"Report to the leader, all independent regiments have withdrawn!" Shen Quan walked behind Kong Jie and reported with a solemn expression.
"How many people are left?" Kong Jie suddenly turned into a candidate waiting for results, looking at Shen Quan and asking nervously.
"698 people were sacrificed, 154 were seriously injured, and 683 people are left to continue fighting!" Shen Quan answered with his head lowered.
Kong Jie guessed that the troops would suffer heavy casualties during the attack, but he did not expect that the casualties would be so heavy. It took him a while to recover from the shock. He stared at Shen Quan in disbelief and asked, "How could it be so big?"
"I remember that the attack seemed to go well at the beginning, but why were so many soldiers injured and killed while fighting?"
Chen Quan looked regretful and said: "It's mainly my fault... my reaction speed on the battlefield was too fast!"
"After the Japanese were no match for us with their bayonets, they began to launch suicide attacks on us, holding explosive bags and dying together with our soldiers..."
"By the time I reacted and asked the soldiers to break away from the Japs, the army had already lost two to three hundred people..."
"Another Japanese casualty was killed and more than a hundred injured..."
"Including the more than 100 people killed by the bunker and the two to three hundred people lost on the attack, the direct loss is more than 700 people!"
Kong Jie had to accept this cruel fact and replied with a heartbroken look: "This is not your responsibility..."
"The entire attack was carried out under our watch, and there was no problem with your command!"
"I'll give you another task...take down the remaining 600-odd soldiers of the Independent Regiment into six companies, with the battalion commander as the company commander, replenish ammunition on the spot, seize the time to rest, and be ready to go to the battlefield again at any time!"
As soon as Shen Quan left, Kong Jie turned his attention to Li Yunlong: "Have you heard it, Old Li?"
"The little devil has been driven crazy by us. He would rather launch a suicide attack and destroy the entire army than take a step back!"
"The immediate attack must not let the soldiers fight. Even if we have to fight hand-to-hand, we must keep a distance and try to end the battle with pistols and submachine guns!"
After saying that, he gave a serious order: "Aim all artillery at the Japanese second-line positions... prepare for ten minutes of artillery fire, fire..."
The next attack will be similar to the one before...
The artillery completed the infantry assault and forced out all the Japanese machine gun bunkers hidden in the second-line positions.
The flying thunder cannon then joined the battle, using explosive packets to destroy all machine gun bunkers from a distance, clearing an attack channel for the attacking troops...
"Comrades, rush..." Zhang Dabiao, commander of the first battalion of the New Second Regiment, took the lead and rushed out of the hiding spot.
The Japs on the battlefield wanted nothing more than to engage the New Second Regiment in close combat.
Except for some light and heavy machine guns who continued to fire, the other Japanese were all hiding in bunkers.
Most of the riflemen were the same as before, holding rifles in one hand and grenades in the other. When the Eighth Route Army approached, they would first throw the grenades and then rush out...
They were cannon fodder prepared by Colonel Sakamoto for the New Second Regiment. They were used to consume bullets from submachine guns and Mauser pistols, and to cover the melee between the soldiers behind and the Eighth Route Army.
In addition to a group of three-eight soldiers, this group of devils also has many people carrying explosive bags and hanging grenades on their waists, just like a moving powder keg...
They are the trump card prepared by Colonel Sakamoto for the New Second Regiment.
When an ordinary grenade explodes, as long as the Eighth Route Army keeps a certain distance from the grenade and gets down in time, it will not suffer any damage.
The power of the explosive pack is dozens of times greater than that of a grenade, and its killing radius exceeds 20 meters.
As long as the two sides are fighting together, no matter how much the Eighth Route Army keeps a distance, it will be impossible to hide 20 meters away...
If nothing else, a single explosive pack could take away the lives of a dozen Eighth Route Army soldiers.
Those Japs with grenades hanging from their waists are not vegetarians either.
A dozen grenades exploded at the same time, and their power and killing radius were several times that of one grenade. It would be no problem to take away four or five Eighth Route Army troops at once...
Zhang Dabiao didn't know the surprise that Colonel Sakamoto had prepared for him.
Still following the leader's instructions, we charged forward, rushing faster and faster...
"The Japs are going to throw grenades... Let's also prepare grenades, speed up the assault, disperse through the Japs' grenades, and let the little Japs have a taste of the grenades!" Zhang Dabiao shouted at the top of his voice, and took out a grenade.
…
"Boom boom boom..."
The sound of explosions soon sounded on the battlefield. Zhang Dabiao dodged left and right, and passed through the grenade rain in two or three seconds...
Other soldiers were not as skilled as him, and more than a hundred people fell in the explosion just now.
Looking at the sparse formation behind him, Zhang Dabiao was very heartbroken, but he quickly cheered up, pulled the string, threw the grenade out with all his strength, and loudly ordered: "Throw the grenade..."
"Boom boom boom..."
Violent explosions were heard from the Japs' position at the same time. As soon as they were filled with gunpowder smoke, row after row of Japs rushed toward them.
"When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. Comrades, fight with the Japanese... kill..." Zhang Dabiao continued to order.
"The submachine gunners came forward and gave the Japs a head-on first, then killed the first two rows of Japs... and then fought with them with bayonets..."
"Da da da……"
Before the order was finished, more than a hundred submachine gunners rushed out of the team and opened fire on the two or three rows of Japanese in front.
