Chapter 117 The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind (3)
Of course, it is not easy to cause great damage by relying solely on such a small number of people. During the terrorist attack in Shanghai, a total of 4,500 people were dispatched. Although certain results were achieved in the end, they were still far from the initial goal set by Japan.
But at this moment, when the Red Lotus Sect was in Anhui, Kawashima Langsu couldn't help but be very happy. This was a great opportunity. It could use the power of the Red Lotus Sect. Although Kawashima Langsu also knew that the Red Lotus Sect was just using some means of pretending to be gods and making ghosts to deceive foolish people and foolish men. This was also seen in Kawashima Langsu, a Boxer Movement several years ago, so it was impossible to rely on the Red Lotus Sect to deal with East China**.
However, organizations like the Red Lotus Sect can usually make a big splash at the beginning of their success, so as long as they are used properly, they can still play a big role. Kawashima's plan is to use the Red Lotus Sect to attract the attention of East China politics, and you can act in secret.
Since the Red Lotus Sect was in Yingzhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, the target of destruction was determined to be the disaster victim resettlement camp located in Luzhou Prefecture in East China. So, on the one hand, Kawashima Langsu sent people to get into the Red Lotus Sect, and on the other hand, he arranged people to pretend to be a disaster victim and get into the resettlement camp.
The ability of Japanese spies is naturally easy to do in the Red Lotus Sect. When the Red Lotus Sect was successful, its personnel expanded rapidly and needed talents in urgent need of talents. Moreover, the loose organizational structure of the Red Lotus Sect also gave them great room for activity. Therefore, the Japanese spies who sneaked into the Red Lotus Sect quickly became leaders, and two others were promoted to the position of envoys. They also suggested to the senior leaders of the Red Lotus Sect to attack Luzhou Prefecture and capture the victim resettlement camp in East China. They also sent a large number of Red Lotus Sects to make up and become victims, and also sneaked into the resettlement camp and controlled the external contacts of the Red Lotus Sect.
Then Kawashima Naruo looked for a temporary stronghold near the resettlement camp and finally found this small mountain village. The location was hidden, with few households, and almost isolated from the outside. It was a great place for hidden personnel. So he ordered his capable general Oshima Kawashima Yoshima to lead the people to kill all the residents of the mountain village first, and then arranged personnel to enter the village one by one, and all changed into the villagers' clothes. He then transported a lot of guns, weapons, ammunition and other objects. He just waited for the time to launch an attack on the camp.
It turned out that Kawashima Natsu's plan was to allow the Red Lotus scholars to develop the church in the resettlement camp, and then gather to cause trouble and create chaos, creating opportunities for Oshima Kawashima Yoshiki and his gang to work together inside and outside to break through the camp. However, the camp management was strict, and the development of the Red Lotus scholars in the resettlement camp was not smooth. Therefore, Kawashima Natsu also realized that this method would not work. To break through the camp, it must be mainly outside the camp. So another plan came up, deliberately exposing the Red Lotus scholars in the camp to cause trouble, but were almost caught in the camp. The purpose of doing this was to divert the camp's attention and relax its vigilance, which was beneficial to its actions.
So far, Kawashima's plan has been going smoothly. After the lurking personnel of the Red Lotus Cult were arrested, the camp was indeed relieved, and Luo Yue led the army to fight the Red Lotus Cult army, causing the camp's garrison to be empty. It can be said that this is the best time for the Japanese to launch an attack. Although reinforcements were sent in Shanghai, there was still time.
At this time, Kogoro Nakada said, "Although we have prepared enough, we have too few people after all. Even if Luo Yue led the army away, there were two battalions of troops in the camp, and the weapons and ammunition were all available. We had less than 200 people in total, which was a huge gap."
Oshimakawa Yoshihiro laughed and said, "Captain Nakata, your heart is not unreasonable, but this time we brought a new weapon that we just developed in China, which can help us and make up for our disadvantage in numbers."
Nakada Kogoro was also surprised and said, "What kind of weapon is it?"
Oshimakawa Yoshikazu got up and took a long wooden box from the side of the wall, placed it on the table, opened the lid, and said, "That's it. Because you have been lurking in the disaster camp and have never seen such a weapon."
Kogoro Nakada looked into the box and saw that the box contained three items, one was a round tube about 1 meter long and the thickness of a teacup, the other was a triangle bracket composed of three thin round tubes, a disc-shaped object, and several accessories, as well as 12 shells. He said: "What kind of weapon is this."
Yoshidori Oshimakawa: "This is called a mortar, a simple artillery."
It turned out that in the Far East War, the People's Army equipped a large number of mortars and played an important role in the battlefield, which made the Japanese army suffer a lot in the confrontation with the People's Army. Therefore, it was also imitated in Japan. The structure of the Bijing mortar was not complicated, and during the war, the Japanese army also seized some mortars on the battlefield as reference for original reference.
