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

Chapter 97 Another Buffalo? (Subscribe!)
"Damn it, Commander, you are looking down on our 108th Regiment." Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo, who received the order, looked annoyed.

“This is an insult to us.”

"The last Zengcheng incident was just an accident. We will definitely not have that happen this time."

"We are all retired soldiers of the Fourth Division, the elite of the Empire. How can you insult us like this?"

Unfortunately, Colonel Katsuaki Matsuno’s passionate speech did not win any admiration, but instead some people showed contempt.

Wasn’t the last Buffalo Battle intentional?

And why do we need reinforcements?

Besides, we are just retired personnel and have long passed the passionate stage.

Now they just want to survive and make money.

That's right!

These retired personnel of the 4th Division have perfectly inherited the fine traditions of the 4th Division.

Make money, make money, and make money.

I have no interest in fighting or anything like that.

The last Battle of Buffalo was caused by them on purpose.

Don’t they know that buffaloes will go into the water when it’s hot?
It's just that I don't want to die.

Why would you want to die when you can just live?

Besides, they haven't made enough money yet.

More importantly, after coming to Guangzhou, they discovered that there are so many good things here.

Not to mention the industrial aspect, other things like snacks are all good things to make money.

If you learn this and open a shop or something, you will definitely be able to make money.

No matter how bad the situation is, I can still support my family.

This is the true thought of all officers and soldiers of the 108th Regiment.

After all, the low-level soldiers of the Japanese army were really poor.

The lowest-ranking soldier’s monthly salary was not enough to buy even a chicken.

So if they don't make money, they really can't survive.

Of course, this idea only applies to the major level. Those above that are transferred from other places and do not share the same opinion with them.

Therefore, it is often seen that the colonel is unable to command his subordinates.

This situation was particularly serious in the 4th Division.

Once they encounter a situation that is unfavorable to them, the division commander will be like a figurehead. If you don't lead them to die and can win the battle, they may still listen to you.

If we let them die!

Feel sorry!

I have a stomach ache!

I had a stomachache last night!

I have a cold!

I broke my arm!

Anyway, all kinds of reasons can be found for you. There are more wounded soldiers in the field hospital than those fighting in the battlefield.

It will definitely make you angry to death.

But there was nothing that could be done, after all, they were a Type A division, one of the top-ranked divisions in the Empire.

The Japanese troops of the 108th Regiment were all retired from the th Division.

So naturally, they also inherited the good qualities of the 4th Division.

After Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo finished speaking, he saw that the others pretended not to hear what he said.

Except for a few confidants, everyone else really treated him as air.

Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo really wanted to curse.

But he knew the character of these people and would really do that.

I'm afraid something strange will happen again.

Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo could only look at his few confidants, meaning, why don’t you show some expression.

But several of his confidants were also helpless.

Because they feel embarrassed.

Don’t you know what the situation is with your own team?

For other regiments, those words just now were like a shot of chicken blood. They couldn't wait to charge forward and fight the Chinese army to the death.

Looking around, seeing that not many people paid attention to him, Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo could only sigh helplessly.

He really didn't want to be the captain of this stupid squadron. It was really frustrating.

If the commander of the 4th Division was here, he would definitely look at him with tears in his eyes.
Finally someone understood my pain.

According to incomplete statistics, the 4th Division had seven division commanders during the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japan.

Basically, there is a new division commander every year.

The key point is that these are not the divisions that were replaced due to deaths in battle. They have all worked for a period of time and could not stand it anymore, so they took the initiative to apply for transfer. Even being a brigade commander is more comfortable than being the commander of the 4th Division.

Among them was a very capable division commander, Yamashita Tomoyuki, who was known as the Tiger of Malaya. When he first took office, his only thought was to train the 4th Division well.

He tried hard to show the power of the Imperial Type A Division, but gave up after a few months. He didn't even finish the last year and just ran away.

And he left a sentence: Even dogs don’t want the Fourth Division.

This was no joke, he was truly speechless with anger at the Fourth Division.

