Chapter 62: Annihilation of the Guards Division (3)

In the next two days, the Japanese army continued to rotate troops to attack, and the four infantry divisions of the Japanese army also began to attack in turn. However, they paid more than 3,000 casualties, but they did not achieve a single result. The Japanese army, which originally had more than 25,000 people left, was suddenly reduced to more than 21,000. And the morale blow caused by the huge casualties is even more fatal. From top to bottom, the Japanese army was already desperate for defeating Wang Guorui's army, and they didn't think that they could defeat Wang Guorui with their own strength at all.

"Governor of Birch, let's ask for domestic support! Now that it's over, we can't afford to delay any longer. If this continues, I'm afraid the Guards Division will be buried by us. If the Guards Division is buried, then I'm afraid that even as a member of the Imperial Family, I may have to be shot. If you ask for support now, you may just be removed from your post and sent to court-martial, but you won't lose your life. But once all the Guards Division is buried here, then we will all die. Kita-Shirakawa said helplessly.

Now even the North Shirakawa Palace Nengjiu has the idea of asking for domestic support, after all, they don't see anyone at all any hope of breaking through Wang Guorui's defensive position, but if they continue to fight like this, the entire Guards Division will be buried. The Guards Division is the essence of the Japanese army, and if the whole army is annihilated, it will be a great blow to Japan, and even the imperial family of Kita-Shirakawa Miyano will be executed at that time. As for Shiki Kayama, even if he is in the navy, he will inevitably not be able to escape punishment, who will make him just the supreme commander?

"Alright! It's better to lose your future than to lose your life! Even if someone else is in command, they will not do better than us. Their weapons are so powerful, as far as I know, even the world's first German Army is not so powerful, our non-war crime! Shiki Kayama smiled bitterly.

"Oh no, no, the Chinese army is starting to advance!" The Akashi staff officer shouted.

"What?" Shiki Kayama and Kita-Shirakawa Miya Nokuhisa exclaimed.

On the other side, Hu Wei also began to organize his troops, and then prepared to charge. And the war is about to begin, and Wang Guorui's army is also preparing for a big war.

"Hmph, who stipulated that we can only defend, and not take the initiative to annihilate you? Now that you're on the verge of collapse, if we don't defeat you now, what's the use of keeping you? Now, if nothing else, I'm afraid you're ready to call for help. You must be annihilated all of you, or at least most of them, before your reinforcements arrive, and force you to retreat to Taipei. Wang Guorui said in the Red Police Base.

Now Wang Guorui is responsible for observing the battle situation in the Red Police Base, and Hu Wei is responsible for commanding on the front line. With Wang Guorui's super perspective bug of the Red Police Base, the Japanese army's dispatch can't hide from his eyes, so it is the best monitoring and command method in the Red Police Base.

"Artillery preparation!" Hu Wei said.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

The artillery shells bombarded the Japanese positions as if they didn't want money, and this time, under the command of the coordinates provided by Wang Guorui, the Japanese positions began to be violently bombarded. However, since most of the Japanese troops had already taken refuge in the trenches, the suppression of artillery preparations was not too good, and the Japanese casualties were not too many. These Japanese soldiers learned Wang Guorui's tactics, hiding in the trench and not coming out, even if the artillery bombarded directly, unless it happened to fall into the trench, the lethality was very low. Moreover, the Japanese army also learned Wang Guorui's jagged trench method through reconnaissance, and even if the cannon was directly bombarded with one cannon, the casualties would not be too large, avoiding a large number of casualties. So Wang Guorui had to find out very sadly that he was improving, but his enemies were also improving.

Wang Guorui also did not doubt that if the Japanese army was driven away this time, the Japanese army would definitely learn a lesson after returning home, and immediately equip themselves with machine guns, barbed wire, and grenades and other weapons. Wang Guorui didn't have any good ways to do this, after all, he couldn't ask the Japanese army for tuition! War is nothing more than a process of learning from each other, learning from each other's strengths and complementing each other's weaknesses. If an army rests on its laurels and is unwilling to learn from the enemy's strengths, then the army is doomed to not last long, and even the Japanese understand this truth.

"The artillery fire of the people of China is too fierce, what about our artillery? The artillery hurried back fire! Someone shouted immediately.

