The dumbfounded Kwantung Army

The brigade commander's reasoned rhetorical question immediately stopped everyone in the command. For a while, everyone who was still excited just now immediately fell into deep thought. The entire command headquarters also became dead silent in an instant.

However, at this moment, a combat staff officer who was observing the front line, with a slightly frightened voice, woke everyone up from their contemplation.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, the front line, something seems to have happened at the front line?"

"Nani, something happened at the forward position...."The brigade commander who was frowning, with the uneasiness in his heart, walked quickly to the lookout and raised the telescope in his hand.

Sure enough, under the gray sky, a chaotic front-line position loomed in the eyes of the brigade commander.

An infantry brigade defending at the forefront, judging from their messy defensive formation, nearly a thousand soldiers of the Yellow Army did not have any excitement because the East China Field Army stopped attacking. And why the scene in front of him was caused, the brigade commander knew very clearly that the soldiers on the front line must have seen something that should not be seen.

Thinking of this, the brigade commander did not hesitate and ordered directly to the chief of staff behind him.

"Chief of Staff, immediately contact the forward positions and ask, what happened?"

However, before the chief of staff could get to the telephone, a flaming lieutenant officer rushed into the headquarters out of breath. Then, a slightly panicked report.

"Brigade commander, something happened, forward positions ..."

"What's wrong with the forward positions, make it clear?" Seeing the staff officer who was panting in front of him, perhaps because he was frightened, and couldn't say a word for a long time, the brigade commander asked sharply.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, it is a trench, the cunning East China Field Army, digging a large number of trenches in front of our position....dense, like a spider's web. Our position was almost completely surrounded by the trenches of the East China Field Army....The specific situation is not clear. His Excellency the Brigade Commander asked the lowly to come to you, hoping that His Excellency the Brigade Commander would be able to come to the forward position in person..."

"Yaga... What trenches. It's so scared of you....Guard Team 1. Come with me to the forward positions....Chief of Staff, you can also go with me. I'd like to see. The cunning East China Field Army. What kind of trick can you make in front of us...."After glaring fiercely at the lieutenant staff officer in front of him, the brigade commander ordered with a serious face.

A group of people has not really come to the front line. The captain of the forward position garrison team hurriedly greeted him.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the East China Field Army on the other side is really weird. In one night, so many trenches were dug like spider webs. He was worried that the East China Field Army on the opposite side was brewing some big conspiracy, and he did not dare to make his own decisions. Let someone invite you, and ask Your Excellency the Brigade Commander to make it clear...."

"Look. It's fifty meters ahead. It is a trench at the forefront of the East China Field Army...."As he spoke, the finger of the captain of the Shao Zuo Brigade pointed to the edge of the trench fifty meters away, which was piled up with a large amount of dirt and stones.

In front of him, some areas had already broken into his position, and the trenches that stretched for several kilometers stood in front of him like an iron wall. A look of shock quickly flashed across the brigade commander's face.

However, this look is also a matter of a moment. Because he believed that in just one night, no matter how strong the East China Field Army repaired the trenches, it would not be able to hold out for long in the face of one aerial bomb after another by the air force.

Thinking of this, the shocked look on the face of the brigade commander was immediately swept away. Then, he said very confidently: "Don't worry, it's a joke that the East China Field Army wants to rely on a trench to block the attack of our Kwantung Army." When our air power arrives, these trenches will be in ruins...."

However, just as his words fell, a confident smile just appeared on his face. also because of the captain's next words, it instantly became solemn.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, there is more than just a trench. You look further behind. In one night, the East China Field Army actually built a defensive depth system composed of trench groups in front of us....such a trench group has hardly been encountered in my military career, so I am afraid of it..."

As far as the eye can see, directly behind the trenches fifty meters away, one after another trenches of different widths, like a spider web, densely packed and arranged in a staggered manner in front of his position...... as a battle-hardened general, although he has also never seen the special trench group in front of him. However, the perennial combat experience still made him feel a little uneasy in his heart, and he felt a little uneasy about the trench group in front of him. Thinking of this, the brigade commander asked directly at the dumbfounded subordinates around him.

"Have you ever launched a counterattack on the position of the East China Field Army on the opposite side, to test the specific power of the opponent's trench group..."

