"Commander, why did you stop the troops? Shouldn't we make persistent efforts and rush into Huangtu Ridge in one go to end the battle as soon as possible! If we stop now, wouldn't we give the Japanese time to prepare!" Political Commissar Cheng Xiao asked with a frown!
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "Time is important, but casualties are more important to us!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops in Huangtuling have already reacted. If they continue to rush forward without a clue, they will only increase casualties!"
After saying that, Wang Ping began to issue orders: "All artillery units are divided into three, provide artillery support to the three main battalions, break through the obstruction of the Japanese and puppet troops as soon as possible, and advance into Huangtu Ridge!"
"Tell the battalion commanders that I will take care of tonight's attack, regardless of bullets or artillery shells. If you can use artillery shells on the battlefield, you will definitely not use bullets!"
Before the Fifth Regiment of the Royal Association Army, which had just blocked the independent regiment's offensive, had time to take a breath, the scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky reached their ears.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo for ya way... no, it's a shelling. Everyone, please take cover!" The experienced officer of the Royal Association Army suddenly changed his face and shouted.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Before the order could be spread, an explosion sounded on the temporary defense line.
Because there were no trenches, even if these Imperial Army troops hid behind sandbag bunkers, shells falling from the sky could easily kill them.
Ten various artillery shells fell, including several powerful mountain artillery shells, which destroyed a machine gun position of the Imperial Association Army on the spot. The man, his weapons, and the sandbags were all blown away and disappeared in an instant.
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"The Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was too fierce, and our blocking position was simple. The casualties were very high, and we would definitely not be able to withstand it!" The chief of staff of the fifth regiment saw that his subordinates were being blown away amidst screams and explosions on the battlefield.
The group leader shouted anxiously.
"The Japs are not good people. They obviously want us to be cannon fodder at the front to buy them time to build their positions!" the regimental leader replied with gritted teeth.
The chief of staff's heart skipped a beat and he cried out, "Then we're all going to die here!"
"Captain, these are more than a thousand brothers! By the way, we can ask the Imperial Army for artillery support. Didn't the Imperial Army bring an artillery brigade and several mortar squadrons? As long as the artillery is fired, the Eighth Route Army can definitely be defeated.
Press down the artillery fire."
Hope was rekindled on the chief of staff's face, but the regimental leader still had an angry expression with gritted teeth.
Then he sneered: "Don't even think about artillery support! Did you hear the initial explosion? It was that explosion that instantly wiped out the Japanese artillery. Now, we have only one way to stop the Eighth Route Army's attack, which is to keep attacking the defense line.
Take many lives until our entire fifth regiment is wiped out!"
The chief of staff, who didn't want to die, was stunned when two words suddenly appeared in his mind: surrender.
However, these two words just flashed through my mind and disappeared.
As the chief of staff of the Imperial Association Army, the Eighth Route Army was known as a veritable traitor. Even if he surrendered, there would be no good results.
Moreover, the little Japs were watching from behind, and many machine guns were aimed at everyone's back. Once the troops thought of surrendering on the battlefield, the chief of staff was sure that they would not hesitate to shoot and beat everyone into a hornet's nest.
By this time, the fierce shelling had lasted for almost five minutes. One or two hundred shells had hit the ground, and the few sandbag bunkers that had been there had been blown away.
The temporary defense line was littered with corpses of the Imperial Army soldiers who had been killed by bombings, injured people who were screaming in agony, and broken arms that were directly shattered by artillery shells.
Facing a battlefield that was like hell on earth, the first thought of the still-living Imperial Army was to run away and escape from here.
But the Japs who were supervising the formation at the back were not polite at all. Just as the regiment chief of staff thought, as long as there were soldiers running for their lives, the Japs would shoot them from behind as soon as they walked away, and the whizzing bullets would turn them into a hornet's nest directly from the back.
After more than a dozen people died in a row, the surviving Imperial Army soldiers finally gave up the idea of escape and lay on the ground with their heads in their hands to avoid the artillery fire. Some people shivered, and some prayed in their hearts that the artillery shells would not hit them!
The shelling finally stopped, and when many Imperial Army soldiers were still lying on the ground with fearful faces, the officers had already started shouting and cursing on the position!
"Get up and fight, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack. The imperial army is watching from behind again. If you don't want to die, just block the Eighth Route Army's attack!"
"Bullets don't have eyes. If we don't kill the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army will kill us. Get up and fight!"
Amidst all kinds of shouts and curses, the Imperial Alliance Army stood up sporadically. Because many bunkers had been blown away, they lay directly on the ground, as if they were ready for battle.
However, when the Eighth Route Army offensive troops came into view and started shooting, they discovered that there were not many gunshots on the position.
As soon as they fired, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side could immediately focus on at least two machine guns and fire at them.
After the dense bullets flew over, because there was no bunker, they had no place to hide, and they were instantly beaten into a hornet's nest.
"Regiment seat, the casualties of the troops are too great. There is less than one company left in my battalion, and there is not a single machine gun left. There is no way to stop the Eighth Route Army's attack!" The nearest battalion commander rushed directly to command the fifth regiment of the Royal Association Army.
He shouted with heartache and anger.
The commander of the regiment saw what was going on on the battlefield, but he had no choice but to face the Japanese army's insistence on not retreating.
"I've sent out all the regimental security troops, but there's nothing I can do! Tell the brothers, hold on tight!"
Then he said to the Japanese lieutenant who was supervising the battle next to him: "Nakata-kun, you heard that the troops suffered heavy losses in the shelling and cannot stop the Eighth Route Army's attack. I need reinforcements from the imperial army!"
Lieutenant Nakata's face had a very cold expression from beginning to end, without any change.
"I will report to the commander, but without the commander's order, your unit cannot retreat. My troops will return to the back of the position to supervise the formation. If anyone is found retreating, regardless of their identity, they will be shot directly!"
The regiment leader wished he could shoot this superior Japanese lieutenant.
However, people have to bow their heads under the roof. Who makes himself a traitor and chooses to work for the Japanese!
Although he felt a thousand reluctances in his heart, the regiment leader still pretended to express his gratitude to the lieutenant with a flattering expression.
Colonel Kato found a blind spot for artillery fire under the protection of the guards, then transferred the headquarters and personally directed the battle.
After Lieutenant Nakata's report was delivered, the adjutant immediately suggested: "Sir, the defense line behind has not been repaired yet, and the outer defense line must not be lost. The combat effectiveness of the Imperial Alliance Army is too poor. I suggest that an infantry squadron be deployed. In this case
, only the imperial army can block the fortifications on Tubal Road!"
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