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Chapter 885 It’s okay if you deceive the cannon fodder, but don’t deceive yourself!
At the foot of Xigang Mountain.

The 214th Regiment's attack on our army's positions on the mountain had just begun when it began to run out of steam.

The artillery fire and rain of bullets on the mountain were so fierce that they could hardly move forward.

The machine guns, MG-42 general-purpose machine guns, and Type light machine guns were firing indiscriminately without considering the consumption of bullets.

But if you just hit them blindly, you can still kill people!
They only charged forward 50 meters and lost at least three or four hundred people!

Lieutenant Colonel Taro Nishimura, the commander of the first battalion at the front, saw that more than half of his men had been killed or wounded in just a dozen minutes, so he immediately crawled back.

He ran to the captain of the detachment, Qiao Yi Akita, and cried:
"Your Excellency, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is too strong, and half of my warriors have been killed!

I request that you turn around immediately and reorganize the team!"

"What? More than half of your first battalion has been killed or wounded?

Baghya Road!

You idiot!!!"

Akita Qiao Yi was furious.

Just now he decided to listen to the Chief of Staff Shinichi Yokoi and ordered the soldiers to continue charging upwards, knowing that the casualties would definitely be heavy.

But now, the loss of so many people in such a short time was still unbearable for him.

If casualties continue at this rate, I'm afraid that even if our regiment remains here, we may not be able to capture the enemy's position!

How is this possible???
When Taro Nishimura was scolded, he quickly defended himself:
"Your Excellency, Commander, look at the artillery and heavy machine guns of the Eighth Route Army. There are too many of them!

Although the number of infantrymen exposed by the Tubalu now does not seem to be very large, I am sure that we are facing at least one artillery regiment and one infantry regiment!!!"

“Bagya Road!
So what if there are two groups?

My Fusang Empire Locust Army is invincible!"

Akita Joey roared.

After hearing this, Taro Nishimura was speechless and wanted to open his mouth to retort.

I thought to myself: It’s okay if you say this to fool those cannon fodders below, but don’t fool yourself!
It’s okay if you lie to yourself, but don’t use it to lie to me!

That can kill people!!!

At this time, the wing chief of staff Shinichi Yokoi also gave a serious order:

"Nishimura-kun, you, you have to! Keep going!

The artillery squadron will immediately blow up the enemy's indirect fire artillery and then deal with their direct fire artillery!

By then, you will have a great chance!"

Seeing that these two superiors were so rude, Taro Nishimura was furious and couldn't help but curse their ancestors.

But on the battlefield, military orders were as heavy as a mountain, and he could not resist. He could only nod with a bitter face:
"Hey! I understand!"

Then, extremely unwillingly, he crawled back to his team.

……

As soon as he left, Akita Qiaoyi and Yokoi Shinichi looked towards the southern foot of Xigang Mountain with concern.

Pray that the artillery there can achieve success quickly.

……

In fact, at this moment, the squadron leader of the 214th Regiment Artillery Squadron, Major Kazuki Shinoda, was already in a state of panic.

At the beginning of the battle, he took his 10 Type infantry guns and took advantage of the unexpected opportunity to blow up a machine gun and a dozen artillerymen of the Second Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion. He was very excited.

However, before they could fire the second round, they were met with a violent counterattack from the first battalion's artillery company.

24 shells fell on them like hail.

Although it was only the first round of calibration fire and not very accurate, a lot of shrapnel still flew across his position, injuring several artillerymen.

Seeing this, he did not dare to be careless and immediately shouted:

"Hurry up, adjust the artillery parameters, and attack the infantry artillery of the Eighth Route Army first!"

From the sound of the exploding shells, he could tell that at least half of the enemy's more than 20 guns were Type 92 infantry guns.

Following his order, the Japanese artillerymen hurriedly adjusted the direction of their artillery and prepared for a second round of shelling.

However, before they could prepare themselves, more than twenty shells flew from the sky.

The soldiers of the first battalion's artillery company did not need to make large-scale adjustments to the artillery parameters after just opening a round of firing, so the firing rate was of course faster than theirs.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

Amid the intensive explosions, the Japanese soldiers suffered many casualties. When they finally started to pull the gun ropes and fire back, the third round of artillery fire from the first battalion arrived.

