Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 54: As anxious as a lost dog!

Without fortifications and shelters, it is impossible for human flesh and blood to withstand the power of 75mm mountain artillery shells.

For the sake of visual effects, war movies and TV dramas greatly reduce the power of artillery shells.

In some shots, shells and grenades keep exploding around the soldiers, but the soldiers remain unharmed, which is extremely difficult to happen in reality.

The shock wave of the explosion alone is powerful enough, not to mention the sharp shrapnel produced by the explosion.

After the first artillery shell was tested, the second shell of the Japanese army landed accurately on the defense position of the new regiment.

More than twenty seconds later, the artillery shells arrived as expected, and the Japanese infantry guns, mortars and mountain guns opened fire at the same time.

Continuous explosions roared, and clouds of mud mist rose up, covering the entire position in gunfire and smoke.

This was just the firepower of half an artillery battalion, six infantry guns, and six mortars, and the power was already terrifying. If an entire artillery regiment opened fire, the power would be even greater!

At first, Li Yunlong only ordered a retreat of 100 meters, but the noise was too loud, so he directly ordered the troops to retreat 300 meters.

The New 769rd Regiment on the left and the 300th Regiment on the right also retreated meters.

Although the position was covered in flames and smoke from the explosion, the Eighth Route Army's retreat was still seen by the Japanese observers.

So, the Japanese flag soldiers quickly used flag signals to inform the artillery battalion position in the rear of the situation.

Immediately, the Japanese artillery quickly adjusted the firing parameters and extended the artillery fire to the rear of the Eighth Route Army position.

However, the Eighth Route Army had already dispersed, and the Japanese were eager to reach Wangdongbao and Daixian County. The Japanese artillery only bombarded for 5 minutes. The Japanese artillery bombardment caused some casualties to the Eighth Route Army, but it did not cause serious damage.

"Yoshi!"

In the field of view of Changgang Kuanzhi's telescope, between the smoke and flames of artillery fire, he saw the Eighth Route Army fleeing frantically.

What's the point of having strong machine gun firepower? Strong artillery firepower is the real strength.

"The enemy has been defeated by artillery fire, attack!"

Kanji Tsuneoka gave the order to attack, and the air was filled with murderous intent.

"Long live the locust."

Under the command of Kanji Tsuchioka, the Japanese soldiers from the 1st Infantry Battalion and the 2nd Infantry Battalion jumped up from the frontal attack positions and launched an attack with Type rifles.

In addition, on the left and right wings, a squadron of the Japanese also launched an attack, which served as an assist.

This time the Japanese attack was not the cautious attack just now, but a sudden attack. The Japanese had bandages wrapped around their heads that said "victory is certain" and were shouting slogans on board.

The Japs no longer have any extra time to waste here.

In the eyes of the Japanese, the previous wave of artillery fire had already defeated the enemy, and all they needed to achieve complete victory was a sudden charge.

……

At the same time, at the new regiment's position.

When the shelling ended, Li Yunlong quickly checked the parts of his body. Fortunately, all the parts were intact.

The shelling was so fierce just now. If Li Yunlong hadn't ordered a quick retreat, at least one battalion of soldiers would have been eaten by the Japanese artillery shells.

The commander of the third battalion of the 769th Regiment bowed to Li Yunlong and asked, "Captain Li, let us lead the third battalion!"

Li Yunlong brought two battalions of the new regiment, the second and third battalions. He knew that the pressure in the middle position was the greatest, so he took these two battalions to the middle position.

However, Commander Chen of the 769th Regiment gave the Third Battalion of the 769th Regiment to serve as Li Yunlong's reserve force.

"Row!"

Li Yunlong nodded:
"The Japanese are anxious to support Wangdong Fort and Daixian County. This time they will definitely launch a general attack. Your battalion will participate in the battle. The machine gun team and submachine gun reserve will not move."

Unlike Li Yunlong's core regiment, the soldiers of the 769th Regiment were all veterans of the Red Army who had experienced the Long March.

His marksmanship and hand-to-hand combat skills are not inferior to those of the Japanese elite.

Li Yunlong provided the 769th Regiment with a batch of ammunition, which was now sufficient. Together with the original bullets, each soldier in the 769th Regiment had at least 769 rounds of ammunition and three grenades. Many veteran Red Army soldiers said that they had never fought a war with such abundance.

"Yes!"

Battalion Commander Zhao turned around and ordered the soldiers of the third battalion to take up their positions.

As soon as the third battalion of the brother unit entered the position, the Japanese attack arrived.

"Long live the locust."

Amid the Japanese shouts of "Long live the enemy's charge", a large group of Japanese soldiers rushed towards the Eighth Route Army's positions.

This time the Japanese attacked more aggressively than the last time. In order to achieve the best shooting effect, Li Yunlong waited until the Japanese entered the front line 60 meters before giving the order to open fire: "Hold on!"

“Da da da da da…”

The sound was so dense that there was no pause.

Although Li Yunlong left a reserve of machine guns and submachine guns, the firepower points of light machine guns and submachine guns exceeded 100, and there were more than 600 rifles firing at the same time. The firepower density should not be underestimated.

This time, the three Min-769 heavy machine guns and six Czech light machine guns of the Third Battalion of the 3th Regiment also joined the battle.

There are enough machine gun bullets.

The Czech light machine guns, the Min-24 heavy machine guns and the PPSh submachine guns continued to fire, scattering barrages of bullets. The charging Japanese soldiers fell down one after another like dry grass encountering a sharp sickle.

The Japanese soldiers who followed up were finally scared. The arrogance and arrogance on their faces disappeared, and were replaced by fear and hesitation.

They had to throw themselves to the ground, looking in terror for stones, craters, or corpses to avoid the oncoming harvest.

The enemy actually had such fierce firepower, which was completely beyond the Japanese's expectations.

In this attack, the Japanese left behind hundreds of corpses and were eventually forced to retreat in a hurry without even taking the wounded with them.

As anxious as a dog that has lost its home, as panicked as a fish that has escaped the net.

"Report to the brigade commander."

"The 1st Battalion suffered 300 casualties."

"The 2st Battalion suffered 350 casualties."

The two retreating Japanese captains reported the estimated casualties with their heads lowered very low.

Add to that the casualties of the 3rd Battalion in the first attack, as well as the casualties of this attack on the left and right wings.

The total casualties of the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade were close to 1000.

This made the brigade commander, Kanji Tsuneoka, furious.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, please give us one more chance. This time, we will definitely..."

Before the first captain could finish his words, he was slapped twice in the face. The second captain was also slapped twice: slap, slap!
There were only 15 minutes left before the order to rush to Wangdongbao in half an hour. If the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade could defeat the Eighth Route Army, it could still complete the mission, but now it was impossible to arrive no matter what.

Coupled with the huge number of casualties, Tsuneoka Kanji's defense was directly broken.

Half an hour later, Lieutenant General Itagaki will definitely send a telegram to inquire about the situation. How will he explain it then?

"Next, the 3rd and 4th Battalions will continue the attack..."

Chang Gang Kuanzhi's face was gloomy.

The number of enemy firepower points and the abundance of ammunition were beyond his expectations.

If we hadn't been in a hurry today and the bombardment had ended in just 5 minutes, there wouldn't have been such heavy casualties.

At this moment, a rumbling sound came from behind, like rolling thunder.

Lieutenant Colonel Ogawa Xuesong, the chief of staff, was delighted: "Your Excellency, the cavalry battalion has arrived!"

(End of this chapter)