latelenovela Chapter 124 Ambush on the Japanese Transport Team
Chapter 124 Ambush on the Japanese Transport Team
The shells, carrying terrifying force and accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, flew straight toward the newly assembled Japanese Second Company.
Because the Blue Army soldiers and the Japanese soldiers were engaged in close-quarters combat on the battlefield, without the interference of gunfire, they could easily hear the whistling sound of artillery shells streaking across the sky.
Both sides' soldiers looked up at the sky in unison, looking in the direction from which the sound came. Kawajo Kucha also involuntarily looked up at the sky.
He was startled when he saw that the shells were flying in the direction below the high ground.
Before I could react, I heard a loud "boom".
The loud explosion startled soldiers on both sides, who instinctively began to seek cover.
They could all feel the Forgotten Mountain beneath their feet trembling.
The shockwave from the violent explosion even affected them, even though they were on the mountain, more than 500 meters from the foot of the mountain.
But you can also feel a strong gust of wind coming.
Meanwhile, Umekawa Kazuo, who was below, also realized something was wrong after hearing the whistling of the shells.
At that moment, the sound of artillery shells whistling through the air could be heard; it certainly wasn't their own artillery unit.
He immediately shouted, "Fire! Lie down!"
As he shouted those words, he immediately prostrated himself on the ground.
He thought to himself that the sound was that of a cannonball, and it must be a test firing by the enemy's artillery.
It seems there's no hope of holding the high ground today; we'll have to fight again tomorrow, especially since the Blue Party's artillery units have arrived to provide support.
This shows that the Imperial soldiers on the battlefield across Yanghe did not effectively contain the Blue Party's artillery fire.
Before Umekawa Kazuo could continue thinking, the shell had already hit the Japanese Second Company. In that instant, Umekawa Kazuo sensed that something was wrong.
But he didn't have time to react at all.
The violent shock from the explosion caused him to bleed from all seven orifices, and it was clear he was not going to survive.
The ensuing violent shockwave sent Umekawa Kazuo's already leaky body flying into the air.
Through his blood-stained eyes, Umekawa Kazuo saw the horrific state of his soldiers in the Second Company, and that was his last thought.
What kind of cannon is this? How can it be so powerful?
Thanks to Kazuo Umekawa's orders, most of the Japanese soldiers in this company died from bleeding from all seven orifices and ruptured internal organs.
Zhang Yunfei reacted immediately after the explosion.
"Brothers, kill these damn Japanese devils! Their reinforcements have been wiped out by our artillery."
After Zhang Yunfei finished shouting, he took the lead and stabbed a Japanese soldier standing not far from him to death with his rifle. The soldier was still in shock from the violent explosion below.
Zhang Yunfei's shout caused the soldiers on both sides to fight each other again.
However, it was clear that Bai Luo's shelling had shattered the morale of the Japanese soldiers. The soldiers of the First Company quickly began to flee after realizing that they had no reinforcements.
Zhang Yunfei looked at the Japanese captain among the fleeing soldiers who was waving his sword haphazardly, and immediately raised his Mauser rifle.
As he aimed and fired, Kawajo Kucha, who was retreating, felt a sharp pain in his head and collapsed to the ground.
When the remaining Japanese soldiers saw their company commander fall dead, they became even more terrified and scrambled down the mountain to escape.
How could Zhang Yunfei possibly let go of such a good opportunity to kick a man when he's down?
He ordered his troops to open fire immediately.
Ten minutes later, the gunfire on the northeast side of Wangshan finally stopped.
Zhang Yunfei casually found a spot and plopped down, panting heavily, clearly exhausted.
Although Zhang Yunfei was physically exhausted, he was still very excited. In this battle, they killed two of their companies and crippled the entire battalion.
The explosion from earlier came to mind again, and I couldn't help but marvel at the power of that cannon. I wondered where the artillery unit got it from? I guessed it came from Germany.
But this cannon is really powerful.
After they retreated to rest and recuperate, Zhang Yunfei insisted on personally visiting his artillery brothers to express his gratitude.
After firing that shot, Bai Luo quickly packed up the tulip cannon and ran away.
I found a spot I'd seen before and took the tulip cannon truck directly from my spatial storage.
As soon as the Japanese artillery opened fire, he immediately retaliated.
But after waiting for a long time, Bai Luo's neck ached from looking up, but he still didn't see the Japanese artillery fire.
Seeing that the Blue Party soldiers below had already begun cleaning up the battlefield and reinforcing the trenches, Bai Luo realized that the Japanese artillery might not actually be on this side of the battlefield.
Otherwise, even if they don't fire artillery at him, they will still bombard the main battlefield.
Little did Bai Luo know that the Japanese soldiers thought the Blue Party's artillery units had been freed up, and that today's operation on the side of Wangshan had failed.
Of course, they wouldn't continue sending infantry to their deaths.
Moreover, this morning's attack was originally just a probing attack.
Support troops will arrive this afternoon. We await a new operational plan.
The battle on the side of Wangshan ended somewhat dramatically because of Bai Luo's two cannonballs.
Bai Luo waited a while longer, but feeling there was nothing to gain here, he prepared to head to other battlefields.
Although the battle here has ended, the fighting to the southeast of Laoguan is raging fiercely.
Thinking of this, Bai Luo immediately put away the tulip-shaped artillery vehicle and prepared to detour to the southeast of the prison along the woods where the Japanese command post had been.
1:45 PM
Bai Luo had just circled around to the east side of the woods when he spotted the Japanese transport team.
Bai Luo lay on the edge of the woods, looking through binoculars at the main road about 1 kilometer away. More than 10 Japanese trucks were speeding eastward.
Based on the truck's speed and the weight on its tires, Bai Luo concluded that these trucks were likely empty.
It looks like the Japanese soldiers have delivered the supplies needed on the battlefield and are now returning.
Bai Luo's mind raced, and he decided to follow them to see where the Japanese supply depot was.
Without hesitation, Bai Luo immediately took out his electric scooter and followed the tire tracks left by the Japanese soldiers.
As a result, Bai Luo, who had just ridden his electric scooter to the main road, quickly slipped off again.
He lay motionless in a depression more than 200 meters from the main road.
It turned out that another wave of Japanese soldiers was coming from the west in trucks. Bai Luo estimated the number of Japanese soldiers by the radar markings, which was more than 2000.
Moreover, the trucks were all towing heavy artillery pieces.
After passing the road fork, the group of Japanese soldiers headed directly northwest.
It seems that the Japanese soldiers' target is the Blue Party's defensive position on Wangshan that Bai Luo helped with that morning.
After guessing the movements of these Japanese soldiers, Bai Luo was somewhat conflicted.
Should we take out these Japanese soldiers first, or should we locate their warehouse first?
Ultimately, Bai Luo decided to first locate the Japanese army's supply depot.
Bai Luo made this choice for the sake of the bigger picture, because only by finding the Japanese armory could the Japanese be put into a shortage of supplies, thereby delaying the Japanese offensive.
Having determined his destination, Bai Luo continued eastward.