Chapter 725
The telegram that Komatsu Junyi sent to Aoki for help was signed by the name of Ramoto Shun.Among the ghosts who knew the content of this telegram, Sakuragi Masata and Ramoto Jun had a good personal relationship, and as the major staff officer in charge of communications of the detachment, he was of sufficient rank, so he dared to question Aoki: "Master Aoki, why didn't you send reinforcements? Do you want to defy me?" Is it the order of the detachment leader? If the detachment leader encounters an accident, who will bear the responsibility?"

The military regulations of the Japanese army were strict. Once a superior officer died in battle, his subordinates would be questioned. Those who were milder would be demoted and retained, and those who were serious would be court-martialed. Therefore, not a few were executed.

Aoki Chengjiro's answer at the time was: "The Chinese people are cunning, how do you know that this is not their act of luring the enemy? The detachment leader led the team to perform night raid exercises. I did not agree with this move. Listen to the artillery fire of the Chinese army. density, the scale of its artillery is no less than a regiment, right? The artillery of the Chinese army is limited, and often an army is equipped with only one artillery regiment. Moreover, the Chinese people are clearly prepared, and I am even worried that the detachment leader and the others will be defeated by the Chinese army. Ambush. Major Sakuragi, if you were in my position, may I ask how many troops should we dispatch on the premise of asking for help? It won’t help to dispatch one or two brigades, right? If the whole army is dispatched, what should LY do? Stock up on supplies Who will guard?"

What Aoki said was all the truth, but Sakuragi Shota was stumped by his series of rhetorical questions, and could only insist on the excuse of "the strength of the Chinese army is overwhelming".Aoki sneered and revealed the fact that the Xuebing Army was in Xuzhou City, and immediately sealed his mouth.

The Xuebing Army, whether it is weapons or the personal abilities of the soldiers, is not inferior to the Imperial Army.If Raben really ran into the Xuebing Army, then he could only ask for good fortune—Sakuragi thought helplessly, and never mentioned the matter of rescue since then.However, there was always a fluke in his heart, and he always felt that such a coincidence would not happen——Wan Benshun wanted to conduct such a night raid exercise on a whim, why did he happen to meet the student army?Xuzhou is not close to LY!He didn't know that as early as two days ago, the 57th Army had entered Xiangcheng.

"It's really a student army!" Standing beside Aoki, looking at the densely packed lights outside the city of LY, he knew that it was all over.

The spy agents of the Japanese army did a lot of work for the Battle of Xuzhou. As early as a few months ago, they learned that two divisions of the Xuebing Army had joined Zhang Zizhong's 57th Army.

The Chinese gathered a large number of troops in Xuzhou, but the only one with such a high degree of mechanization was the army of students.Only the Xuebing Army can hide from the eyeliner of the imperial army and carry out such a long-distance raid.

"Major Sakuragi, you trust my judgment now," Aoki was somewhat complacent, but he controlled it well.Although he made a correct guess, when the Xue Bingjun really appeared in front of him, he still felt a shudder.The battle in the distance was not over yet, which made him miscalculate when calculating the number of enemy troops.He took it for granted that it was Zhang Zizhong's 57th Army and not just the two divisions of the Xuebing Army that appeared outside the city of LY.

He shouted to the messengers around him: "Notify all the teams to prepare for battle. Xiaocun, immediately notify the mountain artillery unit, so that they are ready to fight back at any time, and tell Kakino that his task is to destroy the Chinese tanks and suppress the enemy's artillery!"

"Hayi!" After Xiaocun and several other messengers nodded and bowed, they quickly ran down the tower.

When setting up the position, Aoki considered the sharpness of the artillery of the Xuebing Army, so he set up the headquarters in a private house close to the city wall of the West Gate, where the assumed telephone line was connected to the other four positions.Komura and other devils are each in charge of a line, and they can convey Aoki's orders to all places as quickly as possible.

The battle broke out suddenly.When Aoki was about to order his subordinates to launch flares so as to observe the specific situation of the enemy, Huang Haifu took the lead in giving the order to attack.A flare suddenly flew from the temporary position of the Xuebing Army to the sky above the West Gate. At the moment when the light bloomed to drive away the darkness, the three Jiguang tanks rushing to the front opened fire at the same time. Being hit at the same time, amidst the "rumbling" explosion, the two devils who couldn't dodge were blown into the air. Against the background of smoke and fire, ghosts crying and howling wolves fell heavily in front of the city gate, making a jaw-dropping sound. The sound of sour weights falling to the ground.

