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Chapter 981: North-South pincer attack? Damn it!!!
After seeing off Gao Yuanzhi's 1st Artillery Battalion, the Special Forces Regiment did not calm down.

Wang Gensheng and Ding Yongkuan, who were appointed as the commander and deputy commander of the Second Artillery Battalion at the speed of light, led their 700 or so men in intensive training.

Amid the rumbling of artillery fire, the gunners of the Second Artillery Battalion quickly mastered the use of the 120mm heavy mortar.

Wang Gensheng felt a heavy pressure when he became a battalion commander for the first time.

To this end, he was extremely strict with his soldiers and trained them to death.

Let them all mutter in their hearts: Japs, why don’t you come yet?

I don't want to continue training like this anymore!

……

As for Gao Yuanzhi, he led 1000 soldiers from the st artillery battalion and marched towards Jinyang City.

On the way, as soon as the Japanese reconnaissance plane appeared above their heads, Gao Yuanzhi received a report from the observation post.

Startled, he immediately picked up the telescope to observe.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that it was just a reconnaissance plane overhead.

After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and ordered:

"Don't worry about it, spread out and speed up the march!
There won't be any bombs on the Japanese reconnaissance plane. At most, they will dive down and straf us with heavy machine guns!
As long as we run fast, the Japanese bullets won't be able to hit us!"

Following his order, the soldiers of the 1st Artillery Battalion exerted all their might, dispersed their formation, and ran forward.

……

It was not known whether the Japanese reconnaissance plane pilots were afraid of the special forces regiment's anti-aircraft guns, or had received strict orders from their superiors, or were frightened by the huge losses suffered by the bomber pilots.

In short, there was no dive down to fire with the heavy machine guns equipped on the plane.

Instead, it circled above their heads for a long time, taking pictures frantically.

This made all of our soldiers on the ground look solemn.

The soldiers of the three regiments of the Wutai Division even prepared light and heavy machine guns under the orders of the regiment commanders such as He Dingwei, and nervously waited for the order to open fire in the sky.

Fortunately, in the end, the two Japanese reconnaissance planes left, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

I was cursing in my heart: Those damn Japanese devils are finally gone!
If you dare to come here again next time, I will beat you to death!
……

After a quick march, Gao Yuanzhi and his men arrived outside Qubei County around two o'clock in the afternoon.

He met the commanders of the New 358th and 7th Regiments of the 8th Brigade, Ji Yongcheng and Lu Jilie.

This morning, the two men had received a telegram from Yang Yuanshan sent by Zhao Li, in which the other party asked their two regiments to help cover Gao Yuanzhi's 1st Artillery Battalion.

Of course, they both agreed happily.

After all, the reward that Yang Yuanshan promised in the telegram was so tempting!
——After the mission is accomplished, each person will receive two Type 200 infantry guns and rounds of artillery shells.

……

After the three met and exchanged greetings, Gao Yuanzhi sent someone to call He Dingwei and other three group leaders to get to know them.

Then the six of them got together to discuss how to deal with the Japanese devils later.

After about half an hour of verbal sparring, the few people finally reached a consensus and agreed to launch a full-scale bombardment of Jinyang City at 4 pm!
Then everyone went out and continued to march towards Jinyang City.

……

Soon, Gao Yuanzhi deployed his 48 mountain cannons at eight locations about 6 kilometers north of Jinyang City.

6 guns per position.

Because the distance was too far, the Japanese observation post set up 2 kilometers outside Jinyang City did not notice their arrival.

As soon as 4 o'clock arrived, the 48 guns opened fire almost simultaneously.

All of them were three rapid shots, blasting towards the Japanese's artillery towers, bunkers and the walls of Jinyang City.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

The whistling sound of the flying shells instantly awakened the Japanese defenders.

They were so frightened that they cried out:
"Baga! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!
"Fire! Get down! Get down!"

Just as they panicked, a series of explosions rang out.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

The loud noise of 48 mountain artillery shells exploding at the same time woke up the entire Jinyang city.

The people in the city suddenly screamed in panic and fled in all directions.

The Japanese patrol teams in the city blew their whistles at their full strength, rushed out from the streets, and headed towards the north of the city where the artillery fire came from.

……

At the headquarters of the Japanese First Army, Commander Kazuo Iwamatsu also heard the dense artillery fire.

His expression immediately changed, and he roared at the door:

"Baga! Where does the sound of cannon fire come from?

Hurry up and find out!"

