my bright sword career

Chapter 726 Counterattack
Seeing his captain's expression as if he was kidding me, the chief of staff scratched his head and felt like he had a question mark on his forehead.

Just when the two of them were staring at each other and were speechless, a slightly dull whistling sound whizzed through the air.

Immediately afterwards, a huge explosion sounded in the distance, and the huge shock wave even shook the ground under their feet slightly, and they could even hear a scream accompanied by screams not far away.

Aikawa Eijiro's expression changed: "No... this is... this is a 200mm caliber heavy artillery. Where did the [-]th Division get the heavy artillery?"

For Japan, which is short of resources, artillery with a caliber of more than [-] mm is considered a heavy artillery. Only troops at the level of the artillery regiment can possess it, and troops at the level of the infantry regiment are not eligible to possess it.

The Japanese army, known as the number one in Asia, is still like this, let alone the Chinese army, which is many times weaker than Japan.

According to investigations, during the entire Anti-Japanese War, the number of 75 mm caliber artillery in the Chinese army was only more than 400, and the number of artillery with a caliber of more than [-] was even less. Millions of troops could not even make up a hundred heavy artillery.

On weekdays, the national army regards these artillery pieces as more important than their lives, and is reluctant to use them easily.

Although the 200th Division is the elite of the national army, it is impossible to be equipped with 100-caliber artillery. No wonder Eijiro Aikawa couldn't figure it out.

"Quick... immediately send someone to investigate and see what it is..."

"Woooo... Boom boom boom..."

Before Eijiro Aikawa could finish his words, there were roars one after another, followed by shells and shells exploding not far ahead.

Although it could not affect the headquarters, they were experienced enough to know that the scale of this round of shelling was at least no less than that of an artillery brigade just by listening to the explosion.

"Your Excellency, Captain!"

A staff officer hurried in and said loudly.

"Scout balloons, the Chinese have raised scout balloons behind their positions!"

"Scout balloon?"

The two looked at each other, and their expressions immediately changed.

"Quick... hurry out and take a look."

The two hurried out of the headquarters and came to a wooden ladder at the foot of the house. Eijiro Aikawa quickly climbed up to the roof and raised his binoculars to look in the direction of the explosion.

I saw more than 1000 meters ahead, one after another shells fell into the Japanese offensive formation.

Although the Japanese army adopted a dispersed formation and there were many buildings around it, to be honest, given Myanmar's level of economic development, Donggu was a city in name, but in fact it was only a few hundred households.

Moreover, most of the buildings are civil structures, which can barely defend against rifle bullets or grenades, but it is not enough to face the powerful [-]-caliber shells.

Aikawa Eijiro saw through the binoculars that after each shell fell on the ground, each explosion could blast piles of broken bricks into the air, and there were many wrecks of Japanese soldiers in the middle.

Aikawa Eijiro is an experienced officer. After seeing this, he said to his staff without thinking: "Quick...immediately order Takehiro Kusumoto to withdraw the Third Brigade immediately. If we continue to fight like this, it won't be long before the Third Brigade will be wiped out." !”

"Hi!"

The quality of the soldiers of the 56th Division was really good. After the order was issued, the three brigades that were still attacking under artillery fire immediately began to retreat alternately.

From the binoculars, I saw that the soldiers of the third battalion carried down the wounded soldiers and even the corpses of the dead soldiers neatly. Even Eijiro Aikawa, who felt a little distressed about the casualties just now, showed a satisfied expression on his face.

"Yoxi... Kusumoto-kun's command ability is still very good."

The chief of staff did not forget to come over to flatter him: "Yes, Captain Kusumoto is not only your fellow countryman, but also your junior at the Imperial Army University, and he has received your respectful teachings, so he is naturally better than others."

Aikawa Eijiro just showed a smile on his mouth, but it was replaced by shock and anger, "Baga...those Chinese people launched a counterattack."

"Nani?"

The chief of staff was also surprised, and quickly raised his binoculars to look forward, only to see a figure of a soldier appearing on the opposite position, chasing in the direction of the Japanese army's retreat.

The actions of the defenders caught the Japanese army by surprise. No one thought that the defenders, who were still breathless from their offensive just now, would dare to jump out of their positions to fight back. Did they eat the guts of a leopard?How dare you escape from the cover of artillery fire and attack without authorization?
"No... Your Excellency, Captain, take a quick look, those people are not from the 200th Division, and the military uniforms they wear are different from those of the 200th Division?"

Eijiro Aikawa also saw at this time, a man wearing iron-gray military uniforms, launching a counterattack towards the Japanese troops who were retreating alternately.

Moreover, the tactical movements of these soldiers and the weapons in their hands are also quite different from those of the national army.

These soldiers wearing German military uniforms and M35 helmets used machine guns as fire support points for rework, and their formations were also scattered.

Although everyone knows that dispersed formations can indeed greatly reduce casualties, due to the rate of fire of the bolt-action rifles commonly equipped in various countries around the world, if the formation is too dispersed, the firepower will inevitably be dispersed, which will be detrimental to the situation. It is easy for the enemy to concentrate their forces and defeat them one by one.

But this unit was different. Aikawa Eijiro was surprised to find that their soldiers were equipped with a large number of submachine guns. He did a rough calculation, and almost every three soldiers were equipped with a submachine gun.

And that army fought very well. They formed a team of three, with a soldier holding a submachine gun in front and two soldiers holding rifles on both sides. In this way, a stable three-pointed star was formed. They can calmly deal with any attack from any direction.

Moreover, each triangle formation also cooperates with each other to support each other, and any side can be quickly reinforced when attacked.

As soon as the two sides fought, the third team, which was caught off guard, was caught off guard by the opponent, and couldn't withdraw for a while.

"No, the third team is in danger!"

Aikawa Eijiro's face became extremely ugly, and he immediately said to the chief of staff: "You immediately order the artillery squadron to support the third brigade with artillery fire, and the third brigade must be withdrawn."

"Woo...boom..."

A 70mm high-explosive shell fired by a [-]-type infantry gun hit the side of a half-remained earthen house. The violent explosion caused the last half of the earthen wall to collapse. The soldiers were crushed below.

"Wang Zilong, save people quickly!"

Wang Jiyong, the company commander not far away, saw it and hurriedly ordered a squad leader not far away to save people, while he himself picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Is it an observation post? I am Wang Jiyong, the commander of the first company. There are [-] infantry guns of the little devils in front of me. Find them immediately! Kill them!"

(End of this chapter)