Chapter Seventy-Eight: An All-Out Counterattack

The dog bomb released by Gao Quan successfully caused chaos in Ushijima Man's detachment and his direct troops. One of the most unexpected gains was that these brave dogs detonated the devil's heavy artillery position, injuring the devil's heavy artillery brigade of several hundred people, along with more than a dozen of their heavy howitzers and field guns.

General Qin Yizhi led the 195th Division to fight with the 23rd Wing of the Devils. Okamoto relied on the superior firepower of the heavy artillery brigade that Ushijima Mitsuru brought out from the division, and gained the upper hand all the way. It was only because of the emergence of the interspersed detachment led by Gao Quan that Okamoto Daisa was ordered to transfer a brigade from the front line to deal with it, which made Commander Qin see the clues, took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, and brought back the disadvantage in one fell swoop, and now the two sides are basically fighting again.

The demise of the heavy artillery brigade directly led to another change in the situation on the battlefield. The devil artillery is out of strength! Division Commander Qin found that the intensity of the devil's artillery on the battlefield had dropped a lot compared to just now, although he couldn't figure out what the reason was, but he understood the fleeting truth of the fighter plane more than anyone else. Now the two armies are in a stalemate on the battlefield, and if the artillery fire of one side drops, the other side will inevitably take advantage of the situation to counterattack, and this is the inevitable outcome of the war.

The twenty-third wing had artillery squadrons, and each of the brigades below also had artillery squads. It's just that these cannons can't be compared with the heavy artillery brigade transferred from the division at all, and the difference in the ranks between the two sides is really a lot! Especially the destruction of the road in northern Hunan Province, the Japanese artillery had enough of the difficulties of the road along the way, and now they have fought repeatedly, and the devil artillery can't even play half of the level of their heyday.

The absence of heavy artillery caused the intensity of the artillery fire of the 23rd Wing to drop by a considerable degree at once, and Qin Yizhi seized the opportunity to lead the troops to counterattack in an all-round way, occupying an advantage on the battlefield in one fell swoop, and had the momentum of knocking down the Okamoto Wing.

Wing Commander Okamoto hurriedly called the heavy artillery brigade while organizing the troops to resist to the death. The phone must not be able to get through, and even the phone over there has been blown up, how can it be possible! The heavy artillery brigade couldn't be contacted, and Okamoto knew that it was bad, and then called General Ushijima again, this time it was through, but the news that could be obtained also made Okamoto Osa fall into a deep loss, and the heavy artillery brigade was actually attacked because all the artillery was blown up!

"Aviation, General, please call for aviation support! The Chinese troops on the other side of me have already seen that our artillery bombardment has weakened and is launching a counterattack. Your Excellency the General, please call for air support immediately! In a hurry, Okamoto Osa even forgot the rules of his superiors and subordinates, and even asked the commander of the Ushijima Brigade to come in a commanding tone.

"Okamoto-kun, please calm down!" Ushijima is a veteran devil in the end, and he doesn't have the heart to investigate the disrespect of Captain Okamoto at this time, "I've already contacted the air force, and even if they come, it will take time." At present, on the battlefield of Hubei and Jiangxi, all of them need aviation support. There are also divisional headquarters and garbage well brigades, which also need aviation support. Okamoto-kun, the aviation will come! But until they come, hold on a little longer! ”

The 23rd Wing must hold out, otherwise the Ushijima detachment will be in great trouble. Ushijima is working hard to cheer for Okamoto Townsman.

"Your Excellency, the 23rd Wing will hold out! Please rest assured of the combat capabilities of the 23rd Wing! However, please give the aviation a second rush, please! After saying that, Okamoto hung up the phone. Now Okamoto Osa actually understands that he and his wing no longer need to count on the support of aviation.

The Twenty-Three Wing is very strong, but they are only one wing after all. Since the Battle of the New Wall River, Okamoto Zhenchen's 23rd Wing has been at the forefront of the battle, and until this point, not to mention how many troops have been reduced, only that the soldiers who can still fight on the battlefield are also extremely tired.

From the New Wall River to the present, his soldiers have basically not rested. What's more, how can the 195th Division on the opposite side be so easy to fight? Okamoto Osa could only grit his teeth and order his soldiers to stand up, at the very least, until General Ushijima himself gave the order to retreat.

The 195th Division launched a counterattack. As the initiator of the dog bomb, Gao Quan certainly knew better than Qin Yizhi the cause of a series of accidents that happened in the Ushishima detachment. Division Commander Qin knew that he would take this opportunity to launch a counterattack, and as the initiator and insider of this incident, Gao Quan certainly had more reason to launch a counterattack. Of course, the offensive launched by the 500 Division should perhaps not be called a counterattack, but this offensive should be called an all-out attack in terms of its offensive intensity and the ratio of personnel dispatched.

That's right, the 500 divisions are on the offensive in an all-out way! From the division commander, to every soldier, from the infantry at the front, to the artillery at the back of the ranks, and even the engineer battalion, they put down their axes and shovels and picked up their rifles. In the entire 500 division, except for the reporter Tang Wenjuan, everyone took up arms, and even the division doctor Hui Qin and Gao Quan gave her a small pistol.

Of course, Colonel Li Qi, the director of the division hospital, did not have a gun. Even though Dean Li actually has a gun, you can't let him operate on a patient with a scalpel in one hand and a pistol in the other, right?

The three brigades of the 500 Division surrounded Ushijima Man's headquarters and his direct troops from three directions, and Gao Quan, as the division commander, did not order his troops to squeeze Ushijima General Ushijima from the periphery to the middle.

Ushijima is not the captain of those brigades that Gao Quan fought before, this guy is a real general in the Japanese army, a major general brigade commander. It is said that this guy is quite famous in the devil army. For such an old devil, if he is surrounded, it is hard to imagine what the devil will do, maybe he will send a plane like a swarm of flies to relieve him, right? At the very least, the 23rd Wing in front will also come back to save their brigade commanders.

Therefore, if Gao Quan wants to fight, he must break the routine! He gave orders to the three brigade commanders, asking them to break up their troops and attack the enemy in front of them in regiments. He's going to fight with the devils, fight a scuffle! Anyway, for now, the number of five hundred divisions is much more than the number of devils. Ushijima Mitsuru and his direct troops, all combined, it is impossible to exceed 5,000 people, and the 500 Division has more than 10,000 people.

Since Ushijima is considered a famous general in the Japanese army, it is enough to show that this old devil is not a fool. From the frequent bomb attacks on the detachment's direct subordinate units and the destruction of all the artillery of the heavy artillery brigade, Ushijima Mitsuru keenly sensed the approaching danger. This feeling was even stronger after the retainer Okamoto in front asked him for air support.

Okamoto is the commander of the 36th Brigade, or among all the Japanese troops, not to mention the most outstanding, but also quite an outstanding wing commander, and the 23rd Wing under his command is absolutely strong in combat ability.