The moment the anti-aircraft machine gun fire erupted from the blocking position, the chief of staff knew that the attack he had placed high hopes on had failed.
Sure enough, as soon as the ten remaining anti-aircraft machine guns of the air defense battalion opened fire, the three tanks at the front immediately stopped moving and lay in front of the position, turning into a pile of scrap metal.
The remaining three tanks reacted quickly and began to retreat on the spot to avoid the incoming anti-aircraft machine gun bullets.
Without the cover of the tanks, the infantry behind them suffered misfortune.
He was knocked to the ground piece by piece by thick bullets.
At this time, only the Japanese who happened to be hiding behind the tank could survive.
But their good luck ended there.
More than a dozen mortar shells fell from the sky. The tank body could block the incoming bullets, but not the shells.
"Rumble..."
The shell exploded in a violent explosion, with fire and fragments flying, taking away the lives of the little Japanese one after another.
Seeing this, the chief of staff knew very well that if the offensive troops continued to resist, they would gain nothing except increased casualties.
His face sank and he ordered: "Retreat, order the attacking troops to retreat immediately."
"The heavy artillery brigade will establish a position immediately and set up all the heavy artillery. I will level the blocking position in front."
"Captain, the little Japs have retreated. They lost at least 200 people in the battle just now," Liu Senyun shouted.
Li Hao held up the telescope and kept staring at the battlefield with a calm expression, as if he had not heard the good news.
After a long time, he finally spoke: "The Japanese have retreated, but we did not win this battle."
"Let's not talk about the casualties of the secret service battalion just now, let's talk about the artillery. If I calculated correctly, each light mortar has only ten shells left, and the large-caliber mortar should have no shells. The attack just now only needs to be repeated.
The mortars in our hands will become scrap metal, and the blocking troops will lose artillery support."
"There are still troops. The Japanese reinforcements are twice the size of our reinforcements. If we continue to fight according to the casualty ratio just now, the reinforcements have not been exhausted yet, and we have no one left."
The smile on Liu Senyun's face disappeared, and he asked solemnly: "Captain, what should we do?"
"Wait for the opportunity!" Li Hao thought for a moment and replied.
"When the opportunity comes, directly deliver a fatal attack to the enemy."
A few minutes later, Chen Wei, the commander of the reconnaissance company, appeared, panting and rushing over: "Captain, the Japs heavy artillery brigade has moved and set up artillery on a flat ground three kilometers away from the battlefield!"
Before he finished speaking, Liu Senyun's voice sounded again: "Captain, the little devil on the road has also moved."
"At least two squadrons of little devils are spread out in front of the formation, preparing to launch a new round of attack."
Li Hao quickly raised his telescope.
A smile slowly appeared on the serious face: "Not only are the offensive troops spreading out, but the remaining troops are also beginning to gather on the battlefield. Our opportunity has come."
"The Japs are definitely planning to use heavy artillery to cover the infantry attack and break through our defense line at once. I decided to strike preemptively."
"While the little devils are all deployed and the heavy artillery is set up, we can't move and retreat immediately, so we take the initiative to launch an attack."
After saying that, Li Hao looked at the commander of the heavy artillery battalion beside him and asked with a serious face.
"Yuan Qingfeng, can your heavy artillery battalion fire before the Japanese heavy artillery brigade and destroy the heavy artillery positions they have not yet established?"
"Definitely, I dare to issue a military order!" Chen Guangrong replied confidently.
"Heavy artillery is not an ordinary mountain field artillery. It can be fired when it is set up. It is necessary to build a special artillery position, push the artillery into the artillery position, and fix it before firing."
"No matter how powerful the little Japanese artillerymen are, it will take at least twenty minutes to complete all this. The artillery in the heavy artillery battalion has been arranged in advance. As long as you give me accurate shooting data, you can complete the shooting preparations in one minute and then fire."
Li Hao nodded and continued the order: "The heavy artillery battalion will separate three companies to attack the Japanese heavy artillery position. The artillery fire will begin in ten minutes."
"The remaining two companies attack the Japanese army assembly area and will also open artillery ten minutes later."
"The mortars equipped by each battalion and company also joined the battle and fired all the shells to cover the infantry counterattack against the Japanese army."
"The special agent battalion counterattacked from the defense line, the mobile battalion assaulted from the left flank of the battlefield, and the independent battalion assaulted from the right flank of the battlefield. All light and heavy machine guns were fired. The counterattack was made as big as possible, giving the Japanese army the illusion that we were going to annihilate them."
"The cavalry battalion sets out now and goes around behind the little devil."
"After the counterattack begins, the Japs will definitely choose to retreat under the heavy artillery attack. What you have to do is to let go of the Japs cavalry, and use the company as a unit to raid the Japs infantry on the road to the source. Kill as many Japs as you can.
Kill a little devil."
"With the help of the mobile battalion's war horses, the air defense battalion bypassed the battlefield and took a small road to Jinguling to set up defenses."
"After the Japanese army decides to break through and retreat, the cavalry will definitely be the fastest. I ask you to ambush the little Japanese cavalry troops there."
The sound of gunfire coming from Lingqiu was as intensive as before, indicating that the street fighting there had entered a stalemate stage and would not end in a short time. The main force of the attacking garrison could not withdraw for the time being.
This was the only thing the Japanese chief of staff felt happy about when the attack was thwarted.
However, the goddess of luck cannot always be on her side.
The garrison attacking the city must have known about the arrival of reinforcements.
As long as their commander is not stupid, he will definitely order the troops to quickly break away from the battle and evacuate the battlefield to avoid being attacked from both sides.
So God doesn’t have much time left for you.
We must break through here before the garrison retreats, fight to the outside of Lingqiu City, and block their way back.
"Is the heavy artillery brigade not ready yet?" the chief of staff asked for the third time, very anxiously.
"There are only five minutes left before the artillery fire can begin." The artillery staff replied after looking at his watch.
"Yoshi..." The anxious look on the chief of staff's face eased a lot, and he ordered decisively: "Tell them to fire when they are ready, without waiting for orders."
"Aim at the blocking position in front and launch a rapid artillery fire attack for five minutes, and then the infantry assault."
On the defense line, the special agent battalion is also making final preparations for the next counterattack.
The rifleman loaded a new magazine into the chamber of the rifle to ensure that the rifle would have sufficient ammunition for a subsequent assault.
Cadres and soldiers equipped with pistols load the pistols with bullets and use them to kill Japanese soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.
The artilleryman carefully inspected every remaining shell.
The gunner half-crouched next to the mortar, raising his thumbs up and measuring the shooting data over and over again to ensure that the mortar he controlled hit the target in the first shot.
Li Hao held up his binoculars and stared at every move of the Japanese troops in front of the formation, fearing that the little Japanese would do something wrong before the war.
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