Anti-Japanese War: The whole world is a base vehicle

Chapter 65: The little devils can also run? (Subscribe!)

What the hell is going on?
Just arrived in Guilin and was assassinated?

Moreover, the Japanese fighter planes flew straight to where we were staying, which clearly showed that they had received the news in advance.

It's obvious that there must be a traitor.

Is it the mountain city or the fourth war zone?

I'm afraid we don't know.

However, according to Lu Yuhua's judgment, it must have been leaked from Shancheng.

Because only a few people in the entire Fourth War Zone knew that the old man was coming.

Moreover, they all hold high positions, so it is very easy to find them.

Since Zhang Fakui could send him this telegram, it means that it should not be a problem of the Fourth War Zone.

Obviously, it is a mountain city.

If it is a mountain city, it will be complicated.

The Japanese Army's Special High Police has many agents in Yamashiro.

And many of them were bribed.

How to check?
Just those rubbish from the Military Control Commission?

Even if the Central Bureau of Investigation is included, it will probably take several months to find out the truth.

"Wow, the Japanese army has a very sharp nose. They bombed us right after we settled down. This must be weird." After reading the telegram, Long Wenjian couldn't help but smack his lips.

"It has nothing to do with us. Our next goal is to capture Nanning and drive the Japanese army out of southern Guangxi completely." Lu Yuhua shook his head. This kind of thing was too far away from him. Even if he knew, what could he do?

It would be better to just fight the Japanese honestly and recapture Nanning?

I'm afraid that the position of the head of the Guangxi Security Corps will be mine.

Thinking of this, Lu Yuhua was filled with energy.

"Commander, Lu Yuyan is back." As soon as he arrived in Lingli Town, Lu Yuhua asked Lu Yuyan to take the reconnaissance company to find out the movements of the Japanese army.

If we talk about who is most familiar with Nanning, besides Lu Yuhua, it is probably Lu Yuyan.

So it is most appropriate for him to be the guide.

Unexpectedly, he came back in just two hours.

"How is it? Have you figured out the situation of the Japanese troops in Liutang and Qitang?" Lu Yuyan had just walked in and had not had time to take a sip of water when he heard Lu Yuhua's words.

"We've found out that the Japanese army had already retreated from Liutang and Qitang. Now the Liutang and Qitang positions have just been taken over by the 36th Army. We are late." After Lu Yuyan finished speaking, he quickly took a sip of water.

"These little Japanese are so damn cunning. After we captured Lingli Town, they immediately retreated to Sitang, leaving only a small number of troops in Wutang. It's obvious that they are afraid of our heavy artillery."

Ever since he got the heavy artillery, Lu Yuyan’s confidence in speaking has changed.

Especially after seeing the power of heavy artillery, they became even more arrogant in the face of the Japanese army.

He wished he could rush to the city of Nanning immediately, recapture it in one breath, and become famous all over the world.

"This is not nonsense. The heavy artillery has not only a long range, but also great power. The Japs have no means of counterattack. If I were the Japanese army, I would definitely abandon the Liutang and Qitang positions and choose to retreat. At least I would have to be within the range of our own artillery." Lu Yuhua rolled his eyes and said unhappily.

"But I didn't expect that they could retreat to Sitang in one go. It seems that the Japanese commander is quite courageous."

"By the way, what does the 36th Army say? Ask them if they are interested in working together?"

Of the fifty mobilized soldiers previously sent to the 36th Army, only nine were left, and the rest were killed.

I have to mention that Yao Chun, commander of the 36th Army, was very ruthless this time. He led the troops in every battle and fought very hard, and the morale of the troops was very high.

It was precisely because of this that the troops suffered heavy casualties.

It was called an army, but now there were less than 5,000 people left.

He didn't have any heavy artillery, even though he had more mortars and a lot more shells than before.

But after several days of consumption, it had already been used up.

Moreover, the Japanese fighter planes basically bombed his positions during the day, resulting in heavy losses for his troops.

In just a few days, more than 4,000 people were lost.

If it weren't for his recovery of the Batang position, he would probably have been on the layoff list this time.

"I'm afraid they are unable to continue the attack. It's good enough that they can hold their positions. The casualties are too heavy. Basically every soldier in the army is injured. Even their commander is injured. It's too tragic." Lu Yuyan said with a wry smile.

