Take Taobao to fight against Japan

At this moment, as far as the eye can see, there are raging fires everywhere, and the billowing smoke covers the sky and the sun, and there is a sense of horror and horror of the end of the world.

"Look, the devil is in bad luck again!"

Xu Qingchang handed the binoculars to a puppet battalion commander beside him, so that these confidantes around him could more clearly understand the current reality.

"Oh my god! With such a level of bombing, no matter how strong the defense is, it can't withstand the bombing!"

"That's right, the Huben Army's air force is so powerful, the devils have no way to resist! This battle was doomed from the very beginning to the devils' defeat."

"That's right, this time the Huben Army is really serious! Don't look at the more than 20 devil soldiers on the Lubei Plain, but it's really not enough in front of the Huben Army."

"Well, I heard that in Myanmar, the Huben Expeditionary Army wiped out forty or fifty elite devil troops overnight!"

"Fortunately, we got on the line in advance, otherwise we would really have to die."

"Tuan Zuo, then, when shall we do it?"

"Don't worry, I will let you know when the time comes."

Although it is far away here, through the telescope, you can still clearly see the dense cluster of aircraft in the distant sky, as well as the billowing smoke constantly rising from the direction of Jiyang County.

As for the earth-shattering explosion, let alone the sound, it has already been heard by everyone like thunder.

Even if you have never eaten pork, you have seen pigs running. With such a big commotion, these puppet soldiers, who have long been panicked, don't know where to go next.

After such a practical education, these puppet soldiers became more determined to turn against the water, and their fear of devils was greatly reduced.

They are indeed greedy for life and afraid of death, but often the more they are afraid of death, the stronger their desire to survive, and the more they will work hard to survive.

"Baga! How can the damn Chinese Huben Army have so many bombers, and how can there be so many blockbusters!"

Nobuo Kobayashi of the Devil's 60th Division was three or four kilometers away from the bombing site, but even without binoculars, he could still clearly see and feel the violent bombing in the eastern suburbs of the county and in the direction of the east gate.

In the crazy night attack counter-offensive last night, the 60th Division also put their lives to the test. In addition to investing almost all the tanks, they also invested a full 4 brigades to frantically attack the positions of the 2nd Huben Army.

But in the end, the 60th Division was able to regain the line of defense along the river that was lost during the day, not to mention driving the Huben Army back to the south bank.

So far, the 60th Division has only more than 7000 troops left to defend the defensive positions in and around Jiyang County.

At present, there is only one task left for the 60th Division, which is to guard the throat of the Yellow River Bridge to maintain the lifeline of traffic on both sides of the Yellow River for the Japanese Army, so that the 12th Army can cross the Yellow River at any time to reinforce the Japanese troops on the north bank.

Jiyang County is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, in the northeast of Jinan. It is not only a barrier for the Yellow River Bridge, but also a barrier for the northeast of Jinan Prefecture. The devils have built a very complete fortification here, and also assembled a whole division of defense force.

At the same time, because of its important strategic location, the devils naturally had to do their own thing to defend Jiyang County, instead of letting the puppet army who failed to accomplish anything but failed to come to assist in the defense.

But also because of this, Jiyang County became the primary target of the Huben Army. Miao Dadong directly replaced the 8th Army of the New Forces, and Wang Bo sent a powerful bomber formation as soon as he made a move.

Obviously, this wave of high-end operations by the Huben Army to kill chickens and monkeys is still very effective. All the puppet troops north of the Tuhai River around Jiyang County are trembling.

Taro Tanaka, chief of staff of the 60th Division, frowned, and said with a bitter face, "Mr. Kobayashi, judging from the current situation, it may be difficult for our 60th Division to complete the defensive task today."

"Tanaka-kun, what do you mean?"

Kobayashi Nobuo's eyelids twitched. Although he was reluctant to admit this fact, he had to face it. At night, when the Huben Army's air superiority was weakened, the 60th Division could still live with it, and even if it was hard-hearted, it could still play quite well. Threat of counterattack.

But during the daytime, with the Huben Army's strong air superiority and ground technical and equipment advantages, they have no other way to go except passive defense.

