Rise from the sword

Chapter 484 How big is this loss?
Not long after the devil charged, there was a distinctive sound from the surrounding mountains.

Boom boom boom...

The sound was louder and louder, and it sounded deep and powerful. Naturally, the fireworks blooming from the muzzle were even bigger.

"This is···"

Yamada, who was organizing the charge of the troops, suddenly opened his eyes wide, but before he had time to think about it, a series of explosions suddenly sounded around him, followed by a series of screams one after another.

Say something.

These explosions are not very powerful.

Not even as good as the 60 mortars of the Independent Regiment.

The 60 mortar shell weighs 1.5 kilograms and is filled with nearly [-] grams of RDX explosives, plus prefabricated fragments, low initial velocity, vertical trajectory, and a very good killing range.

The total weight of the 40 anti-aircraft artillery shells is only 1 kg, and the charge is not much. After all, the anti-aircraft guns mainly rely on fragments, and the high initial velocity will make the shells go straight into the soil, weakening the explosive power, and the power and number of fragments are greatly increased. reduce.

but.

The mortar has a maximum rate of fire of thirty rounds per minute.

The 40 anti-aircraft gun has a maximum rate of fire of 240 rounds per minute.

Although the combat rate of fire was much lower than the maximum rate of fire, after all the barrels had to be cooled, stacking up ten barrels was not a small amount, adding up to nearly a thousand rounds of 40-caliber artillery shells per minute.

The caliber is not enough, and the rate of fire is enough.

Moreover, the condescending field of view and straight ballistic trajectory make the accuracy of the 40 anti-aircraft gun terrifying.

"Lie down, lie down."

Yamada quickly realized what had happened, and quickly ordered his subordinates to hide again.

Under the field of vision of the flares, staring at the dense rain of bullets, coupled with the firepower of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns to break through, the remaining 100 or so people might not all have to be reimbursed on the road.

In just one minute of charging, he lost half of the team.

However, what Yamada didn't expect was that even if he lay down, the ten 40mm anti-aircraft guns didn't mean to stop, they continued to shell, and the shells swept over the ground over and over again.

as if.

in arable land.

"Are they crazy?"

Yamada cursed, his words were full of disbelief.

As for it?
Are shells free of charge?
Is the barrel not worn out?
If you fight like this, won't the logistics department commit suicide?
But he only cursed for a while. After the 40 anti-aircraft guns joined, the speed of his men's jade smashing was significantly accelerated. Now there are less than 100 people. Gritting his teeth, Yamada gave the order to retreat:
"retreat."

There is still at least five kilometers away from Gecun in front, and we continue to advance against the anti-aircraft firepower of this group of lunatics from the Independence Regiment. Don't think about it, even if all the 100 people are reimbursed, they will not be able to reach Gecun.

Although Yamada doesn't care about death, he thinks the empire is proud of being loyal to the emperor.

But as a captain with a bit of 'rationality', he still didn't want to waste the jade in vain, at least it would be useful to die.

Following his order, the rest of the devils began to retreat, moving backwards little by little in a prostrate posture.

just.

The way to retreat was not easy. The flares in the sky never stopped, and the machine gun bullets still fell like raindrops. By the way, there were explosions of [-] anti-aircraft artillery shells, and the screams of devils came from time to time.

On the distant battlefield.

"interesting···"

Zhang Dabiao roared.

He was sitting on a single-barreled 40mm anti-aircraft gun, holding the trigger tightly with his hands, staring at the place where the devils were hiding in the distance with his eyes wide open, and the fireworks in front of him never stopped.

There are several 40 anti-aircraft guns nearby, as well as 12.7 machine guns, and 20 anti-aircraft guns are firing fiercely.

The ground was already covered with a thick layer of bullet casings, both big and small, like a brass floor. What's more, there was a mountain of bullet casings neatly stacked like small hills behind.

behind him.

It is a series of tactics responsible for transporting ammunition, densely packed, like ants.

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at the same time.

Heyuan County.

Fighting is happening here too.

Coming from Taiyuan, the reorganized and strengthened Yoshino United rushed forward and launched an attack on Heyuan County.

Their mission this time is not to attack Heyuan County, but to contain the Eighth Route Army troops here and support Kazuki Yamamoto in Ping'an County.

Since it was only containment, and because he had experienced how ferocious the firepower of this group last time, Yoshino would naturally not attack directly, but to pull and contain repeatedly, consuming the enemy while preserving his strength.

He thought well.

It is said that the Independence Regiment is building a factory area here. As long as he puts on a posture and bombards its factory buildings, he can force the Independence Regiment to launch an attack, not to mention restraining a large number of its troops, and he can wait for work at leisure.

but.

