The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1446: Captain: We can only send troops to fight them (First update)

"Report to the commander... The Eighth Route Army's artillery positions are outside the effective range of our heavy mortars. We can't hit them!" The artillery staff officer reported solemnly.

"That's impossible!" Colonel Kitamura retorted subconsciously.

"They are both large-caliber mortars, so why can the Eighth Route Army use artillery to hit our positions, but we can't hit their artillery positions? Aren't they at the same firing distance?"

"Don't use this excuse if you want to fool me!"

"I'm not a fool. I still have some basic military knowledge!"

The artillery staff officer was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He hurriedly explained: "Everything I said just now is true. There is absolutely no falsehood!"

"The Eighth Route Army put mortars on the top of the mountain and fired from a high position, which increased the effective range by several hundred meters!"

"We fired from low to high, but the effective range was shortened by several hundred meters!"

"In contrast, our large-caliber mortars must advance more than a thousand meters before they can fire their shells at the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions..."

The scenes of artillery bombardment from both sides quickly appeared in Colonel Kitamura's mind.

The Eighth Route Army fired from a high position, and its artillery units fired from low to high. Although the caliber and effective range of the artillery were exactly the same, the mortar shooting distance was naturally different because of the different positions and altitudes.

He slammed his clenched fists hard on the ammunition box beside him, and asked with a frustrated look on his face: "That means we can only passively take the beating when facing the artillery attacks of the Eighth Route Army~"

"You can't even fight back?"

The artillery staff hesitated and replied: "Unless we fight our way out of the station..."

"Move the mortars 1,500 meters toward the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions..."

"If the Eighth Route Army has not yet moved its artillery positions, the artillery squadron is 100% sure to kill them."

Hearing this, Colonel Kitamura did not respond immediately, but frowned and fell into deep thought.

It is night time now, and if the troops attack rashly they will likely run into the guns of the Eighth Route Army.

What if this was a trick by the Eighth Route Army to lure out the enemy? If we rashly send out an attack, not only will we fail to connect with the Eighth Route Army's artillery unit, but we may also be throwing a weak weapon against a weak one, and the attacking troops may be trapped in the quagmire of war or even be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army outside their base.

of course……

If he did not send troops to attack, the Eighth Route Army would continue to bomb with heavy mortars.

As long as they have enough ammunition, they will have no problem inflicting heavy damage on the several thousand troops under their command.

At that time, the Beicun League would still lose its ability to protect itself, and would be besieged by the Eighth Route Army in the mountains, and finally be wiped out in the mountains.

Both options have risks...

Where there is gain, there is loss.

But relatively speaking, if the garrison was sent out to kill them and create opportunities for the heavy mortar squadron to open fire, the chances of accidents happening to the Kitamura Regiment would be much smaller.

After all, the Eighth Route Army's shelling was still going on.

Every minute, a large number of soldiers were killed or injured.

If we do nothing and just wait like this, the Kitamura Unit will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

Although there was a possibility of encountering an ambush by the Eighth Route Army when sending out an attack, they were trying to lure the enemy out of its hole.

But all this was just his guess after all.

This means that the troops stationed in various places may be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, but it is also possible that nothing will happen. He even has the opportunity to cover the heavy mortar squadron and successfully eliminate the Eighth Route Army artillery unit.

As he thought about it, Colonel Kitamura's face became determined.

After punching the ammunition box again, he ordered: "Although sending out an attack may lead to an ambush by the Eighth Route Army, we cannot just defend our base and passively take the beating!" "This is not the fighting courage and fighting style that the Kwantung Army should have!"

"As long as we send enough troops to cover the infantry's advance, even if there is an Eighth Route Army pocket formation outside the garrison, our attacking troops will be able to retreat safely and return to the garrison."

"Pass my order..."

"The First Infantry Battalion... the First and Second Squadrons of the Second Infantry Battalion... immediately cover the heavy mortar squadron and rush out of the station and advance 1,500 meters to the location of the Eighth Route Army's artillery position?"

"Faster..."

"I finally made up my mind to send troops out of the station at night..."

"Don't let the mortar squadron advance to its destination and the Eighth Route Army Artillery Unit escape. That would be a big loss!"

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More than a thousand elite Kwantung Army troops deployed in battle formation, with dozens of soldiers as the vanguard, protecting the heavy mortar squadron as they advanced quickly, hoping to reach the shelling position as soon as possible.

If the Eighth Route Army had set up an ambush in front of the team, it would definitely not escape the eyes of dozens of forward scouts.

After breaking out of the base and advancing more than 500 meters, these Japanese soldiers did not encounter any danger, not even the cold guns and cold cannons that were everywhere during the day.

This result is so abnormal...

Listening to the footsteps of his subordinates ringing in his ears, the captain of the Kwantung Army always felt that the surroundings were a little too quiet.

The soldier's sixth sense told him there was danger ahead.

But before the Eighth Route Army appeared, all he could do was order his troops to be on high alert, try to discover the Eighth Route Army's ambushes in advance, take the initiative, and seize the initiative on the battlefield.

"Da da da……"

What the captain worried about came true. The familiar and intense sound of machine gun fire suddenly rang out in front of the team.

Because the fire attack came too suddenly, even though the dozens of Japanese soldiers serving as the vanguard were very cautious and immediately lay down when they heard the gunshots, the vanguard troops still suffered a dozen casualties.

But it’s not their fault.

After all, there were more than ten light machine guns that suddenly appeared in front of the team. One machine gun killed two Japanese vanguard scouts. More than ten light machine guns added up to more than twenty Japanese...

Although the captain was heartbroken, he was the commander of more than a thousand elite soldiers after all. He quickly regained his composure and gave orders to his subordinates around him with a murderous expression.

"Covering fire..."

"The troops will directly attack and take down the Eighth Route Army's defense line. Kill them!"

  The Eighth Route Army, equipped with more than ten light machine guns, stood in front of the team, indicating that they had no intention of ambush them.

It's more like intercepting me here and preventing me from getting close to their artillery position.

And judging from the length of the defense line, the enemy only has one or two companies of troops, and this small number of troops may also set up a pocket formation to ambush us.

The best solution is to quickly break through their defense line, rush to a position of 1,500 meters as quickly as possible, and cover the heavy mortar squadron to launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army artillery position.

"Da da da……"

More than 20 light machine guns at the front of the team opened fire quickly, and many grenade launchers also began to fire grenades at the Eighth Route Army's firepower point opposite.

In the splashing flames, the machine gunner and his machine gun were blown away...

"Kill me..."

As the frontal interception firepower became weaker and weaker, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers jumped up from the ground, holding machine guns, and charged forward with howls, like a group of hungry wolves smelling blood.