Just when it seemed that the Japanese attacking troops were about to retreat due to too many casualties, the artillery fire coverage of the Japanese attacking troops suddenly stopped.
This is the death order given to them by the regiment leader.
The Japanese and puppet troops were equipped with more artillery than the Duyi Regiment. If they were targeted, the troops would not even have a chance to escape.
If you want to win by surprise without any numerical advantage and kill a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, the best way is to prevent the Japanese artillery from targeting them.
For this reason, the regiment commander gave the artillery company a death order.
An artillery position must fire a maximum of five rounds of rapid fire before it must be moved.
The Japanese offensive troops on the verge of collapse seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw in desperation and rushed towards the blocking position again.
It takes time for the artillery to move to a new position, which means that you must rely on the troops on hand to hold on until the artillery fires a round of five rapid fire rounds to be able to hold the position and repel the Japanese and puppet attack.
The regiment leader's face immediately became extremely serious, and he ordered anxiously despite the Japanese troops rushing towards him again: "Shoot all light and heavy machine guns, and launch grenades from grenades to places where there are many Japs..."
"Why haven't the Second Battalion entered the position yet? Let them hurry up and join the battle as soon as they enter the position. Block the Japanese attacking troops at all costs and buy time for the artillery to move to new positions."
"Boom boom boom..."
At this moment, a series of very violent explosions suddenly sounded behind the blocking position.
The regiment commander knew without guessing that this was a masterpiece of Japanese artillery that wanted to destroy the only regiment's artillery company.
But he had full confidence in his artillery company and felt that they were definitely on the way to transfer. No matter how many artillery shells the Japanese army fired, they would only blow up an empty artillery position.
He did not pay attention to the Japanese artillery counterattack and concentrated on firing at the Japanese attacking troops.
As time passed by, the Japanese offensive troops were getting closer and closer.
Just when they were about to rush into the grenade throwing range, the Second Battalion finally rushed into position.
"Dong dong dong... da da da..." The blocking firepower on the position suddenly became denser, and the overwhelming Japanese offensive troops seemed to have hit an iron wall. No matter how hard they tried, they could not move forward one step further.
The regiment leader breathed a sigh of relief and immediately thought of the artillery battery behind him.
As long as they fire their artillery in time and kill hundreds of Japs through sudden artillery fire, the Japs in front of them will lose their ability to attack and have to retreat.
The pressure faced by the frontal blocking troops will be less.
It's a pity that he looked for the stars and the moon, but never waited for the sudden attack of artillery fire.
Knowing that the Japanese attacking troops suffered heavy casualties due to the joint blockade of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, the attack lasted for nearly 20 minutes and then slowly ended.
As soon as the Japanese attacking troops retreated, the regiment commander became anxious and turned to the chief of staff beside him and asked: "What does the artillery company do for food? Why didn't we just fire ahead of the Japanese attacking troops?"
"As long as they fire five rounds of rapid fire at the Japanese attacking troops, the Japanese will retreat early, and the defensive pressure on the 1st and 2nd Battalions will not be so great. At least one less platoon of soldiers will be sacrificed."
The chief of staff was also puzzled. He raised his legs and ran to the back of the position: "I'll go take a look..."
"The artillery company's performance just now was indeed a bit bad."
The chief of staff ran less than ten meters away when he bumped into the oncoming communication officer of the artillery company. He stared at him and asked: "Why didn't the artillery company fire just now?"
"Report to the head of the regiment and the chief of staff... We were hit by Japanese artillery fire on the way we were moving. The troops suffered heavy losses and had no time to counterattack."
"The current artillery company only has six mortars and more than 30 gunners left. It is ready for battle again and can attack the Japanese and puppet attacking forces at any time."
"How could this happen..." The group leader was shocked by this report, and his mind was filled with questions. He listened to the correspondent's question with a puzzled look on his face.
"Didn't you all move from the artillery positions?"
"Why are you still being attacked?"
"Could it be that the artillery shells fired by the Japanese have eyes that are specifically designed to stare at the artillery batteries before they can be exploded?"
The correspondent quickly told everything he knew: "Those shells don't have eyes."
"But the Japanese and puppet troops are equipped with a lot of artillery. There are more than 50 mortars, field artillery and heavy machine guns in total. A single salvo can cover a large area."
"Although we successfully moved when they opened fire, we are still within the coverage of the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire."
"So the artillery company was bombed, and more than half of it was lost..."
The correspondent didn't say a word that was unnecessary.
Then he stood motionless and waited for orders.
The regiment leader never expected that the Japanese army had such skills.
Their numerical advantage in artillery cannot be changed, which means that in the next battle, unless they strike first and severely damage the Japanese artillery units, they will lose their ability to counterattack.
Otherwise, no matter how fast the artillery battery moves, it will not be able to evade the enemy's large area of artillery fire.
Maybe the next artillery raid will be killed by Japanese artillery.
The artillery battery was the regimental commander's biggest back-up force in holding the position. Unexpectedly, as soon as this back-up force was deployed, it was beaten back to its original shape by the Japanese and puppet troops, losing its deterrence and combat effectiveness.
There was no artillery to support the battle, and only more than a thousand infantrymen defended the position. The regiment leader suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavier than before.
Immediately order: "The artillery company is temporarily on standby..."
"Without my order, no one can expose the target again and be targeted by Japanese artillery."
"From now on, you will regard yourselves as the trump card of the only regiment. You must wait until the critical moment to join the battle. If you don't move, you will stop. If you move, you will severely damage the Japanese and puppet attacking troops."
"One or two should be concealed immediately to prepare for the third round of artillery strikes by the Japanese and puppet troops."
"We will not have any artillery support in the next battle, but I am confident that we can defend the Yellow Position with the light and heavy machine guns and rifles in our hands. I hope that every soldier on the position will be determined to fight the Japanese and puppet troops to the end."
"By the way, I would like to inform the third battalion that the guard company, baggage company, and engineer platoon directly under the regiment... are all ready for battle."
"If one, two or two battalions can't hold on any longer, they will come up immediately."
"No matter how much we pay, we cannot give the Japanese and puppet troops any opportunity to take advantage of us."
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Japanese offensive position.
Looking at the attacking troops retreating on the battlefield, the commander surprisingly did not get angry.
Facing the captain who came to plead guilty, he looked happy and comforted: "The setback in the attack of the troops is not your responsibility, nor is it the troops participating in the war because they were not careful, but our opponents came for reinforcements."
"In the battle just now, we not only severely damaged the Eighth Route Army's artillery units and crippled the Eighth Route Army's main battalion in defensive positions, but also severely damaged one of their main battalions that had just entered the battlefield."
"As long as we continue to fight, sooner or later the little strength of the Eighth Route Army's blocking force will be exhausted by us."
"Let the artillery continue to attack the Eighth Route Army's blocking positions. I want all the trenches and machine gun fire points above to be razed to the ground, so that the Eighth Route Army has no position to use and has to fight us on the ground."
