roar:
"Fuck! 4 hours is too long!

Send a message immediately and ask them to arrive within 2 hours!

In less than 2 hours, let Yamada Taro serve His Majesty the Heavenly Locust!"

The telegraph operator didn't care whether the men of the 3rd Brigade would run to death because of this order, as long as the commander didn't draw his sword and chop him down!

So when he heard this order, he agreed without any objection:
"Hi!"

Then he turned and ran.

Next, Shinozuka Kazuo called over the two division commanders, Sakurai Shoji and Iseki Shinobu, and ordered:
"In two hours, we will launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army in Tutaiping Village.

Both of your divisions must prepare for battle immediately.

Once the war starts, you must launch the most swift offensive to destroy the Eighth Route Army.

I don’t want anybody to slip through the net!”

"Hi!"

This order was expected by both of them, so they both agreed without hesitation.

Just as they were about to disperse and make preparations, they suddenly heard a whistling sound coming from the sky.

"咻咻咻...咻咻咻..."

The three people present are all veterans who have been in the army for at least thirty years!

He immediately recognized what the sound was and exclaimed:
"Baga! It's the mountain artillery that's firing!"

Then they rushed out one after another.

They were not stupid and naturally knew that since the enemy had launched the artillery attack first, there was a high probability that they would prioritize shelling important targets such as armored trains.

Just like this morning, the enemy attacked with incendiary bombs!
Although the armored train has thick armor that can defend against attacks from ordinary heavy machine guns and mortars, it is still not safe from mountain artillery.

So at this moment, evacuating the armored train is the safest option.

However, the carriage of the armored train where Kazuo Shinozuka was located was a command room specially provided for senior officers of the Japanese devils. It was not designed for the entry and exit of large artillery, so the door of the carriage was not very wide.

Now, the three lieutenant generals rushed out almost at the same time and collided with each other at the car door.

The three of them were squeezed together and no one could get out.

Shinozuka Kazuo immediately roared:

"Baga! Let me go first!

I am the commander of the First Army!"

Upon hearing this, Sakurai Shoji and Iseki Shinobu were so angry that they dared not say anything.

You can only stay where you are and let the other party go first.

Next came Shoji Sakurai, who now had more troops.

Finally, it was Shinobu Iseki who had only half of his division left. However, just as Shinobu Iseki rushed out of the carriage door, dense artillery shells had already fallen.

"boom!"

……

Dozens of huge shells hit the ground and exploded, causing the armored train to dance on the railway.

Shrapnel flew everywhere, sweeping away everything.

The Japanese soldiers inside and outside the armored train suffered heavy casualties and screamed in agony.

Even the lieutenant general and division commander Shinobu Iseki was hit on the back of the head by a piece of shrapnel because he ran a little slowly. He fell to the ground and died on the spot.

He didn't even have time to utter a scream. He died without any pain.

When Kazuo Shinozuka turned around and saw this scene, he couldn't help but gasp, his heart pounding.

If I had run slower just now, I would have been the one who died, right?

When he was young, he fought on the battlefield and was never afraid of death.

But now that I am old and feel the passage of time, I am naturally becoming more and more afraid of death.

Seeing the miserable state of Iseki Shinobu at this moment, he couldn't help but feel very fortunate that as the commander, he had the priority to escape.

However, the death of an imperial lieutenant general like this made him feel furious.

Without bothering to tidy up his disheveled appearance, he roared:
"Quick, fight back!
All artillery, counterattack!

Blow up the Tubalu's mountain artillery!"

……

In fact, the quality of the Japanese's middle and low-level officers was still very strong.

There was no need for Kazuo Shinozuka to remind them. The Japanese officers on his armored train were already braving the artillery fire and commanding their soldiers to check the artillery damage, adjust the artillery parameters, and prepare for a counterattack.

While the shells from the attacker's second round of bombardment were still flying in the sky, an intact 2-year-old 14mm cannon on the armored train took the lead in firing.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, a huge cannonball flew out and smashed towards the distance.

Unfortunately, the shell was not accurate and landed on a hilltop with a loud bang, causing a loud noise and blowing away some rocks.

Although the first shell did not hit the target the Japanese wanted, as the cannon opened fire, the Japanese panic caused by the sudden attack instantly disappeared, and more artillery began to join the counterattack.

The three artillery regiments deployed at a farther location also began to command their men to fire their artillery and fight back with all their might after being bombarded.

In this way, the two sides began a long-range artillery battle.

……

There is no doubt that the ones who started shelling the Japanese were the 30 mountain cannons of the artillery battalion of the special forces regiment.

Under the command of Gao Yuanzhi, they launched frantic artillery attacks based on the parameters reported by observers who were hiding on various hilltops and observing the targets with binoculars.

The first round of calibration artillery fire was aimed at an armored train.

But starting from the second round of shelling, the focus shifted to destroying the Japanese field artillery regiment.

However, at this moment, they did not know that their first round of artillery fire had achieved remarkable results.

Easily killed a Japanese lieutenant general division commander!

If Yang Yuanshan knew about this, he would definitely laugh out loud.

You might even feel sympathy for the Japanese in your heart for a second, and then mutter to yourself: It's too easy for one of our own to kill a Japanese lieutenant general, right?

……

When the artillery battalion's gunfire sounded, the soldiers of the Special Service Regiment, the New 1st Regiment and the Divisional Guard Regiment all began to march towards Hedi Village along various routes according to the orders issued yesterday.

This shocking war has officially begun!
Entering the first phase of Yang Yuanshan’s plan——

First give the Japanese a hard hit with a club and make them dizzy!
……

(End of this chapter)