However, before his men could receive the order to investigate, a telecommunications staff officer came hurriedly and reported to him:

"Commander, the Front Command has sent us intelligence that the reconnaissance plane they sent out has just reported that a large number of Eighth Route Army soldiers carrying dozens of artillery pieces are rushing towards Jinyang City from the Xinkou area."

Upon hearing this, Yansong Yixiong almost vomited blood and immediately roared:

“Bagya Road!
Why is their intelligence synchronization so slow?

Now the Eighth Route Army is bombing us!

What use is this information of theirs???"

Of course, the intelligence officer had no way to answer this question and could only pretend to be dead and remain silent.

Iwamatsu Kazuo was so angry that he almost drew his sword and chopped him to pieces.

Fortunately, someone saved him at this time——

The First Army Advisor, Imperial Army General, Prince Asaka Sakehiko, strode in and said to Iwamatsu Kazuo:

"Mr. Yansong, these Tubalu troops in Jin are too arrogant!!!

They actually mobilized more than 40 mountain cannons and bombarded us 6 kilometers north of the city!

At present, our watchtowers, bunkers, and northern walls outside the city have all been severely damaged."

"Damn you! Damn Tubalu!"

Iwamatsu Kazuo roared.

Then he said sternly:
"General, I think we should immediately order our artillery to counterattack and blow up their mountain artillery!

With the artillery skills of our Locust Army, we should be able to destroy them quickly!"

"Yoshi! It's right. We must teach the Tubalu a lesson!!!"

Prince Sakuhiko Asaka also nodded viciously.

……

The two giants reached an agreement and immediately ordered all the mountain artillery, field artillery, howitzers, and cannons with a range of more than 6 kilometers in Jinyang City to open fire, emitting intensive roars.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

The sound of cannons was earth-shaking, making everyone in Jinyang City have different thoughts.

Ordinary people, naturally, trembled in fear, fearing that they would be caught in the disaster.

Others who were hostile to the Japanese were inevitably overjoyed.

All of a sudden, all kinds of radio waves were sent out through hidden antennas.

……

Outside the city of Jinyang, the soldiers of the 1st Artillery Battalion of the Special Service Regiment immediately began to relocate their artillery positions after discovering that the Japanese had begun to counterattack with artillery fire.

Since there was a distance of six kilometers between them and Jinyang City, the Japanese artillery, despite their superb artillery skills, could not accurately hit their positions with just one or two rounds of artillery fire. After the soldiers of the first artillery battalion moved their positions, they continued to bombard Jinyang City.

The Japanese soldiers were so shocked that they cried and cursed their own artillery:

"Baga! Are those damn artillerymen of ours firing shells into the sky?

Why didn't the artillery fire from the Tubalu army decrease at all?"

"The artillery idiots are all bastards who waste military funds! They should all be loyal to His Majesty the Heavenly Locust!"

"Bagayalu! This damned group of Eighth Route Army soldiers must be the special forces group from Hedi Village again!!!"

This fierce artillery fire is exactly the same as before!"

……

In the First Army Headquarters, Iwamatsu Kazuo was feeling a little restless.

Hearing the increasingly intense artillery fire from the north of the city, he hurriedly called Colonel Masayuki Kuzuki, the commander of the 36nd Regiment of the 222th Division stationed in the north of the city, and shouted:

"Ge Mujun, why haven't our artillerymen been able to destroy the Tubalu's artillery yet?"

Colonel Masayuki Kuzuki hid in his command room and answered with sweat on his forehead:
"Commander, the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army are all 6 kilometers away, and they are moving very quickly. Our artillery cannot catch them in such a short time!"

"Baka! They're all garbage!

Everything must die! "

Kazuo Iwamatsu yelled into the microphone, almost deafening Masayuki Kuzuki's ears.

……

After hanging up the phone, Iwamatsu Kazuo said solemnly to Prince Asaka Sakehiko who was sitting next to him:

"General, I think we should send a telegram to the front army immediately, requesting bombers to bomb the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army!

Otherwise, our losses will be enormous.

Judging from the intelligence we have at present, the enemy's Northwest Shanxi Special Forces Regiment has sufficient ammunition, far more than other Eighth Route Army troops!

And they used rapid mobile transfer tactics, so that our artillery could not destroy them in a short time."

"bomber?

Iwamatsu-kun, didn't you see the information synchronized by Okamura-kun?
In order to bomb the enemy, the Army Aviation had lost nearly a hundred bombers in just a few days!

The loss of pilots was even greater.

Do you think Okamura has more bombers and pilots? "

Prince Asaka Sakuhiko replied with a sneer.

The way he looked at him seemed like he was looking at a fool.

Iwamatsu Kazuo was burned by his eyes and almost jumped up in anger.

