The sun has fallen into the western sky, and the sky has become dark.
Accompanied by Shunsi Ogawara and Tamanosuke Ito, Akira Muto arrived at the Uakou Kempeitai garrison. The car the three of them were in had just entered the gate of the gendarmerie garrison when they saw a dozen trucks gliding through the parking lot. Line up, in front of these dozen trucks are two rows of three-wheeled motorcycles.
Dozens of trucks and three-wheeled motorcycles are parked together, and the visual effect is quite shocking.
Because the penetration rate of motor vehicles in the Japanese army is not high, except for the Guards Division and the First Division, other divisions, even the other fifteen permanent divisions, are not equipped with many vehicles.
"Okahara-san, how are you?" Muto Akira snarled at the trucks and motorcycles that were gliding around in the parking lot, with a proud look on his face. In order to mobilize these nineteen trucks and thirty-six sidecars, To build three-wheeled motorcycles, Muto Akira used a lot of connections and a lot of energy.
With these nineteen trucks and thirty-six three-wheeled motorcycles, he can transport three infantry squadrons plus an artillery squadron at a time to any desired location in a very short time. Of course, this Not only in Pukou, but also in Fengyang Town, he mobilized as many as fifteen trucks and twenty-six tricycles.
As soon as the car stopped, a major trotted forward, snapped his feet and stood at attention.
"Your Excellency, Colonel!" Major put his feet back and stood at attention, greeting Shoton Muto who had just gotten out of the car.
Muto Akira returned the military salute, and then introduced to Okahara: "This is Major Machida Yasuo, the captain of the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the Saga Regiment."
Machida Yasuo saluted Okaharaton again: "Sir!"
Oluhara returned the military salute and said in a deep voice: "Machida-san, are you ready?"
"Hai." Machida said with a heavy pause, "The 3rd Infantry Battalion is ready!"
"Yoshi." Oluhara Junsi nodded, and then said to Muto Akira, "Muto-san, all we can do next is wait, waiting for Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Brigade to come and throw themselves into the trap. "
Muto Akira smiled slightly. He said proudly: "Logically speaking, in order to ensure that this batch of military supplies can be safely transported to the Huaihe front line, I should hope that the Dameishan Independent Brigade will not come. But. Why now I hope that the Dameishan Independent Brigade will come?" What? Oluhara-san, do you think I’m a little proud?”
Xiaoluyuan Junsi then smiled slightly and said: "People must not be arrogant, but they must not be arrogant. Facing Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Brigade. If we just avoid the battle blindly, it will be too negative. If we can have a careful deployment , you should fight against the Dameishan Independent Brigade, Muto-san, you are not proud, but confident."
"Haha, you are right, it is confidence. The imperial army will win this battle!"
"Muto-san. We might as well go to the Military Police Headquarters and wait."
"Yoshi, let us wait here for the good news from the front line."
At that moment, Muto Akira, Ogahara, Ito Tamanosuke, Machida Yasuo and others laughed and walked to the military police headquarters, preparing to wait for the news here.
However, what is the old saying? It’s called extreme joy that gives rise to sorrow!
Not even half an hour after Muto Akira and others were happy, a communications staff officer from the military police hurried into the lounge with a telegram and a telegram with no beginning or end.
Muto Akira took the telegram copying paper from the hands of the communications staff, and saw four words written on it: We were attacked.
We suffered? What happened? Was attacked by the Chinese army? How many troops did the attacking squadron have? What is the specific battle situation? Where was it attacked? Is the Chinese ** team's offensive fierce? But there was nothing written in these telegrams. There were only four words on them, "We were attacked", and then nothing more.
Muto Akira was completely confused. What the hell was this
Okahara took the telegram from Akira Muto. Also confused.
Shaking the telegraph copy paper, Xiaoluyuan asked: "Are you sure the signal came from the military column?"
"Hai." The communications staff officer said with a heavy pause, "The code is absolutely correct, it's the military radio station."
"That's weird." Muto Zhang asked with a frown. "Why is there only such a half-sentence without beginning or end? What does it mean?"
"There are only two possibilities." The communications staff officer had obviously already thought of the answer and said in a deep voice, "The first is that the military train's radio station only had time to send out half a set of signals before it was destroyed by the enemy; the second is that the military train's radio station code and password It has been deciphered and this set of signals is from the enemy. The purpose is to confuse the public."
Muto Akira said flatly: "The radio code and secret code cannot be deciphered."
There is a reason why Akira Muto is so confident that the radio code and secret code will not be deciphered. This is because the Central China Front Army just changed the new secret code two days ago. Therefore, let alone Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Brigade, it is It is impossible for the Nationalist Government's Fuxing Society to decipher the new code so quickly.
