Chu Yunfei's move was actually exchanging the artillery battalion for a partial victory.
Because the moment the artillery battalion fired at the Japanese, the artillery position was exposed.
The Japanese reacted immediately:
The five reconnaissance planes flying in the air quickly approached the Jin army's artillery position. The three closer ones roared and dived to drop bombs, while the two farther ones guided artillery fire to cover the target.
(Note: 98 light explosion is a light dive bomber)
Soon, a swarm of artillery shells hit the artillery position with a roar from several directions.
The artillery position immediately fell into a sea of flames amidst the "rumbling" sounds of artillery.
But even so, the artillery positions were still firing artillery shells at the enemy. The surviving artillerymen still stood firm and fought against the enemy.
Anda 23 put down his telescope and smiled proudly at his staff officer, saying: "Finally, we forced out the enemy's artillery. It's not easy!"
"Yes!" the staff officer replied: "Once the enemy's artillery is destroyed, victory is at hand!"
At this moment, the communications troop reported: "Your Majesty, Major General, Major Shirota is asking for help. His tank squadron was surrounded by the enemy, with heavy casualties!"
"What?" Anda 23 was stunned and asked, "What did they use to deal with our army's tanks?"
No wonder Anda Twenty-Three asked this question. Chongqing's troops only had artillery that could deal with the tanks of the imperial army.
At this time, their artillery has been destroyed. The tanks and the imperial soldiers will defeat the enemy and win the victory. But the tank troops actually asked for help?
"Spray bombs!" the signal soldier replied: "The enemy is equipped with many spray bombs!"
So Anda Twenty-Three understood.
It seems like this is the enemy's strategy?
The artillery position was exposed at this time, so it was not a bait... It used the artillery position to attract the attention of the aviation and artillery. At this moment, the infantry used "spray bombs" to surround the tank troops and assault to break through the defense line.
Team.
"Damn the Eighth Route Army!" Anda Twenty-Three cursed.
This must be the Eighth Route Army giving the "spray bomb" technology to the Chongqing army!
Then, Anda 23 was lucky to launch the attack in advance. Otherwise, if they had been given more time to prepare, they would have learned all the tactics of the Eighth Route Army, and the battle at that time would not be what it is now.
On the other side, Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment also suffered heavy casualties: only two of the eighteen artillery pieces survived, the gunners were dead and wounded, and only about thirty people were still fighting.
Adding in the casualties of the third battalion and the first battalion, the fighting has only lasted for more than half an hour, but there have been more than 500 casualties, which shows how tragic it is.
But the Jin army once again blocked the enemy's attack. Not only did it block the attack, it also cleanly blew up a Japanese chariot squadron, ten tanks and two infantry squadrons with more than 300 people... The Japanese only had two tanks in the artillery.
and fled back under the cover of infantry.
Judging from the casualty ratio, the Jin army still suffered a loss, but this was fought when there was a huge disparity in equipment between the enemy and ourselves, and the Japanese casualties were usually only one-third or less of the Chinese soldiers. If tanks were added, the result would be ten to one.
No exaggeration.
But in this battle, Chu Yunfei was able to repel the enemy with similar casualties, which could be considered a great victory.
Therefore, the positions of the 358th Regiment were filled with cheers. This victory gave the soldiers a great encouragement and at the same time enhanced their confidence in holding the position.
This is sometimes the case in fighting. The more you win the battle, the more confident you will be, and the more confident you will be, the more you will win the battle, thus entering a virtuous cycle.
On the contrary, losing the battle will lead to a vicious cycle of losing the battle and low morale.
What plays a decisive role in this is the commander's command.
However, Chu Yunfei knew that the situation was not optimistic.
At this time, the artillery of the 358th Regiment has lost its combat effectiveness, and more than half of its rockets have been consumed. In the following battle, the enemy's artillery and aviation will definitely focus on covering the tanks.
At that time, it will not be so easy for the rocket launcher to get close to the enemy tank.
Just as he was thinking about it, the whistling sound of artillery shells suddenly came from the sky, and Chu Yunfei knew that the Japanese had launched another attack.
Sure enough, Sun Ming, who was guarding the phone, reported: "Regiment leader, the Japanese are coming, another tank squadron!"
It turns out that Anda 23 also discovered this loophole of the Jin army... If the enemy needs to use artillery as bait, does that mean they are making a desperate move?
Or maybe the enemy has other artillery?
If not, you should not give the enemy a chance to breathe and rest, but should take it down in one go.
Therefore, Anda 23 immediately organized two artillery brigades to provide fire cover for the tank squadron, and ordered aerial reconnaissance aircraft to pay close attention to the vicinity of the tank squadron, and direct artillery bombardment once suspicious targets were found approaching.
This time, Anda Twenty-Three is bound to win.
Chu Yunfei also had an ominous premonition. He felt that nothing could stop the Japanese this time.
After thinking about it, he picked up a Jin-made Thompson submachine gun hanging on the wall and rushed out of the headquarters.
"Team up!" Sun Ming hurriedly followed with several guards.
Seeing Chu Yunfei rushing out of the headquarters with a submachine gun, the soldiers knew that the last moment had come!
The soldiers of the 358th Regiment were tough. They hesitated for a moment, then grabbed grenades and magazines and stuffed them into their belts one by one, and then followed Chu Yunfei one by one.
After jogging along the traffic trench, Chu Yunfei shouted to his men after getting into position: "Everyone, today the Japanese pirates invaded our country. When I was born, my country was destroyed. When I died, my country was born. We are the first to bear the brunt. We fought to save the country and protect our home. Although we died,
No matter how hard you fight, you will never retreat!"
"Never back down!"
"Never back down!"
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The soldiers raised their guns and shouted.
"Fix the bayonet!" Chu Yunfei shouted.
The soldiers took out their bayonet and put it on the bayonet holder one after another and got ready for battle.
Chu Yunfei stuck his head out and looked down, and saw Japanese tanks covering groups of infantry as they broke through the front line of defense and charged in.
He knew that time was running out, so he gritted his teeth, waved his hand back, and shouted: "Brothers, rush!"
As he spoke, he picked up his submachine gun and jumped out of the trench and rushed towards the enemy.
This is almost suicide. There is no covering fire, no rocket launcher, not even anti-tank grenades, just charging towards the enemy tank with a submachine gun and bayonet.
But Chu Yunfei knew that he had no way out.
The enemy's attack was so fast that he had no time to retreat.
A hasty retreat can quickly turn into a one-sided massacre with tanks chasing the troops.
Instead of dying like this, it's better to fight vigorously. In this way, there is at least hope.
But just as the Jin army shouted and rushed towards the Japanese tanks, a roar of "hiss, hiss, hiss" suddenly came from the air.
Before Chu Yunfei could react, the Japanese soldiers and tanks that broke into the defense line were blown into a sea of flames...