Three huge explosions sounded, and the three trucks were overturned by the huge shock wave generated by the explosion. Dozens of Japanese soldiers in the carriages were thrown out of the vehicles, causing heavy casualties.
Before the Japs could react, dozens of grenades flew from one side of the road and smashed into the Japs.
The large amount of fragments produced by the grenade knocked down a large number of Japanese soldiers. Due to the curve blocking the line of sight, when the Japanese motorized infantry was attacked, the machine gun on the tank was unable to provide fire support to the infantry.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
After the initial panic, the Japanese team leader and sergeant began to organize the machine guns on the carriage to start a counterattack.
"Ta-ta-ta-ta"
The Japanese's machine guns fired wildly at the bushes on the flanks, aiming to suppress the attackers and buy time for the riflemen to disperse.
The Japanese who were not dead or injured jumped out of the car one after another and fired into the bushes.
There were continuous gunshots, but unfortunately there was no response from the other party. The squadron leader who led the team also discovered this problem. The attacker should have run away long ago.
"Stop and shoot!"
The squadron leader stopped the machine gun fire and sent a detachment deep into the bushes to check the situation.
Other personnel were on alert and ready to fight back at any time.
A few minutes later, the Japanese team responsible for the search came back, but did not find a single attacker and had already fled.
The squadron leader could only give up and start rescuing the wounded and counting the losses.
This attack came and went quickly, and was very violent, causing heavy losses to the Japanese infantry.
After getting the loss data, the squadron leader could only bite the bullet and report to Ishii Ichiro:
"Your Excellency, Captain, our rapid reaction squadron was attacked by unknown enemies. Two transport vehicles were blown up and one was damaged. There were 85 casualties, 52 of whom were shattered. The enemy has been repulsed by us."
After hearing the report, Ishii Ichiro was so angry that he almost fainted. One attack caused more than one-third of the casualties of the quick reaction squadron, and the enemy was not even seen.
"Bagaya road! Clear the roadblocks and continue to open the road!"
Apart from being angry, Ishii had no other choice but to reorganize his troops and continue to advance towards Liu Town.
The injustice has its head, and the debt has its owner, Ishii decided to unleash his anger on the people of Liuzhen.
The Japanese infantry squadron pushed the bombed vehicles under the road and cremated the dead in the bushes.
After the cremation, I casually grabbed a few handfuls of ashes and put them in a special small jar. That was considered done.
Although doing this wastes time, it cannot save time. If there are more than a dozen casualties, they can just be taken away with the vehicle. This time, 52 people were killed. It is unrealistic to carry so many corpses away, so they can only be disposed of on the spot.
This hassle delayed more than an hour. After the processing was completed, the Ishii brigade continued to move forward.
After suffering a big loss, the Japanese became more cautious. Especially when the road was damaged, they would first send search personnel to be on guard, and then go to repair the road after setting up the machine guns.
The explosives carried by the Tigers have been used up. It is of little significance to use grenades for a sneak attack when the Japanese are already on high alert.
If we don't take action, we will have to strike with a thunderous blow. There is still a large Japanese army behind us, and the vanguard force will be left to the comrades of the first company to deal with it.
After Shitou succeeded in attacking, he led his team to leave. They were going to continue to harass the main force of the Japanese.
The journey behind the Ishii brigade was much smoother. The tank squadron opened the way in front and soon reached Chenjialing.
In order to prevent being attacked by the Eighth Route Army in Chenjialing, the Japanese specially sent a search team to search within 200 meters of both sides of the Chenjialing highway, but no ambush was found.
Ishii's brigade continued to advance. Chenjialing was the most suitable place to block the attack. The independent battalion did not choose to block the imperial army here. Ishii judged that the independent battalion should have run away.
As soon as the chariot squadron left Chenjialing, the road was dug again. The Japanese could only stop and wait for the engineers to repair the road.
This was a routine operation, and the Japanese had become accustomed to it. The remaining more than 100 infantrymen left some of them on guard while others began to repair the road.
Because they had suffered losses, the Japanese were still very cautious. The sentries were sent out 200 meters away. From this distance, grenades and rifles had no effect.
Regarding the Japanese tanks, the Chinese army really has no good solution. A squadron of tanks can move sideways.
Passing through Chenjialing smoothly made Ishii feel better. There was a flat plain ahead and there was no danger to defend.
The fact that the independent battalion did not defend Chenjialing showed that they had given up on head-on confrontation. A regiment of imperial troops could not be fought head-on by an independent battalion.
Ishii had been bored in the car for too long, so he decided to come out for some air and look at the scenery.
As soon as Ishii put his head out, he heard the sound of "boom, boom, boom". When he looked up, his face turned pale with fright. Several unknown objects like big rocks were hitting them at high speed in the sky.
"Baga, enemy attack!"
Ishii shouted and quickly retracted into the chariot, still hiding in the iron turtle shell for safety.
"Boom boom boom"
The unknown object hit the tank and exploded. The huge shock wave directly tore the several millimeter-thick armor on the roof of the tank, and the people inside were directly shocked to death.
All the internal organs were shattered!
Poor Ichiro Ishii thought he would be safe hiding in the turtle shell, but his internal organs were shattered and he died in a horrific manner.
The heartless artillery platoon finally took action. They lurked 400 meters away and threw huge explosive packets into the Japanese tanks and trucks.
The Japanese's quick reaction squadron suffered a devastating blow in the place they thought was the safest. All eight tanks were blown up. The Japanese on the truck also suffered heavy casualties, with only a few dozen people escaping.
This is because the unscrupulous artillery platoon focused its attack on tanks. Dozens of infantrymen fled and fled. The tanks that threatened the most must be eliminated, and not a single one was left.
At this point, the rapid reaction force that the Japanese had high hopes for had been annihilated, with only a few dozen infantrymen escaping like frightened birds.
In this round of saturation bombing of the tank squadron, the unscrupulous artillery platoon fired a total of 5 rounds, with a total of 30 5-kilogram high-explosive packets, destroying 8 tanks, killing more than 80 Japanese soldiers, and no one was injured. .
Under the saturation bombardment of unscrupulous artillery, it was difficult to find the injured.
When a company that was ambushing a few hundred meters away arrived at the battlefield, the remaining dozens of Japanese soldiers had already run away. The company did not pursue them, but quickly cleaned the battlefield and searched for useful supplies.
When Li Qing led a company of soldiers to the battlefield, the tragic scene made Li Qing, who was used to seeing big scenes, feel sick to his stomach. Many Japanese soldiers were almost blown to pieces.
Now he finally knew why the battalion commander named this gun "the heartless gun"!
So heartless!
