The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1437: Divide and Outflank (Part )

Huang Yuqiang suppressed his inner excitement, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself down as much as possible.

The current victory is only temporary.

As long as the main force of the regiment did not break into the Koike Regiment’s base and did not engage in a melee with the remaining artillery and logistics troops of the Koike Regiment, any accidents might happen on the battlefield.

The best way to deal with this small victory is to treat it with a normal mind and command the next battle as rationally as possible.

He continued to hold up the telescope, observing the battlefield while giving orders: "The third and fourth battalions will join the battle immediately... Ignore the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops on the defense line, and directly charge into the Koike regiment's base to divide and surround the remaining Kwantung Army..."

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Koike Brigade Headquarters.

A lieutenant rushed into the tent in a panic, as if he was frightened. His face was pale. After seeing Colonel Koike, he hesitated for several seconds before speaking.

"Sir... the defense line to the east of our base has been breached by the Eighth Route Army..."

"At least one battalion of the Eighth Route Army has occupied the defense line and may launch an attack on the garrison at any time..."

Colonel Koike was anxious, and grabbed the lieutenant by the collar and asked, "Damn it, didn't I send them several hundred reinforcements? How come they were defeated so quickly..."

The lieutenant's face instantly turned red because he couldn't breathe, and then he gasped and replied: "It was Shi Fei Lei Pao who did it..."

"Under the cover of artillery fire, the Eighth Route Army moved the Flying Thunder Cannon to a position more than 100 meters in front of the blocking position..."

"Because the troops were covered by artillery fire, we did not discover the existence of this flying thunder cannon unit."

"After the reinforcements entered the blocking position, more than 20 flying thunder cannons simultaneously threw explosive packs at them..."

"In just one round of attack, the reinforcement force of more than 300 people was severely damaged and almost lost its combat effectiveness..."

"Sir, please send reinforcements to the battlefield immediately to stop the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops. Otherwise, they will definitely rush into the garrison and threaten the safety of the regiment headquarters."

Colonel Koike was so angry that he couldn't help but curse: "Reinforcements..."

"The battle has already gotten to this point, where can I get so many reinforcements..."

"Order the artillery unit, forget about the Eighth Route Army artillery unit, concentrate all mortars, and immediately launch artillery fire on the eastern defense line."

"Even if I can't stop the Eighth Route Army's attack, I will make them suffer heavy losses on the way."

"It's not so easy for them to take over the Koike Brigade's base."

"Order all troops stationed here to immediately prepare in squadrons to fight the Eighth Route Army to the death."

"Tell them..."

"Whether the Koike Brigade can hold out until dawn depends on all of you."

"The Eighth Route Army has limited manpower. As long as we inflict heavy casualties on them in the next battle, they will naturally not dare to continue the attack."

"I don't care whether you use suicide attacks or other means of combat, you must kill a few more Eighth Route Army soldiers before you die."

After giving the order, Colonel Koike grabbed the belt on the table without hesitation and tied it around his waist. At the same time, he picked up a Type 96 light machine gun mounted on an ammunition box, pulled out the magazine, made sure it was full of bullets, hugged it to his chest, and walked towards the tent door.

At the same time, he ordered: "The headquarters shall be fully equipped with self-defense weapons, and a temporary defense line shall be established with the headquarters as the center. We shall be ready to fight desperately with the Eighth Route Army that has entered the station at any time..."

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"Boom boom boom..."

The sound of artillery shells exploding resounded across the battlefield once again.

Dozens of artillery shells of different calibers seemed to have eyes and simultaneously hit the Kwantung Army's defense line that had just been occupied by the Fifth Battalion.

Fires flew, fragments flew, and dozens of soldiers were killed or injured on the spot. Battalion Commander Ma Wenshan was lucky enough to be thrown to the ground by a guard, but his ears were still buzzing from the shock wave.

Because the nearest shell was less than ten meters away from him.

The guard who saved his life fell in a pool of blood. There were several bloody holes in his back caused by shrapnel. Blood gushed out like a fountain. He died in an instant, without even a chance of rescue.

Ma Wenshan felt annoyed, but he knew now was not the time to be angry.

Hundreds of soldiers under his command were still being bombed on their positions. If they didn't move quickly, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

He got up from the ground and shouted to his men: "The Japanese are firing in retaliation..."

"Disperse and evacuate the Kwantung Army positions, and launch an attack directly on the Japanese garrisons in company and platoon units..."

"As long as we get into a fight with the Kwantung Army, their artillery will become useless... Follow me..."

Just as the third and fourth main battalions rushed to the direction of the Japanese army, dozens of artillery shells fell from the sky, blocking their way.

The two battalion commanders were both veterans of many battles. As soon as they saw the intensity of the artillery fire, they knew what the Kwantung Army was planning.

He immediately led the troops to bypass the artillery coverage area and continued to attack the Koike Regiment’s base.

“Kill… Dadada…”

Ma Wenshan personally led a company to attack a Kwantung Army artillery position directly ahead.

When they were still more than a hundred meters away, three tongues of machine gun fire suddenly emerged from the artillery position, and several soldiers were caught off guard. Each of them had several bloody holes in his chest from the rain of bullets.

"Grenade launcher, shoot and knock out these three firing points immediately..."

Ma Wenshan threw himself to the ground, placed the light machine gun on the ground, put his shoulder against the butt of the gun, and began to pull the trigger to fight back, shouting orders.

"Battalion Commander...the grenade launcher didn't catch up..." The guard platoon leader who was following Ma Wenshan closely ran over to report.

"Besides, our grenade throwers are new to the artillery, and their accuracy is very poor... Even if we catch up, we may not be able to knock out the Japanese firepower points..."

Ma Wenshan frowned, but soon thought of a way out and gave the order again.

"Then forget about the little devils in front of us... Our mission is to divide and surround them..."

"Complete the mission first, then slowly annihilate them."

"Stay here with the first platoon and keep a close eye on the Japanese soldiers in front of us. Don't let them get away..."

"The rest of you follow me to attack from the left wing and continue to charge forward..."

"Separate the Kwantung Army artillery position ahead for me..."

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Koike Brigade Headquarters.

Colonel Koike was half-crouching behind a bunker made of sandbags, with a light machine gun in front of him. He put his hand on the butt of the gun, looked forward, and was ready to pull the trigger at any time.

There were continuous gunshots all around, getting closer and closer to the headquarters, which meant that the Eighth Route Army was about to rush towards everyone.

Colonel Koike appeared very calm on the surface, but he was very nervous inside.

Because since he became the squadron commander, he hasn't participated in close combat like today for three or four years.

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army is charging towards us..." While Colonel Koike was stunned, the subordinates' reminder sounded in his ears.