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Chapter 1826 Shanhaiguan 2

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    Those trebuchets can throw oil barrels weighing more than ten kilograms directly into the Japanese army's Shanhaiguan city wall.

    At noon, these trebuchets were assembled. More than 50 trebuchets, like 50 giants, stood outside the city wall.

    Luo Xinghe looked at the watch on his wrist. At this time, most of their soldiers were still sleeping to catch up on their sleep.

    Last night¡¯s journey under the stars made these soldiers very tired.

    It¡¯s now half an hour before 1:00 noon.

    If what he expected was correct, the fighter jets and bombers in the Chahar area had already taken off and were flying towards this side.

    These pilots, in the early hours of this morning, had just completed a large-scale support mission across the city.

    They threw a large amount of supplies, weapons and ammunition into the city.

    ¡°Then he asked the ground troops to install a large number of napalm and aerial bombs inside their cabins.

    When the hatch is opened, these explosives can be thrown directly at the Japanese army.

    The Japanese troops in Shanhaiguan were currently thinking about how Luo Xinghe and his troops would launch an attack on them.

    The existence of those trebuchets made the Japanese commanders think that the enemy might launch huge stones instead of heavy artillery to destroy their city walls.

    Then let the armored troops, covering the infantry, launch an attack on the city wall.

    When the city wall is breached through Shanhaiguan, they will have no way to defend.

    Therefore, the Japanese commander determined that as long as all the enemy's trebuchets were destroyed, the enemy would lose a means of destroying the city wall.

    As for the enemy's heavy artillery troops, they have not seen them yet.

    If the enemy's heavy artillery troops also arrive, they will inevitably bombard them at this time.

    Therefore, the Japanese commander judged that the enemy did not arrive with heavy artillery troops, because the enemy still needed to attack Beiping City, and their heavy artillery troops could not support two lines at the same time.

    There is nothing wrong with his judgment.

    But he misjudged the purpose of those trebuchets.

    Those trebuchets were not meant to launch stones, but to launch oil drums and glassware filled with napalm at them.

    Luo Xinghe and the others put a fuse around the oil drum filled with napalm.

    These fuses will ignite the gasoline inside after burning for a period of time.

    The rapidly burning gasoline will explode in the barrel, forming a bomb.

    They carefully calculated the distance of the throw.

    One conclusion we can draw is that when these gasoline barrels fly to a distance of about 2 kilometers, they will explode in the air, causing maximum damage to the Japanese army.

    So they placed the trebuchets in a good position to ensure that these trebuchets could be launched.  Let these napalm barrels and glass vessels filled with napalm explode just above the heads of the Japanese troops.

    Luo Xinghe looked at the approximate time. When there were still 20 minutes before the official attack, he said: "Order the troops to assemble immediately and prepare for the attack. At the same time, prepare the trebuchets for launch."

    "Yes! Chief of Staff!"

    The soldier next to him said loudly and immediately began to convey his orders.

    The soldiers who were either lying on the ground or in the car heard the whistle of the emergency assembly and immediately woke up from their sleep, and then began to assemble quickly.

    They arranged the battle formation and were ready to wait for the next attack order. It only took them 15 minutes to do this.

    At this moment, in the sky behind them, a formation of bombers and fighter jets had begun to fly towards Shanhaiguan where the Japanese troops were stationed.

    This time, not only bombers and fighter jets, but even transport aircraft were temporarily mobilized to participate in this offensive.

    Because these transport planes cannot carry out bombing.

    ¡°But after the hatch behind it is opened, explosives such as napalm barrels can be pushed directly through the hatch.

    Then they fell into Shanhaiguan where the Japanese troops were stationed. As long as these napalm barrels fell, they were likely to be ignited.

    When the time comes, it will explode, causing maximum casualties to the Japanese army.

    Luo Xinghe looked at the watch on his wrist. At this time, the distance was scheduled to beThe attack time is only 5 minutes.

    At this time, he could already hear a buzzing sound coming from behind.

    That was the buzzing sound formed by the formation of fighter jets and bombers.

    The sound was like a continuous muffled thunder, echoing in people's ears.

    Hearing these sounds, Luo Xinghe's soldiers began to cheer.

    Because they know that this is their own air force, not the Japanese army.

    On the contrary, when the Japanese troops stationed in Shanhaiguan heard the roar of the planes, they began to climb up to the front of the city and looked at the formation of bombers flying towards them in the distance like migratory birds.

    They have long heard that the Fourth Army has a very powerful air force. Even their own aviation cannot compare with these air forces.

    Even when fighting this air force, they paid a very heavy price, which made the Japanese aviation force avoid the air force of the Fourth Army.

    "Escape immediately! The enemy is about to start bombing!"

    The Japanese commander shouted at the soldiers on the city wall.

    And other Japanese soldiers stationed in the pass also looked for places to take shelter.

    They did not have air raid shelters, but simply dug some trenches within the pass.

    Because the location of Shanhaiguan, in the eyes of the Japanese army, is a location that will never be attacked by the enemy.

    But they didn¡¯t expect that in just a few years, the enemy would already attack.

    Therefore, the various defense facilities in the city were seriously insufficient, so they could only use local materials to simply reinforce the city walls and dig some trenches for combat use in the city.

    As a result, before the air force arrived, more than 50 trebuchets commanded by Luo Xinghe began to bombard the Japanese city walls indiscriminately.

    With an order, the trebuchets fired barrels of napalm directly onto the Japanese city walls or into Shanhaiguan.

    The Japanese soldiers inside the pass saw black cylindrical objects flying overhead, and for a moment they were a little curious about what they were.

    However, they soon realized that those things should be bombs.

    Just as those napalm barrels flew over their heads, the fuses inside also began to ignite the napalm inside.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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