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Chapter 777: The Eighth Route Army is so arrogant?
Of course, the Japanese could not hide the secret of the Special Forces Regiment's massive operations.

Seeing their large army of more than 10,000 soldiers divided into several groups and marching towards Hedi Village, the Japanese scouts arranged on various hilltops immediately went back in panic to report to Kazuo Shinozuka.

At this moment, Kazuo Shinozuka was hiding in a safe valley, watching the artillery battle between his own artillery and the enemy with a gloomy expression.

Upon hearing the scout's report, he was immediately furious.

It feels like this group of enemies simply don't take our 20,000 or 30,000 troops seriously!
Insulting him, Kazuo Shinozuka, openly!
He couldn't help but roared:
"Baga! How dare the Eighth Route Army be so arrogant!
It seems that my Imperial Locust Army must teach them a lesson!"

After shouting this, he sent someone to notify Shoji Sakurai of the 33rd Division, mobilizing the army to deploy defenses on the surrounding hillsides and seize the commanding heights.

……

At this moment, the commander of the Japanese 33rd Division, Shoji Sakurai, and his chief of staff, Colonel Kosei Murata, were also lying on a hillside, nervously observing the situation on the battlefield.

Both of them looked unhappy.

Murata Takasei asked solemnly:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, why are the artillery of the Eighth Route Army so powerful?
They clearly only had twenty or thirty mountain cannons, yet they were able to fight for such a long time with my locust army's three artillery regiments and hundreds of artillery pieces!
Didn’t the Special High Police’s intelligence say that the Eighth Route Army’s artillery shells were extremely scarce and that their artillerymen had not received any actual combat training?

Why is it so strong? "

Sakurai Shoji replied bitterly:
"The Tubalu should have received support from a certain country, and their weapons and equipment are now comparable to those of our Locust Army.

The fact that almost all of our tank battalion was destroyed a few days ago is a reflection of this situation!
So the present is different from the past, we must not use past experience to look at today's Tubalu!"

"Hey! I understand.

But I have a suggestion, but I don’t know whether I should say it or not.”

Murata Takashige looked a little conflicted.

"Say!"

Sakurai Shoji felt like hitting someone.

What’s the situation now? You’re still hiding it.

What about playing?
"I feel that if our army continues to engage in artillery battles with the Eighth Route Army, we will probably lose a lot of mountain artillery and gunners.

It would be better to send infantry immediately to attack the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

Their position should be less than 5 kilometers to the northwest!
If our warriors act quickly enough, they may be able to arrive in less than 30 minutes!"

Murata Takasei expressed his thoughts.

Sakurai Shoji heard this and nodded:
"Yoshi! Murata-kun is right.

Immediately order Harada-kun to have his regiment attack!"

"What? Send an infantry regiment to attack?
Is this a waste of manpower?
One battalion is enough for this task, right?"

Murata Takasei's eyes widened.

He thought: It's just a matter of destroying twenty or thirty artillery pieces of the enemy. Is it necessary to use an infantry regiment of 3,000 people?

This is really making a mountain out of a molehill.

Or does your Excellency the Division Commander think that the combat effectiveness of our Locust Army warriors is so vulnerable?
Sakurai Shoji immediately explained:

“No, don’t waste it.

The commander of the Eighth Route Army was very shrewd and it was impossible for him not to be on guard against our sneak attack on their artillery positions.

If we only send one large group, we will be easily surrounded and destroyed by them."

"So, I understand."

Murata Takasei nodded quickly.

Then he asked:

"But should we ask the commander for permission before we mobilize a company of troops?"

When he heard him mention Kazuo Shinozuka, Sakurai Shoji felt a little disgusted.

When the armored train was bombarded just now, he was almost killed because he gave way to the other side!
Fortunately, the unlucky guy Jingguan Shinobu took the blame in the end.

So he immediately shook his head:

"The battle situation is urgent. No need to report. Let the 215th Regiment take action immediately!"

"Hi!"

Murata Takasei agreed and went downstairs to make arrangements immediately.

However, as soon as he left, a messenger came running to tell Sakurai Shoji:

"Your Excellency, the Division Commander, more than 10,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers are charging towards our army.

The Commander has ordered that one of your divisions be mobilized to occupy the nearby commanding heights and destroy the invading enemy!"

Hearing this order, Sakurai Shoji couldn't help but feel more depressed. He thought: Why do you always look for me?

Where the hell do I even have a division of troops?

The engineering regiment was building the railway in the front, not to mention the mountain artillery regiment and the field artillery regiment were being bombarded heavily.

On the infantry side, an entire battalion was almost wiped out by the Eighth Route Army a few days ago, and a regiment has just been mobilized to destroy the Eighth Route Army's artillery.

Now it seems that there are only 2 infantry regiments and one logistics regiment left!

But when he thought about it, he realized that apart from his own 33rd Division, the only force Shinozuka Kazuo had now was the 36th Division.

But this division had already lost two fully-strength regiments and its commander.

It is indeed too miserable.

Thinking of this, he agreed:
"Hey! I'll arrange it right away!"

……

After sending the messenger away, Sakurai Shoji rushed down the hillside.

He called the captains of his own squadrons and started talking to them, spitting everywhere.

He deployed his remaining two infantry regiments, divided into squadrons and battalions, to all commanding heights within a 3-kilometer radius.

These commanding heights were originally occupied by them.

It’s just that the troops deployed before were relatively small and were only used for warning purposes.

It is now being reinforced to serve as an important line of defense to block the enemy.

……

On the battlefield, the rumbling sound of artillery continued for half an hour from the artillery battalion of the special forces regiment.

Feeling that the enemy's artillery fire was becoming more and more fierce and more and more accurate, the artillery battalion commander Gao Yuanzhi frowned.

Seeing that his side had already lost four or five mountain cannons and dozens of gunners had been killed or wounded, he immediately ordered:

"Stop the shelling, take shelter in the anti-shell holes, avoid the shelling!"

After hearing his order, some soldiers asked in confusion:
"Battalion Commander, what about our artillery?"

"Don't worry, if the Japanese find out that we have stopped firing, they will definitely think that we have run out of ammunition.

I won’t chase you and blow you up.”

Gao Yuanzhi answered.

"Yes!"

The soldiers roared in unison and then went into the anti-artillery holes that had been dug in advance.

……

The Japanese artillery regiment saw that the Eighth Route Army's artillery suddenly stopped firing, and they were immediately filled with pride and shouted:
"The Tubalu's artillery is out of shells. We have won!"

"The damn Tubalu are finally finished!"

……

They fired one final round and then stopped firing.

Start treating the wounded and counting the casualties.

Then he sent someone to report the situation to his superiors.

Soon, the losses of the three artillery regiments were reported to Kazuo Shinozuka:
“司令官阁下，我们一共损失了12门三八式75毫米野炮和7门41式75毫米山炮。

The artillery lost 583 men! "

"What? In just half an hour, we almost lost 19 artillery pieces?"

Kazuo Shinozuka is somewhat skeptical about life.

Since when did the Locust Army's artillery become so vulnerable and ineffective?

The messenger who was responsible for reporting felt sweat on his forehead and trembled all over.

He explained tremblingly:

"Commander, the division commander said... that the locust army suffered such heavy losses because the Eighth Route Army opened fire first and seized the opportunity."

“Bagya Road!
Tubalu, you all deserve to die! "

Kazuo Shinozuka had the urge to draw his sword again!
……

(End of this chapter)