Chapter 194: When Did The 29th Army Get So Many Mortars And Heavy Machine Gun Groups?
“Boom! Boom! Boom! Rumble rumble rumble!”
“Sizzle sizzle sizzle! Sizzle sizzle sizzle! Sizzle sizzle sizzle!”
Just as the Japanese Army arrived at the walls of Beiping City and dispatched a battalion of over a thousand men to launch the first round of offensive operation, Zhou Wenhua’s first round of mortar units deployed on the city walls immediately carried out the first round of artillery bombardment, and then the sweeping sounds of a series of heavy machine guns instantly rang out. The sweeping sounds of uniform MG42 general-purpose machine guns echoed through the entire sky above Beiping with the most violent rhythm,
Then, a series of bullet metal rain mixed with mortar shell groups swept entirely into those vanguard troops of the Japanese Army who were emotionally excited and believed victory was right in front of them,
“Rumble rumble rumble! Rumble rumble rumble! Rumble rumble rumble.”
Amid the earth-shaking fierce explosion waves,
Over a hundred Japanese officers and soldiers were instantly blasted away, and a series of bullet rain also killed over a hundred of the foremost Japanese officers and soldiers in the charge, instantly stunning and bewildering these Japanese vanguard troops who were confident of victory.
Then, before they could react, withdraw, or flee from the bombing and heavy machine gun sweeping,
The second round of mortar groups’ artillery bombardment had already descended on their positions,
And the sweeping of those MG42 general-purpose machine gun groups became even more frantic and dense.
As if the mortar shell groups and bullet rain cost no money, they went berserk with carpet bombing-like mad bombardment and frenzied sweeping fire.
“Ah! Ah! Ah! Aaaaaaah!”
Following the successive wails of Japanese officers and soldiers rising and falling one after another,
In the brief moment of combat time, over 300 corpses of Japanese officers and soldiers had already fallen, with blood flowing like rivers and bodies strewn across the area in front of Beiping City’s city gate.
They were just 500 meters short of reaching the grand gate of Beiping City that they had long dreamed of.
Unfortunately, before these confident Japanese Army troops who thought victory was at hand could reach the city gate and breach it, they were first bombed to death and shot to death by Zhou Wenhua’s German-equipped clone troops.
“Baka… Baka Yarou!”
“What the hell is going on here?”
“Didn’t they say that the damned 29th Route Army had all fled the city in the middle of the night from Chinese Beiping City?”
“How come there’s such fierce heavy firepower sneak attacking and bombing us now?”
“When did the Chinese 29th Route Army have so many mortars and heavy machine gun groups?”
“Baka Yarou! What the hell is going on here?”
Seeing that the infantry battalion he had dispatched, full of smug confidence and prepared to take Beiping City in one fell swoop, had not even reached the city gate before being slaughtered so many Japanese infantry by the hidden troops inside Beiping City,
Infantry 77th Regiment Commander Rito Koichi Colonel,
Immediately showed an incredulous expression on his face and cried out.
He had never dreamed that Beiping City, from which the 29th Army had already fled, would still have hidden heavy firepower troops launching such a sneak attack operation on his infantry battalion,
And successfully killing nearly 400 of his elite Japanese veterans in less than fifteen minutes.
So he was not only shocked and in shock,
But also in excruciating pain.
These were all elite Japanese veterans, all battle-hardened soldiers from their occupied country Korea!
Just like that, nearly 400 were killed in action.
Actually, not only was he stunned and incredulous by the current sudden outbreak of mad bombardment battle situation,
Even all the Japanese officers and soldiers under him, especially those vanguard Japanese troops who had just launched the charge operation but suffered heavy casualties from the bombing, were uniformly bewildered in fright.
“Baka Yarou! Disperse quickly, immediately withdraw from the range of the enemy army’s artillery bombardment and heavy machine gun sweeping from inside Chinese Beiping City!”
“Quickly have our artillery unit, grenade launcher units, and heavy machine gun units carry out counterattack operation to suppress all the enemy army’s heavy firepower! Hurry!”
“And Chief of Staff, you immediately personally oversee the artillery unit and make sure to bomb Chinese Beiping City to smithereens!”
“Also, have the signal corps immediately contact Division Commander Kawagishi Fumisaburo Lieutenant General and have him immediately dispatch the Imperial Air Force for air strike bombing on Chinese Beiping City. I don’t care how many Chinese Army troops are hiding inside, I want them all bombed to death!”
“These damned Chinese Army troops actually dared to hide inside and sneak attack bomb and heavy machine gun sweep our vanguard troops! It’s utterly unforgivable! They must pay a bloody price for this!”
But at this moment,
Infantry 77th Regiment Commander Rito Koichi Colonel, who had snapped back to his senses and was seething with killing intent,
Without thinking, issued a series of counterattack operation orders.
At the same time, he immediately had his Chief of Staff Hiruta Tatsuya personally oversee the artillery unit to carry out counterattack operation.
And request Japanese aircraft group for air strike bombing support operation,
He was now brimming with murderous fury, itching to immediately destroy all of Zhou Wenhua’s German-equipped mortar units and heavy machine gun units.
In order to avenge the casualties of his troops and the shame of lost glory.
