I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 654: The Sorrow of Zhongtiao Mountain (27) I will use this 105mm howitzer

As the baggage train entered one after another, the not-too-wide mountain road was already filled with parked cars.

There is a wider area in front, which is already filled with tables.

The table was filled with delicious food prepared for the Yoshitani Division.

A captain of the remaining battalion of the Matsushima Division came over to greet the commander of the village entrance.

"Captain of the village, is this the only number of people in your vanguard?

Wouldn't it be too unsafe to use only two squadrons to cover the artillery's retreat?"

All the members of the supply corps got off the vehicles, but there were only about two thousand people.

Those carrying rifles should be the guards, and there are only about 400 of them.

The remaining people without guns were from the baggage brigade and artillery regiment.

That's why the captain of the Matsushima Division who stayed behind would have some doubts.

The commander of the village entrance said: "The artillery moved in early. This is the idea of ​​our Yoshitani Division Commander.

He was afraid that the withdrawal of the artillery unit at night would attract the attention of the national army, so he let us move in first. "

The captain of the remaining battalion said: "Captain Ji Gu, you are indeed the Chu Qiao among the generals of the empire. You are really a god in commanding troops."

Looking at the captain who stayed behind and bowed his head, he could confirm that the other party was not mocking him.

It is always a pleasant thing to be praised by others about your superior.

He nodded with great satisfaction, and then ordered his subordinates to start having a pleasant midnight snack.

And tell the battalion commander that the commander of the artillery regiment is sick and is resting in the last truck.

Let them work hard and have someone send the miso soup back to the artillery company captain.

The captain of the Matsushima Division who stayed behind also readily agreed to the village entrance's request.

The cook of the remaining brigade was so enthusiastic that he even gave Captain Songkou an extra spoonful of miso soup.

The soldiers were eating excitedly the two crispy fried salted fish and the snow-white, fragrant and glutinous rice balls.

And the bowl of miso soup with the taste of their mother made them see their mother with their own eyes.

A small team leader who stayed behind quietly found their big team leader who stayed behind.

"Chief Tang, we have checked and there is no one in the car below."

Section Chief Tang, the captain who stayed behind, calmly restored the team leader's abilities.

"I think the drug from the Japanese has taken effect. Commander Song's red umbrella is indeed very powerful.

Hurry up and have the cooks replaced and taken to the back for IV drips. I think they've been infected too."

"Where are those little devils?"

"No need to hold back, start now."

After a while, soldiers wearing gas masks on their faces ran over quickly.

Several people helped the cook who was infected away, and the rest of the people were not idle either.

They killed the Japanese baggage soldiers one by one.

This wave of Japanese devils suffered a lot. Almost every one of them watched their mothers die.

Yes, these Japanese soldiers all ate Song Wenwan’s Yunnan mushroom powder.

It was only after they had hallucinations that they were killed so easily by the soldiers of the supplementary brigade.

These soldiers from the Matsushima Division's rear guard battalion were all from the 3rd Division's supplementary brigade, and they were disguised as such after putting on makeup.

The captain was Section Chief Tang, who was in charge of the brigade’s engineering department.

He was also a veteran of the Gannan Allied Forces. In 1936, he had mastered the Japanese language.

Later, after further training under Yang Qingwen, he was able to dress up as a lieutenant colonel or a colonel without any problem.

Today he was personally leading a group of his men who were fluent or proficient in Japanese and tricked the Japanese into drinking this bowl of magic soup.

The pass here is indeed guarded by the Matsushima Division's rear guard battalion.

They were also making preparations to support the retreat of the Yoshitani Division.

The supplementary brigade of the 3rd Guerrilla Division occupied this place two hours in advance.

The method of replenishing the brigade was also very simple. First, they pretended to be a regiment of the Yoshitani Division and sneaked into the pass.

Then he said yes, he wanted to prepare a midnight snack for their main force.

The rest of the process is even easier, just cook pots of miso soup.

Then they invited the Japanese to taste a bowl of rice, and thus a modern version of "The Capture of the Birthday Gift" was staged.

They wiped out nearly 1,700 Japanese devils without firing a single shot.

The replacement brigade lost no more than fifty cooks who were doing various "role-playing" tasks.

That night, they used mushroom soup to wipe out nearly four thousand Japanese devils without bloodshed.

They have exceeded their target of tightening the pocket formation.

They quickly cleaned up the "crime scene" and began to rearrange the blocking position.

He also sent a telegram to Song Wenwan, "The gap in our department has been patched up. Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing."

The current supplementary brigade is very crazy, and the Japanese artillery regiment is very strong.

All the artillery and ammunition were captured by the replacement brigade.

This is an artillery battalion equipped with twelve 105mm howitzers.

There are also two artillery battalions equipped with twelve 75mm field guns.

Now Fang Zhixiao can imagine what it would be like with these thirty-six large-caliber artillery pieces.

Fang Zhixiao learned that the brigade commander had already heard that the guerrilla division was going to form the 9th and 10th divisions in the second war zone.

His supplementary brigade will become the only choice to form the Ninth Guerrilla Division after the Zhongtiaoshan Campaign.

Because in the Second War Zone in Shanxi, all the brigades in the guerrilla division were added together.

No one knew better than him that Brigade Commander Fa had so much heavy firepower.

At this time, Fang Zhixiao was very busy and gathered all his artillery together.

Let these artillerymen, who had at most used the Type 92 infantry gun in normal times, start to tackle the problem of how to use heavy artillery well.

Fortunately, they have their artillery battalion commander, an old man from the Gannan Artillery Division.

Not only does he know how to fire the 75mm field gun, he is also quite skilled at it.

It was in recent years that I came to the Second War Zone, and usually I could only encounter the Type 92 infantry gun.

The heavy artillery were all in the heavy artillery brigade, so he had no chance to use them.

The problem of the 75mm field guns has been solved, but the twelve 105mm howitzers can only be left in the field to gather dust.

At this moment, someone among the artillerymen suddenly raised his hand.

"Commander Fang, I might be able to use that 105mm howitzer."

The person who was speaking was Fan Zhengting, who graduated from the artillery department of the Central Military Academy of the Temporary Capital.

He originally wanted to follow Division Commander Xie Jinfang, but after arriving at the former 80th Army's position, Xie Jinfang changed his mind.

After all, Fan Zhengting was his junior fellow student at the Whampoa Military Academy.

It seems that he has had a hard time in the past few years since graduation, so I naturally have to give some pointers.

This is just a defensive battle of bluffing. I may not fire a single shot and wait for this battle to be over.

Since he won't get any credit at all, it would be better to let him go with the replenishment brigade. Maybe he can get some credit back.

Unexpectedly, Fan Zhengting's luck was quite good. He met Fang Zhixiao who was looking for a heavy artilleryman at Heifengkou.

Fang Zhixiao: "Weren't you introduced by Master Xie? Do you think you can handle these big guys?"

Fan Zhengting: "I have never used this kind of cannon. I learned it from an Italian instructor when I was in school.

The instructor was a very dedicated man. He asked the military academy to find a few carpenters.

Then the appearance was restored one to one and a wooden howitzer was made.

We learned how to operate this 105mm wooden howitzer from this Italian instructor."