War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 413: Bombarding Wanping! (Happy holidays everyone!)

July 7th, night.

Wanping City.

Ji Xingwen was patrolling on the top of the city wall, and he was lying on the parapet and chatting with his close staff officer. They were chatting about Xu Chaoyang.

"Tell me, Xu Chaoyang must let me call him tonight, what does that mean?"

Ji Xingwen was very puzzled and didn't know why.

Didn’t he call Xu Chaoyang because he really had something to say but had nowhere to talk?

At that time, Xu Chaoyang's answer was only one sentence: "Wait for the evening of July 38th, give me a call, don't call Dagu, call the th Division in Tianjin."

After saying that, Xu Chaoyang hung up the phone.

Ji Xingwen thought about it for two months but still couldn't figure it out!
You say Xu Chaoyang is good at fighting, then Ji Xingwen is convinced. From Rehe to Chahar to the Battle of the Great Wall, Ji Xingwen has never seen Xu Chaoyang flinch, and he has won battle after battle, as if he knows something. But how come when he makes a phone call to talk a few words from his heart, he acts like he can tell the truth?

Ji Xingwen is now affiliated with the 37th Division, whose commander is Feng Zhian, the one who fought against the Japanese with Zhang Zhizhong in Longmen, and his base is Wanping City, which is quite far away from Tianjin. Why did he have to choose this day to make another phone call?

"Captain, isn't it just a phone call? Could it be that Captain Xu sees that the Japanese are having too much fun and wants to loosen up his hands in private and give us some weapons and equipment?" People are good at imagining things and they take what they imagine seriously.

“Then why didn’t he say it at that time?” Ji Xingwen didn’t quite believe it. Even if they were old comrades-in-arms, why couldn’t such things be said openly?

"It just hasn't been produced yet."

Ji Xingwen rolled his eyes at his staff officer. Isn't this nonsense? Xu Chaoyang has been guarding the Dagu Factory for four years. What kind of equipment can't be produced after four years? Armored vehicles?

The two were chatting... Ji Xingwen looked up at the sky in the distance. North China is so empty now!

Currently in North China, there is only the 29th Army, but the current 29th Army is no longer the same as it used to be.

The current 29th Army has four infantry divisions, one cavalry division, two security brigades, one independent brigade, and one special service brigade. The five divisions and four brigades have a total of regiments with a total strength of more than , reaching the corps level standard.

The problem was that most of the troops were scattered and stationed in Zhangjiakou, Beiping, Tianjin, and along the Pingsui Railway and Beining Railway. The initial troops stationed in Beiping were the 29th Division of the 37th Army, with a strength of about 5600 people; while the Japanese garrison was said to have 8400 people, but in fact the strength had reached more than after being expanded to a brigade. The main force was stationed in Tianjin, including the nd Infantry Regiment, the Cavalry Artillery, the Engineer Tank and the Chemical Warfare Corps. There was also a troop stationed in Beiping and outside the city of Fengtai and Tongxian, which was enough to pose a threat to Pingjin. The Kwantung Army stationed in the Northeast and the local and Korean troops would become the second-line troops attacking North China.

This comparison of troop strength seems to show that the 29th Army has a slight advantage. However, if we consider that not all members of the 29th Army have replaced their equipment, and only the 38th Division uses the Liao-13 type and MG30 produced by Xu Chaoyang, then their combat effectiveness is simply incomparable.

Yes, the 37th Division also obtained a lot of captured Type rifles and Type infantry guns in the Battle of Xifengkou, but how much did Ji Xingwen get?
"Captain!"

"Look!"

Two hundred meters west of Wanping City is Lugou Bridge. In that direction, a troop was rapidly gathering. By the time the troop had assembled, Ji Xingwen no longer took it seriously.

In the past six months, the Japanese have been too noisy, with endless exercises and non-stop provocations. Just like today, they have been ready to fight so many times, and what was the result? Didn’t they still roll back in disgrace?
While he was thinking, two men in Japanese military uniforms, followed by a man in translator's clothes, came to the outskirts of Wanping City. Due to their small number of troops, most of the troops did not cross the Lugou Bridge. Ji Xingwen did not take any defensive action and just watched these people coming over.

Who knew that this time the translator said at a very fast speed: "Listen, Wanping defenders, our army lost a soldier during the exercise today. Hurry up and open the city gate so that we can go in and search!"

Tsk!
Upon hearing this, Ji Xingwen smacked his lips. How could this Japanese not be able to tell a lie in a fresh way?
"no problem!"

"According to the rules, you should report to the Hebei-Chahar Political Affairs Committee first, and then bring the order when it comes down." Ji Xingwen still wanted to tease them. They couldn't fight anyway, so he was used to it.

"This is my last warning. If you don't let us into the city to look for 'Shimura Kikujiro', you will bear the consequences!"

Ji Xingwen lay on the top of the city wall and asked, "Who is provoking me?"

The translator left without saying a word.

Ji Xingwen even turned around and talked to his staff officer: "See? This happens every day..."

boom!
A cannon shot.

boom! ! !
A shell flew over Ji Xingwen's head in the night sky and fell directly into the city. The huge explosion and the burst of flames sent up billowing black smoke in the city.

"what!!!!!"

Ji Xingwen heard that the people were in chaos under his feet. He looked at his watch and it was just 07:40!

This is 07:40 in the summer, and it’s completely dark!
"Enemy attack!!!"

"beat!!!!"

Ji Xingwen screamed wildly, then he pulled the staff officer beside him and said loudly: "Go, make a phone call, call Lao Ding, go quickly!"

He pushed the staff officer out, then stood up and organized a battle on the top of the city wall: "Everyone, shrink your necks and shoot at the gunfire coming out from the ground!"

