Chapter 112: Annihilation
‘Captain, we have no bullets.” After the machine gun and his hand frantically fired at the bottom, the bullets were run out.
"Then let's go back!"
Among the ten attack planes, planes fired photobullets and returned to the voyage. The Japanese troops below were already corpses everywhere. When the ten Junker attack planes flew away, the Japanese troops hurriedly stood up from the wilderness and gathered into a long dragon again.
Kanou Mitsumon no longer counted the casualties. He took a look at least two or three thousand people. At this time, he could not care about so many, so he could only continue to ask his troops to return to the army to speed up the marching.
However, what Kamio Mitsumon didn't expect was that they were rushing head-on in the direction where the Second Army was.
At about 8 o'clock in the morning, just as Kamio Mitsuko was about to arrive at the mountainous area north of Pingdu, a burst of smoke suddenly appeared in front of him, and a huge convoy appeared in front of him.
The East China Army is approaching the Japanese army in the wild!
"Sir, we are surrounded." Ichinomiya shouted to Mitsumon Kamio, "The man appeared on both sides and behind."
"Ah!" Kamio Hiromon roared to the sky, and the hatred in his heart!
If I had known this, it would have been better than the current situation when I fought the man in the branch of the country.
"Sir, what should I do?"
"Only one battle, please be loyal to the Emperor!" Mitsumon Kamio pulled back his hunched knife and pointed forward, "Fight for the Emperor!"
However, just as Kamio Kōmon shouted the slogan, there was a dense sound of shells in the sky, and the shells rushed towards their area like raindrops.
The fourth division of the Second Army had long been laid out here. As soon as the Japanese army got in, they were immediately surrounded by three sides of the Second Army.
The Japanese army, which had discarded heavy equipment and had no trenches, was like a Aries with a covered fur, the howitzers, rapid-fire guns and mortars of the Second Army successively opened fire on the Japanese army in the wild.
Boom boom boom boom boom...
The shells fell from the sky like raindrops, and the Japanese army was killed and injured by dense shells.
The howitzer brigade of the Second Army fought hard, without any intention of saving shells. However, in comparison, the 60mm mortars of each infantry platoon were even more crazy, pouring shells into the Japanese army at a speed of more than twenty-five rounds per minute. Each platoon had a mortar mortar named Type 12 mortar. Although the weight of 21 kilograms was still heavier, it was the most advanced in this year and much lighter than infantry cannons. This year's English and Germans used bulky infantry cannons.
Not only is it bulky, but it also has a low firing rate.
The Japanese army in the field was directly stunned by the overwhelming artillery fire. After the artillery fire, the East China Army rushed up from all directions.
More than 13,000 Japanese troops were surrounded by more than 50,000 Second Army. Whether it was equipment, physical strength, or morale, they were at an absolute disadvantage. Soon, the three thousand Japanese troops were divided into more than a dozen small pieces by the Second Army and annihilated by the Second Army in East China.
Shortly after the slogan, Kano Mitsumon was shouted, and was killed by a mortar shell.
The annihilation war lasted about two hours before it ended. Rows of Japanese soldiers raised their hands and were escorted down, but there were not many days of surrender, only more than two thousand, while the others were killed and injured on the spot.
Faced with the many corpses and injuries on the ground, the East China Army seemed very cautious. They cleaned the battlefield in groups as taught in the infantry manual, and some soldiers were responsible for paying attention to the surrounding situation. Once the fallen Japanese soldiers wanted to fire cold guns, they immediately swept the bullets that rushed back to the front and light machine guns and then talked about it.
Other soldiers are responsible for cleaning the battlefield.
"What should I do if the wounded soldiers of the sir?" The staff of the Second Army asked Lin Chenggui, the commander of the Second Army. Although Lin Chenggui, the commander of the Second Army, was temporary. Although he had no education, after four years of study, his cultural shortcomings have been greatly improved. At least he would not make any mistakes in tactical issues.
Lin Chenggui is a kind person, and Xia Jun attaches great importance to this old subordinate. Besides, as the commander, he has a group of staff assistants. As long as these staff members are not a good person, Lin Chenggui's command will not have any problems.
"What else can we do? Out of the humanitarian spirit, we should end their pain as soon as possible." Lin Chenggui replied while smoking.
"Ah~! Oh!"
The staff officers quickly understood what Lin Chenggui meant. The so-called humanitarian spirit was just not wanting to waste **. Although ** was as much as possible, Lin Chenggui felt troublesome with a group of Japanese wounded soldiers.
The Second Army cleaned the battlefield north of Pingdu, buried the Japanese corpses in an Yinhuigou in Pingdu, and executed the wounded and threw them into the Yinhuigou together.
This detail was exposed later in life. At that time, China explained that the order of the commander of the Second Army, Lin Chenggui, was to end the pain of the Japanese soldiers in the spirit of humanitarianism. However, some soldiers below misunderstood this order, which led to such a result.
The Second Army solved the Japanese army in Pingdu and soon went north to join the First Army.
