The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1408 The decisive battle begins (first update)

Colonel Koike regretted it very much.

I made an empiricist error: based on previous combat experience, I mistakenly believed that the Eighth Route Army had prepared a trap outside the garrison, and did not dare to send troops to attack rashly.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army that attacked him outside the camp turned out to be a real paper tiger.

As long as they send enough troops, they will not dare to continue fighting with them, thereby missing a good opportunity to fight a battle of annihilation and eliminate the Eighth Route sneak attack troops.

But there is no regret in taking medicine.

Listening to the firefight that completely stopped around the station, he had to accept the fact that he was being tricked.

"Captain..."

I don't know how much time passed, but the wing chief of staff returned to the war room with a very solemn expression. He called Colonel Koike and then lowered his head and said nothing with a sullen face.

Colonel Koike knew his partner fairly well and asked directly: "Do you already know the casualty results?"

"If you have anything to say, just say it, I can bear it..."

"Hayi..."

Although Colonel Koike said this, the chief of staff still had a hesitant and solemn complex expression, and he opened his mouth several times without saying what was in his heart.

Colonel Koike's bad premonition grew stronger. He clenched his fist and suddenly smashed it on the table. He glared at the chief of staff and ordered: "Say..."

"After statistics...we lost a total of 869 people in this raid and counter-raid...of which 782 were killed directly..."

"The light and heavy firepower points arranged by the troops in advance outside the station were severely damaged. A total of 32 light machine gun teams and 13 heavy machine gun teams were lost..."

"All the machine gunners were killed, and the light and heavy machine guns were either destroyed or captured by the Eighth Route Army."

"All four reinforced squadrons participating in the counterattack were severely damaged. Two of the reinforced squadrons were almost wiped out. The captain of another reinforced squadron was killed by a shell during the battle..."

"Because the Eighth Route Army retreated in time and arranged a large number of heavy machine guns, grenades, and mortars around the battlefield to provide fire cover. Therefore, we only found less than a hundred corpses on the battlefield. Including the wounded who were taken away, the Eighth Route Army The loss should not exceed two hundred people."

Seeing that Colonel Koike's face became more solemn as he listened, the chief of staff completely lost his worries and continued to introduce: "It's not early in the morning yet..."

"I am worried that the Eighth Route Army, which has taken advantage of us, will continue to attack us in the middle of the night..."

"Please captain, please think of a good way to resolve this crisis, otherwise our casualties will increase in the second half of the night."

This time it was Colonel Koike's turn to be in trouble.

If the Eighth Route Army used the same tactics in the middle of the night to sneak attack light and heavy firepower points outside the station, threatening the security of the station, Colonel Koike would really not be able to decide whether to send heavy troops to attack.

In the sneak attack battle just now, the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack unit was insufficient in strength and was a paper tiger.

If they send out real tigers in a sneak attack in the middle of the night and prepare pocket formations outside the station, but they use the tactics of paper tigers to deal with them, they will definitely suffer a big loss.

Maybe the counterattack troops will be wiped out by the real tigers sent by the Eighth Route Army outside the station, and that would be called losing the wife and losing the troops.

If we continue to use the counterattack method from the previous game, first sending a small number of troops to test the strength of the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops, and then deciding whether to dispatch the main force based on the battle situation, we may end up fighting in vain.

Not only did he watch the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops slip away under his nose, he also lost a large number of probing troops.

Although it did not reach the point of losing his wife and losing his troops, the total losses were certainly not much smaller.

"It's better to play conservatively..." Colonel Koike finally decided.

"First send troops to test the strength of the Eighth Route Army, and then send the main force out..."

"Although there will be casualties, the price will be much smaller than being directly deceived."

......... The former enemy headquarters of the 1st Regiment of the Northbound Detachment.

Huang Yu happened to receive the latest battle report sent back by Wei Dayong.

I am very satisfied with this result.

Eight or nine hundred Kwantung Army elites were killed in just half a night. Even if the victory achieved in the second half of the night was less than half, the total strength of the Koike Regiment would still be reduced sharply from more than 4,000 to 3,000 after tonight.

If we fight like this for two more nights, no matter how strong the fighting power of the Koike team is, they will be reduced to a thin man.

Immediately ordered: "The 24th and 24th Battalions immediately evacuate the battlefield, rush to the secret assembly area, seize the time to rest, and continue to participate in the battle tomorrow night."

"Two main battalions, three and five, immediately joined the battle and used the same method to sneak attack the Kwantung Army and consume their strength."

"As long as the Kwantung Army is not given a chance to fight us decisively, we will definitely make a profit in tonight's surprise attack."

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Ulan Mountain battlefield.

Seeing the Kwantung Army gathering more and more at the foot of the mountain, even though Li Yunlong was prepared, he was still frightened and took a breath.

More than 10,000 elite Kwantung Army troops gathered densely at the foot of Wulan Mountain.

There are several artillery positions scattered behind the infantry.

Large-caliber heavy artillery, mountain artillery, field artillery... were lined up in several rows, all pointing their black muzzles high at the blocking position halfway up Wulan Mountain.

In addition to artillery, more than twenty tanks and armored vehicles were scattered in front of the attacking force.

Tanks raised their black muzzles, and armored vehicles stretched out their black muzzles, all aimed at the Eighth Route Army position halfway up the mountain, ready to attack at any time to cover the attacking troops and take them down.

"Buzzing..."

When Li Yunlong observed the Japanese attacking troops, and the Kwantung Army brigade leader also held up a telescope to observe the Wulan Mountain blocking position, the roar of airplanes suddenly sounded over the battlefield.

Looking in the direction of the sound, six black spots suddenly appeared on the edge of the sky.

The roar grew louder and louder, and so did the black spots, which soon turned into six silver-white planes.

After arriving over the battlefield, they circled directly around the Ulan Mountain battlefield to find the best bombing position.

"Buzzing..."

The roar of planes suddenly became louder, and one plane launched the attack first.

Like an eagle that has found its prey, it plunges straight down to the ground, speeding up faster and faster.

More than two hundred meters away from the ground position, an aerial bomb suddenly broke away from the fuselage and hit the ground along the aircraft's dive trajectory. A harsh air-piercing scream sounded simultaneously on the battlefield.

The Little Japanese plane suddenly raised its nose and flew high into the sky again close to the ground.

"Rumble..."

The aerial bomb hit steadily next to a trench halfway up the mountain. Amidst the thunderous explosion, thick smoke and an orange-red fireball rose into the sky from the impact point. The Kwantung Army brigade commander holding a telescope clearly saw that the position was destroyed, and the sandbags were It was blown to pieces, and the logs used to reinforce the bunker were blown away.

Thick gunpowder smoke quickly filled the surrounding area. In the blink of an eye, an area of ​​30 to 40 meters around the impact point was covered, making it impossible to see even one's fingers.

"Buzzing..."

A second Imp plane then joined the battle and dived towards the ground from another direction.