sbdcsierra Chapter 236: Burning the Japanese 4th Division
Chapter 236: Burning the Japanese 4th Division
Xi'an Village.
The 14th Division of the Japanese Army, inside the temporary command headquarters.
"Reporting to the division commander, the 16th and th Independent Mixed Brigades, as well as the rd Division of the Imperial Army, have been stopped in Guojiayu Village and Houshan Village respectively."
"They said the enemy's blocking force is very strong, there are mines and cold artillery all along the way, and the support time may be delayed!"
Wakamatsu Jiichi came up to Kita Seichi with two telegrams and said.
"Baga, what a bunch of rubbish! They fought for two days and still couldn't get here, only a few dozen kilometers away. Now they tell me they can't come?"
Kita Seiichi angrily swept the clutter on the table and looked at Wakamatsu Jiichi: "Call them back and tell them that if they can't get to Xi'an Village in one day, I want them dead!"
"Hi!"
“Bang, bang, bang…”
"Da da da....."
Just as Wakamatsu Jiichi finished his answer, loud gunfire was heard outside the command center.
"It starts again!"
Wakamatsu just sighed.
Ever since the Eighth Route Army wiped out the 27th Brigade a day ago, they began to be besieged by the Eighth Route Army.
If they had not stepped up the construction of fortifications when the 27th Brigade was being attacked, they would have been destroyed by the Eighth Route Army by now.
"The Chief of Staff's attack has failed again."
385 Brigade, Brigade Commander Wang Wen came to the chief of staff and whispered.
"Although the Japanese 27th Brigade was defeated, the Japanese 28th Division, the 18th Brigade, and the th Cavalry Regiment were also defeated."
"The 14th Engineer Regiment, the 14th Quartermaster Regiment, more than people!"
Chief of Staff Ye said calmly: "We only have the 385th Brigade, the newly formed 10st Brigade, the th Brigade, and the th Brigade."
"We didn't have a big advantage in numbers, so it was normal for the attack to fail for a while."
After saying that, he patted Wang Wen on the shoulder and said, "Withdraw the troops first to rest, and then launch the attack in three hours!"
“Why three hours?”
Although he didn't quite understand what the chief of staff meant, Wang Wen still obediently withdrew his troops.
Three hours later, the Eighth Route Army, which had eaten and drunk its fill and had rested, was ready for battle again.
Inside the command center, Chief of Staff Ye stood in front of the radio, waiting quietly.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak... I am from the Death Flight Squadron. Please reply if you get it. Please reply if you get it."
Suddenly, Huang Zhefu's voice came from the radio in front of him.
Chief of Staff Ye immediately took the headset and said, "This is the front-line command center. Got it, got it."
"My death-defying flight formation will arrive over the target in twenty minutes. Please be ready to mark!"
"Roger that!"
Chief of Staff Ye put down his headset and excitedly said to the signalman, "Notify Wu Ting, in twenty minutes, fire red smoke bombs at the Japanese positions."
"Yes."
Soon after twenty minutes, Wu Ting immediately commanded his eight Jin-made Type 13 mountain cannons to carry out covering fire on the Japanese positions.
In less than a moment, the entire Japanese position was enveloped by red smoke.
"Cough cough..."
Ruo Song just coughed twice and said, "Division Commander, what are these Eighth Route Army soldiers doing? Why are they firing so many smoke bombs?"
"Tell the troops to prepare for artillery defense!"
Kita Seiichi frowned. He had fired smoke bombs to mark enemy positions before.
But that was used to guide the bombers. Could it be that the Eighth Route Army also had bombers coming to bomb?
“Boom boom boom…”
The next moment, loud roars came from the sky.
Wakamatsu was stunned for a moment, and a huge surprise came to his heart: "The division commander is the flying squadron!"
"Wait a moment!!"
Kita Seiichi shouted at Wakamatsu Jiichi who wanted to leave, his face changed drastically and he said: "The time is wrong, this is an Eighth Route Army plane!"
"Chirp chirp chirp...."
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."
Kita Seiichi was not wrong in his guess. Huge incendiary bombs fell from the Taihang Type 1 bomber. In less than three minutes, the entire Japanese position was engulfed in flames.
Huang Zhefu flew a fighter jet around the Japanese position, and after making sure that everyone was taken care of, he pressed the button on the headset.
"Mission accomplished, team up!"
