Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 504 Everyone is attacking the logistics! (Part )

Colonel Motoyama Noboru watched the battle closely from a distance.

When Yuanshan Dengjuhua heard the sound of landmines and the Eighth Route Army opened fire, he suddenly became nervous.

However, Yuan Shandeng did not show much panic.

The firepower displayed by the Eighth Route Army was similar to that detected by the reconnaissance aircraft.

There were some machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and mortars, but not many.

After all, they were the elite Japanese soldiers of the Type A Division, and the Japanese soldiers of the 50th Regiment reacted quickly.

"Da da da……"

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The Japanese light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers roared and fired continuously, suppressing the positions of the New 1st Regiment with firepower.

Under the suppression of the Japanese firepower, the firepower of the New 1st Regiment weakened.

"Shoot down the enemy searchlight!"

A Japanese squadron leader was shouting.

As soon as the words fell, the Japanese infantry immediately responded.

Every Japanese soldier was a sharpshooter, and they opened fire in the blinding light. In less than five seconds, ten bright and dazzling searchlights were shot down.

The brightness around suddenly decreased by half.

"Kill me..."

Upon seeing this, the Japanese battalion and squadron leaders immediately howled at the top of their lungs and ordered their troops to continue the attack.

The Japanese soldiers immediately jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the front position of the New 1st Regiment.

tom tom tom...

A burst of mortar fire was heard, and more than a dozen flares were fired from the top of the hill, illuminating the surroundings like daylight.

The figures of the Japanese soldiers charging everywhere with rifles in their hands were suddenly exposed to the soldiers' sight.

Da da da……

tom tom tom...

The light and heavy machine guns of the teaching company, together with the anti-aircraft machine guns, 20 machine guns and 40 anti-aircraft guns of the anti-aircraft battalion, 200 machine gun fire points, and hundreds of semi-automatic rifles, opened fire almost simultaneously.

with full force.

Under the dense firepower, the Japanese infantry were undoubtedly exposed. Some of them were beaten to pieces, some were beaten to pieces, and some were beaten into a honeycomb.

"So much machine gun and anti-aircraft fire?"

In a dense forest 800 meters away, Colonel Motoyama Deng widened his eyes in disbelief as he saw dense tongues of fire appearing on the Eighth Route Army's position.

Even the infantry regiments of the Locust Army's Type A Division, such as its 50th Regiment, had a total of 72 light machine guns and 54 Type 20 heavy machine guns at full strength. As for the anti-aircraft guns, they were a luxury and only the anti-aircraft forces under the division were equipped with them.

but,

The hill in front of us can accommodate at most 3,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers, which is equivalent to an infantry regiment of the Locust Army.

However, this firepower is several times that of an infantry regiment of the Locust Army.

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army had deployed such dense firepower here, Colonel Yuanshan Deng's face changed drastically. It was obvious that the Eighth Route Army was prepared and knew that the Japanese army would attack here tonight.

"Send a telegram to the Front Army Headquarters immediately. Our operation tonight has been leaked and we have encountered stubborn resistance from the Eighth Route Army."

"but!"

"The 50th Wing will complete the mission to the death. We request the 21st Air Regiment be dispatched to bomb Dongjiayu Mountain and support the 50th Wing's ground operations."

Yuan Shandeng gave an order in a gloomy and low voice.

This infiltration operation was commanded by General Sugiyama Motobu himself, who had great expectations for the 50th Regiment.

Although the Eighth Route Army was well prepared and deployed a large number of large-caliber machine guns and anti-aircraft guns.

but,

This does not mean that the 50th Wing's mission was a complete failure.

He still had two squadrons of infantry, and some of the six squadrons that went to attack could also retreat.

There was less than an hour until daybreak.

At that time, the 21st Flying Regiment would concentrate its firepower and launch a wave of aerial bombs to hit Dongjiayu. He would then organize another attack and would surely be able to capture the Dongjiayu position. If he had known that the Eighth Route Army had such powerful firepower, he would not have attacked immediately, but would have called for air support first.

