Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 292 The battle of Wangjiacun came to an end, Major General Guizi broke out, but this is not over yet...

After the Devil Aviation Corps dropped the aerial bombs they carried, they immediately swooped down and fired at the Eighth Route Army on the ground.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Tug-chug-chug!—"

The devil's fighter jets fired at full power, and a dense rain of bullets poured over the ground. As the fighter planes flew by quickly, like plowing the ground, they pulled up eye-catching smoke belts on the ground.

Although the Zero fighter's anti-landlord weapon is a 7.7 mm caliber heavy machine gun, which is the smallest caliber among heavy machine guns, it is also fatal to the flesh and blood of the Eighth Route Army.

Many Eighth Route Army soldiers were directly pierced by the dense bullet rain because they did not escape to a suitable bunker in time, and died heroically on the spot.

massacre.

It was a completely one-sided massacre. In the face of the devil fighters, the Eighth Route Army on the ground had no means of countermeasures and could only be passively beaten...

On the slope.

Seeing people from the Eighth Route Army continue to fall to death under the strafing of Imperial Army fighter planes, Masao Nishiyama, head of the Devils Brigade, finally showed a long-lost smile on his gloomy face.

However, this old devil is not a guy who will get carried away when he is proud of himself. On the contrary, he has a very deep mind, and his strategic vision and tactical guidance ability are also excellent.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to break out from among the many devils and be promoted to the head of the major general brigade.

You must know that the major generals of the Japanese army are extremely rare and extremely difficult to be promoted, unlike the major generals of the national army, who are everywhere.

Many devil officers have only been major generals throughout their lives, and have not been able to take the step of major general until their death.

The major generals of the Japanese army are "emperors", and the emperor personally issues the letter of appointment. When the Japanese see the "emperors", they must respectfully call them Your Excellency.

It is even more difficult for a Japanese officer to become a general at the age of 40, which is not comparable to the young generals in the Republic of China.

Neiji Okamura, commander-in-chief of the Japanese invaders, graduated from a non-commissioned officer military academy at the age of 20. He joined the Russo-Japanese War as soon as he graduated.

However, in 1919, his Chinese students were all very successful. Yan Laoxi had been the king of Shanxi for more than seven years. He also became a teacher in Hubei.Among his students, He Jingzhi was the worst, but he also became a major general and brigade commander.

But that's it, Okamura Ningji can also be called a winner in life among the Japanese army.He participated in the Baden-Baden Conference as a major in 1921. His fellow Major Hideki Tojo was promoted late, so he could only pass cigarettes to the three of them (as well as Nagata Tieshan and Obata Toshiro) and stand guard.

In this way, Neiji Okamura did not get the rank of Lieutenant Assistant until 1924. When he was a "Hupiao" in Shanghai in 1925, he still couldn't afford the school fees in Shanghai. He wanted to work as a consultant for former student Sun Xinyuan to earn extra money. It was not uncommon in the Japanese army at that time.

During the September 20th Incident, Ben Zhuangfan, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, also worked as a consultant for Zhang Yuting when he was the chief. became a major general at the age of 19).

During the period of the Republic of China, the promotion of the Japanese army was very "principal". The second-generation Hideki Tojo did not become a colonel until he was 45 years old (1931). His father, who was both a prime minister and a general, did not become a colonel until he was 40 years old.

In peacetime, even Japanese military officers from the royal family were promoted slowly. Emperor Hirohito's uncle Kado uncle Asaka Miya Hatohiko was only a captain at the age of 30.

Therefore, the young officers of the Japanese army always seized the opportunity to provoke troubles and tried to increase their ranks.In many major events during the Anti-Japanese War, the masterminds of the Japanese military officers were not high in rank.The mastermind of the September 1932th Incident, Kenji Doihara, was no more than a senior officer, Kanji Ishihara was a middle officer, and Seishiro Itagaki was only a senior officer. All three of them were promoted to a higher rank around [-], and they entered the fast lane for promotion.

It was not until the full-scale outbreak of the war of aggression against China that the Japanese army expanded its army on a large scale, and the promotion of devil officers accelerated.

But even so, none of the devil officers who can be promoted to major general are simple people...

Returning to the main story, Masao Nishiyama knew that they were not out of danger at the moment, despite the fact that their fighter jets were like tigers entering a flock of sheep, and the Eighth Route Army was helpless to fight back.

But the ammunition carried by these fighters is limited. Once the ammunition is exhausted, they will fall into a deadlock again.

Because at that time, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not miss the opportunity again, and will definitely launch a full-scale attack to wipe them out completely.

Therefore, they must say that the fighter group suppressed the Eighth Route Army, and broke out of the Eighth Route Army's encirclement before the bullets were exhausted.

Thinking of this, Nishiyama Masao glanced at the direction of Wanjia Town and said, "Give me an order, and everyone will immediately break out and turn in the direction of Wanjia Town!"

As soon as the order was issued, more than 1000 remnants of the devils immediately broke out in the direction of Wanjia Town under the leadership of the brigade commander Masao Nishiyama.

Although the devil aviation soldiers manipulating the fighter planes in the sky were eager to kill, they did not forget their mission.

Seeing that the 4th Brigade on the slope began to break through, they immediately gave up continuing to slaughter the Eighth Route Army and instead provided them with fire cover.

"Not good! The little devil on the dirt slope wants to break out!"

"Stop them, stop them quickly!"

The various departments of the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties under the attack of the devil fighter planes. In just a few minutes, hundreds of people were killed or injured, so everyone was simmering with anger.

When they saw that Masao Nishiyama was about to lead his troops to break through, all the military cadres led their troops to kill them in the direction of their breakout, trying to stop them.

However, in the face of the cover of the devil fighter group, they rushed up like this, which is tantamount to moths rushing to the flames and killing themselves.

Moreover, despite the fact that the 4th Brigade of Devils has been disabled, with more than 80% casualties, there are less than 1500 people left, but with so many devils, they still have a strong combat effectiveness.

Especially in order to escape Shengtian and survive, these little devils fought with their lives one after another, and all of them broke out with unprecedented fighting power.

In the end, after more than 100 casualties were suffered by the various departments of the Eighth Route Army, in order to avoid causing more unnecessary casualties, they had to order to stop the blocking and pursuit, and Masao Nishiyama led the remnants to break out of the encirclement.

However, Xu Hailang and Wang Shugen kept an eye out and dispatched some scouts to follow and scout along the direction in which the Devil's 4th Brigade was fleeing.

10 minutes later.

When Wang Chengzhu, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Cheng Xiazi arrived, Nishiyama Masao had already led his troops to break out.

In the vicinity of the breakthrough, except for some dead devils, there is no living devil.

As for the Eighth Route Army, it was rescuing the wounded and cleaning the battlefield.

Everyone's expressions were very heavy, so even if they hadn't asked, Wang Chengzhu and Li Yunlong knew the outcome of the battle...

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(End of this chapter)