The directional mine exploded almost at the same time because it was connected with electrical wires and controlled by engineers to detonate.
That's why their lethality is quite astonishing...
Tang Liangjun waited for the Japs to jump into the trenches and start fighting for positions with the Eighth Route Army before detonating them. The steel balls exploded in the trenches, instantly smashing the Japs in the trenches into sieves. Even the Japs standing on both sides of the trenches and attacking along the edges were
Don't let it go...the steel balls are shot upward in a radial pattern, and the Japanese at the edge of the trench may still be hit.
So, when the Eighth Route Army rushed out from the entrance of the warehouse, what they saw were the Japanese lying on the ground groaning miserably.
Of course, the Eighth Route Army soldiers were not polite to them. They waved their machetes and engineering shovels at their heads.
For a moment, there were screams and splashes of blood everywhere.
The Japanese were completely stunned and had no power to resist. They were picked up by the Eighth Route Army one by one like melons and vegetables. Even if there were new Japanese who jumped into the trenches, they were no match for the Eighth Route Army because they had rifles in their hands.
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The trench is not a place where rifles can be used, especially the enemy's one-meter-long 38-meter-long cover. It is difficult to turn around at this length, let alone engage in hand-to-hand combat.
On the contrary, the broadswords and engineer shovels in the hands of the Eighth Route Army are very easy to use, especially the engineer spade... This engineer spade is the multi-functional engineer spade designed by Wang Xuexin. It is not only light but also has a sharp blade, which can be used for hand-to-hand combat.
It can be blocked and can even be used as a shield.
Just imagine, if in hand-to-hand combat, you hold a spur in one hand and a shield in the other, and the enemy only has a spur and a rifle that can be called a burden, how can he be an opponent of the Eighth Route Army?
Therefore, even though Endo Shino shouted over and over again: "Hold the defense and attack!"
But in the end the defense line was recaptured by the Eighth Route Army ten minutes later.
This time the problem becomes bigger...
Three of the four Japanese minesweepers had already crossed the trenches and attacked the hinterland. There were also twelve 95 light combat vehicles and more than thirty side three-wheelers loaded with infantry. They originally confidently attacked the back of the other side of the Eighth Route Army's defense line.
Unexpectedly, there was a fire in the backyard, and suddenly they were surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, the Japanese planes could not even function.
Because at this time, there were already enemies among us, we had enemies among us, and the gray cloth uniforms of the Eighth Route Army were very similar in color to the khaki uniforms of the Japanese at first glance, so it was really impossible to tell which ones were the imperial army and which ones were.
Eighth Route Army.
Tang Liangjun also accurately grasped the opportunity at this time.
He knew that the Eighth Route Army was not very different from each other from an army perspective.
The quality of the 208th Regiment is not inferior to that of the Japs, and the rifle is also the Springfield Rifle of Eagle Sauce, which is even better than the Japs' 38-year-old Gai.
Although the Japanese still have tanks and tricycles, doesn’t the Eighth Route Army also have two weapons, directional mines and rocket launchers?
What's more, the total strength of the Eighth Route Army is twice that of the Japanese, and its strength should still be higher than that of the Japanese.
The enemy's victory lies in the large amount of air cover. This is the main reason why the Eighth Route Army is restrained everywhere.
So now, the Japanese fighter planes dare not participate in the war because they cannot identify ourselves and the enemy. How can we let go of such a good opportunity? We must expand it!
Therefore, Tang Liangjun gave an order, and the main force hidden in the warehouse rushed in, killing the Japanese troops surrounded in the middle from all directions.
It should be said that Shino Endo still had a chance to win.
Endo Shino's chance was the moment the Eighth Route Army rushed out of the warehouse entrance.
At that time, Shino Endo should have judged immediately that it was impossible to hold the trenches.
At that time, he actually had three options: retreat, defend, and attack.
Of course, retreating was not an option, as it would put the imperial army in a passive position, because many troops could no longer be withdrawn and would be surrounded and annihilated by the Eighth Route Army.
The defense seems to be correct, but in fact it will make the troops entering the encirclement hesitate. They don't know whether to continue to advance or to return for reinforcements.
Endo Shino's order was to "defend", so these troops organized troops to return for reinforcements.
But in fact, the most correct choice should be to attack regardless of all costs.
The Eighth Route Army's defense line was a circular defense circle. As long as the Japanese invaded the encirclement and attacked anywhere, they could easily open a gap and occupy another section of the trench.
Isn't the other section of trench a trench?
Is the other gap not a gap?
Why should we cling to our own retreat and defend the trenches in the western section we just captured?
What's more, if the Japanese divide their forces and attack in all directions, the Eighth Route Army's defense line will collapse immediately, and then they will have to give up the surface positions to the Japanese to retreat to the warehouse.
However, Shino Endo did not think of this at the time.
This may be a limitation of the Japanese's thinking, or it may be that long-term military theory study has formed a fixed thinking that the retreat must not be cut off by the enemy.
Who knows that "the forces of war are impermanent and the water is impermanent", and the most important thing about "blitzkrieg" is flexibility rather than rigidity.
From this point of view, Endo Shino still has not learned the essence of "blitzkrieg".
Now, when the main force of the Eighth Route Army poured out from the warehouse and surrounded the Japanese inside the airport like a tide, the Japanese's defeat was already determined:
The planes in the sky could do nothing, because in just two minutes the two armies were fighting each other.
The Japanese tanks could also just stare... because they were surrounded by their own people and enemies everywhere, and they didn't even know where to fire.
To be precise, they are not "just staring", but waiting to die.
Because this is a Type 95 tank, just a few grenades thrown under its chassis can paralyze it.
This was a brutal hand-to-hand battle. The Eighth Route Army launched a fierce attack on the Japanese with their bayonets drawn, while the Japanese who were unwilling to fail fought hard and persisted to the death.
But it was obvious that the Eighth Route Army had the upper hand in this battle.
As a result, the Japs fought less and less, and the Eighth Route Army surrounded them tighter and tighter.
At this time, Endo Shino gave the order: "Send a report and order the bombers...to drop bombs towards the airport location!"
"Your Excellency, Major!" the staff officer replied in surprise: "There are still our people there..."
"They are already loyal!" Shino Endo interrupted the staff officer, and then ordered again in a tone that left no room for doubt: "Send the report now!"
"Yes!" the staff officer responded helplessly.
Soon, the bombers swooped down and dropped bombs one after another into the encirclement.
Because there was no cover in the flat area of the airport, the Eighth Route Army did not expect that the Japanese would drop bombs under such circumstances, and they were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.
Tang Liangjun was so angry that he stomped his feet and cursed: "Damn it, are the Japanese still human? You can also blow up your own people!"
But actually there is nothing strange about this, this is the way of the Japanese.