Rise from the sword

Chapter 502 The meat grinder in the northwest of Shanxi!

the next day.

before morning.

Inside the Japanese frontline command post.

Yamamoto and Kozuo are calling a group of captains for a meeting.

"Judging from yesterday's battle, the strength of the independent regiment's tank crew clearly exceeded our expectations."

The corners of Yamamoto's mouth curled up slightly, and he continued:
"Their driving skills are very proficient. The five-meter-wide deep trench was filled in less than half an hour, and they cooperated very well with the infantry. Obviously, they have undergone long-term training."

There was no answer from the captains in the circle, and everyone bowed their heads in silence, but everyone had to admit in their hearts that the armored troops of the Independent Regiment they saw yesterday were stronger than they expected.

Originally, this group of people thought.

Even with tanks, the group of illiterate Tubalu would not be able to give full play, and would be easily destroyed by the imperial army's death squads with explosives, and they might even overturn their cars on the battlefield.

But now it seems that is not the case.

During the daytime battle, the Death Squad rushed up wave after wave, but they were all killed by the enemy's machine gun fire on the way, and not a single tank was blown up.

The hundreds of anti-tank mines that were expected to have high expectations did not have much effect. Two positions, one day of fighting, only blew up three enemy tanks, and one of them was slightly injured, only the track was damaged.

Looking around at a group of captains, Yamamoto put away the smile on the corner of his mouth.

This is exactly what he wanted.

He and Shinji Kozuo have fought against the independent regiment for a long time, and they are prepared in their hearts, but some of the captains under his command still do not have a clear understanding of the strength of Li Yunlong and his independent regiment, and still believe that the imperial army has the advantage.

Even though the opponent displayed horrifying firepower, these people still believed in their hearts that the imperial army had the upper hand and could not see the situation clearly.

The truth left Yamamoto speechless.

Where does this confidence come from.

"However, you don't need to be depressed."

Looking at this group of dejected guys, Yamamoto continued:

"Although the strength of their tank force exceeds our expectations, it is still far from the elite."

Yamamoto also watched the whole battle when the first position was breached. The opponent's firepower was very strong, and the cooperation between infantry and tanks could also be seen. They must have undergone long-term training and were very proficient.

But there are still a lot of loopholes.

After the meeting, Yamamoto walked out of the command post and said to a staff officer:
"Send out the 'Awakening Potion'."

"Hi."

The staff officer bowed his head and said yes.

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It's eight o'clock.

The Independent Regiment attacked again.

In general, it's still the same as yesterday.

First, seventy cannons poured firepower at the devils, and a series of shells fell like raindrops. After more than an hour of firepower preparation, thirty tanks from the second tank company, followed by sixty armored vehicles transporting infantry, pointed at the devils' machine guns. The firepower rushed towards the devil's position.

But there are also some differences.

In response to the problems that occurred yesterday, the attack of the second tank company also obviously learned a lesson.

During the artillery bombardment, the anti-tank mines on the ground were deliberately cleared to open a passage for the attacking troops. The second tank company also learned the lesson of losing three tanks yesterday and attacked strictly according to the route cleared by the artillery fire.

Similarly, with the experience of the first company of tanks, the cooperation between infantry and tanks has also become a lot tacit.

Actual combat is much better than any simulation training.

War is equal to both sides.

The independent regiment has improved and improved the problems discovered yesterday, and the devils have obviously changed.

Instead of foolishly laying a large number of landmines in front, only a small number of them are scattered, and the number of landmines detonated by shells is much less. There is not a single heavy machine gun on the front line defensive positions, but all light machine guns.

Facing the attack of tanks, instead of pouring firepower at the tanks, they are placed on the flanks and maneuver to shoot at the infantry behind the tanks.

The death squads wearing plaster flags didn't rush forward with howls, but hid in bunkers, even disguised as corpses, and when the tanks approached, they directly carried more than ten kilograms of explosive packs and pasted them.

Or get close to the tank under the cover of smoke grenades from the grenades.

The battle became fierce from the very beginning.

As Yamamoto said, although the armored units of the Independent Regiment are well-trained, they are seriously lacking in actual combat experience.

Although under the condition of sufficient supplies and reimbursement of losses, the tank unit of the independent regiment can train regardless of cost, as long as people can bear it, they can train to death.But training is training after all, actual combat in the true sense, this is the second time for the Second Tank Company.

Before cleaning up the devils who infiltrated and penetrated into the base area, the little devils did not expect to have armored troops that time, and they didn't even bring much explosives, and they had almost no resistance.

But this time, the devils had long been prepared for the tanks, and after targeted drills, those devils who had been brainwashed repeatedly had only one thought, to die with the tanks.

The independent regiment had to pay a high price for every step forward. It took less than an hour to break into the position, and six tanks of the second tank company were blown up, losing one-fifth of the tank.

The devils jumping out of trenches, bomb craters, and even corpses are hard to defend against, not to mention the smoke bombs that cover the field of vision. Facing the explosion of more than ten kilograms of yellow explosives at almost zero distance, the No. [-] tank is absolutely not spared.

The infantry following the tanks suffered no small losses.

