"Execute the order..." The captain insisted on his decision.
Seeing that the chief of staff still wanted to persuade him, he had to explain: "When the war starts, all the cards in your hand will be exposed. If you scare away the Eighth Route Army attacking us, how can you use rapid-fire guns and anti-tank guns to hit them hard?"
"An artillery brigade is indeed no match for the Eighth Route Army, but it can take the opportunity to show weakness and make the Eighth Route Army despise us, and directly attack our station like a stupid young man."
"We wait until they are fooled and then fight back. We will definitely catch them off guard."
When the chief of staff thought that this was really the case, he looked at the commander with admiration and rushed out of the headquarters to issue the order.
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At the enemy headquarters in the Sixth Army Division of Yi Zhong, Huang Yu was observing the Japanese military station with a telescope, trying not to miss the slightest movement.
"The Japanese artillery has moved..." A cry of surprise suddenly came out of Huang Yu's mouth.
"Woooooooo..." The scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky immediately sounded over the battlefield.
A few seconds later, a violent explosion sounded from the artillery position not far behind the headquarters.
"Deputy Chief of Staff, the Japanese army dispatched a mountain artillery brigade to counterattack us?" The artillery staff officer on the side immediately expressed his judgment.
"Have the artillery troops dispatch three companies to kill them immediately." Huang Yu blurted out the order.
"Other artillery units continued to fire as planned...first bombing the Japanese tank squadron, then bombing their defensive positions to cover the attacking troops and create a breakthrough."
"If the little devil in front of them really hides their strength, I don't believe they would rather be breached than reveal their strength."
"Boom boom boom..."
It only took five minutes for the artillery battle between the two sides to come to a conclusion.
Huang Yu dispatched three companies of eighteen mountain cannons to counterattack. The Japanese army only had one brigade of twelve mountain cannons. Their numerical disadvantage kept them in a passive state.
Coupled with the Eighth Route Army's preemptive strike, the first round of fire from the eighteen mountain field guns destroyed two of their mountain guns.
Five minutes later, except for more than a hundred gunners who fled the battlefield and took away two mountain cannons, the remaining ten mountain cannons were all destroyed.
The Japanese commander quickly received the news. Although he was heartbroken, he did not issue any counterattack orders.
"Captain..." The messenger rushed into the war room in a panic.
"The Eighth Route Army started shelling our defense line..."
"Our positions are all civil fortifications and cannot withstand mountain and field artillery attacks. Many fortifications were blown up and the defensive troops also suffered heavy losses."
The commander of the regiment finally made some noise. He raised his head and asked the messenger: "Have the rapid-fire artillery squadron and the anti-tank squadron suffered heavy losses?"
The messenger shook his head: "They are all hiding in the anti-gun caves, and there is almost no loss..."
"That's good..." The captain breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered.
"Go back and tell your squadron leader..."
"I have quite a few reserve teams, but I can't send them to you for the time being."
"You have to wait until the Eighth Route Army's shelling ends and the offensive begins, then I will send you reinforcements."
After speaking, he ordered to the chief of staff on the side: "Immediately transfer the reserve team to the main offensive defense line of the Eighth Route Army, and also transfer the anti-tank artillery and rapid-fire artillery coming out."
"Without my order, they can only stay on the second line of defense and stand still. They must not enter the first line of defense."
"The other two brigades of the artillery wing will prepare for battle immediately."
"Use the squadron as a unit to aim at all the artillery positions exposed by the Eighth Route Army, then stand still and wait for my order before firing."
"Two heavy artillery brigades also participated in the battle."
"The Eighth Route Army just bombarded us with at least forty mountain field guns. The two artillery brigades are equipped with too few mountain field guns."
"Having them join us not only has a greater chance of winning, but can also damage the morale of the opponent's military."
"How many tanks and armored vehicles are left in the tank squadron?"
The chief of staff immediately replied: "They were dispersed in every corner of the station as ordered. We also made many fake tanks in the station to confuse the Eighth Route Army. Although the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was very fierce, it only destroyed six of our tanks."
"The tank squadron has three tanks and three armored vehicles left."
"Very good..." the co-captain praised happily.
"You guys are using this trick very well."
"Use fake tanks to attract the Eighth Route Army to run past, while the real tanks hide and stand still."
"After the Eighth Route Army mistakenly believed that the tank squadron had suffered a devastating blow, they rushed into the battlefield and caught the Eighth Route Army by surprise."
"Contact the tank squadron immediately..."
"Secretly move to the direction of the Eighth Route Army's attack and be on standby."
"Today I will not only block the Eighth Route Army's attack and severely injure them, but also defeat them through a counterattack and annihilate them all..."
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In front of the enemy's headquarters in the Sixth Army Division of Yizhong, the Japanese defensive positions have been blown into a sea of flames, and many fortifications have been razed to the ground in the explosion.
Even if all the little Japs stationed there were not all blown up, they would have suffered heavy losses.
At this time, a single assault by the infantry can tear the line of defense apart.
The war situation has reached such a critical juncture, but no other artillery units in the Japanese army station have been exposed. It can be seen that the little Japanese in the station have no other trump card.
The only worry Huang Yu had in his heart was gone, and he was very happy to order: "The offensive troops can be dispatched..."
"Artillery on standby..."
"After the offensive troops captured the first line of defense of the Japanese army, they immediately shelled their second line of defense to cover the attacking troops and advance into the Japanese army's garrison."
"I didn't expect that the Japanese didn't learn a lesson after Hu Ji suffered such a big loss just now. It seems that we all overestimated Okamura Neji."
""The fat meat served to our mouths will be in vain until it is too late..."
"Notify the commander and deputy commander..."
"There is no abnormal movement at the Japanese military station."
"The general attack has begun, please prepare for reinforcements immediately."
Everyone in the headquarters became excited. They issued orders, sent telegrams, and observed the battlefield with telescopes, waiting for the good news that the attacking troops had successfully broken through the Japanese defense lines.
Soon the attacking troops hiding five to six hundred meters away were dispatched.
The tank took the lead, and the infantry followed behind, like a torrent of steel, rushing towards the Japanese military station.
At this moment, the Japanese position had been flattened by artillery fire.
All the previous heavy machine gun positions have disappeared, and even a few sections of trenches are intact.
Facing the Eighth Route Army, which was getting closer and closer, little devils crawled out of the floating soil one after another and entered the position.
"Boost……"
The Japanese squadron leader dragged an injured arm back and forth across the battlefield, anxious to give orders.
"The Eighth Route Army tank troops are coming soon. All rapid-fire artillery and anti-tank guns have entered the position. Wait for the Eighth Route Army to get closer before firing."
"Send someone to contact the reinforcements behind and ask them to enter the position quickly."
"Especially the anti-tank troops and the rapid-fire artillery troops."
"The Eighth Route Army has more than a dozen tanks, but I only have four rapid-fire guns and anti-tank guns. The number is too small, so they are definitely no match."
