In the past few days, the artillery squadron used this method to avoid artillery counterattacks from the independent regiment again and again, almost never losing.
Tonight, the first match between the two sides ended in a disastrous defeat. The previous invincible style of play also lost its effect at this moment.
There are only two reasons for this ending: either the Eighth Route Army had already thought of a way to break the situation, or they were lucky and accidentally hit the retreating troops.
All the Japs, including the captain, preferred the latter.
No, it should be hoped that the artillery fire coverage just now was an accident.
Otherwise, they will lose the only means of combat that can threaten the flying thunder cannons, and watch helplessly as the Eighth Route Army uses flying thunder cannons to knock out all the machine gun bunkers on the blockade.
After the shelling ended, the battle damage was quickly delivered to the battalion leader: "Sir... we lost a total of four mortars and 21 gunners in the battle just now!"
"The artillery squadron asks for instructions. After the thunder cannons equipped by the independent regiment appear again, should they attack immediately as they did just now?"
"We must fight back!" the captain ordered with a sense of luck!
"The artillery battle just now was definitely an accident. The Eighth Route Army luckily hit our artillery squadron!"
"They will definitely not be as lucky as before in the next battle. Let the artillery squadron counterattack boldly and find a way to destroy those flying thunder cannons!"
"Without the thunder cannons, our blockade would be as stable as a mountain!"
“No matter how powerful the independent group is, we can’t even think of taking it down!”
"Rumble..."
Fifteen minutes later, violent explosions echoed across the battlefield again.
As soon as the Japanese captain heard the sound, he knew that the flying thunder cannons equipped by the independent regiment had taken action again.
The mortar squadron responded even faster than before.
It took just over twenty seconds for the first round of counterattack shells to be fired.
The battalion captain's attention was drawn to the area at the same time, and he kept a close eye on the artillery positions, for fear that they would be attacked again.
The five rounds of artillery shells were quickly fired, and the artillery squadron immediately began to move. Some people were responsible for dismantling the artillery, while others were responsible for transporting mortar parts in an orderly manner...
The captain nodded repeatedly.
In his mind, by the time the artillery of the independent regiment locked onto the target and began to counterattack, the mortar squadron would have disappeared long ago.
"Boom boom boom..."
After the artillery squadron completely moved out of position, the artillery unit of the independent regiment began to counterattack.
A picture appeared that shocked and despaired him.
The roaring shells once again hit the moving mortar squadron...
"Rumble..."
A series of more violent explosions sounded at the same time, bringing the captain back to reality from despair.
Turning around, I saw several fireballs rising into the sky at the blockade, with thick smoke mixed in them, and countless pieces of soil, logs, stones... blown away...
"It's a heavy artillery..." the artillery staff on the side shouted, his mouth open, and he didn't recover from the shock for a long time.
In his opinion, heavy artillery is a unique equipment of the imperial army. The Central Army, the most powerful of the Chinese army, has very few equipment, let alone the Eighth Route Army, which cannot even equip a rifle with one man.
"Are you sure the explosion just now was caused by heavy artillery?" the battalion captain was even more shocked than the artillery staff officer, and asked anxiously.
The remaining four thunder cannons of the Independent Regiment have already put huge pressure on the blockade. If there were a few more heavy cannons, his chances of holding the blockade would definitely be lower, so he couldn't help but not worry.
"The humble position is confirmed!" the artillery staff officer replied firmly.
"The artillery shells that were fired just now include at least two 105mm caliber artillery shells, three 120mm caliber artillery shells, and two 75mm caliber field artillery shells..."
"There are also a large number of mountain artillery shells mixed in. Their explosions were completely covered by heavy artillery shells. It is temporarily impossible to determine the specific number."
"Rumble..."
The captain took a breath and was about to say something when a second round of heavy artillery shells hit the blockade again. One of the shells was only more than 20 meters away from the headquarters where the captain was located.
The violent explosion made their ears ringing, and the hot air waves came with the shock wave, almost knocking the captain to the ground...
At this moment, an observer suddenly shouted: "Sir... two bunkers were hit by heavy artillery shells... the bunkers were destroyed..."
"Sir...the thunder cannons set up by the independent regiment on the offensive position have joined the battle again..."
"Sir...there are heavy artillery shells hitting the trenches and anti-aircraft holes..."
Listening to the bad news that kept ringing in his ears, the captain's head almost exploded. While observing the battle, he cursed: "Shut up... I can see..."
The real situation on the blockade was worse than reported by the observation posts.
The heavy artillery shells fired by the independent regiment towards the blockade were like a rake plowing a field, starting from one end of the blockade and slowly sweeping across the entire blockade.
Wherever the artillery shells hit, machine gun bunkers, trenches, and artillery holes... were all blown to pieces!
The captain's heart was bleeding...
Whether it is a bunker or a bomb-proof cave, there are a large number of subordinates hidden inside.
The bunkers and anti-gun caves were destroyed in the shelling, and the soldiers hiding inside would not be spared. If the Eighth Route Army was lucky enough to destroy half of the bunkers and anti-gun caves in the blockade during the shelling, the few troops under its command would also suffer casualties.
More than half.
When the independent regiment begins the general offensive, the remaining troops cannot even hold a line of defense on the blockade, so how can they defend it?
My mind is working rapidly, thinking of ways to solve the situation.
His face was also constantly changing. A glimmer of hope was just ignited, but it lasted less than three seconds before being replaced by disappointment again... over and over again...
Two minutes later, he said with a look of despair: "In the past, we used the same method to deal with the anti-gun caves and machine gun bunkers built by the Eighth Route Army. They were helpless in the face of our army's heavy artillery attack!"
"Today they did the opposite and used heavy artillery to attack our machine gun bunkers and anti-gun holes. We were also helpless... This may be what the Chinese often say: tit for tat!"
The other Japanese officers in the headquarters also had pale faces.
The Eighth Route Army placed its heavy artillery beyond the effective range of its mortars and infantry artillery. Except for aircraft, no one had any means to attack them.
And now it is night again, and it is impossible for planes to come for reinforcements. The only means for the blockade garrison to counter the heavy artillery troops of the independent regiment is gone, and they can only be passively beaten!
As long as the independent regiment brings a sufficient number of heavy artillery shells, they can take down the blockade tonight just by using shells.
This was also a common method used by the Imperial Army to deal with the Eighth Route Army. Unexpectedly, the same tactics would be used on themselves one day.
"Captain, what should we do next? Can we just stay here and wait for the Eighth Route Army to bomb us?" the adjutant asked with a look of reluctance.
"Pray to heaven that the heavy artillery shells fired by the Eighth Route Army will not fall on our heads..." the captain replied helplessly.
"Wait for the Eighth Route Army to launch a general offensive and fight them to the death!"
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