But the artillery commander of the Japanese army immediately scolded: "What's the hurry? We're fighting back now, doesn't that expose our coordinates? Even if we fight back, we are no opponent, they have twice as many artillery as us! Since the last time so many artillery pieces were blown up by the China, our artillery has been at a disadvantage. You should bear with me for a while, and when the Chinese attack on a large scale, we will carry out artillery bombardment, so as to achieve the greatest effect. Now you are hiding in the trenches, and there are not many casualties. ”

The Japanese army also began to prepare, preparing for a large-scale charge of Wang Guorui's army, so that Wang Guorui's artillery could not effectively support the soldiers on his side, and then the Japanese army could also use artillery to bomb and achieve the best results. Now the Japanese army has finally realized the danger of insufficient artillery, the less artillery there is, the more they dare not open fire, once the artillery is found by the enemy, then they will die. Even if the cannon is fired, it will not be able to suppress the enemy. Now Wang Guorui's artillery is twice as large as the other party, and beating them is the same as beating his grandson.

"The third regiment, taking advantage of the artillery fire, slowly advances and covers the advance of the engineering troops!" Hu Wei said.

"Third Regiment, forward!" Zhao Xi said.

Zhao Xi led the troops of the third regiment and began to walk out of the trench, but he did not charge directly, but slowly marched about 400 meters under the cover of artillery fire in front. And when it came to four hundred meters, they stopped. After stopping, all the machine guns were set up, and then the grenadiers began to cover at any time.

"Engineers, hurry up and dig trenches and build fortifications!"

Wang Guorui's engineers immediately took out multi-functional sapper shovels and began to dig trenches. These trenches are trenches that are ready for battle, and this time Wang Guorui advanced with such fanfare, not to charge, but to push the position forward, about 400 meters forward. This is the basic tactic of trench warfare, which involves digging trenches on the front line and then advancing continuously. And if the first line is lost, it means that you can step back to the second line to continue defending. Trench warfare is just a constant digging of trenches and a constant defensive trench.

"Don't stop the artillery fire, you can't make the Japanese raise their heads. If the Japanese army kills our people, then I will only ask you! Hu Wei said to Chen Liyan.

Chen Liyan immediately said: "Call me, don't save shells, we'll go to Lord Wang for reimbursement after the shells!" ”

With Chen Liyan's assurance, the artillery opened fire even more cheerfully. In less than twenty minutes, forty shells from each cannon were fired, and the Japanese positions in front were scorched. And anyone with a discerning eye can see that the soil of this clearing has been loosened, and the moisture of the land has been evaporated and dried under such a fierce artillery bombardment. However, the Japanese army was suppressed by such fierce artillery fire, and they could only hide in the trench and endure it silently, at most, they drew circles in the trench and cursed Wang Guorui and them.

After about an hour and a half, the trench was quickly dug up. Of course, this is just a very shoddy semi-finished product, not very perfect. However, the engineering troops have also built the barbed wire, so that building a defense system can be done well. Of course, if you wanted to dig such a trench in the past, it would have taken you seven or eight hours. But now with this multi-functional sapper shovel, it can do in one and a half hours what it took seven or eight hours to do. After all, the sapper shovel has put multiple tools together, which has reduced the time it takes them to change tools a lot, which is more than twice as fast!

"The infantry began to advance, and then went into the trenches in front!" Hu Wei said.

"Kill!" Wang Guorui's soldiers shouted, and began to sprint hundreds of meters ahead.

The infantry of the 1st and 2nd regiments also began to charge, and then went to the front trench and set up an ambush. This was what they had agreed on in advance, and the trenches were dug in front, and then the infantry in the back immediately followed. The soldiers who entered the trench were immediately divided into two shifts, one squad was responsible for defending against the Japanese attack at any time, and the other squad also began to continue to improve and repair this half-finished trench under the guidance of the engineering troops. These trenches could not be completed by the engineering troops alone, because the engineering troops did not have enough manpower. However, the engineer dug a semi-finished product, and then the troops in the rear could also continue to come, and then let the soldiers of the first and second regiments continue to improve this trench, so that the task was completed.

"The artillery is ready, and the artillery advances three hundred meters!" Hu Wei said.

"Three hundred meters forward!" Chen Liyan said.

Soon, the cannons were also leashed by the artillerymen, and the dogs with infinite strength began to pull the cannons forward, and then prepared to advance forward.

When the artillery advanced 300 meters, Wang Guorui's advance was completed, and Wang Guorui's position successfully advanced 300 meters. This time the position was advanced, which meant that Wang Guorui's artillery could completely cover the forward positions of the Japanese army, so that when the time came, there would be cover when the charge was made. And this is very unfavorable for the Japanese army, the artillery is already insufficient, but it is still covered by Wang Guorui's artillery fire, I am afraid it will really be very tragic, and their position may be lost at any time.