Chapter 49: Artillery Battle

Muto went to the division commander, and the division commander went to the front headquarters for a meeting. The brigade commander and the wing commander are not in charge, and no one wants to violate the regulations and send troops without authorization. And then to the Front Command? I'm afraid that he tossed back and forth this time, and Ren Laifeng would have already run away with the Flying Tiger Battalion!

In order to prevent Ren Laifeng from running away again this time, Muto sent people to the front army headquarters to find the division commander to ask for troops, and he ordered the entire Yaqi brigade to follow and follow him to pursue the Flying Tiger Battalion! Better do it than wish it done. Instead of saying so many nice things to others, it doesn't necessarily work, so it's better to let the Yaqi Brigade go on its own.

In the depths of Muto's heart, he always stubbornly believed that if the two sides fought head-on, the Yaki Brigade would definitely be able to defeat the Flying Tiger Battalion!

The Yagi Brigade is a special forces unit trained by Yuichiro Muto with great effort, and its comprehensive quality in all aspects is higher than that of ordinary Japanese troops. Although the Flying Tiger Battalion is considered to be the best in the Chinese army, it is definitely not comparable to the Baqi Brigade. It is precisely because of this idea that Yuichiro Muto has a pathological confidence in the ability of the Yagi Brigade.

The Yagi Brigade did not disappoint Muto, although they received the order to set off relatively late, they still met Muto Daisa at the specified time and place.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have received accurate information that it is the Second Division of the Peace Salvation Army that is blocking the northward escape of the Flying Tiger Battalion. Although these troops were well-armed and numerous, their will to fight was weak, and it was difficult for them alone to stop the Flying Tiger Battalion from escaping northward. I'm going to personally go to the Second Division of the Peace Army! Yoshio Miki, take your motorcycle team with me! The rest of the squadrons, speed up! ”

"Hey!" All the devils agreed in unison, and each did according to the order.

The motorcycle squad consists of a total of 12 motorcycles, two two-wheeled motorcycles, and 10 two-wheeled motorcycles. It can accommodate up to 34 people. Muto sat down in the side bucket of one of the cars and shouted to go, and the motorcycle team suddenly rushed out.

In the early forties, China's roads were not as flat as the highways of later generations, and the shock absorption of motorcycles was not as strong as that of automobiles. Muto kept urging the motorcyclist to speed up, and the driver turned the throttle all the way to the bottom, and the three-wheeled bike went up and down like a galloping horse.

After driving like this for less than twenty minutes, Muto suddenly shouted to stop. The devil's motorcyclist slowly stopped the car, and Muto crawled out of the side bucket with both hands and feet, and threw up when he lay on the side of the road. He got motion sickness! Muto didn't actually get motion sickness before, and he also sat on the three wheels, but today the main thing is that the speed is too fast.

"Dazuo, how are you? I have motion sickness medicine here. The motorcyclist took out a bottle of medicine from his pocket and poured out a pill, this one was fully equipped, and he even had motion sickness medicine.

Muto vomited enough, rinsed his mouth and took motion sickness medicine, and then sat in the side bucket and ordered the driver to drive! The devil driver Jean was moved to tears, but he didn't dare to disobey Muto Daisa's order, and as soon as he hit the accelerator, the motorcycle ran with his feet in his hands. Muto firmly grasped the handrail, his eyes closed tightly, and his face turned white. The motorcycle team quickly drove away.

Ren Laifeng led the Flying Tiger Battalion and was ordered to break through to the north.

Less than fifty miles after the troops walked out, there was a lot of gunfire in front of the team, and the advance guard company reported: There are enemy troops blocking the road ahead! The second company, which was responsible for opening the way in front, had already engaged the enemy. In order to prevent the second company from suffering losses, Ren Laifeng ordered the first and third companies, which served as cover on the left and right flanks, to support from both flanks.

These three companies are the main companies of the Flying Tiger Battalion, and their combat ability is undoubtedly the strongest. But this time it was a mistake. Ten minutes later, a continuous burst of artillery rang out on the battlefield, and Ren Laifeng felt a sigh in his heart.

All three of his companies were infantry companies and were not equipped with artillery. The devils fire the artillery, and the soldiers will definitely suffer! The Flying Tiger Battalion also has an artillery company, and for the convenience of the march, the cannons are put on artillery jackets and dragged by fast trucks. Since the devil has used a cannon, then let's not hide it, let's shoot it too!

The order was transmitted to the artillery company, and Cai Gaofeng immediately ordered his artillery to unload the cannon from the back of the truck, strip off the gun jacket, fix the gun body, and find the target to fire!

Several rounds of shells hit them, and the artillerymen immediately hung the cannon on the truck again and transferred! If you don't transfer, the enemy's shells will come over, and the artillery positions on your side will be reimbursed immediately. In this way, a few shells are transferred to one place, and a few shells are transferred to one place. Often, the artillery has just moved to this side for less than ten minutes, and the enemy's shells come in.

The artillery of both sides is like playing a game, you fight and change places, and I fight and change places, and the two sides began such a cycle of artillery battles.

The enemy obviously had more artillery than the artillery company of the Flying Tiger Battalion, and they had the leisure to attack our infantry units from time to time in the time they were firing at the artillery company. Several infantry companies of the Flying Tiger Battalion suffered in such battles.

"The second company suffered 32 casualties and 26 seriously wounded; eleven people were killed and ten were seriously wounded; Fifteen people were killed and thirteen were seriously wounded in three consecutive battles! A new company, killed ......"

The series of casualty figures made Ren Laifeng panic in his heart. So many soldiers who were loyal to the country sacrificed their lives for the country so easily, in exchange for just a string of cold casualty figures! It can't go on like this!

"Order the Flying Tiger Battalion to stop advancing and stay where you are to attack the enemy! The reconnaissance platoon was ordered to immediately ascertain the number and number of enemy troops. ”

After a few orders from Ren Laifeng, the intensity of the guns on the battlefield was significantly weakened. Obviously, the enemy troops opposite them were only ordered to block the way of the Flying Tiger Battalion, and it was not necessarily to destroy them.

This time it was the joint operation of the artillery company and the fast burst company, and Cai Gaofeng and Yao Wenlong, two classmates who graduated from the Central Military Academy, joined forces to fight an artillery battle with the devil. Cai and Yao, two company commanders, sat in the cab of a truck, Yao Wenlong was the driver, and Cai Gaofeng was drawing a map on a piece of paper. This is the ability of a senior student of the artillery department, who can draw a simple topographic map that can be used in actual combat according to the situation on the spot.

"I said Gao Feng, in your opinion, how many cannons does our opponent have this time?" Yao Wenlong asked his classmates as he drove the car.

"Six 92 infantry guns, 6 75 mountain guns." Cai Gaofeng didn't raise his head when he answered, and concentrated on drawing his map.

"Shhhh That's twice as much as your artillery battery! Yao Wenlong gasped when he heard this, and looked at Cai Gaofeng with frightened eyes. Of course, he didn't doubt Company Commander Cai's judgment, Cai Gaofeng's ability in this regard was still unmatched.