The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1450: Mood Ups and Downs

When Huang Yu and his guard platoon found the Japanese heavy mortar squadron he had been longing for, more than a hundred Japanese gunners had all turned into corpses.

The disassembled mortar parts were scattered everywhere, and some mortar parts were even destroyed by grenades thrown by both sides during the battle, which made Huang Yu feel heartbroken.

He immediately ordered the artillery company commander who was chasing after him: "Take your men and collect the mortar parts immediately. Don't leave any behind..."

"Others continue to eliminate the remaining enemies of the Kwantung Army and clean up the battlefield. We must withdraw from the battle in ten minutes..."

The surprise attack is coming to an end. No matter how powerful those remaining Japanese soldiers are, they can't cause any harm.

Huang Yu did not go with his troops to rob Miyase, but worked with the artillerymen to collect the heavy mortar parts scattered around by the Japanese.

After only five minutes, the artillery company commander rushed over with excitement: "Captain..."

"There were a total of twelve large-caliber mortars, four of which were blown up by the Japanese, and we captured eight."

"Only a few parts of the four mortars were damaged. We should be able to piece together another mortar, which means ten large-caliber mortars."

"All the matching shells are intact, but the quantity is a little less."

"Each gun was equipped with only thirty shells, a total of 360 heavy artillery shells, all of which we captured."

Huang Yu patted the thick, long, and cold barrel of a mortar and ordered with satisfaction: "From now on, I will hand over these more than ten large-caliber mortars to you..."

"We must protect them..."

"This is not only the trump card of the detachment's first regiment to fight the Kwantung Army in the future, but also the trump card of the entire northbound detachment."

"Maybe a major raid in the future will save everyone's lives on the battlefield. We must protect them."

Compared with the small-caliber mortars that have been widely equipped by the troops.

The company commander prefers this large-caliber mortar.

Although it is not as maneuverable as small-caliber mortars, it is too heavy and inconvenient to transport.

However, the power of this caliber mortar is very great, and its shooting accuracy is no better than that of small-caliber mortars. The most important thing is that the range of this artillery is very long.

It can be set up four or five kilometers away and easily kill the target under the guidance of the observation post.

However, the light mortars that the Kwantung Army also equipped in large numbers did not have such a long effective range.

In case of another conflict between the two sides, the 1st Regiment of the Northern Detachment would be able to use large-caliber mortars to attack the Japanese from a long distance.

However, the Japanese were only equipped with light mortars with limited effective range. Facing the Eighth Route Army who were outside the effective range of the light mortars, they could only watch helplessly. They wanted to fight back but could not reach their opponents due to their limited range.

Moreover, the artillery company commander also hopes to become the commander of the first heavy artillery company of the Beishang detachment, and he will definitely protect these large-caliber mortars well.

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Beicun Brigade Headquarters.

After sending the troops to attack, the regiment commander, Colonel Kitamura, climbed up a small map not far from the headquarters, wanting to overlook the entire battlefield from a high vantage point, and preferably watch the attacking troops cover the heavy mortar squadron to reach the designated launching position, so as to destroy the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery unit.

The idea was good, but reality slapped him hard in the face.

From the moment the attacking troops left their base, they encountered interceptions by the Eighth Route Army every few hundred meters.

There is no such coincidence in the world.

Therefore, those intercepting forces were prepared in advance by the Eighth Route Army. They calculated that if they wanted to counterattack with artillery fire, they had to push the heavy mortar squadron forward 1,500 meters.

Then send troops to intercept the attacking troops in advance along the route they must take.

It can not only slow down the marching speed of the attacking troops, but also allow their own heavy artillery units to fire more rounds of artillery shells at the garrison and kill more soldiers of the Kitamura Regiment.

He could also take the opportunity to pass through layers of obstruction and gradually consume the strength of the attacking troops. The only thing that made him feel fortunate was that the Eighth Route Army's interception troops were very small, and at most they would arrange a reinforced company each time, which could not threaten the safety of the attacking troops at all.

And they had no intention of defending their positions to the death.

As long as the attacking troops show an aggressive posture on the battlefield, they will retreat on their own initiative and give up intercepting.

This scene made him feel much more assured about the safety of the attacking troops.

Soon the attacking troops rushed all the way to a position less than 200 meters away from the designated artillery position.

I thought the heavy mortar squadron would be able to open fire soon, but instead an Eighth Route Army interception force appeared right in front of them, with at least twice as many troops as the previous one.

The blocking battle first turned into a confrontation between the enemy and us, and no one could do anything to anyone in a short period of time.

As a result, after a burst of explosions, the balance of victory on the battlefield instantly shifted to the Eighth Route Army.

The previously unstoppable attacking force turned directly into a group of stray dogs and was chased and beaten by the Eighth Route Army.

Colonel Kitamura felt like he was on a roller coaster.

Sometimes I feel excited, sometimes I feel depressed...

In the end, my mood fell to the bottom.

Although he sent troops to reinforce the battlefield as soon as possible during this process, the battle that took place more than a thousand meters away proceeded too fast.

The battle ended just as the reinforcements were gathering.

This left several Japanese officers stunned.

The Chief of Staff immediately reminded: "Captain..."

"The battle is over. Do we still need reinforcements to go over there?"

"I am worried that the freed Eighth Route Army will set up an ambush again and attack our reinforcements..."

"For safety reasons, it's best to send someone there after daybreak."

Colonel Kitamura looked very heavy.

The battlefield was right next to them, and more than a thousand elite Kwantung Army soldiers were wiped out, including the heavy mortar squadron used by the Kitamura Regiment as a trump card.

As a result, now that the battle is over, the subordinates don’t even have the courage to send people to clean up the battlefield and sort out the bodies of the dead soldiers.

Could it be that they have forgotten their identity as the Kwantung Army, or have they been frightened by the methods just displayed by the Eighth Route Army?

Subconsciously I want to curse.

But he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.

In that instant, the attacking troops were counterattacked by the Eighth Route Army, and instantly turned from offense to defense. The scene of a group of defeated soldiers appeared before our eyes like a movie.

The Eighth Route Army had the strength to instantly defeat an attacking force of six or seven hundred people, and certainly had the strength to defeat the two reinforced squadrons that they had just assembled.

Especially the series of violent explosions that occurred during the battle.

The heavy mortar squadron did not participate in the entire battle, so those explosions could only have come from the Eighth Route Army.

Judging from the sound, even the explosion of a large-caliber mortar shell could not produce such a powerful force, which means that the Eighth Route Army that launched the surprise attack was equipped with a new weapon with a destructive power far exceeding that of a large-caliber mortar.

Before figuring out what this weapon is, rashly sending troops to the battlefield would be tantamount to sending them to their deaths.

As he thought about it, Colonel Kitamura also began to feel scared.