The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 263 The First Round of General Attack
"As long as we hold on for three days, our brothers will arrive."

Jiang Cheng clenched his fist and tapped the map lightly a few times, then began to assign tasks.

Hai Pingchuan, Cai Yuanming and Yang Yucheng each led a team to defend the three gates except the Dadong Gate;

He and Du Haisheng and others led the main force to defend the most dangerous Dadong Gate in Siping.

Jiang Cheng still used gunpowder to make some simple flares. Once any problems occurred among the six gates, they would use the flares as orders to notify each other and request help.

The exploratory attack began on the night the mission was issued.

The secret sentries outside the city reported that this small group of people was a branch of the army that came from Jilin, and their number was not large, about three to four hundred people.

The terrain around Siping is flat and the water resources are abundant. It has always been an important grain producing area in the Northeast region.

Jiang Cheng had already ordered people to dig traps and mines in advance in the large amount of farmland around the city;

Those enemies who tried to sneak in under the cover of night met with disaster. Before they could even launch their attack formation during their march, they stepped on the mines that had been laid in advance one after another.

"I'm coming!"

The person on duty tonight was Li Zhenyuan. When he heard the noise outside the city, he immediately ordered the messenger to report to the regiment headquarters.

Jiang Cheng will catch up on sleep these two days:
Because he knew very well that judging from the current situation, the battle in Zhengjiatun had turned into a mess;
Outside Siping City, many forces gathered, and a war of attrition would inevitably take place.

As the supreme commander, Jiang Cheng naturally needs to maintain sufficient energy.

When the messenger came to report, he sat up from the kang and shouted loudly for Du Haisheng and several guards to rush to the Dadong Gate.

At this time, the first round of attack has begun. Although the number of people in this team is not large, their firepower is really fierce.

A large number of artillery shells dragged flames in the air, forming parabolas in the sky, and landed on the walls and in the city one after another.

"Fire! Hurry up and get everyone to put out the fire... Drag the wounded away!"

As the war broke out, Jiang Cheng gave orders immediately, and the machine guns at several attack points prepared in advance opened fire at the same time.

But Jiang Cheng knew very well that the dense firepower network was a fatal blow to the enemy outside the city, and it was also a "front line" that was difficult to break through.
But there is also a fatal problem for them, that is, the ammunition is consumed too quickly.

"These damn losers, don't they know to put the person closer before hitting him?"

Even Du Haisheng was scolded.

There is no time to worry about so many things for now. The best way now is to fight hard. In short, we must not show weakness to the enemy troops watching outside the city.

From the perspective of later generations, Jiang Cheng still roughly understood the temper of the little devils:

In addition to being as cruel and patient as poisonous snakes, the Japanese devils also have another characteristic: they are very thrifty about their lives.

Even after the September 18th Incident broke out, these bastards still recruited a large number of puppet troops in the Northeast.

The purpose is to let them lead the charge and serve as the vanguard, and then these bastards will follow behind the puppet army and take advantage of the situation.

"Let them beat me, beat me hard!"

Jiang Cheng roared, "Don't give a damn about ammunition--" If he showed weakness, no matter it was the Jilin Army, the Japanese Army or Zhang Damazi outside the city, they would all swarm around him like wild dogs!
Du Haisheng gritted his teeth and passed on the young commander's order... But soon after, gunfire was heard from the Hounan Gate and the Daxi Gate!
Under the tentative attack, the first round of general offensive composed of the Jilin army began.

All the gasoline barrels propped up on the wall were emitting white smoke, and more propellant was added this time.

This unscrupulous cannon, which was more suitable for defending the city, not only added a large amount of wood powder to help combustion as before, but Jiang Cheng also had people dismantle some tires and break them into pieces to fill in the cannon.

This thing was learned from the later generation of America. During the founding war, the enemy used planes to drop a large number of napalm bombs, which was based on this principle.

Once ignited, it will burn violently, and then it will be impossible to get rid of it if it stands on the skin and clothes. The extremely high temperature will intensify the burning of subcutaneous fat in the human body, and the mortality and disability rates are extremely high.

"Is this thing so powerful?!"

Seeing the pumpkin-shaped earth bombs explode before landing, releasing terrifying and violent flames,

And wherever the flames licked, screams and rolling appeared.

You know, besides electric shock, the pain caused by burning is top-notch. There are constantly burning "fire men" running around in the battle group because of the severe pain.
Some people even started pulling and hugging their comrades because of their strong will to survive... Of course, some of them also wanted to put out the fire for their comrades who were screaming in pain.

As a result, more and more people were "infected" by the intense burning, and the entire Siping siege battlefield became a sea of ​​​​hell, with the howling of ghosts and wolves incessant.

"Haha, it turns out that when the Chinese are on fire, they smell so fishy and rotten."

Slowly putting down the telescope in his hand, Hideki Matsushita revealed a cruel smile.

The southeast wind tonight inevitably brought all kinds of smells from the battlefield: gunpowder smoke, war flames...

Of course, the strongest smell among all of them is the smell of roasting human flesh. The severe pain will cause these people to become incontinent. The urine and feces are "heated" by the intense burning and combined with multiple smells, forming a smell that is so weird that it makes your scalp tingle.

How could the common people on the island have ever seen such a scene?
Many of the idiots were thankful that their superiors did not let them follow them, but were more or less frightened by the smell.

A few of them couldn't help being frightened and actually squatted on the ground and vomited.

"Mr. Matsushita, your subordinates...are a little useless!"

Minamoto Yoshihei turned his head slightly with pride, glanced at those unpromising things, and continued to tease, "I never thought that the soldiers trained by the General Staff Headquarters would vomit because of a small battle."

The military's successive mistakes gave the General Staff an opportunity to severely report them in front of the Emperor and the Cabinet on the grounds of "poor performance" and "serious losses on the South Manchuria Road."

Although Hideki Matsushita is Nishio's successor and student, he is an out-and-out "mainstay".

Of course, the Siping Railway Station chief in front of him, Minamoto Yoshihei, was his political enemy.

Silently biting his back teeth, Matsushita Hideki avoided his sarcasm and said coldly: "What does Commander Yuan mean? It means watching these Chinese monkeys perform a circus here."

"Or should I choose to go into battle myself, kill them all and take over Siping City?"

They stared at each other coldly, and when the four eyes met, a flame exploded that made the men on both sides feel a little frightened.

"hehe--"

Minamoto Yoshihei stroked his beard, avoided his gaze and continued calmly, "Isn't Mr. Zhang from Jinzhou still on the battlefield?"

(End of this chapter)