My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 105 Practicing Artillery at the Sacrifice
At four o'clock in the morning, the Japanese Army Command.

In the tent, Takeuchi Lianshan was wearing a kimono, sitting cross-legged on the cushion and carefully cleaning his samurai sword. A military uniform was neatly stacked beside him like tofu.

The camp was clean and simple, but it was very tidy, almost spotless.

He is a relatively clean freak, and he can even be said to be a bit morbid perfectionist.Because of what happened yesterday, Takeuchi didn't have a good rest all night.He got up early in the morning, constantly thinking about how to deal with the situation in front of him.

Now my side is in a bit of a decline, because the support troops have not yet arrived, and the fortress is also being built, and it has not yet formed a scale.Now he is like a paper tiger, seemingly ferocious but without any advantage.

If they can seize this opportunity to attack desperately, it's really hard to say whether they can stop it.

It's just a pity that as long as I send people over to the gentle slope in the southeast corner, I will be bombarded by the Huaxia people, as if it is their forbidden area.No one is allowed to desecrate.

In desperation, Takeuchi also had to temporarily abandon the construction of that position.Wait until the artillery unit arrives before making plans.

But he was still quite uncomfortable. For a perfectionist and obsessive-compulsive person, the lack of the southeast corner position was as painful as digging out a piece of meat in his heart.

Fortunately, the two Chinese armies on the opposite side were equally divided. They couldn't even do the most basic military cooperation, and they even guarded each other.

"Huaxia people are so virtuous, and they are experts in internal fighting. Let's wait for a while, and then it will be my chance to fight back."

Takeuchi sneered and said to himself.He has now arranged for soldiers to work in three shifts 24 hours a day, and a standing passage has been built under the three lines of defense. If it is improved over time, the entire Nantianmen will surely become a steel fortress.At that time, they will not be able to fight if they want to.

As everyone knows, Liao Mingyu and Yu Xiaoqing have the same idea, but different starting points.

Yu Xiaoqing wanted to preserve his strength and wait until he was fully confident before attacking.He regards Nantian Gate as a stepping stone for his career advancement.For this, he can do whatever it takes, but it must be a final decision!
And Liao Mingyu simply felt that his troops were not yet ready to attack. If he forcibly attacked the Nantian Gate now, even if he won, he would lose [-] yuan and lose more than he gained.The Sichuan army is his treasure and his brothers, and he is reluctant to fill that bottomless pit with the lives of these people.

But when the four battalions of the strengthened regiment are all integrated, he will attack Nantianmen without hesitation.Because only when there is a war, can there be missions released, so that his troops can develop better.

Time passed slowly, and the dawn slowly rose from the sky...

At the same time, the Japanese army was on the battlefield.The Japanese were hurrying to eat breakfast, and the captain of the regiment gave the order to die, no matter what the cost, rushing to work day and night to speed up the progress of the project.

So there is not much time left for them, and even eating is like fighting a war.It must be done quickly.

"Koji, let's have another rice ball."

An elderly Japanese warrant officer handed over the remaining rice balls to a young soldier.

"Ah? But Brother Xiufu, aren't you hungry?"

The young Japanese soldier Koji was a little embarrassed.But obviously, at the age of growing body, a poor breakfast can't satisfy his appetite at all.Although he wanted to eat it very much, he couldn't be so rude.

"Take it, I'm not hungry, I feel a little sick to my stomach today. Eat quickly."

Hideo forcefully stuffed the rice balls into Hao's second hand. Looking at this eighteen or nineteen-year-old soldier, he couldn't help feeling a little bit in his heart. His younger brother was also his age, but he didn't know if his younger brother who was in the Pacific battlefield was still alive. live...

"Arigado! Brother Hideo." Koji was so pleasantly surprised that he took the rice ball and started to eat it hungrily.

Xiufu smiled gratifiedly, and turned his head to look at the Huaxia people's position opposite, his brows were furrowed and he couldn't help feeling a little emotional.This war has been fought for so many years, and now even these half-grown children have been dragged into the battlefield by the empire. I really don't know how long we can last.

"Huh... uh..."

The brief contemplation didn't last long, and the screeching sound of shells crossed the sky.Hideo came back to his senses in an instant.

"Anti-cannon! All back to the corridor! Pay attention to dodging!"