However, the problem is that even if they want to try their best, the Huben army will not give them a chance to die. They will only crush them little by little, and keep crushing them, making them go to death and destruction in boundless frustration.

"Now our entire 21st Army has suffered heavy casualties, and most of them can only retreat to the Tuhai River defense line. Only our 60th Division is still south of the Tuhai River."

Tanaka Taro frowned and said: "Our 60th Division alone cannot hold on to Jiyang County for a long time. I think we can ask the 12th Army for reinforcements.

After all, we stick to Jiyang County to defend the Yellow River Bridge and the north gate of Jinnan, and they shouldn't stay out of it! "

Nobuo Kobayashi raised his brows, and said in a deep thought: "The pressure the 12th Army is facing will not be small, I am afraid they are also lacking in skills.

But Tanaka-kun, what you said is not unreasonable. After all, the 12th Army still has at least 21 troops, which is much stronger than our [-]st Army, and they have dangers to defend, unlike ours. "

At present, these Japanese military officers are the ones who want to save face and suffer. If they hadn't been pushed into the corner, Kobayashi Nobuo would never agree to ask the 12th Army for help.

At the headquarters of the Japanese 12th Army in Jinan Prefecture, senior Japanese generals such as Otaka Kamezo, Kobayashi Asaburo, and Iide Tetsuzo gathered together.

These old devils looked a little tired, and almost all of them had dark circles around their eyes. It was obvious that they didn't sleep well last night.

There is no way, although Jinan City is separated by tens of kilometers, the fierce battle last night continued in the middle of the night, and the sound of rumbling guns and shocking explosions was still clearly transmitted to Jinan City.

Especially the sharp roar of planes that sounded over Jinan Mansion from time to time, which made these old devils sleepless, for fear that a bomb would fall and take them away.

Chapter 1244

Otaka Kamezo and other old devils managed to survive until dawn, but bad news came one after another.

Last night, the 21 divisions of the 22st and 8nd Japanese Army fought fiercely with the Chinese Huben Army all night, trying their best to counterattack, but in the end they fell short, and both armies suffered very serious losses.

Not only did at least 4 imperial warriors die overnight, but at present, except for the Japanese troops defending Jiyang County, Bin County, Lijin County, and several sections of the Yellow River defense line, the rest of the Japanese troops have all retreated to the Tuhai River defense line.

Although both the 21st and 22nd armies insisted that the night attack counterattack last night was very successful, causing extremely serious casualties and attrition to the Huaxia Huben Army.

But it seems that this is useless, because the cold fact that the counterattack failed, suffered heavy casualties, and lost a large area of ​​defense cannot be changed by the spiritual victory method.

Not long after that, the 12th Army received a call for help from the 21st Army. The division commander, Nobuo Kobayashi, personally called and asked Otaka Kamezo to send some troops to rescue the siege.

"Baga, a whole army of 20 soldiers was beaten to the ground in just over a day, and they still have the face to come to us for help. It's really unreasonable."

Odaka Kamezo patted the table very upset, and vomited in extreme displeasure.

However, under the coercion and threat of the Huben Army for a long time, the 12th Army has been continuously strengthening. At present, the 12th Army has more than 12 Japanese troops and 10,000+ Royal Association Army, with a total strength of nearly 30.

However, Odaka Kamezo has always felt insecure, and has always felt that the troops are not enough, and he wished that more troops could be added.

Now at the most critical moment, Odaka Kamezo deeply felt that the Nibodhisattva could not protect himself from crossing the river. How could he be willing to send troops to reinforce the 21st Army on the other side of the river?

You must know that just the day before yesterday, Otaka Kamezo thought deeply that the 21st and 22nd armies, which had a strong force and had a defensive advantage, would be able to inflict unbearable casualties on the Huben army. The army is completely irrelevant, so he doesn't need to worry about it!

Kobayashi Asaburo said with a dark face: "O Taka-kun, even though that is the case, if the 21st Army really has no way to defend Jiyang County, then the Yellow River Bridge will be exposed in front of the Huben Army.

At that time, in order to prevent the Huben Army from seizing the Yellow River Bridge, we will have to blow up the Yellow River Bridge, and the only land channel north and south of the Yellow River will be cut off.

