Rise from the sword

Chapter 545

"Is this the Eighth Route Army?"

Seeing is better than hearing.

Although he heard all kinds of news about the terrible firepower of the Eighth Route Army from the wounded soldiers of the First Army and the North China Front Army, Saito still found out when he really saw the moment.

He underestimated the luxury of the Eighth Route Army's firepower.

Ten thousand imperial troops.

Moreover, there are [-] imperial troops hiding in the mountains on both sides of the highway canyon.

He was bombed by a single plane and pinned down on the ground for two hours.

During these two hours, hundreds of heavy bombs fell one after another, and the violent explosions almost made the mountain tremble. The imperial army could only hide in the bunker and shiver, praying to God Amaterasu to protect the enemy's bombs from falling on their heads.

As for retreat or transfer, it is completely impossible.

Although their ambush location is located in the mountains on both sides of the highway canyon, with lush vegetation, they are actually just some continuous hills with a height of no more than [-] meters and a relatively gentle slope. Once they leave the position, they will be spotted by the planes in the sky immediately.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of blockbuster bombs fell.

Saito saw with his own eyes that a brigade in the rear tried to move, but three planes dropped dozens of bombs in succession, and finally the entire brigade suffered heavy casualties.

The bombs used by Balu are also extremely strange. Not only are they heavy, but they are also filled with steel balls, which are much more lethal to exposed soldiers than ordinary bombs.

In addition, the opponent's planes are too many, at least 150 sorties.

This also caused the [-] imperial troops to be suppressed and unable to move.

"idiot."

On the other side, the head of the No. 60 Ninth Division of Devil also swallowed his throat, his face full of disbelief.

The ambush circle he carefully arranged was discovered and destroyed by Balu.

Moreover, it was completely destroyed only by aerial bombing. Ten thousand troops were tightly suppressed and could not move. At least two brigades were killed or injured.

"Is this really Eight Ways?"

Finally, looking at the few planes that dropped the bombs in the distance, the division commander was dumbfounded.

As the head of the division, he was naturally aware of the strength of the Eight Route Army right now, so before preparing for the ambush, he made sufficient preparations, and he also agreed in his heart that this time he was facing an enemy whose strength was much stronger than the imperial army.

But the facts told him.

Balu is much stronger than he imagined.

Among other things, for the nearly [-] sorties and bombings of more than [-] tons of bombs he experienced just now, even a front army in the empire can only provide air support of this scale.

However, it's finally over.

Looking at the last five planes to leave, the division commander breathed a sigh of relief.

Back then, during the Henan-Central Battle, the Eighth Route's daily air support was only on this scale.

It's just that before he breathed a sigh of relief, he saw seven planes reappeared in the distant sky. The difference from before was that these seven planes were bigger and had two engines.

At the same time, a staff officer beside him reported:

"General, the enemy has divided up and launched an attack."

"Splitting troops to attack?"

The head of the division was taken aback for a moment, then his expression froze.

Although his division suffered heavy losses from the bombing right now, the casualties were at most [-], and the jade fragments did not exceed [-]. He could not retreat, but this is a mountainous area after all, and the bombing effect will not be very good.

The enemy has only 800 people.

Although the firepower is strong, and there are armored vehicles, but the mountainous terrain can greatly weaken the firepower, and his strength advantage can be maximized.

Under such circumstances, splitting up and attacking is courting death, almost getting into his encirclement.

But would the commander of the Eighth Route be a fool?
The head of the division immediately denied this possibility, and now he still thinks that Balu is a fool, and it is only possible that he himself is a fool.

Then, the current Eighth Route Commander must think that there is an absolute chance of winning if they divide their forces to attack.

Thinking of this, the head of the Guizi Division turned his gaze to the distance, and the seven planes that were gradually approaching, his eyes became more serious.

"What new type of aircraft is this?"

"Order······"

No matter what kind of plane the new arrival was, no matter why the Eighth Route Army had the courage to split up its troops to attack, no matter what backhand the Eighth Route Army had, he had no choice but to issue an attack order.

Right now, there is still a long time before it gets dark, and only if the infantry on both sides get close can they avoid the harassment of the Eighth Route Air Force.

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the other side.

On the way to Hengyang.

Cai Jigang sat in the jeep, looking at the unopened letter in his hand, lost in thought.

He is hesitating.

Would you like to open this letter.

Zhao Gang, an important person mentioned by the chairman many times, every time he mentioned it, his tone was gnashing his teeth.

