"Captain, the Japs are coming. This time there are three tanks, arranged in a zigzag pattern. The infantry is a brigade. They are very vigilant and keep advancing in battle formation. The team is very long!" Li Wen rushed to Wang Ping and reported with a frown.
Wang Ping frowned and asked Chen Jianqiao: "The Japanese have come with three tanks. Are you sure that the plum blossom mine array you prepared for the Japanese can blow them up?"
"Yes..." Chen Jianqiao replied confidently!
"We have deployed twelve heavy artillery shells throughout the Plum Blossom Formation, plus explosives. They are powerful enough to destroy all enemies within a range of thirty meters in front and twenty meters in depth!"
"The protection of the Little Japanese tank is very poor, especially the tank site. Even if the shell explodes next to the tank, the huge power can destroy it!"
"That's good..." Wang Ping's face looked much better.
"The problem of tanks has been solved, and now only the Japs infantry are left. A large group of Japs is very vigilant, and the formation is also very dispersed. It is definitely impossible to annihilate them all, and the deployment must be adjusted immediately!"
"Time is limited, so major adjustments are definitely impossible!"
"Li Wen, bring the direct team to reinforce the outermost reconnaissance platoon and heavy machine gun platoon. Once the engineer platoon detonates the artillery shell, no matter how many Japanese soldiers enter our ambush circle, the remaining direct team and reconnaissance platoon must be intercepted by me, and then block them at least
Five minutes will give the troops time to annihilate the Japanese in the ambush circle."
"You can also take the artillery platoon with you. There are three mortars to provide artillery support. The retreat will be much easier..."
"Rumble..."
The battle started with a series of earth-shaking explosions. Chen Jianqiao did not boast. After the huge explosion, the three tanks shrouded in gunpowder smoke lay directly on the spot, motionless.
Although I don’t know the specific situation, it is certain that I have lost combat effectiveness.
Then comes the infantry battle.
"Captain, two squadrons of Japs have entered the ambush circle, and their heavy machine gun squadron has also come in. The Japs are using the corpses as bunkers, relying on the heavy machine guns to stand still and wait for reinforcements!" These Japs are obviously more alert than the previous wave because of their high vigilance.
The devils are much harder to defeat.
Although the ambush troops were equipped with many more light and heavy machine guns, the annihilation battle still turned into a stalemate.
Less than two hundred Japanese soldiers hid behind the corpses of their comrades and relied on five heavy machine guns to withstand the Eighth Route Army's attack.
"Boom boom boom..."
Just when Wang Ping was hesitating about how to solve this problem, a series of explosions suddenly sounded on the battlefield in front.
Then a squad leader from the direct team rushed over: "Captain, the Japanese also brought a mortar squadron, which was blocked outside the ambush circle. Now all the mortars have been set up and are shelling our intercepting troops!"
At this point, the squad leader hesitated and continued to report: "Also, our captain suggested that the troops should immediately break away from contact with the Japanese and end the battle!"
"Just do what your Captain Li said, immediately break away from the Japs and retreat. We also killed hundreds of Japs and blew up three tanks. We have caused a lot of damage to the Japanese army and successfully completed the mission!"
After saying that, Wang Ping ordered to Company Commander Yang beside him: "The troops take turns to cover, withdraw from the battle immediately, retreat..." Take away the bodies of the sacrificed soldiers if you can, and those who can't be taken away will be collected after the Japanese are gone!
"At the Japanese military station, Lieutenant General Ito was furious.
He had no idea that the counterattack force he sent out would be defeated and the entire army would be destroyed.
What's more, I didn't expect that the follow-up troops would also suffer heavy losses under the attack of the Eighth Route Army. If the infantry had not been so vigilant, they would have been almost wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.
"Haven't you found out how our tank was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army?" Lieutenant General Ito asked loudly, looking at his subordinates who lowered their heads and said nothing. He was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger.
"Hi..." the chief of staff who had just arrived replied in a low voice.
"According to reports from engineers, our tanks were all destroyed by heavy artillery shells used by the Eighth Route Army..."
"Impossible..." Lieutenant General Ito vetoed without thinking, and then stared at the chief of staff and asked: "Do you think I am a fool? The Eighth Route Army does not have heavy artillery, how could it be possible to destroy our tanks with heavy artillery shells? Could it be that they used their hands?
Shooting out heavy artillery shells..."
The chief of staff quickly explained: "Commander of the division, calm down, it is indeed heavy artillery shells... They are not firing heavy artillery shells, but burying heavy artillery shells underground and detonating them to destroy our tanks..."
"Heavy artillery shells are extremely powerful, and the chassis is the least protective part of the tank. Even if the shell explodes next to the tank, it can easily destroy our tank..."
Lieutenant General Ito was stunned for a moment, and soon his face turned pale.
He suddenly thought of a very terrifying scene. On the battlefield, or even on the march of the Imperial Army, if the Eighth Route Army used the same method to deal with the tank troops in its hands, then wouldn't all these tanks that were competing on the Chinese battlefield be destroyed by the Eighth Route Army?
Exploded into scrap metal?
The chief of staff obviously thought of this and saw Lieutenant General Ito's concern, so he quickly explained.
"Don't worry, division commander. The leader of the demolition squadron of the Engineer Regiment said that although the Eighth Route Army's method is very clever, it is not that easy to manipulate!"
"Destroying our tanks by detonating heavy artillery shells requires not only a large number of heavy artillery shells, high explosives, but also a large number of wires. These are things that the Eighth Route Army almost does not have, which means that they cannot prepare too many of these.
Detonate the device against us!"
"Also, as long as we use mine detectors to detect these heavy artillery shells buried on the road..."
"Besides, there is a more direct way, which is to use artillery shells to explode, and directly use artillery strikes to detonate these artillery shells!"
"Yoshi..." Lieutenant General Ito's face finally looked much better.
The chief of staff seized the opportunity and continued to report.
"Division Commander, although we suffered heavy losses in the attack just now. The first counterattack force was completely destroyed, and the second force was lost more than half. In total, we lost nearly a brigade of troops and five tanks. However, we are certain that
The strength of our opponent who has been sneaking up on us!"
"The returning troops reported that although the Eighth Route Army has strong firepower, it has very few troops. After subtracting the losses from the previous battle, their total remaining strength must not exceed 200 people..."
"Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy will lead to victory in any battle. Now that we know the opponent's strength, if they still have the guts to continue to attack us, even if we don't send out chariots, we can easily defeat them or defeat them with only infantry!"
"Not bad..." Lieutenant General Ito's face looked even better.
However, his initial contempt for the Eighth Route Army was no longer in his heart.
The Eighth Route Army killed one of his own brigade in one night. He didn't know what other methods the Eighth Route Army would use to deal with him in the future. At this moment, facing a new group, an opponent he didn't even want to look at before, he felt the pressure.
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