"Six orange-red fireballs rose into the sky, and thick smoke rose into the sky at the same time...
A second later, the thunderous explosion reached Huang Yu's ears.
Two explosive packets hit the Japanese reinforcements, and in the splashing fire, the Japanese within ten meters of the explosion point were like kites with broken strings, and were blown away at the same time...
The Japanese who were farther away seemed to have been hit hard and were knocked to the ground by the air waves...
The anxious look on Huang Yu's face suddenly eased, and he quickly ordered: "Continue to throw the explosive packets from the flying thunder cannon, and blow all the Japanese reinforcements into pieces for me..."
"All the soldiers of the assault battalion are ready for counterattack... I will defeat all Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield..."
"Boom boom boom..."
There was another series of explosions from the six thunder cannons. After a while, six fireballs shot up in the middle of the Japanese reinforcements, and a large number of Japanese were killed and injured...
At this time, the number of Japanese and puppet troops fighting with the Tusan Company had dropped sharply to thirty or forty people. They were like a piece of rootless duckweed and might be eaten by the Tusan Company at any time.
"The flying thunder cannon throws another round of explosive charges... All the troops charge... The flying thunder cannon troops attack with the team, providing fire cover for the infantry at any time..." Huang Yu stared at the battlefield orders, pulled out the box cannon, and loaded the bullets...
The Japanese and puppet troops attacked the position, and Colonel Miyamoto's attention was also on the reinforcements.
As long as they reach the battlefield in time and kill the Eighth Route Army's counterattack troops together with the attacking troops, they can seize the third line of defense of Tutu Temple and open a channel for troops to reinforce Ping An.
The sudden explosion instantly shattered Osaka Miyamoto's dream.
The moment the flames rose into the sky, the reinforcements were killed and wounded one by one.
Colonel Miyamoto had only seen such powerful explosive power in heavy artillery shells.
But just now he did not hear the scream of heavy artillery shells streaking across the sky, which meant that what just exploded was not a heavy artillery shell, but a new type of weapon that he had never seen before.
He immediately raised his telescope and stared at the attacking troops, wanting to see more carefully!
The second round of explosions quickly sounded among the attacking troops, with a higher hit rate and better killing effect than before.
A full infantry squadron suffered more than half casualties in an instant.
Colonel Miyamoto had never seen a thunder cannon, nor had he heard of a thunder cannon. He only saw a few millstone-sized explosive packets hitting the reinforcements, and then a large area of his soldiers was blown over...
Looking at the battlefield with a look of disbelief, he shouted: "How is this possible... How could the Eighth Route Army throw explosive packets weighing dozens of kilograms hundreds of meters away and accurately hit the reinforcements? How did they do it!"
"Immediately find out where those explosive packets were thrown from...the artillery will counterattack immediately and kill the Eighth Route Army there!"
"The explosive packs are too powerful. If the Eighth Route Army is allowed to continue firing, no matter how many reinforcements we add, they won't be enough to kill them..."
"What are you still doing? Go to the artillery position immediately and give orders...quickly..."
"If we don't fight back, all the reinforcements will be blown up!"
"Rumble..."
The third round of six explosive packages soon exploded in front of Colonel Miyamoto... dozens more soldiers from the reinforcements were blown over in the explosion...
Anxiously, when he was about to urge his subordinates again, another incident occurred on the battlefield.
"Sir... hundreds of Eighth Route Army troops suddenly rushed out of the blocking position... They seem to be launching a counterattack against us..." The captain's exclamation sounded in time.
Colonel Miyamoto quickly shifted his attention to the blocking position further away.
More than three hundred Eighth Route Army troops, armed with rifles and light machine guns, formed a skirmish line and charged towards the offensive position.
The only thirty or forty men left on the melee battlefield were defeated in one blow, and were instantly overwhelmed by the Eighth Route Army's counterattack force.
There are only more than one squad of reinforcements left.
Under normal circumstances, even if you can't stop the Eighth Route Army's counterattack troops, you can still hold them back and buy the main force more time to prepare.
As a result, they were all surrounded by explosives fired from thunder cannons. Faced with the Eighth Route Army, which quickly came over, many of them stood dumbfounded and did not react for a long time.
Rifles, submachine guns, and Mauser pistols all fired at them.
The heavy gunshots finally woke up the Japanese who were lucky enough not to be shot, but it was too late.
All kinds of bullets were flying towards them overwhelmingly. No matter whether they lay down or retreated and ran away...
In the blink of an eye, the reinforcements were also killed by the Eighth Route Army's counterattack troops.
Their offensive did not stop, and they continued to rush forward with various weapons in hand, heading straight for their own offensive position.
Colonel Miyamoto was so angry that he cursed: "The Eighth Route Army is too arrogant. Two to three hundred people dared to attack more than a thousand of us. They don't take the Imperial Army seriously. They must be taught a profound lesson today!"
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"The artillery opened fire immediately, covering the Eighth Route Army's counterattack force with artillery fire..."
"Deploy two infantry squadrons to meet them. I want to see with my own eyes that the Eighth Route Army is wiped out in front of the offensive position."
