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Chapter 282: Destruction of the Eighth Division (Part )

Longhu Township.

The air was also filled with a strong smell of barbecue. The 25th Regiment rushed out almost simultaneously from all sides, using fuel-air explosives to continuously fire at the Aomori Regiment. After the soldiers overcame the initial discomfort, they found that this new tactic was really easy to use. They didn't need to aim too much. They just pulled the trigger at the crowd of Japanese devils, and with a bang, a large group of Japanese devils were gone.

Colonel Yu Tuxiong, a senior officer of the Aomori Regiment, watched the 25th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army rushing out and using fuel-air explosive bombs to continuously advance the front line, and his heart sank to the bottom of the ice.

"Takagi-kun, the cavalry team will attack from the flanks and make sure to stop the Eighth Route Army. The artillery team will aim and fire as soon as possible. We cannot let the Eighth Route Army reach the infantry battalion. Our situation is too passive right now and we are always under attack. We must counterattack and disrupt the Eighth Route Army's offensive rhythm."

Although Colonel Yu Tuxiong had never encountered this kind of battle scene, he still had the basic combat skills. The most important thing now was to cut off the entanglement between the opponent and the main force, counterattack as soon as possible, and engage in a melee with the Eighth Route Army to avoid the terrifying lethality!

The Aomori Regiment has a cavalry squadron with over a hundred horses. If they were at their peak, this cavalry squadron could chase down an entire regiment of preserved fruits!
But today, seeing the huge fireballs coming out one after another, everyone's faces turned pale. The advantage of cavalry is not easy to play out in such a mountainous area. If they are crowded together, they will all be turned into barbecued meat if they see the opponent's horrible weapons fired once!
"Ha!" However, if he didn't go in now, he would be waiting for death. Captain Aoki answered loudly and turned around to mount his horse.

"Get on board!" Captain Aoki roared with all his might.

"Get on board!" The Japanese cavalry responded loudly and frantically.

However it was of no use. In the narrow mountainous area, it was impossible for the cavalry to deploy their formation and charge. The Japanese soldiers lined up in two rows as if queuing up to receive a reward rushed to the position of the 2rd Battalion of the 25th Regiment. The 3rd Battalion did not even consider using fuel-air explosive bombs. Instead, more than a dozen machine guns formed cross fire and shot the Japanese cavalry into a sieve, including their horses!
The Type 3 squad machine gun, adapted from the MG56, had amazing firepower when fired at full force, leaving no chance for the Japanese cavalry.

However, the Japanese Type 25 infantry artillery's counterattack was quite powerful, causing many casualties to the charging soldiers of the th Regiment. Now, the Eighth Route Army soldiers were charging from all directions, and the Japanese gunners didn't even need to aim, they could just shoot randomly in all directions and get results.

However, once the position is exposed due to the flash of fire, the snipers of the 25th Regiment will call out these threatening targets!

In addition to the snipers, the mortar observers were also constantly searching for targets. Once the approximate location of the Japanese artillery was determined, they would immediately call the mortar group through the walkie-talkie to carry out a covering bombardment!

Now we are fighting at home, with convenient logistics and abundant artillery shells. Our firepower is so powerful that even if the accuracy is a little poor, a salvo of 4 or 6 guns can cover hundreds of square meters without any grass growing. The Japanese have no chance to escape.

As the local home ground, the soldiers had scouted every tree and blade of grass here in advance. Even if they saw a tree nearby, they would know roughly where the Japanese were.

For small groups of Japanese soldiers encountered, the 56 semi-automatic and 56 submachine guns fired bullets at them like pouring water. The advantage of automatic rifles over bolt-action rifles is the same as that of two centuries ago. In close combat, the bolt-action rifles would not have any chance at all.

As soon as the Japanese's Pheasant Neck and Type 99 light machine guns opened fire, the soldier at the front carrying the bazooka fired a rocket back without hesitation!

At this distance of two to three hundred meters, the power of the RPG rocket launcher is fully exerted. As long as you dodge quickly after firing and move away a few meters, the safety threat to the rocket launcher operator will not be too great. The attacking firepower of the Japanese soldiers attracted by the rocket fire is most likely to be the Type 99 light machine gun fire in front of you. As long as you dodge quickly and lie on the ground to avoid the first wave of fire from the Japanese soldiers, the rocket launcher of the brother unit will soon kill the exposed Japanese machine gunner in one fell swoop!
They took turns to cover the entire team as they kept moving forward!

When they encountered a large group of Japanese soldiers, the soldier carrying the RPG-80 rocket launcher fired a fuel-air bomb, and a squadron of Japanese soldiers were instantly wiped out!
Although there had been no prior drills, the soldiers adapted very quickly to the introduction of the incredibly powerful fuel-air explosive weapon of mass destruction. The 16th and 25th Regiments originally considered launching a harassment attack, and after taking a bite out of the th Division, they would turn back into the mountains and use the terrain advantage to launch another attack on the Japanese pursuers.

