War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 166 Calmness is the precursor of danger! (Thanks to 'Qi Zhi You Miu Fu' for the 5000 reward!)
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As soon as the cannon sounded, Xu Chaoyang jumped out of the trench. His confused nerves seemed to be stimulated. He opened his mouth and shouted without even opening his eyes: "Defend against the cannon!"

"Anti-gun!"

For a moment, everyone around turned their heads to look at Xu Chaoyang. Their camp of more than a hundred people was hiding on the flank of the wilderness heading from Tongliao to Xiaojieji.

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A day ago, the front of the 8th Division arrived in eastern Mongolia and stationed in Tongliao. The exact number of troops was unknown. Dao Wenbin quickly issued a combat order, ordering Xu Chaoyang's company together with half of the artillery battalion to form flanking firepower on the flank of the front battlefield of Xiaojieji. When the Japanese attacked Xiaojieji, they would focus on attacking the infantry behind the mechanized troops from the side while protecting half of the artillery battalion's artillery bombardment of the battlefield.

Why half an artillery battalion?

Because there is only one complete artillery battalion in the entire Fifth Military Region, this thing is the last trump card in Dao Wenbin's hand.

That night, Xu Chaoyang led his team out of Xiaojieji and escorted Che Tuoma's artillery battalion to the flank of Xiaojieji to build fortifications. When the fortifications were completed and it was already dawn, they left a row of guards to let the rest rest.

Taking this opportunity, Xu Chaoyang also took a stroll around the artillery camp. The "advanced feeling" of those cannons in this era made him at a loss for words!

This half of the artillery battalion that was pulled out had five 29mm heavy mortars of the 150th type, three 14mm howitzers of the 100th type of Fengtian, and one 240mm heavy artillery. These three types of weapons alone were the most powerful firepower on the Chinese battlefield at that time. No wonder the west gate of Tongliao was blown down in one encounter!
Xu Chaoyang estimated that when Xiao Liuzi was sent out to Dao Wenbin, he had completely emptied his family's resources to put together such a lineup of artillery battalions for him. After all, there was a complete set of artillery of this size placed on the front position of Xiaojieji.

In order to ensure the safety of this half of the artillery battalion, before Xu Chaoyang left Xiaojieji, Dao Wenbin specially equipped them with a Liao-made 13-year-old air-cooled heavy machine gun and a Liao-made 14-year-old flat-fire cannon...

Xu Chaoyang's reinforced company was fully armed to the teeth by Dao Wenbin. At the same time, he also saw Dao Wenbin's determination to fight the Japanese to the death in Xiaojieji!
"Captain, the enemy is shelling Xiaojieji, not us!"

Yu Minghao had just responded when fireworks began to frequently explode from the direction of the small street, and billowing black smoke rose from the front line and the street behind him!

Almost every shot left a deep impression on Xu Chaoyang who had just woken up!
This is not an ordinary infantry gun. Ordinary infantry guns do not have such great power. In addition, given the current year, the first thing Xu Chaoyang thought of was the Japanese's improved 75mm caliber 90 howitzer.

"Tong Meng..."

"Tong Meng!"

Xu Chaoyang looked at the changes on the battlefield and immediately turned around and shouted loudly.

Tong Meng was still in a daze, and before he woke up from his dream, he heard Xu Chaoyang's voice: "Go to the flanks, the rear, and the flanks and rear to bury the mines that were dug for us..."

Under the bombardment, Xu Chaoyang's voice, which was not loud, instantly woke Tong Meng up. He seemed to have heard the seriousness of the incident.

"Captain, are they all buried?"

"Hurry up! It will be too damn late if you delay any longer!!!"

Tong Meng led his men out of the trench and jumped to the rear. Behind the flank position, he squatted on the ground and began to plant mines. He buried all the empty wine bottles and wine jars in the pit and covered them with a layer of loose soil. His level of caution and seriousness...

"Chaoyang, who is this guy?"

