The Boss of the Yan Family in Siheyuan

Chapter 457 Destroying the Japs’ Combat Supplies

Author: Star Traveler

Chapter 457 Destroying the Japs’ Combat Supplies

Seeing Wang Chengzhu's gesture, the soldiers of the artillery company quickly unloaded the artillery from their horses, and then quickly assembled it again.

More than ten minutes later, all the artillery was assembled, and the dark muzzles were pointed at the Japanese camp.

"Company commander, everything has been assembled." A platoon commander of the artillery company ran over and shouted to Wang Chengzhu.

Hearing the sound, Wang Chengzhu walked forward and raised the flag in his hand. Seeing Wang Chengzhu's actions, the soldiers of the artillery company quickly loaded the shells into the barrel.

"Go and shoot quickly, prepare and release." After saying this, Wang Chengzhu waved the flag in his hand downwards.

When the soldiers heard Wang Chengzhu's order, they immediately understood what their company commander meant.

Rapid shooting means shooting at the set points. The cannonballs can be fired as fast as they can. In other words, the maximum number of cannonballs can be fired in the shortest time.

As Wang Chengzhu's order was issued, the soldiers of the artillery company pulled the firing rope of the artillery.

In an instant, the shells flew towards the Japanese camp with a whistling sound. Then the soldiers quickly reloaded the shells and pulled the firing rope.

That's what rapid fire is, you don't need to wait for the firing order, you just need to load the shells into the gun and then fire them out.

Without Wang Chengzhu's order to stop the bombardment, the soldiers of the artillery company kept firing unless all the stray bombs they brought were eliminated.

But at this time, the Japs in the camp were in a state of panic. After marching for several days, they finally set up camp and could take a good rest. Unexpectedly, they would be bombarded. At this moment, the Japs were in a state of confusion and did not know what had happened.

whats the matter.

When one after another explosions rang out in the camp, the Japs were instantly sleepless and got out of the tents one after another and began to evade.

"Artillery fire, artillery fire, quick, quick, dodge." At this moment, the screams of the Japanese officers did not come from the camp.

"Baga, where did this shell come from? Are you all stupid pigs? You haven't found it out yet?" At this time, a disgraced Japanese officer loudly reprimanded several artillery soldiers on the side.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the artillery shells came from our side." An artillery soldier said tremblingly.

"Nani, we are coming from the side. Hurry up and organize your troops to rush towards the enemy's artillery position. Be sure to catch these people." After hearing the soldier's words, the captain of the regiment ordered to the handrail on the side.

At this time, Li Yunlong also led a new regiment of soldiers to completely surround Ping'an County, but he did not launch an attack on the city, but instead surrounded it without attacking.

Soon, the Japanese troops on the city wall discovered something unusual, so they immediately ran down the city wall to report to Muto Sanji.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's not good, the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army have surrounded our county." The soldier rushed into Muto Sanshi's room regardless, breathing heavily and shouting loudly.

road.

Muto Sanzo, who was sleeping, sat up from the bed when he heard the soldier's voice, regardless of whether the two Japanese singers next to him exposed their naked bodies.

"What did you say?"

"The Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army has surrounded our county."

"Bagaya Road." Muto Sanji was startled when he heard the soldier's words. No matter what time it was, he cursed and quickly put on his clothes and walked out of the room.

While walking towards the command room, he ordered the soldiers next to him to wake up Ichiro Honda and Miki Fuyu.

Although Muto Sanji drank a little too much tonight, he was so frightened that he woke up when he heard that the Eighth Route Army was coming.

After a while, Honda Ichiro and Higashikata Miki came to the command room. Then Muto Sanji told them about the Eighth Route Army's siege.

But before the three of them could discuss what to do next, a telegraph operator broke in.

"Report, Your Excellency, Division Commander, the 21st Division and the 22nd Division sent a telegram saying that their camp was shelled by the Eighth Route Army." The telegraph operator came in and gave the three men a military salute and then said.

"Nani, the Eighth Route Army here actually has artillery?" Dong Miki and Honda Ichiro asked in surprise after hearing the telegraph operator's words.

They didn't understand why the Eighth Route Army here was different from the ones they saw before. The Eighth Route Army they encountered before didn't even have a rifle and a manpower, let alone artillery.