"Baga, a bunch of bastards with no sense of respect." Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo felt incompetent and furious.

The captain of the regiment has just become a senior military officer, and his family background is not bad. If nothing unexpected happens, he should have a chance to become a general.

It can be said that he has a bright future. With more than 3,000 men under his command, he is very powerful wherever he goes.

The results of it?
It would be better if there is no war. Whatever you say goes.

He also has some authority as a wing-captain.

What if there's a war?
Excuse me!
His position as the wing commander was directly sidelined by him.

Even talking to someone requires coaxing, and there is no concept of hierarchy at all.

Dare to hit me?
Do you believe that we can have a mutiny?
There's nothing we can do about it. People in Osaka are so united that if one person is bullied, everyone else will join in.

Even if he is the captain of the corps, it is useless.

It is an old tradition for the weak to defeat the strong.

"Order: Everyone must set off immediately before tomorrow without delay." Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo thought for a moment and gave the order.

"Hay."

Everyone's answers were also weak, which made Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo's heart sink to the bottom.

He always felt that something strange would happen next.

Sure enough, his subordinates did bring a surprise next.

In other words, the Battle of Buffalo was repeated again.

"Baga, why are they using buffalo again?" Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo was stunned when he saw that the animal carrying the equipment was buffalo again.

Although it is February and the weather is not very hot, this is the south, and the buffaloes may have gone into the water again.

Wouldn't the equipment get damp again by then?

If he is delayed on the road, he will definitely be the one in trouble.

We can't just cancel the number of the 108th Regiment, can we?

Not impossible!
But that would just give these people an easy deal.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we don't have enough livestock, so we can only use these buffaloes as a substitute." A major reported respectfully.

"What? I remember there were so many mules and horses?" If Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo remembered correctly, since the Buffalo Battle, Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi, commander of the 21st Army, had found a way to allocate some mules and horses.

"Your Excellency, Captain, I don't know what these mules and horses have eaten. They all have diarrhea and are temporarily unable to carry equipment." The major said without blushing.

Upon hearing this, Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo was stunned.

He thought something might go wrong on the way, but it turned out to be a problem before he even set out.

This is really a continuation of the same tradition.

"Wasn't everything fine yesterday?" Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo took a deep breath, looked at the major in front of him, and forced himself to suppress his inner anger.

"Hai, maybe there is something wrong with the fodder sent by the Chinese. These cunning Chinese, I suggest that we first arrest those unruly people who deliberately damaged the property of the Imperial Army, and find out the whole story before setting off again." The major didn't even blink. He made up these words. At least Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo was really speechless.

This group of people really thought of every possible way to avoid the fight. He really wanted to yell at them, but he considered that the other side was very united.

After thinking for a while, Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo could only bite the bullet and say it.

"It's just buffalo, everyone, set off immediately."

"Hay."

Then something even weirder happened.

It’s not that the buffaloes want to take a bath in the water.

Instead, his men drove the buffaloes to the grass by the roadside and let them graze.

The excuse is to replenish the buffalo's energy.

If Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo couldn't see it, he would be a fool.

They were just looking for excuses to delay the march.

He had no other options for this, unless he quit.

But it's simply impossible.

In the end, Colonel Katsuaki Matsunoo had no choice but to compromise and let them go.

Just like the last Buffalo Battle, it was a stop-and-go process.

Let’s wait until the outcome of Qinzhou is decided.

.........

"How is the Japanese army on the opposite side?" Zhou Weiguo asked again while looking at the map.

Xu Hu, who had been waiting, responded immediately.

"We are reinforcing the fortifications destroyed by heavy artillery."

"It's a futile effort." Zhou Weiguo sneered.

Facing heavy artillery, no amount of reinforcement will be of any use.

Unless the Japanese army is willing to pour cement, it will be useless.

No matter how well it is repaired, the shock wave generated by the explosion of heavy artillery can still kill people.

"Are all the troops in place?" Zhou Weiguo asked again.