In fact, before the war ended, Japan had copied the 60 mortars, but at that time, Japan's domestic resources were almost exhausted and had no capacity for large-scale production, so it was not used on the Far East battlefield.
After the war, Japan began to produce a batch of 60 mortars on a small scale. On the one hand, it was equipped with troops to familiarize themselves with the use of the troops, and on the other hand, it was also a test performance and improved. This time, Kawashima Naosui brought five sets of mortars to participate in the battle of the attack camp.
Oshimakawa Yoshi was trained to operate mortars, so he picked up all parts and assembled them. It took about 20 minutes to assemble a set of mortars and said: "The biggest feature of this kind of artillery is that it is lightweight and easy to carry. It weighs only 32 kilograms. If it is disassembled, the heaviest barrel is only 21 kilograms, and at least 2 people can use it. The maximum range can reach 2,800 meters. This time we brought a total of 5 pieces, each with 24 shells."
When Kogoro Nakada heard this, his eyes couldn't help but shine, because according to what Oshimakawa Yoshihiro said, the shooting of this simple artillery can reach 2,800 meters, which means that as long as the fire is opened about 2,500 meters away from the camp, you can directly attack the camp. Now the external guard range of the camp has been greatly reduced. If you are operating at night, it is not very difficult to touch the location about 2,500 meters outside the camp. Even if 1 or 2 are discovered by the People's Army's night patrol troops, there are a total of 5 mortars this time, which can still cause a considerable blow to the camp.
After the camp is hit by artillery, it must be in chaos. Other personnel can take the opportunity to launch an attack on the camp. In addition, there are people in the camp to respond, so it is definitely unstoppable. The result of the attack will inevitably be successful, just depends on how much damage it can cause to the camp.
So Kogoro Nakada nodded repeatedly and said, "It's great. I didn't expect that we have such a weapon, and we will definitely succeed this time."
Yoshimakawa Yoshima took the map of the camp and together with Kojiro Nakada, they determined the location of the five artillery arrangements, and decided to send people to survey on the spot during the day the next day and mark them. At the same time, they discussed some details of the action, such as the allocation of personnel, the route of the action, etc., and discussed until after 12 o'clock in the night. Yoshimakawa Yoshimakawa also arranged a residence for Kojiro Nakada.
This mountain village is not large in size, with only a dozen families in total, about 50 people. This time Oshimakawa Yoshi brought more than 150 people, and more than 10 people were to live on one room floor. Only the room where Oshimakawa Yoshimakawa was located was slightly better, and only 5 people lived. Because Oshimakawa Yoshimakawa was the person in charge of this operation, this house also serves as an office, a conference room, and other items were placed, so Kogoro Nakata's residence was arranged here.
From the camp, I walked a mountain road of more than ten kilometers from the camp, and discussed with Yoshima Kawa Yoshimitsu for the middle of the night. Therefore, Kogoro Nakada was also very tired now. Although the living environment was not good and he had not entered the camp, Kogoro Nakada fell on the bed and fell asleep quickly.
I don’t know how long I had been sleeping, but suddenly I heard a loud "boom" sound, which woke Kogoro Nakada from his sleep. At this time, his mind was still drowsy, and I don’t know what happened? But before he could understand, he only heard two loud "boom" sounds. This time, Kogoro Nakada also heard them clearly. At this time, the sound of shell explosions, and he also felt the ground trembling and smelled a trace of smoke.
Kogoro Nakada suddenly lost all sleepiness. He turned over and sat up from the bed. He didn't care about dressing. He hurriedly opened the window and looked out. As a result, the window had just opened, and only a few consecutive explosions of "Boom Boom Boom Boom" were heard. A huge wave of air came from the window, and the window sash broke and broke. The strong wind blew, causing the bed quilt and other objects in the house to mess up, and the thatched thorns on the roof fell.
At this time, the sky outside the window was already bright, but smoke was filled with gunpowder, fires were everywhere, and explosions were constantly heard, sand and gravel splashed, trees were broken, and two houses were also seen blowing up and burning fires.
Nakada Kogoro couldn't help but be shocked and hurried out of the sleeping room and came to the outer room, which was the room that he discussed with Oshimakawa Yoshi last night. The room was also in chaos, with the thatch on the roof almost all over the ground, and the doors on the walls were cracked in many places. Oshimakawa Yoshi was also dressed in disheveled at this time, with a look of panic on his face, and he was quite at a loss.
Nakada Kogoro said: "Sir, what's going on? Who is attacking us?"
Oshimakawa Yoshihiro shook his head and said, "This...I don't know either..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard another "boom" explosion. The door of the room was hit by the air waves and shook into several pieces. The wood chips splashed into the room. Oshimakawa Yoshima and Nakada Kogoro's body and face were cut by the splashed wood chips.
At this time, Oshimakawa Yoshikawa pushed Nakada Kogoro and said, "Let's go out first."
Chapter completed!