Chapter 143 Puppet Army Cannon Fodder

Sure enough, the devil's plane soon launched a fierce air raid and bombardment on the position of the previous artillery regiment and its surrounding area, turning the place into a sea of fire. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Guo Hu and Niu Dagen saw it in their eyes, and their admiration for Xu Guoren was even greater, if it wasn't for Xu Guoren ordering the artillery regiment to transfer in advance, then the fate of the artillery regiment now can be imagined.

Some devil fighters even dived back and forth over Xuejiayuan, and as soon as they found a suspicious target, they immediately opened fire and strafed.

After the air raid, Jiro Tamon instructed his forward command post to send sappers again to clear the mines.

The engineer wing of the 2nd Division was ordered to be dispatched.

Hundreds of minesweepers, deminers, formed a demining death squad, under the cover of infantry, tanks and artillery, entered the minefield where the previous 20th Division Engineer Wing had not completed its operations, and continued its work.

"Brother Guoren, the devil has started demining again!" In the headquarters of the 1st Division of the Anti-Japanese Federation, Guo Hu, who had been observing the situation at the front, said to Xu Guoren.

Xu Guoren stuffed the uneaten steamed buns into his mouth in a big gulp, immediately stood up, picked up the telescope that he had just put on the table, came to Guo Hu's side, and raised the telescope to observe.

"Order the artillery regiment to withdraw immediately, and before the artillery regiment comes back, concentrate the mortars of our first division, and give me sappers who specialize in fighting devils!" Xu Guoren saw that the devil's sappers were clearing mines without fear, and quickly made arrangements.

Guo Hu immediately took the order and personally ordered a mortar company directly under the headquarters of the 1st Division to assemble it, arrange for them to be deployed in place, and then start firing at the minefield.

The devil sappers were clearing mines, but they didn't expect that after the air raid, the artillery of the Anti-United Nations would still have combat capability.

However, after the last experience, the devil sappers were much more alert this time, except for a few sappers who were lying on the ground and were concentrating on demining at that time, most of the devil sappers turned around and ran, and they all fell down to dodge.

The grenade whistled and exploded on the ground.

The raging shock wave water waves generally went in all directions, and some slow-moving devil sappers were blown out on the spot.

As soon as the explosion of a wave of shelling ended, the living devil sappers got up and ran back.

By the time the second wave of shells of the artillery company came, the living devil sappers had already run out of the explosion killing range.

The former enemy commander of the devil immediately ordered their artillery to open fire and suppress the artillery battery of the 1st Division.

An artillery company, of course, could not go head-to-head with the artillery group composed of two artillery wings of the devil.

When Xu Guoren saw that the devil had fled, he gave the order to stop the shelling and immediately transfer the artillery position.

The artillery battery, with only a dozen 60-mm mortars, was very easy to transfer, and the artillerymen and ammunition crews could run away with it and the ammunition box. Therefore, the devil's artillery retaliation did not cause substantial damage to the artillery company of the 1st Division.

There was only one ammunition man, who was halfway through the run, and remembered that there was still a box of shells that he forgot because of nervousness, and ran back to get it, only to be injured.

After a round of shells was poured, the devil did not give up and sent sappers to clear the mines.

At this time, the main force of the artillery regiment led by Wei Yong had already arrived, and dozens of field artillery, mountain artillery, and infantry artillery opened fire at the same time, which was much more powerful than the dozen mortars just now.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! A violent explosion blew up the devil sappers to the point of crying dad and mother, and suffered heavy casualties.

The minesweepers of the engineer wing of the 2nd Division were killed and wounded by the bombing, so the demining operation of the devils completely failed.

When Jiro Tamen got the news, he couldn't help but be taken aback, stood up suddenly, and said in disbelief: "Nani? So that the air raids of the Imperial Army failed to destroy the artillery positions of the Chinese Army? ”

After saying this, Jiro Tamon had already turned his gaze to the side, and Seishiro Itagaki, who also looked surprised.

Facing the somewhat angry gaze of Jiro Tamon, Seishiro Itagaki said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, it seems that the people of Shina are very cunning, they have long thought that the Imperial Army will send fighters to carry out air strikes on their artillery positions, so they transferred the artillery in advance!" It must be like this! ”

Domen Jiro was a little dissatisfied, and snorted coldly: "Then what do you say we should do?" Now we have not killed even a single soldier of the first line of defense of the men, but we have lost hundreds of elite sappers. ”

Seishiro Itagaki frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly a sinister plan popped up in his mind.

Said to Domen Jiro: "General, there is a plan for the humble position to minimize the losses of the imperial army in the attack. ”

"What a way, say it quickly!" Jiro Duomen couldn't wait to wave his hand.

"We can let Xiqia, Zhang Haipeng, and Yu Zhishan lead their subordinates in the front, and the imperial army in the back! Let them be cannon fodder and mine, so that only the people will be killed, and when the enemy's minefield is destroyed, the imperial army can officially launch an attack! With our absolute superiority in air and ground firepower, as long as there are no minefields, it will be easy to break through the defense line of the Chinese army! Seishiro Itagaki said.

If it is said that Itagaki Seishiro doesn't look down on Zhang Haipeng and Yu Zhishan, these puppet soldiers who betray the country and seek glory, then Tamen Jiro, an old devil, doesn't treat them as people.

If they hadn't felt that they were still useful, they would have been solved with machine guns and bayonets a long time ago, and where would they waste the Japanese army's military pay and food to supply them.

Like most Japanese devils, Jiro Domon felt superior to the Chinese and regarded the Chinese as inferior people who could not be equal to them.

Therefore, he doesn't care at all, how many puppet soldiers are sacrificed.

"Yo Xi! That's a good idea! This is long overdue! The Imperial Army doesn't have to spend so much trouble! Jiro Duomen nodded happily.

"Actually, in addition to this method, we also have another way to clear mines, that is, to use heavy artillery brigades to carry out carpet bombardment of the minefields of the Chinese army!" Before Seishiro Itagaki finished speaking, he was interrupted by Jiro Tamen: "Yaga, the heavy artillery brigade of the Imperial Army is a strategic force, and the shells are also extremely precious!" How can it be used for mine clearance? Moreover, the shell bombardment demining, the effect is not good! After all, those things are buried deep in the ground, and the blast wave of the shells is emitted from the ground! ”

Itagaki Seishiro bowed his head slightly and said: "This is also the meaning of lowly duties, so I suggest that you take the method just now and use the Imperial Alliance Army as cannon fodder!" ”

"Just do it, notify all divisions and regiments on the front line, send the Imperial Allied Army to attack, if you don't comply, you will be killed!" Jiro Duomen ordered with a gloomy face.

After receiving the order, the devils on the front line immediately ordered Xiqia, Zhang Haipeng, Yu Zhishan and other puppet troops, totaling nearly 20,000 people, to divide into two routes and rush towards the minefield of the Anti-Japanese Federation.

Although the puppet army knew that such an attack was tantamount to suicide and was completely used as cannon fodder, but behind them were the devil's heavy machine guns and bayonet warlords, and they had no choice.

(To be continued.) )