sjar Chapter 817: Police Formation
Chapter 817: Police Formation
According to the Japanese army's planning, a battalion is comparable to a brigade of the Dragon Army. Now, is it impossible to defeat a battalion? Is the world changing so fast?
If you had encountered the infantry battalion of the 72nd Army, no one would have blamed you for the outcome. After all, their infantry battalion has a large number of troops and strong firepower.
But now you're facing the 29th Army. Can they be compared? Is the 29th Army the same as the 72nd Army? If so, there's no need to fight this war.
"Sir, the sound of gunfire and artillery has died down. They may have already entered the county town. Our signalmen should be back soon."
A combat staff officer looked at his watch and saw that the signalman had been out for more than an hour and should be back on time.
"Send someone to pick them up, and also ask our aerial reconnaissance planes why they haven't arrived over us yet."
The plan was very well-made, but after the war broke out, many helpers who were supposed to come have not even shown up so far, especially the reconnaissance planes.
"Reporting to His Excellency, the Commander of the Regiment, the Kawamoto Battalion sent a telegram saying that the Aoi Battalion failed to capture the county town and is now in a difficult battle. They have engaged the Ximen Lai Di, a group of policemen."
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Captain Shangchuan jumped up from the camp bed.
I had just rested for less than half an hour when I was immediately called up. After climbing to a commanding height, I used a telescope to observe the situation of the Kawamoto Battalion. There was already thick smoke over there. They were beaten like this by the police. Is that a joke? What kind of police are they?
Suddenly he thought of another thing. When he landed in North China, someone had warned him not to fight with the 72nd Army. Although the main force of the 72nd Army had withdrawn, some of them had become local police. If he encountered these police forces on the battlefield, he should try to stay away from them.
At the time, he scoffed at such talk, thinking these people were no longer warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, but merely the Dragon Army. "You've already been frightened to such an extent, I must prove to you on the battlefield that the Japanese army is superior to the Dragon Army."
"Order the entire army to speed up and advance. Also notify the Kondo Battalion behind us to immediately join the battle after we do."
According to the ordinary Japanese regiment organization, there should be only three infantry battalions, but because there are some other tasks, Kondo Battalion is also under his command.
Even though this guy says he doesn't care, he is still very cautious when the fight really starts. No matter how many people are on the other side, his four infantry battalions will be deployed into the battle at the same time. Let alone you mere policemen, even a reorganized division of the 29th Army is enough for these troops.
"Reporting to His Excellency, the Commander of the Regiment, Captain Jin Teng has just sent someone to report that troops from the 16th Regiment of the 29th Army have appeared on their left flank, and the two sides have already exchanged fire."
The plan had been well-thought-out: three infantry battalions advancing westward together would crush any enemy. Unexpectedly, one-third of the troops were already stuck. North China was the base of the 29th Army, and after the 72nd Army withdrew, many of the 29th Army's men were scattered around. In this situation, was there still a need for orders from above? Any man with blood would have grabbed his weapons and started fighting long ago.
"Damn it! Go to the Kondo Battalion immediately and tell Kondo-kun in person that no matter what enemy he encounters, he must join us in battle within an hour. If he dares to delay, I will personally send him to court-martial."
Captain Kamikawa said angrily that the two battalions under his command were naturally very obedient, but it was hard to say about the Kondo battalion that came to support. After all, this guy was not his direct subordinate, but was only temporarily assigned to his command. It was possible that he would avoid fighting to protect people on the battlefield.
"Hayi..."
The combat staff officer bent down slightly, grasped his samurai sword, and prepared to ride over to supervise the battle, which was equivalent to a commander-in-chief on the battlefield.
But just as this guy mounted his warhorse, a sharp scream was heard from the sky. Some inexperienced people might not know what the sound was, but some veterans and Captain Kamikawa had already found cover and rolled in in a very ungraceful posture.
If I'm not mistaken, this sound should be the sound of shells cutting through the air, and there are quite a few of them.
Captain Kamikawa rolled under a nearby rock, and then there were bang bang sounds around him, which were the sounds of artillery shells exploding nearby.
The caliber of the artillery is not very large, but the rate of fire is very fast, otherwise it would be impossible to spread to the position of the entire infantry regiment in such a short time.
The 29th Army definitely did not have such artillery, and Japanese spies had investigated them many times.
Even if we purchased artillery from the 72nd Army, this style of fighting is not the style of the 29th Army. They all come from poor families. If you let them use artillery like this, you might as well kill them.
"Sir, the captain, look, they are coming to kill us."
The signalman pointed to the hillside in the distance and said, then Captain Kamikawa understood what was going on with the artillery. From his position, he could see more than a dozen armored vehicles on the hillside over there, with the 40mm bullets on the armored vehicles emitting flames and flashing.
Every flash means that a shell has hit this side. The small cannon on this armored vehicle is used to shoot down airplanes, but now it can also hit ground targets with ease. Anyway, there is no good place on the surrounding land.
"Order the troops to charge and escape this area quickly."
Captain Kamikawa felt a little regretful. When he arrived at this place just now, he should have ordered his men to spread out, but there was a forest nearby and the mountain breeze was very cool, so he let his men take a rest. After all, the weather around Peking in July was so hot and humid that it made people feel dizzy.
Such mistakes should not have happened on the battlefield, but they never took the 29th Army seriously, so when they encountered an enemy that was several times stronger than the 29th Army, they stopped fighting in an instant.
Captain Kamikawa's order was passed down, and the command system hadn't collapsed yet. But the problem was that his soldiers were not stupid. Just now, more than a hundred people rushed out, but were strangled by the enemy's firepower. We watched helplessly as our brothers fell before our eyes, some of their bodies were smashed into countless pieces, and the minced meat fell in front of us, making us vomit up the food we had eaten the night before...