The reality is far less optimistic than he expected.

Because, compared to the last firefight, the Heyuan County garrison at this time is stronger.

Among other things, the 18 105 howitzers alone made Yoshino suffer enough.

This kind of artillery has a long range. The Yoshino United only has 75 mountain cannons, which can only be bombed one-sidedly.

Coupled with the pre-built solid positions, light and heavy weapons calibrated to shoot various elements, as well as mortars of various calibers, and finally enough ammunition to be excessive.

Before Yoshino started to attack, he was beaten and confused.

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The war did not cease until five days later.

That is, it will end on December 22.

Afterwards, both parties died down, went back to their homes, and looked for their mothers.

Independence Corps.

In the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie gathered together, even Zhao Gang took time to come over, and of course, Sun Desheng.

Everyone was smiling and the atmosphere was cheerful.

Because just before, Li Yunlong received news from Boss Chen that up to now, the independent regiment has killed more than 2 devils, reaching as many as 2.

In this battle, the Independence Regiment killed nearly 7000 Japanese soldiers in total.

That is to say, from today onwards, every time a devil is killed, the independent regiment will be able to obtain - 21 tons of reinforced concrete, [-] tons of fuel, [-] tons of food, and four medical kits.

Moreover, the previous 2 kills will also be made up at this price.

Harvesting is always a joy.

As the chief of staff, Zhang Dabiao has already collected the data and is reporting:

"In this battle, we lost 77 No. 57 tanks, 230 of which were blown up by devils, and the rest were non-combat losses. We lost [-] and three armored vehicles."

"The loss of personnel is very small. The armored battalion suffered 220 casualties, and only [-] people were lost."

Bad news first, then good news, Zhang Dabiao habitually reports like this.As for attrition, it refers to soldiers who were seriously injured and unable to return to the team, as well as soldiers who died.

"The little devil seems to be quite obsessed with bombing equipment."

During the period, Sun Desheng added a sentence.

After the statistics, Sun Desheng found that as soon as the devils found armored vehicles and tanks, their eyes turned red, as if they saw some important strategic targets, they rushed over desperately, and blew up the equipment regardless.

It is precisely because of this stubble that the loss of personnel in the armored battalion is so small.

"good."

For this number, Li Yunlong is very satisfied.

It is impossible to fight without sacrifices. It is unrealistic for one person to survive such a battle, but the current number is within the range of his heart, and it is even far lower than expected.

As long as people are there, everything is easy to talk about.

As for the tanks, they will be easily replenished next month, including doubled ones.

Times are different.

Now people are more important than equipment. Even a hundred tanks are not as good as one tanker.

"A total of [-] tons of ammunition consumption."

Zhang Dabiao continued to report:
"There are still [-] tons left. If the devils do not attack in the near future, I plan to organize live ammunition training at the end of the month, and let the new howitzers bombard the devils' positions to consume the excess ammunition."

Ammunition reimbursement is settled at the end of the month, and now it is December, that is, double reimbursement is settled on January [-]st, so the ammunition must be consumed before then. Of course, the army of devils is still in front of us, so we need to be stuck in time so as not to affect the battle.

"Hey hey..."

Li Yunlong nodded with a smile.

This battle lasted only five days, and more than 3 of them consumed [-] tons of ammunition. I have to say, it was very exciting.

Zhao Gang asked:

"How many tons of copper were collected?"

The base area lacks copper, and Zhao Jiayu does not even have a single copper mine in a radius of tens of kilometers. Recently, he and Sun Desheng are preparing to set up a bullet factory to produce bullets by themselves, which requires a lot of copper.

For large-scale production, it is unrealistic to use reloaded shells, and it is necessary to reprocess copper ingots to stamp and stretch shells.

So Commissar Zhao focused on the copper shells of bullets and shells.

Boss Chen's ammunition is all made of copper shells. Whether it is a shell cartridge or a bullet cartridge, they are all pure copper. This thing has high purity, and it can be used after processing. It is very convenient and saves trouble.

Taking the 12.7mm machine gun ammunition as an example, the total weight is 116 grams. According to different types, there are 45 bullets between 52 grams and 15.3 grams of propellant. After removing the primer, the rest are all copper shells. At least 40 grams of copper can be recovered from one shell.

There are also 20 anti-aircraft guns, and 40 anti-aircraft guns, tank 75 guns, and 105 howitzers are all copper cartridges.

"A thousand tons."

Zhang Dabiao replied:

"I have handed it over to the machinery factory."

"good."

Zhao Gang also smiled.

One thousand tons of copper is enough to consume the base area for a long time.

