"Captain..." The chief of staff was blinded by the artillery attack in front of him.
His eyes were widened, and he looked a little awkward when he saw Kawaguchi Commander speaking, and he stuttered: "Attack..."
"The mountain field artillery of the attack tank squadron has at least one wing."
"Isn't the Eighth Route Army poorly equipped, lacking ammunition, and not equipped with heavy weapons?"
"Where did they get so many mountain cannons?"
"More than us."
When he said the last sentence, a look of panic appeared on his face.
In previous battles with the Eighth Route Army, the Imperial Army used artillery fire to suppress the Eighth Route Army.
Now, the situation was reversed. The Eighth Route Army used three times the number of artillery pieces to blast itself, and for a while it even forgot how to fight. .
If the situation of the battle cannot be reversed as soon as possible, when the Eighth Route Army uses mountain artillery to blow up the tank squadron, the target of the next round of artillery fire may be themselves.
The surrounding terrain is flat and has an unobstructed view.
If the Eighth Route Army has enough ammunition, it can focus on the mountain and field artillery and blast everyone hard.
Even if there are no Eighth Route Army infantry around, light artillery can blast everyone off a layer of skin.
"The artillery brigade will counterattack immediately..." Colonel Kawaguchi was also frightened by the sudden artillery fire, but he reacted quickly and regained his composure from the panic immediately. He opened his mouth and began to give orders.
"The tank squadron will move immediately..."
"Immediately evacuate the area covered by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire..."
"The infantry immediately strengthened their alert and prepared for battle."
"Boom boom boom..."
There was also an explosion behind Colonel Kawaguchi. Although the sound was not as violent as the mountain cannon, it was more dense.
"It's the mountain artillery brigade... They were also attacked by artillery fire..."
As soon as the chief of staff recovered from the shock, he saw that the artillery brigade had been hit by dozens of mortar shells. Dozens of fireballs rose into the sky in the team, and many gunners who were preparing to set up artillery were blown over.
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the second round of mortar shells fell, causing a large amount of blood on the road.
He quickly reminded the commander of the regiment: "The Eighth Route Army must gather at least thirty mortars to attack them."
"The gunners suffered heavy losses and are temporarily unable to mount artillery counterattacks."
Kawaguchi Osaka replied solemnly: "I saw it..."
"I also underestimated the Eighth Route Army reinforcements."
"Not only do they have the strength to eat more than 400 returning troops, they also want to swallow us whole."
"Assemble thirty or forty mountain field guns to destroy the tank squadron."
"Assemble more than thirty mortars to eliminate all the gunners of the artillery brigade and render the mountain field artillery we equipped useless."
"The remaining two thousand of us will turn into a group of light infantry."
"What if the Eighth Route Army sends out tanks to attack us..."
"The troops can only be beaten passively..."
Having said this, Colonel Kawaguchi's face instantly turned pale, and he cried out: "It's not good..."
"Our opponents are equipped with large numbers of tanks and armored vehicles."
"Their current artillery strikes are in preparation for the tank assault."
"We must not let their conspiracy succeed, otherwise the remaining two thousand light infantry on the battlefield will definitely be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army."
"The entire army retreats..."
"The front team changes to the back team and evacuates the battlefield immediately."
"We must not let the Eighth Route Army attack us with tanks, otherwise everyone here will die."
The chief of staff thought that the Eighth Route Army might destroy him here, but he never thought that the Eighth Route Army would use tanks to attack everyone.
The captain's analysis made a bloody picture appear in his mind.
The Eighth Route Army drove dozens of tanks to attack two thousand light infantry.
Facing the rain of bullets fired by the tanks and the steel monsters lined up in a row, the soldiers were helpless and died in pieces in front of the tanks.
The whole person was trembling with fear and hurried to give the order.
"Rumble..."
The sound of artillery on the battlefield finally failed to suppress the roar of the tanks, which reached the ears of the regiment commander.
What Kawaguchi was most worried about happened.
Looking in the direction of the sound, on the road about three hundred meters away from the tank squadron, more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles were lined up in a row, like a sledge, sweeping straight towards the troops under their command, very fast.
Chariots are much faster than infantry. Once they catch up with the troops, they can stick behind the troops and chase them until they eliminate more than 2,000 men around them.
So these tanks must be blocked no matter what.
It would be better if they could be eliminated.
The tank squadron was attacked by mountain artillery and was overwhelmed.
The mountain artillery brigade was attacked by mortars. The gunners suffered heavy losses and almost lost their combat effectiveness.
Colonel Kawaguchi made some calculations in his mind and found that his more than 2,000 men seemed to have a large number of troops, but there was no team that could withstand the tank troops head-on.
He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Assemble two infantry squadrons immediately, establish a defense line on the spot, and block the Eighth Route Army's tank troops head-on."
"I don't care if they blow it up with grenades or explosives."
"We have to block these tanks and armored vehicles. It would be even better if we can destroy them."
"Other troops retreat immediately."
"The further you run, the better. It's best to withdraw to the effective range of the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery and mortars."
"Go and execute it."
"The Eighth Route Army chariot troops are coming soon."
"If we don't stop them, it will be too late."
The two squadrons left here by Colonel Kawaguchi will definitely not survive.
But in order to get more troops to withdraw from the battlefield, he had to cut off his arms.
…………
Li Yunlong is attacking Japanese reinforcements with the offensive troops.
This ensures that you can deal with battlefield accidents as soon as possible, adjust your offensive formation, and destroy the enemy at the minimum cost.
Just after bypassing the tank squadron that was being bombed, the latest battle situation came from the front: "Report to the deputy commander."
"The Japanese left two infantry squadrons behind."
"They are setting up a temporary position on the road, just 400 meters in front of us."
Li Yunlong was happy after hearing this, and immediately gave the order: "The artillerymen accompanying the team immediately set up their guns. Facing the Japanese army's newly built temporary defense line, each gun fired five shells to destroy it for me."
"Other troops continue to advance and take advantage of the chaos to kill the rear troops of the little devil."
"Boom boom boom..."
Colonel Kawaguchi and his guards had just retreated two hundred meters when the sound of artillery shell explosions sounded behind him.
When he turned around, he saw several soldiers from the rear troops being blown over by artillery fire.
His face sank and he ordered: "Leave a mortar squadron to counterattack immediately and kill the artillery accompanying the Eighth Route Army."
"Concentrate the artillery fire to attack the Eighth Route Army hiding behind the tank and blow them up. It will not be able to protect the tank at close range and create opportunities for the rear troops to destroy the Eighth Route Army tank unit."
Li Yunlong followed the attacking troops.
When he learned that the Japanese army had left another mortar squadron to stop him, he directly snorted an order: "The artillerymen attacking the Japanese mountain artillery brigade are almost done."
"Leave ten mortars to continue attacking the Japanese mountain artillery brigade..."
"The other mortars were fired at the mortar squadron left behind by the Japanese."
