Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 1258 Heavy Artillery Joins the Battle (Second Update!)
Lieutenant General Kato was in a particularly bad mood for several days in a row.

Especially last night, the sound of gunfire and shell explosions continued from eight o'clock in the evening to six o'clock in the morning without stopping.

If it weren't for the fact that the headquarters was in a blind spot for artillery shooting, Lieutenant General Kato would even worry that he would never wake up if he fell asleep.

At seven o'clock in the morning, just after breakfast, the chief of staff came in with a serious face.

"How many casualties in the army last night, how far are we from Linfen City!" Every morning, the routine report of the chief of staff is when the head of Division Kato is in the worst mood.

Therefore, seeing the chief of staff coming in, the face of the commander of Kato's division sank.

"Division commander, the casualties of the troops were a bit heavy last night!"

"In addition to the sneak attack method a few days ago, the Eighth Route Army also used mountain artillery and infantry artillery last night!"

"In just one night, we killed 296 people, seriously injured 121 people and lost combat effectiveness, and directly lost more than 400 people!"

"Snapped……"

A cup on the table in front of him was instantly smashed to pieces by Lieutenant General Kato.

Then he stared at the chief of staff with a pair of big eyes and asked, "How many people? Say it again~"

The chief of staff bit the bullet and replied: "418 people were directly lost, including a major captain, who was killed on the spot after being hit by a shell!"

Kato stared at the chief of staff and continued to ask: "With so many losses, how many Eighth Route Army troops have we eliminated?"

"I don't know!" The chief of staff shook his head and replied, his head was so low that he could hardly see his face!

"Baga!" Kato was angry, and cursed: "That is to say, the Eighth Route Army that attacked us last night may not have suffered any casualties, but it caused us more than 400 casualties... Are they all pigs? Are the guns you use are firesticks? Why don’t you fight back~”

"The Eighth Route Army has artillery, and we also have artillery. Not only mortars, mountain artillery, but also field artillery, large-caliber mountain artillery, and heavy artillery. The artillerymen are also a bunch of stupid pigs. Where is the arrogance they fought against the Jinsui Army? went!"

The division commanders in front of him knew why the troops were suffering.

But at this moment, the chief of staff did not have the courage to stand up and explain.He stood in front of him with his head down, without saying a word.

After Kato, who had scolded for almost 5 minutes, finally stopped, the chief of staff seized the opportunity to continue reporting: "Division commander, we are less than [-] kilometers away from Linfen City, and we should be able to reach Linfen tomorrow afternoon!"

The head of Division Kato quickly regained his composure, and then asked, "How is the current situation in Linfen City?"

"According to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army has already evacuated all the people in Linfen City. Today Linfen City has become an empty city!"

"I knew it would be like this!" Kato replied in a tone that he had guessed a long time ago.

"The Eighth Route Army here is too cunning. They don't have the courage to confront the imperial army head-on. The villages and towns we encountered along the way were all empty, and we couldn't find a single grain. Even though Linfen City is an important town, it is no exception. The Eighth Route Army has no guts." Let's fight head-to-head with the imperial army on the frontal battlefield!"

"The troops set out immediately, and try to garrison our troops in Linfen City tomorrow night!"

"With the protection of the city wall of Linfen, I believe our casualties will be much smaller tomorrow night."

"Also, after the troops occupy Linfen City, don't forget our deal with the Jinsui Army!"

After mobilizing many imperial troops to join the road construction army, the Japanese army's daily journey has exceeded [-] kilometers.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army arrived at the temporary camp tonight.

The division headquarters occupies the village next to the road, and the guards and an infantry regiment are distributed around it!

Other infantry, artillery, and imperial association troops camped along the road one by one, and the camps stretched for nearly five kilometers one after another.

At eight o'clock in the evening, a gunshot sounded outside the station on time, which disturbed Kato.

"Woooooooo..."

Suddenly, there was a very ear-piercing piercing scream, which lasted for a long time before a violent explosion sounded not far away.

Kato, who just lay down, sat up from the camp bed after a while.

As a veteran on the battlefield, it is the most basic quality to distinguish the caliber of the artillery from the sound of the gun.

The ear-piercing scream made him realize that the shells that hit him just now were definitely not ordinary shells.

"Sir, it's a heavy artillery, a large-caliber mountain artillery!" The artillery staff officer rushed in shocked.

"Just now the Eighth Route Army used nine large-caliber heavy artillery to bombard the Jintian regiment station in front. The artillery position is at least eight kilometers away from us. Unless heavy artillery is used, we have no artillery to fight back!"

Kato has seen the power of large-caliber mountain artillery more than once. On the battlefield in Southwest Shanxi, he relied on these heavy artillery to match.

With the protection of a large number of trenches and bunkers, a single heavy artillery shell can reimburse the strength of a company of the Jinsui Army.Now the Tsuda Regiment's garrison does not have any trench bunkers, and the Eighth Route Army smashed nine heavy artillery shells at one time.Kato couldn't imagine the casualties of the Tsuda United team hit by the shells.

While his face suddenly turned pale, he ordered anxiously: "Then why are you still standing there! Contact the Heavy Artillery Regiment and launch a counterattack immediately~"

"woooooooo~"

As soon as the order was issued, the familiar and harsh screaming sound came again.

This time it fell to the artilleryman, his face pale.

He didn't react until the explosion sounded one kilometer away: "Impossible! How could the Eighth Route Army have so many heavy artillery? I must be wrong!"

"What's impossible? The second round of artillery shells from the Eighth Route Army are coming. Don't you want to see all the soldiers of the Imperial Army killed by these heavy artillery and then counterattack?" Looking stupid, he cursed angrily.

"No, sir, the artillery shell just now cannot be the second round of artillery shells fired by the Eighth Route Army just now!" After confirming repeatedly in his heart, the artillery staff officer quickly replied.

"The rate of fire of heavy artillery is very slow. Even the best gunners of the imperial army can't fire two rounds of shells in such a short period of time, let alone the Eighth Route Army, which is rarely equipped with heavy artillery!"

"Judging from my humble job, the Eighth Route Army still has a heavy artillery position, and there are also nine heavy artillery on it!"

"If the Imperial Army's heavy artillery units want to kill them in a short time, they must use all the heavy artillery and use their numerical superiority to overwhelm them!"

"Also, the current station of the heavy artillery is also outside the range of the heavy artillery. If they want to counterattack, they must move forward two kilometers, so as to ensure the hit rate!"

"Then you don't give orders yet!" Lieutenant General Kato panicked.

Even if he was killed, he couldn't believe that the Eighth Route Army, which couldn't even hold a single rifle, was equipped with heavy artillery, and there were eighteen of them!
Quickly ordered: "Tell the captain of the heavy artillery wing, I don't want the process, I just want the result. Within an hour, destroy these two heavy artillery positions for me!"

"Chief of Staff, order all troops to disperse immediately. The Eighth Route Army has heavy artillery, and the more concentrated the troops, the greater our casualties!"

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