They had just heard that the Eighth Route Army was besieging the city, but they hadn't taken it seriously yet. You must know that it would be very difficult to attack the city without the assistance of artillery.

As soon as their reinforcements arrive, both sides attack from the front and back, and the Eighth Route Army cannot escape. But it is different now. I heard Muto Sanshi's introduction before and knew that there are not many defenders in the city. If the Eighth Route Army uses artillery,

Help start the siege, and maybe the city will be captured before reinforcements arrive.

In that case, the three division commanders would have no other way out except to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor.

At this time, Wang Chengzhu, who was not far from the Japanese camp, quickly organized people to disassemble the artillery after the soldiers fired all the shells, then put the disassembled parts on the horseback, turned around and rushed towards the new regiment's station.

Because everyone was on horseback, they ran very fast. When the little Japanese rushed to the artillery position, they found that the enemy was already empty.

"Bagaya Road, Bagaya Road." The Japanese squadron leader who rushed to the artillery retreat position looked at the artillery shells on the ground, waved the command knife in his hand, and cursed angrily.

"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, the enemy has retreated. And the direction of the retreat is unknown. Even the traces are clear to them. If we are continued to be pursued, we will have to mobilize military dogs." A Japanese soldier ran over.

Report to the squadron leader.

"Immediately report the situation here to your Excellency, the Alliance War Officer, and ask for instructions on whether to continue the pursuit." The squadron leader said somewhat helplessly. He did not have the right to decide whether to continue the pursuit or not.

After all, they had just been transferred here and were unfamiliar with the place. If they fell into the enemy's trap, it would be a sin he could not bear.

The news soon reached the commander of the rear unit. At this time, the unit leader was furious. Although the loss of troops in this shelling was not many, only one squadron of troops, the combat supplies they brought this time were not small.

, if the replenishment is not timely enough, it will definitely have an impact on the subsequent battle.

After suffering such a big loss, if they were run away by the enemy, how would they explain to the superiors? Although this encounter was not caused by them, the superiors would not pay attention to this.

So several regiment commanders discussed it and immediately sent out military dogs, saying that the enemy's artillery units must be left behind today. Only in this way can they make up for their mistakes.

At this time, Wang Chengzhu and the others, who were only equipped with war horses, were marching very fast, heading in the direction of Zhaojiayu.

"Company commander, Zhaojiayu is ahead." A soldier ran up to Wang Chengzhu and said to him.

"Okay, I'm finally back." Wang Chengzhu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the soldier's words.

"Our shelling this time is a huge blow to the Japanese, both psychologically and operationally. The regiment leader will definitely give you a reward when you get back. Don't forget about me then." Sun Desheng rode away on horseback.

Go to Wang Chengzhu and say.

"Captain Sun, please don't be modest. If it weren't for the cooperation of our cavalry company, our brothers in the artillery company wouldn't have been able to escape from the Japs' pursuit even if they were very capable. There are no rewards or rewards, as long as they can follow the regiment commander.

Just fight the Japanese. Let’s not talk about that. We have been busy all night, so let’s go back to sleep.” Wang Chengzhu said to Sun Desheng.

"Yes, okay, then let's walk quickly and go back to sleep. Oh, by the way, I haven't informed the group leader about our return yet. No, you go back first, and I will inform the group leader." Sun Desheng remembered Li Yunlong.

He also led troops to besiege Ping'an County, so he had to rush over and catch him, otherwise it would be bad if the Japanese reacted later and called in reinforcements for the regiment leader to attack from both front and back.

Next, the troops were divided into two groups. Wang Chengzhu led his brothers from the artillery company back to the station to pay attention, while Sun Desheng led several soldiers and ran towards Ping'an County.

When Li Yunlong returned to the station with his troops, Muto Sanji finally learned that Li Yunlong's siege of the county town was a fake, and his main focus was to sneak attack the 21st and 22nd Division's top commander while they were away.

camp and blow up their combat supplies.

But it's too late to react now. The combat supplies of the two divisions have been blown up by Li Yunlong's artillery. If the next combat operations want to go smoothly, we can only report this matter to the headquarters and ask the commander to start again.

Arrange for supplies to be shipped, otherwise they will be very passive.

In the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Taiyuan, Kusuyama Hideyoshi also saw the urgent telegram sent to him by Muto Sanji.

