The captain did not seem to agree with this plan, and a smile of concern flashed on his face as soon as he heard it: "Sir, the National Salvation Army attacking the railway station has an artillery battalion. If we don't bring artillery over there, we will definitely suffer a big loss when the two sides fight head-on. Please think twice?"

The Chief of Staff thought about it and explained: "I know your concerns, but don't forget that there were only more than a thousand infantry soldiers who attacked the railway station."

"No infantry protection, no matter how powerful their artillery is, it is a piece of fat in our mouths."

"As long as we strengthen our guard and do not give the country-saving military a chance to raid us with artillery fire, we will strangle with their infantry when we go to the battlefield, and their artillery will lose its function."

"After we kill their infantry with light weapons, the artillery that loses the protection of the infantry is not the opponent of our infantry squadron."

"At that time, we can not only kill the artillery battalion of the National Salvation Army, but also seize all the artillery equipment of the artillery battalion!"

The captain was still very worried, but the chief of staff said it with confidence and confidence. He could not find a reason to refute it, so he could only nod and agree.

A sharp whistle sounded quickly on both sides of the army, and teams of Japanese troops came out of the carriage to assemble.

More than ten minutes later, three infantry squadrons, one mortar squadron, and one heavy machine gun squadron, and nearly nine hundred Japanese devils set out in a mighty manner and marched along the railway line toward the railway station.

The mountain artillery brigade and field artillery squadron continued to stay on the army. An infantry squadron dispersed the vigilance around and waited for the brigade command to send railway workers to repair the railway, and then reinforce the railway station.

The Chief of Staff and the First Battalion were walking in the middle of the team, followed by the mortar squadron and heavy machine gun squadron, with an infantry squadron leading the way and an infantry squadron behind the temple.

At the beginning, I walked very smoothly, and I marched continuously for more than half an hour without any attack.

All the Japanese, including the Chief of Staff, slowly relaxed their vigilance.

"Dadada..." A relatively dense sound of light machine gun strafing suddenly rang out on a high ground next to the railway.

The Chief of Staff was four or five hundred meters away, but he could still see the dazzling flames spurted out by the light machine gun, and immediately made a judgment: "There is only a company of blocking troops in front, and ordered the forward squadron to launch an attack immediately, eat them, and then we continue to advance and reinforce the train station."

"Da da da da...Da da da dong dong..."

The battle started quickly. As soon as the three heavy machine guns that cooperated with the vanguard troops launched the attack, the blocking firepower on the high ground was suppressed and became intermittent.

Because the Chief of Staff asked the vanguard troops to attack and take down the high ground in one attack and eat the National Savior Army's blocking troops. In order to increase his chances of victory in the offensive, the entire infantry squadron joined the battle, lined up with scattered troops, and rushed to the high ground from all directions like a wave.

At this moment, the Chief of Staff also raised his telescope and focused on the battle in front of him.

In his opinion, the entire offense will definitely go very smoothly.

The machine gun fire of the blocking troops was completely suppressed by the offensive troops, and they could only use rifles to counterattack, causing some sporadic casualties to the offensive troops and not affecting the overall situation.

If the blocking troops on the high ground only have this ability and no other killer weapon, at most five minutes, the blocking troops on the high ground of the National Salvation Army will be completely wiped out.

As he thought about it, the Chief of Staff couldn't help but smile with victory.

"Wuwuwuwu...boombo..." Two thunder-like explosions suddenly rang in front of them. The orange-red fireballs that soared into the air were eight or nine meters high, which scared all the Japanese watching the battle.

More importantly, the explosion point is located right in the middle of the offensive force.

In the splashing flames, at least twenty soldiers fell around the bounce point.

"What happened to the explosion just now? How could it be so powerful?" The Chief of Staff's ears were buzzing. He was blinded for a while before he realized it. Then he stared at the squadron leader of the mortar squadron.

"Boom..."

Before the artillery squadron leader could react from the concealment, two more fireballs rose in the middle of the attacking troops, and the same violent explosion sounded to everyone's ears.

One of the explosion points happened to be next to the heavy machine gun position. As soon as the fireball appeared, the two heavy machine guns next to them were silent.

On the high ground, the third company, who had been pressed by these two heavy machine guns, finally had a chance to breathe.

Qi Ting's crooked hands opened fire at the same time and fired a dense rain of bullets at the Japanese.

The explosion finally woke the captain of the artillery squadron. He opened his mouth and shouted in shock: "It's a mortar, the sound of the shells flying through the air is very small, it's impossible for it to be a mountain cannon!"

"Impossible!" The Chief of Staff denied without hesitation.

"How can a mortar shell have such great power? A shell explodes, and soldiers within a radius of twenty meters are either killed or injured. You can report it after you think it through."

At this moment, the third round of explosions broke out, and the power of the explosion was comparable to the first two rounds.