In this way, through night fighting, some of the Japanese's strength will be consumed. There are still dozens of kilometers of mountain roads from here to Shexian County, and there are several regiments hiding in the mountains and forests ahead, waiting for the Japanese passing by.

However, they did not expect that the power of the fuel-air bomb would be so great. Facing the Japanese infantry battalion, it was like cutting melons and vegetables, which completely changed the mode of positional warfare!
The 16th and 25th Regiments immediately changed their battle plans and prepared to launch continuous attacks on the Japanese until all the fuel-air bombs carried by the soldiers were used up!

For this attack, the Taiyue Military Region Headquarters invested heavily and sent a large stock of portable rocket launchers' fuel-air explosive bombs to the front-line troops in Shexian County. Each squad had two soldiers carrying disposable RPG-2s, and each soldier carried two fuel-air explosive bombs. The 80th and 2th Regiments were real Type A regiments, with a company having twelve squads!
"Retreat! You must retreat immediately!" Kobayashi Masanari looked palely at the huge fireballs that kept rolling down the Eighth Division's ranks, turning the Japanese into ashes on a large scale like a punishment from heaven, turning his premonition into reality. Kobayashi Masanari's hands and feet were cold, and he was so frightened that his voice began to become hoarse.

Yokoyama Shizuo no longer had the calm demeanor he had just now. He looked at the flames and loud noises rising from the horizon with horror. There was no doubt that this was the mysterious weapon of the Eighth Route Army that Kobayashi Masanari had mentioned before, but he had never expected that this weapon would be so powerful!
It is just like the might of heaven, which is totally beyond human power’s ability to contend with!
"Order the artillery regiment, the quartermaster regiment, and the engineering regiment to move backwards immediately. The Akita regiment and the Hirosaki regiment will take turns to cover the troops as they disperse and move forward!" Shizuo Yokoyama said in a hoarse voice.

"Order the Aomori Division to abandon the original plan and move in with alternating cover!"

"Report to the front army headquarters. Our army has been attacked by the enemy's mysterious weapons of mass destruction. We currently do not have any information or countermeasures about the enemy's mysterious weapons. We suggest that the headquarters cancel the combat plan and recommend that the 9th Division, 25th Division, 28th Division, 29th Division and the 1st Independent Tank Brigade move in and withdraw from the mountainous area to disperse their defenses!"

After coming to his senses, Shizuo Yokoyama quickly issued a series of orders to the operations staff.

There is no room for hesitation now. The enemy is too powerful. Faced with that unknown mysterious weapon, our troops are completely powerless to resist.

Almost every second, hundreds of locust soldiers could be swept away by that terrifying weapon!

Shizuo Yokoyama recalled how Kobayashi Masashige destroyed half of a city with five rockets, and suddenly he felt like he was falling into hell. How could he deal with such a powerful weapon?

Chen Brigade Command.

"What? The 16th and 25th Regiments launched their attacks very smoothly and are expected to completely wipe out the 200th Division in front of them? The lethality of fuel-air explosives is so great that they must be fired from 200 meters away, otherwise they may accidentally injure themselves? Some troops on the front line have not calculated the distance and accidentally injure their own troops?" Brigade Chief of Staff Chen saw the latest telegram and was full of question marks. He was almost stunned. Although the precautions for the use of fuel-air explosives had been passed on long ago, and this weapon had a very large lethality range, it was indeed emphasized that it must be fired from meters away, and accuracy was not important, but before using it, who could have thought that the power would be so incredible?

"This is the latest technology from the Dawn Research Institute. Since they have warning instructions, it proves that this weapon is indeed powerful. Notify everyone that units using fuel-air explosives must use them strictly according to the instructions. When charging forward in turns, units in the rear are not allowed to use fuel-air explosives!" The brigade commander took it and took a look, then immediately issued an order to the combat staff.

"Since this thing is so powerful, there is no need for us to wait. Let's start the general attack immediately! Order Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie's mechanized infantry brigade to carry the latest vehicle-mounted 107mm artillery battalion and immediately launch a night attack on the Japanese 3st Division and the rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade. The first priority is to annihilate the enemy with fuel-air explosives! If there is spare power, allow Li Yunlong and his men to freely seek opportunities to attack other Japanese divisions!"

The brigade commander has an extraordinary sense of fighter planes and has never been slow in his grasp of them. Now that he sees that the situation has changed and that the first use of the fuel-air bomb has an extraordinary effect, which may scare away the Japanese and add more variables, he immediately orders a general attack in advance!

"Order all regiments in Shexian to abandon their original combat plans. The 38th and 59th Regiments will rush to the vicinity of Fengfeng Mining Area overnight to block the Japanese's escape route to the south. The 20th Regiment will enter Jiulong Mining Area to block the escape route to the east. The 54th and 57th Regiments will block the Japanese's route to the north in Datong Township and Anle Township. In terms of logistics, supply the 16th and 25th Regiments with fuel-air explosive bombs overnight to ensure that these two regiments can continue to attack. This time, surround the Japanese's divisions attacking Shexian in Wu'an and eat them all!"

