Chapter 151: Hundreds of cannons can’t blast open the gates of Lashio?

"Battalion Commander, there seems to be a small group of Japanese troops stationed in the town ahead." Dong Dao, a member of the reconnaissance battalion, was somewhat surprised when he heard the report from his subordinates.

Normally, after the Japanese army knew that the Sichuan Army had occupied Hsipaw, they should have transferred all their troops to Lashio and Mandalay.

The purpose is to prevent the Sichuan Army from launching a surprise attack.

Why are the troops still deployed in the wild?
Is there a trap?

For a moment, Dong Dao thought a lot.

"Let the Japanese in the well come over." After thinking for a while, Dong Dao spoke.

"Yes."

Not long after, it was Lieutenant Jingxia from the Sichuan Army Corps who came to Dong Dao very obediently.

The lieutenant in the well was filled with awe at the strong man who killed a Japanese soldier with his bare hands.

I couldn't even think of escaping.

"Lieutenant Jingxia, there is a small town ahead, with about a small team of troops stationed there. My idea is to try not to alarm the other side and to eliminate them. You will be the person in charge of this operation. What do you think?" Dong Dao saw Lieutenant Jingxia and didn't want to talk to him, so he spoke directly.

what?
Make me the head of operations?
The lieutenant in the well was stunned. Isn't this too sudden?
He even felt a little touched.

It feels so good to be trusted by others.

For a moment, my eyes were wet.

Dong Dao was confused. Why was this little Japanese crying?
Could it be that you are afraid?

The Japs just can't do that.

If his Japanese wasn't so non-standard, he would have been easily exposed.

He did it all by himself.

Their Japanese has a certain dialect flavor to it, which is good enough to fool the natives.

If you encounter real Japanese troops, it will be easy to see through them.

If the team was led by Lieutenant Mines, this situation would not have occurred.

I am a real Japanese from Kyoto.

"Are you scared?" Dong Dao asked with disdain.

"No, no, I just didn't expect that Your Excellency could trust me." Lieutenant Jingxia said respectfully.

Ever since he saw Dong Daosheng chop two Japanese soldiers together last time, he was completely frightened, so he was extremely respectful when facing Dong Daosheng.

Dong Dao looked at the other party speechlessly. Is it really that necessary?

If the other party wasn't so respectful, I would have kicked him twice.

"Okay, I'll give you a company of soldiers, and you'll be responsible for dealing with the Japanese troops in the town. Is that ok?" Dong Dao looked at the other party seriously and said.

"Hi." The lieutenant in the mine responded with his head down as usual.

"Okay, stop trying your Japs tricks. Go change your weapons quickly. If you mess up, you know the consequences. I haven't killed any Japs in a long time." Dong Dao said half in a threatening manner.

This is not really a threat. When he came, Cun Yunsheng had already told him that if this kid was not honest, don't be polite, just chop him with a knife.

So Dong Dao was never too polite and just assigned someone to keep an eye on it, but he never did anything about it.

This kid was quite arrogant before, but after seeing me kill two Japanese soldiers alive, he could no longer be arrogant in front of him.

"Yes, sir." Lieutenant Jingxia responded quickly.

Not long after, a group of reconnaissance soldiers disguised as Japanese soldiers, led by Lieutenant Jingxia, headed towards the town in the distance.

At this moment, the lieutenant's uniform in the well had the rank of captain.

When Lieutenant Jingxia and his group appeared outside the town.

The Japanese troops stationed in the town were a little surprised, but still went into alert.

They hadn't received any news about reinforcements.

So I suspected that the troops in front of me were enemies in disguise.

"Bakayalu, ask your commander to come out and see me." The lieutenant in the well looked at the sentry on guard and shouted with a gloomy face.

Hearing the pure Kyoto accent, the two sentries looked at each other, then looked at each other's captain rank, hesitated for a while, and finally asked.

"Captain, what is your unit number?"

"Baka..." The lieutenant in the mine walked forward angrily and slapped each of them twice.

"I'm Captain Ichiro Matsuyama of the 148th Squadron of the rd Battalion of the th Regiment. Bakayaluo, ask your commander to come out and see me."

Hearing what the lieutenant in the well said, the two sentries looked at each other, and did not move immediately, but looked at the lieutenant in the well.

"Captain, may I see your military ID?"

Fortunately, before leaving, Cun Yunsheng got him a new identity, including an officer's certificate and so on.

Hearing this, the lieutenant in the well looked impatient, but still took out his officer's certificate from his chest pocket and handed it over.

After receiving the officer’s ID and opening it, the sentry discovered that it was actually genuine and immediately bowed his head to apologize.

"I'm sorry, Captain. We were rude."

After saying that, he handed the officer's certificate back.

The lieutenant in the well took back his officer's certificate and gave him another compliment.

"Yoshi, you are very responsible. You are worthy of being the Imperial Army of the Empire of Japan."