A lieutenant next to him yelled loudly, and before he could finish speaking, the shells landed on the ground in a hurry.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

"Brother Xiufu, what...what to do."

Explosions rang out, Koji was scared and shivered in the trench, Hideo quickly grabbed Koji's hand and ran to the corridor behind without saying a word, shrinking in the position is a gamble, only entering the tunnel is completely safe .

"Hoo...Boom!"

Unfortunately, a shell exploded behind them, and the huge shock wave knocked Hideo to the ground, and the splashed mud covered him like a mudslide...

"By the way, let's fight like this! Li Liansheng, let the raw melon eggs in the artillery battalion also start. You and those old artillerymen will each take a few shots. Don't ask them to shoot accurately, at least fire a few shots for me alone. That load of cannonballs is enough for you to play today, do you understand!?"

Liao Mingyu held the binoculars and looked at the Japanese who were blown upside down in the opposite position, and he felt very happy.

Immediately, he also ordered that Krupp and the others bring the recruits to familiarize themselves with the use of artillery.

"Understood the leader!" Li Liansheng quickly agreed.

Twenty or thirty 120mm mortars and 92 infantry guns were in formation, bombarding the opposite little devil's position non-stop.Shooting from top to bottom, the shell can also get a little distance increase.

"Krupp, come here! 105 howitzers let me keep an eye on the artillery of the little devil, as long as the little devil dares to fire, I will abolish them!"

Putting down the binoculars, Liao Mingyu called Krupp and told him to get ready too.The previous two artillery battles caused heavy losses to the little devils, and now they should not be able to fight back, but they still have to be prepared.

"That is the high-low line. Turning this small wheel can change the angle of the artillery."

"Turtle son, why are you so stupid?"

"By the way, open the barrel and stuff the shells inside. Now, stand back and cover your ears!"

……

Diagonal, loading, firing... Veterans are taking the trouble to guide the recruits to familiarize themselves with the use of artillery. When they encounter mistakes, they are corrected in time, and the recruits are also growing in practice.

Of course, artillery can't be trained in a day. Liao Mingyu has decided that in the next period of time, he will bombard the Takeuchi Regiment with a dozen or twenty shells from time to time every day. The artillerymen of their own gradually mastered it, especially the training of recruits.Only with actual operation can they make progress quickly.

……

Shaking his swollen head, Hideo slowly regained consciousness.

"Koji! Koji? Where are you?"

The blood on his forehead flowed down half of his face, he wiped it carelessly, then lay aside the dirt on his body and looked around.

What came into view was the scars all over the ground, and a broken arm lying on the ground...

Holding himself up with difficulty, Hideo crawled over, clawing over the broken arm with trembling hands, only to see that there was still some rice left on the scorched severed hand.

"Baga!" Xiufu lowered his head in pain, buried his head deeply in his arms, choked up and shed tears...

Standing on the mountain peak, Takeuchi Lianshan looked gloomyly at the bombarded position, his fists clenched tightly.

The chief of staff next to him lowered his head and said cautiously to him: "Report to your Excellency, the captain, the soldiers on the first and second defense positions have withdrawn to the corridor. The casualties are not too great, but our construction period may be affected. Artillery... ...Do you want to fight back against the Chinese?"

Takeuchi knew that their only two or three remaining 75 field guns did not pose a threat to the enemy, and meaningless artillery battles were likely to be destroyed by the opponent's howitzers.

It is difficult for the remaining infantry artillery to shoot at the artillery positions on the Jiqipo mountain.Even if the infantry artillery is pulled to the hill opposite them to bombard them, the gain is not worth the loss.After all, not only the number of artillery pieces on the opposite side is more than his own, but there are also several 105 heavy artillery pieces hidden on the reverse slope waiting for an opportunity.

This opponent has a good vision. He chose such a perfect garrison position, which really tortured himself.

"Forget it, let the infantry hide, the artillery doesn't have to fight back, and there will be no more meaningless battle damage."

After weighing for a moment, Takeuchi Lianshan gave the order rationally.

"Wait for two days, Yoshino-kun, the supporting artillery battalion is about to arrive at Nantianmen. When our Taisho [-]th cannon arrives, it's time to counterattack them!"

(End of this chapter)