Colonel Sato was very unlucky and kept walking beside the artillery during the march.
After the general offensive began, in order to seize the high ground, all the infantry squadrons around him had to be sent out, leaving only a reinforced squad to guard them.
For safety reasons, they had to stay with the artillery temporarily and wait for the attacking troops to take the high ground before rushing over to join them.
Dreams are good, but reality is very cruel.
When he saw that the attacking force was about to take control of several highlands, four explosions instantly shattered his dream, and then he fell into despair.
Before he could calm down, the intersecting troops of the New Second Regiment had divided him into artillery positions.
More than a hundred cavalry attacked him at the same time.
Dozens of guards resisted desperately, but only a dozen cavalry were eliminated.
The remaining cavalrymen were like an unstoppable torrent of steel, drowning him in an instant. As a result, the interrogation telegram sent by Yoshio Shinozuka did not even have a receiver.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, the last Little Japanese plane left the Yantoupo battlefield.
Looking at the offensive position in front of him that was slowly starting to move, the Japanese captain looked very heavy.
He had received a telegram that the raiding force was ambushed and was in danger.
Facts have proved that the combat effectiveness of the New Second Regiment is not much worse than that of the Independent Regiment. A New Second Regiment can sweep away the troops all the way, leaving them helpless and can only ask for help. If the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment also entered the New 2nd Regiment base area, then the two mopping up troops would be in crisis at the same time.
In order to avoid such an accident, Yoshio Shinozuka gave them a fatal order to hold their position.
In order to complete the mission, the captain not only used all the troops he could use, but also took out all the heavy weapons he had at the bottom of the box...
"Captain..." The adjutant hurried over to report.
"Including the cooking soldiers, all the soldiers who can still fight on the blockade have entered the position!"
"Soldiers who cannot walk but can move their hands freely are also assigned to various machine gun teams to help load bullets!"
"After final statistics, there are 987 people left in the entire blockade who can continue to fight, equipped with 15 mortars, three infantry guns, and 16 heavy machine guns..."
"There are also 18 machine gun bunkers that can continue to be used. Sixteen heavy machine guns are all arranged in the bunkers, ensuring that each bunker has a heavy machine gun and a light machine gun... Bunkers without heavy machine guns will be replaced with light machine guns!"
"The infantry is scattered in the anti-gun holes between the bunkers..."
"Previous battles have proven that these anti-gun holes can withstand infantry artillery and mortar attacks..."
"Although it cannot withstand the attack of the thunder cannon, the accuracy of the thunder cannon is very poor. It is very difficult to hit the anti-gun holes hidden in the trenches!"
"If the independent regiment wants to capture the blockade, they can only fight with us!"
"We have the superiority in firepower and terrain. No matter how hard they try, they cannot be our opponent!"
The adjutant's report made the captain look much better, and he immediately ordered: "Tell the troops..."
"From now on, no matter whether the Eighth Route Army launches a feint attack on the blockade or a total attack, don't give me any firepower!"
"Light and heavy machine guns, mortars, fire when you see a suspicious target, no need to ask me for instructions!"
"The blockade has enough ammunition for everyone to use!"
"If nothing else happens, we will abandon the blockade after tonight!"
"Instead of blowing up the ammunition that cannot be taken away before leaving, it is better to hit the Eighth Route Army entirely and kill a few more Eighth Route Army troops!"
When the independent regiment attacked the position, Huang Yu did not continue to sit at the headquarters. He followed the traffic trench all the way to the forefront of the battlefield before stopping.
The puppet blockade here is only more than 100 meters long. Even without a telescope, you can clearly see the enemy's situation. It is undoubtedly the best position to command operations.
"Batalion Commander!" Wei Dayong suddenly touched his side and said.
"The heavy artillery troops are ready for battle!"
"Two heavy mountain guns, three large-caliber mortars, and two field guns are all set up outside the effective range of the Japanese infantry artillery and mortars. They can cover the enemy's positions with artillery fire at any time!"
"Although the five infantry artillery mounts are within the effective range of the Japanese infantry artillery, we have more artillery than the Japanese. As long as their infantry artillery dares to take action, the infantry artillery company can defeat them in just one minute!"
"Several mortar platoons are dispersed in offensive positions in squad units, ready to counterattack the Japanese's exposed mortar units at any time."
"The remaining four thunder cannons in the thunder cannon battery are also ready for battle. We plan to call the remaining machine gun bunkers on the blockade one by one!"
Huang Yu glanced at his watch and began to give orders: "The protagonist tonight is the artillery..."
"Now that they're ready, let's get started!"
"Boom boom boom..."
Less than half a minute after the order was given, four explosions sounded in the trenches not far away, and orange-red flames spurted out of the trenches, which was more dazzling than fireworks.
Four explosive packets the size of millstones then came into view of the Japanese captain, rolling and flying towards a machine gun bunker.
"Rumble..."
The earth-shaking explosion quickly reached the captain's ears, and thick smoke rose into the sky, forming a mushroom cloud more than ten meters high above the impact point, which looked particularly scary.
The captain was already frightened by the powerful power of the flying thunder cannon.
In the past few days, the machine gun bunkers that he was proud of were called out one by one and bombed into ruins one after another. A large number of soldiers were also bombed at the same time.
In order to destroy these flying thunder cannons and prevent them from continuing to show off their power at the blockade, the captain racked his brains and used all the methods he could think of, but he still failed to catch them all.
Unexpectedly, in the decisive battle tonight, the Eighth Route Army would lead with flying thunder cannons.
His face turned pale instantly, and a thought flashed through his mind: "We must stop the thunder cannon from continuing to fire immediately, otherwise the remaining bunkers in the blockade will be named one by one!"
"Without the bunker to provide fire support, we can only rely on a group of infantry. No matter how many gun holes we hide in, we can't stop the Eighth Route Army's attack!"
Immediately ordered: "The artillery troops will counterattack immediately... Even if they cannot destroy the four flying thunder cannons, they must chase them and explode them. We cannot let them stop and continue to throw explosive packets towards the blockade!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The Japanese counterattack was very fast, and soon the four thunder cannon firing positions were covered by artillery fire.
The Japanese artillerymen also learned a lot. In order to avoid being targeted by the artillery of the independent regiment, they started to move their positions within half a minute of fighting.
But they forgot that the blockade they were on had been clearly understood by the independent group.
The position was only that big, and the two sides fought for several days, including light and artillery battles several times. Several mortar platoon leaders had already figured out where the artillery positions could be used and where the Japanese troops could move.
"Rumble..."
The first round of artillery shells fired by the independent regiment seemed to have eyes, hitting the Japanese artillery transfer path.
