"Yo Xi... let the attacking troops move towards the Eighth Route Army's blocking position immediately... rush forward as soon as the artillery preparations are over, without giving the Eighth Route Army any time to react..." the captain ordered while taking advantage of the interval between shelling.
A tank, two armored vehicles, and two infantry squadrons immediately formed a battle formation and approached the artillery coverage area.
I kept touching until I was seventy or eighty meters away from the blocking position and then stopped.
If it weren't for the fact that the field artillery that was firing now was not as accurate as the mortars and was prone to accidental damage, the Japs' attacking troops would probably have gone straight to the position fifty meters in front of the formation.
Despite this, the Japanese army still shocked the Third Regiment.
Many soldiers stared at the artillery fire and fired at the Japanese attacking troops on the position to prevent them from approaching the position further.
The Japanese artillery position took the opportunity to kill many soldiers of the third regiment. The Japanese captain was so happy that his face almost turned red and he ordered again.
"The artillery fire preparations are almost complete. Let the offensive troops rush forward and seize the Eighth Route Army's blocking position..."
"When we get to Dagang Town, we have to fight the main force of the Eighth Route Army. All the artillery shells we brought will be wasted here..."
"Kill... boom... boom, boom, boom..."
The explosions on the battlefield were quickly overshadowed by the Japanese army's shouts of killing, the roar of tanks, and the sound of vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns firing.
The blocking position was completely filled with gunpowder smoke, and it was impossible to see even the fingers of one's hand. The Japanese leader held up his binoculars and could not see clearly the real situation there. He did not know how many people were left in the Eighth Route Army's blocking force.
But he can listen to gunshots..."
"Sir... there is at most half a battalion of the Eighth Route Army left in the blocking position, and the firepower has also weakened. The number of light and heavy machine guns should not exceed ten..." The adjutant also raised his ears to judge the opponent's situation through the sound of gunfire. He listened and pointed towards
The captain expressed his analysis...
"The morale of the attacking troops is high, and their firepower is several times stronger than that of the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops. They will definitely be able to take it down in one assault!" the adjutant once again expressed his thoughts to the captain, his words full of confidence.
Although the captain didn't answer, the confident smile on his face already showed his inner thoughts: he highly approved of the adjutant's analysis.
"The offensive troops have rushed to the Eighth Route Army's first blocking position..." An exclamation came from the adjutant's mouth again.
"Sir... the Eighth Route Army defending the first line of defense was defeated by the attacking troops and is retreating to the second line of defense..."
"As expected, they suffered heavy casualties in the sudden artillery attack just now. One battalion of troops only withdrew more than one company!"
"I suggest that the offensive troops take advantage of the victory and launch an attack directly on the second blocking position of the Eighth Route Army..."
"No..." The captain shook his head and refused. He looked at the battlefield and gave a serious order: "The offensive troops will take down the first line of defense of the Eighth Route Army and then switch to offense and defense on the spot..."
"The artillery simultaneously covered the second blocking position of the Eighth Route Army with artillery fire. It took five minutes to attack with mountain artillery and three minutes to attack with mortars. After the artillery bombed the infantry, they then charged..."
"do not forget……"
"The reason why the offensive troops were able to quickly capture the Eighth Route Army's first line of defense was that artillery preparation played a big role..."
"If they hadn't severely damaged the Eighth Route Army's blocking position, the offensive troops would never have gone so smoothly..."
The adjutant immediately showed a scared expression: "Sir is wise..."
"I almost made the mistake of underestimating the enemy again..."
When the Japanese army attacked the blocking position of the third regiment with overwhelming force, the Eighth Route Army participating in the outflanking was advancing rapidly under the cover of night.
In order to avoid exposing the target, the soldiers can only discredit the advance.
From time to time, someone tripped and fell to the ground, but the soldiers gritted their teeth and endured the pain, got up from the ground and continued on their way.
Three mortar companies are establishing artillery positions on the flanks of the Japanese mountain field artillery positions.
Here is the nearest Japanese artillery position, which can guarantee the hits of more than twenty mortars, killing the opponent in the shortest time without giving them any chance to counterattack.
"Commander..." The correspondent rushed to the enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army with a red face, panting while reporting.
"All the outflanking troops are in place... The enemy's retreat has been cut off by us..."
"The artillery positions are also aimed at the target and can join the battle at any time!"
Kong Jie is keeping a close eye on the Japanese attacking troops.
In order for the Japanese army to see hope of continuing to reinforce the 105th Regiment, the Third Regiment of the Only Brigade had to defend its position against Japanese artillery fire.
When the 3rd Regiment and 1st Battalion retreated, he could clearly see that out of the 400-plus soldiers in the battalion, less than 200 had evacuated the battlefield alive, and all the other soldiers were sacrificed in the Japanese artillery fire.
It would be a lie to say that I am not heartbroken.
But in order to drag the Japanese reinforcements here, every sacrifice must be made.
I can only pray in my heart that the outflanking troops will move into place quickly and the troops will launch a counterattack quickly...
By then the troops would not have to defend their positions under Japanese artillery fire.
After listening to the correspondent's report, Kong Jie's first reaction was that the Third Regiment no longer had to be beaten passively.
Quickly turn your attention back to the battlefield.
Seeing that the Japs' offensive troops had already launched their second round of attack, they immediately ordered: "Notify the Third Regiment..."
"The Japanese offensive troops rushed fifty meters in front of the formation and launched a counterattack..."
"First use tank guns to kill the Japanese tank troops, and mortars to kill the Japanese heavy machine gun squadron and mortar squadron. Then the entire regiment breaks out of the blocking position and launches a counterattack against the Japanese attacking troops..."
"Guards prepare flares..."
"The moment the three regiments started their counterattack, they fired two red flares into the sky..."
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At the Japanese attack position, the captain and the adjutant also kept a close eye on the battlefield, fearing that an accident would cause the troops to lose all their previous efforts in the second attack.
"Sir..." Seeing that the second blocking position of the Eighth Route Army was filled with smoke again, at least half of the gunshots that came out were gone, and the whole face was replaced by a smile again, and the captain said with excitement.
"The Eighth Route Army on the second blocking position also suffered heavy casualties. From the sound of gunfire, they still had at most one battalion."
"We have tanks to cover the attack, we can definitely take it down quickly..."
The captain didn't answer as before, but the smile on his face betrayed his mood at this moment.
A minute later, the adjutant's excited voice reached the captain's ears again.
"Sir..."
"The attacking troops have reached sixty or seventy meters in front of the formation. If they advance another thirty meters, the warriors can attack the Eighth Route Army on the position with grenades... By then, no one can change the fate of the Eighth Route Army being defeated by us."
At this point, the adjutant showed a self-deprecating look on his face and continued: "It would be so disappointing if the Eighth Route Army that blocked us was defeated so easily!"
"I don't know how the Imperial Army troops who were encircled and killed by the Eighth Route Army for reinforcements were defeated..."
"Based on the analysis of the current battle situation, the combat effectiveness of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army is just that, not as strong as we imagined..."