In this way, we will lose land communication with the north bank of the Yellow River, and the consequences will be serious! "

Ide Tetsuzo nodded and said: "Yes, in this case, our 12th Army will be cut off from retreat, and Jinan Prefecture will also face the danger of being surrounded on three sides."

Otaka Kamezo frowned and said, "Then what do you mean, we must go to reinforce Jiyang County? The question is, how many troops do we have to fill that bottomless pit?"

How can Odaka Kamezo not know the stakes, but it is not so easy for him to cut the flesh to mend the sores.

Odaka Kamezo has been planning to carry out the ultimate wretched defense in the Jinan defense zone, using the strong mountain fortresses and urban bunkers to play a war of attrition with the Huben army, and even engage in hand-to-hand urban street battles.

At this time, let alone sending thousands of reinforcements, even sending a large group to serve as cannon fodder, he would feel extremely painful.

Seeing Otaka Kamezo's extremely reluctance, Kobayashi Asaburo persuaded him as softly as possible: "O Taka-kun, we are indeed in a difficult situation right now, but the best defense is to take the initiative to attack.

I think we can first agree to Mr. Xiaolin's request and let them do their best to stick to Jiyang County. When necessary, we will send troops to reinforce it. It will definitely get twice the result with half the effort! "

"Okay, just reply to Commander Kobayashi like this!"

Otaka Kamezo nodded reluctantly, and now he can only draw a big cake for the 60th Division to satisfy their hunger, so that they can be determined to fight the Huben army, and if there is a chance to rescue them, they will send reinforcements to reinforce it. not too late.

It doesn't matter if you can't save it, then just blow up the Yellow River Bridge at that time, at worst, you will stick to the Yellow River defense line.

The worst result is to fight street battles with the Huben Army, fighting street by street and house to house!

Anyway, with so many soldiers in my hands, relying on the Jinan Mansion that has been painstakingly managed for a long time, I will definitely be able to severely damage the Huben Army and make them pay an unbearable price.

"Hay!"

Kobayashi Asaburo nodded quickly, stood up and was about to make a phone call.

However, at this time, a devil's communication staff officer ran into the headquarters war room with an ugly expression, and said anxiously, "Your Excellency, Commander, there is an urgent call from the front line of the Woniu Mountain Fortress."

"What the hell is going on!"

Wei Gaogui's eyelids twitched suddenly, and he stood up abruptly and stared at the communication staff officer who rushed over.

The devil's communications staff ran to Odaka Kamezo and handed out a telegram saying: "Your Excellency, the front line of the Woniushan Fortress discovered that the Chinese Huben Army is laying all the tracks. I'm afraid they will make some big moves today!"

"Laying tracks? What does that mean? What on earth are they going to do?"

Otaka Kamezo was a little confused, unable to understand what was going on in the telegram.

Yesterday, the Huben army stormed the defensive positions around the Woniushan Fortress for half a day, but they didn't take advantage of it and suffered a lot of losses.

However, overnight, the Huben army suddenly made this weird scene today, and even laid a track that was tens of kilometers long overnight, and it was less than 30 kilometers away from the Woniushan Fortress.Definitely not a good thing here.

"Could it be that they also have train guns?"

Kobayashi Asaburo stopped in his tracks, turned quickly and took the telegram from Odaka Kamezo's hand and read it.

Although there is no picture data or more intelligence support, the experienced Kobayashi Asaburo smelled something unusual.

"Train cannons? Mr. Xiaolin, you mean that the Huaxia Huben Army also has train cannons?"

One word awakened the dreamer, and upon hearing this, Odaka Kamezo was startled suddenly, with deep surprise and worry in his eyes.

Having never eaten pork and seen pigs running, Otaka Kamezo naturally knew what a train cannon was and what kind of terrifying power it had.

In fact, train guns are nothing new. As early as the First World War, train guns had appeared widely, and they were popular for a long time.

The train guns of the U.S. army beat the Germans hard; the 380mm "Paris Cannon" of the German army bombarded Paris like a bolt from the blue; the train guns of the French army fought fiercely on the Somme River...

All of this makes the train gun, the "big mac" in the god of war, the embodiment of power, which makes all the powers of the world favor it.

Strongly tempted by the successful application of train guns on the battlefield, the Japanese military naturally showed great interest in the development of train guns.

