The Eighth Route Army was hiding in the trenches, with only half of their bodies exposed outside the trenches, and some experienced machine gunners even had only half of their heads exposed.
The Japanese heavy machine gun is mounted two to three hundred meters away. No matter how powerful the firepower is and how high the shooting accuracy is, it is very difficult to successfully hit the target.
As a result, Takeuchi Shaozuo saw such a scene.
Facing the blocking position close to Chichi, the attacking troops did not want to give up and wanted to fight again.
As long as everyone rushes forward another twenty meters, they can attack the Eighth Route Army on the position with grenades, causing secondary damage to them, blowing them up, and then seizing the blocking position.
With this idea, even if the puppet troops in front want to stop and lie down, the little devils behind will not give them this chance.
As a result, the remaining more than 300 Japanese and puppet troops in the attacking force were like a chicken blood, rushing forward desperately against the rain of bullets fired from the blocking position, paying a huge price for every step forward.
Although the Eighth Route Army also suffered casualties in the firefight, the losses of the attacking troops were obviously several times greater than theirs...
When the attacking troops were still more than 40 meters away from the blocking position, the number of more than 300 people had dropped sharply to more than 100 people.
Many Japanese and puppet soldiers had already taken out grenades and hand grenades, ready to throw them out after rushing a few meters forward, but Takeuchi Nakazuo refused to give them this chance.
The whistle signaling retreat suddenly sounded on the battlefield.
Takeuchi Nakazuo didn't want to retreat in his heart, but his reason told him that he must retreat, otherwise the remaining more than 100 people in the attacking force would also be wiped out!
Because when they threw grenades at the blocking position, the Eighth Route Army would also throw grenades at them.
The attacking troops were completely exposed on the surface of the position, with not even a crater to hide in.
The Eighth Route Army was hiding in the trenches. Unless the grenades hit the trenches, it would be difficult to hurt them.
Under the same grenade and hand grenade attacks, the losses of the attacking troops must have been several times greater than those of the Eighth Route Army.
As a result, the attacking troops did not have the strength to continue assaulting the trenches.
Even if someone is lucky enough to get into the trenches, they will be eaten up by their opponents due to insufficient troops.
Faced with this inevitable outcome, Takeuchi Nakazuo's first thought was to reduce losses and preserve the remaining more than 100 men in the attacking force, and then suddenly issued a retreat order.
The puppet soldiers who had been used as cannon fodder by the Japanese were released as soon as possible, and they turned around and ran back. They were afraid that if they ran a little slower, they would be targeted by the Eighth Route Army and stay here like the soldiers who were killed.
The little devils supervising the battle at the back were very reluctant, but no matter how brave they were, they did not dare to disobey the military order, so they could only turn around and retreat.
An attack that the Japanese army had high hopes for failed in this way.
Takeuchi Zhongzuo's face was very heavy. He still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army.
Even though this was a plain and not a mountainous terrain that the opponent was better at, the opponent still gave him a hammer, which was both embarrassing and a loss of troops.
Clenching his fists, he ordered through gritted teeth: "The artillery continues to fire...raze the enemy's position to the ground!"
"Mountain artillery squadron, infantry artillery squad, all participating in the battle..."
"Even if my opponents are invincible, I will use cannonballs to blow them into a pot of molten iron!"
This round of artillery fire lasted for twenty minutes before stopping.
More than 400 days later, the puppet troops once again attacked the battlefield, and Takeuchi's heart became nervous along with the attacking troops. They were afraid that their opponents would suddenly emerge from the trenches like before and catch the attacking troops by surprise.
"Chief of Staff... the Eighth Route Army on the position seems to have escaped!" the captain of the Japanese First Battalion reminded in a low voice.
Takeuchi Nakazuo had just been slapped in the face by his opponent once, so he didn't dare to make any judgments this time.
Although the attacking troops reached fifty meters in front of the formation without being attacked, he still did not dare to underestimate the enemy.
Continue to stare at the Eighth Route Army blocking position with a serious expression...
"Boom boom boom..."
The sound of grenade explosions suddenly sounded in the blocking position. Until this moment, there was still no counterattack sound from the blocking position.
Only then did Takeuchi's tense nerves calm down.
Five minutes later, a messenger ran towards him with a complicated face: "Reporting to the commander, we successfully captured the enemy's blocking position..."
"But...but...there is not a single Eighth Route Army soldier on the position...not even a corpse..."
"We found several tunnel entrances and exits that were blown up... They should have retreated from the tunnels!"
The captain of the First Battalion immediately answered: "No matter where they retreat from or how they retreat...it is a fact that they abandoned their position!"
"It shows that our artillery fire coverage is useful to them!"
"They couldn't bear the huge casualties caused by the artillery fire, so they had to retreat..."
"As long as we continue to use our artillery advantage in the next attack...and take down the remaining two blocking positions, they will have no place to retreat if they want to retreat, and they will have no choice but to stand up and fight us decisively!"
"Chief of Staff, I suggest that the troops immediately launch an attack on the second blocking position without giving the opponent any breathing time..."
"Strive to eliminate all the Eighth Route Army here before dark!"
Takeuchi Nakazuo Shen thought so, and immediately ordered: "The artillerymen immediately adjusted the firing crews, and fired in five minutes..."