At this time, the First Army was confronting the Japanese army on the front line of Laizhou. According to the report of the reconnaissance plane, more than ten large Japanese warships were found in Laizhou Bay. This forced the First Army to stay ten kilometers away from the coastline, otherwise once it entered that area, it might be bombarded by Japanese warships. On the afternoon of September 8, one by one, a pair of items were sent to Zhucheng.
These are all sabers, guns, weapons, and some personal items seized from the destroyed Japanese army, as well as a pile of corpses of Japanese officers.
The East China Army placed these spoils neatly on the ground, and then hundreds of Chinese and foreign journalists rushed back into this area and picked up the camera to take pictures.
The body of the highest commander of the 16th Division, Mitsuko Shin-chan, became the focus of the reporters' shooting, but Mitsuko Shin-chan, had been blown away from the ground, and his face was covered with serum. It could only be judged from his uniform that his identity was the highest commander of the 16th Division.
The great victory of the Chinese friendly army was beyond the expectations of all Chinese and foreign journalists. According to a staff officer of the East China Army, the total number of Japanese troops annihilated this time reached more than 30,000, while the East China Army itself suffered very few casualties, and fewer than a hundred people were killed or killed.
The disclosure of the staff officer who did not want to be named shocked everyone.
At the same time, within the Zhucheng Command, Xia Jun and the staff were mobilizing submarines and bombers formations to prepare to bomb the Japanese warships.
The bomber formation in Zhucheng was hung with torpedoes and bombs and flew to the temporary airport of Shahe Town one after another. The submarine troops stationed in Dalian and Lianyungang had also assembled in Jiaozhou Bay, and a total of twenty-six veeb submarines were lurking back underwater three kilometers away from the Japanese warships, waiting for combat orders at any time.
"It is expected that the supply convoy will arrive at the temporary airport of Shahe Town in two hours... If you are ready, the bomber formation can carry out two rounds of bombing Japanese warships."
After careful calculations, the General Staff calculated based on the escape speed of the Japanese warship of 20 knots per hour. The bomber formation took off from the temporary airport of Shahe Town to bomb the Japanese warships and take off again after returning. It can also catch up with the Japanese warships to bomb them for the second bombing.
However, the premise is that the reloading speed should be fast.
"The bombing plan will take at least one day to prepare." The General Staff concluded.
"Then wait for a day." Xia Jun nodded and said... "Let the submarine troops return to the team and do not emerge, so as not to alarm the snake."
The declaration of war between the self-reliance government in East China and the Japanese government has aroused widespread attention at home and abroad, but Western countries still focus their main focus on the European battlefield when they return home.
On the European battlefield, the German and British Allied Forces were fighting fiercely, and Germany was almost approaching Paris.
On September 8, reporters from Shandong battlefields sent back the good news from the East China Army.
After two days of encirclement and blocking, the East China Army wiped out 15,000 Japanese troops in Pingdu on the morning of September 8. Together with the previous annihilation of the Japanese troops, the number of Japanese troops has reached an astonishing 30,000, and it has little damage to itself.
Thirty thousand people are nothing to the European battlefield, but the new army of the East China Army, which returned to the army, actually defeated the Japanese army on the battlefield, which made people feel incredible.
In China, news of the victory of the East China Army came, and the provinces immediately became excited. The prestige of the East China government and government has increased again, reaching a level that has made the central government unparalleled.
The warlords of various provinces did not expect that the situation would turn out like this.
When Yuan Shikai heard that the East China Army defeated the Japanese army on the Shandong battlefield, his first reaction was suspicion, but after reading the newspaper, he had to believe it.
The East China Army did seize a large number of Japanese equipment on the battlefield, and rows of photos of Japanese officers' bodies were published in newspapers.
There is no doubt that the East China Army did win a big victory.
Yuan Shikai couldn't help but hesitate. The central government returned to the government and was neutral, but instead asked the local government to return to the government to fight against Japan, which was very detrimental to the central government.
However, soon Yuan Shikai left behind his desire to declare war on Japan, because news came from the Japanese side that they would send the First Division to support the Shandong battlefield.
When the First Division arrives in Shandong, the number of Japanese troops will increase to 120,000, which is basically the same as the strength of the East China Army.
The previous victory of the East China Army is probably just a lucky one. Now Japan is really interested in fighting this war, but they have more than a dozen divisions of troops!
Under such circumstances, it is basically impossible for the East China Army to win the war.
Maybe the East China Army will be hit harder!
This is also what Yuan Shikai is willing to see. This is an excellent opportunity for the Beiyang government to return to the government. If the strength of the East China self-return government is weakened, it is a good opportunity for the Central Government to return to the Central Government, which can allow the Central Government to reverse its current disadvantage.
At the same time, the Japanese government's return to the government was furious.
Kamio Mitsumon became the object of despised by the Japanese government. In the eyes of the Japanese government, their army was not defeated, but was defeated by the air force.
At the same time, it was also because of the stupid Huidan, the God-Oh, who escaped in the battle, that 30,000 troops were annihilated by the man.
The Great Japanese Empire could not be defeated when the army returned to China!
If the Great Japanese Empire returns to the country and the army is defeated again, Japan's international status will plummet.
To this end, the Japanese government not only publicly sent the First Division to support Shandong, but also sent the Second Division to support Shandong.
Rely on the first update!
Chapter completed!