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Chapter 670: They actually dared to attack our two divisions?

The scout reported that the Japanese would arrive in half an hour, but in fact, it was 40 minutes later before Yang Yuanshan saw a large force of Japanese approaching.

Obviously, the fact that so many of them were gathered together did greatly affect the marching speed.

But the denser the enemy's formation, the happier he was.

In that way, the results of our own artillery bombardment later will definitely be more obvious.

……

Lying on the mountain, Yang Yuanshan carefully observed the Japanese marching troops through a telescope, silently estimating the distance in his mind.

When the Japanese came to about 2000 meters in front of the battle line, he immediately shouted the order:
"fire!"

Following his order, a flag bearer beside him immediately waved a red flag and gave orders to the artillery ambushed on the nearby ridges.

The 36 Type infantry guns, which had already made all preparations, immediately slightly adjusted the firing parameters and started firing three rapid shots.

"Bang bang bang..."

The dense sound of artillery fire resounded through the sky.

……

Among the Japanese marching troops, Harada Yuji was originally feeling very proud. He had marched for more than an hour early in the morning and had not encountered a single enemy.

But at this moment, hearing such dense gunfire, his face suddenly changed drastically, he jumped off his tall horse nimbly, and shouted loudly:
"Bombardment! Avoid the bombardment! Quickly!"

However, before he finished speaking, and the Japanese soldiers had no time to react, a violent explosion sounded.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

Countless deadly shrapnel swept across the entire mountain road like a tornado, causing the Japanese soldiers to scream and wail in agony.

“Bagya Road!
The Eighth Route Army actually dared to attack two divisions of our Locust Army? ?

It’s unbelievable!”

Yusuke Harada couldn't help but doubt his life.

Thinking back to when Tanaka Jiuyi reminded me before, I was so dismissive.

Now, he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with shame.

A surge of rage rushed to the top of his head, making him want to jump out immediately and challenge the commander of the Eighth Route Army to a samurai duel.

——It determines both superiority and inferiority, and also life and death!

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, we should have the field artillery regiment counterattack immediately!

Otherwise, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army will continue to bombard us, causing heavy casualties to our 35th Division!"

At the critical moment, his chief of staff, Colonel Rijiro Shirataki, crawled over and shouted at him.

After being reminded by him, Harada Yuji immediately reacted and shouted:
"Messenger, hurry up!

Go and order Mr. Hoshino in the rear to deploy their artillery and fight back!
Blow up the artillery on Tubal Road! "

Hearing his order, a messenger beside him immediately jumped up from the ground and ran towards the position of the 35th Field Artillery Regiment, braving the shrapnel that swept across the field.

Soon, he conveyed the order to the field artillery regiment commander Hideaki Hoshino.

After receiving the order, Hideaki Hoshino directed his artillery without any hesitation to deploy the twelve Type 38 75mm field guns to the side.

It’s not that he didn’t want to deploy all 36 field guns, but the terrain really didn’t allow it and the mountain road was not wide enough.

We can only open 12 doors first.

As for asking other infantrymen to make room for them, that could not be done in such a hurry.

……

It would take several minutes, or even ten minutes, to deploy the field artillery while on the march and prepare for shelling. It is simply impossible!
Even the gunners are well-trained elite troops.

Therefore, when the Japanese artillerymen were urgently deploying their field artillery, the bombardment of the 36 artillery pieces of the Special Forces Regiment continued.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

The mountain road was filled with craters from the artillery shells, and around the craters were the broken limbs of the Japanese devils.

The screams and wails make one's scalp tingle.

Seeing his soldiers being bullied so miserably, Harada Yuji was furious.

They kept shouting: "Scatter! Scatter! Quickly!"

However, when he set out on the march earlier, in order to avoid an ambush, he specifically requested that the army's formation not be too loose.

Faced with artillery fire, the soldiers were inevitably in a panic. How could it be easy for them to disperse quickly?

In order to disperse, many people even lay on the ground and were trampled to death by others, causing chaos.

……

Fortunately, the special forces regiment's shelling only lasted three rounds.

After enduring the bombardment of 108 artillery shells, the Japanese were surprised to find that the artillery fire had stopped.

