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Chapter 565: All Lu Hang’s trash should die!

As the artillery battalion's mountain artillery fired again, the little devils' violent charge could no longer be sustained.

The power of the salvo of nine Type 9 41mm mountain guns is certainly not devastating, but it cannot be underestimated.

Although the artillery skills of the gunners responsible for firing are generally too high, but now the little devils use the human sea tactic to charge, no matter how good their artillery skills are, they will not affect the bombing of these little devils crying for their fathers and mothers.

On top of that, as they resumed their shelling, the morale of the Japs soldiers plummeted.

Everyone is murmuring in their hearts: Didn’t the aviation force bomb the artillery positions on Tubal Road?
Why can they continue to fire?
Couldn't even aerial bombs destroy them?
Or do they have unlimited artillery?
Can we really defeat such an enemy?
After thinking about it this way, the little Japanese soldiers were obviously hesitant when they charged.

This hesitation naturally makes it difficult to break through the bullet rain defense line of the soldiers of the special agent regiment.

In this way, their offensive stalled almost visibly.

When Qiuye Ryuken in the rear saw this, he couldn't help but became furious. He wanted to send a supervising team forward on the spot to execute those who were timid and did not dare to charge.

Next to him, the commander of the 132nd Regiment, Honda Jiro, saw that his own men were charging and suffering heavy casualties. He quickly stood up and suggested:
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the mountain artillery on Tubal Road is quite powerful.

The Locust Army warriors have been fighting fiercely all morning and are very tired. Should we stop the attack first, take a rest and then attack again? "

Of course, Akiba Ryuken also knew that if he continued to attack now, there would probably be no good results, so he could only sigh and nodded in agreement.

……

The little devils wanted to retreat, but the soldiers of the special service group would not let them go. They immediately chased after their backs and fired, killing and wounding a large number of the little devils.

Seeing that his own ammunition was being consumed a lot, Han Yang immediately organized a group of soldiers to rush out of the trenches and clean the battlefield.

While they executed the injured little Japs who were left in place, they picked up all the bullet bags from the little Japs' bodies.

The little devils saw that Tubal Road was so rampant and openly slaughtered their wounded soldiers and took away their bullet bags. They were all so angry that their lungs were about to explode.

But at this moment, the artillery shells from the artillery battalion of the Secret Service Regiment were still chasing them, and they were unable to turn around and fight back, so they could only flee in panic.

But when I was running away, I could not help but secretly swear in my heart: I will definitely wipe out all these hateful Tuballu!

……

The range of the Type 41 75mm mountain gun is only 6300 meters, and the artillery battalion's position itself is two or three kilometers away. Therefore, they bombarded for less than 10 minutes, and most of the Japs had escaped from their range.

Gao Yuanzhi saw that continuing to fire would only be a waste of shells, so he ordered the gunners to stop firing and clean the barrels.

Seeing that there was no danger on the battlefield now, he even came to give on-site teaching and explained the key points of gunnery to the gunners who had just fired but failed to fire.

After the shelling just now, the gunners have gained some experience of shelling. Now Gao Yuanzhi is dialing it, and the effect is naturally great.

……

On the Japs side, after all the troops retreated to a safe position, Akiba Ryuken ordered each regiment to immediately reorganize the team and count the casualties.

Half an hour later, the captains of each wing came to report to him.

Then he turned pale with shock and wished he could sit down on the ground.

When he came out of Shimen, his division had a total of 24,000 people!

But now, after rounds of fighting, there are only 12,000 uninjured soldiers and more than 4,000 wounded.

More than 8,000 people were crushed to pieces!
It can almost be said that more than half of the casualties have been lost!

And of the more than 12,000 people left, there are still 1,000 or 2,000 non-combatants.

So now, he only has 10,000 soldiers left who can still fight!

Officers at all levels suffered heavy losses.

Among them, only three at the level of commanders were broken into pieces, six or seven at the level of group captains, and as for squadron leaders and squad leaders, there were countless others.

After a long while, Qiuye Ryuken asked his subordinates with a gloomy face:

"How many people were lost on Tubal Road?"

Hearing this, several of his captains looked at each other in shock, not daring to open their mouths.

When Akiba Ryuken saw this, he immediately became furious. He immediately pointed at the captain of the 52nd Regiment, Sakata Naotoshi, and roared:
"Sakata-kun, tell me!"