You will gain wisdom after suffering a hardship, and the Japanese are not vegetarians...
Although they are not equipped with submachine guns, they have many crooked light machine guns...
Dozens of machine gunners rushed out of the team at the same time, shooting face to face at the Eighth Route Army...
But no matter how hard the Japs fight, no matter how hard they struggle, the melee firepower of the crooked gun cannot match that of a submachine gun.
The exchange of fire lasted only three seconds and ended with the Japanese's complete defeat.
Of course, the New Second Regiment also lost most of its company in the crossfire...
The distance between the two sides also dropped sharply to more than ten meters in the exchange of fire just now. Zhang Dabiao didn't have time to feel heartbroken, and he raised the box cannon and rushed towards the Japanese...
Not to be outdone, the remaining Japanese cannon fodder rushed towards the Eighth Route Army.
Their mission is to engage in a melee with the Eighth Route Army so that the trump card prepared by Colonel Sakamoto can kill more Eighth Route Army troops.
Zhang Dabiao didn't know that the Japs had prepared dozens of explosive bags for them, and thought that the Japs would detonate grenades during hand-to-hand combat, killing and injuring the surrounding soldiers, as they did just now.
Before the troops attack, they specifically tell their subordinates that even if they get into a melee with the Japanese, they must keep a distance of at least five meters and be ready to cook at any time.
As everyone knows, this distance is just within the killing radius of the explosive pack.
At the enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment, Li Yunlong saw the attacking troops and the Japanese fighting together and shouted excitedly: "Charge forward..."
"As long as we keep a distance from the Japanese and prevent them from jumping over the wall, we will definitely win this close combat!"
"Rumble..."
He was happy for only half a minute when an explosion from the battlefield brought him back to reality.
Li Yunlong quickly raised his telescope and saw a mushroom cloud-shaped black smoke suddenly rising from the center of the attacking troops, surrounded by a large number of soldiers.
Before I could figure out what was going on, the second explosion was heard.
This time Li Yunlong saw it clearly.
The orange-red fireball soared from the ground, reaching a height of more than ten meters. In the splashing fire, a large number of soldiers were blown away...
Based on the analysis of the scene in front of me, the power of the explosion is no less than that of a twenty kilogram explosive pack fired by a thunder cannon.
The smile on Li Yunlong's face was instantly replaced by solemnity.
Just two explosions caused the New Second Regiment to lose an infantry platoon.
If the explosion just now happens again, the New Second Regiment will lose a company or even a battalion...
"Rumble..."
As soon as the third explosion reached the headquarters, Kong Jie made a judgment: "It's still a suicide attack..."
"I just saw...a little Jaap standing at the explosion point...Judging from the power of the explosion, they probably replaced the previous grenades with explosive packs!"
"The explosive packs are very powerful. As long as the two sides are fighting together, the attacking troops and the Japanese will be blown up no matter how much distance they keep!"
"Contact Zhang Dabiao immediately: End the battle as quickly as possible. First attack the little Japs who have explosive bags on them. Kill them without giving them a chance to detonate the explosive bags..."
"Go faster, otherwise the New Second Regiment will also be bombed during the attack and suffer heavy casualties!"
Li Yunlong also reacted to his initial shock and hurriedly ordered: "All correspondents are dispatched...the orders were sent to Commander Kong separately..."
"Hit the kid with the explosive bag first, then the other kid, quick!"
The devils are very greedy...
After someone detonated explosives and killed eight or nine Eighth Route Army troops, the other Japs were not to be outdone and wanted to use explosive packs to kill more Japs.
With this idea in mind, the Japs carrying explosive bags did not pull the fuse as soon as they rushed into the battlefield.
Specially rush to crowded places and detonate explosives...
This gave the Eighth Route Army the opportunity to kill them preemptively.
Zhang Dabiao reacted very quickly. As soon as the three explosions were heard, he focused on the Japs carrying explosive bags and immediately ordered the troops to kill them first...
"Pa bang bang..."
The box cannon in his hand fired continuously, killing two little Japs carrying explosive packs before the bullets were fired.
The other soldiers did not surrender and waited for the Japanese to explode...
In a blink of an eye, ten or twenty Japs were killed.
Three accidents occurred in the meantime...
When fighting the Japanese, the bullet unfortunately hit the explosive pack, and the hot warhead instantly ignited the gunpowder...
Although the Japanese were blown into pieces, the powerful force also affected the surrounding soldiers, and another ten or twenty soldiers were killed and wounded.
Other Japanese soldiers carrying explosives also realized that they were being targeted.
No longer specifically looking for crowded places to detonate explosives, detonate explosive packs whenever there are people around.
"Boom boom boom..."
Thunderous explosions quickly formed a series, decimating the lives of the surrounding Eighth Route Army troops.
"No, the little devils on the battlefield were cornered by us... they rushed into the battlefield and detonated their explosive packs without giving us a chance to kill them!" Li Yunlong shouted anxiously.
"It's better to rush into the battlefield and detonate explosive packs than to detonate them in a crowded place... Why is Lao Li so anxious?" Ding Wei saw the benefits of the change in the battle situation at a glance.
"That's true... but it hurts in my heart!" Li Yunlong said helplessly.
"Those who died on the battlefield were all soldiers of the New Second Regiment. I must be more heartbroken than you are!"
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