"Everyone is in place, just waiting for orders." Xu Hu said excitedly.

"Commander, how about letting me go to the battlefield?"

Although he was appointed as the captain of the guard company and was responsible for guarding the regiment headquarters, he had no interest in this. He still liked to go to the battlefield, especially infiltration operations, which were very exciting to him.

"What? You're not happy to be my guard company commander?" Zhou Weiguo glanced at him and said with some dissatisfaction.

"No, it's just that I'm too bored. There's nothing else to do. I might as well go to the battlefield and kill some Japanese devils." Xu Hu shook his head.

"How about I take the special operations team you formed and go in there to see if we can catch the big fish?"

Thanks to Zhou Weiguo's words and deeds, Xu Hu now has some experience in special operations and can also speak some Japanese.

Colonel William next to him did not say anything. He already knew that Zhou Weiguo was good at special operations, so he did not dissuade Xu Hu from making such a proposal.

Mainly, he was very curious about how this special operation would be carried out.

Moreover, if you disguise yourself as an enemy, you will not enjoy the treatment of prisoners once you are caught.

Xu Hu scoffed at this and asked, "Prisoner treatment?"
"They have just been formed and are not very familiar with the specific tactics. It's not cost-effective to bring them in rashly and then something happens and we won't be able to rescue them in time." Zhou Weiguo was naturally very tempted by Xu Hu's proposal, but considering that the special operations team had just been formed, although the individual qualities of these people were good, they were still not proficient in tactical essentials and movements.

So after some thought, Zhou Weiguo rejected his proposal.

"Well, you take a few people who can speak Japanese with you to familiarize yourself with the language first. Wait until you defeat the Japanese army's outer defense line and see if you can sneak into the city in the chaos. Then, with the help of both inside and outside forces, you can try to take Qinzhou in one fell swoop." Although he rejected Xu Hu's proposal, Zhou Weiguo thought of another plan for a surprise attack.

Although the plan is very dangerous, if it succeeds, it will greatly shorten the siege time.

"Yes." Hearing this, Xu Hu suddenly became excited.

This is a rare opportunity for him.

After Xu Hu left, Colonel William frowned slightly.

"Isn't it too dangerous? There is absolutely no need to do this. The heavy artillery alone can destroy the Japanese troops in the city."

For him, if the problem can be solved with heavy artillery, there is no need to allow people to infiltrate. The risk is simply too great.

"Let's give it a try. The ammunition for heavy artillery is very troublesome to transport. Let's save as many shells as possible." Zhou Weiguo really subconsciously thought about saving artillery shells.

Not to mention the price of the shells, just the transportation is very troublesome.

It would be better to find a way to infiltrate on your own and then break into the city directly.

"It's up to you." Colonel William shrugged and said nothing about Zhou Weiguo's idea.

In fact, he didn't know how much wealth Lu Yuhua had.

Since his subordinates want to save on ammunition, can't he just say that they don't need to save on ammunition?
"After the heavy artillery fire is finished, launch the attack immediately." Zhou Weiguo estimated that the Japanese outer defense line had been almost destroyed, and he felt that they could launch an attack.

"Yes." The communications soldier on the side responded immediately.

On the other hand, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake completely understood why Nanning City was lost so quickly.

He was originally wondering why there were still tens of thousands of people in the city, and with the assistance of the heavy artillery brigade, but it was lost in such a short time.

Now I understand how powerful the 240mm heavy artillery is.

Although it has always been said that the Chinese army's heavy artillery is very powerful, there is no intuitive feeling.

Now Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake understood why they abandoned the city and fled.

Fortunately, he had the foresight to disperse part of the troops out of the city. Otherwise, if all of them had stayed in the city, the disastrous defeat in Nanning would have been repeated.

"Mr. Baiwu, I'm afraid we have to find a way to retreat." Major General Sakurada Takeshi said bitterly.

The sound of explosions outside the city was not far from them, which meant that the Chinese army was about to arrive in Qinzhou.

