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Chapter 281: Destruction of the Eighth Division (Part )

Wu'anyang County.

Dusk.

Temporary headquarters of the Eighth Division.

"General, the Longhu Township cavalry search team reported that no trace of the enemy has been found for the time being. The Qingsen Brigade has occupied Longhu Township. In one day, the Qingsen Brigade has advanced more than 60 miles on foot. It is expected to reach the Xishu area of ​​Shexian County tomorrow to open the way for the main force."

"General, the armored search team reported that no trace of the enemy has been found from Yangyi to Douzhuang. The armored search team requested instructions on whether to continue searching forward."

"General, the Akita Regiment has crossed the Nanluo River. The reconnaissance team has taken control of the highest points on the mountains on both sides to ensure safety within a 2-kilometer area of ​​the valley. The Hirosaki Regiment has completed its alert rest in Yangyi.

The artillery regiment, the logistics regiment, the engineering regiment, etc. followed the division into Yangyi."

The Japanese division commander, Lieutenant General Shizuo Yokoyama, sat opposite the division chief of staff, Major General Masanari Kobayashi, and listened to routine intelligence with expressionless faces.

"Mr. Kobayashi, what suggestions do you have for the search team?" Shizuo Yokoyama asked calmly after listening.

"Mr. Yokoyama, the search team still needs to be careful. The Eighth Route Army is cunning and they are good at hiding in any place you would not expect. Order the armored search squadron to retreat, but the infantry search team to quietly follow up and continue the alert search! Any unexpected situations must be reported in advance.

Our army's progress this time is quite unusual. Compared with the last battle, our army's advance is too smooth." Kobayashi Masashige said with some concern.

"I'm worried that the Eighth Route Army's hidden ambush has a big conspiracy."

"It's better to be cautious. Order the search wing to withdraw the armored squadron, but ensure a 24-hour uninterrupted search within a ten-kilometer radius of the front line." Shizuo Yokoyama casually instructed the operations staff.

"Hai!"

"Kobayashi, what are you still worried about?" After nightfall, Shizuo Yokoyama, who was lying on a camp bed, asked Kobayashi Masanari, who was standing in front of the battle map, thinking hard.

"Mr. Yokoyama, something is wrong with this situation. It's too abnormal. The place occupied by my Eighth Division is a strategic point for attacking Shexian County. The terrain is wide and flat, and it is surrounded by high mountains. It is a rare basin that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. I really can't understand why the Eighth Route Army gave up this place so cleanly. It's as if they intentionally let my Eighth Division in." Kobayashi Masanari said, frowning and looking at the map.

"Mr. Kobayashi, you're worrying too much. Even if there's an ambush, so what? We have several divisions behind us, guarding the rear route tightly. Even if our Eighth Division is defeated, we can still retreat without worries." Shizuo Yokoyama said calmly.

"Even if the Eighth Route Army is lying in ambush in the forest, how do they know about our deployment? We have been strictly ordered not to stay in local villages. The marching tents are real and fake, and they are far apart. If there is an artillery attack, from the forest to Yangyi, which is dozens of square kilometers, we have enough warning time to respond."

With the fortified city and cleared fields, the entire Yangyi is now deserted, and Shizuo Yokoyama is not afraid of the Eighth Route Army's night attack at all.

With such high and steep mountains, it would be very difficult to aim the artillery fire if we really wanted to launch an attack from the mountains, and it would even be impossible to find the firing range.

There are reconnaissance teams controlling the high points of the forests on both sides, observing all directions and keeping track of every move.

If Shizuo Yokoyama had planned this surprise attack himself, he would not have many advantages to exploit. Heavy weapons are basically difficult to pass through the mountains and forests. Even weapons such as mortars are troublesome to carry, and both the number and ammunition are believed to be very limited.

If there were only a few hundred people lying in ambush, Shizuo Yokoyama would be able to send people to kill them in a snap.

This is why Yokoyama Shizuo was very calm. According to normal military logic, he occupied a geographical advantage that was convenient for mobilizing troops. He could concentrate his firepower to launch a counterattack.

"Mr. Yokoyama, the Eighth Route Army is a little too evil. I'm worried that the attack on our homeland, Changqi, might happen again in this decisive battle." Kobayashi Masashige finally told the information he had truthfully.

After all, he heard a lot of top secrets that could not be passed on from a familiar classmate at the base camp.

Although the headquarters defined the Changqi attack as being carried out by the Allied forces led by Rogue Eagle, in the eyes of some senior advisers in the headquarters, this was an attack launched from the territory controlled by the Eighth Route Army. Even though no one knows where it was launched from, there is no doubt that it was launched from the west.

There aren't any reliable bases for Rogue Eagles in the west.

That was the territory absolutely controlled by the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese had never received any information about such a powerful weapon from Big Bear.

Of course, the headquarters would not admit that the Eighth Route Army had such an achievement. If it did, it would probably be the biggest blow to the morale of the Locust Army.

We have always been taught that we are the most superior nation, so how could we possibly admit that we are technologically inferior to our opponents?
What’s even more frightening is that if we admit that the opponent has such a powerful weapon, then everyone’s hometown will no longer be safe. Who will have the confidence to fight thousands of miles away?

"Can that kind of weapon really be used in battle?" After hearing what Kobayashi Masanari said, Yokoyama Shizuo, who didn't know much about this matter, suddenly lost his sleepiness.

