Chapter 656: Bombardment of Beiping City
Chapter 656: Bombardment of Beiping City
"General, the group of Locust Country officers heading north were ambushed. Our losses were extremely heavy, and only one in ten survived."
The Japanese signalman ran to Tada Shun in a panic and nervously reported to him the situation of the group of Japanese captured officers who had just been released by Ningji Okamura.
The Japanese sergeant in charge of communications has received too much bad news during this period. Logically, he should have been completely desensitized to these negative news, but when he received the news that Ningci Okamura's special train had been bombed, he still lost control of his emotions.
Hearing the news conveyed by the panicked Japanese sergeant, Tada Shun's eyes went dark and he almost fainted on the spot.
It grabbed the Japanese sergeant by the collar and asked, "What did you just say?"
"Reporting to the general, our special train escorting General Ningci Gangcun was ambushed by the Chinese army. The rails were blown up and the special train was covered by large-caliber heavy artillery. Currently, there are heavy casualties."
The Japanese signalman was stared at by Tada Shun with bloodthirsty eyes. He felt indescribable horror and could only bite the bullet and repeat the battle report tremblingly, and added some more detailed information.
"Do you have detailed information on their casualties now? How is General Ningji Okamura?"
"Report to the general, they were suddenly ambushed by the Chinese army and suffered heavy losses. The detailed battle report has not yet been compiled.
Among the senior officers, only two generals, General Okamura Neiji and General Shinozuka Yoshio, survived, while all other senior officers of the Locust Army died in battle.
The two surviving generals were also seriously injured.”
The ghost signalman was almost peeing his pants because of Tada Shun's murderous eyes. He reported all the information he received like beans from a bamboo tube, and he didn't have any more detailed information.
Tada Shun tightly grasped the collar of the signalman, and said with red eyes: "Baga, the Chinese army is bullshit, that's the Eighth Route Army, the Independent Regiment!
Let me ask you, who else besides the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment could use massive amounts of explosives to blow up the railroad tracks?
Let me ask you, who else can use large-caliber heavy artillery to bombard the area except the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment? "
The Japanese signalman was stunned by Tada Shun's roar. His lips trembled and he didn't know what to say. In the end, he chose to keep his mouth tightly closed.
Because it knows that no matter what it says at this time, it will be futile and will only add fuel to the fire. The best way is to shut up.
Tada Shun kicked the Japanese signalman in front of him in the stomach, and his anger turned into a raging flame that completely engulfed him.
"Pass on my order. The 8th Independent Mixed Brigade will dispatch a squadron to drive quickly to the location where the special train was ambushed and rescue the wounded as soon as possible.
Everyone else, hold on to Shijiazhuang City to prevent the Eighth Route Army from taking advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack! "
In the end, Tada Shun did not let his anger get to his head. He sent out all the locust troops in Shijiazhuang, leaving an empty city. In this way, if the Eighth Route Army attacked again, he would not be able to take responsibility.
After all, Ningji Okamura and his gang are the face of the Locust Army. Now they have been slapped in the face again. The face of the empire has been beaten to pieces and is no longer valuable. The most important thing is to capture these things in front of us.
It didn't know what other people would think when they heard the news. It only knew that the Locust Country might really be finished this time. The fig leaf of the Locust Army was completely torn off and then torn to pieces.
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Beiping.
On Nishishou Oizao's desk, battle reports about the Eighth Route Army's deployment in North China poured into his desk like snowflakes. He felt dizzy and couldn't finish reading them.
It would be fine if I couldn't finish reading it, but the key point is that there is not a single good news in these summarized battle reports. All of them are news that cannot be any worse.
"The Eighth Route Army tank formation in Shanxi entered Hebei as if it were an empty land. It stopped for a while near Lutai Town and then quickly turned back, and it is suspected that it took a few people away."
"The prisoner exchange is complete, and the Eighth Route Army will withdraw to Shanxi with all its equipment and gold and silver."
"The Gangcun Ningci special train was bombed, and only one in ten survived."
"The Eighth Route Army in Hebei has reached a distance of about 70 kilometers from Shijiazhuang City and may launch an attack at any time."
"Shimura Fumio was exposed and brought back by the Eighth Route Army."
"..."
Xi Shouwei Zao's head hurt after reading all these battle reports. There wasn't a single positive piece of news among all these pieces of information. This almost made him collapse.
It is regretting it now. Why should it temporarily take over the commander of the China Expeditionary Force? Wouldn't it be better for it to just live in peace?
This is simply a crater.
Sitting on the crater of this volcano is simply torture, a life worse than death.
Just as it was anxiously thinking of a solution, a loud bang suddenly exploded outside the city of Peking.
Boom!
A shell whizzed down onto the wasteland outside the city of Peking, creating a huge crater.
The sound of the explosion reached the city of Peking and reached Nishishou Ozo's ears, and he shuddered immediately.
Others may not know what this artillery sound means, but it is very clear that it is the sound of a 155 howitzer, which is the standard heavy artillery owned by the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi.
Could it be that the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi has already reached the outskirts of Beijing?
When Xi Shouwei Zao thought of this, his heart skipped a beat. He had seen the Eighth Route Army's offensive in Shanxi with his own eyes, and the mark left by the slap in the face still seemed to hurt.
He quickly called his subordinates and asked, "Where is the sound of the cannon? What's going on?"
"Report to the general, the Eighth Route Army has arrived at the gates of Peking and seems to be planning to attack the city!"
"what?"
Nishisuizo's face turned pale instantly and he almost fainted on the spot.
At the artillery position 155 kilometers outside of Beiping, the signalman reported the results of the bombardment to the head of the Eighth Route Army in Hebei: "Report to Commander Long, the mm howitzer has hit the wasteland not far from the gate of Beiping according to our plan.
There were no casualties.”
"Good! It's really a good cannon. I was wondering why our old buddies fought so fiercely in Jin. It turns out that there are such heavy cannons. The noise when it was fired just now was so exciting to me!
We have to be more economical when fighting the Japanese. Fire two more shots, and be careful to hit the open space at the city gate to give the Japanese in Peiping a little shock!
Tell them that our Eighth Route Army in Hebei is not to be trifled with.
We have already reached the outskirts of Peking.
This can divert their attention and buy some time for comrades on other battlefields.
After the shooting, we'll pull this cannon and start running, do you hear me?"
"Yes, Commander Long!"
The artillery soldier from Jin responded succinctly.
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