This seems very simple, just hit and close, and when the tank fire stops, the infantry charges.
But if such a simple tactic is not practiced repeatedly for several days, problems may occur during combat, and the result of problems is life.
At this time, when the infantry jumped over the tanks and rushed into the Japanese trenches, it meant that the battle was over.
The reason is that the Eighth Route Army soldiers have repeating rifles in their hands. They are the undisputed overlords of melee combat during this period, especially when the enemies are Japs who are not equipped with submachine guns...
If the enemy is Hans, a furry bear, or Eagle Sauce, then the repeating rifle is indeed not suitable for close combat.
Hans has mp40, Mao Xiong has Bobosha, and Eagle Sauce has Thomson.
Although the range and damage of submachine guns are not as good as those of repeating rifles, if you get up close to face-to-face distance... there is not much difference between assault rifles and submachine guns.
Of course, the Japs who only had bolt-action rifles could not withstand the attack of such repeating rifles, and the Japs were scattered with just one charge.
But the Japanese were also stubborn, and the explosions of grenades and explosive packets could be heard from time to time as the Eighth Route Army advanced.
Li Yunlong's eyelids jumped when he heard this sound. Having dealt with the Japanese for a long time, he certainly understood that this was the sound of wounded Japanese soldiers and prisoners setting off explosives at the last moment to die together with the Eighth Route Army soldiers.
Li Yunlong gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence: "Give me my order and take no prisoners!"
"Yes!" The signal soldier relayed this order as quickly as possible and immediately shouted: "Take no prisoners!"
Then the orders were passed one after another.
Zhao Gang, who was on another tracked car not far away, couldn't help being stunned when he heard this. He just wanted to stop it, but after thinking about it, he endured it.
Zhao Gang considered one thing: the independent regiment fought through penetrations this time, and it was a deep penetration. How could we keep prisoners in such a battle?
Should the prisoners be kept and carried back by separate troops, or should they be taken along with the troops?
The former will make the independent regiment have fewer and fewer troops, while the latter will just carry a time bomb on its back to fight the enemy because it thinks its life is too long!
Thinking of this, Zhao Gang murmured: "Although we treat prisoners preferentially, it depends on the situation! We won't do it next time!"
Li Yunlong was originally worried that Zhao Gang would stop him, but when he saw that there was no movement from Zhao Gang, he felt happy... This old Zhao finally came to his senses!
The entire battle only lasted sixteen minutes, and the Japanese troops of a brigade were completely wiped out by the independent regiment before they had time to react... Except for some skirmishers who fled into the woods on the smoke and dust, a brigade of more than a thousand people were all surrendered to the position.
And they were all corpses without any prisoners.
After hearing this information, Wang Xuexin couldn't help but sigh: At the beginning, the Eighth Route Army had three regiments surrounding the Japanese and one large group to fight, and they managed to defeat it at the cost of heavy casualties. Now it's just like playing with one regiment against the Japanese and one large group.
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Thinking in his mind but not hesitating at all, Wang Xuexin ordered: "Keep going!"
"Yes! Keep going!"
Li Yunlong was a little surprised when he received the order to "keep moving forward."
He originally thought that Wang Xuexin would order the Independent Regiment to turn back and deal with the main force of the Japs behind him... That was a regiment, and they were having a heated battle with the main force a few miles away. If the Independent Regiment were to strike them from behind, the Japs would
The alliance will collapse in minutes.
What's more, this won't take much time. At the speed of the independent regiment's mechanized troops, it may only take more than an hour to complete the battle including the round trip.
Wouldn't it be better to solve the worries first and then intersperse them later?
You can also take this opportunity to replenish some ammunition!
But it wasn't long before Li Yunlong realized that his idea was stupid. In other words, although he had learned Hans's "blitzkrieg", deep down he was still fighting traditional positional warfare or always thinking about eating meat.
Although Li Yunlong had different ideas at the time, he did not hesitate to carry out the order to move forward because he believed in Wang Xuexin's command.
The direction given by Wang Xuexin is to advance along the highway and railway lines... The steel plant has a highway extending eastward, and is connected to a railway line more than thirty miles away. The Japanese used this transportation line to transport steel.
The troops had only advanced for more than ten minutes when they ran into a convoy of seven or eight cars.
Li Yunlong thought the car was transporting supplies, so he ordered it to be collected and beaten.
The so-called "collect and attack" means to seize materials instead of blasting them into the sky with tanks as soon as they come up.
Li Yunlong thought that although the Japanese bullets were not needed, food, explosives, and grenades could still be replenished.
Our independent group is now equipped with half-track vehicles. We can bring as many as we can. If the cars are not damaged, it is best to drive away with them.
The soldiers rushed forward and beat them with crackling sounds, and quickly wiped out the group of Japs.
The soldiers were still wondering why this team of Japs seemed so weak in combat effectiveness, especially since they did not have the "sacrifice" spirit of the previous Japs team. In the end, no Japs were seen pulling grenades to commit suicide.
Then I opened the ammunition box in the rear compartment and took a look. Everyone was shocked: two of the cars were carrying poison gas bombs.
This poison gas bomb was supposed to be used against the steel plant, but unexpectedly when it came up, it happened to hit the advancing independent regiment.
Li Yunlong was also frightened and broke into a cold sweat, thinking: "If we don't move forward but turn around to attack the main force of the Japanese, these gas bombs will hit the steel factory first and then hit our independent group!"
This is not over yet.
The independent regiment went five miles further and ran into the Japanese artillery position.
The Japanese artillery positions are built on both sides of the road... Both sides of the road are good places for artillery positions, because the artillery shells can be transported to them immediately after being transported along the road.
Because the Eighth Route Army came so quickly, when the Japanese artillerymen saw the Eighth Route Army suddenly appearing in front of them, they were stunned for a while and did not react.
Although the Japanese had deserters, the speed of the deserters could not keep up with the speed of the Eighth Route Army's half-tracks and tanks, so the Japanese artillery had no idea that the Eighth Route Army was moving towards them.
This is one of the benefits of "blitzkrieg". It will cause the enemy's communications and intelligence to be confused. As a result, many combat units will encounter the opponent's mechanized troops without any preparation.
It goes without saying what the result of this was. The half-track car rushed into the Japanese artillery position and flew between the various artillery positions. At the same time, repeating rifles fired wildly at the Japanese artillery below on both sides.
Many Japanese artillerymen could not even pick up their rifles. They faced the steel monsters of the Eighth Route Army unarmed. They were either hit and crushed by cars or knocked down by bullets in a pool of blood.
For a time, gunfire and the screams of Japanese soldiers were everywhere on both sides of the road.
As for Li Yunlong, his eyes were fixed on the cars and artillery pieces in the artillery position, and he couldn't help but have a proud smile on his lips.