War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 261 No mercy!

On the way to Baitaizi, Xu Chaoyang was thinking about the gap between China and Japan in today's era.

Judging from the data, that place is a tiny place, while China is vast and rich in resources;
But from the perspective of production capacity, that place produces more than 5 million tons of steel annually, while our national annual steel production is 40,000 tons;
Judging from the military situation, that tiny country has an army of 300,000 soldiers on the surface, but it has a complete military service system. In the event of war, all reserve soldiers can be quickly recruited, and the number of soldiers will reach 4.4 million. These soldiers know where to report, who their superiors are, where to get weapons, and who to conduct recovery training with;
What about our country?
The Kuomintang, warlords and other forces have a total military force of 1.7 million, many of whom were pushed into the battlefield after only a brief training. Soldiers like Xu Chaoyang are even rarer.

But, is this really the entire comparison of strength?

Do not!
Because there is something that has not been calculated, called the cost of governance.

For our own rule, we do not need to calculate the cost of ruling. What we need to calculate is whether it is legal and reasonable and whether it can win the hearts of the people. Foreign races have no legitimacy by nature. In other words, no matter whether you have the ability to rule or not, the hard conditions of qualification have nothing to do with you, unless you can completely conquer the entire region.

Many historians say that the reason why Japan was defeated in the war was because my country had extremely deep strategic depth. This depth refers to the land area. Once the devils controlled a large amount of our land, they would continue to increase their investment, and eventually directly drag down their small country.

But in fact, in the later period, after the people's hearts were awakened, this depth was in everyone's heart. You want to rule? Why? You have to pay a lot of money to find a traitor, let alone rule a piece of land!
Everyone knows that rule under high pressure by force is not sustainable, how could the Japanese not know that? This is the real reason why they feel that they are doomed to fail as the war goes on. Some people even told the principal that "whether we win or lose, we cannot surrender" because the Japanese can't afford to waste time.

Of course, this is also the origin of the protracted war...

So when did the Japs show their defeat?
The earliest can be traced back to 1939. In that year, when they collected all the firearms used for training in the country and began to put them all into the battlefield, they had actually run out of resources.

Now in 1933, the Japs are dragging themselves into the early stages of strategic failure through one tactical victory after another.

For example, the white stage.

After easily defeating the 14rd Regiment, the 683th Brigade always believed that the recapture of the Northeastern Heights by the 217th Regiment in a night attack was just an accident, a weak local resistance under the overall crushing pressure. Like Tongliao, Tailai, and Chifeng Weichang, the situation could be completely controlled by increasing troops and adding equipment.

Therefore, the leader of the 14th Brigade sent someone to the th Division to call for air support. However, despite the bombing of the air support, they still failed to recapture the Northeast Heights, which made him feel worried.

He felt that the Chinese army before him seemed a little different. This army did not collapse under the bombing of the planes, and seemed to know itself very well. As soon as the battle started, it used the Type 92 infantry guns it had seized to bomb the machine gun positions...

It was as if every move of the 14th Brigade was seen through. It was like having your opponent reveal your cards accurately at the poker table.

The 14th Brigade felt that they could not fight like this any longer and began to attack a pass. At the same time, he ordered a regiment to keep a close eye on the movements of the northeastern heights and to immediately launch a charge as soon as there was any idea of ​​support from this side. At the same time, he ordered the artillery to occupy Baitaizi. While using the mechanized forces of the entire brigade to attack a pass, he had quietly set up artillery positions on Baitaizi.

The Japanese plan was to bombard the Northeastern Heights as soon as the sun rose tomorrow, and while the 217th Regiment focused all its attention on one pass and reinforced its troops at another pass, they would seize the Northeastern Heights in one go and implement a tactical crushing.

Suzuki Sai, as the commander-in-chief of the 14th Brigade sent to Baitaizi, rejected this proposal at the first opportunity. He felt that since the 29th Army had sent three additional brigades to Xifengkou and the troops in the Northeast Highlands had such high fighting enthusiasm, the offensive should be temporarily suspended to let them suffer in the bad weather and then attack again when morale was low.

Unfortunately, Suzuki Sai's proposal was directly rejected. All officers of the 14th Brigade felt that they should attack quickly. As time went on, even if it was freezing cold now, the 29th Army would build its fortifications in various strategic locations. Once the fortifications were complete, it would be very difficult to attack.

What they said was all right, but no one thought that the 29th Army would dare to launch another night attack, so Suzuki Sai was sent to Baitaizi, and he was cooperated with the Inoue Regiment.

This unit can be said to be the most well-armed unit of the 14th Division, equipped with grenade launchers, pheasant necks, and hand grenades. It originally also had armored vehicles, but when attacking a checkpoint, the th Brigade was urgently transferred away.

"Suzuki-kun."

In Baitaizi, in a residential house, the Japanese used the firewood they saved and the coal blocks they dragged to burn the stove that the common people were reluctant to use. The two men were so cold that they rubbed their hands while talking. They roasted a chicken in front of the stove and said, "To this day, I still can't get used to the weather here."

