Chapter 577: Fatal Blow
The fatal blow was caused by the fact that more than 2,000 soldiers of the 26th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Pioneer Wing were stagnant under the resolute resistance of the anti-Japanese forces from all sides. In the end, "the more than 10,000 soldiers personally led by Lieutenant General Sato, the commander of the division, were all crowded on the road less than three kilometers long, and they could not listen to the dense gunfire that constantly came from the direction of the vanguard wing. Under the protection of a group of security guards, he kept walking back and forth on the highway to vent the anxiety in his heart at this moment. At the same time, "he kept raising the binoculars in his hand, and looked at the blocking position at this moment, which was full of artillery fire, "Baga, what is wrong with Chi Dusk Jun, it has been a full half an hour now" The ministry thinks that the breakthrough has not yet been opened, doesn't he know that nearly 20,000 imperial soldiers are waiting for the good news of his victory", listening to the battlefield a kilometer away, there is still a dense sound of gunfire.
Lieutenant General Sato, who was already anxious, put down the binoculars in his hand, faced the chief of staff beside him, and asked loudly, "Your Excellency the Division Commander" According to Chi Mu Dasa's report just now, "They encountered an unusually stubborn resistance from the Eighth Route Army. At present, the troops have launched no less than ten group charges of squadron size in a row. At the same time, "the entire wing also paid for the death of nearly a thousand soldiers." Although the troops of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side also suffered heavy casualties, "they still did not have any phenomenon of retreat", and the chief of staff had to answer again the words he had just answered, "Bastards, cunning Eighth Route Army, they must have learned that we were going to break through and were prepared in advance." The chief of staff immediately sent out the divisional guard brigade to "strengthen the twilight Dazuo." Tell Chi Mujun "Let him strengthen the offensive of the Eighth Route Army's blocking position." I'm giving her ten minutes. If he can't complete the task in ten minutes, then he will apologize directly to His Majesty the Emperor" At this moment of crisis, Lieutenant General Sato's face gradually showed a trace of murderous aura, and he ordered to the chief of staff in front of him with a solemn face, "Hai, Your Excellency the division commander, I will immediately convey my ...... orders."
However, just as Lieutenant General Sato's order was issued, the guard brigade of nearly a thousand Xiao devils was just about to set off. Above the artillery positions located behind the blocking positions, "more than thirty men mortars." Under the personal command of the artillery battalion commander, he raised his own black dongdong cannon. The Witch Mortar, with the exception of the 12 Men Mortar, was used to support the defenders of the blocking position and shell the attacking Japanese ranks. The remaining concave mortars "were all aimed at the dense main forces of the Japanese army, ready to fire artillery fire to kill and wound a large number of living forces of the Japanese army"
With the order of the artillery battalion commander, the mortar shells were fired blanket, and they were immediately thrown high into the sky in a dull sound of mortar guns being ejected. Then, in the sky, he drew a perfect arc and accurately fell into his own target, and just after receiving the order of the division commander to strengthen the attacking force into two squadrons, Chi Mu Dazuo. He could only look at the three hundred imperial soldiers who had just rushed to the position of the Eighth Route Army a few hundred meters away. In the blink of an eye, it was completely enveloped in ......the smoke of gunpowder from the explosion of more than a dozen shells, and in the dense explosion, "just when the three hundred devil soldiers who were filled with gunpowder smoke had not yet reacted from the shock." The second round of 12 shells came one after another and landed accurately in the smoke......
At the same time, just when the three hundred Xiao devils who carried out the charge "were abused in the intensive shelling." The remaining two mortar companies, totaling 24 shells, also accurately fell behind the 26th Infantry Wing, "in the dense marching column of almost 20,000 devils gathered in the dense Japanese marching column, the explosion of almost every shell" can set off a bloody storm Just one round of 24 shells exploded, and in the dense marching column of 20,000 Japanese troops, a whole 24 large dong ...... were blown up, of course, these 24 large dong are only the prelude to the entire artillery bombardment. Because, in order to achieve the goal of using artillery shells as much as possible to weaken the living forces of the Japanese army. The entire artillery battalion, under Liu Hua's order, carried thousands of shells............
