Chapter 81 What?
Just one sentence.
This made Yoshio Shinozuka understand, and he successfully diverted the attention away from holding himself accountable.
"What do you think?"
Yamamoto’s meaning was clear: “This is the enemy’s special operation, and his target from the beginning was the Taiyuan Arsenal.
Now only one factory area was bombed, thanks to the now deceased Captain Sonoda."
He looked at the three officers of the 52nd Division and asked, "Don't you think it's Captain Sonoda's incompetence?
If it was just one squad and two squads were sacrificed, it could be considered that this was caused by the incompetent command of Lieutenant Colonel Sonoda.
But now half of the regiment has been sacrificed. If you still think that this is due to the incompetence of the regiment commander Sonoda, are you looking down on the soldiers of our Imperial Japanese Army?"
After saying that, he paused for a moment before continuing, "It's not that our army didn't work hard, but that the other side is too strong!"
"More than 1,200 bombs were dropped continuously. Although grenade launchers and artillery were used during the battle, most of the casualties within 200 meters of the target were killed by bombs dropped by the enemy.
Let’s not talk about where the enemy’s grenades came from. After all, the grenades on our soldiers’ bodies were taken away, but throwing more than 1,200 grenades in a row is not something that ordinary people can do.
Moreover, the enemy often throws missiles continuously over a distance of more than 150 meters to kill and injure our soldiers. Who among you can do this?
A grenade weighing less than half a pound is too far to throw even 50 meters, and throwing it to 60 meters is beyond the reach of an ordinary person. Throwing it over 150 meters is no longer human ability!
Not to mention, the other side actually did not suffer any obvious damage after being bombarded by our side. Is this something that an ordinary person can do?"
The enemy was bombarded and thrown around like rag dolls. This could not be faked because balloon observers also observed it from high in the sky and made reports.
The enemy dropped bombs at a distance of more than 150 meters, and they were dropped by hand. The balloon observer also saw it and made a report. This cannot be faked.
"So, what's your summary?" asked Yoshio Shinozuka.
As the current highest leader of the Shanxi Expeditionary Army in western Shanxi, what he wanted to hear was the summary and results, rather than appreciating the other party's presentation process.
“From all of his performances on the battlefield, the bomb throwing distance exceeded 150m, and some even reached nearly 200m, which shows how powerful this person is.
The other side also has a strange sense, an intuition on the battlefield, which allows them to know where our soldiers are even through the wall.
As soon as Captain Sonoda's soldiers approached, before they appeared, he took the initiative and threw a grenade.
The enemy's bombs were not only dropped from a long distance, but also very accurate. Moreover, they were also skilled in the use of grenade launchers and Type 92 infantry guns, and were able to observe the trajectories and fire back at the artillery positions of Regiment Commander Sonoda.
But I still don’t understand where the opponent’s artillery came from!
Why did it happen to be there? "
Then he quickly put aside this doubt and continued to summarize: "He was moving very fast, and was even able to dodge Captain Sonoda's artillery fire in time, and my artillery fire almost made him dodge it!"
"After being bombarded, they were thrown far away, but they were not seriously injured. They were able to fight back against our special forces and even throw bombs. The distance did not decrease. This is enough to prove that the other party has a strong body!
When I covered him with artillery fire again, he had already slipped to the edge of the city wall and was attacking the defenders on the wall with artillery and bombardment.
Then they quickly climbed the city wall without any assistance. It can be seen that the four or five-meter-high city wall of Taiyuan city was as easy as walking on flat ground for the other party.
To sum up, I concluded that the other party has strong power.
Miraculous battlefield intuition.
Ultra-precise bombing and artillery capabilities.
Superhuman running and moving speed.
Finally, the opponent has the ability to climb regardless of any obstacles.
In other words, as long as the other party is willing, he can come to Taiyuan City whenever he wants.
This time his target is the Taiyuan Arsenal, so what will be his next target?
What is the most valuable target in Taiyuan City?"