Amid the rumbling of artillery fire, the Japanese used 10 Type 24 infantry guns to fire at the guns of a battalion of artillery. The result can be imagined.

As for artillery bombardment, as long as the firepower density is large enough, even if the landing point is not accurate enough, the shock wave of the explosion and the wildly flying shrapnel are enough to cause heavy casualties to the enemy.

This is the current situation of the Japanese artillery squadron.

Ten minutes later, they only had four guns left, while the first battalion still had at least seventeen or eighteen guns.

——The M18 recoilless rifles in their hands were flexible enough. Once they found themselves being targeted by the Japanese artillery, they would immediately move their gun positions to reduce casualties.

Seeing that his own troops were no match for ours, the artillery squadron leader Shinoda Ikki could not help but roar to the sky:

“Bagya Road!
Why do the Tubalu have so many artillery pieces? "

Seeing that he, the captain, was at a loss, a squadron leader next to him quickly suggested:

"Sir Captain, if you keep fighting, we will all be annihilated!

Should we ask the regiment commander to move in immediately to save the few remaining artillery pieces we have?"

Hearing this, Shinoda Ikki suddenly became alert and quickly called the messenger and ordered:
"Hurry up, go ask the captain for tactical guidance!

Request the howitzers and mountain artillery at the division headquarters to support us!"

The messenger agreed and immediately ran to the rear.

And Shinoda Kazuki himself shouted to boost the morale of his subordinates:

"Warriors, hold on! Hold on!

The division headquarters’ heavy artillery will soon blow up the Eighth Route Army’s artillery!

Victory will soon belong to the great Imperial Locust Army!"

However, his forced cheering up was of no use.

Because what answered him was another round of explosions from falling shells.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

……

On the hillside, Battalion Commander Xu Wei was very satisfied when he saw that his own artillery had suppressed the Japanese artillery.

Seeing those little devils charging forward on their knees being beaten by hundreds of light and heavy machine guns in his battalion, they could only charge forward slowly like a snail, and he could not help but frown and mutter:
"Little devils, come and die quickly!

Finish the fight early and have dinner early!"

Zhao Shihong, the instructor of the nearby battalion, heard this and immediately suggested with a smile:

"Old Xu, I think we can let the soldiers with good marksmanship open fire.

With our firepower, these one or two thousand Japanese soldiers may not be able to get within 400 meters of our position.

We can't let so many soldiers just stand there and watch the fun!"

The effective range of the Type 460 rifle is usually around 500 meters. Normally, it is impossible to deal with the Japanese who have just crawled to a position more than meters in front of their position.

——The distance is far and the bullets will float; moreover, the enemy is moving, so no matter how accurate your aim is, you may not be able to hit the target.

But now, Zhao Shihong saw that the soldiers of the first battalion in the trenches were scratching their heads and could not sit still, so he made such a proposal.

In such a large battalion, there are always dozens of soldiers with good marksmanship. It is possible that they can give the Japanese a taste of their power at this distance.

Xu Wei glanced at the anxious soldiers in the trenches, thought for a moment, and nodded:

"All right.

But there is no need to allow only those with good marksmanship to fire.

Anyway, we are not afraid of wasting bullets, so let all the soldiers practice their shooting skills!
As for the grenade launchers, don't just sit there, fire at full speed, we have plenty of grenades anyway."

Then he shouted:

"Comrades, fire away!
Aim carefully and shoot, treat this as live-fire training!

Who the hell is this? If you can't hit a single Japanese soldier with 10 bullets, then you should take responsibility and go to the kitchen to carry a big pot!

Grenade launcher, aim at the Japanese machine gunner and blow him up!"

The soldiers of the first battalion were very excited when they heard that they could open fire. They fired a bullet with a tremble of their hands.

But the next second, when she heard the second half of Xu Wei's words, she burst into tears.

Everyone thought: Battalion Commander, you think too highly of us!
It's more than 500 meters away, and it's too difficult to hit at least one Japanese soldier with 10 bullets!

And he just fired a shot!
……

(End of this chapter)