In an instant, as the shelling began, mortar shells, as if they had eyes, continued to fall in the dense ranks of Japanese troops. The flying shrapnel produced by the explosion of the cannonballs continued to kill and injure all the devil soldiers in front of him, and in the face of the shells flying overhead, the "nearly 20,000" who followed closely behind the forward wing had not eaten any food for almost two days. And after a day of bloody fighting, he was already exhausted and did not have any strength. More importantly, in order to support the avant-garde wing, "the bullets in their hands are already a handful of Xiao devils." Immediately fell into a panic and confusion......, "Bastard, it's the shelling, the shelling of the Eighth Route Army, we were fooled." The Eighth Route Army has an ambush here quickly, steady, the troops must not be luan orders, each unit builds fortifications on the spot, must block the enemy's counterattack ......", feeling the heat generated by the explosion of shells around him. Looking around, in the dense artillery fire, they were about to fall into a chaotic army. From leaving the city to the present, Lieutenant General Sato has finally turned the worries in his heart into reality. Ignoring the dissuasion of the guards around him, Chou took out his command knife and rushed into the midst of the soldiers around him, roaring loudly. At the same time, Ming's "command knife emitting a cold light" slashed at a soldier with a panicked face on his face
The prestige of the division commander, and the command knife that was dripping with blood in his hands. At this moment, it played a good deterrent role in less than a few minutes, although the artillery fire around him was still fierce. However, with the division commander Lieutenant General Sato as the center, within a radius of a few hundred meters, there was no longer a single mixed Japanese army ...
One by one, the Xiao devil soldiers, under the command of commanders at all levels, lay on the ground. In the midst of the flying artillery fire, with the sappers in his hands, and even the bayonets, "began to build their own single bunkers ... But "thankfully. The direction of the Japanese defensive positions "turned out to be all aimed directly in front of them, that is, in the direction where the shells came." There is basically no defense behind him or on both wings...
Behind the Japanese army and on both flanks, "the three main regiments under the personal command of Commander Zhou Baozhong, under the cover of the night se, were slowly approaching the Japanese position, and under the light of the fire generated by the explosion of the shells, every move on the Japanese position was clearly displayed in the eyes of the soldiers. In three directions, the various artillery pieces belonging to the main regiment began to fire shells one after another at the same time, facing the current Japanese army. Prepare to luan their defensive formations with dense shells ...
Under the cover of the fierce artillery fire behind him, blocking in front of the soldiers, the Xiao devil, who was already frightened, "immediately fell into a panic." And just when the attention of these devil soldiers was all attracted by these artillery fires. The three main regiments, more than 5,000 commanders and fighters, like a tiger descending the mountain, shouted the slogan of shaking the sky, and rushed towards this moment, in the midst of a group of Xiao devils...
"Comrades" rushed to "give me a hard beating" "Don't let go of a Xiao devil, kill ......", the morale is high, the "physical strength" is full of ammunition, and the soldiers are full of ammunition.
Hit and injured in front of him, hungry "almost no physical strength, the Xiao devil who has long been exhausted by the bullet yao in his hand, the final result can be imagined...
While the Japanese army had not yet organized an effective resistance, "one by one, the wolf-like soldiers rushed into the ranks of the Japanese army at their fastest speed, facing the obstacles in front of them, and they had been doing all kinds of evil." But because of the loss of physical strength, at this moment, "Xiao devil who is as weak as a sheep." These commanders and fighters did not hesitate at all, and fiercely "stabbed the bayonets in their chests" in their hands, and the Japanese soldiers who had almost no physical strength, no matter how strong their combat strength was and how well they trained. In the face of the wolf-like warriors, "it only took one turn to fall under the bayonets of the fighters,"
looked at the bayonet that grazed his chest" looked at the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were standing in front of him, staring at him with a pair of red eyes one by one. Before they died, the only thing these Xiao devils wanted to say was: "The Eighth Route Army is very cunning", why can't I wait for me to eat enough, and after I have enough physical strength, "I am stabbing ..."
Of course, on this rapidly changing battlefield. Even if the fighters want to give these Xiao devils a chance. Those sacrificed soldiers, the fathers and villagers who died tragically under the butcher's knife of Xiao Devil, will not agree to Xiao Devil's request.
In just an instant, nearly 1,000 Japanese soldiers who stood in front of the soldiers fell in a pool of blood, and the entire air was "also in the first place, filled with a strong smell of blood, of course, after countless bloody battles, these soldiers are no longer new recruits who have just entered the battlefield" Twenty-one veterans with a certain psychological tolerance and well-trained. In the face of the thick smell of blood in the air, they no longer had any fear, and instead showed a bloodthirsty gaze on their faces: "Comrades, give me a hard beating" kill Xiao devil "to reward the brothers who sacrificed... Kill me hard" A murderous roar resounded in the charging crowd, which further intensified the soldiers' hatred for Xiao devils,"
As a result, in these eyes, the warriors who had already shown bloodthirsty eyes because of the tragic scene in front of them. Without any hesitation, he immediately stepped on the corpse of a Xiao devil on the ground, and continued to charge, killing the enemy, and at this moment, Lieutenant General Sato, who had just gathered thousands of soldiers and built a strong fortification with himself as the center. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he was startled by the sudden sound of dense guns behind him, and when he heard the sudden explosion behind him, Lieutenant General Sato, who reacted from the shock, quickly raised the telescope in his hand. Under the reflection of the firelight, I saw the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were like devils, quickly rushing into the formation of their rear guards, and stabbing their subordinates, one by one the imperial soldiers who had almost no physical strength, to the ground. Lieutenant General Sato stayed where he was all afternoon, because he knew in his heart that in his rear "there were nearly 10,000 infantry units that looked very sharp." However, after two days of food shortage, "plus a day of bloody fighting, and a shortage of ammunition, the nearly 10,000 well-trained infantry units that are well-equipped in peacetime can bring into full combat effectiveness in peacetime" is already very good......
