vs 226 The devil's faith is somewhat lacking

Akino Zuo was the captain of the 68th Infantry Wing, one of the most trusted officers under Miyamoto Hisazo, and when he heard the captain's question, he immediately straightened up and replied respectfully: "Your Excellency, regardless of whether what Kuroda Eio said is true or not, one thing is certain, that is, the strength of the enemy army in front of you is far stronger than ordinary troops. ”

Miyamoto Kuzo's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked with some doubts: "What did Zuo Weijun find?" ”

Zuo Weiming nodded and said: "Your Excellency just came from the north of the hillside with the main force detour, and may not have seen any traces on the hillside, in order to understand the strength of the enemy army, my subordinates specially went to several positions to check and found a very surprising situation." The corpses of the enemy on the battlefield were far less than those of our army, and although it was impossible to tell what the proportion of battle losses was, it was generally felt that it was about two to one. ”

As soon as he said this, a Nakazo on the side couldn't help but exclaim, "How is it possible? Again, I have never heard of any enemy army that can play such a battle loss ratio against our imperial army, let alone face the most elite troops like us, this is simply impossible, did Zuo Weijun miss some important points? ”

Miyamoto Kuzo also frowned, however, he didn't react as violently as this Nakasa, he just touched his chin and looked at Akira Zuoo, he believed in his right-hand man, and also believed in his judgment, he was waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation.

Zuo Wei Ming pondered for a moment and then said: "Hechuan-kun, although our imperial army has rarely encountered opponents in the past few years, to be honest, it is not invincible. Not to mention anything else, just talking about the few battles after the Battle of De'an, our 11th Army suffered extremely heavy losses on several occasions, and even the 106th Division almost let the Chinese army be surrounded and annihilated. And it is precisely the unfortunate that the enemy army in front of us is the enemy unit with the best performance in these battles, otherwise, Changsha is about to be conquered, why did the army command still send us and the Sixth Division to attack to the east and chase closely? ”

Hearing this, Naowu Kazukawa couldn't help but snort coldly and said, "Zuowei-kun, how can the 106th Division and other troops compare with us?" ”

Zuo Weiming nodded and said, "Indeed, when it comes to combat effectiveness, there are indeed not many troops that can compare with us. However, how does Kagawa-kun think our strength compares to the Special Operations Brigade? ”

"This ......, it's not easy to compare, if it is compared with the same troops, we will definitely not be able to compare with them, and even the strength of a wing has no chance of winning against them, but if it is our entire 5th Infantry Brigade, it is not easy to say, it should be comparable in strength!" Naogo Kazukawa replied hesitantly, obviously he had already understood what Akira Zuo meant. They were shocked by the fact that the special operations forces had returned in a devastating defeat and had fled less than a third of their manpower. You must know that this kind of surprise operation, the special operations forces have always been invincible, even if their brigade is attacked at night, I am afraid that the situation will be more than auspicious, and the enemy's strength can naturally be imagined if it can inflict such a big blow on them.

Zuo Wei Ming immediately said: "Therefore, there is no doubt that the strength of our imperial army is stronger than that of the Chinese army, but it is also undeniable that among the enemy troops, there are also some elite troops that are stronger than our army, and I am afraid that it is a little unfortunate that the one we encounter now is probably such a force." ”

Miyamoto Kuzo pondered for a moment and asked, "Could it be that the losses of the 6th Wing on the mountain range are really so great?" ”

Hearing this, Zuo Wei nodded and said, "Your Excellency, I'm afraid the loss of the 6th Wing is still beyond our imagination. Otherwise, with the strength of His Excellency the Captain of the Gangbu Wing, how could he ask for help from the brigade headquarters? I'm afraid that they themselves will deal with the enemy forces in front of them and take the credit for this battle. ”

Miyamoto Kuzo couldn't help but nod when he heard this, this was said to his heart. In the same brigade, he is naturally clear about the usual style of the 6th Wing, if there is really any benefit, how could the guys of the 6th Wing think of them? If you don't pull them back, it's all for the sake of serving the Empire, and now the 6th Wing is only half of the fight and let them take over, which is obviously against their style and habits. Now that Zuo Weiming said this, he couldn't help but figure it out before and after, this time the reinforcements were really not an opportunity to make war achievements, but a hot potato.

Miyamoto Kuzo can be promoted all the way to a military position like wing captain, but it is not just ruthless. The analysis of the pros and cons of the battlefield situation and his resolute decision to seek refuge in disasters are also the basis for his steady improvement all the way. Now in vain he learned that the enemy army in front of him was not a soft persimmon at all, but it was very likely to be a hard bone to gnaw, and the idea of meritorious service in his heart disappeared without a trace in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, he was thinking about the next action, how to avoid the possible loss of the troops.

