"Division Commander, do you want the 5th and 6th Battalions to continue to attack the first line of defense?" The division chief of staff was frightened by the heavy losses of the attacking troops, and hesitantly asked Lieutenant General Sakuragi.
"Continue the attack..." Lieutenant General Sakuragi was a little hesitant at first, but soon became determined.
"This is an excellent opportunity to completely wipe out the Chenjiazhuang garrison."
"There are not many Eighth Route Army troops on the position. As long as the 5th and 6th Battalions successfully attack the blocking position, the two sides will fight in a melee and they can all be wiped out with bayonets."
"If we retreat now, the troops who just died will be in vain."
"The Eighth Route Army on the position also has a chance to breathe and can re-enter the tunnel to avoid our artillery fire."
"When we launch another attack, we will have to pay a huge price to kill them right before their eyes."
"Let the Fifth and Sixth Brigades continue to attack the front-line positions. The Fourth Brigade will separate a squadron to cooperate with the Fifth and Sixth Brigades to attack the Eighth Route Army there."
"The artillery troops plowed the blocking position with artillery shells again. I don't believe they can't kill the Eighth Route Army above."
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In front of the enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, Huang Yu's nervous heart was stuck in his throat, and his eyes never left the front line trenches.
Whether the Duer Regiment can rely on tunnel fortifications to kill a large number of Kwantung Army attacking troops depends on whether the first battalion can withstand the Japanese attacks from the front and back and hold its position.
"Xiao Huang, the first battalion is guarding..." Chief of Staff Liu Sen suddenly shouted, he was even happier than eating candied fruit, and he could hardly close his mouth with smile.
"They also suffered a lot of casualties..." Huang Yu replied seriously.
"Judging from the sound of gunfire, there are at most two companies left in one battalion that can continue to fight."
"The Japanese will definitely try their best to recapture the frontline trenches and support the attacking troops."
“Their real defensive pressure is yet to come.”
"Send a signal to the Second Battalion immediately..."
"The troops immediately counterattacked, fought with the Japanese attacking troops, and resolved the battle as quickly as possible."
"The harder they fight, the faster they destroy the enemy, and the less pressure the first battalion has to defend."
Liu Sen suddenly interrupted: "Xiao Huang, do you want the third battalion to deploy two companies to reinforce the first battalion..."
"Or let the artillery fire a few rounds of shells in front of their formation."
"The Japanese offensive troops are all concentrated there. As long as the artillery shells are fired, there will be results. Two or three hundred Japanese soldiers can be killed by two rounds of artillery fire coverage at worst. The defensive pressure of the first battalion will be less."
Huang Yu shook his head and refused: "No..."
"No one can reinforce a battalion before the Japanese retreat."
"In the eyes of the Japanese, there are only two battalions of troops stationed in Chenjiazhuang. If a reinforcement force suddenly appears, even one company will arouse the Japanese's suspicion."
"Maybe they will give up attacking Chenjiazhuang, bypass Chenjiazhuang, and build a defense line near us."
"There are still eight to nine thousand people in the Kwantung Army's central mopping up force. Now we have little chance of winning the decisive battle."
"Only by continuing to consume their troops and reducing their total strength to about 6,000 people, and then engaging in a decisive battle, can we be sure of victory."
"Whether we can kill more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers can only rely on the two battalions of the Duer Regiment."
Liu Sen reluctantly replied: "I will give the second battalion a counterattack order now..."
"I hope the 1st Battalion can hold on, withstand the little Japs' front and rear attacks against them, and hold on to the trenches..."
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"Boom boom boom..."
Unnecessary shells once again rained down on the frontline trenches.
Seeing one soldier after another fall in the artillery fire, and several thunder cannons that did not have time to enter the tunnel were also blown into scrap metal in the shelling, the first battalion commander was heartbroken, and his fingernails almost dug into his flesh, but there was no Any way.
The artillery fire from the Japanese was too fierce, and the attacking troops were right under everyone's noses and could rush up at any time.
In order to avoid accidents, everyone could only fight against the bombardment, and even entering the tunnel to escape the artillery fire became a luxury.
"Batalion Commander, the Japanese are coming..." the observation post shouted.
"You stupid little devil, you are trying to beat us to death..." the first battalion commander cursed bitterly.
He set up a crooked stick and ordered while holding the fire: "I'll beat you all hard. Fight with the little devil. Kill one to get enough money, kill two to earn one."
"The Thunderbolt Platoon is on standby."
"As soon as the Japanese artillery fire was transferred, they entered the position and aimed at a position 100 meters in front of the position to launch explosive packets..."
"No need to go into the tunnel this time."
"After one round of explosive charges is fired, the second round will be fired immediately."
"The Japanese are charging too hard. We must contain their offensive as soon as possible. Only flying thunder cannons can kill a large number of their troops in a short period of time and achieve this."
"Batalion Commander..." the guard platoon leader suddenly called from behind him.
"A replacement squadron is coming behind us..."
"He was rushing towards us like crazy, risking his life. He was so fast that the guard platoon could hardly hold it back."
The first battalion commander shouted at the top of his lungs: "How many people are left in the first company..."
"Fifty-eight people..." the first company commander answered, dragging his arm injured by shrapnel.
"Turn around immediately to reinforce the guard platoon and block the little Japs coming from behind."
"Destroy them and then turn around to face the Japs who are attacking us head on. Quick..." the first battalion commander made a decision quickly.
"Da da da..." The crooked handle in his hand roared at the same time, and bullets spurted out from the barrel, instantly pulverizing the three Kwantung Army troops who were rushing towards them.
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The Japanese army attacked the position, and Lieutenant General Sakuragi went crazy.
Seeing that the attacking troops were getting closer and closer to the blocking position, the Eighth Route Army's blocking firepower was getting weaker and weaker. Just when they were about to win, several explosive packets the size of millstones suddenly appeared above the attacking troops.
Fire splashed and black smoke rose into the sky. More than a hundred Kwantung troops were destroyed in the blink of an eye.
The morale of the attacking troops was affected at the same time. After a sudden attack, the Eighth Route Army used dozens of grenades to block it, which made Lieutenant General Sakuragi curse in his heart.
"Baga, why are there flying thunder cannons on the blocking position?"
"What do artillery and aviation troops do? They have been blown up so many times. How come they haven't destroyed their flying thunder cannons?"
"Let the artillery continue to blast..."
"The offensive troops continue to advance forward. If they cannot take the blocking position, no one can get out of the battle alive."
"What is the Fourth Brigade doing? Why haven't we divided our troops to join the Fifth and Sixth Brigades and attack the Eighth Route Army on the front and rear?"
"Boom boom boom..."
As a result, Lieutenant General Sakuragi's long-awaited artillery fire coverage had not yet begun, and several more explosions were heard from the blocking position.
Several explosive packets the size of millstones appeared in Lieutenant General Sakuragi's field of vision again.
"Rumble..."
Thunderous explosions soon sounded among the attacking troops, and the powerful lethality once again took away the lives of more than a hundred soldiers.
The division chief of staff was heartbroken after seeing this, and he bit the bullet and proposed to Lieutenant General Sakuragi: "Division commander..."
"The losses of the attacking troops were too great..."
"The power of the flying thunder cannons has increased... Until the flying thunder cannons are killed, the attacking troops will die no matter how they attack."
"Withdraw... If you don't withdraw, everyone will be killed by flying thunder cannons."
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