Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 264 The flames of war start, and the apprentices form an army ([-])

In the Japanese Concession on the east bank of the Haihe River in Tianjin, in the Japanese military camp built on the ruins of the former famous temple Haiguang Temple, in the military conference room that was temporarily opened as the command room, Doihara was holding a phone call with the front-line commander Masazo Kawabe call.

The battle started at nine o'clock in the morning. Doihara chose this time to start the battle because he knew that the apprentice division would hold a promotion ceremony at nine o'clock today.

There is no doubt that he chose to start the fight at this hour in order to create a psychological deterrent to the officers and soldiers of the cadet division—for this battle, or to gain control of Tianjin, both Nanjiro and Doihara paid enough money .Nanjiro not only allocated 24 Kawasaki 92 bombers in two squadrons, but also allocated all 54 "Qiluo" newly transported from Japan to Doihara. It has become a first-class division.

At exactly nine o'clock, following an order from Doihara, who was staying at the headquarters, an artillery unit of the 108th Division was the first to launch an attack. First, eight 150mm caliber heavy artillery rumbled, and then hundreds of large and small caliber artillery The cannons fired at the same time completely enveloped the exposed front-line fortifications of the 38th Division in fireworks.

The confrontation between the 38th Division and the Japanese army started a week ago. Interestingly, perhaps neither side wanted Tianjin to be turned into ruins after this battle, so they had a tacit agreement to place the battlefield in the eastern suburbs of the city at the site of the 38th Division. Near the "Seven Caspian Sea" military camp.The two sides deployed a total of no less than 2 troops there, including about 38 Japanese troops and 4 from the 38th Division.In the city of Tianjin, the Japanese army mainly composed of Huabeitun garrison and the [-]th Division affiliated troops mainly composed of military police took the Japanese Concession as their assembly point. The appearance only made the people living nearby in Tianjin panic and uneasy, not knowing what disaster was about to happen.

As for the 108th Division, the 25th Brigade was responsible for the first attack. The difference was that the commander was not the commander of the brigade, Major General Naozo Nakano, but his subordinate Kazuya Takaki.

In the Battle of Wen'an, although the 108th Division finally had to return without success because Zhang Zizhong stabbed a knife in the back, it was already a victory for Takaki Kaichi. The commendation from the military headquarters not only promoted him from the rank of Lieutenant to Colonel, but also got the autographed photo of His Majesty the Emperor.

It’s a little unbelievable to say, it’s just a palm-sized black and white photo, the person on it is neither a beauty nor a celebrity, but Takaki Kaichi and these guys see him, just like an addict seeing opium, their eyes shine and they don’t say anything. That hot-blooded one can't wait to wipe the knife into his stomach immediately to be comfortable and to show his loyalty...

After the battle started, the early bombardment was carried out in accordance with the combat plan formulated by the headquarters. The purpose of the bombardment first rather than the aircraft bombing was to draw out the opponent's artillery team and then use the air force to destroy it.And once the limited heavy weapons of the 38th Division are destroyed, it will be much easier for the infantry of the 108th Division to take down the "Seven Caspian Sea" and capture Zhang Zizhong alive under the cover of aircraft, artillery, and tanks.

When the 150mm heavy artillery fired at the 38th Division's defense line first, Takaki Kaichi picked up the binoculars and began to check the effect of the artillery fire.

Part of the fortifications of the 38th Division was built before. The materials used for this part are cement, thick wooden piles, and sandbags, so the construction is relatively solid. As long as it is not directly hit by heavy artillery shells, it can be preserved very well; just now The part of the building was not so lucky. Most of them were piled up with sandbags. Since there was no cement reinforcement, no matter how large the caliber of the shell was hit, it would often collapse immediately or fly around.

"The artillery unit did a good job!" Putting down the binoculars, Gao Shujia said to Hai Lao Mingrong: "Master Hai, wait a moment, will our Akita Regiment go first, or your 132 Regiment first?"

Hailao Mingrong said respectfully: "You are the commander of this battle, it is up to you to give this order," and bowed slightly after speaking.

Gao Shujia smiled reservedly, and habitually stretched his hand to the left chest to touch the shirt pocket, where the emperor's autographed photo was just lying there.He thought to himself: The honor of having the emperor's autographed photo is really extraordinary. Not only can he command a brigade to fight as a colonel, but even such an arrogant person like Hai Lao Mingrong is respectful to me now.He said: "Then let the Akita United team play first."

"Hay!"

Suddenly, the roar of cannons came from the opposite side—the artillery unit of the 38th Division finally showed up. Gao Shujia was overjoyed, and quickly picked up the binoculars and looked ahead.

The commander of the artillery unit of the 38th Division is obviously a good shooter. The artillery brigade of the 108th Division only fired about a hundred rounds of shells. In a forest about ten kilometers away from the "Qilihai" military camp, about sixty cannons roared. Later, the Japanese artillery positions, which were exhausted, were accompanied by bursts of rumbling ammunition explosions and people shouting. Horse hissing (heavy artillery is usually drawn by horses).

"The Chinese cannons are very accurate!" Gao Shujia murmured with a pale face. When the artillery of the 38th Division first appeared, he was quite happy.Because in this way, your own air force will attack soon, and then it's time for their infantry to play.He originally thought that this would speed up the progress of the battle. Who knew that the firing of the opponent's cannon would bring such evil results to his own side. The artillery unit of the 38th Division was unreasonable. After two rounds of concentrated shooting, it was a quarter of an hour of free fire. After these two rounds of shooting, there were not many cannons that could be fired on the Japanese artillery positions.

"How could this be?!" When Doihara first heard the news, he immediately went crazy, and even forgot to send the air force out.

Why is this so, perhaps, Zhang Zizhong can help him answer this question.It's very simple. Before that, he asked the surveyors of the artillery unit to measure and calibrate the shooting elements from all over Tianjin. It's no wonder that the artillerymen of the 38th Division can all be sharpshooters.

Speaking of which, the artillerymen of the 108th Division did not complain at all.So, without the artillery, how will the little devil's Tianjin strategy be adjusted?Next, in the face of the little devil's planes and tanks, what good countermeasures does Zhang Zizhong have?

(End of this chapter)