"So tragic?" Although Lu Yuhua had already prepared himself mentally, he was still surprised when he heard Lu Yuyan's words. Such heavy casualties?
"Yes, it's too tragic. I asked around and found out that there are no less than 20 fighter planes bombing the 36th Army's positions every day these days. They have no anti-aircraft weapons and can only resist with their flesh and blood, so the casualties are so heavy." Lu Yuyan explained.

After listening to his words, Lu Yuhua finally understood why the death rate of the mobilized soldiers he sent to the 36th Army was so high.

It was almost 90%, and at one point he wondered if he had been discovered by Yao Chun?

And then deliberately let his mobilized soldiers die?

Now it seems that I really wronged him.

Without anti-aircraft weapons, there was really no solution when facing the bombing by Japanese fighter planes.

It also finally explained why the fighter planes that bombed the Yamaguchixu position that day were from the Japanese Naval Aviation Force.

"I guess the Japanese army is bombarding the 36th Army in retaliation for the loss of the Batang position," Lu Yuhua said with emotion.

The mobilization casualties of troops sent to other miscellaneous armies were not too serious, only a few in number, which was normal.

"Forget it, since they are unable to attack, let's get ready and continue moving forward, aiming at the Japanese Shitang position." Lu Yuhua now has a strong army.

In the previous battle, nearly 800 people were killed and more than 500 were injured. They are currently receiving treatment in the field hospital and are expected to recover in half a month.

As for the seriously injured, it will take at least a month to recover, and even if they recover, they cannot go to the battlefield, so they may have no choice but to retire.

Lu Yuhua has not yet decided where to go for this part, and can only consider it after retaking Nanning.

Maybe they will be asked to teach the new recruits.

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army's 1st Guards Brigade should not be underestimated. The main casualties were concentrated in the attacks and bombings in the previous few days.

Although the results were remarkable, the losses were also great.

As for the subsequent counterattack, the losses were not great.

Because the Japanese army was only concerned with retreating and had no time to fight back.

Therefore, the casualties were not very large and the results were good.

Fortunately, Lu Yuhua has a base vehicle, and as long as there are enough oceans, he can recruit more mobilized soldiers at any time.

So he originally had only about a thousand people left, but within just a few days, the number returned to more than 2,500.

If he wasn't afraid of recruiting too many soldiers at once and arousing suspicion, he would have wanted to recruit them all at once.

Even so, he was prepared to complete all of them within five days.

In other words, it only took him ten days, and a regiment that was on the verge of collapse was now full of energy and restored its combat effectiveness.

This terrifying speed is simply beyond the reach of the Japanese army.

Japanese veterans had to undergo at least three years of training to qualify.

And it can't withstand this kind of consumption.

Even though the 21st Brigade has added some officers and a small number of new recruits, its combat effectiveness has seriously declined compared to before.

Otherwise, they would not have been forced to abandon the Batang position after being attacked by a German-equipped regiment.

The fully-strength Japanese brigade would not retreat voluntarily when facing the German-equipped regiment, let alone be severely beaten.

Now they have given up two positions in succession, which shows that the enemy is already very weak.

Of course, although this method of quickly replenishing troops is good, it also costs a huge amount of money.

According to the cost of mobilizing soldiers at one hundred dollars, one thousand people would cost one hundred thousand dollars. With the help of other arms, more than three hundred thousand dollars would be lost.

Fortunately, we did make some money by selling it to Zhang Fakui's anti-aircraft artillery regiment, but it was not much.

According to the organization of the German anti-aircraft artillery regiment, there are three anti-aircraft artillery battalions, 72 20mm anti-aircraft guns, and 24 searchlights.

The cost of a 20mm anti-aircraft gun is 72 oceans, and an anti-aircraft artillery regiment costs oceans.

The price of the searchlights is ridiculously expensive.

Originally, Lu Yuhua thought this thing was cheap, but who knew it was so incredibly expensive.

According to the price given by the base vehicle, a 60cm air defense searchlight costs 120 yuan each, and a cm air defense searchlight costs yuan.

In his impression, this thing is not high-tech, so why is it so expensive?

Until the base vehicle gave a reply, this thing is so bright that it can directly illuminate the plane. It is more powerful than anti-aircraft guns.

But that thing is more expensive.

Considering that the Japanese army had no habit of night bombing, Lu Yuhua simply equipped it with 12 60cm anti-aircraft searchlights.