"The attacking troops just now continue to prepare for battle..."
"Strive for consecutive battles and victories, and take down the second blocking position as well!"
In front of the enemy headquarters in Nanhan Village, Huang Yu is hiding behind a ruin to observe the enemy's situation.
Chen Jia, the deputy battalion commander of the first battalion, suddenly came over and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Captain, according to the plan, we have to repel the third round of Japanese and puppet attacks for an hour. Why did you give us the retreat order in advance!"
"This is called hitting a mallet and giving a sweet date..." Huang Yu replied while observing the enemy's situation.
Turning his head and glancing at Chen Jia, seeing that he was still staring at him with a puzzled expression, Huang Yu could only continue to explain!
"When the Japanese launched their second attack, you hit them too hard..."
"More than 400 Japanese and puppet troops killed more than 200 people on the spot!"
"Including the losses of the testing troops, they have killed more than 300 people!"
"If the third attack is repelled by you and another two to three hundred people are lost, their offensive morale will be affected and they will become more and more cautious. This will be very detrimental to our future battle situation."
"Only by giving up the position and making the Japanese feel that they are invincible will they continue to attack boldly and confidently!"
"On the battlefield, the more arrogant the devils are, the more opportunities we have!"
"Not just you, but in the next battle, the second and third battalions can only repel the little devil's attack once, and they will retreat after the fight is over!"
"If we don't make it until dark, we will have a street fight with them in South Korea Village. We can drag it until dark..."
Twenty minutes later, the Japanese and puppet troops, who had prepared artillery fire, launched another attack.
Good luck did not happen to the Japanese again.
Wei Dayong prepared more light and heavy machine guns for the Japanese, and also borrowed the grenade launchers equipped by the first battalion.
As a result, the Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield were attacked three-dimensionally for the first time.
An airtight rain of bullets swept across from the front, and grenades continued to hit overhead.
Whether lying down or attacking, there is no way to guarantee your safety.
Takeuchi Nakazuo learned the lessons from the previous battle and knew that the attacking troops would definitely fail if they attacked under fire.
As soon as the Second Battalion ambush appeared, it issued a retreat order, intending to continue to take advantage of artillery fire to attack the opponent from a long distance and consume the Eighth Route Army's effective strength.
As a result, he still lost more than a hundred people, which made him heartbroken. He clenched his fists, stared at a pair of angry eyes, and swore viciously: "Bagh Ya Road, today I must annihilate all the Eighth Route Army here, otherwise I will not be sorry for those Warriors who died in battle..."
"The artillery continues to fire...when will it level the enemy's position and when will it stop..."
"Organize a new offensive force, and rush forward as soon as the artillery fire stops. The speed must be fast, and the Eighth Route Army will not be given any chance to escape..."
"Contact the aviation force and ask them to send a plane over to monitor the battlefield from the air!"
"If the Eighth Route Army evacuates the South Korean village and wants to escape for their lives, and launches an attack directly from the sky, I will not let any of my soldiers go!"
Half an hour later, Takeuchi Nakazuo's newly formed offensive force successfully captured the second trench.
The bad mood caused by the loss of more than a hundred offensive troops was instantly replaced by joy. Once again, I felt that the combat effectiveness of the Northern Shanxi Independent Regiment was just that. In the face of powerful artillery fire, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness was, it could not withstand a blow.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, Takeuchi Nakazuo successfully captured all the blocking positions outside the village with a loss of more than 600 people, and stood at the entrance of South Korea Village.
Looking at the village in front of him that had been blown up by the quick reaction brigade, the smile on Takeuchi Zhongzuo's face had not stopped ten minutes ago.
At a glance, the village was just ruins and rubbish, with no signs of any fortifications being built.
If you take down all three blocking positions outside the village, you will definitely be able to capture the South Korean Village easily.
As expected, the Eighth Route Army in the defensive position retreated to the village. After taking over Nanhan Village, this group of people had no way to hide and had to stand up and fight with them.
Takeuchi Shaodo seems to have seen the enjoyable scene of hundreds of Eighth Route Army soldiers dying in his own hands.
He drew out his command knife, pointed at the South Korean Village, and ordered with an arrogant look: "The artillery continues to fire...blow up the village two more times. The attacking troops just now will continue to attack and force the Eighth Route Army hiding inside to come out and fight us!"
At this moment, Huang Yu was hiding in a five-meter-deep trench with his troops.
Ordinary mortar shells were okay, hitting the village was like scratching an itch and had no effect on the tunnels at all.
Mountain cannon shells were much more powerful. When a shell exploded, soil continued to fall from the top of the tunnel directly below the impact point. Everyone was shocked to see it, fearing that the tunnel would collapse because it could not hold up.
To be honest, Huang Yu was also very worried!
This is five meters underground. If the tunnel collapses, everyone will definitely be buried here, with no chance of escape.
But in order not to affect the morale of the troops, he could only pretend to be calm and comforted with a confident expression: "Don't worry, everyone, the tunnel is stronger than we thought, and it is supported by logs in many places. It will definitely be able to withstand the mountain cannon attack! "
"Have a good rest, eat when it's time to eat, replenish ammunition when it's time to replenish ammunition!"
"When the bombardment is over, let's go up and greet the Japs' attacking troops... to avenge the comrades who sacrificed their lives this afternoon!"