Suddenly, everyone felt like they had been to the gates of hell and were sent back, their hearts filled with joy of surviving a calamity.

Seeing this, Harada Yuji was overjoyed and shouted excitedly:
"Warriors, the Tubalu are out of shells!
Hurry up, rush over and destroy them!"

He thought to himself: Humph, even if the Three-gun Eighth Route Army has gained some capabilities, it has only become the Three-cannon Eighth Route Army. There is nothing to be afraid of!
Following his orders, the Japanese soldiers, under the organization of the squadron leaders and battalion leaders, immediately began to charge up the hillsides on both sides of the mountain road.

These Japanese officers were all veterans who had fought in many battles, so they naturally knew how important it was to seize the commanding heights.

So they didn't rush forward immediately, but chose to climb the mountain.

……

On the side of the Special Forces Regiment, Yang Yuanshan saw the reaction of the Japanese and immediately gave the order without hesitation:
"Heavy machine gun, fire!
Cover with firepower, don't let the Japanese climb up the hill easily! "

Hearing this order, Han Yang couldn't help but frown and remind:
"Captain, the distance is too far. Opening fire now will only waste bullets!"

Nowadays, the effective range of heavy machine guns is generally within 1000 meters. For example, the Type heavy machine gun has a range of only to meters.

Now the Japanese were still 2000 meters away from them, and Yang Yuanshan ordered to open fire, which was like a piece of cake.

"What we have in abundance is bullets, so we are not afraid of wasting them.

We have so many heavy machine guns. We don't need to shoot accurately, but we can give the Japanese a hard time just by covering their territory with firepower!"

Yang Yuanshan insisted on his own ideas.

He didn't tell Han Yang that in later generations there was a way to play heavy machine guns called "beyond shooting".

Now it's not surprising at all that I'm just doing fire coverage.

After hearing what he said, Han Yang had no choice but to immediately arrange for someone to pass on the order loudly.

Soon, the sound of heavy machine gun fire, "Dududu...Dudududu," was heard.

The dense metal storm, like a violent storm, made the Japanese soldiers unable to raise their heads.

As the saying goes, new soldiers are afraid of cannons, and old soldiers are afraid of guns.

The Japanese soldiers were all elite veterans. At this moment, they felt that these dozens of tongues of fire posed a greater threat to them than the artillery bombardment just now.

After all, if one or two pieces of shrapnel enter the body, it usually won't kill people unless they hit vital parts.

But at a distance of 2000 meters, if someone was hit by a heavy machine gun bullet, there would be a big hole on the spot, and the bullet would roll inside the body. It would be impossible even for a god to save him!
……

When Harada Yuji saw that his people were suppressed so badly, he was shocked and angry.

roared:
"Baga! How many Tubalu people are here?

They actually have so many heavy machine guns? ? "

At this moment, he finally had a little more respect for his opponent's strength.

Knowing that he could no longer continue to be passive, he immediately ordered the 219th Regiment under his command, led by Colonel Ooi Taro:

"Oi-kun, take your men out immediately and destroy the Tubalu's heavy machine guns!"

Taro Oi received the order, but did not charge immediately.

Instead, he ordered the Type 92 infantry guns in his regiment to open fire as cover, and then prepared to lead his men forward.

But he didn't expect that after hearing his order, the gunners reported with sad faces:

"Sir, our commander, four of our guns were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire, and we also lost a lot of gunners. Now we only have two guns left that can fire."

“Bagya Road!
You idiots, don't you know how to protect our artillery?"

Upon hearing this, the gunners couldn't help but curse in their hearts: You bastard, what you said is nice!
How can we protect ourselves from the intensity of the Eighth Route Army’s artillery bombardment just now?

Weren't you yourself just lying on the ground pretending to be dead?
asshole!

Ooi Taro also knew that it was useless to say anything, so he could only give the order in frustration:
"There are only two guns left, but you must open fire immediately to cover the warriors' charge!
Come on! "

"Hi!"

After arranging the artillery, Ooi Taro saw that his infantry had already formed a pig charge formation under the organization of the battalion captains. He immediately drew his saber and gave the order:

"Warriors, for the glory of the Locust Army, charge forward and tear these damn Tubalu into pieces!
Kill to—"

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(End of this chapter)