I'm killing enemies with my sword and exploding equipment

When the main force of the Japanese 1st Division was stopped because the tank regiment was ambushed, in the rear of their team, in the 8th Division, the division chief of staff, Colonel Keihito Nagakubo, was saying to the division commander, Lieutenant General Honda Masazo:

"Your Excellency, it seems that the brave warriors of the First Division have been ambushed by the enemy.

Judging from the noise of the explosion, their losses are probably not small."

Due to terrain restrictions, tens of thousands of troops from the 1st and 8th Divisions marched on a highway that was as long as six or seven kilometers.

Therefore, at this moment, Kubo Keijin could only hear the battle taking place in front of him, but could not see it clearly.

Honda Masazai also heard the huge explosion, nodded, and immediately gave the order:
"Everyone stop and prepare for battle!"

After looking around, he said to Kubo Keijin:
"Kubo-kun, let's go up to the south mountain and check the situation!"

As he spoke, he led dozens of guards and climbed up the mountain to the south.

Kubo Keijin quickly followed.

……

After a while, the two came to a hill with a good view, raised their binoculars and looked forward.

Then they saw the raging flames rising into the sky and the billowing black smoke from the tanks that had exploded and were burning.

Honda Masazai's expression changed immediately.

I couldn't help but sigh to Keijin Kubo:
"Kubo-kun, it's no wonder that these Tubalu from northwestern Shanxi could cause Shinozuka-kun to die in battle!
Compared to those beggar troops in Jizhong, they are the opponents worthy of our Imperial Army's attention!"

Hearing what he said, Kubo Keijin couldn't help but roll his eyes and thought to himself: It's already this critical moment, and you still have the mood to think about this?
Shouldn't we first think of a way to eliminate the enemy in front of us?
He quickly and carefully reminded:

"Your Excellency, the First Division is in trouble. Should we order the warriors to attack?"

Honda Masazai heard this, but did not comment, and asked calmly:

"Kubo-kun, what do you think?"

"I think we can send a regiment to cross the mountains, go around to the rear of the Tubalu's blocking position, and attack them from the flank.

In this way, we can not only find out the deployment of the Eighth Route Army, but also cause great chaos in their military morale!"

Keijin Kubo put forward his idea and looked at Honda Masazai with anticipation, hoping that the other party would adopt it.

However, Honda Masashi sneered at this idea and said:
"A team?
Mr. Kubo, have you forgotten that the Eighth Route Army is still harassing us?
If we send a regiment to climb the mountain, those damn Eighth Route Army soldiers will swarm over us in an instant like flies to meat!
Besides, since Nakazawa-kun is in charge of our two divisions, we should not act on our own without his orders."

After hearing the first half of the other party's words, Kubo Keihito didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that the other party was afraid of the enemy and cowardly.

But when he heard the second half of his sentence, he immediately understood that the division commander wanted Saburo Nakazawa to take the lead!
The battle was won, and their Eighth Division played a great role in the victory.

If the battle is lost, the blame will be on Saburo Nakazawa.

It's simply amazing!

He nodded quickly:
"Hey! Your Excellency the division commander is wise!"

Seeing that this guy saw through his thoughts, Honda Masashi felt a little uncomfortable and quickly said:

"I guess Mr. Nakazawa is too busy to report the situation to the commander, so we will do it for him.

Mr. Kubo, please send a telegram to the commander to report that we were ambushed.

It would be best to ask the air force to send some bombers to bomb the Eighth Route Army's positions.

Or at least scout out that there are several Tubalu blocking positions from here to Shuiquan City!"

"Hey! I'll be there right away!"

Kubo Keijin bowed and agreed, then immediately turned around and took action.

However, Honda Masazai did not run away, but continued to pick up the telescope and observe the situation in front.

As he watched, he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly.

I don't know what he is secretly happy about.

……

Just when the Special Forces Regiment and the Japanese were fighting, they were in a cave about 30 miles east of Huangping Town and 20 miles southeast of Zhengtai Road.

Zhang Tiezhu, commander of the 4th Battalion of the Independent Regiment, rushed in hurriedly under the leadership of a sentry and saluted Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao inside.

"Captain, Chief of Staff!"

"Tiezhu, how is your Fourth Battalion doing now?
I heard that you were caught by the Japanese, and I was worried that you would die in their hands!"

Xing Zhiguo didn't say anything, so Zhang Dabiao asked quickly.

When Zhang Dabiao was the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment, Zhang Tiezhu was his deputy battalion commander, and the two had a deep relationship.

"Hey, we still have four or five hundred people left in our battalion, and we can still fight!"

Zhang Tiezhu chuckled.

Thinking of the abundant ammunition in his camp, he had the confidence to fight the Japanese fiercely again!
“Four or five hundred left?

