War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 395: The whole army is ready
What is siege warfare?
Was it the bloodiest Battle of Budapest?

Was it the cruelest battlefield of Leningrad?
Or attack Jinzhou, attack Kaifeng, and fight in Tianjin?

These were all siege battles, but they were all too large. The only siege battle that could be compared with the one Xu Chaoyang was going to fight this time was the Battle of Tengchong.

On August 1944, 8, in the later period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the counterattack in Tengchong in western Yunnan was so brutal that it was beyond imagination. Later, according to the recollections of veterans who participated in the war, it was a battle for every house. At that time, our army, with heavy artillery and rockets, wiped out more than 18 Japanese troops from two regiments in Tengchong. The brutality was unimaginable.

But what does Xu Chaoyang have?
In terms of artillery, he had the IG18 that he always carried with him, as well as four Soviet-made M1930 anti-tank guns and four French-made M1897 towed field guns that he received from the Peking Military Branch. In total, he had eighteen guns. Even with these, the ammunition had not been replenished since he defended Miyun, and there were very few left.

As for the other calibers of artillery used in Inner Mongolia, Chahar, and Xifengkou, either they were not taken away in time during the retreat, or they were left behind when other troops took over the defense. Otherwise, how could you expect them to defend?
Outside Tong County, Xu Chaoyang was standing in the dense forest outside the city, looking at the ancient city wall with a telescope. He had been here for several days to be precise. Since the day Song Zheyuan left Dagu, the 217th Regiment began to prepare for full deployment. The next day, they left Tianjin, went through Wuqing and rushed to Xianghe, and finally went south from Sanhe to the east of Tong County.

To put it bluntly, before Yin Rugeng declared independence, he had already arrived at the east of Tong County in order to catch the other party off guard.

However, Xu Chaoyang played a trick. They did not come here on foot, but hid in the wagons of a freight train, covered the wagons with rainproof cloth, and transported all the original 217th Regiment along the railway line. At this moment, the workers in Dagu Shipyard who had never fought in a war but had only undergone military training were ready to go under Bi Sheng's bluff...

"Chaoyang, what's the situation?"

Chang Zhan came over and stood beside Xu Chaoyang, also holding a telescope and looking towards Tong County.

Xu Chaoyang shook his head: "Not very optimistic."

He put down the telescope in his hand and looked up at the bright moon in the sky: "It's too bright. If we go over there blatantly, everyone will die on the way to charge."

Xu Chaoyang did not dare to lead his troops too close to Tong County, for fear that the enemy would notice him. His position was within the range of the longest-range French M1897 in his hand, but Tong County was just a small shadow when viewed through the telescope.

"Not today."

Xu Chaoyang wanted to fight a night battle. Not only that, he had also deployed all the combat plans and was just waiting for the right weather for the attack.

It would be best if it was cloudy or foggy...

But there is no smog in Beijing these days.

Xu Chaoyang turned and walked towards the dense forest where the troops were located. The troops had been having a hard time in the forest these past few days. They were not allowed to make fires or talk loudly. Almost all actions that could make noises were banned, making the whole forest so quiet that it was eerie.

"How are the preparations going?"

When Xu Chaoyang walked towards the location of the first battalion, he squatted next to a man who was not wearing a military uniform. The man was fiddling with square blocks of explosives in his hands. These were the explosives they developed after developing nitroglycerin gunpowder and using diatomaceous earth to determine its stability. This man was the only experimenter in the entire army who was recognized by Mr. Xiong and could conduct on-site operations - Duan Jingwen!

"Don't worry, I majored in mathematics. As long as your people can rush up and install these explosives on the side of the city gate and ignite the fuse according to my requirements, we can definitely remove the city gate."

When Duan Jingwen said this, his expression was different from before, as if this was the territory that should belong to him. He frowned and focused his eyes on the explosives.

"This is a war, Duan Jingwen..." Xu Chaoyang wanted him to confirm it again, but Duan Jingwen did not allow anyone to question him and said, "Mathematics, it can't be wrong!"

Then he turned around and adjusted his glasses that were shining brightly in the moonlight. Xu Chaoyang... seemed to have seen this face before. This cold look was a bit like the "bomb maniac" in Hollywood blockbusters.

"Boss, I trust him."

The second sister came over, still in the same manner, with her hat tilted on her head and her hands in her trouser pockets. She walked even more unsteadily than Qu Yong, but just this second sister, just standing in front of Xu Chaoyang, had enough weight.

"That's fine."

After saying that, Xu Chaoyang walked towards the depths of the dense forest. There, eighteen guns were neatly arranged, and ammunition boxes filled with shells of various calibers were placed on both sides. Mancangzi was leading people to perform the last maintenance on the artillery, and the entire artillery platoon was very busy;
Next to them, soldiers from another platoon were also checking the incendiary grenade launchers. All the smoke bombs from the entire battalion were piled up here. Once an open flame was seen here, it would cause a huge uproar. Therefore, the entire regiment has been banned from smoking these days, and Xu Chaoyang himself didn't even dare to smoke.

"A full warehouse?"

Man Guangzhi turned his head away. He had never been bullied by Xu Chaoyang before, and his face was full of smiles: "Captain."

"Do you remember my orders?"

"How could I forget that?" Man Guangzhi repeated, "Once the order comes, everyone be ready. When our soldiers are about to enter the enemy's firing range, throw all the shells at the east gate to buy time for our army to approach the city gate."

"Ah."

Xu Chaoyang nodded.

This time, he not only has to take over Tong County, but also has to engage in psychological warfare with Yin Rugeng!
He wanted to skip the street fighting directly. As soon as the city gate was blown open, Yin Rugeng would turn around and run. Otherwise, why would Song Zheyuan announce that the 38th and 132nd Divisions would join the battle at the same time?
So why did they really send two divisions to fight these 3,000-plus local thugs? They are not devils!

Of course, all this requires good weather as a trigger, and every subsequent step is crucial, otherwise the more than a thousand people under his command will not be able to withstand the strafing from the city gate tower!

He wanted to use this battle to tell the entire 217th Regiment that as long as you are wearing military uniforms, you must never slack off at any time. The only result of slacking off is death...

Suddenly, the sky turned cloudy.

The originally bright forest was suddenly covered with shadows. Strong winds blew around, making the branches around rustle.

Xu Chaoyang turned around and looked over. At that moment, his eyes were squinted by the wind. He saw a huge dark cloud approaching quietly in the distance. The moon on the west was completely blocked. It seemed that the cloud would not move away from his eyes for a while.

"Captain!"

Not far away, Yu Minghao rushed over with a new H34Y rifle. When he got closer, he said, "It's cloudy now. Do you want to fight?"

Xu Chaoyang turned around at this moment: "Pass my order, the whole army is ready!!!"

(End of this chapter)