The artillery shells fell around the Japs' grenade tubes, knocking out several of the Japs' grenades. The artillery battery fired again, which also let the Japs know the location of the artillery company. Following the order of the Japs' captain,
There was a squadron of Japs attacking in the direction of the artillery company.
The Japanese artillery was destroyed by the artillery company in advance, so the Japanese had to send infantry to deal with the artillery company. As for the Japanese grenade, it was unable to hit the artillery company due to insufficient range.
When looking for the artillery company position, Liu Gen was fully prepared. He had already considered the range of the Japanese grenade, and naturally he would not be stupid enough to set the artillery company position within the range of the Japanese grenade.
When Liu Gen saw a squadron of Japanese soldiers attacking, he didn't pay attention. There were soldiers from the third battalion in front of the artillery company, not to mention that Li Yunlong was still stationed in the third battalion.
"Search for the target each, find the Japanese heavy machine guns, light machine guns and grenades, and kill their firepower points." Liu Gen ordered the soldiers of the artillery company.
Liu Gen personally controlled a mortar. After the soldiers behind him handed over the shells, Liu Gen once again destroyed the grenades of the two Japanese. As the artillery company soldiers began to launch fire on the Japanese heavy machine guns, light machine guns and other firepower points
During shelling, the enemy's firepower suffered. From time to time, a shell would fall, and the enemy would have no way to escape.
The 60mm mortars that Liu Gen had previously assigned to each battalion also played a role. Each battalion had one more mortar. Even if there were some performance problems, it made the soldiers much more relaxed during the attack. With the Japanese
Regardless of the different shells, the soldiers paid more attention to the enemy's firepower when bombarding, and strived to achieve the corresponding effect with each shot.
Under such an attack, the casualties of the Japanese infantry brigade continued to increase. Even if the Japanese captain sent a request for help, he knew that the reinforcements did not arrive in a short time. The powerful firepower of the independent regiment also made the Japanese
The captain realized that the Independent Regiment must be the main force in the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, how could it have such strong firepower?
Seeing the artillery shells falling from the sky, destroying heavy machine guns, light machine guns and other firepower points with extreme accuracy, the Japanese captain couldn't help but feel his heart sink. How long can he hold on like this?
The Japanese captain looked at the infantry squadron he had placed his hope on. He wanted to rely on this infantry squadron to destroy the Eighth Route Army's artillery and reduce the pressure on the Eighth Route Army. But when the Japanese captain looked at the infantry squadron he had sent, he could only
Seeing that every step forward by the infantry squadron cost a lot of Japanese lives, the firepower of the third battalion was too strong.
"Order Obara Squadron to withdraw!" The Japanese captain could only order this after seeing the casualties of the infantry squadron.
The Japanese captain could tell that if he continued to let the Ohara squadron attack, even if they could rush to those Tubal positions, there would not be too many troops left to pose a threat to these Tubal roads. The other two directions each had their own
An infantry squadron was defending, and the defense was under great pressure. Listening to the constant wailing from the camp, the Japanese captain knew that if his squadron persisted, they might really be left here.
But before receiving the order to retreat from the headquarters, the Japanese captain did not dare to retreat. He did not want to be regarded as a deserter.
"Hold on! Hold on! Our reinforcements will be here soon!" the Japanese captain shouted loudly. At the same time, the Japanese who reacted also piled up some dead Japanese corpses to form a simple defensive position. If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese couldn't pull out too many
strength, then they might dig trenches directly for defense.
The Japanese Infantry Brigade is only temporarily stationed here. Who would have thought that there would be someone on the Tubal Road who would dare to directly attack the Infantry Brigade? On weekdays, the Japanese Infantry Brigade is mobilized and will try its best to rest in the Japanese stronghold at night. This time, the commander of the Japanese North China Front was hesitant.
Kantada Shun pressed too hard. In order to reinforce the battle on Shotai Road, these Japanese soldiers could only set off as quickly as possible, and in the end they were unable to rest and recuperate in the Japanese stronghold.
Looking at the simple defensive position constructed, the Japanese captain breathed a sigh of relief. This time Tubal Road could not be easily attacked, right? Soon, the Japanese captain issued an order again, and the Japanese defensive troops on the third line of defense were fully reduced. He found that the only enemy was
Only by gathering all the troops can we better resist these Tubal offensives.
When the three infantry squadrons withdrew from the front line, the Japanese captain took a breath of cold air. Not even half an hour into the battle, they had suffered a large number of casualties. They defended the Zhang Dabiao and Shen Quan battalions from the other two directions.
The attacking Japanese infantry squadron was okay, and their total losses were less than one squadron. But the Ohara squadron sent out by the Japanese captain to attack the direction of the artillery company suffered heavy losses. One infantry squadron went out, and only one came back.
Infantry squad.
Moreover, the squadron leader of the Obara Squadron, Ichiro Obara, also died in the battle.
"Baga! Baga! It's my fault. Ohara-kun shouldn't have died here. He wanted to wait until he returned home to enjoy the cherry blossoms with me!" The Japanese captain looked ferocious as he looked in the direction of the independent regiment, his eyes full of worry.
Hate.
The two Japanese infantry squadron leaders also looked sad. They could imagine that squadron leaders like Ichiro Obara died here, and they would probably die too.
"Today, our Matsui Brigade will fight to the death! We are all warriors of the Empire of Japan. If the headquarters does not give an order to retreat, then we must stick here! Wait until dawn, the aviation force of the Empire of Japan will come to support! In order
Your Majesty the Emperor! For the Great Japanese Empire!" the Japanese captain shouted loudly.
The captains of the two Japanese infantry squadrons quickly shouted: "Hey! Fight to the death!"
The Japanese captain waved to the two squadron leaders to direct the defense. He looked at the approaching Eighth Route Army fighting with an ugly expression. With these Tubal Army offensives, could their brigade really hold on until dawn?
When the Japanese captain was silent, artillery shells fell again. Some shells missed, and some shells fell next to the little Japanese. The Japanese who were closer were killed directly. The Japanese who were further away were hiding behind the bunkers. It was okay and they didn't have time.
The one who escaped was injured by shell shrapnel. A shell landed not far from the Japanese captain, and a shrapnel flew towards him, leaving an obvious blood mark on his face.
"idiot!"
The Japanese medical soldiers came and wanted to treat the wounds of the Japanese captain, but he refused. Looking at the falling shells and noticing the frightened looks on many Japanese faces, something was wrong with the Japanese captain.
I have a premonition, is it true that the Matsui Brigade is really going to break everything here to repay His Majesty the Emperor?