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Chapter 1,342: Contest before the war (1)

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    While the ground troops were preparing for war, Okamura Neiji was worried that Li Guoyao's headquarters was detecting an abnormal transfer of troops, and immediately decided to send aviation troops to launch an all-round bombing of the Sumushan area.

    The so-called all-round bombing means that all aerial bombs will be dropped as soon as the aviation force arrives, regardless of time, location, or whether it is worth taking action.

    Following the order of Okamura Neiji, the 44th Reconnaissance Team of the 3rd Flying Regiment of the North China Front bombed the main village of Sumushan on December 11, but it did not cause any damage to Li Guoyao's troops because that day  Although Sumu Mountain was sunny, there were almost no decent buildings, so the Japanese bombers mistakenly thought they were in the wrong place and used the training ground as a barracks and headquarters.

    After an indiscriminate bombing, it only destroyed several watchtowers and armories on the training ground, causing minimal losses to the Jiujiu Army.

    On the 12th, the Japanese army once again dispatched bombers to Sumu Mountain. This time they targeted Qingyun Village to the north of Sumu Mountain.

    However, the well-prepared air defense troops quickly attacked, and the anti-aircraft firepower network composed of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns opened fire. The battle lasted for an hour. Although the Japanese army blew up some ground buildings in Qingyun Village, they also suffered heavy casualties.  Seven fighter planes were shot down and four were damaged.

    In the next few days, Japanese fighter planes continued to visit Sumu Mountain, and both sides had their own victories and defeats.

    However, starting from the 15th, the Japanese bombing targets were not only limited to the garrison villages in the Sumu Mountain area, but also began to carry out large-scale bombing of villages at the foot of the mountain.

    At two o'clock in the afternoon on the 15th, nine Japanese fighter planes bombed Dashahe Village in the east of Sumu Mountain, causing more than 50 houses to be destroyed, more than 20 civilians to be killed and injured, and some livestock to be killed.

    On the same day, another six Japanese fighter planes visited Zhouzhuang in the northwest of Sumu Mountain, causing a large number of houses to be destroyed and many people to be injured.

    Fortunately, starting from the 16th, strong winds blew in the Sumushan area, and the sky was covered with yellow sand. The visibility on the ground was reduced to an extreme. Japanese fighter planes were unable to dispatch, and the bombing stopped immediately.

    But the Japanese troops on the ground also used this nearly a week to complete preparations for war. A large number of troops were assembled in the towns outside Sumu Mountain, ready to march towards Sumu Mountain at any time.

    However, the various actions of the Japanese army could not be hidden from Li Guoyao. When his aviation troops bombed Sumu Mountain non-stop, Li Guoyao realized that the little devils were going to do something, otherwise he would not have wasted so much ammunition bombing up and down the mountain.

    At the moment, he assigned the task to the intelligence department to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese and puppet troops in several nearby important towns.

    At the same time, he sent people to contact Hastureng to see if there was any news from them.

    On December 19, Li Guoyao was deducing tactics on the sand table with several combat staff at the headquarters. As a result, he saw Xu Ziyu walking in from the outside with a solemn face and several telegrams in his hand.

    "Chief, something happened!" Xu Ziyu said in a solemn tone as soon as they met.

    "Don't panic, the sky won't fall down, just talk about it!" Li Guoyao said calmly.

    "Chief Commander, I have already found out what you asked our Special Service Group Six to investigate. The little Japs in Datong, Guisui, Zhangjiakou and other places are indeed mobilized frequently, and there is indeed the possibility of attacking our unit."

    Li Guoyao took a sip of water and asked: "What's so surprising about this? Isn't it all expected? As the saying goes, the soldiers will block the water and the soil will cover them. If he hits him, we can just take the blow. Why are you so serious?"

    "Chief, this time is different. The Japs have gathered a large number of elite troops from multiple directions. It seems they plan to swallow us up in one go!"

    "Haha, the little devils were not of this virtue that time, but did they succeed once? Not to mention our temporary ninth army, even if they dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to deal with the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi and central Hebei, they still failed. I think they  I still have bad teeth!¡±

    As soon as he finished speaking, the headquarters burst into laughter!

    "Having said that, we have to be on guard. After all, there are not only our troops in Sumu Mountain, but also a large number of miners and prisoners of war. Once surrounded by heavy Japanese troops, the consequences will be disastrous!" Xu Ziyu said solemnly.

    "Haha, don't worry, just tell me which troops the Japs have dispatched, what their numbers are, and how many troops they have!" Li Guoyao said with a smile.

