Anti-Japanese War: The whole world is a base vehicle

Chapter 95 Pre-war reconnaissance! (Subscribe!)
Qinzhou, the scouts sent by Zhou Weiguo have infiltrated here.

After witnessing the true combat effectiveness of the Qinzhou Security Corps, Zhou Weiguo, after a brief familiarization, immediately sent all his scouts to infiltrate Qinzhou and conduct reconnaissance, responsible for gathering intelligence on the Japanese army.

At this time, at the foot of a mountain not far from Qinzhou.

Five figures were walking one after another on a dirt road at the foot of the hillside.

Their movements were very slow.

Not only that, his body was wrapped with branches and dry grass.

If they just lay on the ground like this, no one would be able to tell that they were living people unless you looked carefully.

At this time, the leading soldier stopped, then lay on the ground, put his right ear close to the ground, as if listening to something.

After a while, he climbed up, clenched his right fist and raised it upwards, and the four soldiers behind him stopped immediately.

After seeing the gesture, they quickly gathered around the soldier.

"Squad leader? What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Their mission was to find out the Japanese troops near Qinzhou and their troop distribution.

Lu Yuhua had no idea how many Japanese troops there were in Qinzhou, so he could only rely on Zhou Weiguo to make his own judgment.

Zhou Weiguo himself had rich combat experience, so he deployed scouts widely to find out the movements of the Japanese army.

According to his understanding, the Japanese had suffered such a great loss and must be like a frightened bird, so their defense must be very tight.

"Hurry up and disperse and hide, a large group of people are coming!" the man called the squad leader said hurriedly.

"What? There's a large group of people?" The soldier next to him still didn't believe it.

"Well, disperse immediately. There should be at least one large team, or even more." The squad leader said confidently.

Upon hearing this, the others immediately scattered to the side of the road without saying a word. Some hid beside dead trees, and some hid in hollows.

In less than a minute, the five people had hidden themselves. Even if someone walked up to them, they wouldn't be able to tell that there were people hiding there.

You can only see it if you stop and observe carefully.

But who would be that bored?

Sure enough, after a while, the ground began to shake, and soon a huge convoy drove over from the distance.

Leading the way was a Japanese truck filled with soldiers, with a light machine gun mounted on the roof.

More importantly, these machine guns fired at the distance from time to time.

Obviously, this is for safety.

"Strange, why are the Japanese troops leaving the city from the direction of Qinzhou? Are they going to launch an attack?" The leading soldier looked confused.

"They seem to have stopped. Are they going to deploy defenses?"

"Wait, it seems like they are really setting up defenses."

"Send a telegram to the regiment headquarters immediately and tell them that the Japanese are setting up a defense line outside Qinzhou. There is about one regiment. As for other places, they are still conducting reconnaissance."

"Yes!"

"Sergeant, should we continue our reconnaissance? There shouldn't be any Japanese troops leaving the city, right?" a soldier couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, this is almost a regiment of Japanese troops. There shouldn't be any soldiers left, right? Didn't they say there are only about 3,000 people left in Qinzhou? Can we go back now?"

"no!"

"It's not the time to go back yet. The Japanese army's way of marching is scattered. Who knows where they are hiding their soldiers. We must find out." The squad leader shook his head and refused.

"If we don't find out clearly, we won't go back today. Otherwise, once the war starts, if we don't find out the Japanese army's deployment in time, it will affect the deployment of the superiors. When the Japanese army appears out of nowhere, we will definitely suffer a great loss."

"The mountains are high and the forests are dense. We don't know where the Japanese soldiers are hiding. If something goes wrong, neither you nor I will be able to escape. We must find out."

"Yes." The other four soldiers looked at each other and found that it was indeed the case.

After all, there are mountains all around, and if we hide some soldiers on any hilltop, they really won't know.

So they had to find out whether the Japanese had deployed troops in other places.

"Squad leader, the Japanese are not as powerful as we imagined."