Suzuki Sai glanced at Inoue and responded, "Just wait until our troops reach the south. I heard that the weather in the south of this country is very good, and it's like spring all year round."

"I still like my hometown more." Inoue shook his head, and there appeared emotions in his eyes that were not typical of a soldier.

Inoue came to this country very early, and he liked it very much at that time. The common people at that time still respectfully called them "Oriental adults". Later, the man surnamed Zhang started to act like a rogue, and played the game of not keeping his word and not saying what he meant, which made everyone very angry.

Later, when the war came, they successfully occupied the entire Northeast, just like they suddenly slapped a giant in the face. After knocking the honest giant unconscious, they rode on his neck and punched him.

They didn't think about the consequences of doing so, they just felt good at the moment. In fact, the Japanese are like this, they look polite on the surface, but actually they have a reckless and extremely crazy character.

By now, the people of this country began to resist and fight with them for their lives. When both sides suffered huge losses and the Japanese also felt the taste of bullets and rain, Inoue spoke up and said that he began to dislike this country. Suzuki Sai glanced at him and did not continue to dwell on this topic. After all, such discussions always have no results. With his status, he would not mention any good things about this country. Inoue would definitely pour all his homesickness into his words. Maybe if the argument continued, it would end in a bad mood.

"Inoue-kun, how is the security arrangement going?"

"Don't worry, Suzuki-kun. Our sentinels have been sent out. We will know immediately if any troops try to approach us."

But they didn't expect that the first thing to approach them was a cannon!
boom!
As the two were talking, there was a sound of explosion, and then the airflow from the shell instantly penetrated the window paper, and dust broke through the window. The oil lamp in the house was blown out instantly, and the whole room fell into darkness.

"what happened?"

Suzuki Sai looked outside through the broken window. One hundred meters in front of him, where the shell had hit, the flames had just fallen, and the smoke and dust were swept up into the sky...

"Report!!!"

A Japanese soldier rushed into the yard with his helmet covering his head. As soon as he entered the yard—boom!

It happened that the falling shell hit the courtyard wall, and the soldier was blown sideways by the air flow, and the air flow directly knocked down the courtyard wall.

All the firelight after the explosion of the shells was reflected on Suzuki Sai's face, and then he was directly pushed down by the airflow coming in through the window!
Huh~
The dust and sand splashed by the shells hit the walls, and the entire white platform was covered by artillery fire!
boom! boom! boom! boom!
Under the cover of night, the silent village was constantly illuminated by flames, and the blast waves that continued to rise around the courtyard swept across every corner of the village.

"Suzuki-kun!"

"Suzuki-kun!!"

Inoue shook the unconscious Suzuki Sai several times without seeing him wake up, so he simply put him down and rushed out alone.

When Inoue rushed out of the courtyard, he saw Japanese soldiers running around the village. They didn't know where to hide...

boom! boom! boom!
The explosions continued, and flames lit up in front of Inoue's eyes. When he saw a whole formation of troops rushing towards him, he pointed at the cellars in the courtyard where the people stored cabbages for the winter and shouted, "Get in the cellar! Quick!"

After leading this group of Japanese soldiers into the cellar, he immediately shouted to the other Japanese soldiers on the road who were like headless flies: "Everyone, calm down! Hide in the cellar together!"

"Hide in the cellar and prepare to fight back!"

boom! boom! boom!
Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!

The sound of the Maxim machine gun suddenly rang out, and the bullets drew an arc and fell into the village, just like several javelins thrown by ancient troops, drawing arcs and stirring up the beams of bullets.

This is the principle of the Maxim machine gun's over-the-air shooting, which uses the downward arc of the fired bullet to make the bullet fall over the head of the charging infantry, making the bullet fall in an arc. Within a certain distance, it still has lethality, but don't expect accuracy.

Da da da da da!
Bullets from the two Maxim machine guns rained down. Neither the houses in the village nor the Japanese soldiers running on the road could withstand the falling lethality of the bullets. Many soldiers were hit by bullets while running. The Maxim machine gun bullets, which had lost their penetrating power, directly produced a blood mist on their bodies, which then extended forward like raindrops, cleansing the entire area.

hum!
Xu Chaoyang, driving an armored vehicle, rushed in with a row of soldiers with the back bucket full of fighters. When they arrived at the village entrance, the Maxim machine gun just stopped. It was not because Liu Gener was very familiar with this tactic, but because he saw his own people entering the village and was still shooting there. Isn't that a pure tiger?

"beat!"

Xu Chaoyang shouted this word while looking at the Japanese soldiers running wildly on the road. Then, the three light machine guns in the car opened fire at the same time!
Wang Changhai was so addicted that he held the machine gun and pulled the trigger while shouting: "Ah!!!"

chug chug!

Chu Chu Chu!
chug chug!

The Japanese track-and-road armored vehicles rolled along the main road of the village with the muzzle roaring. Three machine guns, one forward and two sweeping on both sides, were not idle. As long as the Japanese in the middle of the road were dazzled by the headlights, they would definitely not escape the fate of being penetrated by the machine guns at close range. Even if they died on the road, Xu Chaoyang would have to step on the accelerator and crush them without mercy.

(End of this chapter)