"Fight to death!"

Ji Xingwen finally seized the opportunity and let out all the anger he had been holding in his heart for the past few days: "Grenade launcher!!!"

The staff officer ran down the tower and rushed all the way to the regiment headquarters. Shells kept falling beside him, and the air around him kept blowing like a biting cold wind in winter - empty! empty! empty! empty!

He was like a lightning rod. Wherever he went, shells would fall. That was all because of him.

But he didn't know that stock investors in later generations also had such an idea, as if the entire market was opened for him alone. Whichever stock he bought would drop in price, and whichever stock he sold at a loss would hit the daily limit... It's amazing.

"Phone... huh...phone!"

The guards at the regiment headquarters were still confused and didn't know why they were being bombarded, but the staff officer didn't give them a chance to ask questions. He rushed into the office, picked up the phone and shouted, "I want the office of the commander of the 37th Division. If you ask me one more word, I will go to the telephone office and kill you myself!"

"Hello? Commander? The Japanese have taken action and bombarded Wanping City!"

The staff officer was still breathing heavily after the call, but he heard clearly the words "Hold on!"

Just as he took a breath, he remembered what the regiment commander had said to him on the tower, and picked up the phone as if possessed by a ghost: "Hello, this is the 38th Division headquarters in Tianjin!" "Commander Xu, I'm the Wanping staff officer, and there's a fight going on here."

On the phone, Xu Chaoyang's voice was steady, and he responded casually: "Got it."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Chaoyang turned around in the office of the 38th Division in Tianjin and looked at the other two people...

"Chaoyang, this is not right. How come you answered the call from our 38th Division so smoothly?"

At this moment, both of them were almost drunk, one's face was red and the other's face was pale.

At this time, Xu Chaoyang said to them, "Wanping has been bombarded by the Japanese army."

"Oh……"

"What the hell!"

Boom!
Li Zhiyuan stood up directly, and the stool under his butt was knocked against the wall by his legs. He looked over with wide eyes.

Xu Chaoyang continued, "This is not a drill. Ji Xingwen is blocking the enemy troops in Wanping under the bombardment."

Li Wentian immediately stood up, grabbed the phone and called out: "38th Division Headquarters."

After the call was connected, Zhang Zhizhong's voice came through.

"Commander, I am Li Wentian, what about Wan Ping?"

When Li Wentian hung up the phone and turned around to look at Xu Chaoyang, he felt like he was on edge!

"Aren't you here to drink?"

Xu Chaoyang was delighted, and shouted to the truck below which no one was moving: "217, assemble!"

The cars that had been parked downstairs of the building for a day were moving!

Li Wentian didn't want to be so impatient, so he lifted the tarpaulin on the back of the truck in advance. The brave soldiers of the 217th Regiment stood up from the truck bed, got off quickly, and assembled quickly in the courtyard of the 38th Division's base.

"Yang Jingyu, distribute weapons and ammunition!"

"Always fight, be prepared!"

"Yu Minghao, collect your equipment and set off immediately!"

"Everyone, take your positions, quick!"

After he gave the order through the open window, the soldiers in the 38th Division's compound watched as the equipment that filled the compound was divided up in the blink of an eye, including the Oerlikon, the MG30, the H34Y, and boxes of ammunition...

"Chaoyang, wait a moment!"

Li Wentian quickly pulled him aside and asked sternly, "What are you doing?"

"Fuck the Japs!"

Xu Chaoyang raised his chin, looking radiant in front of the deputy division commander Li Wentian!

"The higher-ups haven't given us the order yet. Didn't you hear what they said on the phone just now? The division commander's order is for us to wait for news!"

Xu Chaoyang was amused: "Waiting for news? When your 38th Division was at Longmen, was it by waiting for news that more than Japanese soldiers were driven away?"

"Ji Xingwen listened to his superiors and stayed in Wanping City, which is why he was bombarded today!"

"Why, do you also want to wait for the devils in Tianjin to do the same to you?"

Xu Chaoyang grabbed his arms and said, "My dear brother, the Japanese have always fought by making a move that affects the entire body. They did this in the Northeast and Shanhaiguan. Now that they have come to North China, can you still expect them to only attack Wanping and not Tianjin? I dare to say this, but do you dare to believe it?"

Anyone who has experienced these things would never believe that the Japanese would stop after taking Wanping. This is absolutely impossible, otherwise there would not be so many places in Rehe, Chahar and East China falling into their hands today.

The facts are right before our eyes!

"What on earth are you going to do? Tell me the truth!"

Li Wentian still asked without any hesitation.

"I'm going to go to Haiguang Temple and chop off Tashiro Kan'ichirō's head, leaving the entire garrison army in North China leaderless."

"Brother, if you are afraid, I will give you a tip..."

Xu Chaoyang picked up the phone, looked at Li Wentian and said into the phone: "Hebei-Chahar Political Affairs Committee!"

"Hey, Lao Ding, I heard that there was a fight in Wanping? No, I'd better dismantle the machinery and move it away. It would be a pity if the Japanese warships bombarded it..."

"right……"

"Yes! All the equipment at Dagu Shipyard will be dismantled, and the minerals, guns and ammunition in the warehouse will be shipped to Zhangjiakou!"

"Lao Ding, let me ask you one more question. What if the Japanese attack us?"

"Yes, after delivering the equipment, we will immediately enter Tianjin and join the 38th Division. If we are attacked by the Japanese, we will counterattack on the spot!"

Xu Chaoyang hung up the phone, looked at Li Wentian and said, "I called from your 38th Division."

"Fuck your uncle!" Li Wentian cursed on the spot!
　I wish you all a happy holiday, a healthy Mooncake Festival, and a happy reunion.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)