Because of rescue victims, because of the development of industry, because of the development of education, and each of which has made great achievements, this person is famous, and his social impression can be called terrifying, which greatly enhances the influence of that group of forces. enemy.

Cai Jigang can be sure that if there is no chance, the higher-ups would have sent someone to do it.

If the news of his contact with this person spreads, then maybe tomorrow he will be dismissed and investigated, or even tried in a military court, and it is possible to be convicted of collaborating with the enemy and treason in the end.

This is not scaremongering or cranky thinking.

The [-]th Regiment in the Battle of Central Henan had too much contact with that group of people. Now the troops have been split up, and the high-level officials have also been investigated.

but···

In the battle of Changheng, the Japanese army came aggressively, attacking the city all the way, invincible, the defenders of Guofu retreated steadily, the fall of Chang|sha was a foregone conclusion, and Hengyang was also afraid that it would be doomed.

Before long, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land will be lost, tens of millions of citizens will fall under the iron heel of the Japanese invaders, national property will be seized and destroyed by the Japanese army, and the lives of ordinary people will be threatened.

Cai Jigang knew in his heart that he wanted to avoid the eventual corruption of the situation.

The opportunity might be the letter in his hand.

just.

If he didn't open the letter, but handed it in, then by virtue of his influence, the matter would have no effect on him, and he might even be rewarded, but once it was opened, it would be a different matter.

In the entanglement and hesitation, Cai Jigang held the letter tightly and drove all the way to Hengyang.

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An hour later, at five o'clock in the afternoon.

Twenty kilometers south of Songxian Airport.

"Your Majesty."

In the dense forest, under the orders of Yokoyama Isao himself, the captain of the devil team responsible for leading a surprise attack on Songxian Airport was saluting a newly arrived devil chief, and his tone was full of surprise.

The newly arrived Devil Colonel's attire was markedly different from the usual Colonel.

There is a submachine gun hanging on the chest, a row of magazines inserted, and a few grenades hanging on the shoulders, which is the standard clothing of the Yamamoto Special Forces. Of course, the submachine guns in their hands have now become the submachine guns of the independent regiment.

Behind him, there are more than [-] secret service team members in the same clothes.

"Yo Xi."

Sasaki Akutagawa looked at the team in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

Sasaki Akutagawa Colonel.

The new leader of the Yamamoto Special Forces First Combat Team.

After the Battle of Ping'an County, Yamamoto's secret service team suffered heavy losses and suffered heavy losses. However, in the following days, Kazuki Yamamoto still held a high position and had abundant resources. Naturally, there was no problem in rebuilding the secret service team.

Even under Yamamoto's planning, the size of his special agent team has greatly increased, and the full number of members has reached the size of a squadron.Of course, it is still composed of two combat teams, and Yamamoto still organizes the training himself, and he still personally serves as the leader of the second combat team.

Also because Yamamoto's influence has greatly increased, the special warfare team has become a brigade-level organization, and the rank of the leader of the first combat team has also been promoted to Colonel.

"Your Excellency, this operation is under your command."

The captain who led the team before said quickly.

The captain had trained under Sasaki before.

"No need, I'm not as clear as you about the situation, you should take command, and leave these team members to you."

Sasaki Akutagawa hastily refused.

command?

joke.

Since becoming the leader of the first combat team, Sasaki has been extremely nervous in every battle.

According to statistics, since the start of the war, the leader of the first combat team has suffered the most casualties in the Yamamoto Special Forces. So far, nearly five team leaders have died.

And what's even more outrageous is that all of them are dying in the hands of the independent group.

Let him command the attack on the independent regiment this time?

slip away!

He didn't even want to go to the front.

He is very clear that the strength of the independent regiment is getting stronger every day, and new weapons will be released every once in a while. Who knows if the other party has unpredictable equipment deployed at the airport.

Let him lead the team himself, it is better to shoot him directly.

"Hi."

The captain who had been trained under Sasaki naturally didn't know, and mistakenly thought that it was from the former instructor's respect, and immediately bowed heavily and nodded, his face was full of excitement that a soldier would die for his confidant.

"Go, there is no need to take special care of these players."

"I'm here waiting for your triumphant return."

Sasaki waved his hand, then ordered the dozen or so Secret Service members behind him to leave.

"Hi."

The captain's face flushed with excitement, and his morale was raised to full.

　a little busy···
　　
　
(End of this chapter)