When all the Japanese and puppet troops were attracted by Huang Yu's act of "sending death", the cavalry company was dispatched.
They had been lurking on the enemy's flank for 400 meters.
The reason why we were able to get so close was thanks to Colonel Miyamoto's arrogance and confidence.
I feel that I have a large number of troops. It would be good if the New Second Regiment could detach some troops to stop me. I definitely don't have the strength to send troops to ambush myself...
At the beginning, he also sent a lot of scouts around symbolically.
After confirming that Tutu Temple was a tough nut to crack, he slowly transferred the scouts scattered around to the frontal battlefield to help him figure out the troop deployment and firepower configuration of Tutu Temple's blocking position.
As a result, the flank of the Miyamoto Regiment was exposed to the cavalry company.
Under the cover of the regimental special forces team, the cavalry company reached 400 meters from the Japanese flank before stopping, quietly waiting for the final moment of the general attack.
"Pa bang bang..."
As soon as the three red flares took off, Zhang Dashan became excited.
Quickly mount the horse and draw the saber.
Nearly two hundred cavalrymen followed suit and all drew their sabers in unison!
"Comrades... the infantry is fighting fiercely in front, and our cavalry company cannot be left behind... target: enemy artillery position... all charge with me..." Zhang Dashan raised his saber high, roared, and was the first to rush out of the hiding spot.
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"kill……"
Not to be outdone, nearly two hundred cavalrymen rushed towards the Japanese...
Many cavalrymen put away their sabers when accelerating and replaced them with horse rifles, submachine guns, and Mauser pistols that can attack the enemy from a long distance...
"Rumble..."
The sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, sounding like thunder on the enemy's flanks, deafening.
Colonel Miyamoto also heard it and subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound...
"It's the cavalry...there are cavalry coming towards us..." the captain beside him shouted with fear on his face.
Colonel Miyamoto's face turned pale at this moment, and he opened his mouth and began to give orders: "Send two squadrons immediately to stop them..."
"The heavy machine gun also passed by a squadron..."
"Cavalry are afraid of machine guns. Only heavy machine guns can block their offensive..."
"The target of their raid seems to be the artillery position... We must stop them and stop them at all costs... Hurry up..."
"Third Squadron...Fourth Squadron, Heavy Machine Gun Squadron...Follow me immediately to reinforce the artillery position, hurry up!" The captain knew very well the devastating blow caused by the cavalry rushing into the position, and he did not hesitate to choose to personally
Lead the team...
He yelled at his subordinates and ran toward the artillery position behind him with his pistol raised.
The twenty or thirty guards surrounding him immediately became very strong, and the third squadron closest to him chased after him at the same time.
As for the Fourth Squadron and the Heavy Machine Gun Squadron, they were too far away from the group leader. It took time to issue orders and assemble troops, and the group leader didn't have time to wait for them.
I plan to lead an infantry squadron to fight over first and hold back the Eighth Route Army cavalry...
Wait for the Fourth Squadron and the Heavy Machine Gun Squadron to rush over and then fight them off...
When the cavalry company was still more than a hundred meters away from the artillery position, the Japanese captain intervened in time between the artillery position and the cavalry company.
More than a hundred Japanese soldiers immediately threw themselves on the ground, raised their rifles and submachine guns and fired at the cavalry company in an attempt to hold them back.
"Da da da... bang bang bang... bang bang bang... snap bang bang..."
Not to be outdone, the cavalry company counterattacked with firepower...
Horse rifles, submachine guns, pistols... shot out three to four hundred bullets in an instant...
The accuracy of shooting from horseback was very poor, but the blind cat killed the mouse and still killed twenty or thirty Japanese.
The sudden burst of firepower stunned the Japanese.
Although they quickly reacted and continued to fire their guns to block the cavalry company, their stunned effort was enough for the cavalry company to rush forward twenty or thirty meters...
In addition, these Japanese soldiers did not carry heavy weapons and were only equipped with some rifles and machine guns. Their sparse firepower could not stop the cavalry who had increased their speed to the extreme.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer. The fourth squadron and the heavy machine gun squadron that the captain is looking forward to are still a few hundred meters away, and it seems that they have no chance to join the battle.
Seeing the cavalry company getting closer and closer in front of him, the captain knew that he could not stop it.
He drew out his command sword, shouted loudly, and charged towards the cavalry company without hesitation.
This is his last resort to preserve his honor, and also his best destination...
"The cavalry company... kill..."
Zhang Dashan greeted the Japanese captain without hesitation...
The saber and the command knife collided hard, making a crisp metal collision sound, and even sparks were thrown out...
In the first round of fighting, neither side could do anything to the other.
However, the cavalry had the advantage of speed. Although the Japanese captain tried his best to block, the huge force brought by the speed still caused him to step back several steps before regaining his balance.
Zhang Dashan did not choose to continue fighting with him...
Follow the war horses and continue to assault forward, go straight to the artillery position, and leave the Japanese captain to the following cavalry...
"kill……"
The second soldier shouted and rushed towards the Japanese captain.
At this time, he had just stood firm, and before he had time to prepare, he saw a saber slashing towards him, and had to raise the command saber to respond hastily...
