The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1385 The entire army retreats (second update)

More than 20 tanks and armored vehicles are equipped with nearly a hundred vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns.

The Eighth Route Army's offensive force of four to five thousand men was also equipped with two to three hundred light machine guns, plus more than four thousand rifles. Together they fired at the Kwantung Army's counterattack force. The intensity of the firepower can be imagined.

In just one round of strafing fire, the Kwantung Army of more than 1,000 people fell to 400 to 500 people.

The remaining Kwantung Army had to pay a huge price for every step forward.

When the two sides were still fifty or sixty meters apart, the last few dozen Kwantung Army troops were swept down on the Fan Highway like ripe wheat.

"Rumble..."

The roar of the tanks suddenly increased. More than 20 tanks and armored vehicles that had stopped for nearly two minutes continued to charge forward. Thousands of infantrymen also began to gather and quickly moved closer to the back of the tanks to seek protection.

In the blink of an eye, thousands of Eighth Route Army troops who were in defensive formation were transformed into offensive formation, as if they had been rehearsed countless times.

"Kill me..."

In order to fight with the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops, Lieutenant General Lin Tian tried his best.

The first round of counterattack troops assembled by the chief of staff had just been wiped out, and the second round of counterattack troops appeared on the battlefield. Their strength was several hundred more than the first round of counterattack troops, nearly two thousand.

Faced with such a behemoth, the Eighth Route Army, which was advancing on the offensive, stopped again, and its offensive formation changed into a defensive formation at the same time.

"Boom boom boom..."

Perhaps it was because the Kwantung Army's counterattack force had increased in number. This time, not only vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns and rifle machine guns participated in the battle, but also tank guns, grenade launchers accompanying the team's attack, and small-caliber mortars... all joined the battle.

Before the vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun had time to fire, nearly a hundred grenades and tank gun shells had already fallen from the sky, hitting the middle of the Kwantung Army's counterattack troops.

Fire splashed, fragments flew, and screams rang out around the impact point.

With just one round of shooting, two to three hundred people of the Kwantung Army participating in the counterattack fell.

Lieutenant General Hayashida was heartbroken when he saw this scene, but he did not issue a retreat order.

Melee fighting is the only way he can think of to break the situation, and he will not give up as long as there is a chance of survival.

In the last round of counterattack, the counterattack troops had reached a position fifty meters away from the Eighth Route Army.

If the counterattack force at that time still had 700 or 800 people, instead of dozens of people, the enemy and ourselves would probably have been strangled together by now.

There are hundreds more Kwantung Army troops participating in the counterattack this time than in the previous round. If this round of attack is exactly the same as the previous round, the counterattack troops will definitely be able to fight with the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops.

As a result, Cheng Yaojin showed up halfway, and the Eighth Route Army actually hid so many grenade launchers among the attacking troops.

Kill two to three hundred counterattack troops in one move.

Despite this, Lieutenant General Hayashida has not given up hope.

The grenade should be the last weapon of the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops.

Even if this round of counterattack ends in failure again, he can still gather more troops to launch a third counterattack. The Eighth Route Army without other killer weapons will definitely not be able to stop it, and can only watch the two troops strangled together.

The result was exactly the same as Lieutenant General Hayashida's judgment.

Although there were several hundred more troops in the second round of counterattack, they were all wiped out by the grenades that suddenly appeared from the Eighth Route Army. Although the counterattack troops were very desperate, they still stopped at a position of fifty meters.

Lieutenant General Hayashida decided to launch the third round of counterattack.

This time the Chief of Staff stopped more than 2,800 counterattack troops. Even if all the light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns equipped by the Eighth Route Army were deployed, they would not be able to wipe out all the counterattack troops of more than 2,800 people on the offensive path in a short period of time.

As long as there are hundreds of Kwantung Army soldiers fighting with the Eighth Route Army, he can send a steady stream of troops to join the battle, and finally eliminate the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops through close combat and save the station.

…………

The Eighth Route Army's offensive troops have indeed used up all their trump cards, but Lieutenant General Lin Tian ignored one very important thing.

Although the aerial bombs and heavy artillery shells that smashed into the Kwantung Army camp did not have eyes, the gunners and pilots who operated these weapons did, and there were many artillery observers hidden around the battlefield.

When nearly 3,000 elite Kwantung Army troops launched a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops, more than 20 heavy artillery units mounted a few kilometers away were adjusting their firing angles based on the latest shooting data provided by observers.

Three planes that had not yet finished dropping their bombs swooped towards the little devils at the same time.

"Buzz buzz...wuwuwu...boom...boom..."

The roar of planes, the screams of bombs streaking across the sky, and the thunderous explosions soon rang out above the heads of the Kwantung Army's counterattack troops.

A black aerial bomb hit the Kwantung Army's counterattack force.

Fires splashed and smoke billowed, and the counterattack troops were instantly blown out of an uninhabited land with a radius of more than thirty meters.

No matter what the Kwantung Army was doing at that time, whether or not they took cover immediately, they all fell to the ground motionless.

"Woooooooooooo...boom..."

More than 20 heavy artillery pieces followed and joined the battle. More than 20 plumes of black smoke immediately rose from the center of the Kwantung Army's attacking troops, and the diffuse smoke instantly enveloped the attacking troops of more than a thousand people.

“Dong dong dong… da da da…”

Vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns and more than two hundred light machine guns rushed to join the battle, fearing that the Kwantung Army's counterattack force would be surrounded by the flying regiment and heavy artillery force.

Facing the powerful offensive firepower, the Kwantung Army of more than 2,000 people was like a ship in the sea. It seemed very huge, but in front of the rough waves, it was like a leaf that could be silent at any time...

Lieutenant General Lin Tian was stunned on the spot. His hands were clenched tightly out of anger and fear, and his nails almost dug into his flesh.

He didn't expect that his most promising counterattack would end like this.

It wasn't until the deputy chief of staff reminded him that he recovered from the shock. In a panic, he ordered with an anxious look: "Retreat..."

"Let the attacking troops withdraw immediately and stop counterattacking..."

"We will also move immediately..."

"The Eighth Route Army dispatched aircraft, heavy artillery, tanks, infantry...to jointly attack us..."

"We wanted air support but no air support, we wanted artillery but no artillery. Even the tanks suffered a devastating blow at the beginning of the battle..."

"Continuing to use the flesh and blood of the soldiers to carry the Eighth Route Army aircraft, heavy artillery, and tanks... except for dying in vain, will not achieve any effect."

"The Eighth Route Army has limited strength, and it will be dark soon... As long as we disperse and move, the Eighth Route Army will not dare to divide its forces and continue to pursue us!"

"This is the only way to mitigate troop casualties."

"All the messengers went down to convey the latest orders from the headquarters... The troops were dispersed and moved in squadron units. No heavy weapons and baggage ammunition were needed. Blow them up if you can. Set off immediately. Don't be targeted by the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops. !”

(End of this chapter)