If it were before, Major General Takeshi Sakurada might have been thinking about fighting to the death.

Now there is only one idea, and that is to retreat.

"Where is our heavy artillery?" Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake did not answer him, but asked why the heavy artillery did not fire.

Ever since he guessed that the Chinese army's scouts had infiltrated, he immediately ordered the heavy artillery regiment to move its position.

After estimating the time, he felt that the heavy artillery should arrive at the new location.

Unfortunately, he underestimated the morale of the heavy artillery regiment.

Or the bottom line.

To them, the two sides are not in the same league at all, so how can they fight?
240mm heavy artillery.

The range is at least thirty kilometers.

What about them?
It's only a dozen kilometers away, and it's not as good as the German 150mm howitzer. How can we fight it?
Unless they are willing to move their positions forward, they might be exposed to the eyes of the Chinese army.

By then, there will be nothing left except being bombed.

So it’s better to just hide away honestly.

As for those who want to fight back?
Looking at the huge crater left by the shells, they immediately stopped their fighting.

Of course, some Japanese troops were not convinced, after all, they were the only ones bombing others.

As a result, the situation has changed and they can only watch helplessly as the bomb explodes.

Naturally, I was a little uncomfortable at first.

After doing it more often, maybe you will get used to it.

"No news for now." The communications officer stood up and answered.

"I'm afraid there won't be any news." Major General Sakurada Takeshi's faint words immediately made Lieutenant General Momotake Haruyoshi a little withdrawn.

Of course he understood what this meant.

"Damn, why does the Chinese army have so many artillery shells?" Seeing the explosions never stopping, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake was immediately furious.

It took two whole hours, and thousands of artillery shells smashed his outer positions to pieces. Needless to say, not many people survived.

In fact, if the barrel hadn't been so hot, it might have had to fire for a while longer.

After all, Lu Yuhua had been preparing for this bombardment for a long time.

Tens of thousands of shells were transported, and only this much was fired.

How can you take Qinzhou with just one regiment if your firepower is not strong enough?
On the ground, the officers and soldiers of the Qinzhou Security Corps had become impatient and had been watching the heavy artillery bombarding.

There seemed to be no sign of stopping, which naturally made them a little impatient.

"Sir, has the artillery fire stopped? Is it our turn to take the field next?"

Finally, just as the infantrymen were about to fall asleep, someone felt the artillery fire stop and asked hurriedly.

"Why are you so anxious? It's still early. We have only just begun. Our commander is very generous."

"You want to stop with just these few shells? That's impossible. Just wait, the best is yet to come." The lieutenant next to him rolled his eyes.

He felt that these new recruits had never seen the cruelty of the battlefield and always found it very exciting. But when they really saw it, they would realize that war was much more cruel than they had imagined.

As for the so-called end?

Are you kidding me?
How many shells have been fired?

According to Lu Yuhua's heroic spirit, he would never launch an attack until all the shells were used up.

To others, a mortar is a treasure.

Even if only one person in the company dies, we must protect them.

The result was for Lu Yuhua.

Isn't it just a cannon?

Once it’s gone, it’s gone!
"What? More coming? How many shells do we have?" It was obvious that the soldier was a new recruit, otherwise he would not have asked such a naive question.

For him, this was an unimaginable number of shells.

What are the results?

Isn't this really too crazy?
"You can't count yourself, so just count how many shells fly across the sky, and you'll know, right?" The lieutenant was obviously trying to tease him.

"Ah? Then I can't count. I can only count to ten. I don't know the rest. There are really too many. So many have passed by in just a short while. I don't know how many shells there are." The soldier was a little confused and didn't react, with a serious look on his face.

Seeing his serious look, many people were amused.

"Hahaha……"

However, there is a consensus that the number of shells is indeed not small.

Someone has calculated in his mind that at least more than a thousand shells of various calibers were fired.

"Sir, when can we launch the attack?" asked an old soldier.

"I don't know. Let's see when they finish bombing."

(End of this chapter)