Bourne: Command and Conquer

Chapter 1301, beast

dark night. Zhizaobang.

Three Japanese destroyers lined up one after another.

They are all ancient Minekaze-class destroyers.

Each ship is over twenty-five years old. It can be said that he is getting old.

However, the 127mm naval guns they are equipped with are still a fatal threat to the national army. The national troops on both sides of Hazao Bang suffered a lot.

With the massive loss of the national army's 105mm and 150mm howitzers, there are almost no weapons that can cause fatal damage to these Japanese destroyers.

"beat!"

Zhang Yong gave the order.

All artillery batteries opened fire.

Even though it’s a 75mm mountain cannon, it’s still going to beat you up.

Even if you can't beat him to death, he will be beaten to death!

Let the Japanese destroyers not dare to enter Zozaobang in the future.

They all came to the inland rivers of China. They really thought this was the back garden of your Japanese invaders!

"boom…"

"Crash..."

"boom…"

"Crash..."

In an instant, countless water jets exploded around the Japanese destroyer.

What Zhang Yong was targeting was the Japanese destroyer "Xifeng".

It is located at the most downstream of Zozaobang.

The other two ships were upstream of it.

Zhang Yong's little idea is to hit it first. Then block the other two ships.

Of course, this is the best plan. Whether it can be realized is another matter.

At least, scare the Japanese navy Red Deer.

"boom…"

Suddenly, a ball of fire broke out on the river.

Some shells landed on the Japanese destroyer.

hit.

But it doesn't hurt much.

The caliber is too small. Insufficient power. Penetration is also insufficient.

The Japanese destroyers were destroyers after all. It's made of steel. Slightly damaged. But not fatal.

what to do?

Of course keep fighting.

Pour all the more cannonballs up.

Quality is not enough, quantity is needed.

Build a tower with sand. A drop of water penetrates a stone.

"boom…"

"boom…"

There were continuous fire outbreaks.

Sure enough, more shells hit their targets.

Those cannonballs that fell into the river exploded underwater and had no fire.

As long as there is an explosion of fire, it means a hit.

Unfortunately, it's still not fatal.

"Baga!"

"Fight back!"

"Fight back!"

The Japanese navy's red deer screamed.

They were a little nervous at first. I thought I was under heavy artillery attack.

Later it was discovered that the shells that fell were all of small caliber. Not very destructive at all. Even the deck cannot be penetrated. So I felt relieved.

"quick!"

"quick!"

Quickly adjust the muzzle. Be prepared to fight back.

Each Minekaze-class destroyer has four 127mm naval guns.

Quantity is small. But powerful. Fast rate of fire.

Compared with land artillery, naval guns have a faster loading speed and a faster firing speed.

So, here comes the problem. Where are the targets that need to be counterattacked?

In the darkness, one could only judge the general direction in which the shells were coming. But there is no precise target.

The maximum range of the 75mm mountain gun is about 8,000 meters. Within this radius, it is impossible to determine the exact location.

what to do?

Which direction to shoot in? What's the range?

No one can judge.

"boom…"

"boom…"

More shells hit.

Balls of fire continued to erupt. Debris flies.

Although, the mountain shells could not cause fatal damage to the Japanese destroyers. But, after all, it was a shell explosion.

There is definitely damage. The fragments either hit the Japanese invaders' bodies. Either hit other surrounding equipment and facilities. Or blow up other items on the deck.

After being hit continuously, the surface of the destroyer Yufeng was already in a mess.

At least a dozen Japanese invaders were killed and injured.

"Baga!"

"withdraw!"

"withdraw!"

The Japanese commander reluctantly gave the order.

In the darkness, it was completely impossible to determine the target of the counterattack. Can only retreat temporarily.

Must stay out of the range of the Chinese army's mountain artillery. Otherwise, you will really die.

"withdraw!"

"withdraw!"

Three Japanese destroyers were launched one after another. Then withdraw downstream.

Very slow. However, movement has begun. As a result, the hit rate of the mountain cannon is greatly reduced. The shells basically fall into the water.

Occasionally there were bursts of fire. Also occasionally. It has almost no effect.

"Made..."

Zhang Yong clenched his fists angrily.

Feeling unwilling.

real.

I feel very sad.

The three Japanese destroyers were actually very weak.

As long as you have a 105mm howitzer regiment in your hand, it is possible to sink the opponent.

Even if it doesn't sink on the spot, it can still be injured.

Later, the British ship Amethyst was severely damaged by a 105mm howitzer.

