Chapter 244 Sneak Attack

Okamura Yasuji observed the deep meaning in Noda's eyes from the corner of his eyes, but he was not moved at all. He still lowered his head and remained silent, as if he didn't care about this kind of reward that had not become a reality.

"In addition, in order to ensure that you successfully take down Yucheng, I specially brought you mysterious weapons." Then Aoki Xuanchun suddenly lowered her voice and said mysteriously.

"Oh, what mysterious weapon is it?" Noda immediately opened his eyes wide and asked.

"It is the latest helicopter developed by the Japanese army. Six of them have been produced in Japan. Two of them have been specially won by the Chinese war zone and added to the Shandong Legion. Now it can be allocated to the 12th Legion to help you conquer the city and territories." Aoki said with a serious look.

"That's great. The things the commander brought were really a timely rain. With the helicopter, our army's combat power will increase immediately." Noda was a little surprised and exclaimed in surprise.

"But I don't understand why Japan developed this kind of equipment so quickly. I heard that the manufacturing technology of helicopters is more complicated than that of ordinary fighters?" Noda then looked puzzled.

"Of course it is the credit of the Japanese agents. Japanese agents in China have provided us with a large amount of technical information, so Japan is fortunate to be ahead of the Europeans and obtain this new weapon manufacturing technology. Now the advantages of the Zhenguo army will soon disappear, and the Japanese army will not be far away from the south of China." Aoki himself has been an agent for many years and is quite familiar with intelligence work. He immediately nodded and praised.

"Oh, so that's it." Noda nodded and smiled sinisterly.

"I didn't expect that Japan would rely on the Chinese to achieve technological progress now. It was really time and time again." Okamura Nishiji, who had not spoken, was happy when he heard that Japan had built a helicopter, and then looked up and sighed.

"In order to keep Japan's leading position on the Chinese people forever, the military leaders unanimously agreed that we must stifle the rapid development momentum of China in the bud, otherwise there will be endless troubles. Therefore, we will come to China to participate in the sacred battle to defend the Japanese Empire. We must not let the backward Chinese people walk ahead of us under the leadership of Li Tiancheng. That will be a shame for the Yamato nation and something that the Japanese cannot allow." Aoki Nobuchun nodded and responded in a deep voice.

"Come on, cheers, let's wish the Noda Division commander a victory." Aoki then raised his glass and drank with the two of them. Okamura's expression was still gloomy. He did not seem to have a brilliant outlook for the outcome of this battle.

On the night of October 10, the 28th Army headquarters in Tai'an, Shandong Province was brightly lit. The Army Chief of Staff Tong Baoxuan was in charge and personally served as the commander of the Zhenguo Army's ace unit. He also served as the commander of the 28th Army commander and went to the front line to command the battle.

"Report to the Chief of Staff, our reconnaissance force reconnaissed the enemy's abnormal movements." At around eight o'clock, the correspondent reported to Tong Baoxuan the telegram sent just from the Yucheng Brigade Department.

"What is it written on it?" After years of baptism, Tong Baoxuan, who was only thirty years old, had a trace of elegance on his face. He turned his head slightly and asked in a deep voice.

"The main force of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army is moving towards Yucheng, which may be because the Japanese army needs to have a major action plan."

"Okay, I understand. I call back and ask the 2nd Brigade of the 16th Division to strengthen its vigilance and intensify its reconnaissance activities. We must pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army." Tong Baoxuan's brows slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he responded.

"Yes" the correspondent turned around and left.

"Does the Japanese take the initiative?" Tong Baoxuan has been in a state of nervousness these days, because according to the air force's reconnaissance, the Japanese have sent a large number of troops to land in Dongying, Shandong. Obviously, this operation was prepared.

"Relay me the phone number of Wang Bocai, the commander of the 16th Division." Tong Baoxuan thought for a long time, his eyes lit up, and he immediately had a plan, so he decisively shouted to the military secretary Xiao Xiao.

At 2 a.m. on October 11, the 12th Division of the Japanese Army had arrived fifty kilometers outside the city, and was only more than twenty kilometers away from a company stationed at the forefront of the 2nd Brigade of the 16th Division of the Zhenguo Army. Although the high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft of the Zhenguo Army had limited reconnaissance capabilities at night, the whereabouts of the large troops could not escape their eyes. The Zhenguo Army had already grasped the movements of the division and made a preliminary judgment.

As the sky was just bright, it was located on a hill in the northeast of Yucheng. In the camp of a company of Zhenguo Army, the soldiers started to do morning exercises and started to move. This hill was the most cutting-edge position of the 12th Division of Zhenguo Army. The soldiers of Zhenguo Army got up as if nothing had happened, and there was no change at all as usual.

Six scouts from a Japanese reconnaissance team were approaching quietly. They touched a small hill, five hundred meters away from the hill, and began to conduct sneak reconnaissance activities on the position.