And there will be more to come.

Is it possible to collect copper with bullet casings? ······Ding Wei and Kong Jie encountered this kind of thing for the first time, although it sounds okay, there is nothing wrong with it, but they always feel weird.

"Including Heyuan County, the casualties of all troops totaled 530, 190 were seriously injured, and 520 were killed or missing."

Zhang Dabiao continued to report.
Facing this number, everyone in the regiment looked relaxed.

In this battle, together with the Yoshino Regiment attacking Heyuan County, the devils mobilized nearly 3 troops, and the independent regiment also dispatched all members. A total of [-] people participated in the battle, and the scale of the battle reached an unprecedented [-].

In a battle of nearly 7 people, 500 casualties is already very good, let alone only more than 500 people were sacrificed. After all, there are still many inexperienced recruits among the troops participating in the battle.

Subsequently, Zhang Dabiao continued to report in detail.

At the end of the meeting, Ding Wei and Kong Jie left, both of them had work to do.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang kept Sun Desheng who was about to leave.

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Ping An County.

Inside the headquarters.

Compared with the cheerful atmosphere of the independent group, the atmosphere here is heavy.

After several months of preparation for the decisive battle, the final effect seemed to be not as good as expected, and even far from meeting expectations.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the independent regiment still has a large number of tank units. It is precisely because of the blocking of these tank units that the penetration and penetration tactics have almost completely failed.

The warehouse area and machinery factory in the base area of ​​the Independent Regiment were not damaged. The attacking troops were blocked by enemy tank troops and suffered heavy losses. Thousands of elite troops infiltrated and interspersed, only about 2000 people returned in the end.

Especially in the brigade attacking Gecun, only more than 30 people have escaped so far.

The light infantry who lacked anti-armor weapons could only fight with courage in the face of tanks. It is already a miracle that 2000 people can come back.

The losses of the front-line offensive troops were not small. The overall casualties of Ping'an County troops were close to one-third, and jade fragments and missings exceeded one-fifth.

"General."

The leader of the first combat team of the Yamamoto Special Forces who finally survived this time, Lieutenant Assistant Tanaka Sadao took out a battle report and persuaded:

"In this battle, although the intended goal was not achieved, and the attacking troops lost a lot, the independent regiment also lost a lot."

"Our offensive troops not only destroyed a large number of buildings and farmland, but also blew up many bridges. They also destroyed a total of nearly [-] tanks and nearly [-] armored vehicles. And this is a conservative estimate."

The statistics of the battle results are always full of water, so Tanaka Sadao added the latter sentence.

In the headquarters, everyone's face improved a lot after hearing Tanaka Sadao's words.

Sixty tanks and two hundred armored vehicles are all heavy equipment. If the empire lost so much, the people in the logistics department could commit suicide by cutting open their stomachs.

Even for the United States, it is not a small loss.

Even if Li Yunlong had Chen Fan to supplement him, it would not be that easy. Tanks and armored vehicles are not as difficult as cars, and they are difficult to manufacture and take a long time.

At this moment, a staff officer ran in:
"General, Nakasa Yamada is back."

"Let him come over."

Yamamoto said immediately.

Yamada, the former captain of Xiyang, has rich experience in confronting Li Yunlong. After coming to Ping'an County, this person showed a very high talent for special operations, so Yamamoto taught him personally and gave him a heavy responsibility in this battle, allowing him to fight against Li Yunlong. The leader is responsible for cutting off the supply line of the independent regiment.

Unfortunately, it seems to have failed.

After a while, Yamada walked in, his tone full of frustration:

"General Yamamoto."

"Yamada-kun."

Looking at the dirty but still healthy Yamada, Yamamoto felt relieved and asked directly:
"what happened?"

Kazuki Yamamoto attached great importance to this Yamada. Originally, he planned that if Sadao Tanaka died this time, he would be the leader of the first combat team of his secret service team.

Because every time the secret service team and Li Yunlong fight directly, the leader of the first combat team will die.

However, this time the current leader of the first team of the secret service team, Sadao Tanaka, did not die, which was somewhat beyond Yamamoto's expectations.

Yamada finished talking about his situation in a trembling tone.

Yamada focused on describing what the Independence Regiment did to him that night. He gritted his teeth and described the horror and even absurd firepower that he had never heard of or seen before, full of jealousy.

After listening to Yamada's words, Qi Qi fell into a long silence in the headquarters.

Everyone couldn't help but start thinking about one thing——

Is it really a major loss for the independent regiment that can do this kind of thing, sixty tanks, and two hundred armored vehicles?

　One chapter tomorrow afternoon and one chapter in the evening.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)