"Then there is only one possibility left." The communications staff officer said, "The military radio station has been destroyed!"
"The military radio station has been destroyed?" Muto Akira sighed twice, and his expression suddenly changed.
The radio station of the military train was placed in one of the armored carriages. If the radio station was destroyed, wouldn't it mean that the armored carriage had also been destroyed? If even the armored carriages had been destroyed, wouldn't it mean that the military train had been destroyed? Someone intercepted it? How could this happen? How could this happen? how so? !
It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be!
Muto Akira turned around and stared at Okahara with gloomy eyes. His eyes seemed to be questioning Okahara: Didn't you say that the security measures of the military columns are foolproof
"This is impossible!" Okahara Junsi jumped up like a kitten whose tail was stepped on and shouted, "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. The radio station is inside the armored carriage. The steel plate of the armored carriage can withstand 20mm caliber. The machine cannons, based on the firepower level of the China Army, are simply impossible to blast away."
Speaking of this, four words suddenly flashed in Oluhara Junsi's mind: close attack!
Inertial thinking, damn inertial thinking. Because the firepower of the three armored carriages is powerful enough, coupled with the rotating turrets on the front and rear of the vehicle, the entire military column forms a closed fortress. Once the firepower is fully activated, unless the ammunition is exhausted, , otherwise the Chinese ** team would never even think about getting close to the military column.
Because the firepower of the military column was powerful enough, Oluhara Junsi formed a mental inertia and ignored the possibility of being attacked by the Chinese ** team. However, was the Chinese ** team really unable to attack at close range? Once the firepower is fully unleashed, once is a prerequisite, but what if it is too late to fully unleash the firepower? What will happen
In an instant, Oluhara Junsi's face darkened, and he said in a low voice: "Unless..."
Okahara Junsi's voice was very soft, but Muto Akira still heard it and immediately asked: "Unless what."
Oluhara Junsi's facial muscles twitched twice, his face became very ugly, and he said: "Unless you attack at close range."
"Close attack?" Akira Muto, who had not yet come out of his habitual thinking, said, "This is absolutely impossible. There are three armored carriages hidden in the military column, and each armored carriage is equipped with six Type 92 heavy machine guns. Faced with this With so much firepower, how could the Chinese army get close to the military columns and attack at close range?"
"Muto-san, it's actually possible." Xiao Luyuan said weakly, "If the Chinese team can kill the sentries at the front and rear of the car silently, they will have a chance to get to the roof of the armored car before the firepower is fully unleashed. Then they can approach and attack from the roof, and they can throw grenades into the compartment through the shooting holes, but the Type 92 heavy machine gun placed in the armored compartment cannot threaten the Chinese troops on the roof."
"Nani?" Muto Zhang was stunned for a moment.
Akira Muto never expected that there would be such a fatal flaw in the seemingly impeccable security measures. If the Chinese ** team really launched a close attack like Oluhara said, then the seemingly powerful three-section armor would Not only do the carriages fail to exert their power, they also become their greatest weakness.
"That's not right." Muto Akira was not a fool to become the deputy chief of staff of the Central China Front. He quickly discovered the problem and roared angrily, "That's not right either. Our confidentiality measures are to the extreme. China People don’t even know there are three armored carriages like this, how could they prepare in advance?”
Indeed, if the squadron did not know the existence of the three armored carriages, then after stopping the military column, the first reaction would be to rush forward and open the carriages excitedly, instead of sending people to the roof to prepare to attack them from the roof. The military column approaches and attacks, otherwise are the Chinese still human? Wouldn’t he become a god who predicts the future
As a result, the three armored carriages would have the opportunity to use full firepower, and the Chinese team would have no chance to get on the roof, let alone carry out a close attack.
"This is exactly where I am confused." Oluhara took a deep breath and added, "However, Muto-san, now is not the time to explore this. The top priority is to dispatch Pukou, Fengyang and Pucheng quickly. reinforcements, no matter what, there must be no mistakes in this batch of military supplies."
"Uh, yes." Akira Muto woke up from his dream and quickly turned to Machida to tell him, "Machida-san, hurry up and get reinforcements!"
"Hai!" Machida Yasuo paused heavily, turned around and left, but after taking two steps, he immediately turned back and asked with a grimace, "But, Colonel, where should reinforcements be sent?"
Isn't it? The military radio station didn't even have time to report where it was attacked.
However, this was not difficult for Oluhara Junsi. Oluhara strode to the map, pointed at the map and said: "The traveling speed of the military column is about 20 kilometers per hour. Judging from the time, we should have arrived at Huilonggou by now. Nearby, yes, Huilonggou, it should be Huilonggou, you rush to support Huilonggou."
"Hai!" Machida Yasuo then walked away. (To be continued.)