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Chapter 700: Are the Eighth Route Army’s tanks so many times stronger than ours?
Of course, Hoshino Hideaki was unwilling to accept the fact that his field artillery could not penetrate the armor of the special forces regiment's tanks.

After being stunned for a moment, he immediately cheered up and continued to command the soldiers to fire, preparing to see whether the previous shell missed the target by coincidence.

However, he soon discovered that no matter how hard he bombed, the tanks of the special forces regiment did not seem to be affected much.

Still, they started moving one after another, making his bombardment several times more difficult.

After all, hitting a fixed target and hitting a moving target are two completely different concepts.

He had to admit that his field artillery, firing the current high-explosive grenades, could do nothing to the Eighth Route Army's tanks.

He immediately ordered his men to stop the bombardment and save shells, and then he personally went to report to the division commander, Harada Yuji:

"Your Excellency, the Eighth Route Army's tanks are too armored. Our field artillery cannot penetrate their armor."

When Harada Yuji heard the news, he was naturally incredulous and could not help but roar:

"Baka! How is this possible!

Can't our Locust Army's bean tanks be penetrated even by heavy machine guns?

Not to mention your field artillery.

Even the Type 97 medium tank of our Locust Army may not be able to withstand the attack of field artillery, right?
Could it be that the Tubalu's tanks are so many times stronger than our Locust Army's? "

If Yang Yuanshan heard this, he would probably laugh out loud, and then sneer wildly: What's the level of your Japanese tanks? Don't you have some AC points?
Although the Type 97 medium tank is outdated, it is still acceptable.

How dare you call that piece of garbage called a tank?

Hoshino Hideaki had a bitter look on his face and answered honestly:
"Your Excellency, at present, this is indeed the case.

Perhaps the side armor of the Tubalu tanks was relatively weak, but they did not give us the opportunity to attack them from the side.

Moreover, our field artillery is not a direct fire, and it is probably difficult to hit their flanks."

“Bagya Road!
Don't we have any way to deal with the Tubalu tanks?"

Harada Yuji wished he could bite his teeth to pieces.

"If we had brought 75mm armor-piercing shells, I would have some confidence.

How about sending a telegram to the Shimen garrison, asking them to transport a hundred rounds of armor-piercing ammunition to us?"

Hoshino Hideaki suggested stammeringly.

Hearing this, Harada Yuji suddenly felt like vomiting blood again.

You are bringing up things that are not related to the topic!

I wonder if the traffic line from Shimen to Niangzi Pass has been cut off?
Are you here on purpose to make things difficult for yourself?
asshole! ! !

……

Harada Yuji was just about to ask Hoshino Hideaki to stop shelling the tanks and instead shell the machine gun positions of the Special Forces Regiment, when he suddenly heard Shirataki Rijiro shout in surprise:
"Your Excellency, the brave warriors of the 220th Regiment will soon be able to charge into the Tubalu trenches!"

Harada Yuji picked up the telescope and looked, and sure enough, he saw that on the battlefield ahead, thousands of his warriors were crawling forward like snakes.

The one in front seemed to be less than 1000 meters away from the trench of the Special Forces Regiment.

He couldn't help but nodded happily:

“Kawase-kun is still trustworthy.

Send someone to inform him immediately and have his men set up heavy machine guns and infantry artillery to provide fire cover.

Although the Tubalu have not opened fire yet, I absolutely do not believe that they do not have heavy machine guns!"

Shirataki Rijiro nodded and was about to ask someone to pass on the message, but suddenly he heard the sound of intensive artillery fire from the front -

“Bang… bang… bang…”

Along with the sound of these artillery fire, countless shells fell into the ranks of the 220th Regiment, causing them to scream in pain.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

Although the soldiers of the 220th Regiment had just crawled on the ground to avoid the machine gun fire of the Special Forces Regiment,
But now, the number of casualties from the bombing by dozens of artillery shells is still as high as hundreds!

……

This scene left all the Japanese soldiers stunned.

Harada Yuji roared:

"Baga! Why do the Eighth Route Army still have so many artillery pieces???
How many enemies are we facing?
Don’t they only have three divisions?
Did they all come to the spring???"

Hoshino Hideaki also said:
"Your Excellency, this is a salvo of at least 20 Type infantry guns!"

