The Republic of Heroes

"Dou ladle poured out the rest of the drunken dream, and broke through the four hundred states of China."

Looking at the imperial army rolling into the darkness, Okamura Ningji suddenly burst into pride, and blurted out the Chinese poem written on the title page of his diary.

"It's so bold, it must be General Nogi's poem, even as a Chinese, I was deeply moved by this majestic artistic conception..."

Neiji Okamura curled his lips. General Nogi Nogi is the most god-like existence in the entire Imperial Army. How can a mere Chinese translator be able to peek at its essence?These Chinese people have no backbone, and they are annoying to see. If it was in the past, he would have waved them away with a wave of his hand, so as not to make noise in his ears.But at this time, they actually spoke up. Maybe it was because the military operation was going well, and even their patience improved.

"General Nogi is a role model for my generation of soldiers."

The interpreter was flattered when he heard Neiji Okamura's conversation. It seemed that this flattery was just right, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot.

"Yeah, in the Meiji year, General Nogi was still the head of the brigade. Before the Nissin War, there was this poem. It's because he was ambitious. He deserved his fame in the first battle of Lushun. He is humble and hates being born too late. The heroic face of the military god."

At this point, the translator changed the subject.

"The imperial army is also landing before the battle today. The Wu thief dare not even resist. I am afraid that the myth of General Naimu will be reproduced on your Excellency. At that time, 'It will be snowing outside Jinan City at three o'clock, and a million elite soldiers will cross the river.', Your Excellency If you flaunt your history, you will inevitably become a new generation of military gods!"

Neji Okamura listened to what he said became more and more nasty, but he felt very useful. The position he was in this time was very similar to that of Nogi Nori. The last time was the Sino-Japanese War, and this time it was the Sino-Japanese War; the last time was in Liaodong Lushun landed, this time in Ye County, Shandong; the last time he went straight to Shengjing, the so-called capital of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty, this time he wanted to take down Jinan, the home of General China.As long as General China is defeated, who else is the opponent of the Imperial Army in China?

"Chi-boom!"

There was a sharp and ear-piercing sound of piercing the sky, followed by a deafening explosion, and a burst of flames rose into the night sky in the west.It was the battleship that was firing, and Okamura Ningji's eyes seemed to burst into flames. He only hoped that the bombardment would end soon, and after occupying Ye County, he would drive straight into Jinan.He said silently in his heart, General China, you must hold on until the Ninth Division arrives, don't let me down.

The indiscriminate bombing began, and each round of artillery shells weighing hundreds of kilograms hit the small town of Ye County like a hailstorm.

The commando Japanese army marched very quickly. The soldiers at the front could almost see the low and broken city walls of Ye County. At this time, the small city of China was already in flames. Occupy that pile of ruins.

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The bombardment was far more violent than expected. Zhang Zhonglin had participated in the last Songhu War, and had a clear understanding of the power of the Japanese army's super-large-caliber naval guns. Their destructive power was far from comparable to that of the army's howitzers.After this bombardment, the small town of Ye County might disappear.Fortunately, he did enough work in advance to make the young and strong people disguise themselves as soldiers and turn eastward to attract the attention of Japanese spies, while the old and weak scattered to the surrounding villages.

In addition to the soldiers of the Shandong Army, the current county town of Ye County is also a soldier of the Shandong Army.The task given to him by Admiral Wu is to defend this place at all costs, and to do everything possible to drag Neji Okamura to this small town.

"Boom—"

The entire bunker shook violently and trembled, and mud and gravel fell from the cracks in the reinforced concrete.The combat staff in the bunker fell down one after another to hide, and Zhang Zhonglin was also pushed to the ground by the guards, covered in mud and gravel.When the sound of the cannon gradually faded away, he pushed aside the guards and stood up, shaking off the mud all over his body and face twice, cursing: "If this son of a bitch's bunker can't stand the bombardment, I will collapse when the war is over. No bastard in this fortification."

Some staff officers complained, if the bunker cannot withstand the bombardment, do you still have your life to kill others?

The underground fortification bunkers in these coastal towns are the product of last year when Jinan ordered the construction of a coastal defense line.All construction teams are sent by Jinan, and even financial expenditures are borne by Jinan. The local government only needs to fully cooperate in terms of manpower and materials.

Although the county seat of Ye County is insignificant on land, a series of fortifications were built according to Jinan's unified plan.At that time, Zhang Zhonglin's troops were practicing here, and they were temporarily arrested and worked for a month.He also complained about this, thinking that these underground fortifications, which cost a lot of manpower and material resources and cost a lot of money to build, are almost the ears of the deaf.

Now he began to rejoice that if he hadn't repaired these reinforced concrete things, his independent brigade would have died without a place to bury him.

A combat staff officer issued a reminder.

"Brigade, the Japanese bombardment has been going on for more than an hour, and it may stop at any time. Is it possible to deploy a ground counterattack?"

Zhang Zhonglin took out a cigarette and lit it, took a deep puff, raised his hand to look at the time, shook his head and said: "The bombardment will continue for at least three quarters of an hour, telegraph all ministries to hurry up and rest, the fierce battle is still to come."

It's a quarter past five in the morning, and because it's winter, the dawn time is more than an hour later than in summer.Therefore, it was very dark outside at this time, and the Japanese commanders would not let the soldiers discredit the advance. All they had to do was delay the end of the shelling, and wait for the sky to dawn and light up before launching an attack.

"The little devil is crazy, it seems that the shells don't cost money, why are you throwing them endlessly!"

Some people are in a small space, and there is constant shelling outside, so it is inevitable that they will feel a little restless and emotionally unstable.

"Be patient, it's almost over, and then you'll have more time to breathe."

Zhang Zhonglin didn't pay any attention to the chatter of the staff officers. He also knew that these people had never experienced such a real battle of great disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves. They would be very uncomfortable suddenly facing such a depressing situation, so they had to resolve themselves. Space.His fingers suddenly trembled in pain. It turned out that the cigarette had already burned to the end. Because of too much preoccupation, more than half of a cigarette ignited spontaneously.He raised his hand and looked at his watch again. The time passed slowly, and the sound of the cannons outside had gradually become sparse.

This should be the prelude to the end of the shelling. It is time to prepare for the ground deployment. Zhang Zhonglin has no doubt that the Japanese army has already made preparations at this time.

"Order the ministries to prepare for battle, check the guns and ammunition, and check the exit of the bunker."

This moment finally arrived, everyone was silent, and began to carry out their respective work nervously and silently.