Captain Zhang, your battalion's performance is no worse than that of the Third Battalion!"

Xing Zhiguo was pleasantly surprised.

He originally thought that the 4th Battalion had been formed not long ago, there were few veterans and many new recruits in the battalion, and it was attacked by the Japanese, so it would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Tiezhu gave him a surprise.

Zhang Dabiao also asked curiously:

"Tiezhu, how the hell did you do that?
The Japanese have tanks and sidecars, which are faster than your two legs, right? "

“Hehe, we were lucky and met someone from the special forces group to pick us up.

They had set up a 20-man guard post miles east of Huangping Town, and opened fire, destroying dozens of the Japanese sidecars.

Zhang Tiezhu hurried to explain.

Zhang Dabiao was speechless when he heard this, and couldn't help but exclaimed:
"What? Set up a guard post 20 miles ahead?

Good fellow, Yang Yuanshan is too cautious!"

Xing Zhiguo also nodded:

“No wonder the Special Forces Regiment can always achieve amazing results. The arrangement of their guard posts is beyond our expectations!

And 200 people at a time!
This is such a waste.”

If Yang Yuanshan knew what they were thinking, he would probably laugh out loud.

God be so careful!!!
I just think that it's a waste for so many people to be hiding in Huangping Town and doing nothing.

Especially Wang Xikui’s sniper company!

……

Next, Zhang Tiezhu reported in detail to Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao how he was picked up by the special forces regiment and escaped from danger.

After hearing this, the two of them were naturally envious of the fighting effectiveness of the special forces regiment soldiers.

Finally, he heard that Zhang Tiezhu had obtained 10,000 bullets from Yang Yuanshan, and he was even more delighted.

Xing Zhiguo said quickly:

"Captain Zhang, our regiment has almost run out of ammunition.

Of your 5000 rounds of ammunition, hand over to the regiment, and we will launch another surprise attack on the Japanese tonight!"

Zhang Tiezhu was very depressed after being robbed by Xing Zhiguo.

He immediately looked at his old boss Zhang Dabiao.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Dabiao also nodded:

“Well, Tiezhu, lend it to the group first.

I will go find Yang Yuanshan myself and get a batch of ammunition back for you!
I will make sure you don’t suffer any loss!”

Seeing that the two big bosses in the group said so, what else could Zhang Tiezhu say?
I could only nod my head obediently and agree.

Feeling liver pain.

...It is said that among the Japanese First Division, the commander of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, Colonel Masahiko Imai, received an order from the division commander Saburo Nakazawa.

I felt a little embarrassed at once.

At this moment, they were marching on a narrow road. How could it be easy to deploy the artillery immediately?
You know, in his field artillery regiment, the smallest caliber artillery is the 75mm field gun!

For a cannon to be deployed, it must occupy a space of at least seven or eight meters long and three meters wide.

The Zhengtai Road where they are currently located, although it is a major artery connecting northern Hebei and Shanxi, is only 10 meters wide.

In other words, even if Masahiko Imai only deployed the 75th Battalion equipped with the Type mm field gun, he would still need to clear at least to meters of road!
If we want to reduce the risk of opponent's counterattack, then a larger space is also necessary!

Hundreds of meters is not too long!
But now, the road is crowded with soldiers from the First Division. It is obviously extremely difficult to free up such a large space in a short time.

Lieutenant Colonel Jūzo Tamura, chief of staff of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, saw that his own commander looked worried after hearing Nakazawa Saburo's order. He knew how unhappy the commander was.

He quickly suggested:
"Sir, we can arrange for observers to go up the mountain for observation while we deploy the artillery fire!"

Imai Masahiko heard this, came back to his senses, nodded, and immediately gave a loud order:
“First, let Kimura-kun deploy his Fourth Battalion on the spot!

The third battalion will retreat one kilometer to deploy, and the first and second battalions will retreat three kilometers, but do not deploy yet! "

"Hi!"

The messenger agreed and went down to deliver the message immediately.

Tamura Jujuro asked quickly:

"Your Excellency, Commander, is it not necessary to deploy the 12 105mm howitzers of the Third Battalion?

"With the 75mm field artillery of the Fourth Battalion, should it be enough to deal with those damned Tubalu?"

Their field artillery regiment is divided into four battalions.

The first battalion was equipped with four Type 150 12mm howitzers, the fourth battalion was equipped with 75 Type 12 105mm field guns, and the second and third battalions were both equipped with Type mm howitzers.

This thing weighs 1500 kilograms in total, and 2137 kilograms in marching state. It would take more than ten minutes to unfold it.

Moreover, the range of this gun is up to 10 kilometers, and its artillery power is also quite huge.

Tamura Jujuro felt that this thing would only be used to attack the permanent fortifications built with reinforced concrete by the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, there was no need to deploy it at all.