75mm and 105mm. Only 30mm difference. However, it is the difference between 0 and 1. The 75mm just can't hit the target.

What a pity!

Just one chance.

Just missed it.

The Japanese destroyer was hit and would definitely not come to Zhozaobang in the future.

They are navy red deer. But if there is even the slightest danger, it is impossible for them to continue taking risks to support the Army Red Deer.

In other words, there was no chance of shelling the Japanese destroyers.

Alas, what a weak national power!

The system is also not very effective.

Just give them tens of thousands of 152mm self-propelled howitzers!

"good!"

"good!"

However, Zhu Shaoliang was very satisfied with such results.

Other senior military officials were also very satisfied. As long as the Japanese destroyers can be forced away, the Japanese artillery support can be reduced by half.

Without the artillery fire coverage of the Japanese navy, whether it is Jiangwan Town, Dachang Town, or Nanxiang Town, they can hold on for a longer period of time.

As for victory…

Sorry, I can’t even think about it.

By now, everyone has lost confidence.

So miserable...

History is written on the positive side.

It was said that through the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese invaders' three-month conspiracy to destroy China was shattered.

However, what Zhang Yong saw was a little different from the history books.

What he saw was more negative information. Many senior officials have completely lost their confidence in victory.

Very desperate.

Very frustrated.

I felt that the Japanese invaders were invincible.

It is estimated that within the government, people's hearts are floating, and there will be more and more people who want to surrender to the Japanese invaders and become traitors.

Even Chiang Kai-shek himself. Maybe they all have such thoughts. I just don’t dare to say it publicly.

Fortunately, there are no ifs in history.

Even Chiang Kai-shek may have wavered. However, I persisted in the end.

His greatest contribution to China is probably his perseverance over the past few years.

Otherwise, it would have been written down in history long ago.

"Commander-in-Chief."

"Commissioner Zhang."

"Does the committee want to mediate?"

"Probably so."

"Is there any result?"

"I don't know. Alas..."

Zhu Shaoliang shook his head and sighed. The heart is heavy.

When the war reached this point, everyone including Chiang Kai-shek knew it was impossible to win.

The question now is whether the war can be stopped if it cannot win.

Can I return to the previous state?

It would allow the Japanese invaders to continue to occupy Hongkou. Leave it as is.

Just act like nothing happened.

At most, give some compensation in private.

Well, this is what Chiang Kai-shek's wishful thinking was based on. Always fantasizing.

The lady on the other side of the ocean also had the illusion that the League of Nations could help mediate. A ceasefire can be achieved. Can be left as is.

However, none of them realized an essential problem.

You want a ceasefire.

Are the Japanese invaders willing?

Others are always making excuses!

Others have been looking for excuses to annex the entire China.

Right now, that's the best excuse.

So, how could the Japanese invaders accept mediation?

Now the Japanese invaders are desperately increasing their troops, deploying almost half of their total troops.

Mediation?

Final battle?

I thought it was a child playing house!

"Commander-in-Chief..."

"Commissioner Zhang, just tell me what you have to say."

"Do you think there is a possibility that we will continue to fight the Japanese from now on?"

"Keep fighting? How long?"

"Maybe eight years? Ten years?"

"ah?"

Zhu Shaoliang frowned.

Obviously, he was not mentally prepared.

Zhang Yong then stopped talking.

Click to stop.

The rest is up to you to experience.

But from Zhu Shaoliang, we can obviously get a glimpse of the state of the top officials of the government.

Just not prepared for a long-term war.

I feel that even if the Japanese invaders do not accept the ceasefire, they will continue to fight for a few months at most. There will eventually be a ceasefire.

The battlefield should also be near Songhu. Not much more than that.

But they did not expect that the war would spread to most of China. The Japanese invaders will fight all the way to Wuhan and Changsha!

Moreover, it is not only the Japanese invaders and the Chinese who are fighting. More countries will be involved in the fighting. In the end, all the world's major powers will come to an end. It eventually turned into a world war.

The next eight years...

It’s only been two months!

The prologue has just begun. The protagonist hasn’t even appeared yet!

The mustache hasn’t broken out yet.

The polar bears haven’t joined yet.

The beautiful country is still watching the fire from the other side.

Shake his head.

Rub your face.

Get rid of cluttered thoughts.

Clarify your positioning. He is not the savior. I am just a nobody.

Little people can only follow the crowd, so don't try to change the world.

bid farewell.

Return to the vicinity of Luodian.

Keep fighting.

