Rise from the sword

Chapter 130 The Devil's Response

Shou County.

Japanese Army Command.

"idiot!"

There was a hoarse roar, crisp and loud applause, and the sound of ding-ding-bang-bang documents and cups falling to the ground.

The head of the Shouxian garrison and the deputy captain of the 33rd regiment, Ozawa Duoquan, was furious and his eyes were about to split.

In front of the heavy wooden table, there was another intelligence staff officer lying on the ground with bleeding from the corner of his mouth, a red palm mark on his face, and folders in his hand scattered all over the floor.The staff officer seemed to be used to this moment, he got up skillfully, silently tidied up the Japanese documents all over the floor, did not wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and stood in the corner with his head bowed.

"waste!"

"It's all trash!"

After beating and shouting, after a round of venting, the devil's leader's anger was not relieved in the slightest. He kicked the table with one foot, and then lifted the precious rosewood chair behind him with one hand and slammed it to the ground.

Crackling...
The table just tipped over, all right, but the chairs were smashed to pieces.

Broken splinters splashing everywhere...

The team leaders and squadron leaders in the whole room lowered their heads one after another, not daring to speak. Two of the squadron leaders bowed their heads too much, and the bandages tied on their heads were bleeding.

"One day..."

"one day!"

"There were more than 160 imperial warrior casualties, and 97 of them were broken."

"You bastards!"

With a gritted tone as if protruding from his teeth, Nakazuo Ozawa Taizumi glanced around the people in the headquarters, and finally fixed his eyes on the Kuroshima people, and explained the reason for his anger.

Was beaten by the Eighth Route Army.

If you don't make a move, it's fine, and if you make a move, it will be like thunder.

The counterattack of the Independent Regiment, with its large movements, high intensity, and the heaviness of the consequences, far exceeded his imagination.

Of the seventeen gun towers under construction, ten were subjected to intensive shelling. The attack lasted for a day, causing a total of 160 casualties, of which 97 were killed and 30 were seriously injured.

Casualties of a full squadron.

Even among those killed in battle, there was a squadron leader and three squad leaders.

Moreover, whether it was intentional or unintentional, most of the artillery towers that were attacked were in charge of the brigade from Yangquan. At this time, this made the current leader of Shou County suspect that someone was colluding with the Eighth Route Army.

Many people in Hei Dao, the former leader of Shou County, have serious suspicions.

However, he has no evidence.

Therefore, Ozawa Taizumi could only curse bitterly.

The group leader and squadron leader in the surrounding circle were collectively silent at this time, pulling their heads lower one after another, breathing very cautiously.

People really don't know what to say about this...
In just one day, the Shouxian garrison lost a full squadron, and the enemy... lost no more than three people.

The reasons are actually obvious, just two, one enemy is stronger than expected, and one is careless.

Let's talk about the enemy...
The long-range intensive shelling of mortars was indeed something they never expected.

The places where the gun towers are built are all mountainous areas, surrounded by mountains on two or three sides. The Eighth Route Army hides in the mountains and shoots a burst of intensive shelling. As soon as they are about to start chasing, the opponent has already run away without a trace. Then wait for them to go back to pick up the wounded. The group of eight roads appeared again on another hill, shelled and then quickly ran away again.

Most of the squadron leaders in the headquarters have personally experienced during the day, the helplessness, despair, and anger that the enemy is jumping up and down in front of you repeatedly, but you have no way to do it.

The squadron is not equipped with heavy weapons, not mortars, only grenades and heavy machine guns.

The heavy machine gun couldn't reach it, and the grenadier was even worse. At a distance of 1000 meters, no matter how powerful a marksman was, he would stare blankly.

After sending troops to catch up, there are still mines on the way...
There was even a squadron sent by a squadron to chase half of the team and encountered an ambush by the enemy. A dozen machine guns fired at close range, and under the impact of the rain of grenades, more than half of the casualties were instantly lost. In the end, only five of the thirty or so people who pursued came back.

In fact, when he first came here, many people from Heidao, Shou County's garrison brigade, had reminded everyone that the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire here was very strong. They had bombarded his car with mortars, and there were also a lot of shells.

If there were arrangements and preparations in advance, there would never be more than twenty casualties.

It's just that no one listened...
On my own side, there is a serious shortage of troops responsible for the defense of the gun tower.

The full-staffed brigade that came to Shou County was formed by merging two brigades, and the lower-level organization has not changed. In fact, a squadron has a maximum of more than 130 people. After the troops for guarding and commanding civilian husbands are allocated, the rest are only a little over 100 people. There are only a few dozen people who are in charge of guarding and can organize to chase after an attack in the first place. Chasing in mountainous areas is not enough for others to bombard.

But the one who arranged a squadron and a gun tower at the beginning was Lieutenant Commander Ozawa Taizumi, the absolute top leader, with connections at the top and military power at the bottom. It is said that this time he came to Shou County to be operated by the people above, and he planned to let him replace the original 33rd regiment. The captain of the alliance, Kozu Shinji.

At the beginning, the information provided by the Shouxian garrison has already said that the Eighth Route Army here has a large number of mortars and sufficient shells, but the leader did not pay attention...
No matter what you say about the two questions, you are talking about whether the leader is right or not.