Shirataki Rijiro reacted quickly and shouted:

"Your Excellency, the division commander, you should immediately order the warriors of the 220th Regiment to move in!

Don't die in vain!

Mr. Xingye, your field artillery should open fire immediately and blow up these infantry artillery of the Eighth Route Army!"

After hearing his reminder, Harada Yuji also reacted and nodded in agreement:
"Hurry up! Action!"

Hoshino Hideaki quickly agreed and turned and ran.

As he was running, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Obviously, each of those infantry regiments has 12 Type infantry guns and can deal with the infantry guns of the Eighth Route Army. Why do they have to rely on themselves?
He only had three field guns left! But even though he thought so, he still didn't turn back to argue with Harada Yuji.

The division commander gave me the opportunity to beat up the Eighth Route Army, which was just enough for me to vent the pent-up emotions in my heart.

Good!

……

At the position of the Second Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment, the soldiers watched the Japanese being blown to pieces by their own artillery and couldn't help but laugh with joy.

Many soldiers even shouted provocative:

"Little devils, why don't you crawl forward again? Why don't you crawl anymore?"

“Does it feel good to be bombarded?

You guys used to bombard us with cannons, but now you are stupid, right? Haha..."

"Keep going forward, come to grandpa, and I'll teach you, the son of a bitch, how to behave..."

……

However, unlike the excited soldiers, Second Battalion Commander He Yunfu was still frowning.

The company commander Xia Dayi next to him saw it and asked quickly:
"Captain, what are you worried about?"

"These Japanese soldiers are lying on the ground. Our artillery bombardment may seem powerful, but in fact, the casualties inflicted on the Japanese soldiers may not reach our expectations."

He Yunfu explained.

In fact, he had another worry in his mind that he didn't say out loud, which was that the three field guns of the Japanese might pose a huge threat to his own infantry artillery.

After all, they are not stupid and they will not watch their people being bombed.

"Then what should we do?"

Xia Dayi nodded upon hearing this.

He understood what He Yunfu meant.

The Japanese attacking force had about 3,000 people, and in this round of shelling, they would only lose a hundred or so people at most.

If the Japanese ignored casualties and charged forward at the risk of their lives, they should be able to quickly reach their firing range.

By then, their Second Battalion would definitely suffer considerable casualties.

"Order the heavy machine gunners to get ready. Once the Japs come into range, open fire immediately!"

He Yunfu gave the order decisively.

The Japanese field artillery was out of range and beyond his reach, so he could only leave it aside and let Yang Yuanshan worry about it.

But these infantrymen wanted to easily rush into the second battalion’s position, but He Yunfu would not agree!

Hearing his order, Xia Dayi immediately shouted:

"Yes!"

Then he rushed into various trenches and started yelling at the heavy machine gunners.

……

He Yunfu waited for the Japanese soldiers to continue charging forward so that he could be taught a lesson by his heavy machine gun, but the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield did not continue charging forward at the risk of their lives as he expected.

Instead, he immediately retreated with his injured colleagues and escaped from the range of their infantry artillery.

Seeing this situation, He Yunfu's bad premonition became even stronger.

He quickly ordered loudly:

"Messenger, go tell Chen Sansheng to change the gun position and be careful of the Japanese artillery fire!"

"Yes!"

A messenger hurried away.

Soon, the artillery companies of the 2nd and 4th Battalions deployed in the rear began to relocate their artillery positions.

However, before they could completely move, three 12-pound shells whizzed down and hit their position.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

After three loud bangs, two infantry guns that had not been moved in time were blown away, and more than ten gunners and ammunition handlers were killed or injured.

When the Second Battalion Artillery Company Commander Chen Sansheng saw this, his eyes were about to burst, and he hurriedly urged loudly:

"Quick! Move!
Don't stay where you are and get bombed!"

……

Seeing that his artillery regiment commander had achieved success with just one move, the Japanese division commander Harada Yuji's originally depressed mood improved a lot.

Turning to Shirataki Rijiro, he said:
"Shirataki-kun, although the Eighth Route Army is very powerful, the warriors of my 35th Division can still defeat them!"

Although Shirataki Rijiro was not as optimistic as him, he still nodded in agreement:
"Your Excellency, the Division Commander, has a good opinion.

Now, it's up to Hoshino-kun."

……

(End of this chapter)