The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1394 It’s too late! (First update)

"Division commander...the troops have suffered too many casualties...rather than being passively bombed all the time, I would rather die on the counterattack..." A hurried over commander brought the division commander back to reality.

The division commander frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"Didn't I tell you to disperse and hide? How could the casualties of the troops be so great?" the division commander asked angrily.

Although he had some doubts about whether the Eighth Route Army would attack the garrison, he still firmly believed in his order to disperse and hide and prohibit counterattacks on the Eighth Route Artillery positions, and felt that there was no problem.

The commander of the regiment quickly explained: "Sir, you underestimate the power of heavy artillery and mountain artillery..."

"The artillery shells fired by the Eighth Route Army into our camp seemed to have eyes. Although the troops had dispersed and hid, these shells still hit the places where we were crowded."

"The damage radius of heavy artillery is very large. Sometimes a single shell can kill one of our infantry squads."

"As of now, the infantry regiment where I belong has suffered more than 1,400 casualties."

"If the Eighth Route Artillery is allowed to continue bombing, the casualties may exceed 2,000."

"If the troops had sent troops to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions from the beginning, even if we were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on the way, we would have been able to kill many Eighth Route Army soldiers with 2,000 casualties."

"Unlike now, we didn't even see the Eighth Route Army, and their artillery units directly killed one or two thousand people."

Hearing this, the division commander suddenly had a bold idea in his mind.

Maybe I really made a mistake.

The Eighth Route Army had no intention of storming the station from beginning to end tonight. The purpose was to use aircraft and heavy artillery to attack the station from a long distance and consume its own forces.

A lot of cold sweat broke out on the division commander's forehead.

The reason why he did not allow the troops to take the initiative to attack, and even left a lot of artillery to stand still, was to meet the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops.

As a result, they refused to attack, which meant that all their previous preparations were in vain.

It would be better to listen to the chief of staff and send troops directly to attack the Eighth Route Artillery position.

Although it is possible to suffer heavy casualties, as long as the two sides fight face to face, the Eighth Route Army will suffer losses.

Even if two or three soldiers under his command can kill one soldier of the Eighth Route Army, the division only needs to pay more than half of the casualties to annihilate thousands of elite Eighth Route Army soldiers.

The combined strength of the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack on a division last night was only three to four thousand men, which was enough to completely wipe out one of the Eighth Route Army's divisions.

The more the division commander thought about it, the more solemn his face became, and the expression of regret on his face became stronger and stronger.

But there is no regret in taking medicine.

He raised his telescope and looked around again, hoping that the Eighth Route Army offensive troops would appear around the station.

As a result, five minutes passed, and there was still no movement at all.

"Division commander... the Eighth Route Army's artillery strikes are almost over, and their offensive troops haven't appeared yet. I think they won't show up again today..." the chief of staff expressed his thoughts again.

"While the Eighth Route Army's artillery attack is not over yet, we launch a counterattack now. Maybe we can intercept one or two of their artillery units and annihilate them... Please give the division commander an order..."

The division commander was finally moved. He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Then attack..."

"After being bombed for so long, not only me, the division commander, but also the soldiers below must have been feeling angry."

"Take advantage of the opportunity to attack and let out your anger..."

"But the counterattack forces must strengthen their vigilance and cannot go deep alone."

"If the Eighth Route Artillery unit has retreated, the troops must immediately withdraw to their base and must not pursue them alone."

"If the Eighth Route Army ambushes them, they will be strangled together as soon as possible, hold them back, and at the same time fire a signal for help at the station. I will send more troops to join the battle and end the battle with bayonets." "Let the heavy artillery and tanks equipped by the Eighth Route Army, The planes...were all useless on the battlefield."

The chief of staff looked happy and quickly accepted the order: "I'll make arrangements now..."

As a result, as soon as the front foot stepped out of the command post, the sound of shell explosions kept ringing in the ears, and the rear foot stopped, as if the artillery strike just now had not happened.

The chief of staff was disappointed and helpless.

Even the division commander, who had been opposed to the attack before, had a look of disappointment on his face.

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Headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Peiping.

Okamura Neji was sitting in his own chair waiting for news.

Compared with yesterday, although I was very anxious, there was obviously less panic.

learn from mistakes.

Although he was brushed off by the Eighth Route Army, the air raids during the day failed to kill their air force and heavy artillery units, resulting in the remaining three divisions on the front being killed by surprise.

But they still made some minimum preparations.

Based on the analysis of last night's defeat experience, as long as the three main divisions retain some artillery and tanks, the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops will not be able to enter the division's garrison. Maybe several divisions can launch a counterattack and eliminate them in the offensive On the way.

In order to prevent the three divisions from making the same mistakes, Okamura Neiji asked them to hide some artillery and tanks from the beginning, preparing to take them out when the Eighth Route Army began to storm the station, so as to launch a major counterattack against them.

As he thought about it, Okamura Neiji had even seen the scene of the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops being defeated by three divisions. The corners of his mouth turned up involuntarily, and he felt very happy.

"Your Excellency Commander..."

Sweet dreams are often short-lived. Just when Okamura Neiji was about to immerse himself in his sweet dreams for a while, the chief of staff of the headquarters suddenly ran over with a anxious expression on his face, without any joy after winning the battle.

This picture was completely opposite to what I expected.

Neji Okamura frowned immediately and asked immediately: "Did the three divisions on the front line prepare in advance and still not win?"

"The Eighth Route Army did not dispatch tanks and infantry to attack the three divisions at all. The artillery and tanks we prepared were all in vain. It would be better to take the initiative to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions..."

"The three main divisions sent telegrams almost at the same time..."

"Except for artillery and aircraft, their station was not attacked by a single soldier of the Eighth Route Army."

"The chariot troops that killed everyone on the battlefield last night did not show up either..."

Okamura Neiji was confused by the chief of staff's words. He frowned and asked, "It's impossible..."

"Since the Eighth Route Army does not plan to send out tanks and infantry to attack the three divisions' garrison, what is their purpose of sending out aircraft and heavy artillery to attack the garrison?"

"They have a lot of ammunition. They deliberately sent out these aircraft and artillery to sneak attack us from a long distance and consume our troops..."

The chief of staff nodded: "The frontline troops think so too..."

"In less than an hour, the Eighth Route Heavy Artillery Unit, Mountain Field Artillery Unit, and Mortar Unit... fired a total of more than 15,000 artillery shells at the three divisions' garrison..."

"The planes dropped more than two hundred aerial bombs."

"Although our troops are well prepared for artillery defense, aerial bombs and heavy artillery shells are too powerful and still cause them huge losses..."