At present, the 21st Flying Regiment is the star force of the entire empire, and Major General Takeda Isamu is a bombing genius.

The 21st Flying Regiment will certainly inflict considerable damage to the Eighth Route Army in Dongjiayugou.

The three squadrons of Japanese troops approaching the Dongjiayuyu position were the first to suffer a devastating blow.

Fortunately, the three squadrons of Japanese soldiers who attacked later were relatively far away from the Eighth Route Army’s positions and retreated in a panic.

Looking at the remaining retreating soldiers, Yuan Shandeng's face was gloomy. In just one attack, within just over ten minutes, the 50th Regiment suffered nearly a thousand casualties.

"Your Excellency, we've been exposed. Shouldn't we move in?"

The captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion sounded puzzled.

This is the Eighth Route Army's hinterland. Once they are exposed, the Eighth Route Army will inevitably mobilize heavy troops, even tank units, to encircle and suppress them.

By then, they will probably be unable to escape.

"Turn into?"

Yuan Shandeng said in a cold tone, "We haven't completed our retreat mission yet. Anyone who dares to talk about retreating will be killed without mercy!"

The Japanese captain: "...Hi."

at the same time.

At the New 900st Regiment's position in Dongjiayu, a telecommunications expert put down his headset and reported to Wei Dazhong: "Captain Wei, enemy radio activity has been detected approximately meters southwest."

"Oh?"

Wei Dazhong immediately raised the telescope and looked towards the southwest, but it was pitch black there.

"Captain Wei, there's a forest over there."

The commander of the training company said, "The retreating Japanese must be hiding in the woods. Should we attack immediately?"

"Attack?" Wei Dazhong shook his head. "Our air defense battalion is only suitable for defense, not offense."

The training company commander volunteered: "Our training company is suitable for attacking."

Wei Dazhong looked at the company commander and said, "There are at least a thousand enemies left. Can you, a bunch of new recruits, hold out?"

The company commander said decisively: "We have to hold on even if we can't."

Wei Dazhong asked, "Your company of new recruits is at the front, what do you want us veteran troops for?"

Then, Wei Dazhong looked at the staff officer beside him and said, "Notify the 1st and 2nd Tank Battalions to surround the woods in the southwest. Surround them but don't attack. Leave the rest to our air defense battalion."

In the new regiment, each battalion-level unit is equipped with a staff officer. Although each unit is at the battalion level, its scale has reached the regimental level.

"Yes."

The staff officer quickly went to convey the order.

"Isn't your anti-aircraft battalion unsuitable for attacking?"

The instruction company commander sounded doubtful.

Wei Dazhong raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but did not explain. Instead, he ordered the mortar unit to fire several flares in the direction of the woods.

then.

Wei Dazhong moved all the machine guns of the air defense battalion and the teaching company to the southwest of Dongjiayugou Hill.

Nearly a hundred tanks from Tank Battalion 1 and Tank Battalion 2 quickly surrounded the woods with lightning speed.

Although almost all the tank headlights of Tank Battalion 2 were knocked off in the battle in the previous few days, Boss Lin provided enough spare parts and the damaged tank headlights were quickly repaired.

"Colonel, we are surrounded by Eighth Route Army tanks."

A squadron leader reported to Yuanshan Denghui, his voice trembling.

The surrounding Japanese officers and soldiers were also in despair. Being surrounded by nearly a hundred tanks was almost a death sentence for them.

"Why are you panicking?"

Yuan Shandeng glanced at his pocket watch, his tone and expression unchanged, "The Eighth Route Army tanks can't attack the forest. The 21st Flying Regiment will arrive in half an hour at most."

After a pause, Yuan Shandeng snorted coldly: "By then, these Eighth Route Army tanks will be nothing more than sitting ducks for the 21st Flying Regiment."

These words made the eyes of the already desperate Japanese soldier light up instantly.

(End of this chapter)