The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1436: The trump card strikes again (first update)

"Damn it, we've been fooled. The east is the main attack direction of the Eighth Route Army..." the regiment commander, Colonel Koike, shouted in panic.

"What about the reserves? How many reserves do we have?"

Colonel Koike said this to the chief of staff, who was the person in the command center who knew best how many troops were left in the base.

"Captain, there are only more than 300 people left in the reserve force..." the chief of staff replied immediately.

"All reinforcements are sent to the eastern battlefield. Set out now. We must hold our positions and block the attacking forces of the Eighth Route Army. Don't give them the opportunity to break into our garrison."

"All remaining mortars in the base will join the battle..."

"Find the Eighth Route Army's artillery position, fire back immediately, and kill them..."

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Dozens of mortar shells hit the Kwantung Army's eastern defense line one after another. Soon the entire position was completely covered by the smoke produced by the explosion of the shells, and it was pitch dark.

But the shells falling from the sky did not stop.

Although the Kwantung Army also dispatched forty or fifty mortars to participate in the battle, the artillery units under Huang Yu's command were very scattered. Two or three mortars were gathered together, and after firing four or five rounds of shells in succession, they quickly moved to the reserve artillery position and continued to fire at the blocking position.

Although the Kwantung Army's counterattack artillery fire was particularly fierce, it was difficult to hit an artillery regiment.

At this moment, a team of Eighth Route Army soldiers with strange equipment suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

They followed behind the attacking troops, bent over, and quickly approached the Kwantung Army's blocking position.

The reason why they are peculiar is that in addition to the Type 38 rifles on their backs, they also work in groups of two, carrying an extended gasoline barrel.

Although the Kwantung Army continued to fire flares into the sky, the entire battlefield was illuminated as if it were daytime.

However, because the blocking position was completely covered by artillery fire, the Japanese could not see the situation in front of the position through the smoke, so the Kwantung Army defending the position did not know that an Eighth Route Army with strange equipment was approaching them rapidly.

When there was still 150 to 160 meters left to the position, this specially equipped Eighth Route Army suddenly stopped, wielded an engineering shovel to dig a hole in the ground, then buried a gasoline barrel in the hole in one direction, controlled the angle, and aimed the thick gun barrel at the Kwantung Army's defense line that was still covered by artillery fire.

"Dong dong dong..."

As soon as the sound of artillery shells exploding stopped, the dull sound of heavy machine gun fire began to resound throughout the battlefield.

The soldiers of the Fifth Battalion, who were already less than a hundred meters away from the defense line, jumped up from the ground, intending to break through the Kwantung Army's defense line in one go and kill their way into the Koike Regiment's base.

More than twenty flying thunder cannons have raised their black barrels, and all the explosive packs ready to be fired have been loaded into place.

Whenever the Fifth Battalion's attack was thwarted, they would ignite the propellant and throw more than twenty explosive packs at the Kwantung Army's defense line.

Of course, if the Fifth Battalion successfully took the defense line and broke into the Koike Regiment’s base, these twenty flying cannons would not participate in the battle.

"Da da da……"

When they were about to reach a position 50 meters in front of the Kwantung Army's defense line, there was a sudden sound of intensive machine gun fire from the blocking position which was still shrouded in smoke.

The whizzing bullets intertwined with each other and flew towards the Fifth Battalion.

Dozens of soldiers were killed or injured in an instant.

"Lie down... take cover..."

Ma Wenshan, the commander of the Fifth Battalion, shouted hurriedly and threw himself to the ground, avoiding the rain of bullets coming towards him.

They have the killer weapon, the Flying Thunder Cannon, behind them to provide them with fire cover, so there is no need to risk the lives of their soldiers to fight the Kwantung Army.

"ignition……"

The moment the fifth battalion lay down, the flying thunder artillery troops hidden behind them moved.

He quickly used a fire stick to ignite the propellant and the fuse of the explosive pack. "Boom boom boom..."

A dull explosion soon sounded behind the attacking troops.

More than twenty balls of orange-red flames spewed out of the gasoline barrel, and at the same time, millstone-sized explosive packs were pushed out of the gasoline barrel by the flames, rolling towards the Kwantung Army's blocking position at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Rumble..."

Three or four seconds later, thunderous explosions began to sound from the Kwantung Army's blocking position one or two hundred meters away, and an orange-red fireball rose from the ground, wrapped in thick black smoke.

In an instant, the gunfire at the sniper position stopped.

"Blow the charge, everyone follow me..." Zhang Ma Wenshan from the fifth battalion jumped up from the ground, raised his box gun and rushed towards the blocking position.

More than twenty explosive packs are definitely not as numerous as the previous artillery preparations.

But the powerful destructive power of explosive packs on the battlefield cannot be compared with ordinary mortar shells.

Even if there were still many Japanese and puppet troops left in the Kwantung Army's blocking positions who could continue fighting after the artillery preparation, after being bombarded by more than 20 explosive packs, the remaining Japanese would be blown to pieces.

As long as the remnants of the Kwantung Army on the position do not receive reinforcements, now is definitely the best time for the Fifth Battalion to take the blocking position.

The only thing Ma Wenshan didn't expect was that the machine gun fire that suddenly appeared at the blocking position was brought by the reinforcements.

The reinforcements sent by Colonel Koike ambushed the battlefield before the Eighth Route Army's artillery preparations were finished. After the artillery fire ended, they immediately rushed to the positions to join the battle.

As a result, before they had a chance to engage in combat with the Fifth Battalion, they were attacked by more than 20 explosive packs, resulting in heavy losses.

Neither the puppet Manchurian Army nor the Japanese artillery and logistics troops had ever experienced such a brutal battle as the one before them.

Dozens of explosive packs exploded in succession, not only destroying a large area but also directly blowing many soldiers to pieces.

Broken limbs, internal organs, minced meat, blood... were blown everywhere, and the air was filled with the strong smell of blood and gunpowder, which was very choking.

Many of the survivors were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their ears were buzzing. Even when the Eighth Route Army rushed up to them with machine guns, they still hadn't recovered from the shock.

However, facing the Eighth Route Army so close, they were powerless to resist even if they reacted.

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The front command post of the 1st Regiment of the Northbound Detachment.

A cry of excitement suddenly rang in Huang Yu's ears.

"Captain... The Fifth Battalion has taken down the Kwantung Army's defense line..."

Huang Yu was very excited.

According to the predetermined combat plan, after the artillery preparation was completed, the 5th Battalion launched a strong attack, trying to take down the Kwantung Army's defense line and break into the Koike Regiment's base.

At the last moment before the battle began, Huang Yu made a temporary decision to let the Flying Thunder Cannon Unit join the battle.

Under the cover of artillery fire, they set up flying thunder cannons right under the nose of the Kwantung Army.

If the Kwantung Army on the defense line is not capable of fighting, they will only play a defensive role and do not need to participate in the battle.

If the Kwantung Army on the defense line is difficult to fight and there are troops to reinforce the defense line, the Flying Thunder Artillery Unit will immediately join the battle and give the Kwantung Army a severe blow, directly blowing them up and making them lose their combat effectiveness.

Unexpectedly, this precautionary preparation actually worked.

After the artillery preparation was completed, a Japanese and puppet army reinforcement force arrived at the defense line to cooperate in the battle.

Fortunately, I arranged for the flying thunder cannon to be on standby, otherwise the Fifth Battalion would definitely not have taken the defense line so easily.