my bright sword career

Chapter 323 Cheap Recruitment Order
Okamura Ningji is indeed one of the few outstanding generals in the Japanese army, and his intuition for the battlefield is much better than that of ordinary generals.

This time the Liantai Flying Brigade is dispatched in full force, and its purpose is naturally not only the 31st Division.

Gao Hongming knew very well that the bombers in his hands were limited, and the total of four squadrons was less than fifty bombers. Even if all these aircraft were used to bomb the 31st Division, the damage to the 31st Division would be limited. Yes, in this case, we can only choose the most important and most valuable targets to bomb.

And this most valuable target is naturally the artillery wing of the Japanese army.

As we all know, the practice of the Japanese army is that each division has an artillery wing. Maybe the size of the artillery wing will vary, but this organization will definitely exist.

Gao Hongming, who came from later generations, naturally knows how effective the artillery with the nickname "God of War" will play on the battlefield, so from the very beginning, his order to the flying brigade was very clear, that is, to find the Japanese army as much as possible. artillery, and then blow them up, so that even if the Japanese army can rush to Guojialing and Yangping Town, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

As a result, those Japanese troops who were still struggling with the muddy road were naturally patronized by the flying brigade.

On an unnamed road more than 31 kilometers away from the 60st Division, Lieutenant General Amakasu Shigetaro, the head of the 33rd Division, stood beside the road.

Not far away was a Nissan six-wheel truck that was stuck in a mud pit. The driver was slamming on the gas pedal. The rear wheels of the truck were spinning desperately, but the car remained motionless. Seeing this, a team leader next to him called the surrounding soldiers to step forward. I went nearby and shoveled some dry soil and gravel to pad under the wheels, and dragged and dragged by more than a dozen soldiers, and then pulled the truck out of the mud pit.

Seeing this scene, Amakasu Shigetaro frowned. Yesterday's heavy rain completely disrupted the army's marching plan. According to this marching speed, let alone feel Guojialing tonight, it would be good to arrive tomorrow.

But this is not the point. The most terrible thing is that he just received a telegram from the headquarters. Just half an hour ago, the 31st Division was just attacked by the Liantai Flying Brigade. In addition to the casualties of nearly a thousand soldiers, the entire The artillery of the artillery regiment was almost completely destroyed.

Gangcun Ningci told him in the telegram that he must pay attention to air defense and at the same time protect the artillery.

After receiving the telegram, Amakasu Shigetaro was shocked and did not dare to neglect. He quickly ordered the artillery wing to rush to air defense, and then ordered the air defense squadron that was originally in charge of the division's air defense to join the artillery wing.

Amakasu Shigetaro, who had done all this, was still a little worried, and ordered the air defense squadron that only belonged to the division headquarters to immediately rush to the artillery wing to assist in air defense.

Amakasu Shigetaro, who had done all this, still felt uneasy, and planned to order the troops to stop advancing and disperse and hide, but was stopped by Chief of Staff Akino Takaguchi.

"Your Excellency, Commander of the Division, the order given to us by Commander Gangcun is only to pay attention to air defense, and does not stop us from advancing. Once we stop advancing and fail to reach Yangping Town as scheduled, you will be fully responsible once the headquarters pursues responsibility. of!"

Amakasu Shigetaro said anxiously: "But you have also seen the telegram sent by the headquarters. The 31st Division has been attacked. Now if we continue to move forward, how can we ensure the safety of the troops?"

"Even if you suffer a certain loss, it's not your responsibility." Zhaoye Qiuhe persuaded earnestly: "As long as the artillery regiment is fine, even if it loses one or two squadrons or even the brigade, Commander Gangcun will not be too serious. I blame you, after all, you are also here to carry out his orders."

Amakasu Shigetaro was silent for a while, and then nodded slowly, "Well, for the sake of the Great East Asia Jihad, some losses are inevitable, but you have to tell Ishida-kun that the artillery regiment must not suffer losses, understand?"

"Hi!"

From the conversation between Amakasu Shigetaro and Akino Qiugu, we can see the attitude of the top Japanese army towards the war at this time.

In their view, a soldier is just an incorruptible consumable, not even as important as a cannon.

During World War II, there was a saying among the Japanese people, "A piece of red paper, a postcard of [-] cents, will become a soldier tomorrow."

This sentence vividly illustrates the process of recruiting soldiers by the Japanese government. In cities with more developed communications, the Japanese government will send a postcard worth [-]% to the recruited personnel, informing them to go to the designated place to receive the summoning order. .Those who receive the postcards must gather at the designated location with the summoning order within the specified time.

It is also because of this that in the hearts of many Japanese generals, those soldiers who can be recruited for only one cent and five cents are really too cheap, almost as many as they want, and there is no need to cherish them at all.

But is this really the case?

In fact, as an island country, Japan not only lacks resources, but even the population is not as abundant as Japan's high-level officials imagined.

When the war was going on at the end of 1940, the top Japanese leaders had already felt the pressure of the war.

According to the memories of a veteran named Enomoto Hiroshi in later generations, in late August 1940, he received a call-up order from the military department.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with it on the surface, but the problem is that this Enomoto Hiroshi was 30 years old when he received the call-up order. He also has a wife and two children at home. The most important thing is that he is a top student of the Japanese University of Political Science and Law. He even worked in the editorial department of the Osaka branch of Toyo Keizai Shimbun when he was working.

It can be seen from this that when the war was in its third year, the work of recruiting soldiers for the Japanese army was already very difficult. You must know that men like Hiroshi Enomoto are the most experienced social elites.

Almost at the same time, at an altitude of 6500 meters, a group of B-25 medium bombers painted silver and white were flying towards the direction of the 33rd Division.

The fuselage number of the B-25 flying at the front is 2354. Just now, this fleet suddenly encountered four Type 2354 fighters. Although the bombers used the firepower of dense formation to shoot down a Japanese plane, they finally repelled the Japanese plane. But bomber [-] was also damaged.

After continuing to fly for more than ten minutes, Captain Pan Dingguo felt his body getting colder and colder. He immediately realized that the wiring of the plane had been damaged, resulting in the electric heating flight suit no longer transferring heat.

According to common sense, when the altitude of the B-25 exceeds 3000 meters, the crew members must wear rubber oxygen masks, and at the same time the electric heating flight suits on their bodies start to work.But once the circuit is short-circuited or damaged, the electric flight suit does not work, so you have to wear several layers of thick clothes to keep warm and prevent frostbite.

At this time, the biting cold wind kept blowing in from the window that was broken just now, making the shooter in the middle of the fuselage, the shooter of the ball gun, and the shooter at the tail miserable.After more than half an hour of flying, their bodies and weapons were covered with a thin layer of frost. Although the gunners wore thick gloves, they still felt cold, so that they had to move their hands hard to avoid frostbite.

(End of this chapter)