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Chapter 666: We can’t move forward recklessly anymore!

The ones who bombarded the 21st Division's Mountain Artillery Regiment were, of course, the Third Company of the Guard Battalion of the Special Service Regiment led by Chu Kun.

Carrying 18 M18 57mm recoilless guns, they quickly took a small path and reached a mountain less than 2 kilometers away from the Japanese artillery position.

"Captain, look, there's a Japanese observer on that ridge."

A soldier pointed at several figures on another ridge and whispered.

Upon hearing this, Chu Kun immediately gave the order:
"Everyone get down and hide in the bushes. Don't let the Japanese find you!"

Then he used a telescope to carefully observe the Japanese observers and found that they were all observing the ambush position of the special forces regiment before, with their backs to him, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned around and carefully observed the Japanese artillery positions with a telescope, estimated the distance, and then gave the order:

"Everyone climb to the edge of the cliff ahead and prepare for the bombardment!
The gunner chooses the target on his own and fires rapidly! "

Chu Kun knew very well that all of his gunners were novices.

Wanting to shoot accurately is just a daydream!
It is better to fire the shells as quickly as possible and try to use the density of firepower to achieve the goal of catching the dead mouse by chance.

……

Sure enough, the facts were just as he expected. In the first round of artillery fire by the soldiers of the Third Company, the shells basically either fell too far or too close.

It was of no use other than causing panic among the Japanese artillerymen, who hurriedly pulled their mules and horses to drag the artillery away.

However, the gunners of the Special Forces Regiment slightly adjusted the height of the muzzle during the second round of volleys, so that the shells landed right on the Japanese artillery position.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

After the intensive artillery bombardment, although the Japanese mountain artillery remained intact in its original position, the gunners suffered heavy casualties and began to scream.

On the mountain peak, Chu Kun saw the miserable state of the Japanese soldiers through the telescope and was naturally very excited, cheering repeatedly:

“Just hit me like this!
Quick, fire at full speed!
Fire all the shells!

Blow up these bastards!"

Hearing his order, the gunners responded in unison and then quickly continued to reload and fire.

……

The Japanese mountain artillery position.

The regiment commander, Yukibei Fukuhara, had just commanded his men to deploy more than a dozen Type 41 75mm mountain cannons and bombarded the special forces regiment's original artillery positions according to the parameters reported by the observer.

At this moment, they are cleaning the gun barrel, moving the shells, and preparing to extend the artillery fire.

Suddenly, they heard a whistling sound coming from the sky.

As an old artilleryman, Yukibei Fukuhara reacted very quickly and immediately fell to the ground.

Then he shouted loudly:

"Cannonball, get down!"

Following his order, the Japanese artillerymen and ammunition handlers immediately lay down in a well-trained manner.

They are all elite veterans, so they are naturally familiar with how to avoid artillery fire.

After a series of artillery explosions, Fukuhara Yukibei looked around and then shouted excitedly:
"The Tubalu's gunners are useless and can't bomb us at all!
Quickly, move the artillery out of the range of the Eighth Route Army mortars and prepare for a counterattack!"

From the power of the artillery shell explosion just now, he estimated that the enemy was most likely using a small-caliber mortar with a limited range!
That's why this order was given.

In his opinion: as long as he dragged his mountain cannon a few hundred meters away, he could use its range to severely bully the Eighth Route Army.

……

When the Japanese artillerymen heard his order, they quickly got up from the ground and began to try to move the precious mountain artillery.

However, at this time, dense artillery shells fell again, making them cry for their parents and causing heavy losses.

Seeing this, Fukuhara Yukibei was immediately furious.

Curse:
"Baga! Why is the rate of fire of the Tubalu artillery so fast?"

Then he quickly shouted to Miyagawa Ichiro, the commander of the 62nd Regiment who was sent by Tanaka Jiuyi to protect them:

"Miyagawa-kun, hurry up!

Take your men to destroy the Tubalu artillery, they are 3 kilometers away at 2 o'clock!"

Ichiro Miyagawa was naturally a little unhappy when he heard his call.

But he also knew that he had suffered heavy casualties in the repeated attacks by the Eighth Route Army.

If I can't even protect the artillery now, then there is really no value in me, a colonel and regiment commander, continuing to live.

So after weighing the pros and cons for three seconds, without hesitation, he immediately led the five or six hundred remaining soldiers under his command and rushed towards the direction where the shells came from.

……

However, when Ichiro Miyagawa and his men finally climbed up the mountain where Chu Kun and others were bombarding, they only saw copper shell casings and traces of people lurking in the grass.

He could not help but roar:
"Baga! The Eighth Route Army is really a bunch of idiots. They run so fast!"