Especially the last sentence, which immediately enlightened several people present.
yes!
The most valuable target in Taiyuan City, apart from the Taiyuan Arsenal, is the headquarters.
General Yoshio Shinozuka's headquarters and division headquarters, so Yamamoto just said: I think your headquarters should be moved.
These words were not only addressed to General Yoshio Shinozuka, but also to the division commander and the two brigade commanders.
Ask yourself, if such a person enters Taiyuan City again and comes to the headquarters to find them, can we stop him?
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Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
The boss, the chief of staff, the division commander and several combat staff officers gathered around the table, studying the large map.
"According to intelligence from Taiyuan, a battle broke out in the city. Someone blew up the Taiyuan Arsenal, and more than a thousand Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded!
Tell me, what is going on here?
Intelligence said that only one person was responsible for so many casualties among the Japanese army!
Tell me about this intelligence, analyze it, how credible is it?"
The boss was a little distressed. This sounded impossible. Just one person, with more than a thousand people, and in Taiyuan City, which was garrisoned by a division of troops.
Not to mention anything else, if he was asked to attack Taiyuan City, which was garrisoned by only one division, he would not go at all without 200,000 people.
one person!
How can it be?
The division commander held three telegrams in his hand, pondered for a while and said: "If there is only one piece of information, I don't think it is credible.
But we have three pieces of intelligence that all say the same thing, so the credibility is quite high!"
It has been said since ancient times that the person who knows you best may not be your relative, but may be your enemy.
In Taiyuan City, the Eighth Route Army had at least three intelligence systems.
The Chief of Staff was also thinking: “But how is it possible for one person?
That’s Taiyuan City, a city garrisoned by a division!
They also blew up the arsenal, for God’s sake!
The intelligence also said that the fierce man actually escaped from Taiyuan City and was not caught!
This is unbelievable, unbelievable!"
At this time, a combat staff officer said: "In 1939, a man named Cao Xi appeared in Changsha. It is said that he killed nearly 500 devils by himself.
Although there is a suspicion that all the credit for his squad's achievements was attributed to him, even Japanese newspapers acknowledged Cao Xi 's bravery and fighting ability, which shows that the number of Japanese devils he killed was still astonishing.
I originally thought that since Cao Xi was using machine guns and heavy machine guns and he happened to encounter favorable terrain and opportunities, it was understandable that he had such a record.
There is also a record of a battle between the British and German armies in which one side used heavy machine guns to kill tens of thousands of opponents, so there is still some credibility.
But the man in front of him not only had more amazing results than Cao Xi, but the battlefield environment was also different.
Cao Xina achieved such a result by taking advantage of favorable conditions and attacking the enemy by surprise, using grenades to lay minefields in advance and heavy and light machine guns.
But the fierce man in front of him was making a fuss in the enemy's stomach. Could it be that this man was really Monkey King, who could make a fuss in Princess Iron Fan's stomach and still leave safely?
Unbelievable!
It’s incredible!”
The chief of staff smiled and said, "It's true that Cao Xi is a hero, but our comrades in the Eighth Route Army are not bad either.
Comrade Lü Junsheng (not a typo, intentional), who went to the division headquarters' camp school for training in December 1939, stabbed 27 Japanese soldiers to death in hand-to-hand combat when he went to the battlefield for the first time after joining the army.
Since the training was completed and he was assigned to the company, he has killed or wounded sixty or seventy Japanese soldiers, most of which were in hand-to-hand combat. He has made two major contributions and two first-class merits.
This was done when the Eighth Route Army was short of ammunition and lacked light or heavy machine guns.
If we really have enough ammunition and complete weapons and equipment, our Eighth Route Army Captain Lu may not be worse than the Central Army's Cao Yingxiong. "
At this time, the chief of staff did not know that the Captain Lu he was talking about would have an even more outstanding performance in August.
But it seems to be coming soon.
Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door: "Report!"
…
After a while, a loud shout came from the headquarters command room: "What? Chen Xiao is injured?"
