Chapter 745: Reversal
The retaliatory military action launched by the Xiongxiong Japanese army did not expect to be hit by the head and face of the Wheel King as soon as it started. Not only was the North China Front Army in a semi-paralyzed state, but many Japanese divisions, regiments, brigades, and regiments suffered heavy setbacks, and even the Eighth Route Army, which had been driven out by the Japanese army a few days ago, began to strike a fierce blow at the Japanese army like a small universe erupting.
In the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan anti-Japanese base areas, the Japanese army that was not cleaned up by the Wheel King was in a relatively chaotic time without the orders of their superiors, and it was at this time that the troops at all levels of the Eighth Route Army began a counteroffensive against the Japanese army.
A battalion of the Eighth Route Army was attacking a Japanese squadron, which retreated to a watchtower and relied on fortifications to block the more imposing Eighth Route Army. If it was put before, the Eighth Route Army had no way to do anything about such a watchtower, at most it was desperate for human life, so that the soldiers took explosives bags to the bottom of the watchtower to detonate, and I don't know how many people were sacrificed.
However, at this time, the Eighth Route Army was completely sure that it would be able to break through this watchtower.
"Bazooka, give me a bazooka!" The battalion commander spoke Henan dialect and commanded the soldiers who had just become familiar with the 40 fires to carry bazookas and bombard the watchtowers.
On the other side, the soldiers of their battalion set up several general-purpose machine guns outside the watchtower and began to suppress the watchtower, while the Japanese soldiers in the watchtower had no time to pay attention to the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were preparing to bombard them with bazookas.
After all, it was still a rookie who was new to using these equipment, and the first rocket of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army did not hit the watchtower, and the rocket dragged a long cigarette tail and brushed the edge of the watchtower.
The battalion commander didn't care at all and shouted: "Keep fighting, keep fighting, we have so many rockets, I don't believe that we can't kill these little devils." ”
The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, who were in a hurry, loaded the bazooka with a rocket again, and this time the shooting luck was much better, and the rocket hit the window in the watchtower directly, causing a violent explosion. These watchtowers are far worse than those fortifications of the later generations, although the 40 fire is not a particularly powerful heavy weapon, but it is still easy and pleasant to deal with such watchtowers, and after the bombardment, one wall of this watchtower is directly opened.
As soon as the battalion commander saw the effect, he excitedly ordered his bazooka men to continue firing rockets, and the 40 fires brought by his battalion alone this time had more than 60 rounds, and the superiors rarely explained to the battalion commander that they could fight openly.
As soon as the Japanese army saw that the watchtower town could not be defended, it also showed its bloody nature, and began to counterattack the Eighth Route Army on the periphery, the Japanese army of this squadron had lost a lot of people before entering the watchtower, and now they rushed out completely relying on the traditional psychological advantage of the Japanese army over the Chinese army. But as soon as they appeared, they were pushed back by the heavy machine-gun fire of the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army set up a number of general-purpose machine guns on the front of the watchtower, and the soldiers were also equipped with semi-automatic SKS and fully automatic AK. At this time, after all, it was no longer the period of the Russo-Japanese War, and the firepower level of the troops had jumped a lot.
In fact, even the Eighth Route Army was shocked that it could shoot such a firepower wave, and in the past, the combat bullets were counted and hit, where could it be like this to splash water without money.
There were even some fighters operating 60mm light mortars to bombard the Japanese army, such a layered firepower configuration, with the capabilities of the Japanese army could not break through at all. The battle lasted only ten minutes, and the Japanese army had been completely defeated, and the battalion commander launched a timely charge, and finally wiped out the Japanese army.
"Happy, happy! That's how the battle should be! The battalion commander laughed excitedly.
Throughout the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan battlefields, the Eighth Route Army continued to achieve results, and if it were not for the fact that the troops were not completely familiar with the performance of the new weapons, the Japanese army would inevitably suffer a greater blow. Encouraged by the Eighth Route Army, they even began to try to capture some county towns in a limited way, they dragged out large-caliber howitzers, bombarded the Japanese city walls, and then broke into the city. Although the Eighth Route Army also suffered some damage in the siege battle, it still succeeded in capturing the city in the end.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army's advantage of relying on the masses and guerrillas to grasp intelligence was manifested, and when it knew where the Japanese army was relatively weak, the Eighth Route Army launched a comprehensive attack on these small Japanese troops, and the Japanese army could not understand how the firepower of the Eighth Route Army could suddenly increase so much, and it was caught off guard and lost many strongholds one after another. It was also unexpected that a sweep turned into a counteroffensive of the Eighth Route Army in the end.
And when the war reports continued to arrive at the desk of the Japanese base camp, the Japanese fascist maniacs, who were originally menacing, were all silent, and they didn't know how to deal with this situation.
"Gentlemen, now we can basically confirm that the Chinese **** has mastered a super weapon, which is enough to form a large-scale lethality, just one day's effort, it has made more than 20,000 of my imperial warriors shattered, and the command of the North China Front has been completely destroyed, and we have lost effective command in North China. Now that the Eighth Route is taking advantage of our haste and starting to expand the results of the war, the situation is extremely unfavorable, please consult with you, how can we balance this situation. Fumiro Konoe spoke.
However, neither the army nor the navy had spoken in the past, and no one was sure that they would be able to defeat the Wheel King in the face of what they did not understand. If the method you propose fails, then it is very likely that you will be responsible for it and step down.
"The method of coercing the people of China to coerce the CPC has failed, obviously the enemy's strength is beyond imagination, if we kill a thousand people, they will find a way to kill 10,000 imperial soldiers to retaliate, there are too many people in China, we can't kill them all, but let this monster slaughter our imperial warriors, then we are likely to face a situation where there are no soldiers available." Hideki Tojo sighed, and didn't come up with anything meaningful.
King Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace is also afraid of the Wheel King's existence, obviously this Chinese super weapon that can cross thousands of miles and kill thousands of enemies makes it difficult for him to sit on the edge of a Japanese imperial prince who ordered the Nanjing Massacre, but he still tried to be as calm as possible: "No matter how strong a weapon is, it has a weakness, as long as we find this weakness, we can achieve victory." Therefore, it is not time to continue to provoke the people of China into more drastic action. We should focus on mastering the intelligence of this super weapon to find its weak points. ”
Fumiro Konoe also sighed: "It seems that this is the only way to do it now." ”