The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1426: Even a small mosquito is meat (first update)

"Woooooooo..."

As soon as the whistling sound of the shells streaking across the sky reached Yang Song's ears, the order to retreat was shouted out from his mouth.

"retreat……"

"The troops will immediately retreat to the tunnels to avoid artillery attacks..."

The battlefield was very large, and the Eighth Route Army was scattered around the entrances and exits of the tunnels, and they ran into the tunnels when they heard the order.

"Boom boom boom..."

When the shells fell from the sky and exploded, most of the soldiers scattered on the ground positions returned to the tunnels, and only less than 30% of the soldiers had not yet entered the tunnels.

But no matter how accurate the Kwantung Army's artillery was, the hit rate of the first round of artillery attack was not very high.

Moreover, the battlefield halfway up the mountain was very large, and the Japanese artillery did not know where the Eighth Route Army was scattered, so they could only blindly fire at approximate targets. Their accuracy was very poor, and even fewer soldiers were hit by the shells.

Those soldiers who were not hit by the shells took the opportunity to rush to the tunnel entrance closest to them and enter the tunnel fortifications.

When the battlefield halfway up the mountain was once again covered by artillery fire, in the end, there were less than twenty Eighth Route Army soldiers left on the ground.

The first wave of attacking troops sent by the brigade commander suffered the price of total annihilation.

Three entire squadrons of the Kwantung Army's elite troops were killed on the battlefield without a single one escaping.

Because there were too many shells hitting the defense line halfway up the mountain and the artillery fire was too fierce, many Japanese soldiers' bodies were blown to pieces. The battlefield was littered with splattered limbs, blood and flesh, and even the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. It was particularly tragic.

Two minutes later, the Kwantung Army stopped firing, and the second wave of three squadrons of attacking troops immediately rushed to the battlefield.

At this moment, Yang Song was considering whether the troops should break out of the tunnel fortifications and fight another battle.

After all, the Kwantung Army's new round of offensive forces were still unclear about the real situation on the battlefield.

If the troops launch an attack suddenly, even if they cannot inflict heavy damage on the Kwantung Army's offensive forces, they can still kill them by surprise and tear off a piece of fat from them.

While he was hesitating, the instructor came over with a very unhappy look on his face: "Battalion Commander..."

"Minus the shelling just now and the entrances and exits of the anti-artillery holes destroyed by the Japanese army with grenades, there are only 12 entrances and exits of the anti-artillery holes in the entire halfway mountain defense line that can still be used..."

Upon hearing the news, Yang Song's heart sank.

There were twelve entrances and exits to the anti-artillery caves. Assuming five soldiers were deployed at each entrance and exit, at most sixty soldiers could be arranged to participate in the battle. It was too difficult to tear off a large piece of fat meat from the Kwantung Army's offensive forces.

Thinking that even a small amount of money is still meat, Yang Song quickly made a decision: "Leave twelve machine gunners and a platoon of soldiers to make good use of the remaining twelve tunnel entrances and exits. When the Kwantung Army's offensive troops reach the defense line, we will suddenly attack and retreat after the attack, not giving the enemy any chance to counterattack."

"Other troops should retreat now and abandon the defense line halfway up the mountain."

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Without any blocking troops, the second wave of attacking troops, consisting of more than 500 Kwantung Army soldiers, easily reached the defense line halfway up the mountain.

The combat methods they used were exactly the same as the previous wave of attacking troops.

After breaking into the defense line halfway up the mountain, they quickly dispersed and divided themselves into combat teams to find tunnel entrances and exits that could still be used on the battlefield and blow them up, denying the Eighth Route Bureau the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on them from the tunnel entrances and exits.

But the dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers who remained in the position were well-rested and waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out.

Without waiting for the Kwantung Army to get close, they threw a round of grenades at them, and at the same time, light machine guns fired at crowded areas.

In a flash, seven or eight Japanese soldiers were killed by them.

Without waiting for other Kwantung troops to rush over, several soldiers quickly retreated to the tunnel and disappeared from the battlefield on the ground... In less than two minutes, the sound of exchange of fire on the battlefield completely stopped.

After confirming that there were no available tunnel entrances and exits on the halfway point defense line, the surviving Kwantung Army immediately got busy, repairing the fortifications on the positions that had been repaired once before, in order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from launching another sneak attack on the halfway point defense line.

"Boom boom boom..."

The familiar sound of mortar shell explosions suddenly rang out, scaring the Kwantung Army who were repairing their fortifications. At least twenty Kwantung Army soldiers were blown to pieces in the explosion, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

"Rapid artillery attack, hide..."

The Japanese captain shouted anxiously, holding his head and throwing himself into a crater that had just been dug to avoid the rain of shells that were constantly falling on his head.

"Boom boom boom..."

The explosions continued. Although all the Kwantung Army soldiers on the position had fallen down, the position beneath their feet had been razed to the ground in the previous battle.

They had just begun emergency repairs and there were no hidden trenches or shelters around them, so they could only lie on the ground.

In this situation, as long as the mortar shells falling from the sky fall near them, the powerful shock waves and flying shell fragments can still take their lives.

The captain of the Kwantung Army was very lucky. During five rounds of artillery attacks and hundreds of shells falling, not a single shell hit him.

What made him even more fortunate was that the sudden artillery attack only lasted half a minute.

If the shelling time was increased to two or three minutes, as long as the Eighth Route Army had sufficient ammunition and did not need infantry attack, they could wipe out all the hundreds of people in their hands on the battlefield just by using artillery shells.

Seeing that more than a hundred of his men were missing again, the captain was heartbroken, but he still managed to occupy the defense line halfway up the mountain.

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Kwantung Army offensive position.

The brigade commander had a very serious expression on his face and even had thoughts of killing someone.

He thought that under his death order, the Eighth Route Artillery had been wiped out by the artillery units under his command.

As a result, they actually took action again.

Although the casualties of the second wave of attacking troops in the sudden artillery attack are still unknown, as a military commander who has been through many battles, he should at least be able to make some judgment.

Hundreds of shells exploded continuously in just half a minute.

The attacking troops were attacked in a hurry and had no bunkers or trenches to hide in, so they could only lie on the ground and passively take the bombing. The casualties were not small at all.

He punched the sandbag in front of him several times with his clenched fists to vent his inner anger.

He stopped only when he was about to bleed, waiting for a pair of red eyes to give another order: "Tell the captain of the artillery battalion immediately..."

"This time, I must destroy the Eighth Route Army's mortar unit 6"

"I don't care how difficult it is for him, I don't want to see the Eighth Route Army's artillery unit participate in the next battle."

"If he fails to complete the mission, he won't have to go to the military court. He can just disembowel himself on the battlefield, apologize to the Emperor, and hand over the command of the artillery to his deputy..."

The chief of staff looked hesitant, as if he wanted to persuade himself to give the artillery a few more chances.

The brigade commander didn't even give him a chance to speak, and continued to order: "What are you still standing there for?"

"My previous order must be passed on to the artillery battalion commander without missing a word. Go and give the order now..."