Sword life

Chapter 154 Shelling in the Night
On the morning of April 4th, it was sunny and cloudless in Hutou Town.

Katano was relieved when he saw that the march had arrived here.

At this point, the naval guns can already provide protection, and the reconnaissance aircraft can detect the enemy's situation. Under the double protection of the sky and the sea, the safety of the Katano detachment is finally guaranteed.

This is not because Katano insists that they are timid. The Tenth Regiment is very courageous, and the 63rd Regiment is also courageous. Now they are all wandering spirits.

Fleeing from the dangerous situation, the exhaustion brought by the overnight march suddenly swept away like a tide, and Katano decided to take a nap for a while.

This sleep lasted most of the day, and when he woke up, the sun was setting and it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.

"Did the reconnaissance plane find any traces?"

"Report to General Katano. No discovery has been made yet, but LY seems to have touched a brigade's strength. Judging by the equipment, it should belong to the Third Corps."

Katano Dingjian immediately felt relieved, he was not afraid of the Third Corps, even if all the Third Corps came over, he would be able to resist, but he was afraid of that guy coming.

"Continue to march north!" Katano decided that after arriving in Rizhao, he would no longer seek support from the navy's naval guns, because this is really embarrassing!
More than 3000 people from the Katano Detachment lined up and boarded trucks one after another. The reason why the Katano Detachment dared to go deep alone was more because of the 140 trucks.
Two hours later, the Katano detachment arrived in Rizhao. After looking at several cruisers by the sea, Katano decided to take a deep breath and decided to show the backbone of the army.

"Please take me to thank Captain Kataoka for taking care of me!"

"This is what it should be. As members of the empire, the sea and the land are intimate." The navy major also bowed deeply, saying something that no one believed.

After receiving the favor of the navy on the way, it was difficult to raise his head after arriving in Qingdao, let alone compete with the navy for the management of Qingdao.

Katano's head couldn't help but ache. After all, it was that guy's fault. If he wasn't so powerful, how could he accept the favor of the feud.

The sun was setting, and the sea was dotted with golden light. Seeing that the gluttons were attacking, Katano decided to order a table full of seafood, and chat with the chief of staff while eating.

"If I can get out of danger this time, the general will probably be promoted to a higher level!"

Katano nodded. Most of the brigade leaders of the Japanese army were major generals, and most of the regimental captains were senior colonels. As the regimental captain himself, he was promoted to major general, which was unusual in itself.

Considering that in the past few months, he has led a combat force close to that of a brigade, and the Chinese army, which has been suppressed several times, can't stop retreating.

"I just don't know, which division to be promoted to, if it's a Type C division, then it's better to maintain the status quo!"

"I heard that it seems to be a brigade group after the [-]th, a newly formed domestic brigade group, with a Type B organization."

Katano's complexion was a bit ugly, and even the food in his mouth lost its taste: "Baga, why did you arrange it like this? Am I not doing enough?"

"Yeah, fighting five or six times as many enemy troops, and the enemy who can still fight back step by step, such a record is worthy of being a Type A brigade leader!" The chief of staff also echoed, but he knew the reason very well in his heart. Katano is determined to reach Xuzhou, no, if he reaches the outskirts of Xuzhou, he can become a brigade commander within fifty.

But after fighting for a long time with a second-class division, he still couldn't defeat the opponent, and he also suffered a lot of losses. Katano's fate was doomed, and he became the brigade commander outside the [-]th place. If there is no accident, in this position retired.

When I was drunk and worried, and was drowsy, suddenly there was a loud noise not far away, and a 150mm heavy artillery bombarded the camp.

Katano Dingjian suddenly jumped up and beat the pots and bowls on the ground: "Damn it, do you really think I'm afraid of you? It's too much to chase after you all here! Immediately order the Shanpao 2 Squadron to fight back."

The chief of staff is quite calm. The 2nd Squadron only has eight seven-five mountain guns. The range is not even half that of the heavy artillery. , can’t be like this, if this is the case, we will all die here.”

Katano Dingjian's body was shaking, his eyes were misty: "Then what do you say? Don't you just run away without fighting!"

At this moment, more than a dozen heavy artillery shells fell, right in the middle of the camp, and a dozen pillars of fire burst out immediately, the body was shattered, flesh and blood splashed, and countless broken limbs and bones splashed all around along with the mud.

Katano Dingjian suddenly woke up: "Hurry up, go by truck!"

The little devils who had been bombed rushed into the truck one after another as if they had received an amnesty, and began to flee northward.

Katano Hiromi and the chief of staff also grabbed a truck and drove out desperately.

In the dark night, I couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly, only the sound of heavy artillery explosions, like a god hitting the ground, even if it was far away, I could feel the trembling of the ground.

Boom!A heavy artillery shot landed 100 meters in front of Katano's front left. In the light of the fire, he saw a truck being torn to pieces by the artillery fire, its tires flew high, and fell towards him.

The tire hit the car window, smashed the glass, and broke the sternum of the chief of staff who was in the co-pilot's position. A mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell on the seat without a word.

"Baga, it's kind of a one-on-one fight!" Katano Dingjian slapped on the car window frantically, at this moment, with the light of the shells, he saw the road ahead.

The North China Plain is flat, and Katano has been amazed by such a vast land more than once, but this time, Katano found that a half-meter-wide trench appeared on the flat land.

"Stop!" Katano Tadami yelled in fear.

But it was too late, the driver slammed on the brakes desperately, the four tires locked up, dragging black marks on the ground, but driven by inertia, he fell headlong into the ditch.

The trench was half a meter wide and one meter deep. After the truck wheels sank in, the front of the truck suddenly sank, the body deflected, and it turned over directly.

The world was spinning, Katano decided to faint!

(End of this chapter)