"Haha." The two sentries were very happy. Except for one person who stayed behind, the other sentry trotted towards the garrison camp in the town.

Not long after, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers appeared in the lieutenant's field of vision underground. Leading the way was a second lieutenant, who was trotting over with a Type 14 Nambu pistol slung over his waist and a command knife in his hand.

"Captain." Seeing Lieutenant Jingxia, Lieutenant Kuroki quickly stood at attention and saluted.

Although he was very confused as to why someone would come here, the sentry verified the other party's identity and found no problem, so he notified him.

"Baga, where are your subordinates? Why are there only so few of them?" the lieutenant in the well roared angrily.

"Hai, Captain, they are all resting in the camp." Lieutenant Kuroki explained hurriedly.

"Baga, assemble all your men. I want to announce the division commander's order." Lieutenant Jingxia roared menacingly.

Upon hearing the division commander's order, Second Lieutenant Kuroki was stunned, but he immediately ordered all the troops to assemble.

Before long, the team of more than fifty people was assembled.

Little did they know that they were completely surrounded.

"Captain, everyone has assembled. Please give us your instructions." Lieutenant Kuroki said respectfully.

Hearing this, the lieutenant in the mine looked at the other person with a complicated expression, then patted the other person's shoulder and said.

"Yoshi, good job. Now start having your men lay down their weapons."

“????” Second Lieutenant Kuroki looked at the other party in confusion.

lay down your weapon?

what's the situation?
How can we get him to lay down his weapon for no reason?

Just as he was looking at the lieutenant in the well with a puzzled look, he saw that the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion who had completed the encirclement had raised their guns and pointed them at them.

"Captain, why is this happening?" Second Lieutenant Kuroki still didn't react.

Did he think he had violated some military law and the other side was going to execute him?
But after thinking about it, he still couldn't figure out what military law he had violated.

"Lieutenant Kuroki, tell your men to lay down their weapons." Although Lieutenant Jingxia felt a little uncomfortable, he still said it with gritted teeth when he thought of Dong Dao's terrifying swordsmanship.

"Captain..." Lieutenant Kuroki wanted to say something, but several Thompson submachine guns were pointed at his head.

"What nonsense are you talking about with him?" At this time, Dong Dao's voice appeared, making the lieutenant in the mine shiver.

He was really afraid of this person.

"Surrender or die." Dong Dao said coldly. "Baga, are you Chinese?" Lieutenant Kuroki realized that the troops in front of him were fake, which made him extremely angry and he was about to pull out his gun.

Bang bang bang!
After a few gunshots, Lieutenant Kuroki fell to the ground with an unwilling look.

When the other soldiers in the reconnaissance battalion heard the gunshots, they also pulled the trigger.

The surrounded Japanese soldiers were shot and fell to the ground before they could react.

After a while, all the assembled Japanese troops were shot dead.

Not only that, Dong Dao also ordered the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion to finish off the enemies one by one.

This is their battlefield habit and they naturally cannot give it up.

As expected, several Japanese soldiers pretended to be dead in an attempt to conceal their true identity, but they were ruthlessly killed.

A volley of bullets turned them into sieves.

"Lieutenant Jingxia, you did a good job. I will report your performance to the regiment commander." Dong Dao patted the other's shoulder and praised.

Hearing this, the lieutenant underground showed a bitter expression, knowing that he was going further and further down a road of no return.

The news of the loss of contact in the small town soon spread to Lashio city.

After all, with the previous lesson from Yingduo, the Japanese army strengthened the number of contacts with various troops.

Generally, if there is no call back within a fixed time, it is considered that the contact has been lost.

Therefore, Watanabe Masao immediately judged that the Sichuan Army should be heading north to Lashio.

At the same time, report the situation here to the military.

On the other hand, Cun Yunsheng, who received the news, seemed very calm.

"This guy performed well underground. He eliminated a squad of Japanese soldiers silently. It was a great achievement."

Only Meng curled his lips in annoyance.

"If the Japanese knew about this mine, I would probably be chopped into eighteen pieces."

"So, if we kill all the Japanese soldiers who know about this, this kind of thing will not happen, right?" Cun Yunsheng said lightly.

"Since the Japanese troops in Lashio know we are coming, we should stop hiding our whereabouts and switch from a surprise attack to a strong assault."

"Tell Kangya to work harder and transport the heavy artillery to the front line. I don't believe that hundreds of heavy artillery can't blow open the gate of Lashio."

Cun Yunsheng sneered and continued looking at the map.

"Let the second battalion defend the town, especially the captured supplies, while the third battalion goes to test the firepower of the Japanese."

"Remember, tell the Third Battalion to take it easy. Don't be in a hurry. This time we can exercise the troops' recent training results, especially the coordination between infantry and tanks, and infantry and artillery. Let Li Sifu take it easy."

"Yes."

It wasn't long before the order reached the frontline positions on standby.

A soldier from the first company of the third battalion looked at the M4 tank not far away with envy in his eyes, and then took a deep puff of his cigarette.