"Yes, our weapons are so powerful, and the Japanese are just like that."

A great victory made many soldiers a little arrogant, thinking that the Japanese were just so-so.

In fact, if it weren't for the powerful firepower and the three months of military training that the mobilized soldiers had received, those soldiers who had just put down their farm tools would have been no different from targets in front of the Japanese.

"Okay, the Japanese are not as weak as we thought. We achieved this victory because of our advanced weapons. Don't let victory get to your head. Hurry up and conduct reconnaissance."

"Yes."

Although several people were somewhat disapproving, they still followed the squad leader's orders and continued to hide.

Sure enough, after a while, the ground began to tremble again.

In the distance, I saw a long convoy coming from a distance.

Leading the way were motorcycles, followed by trucks one after another.

There was a cannon hanging behind the truck.

At the same time, billowing dust covered the entire sky.

This time it took about an hour for the convoy to completely disappear into the distance.

He was almost discovered by the Japanese who were slacking off to pee.

If the Japanese had not been called back by their superiors at the last moment, they would probably have been discovered.

"That was a close call. I was almost discovered just now."

"There are still Japanese soldiers. Judging from their marching route, they seem to be going there to set up artillery positions, right?"

"It should be, and it's an artillery regiment. The Japanese have put a lot of effort into defending Qinzhou."

Hearing this, the monitor's face didn't look very good. He then took a deep breath and said.

"Send a telegram to the regiment headquarters immediately and report the situation here to the commander in chief."

"After reporting, immediately catch up with the Japanese and see where they have deployed their artillery positions. Record the coordinates as soon as possible."

"Yes."

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Not long after, Zhou Weiguo's command center received the report from the scouts.

It should be said that he received many telegrams from scouts.

The news after summary is.

In addition to setting up an outer defense line, the Japanese army also secretly hid an artillery position.

It is obvious that this is to give the troops attacking Qinzhou a warning.

After all, if it is set up in the city, it will be easy to find.

But if it is hidden in the mountains, it may be difficult to find it in a short time.

And it’s not that easy to find the other party’s coordinates.

"These Japanese have learned their lesson and know how to deploy artillery outside the city in advance." Zhou Weiguo looked at the telegram without much expression.

Or rather, he had long been accustomed to it, and he was very familiar with the habits of the Japanese army.

"Commander, how about I take some people to take out the Japanese's artillery positions?" Xu Hu asked in a low voice.

Xu Hu was already accustomed to this kind of infiltration operations, and he could even speak fluent Japanese.

Pretending to be a Japanese soldier is not a problem at all.

As long as we can find the Japanese artillery position, we will definitely be able to kill the enemy.

This is Xu Hu's confidence.

"There's no need for that. Besides, this time it's an artillery regiment. The Japs will definitely block it very tightly. I'm afraid not even a fly can fly in." Zhou Weiguo waved his hand and rejected his suggestion.

If it were in the past, he might have agreed to this plan.

They were even prepared to exchange an entire team for the Japanese artillery positions.

But it is totally unnecessary now.

According to the information sent by Lu Yuhua, the heavy artillery is on the move and is expected to arrive at the designated location in a few days.

By then, the range of the heavy artillery will be enough to destroy the enemy from thousands of miles away.

There is absolutely no need to waste human lives.

After all, he now has heavy artillery, so why not use it?

According to the German military philosophy, all firepower advantages must be utilized.

"Commander, are you planning to use your heavy artillery to give the Japanese a hard time?" Xu Hu couldn't help but ask.

If they don't let him go out, it means they are going to use heavy artillery.

"Yes, more than ten heavy artillery pieces. Such terrifying firepower was probably only available in the Battle of Shanghai back then. When have we fought such a powerful battle since then?" Zhou Weiguo chuckled.

Speaking of which, his family is indeed very wealthy now.

To put it bluntly, any company could defeat Qingfeng Village at that time.