Yang Jingyu rushed over and stood beside Xu Chaoyang, holding onto the breastwork on the trench and looking forward. Xu Chaoyang responded, "I think it's a Type 90 howitzer."

Yang Jingyu turned his head and looked at Xu Chaoyang in confusion.

He then explained: "Like the rail-type dual-purpose armored vehicle we have seen before, this is also a new weapon equipped to the Japanese this year. The prototype of this gun is Schneider. After being improved locally, it was equipped in small quantities to the Second Division for trial..."

Before Xu Chaoyang finished speaking, Yang Jingyu immediately interrupted: "Didn't they say that the devils coming from Tongliao are the front of the Eighth Division?"

"How does this have anything to do with the Second Division?"

Almost everyone who has been to the Northeast knows about the Second Division, but after Yang Jingyu asked this question, he immediately understood: "The Japanese are going to quickly take over Inner Mongolia and prepare to take over Rehe."

Taking over Inner Mongolia, capturing Rehe, quickly controlling the entire North China, and approaching the capital, this is very important both strategically and politically. After all, the future development trend is that the Japanese will use half of the country to force the National Government to recognize the puppet regime in Songhu.

Xu Chaoyang was stuck at the most intense stage of the battle. In front of him was the Eighth Division that came from Liaoning to reinforce the Haneda Regiment.

Xu Chaoyang stood between two gasoline barrels, looking across the gasoline barrels at the front battlefield, looking at the small street that was constantly bombarded by artillery fire. In his sight, the once intact and slightly old houses were blown up one by one. The front of the Fifth Military Region position, which was covered with weeds and had a slight fragrance of soil in this midsummer, was bombed into a pile of mud...

He finally saw on the front battlefield what it meant to 'fall behind and get beaten', and understood what it meant to 'bully others and ignore the truth that everyone in the world agrees on'.

In this era, no, in any era, only those with strong fists are qualified to reason!
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Finally, the sound of counterattack was heard from the front of Xiaojieji position. One shell after another fired from Xiaojieji position landed behind the Japanese position, where smoke and dust continued to rise, which was considered a reply to the Japanese invaders.

Judging from Dao Wenbin's move, he at least possesses certain combat qualities. At least this military commander did not let his artillery bomb the enemy's frontline positions.

The shock brought by the large-caliber heavy artillery is by no means comparable to that of the 75mm 90 howitzer, but in terms of firing rate and coverage of impact points, the problems of slow firing rate of large-caliber heavy artillery and scarce gun muzzles on the artillery camp positions were still exposed, as well as the mortars' insufficient range and inability to participate in the battle, and other defects still caused Dao Wenbin, who was guarding Xiaojieji, to suffer a lot.

Xu Chaoyang stared at the battlefield, trying to analyze the enemy's next move based on their performance on the battlefield, but the entire battlefield magically fell into silence...

After being bombarded, all sounds disappeared from the Japanese positions, as if no one had been there, with only smoke and dust floating in the air.

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be cheated!
The Japs had no plan to launch an attack on Xiaojieji immediately. They were just testing the firepower of the Xiaojieji position through artillery bombardment!
Even though these guys look silly, once a war breaks out, they become so cunning and cunning that you can really hate them. No wonder they are called "devils".

"Watch the flanks!"

Xu Chaoyang immediately issued a defensive order, staring at the Japanese position as if he was afraid of being tricked by the Japanese.

He knew that Dao Wenbin must have met his match this time. In this situation, the Japanese, who are good at detail control, have subdivided tactics such as front-line reconnaissance, covert attacks, flanking penetrations, defense penetration, and close pursuit into every area and every river. The current calm is a sign of the coming danger!
　Thanks to '其支有错否' for the 5000 yuan reward again. That's really great, brother. You've already spent a lot of money. Thank you very much. I'm really grateful to you. But that's enough for us. This, I... don't know how to repay you.

　　Thank you very much, I am infinitely grateful!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)