Said the boss is not, do not want to do it?

And then, it was their own carelessness, allowing their subordinates to be lazy... Who would say their own shortcomings?

Moreover, who would have thought, who would have thought that the Eighth Route Army here would be so rich. Since ancient times, the Eighth Route Army has never seen such a fierce artillery fire, never...

Are you sure this is the Eighth Route Army?
So, all the people were silent.

As for the people in Hei Dao, they shrank their necks, lowered their heads, and stood in the back row expressionlessly.

At this time, he was both happy and depressed.

Fortunately, fortunately, he is not the top leader in Shouxian County now. If he is in command, facing a sudden shelling of the scale of the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid that the situation will not be much better than this situation.

maybe even worse...

If it was him, he would definitely act in a large group, that is, 500 people, to avoid the enemy's large force attack, but the more people there are, the better the effect of the opponent's shelling, the denser the shells will be, and the more people will die.

Depressed is...

Although he handed over the command, out of caution, he reminded his former subordinates to be more vigilant before departure. In addition, his brigade was bombed and beaten by the independent regiment, so several squadrons under his command were killed this time. A good fortification bunker has been built, and the soldiers have always been hidden in the bunker, and are on high alert throughout the process.

As for the squadrons from Yangquan, they gathered together one by one swaggeringly, like going out for a dinner, only singing and dancing, and only a few people were sent to be on guard.

If the Eighth Route Army doesn't fight you, who will you fight...

As a result, because all the squadrons from Yangquan were attacked, several captains and the deputy captain looked at him in the wrong way...

Began to suspect that he was collaborating with the enemy.

"From tomorrow, we will act on the scale of the brigade, under the command of the brigade captain."

After panting for a few breaths, Ozawa Takumi gave the order in a dark tone:
"All ministries pay attention to strengthening the vigilance and expanding the vigilance circle."

"I will ask the lower part of the mountain artillery squadron to give each brigade a mountain artillery."

After being beaten severely, Ozawa Takumi also became more honest.

"Hi!"

Everyone nodded in unison.

"Mr. Hei Dao, you are in charge of building the gun towers at Xiangshuitan."

Finally, Ozawa Takumi added a sentence.

"Hi."

Xiangshuitan is the blockhouse that lost the most today...

Many people in Hei Dao frowned, it is not a good thing to go here.

This place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there are dense forests and deep mountains. The mountains are high and the valleys are deep, which is very suitable for the enemy to hide. In such an environment, even a large group of troops will be extremely difficult to defend.

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A tactic, from the conception to the actual implementation, will undergo great changes during this period, and may even be completely different from the beginning.

After all, tactics have to be adjusted according to the situation of the enemy.

Li Yunlong originally planned to use mortars to harass the devils' positions, force the devils to reveal their flaws, and then wait for an opportunity to wipe out a squadron, but he didn't expect the devils to be so rampant. Like going on vacation.

This group of devils from Yangquan had also been beaten by him before, and they didn't learn their lesson at all.

So, he temporarily changed his tactics.

He listened to the suggestion of Yansheng, the commander of the artillery company, and dispatched the entire artillery company, all ten mortars, and dispatched a group of backbones from each battalion to form an elite company to follow the artillery company.

The shelling lures the enemy, and then the elite company ambushes the devils to pursue the troops.

It was a great day.

It is conservatively estimated that the number of casualties of the devils is no less than that of a full squadron, and the number of casualties among them is no less than 70.

It is a pity that due to the unskilled gunners, the shelling effect is far from as good as imagined. Many shells were shot crooked at the beginning, which gave the devils time to evade. Otherwise, the dense formation of the devils may double the battle results.

However, it is also very good.

Moreover, the artillery can grow faster after this live ammunition shooting.

"Don't dispatch the artillery for a few days after it's connected. Wait a minute. The devil has been beaten up and suffered a big loss. He must be very cautious these days."

Li Yunlong said to the joyful Yan Sheng.

"Yes!"

Yansheng nodded.

Devils are not puppet troops, and it is impossible to use the same tactic twice.

After the devil suffered a big loss this time, he will definitely shrink his troops and strengthen his vigilance, and maybe he will directly pull the mountain cannon up the mountain, the mortar can't beat the devil's mountain cannon.

After Yan Sheng left, Li Yunlong looked at the devil's seventeen blockhouses on the map and fell into deep thought.

In the first round, the devil suffered a big loss by carelessness, but the independent group did not have the ability to continue to follow up.

There are too many new recruits in the regiment, and the use of equipment is not proficient enough. Machine gunners, gunners, these elite units still need at least three months to get used to it. Li Yunlong is reluctant to drag them to fight tough battles now.

That's too many casualties...
Moreover, the problem cannot be solved fundamentally. The devils will continue to build the gun towers, but the speed is delayed.

"I have to find a way to kill half of his brigade..."

Tapping the map with his fingers, Captain Li was talking to himself.

How to fundamentally solve the problem?

Get rid of the devils!

Eliminate the devils!

With the devils gone, the crisis in the base area will naturally be resolved.

(End of this chapter)