In order to hold the second line of defense, Lieutenant General Sakuragi had to demolish the eastern wall to repair the western wall. Wang Lin happened to rush to the Japanese division headquarters.
"Dongdongdong..." A Type 92 heavy machine gun suddenly blocked the way of the first battalion. Bullets flew towards them like rain. The three soldiers fell to the ground. Each of them had several bloody holes in their chests and mouths.
He was vomiting blood and foam and died on the spot.
"Chief of Staff, the Japanese have placed heavy machine guns behind bunkers. It is difficult to suppress a frontal attack. It is best to use artillery." First Battalion Commander Chen Jia came to Wang Lin's side and reported.
"There are heavy machine guns blocking the road in front, and there are a large number of antennas behind the bunker. We must have touched the Japanese division headquarters." Wang Lin judged while observing.
"Let the mortar platoon fire immediately and knock out the Japanese heavy machine gun positions for me."
"The first battalion of the 26th Regiment made a roundabout outflank, and the others followed me in a frontal attack, and captured the Japanese division headquarters. Not even a single kid could escape."
"Boom, boom, boom..." Three mortar shells roared towards us. As soon as the explosion sounded, the heavy machine gun called Zheng Huan in front went silent.
Wang Lin quickly got up from the ground and charged forward again. The light machine gun he held in his arms fired at the same time. He fired while charging: "Charge..."
"The commander of the Little Devil Division is right in front."
"Take down the Japanese division headquarters, kill the division commander, and kill them all with me..."
"Ta-ta-ta..." Three crooked weapons fired at the Japanese command post, and screams came out at the same time.
Several riflemen took the opportunity to reach the entrance of the command post, took out the grenade, pulled the string, held it in their hands for three seconds, and then threw it into the room with force.
"Boom, boom, boom..." The explosion sounded quickly, and countless smoke spewed out from the mouth of the command department. The screams in the room also stopped abruptly at this moment.
Several soldiers took the opportunity to attack...
"Chief of Staff, the leader of the Japanese Division is not here, the one with the highest rank is a leftist..." the first battalion commander Chen Jia reported with a disappointed look on his face.
Wang Lin was also very disappointed, but it was still a big achievement to be able to kill more than a dozen Japanese left-level officers and destroy the Japanese regiment headquarters in one go.
Not to mention anything else, five or six radio stations were seized during the raid just now, including two high-power remote radio stations. These are treasures that even the rich cannot buy.
Shaking his head to comfort: "It's okay..."
"The battlefield is so big. As long as he is still encircled, we will encounter him sooner or later."
"Let comrades replenish their ammunition on the spot."
"The Japanese pursuers are coming and we must leave quickly."
"Maybe we can kill the leader of the Japanese division in the next raid." Wang Lin said as he loaded bullets and oiled the crooked gun in his hand.
In a close-range firefight between the enemy and ourselves, whoever has stronger surprise firepower will be able to kill more of the opponent's troops faster and gain a battlefield advantage.
After every raid, Wang Lin would equip his troops with the captured light machine guns. So far, the two reinforced battalions have lost nearly 30% of their soldiers, but they have nearly doubled the number of light machine guns.
Basically, all machine gunners and assistant shooters carry a machine gun each, and they rely on the troops to reload their bullets when they are resting or on the road.
"Chief of Staff..." The rear company commander suddenly ran towards him.
"The Japs are catching up, and there are two squadrons that are outflanking us on both sides. They want to annihilate us here." Wang Lin first looked back at the troops behind him that were no longer what they used to be, and then coldly snorted an order: "Annihilate us all.
We also want to see if they have such good teeth."
"The chariot troops were severely damaged by us and have become nothing more than a turtle."
"The artillery unit was also severely damaged by our artillery and did not dare to join the war rashly."
"Only relying on more than a thousand light infantry to encircle and annihilate us, the Japanese think too highly of their own combat effectiveness."
"But they finally caught up with us. If we leave without saying hello, that would be too disrespectful to our guests."
"Didn't we seize several heavy machine guns during the raid here just now? We set up all the usable ones and established positions on the spot based on the original fortifications of the Japanese army. We will give a severe blow to the Japanese pursuers so that they will not dare to pursue us too close in the future."
"The first battalion of the 26th Regiment will defend the two wings, and the others will defend the front with me."
"The radio operator will contact the four field artillery batteries and ask them to fire three salvos at a position 100 meters in front of our formation."
"In the past, it was us who were bombed by the little devils."
"Today I am going to retaliate with tooth and let them taste what it feels like to be bombed."...The Japanese Chief of Staff is under great pressure in combat.
He had received a death order from the division commander, but Wang Lin was too cunning. He led his troops to attack eastward at one moment, and then turned around and attacked southward at another. The march route was unpredictable, giving him no chance to send troops to outflank him.
You can only follow behind and eat ashes.
After learning that the Eighth Route Army was heading towards the division headquarters, he keenly realized that this was a good opportunity to annihilate them.
The division headquarters was built a long time ago, and the guard brigade built many fortifications around it, including several heavy and heavy machine guns.
Although the main force of the brigade was taken away by the division commander and himself, there is still a reinforced squadron there. It will definitely be no problem to hold on for ten minutes relying on the existing fortifications.
You can catch up by yourself, block them there, and annihilate them together.
"Report to the Chief of Staff, the outflanking troops are in place." Captain Cao of the reconnaissance team ran over and reported.
"The two battalions of the Eighth Route Army have not retreated. They are using the original fortifications of the headquarters to repair the fortifications and defend the headquarters." A solemn expression flashed on the excited face of the chief of staff.
With no heavy weapons in hand, what he wanted most was to fight a rout, so that he could severely damage his opponent at the minimum cost.
The Eighth Route Army in front of them obviously did not intend to give themselves this opportunity. They relied on the original fortifications of the headquarters to switch to defense on the spot, and what awaited them would be a tough battle.
Without heavy weapons to provide fire support, if a group of light infantry wants to annihilate their opponents through a forceful attack, the effort and cost will be much greater than in a rout.
If not, it might lead to a lose-lose outcome. This is a result that neither he nor the division commander can accept.
But things had already happened. Facing the Eighth Route Army's tactics, he had no choice but to fight.
Shaking his head and throwing away all the messy thoughts in his mind, he frowned and began to give orders: "The mortar squadron will immediately attack the Eighth Route Army in front of us."
"The infantry will be deployed on the spot, and the attack will be launched as soon as the five-minute artillery barrage ends." After saying this, he closed his mouth without saying a word.
The mortars were not very powerful, but their rate of fire was very fast. The twelve mortars fired five to six hundred shells in just five minutes, filling the headquarters with smoke and thick smoke.
On the surface, it seems that the artillery bombardment is very effective. As for how effective it is, we will only know how it is. Two infantry squadrons have already rushed to the battlefield and formed a skirmish line to attack the headquarters.
At least until now, the Japanese chief of staff hasn't seen any clues.
