The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1384 The division commander panicked (first update)

"Woooooooooooo...boom..."

One after another, aerial bombs continued to hit the Japanese military garrison.

Raindrop-like shells came one after another, further expanding the results of the battle.

The artillery regiment that received the counterattack order wanted to launch a counterattack immediately, but the artillery shells above their heads were dropped as if they were free. The explosions continued to ring in their ears, and the shell fragments intertwined directly above their heads to form a steel storm.

There might be a chance of survival if he lay still on the ground. If he got up from the ground and operated the artillery to counterattack the Eighth Route Army artillery position, Ken might not be able to hold on for even ten seconds and would be blown over on the battlefield.

"Rumble..."

What is different from the artillery regiment is that the tank regiment is protected by protective steel plates and can block most of the artillery shells and fragments falling from the sky.

After receiving the order to counterattack, the more than ten tanks and armored vehicles that were still available in the entire brigade immediately took action, spitting black smoke and rushing outside the station in an attempt to launch a direct attack on the Eighth Route Army artillery positions.

But they still underestimated the threat from the Eighth Route Army aviation overhead.

"Buzzing..."

Several bombing planes soon targeted them.

When bombing missions were received, they were also given a priority bombing list.

Whether it is the Japanese heavy artillery wing or their tank brigade, they are the first targets that the aviation force must destroy.

Seeing that a dozen Little Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were about to run away on the ground, several planes were immediately dispatched to pounce on them.

"Buzzing..."

The roar of the aircraft became louder and louder, and like an eagle that found its prey, an aircraft dived directly from behind the tank towards the ground.

It started to climb the moment the aerial bomb was dropped.

The Kwantung Army tank soldiers seemed to be aware of the danger and panicked. They pulled the joystick desperately and increased the tank's throttle to the maximum in an attempt to avoid the attack.

But the exact location of the bomb drop was too close to him.

The aerial bomb only flew two or three times in the air before hitting the ground.

"Rumble..."

Amid the thunderous explosion, the fast-moving tanks were not blown over, but the Japanese soldiers hiding inside the tanks were shaken to death by the shock wave.

Another armored vehicle not far away was directly overturned by the air wave because it was too heavy and too close to the explosion point of the aerial bomb...

Several aircraft launched attacks continuously, and soon all the dozens of tanks and armored vehicles that could still move in the tank brigade were lying down, losing their combat effectiveness.

The division commander, Lieutenant General Lin Tian, ​​became more and more panicked.

The reason why the Japanese army was able to match its opponents on the battlefield was that heavy artillery, tanks, and aircraft all played a vital role.

It was getting dark soon, and air support was definitely impossible. Lieutenant General Hayashida could only find a way to turn defeat into victory by relying on his own strength.

As a result, the artillery regiment and tank brigade, which were the division's trump cards, suffered devastating blows before they had time to counterattack.

Without the advantage of artillery fire, the Eighth Route Army's more than 100 artillery pieces set up around the garrison can dominate the entire battlefield, overwhelming the more than 10,000 infantrymen under its command, and the outcome will be tragic.

"Rumble..."

At this moment, the roar of the chariot reached Lieutenant General Lin Tian's ears again.

A flash of surprise immediately flashed across his panicked face, and he subconsciously thought that the tank brigade still had tanks and armored vehicles that could fight.

He quickly rushed out of the headquarters and looked in the direction where the roar came from, wanting to see with his own eyes the scene of the tank troops defeating the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions.

“Dong dong dong… da da da…”

But what happened in front of him completely subverted Lieutenant General Lin Tian's imagination. The roaring chariot troops did not rush from inside the garrison to the outside of the garrison, but launched an attack from outside the garrison toward the inside of the garrison.

The rain of bullets fired from the tanks flew towards the stationed defense line as if they were free.

The troops there were all temporarily sent there after the base was attacked by air raids. Lieutenant General Lin Tian was worried that the base would be besieged by the Eighth Route Army. They didn't even have a hiding position.

Facing the rain of bullets fired from the tanks, they had no way to hide, and a large number of them were killed in an instant.

More importantly, Lieutenant General Lin Tian discovered a large number of Eighth Route Army infantry behind more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles outside the station.

Holding a rifle and a light machine gun, and using the cover of the tank body, he quickly rushed towards his station.

The hope on Lieutenant General Lin Tian's face suddenly turned into despair, and his face became paler and whiter. His whole body couldn't help but tremble, and he cried out: "Bagya Road..."

"These tanks belong to the Eighth Route Army, not ours..."

"The Eighth Route Army wants to storm our station tonight and wipe us out here..."

The division chief of staff was also panicked, but he did not lose his mind. He immediately asked Lieutenant General Hayashi Tian for a fight: "Division commander..."

"We still have more than 10,000 people..."

"Although the Eighth Route Army attacking us is equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, their strength is limited, no more than 5,000 people at most..."

"The strength advantage is still with us..."

"Even if we fight against the Eighth Route Army that besieged us, our division can completely wipe out all the Eighth Route Army outside the station..."

"I will immediately organize my troops to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops."

"When the Austrian and Austrian sides fight together, the tanks, heavy artillery, and aircraft equipped by the Eighth Route Army will all become useless."

The chief of staff's words awakened the dreamer.

The man quickly recovered from his panic, stared at the chief of staff and began to give orders: "You are right..."

"Metal combat and attrition are our only chance to defeat the Eighth Route Army..."

"Immediately organize troops to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops... Set off now..."

After the chief of staff left in a hurry with a group of guards, Lieutenant General Hayashida did not return to the headquarters. Instead, he continued to stand at the commanding heights and observed the battlefield with his telescope.

The counterattack force organized by the Chief of Staff did not fight with the Eighth Route Army's offensive force for one minute, and the troops in the garrison had to bear one more minute of artillery fire coverage and air strikes from the Eighth Route Army.

Hundreds of artillery shells of various calibers were smashed down together, and the lethality was astonishing. Waiting for just one more minute might mean that hundreds of subordinates would be killed here, so Lieutenant General Hayashida couldn't help but not worry.

"Kill me..."

Soon more than a thousand Kwantung troops appeared on the battlefield.

With the help of mortars and grenade cover, they carried rifle machine guns and launched a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops.

Lieutenant General Lin Tian knew that this was the first wave of counterattack troops organized by the Chief of Staff. As long as they successfully fought with the Eighth Route Army, even if the entire army was destroyed, it would be profitable for the entire division.

Lieutenant General Lin Tian stared at them with his eyes, and kept praying in his heart, hoping that they could break through the Eighth Route Army's interception and mix with the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops.

the more you hope, the harder you fall.

I thought that the Eighth Route Army would rely on the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, completely ignore the more than a thousand Kwantung Army participating in the counterattack, and continue to launch assaults into the garrison. As a result, the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops stopped.

Tanks and armored vehicles lined up in a staggered row, and all the heavy machine guns on the vehicles opened fire, shooting down the counterattack troops organized by the chief of staff.

Thousands of infantrymen following the chariot spread out at the same time, either squatting on the ground, lying on the ground, or hiding behind the vehicle, shooting at the counterattack troops together.

(End of this chapter)