Do not!
It should be said that it was a platoon! The firepower of a company exceeded that of the independent regiment on Hutoushan Mountain.

"Colonel William, what do you think?" Zhou Weiguo knew that Colonel William was his deputy commander, specifically responsible for attacking Qinzhou, so he had to ask for his opinion appropriately.

Because Zhou Weiguo studied in Germany, he speaks fluent German, so there was no difficulty in communication between the two sides.

"First, knock out their artillery regiment, and then use heavy artillery to bombard the rest. As for the Japanese fighter planes, don't worry. Your land commander has already agreed to support an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and there are also fighter planes, so there is no threat from the air." Colonel William basically agreed with Zhou Weiguo's idea.

Without artillery, the remaining Japanese troops could be manipulated at will.

Using heavy artillery, the entire Qinzhou was bombed into ruins, leaving the Japanese soldiers with no choice but to jump into the sea or wait for death.

Of course, maybe the Japanese army will have reinforcements.

But it's not important.

Hearing this, Zhou Weiguo was surprised. There is also an anti-aircraft artillery regiment?

What exactly does Lu Yuhua do?

wrong!

The question should be, what is his relationship with the Germans?
How could the Germans help him so wholeheartedly?
He really couldn't understand it!
Although he really wanted to ask, he knew that he should never ask questions that he shouldn't ask.

So he held it back and then said another sentence.

"Then wait for the heavy artillery to arrive and for the scouts to find out the location of the Japanese artillery regiment."

After saying that, Zhou Weiguo looked at Colonel William again, only to see him nod expressionlessly.

He knew that the other party agreed with his plan.

On the other side, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army in Qinzhou City was looking at the topographic map of Qinzhou, constantly thinking about how to deploy defenses.

This is their last territory in Guangxi. If we lose it too.

All that is left for them is to jump into the sea.

So he had to think of a way to figure out how to defend Qinzhou.

It is not realistic to just defend the city, defense lines must be set up on the periphery.

After some thought, he decided to send out an infantry regiment to set up a defense line outside Qinzhou.

Not only that, the artillery regiment that escaped from the heavy artillery brigade was also sent out.

Find a hidden place, build an artillery position, and provide artillery support at any time.

The plan is really good, at least it seems there won't be any problems.

The only problem was that he didn't expect to be discovered.

"What about the Army Aviation? What did they say? Will they send fighter jets to support?" Because he could not contact Kuna Seiichi, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake could only rely on his own name to urge the Army Aviation to send fighter jets.

The result was that those from the Army Aviation said they needed orders from the military.

This made Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake very angry.

"They still refused to send fighter jets for support without orders from the military." The communications staff officer looked helpless.

"Forget it, send a telegram to the South China Front Army immediately and ask them for help." There was no other way, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake could only report to a higher level.

The 22nd Army is under the jurisdiction of the South China Front Army. Normally, it does not report to higher levels, but now Kuna Seiichi cannot be contacted.

Moreover, he vaguely felt that the Chinese army would never watch them occupy Qinzhou, so there would definitely be a big battle next.

It’s better to arrange everything first.

This is why he is anxious.

"Hay."

After the communications staff left, Major General Sakurada Takeshi, who had been silent, spoke.

"Mr. Baiwu, I'm afraid the military can't be contacted. They are invincible in Annan and are said to have taken Hanoi. The headquarters has held several meetings recently and the results should be out soon."

"Oh? Do you have any news?" Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake asked curiously.

"It is said that the Army Minister is going to be replaced. Not only that, but the cabinet will even be re-formed." Major General Sakurada Takeshi glanced around and then said in a low voice.

"What? We need to re-form the cabinet?" Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake was completely confused.

This news is really explosive, isn’t it?
"Could it be Hideki Tojo?" Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake guessed.

"Yes, it is very likely him. He has now been promoted to Vice Minister of the Army and will probably become Minister of the Army soon." Major General Sakurada Takeshi said again.