Even so, the cost of building an anti-aircraft artillery regiment is 1.44 million oceans. If it is fully staffed, an anti-aircraft artillery regiment will cost 2 million oceans, and this does not include the shells.

Considering that Zhang Fakui treated him well, Lu Yuhua only added one million yuan.

The money was only enough to replenish the ammunition previously consumed, and did not include artillery shells.

No wonder they say that a cannon shot is worth a ton of gold.

This statement is absolutely correct. In just these few days, the ammunition consumed amounted to almost five million oceans.

Especially the shells for heavy artillery, they are simply too expensive.

If you are not careful, you will go bankrupt.

Fortunately, all the twelve heavy artillery pieces, including the shells, were sold to Zhang Fakui, who earned more than 10 million.

As for the ten regiments of weapons that Zhang Fakui needed, they were still in production and could not be sold for the time being.

Because we need to stop for a while, it is better to wait until Nanning is recovered and the Japanese troops are completely driven into the sea.

Fortunately, after the money arrived, Lu Yuhua did not hesitate at all and continued to recruit soldiers, replenish weapons and ammunition, and prepare to attack Nanning City in one go.

He didn't believe that the Japanese army could defeat him in a battle of attrition.

Moreover, all the shells this time were destroyed by Zhang Fakui, so he could set up his formation and fire at will.

"Should the heavy artillery follow?" Lu Yuyan asked after a moment's hesitation.

It is absolutely true that heavy artillery is the courage of the army.

Before the heavy artillery, Lu Yuyan didn't have this feeling, but now he wishes he could have heavy artillery fire support at any time.

The feeling of the sky collapsing and the earth splitting apart with one shot is so cool.

Especially after seeing the Japanese soldiers being shaken to death, Lu Yuyan felt that he should take them with him wherever he went.

So when Lu Yuhua proposed to continue moving forward, he did not object, but asked if he could carry heavy artillery.

"We must follow, but the road is blocked and the heavy artillery will not be able to provide effective support for a while. Let the 105mm howitzers follow first. The Japanese army in Shitang probably don't have any decent artillery. If that doesn't work, use the 120mm mortar." Lu Yuhua thought for a while and said.

"In addition, the anti-aircraft artillery company must follow closely to prevent the Japanese army from seizing the opportunity to raid our artillery positions."

"Don't worry, we know what we are doing." Long Wenjian, who had been silent, spoke up.

Originally, he was still immersed in the sorrow of the heavy losses of the Second Battalion. As a result, Lu Yuhua, who returned from Guilin, waved his hand and directly added more than 400 people to his Second Battalion, and his Second Battalion was once again restored to its full strength.

As for the reason, it was given by Zhang Fakui, because his current identity is the deputy head of the Guangxi Security General Institute and he can mobilize all the security groups in the province.

It is precisely because of this noble cause that Lu Yuhua no longer has to worry about the consequences of being discovered if he fails to replenish the troops in a short period of time.

When asked, they were drawn from security corps across the province. As to where they were drawn from, that was confidential and they refused to answer.

"Then let's set off. The third battalion will stay behind. This is our logistical lifeline. All supply transportation is sent out from here. We must not lose it to prevent a sneak attack by the Japanese army." Lu Yuhua looked at Lu Yuyan with an unquestionable tone.

"You are one of my people. Only if you stay, I will feel at ease to fight the Japanese army."

"Believe me, as long as we take over Sitang, we can recapture Wuming."

Hearing this, Lu Yuyan took a deep breath, looked at Lu Yuhua and nodded heavily.

"Yes, Commander."

……

At Shitang, the 21st Brigade, which had just retreated here, immediately began to repair its positions under the order of Motoichi Sakata.

Originally this was the position of the 200th Division, but later the 200th Division abandoned this place. After the Japanese army occupied it, they did not care about it in order to occupy Kunlun Pass as soon as possible.

After all, the Japanese army never thought that one day they would retreat to the Shitang position.

Who knew this day would come so soon.

Looking at the traces of artillery bombardment on the Shitang position, Colonel Motoichi Sakata couldn't help but shook his head.

"Didn't the 36th Army pursue?" asked Motoichi Sakata.

