Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 406 Meat Grinder!
A squadron of infantry from the 4th Brigade led a regiment of puppet troops to launch a new round of attack.

boom boom boom…

In the distance, the Japanese field artillery positions and mountain artillery units provided artillery support to the attacking devils and puppet troops. After a few test firings, dense artillery shells exploded on the position of the New 1st Regiment in Cuijiashan, sending up fireballs.

The soldiers of the 6th Air Defense Company quickly entered the positions amidst the choking smoke, sweeping shock waves, flying shrapnel, dirt and gravel, and quickly prepared for battle.

This is a new force!

After the front-line soldiers of the puppet army entered the 50-meter range, the commander of the sixth company quickly gave the order to open fire.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

"Da da da……"

Intensive anti-aircraft artillery fire and machine gun fire rang out, spraying a barrage of bullets at the attacking Japanese and puppet troops.

Puff puff…

In the puppet army formation, accompanied by a series of crashing sounds, the puppet soldiers were instantly blown up, scattered here and there.

This horrifying scene frightened the puppet troops attacking from behind. When the gunfire sounded, they all crawled on the ground and pretended to be dead.

Even if a squadron of Japanese soldiers urged them from behind, it would be of no avail. The Japanese soldiers didn't know which puppet soldiers were killed and which were pretending to be dead. There were too many puppet soldiers' "corpses" on the ground, and they were densely packed.

In addition, there were a small number of cowardly Japanese soldiers pretending to be dead. After all, the 4th Brigade was a second-line division, and its fighting will and understanding of the samurai spirit were far inferior to those of the Type A divisions such as the Imperial Guards Division and the 5th Division.

The power of the anti-aircraft gun when fired horizontally is so fierce and brutal. A 20mm shell or a 40mm shell can directly turn the Japanese or puppet troops into a pile of minced meat. This is not something that ordinary people can withstand.

Most of the puppet army troops participating in the attack lay on the ground pretending to be dead, and the Japanese who were driving the puppet army to attack had to attack themselves.

After several rounds of dense barrages, most of the Japanese soldiers in a squadron were killed or wounded. The remaining Japanese soldiers who survived immediately fled backwards, but were ruthlessly shot by the Japanese supervision team.

The fifth attack by the Japanese and puppet troops lasted less than half an hour, and the attacking Japanese and puppet troops were completely wiped out.

"idiot……"

"A bunch of trash."

Seeing that another squadron and a locust association corps had been killed, Sakurada Takeshi was so angry that he started cursing.

This group of puppet troops has absolutely no fighting spirit at all.

At the beginning, the puppet troops were full of fighting spirit, but once casualties occurred, the remaining puppet troops did not continue to attack or fight back, but lay on the ground, looking for cover and pretending to be dead.

Sakurada Takeshi originally wanted to use the puppet army as cannon fodder to consume the ammunition of the New 1st Regiment.

but.

The puppet troops did not dare to fight on the battlefield, causing the New 1st Regiment to pour all its ammunition on the Japanese.

"The Guards Field Artillery Regiment lost nine 9mm field guns."

"The Mountain Artillery Battalion lost five 5mm mountain guns."

The commander of the Guards Field Artillery Regiment reported the losses of the artillery units to the brigade headquarters.

The guard squadron of the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade failed to capture Yunshan.

The Eighth Route Army artillery observers on Yunshan could continuously provide firing information of the Japanese artillery positions.

Yunshan is on the flank of the entire battlefield, and artillery fire requires open areas, making it difficult to hide.

As soon as the Japanese opened fire, the artillery observers stationed on Yunshan Mountain could quickly find the location of the Japanese artillery positions and call for the howitzer group to counterattack.

"Sakurada-kun, we can't keep fighting!"

Major General Mitake Tsuda's heart was bleeding.

The mountain artillery battalion has lost almost half of its troops.

Sakurada Takeshi asked coldly, "Tsuda-kun, don't forget the order given to you by the headquarters. Rescue the 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments at all costs. It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders. Do you intend to disobey them?"

At this time, Takeshi Sakurada also twitched with heartache. The Guards Field Artillery Regiment had lost nearly one-third of its troops.

"If it weren't for your reckless command, the battle situation wouldn't have deteriorated to this point. You should be held responsible for the defeat of the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade instead of sacrificing our 4th Brigade!" Tsuda Mitake changed his previous attitude and looked at him with a cold brow.