Now, the enemy army is in front of them, and they have fully taken over the battle flag of the 6th Wing, and at this time, they can't just watch the enemy withdraw without the slightest move! And everything before is a judgment, whether the enemy army in front of you is so powerful or not, you have to try it to know. Thinking of this, Miyamoto Kuzo also quickly made up his mind and ordered the first brigade to arrange a squadron to carry out an attack with the chariot troops. This chariot unit belongs directly to the brigade headquarters, and was specially dispatched by His Excellency the Brigade Commander to assist them in their attack after hearing that the attack of the 6th Wing had been blocked.

"Gather all the artillery of the wing, immediately fire a base shell at the enemy positions in front of you, destroying the forward positions of the enemy troops." After Miyamoto Kuzo made up his mind, he gave an order in vain.

"Hi" The officer who got the order immediately responded, and immediately hurried towards the artillery squadron behind him.

At the same time, on the position of the second battalion, he had been observing the tall sledgehammer in the front position with a telescope, and when he saw the movement of the enemy troops, he couldn't help but shout: "Everyone is hidden, the devil is ready to attack!" ”

The officers and men of the 2nd Battalion, who heard the order, were already shrinking behind the bunker, carefully observing the distance, and then retreated into the trench bunker in vain, squatted down with their heads in their hands, and prepared for the shelling in the shortest possible time. And the speed of the devil's movement is really not slow, not long after they started to act here, there was a "boom" of artillery, and the artillery in the distance launched an artillery bombardment at them in vain.

"Boom...... Boom ......" followed by a continuous stream of shells, and the whole town trembled under the bombardment of the shells. From time to time, shells fell on the houses on the edge of the town, which immediately ignited the roof, causing a burst of fire, but in such a situation, no one cared about these at all, and everyone could only dodge as much as possible in the face of the powerful power of the artillery, so as not to be swallowed up by the artillery fire.

"It seems that the blocking operation of the first battalion has dealt a serious blow to the determination of the devils to attack." Listening to the astonishing sound of cannons on the west side of the town from afar, Stone spoke unhurriedly, as if talking to himself.

However, a few people who heard his words on the side couldn't help but respond one after another, and Lin Xiufeng, who was attached to the group, asked directly: "Tuanzao, how can you see it?" With such a long distance, is it possible for a group to see the battle situation on the front line? ”

Shi said: "Brother Lin is really joking, I have two eyes and a pair of ears like you, where can I see farther than you?" It's just speculation based on what I've seen and heard. ”

At this time, Wu Zihuai on the side also smiled and said: "Tuanzao, the more you say this, the more confused we become, isn't the devil carrying out shelling?" After the shelling, it should be the charge of the infantry, which is the most common way of attack of the devils, how can you judge that the devils are not determined enough? ”

Shi chuckled: "Don't you think that the time of this shelling is a bit too long? You must know that the devil chased all the way from Xiaomin Mountain, knowing that the first battalion had just withdrawn, at this time it should be our soldiers here, when the morale is relatively low, the best way to attack is actually to quickly charge with infantry after a simple artillery attack, so as to tear through the outer defense line in the shortest time and kill into the town in one fell swoop. But the devils did not do this, but blindly used artillery attacks to destroy our positions, which shows that they have no confidence in hand-to-hand attacks, and they are not sure of their ability to attack fortifications. ”

At this time, Wang Shi, who was a little nervous, said: "Shi Tuanzuo, the longer the devil's artillery offensive lasts, won't it be more lethal to our position?" After our positions have been destroyed and the losses of our soldiers have increased greatly, the Japanese will attack again, obviously hoping that it will be even greater. ”

Shi shook his head and said, "For the average troops, it may be like this, but for us. The possibility of destroying our positions with the mere attack of artillery shells is too small. We have been under attack by devils since Luodian, and after so many years, how to deal with devils' artillery has become our most common problem. Therefore, we have unimaginable experience in dealing with artillery shells, and our ability to survive artillery attacks far exceeds that of ordinary troops. Not to mention this kind of artillery bombardment, which is not an intensive artillery attack, it is an artillery offensive for several hours in a row, and we have encountered no less than ten times, the devil has fought with a battalion in Xiaomin Mountain before, but now he still pins his hopes on this aspect, obviously thinking that there is no better way to deal with us in addition to this, this battle has not yet begun, the devil's confidence has obviously been shaken, and fighting with such an enemy, as long as he can withstand the first wave of the devil's offensive, then it will not be a big problem. If we can inflict heavy damage on the devils in the first wave of attacks, even if we just leave, there should be no problem. ”