The fighting was brutal. Very tragic. But lackluster.

The Japanese invaders wanted to open the highway from Luodian to Jiading. But the national army stubbornly resisted. Zhang Yong often went into battle in person.

The casualties were of course very heavy.

The 107th Division has been crippled. Less than three thousand people remained.

The worst was Qiu Qingquan's 152nd Division. Less than two thousand people were beaten. Zhang Yong ordered them to withdraw from the battle.

There is no new force.

Xue Yue finally arrived at the battlefield with the 19th Army. But throw in the middle.

Liao Lei is also here. But throw in the south.

One day...three days...

five days…

Time passes day by day.

Zhang Yong didn't want to look at the daily casualty figures. Because of numbness.

On the Japanese side, two divisions also withdrew. They probably retreated to the rear to replenish their supplies. They are also almost polished.

The attrition tactic was indeed successful.

The Japanese invaders indeed consumed a large amount of manpower, material and financial resources. However, they are still being replenished.

With the accumulated strength of the Japanese invaders, it was only a matter of time before they captured the Songhu battlefield.

Late September…

The fierce battle continues.

Wang Yaowu's 51st Division also withdrew. There are less than 1,500 remaining troops.

The numbers are cold. But behind every number is a real person. Now, they have all disappeared.

The 108th Division was almost wiped out. Zhang Yong ordered to retreat.

Liu Jianxu came with the 10th Army. Reinforce the Luodian battlefield. Therefore, the battle is still intense.

The Japanese invaders also brought in more and more new troops.

Fierce battle…

Fierce battle…

Cao Mengqi also came with the Rangers.

As a result, after only one day, he was beaten and unable to take care of himself. More than half the casualties.

"how so…"

"how so…"

Lao Cao was confused on the spot.

He couldn't accept such a cruel reality.

After only one day on the job, his own Rangers were maimed?

However, the cruel reality is this.

After all, the Einsatzgruppe is not a regular army. The combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as that of the regular army.

Lao Cao, who did not believe in evil, once again led the Rangers to attack. As a result, he unfortunately died in battle. The Einsatzgruppe were completely destroyed.

"Old Cao..."

"Old Cao..."

Zhang Yong holds Cao Mengqi's body.

murmured to himself. But no tears were shed. He is not a pretentious person.

He knew that sooner or later, one of his close relatives and friends would die on the battlefield. I just didn't expect it to come so quickly.

He also thought that Lao Cao would shine on the battlefield.

If you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later.

Lao Cao has already suffered a disaster. I thought God would definitely take care of me.

Hedong in thirty years, Hexi in thirty years.

Don’t bully young people into poverty!

Novels describe it this way. However, Lao Cao died.

There were a total of nineteen warheads on his body.

Seven 6.5mm bullets. Fired from a crooked light machine gun.

Twelve 7.7mm bullets. It was fired from a chicken-neck heavy machine gun.

No last words were left.

He died silently like this. Like many other officers and soldiers.

Movies and TV shows are all lies. Those who were hit by bullets had no chance to speak. The moment he was shot, it was all over.

buried.

Hold your head high.

No tears allowed.

Then keep fighting.

The two infantry brigades of Bangzi were divided and surrounded by Zhang Yong.

Damn it, I can't defeat the Japanese invaders, so I can't defeat you?

He forced himself to lead the team and annihilated them all.

Leave no one behind.

Get rid of them all.

The 66th Division of the Sichuan Army commanded by Wang Kuiyuan entered the battlefield for the third time.

Why is it the third time?

Because it was all out, I moved to the back to replenish it. Come up and light it again. Withdrew again and replenished. Now come up again...

The supplements were all soldiers from the Sichuan Army. Came from Sichuan.

At the same time, Zhang Yong finally received his first batch of supplementary troops. It started from Tongling, Guyuan and other places.

Bad news also came soon after. The town of Dachang was lost. The Japanese invaders occupied the core hinterland.

Now, the only comfort is that Luodian is still in the hands of the national army. The Japanese invaders could not break through from here.

With Zhang Yong's current ability, he can only defend Luodian. Others are beyond their capabilities.

The 100th Army (230th Division) came, but did not come.

Because Dachang Town was lost and the central area was opened, Chiang Kai-shek directly ordered the 100th Army to strengthen the central defense line.

So, I won’t come to Luodian anymore. Then Jinshanwei also gave up.

All situations are bad.

We are not short of weapons and ammunition, we are short of men. Shortage of soldiers.

Replenishment from the rear simply cannot make up for the losses at the front.

