"Bagya Road, what do the infantry do for food? Why don't you protect the tanks!" Lieutenant General Sato couldn't help but cursed after three tanks were destroyed by the independent regiment using explosive packs.
His face was full of anger, and his eyes were red and red, as if he could breathe fire.
If the commander of the offensive force had stood in front of him, he would have slapped him twice!
"Division commander... they have tried their best!" The chief of staff stepped forward to comfort him in time.
"The crossfire in the bunker suppressed them, and there were also a large number of mine cannons and mortars firing shells at them to prevent them from getting too close to the tank!"
"The Independent Regiment took the opportunity to send death squads to launch a counterattack against the tank squadron. It is inevitable that several tanks will be blown up!"
"But they also paid a huge price themselves..."
"Our artillery attacks on the blocking positions have not stopped, and their artillery and death squads are always in a state of being bombed!"
"The death squads will be exposed to the heavy machine guns when they rush out of the position. If you want to get close to the tank with your flesh and blood, you will have to pay a lot of casualties..."
"I think the independent regiment's losses in this kind of head-to-head battle will not be smaller than ours..."
"Keep fighting, they won't be able to hold on for long!"
Lieutenant General Sato looked much better. He stared at the battlefield and suddenly ordered: "The mountain artillery brigade and the infantry artillery squads will join the battle immediately..."
"The infantry continues to advance forward. No one is allowed to retreat without my order..."
"The artillerymen waited until the attacking troops rushed thirty meters in front of the formation before stopping firing..."
"If there are still a large number of independent regiment soldiers on the position to hold their position and block the attacking troops, the mountain artillery and infantry artillery will continue to fire!"
"Let the offensive troops and the independent regiment troops in the defensive position be destroyed together..."
Lieutenant General Sato's move was not only cruel, but also extremely vicious.
It is clear that the attacking troops are allowed to die and their lives are not taken seriously.
But from the effect analysis, this is undoubtedly the most cost-effective way!
Although there are six to seven hundred people in the attacking force, only half are imperial troops, just two infantry squadrons...
Killing thousands of independent regiment troops at the cost of two infantry squadrons is definitely a sure-fire deal.
Although the chief of staff felt that this was a bit cruel, he still carried out the order readily.
"Rumble..."
Another explosion sounded in front of the Japanese attacking force, and the last armored vehicle that could still move instantly collapsed and turned into a huge fireball.
The whole Japanese chariot squadron was wiped out. This should have been a particularly happy thing to see, but Kong Jie was not happy at all.
The little Japs within the field of vision actually launched an attack on the blocking position with artillery fire above their heads. This was too cruel...
He saw with his own eyes two mountain artillery shells hitting the attacking troops, instantly overturning more than a dozen Japanese and puppet troops.
But the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops continued to attack the blocking position as if they hadn't seen it, and the speed was getting faster and faster...
"The little devil is launching a suicide attack..." Kong Jie quickly made a judgment.
"Order all the machine gun bunkers on the position to join the battle..."
"The smoke generated by the explosion of the artillery shells blocked their vision, making it impossible to shoot accurately... We can only increase the firepower and rely on the density of bullets to block them!"
"If we don't stop them, we will kill them in pieces..."
"The defensive force deployed two companies to immediately enter the surface position, equipped with automatic weapons, and destroy the Japanese and puppet troops who entered the position at all costs!"
Li Wensheng analyzed with a stern face: "If the Japanese artillery fire does not stop, there will be casualties as soon as the two companies get out of the artillery holes!"
"It's too bad to fight like this!"
"Even if you suffer a loss, you still have to fight..." Kong Jie replied firmly.
"There are a total of four blocking positions in the Dongshan Gang defense line..."
"The first blocking position has been lost. If the second position is also lost... we will definitely not be able to complete our combat mission here!"
"The little devils dare to fight us with the determination to die... Our independent group cannot be compared with them!"
"Tell the position defense troops: The soldiers who enter the surface positions to fight the Japanese and puppet troops are mainly party members. The party members have exhausted all the Communist Youth League members, and the Communist Youth League members have exhausted all the veterans..."
"The second line of defense must repel two more attacks by the Japanese and puppet troops before it can be given up..."
The Japanese army attacked the position and watched the attacking troops continue to advance under the cover of artillery fire. They were about to enter the blocking position. Lieutenant General Sato was not as happy as he expected. Instead, he frowned...
Seeing the attacking troops falling one by one in front of the blocking position, they were almost able to rush forward, frowning and sighing.
"The independent group's will to resist is stronger than I thought!"
"Division commander, isn't this what we expect?" the chief of staff asked in confusion.
"The stronger the independent regiment's will to resist on the surface, the greater the casualties they will suffer from artillery fire... Our goal of replacing thousands of their defenders with two squadrons has been achieved!"
Sato shook his head: "To die together is the ideal outcome!"
"But there is a prerequisite: our troops must successfully enter the blocking position and force out all the troops of the independent regiment hiding in the anti-gun holes!"
"Looking at the battle situation, the defenders' will to resist is as good as ours..."
"They also have a large number of light and heavy machine guns hiding in bunkers to attack the attacking troops..."
"If the leader of the independent regiment has the same idea as us, arrange for one or two companies to drill out of the artillery holes with the determination to die, fight with us under artillery fire, and successfully kill the attacking troops..."
"Then there's no need to die together!"
The chief of staff understood what was going on and couldn't help but exclaimed: "We launched a suicide attack... the independent regiment launched a suicide blockade... Do their troops have such courage?"
"Knowing that getting out of the artillery hole and fighting the attacking troops would be a dead end, you still chose to carry out the order!"
"I don't believe their troops can do this!"
Lieutenant General Sato sighed and said: "You will know it just by looking at the battlefield!"
"In my plan, after the offensive force launches a suicide attack, the defenders will either retreat or resist desperately and fight us to the end..."
"Judging from the sounds of firefights in the previous battle, the total strength of the defenders is around a thousand people!"
"But in the battle just now, the Independent Regiment dispatched at most two companies to participate in the battle."
"It means that the defenders of the position neither chose to retreat nor choose to fight us... but instead deployed part of their troops to fight us to the end!"
"Our goal of destroying all their defenders with two infantry squadrons will not be achieved!"
"Unless the attacking force can completely annihilate the two companies sent by the Independent Regiment, there will still be enough power to continue the attack and force out all the Independent Regiment hiding in the anti-gun cave!"
The chief of staff did not answer. He held a telescope and carefully observed the battlefield to determine whether the two companies mentioned by the division commander were correct.
The more I look at it, the more solemn my face becomes...
Under the joint attack of offensive troops and artillery fire, there was less than one company of independent regiments still fighting on the surface.
If all the more than a thousand defenders on the position participated in the battle, no matter how great the losses were, there would not be only one company left.
After such an analysis, the division commander's judgment is correct!
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