After finishing his cigarette, he threw the cigarette butt under his feet and stomped on it vigorously. Then he walked two steps forward and said to a sergeant, "Squad leader, when are we leaving?"

"What's wrong? You want to fight?" The sergeant glanced and said lightly.

The sergeant looked a bit old, perhaps in his thirties.

But he has a good temper and speaks very kindly.

"Wait a little longer until the company commander comes back. Besides, the tank battalion next door hasn't even started its tanks yet. Why are you so anxious? Are you afraid there won't be a battle to fight?"

"You're itching to do something. When we attacked Xibu, the First Battalion stole the limelight and our Third Battalion didn't gain any benefit at all. This time, we should at least show our face, right? I've been training for a long time." The soldier said with some complaint.

"Okay, wait for the company commander to come back." Just as he finished speaking, a roar came from the tank battalion not far away.

"Hey, it looks like a fight is about to start." The sergeant looked over and then muttered.

"Sergeant, the company commander is back."

Hearing this, the sergeant looked over and nodded.

"It looks like the order to attack has been given."

"Squad Leader Wang, the company commander wants you to attend a meeting."

"Okay, I'll be right there." The sergeant responded and then gave further instructions.

"Everyone stay calm and wait for me to come back."

"Yes, monitor."

There were nearly two hundred people in their company, and every time there was a meeting, the company commander would call half of the squad leaders to come to the meeting.

"The task given to us by the battalion headquarters is to follow the tank battalion in the frontal attack. The second company is on the left wing, and the third company is on the right. The artillery battalion will give us long-range artillery support, but don't count on it too much, because the battlefield is very large and the support from the artillery battalion will not be very timely." The company commander didn't waste any words and conveyed the order directly and quickly.

"So, what we can really count on is the battalion artillery company. The largest caliber is the 81mm mortar, and the support is limited."

"Our mission is to cooperate with the reconnaissance battalion to quickly break through the Japanese fortifications in the front and open a gap for the main force to attack."

"Do you have any confidence?"

After listening to the company commander's words, everyone nodded, and the content of the order was very clear.

The first thing is to cooperate with the tank battalion in the attack, the second is to get artillery support, and finally, to tear open a gap and allow the main force to launch an attack.

"The current number of Japanese soldiers in the fortifications is unclear, but it should not be less than a squadron." The company commander said again.

"I understand. That means if each of us kills one Japanese soldier, the battle will be over, right?" Squad Leader Wang said with a smile.

"That's right, that's the reason, so each class go back and get ready immediately. We will set off in five minutes."

"Yes."

Five minutes later, the tanks of the tank battalion were ready, and at Zhao He's command, they rushed towards the distant positions.

The Japanese army set up three outer defense lines in Lashio. If they wanted to take Lashio, they could only rely on tanks, artillery, and airplanes to slowly tear open a gap.

He still didn't believe it. Relying on these things, how could he not break through the Japanese defense line?
With the appearance of the tank battalion, the artillery battalion in the rear also began to load artillery shells under the command of Krupp.

boom!
boom!
boom!
The fierce artillery fire almost turned the Japanese fortifications into ruins.

Twelve 12mm howitzers and 155 20mm howitzers continued to pour out their fury.

As for the 120mm heavy howitzers, there are as many as 50 of them.

All in all, the number of heavy artillery alone is close to one hundred.

This is already a terrifying number.

Even the Japanese troops in Lashio did not necessarily have so many heavy artillery.

Not only that, the number of heavy artillery continued to increase with air supplies.

It is expected that the 200 heavy artillery pieces of various types requested by Cun Yunsheng will be soon available.

According to Cun Yunsheng's idea, don't worry about anything else and just use heavy artillery to bombard me first.

Let the Japanese have a good taste of what it feels like to be devastated by heavy artillery.

It can be said that once 200 heavy artillery pieces gathered outside Lashio City, this terrifying firepower density and power would definitely defeat the Japanese army.

"The Sichuan Army actually possesses such powerful firepower? This is incredible, where did they get so many heavy artillery?" On a high wall in the city, Watanabe Masao used a telescope to look at the artillery shells falling in the distance, and his heart was chilled.

He didn't expect that the Sichuan Army, which could be crushed with ease, has now grown so fast.

The flying shells landed on the front line, raising a cloud of smoke.

"Report, the observation post reports that more than half of the fortifications on the first line of defense have been destroyed. It is expected that they will not be able to hold out for long." The combat staff officer hung up the phone and said in a heavy tone.

"Damn it, send another telegram to the military headquarters, requesting tactical guidance." Watanabe Masao's scalp tingled. He never expected that the defense line he had worked so hard to build could not withstand a round of artillery fire. It really made him feel scared.

"Hay."

　I have reached my limit, I can't bear it any longer, I'm one update short, I'll make up for it when I have time, I feel dizzy, my whole body aches! I'll update first and make changes later!

　　
　
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