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Chapter 1245 Can't sit still

However, Japan has no experience with train guns.In order to develop its own train gun as soon as possible, the Japanese Army Technology Headquarters decided to start with the introduction.

Through investigation and research, the Technology Headquarters decided to introduce the famous French Schneider train gun.

In September 1924, the technical headquarters obtained the design drawings and instructions of the company's train gun through the military attache of the Japanese embassy in France, and the military also sent personnel to the company for field inspections.

At the same time, the military also ordered the Japanese Ministry of Railways to investigate the status of Japanese railways. In June 1925, the Ministry of Railways replied to the military, clearly stating that "train guns can be used on major lines in Japan."

Due to the impact of the Great Kanto Earthquake and the worldwide economic depression, the Japanese military was in short supply, so it only ordered one train gun from Schneider.

In the autumn of 1928, Schneider completed the production of this train gun and conducted a shooting test at the Gabur shooting range.

In the test, a total of 2 shells were fired. The range of the first shell was 52.8 kilometers, and the range of the second shell was 52.4 kilometers, which fully met the requirements of the Japanese side.

1930年5月，日本陆军为这门列车炮命名，定名为90式240毫米列车加农炮。因为这一年为日本皇纪2590年，所以定名为90式。

Due to the strong carrying capacity of the railway, the caliber of general train guns is quite large, and the Type 90 is no exception, with a caliber of 240 mm, which can be regarded as a "Big Mac" cannon in the Japanese archipelago.

The finalized Type 90 240mm train gun was deployed in the Futtsu area as a "fortress weapon" for the defense of Tokyo Bay.

The current 90-type 240mm train gun is deployed in the Kwantung Army in China. It was originally used to defend against the Soviet Far East Army, but it has not played any substantial role so far.

"Xingye Railway, Decay Railway".

Train guns travel thousands of miles due to the railway network and implement high-speed firepower maneuvers; at the same time, they are also restricted by railways. Without railways, train guns cannot move an inch.

If the enemy is far away from the railway, the train gun will be beyond reach.

Especially with the large-scale use of tanks and other armored vehicles and combat aircraft on the battlefield, train guns gradually declined, and eventually they could only enter the war and weapons museum.

Although it is said that the Japanese Type 90 240mm train gun has not yet had the opportunity to be used in actual warfare, Odaka Kamezo and others have heard about this war weapon in detail, and even moved their minds to move this train gun to the Shandong Peninsula. To deal with the strong fortress of the Huben army.

It's just that they later discovered a cold reality, that is, there was no way for the Japanese army to gain absolute air supremacy in the Shandong Peninsula. Even if they could bring the Type 90 240mm train gun over, they would probably only be defeated by the Tiger Army Air Force. wave away.

Therefore, now that the Huaxia Huben Army has created the scene in front of it, Kobayashi Asaburo naturally can easily think of the train gun that was once so popular that the great powers of all countries competed to develop and produce it.

Because at present, the Huben army has absolute air supremacy in the Shandong Peninsula, and has many previous records of suddenly resorting to advanced weapons. It is completely reasonable for them to use the powerful train guns to deal with the front-line fortresses.

"O Taka-kun, this is probably the way things are. The Huben army is probably laying tracks for the train guns, otherwise I really don't understand what they are doing!"

Asaburo Kobayashi nodded with an ugly expression, and then said in a serious tone: "If they really have train guns, it is obvious that their power will definitely be higher than the Imperial Type 90 240mm train gun!"

"Ba Ga! This news is not good!"

Otaka Kamezo's face was as black as the bottom of a pot in an instant, and he said anxiously: "The train guns of the Empire of Japan alone have a range of more than 50 kilometers, and the shooting error is only 100 meters. If the Huben Army really has train guns , doesn’t that mean that the fortresses to the south of us will be in danger?”

Ide Tetsuzo seconded with a worried expression: "Yes, the maximum range of our fortress turret is 32 kilometers at best, and the accuracy is very limited. If the opponent really has train guns, our fortress turret is powerless to resist.

Unless we can get the support of the Imperial Air Force, no matter how strong our fortress is, it will be smashed to pieces bit by bit in front of the train guns,"