[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 208: The Cautious Kuroda Shigetoku (Ask for Subscription)

As soon as Yamazaki Shaosa left, Suzuki Nakasa, chief of staff of the Second Independent Mixed Brigade, couldn't help but speak: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the Chinese army on the opposite side is obviously not less than four or five thousand, and their commander's tactical level is quite good, the fortifications are well built, and the light and heavy machine guns are also placed in a good manner, and you can tell that you are a veteran at a glance!" He was worried that Yamazaki Shaosa's two squadrons might not be able to attack unless he had the support of a chariot unit. ”

"Yo Xi, Suzuki, your observation is very nuanced, the Chinese army on the opposite side is indeed a veteran of a hundred battles, even if the smoke of gunpowder affects the shooting sight of the soldiers just now, but the other party can still hit the fifth and sixth squadrons hard, it can be seen that the other party is by no means a nameless! In addition, the command level of the other side's commander is indeed spicy, before the first round of artillery bombardment of our army, the opponent's artillery has not been exposed, and after the artillery of the imperial army has fired, the position is exposed, and the other side began to shoot, just now not only our infantry suffered a lot of losses, but even the artillery was also heavily damaged. Kuroda Shigetoku said.

"Why did the old man let Yamazaki Shaoza go?"

"To what, to die?" Kuroda asked lightly.

"Don't dare to be lowly"

"Suzuki, there's nothing you dare, it's not that I don't care about the life and death of Yamazaki and the others, it's just that don't you think the defenders on the other side are very strange?" Kuroda Shigetokudo.

"Strange?" Suzuki clearly didn't feel the difference.

"Suzuki, just now you also admitted that the tactical command level of the other party's commander is not weak, not like the kind of newcomer who has no command experience. But don't you think it's strange that the other party knows that the Imperial Army has a large number of armored assault forces, but still wants to block the Imperial Army in such an open place? Kuroda asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, in a place like this, our armor can easily tear through the opponent's defense, how could the opponent do this. Is this a trap? Suzuki Nakasa said with a frown.

"It is very likely that the other side was able to use the terrain to drag our brigade on the mountain road for four days, and this ability is admirable. It is impossible for such a commander to make such an obvious mistake, and the other side must have an intention or some reliance in doing so. Kuroda Shigetoku said.

"Yo Xi, Your Excellency Brigade Commander is smart. Humble admiration! Suzuki Nakasa respectfully and skillfully slapped Kuroda Shigetoku!

"Let Yamazaki's troops go to attack, just to let them test the reality of the Shina people. In addition, looking through the telescope just now, it is not difficult to see that not all the soldiers on the opposite side are veterans, there should be some new soldiers! Kuroda said again.

"Nani! Recruit? Just now, I also watched the attack of the fifth and sixth squadrons, and the marksmanship of the soldiers in China is very accurate, and the will to fight is very tenacious, and it is not like a recruit unit. Suzuki Nakasa said.

"That's because you didn't observe carefully, the marksmanship of the defenders of China is indeed very accurate, and the will to fight is also very tenacious. But the actions of the soldiers of those in the positions on both flanks were jerky. And many people don't seem to have been on the battlefield, and they don't even understand some of the most basic common sense, which is not like an old army that has been fighting all year round. ”

Then Kuroda Shigetoku continued: "However, the quality of this defender is indeed very good, although it is not as good as our Imperial Japanese Army, but it is much stronger than the government army of China. ”

"It seems that it will be difficult for Yamazaki's department to break through the defense line of the Shina people this time!" Suzuki Nakasa said with a sigh.

"Hmph, if you can't fight, you will leave your corpse on the battlefield, the Great Japanese Empire does not need cowards." Kuroda Shigetoku said coldly.

The battle soon began. The Japanese army, which had reorganized the attack, attacked again, knowing that the defenders also had a lot of artillery. Therefore, the formation of the Japanese army was very scattered when they attacked this time.

The artillery support as always, and the shelling lasted for fifteen minutes, perhaps because Kuroda Shigetoku gave the order to die, this time the Japanese army was obviously much stronger than just now. The attack was launched without even waiting for the artillery to stop, and by the time the artillery stopped attacking, the Japanese troops of the two squadrons had advanced to a distance of 150 meters from the defenders' first line position.