He truly didn't want to continue fighting. This level of intensity was a meat grinder, and the 4th Brigade had already suffered nearly half its casualties. "You have no say in whether to fight or not," Sakurada Takeshi snorted, his gaze shifting from Tsuda Mitake to the communications officer. "Contact the First Army headquarters immediately!"

"Wait." Tsuda Mitake gritted his teeth and said, "Tonight, I will send another infantry battalion for a night attack."

If Takeshi Sakurada reported this to the First Army Headquarters, he would be charged with disobeying orders on the battlefield.

It is better for me to have more soldiers die than to have my friend die.

"it is good."

Sakurada Takeshi nodded:
"I will have the 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments within the encirclement break out simultaneously towards Cuijiazhuang."

Simultaneously.

Tsuda Mitake continued to send out Japanese squads and puppet army infantry company-level attacks, intending to use this method to tire out the Eighth Route Army troops on the battlefield.

The fighting continued into the night.

Night falls, there is no moon tonight.

At this time, more than 6 people from the th Battalion of the th Brigade and the st Regiment of the th Division of the puppet army were ready for the attack, and then, under the cover of the pitch-black night where one could not see one's hand in front of one's face, they quietly moved towards the Cuijiazhuang position.

However, Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao guessed that the Japanese would attack at night, and ordered the soldiers of the anti-aircraft battalion to prepare for battle. The front-line soldiers of the Japanese and puppet troops were discovered when they were only two hundred meters away from the position of the New 1st Regiment.

Dense flares suddenly rose into the air from behind the reverse slope of Cuijiashan, drew arcs in the sky, and hit the Japanese formation.

The area several kilometers in front of the position was illuminated as bright as day.

The few remaining Japanese planes at night were unable to provide fire support to the attacking Japanese and puppet troops.

Li Mancang deployed all the firepower of the 2nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion on the direct slope position of Cuijiazhuang.

In the distance, the Japanese mountain artillery and field artillery opened fire.

At the same time, the new regiment's 105mm howitzers and 152mm howitzers began to fight back.

The orange-red trajectories of the shells streaked across the sky like shooting stars.

The shells hit the positions of both sides with sharp whistling sounds, but the Japanese artillery firepower was soon suppressed.

Then, under the sight of flares, the firepower of the new regiment's mountain artillery, mortars and anti-aircraft battalion frantically harvested the swarming Japanese troops.

But at this time, Takeshi Sakurada took over the command from Mitake Tsuda because the 1th Brigade had failed in consecutive attacks. If the 2st and nd Guards Regiments were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, it would not only be a shame that Takeshi Sakurada and the Guards Division could not accept, but also a shame that the entire British Army could not accept, and would be ridiculed by the Navy.

So he launched several waves of attacks at night, and the crazy Japanese once occupied the front line of Cuijiashan.

But Li Yunlong transferred a heavy mortar company with 12 120 mortars.

Under the powerful firepower cover of 120 mortars and 82mm mortars, the Japanese occupying the frontier positions of Cuijiashan were quickly blown to pieces.

At three o'clock in the night, the Eighth Route Army position had still not been captured, and Sakurada Takeshi had to issue an order to stop the attack.

"Count immediately how many troops are left."

While the troops were resting, Tsuda Mitake gave an order to a combat staff officer.

Soon, the staff officer ran into the headquarters and reported: "Report to the general, the 1800th Brigade has more than 200 infantrymen and more than 2 artillerymen left. The 1500th and th Divisions of the Locust Association Army, and the nd Regiment of the th Division of the Locust Association Army, only have more than people left."

"What?" Tsuda Mitake's face changed drastically. Although he was mentally prepared, he still felt heartbroken when he heard the casualty figures. He had thought that the casualties would be heavy, but he didn't expect them to be so heavy.

The 4th Brigade suffered casualties of four battalions, and the two puppet army divisions lost five regiments!

"How many artillerymen and cannons does the Imperial Guards Field Artillery Regiment have left?" Sakurada Takeshi asked in a deep voice.

In his opinion, although the 4th Brigade was known as the elite in the 1st Army, it could not be compared with the Guards Division. The 4th Brigade and the Locust Army were rubbish units that were not as good as the Guards Division.

The operations staff replied: "The field artillery regiment still has 20 75mm field guns and more than 2000 artillerymen!"

"idiot……"

Hearing this, Sakurada Takeshi could no longer hold back and drew out his major general's sword and started slashing wildly.

(End of this chapter)