Chapter 465: Division Commander’s Line of Defense Must Not Be Lost
Chapter 465 Division Commander, the line of defense must not be lost (first update)
Lieutenant General Sato thought that the independent regiment had more artillery fire than him and the artillery strength was stronger than him, so he tried to reduce the chance of artillery position exposure by shortening the artillery bombardment time.
But he ignored another thing.
His station is so big, surrounded by independent regiment troops. As long as the artillerymen reveal their position while firing high-explosive bombs, they will be watched by the independent regiment artillery observation posts. No matter where they move or how fast they move, they will hide.
But the observation post has eyes.
"Boom boom boom..."
Explosions soon sounded in the circular position occupied by the assault battalion, fire splashed, bunkers were constantly blown to pieces, and soldiers were blown away...
As soon as the five rounds of artillery shells ended, the second wave sent by Lieutenant General Sato launched an attack with a roar, intending to take advantage of the chaos to retake the circular defense line.
The assault battalion lost an entire infantry company in the artillery fire just now, but there are still two companies that can continue to fight...
When the Japanese soldiers rushed fifty meters in front of the formation, the fierce exchange of fire broke out again.
"Boom boom boom..."
The grenades and mortars mounted on the position joined the battle at the same time, killing the little Japanese rushing behind the attacking troops from a distance...
As soon as the five rounds of artillery shells were fired at the Japanese artillery position, dozens of gunners were busy dismantling the artillery and moving positions.
"Hurry up, don't be targeted by the artillery of the independent regiment..." The leader of the Japanese artillery squadron personally went into battle, picked up a mortar barrel and rushed to the reserve artillery position, shouting as he ran...
Just after running more than thirty meters, the scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky reached my ears, and violent explosions sounded behind me at the same time.
Hot air waves swept towards his back, and he was almost knocked over on the way to transfer.
But the screams coming from behind meant that many gunners were still hit...
The squadron leader can't control them.
What just flew over were not only mountain artillery and infantry artillery shells, but also a large number of mortar shells.
Their rate of fire is very fast. If they move a little slower, when the second round of shells rains down, they may not be as lucky as before.
As if he didn't hear the screams behind him, he didn't even turn his head and ran faster and faster, wanting to leave this dangerous area as soon as possible...
"Rumble..."
The second round of explosions sounded quickly. What surprised the squadron leader was that the explosions not only did not get farther away due to his rapid retreat, but instead became closer and closer...
"Bagya Road, why are the artillery shells of the Independent Regiment chasing us and exploding!" The squadron leader felt more and more uncomfortable as he ran and couldn't help cursing.
But none of the subordinates behind him answered this question.
When the third round of explosions was over, the squadron leader couldn't help but glance behind him, and then his face became miserable...
More than half of the more than 40 men were lost after only three rounds of artillery shells, and less than 20 men were left behind...
"Boom boom boom..."
The shelling continued, and with each round of explosions, many gunners were knocked over and never got up again...
The fifth round of artillery shells roared in. As soon as the explosion sounded in the squadron leader's ears, he was blown up and fell unconscious before he even landed...
On the high ground next to the Japanese headquarters, Lieutenant General Sato was no longer in the mood to care about the battle situation in the other three directions of the station, and focused all his attention on the east.
But none of the battles that took place here were satisfactory to him.
First, the attacking troops were once again blocked by the independent regiment. Not only did they fail to capture the circular position, they also lost troops in the battle and almost lost their combat effectiveness.
Then something happened to the artillery squadron.
I was cautious enough. In order to prevent them from being locked by the independent regiment, I only fired five rounds of artillery shells before moving their positions. However, they were still targeted and the entire army was almost destroyed...
Facing one bad news after another, he hesitated, not knowing whether to continue sending troops to retake the circular position.
The chief of staff always insisted on his original idea. Seeing Lieutenant General Sato's unpredictable hesitation, he was afraid that he would give up the ring position, so he quickly reminded: "Division commander... the ring position is the only defense line without gaps in the station. There is no gap at all."
Can’t throw it away!”
"Otherwise, the independent regiment can take the opportunity to expand the occupied area, attack the circular positions in other directions from the flanks, and then capture the entire defense line..."
"Without the ring defense line, without the more than a thousand garrison stationed at the ring defense line... our garrison will become riddled with holes, with loopholes everywhere!"
"As long as the independent regiment is willing, it can break through our inner positions anytime and anywhere and go straight to the division headquarters!"
"Although the reinforcements suffered heavy losses in the battle just now, they killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses... The losses of the independent regiment were not much smaller!"
"As long as the troops continue to attack, at most two more squadrons will be deployed to end the battle!"
Lieutenant General Sato was very reluctant, but the chief of staff's analysis was sound and he could not find any reason to refute it.
Facing the eager eyes of his subordinates, he could only nod: "Assign two more infantry squadrons and two mortar squadrons up!"
"This time, no matter what, the independent regiment will be driven out of our station!"
At 5:30 in the morning, Wei Dayong not only repelled another Japanese attack, but also launched a counterattack and pushed the defensive position forward more than 100 meters.
As a result, the corpses of the little Japanese who had fallen fifty or sixty meters in front of the formation were all moved to the back of the formation by the assault battalion.
As if he had picked up a gold ingot, Huang Yu immediately called on the troops to take off the gas masks from the Japanese...
After repelling a new round of Japanese attacks, they decisively took the captured items and evacuated the battlefield!
"Batalion Commander, we are rich!"
Deputy Battalion Commander Li Wenhua caught up with Huang Yu to report, with a smile on his face. He was even happier than eating honey!
"During the assault on the ring position, we killed more than 320 Japs..."
"During the defensive battle, we repelled nine Japanese attacks, including six squadron-scale attacks... The total number of enemies annihilated exceeded four infantry squadrons..."
"There are 696 gas masks seized from the Japanese alone..."
"This does not include the little Japs who were killed outside the position...the total number must have exceeded 1,100..."
"Six heavy machine guns, 38 light machine guns, and more than 900 rifles were also seized..."
"A lot of them were destroyed in the battle. After replacing the battle damage, there are still two heavy machine guns, 12 light machine guns, and less than 600 rifles!"
Huang Yu asked expectantly: "That means the total number of Japanese killed by the assault camp tonight exceeds 1,100..."
Li Wensheng said firmly: "There should be more than 1,200 people..."
"Many Japanese corpses were blown up during the battle, and gas masks were destroyed...the total number of these little Japs must have exceeded a hundred!"
"Where are our own casualties?" Huang Yu continued to ask,
"365 people were sacrificed and 25 were seriously injured... There are only 218 people left in the entire battalion who can continue to participate in the war!" The expression on Li Wensheng's face suddenly became heavy.
"If it hadn't been for dawn, the commando camp would have been wiped out if it had lasted for an hour and a half at most!"
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