"It is estimated that there is only one Chinese company here to garrison, but there is no change in the same way, and the Chinese have not increased their troops to defend." A Japanese soldier muttered.

"Yoxi, go back and report to the colonel." A Japanese sergeant said.

The scouts then began to retreat and sent the message back to the division headquarters of the 12th Division with a telegraph.

"Report to the chief, the telegram from the reconnaissance battalion, and the reconnaissance results from various places found no abnormalities in the Zhenguo army. As usual, the troops' garrison did not change at all." The correspondent was reporting to Noda Kazuichi for the past few days.

"It seems that our urgent march at night did not attract the attention of the Chinese people. We ordered the Sakata United to immediately launch an attack on the strongholds outside the Yucheng of Zhenguo Army. In cooperation with the First and Third Regiments, we surrounded a brigade of the Chinese people outside the city, and tried to capture Yucheng in one fell swoop." Noda Kawa made up his mind. After all the reconnaissance results showed no strange phenomena, he was determined to launch a bold attack with confidence.

The three regiments of the 12th Japanese Division began to be divided into three directions, advancing from the southwest, south and southeast respectively. The second registrar was responsible for the attack on the center line and began to move quickly towards Yucheng. The commander of the regiment was a colonel named Sakataya. He was over 40 years old, with a big belly, a round head, and a slender and thick beard.

"Colonel, our vanguard battalion has arrived at the forefront of the Chinese garrison." The correspondent reported the position information of the troops on the side.

"Order them to launch an attack immediately, and the artillery brigade fired and provided fire support. We must break through this stronghold in as short as possible so that our army can march straight into and attack the brigade headquarters of the Chinese people." Sakata's eyes flashed sharply, and he issued a battle order in a cold voice.

"Boom, the rumbling sound of cannons came from the defense of Zhenguo Army. The sound of cannons immediately broke the peace of Yucheng. The people in Yucheng heard the sound of cannons. They realized that fierce battles broke out outside the city. The people who had been walking the streets outside ran back home immediately, staying in the door, in case of being injured by stray bullets outside.

The Japanese radio correspondent immediately heard the Zhenguo Army's password radio station began to send frequent reports, and immediately fell into a busy state, indicating that the opponent had an emergency.

On the front line of the Zhenguo Army, they seemed very panicked. The soldiers seemed to have not expected the sudden attacks launched by the enemy at all. The soldiers ran out of the barracks in panic and rushed to fight the enemy. Then they began to block the attack with mortars and rifles, trying to stop the Japanese army's rapid offensive momentum.

"Have the Chinese brigade troops in Yucheng dispatched to support?" The Sakataya people continued to inquire about the situation of the battle.

"Report to the Colonel that the Chinese did not send reinforcements to support the company, and they seemed to want to give up the position."

"Yoxi, it's too late for the Chinese to support. Our other two regiments have encircled from both sides. Once their troops are heading towards our army, they will be attacked from both sides. I think the Chinese people dare not come to help." Sakata touched his beard a few times and smiled twice.

"Order the troops to launch the most violent charge immediately, capture the position No. 25, and then advance towards Yucheng." Sakata issued an offensive order, because this battle was a sudden launch of a sneak attack, and the Japanese army was caught off guard by the National Army, so try to launch a fast charge in the shortest time, so that the enemy could lose their positions before they could resist.

About 400 Japanese troops from the two squadrons began to charge violently at the No. 25 position they marked on the map. Under the cover of artillery fire, the Japanese army quickly rushed to the top of the mountain, but there had been no sound of gunfire coming from the Zhenguo Army's position before. Then they found that the Zhenguo soldiers had abandoned their positions one after another, and in the distance they were full of Zhenguo soldiers running wildly. More than 100 soldiers in a company were outnumbered. Without reinforcements, they had to choose to give up their positions.

"The Chinese have given up their positions and chased them for me." A Japanese squadron leader roared wildly, looking at the light and heavy machine guns, rifles, and several mortars abandoned by the Zhenguo Army on the position, he smiled knowingly.

The Japanese army easily occupied the No. 25 position. Subsequent reconnaissance showed that most of a brigade of Zhenguo Army was still huddled in the defense area twenty kilometers outside Yucheng, less than ten kilometers away from the Japanese vanguard.

"Boom boom boom." The large Japanese troops entered the range of Zhenguo's artillery, and the two sides began to attack each other. Zhenguo's position soon fell into dense Japanese artillery shells, and the Japanese positions were also violently bombarded by Zhenguo's army.

Nearly 4,000 people from the First Regiment of the 12th Division of the Japanese Army were launching an attack on the right wing, and 4,000 people from the Third Regiment were surrounding the attack on the left wing. The three regiments launched fierce attacks from the southeast and southwest and the middle line respectively to the location of the Zhenguo Military Department...
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