However, the strength gap between the two sides still exists, and it has not narrowed at all.

After the attacking troops adapted to the devil's attack method, the company commander in charge of directing the attack on the front line quickly found a countermeasure.

With dense superior firepower, suppressing devil grenade launchers and mortar firepower, once discovered, quickly destroy them, and direct-firing tank guns can't be easier to deal with these things.

When encountering trenches, etc., first use tanks to cover and suppress the firepower of the surrounding devils, and then infantry approach, regardless of whether there are people, first greet with grenades.When encountering a suspicious devil's corpse, whether he is really dead or not, take a shuttle first.

Facing the firepower of the independent regiment to open the way, the casualties of the devils increased rapidly. Although there were still devils who could break through the line of defense and exploded bombs close to the tanks, there were much fewer.

"These devils..."

Looking at the battlefield in the distance, looking at those howling devils rushing forward, even Ding Wei couldn't help shivering.

"Crazy enough."

Li Yunlong commented.

At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, they also organized death squads. At that time, when encountering devils with heavy machine gun bunkers, bunkers, gun towers, and tanks, the troops could only use the death squads to hold the explosive packs, and they still had no fire cover and smoke bombs to cover them. Down.

Worse than the devils now.

But at that time, the death squads organized by the army would throw explosives near the tanks and inside the bunkers, and roll to avoid the same death. After all, no one wants to die.

But these devils in front of them.

These death squad devils with explosives.

Totally nuts.

Regardless of their own lives, some even tied explosives to their bodies, rushed towards the tank after the sound, and threw themselves directly under the tank.

Facing these mobile explosive packages, the inexperienced tank second company was very uncomfortable. Even if the company commander gave targeted command, tanks were blown up from time to time.

"These devils should have been brainwashed by closedness."

Ding Wei made a judgment:

"Also, before charging, you should have taken medicine."

"Ah."

Li Yunlong nodded in agreement.

"The second company has lost a lot."

Ding Wei changed the subject:
"Ten tanks have been lost, and the casualties of soldiers are not small."

"Let the tanks go up three times in the next wave of attack."

Li Yunlong's tone was very calm.

The first wave of attack ended with the retreat of the independent regiment. According to preliminary statistics, the tank second company lost ten No. 130 tanks and five armored vehicles, with more than 43 casualties, [-] of whom died.

Taking advantage of the battle ahead, a small group of devils secretly pushed a 300-type infantry artillery, and launched an attack within [-] meters of the second company's parked armored vehicles through tunnel secret movement.

Although these devils were eliminated in the end, five armored vehicles were destroyed and a lot of casualties were caused.

The armor of the half-track armored vehicle's flanks is a few millimeters thick, obviously unable to block the shelling of the Type [-].

the other side.

Yamamoto also received casualty numbers.

"There were more than 590 casualties in the Ninth Battalion, including more than 370 jade pieces, and more than half of their weapons and equipment were lost. In addition, they also lost a Type [-] infantry gun."

After hearing the staff's rough statistics, Yamamoto was silent for a long time before replying:
"Ah."

Obviously, casualties and losses exceeded Yamamoto's expectations.

The Ninth Battalion is a full-staffed brigade with a total staff of 1000 people. In just one battle, more than half of them were lost in just over three hours, and more than one-third of the jade was broken, which made Yamamoto's heart bleed.

After resting for more than half an hour, the independent regiment launched an attack again. This time, the third tank company was in charge of the attack. Of course, before the attack, there was still a series of dense shells raining down on the ground.

When he saw the [-] tanks reappearing, Yamamoto gritted his teeth and helplessly dispatched two reserve squadrons.

Fighting broke out again. The soldiers of the independent regiment relied on tanks to launch an attack, advancing slowly but firmly, while the devils relied on solid and complex fortifications, desperately resisting with explosive packs, and waited for an opportunity to eliminate the infantry of the independent regiment.

In the afternoon, even after paying a heavy price, the devil still failed to hold his position and had to choose to retreat.But the independent regiment, which had attacked for a day, only occupied one position.At night, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Independence Regiment, Yamamoto organized an elite brigade to launch a night attack through the tunnel dug in Yuxian County. After paying the price of one and a half squadrons, they regained the third position and even blew up five tanks.

In the daytime the next day, the Independence Regiment launched an attack again and took back the third position, and even occupied half of the fourth position, but at night they were desperately snatched back by the devils.

Such a fierce battle lasted for six days, and it lasted from February No.15 to February 21 in time, when the independent regiment suspended its attack.

At this time, the attacking force was repeatedly competing with the devils for the fifth position...

As for the reason for suspending the attack, it is...
"More than 3 devils have been killed!"

In the command post of Heyuan County, Li Yunlong grinned as he saw the lighted-up tin communicator in his hand.

"With this hospital and medicines, the attrition of our soldiers can be reduced a lot."

Zhao Gang also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Monk."

Li Yunlong called the monk:

"You drive, go to the brigade headquarters, and pick up..."

Having said this, Li Yunlong paused, and grabbed the iron communicator:
"No, you go to prepare the car, I will go in person."

According to the tank business, along with the general hospital, there are ten top medical masters with the world's top treatment technology.

(End of this chapter)