"Chief of Staff, if you would like to say something, would you like to take this telegram to the Commander?" Intelligence officer Matsushiro asked, looking at Kusuyama Hideyoshi in a daze.

After he received Muto Sanji's telegram, he was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the situation was urgent, so he found Kusuyama Hideyoshi who was on duty about those telegrams.

After Kusuyama Hideyoshi read the telegram, he was stunned for more than ten minutes without saying anything, so a somewhat anxious Matsushichiro hurriedly asked.

"Baga, this Li Yunlong, are the two division commanders all idiots? They lost a squadron of troops just after they arrived in Ping'an County. The key is that the combat materials they brought were destroyed by bombs. I don't know that they

How did you get promoted in the military?" Kusuyama Hideyoshi cursed after hearing what Matsushita said. As he spoke, he walked towards the room where Shinozuka Yoshio was resting.

When Kusuyama Hideyoshi came to the door of Yoshio Shinozuka's room, he hesitated for a long time. He didn't know how to report the matter to Yoshio Shinozuka. Finally, he made up his mind and knocked on the door of Yoshio Shinozuka's room.

"Dong dong dong, dong dong dong."

"Your Excellency, Commander, Your Excellency, Commander."

Nanshan Hideyoshi knocked on the door a few times and then shouted.

"Nanzan-kun, what's wrong? Is there something urgent?" Shinozuka Yoshio vaguely heard that it was Nanshan Hideyoshi calling him, so he stood up and dressed and asked towards the door.

"Your Excellency, Commander, something happened. The 21st and 22nd Divisions sent an emergency telegram." Kusuyama Hideyoshi lowered his head and said unnaturally.

After Yoshio Shinozuka heard Kusuyama Hideyoshi's words, he suddenly sat up from the bed. His sleepiness disappeared without a trace. He ran over and opened the door for Kusuyama Hideyoshi, regardless of whether he was dressed or not.

After all, if a telegram was sent at this time, it must be because something happened to these two divisions, otherwise it would not be possible to be in such a hurry.

"Nanshan Jun, what happened?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, tonight, the division commanders of the 21st Division and the 22nd Division went to Ping'an County as guests. Li Yunlong took this opportunity to send artillery to bombard the camps of the two divisions. The two divisions

A total of one squadron of troops was lost. In addition, all the combat supplies they brought over this time were also destroyed. They sent a telegram and wanted us to transfer a batch of supplies." After Nanshan Hideyoshi finished speaking, the telegram in his hand

He also handed it to Shinozuka Yoshio.

Shinozuka Yoshio couldn't believe what Kusuyama Hideyoshi said. Finally, he took the telegram from Kusuyama Hideyoshi and read it before confirming that it was true.

"Bagaya Road." After reading the telegram, Yoshio Shinozuka angrily tore it into pieces.

You must know that this is a month's combat supplies for two divisions. If you want to collect it again, it will not be completed in a short time. As for the loss of a squadron of troops, he doesn't care much. Anyway, the ones transferred this time

We have enough troops, so we may need to replenish them again.

But combat supplies are different, especially the really huge amount of supplies. No matter how much they are, just transporting them will take a lot of time.

On the way, we passed through many defensive areas of hostile forces. Although they secretly colluded with the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army, no one knew whether any accidents would happen if we took this route again. After all, the two sides are now enemies.

"Your Excellency, Commander, let's quickly start mobilizing supplies and transport them to the front line. In any case, the next two divisions will still participate in the battle. We can't do without combat supplies." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said to Shino with his scalp numb.

Tsuka Yoshio said, there is no way. The combat supplies must be re-transported, otherwise the next battle will not be fought at all.

Fortunately, for this battle, they had prepared a total of one and a half months' worth of combat supplies. In addition to what the two divisions had brought with them when they left, there was still a lot left that could be transported over, enough to last them half a month. After that,

It's very easy. It's best to gather them slowly.

"Okay, transport the remaining supplies to them, but be careful on the way. Don't let them be destroyed by the Eighth Route Army." Although Yoshio Shinozuka was very angry, he also knew the priorities. No matter what, this supply

It might have to be shipped.

As for the punishment of these two division commanders, that will have to wait until the end of this combat operation.

(End of chapter)