"Brigade commander, because air reinforcements have not yet arrived, and there has not yet been a counterattack ...."

"Yo Xi, since this is the case, then wait for the air reinforcements to arrive, and take a look at the power of the specific trench group of the East China Field Army opposite..."

In an instant, a deafening roar of aircraft engines slowly reached their ears from far and near. A full twelve bombers, lined up in a neat flight queue, slaughtered the battlefield in a mighty way.

"Order the Air Force to launch an attack immediately, destroy the front-line positions of the East China Field Army, and cover the infantry to launch a counterattack...," the brigade commander ordered with a confident face.

However, to his bewilderment, a few minutes passed when the order was given. The twelve planes in the sky did not drop a single bomb, except for the constant hovering overhead.

"Baga, what is the Air Force doing, why haven't you dropped bombs yet....", the brigade commander with an anxious face, scolded loudly and angrily.

Just as his words fell, a communications staff officer, panting and standing at his command.

"Brigade commander, Air Force telegram ...."

"Say...."

"Hayi, because the front-line positions of the East China Field Army are too close to our army's positions, and the positions of the enemy and our armies are crisscrossed, many positions have been completely intertwined, and if the planes drop bombs, more than one-third of the bombs will fall on our own positions..."

"In addition, after many air patrols and reconnaissance, no signs of the activities of the East China Field Army were found in the trench group of the East China Field Army opposite, and if the bombs were dropped, it would be tantamount to wasting the precious artillery shells of the Great Japanese Empire. The Air Force asks for my infantry to attack first...."

As soon as the communications staff officer's words fell, the brigade commander's eyes immediately focused on the position in front of him.

"Baga, the cunning Shina man, has dug the trench so close....since the air force has detected it, there is no sign of troop activity on the opposite position. Then we will immediately launch an attack and see what tricks the East China Field Army on the opposite side is hiding from us. Order, 3rd Brigade, send a squadron to attack at once...."The brigade commander ordered in a deep voice.

"Ha Yi ......"

Soon, the sound of dense light and heavy machine gun fire began to sound on the battlefield. Under the cover of countless light and heavy machine guns, a squadron of imperial troops quickly jumped out of the position, held up the bayonet in their hands, and launched an assault on the front-line positions of the East China Field Army that were close at hand...

Just when everyone, holding up their binoculars, stared at the attacking troops in front of them. A sudden piercing whistling sound reached their ears. Immediately after, the trench group, which had not moved at all just now, quickly flew out more than a hundred black shells in less than two seconds before and after....

"Boom, boom, boom..." In an instant, before the brigade commander and others could react from the shock, the sound of dense shell explosions began to sound in front of the position. Suddenly, an infantry squadron that had just been imposing was shrouded in smoke from the explosion of artillery shells in an instant. Even the dozen or so light and heavy machine guns that kept roaring in the forward position were thrown high into the sky in the explosion of less than two seconds.......

Seeing the scene in front of them, all the commanders, including the brigade commander himself, were dumbfounded. More than a dozen people, after a full ten seconds of silence, the brigade commander was the first to speak.

"Baga, didn't the Air Force tell me that there was no movement on the opposite position, so where did these shells come from. Order, the Air Force will attack immediately, and it must destroy these cunning East China Field Army, quickly...."

"Hayi...."

As soon as the brigade commander's order was issued, the twelve bombers, with a loud whistling sound, began to attack the target they had already aimed......

One after another, with a whistling sound, the aerial bombs accurately smashed and exploded at the intended target. Suddenly, what had just been a quiet position was immediately shrouded in the smoke and billowing smoke from the explosion.

However, at this moment, the position of the Houhua East China Field Army was being bombed continuously by 12 Japanese bombers. However, its specific situation is not as bad as everyone thinks. After all, the position was so large and so close to the Japanese position, and there were very few places where the Japanese bombers could bomb with the limited ammunition they carried.

More importantly, as soon as a round of shells was fired, the artillery on each artillery position, under the command of their respective commanders, quickly drilled into the nearest anti-artillery hole along the communication trench and trench. Just as the Japanese bombers began to bomb, except for a few hidden lookout posts, there was not a single soldier of the East China Field Army in sight in the huge trench group.

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