“Tsk tsk….”
Chief of Staff Ye looked at the Japanese positions that were emitting flames and black smoke and sighed repeatedly: "What a pity! After this fire, I guess there won't be many survivors."
"Ahem, what should we do, division commander?"
Inside the command center, Wakamatsu put on a gas mask and asked Kita Seichi.
Although they all have gas masks, and most of their soldiers are also equipped with gas masks, these things only protect against smoke and not fire, let alone high temperatures!
It had only been five minutes, and Wakamatsu Jiichi could already feel the temperature in the air soaring to over 40 degrees. If he stayed there any longer, he would be burned to death or roasted to death.
"What should I do? I don't know, what should I do!"
Kita Seiichi screamed in despair: "The Tubalu have no moral principles and are despicable and shameless. If I can survive, I will definitely expose their crimes internationally!"
There was no way to escape in this situation, as there was a fire burning outside.
They don’t have anything to put out the fire, so they can survive for a while in the headquarters, but if they rush out and face the raging fire, they will die even faster!!”
"I can not stand it any more!"
"Ah~~!"
Suddenly there were several screams coming from outside.
The Japanese soldiers who could not bear the high temperature rushed out of the air-raid shelter and were burned to death by the fire.
"Oh my, this is miserable!!"
"Look there, five burning men!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at that, it's screaming so loud!"
Five kilometers outside the Japanese positions, there were groups of Eighth Route Army soldiers holding guns.
They watched as a fire man appeared in the Japanese position, followed by a few screams, and started discussing with a smile.
"Ah, this is against the harmony of nature!"
Outside the front-line command center, Chief of Staff Ye looked through the telescope for a while, then walked into the command center while sighing.
"It's too cruel. I won't watch it anymore. Let me know when the fire is over."
"Don't worry, Chief of Staff!"
Wang Wen nodded and continued to look through the telescope with great interest.
You know what, the food these Japanese guys have is really good, and they are all fat and strong. If the fire touches them, it will take a long time to burn one to death!
An hour later, the fire gradually went out. Wang Wen came to the front line of the position and took a look at the several Japanese soldiers who were killed outside the Japanese position.
These are the Japanese devils at the outermost edge of the Japanese position.
They endured the scorching heat of the fire, ran outside, and were then beaten to death by the Eighth Route Army guarding outside.
"Cough cough..."
Wang Wen coughed twice, looked at the soldier in front of him wearing a gas mask and warned: "Everyone be careful when you go in!"
"These incendiary bombs are sticky white phosphorus bombs. If you get them on, it will be disastrous!"
"Of course, we must also be careful of sneak attacks from the surviving Japanese soldiers. If we see any living Japanese soldiers, we must be careful. It is best to shout first and then shoot!"
"Well, remember, shout first, then shoot!"
"Remember?"
"remember!"
The Eighth Route Army answered in unison.
"Very good, let's do it!"
There was no charge or thunderous slogans in this attack.
One by one, the Eighth Route Army soldiers entered the Japanese positions carefully, holding submachine guns and shotguns.
"vomit....."
Shortly after entering the Japanese position, an Eighth Route Army soldier took off his gas mask and vomited.
"Xiao Li, what's wrong with you?"
The soldiers traveling with him hurriedly expressed their concern.
Xiao Li pointed to a place not far away without saying anything. The pungent smell in the air made him vomit again.
"vomit……"
"What!"
The man looked in the direction of the finger and saw a charred object half lying above the air-raid shelter.
Judging from its pitch-black head, it should be a burnt Japanese soldier.
"vomit...."
At this time, the sound of vomiting could be heard on the battlefield.
"Chief of Staff, it may take a long time to clean up the battlefield this time."
Inside the command center, Wang Wen found Chief of Staff Ye and said.
"what happened?"
Chief of Staff Ye asked in confusion.
The Japanese should have been burned to death!
"Because the Japanese were burned to death, their shapes were so disgusting that many soldiers vomited."
"Some of the Japanese soldiers in the air-raid shelters were burned to ashes. The whole air-raid shelter was greasy. Don't even think about going in to take a look. Even just looking at the entrance would give you nightmares!"
"Then don't check it."
Chief of Staff Ye simply said: "Let the soldiers bury all the air-raid shelters. They have been burned down anyway, so there won't be anything good left!"
"okay."
Wang Wen agreed and happily went to convey the order.