When Naojun Sakata was called, he could only stand up and answer with a grimace:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the troops blocking us on Tubal Road are about two regiments, and the casualties should be around one regiment."

"idiot!
The Locust Army had more than 8,000 pieces of jade broken into pieces, but Tubal Road only suffered more than 1,000 casualties?

When did the combat effectiveness of our locust army become so weak? "

Akiba Ryuken's teeth were almost broken. I hate it so much that my teeth itch.

The casualty ratio of eight to one is simply outrageous!
In fact, he ignored that the more than 57 casualties of the th Division were casualties that had occurred since the battle between Niangziguan and Chu Yunfei.

It was not really the casualties caused by the charge of just a few hours.

Naojun Sakata boldly said:
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, our biggest casualty was the artillery regiment. They were almost completely wiped out, losing nearly 3000 people!"

Seeing that this guy was not opening any pot, Qiuye Ryuken immediately jumped up, slapped him in the face, and roared:
"idiot!
Your 52nd Regiment also lost nearly 2000 people, you loser! "

After being slapped by Akiba Ryuken, Sakata Naotoshi's handsome face immediately swelled up to the size of a pig's head, and he quickly gave in:
"Hey! Incompetent!"

When the other captains saw Sakata Naojun's pitiful look, they were filled with grief and hurriedly stood up and advised:
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the firepower of Tubal Road is too fierce!

They also occupy a favorable location, and although our warriors are brave and fearless, they are still at a great disadvantage. "

"Baga! I don't want to listen to this nonsense. You guys should find a way to solve these stupid problems immediately!"

Akiba Ryuken roared.

The captains looked at each other in confusion after hearing this, and finally had no choice but to come up with an idea.

In the end, they discussed for a long time, and Akiba Ryuken calmed down.

It was finally decided to launch another all-out attack in the afternoon.

If the Tuba Road blocking the road is successfully defeated, everyone will be happy.

But if it fails, give up the attack, take advantage of darkness, change direction, and take the road from Xiaoma Village to Guhe Village to reach Shuiquan.

Anyway, General Okamura only ordered them to arrive at Shuiquan City and watch the Tubal Road inside. He did not ask them to capture Shuiquan.

……

After the decision was made, Akiba Ryuken ordered these people to go back immediately to reorganize the team and prepare for the afternoon attack.

As for himself, he planned to write a telegram and send it to the Little Japanese Headquarters in the capital.

Of course, he decisively put the blame for the failure of the attack on the Army Air Forces, saying that it was their failure to completely blow up the heavy artillery on Tubal Road that blocked the 57th Division's attack.

Kasahara Hoshio, who stayed in the capital and was in charge of military affairs, was naturally shocked and angry when he received his telegram.

He thought: Akiba Ryuken, you bastard, you lied about military information!

I sent a squadron, how could it be possible that I failed to blow up the heavy artillery on Tubal Road?

Is it because the Locust Army's aerial bombs are not working well?

Or can't heavy machine guns kill people?

It seems that your role as acting division leader has come to an end!

When General Okamura comes back from the base camp, I have to let him evacuate you, you loser!
Just at this time, the Army Aviation Corps on the southern Shanxi front sent a telegram.

He hurriedly took it over and took a look, and was stunned.

I saw the telegram saying that a squadron they sent to support Damai Valley only returned four aircraft, and the others were all shot down by Tubal Road with heavy machine guns.

Kasahara Hoshio almost spat out a mouthful of blood and cursed angrily on the spot:

"idiot!
Can even a heavy machine gun shoot down five bombers in one battle?

You all deserve to die, you are the trash of Lu Aviation! ! ! "

At this moment, he instantly felt that Akiba Ryuken's failure was somewhat excusable.

To compensate, he immediately called the other party back and gave the 57th Division two days of grace.

And informed the other party that according to intelligence, Tubal Road in Shuiquan has not retreated yet, and they still have enough time to arrive.

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On the battlefield of Barley Valley, Ryuken Akiba received a call back from Hoshio Kasahara and was immediately moved to tears.

He thought to himself: General Okamura and General Kasahara really admire me!

It seems that as long as I can fight a good fight, I, the acting division leader, can become a full-time official.

At this time, he immediately started thinking about the plan for the afternoon attack with high morale, preparing to succeed in one fell swoop and avenge his previous shame!
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(End of this chapter)