Next to him, the captain Sakamoto Shinji was looking through a telescope while pointing at a gray figure flashing in the ravine in the distance and shouted:
"Your Excellency the Captain, look!
The Tubalu ran away from there!"

Ichiro Miyagawa also picked up a telescope to observe, and saw a group of people in gray military uniforms quickly leaving the ravine three or four kilometers away.

Then he put down the telescope, picked up a shell from the ground, and muttered as he examined it:
"Looking at the caliber of the shells used by the Tubalu, they should have used artillery of about 60 mm.

With this caliber and the ability to fire more than 2 kilometers away, shouldn’t a cannon be very heavy?
Why can the Tubalu run so fast now? As if they are not carrying any weight? "

Sakamoto Shinji had no interest in this question and asked quickly:
"Sir, the guerrillas are about to run out of our sight. Should we chase them?"

After being reminded by him, Miyakawa Ichiro could no longer pretend and could only stand up and yell:

"Quick, quick, chase!
Catch these bastards!"

……

On the side of the 21st Division, when Tanaka Kyuichi heard that the enemy's bombardment had stopped, he immediately sent someone to call Fukuhara Yukibei to his side and asked:

"Fukuhara-kun, how much did you lose?"

"Your Excellency, the division commander, we lost 7 mountain cannons, more than 80 artillerymen were killed, and more than were injured!"

Fukuhara Yukibei answered with a sad face.

"What? Lost 7 mountain guns? More than 80 artillerymen?"

Tanaka Jiuyi's face was full of anger.

Then he shouted loudly:

"Damn it! Didn't the Eighth Route Army's shelling stop in less than ten minutes?

Why is the loss so great? "

"Your Excellency, the artillery used by the Eighth Route Army has a very fast firing rate. In just a few minutes, they fired two or three hundred shells.

In order to protect the artillery, our warriors were unable to dodge the artillery with all their strength, so…"

Fukuhara Yukibei hurried to explain.

Obviously, Chu Kun and others only brought 160 shells in total, but in his mouth, they became two or three hundred.

"Damn it! Where's Ichiro Miyagawa?

Didn't he lead his troops to attack and capture this group of Tubalu?"

Tanaka Jiuyi asked again.

"Tanaka-kun has taken his men to pursue the Tubalu, and has not returned yet."

"This rubbish, better catch these rats!

Otherwise, serving His Majesty Tian Huang loyally would be his best outcome!"

Tanaka Jiuyi was so angry that he didn't know who to vent his anger on.

He could only say something harsh to "kill the chicken to scare the monkey", which frightened Fukuda Yukibei so much that he trembled in fear.

Then he ordered:

"Fukuhara-kun, reorganize your troops immediately and disperse the artillery to avoid being attacked by the Eighth Route Army again.

In addition, send more observers to observe from high ground, and don't let those local rats take advantage of the opportunity!"

"Hi!"

……

Seeing Tanaka Jiuyi sending Fukuhara Yubei away, Chief of Staff Kusumoto Julong immediately suggested:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I feel that we can no longer march forward recklessly.

Judging from the strength shown by the Tubalu at present, if we continue to move forward with so many loopholes, I am afraid that before we reach Shuiquan, our 21st Division will completely lose its combat effectiveness! "

Of course, Tanaka Jiuyi also knew that the situation was serious.

His 21st Division was newly formed in 38, and its strength was completely incomparable to those old divisions.

Originally there were only three main infantry regiments and one mountain artillery regiment, as well as another one or two thousand troops directly under the division headquarters.

Now the 62nd and 82nd Regiments have been crippled by the Eighth Route Army and have lost their combat effectiveness.

As a result, the strength of his division dropped to a level even lower than that of a fully-strength brigade!

So, he thought carefully, weighed the pros and cons, and gave the order:

"Order the entire army to stop advancing.

Wait for Harada-kun to lead the 35th Division to approach us."

Seeing that he finally made the decision to stop moving forward, Kusumoto Julong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that Tanaka Jiuyi would get too angry and rush over to seek revenge on the Tubalu!

Quickly suggested:
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, we can arrange for engineers to clear the mines ahead while we report the situation in detail to General Okamura.

Perhaps General Okamura will give new instructions.

It would even be better if General Okamura could send two reconnaissance planes to help us scout the movements of the Tubalu. "

He didn't know that the air force at the Beijing airport was completely screwed. There were no reconnaissance planes to help them scout the enemy situation!
However, Tanaka Jiuyi still agreed with his idea and nodded immediately:

“Yoshi!
Kusumoto-kun, I completely agree with your idea, execute it immediately!"

"Hi!"

“Also, send our wounded back to Shimen for treatment as quickly as possible!
When the 35th Division gets close to us, I will ruthlessly wipe out the Tubalu. Don't let these wounded become a burden to us!"

"Hi!"

……

(End of this chapter)