The next moment, a flare rose from the city wall guarded by the devils.This flare lit up the night sky above the mountain division, and Aoki seized the opportunity to look around from behind the city wall where he was hiding, and saw an amazing scene.About 200 meters away from the city wall, Chinese soldiers spread out in a long row. They were lying on the ground, waving iron shovels and digging fortifications.Digging fortifications under the eyes of the imperial army, are these Chinese pigs determined to win LY City and want to fight steadily?It's too crazy, do they think that the [-] caps in the hands of the imperial army are fire sticks? !Aoki didn't expect that the attack under the castle was to deceive his attention. Thinking of this, a ferocious smile appeared on his face.He waved his command knife and shouted hoarsely to both sides: "Warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army, use such precise shooting to teach the Chinese people a painful lesson, and let them know that the Imperial Army is invincible!"

"Ba ba ba!" Sanba Dagai's gunshots rang out intensively, but the results achieved were limited.Aoki saw the helmets of five Chinese soldiers being beaten with sparks flying everywhere, and finally realized that the Chinese people had carefully calculated the method of excavating the fortifications at that distance.And when Wei Qing's unique gunshots sounded, he was shocked, and finally understood the beauty of the Chinese people's effort to dig fortifications-once the Chinese people can shoot at the imperial army within a distance of nearly a thousand meters, then It can suppress the imperial army on the city wall, preventing them from threatening the tanks outside the west gate.If the Chinese tanks were allowed to bombard the Ximen city gate unscrupulously, the Ximen gate would be blasted open sooner or later.At that time, the advantage given to the defenders by LY's tall and strong city walls will no longer exist.Once the two sides start a brutal street battle, the passive one must be the Imperial Army. Aware of this, Aoki immediately ordered the artillery to carry out energetic coverage outside the west gate. People broke into the city.

Flares rising one after another illuminate the vicinity of Ximen as bright as day. Thousands of guns above and below the city fire in turn, and the flames spit out from the guns are as gorgeous as flowers blooming. The difference is that the blooming flowers bring people a feeling of beauty, while Guns N' Roses can only bring pain and even death to people.The tanks of the Mountain Division hit a certain battlement from time to time, and with a loud "bang", fireworks rose, bricks and stones shot, and occasionally a few devils danced and were lifted up by the air waves-suddenly, the dark center of LY City suddenly There was flames, and then a ball of fire dragged across the night sky and smashed towards the tank positions outside the city.The fireball hit an open space, and it exploded with a "boom", splashing mud, bricks and stones on several Jiguang tanks nearby, making the steel body rattle.This is the beginning. Minutes later, from the place where a shell hit, dozens of flames flickered at the same time, and then dozens of shells swept across the night sky, smashing densely on the tank positions of the mountain division, and continuous explosions rose up. The fireworks completely engulfed more than a dozen Jiguang tanks.

Seeing all this, Seijiro Aoki, who had lost his temper after being beaten, shouted excitedly: "Good job!" Then, he suddenly froze, took a breath and cursed: "Bage!"

The largest caliber of the little devil's gun is only 75mm, which is not enough to tear down the protection of the Jiguang tank.Twenty or so cannons fired at the same time, which was spectacular, but the effect received was almost zero.Although the batch of tanks equipped by the mountain division is relatively old, they have been modified and even the tracks are equipped with protection.The first round of cover fire by the little devil artillery failed to cause any substantial damage to them.

"I can't take it anymore!" In an alley in LY City, Xiao Liang cursed in a low voice, and the tense nerves all over his body finally relaxed.

The Japanese army was very strict on the defense of the city wall. Except for the vicinity of the four city gates, there were patrols patrolling the other sections without interruption.It took a lot of effort for Xiao Liang and the others to sneak into the city, and then something unbelievable happened. After turning around, they lost their way.The little devil was afraid that the people in the city would take advantage of the chaos to riot or cause damage, so he imposed a curfew and a light ban. The city was pitch black, which seriously affected Xiao Liang and his judgment on the direction.They were walking towards the center of the city, but they were too unfamiliar with the road conditions. Even with a compass, they still lost their sense of direction after crossing several streets and alleys, and didn't know where they were.Fortunately, the little devil's artillery finally opened fire at this time, and Xiao Liang and the others discovered at this time that the devil's artillery position was only two or 300 meters away from their current place.The next thing was simple. He first ordered his subordinates to build a ladder to send him to the roof, and then stood on the roof majestically and fired a flare over the devil artillery position.The flares not only provided the shelling coordinates for the artillery regiment outside, but also illuminated the vicinity, allowing him to look down on the location of the devil's military warehouse by the way.

Aoki knew the danger of artillery confrontation, so he set the artillery position far away from the military warehouse.However, the city of LY is so big, and Xiao Liang was condescending. Although he couldn't find the location of the warehouse right away, he found the right direction.When he got down to the ground, he gestured to his brothers by the afterglow of the flares, and the group quickly trotted towards the warehouse marked on the map.

Flares suddenly rose in the city of LY, and they were in the general direction of the enemy artillery. Fang Qing, the head of the artillery regiment of the Mountain Division, did not greet Huang Haifu, and immediately ordered a 5-minute rapid fire under the flares.

(End of this chapter)

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