The defenders began to return fire. The light and heavy machine guns of the front-line positions were set up again, and then they began to fire!

"Da Da Da"

The Japanese were lying on the ground and firing at the defenders on the front line, and kept moving forward.

Casualties on both sides rose sharply due to the close enough distance, as the Japanese attached great importance to the level of shooting. Every qualified Japanese soldier had to go through at least 3,000 to 10,000 shooting training before going to the battlefield, so their shooting level was generally stronger than that of the Eighth Route Army, so the casualties on the defender's side were heavier.

However, because the Japanese army used only two infantry squadrons for the offensive and less than 400 people, while the 7th Division deployed two battalions of more than 900 men in the front-line position, plus the countermeasures on both sides, the total strength was more than three times that of the Japanese army, so the Japanese army finally stopped walking 100 meters in front of the position for more than half an hour.

Seeing that there were less than 200 soldiers left, Yamazaki Shaosa couldn't help but be furious, even if they all died here like this, it would be impossible to break through the position of the Shina people. Thinking of the ruthless character of His Excellency the Brigade Commander, and then thinking that he has no foundation in the army, and he belongs to the kind of officer with a criminal record, he is likely to be ordered to be disemboweled.

Thinking of this, a trace of madness, a trace of ruthlessness and a hint of despair flashed in Yamazaki Shaosa's eyes, and he saw him wave the command knife in his hand violently, and roared loudly: "Charge, kill the enemy!" ”

Hearing the order, the more than 200 Japanese troops in front of the position all stood up, and then roared and rushed to the defending position a hundred meters away!

The enemy's madness did not frighten the defenders, they responded to the enemy with the same cold bullets, the Japanese soldiers who stood up were live targets, and they were knocked down by the bullets, and when these Japanese soldiers rushed to the front of the position more than ten meters, more than two hundred people were basically exhausted, and the remaining kittens were also cleaned up in a few strokes, and the two Japanese squadrons were reimbursed in this way.

At the forward position, Major General Kuroda Shigetoku, who was watching the battle, did not say a word from beginning to end, even if Yamazaki Shaosa still wanted to charge when he knew that he could not do it, Kuroda Shigetoku still did not stop it.

What's even more strange is that even if all Yamazaki's subordinates were annihilated, Kuroda Shigetoku was not even angry, and his face was still calm!

Suzuki Nakasa couldn't help but ask, "Your Excellency, what should I do now, do I need to continue to send infantry to operate?" ”

"What kind of infantry to send, although the whole army of Yamazaki was wiped out, but their mission was also completed, they used their lives to find out the reality of the defenders of China, the other side did not ambush in the forward position, and did not even set up a large-scale minefield, it seems that the commander of the other party was really negligent!"

Then Kuroda Shigetoku ordered loudly: "Order the chariot troops to attack immediately, I want to see them cross the trenches and crush the Shina people with the indestructible force of steel, let them see the real Yamato power, let them know that resistance is useless, and let those Shina people remember that the head is either under or falling!" ”

"Hay!"

Following Kuroda's order, hundreds of Japanese tanks started their engines, and then rushed towards the defenders' forward positions with black smoke! And behind these tanks is a large number of infantry!

While these tanks were attacking, the Japanese artillery did not stop, constantly firing shells at the defenders' positions.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

Shells constantly fall on the positions, then explode, and explode again!

Most of the fortifications built by the defenders on the position had been destroyed, and there were huge craters and shattered corpses everywhere. Although the soldiers of the 201st Regiment repelled two attacks by the Japanese army, their own casualties were not small, needless to say ordinary soldiers, although they did not have time to count, but there were at least 500 people, and there were no less than 200 corpses in the trenches alone that did not have time to be transported, not counting the wounded.

What's more important is that the battalion commander in charge of the front line has also changed two, one dead and one wounded, and now the commander of the third battalion is in charge of the front line! However, when the soldiers saw that the Japanese tank unit had finally been dispatched, everyone was greatly relieved! (To be continued.) )