Zhang Yong has weapons and ammunition. But there was no one. People are being consumed every day. But there was no addition for a long time.

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

Japanese aircraft dropped bombs.

A huge explosion enveloped the surrounding area for fifty meters.

Those soldiers hiding in the trenches will also be shocked to death.

National power generation difference.

It cannot be compensated for by manpower at all.

"Commissioner!"

"Commissioner!"

Suddenly, a communications soldier came in a hurry.

But there is a secret message from the attendant's room.

Return to the headquarters.

The director of communications came up immediately.

"Commissioner, there is an urgent call from the Attendant's Office. I want you to go to Suzhou."

"Suzhou?"

Zhang Yong reached out and took the telegram.

Indeed, it was sent from the attendant's room. It has Director Lin's signature.

So I took the time to come to Suzhou.

It was discovered that Yang Lichu and Liu Zhenzhen were here.

That Liu Zhenzhen is the secretary of the Presidential Office. Female.

"What do you want from me?"

Zhang Yong asked fiercely.

Pull yourself out of the tragic battlefield. It must be important.

However, Zhang Yong was very emotionally unstable at this moment.

Because there were too many casualties.

He is only twenty years old.

But he experienced the most brutal war in the world.

He watched everyone he knew well die on the battlefield. disappear.

A whole battalion is heroic.

One group is all lit up.

More than 2,000 members of the Einsatzgruppe were all killed.

Not a single one is left.

The new recruits who were added later died in battle before they even had time to be included in the roster.

The battlefield is full of corpses. of the enemy. own. Can't tell.

No one collected the bodies. Because there is no such step.

All the energy of both sides was spent on fighting. Either you die or I die.

"Please go find Akiyama Shigekui."

"What are you doing with him?"

"Negotiate terms."

"What?"

"We can't continue fighting. We want peace talks."

"What?"

"As long as the Japanese agree to a ceasefire, we can make some concessions..."

"Shut up!"

Zhang Yong suddenly became angry.

His expression was very ferocious.

He reached out and pinched Liu Zhenzhen's throat. Wanted to strangle her to death.

"Let go!"

"Let go!"

"She's just here to send a message!"

"She's just here to send a message!"

"Let go!"

"Let go!"

Yang Lichu hurriedly came up and pushed him away.

As a result, Zhang Yong hugged him. Then he started taking off his clothes.

"you…"

"Don't…"

She fought hard. Struggling hard.

However, it was useless. He has become a complete beast.

Only fighting.

It's only life and death.

until…

Exhausted.

Only then did I regain some sense.

However, his eyes were still bright red. Like a man-eating beast.

He is not human.

He is a beast.

Because the battlefield needs beasts.

Yang Lichu calmed down instead.

Fortunately, she arrived in time, otherwise, he might really turn into a beast.

What a cruel war it was that turned him into this.

"Ma'am, it will take a month."

"What month?"

"Mediation?"

"Mediating for what?"

"Mediation by the envoys of the nine countries!"

"Mediation! Mediation! Mediation!"

Zhang Yong suddenly became irritable again.

I really want to curse.

real.

It’s already this time, and I’m still dreaming about mediation!

How could the Japanese invaders agree to a ceasefire!

If you were the winner, would you agree to a ceasefire?

"We need time!"

"We need time!"

Yang Lichu said calmly.

He reached out and gently stroked Zhang Yong's cheek.

This is her man!

This is the man that so many girls like!

Once high-spirited, once polite, once high-spirited.

But now, he has become like an animal. Only destroy. There is only killing. There is only destruction.

Just now, he really wanted to strangle Liu Zhenzhen to death.

Fortunately, I followed. Otherwise, he might even violate Liu Zhenzhen.

In a cruel battlefield, without discipline and moral restraint, anyone will become a beast. Especially Zhang Yong.

"The rear is being relocated."

"Jinling Girls' High School is also moving."

Yang Lichu said slowly.

Zhang Yong finally raised his eyebrows.

Jinling Girls' High School?

Are they moving now?

Bastard!

He wants to kill that Qi Qingluan!

Don't listen to him! He's going to strangle her to death! Then hang it up!

"It's also a strategy to make excuses..."

"I understand. I'll go see Akiyama Shigekui immediately."

Zhang Yong said coldly.

Mediation?

Make you numb!

When they met, he slapped Akiyama Shigekui first!

Then just say one sentence:

"Keep fighting! Don't let anyone stop! Fight until someone surrenders unconditionally!"

[To be continued]

(End of chapter)