After hearing this, the artillery squadron leader became more convinced of his judgment and affirmed in response to the Chief of Staff’s suspicious gaze: “It’s a mortar, sir, you dare to use your own head to guarantee it.”

"The small-caliber mortar we use is indeed very powerful, and it mainly relies on shells and fragments to kill people. But once the caliber of the mortar exceeds one hundred millimeters, its power is no less than that of mountain cannons. It can not only kill people with shells and fragments, but also use shock waves to kill people."

"The shell that exploded just now was 120 mm caliber. I saw it when I was studying in the military headquarters. A shell fell down and soldiers within a radius of 20 meters were either killed or injured. Even if they were hiding in the bunker, they would be shaken to internal injuries by the shock wave!"

The Chief of Staff believed it, but another question emerged in his mind: "It's still wrong. The artillery in the hand of the National Salvation Army was captured by the Imperial Army. Our entire brigade was not equipped with such large-caliber mortars. So where did the large-caliber mortars in their hands come from?"

The artillery squadron leader shook his head: "I don't know much about it!"

"But it is certain that the National Salvation Army used 120mm caliber mortars, and they also placed the artillery positions three kilometers away. The mortars we brought were limited in range and could not threaten them at all. They could only be blasted passively unless the field cannons on the train were transferred here!"

"Sir, these two cannons are too powerful, and the offensive troops suffer great losses. Please retreat!" The captain called out and wanted to continue asking the Chief of Staff.

The Chief of Staff then realized that he thought that the offensive troops were still bombing in artillery fire, so he quickly raised his telescope and looked over.

The two cannons were too powerful. After being attacked by artillery, the attacking troops immediately formed, but each shell that was smashed could still take away the lives of several subordinates.

During the violent explosion, the attacking troops were already blown up.

At this time, all the national salvation troops on the high ground emerged. After losing two heavy machine guns, they all shot at the attacking troops desperately...

Seeing that more than half of the attacking troops had suffered casualties, and the two heavy machine guns that provided fire cover were also bombed, the Chief of Staff was very unwilling to order: "Retreat..."

A few minutes later, the squadron leader of the forward squadron came over with his head down: "Sir, I have not completed the task, so I request punishment!"

The Chief of Staff waved his hand: "This is not your reason. None of us guessed that the National Salvation Army would arrange artillery here, and it was a large-caliber mortar that even we were not equipped!"

"How many people did we lose in the attack just now?"

The squadron leader's mood did not improve because of avoiding punishment, but his mind became even lower: "The vanguard squadron killed a total of 92 people in the battle, and 28 were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness."

"Two heavy machine gun squads that cooperated with our attack killed 12 people and seriously injured 6 people... and another heavy machine gun was blown up!"

"Why are there so many?" the chief of staff couldn't help but exclaim.

The squadron leader quickly explained: "Sir, the shells fired by the National Salvation Army are too powerful. One blow-up of a large area, and the first three rounds of six shells alone caused us seventy or eighty casualties."

"The casualties were only reduced after the troops were dispersed, but the National Salvation Army that defended the high ground emerged again, causing us 20 or 30 losses with a pneumatic gun!"

The Chief of Staff was silent for a moment, and looked at several subordinates and asked, "Everyone said, what should we do next?"

"Concentrate all artillery to cover the national rescue army on the high ground, and then the troops will disperse the assault, and you will definitely be able to take down the high ground!" a squadron leader suggested.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he was opposed by the squadron leader of the mortar squadron: "I don't agree!"

"Although the National Salvation Army that blocked us only had two large-caliber mortars, they were very powerful. The mortars we equipped could not threaten them at all. If we participated in the war, the mortar squadron could only be passively bombed. Don't end the high ground was not taken down, and the mortar squadron would be bombed out."

"I think what we should do most now is to destroy these two large-caliber mortars, at least they dare not continue to bombard us with such unscrupulous shelling."

"I agree with this idea!" said the captain of the first brigade.

"If the threat of these two cannons is not lifted, even if we take down the high ground in front, the National Salvation Army can use them to attack us anytime and anywhere in the next march."

"One shell takes the lives of five of our soldiers, and ten cannon shells can eat one of our infantry teams. If the National Salvation Army has sufficient shells, we can suffer heavy casualties along the way."

"Please consider this issue carefully!"

The Chief of Staff continued to ask: "How to remove the threat?"

The squadron leader of the mortar squadron blurted out: "Go back to the army and pull the field artillery squadron over."

"Only field guns can fight against large-caliber mortars. The field gun squadron has four field guns. It will be a huge deterrent for the National Salvation Army if they don't fire the artillery. You will definitely not dare to use these two mortars in the next marches."

"What do you think?" the chief of staff looked at the captain and asked.

"I support going back and leading the field artillery squadron to reinforce the railway station!" replied the captain.

He was very worried when the troops were divided. Now there was indeed a problem. Of course, he supported the troops to return to the army, join the field artillery squadron and mountain artillery brigade before going to reinforce the railway station!
Chapter completed!