And look at the troops of the Eighth Route Army that are attacking in the rear of their own flanks. From their jingshen countenance, the density of firepower "in the morale of the troops." It can be clearly known that these thousands of troops of the Eighth Route Army "must be the real Jingrui troops in the hands of the Eighth Route Army." And this Jingrui unit "is a unit that specializes in attacking its own weak underbelly...... and has more than 10,000 of its own" and can only exert its combat effectiveness in peacetime. In an open plain without any obstacles. In the face of thousands of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, who look like wolves and tigers and have strong combat effectiveness, how long can they resist" Only God knows, thinking of this, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on Lieutenant General Sato's forehead. In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly. I regret that I didn't think of this in the first place. I regret that I "why didn't I continue to stick to the county seat."
After all, "in the county" their own troops still have a little fortification to resist. And here, their own troops, can only be on the empty plains, under the crazy blows of the Eighth Route Army, like killing pigs, by the cunning Eighth Route Army to brutally kill "Baga" Liu Hua, really an excellent commander, is the strength of the three regiments of the Great Japanese Empire, in his hands, like three sharp knives "fiercely choked on our soft underbelly, it seems that "our opponent is trying to launch the most deadly attack on us" and then surround us here for total annihilation After a short silence, Lieutenant General Sato muttered to the officers beside him, "Your Excellency, Division Commander, now the four directions of our army are being attacked by the Eighth Route Army on a large scale at the same time. What should we do, can we just watch that so many outstanding soldiers of the Imperial Army, with almost no strength to fight back, fell under the bayonets of the Eighth Route Army" In the face of such a grim form, I saw not far away, getting closer and closer to the command headquarters, like killing the Eighth Route Army troops. On the face of the chief of staff, he could no longer see the composure and confidence before leaving the city, and asked with a panicked face......
"Chief of Staff, for the sake of today, in the face of the fierce offensive of the Eighth Route Army" we have only one last way left. That is, the plan will be calculated, and here "a final decisive battle with the surrounding Eighth Route Army." Since the Eighth Route Army wants to fight a decisive battle here, "then we will deploy in advance and send orders down" The forward infantry wing will immediately retreat and take on the task of protecting the division and regimental headquarters. The rest of the troops took the initiative to shrink their defense, "With the division headquarters as the center, build a ring fortification, the Eighth Route Army wanted to give us a surprise attack, and today, I just didn't let them do it", Lieutenant General Sato's face showed a hint of guilt. "A murderous look at the chief of staff in front of him, "Hey, Your Excellency the division commander is wise" I will immediately convey the order "Although I don't know if Lieutenant General Sato's order can save the fate of this division at the last moment." However, the chief of staff, who was already in a panic, could only take the order and replied loudly with the order of Lieutenant General Sato, "Soldiers who are attacking from four directions." In an instant, "their fierce attack was like hitting a sponge...... The Xiao devils encountered along the way were no longer like at the beginning, holding up the bayonet in their hands and launching a suicidal countercharge against themselves. Or because he was frightened, he could only stay where he was, waiting for the bayonet of the Eighth Route Army to stab him in the chest.
At this moment, Xiao devils, facing the swarming soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, plus the division commander's order to retreat. Without any hesitation, he immediately withdrew his legs, and the red-eyed soldiers who fled around the division headquarters and had already been killed could only be like ducks in the face of the Xiao devils who fled in a hurry. Drive hordes of Xiao devils to their division headquarters............
Half an hour passed, and the gunfire on the battlefield slowly stopped as the battle lines between the enemy and us slowly stabilized.
In this half an hour, thousands of the sharpest soldiers of the Japanese forward wing were blocked by more than half an hour, coupled with the crazy counterattacks of various anti-Japanese forces. The entire wing, there are less than 800 people left, all gathered around Lieutenant General Sato, holding the last ......line of defense around the division headquarters, as for the main force of the Japanese army that was attacked from three directions at the same time, because of the lack of ammunition, the soldiers did not have physical strength for various reasons, half of the time Xiao was corrupt to defend the enemy, more than 10,000 soldiers located in the rear of the troops, and finally fled to the inside of the defensive circle, "There are only more than 6,000 people left, almost 5,000 Xiao devils, fell under the bayonets of the soldiers!" ~!