"I heard that the attack in Changqi was very regular. It was as if the enemy had calculated the bombing distance. The landing points of the five rockets were distributed like a square, and one rocket landed right at the center of the square. This should not be a coincidence, but a calculation of firepower coverage." Kobayashi Masashige said with lingering fear, "Five rockets covered half of the city. The power of this unspecified bomb is unprecedented. Now the headquarters and scientists have not figured out what kind of weapon it is. But no trace of TNT was found at the scene. There is reason to believe that this is a new type of weapon of mass destruction."

"If such a powerful weapon can be used directly on the battlefield, our situation will be disastrous." Taiyuan.

Ren Zhong received information related to the Eighth Division.

Lost in thought.

The scouts lurking in the local cellar sent the approximate deployment information of the Japanese 8th Division to the headquarters and the front line.

However, since the Japanese have established a strict sentry system, it is impossible for scouts who have entered the core area of ​​the Japanese to leave safely.

In fact, after sending the brief message, they had fallen silent and would not leave the dug hiding place until the Japanese left.

If a rocket-fuel-burst attack is launched, the scouts hiding in the cellar will naturally have no chance of survival.

This is a difficult decision that would result in killing three thousand enemies but losing a dozen of our own.

After thinking it over, Ren Zhong finally gave up. No matter what, he still couldn't do it.

Let the people on the front line worry about it. The fuel-air explosives carried by the 107 rocket launcher and the RPG-80 rocket launcher are much smaller in power. For the scouts' hiding place at least four or five hundred meters away from the Japanese, there is not much danger.

The Japanese worried for so long in vain, but things did not go according to their script.

At midnight, the 16th Regiment, which was ambushed in the mountains and forests north of Yangyi, emerged and began to attack the Japanese defense line. They divided into numerous company and platoon teams and rushed straight to the Japanese bases like a stream.

Compared with other troops, this troop has very unique characteristics, that is, each person carries a large tube and 4 rocket-fuel bombs!

The mass-produced RPG-80 rocket launcher finally realized the equipment freedom of grassroots troops!

After all, the Japanese blocking troops were outnumbered and could not withstand the attacks of the Eighth Route Army automatic rifle and semi-automatic rifle commandos. The battle was resolved almost within minutes of launching the attack.

The battle attracted the attention of the Japanese. Shizuo Yokoyama did not expect that the Eighth Route Army had actually ambushed troops and attacked them at night.

Fortunately, the Eighth Division was relaxed internally and tight externally, and did not wait for Shizuo Yokoyama to show up. The regiment commander and battalion commander naturally launched a counterattack according to their respective defense areas.

Faced with the densely packed Japanese troops, the soldiers of the 16th Regiment showed no fear at all. Taking advantage of the faint starlight at night and looking at the large group of Japanese troops, the vanguard took out their large barrels without hesitation and fired fuel-air bombs directly at the Japanese troops.

According to the deployment before the battle, the forwards launched the first round of more than ten rounds to cover the Japanese at intervals of about 50 meters.

Boom boom boom.
When these individual fuel-air bombs exploded for the first time, both sides of the battle were stunned.

The only difference was that the Japanese soldiers from the Eighth Division's squadron were stunned and turned into ashes!
In the bright firelight, a battalion of Japanese soldiers who had just been charging with the sound of pigs were wiped out by a dozen fuel-air bombs. A strange smell filled the air, and some soldiers of the 16th Regiment who were seeing this kind of battle scene for the first time could not help but vomit!

"Oh my god, so fierce!" Captain Cheng of the 16th Regiment couldn't help but feel a dry throat when he saw such an amazing scene.

Although the military industry had instructed them to strictly control attacks launched above 150 meters, they had never personally tested the power of the fuel-air explosive bomb and knew nothing about it.

Now seeing its true power, Captain Cheng was stunned.

As for the first wave of counterattacks by the Japanese, they were basically burned to ashes by the fuel-air bombs, and the cremation process was skipped!
The soldiers of the 16th Regiment came to their senses, and even though they were vomiting, they did not forget to avoid the barbecue scene and continued to fight forward!
Although the Japanese's cold guns and cold artillery inevitably caused some casualties to the 16th Regiment, the 16th Regiment was much better than them in that they fired several covering fuel-air bombs at the first disagreement!

Directly evaporate the little devils! From a distance of 200 meters to 800 meters, the little devils have no room to resist!

The Japanese soldiers had no experience in dealing with such situations, and a battalion was almost wiped out in just a few encounters. In the darkness, the Japanese soldiers had no idea what they should do. They just charged towards the enemy subconsciously because the enemy was there. There was nothing wrong with this logic.

The Japanese infantry artillery and heavy machine guns, which had prepared firepower in advance, began to bombard and strafe indiscriminately in the direction of the Eighth Route Army's charge. However, due to the lack of sufficient vision, most of their attacks were in vain. The attack of the fuel-air bomb, with its extremely terrifying coverage and killing effect, made it impossible for the Japanese to defend against it!

Like a wave rolling over, the soldiers of the 16th Regiment used the RPG-80 disposable rocket launcher to fire up the two fuel-air bombs they carried, and then automatically returned to the second line to accompany the attack and continued fighting with the 2 or 56 assault rifles in their hands.

Under the cover of night, the Japanese high-ranking officials faced this unprecedented situation and for a moment they did not know whether to advance or retreat.

Kobayashi Masanari's hands and feet were cold, and he muttered to himself, "As expected, as expected." Looking at the large fireballs rising not far ahead, Kobayashi Masanari finally understood why there were so many casualties in Changqi. Who could withstand such a powerful weapon?

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