It may be a bit of a waste to use the rocket launcher on the "Self-Defense Forces", because the Eighth Route Army originally wanted to use this thing on the Japanese, but it would be a bit of a waste to use it on rookies like the "Self-Defense Forces" and the outcome is still determined.
The smell of "cannon hitting a bird".
But in fact, the role played by the rocket launcher in this battle is definitely worth the money.
The reason is that the "Self-Defense Forces" have a large number of troops, with more than 2,000 people in total, while Zhang Dabiao's battalion only has more than 500 people. The enemy's strength is four to one.
In addition, the "Self-Defense Forces" are also equipped with more than a dozen mortars...these mortars are the initiators of those shells fired at the steel plant.
Although the mortars of the "Self-Defense Forces" cannot determine the outcome of the battle, if the mortar shells hit the Eighth Route Army's charge line indiscriminately, even if the Eighth Route Army can win in the end, it will be a miserable victory.
However, as several rockets from the Eighth Route Army roared towards the "Self-Defense Forces", one of the rocket launchers even hit the mortar position and exploded, with steel balls flying straight down.
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In terms of range, rockets cannot threaten mortar positions more than 300 meters away from the forward position.
But firstly, the Eighth Route Army was firing rockets from high places, and secondly, anti-infantry rockets did not need to hit the target but used steel balls to kill the enemy, so they could hit the enemy's mortar positions.
The steel ball hit the mortar barrel and made a crisp "clang" sound. Some mortar shooters were hit by the steel ball, which caused severe pain...because it was far away and could not penetrate, only a little skin injury.
But even so, the "Self-Defense Forces" mortar operators were greatly frightened.
The equipment of the Eighth Route Army can now hit the mortar positions. If we advance a few steps further, why don't we just shoot the "shells" directly into the mortar positions?
Look at the infantrymen on the position. After being hit by the steel balls, they fell to the ground in pieces and howled. The mortar gunners dared not linger. They yelled and ran away, leaving even the mortars and ammunition where they were.
As a result, Zhang Dabiao's battalion immediately captured more than a dozen mortars and hundreds of artillery shells.
Not to mention, the Eighth Route Army pursued and fought fiercely all the way, and they stopped after chasing for three miles.
If it weren't for the fact that the mission was to garrison the steel plant, Zhang Dabiao would have planned to pursue him as far as he could in one go.
In this battle, the first battalion killed and wounded more than 500 "self-defense forces", captured more than 700 people, and seized a large number of equipment abandoned by the "self-defense forces."
However, except for mortars and some 38-type cannons and box guns that could be used, the other Eighth Route Army looked down upon them.
To be precise, the independent group looked down upon it.
As soon as Zhang Dabiao turned around, he transported old sleeves, shotguns and other things back to the steel factory... Zhang Dabiao knew the situation in the Daqingshan base area. The Daqingshan detachment was jointly suppressed and beaten by the Japanese and the "Self-Defense Forces"
For so long, both life and the military were on the verge of collapse.
These miscellaneous guns are nothing to the independent regiment, but they are all treasures to the Daqingshan detachment.
So, of course, you should keep these equipment to build the team.
Qiu Chengzuo ran for ten miles in one breath, and did not stop until he heard that the Eighth Route Army had returned to the high ground to garrison.
"Damn it!" Qiu Chengzuo cursed: "This doesn't look like Gao Qingyu's army. When did the Eighth Route Army become so capable of fighting?"
The staff officer interjected from the side: "Commander-in-Chief, could this be the main force of the Eighth Route Army?"
"The main force?" Qiu Chengzuo cursed: "Can the main force only have so many people?"
"Yes, yes..." the staff officer could only respond.
Qiu Chengzou thought for a while and said: "It seems that the Eighth Route Army is serious this time. It sent a force to capture the steel factory and stationed troops around it..."
After a pause, Qiu Chengzuo called out: "Reconnaissance company, go and inquire immediately to find out who these eight gangsters are and what they plan to do?"
"Yes!" The commander of the reconnaissance company accepted the order, but when he turned his head, he had a grimace on his face.
Damn it, such a powerful army actually asked me to inquire for information? Isn't this no different from going to die?
It's no wonder that the commander of the reconnaissance company thought so, because in actual combat, the so-called "inquiring for information" mostly involves launching a surprise attack on the enemy's defense line and then grabbing a few tongues for interrogation.
One can imagine what the consequences would be if the "Self-Defense Forces" reconnaissance company did this in the face of a unit like the Independent Regiment.
But he actually got part of the news.
It turned out that the reconnaissance company ran into a few skirmishers who escaped from the battle at the steel plant, and one of them recognized Li Yunlong... Li Yunlong's head has been hanging on the Japs' bounty all day long, and people who recognized him really didn't know who he was.
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So the reconnaissance company immediately turned back and reported: "Commander-in-Chief, this Eighth Route Army is Li Yunlong's independent regiment!"
These words shocked Qiu Chengzuo.
Li Yunlong's independent group? Shouldn't they be fighting fiercely with the Japanese in Yuncheng? Why did they come to Daqingshan!
The chief of staff became jealous when he heard the name Li Yunlong: "Commander-in-Chief, Li Yunlong's head is worth a lot of money. If you can catch him..."
Qiu Chengzuo glared at the staff officer and interrupted him angrily: "Who is this Li Yunlong? Can you catch him if you want?"
"But commander!" the staff officer said: "How many people are there in the independent regiment? Two or three thousand at most, and they are surrounded by a circle around the steel plant. The troops are scattered everywhere and there are weaknesses! We have tens of thousands of people. If we concentrate our troops on the attack
A little, and based on our familiarity with the terrain..."
It has to be said that this staff officer still has some ink and courage. What he said is the strategy of "offense is greater than defense".
The Eighth Route Army's 3,000 men defended in four directions, with only a few hundred men in each direction.
And this line of defense is not tight... This is determined by how many miles away the Eighth Route Army's line of defense is from the steel plant.
As mentioned before, in order to prevent the steel plant from being bombarded, the defense line can only be pushed out a few miles.
Pushing the defense line a few miles further means that the defense circle is too large, so the troops are further dispersed.
If your troops are scattered and you want to defend yourself, you can only find the commanding heights.
So below the commanding heights, there are all undefended loopholes.
The staff officer suggested: "If we use a small force to attract the firepower of the Eighth Route Army's high ground, and then use the main force to quickly penetrate through the loopholes to the steel plant, I don't believe that Li Yunlong still has three heads and six arms to withstand our human sea offensive! By then
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"When the time comes, there will be guns and people!" Qiu Chengzuo nodded secretly: "And the name of defeating the independent group!"
The staff officer said: "Yes! If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs. If we don't find our face today, I'm afraid we won't be able to stay in Daqingshan! Why not take a chance?"
Qiu Chengzuo thought it made sense.
If the Eighth Route Army can send an independent regiment here, it seems that it means to take full control of Daqingshan.
If the "Self-Defense Forces" don't take advantage of their unsteady footing to launch a thunderous strike, I'm afraid they will never have this opportunity again.