This time, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake was completely stunned.

I worked very hard to get to where I am today.

As a result, he easily became the Deputy Minister of the Army.

But considering that the other party has a good father, it seems that this is not a problem.

"In other words, it won't be long before we head south?" Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake took a deep breath and asked.

"Yes, it should be during this period. The battle of Annan has been tested. Britain and France are just paper tigers. I believe we should be able to take over Southeast Asia easily." Sakurada Takeshi said with excitement on his face.

Now Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake became even more curious. Why were they so excited about going south?
Sure enough, Major General Sakurada Takeshi spoke.

"There is a rumor that the Imperial Guards Division will be split into two, and then it will become two divisions."

Upon hearing this, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake immediately understood that this meant he wanted to become the new commander of the Imperial Guards Division.

The reason why so many people support moving south is that once the scale of the war expands, the army will be expanded and countless people will be promoted.

That’s why I was so excited when I heard about going south.

Even Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Because he also had his eyes on the position of commander of the 22nd Army.

Since the move south is a foregone conclusion, it means that the commander of the 22nd Army will definitely be promoted.

Then you can definitely fight for the vacant position.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake's eyes flashed with a gleam of light.

"Your Excellency the division commander, the heavy artillery regiment has arrived at the designated location and is setting up artillery positions." At this time, the combat staff officer came in and reported.

Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake nodded, looked at the map, and thought about how to deploy the troops.

If you want to go further, you naturally have to make certain contributions.

The best way is to prove himself to the headquarters with a great victory in Qinzhou and that he is capable enough to be the commander of the 22nd Army.

"Your Excellency the division commander, if all the troops are sent outside the city, isn't that too dispersed?" Major General Sakurada Takeshi asked doubtfully.

Hearing this, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake shook his head, and then spoke in a serious tone.

"If it was before, I would definitely not do this, but it's different now. First of all, we can be sure that the Chinese army has a large number of heavy artillery, and the range is far beyond ours. If we concentrate our forces in the city, we will become targets for the Chinese army."

Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake looked helpless.

We didn’t have to consider these things before, but now we have to consider the opponent’s heavy artillery.

Hearing this, Major General Sakurada Takeshi could only remain silent.

"And the range of our heavy artillery is obviously not as good as that of the Chinese army." Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake's tone was a little disappointed. Although he didn't want to admit it, this was the fact.

Their heavy artillery is indeed inferior to that of the Chinese army.

This is very uncomfortable.

In the past, their heavy artillery was always the most powerful.

As a result, we can only find other ways to extend the range of heavy artillery.

It would definitely not work if we put it in the city, we can only passively take the beating.

"More importantly, the Chinese army still has fighter planes. If it weren't for those damn fighter planes, we wouldn't have lost Pumiao Town." Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake said this almost gritting his teeth.

He had already figured out that those fighter planes were German BF109 fighters.

The performance is far superior to their fighter jets.

Faced with such a tough enemy, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake really racked his brains to come up with every possible means to shorten the gap between the two sides as much as possible.

When did he ever need to think about this?
Who knew that times would change so fast.

He was somewhat caught off guard.

"Those damn Germans, it's all their fault. They actually broke their promise and provided weapons aid again." Major General Sakurada Takeshi gritted his teeth every time he mentioned this topic.

"I heard that the headquarters has decided to form an alliance with the Germans? What did they say about weapons assistance?" This is what Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake was curious about.

If they can force the other party to stop providing weapons assistance, then they still have hope for revenge.

If the aid is not stopped, then they should consider whether to choose to evacuate Qinzhou.

Who knew that the well-informed Major General Sakurada Takeshi also shook his head.

"I don't know. Both sides seem to avoid discussing this issue. But some private gossips say that these weapons were not provided by the Germans at all, but by other forces."

"What?" Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Momotake was confused. Other forces?

Who else could have gotten so many German weapons?
Are all Germans stupid?

(End of this chapter)