Wuan is a north-south valley, and the brigade commander originally did not have such a big appetite to swallow the Japanese in one bite.

According to the original plan, they relied on the geographical advantages of mountains and forests to resist and consume the Japanese step by step, and only launched a general offensive when they reached Shexian County to wipe out the exhausted Japanese in the mountains.

This is based on the original weapon system, in which the troops possessed infantry automatic firepower, which was very advantageous in mountain warfare, as well as small artillery advantages such as mortars and rocket launchers. It was difficult for the Japanese heavy troops to deploy, and even the heavy artillery had little use.

However, the amazing performance of the fuel-air bomb made the brigade commander keenly realize that the Japanese might not even be able to withstand the first round of attacks and would have to flee!
Therefore, he simply and decisively ordered all the field troops to attack, encircle the Japanese in the Wu'an area, and use the huge advantage of the fuel-air explosive bomb to wipe them out in one fell swoop!
This is a risky move. The brigade commander wants to gamble that before the Japanese have time to launch an effective counterattack against the fuel-air bomb, he must use the advantages of this weapon as quickly as possible to deal a fatal blow to the Japanese heavy forces!

In the battle in Jizhou area in the south, since there were plains on all sides, the brigade commander did not expect to stop all the Japanese. He just let Li Yunlong and his men act according to the situation and use the powerful mobility of the mechanized infantry brigade to see how many Japanese could be eliminated on the southern front.

Judging from the current situation, although the decisive battle is forced to be brought forward, it also means that it can be ended early and the losses of the people in the war zone can be reduced.

The powerful fuel-air bomb can fast-forward the progress of the war and turn the Japanese into fertile fields!

Due to the change in weapons, this battle suddenly took on a completely unpredictable new course.

In Yangyi, the retreat of the Japanese Eighth Division was somewhat chaotic. The Japanese soldiers in the Quartermaster Corps and the Engineer Corps rarely engaged in face-to-face combat. When they were attacked this time, their performance was completely different from that of the Infantry Corps. Most of the quartermaster soldiers began to run around in a panic after being attacked by the fuel-air bomb and caught fire.

The Japanese squadron leaders and team leaders were unable to gather the Japanese soldiers who were running around the world in a short period of time.

Compared with the Japanese soldiers in the synchronous infantry regiment, the logistics regiment was originally composed of the old, weak, sick and disabled. When they were suddenly attacked, flames shot up into the sky, livestock ran around in panic, and the entire barracks seemed to have exploded.

There was actually only one company of the Eighth Route Army attacking here. After launching the attack, they were also stunned by the effect of the first fuel-air bomb. However, the company commander Gao Laishun reacted quickly. Seeing such an effect, he ordered a few high-altitude deep strikes on the station of the baggage regiment!
Sure enough, the Japanese's baggage and supplies were set on fire in an instant!

Although the fire caused great losses to supplies, which would reduce the amount of spoils, the main force's weapons system was completely different from that of the Japanese. The Japanese ammunition was of no use to the main force for the time being, so they did not care too much about it.

They used a few fuel-air bombs to directly blow up the Japanese supply corps. In this way, when they launched the squad charge, the Japanese had no organized resistance!

In the event of occasional small-scale resistance, the company would not bother to use fuel-air explosives to attack, and would simply resolve the battle with a single conventional rocket.

Now each class has a rocket launcher team to solve these small problems. The company had previously planned to attack the vicinity of the Japanese supply regiment, find an opportunity to use up their fuel-air explosive bombs and then retreat. But fate played such a trick on them that their attack tonight was so smooth that it was totally unbelievable.

The logistics corps could be destroyed by firing a few fuel-air bombs. How could Captain Gao Laishun let go of such an opportunity?

He rushed to the front, and once he found the crowd of Japanese devils gathered through the burning fire, he immediately ordered them to fire a fuel-air bomb at them!

Just like that, with just a company of more than a hundred people, they defeated the Japanese army's supply corps of more than a thousand people!
In this way, the 16th and 25th Regiments chased the Japanese 2th Division. After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the th Division was almost destroyed!

Since the three infantry regiments were on the front line, the Japanese soldiers fought ruthlessly and almost no one escaped. They were destroyed one by one by the fuel-air bombs!

The Quartermaster Regiment was almost completely wiped out, and not a single one was left of the Artillery Regiment due to its slow movements. However, the Engineer Regiment was at the end and ran faster, following the division headquarters and the division's direct subordinates to escape from Yangyi!
Shizuo Yokoyama and Masanari Kobayashi ran away very quickly, but at dawn, looking at the remaining troops around them, the two high-ranking officers of the Eighth Division looked at each other with boredom.

With such losses, they have no way to go back and survive!

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