Huang Sheng first saw huge balls of fire rising into the sky in the middle of the Japanese attacking troops, and then heard a thunderous explosion.
Many Japanese and puppet troops were blown away in the explosion, and among the densely packed Japanese and puppet attacking troops, more than a dozen blank areas suddenly appeared.
Time is limited, and the thunder cannon only has time to throw one round of explosive charges.
But even so, they still wiped out more than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops.
Their military advantage suddenly dropped from four to one to less than three to one.
On the Japanese fifth line of defense, the Japanese squadron leader also saw this scene. His eyes immediately widened and turned red, as if he could spit out fire.
He held the command knife tightly with his left hand, and clenched his fist with his right hand. The veins were exposed, and his face was full of anger.
He didn't expect the garrison to be so skillful. He calculated in advance that he would counterattack, and then deployed artillery to intercept the counterattack troops he sent out.
The commander of the Imperial Association Army was in a very complicated mood, with heartache mixed with fear.
One round of artillery bombardment wiped out half of his battalion. If the losses continued at this rate, his whole regiment would be completely killed in just a few times.
At the same time, he was also shocked by the powerful artillery fire exposed by the garrison.
This kind of artillery fire is not common in the Imperial Army. If I remember correctly, I have fought so many battles with the Japs, and it seems that I have never encountered them before.
He immediately looked at the Japanese squadron leader and asked anxiously: "Taijun, the Eighth Route Army is obviously prepared for our counterattack."
"They must have seen our plan and set up artillery in advance to wait for us to counterattack. They are waiting for work, and they don't know if there is another conspiracy next. If we continue to counterattack, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. I suggest that the counterattack troops retreat immediately.
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"No, continue the attack!" the squadron leader firmly refused.
"Our mission is to hold the position and consume a large number of the offensive troops of the garrison."
"Although the counterattack force suffered heavy casualties, its strength is still more than twice that of the offensive force of the garrison, and there are dozens of imperial soldiers who are good at stabbing."
"As long as they rush to the position and engage in a melee with the garrison's offensive troops, we will still have a chance to kill them. At the very least, we can inflict heavy damage on them and achieve the purpose of consuming the garrison's strength."
Under the nervous watch of the squadron leader, the puppet troops successfully rushed to the fourth line of defense for more than two hundred days.
The offensive troops of the garrison also rushed up, and the two troops collided directly without any pause.
The solemn expression on the squadron leader's face relaxed again, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
In his eyes, as long as the two armies fight together, he will win 80% of the battle.
But the next battle surprised him again.
In his plan, when the battle reaches this point, the sound of crossfire on the battlefield should stop and be replaced by the sound of bayonet clashes.
But the chaotic gunfire not only did not stop, but became more and more intensive.
Less than a minute after the melee started, more than 100 people had fallen on the battlefield where nearly 400 people had gathered, and they were all the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army. The Eighth Route Army was rarely seen.
After waiting for a few more minutes, the gunfire finally stopped.
However, the fighting on the battlefield also stopped.
A dozen of his subordinates tried to escape from the battlefield, but before they could get far, machine gun fire rang out from behind, killing them.
"Ba Ge Ya Road, this is not the close combat I want!" the squadron leader cursed angrily with confusion.
"Who can tell me what happened on the battlefield just now and why the battle ended so quickly."
"When the Eighth Route Army opened fire while fighting with bayonets, weren't they afraid of accidentally injuring one of their own?"
The battlefield was dark and deep in winter, and no one escaped to report the situation. All the subordinates lowered their heads and did not dare to talk nonsense.
At this time, the commander of the Imperial Army Corps spoke, very anxiously: "Sir, the garrison regiment has eaten another battalion of our troops. The morale must be high and they will continue to attack us."
"This is the line of defense they will attack next. It is too dangerous and must be retreated immediately."
The squadron leader ordered with a stern face: "Retreat!"
"Order all reserve forces to go to the battlefield, assemble on the sixth line of defense, and counterattack the Eighth Route Army attacking the fifth line of defense."
"In order to avoid the artillery fire interception of the garrison regiment, reduce the losses of the troops, and allow more people to rush to the position and fight with the garrison regiment with bayonets, the counterattack troops were divided into three attack echelons, separated by thirty meters from each other, and launched attacks one after another."
At the enemy headquarters of the garrison, Hong Linfeng's serious face finally showed a long-lost smile.
When dealing with such a long and deep defensive position, the offensive troops are most worried about the enemy appearing out of nowhere and not even having a chance to react. They directly engage in hand-to-hand combat, which makes all the firepower advantage of the offensive troops useless, and then they have to fight with them.
The defenders fought with their bayonets and engaged in close combat, fighting for their lives.
When the garrison has no firepower advantage, they often use this style of play to severely injure the Japanese.
Therefore, Hong Linfeng was full of concerns about this kind of defensive tactics and would never touch it unless absolutely necessary.
Now the team leader tells himself with facts that no matter how powerful the game is, as long as a loophole is found, it can be cracked.
Just like the attack in front of them: the Japanese army wanted to use close combat to weaken the artillery advantage of the garrison, so the garrison took advantage of the situation and used close combat to deal with the Japanese.
The Japanese are very good with bayonets. If you want to defeat them in close combat, there is only one way: use a lot of pistols.
Within ten meters, greet them directly with a pistol, without giving them a chance to get close enough to fight with a bayonet.
As for the puppet army, without the Japanese to supervise the battle, their combat effectiveness will be reduced by at least 30%.
Then use the pistol to kill the officers and hardcore traitors in the middle of the team, and the combat effectiveness will be reduced by another 30%.
Sixty percent of the combat effectiveness was suddenly lost, and the battle was decided without even having to fight.
"Captain, this is the battle report just sent by Commander Huang of the Third Battalion."
"At the cost of 28 people, the offensive force wiped out all counterattack forces of the Japanese and puppet troops and captured 127 puppet troops."
"I asked Battalion Commander Huang, the twenty-eight people who died were all soldiers equipped with bastard boxes. The performance of this pistol is too poor and it often jams?"
"Many soldiers got stuck while firing, and were caught off guard by the Japanese and puppet troops."
"The casualties are too great!" Li Hao frowned and said dissatisfiedly.
"Both the puppet troops and the puppet troops suffered so many casualties. When we attack Laiyuan City tomorrow night and fight the real Japs, we will have to use up all our troops to win."
"Tell several battalion commanders that if the bastard boxes are not useful, they should be replaced with box cannons and Mauser pistols."
"If there are not enough, we will draw them from the regiment headquarters, logistics organization, heavy artillery battalion, and air defense battalion."
"The pistols equipped by the company commanders of the main force battalion can also be mobilized. As long as they are not on the battlefield, they will all be concentrated in the assault company."
"There is also a regimental security company, which is equipped with submachine guns we obtained from the Jinsui Army. They are very suitable for close combat. Four guard squads are drawn out, all equipped with submachine guns, to reinforce the four main battalions."
No one at the Japanese brigade headquarters in Laiyuan City, including the brigade commander, took a break.
The sound of gunfire outside the city has been going off for almost two hours, and it has no intention of stopping.
Although the brigade leader's eyes were fixed on the map, his mind had already flown to the battlefield outside the city.
It is hoped that the fortification group built by the troops in two days can block the attack of the garrison, consume more of their troops, and reduce the pressure on the troops to defend Laiyuan City.
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