The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1435 It’s Hard Not to Win (Second Update)

"Report..." A scout suddenly appeared at the door of the command department and walked in panting.

"Captain..."

"The Kwantung Army's Koike Regiment is shrinking its defense..."

"The base is more than half the size of before..."

"A reinforced squadron was deployed in each direction of the garrison to build a temporary defense line. All the firepower points previously deployed around the garrison were withdrawn..."

"The artillery units in the base have also set up all their mortars. There are more than seventy of them, including many large-caliber mortars..."

Huang Yu couldn't help but exclaim after hearing this: "The Kwantung Army reacted so quickly..."

"They obviously thought that we would continue to attack them in the second half of the night, so they retreated their defenses in advance and concentrated their forces to fight us, so as to avoid their scattered troops being defeated one by one by us."

“But they forgot one thing.”

"No matter how they shrink their defense line, their limited forces must be divided into four parts and defend four directions at the same time."

"We only need to concentrate our forces and firepower to attack one point."

"Based on this analysis, it means that we only need to deal with one-fourth of the Koike Regiment's troops at the same time. It will be hard for us not to win."

"Pass my order..."

"The Second Battalion was divided into three companies. With the support of the Flying Thunder Cannon and six mortars, they launched an attack from the east and west of the garrison at full strength to hold back the Kwantung Army stationed in these three directions and prevent them from transferring any soldiers to reinforce other battlefields."

"The Fifth Battalion, with the support of all the mortars and heavy machine guns in the regiment, launched an attack from the north of the garrison, tearing a hole in the Kwantung Army's defense line at all costs."

"After the breakthrough was made, the third and fourth battalions immediately rushed into the Koike regiment's base, and quickly divided and surrounded the remnants of the Koike regiment in battalion and company units."

"The Flying Thunder Artillery Unit will immediately join the battle and cooperate with the division and encirclement units to defeat the remnants of the Koike Regiment one by one, and strive to end the battle before dawn."

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Koike Brigade Headquarters.

In order to hold on until dawn, Colonel Koike tried his best.

He personally went around the defense line surrounding the base, which not only made him more familiar with the battlefield, but also played a certain role in boosting the morale of the troops.

After returning to the headquarters, before we had time to catch our breath, several artillery explosions were heard around the base.

"Sir... all four directions of the base are under mortar attack... Currently, there are only two mortars participating in the battle in each direction, and no flying thunder cannons have been found yet." The combat staff officer rushed into the headquarters like the wind to report.

Colonel Koike sighed and replied, "The Eighth Route Army's attack began in the second half of the night."

"Again and again, three times, and then it's over..."

"As long as we can find a way to withstand the first two rounds of attacks by the Eighth Route Army, the subsequent battles will be much easier to fight."

"The most important thing is to keep a close eye on the Eighth Route Army's Flying Thunder Cannon Unit and never allow them to set up Flying Thunder Cannons right under our noses and attack the troops on the temporary defense line."

"Otherwise, with the powerful destructive power of the Flying Thunder Cannon shells, it only takes a few explosive packs to hit the target, and one of our squadrons stationed on the defense line will suffer heavy casualties, and we won't be able to continue the battle."

"Notify the artillery..."

"From now on, we will continuously fire flares into the sky. The troops on the defense line must be on high alert and absolutely not give the Eighth Route Army's Flying Thunder Artillery troops a chance to get close to us."

"Artillery and grenade launchers are on standby."

"If you find the Eighth Route Army's Flying Thunder Artillery Unit, immediately counterattack with artillery fire and destroy them."

"Only in this way can we have a chance to hold on until dawn and evacuate the mountain alive."

"Boom boom boom..." The explosions from around the garrison continued. The Kwantung Army's artillery set up inside the garrison then joined the battle, trying to kill the Eighth Route Army's artillery through an artillery battle.

However, although the number of Eighth Route Army artillery units participating in the attack was small, they could be transferred very quickly, and the number of artillery shells fired from the same artillery position would never exceed four rounds.

Even though the Kwantung Army assembled three times the number of mortars to counterattack, every time they fired a shell they hit the open ground. Apart from raising a lot of soil, they did not kill a single Eighth Route Army soldier.

As the two sides fired artillery shells back and forth and the fighting became more and more intense, the sound of fierce gunfire suddenly rang out around the base.

As soon as Colonel Koike heard this, he knew that the critical moment that would determine his life or death had arrived.

I didn't even stay at the command center.

He rushed out of the tent, climbed onto a small mound nearby, raised his telescope and looked around, trying to see something.

But the battlefield was too chaotic, with fireballs and smoke rising from exploding artillery shells everywhere. Apart from the Eighth Route Army attacking troops that suddenly appeared around the battlefield, nothing else could be seen.

"Sir..."

At critical moments, we still have to rely on messengers.

A second lieutenant ran behind Colonel Koike and reported nervously: "The four directions of the garrison are all under attack by the Eighth Route Army. There is a reinforced company of the Eighth Route Army in each direction, equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns. The offensive firepower is very strong. Our defensive firepower is far from being a match. Request for support..."

This was only the first attack launched by the Eighth Route Army on the garrison, and we had to stop it at all costs.

Colonel Koike swore secretly in his heart and then gave the order.

"Let the Imperial Alliance Army come in..."

"Give them all our remaining light and heavy machine guns to stop the Eighth Route Army's attack and defend our base."

The Imperial Army is the only reserve force in Colonel Koike's hands. It has been reinforced with a large number of artillery and logistics troops to supervise the battle, and should have strong combat effectiveness in defensive operations.

that's the truth.

As the light and heavy machine guns equipped by the Imperial Army joined the battle one after another, the Eighth Route Army's offensive firepower was finally suppressed, and the attacking troops were blocked on the battlefield and unable to advance.

The one-sided attack then fell into a stalemate of mutual shooting, and no one could do anything to the other in a short period of time.

Colonel Koike was happy to see such a result.

Although there are not many troops left, the ammunition is still sufficient. If the two sides really intend to fight a war of attrition through shooting, Colonel Koike is absolutely sure to defeat the Eighth Route Army.

"Boom boom boom..."

At the critical moment, a series of more intensive explosions suddenly reached Colonel Koike's ears from the northern defense line of the base. He was so scared that he trembled and almost dropped the telescope in his hand.

Because the explosions coming from the battlefield in the north were too frequent.

Dozens of mortar shells exploded at the same time, and the orange-red fireballs connected into one, almost dyeing half the sky red.

Before the explosion sound caused by the first round of artillery shells ended, the second round of artillery shells followed and hit the battlefield again.

A new round of fireballs immediately rose into the air from the ground.

The temporary method was a temporary repair by the troops, and the so-called positions were built by the soldiers with stones and sandbags, without even a decent trench.

Faced with the mortar shells raining down like rain, these fortifications were not vulnerable, but they definitely could not withstand the attack of so many shells.

If the bunker is destroyed, the hundreds of soldiers defending there will be completely exposed to the artillery fire and the degree of tragedy can be imagined.

(End of this chapter)