    Xu Ziyu said: "The Japanese army in the direction of Datong is the 26th Division of the Mongolian Army. After one part of this unit was annihilated by our troops in Datong City, the remaining troops consisted of about two infantry regiments, plus auxiliary combat technology.  There are about ten thousand soldiers."

      "Who is the commander? It shouldn't be Hayano Otozaburo, right? Logically speaking, it's impossible for a kid to use a surrendered commander?" Li Guoyao asked.

    "Of course not. Otozaburo Kono has been dismissed from his post and has been transferred back to Japan. The person currently in charge of the war in Datong is the chief of staff of the Japanese North China Front. His name seems to be Adachi Twenty-Three!"

    Li Guoyao frowned and said, "Are you sure it's Anda Twenty-Three?"

    "Well, sure!"

    Seeing Li Guoyao's frown, Xu Ziyu said in a deep voice: "What's wrong, Chief Officer, is this Anda worthy of my department's attention?"

    "Well, Adachi's uncle is Japanese Lieutenant General Torazo Ishimoto. This man previously served as the Chief of Staff in the Mongolian Army and is very familiar with the situation here. As his nephew, this guy also has certain experience in combat command.  Achieved!" Li Guoyao said.

    "A family with two generals, this Anda family is quite awesome!" Xu Ziyu said in surprise.

    "Two generals? Haha, it's more than that. This Anda family doesn't just have two generals, it has six generals!" Li Guoyao said.

    "Six Generals!"

    Everyone in the entire command center was stunned by Li Guoyao's words. I am afraid that only the ancient generals can have one general and six generals. There seems to be no precedent for this in all war countries now!

    Li Guoyao nodded and said: "Adachi Twenty-three's father is the famous professor Adachi Matsutaro of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. Under his influence, all three sons joined the army, and they are all generals. The eldest son Adachi Sixteen is an Army Major General, and the second son Adachi is a major general in the army.  Nineteenth and his third son Adachi twenty-three are both lieutenant generals in the army. In addition, the uncles of these three people, Ishimoto Shinroku and Ishimoto Torazo, are lieutenant generals, and Ishimoto Gouo is a major general. The family has six generals."

    "Awesome, what a six-general!"

    However, Li Guoyao shook his head and said: "This is not surprising. This is because Japan's population is relatively sparse, and the scale of conscription is very large, so there are often situations where there are "more than one general" in the army.  This fully illustrates the militaristic nature of Japan!"

    The stranger on the side smiled and said: "I'm not surprised at how many generals the Adachi family has excepted, but I'm curious about what Matsutaro Adachi thought and what names he gave his sons. Sixteen and ten.  Nine, twenty-three, what do these mean?¡±

    Li Guoyao smiled and said: "This is also very common among Japanese people. These people's names seem very casual, but in fact they have special meanings. They are all named according to the year. For example, Adachi sixteen was born in Meiji  Those born in the 16th year of Adachi¡¯s 23rd year are those born in the 23rd year of Meiji.¡±

    "It seems this is a difficult opponent!" Ma Desheng said.

    Li Guoyao didn¡¯t answer when he heard this, he just smiled!

    Anda Twenty-san is relatively famous in history. Of course, he is not famous because of how well he fought in battles.

    In fact, this person is not good at fighting at all. His tactics are rigid and rigid, and he is a fool.

    ¡°But this person¡¯s military thinking is very traditional and he attaches great importance to winning and losing, and he is famous for this.

    After the Japanese Emperor announced his surrender, Adachi Twenty-three was in Australia as the commander-in-chief of the 18th Army. He was injured and unable to move, so he asked his subordinates to make a stretcher and carry him to the surrender ceremony.

    He said: "Even if you lose, you must lose like a soldier."

    In the Australian trial court, Anda 23 pleaded guilty with a good attitude, took the initiative to bear all the war crime responsibilities, and asked the court to give his subordinates a lighter sentence. He was eventually sentenced to a Class B war criminal and sentenced to life imprisonment.

    But Anda Twenty-Two didn¡¯t want to be imprisoned for the rest of his life, so he used a fruit knife he didn¡¯t know where to get and cut a cross wound on his abdomen. In order to ensure that he would not be rescued, he also cut it  own carotid artery.

    After the death of Adachi Twenty-san, he became the best example of satirizing Tojo Hideki.  As the main person in charge of the war, Tojo Hideki never dared to die as an apology after the war. Instead, he procrastinated and finally fired a shot, but it missed.

    So Adachi Twenty-three was inexplicably remembered by the Japanese because he died simply, and earned his posthumous reputation.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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