Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

"Gather! Gather quickly!"

A Japanese captain shouted that he had to quickly organize his troops, then walk to Zhoujiatun in the wind and snow to launch a surprise attack on the punitive army!

A few days ago, the Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters received news from the Wangshantun garrison that the Punishment Army had launched a surprise attack on them.

The telegram at that time described that the punitive army had not many troops, only one regiment, and they might have come down from the mountain. The opponent's goal was to break through Wangshantun, the gateway to Hutou Mountain.

The punitive army's offensive was swift. The defenders of Wangshantun sent bad news from time to time. In the end, they even sent a farewell telegram, saying that they would launch a boarded charge, and no more news was sent after that.

The Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters was also stunned. They did not expect that Hutou Mountain was actually the stronghold of the Punishment Army. This scared them a lot. The Punishment Army's record was too incredible, so they immediately made arrangements.

The Japanese headquarters selected two battalions not far from Hutou Mountain and planned to send them to the vicinity of Hutou Mountain to deploy defenses. They even found time to send a well-maintained armored train over.

Originally, these teams were to arrive in batches near Zhoujiatun by train, but because of the blizzard and heavy snow that blocked the roads, it was difficult to send out troops and they had to be careful.

The Kwantung Army Headquarters judged that the Punitive Army was able to attack Wangshantun in the snow because Wangshantun was nearby. They should not have been able to attack the control area that was slightly farther away. With such heavy snow, it was likely that casualties would occur during the large-scale maneuvering of the army.

But who could have thought that just two days later, Zhoujiatun sent another warning of being attacked!

Zhoujiatun was an area that the Japanese were planning to focus on developing. High-quality tungsten ore had been discovered there. The Japanese had already dug the mine and had prepared the equipment. How could they have imagined that they would be attacked by the Punishment Army?

This was a life-threatening situation, and it directly alarmed the then commander of the Kwantung Army, Nobuyoshi Mutō. Although he had just taken office and had never fought against the Punitive Army, the former commander of the Kwantung Army, Shigeru Honjo, had warned him when he left office that he must be cautious in dealing with the Punitive Army, as this force was evil and very difficult to deal with.

Honjo Shigeru said that the commander of the 2nd Division, Jiro Tamon, had been forced to resign and return to his hometown of Hiroshima to spend his remaining years due to his poor response to the Punitive Army. If we do not want to suffer the same fate, we must take the Punitive Army extremely seriously.

Muto Nobuyoshi is a man who listens to advice and has a full stomach, just like the author, so when he learned that the Punishment Army had reached Zhoujiatun, he took it 120% seriously!

Muto Nobuyoshi has deployed troops in various ways, but now the manpower is scarce. The main directions of the Japanese troops are now Harbin in the north and Jinzhou in the south. There is heavy snow and the mountains are blocked. All troops have a slowdown buff, so it is very difficult to deploy troops!

But Mutō Nobuyoshi had at least assembled the forces of two battalions. He did listen to Honjo Shigeru's warning and felt that two battalions were not enough, so he gathered 1500 nearby police and pioneer groups to form an auxiliary force and jointly formed a response team.

Nobuyoshi Muto directly requisitioned two trains and loaded the troops and sent them to Zhoujiatun at once.

The reason for being so anxious is that there are a large number of pioneer groups stationed in Zhoujiatun. To put it bluntly, these people are the Japanese's civilians. What will happen if they expose their own people to the armed forces of the enemy?

Apart from anything else, look at how they treated the people of Northeast China. Now the situation has reversed, and they are instantly chilled.

If the Punitive Army really did something difficult and exploded, and other pioneer groups knew about it, it would probably cause panic and harm the pioneer groups' colonial business. Then, Mutō Nobuyoshi, who had just ascended to the throne of commander of the Kwantung Army, would be in an unstable position. Mutō Nobuyoshi urged this army to rush to Zhoujiatun to put out the fire, and the scene before us happened.

"Gather quickly, gather quickly!"

The Japanese captain shouted and organized the troops, and then assigned tasks.

"Gentlemen, according to the plan prepared before we came here, we must risk our lives in the first wave of attack and launch the most resolute offensive!

Everyone must quickly maneuver to Zhoujiatun to launch an attack. In such cold weather, the enemy will definitely not realize that we will launch an attack. A sudden attack will definitely cause panic among the enemy!

When you arrive near Zhoujiatun, the armored train and the eight artillery pieces we brought will provide fire support. My request is simple. You must rush into Zhoujiatun along with the artillery shells! Then it will be your time to make contributions. Please!"

The Japanese officers shouted "Haha" and ran back to their troops.

The Japanese captain drew his samurai sword and swung it forward: "Tata!"

The Japanese troops began to move. They would use the most determined will to walk 10 miles in the snow, attack from the front, and rush into Zhoujiatun with artillery shells.

After the enemy is in chaos, they will fight with the Punishment Army soldiers with superb hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese soldiers believe that with the bravery of the Imperial soldiers, these hidden guys of the Punishment Army will be easily defeated.

In addition, the pioneer group was divided into two groups, with 500 people watching the armored train and other trains, and the remaining 1000 people maneuvering to the left side of Zhoujiatun.

This direction is the road that the Punishment Army takes back to Hutoushan. The Japanese captain hopes that when the regular troops rush into Zhoujiatun and fight with the enemy, these second-line troops carrying only light weapons can break out at the same time.

By then, when the Punishment Army sees that there are enemies coming out from the same route they came, they will know that the rear is unstable, and their morale will surely be shaken, making it easier for them to be wiped out.

The Japanese captain's arrangement was very good, but unfortunately, their every move was clearly seen by the three punitive soldiers in the forest.

The Japanese would never have imagined that the Punishment Army's cold-proof equipment was so advanced that they could advance 10 kilometers and set up observation posts in the snow and wind without any shelter.

The machine gunner among the three was a clone with full vision. He could clearly see that the Japanese soldiers getting off the three trains were quickly lining up.

The machine gunner immediately contacted Li Weiguo through mind sharing, requesting to prepare artillery, and warmly welcomed these devils who came to die in the snowy night!

Li Weiguo was also a little surprised when he learned that the Japanese actually launched an attack in the heavy snow. In such a cold day, the Japanese took a train from nowhere to here, and then walked 10 miles to attack Zhoujiatun. I was afraid that by the time they arrived, their buttocks would be frozen and cracked.

Li Weiguo began to deploy troops, allowing non-combat personnel to withdraw to the island space and allowing the punitive army soldiers to counterattack!

He wants to engage in a skirmish with the Japanese!

The soldiers of the Punishment Army stayed comfortably in the houses and slept, their morale and physical strength were excellent. On the other hand, the Japanese invaders came from a long distance by train, and planned to walk 10 miles in the blizzard to launch an attack quietly. They were cold and tired, and their condition was absolutely terrible.

In this case, it would be better to push out in one wave and fight the Japanese.

Li Weiguo asked Li Dapao to prepare the artillery, intending to bombard the Japanese troops as soon as they came into range, disrupt the Japanese team and then let the troops launch an attack.

He also asked Li Jianfeng to try to get behind the enemy to see if he could blow up the railway to stop the enemy's support troops and completely cut off the enemy's train's retreat.