Chapter 448 Lieutenant General Sato: Hunter becomes Prey
"What a ruthless independent group... They know that they can't take away the captured ammunition supplies and heavy artillery in a short time. They would rather blow them all up than give us a chance to take them back!" Lieutenant General Sato analyzed with suppressed anger, and then spoke.
The face is anxious to order!
"The troops speed up and immediately rush to the heavy artillery position and the baggage troop station, and snatch back all the ammunition supplies and heavy artillery captured by the independent regiment...otherwise all of us will go hungry!"
On the frontal battlefield, the counterattack force of the Independent Regiment was overwhelming, clinging tightly behind the offensive force, chasing and holding fire...
Everywhere he went, the ground was full of corpses of Japanese and puppet troops!
"Dongdongdong...ta da da..."
A series of machine gun fire suddenly sounded at the Japanese offensive position. The counterattack troops were caught off guard and were knocked down in large numbers in an instant.
The remaining more than 200 Japanese and puppet troops in the attacking force took the opportunity to retreat into the offensive position and survived for the time being.
"Give me the thunder cannons and mortars to set up..." Kong Jie looked forward to the order in front of the enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment.
The counterattack opportunity in front of you is not something you think about.
If Huang Yu hadn't set up the stage and relied solely on frontal defense with the main force, he would probably have lost even the Dongshanggang defense line, let alone a counterattack before the battle, and the Japanese would have been defeated...
No matter what, we must seize this perfect opportunity and inflict as many heavy losses on Zuotou's division as possible.
Li Wensheng understood: "Several mortar companies and flying thunder artillery platoons have been following the attacking troops, providing close artillery support to the attacking troops at any time!"
"You don't know, the battalion commanders involved in the counterattack are all so angry that they have nowhere to vent their anger!"
"The previous Duanjiabao interception battle and the current Dongshanggang interception battle were all suppressed by the Zuoteng division and suffered heavy losses..."
"Finally, we got an opportunity to vent our anger. Everyone was energetic and fully prepared!"
"Not to mention the light and heavy machine guns that the Japanese set up on the offensive position. Even if they set up mortars, they can't even think of blocking the offensive of several battalions..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The explosion soon sounded in the Japanese offensive position, and in the splashing fire, three light and heavy machine guns instantly misfired.
"Rumble..."
Three more violent explosions reached Kong Jie's ears, and three mushroom-shaped fireballs dozens of meters high soared into the sky at the Japanese offensive position.
Compared with mortar shells, its lethality is greater and its impact is wider. Although it only has three explosive packets, it blasted three no-man's land in the Japanese offensive position...
"Each mortar squadron will counterattack immediately...kill the exposed mortar positions of the independent regiments!" the Japanese chief of staff ordered with a stern face!
"If you can't hit the heavy artillery positions of the Independent Regiment, it's good to destroy a few mortar positions..."
"The troops took turns to cover, immediately evacuated the offensive position, and went to join the division commander behind..."
In previous attacks, Sato's division faced the two main battalions of the Independent Regiment each time, and was equipped with only two companies of mortars.
It was different now. Kong Jie assembled five or six battalions at the same time to launch an attack. There were also five or six mortar companies participating in the attack, which far exceeded the number of mortars left by Sato in the offensive position.
In a short time, the Japanese's few mortars were suppressed on the battlefield.
"Rumble..."
During this process, more than twenty explosive packets the size of millstones were thrown towards the Japanese offensive positions.
"Comrades, rush..." Second Battalion Commander Xiao Yuanchang shouted and got up from the ground...
The box cannons in the hands were fired forward at the same time...
"kill……"
More than a thousand soldiers followed closely behind, some holding rifles and shooting, others holding submachine guns and holding fire...
Suppress the few Japs in front with unprecedented intensive firepower...
The Japanese chief of staff and a group of remnants had just retreated two to three hundred meters when the rear troops were broken through by the independent regiment...
The sound of firefight behind him was getting closer and closer, and the whole person became more and more impatient.
Fearing that a bullet would burrow into the back of his heart, his steps were much faster than before.
He was lucky. As the chief of staff of the division, he was the highest-ranking commander of the Zuto division besides Lieutenant General Sato. As long as the entire Zuto division was not destroyed, he would be surrounded by a large group of guards.
As long as bullets circle around, soldiers will take the initiative to greet them, using their bodies as human shields to block the bullets for the chief of staff.
Other Japanese soldiers were not so lucky. Some of them were shot in the back and fell on the way to retreat.
Especially machine gunners and gunners.
They carry light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and their load is much heavier than that of ordinary soldiers.
At first, I could maintain my retreat speed, but I started to fall behind even as I ran away, becoming a target for the pursuing troops...
Second Battalion Commander Xiao Yuanchang was very excited.
The independent regiment is very well equipped, but no commander would complain that he is equipped with too many light and heavy machine guns and mortars.
The Japanese who were killed in front of me were all gunners and machine gunners.
The light and heavy machine guns they carried on their shoulders were left on the retreat along with the mortars.
There were also many Japanese soldiers carrying supplies on their shoulders, dropping boxes after boxes of ammunition on the ground.
The whole person felt as if he had eaten honey, with a smile all over his face.
While chasing, he ordered: "Speed up the pursuit...take away the light and heavy machine guns, mortars, ammunition...all for me..."
Lieutenant General Sato is going crazy...
Hundreds of carts of grain were all ablaze...
The big truck filled with ammunition and supplies was even worse. Even the body of the truck was blown away, and there was nothing left except some burning wooden boards...
This is the ammunition supply for the Zuotou division for the next half month. If it is gone, the army will collapse due to hunger...
He quickly ordered to his subordinates: "What are you still doing? Hurry and save the food on the car..."
"If the car is overturned, there must be a lot of food inside that has not been burned. You can grab as much as you can..."
"The Eighth Battalion dispatched two squadrons to the heavy artillery positions to see if there are still any gunners alive and the heavy artillery that has not been blown up..."
"Bring them all here if you have any..."
After saying that, he turned his attention to the surroundings!
Zuotou's division was severely damaged in the accident just now. The heavy artillery brigade is gone, the mountain artillery brigade and the infantry artillery squad suffered heavy losses, and there is not much left in the tank brigade... Even the ammunition supply is not known to be saved!"
Under this situation, Zuotou's regiment has changed from hunters to prey, like a tiger that has lost its fangs and may be attacked again at any time.
He had to think about the future of Zuotou's regiment.
After scanning the surroundings, he began to issue orders: "The Seventh Brigade immediately dispatched two infantry squadrons, strengthened the mortars and heavy machine guns, and set off immediately to occupy the one-kilometer highland to the southeast and the eight-hundred-meter highland to the southwest, and establish positions on the spot.
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"Without my order, no matter how fierce the attack, you cannot take a step back!"
"Contact the Chief of Staff immediately... Zuotou's division will all move closer to me, establish a circular position with me as the center, and count the casualties..."