Hearing his question, Imai Masahiko immediately explained:
"The Eighth Route Army can block the path of our Class A division, so they should not be underestimated.

It is still necessary to deploy two squadrons.

It’s better to be prepared! "

Seeing his firm attitude, Tamura Jujuro had nothing to say.

I could only nod to show my agreement.

Soon, the Japanese artillerymen took action.

They were well-trained, and under the leadership of their officers, they selected gun positions, deployed artillery, and deployed observers, all in an orderly manner.

……

At the Special Forces Regiment's position, Chu Kun had no idea that the Japanese artillery was about to launch an attack on them.

He was still directing his men to fire frantically at the Japanese tanks.

Tanks that were already engulfed in flames were blown up one after another by them.

But the Japanese artillery's counterattack was slow to come.

——Only occasionally would the Japanese tank gunners, regardless of the danger, use 37mm tank guns to fire at them, but in their panic, their shots were basically inaccurate and useless!
The soldiers of the light artillery company even felt that Yang Yuanshan's arrangement of asking them to fire in turns in groups and constantly change positions was a waste of time.

Even the deputy company commander and platoon leader Yang Dawang couldn't help but shout to the company commander Chu Kun:

"Captain, the Japanese artillery fire is too late to counterattack, so there is no need for us to change positions, right?
What a waste of time!

It would be better to open fire with all our strength and destroy all these tanks as quickly as possible!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Kun immediately shouted:
"Old Yang, you are getting carried away!

The Japanese might launch a counterattack soon! "

He had heard Yang Yuanshan tell him the story of how carelessness led to the loss of Jingzhou, and he had also fought many wars in the past one or two years. Therefore, although the situation seemed very good at the moment, he was not careless.

Seeing his firm attitude, Yang Dawang could only retreat awkwardly and prepare to command the soldiers to change positions.

At this moment, there was a whistling sound of artillery shells flying in the sky.

"咻咻咻...咻咻咻..."

This time, he couldn't help but scream:
"Captain, you are too accurate, aren't you?"

However, Chu Kun had no time to deal with him and shouted:
"Bombardment, hiding——"

Then he suddenly squatted in the trench and held his head with his hands.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

A series of huge explosions filled the Second Battalion's position with smoke and dust, and shrapnel flew everywhere.

The veterans could tell from the sound of the exploding shells that it was the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun that was firing.

At this time, the Second Battalion Commander He Yunfu shouted:
"Chen Sansheng, use your infantry gun to shoot down these Japanese guns for me!"

In fact, he didn't need to shout. The soldiers of the Second Battalion's artillery company, led by the artillery company commander Chen Sansheng, had already adjusted the artillery parameters according to the artillery parameters reported by the observer, and opened fire at the direction where the Japanese artillery shells had just come from.

"Bang bang bang... bang bang..."

Twelve shells weighing six or seven pounds flew out of the gun barrel and flew towards the Japanese.

……

At the positions of the 1st and 2nd Artillery Battalions of the Special Service Regiment, the soldiers were all ready to take action when they heard that the artillery battle east of the town entrance was so fierce.

He kept running to Gao Yuanzhi and Wang Gensheng, asking for a fight:
"Captain, is it time for us to take action?
Look, the observers are reporting the Japanese artillery positions!"

Unexpectedly, Gao Yuanzhi and Wang Gensheng had almost the same reaction, both shook their heads:

"The Type 92 infantry guns are not our target right now.

We should at least take care of the Japanese 75mm mountain cannon, right?"

Hearing their words, the gunners suddenly felt a sense of honor.

I thought: That's right! We are an artillery battalion, and our target is the artillery regiment of the Japanese devils!

Only by dealing with the big guys can we show our abilities!
……

In Huangping Town, Yang Yuanshan was observing the battle situation in the Second Battalion through a telescope, feeling somewhat nervous.

He knew that although the Second Battalion now clearly had the upper hand, this was just an appetizer.

The Japanese heavy artillery has not yet been used.

The real test is yet to come!

Thinking of this, he immediately had an idea and took out a batch of artillery shells from the system warehouse and threw them at the east entrance of the town to replenish ammunition for the Second Battalion and Chu Kun and others.

Then he went down from the roof, called the telegraph operator, and gave the order:

"Send a telegram to our superiors to inform them that our special forces regiment is exchanging fire with the Japanese in Huangping Town.

At present, a large number of enemy tanks have been destroyed, and the results are remarkable.

However, it is estimated that the enemy's artillery regiment is very powerful.

Please ask the superiors to mobilize other regiments to launch a full-scale attack on the Japanese tonight, and it would be best if we could blow up their heavy artillery and ammunition! "

"Yes!"

...(End of chapter)