"Baga, there is the Eighth Route Army ahead, shoot immediately and stop them!" The frightened Japanese officer on the defense line in the northeast corner of the station showed a frightened expression, and then shouted loudly.
"Get into position immediately and fight back!"
"The machine guns are in position and fire immediately. We must not let the Eighth Route Army rush over."
Various shouts and orders began to sound on the battlefield, but the bullets fired by more than fifty light machine guns were too dense. Many Japanese and puppet troops were caught off guard and were beaten into a hornet's nest.
After being hit by dozens of heavy mortar shells, there were not many Japanese and puppet troops left.
Now that he is dead, there will be even fewer defenders left.
But no matter what, the Japanese and puppet troops on the defense line still opened fire.
Machine gunners were constantly shot and fell down on the charge. However, the soldiers of the guard regiment were all elites selected from the entire military region. In terms of fighting will, they were definitely no better than the Japs.
As soon as the machine gunner in the front died, the machine gunner in the back took over and continued to rush forward with the light machine gun in his hand, while charging and firing.
Major General Yoshino's expression at this time was very complicated, including shock, anger, and aggrievedness.
He didn't expect that Tu Balu, whom he had always looked down upon, had a back-up plan, and that this back-up plan caught him off guard as soon as he took action.
I have five organized infantry brigades in my hands. I lost one during the attack. I was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in the middle of the night and lost another one. I had just sent two infantry brigades out to chase down the Eighth Route Army who had ambushed me in the middle of the night. There was only one infantry brigade left.
Protecting the baggage in the northeast corner of the station, it is now being heavily attacked by the Eighth Route Army!
Major General Yoshino suddenly discovered that he, who was originally strong in military strength, suddenly had no troops to send.
"Chief of Staff, we must immediately send troops to reinforce the baggage troops. Two consecutive shellings, and both were heavy artillery attacks. They must have suffered heavy losses. The Eighth Route Army is attacking them now. They must be picking on the weak and want to eat up our baggage troops and our baggage troops.
Guard troops!" Major General Yoshino, who had no clue, could only pin his hopes on the Chief of Staff and stared at the Chief of Staff and asked.
The chief of staff was also very anxious.
The baggage troops store all the reserve ammunition of the entire brigade. Once it is eliminated, the ammunition in the hands of each brigade will only be enough to sustain one day's combat needs.
Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for the brigade to continue attacking the Eighth Route Army Arsenal and capture it!
This is not the most important thing. Once the main reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army are not eliminated and the Imperial Army runs out of ammunition, not only will it be impossible for the Imperial Army to capture the Eighth Route Army Arsenal, but it will also have problems protecting itself.
Therefore, he only hesitated for a few seconds before answering: "General, the field artillery and mountain artillery brigade can mobilize two infantry squadrons. In addition, we also have a cavalry brigade, an engineer squadron, and a guard brigade, which can reinforce the baggage brigade at any time."
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"Also, the Imperial Alliance Army has one regiment left and can be reinforced at any time!"
Major General Yoshino immediately began to issue orders: "Two infantry squadrons from the artillery brigade, the cavalry brigade, and the Imperial Association Army will allocate two battalions to immediately reinforce the baggage brigade!"
"Artillery Brigade, Field Artillery Brigade, don't worry about accidental shooting, fire immediately to intercept the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops!"
"Boom, boom, boom..." Suddenly, a violent explosion sounded in the center of the station, which had not been bombarded yet.
More than a dozen fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke rose into the sky, immediately covering dozens of figures of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army in the middle of the station.
The power of 120mm caliber mortar shells is so great that as long as they are within the shell's lethal range, even lying on the ground will be injured, let alone those who are standing within the shell's lethal range.
As soon as the round of explosions ended, everyone opened their mouths and stared with big round eyes. Before they could react from the shock, the second round of sixteen shells followed.
In less than half a minute, more than eighty artillery shells were dropped in the middle of the station. The rising fireballs and thick black smoke directly formed a fire belt in the middle of the station, dividing the station into two.
"Baga, Your Excellency General, Tubal Road is too cunning. Even though we have no way to defeat their heavy mortars, they actually plan to use artillery fire to intercept our reinforcements!" the chief of staff who reacted quickly shouted loudly.
"The power of heavy mortar shells is too great. If the troops rush into the fire zone, it is no different than sending them to death."
"The baggage troops must be reinforced!" Major General Yoshino reacted and shouted directly without saying a word.
"If we can't rush forward from the front, we will take a detour from the side. In a word, the station of the baggage troops must not be occupied by Tubal Road, and our ammunition cannot make any mistakes!"
"Chief of Staff, order the reinforcements to bypass the fire belt and reinforce the baggage troops!"
"Also, the artillery will fire immediately to intercept the attacking troops on Tubal Road!"
"Don't worry about accidental damage. Compared with the supplies we store in the baggage troops, that little accidental damage is nothing. Let's fire right away!"
"In addition, contact the 3rd and 4th Infantry Brigades, immediately eliminate the Tubal Road they are chasing, and return to the reinforcement station! Tonight, I will kill all the Tubal Road who sneak attack on us!"
"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosts, 120mm caliber heavy mortars, the shells screamed across the sky.
The sound was so harsh that Wang Ping could hear it clearly from afar.
"No, it's shelling, the Japanese are firing on us!" Wang Ping shouted with a look of realization.
Then he ordered the subordinates around him: "Disperse immediately. Disperse as much as you can. The Japanese are firing at us. They are all powerful mountain artillery."
"Continue to rush forward and speed up. As long as we enter the station, the Japanese will not dare to fire in order to preserve their weapons and ammunition!"
Wang Ping's reaction speed was very fast, but compared with the speed of the cannonballs flying over, it was still far behind.
In the blink of an eye, a violent explosion sounded around him.
Many charging soldiers were blown over and fell on the attack path, including many machine gunners who were charging in the first echelon.
Just now, the Eighth Route Army was advancing with overwhelming force, but due to the shelling, the offensive immediately slowed down.
"Comrades, don't be afraid of casualties. The Japs use mountain artillery with a slow rate of fire. As long as we are fast, the Japs artillery can't fire more than a few rounds of shells. Don't stop, don't be afraid, keep rushing forward, the faster the better!
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The nearly 2,000-strong Eighth Route Army finally reached the edge of the Japanese and puppet army's garrison after losing five to six hundred people.
"Throw grenades, throw all the grenades we brought to the Japanese, break through their defense line, and rush into the station!" the second battalion commander of the security regiment rushed to the first echelon shouted loudly, with a rare smile on his heavy face!
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