Fortunately, he knew that the other party's status was higher than his, so he suppressed the urge to turn hostile and asked in a deep voice:

"General, what do you think?"

“Send troops out of the city tomorrow morning!
No matter how fast the Eighth Route Army's artillery can be moved, it is definitely not as fast as the charge of the Locust Army warriors!
According to the intelligence sent by the Front Army Headquarters, this group of Eighth Route Army has no more than 5000 soldiers left. If we send a reinforced regiment, we should be able to defeat them and destroy their artillery!"

Prince Asaka Sakehiko replied calmly.

“Why didn’t you send troops immediately?

Now in Jinyang City, including the garrison regiment and the police, there are nearly 3 troops. It won’t be a big problem to just withdraw two regiments! "

Iwamatsu Kazuo was puzzled.

"Yamatsu-kun, don't you see that it's almost dark now?"

Prince Sakuhiko Asaka rolled his eyes at him, his eyes full of contempt.

When Iwamatsu Kazuo heard this, his face turned red and white, and he was very embarrassed.

He really didn't pay attention to the time issue!

After a moment, he cursed awkwardly:

"Damn those Tubalu, they must have chosen this time on purpose to launch the attack!

I suggest sending out a squadron of elite troops to attack the Tubalu tonight. Who knows, we might get some unexpected gains!"

"Yoshi! That's a good idea.

These two days, I inspected the 36rd Regiment of the 223th Division and met a true imperial warrior.

His name is Shigeo Mashiko, and he happens to be a lieutenant squadron leader.

It would be better to give his squadron more machine gun firepower and let him lead the troops to attack!"

Prince Sakhiko Asaka suggested.

"Mashiko Shigeo?
Could it be the martial arts master who was said to have killed two Eighth Route Army squad leaders with his bare hands in the battle of Hedi Village?"

Kazuo Iwamatsu had a vague impression of this name.

"good!
This time we reorganized the 36th Division, and he was promoted to squadron leader."

Prince Asaka Sakehiko nodded.

"Yoshi! That's how it is.

I'll arrange someone to notify them right away!

If he can achieve merit this time, I will ask the headquarters to promote him to major!"

From lieutenant to major, it was a big step for the Japanese officers.

This cake of Kazuo Iwamatsu is really big.

……

After discussing the response plan, Iwamatsu Kazuo was about to arrange someone to notify Mashiko Shigeo, when suddenly several cannon shots were heard from the south direction of Jinyang City.

He and Prince Asaka Sakehiko's faces suddenly changed drastically, and they cursed almost in unison:
"Baga! Why are there artillery noises coming from the south?"

The next second, the phone on Kazuo Iwamatsu's desk rang.

When he picked up the phone, his face turned pale.

After hanging up the phone with a bang, he turned to Prince Asaka Sakehiko and said:
"General, Mr. Funakoshi of the 224th Regiment reports that several thousand Tubalu have surrounded us from the south. They are now using several Type 41 75mm mountain guns and Type infantry guns to attack the artillery towers and bunkers in the south of our city!"

"Damn it! North-south attack? Damn it!!!"

Prince Asaka Sakehiko roared.

Then he asked Yansong Kazuo:

"Tubalu, what do you want to do?
Are they so foolish as to think that with a force of no more than 10,000 men, they can completely capture our Jinyang City?

Or do they have some conspiracy and are just trying to paralyze us now?"

Kazuo Iwamatsu was also very confused about this question.

After a brief thought, he replied:
"General, I think the current situation in Jinyang City is very dangerous.

We should immediately ask the Commander for tactical guidance!"

Prince Asaka Sakehiko also nodded:
"It's time for Mr. Okamura to take drastic measures to eliminate this gang of Eighth Route Army soldiers!

Otherwise, from now on, the Chinese will become more and more rampant, and the battles for our locust army will become more and more difficult!
Once they build up confidence in victory, the great cause of the empire will be impossible to achieve!"

"Okay, I'll send a message to the Commander right away!"

They easily reached a consensus on asking for help, and his originally tense face relaxed.

Although Prince Asaka Sakuhiko was of such a high status and military rank that he, the commander of the First Army, had to humble himself and was very annoying.

But at this critical moment, he was still very satisfied that there was someone to discuss things with him.

It feels great to be the boss and make decisions on your own, but only when you reach this position, will you know how nervous you are!

At this time, Prince Asaka Sakehiko said again:

"Not only should we send a message to Okamura-kun, but we should also send a message to the headquarters!

We must make Tojo realize the dire situation of the Hebei-Northern Front Army!"

"Hi!"

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(End of this chapter)