He used to look down on the 36th Gan Army, but who would have thought that this time it really opened his eyes. The enemy's fighting spirit was no less than those of the Central Army, especially the army commander who led by example. If the headquarters had not urgently transferred some officers to supplement them, I am afraid that the Qitang position would have been lost.
This time, he no longer dared to relax his vigilance and requested to send fighter planes to carry out indiscriminate bombing on the positions of the 36th Army.

After a few days, the enemy's offensive weakened a lot.

If it weren't for the disastrous defeat of the 1st Guards Brigade, which led to the loss of Lingli Town, he might have had a chance to recapture the Batang position and even wipe out the 36th Army.

such a pity!
Everything became empty talk.

Now he can only retreat to Shitang, with the Nanning city wall behind him.

Friendly forces in the north also began to withdraw from Wuming to Gaofengai area, responding to him from afar.

"No, they didn't dare to reach the Qitang position until a day later. They were obviously afraid that this was a trap." The combat staff reported quickly.

"Well, this is consistent with their character, cowardly as mice. If it weren't for those German equipment of unknown origin, we wouldn't have suffered such a disastrous defeat." Sakata Motoichi had already found out from the division commander Imamura Hitoshi that the 1st Guards Brigade encountered a unit equipped entirely with German equipment.

In terms of firepower alone, it is far superior to the German-equipped regiment, and is probably not weaker than the teaching corps of that year.

Cooperate with heavy artillery!

The defeat of the 1st Guards Brigade was not unfair.

Therefore, Motoichi Sakata is now very glad that he made the right choice by proposing to move the troops to the Shitang position.

If we stay in Wutang, we will probably have to face heavy artillery bombardment at this time.

boom!
As soon as I finished speaking, I felt the ground shaking.

"Baga, what's going on? Those artillery sounds over there?" Sakata Motoichi roared angrily at the brigade headquarters which was being temporarily built.

"Hai, Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, there was an explosion at the Wutang position, suspected to be the Chinese army's heavy artillery." The combat staff quickly figured out what was going on and immediately turned around to report.

"Wutang? What a fast speed! Find out which unit it is immediately." Sakata Motoichi prayed secretly in his heart, hoping that it was not the unit that severely damaged the 1st Guards Brigade.

It's a pity, what are you afraid of?

Not long after, the operations staff reported with a grim expression.

"Your Excellency, the brigade commander, we have already found out that the enemy is the 714th Garrison Regiment, the same unit that defeated the 105st Guards Brigade. They are using mm howitzers to bombard the Wutang position. The Tachikawa Squadron stationed at Wutang has reported that they are requesting a tactical transfer."

"Baga..." Sakata Motoichi had a gloomy face. He was hesitating whether to withdraw the garrison in Wutang.

You have to act a little tougher, right?
Is it so easy to lose the position?

It's not justifiable in terms of face.

However, facing the heavy artillery, he really had no way to deal with it.

Since the 22nd Army had just been established and had not yet been equipped with a heavy artillery brigade, it was helpless when faced with heavy artillery.

There is also the method of fighter jets.

But ever since twelve naval aviation fighter jets were shot down, everyone knew that the effectiveness of using fighter jets for counterattack would be greatly reduced.

Unless the cost is irrelevant, fighter jets are extremely valuable.

Especially the pilots, which cost countless money and time.

"Mr. Commander, should we withdraw the Tachikawa Squadron?" the operations staff asked cautiously.

Hearing this, Colonel Motoichi Sakata took a deep breath, then exhaled and spoke slowly.

"Have them retreat to the Sitang position and report the intelligence here to the division commander. We need the support of heavy artillery. Also, speed up the digging of bunkers and build air-raid shelters."

"Hay."

On the other side, outside the Wutang position, Lu Yuhua picked up a telescope and looked at the Japanese soldiers running around after being bombed, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

"Tactics? That's too complicated. How can it be faster than just bombing with artillery shells?"

"Notify the first battalion to prepare for the attack and take the Wutang position in one go."

"Yes." The signalman beside him responded immediately and ran to notify the first battalion.

After receiving the order, Liu Yi waved his hand and ordered the mortar to fire a smoke bomb. Then he rushed towards the position wearing a gas mask.

There was no gunfire during the charge, which made Liu Yi confused. It seemed that the methods he had prepared were of no use at all.

"Damn it, is this little Japanese going to run away?" Lu Yuhua, who was holding a telescope, muttered when he saw this scene.

“Is this still a little devil?”

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