The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 819 Competing with Devils for Time (Part [-])
This is the only sensible decision Lieutenant General Sakuragi has made since he joined the war.

Although the price is a bit high, it can really kill and wound the Eighth Route Army in the village, and maybe save many people from the battle.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

The artillery reacted very quickly. Half a minute after the artillery strike order was issued, the scream of the shells across the sky sounded overhead, and then the thunderous explosion reached Admiral Sakuragi's ears.

A satisfied smile rarely flashed on Sakuragi's face.

This is an attack with the smallest casualty ratio since the army attacked Chenjiazhuang.

Three infantry squadrons were replaced by one main battalion of the Eighth Route Army, and the casualty ratio was close to one to one.

Although the troops won the attack on Chenjiazhuang's outer defense line before, they suffered twice as many casualties, which is incomparable to this suicide attack.

"Boom boom boom... da da da..."

The sound of firefights coming from behind was getting closer and closer. Lieutenant General Sakuragi was happy and returned to a serious expression within three seconds. He continued to look around and ordered: "We also have Eighth Route Army activities on our two wings."

"Retreat in a roundabout way rashly. If the Eighth Route Army blocks us in the middle, the two sides will fight an encounter. We don't even have a defensive trench. We are too passive."

"It's better to build a defense line on the spot and wait for help."

"Order: The Supplementary Wing establishes a circular position centered on me, we will not retreat."

"Use the blocking position built by the Eighth Route Army outside the village."

"Then use explosives to cut off all tunnel connections between the blocking position and the village."

"Eliminate all potential dangers..."

"Don't let everyone defend well. If an Eighth Route Army suddenly appears in the middle of the position and attacks from behind everyone, that would be bad."

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At the former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, everyone had smiles on their faces, and the atmosphere was very pleasant.

In the eyes of the big guys, from the moment the Japanese army's central mopping forces arrived at Chenjiazhuang, they were led by the nose by the deputy chief of staff, losing troops and losing generals.

As long as there are no accidents in the next operation, the Japanese army's central raid troops will undoubtedly fail.

Seeing that the Third Battalion of the Second Regiment successfully held off the devils' attacking troops in Chenjiazhuang, and was using street fighting to eliminate them bit by bit, the smiles on everyone's faces were even wider than before.

Huang Yu's original battle plan did not include the current battle. If the third battalion could swallow these little devils in one go, it would not only greatly reduce the pressure on the participating troops in the decisive battle, but also attack the Japanese army's middle road and sweep up the morale of the troops, killing two birds with one stone.

Faced with this unexpected joy, everyone in the headquarters seemed very happy.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

Dozens of shells whizzed towards Chenjiazhuang instantly.

Huang Yu was stunned for a moment, the smile on his face froze on the spot, and he cried out: "Not good..."

"The little devil is too ruthless, he wants to risk his life, and use the offensive troops to fight off the third battalion..."

"Immediately send a signal to retreat, let the third battalion immediately leave the battle and retreat to the tunnel, hurry up."

"Otherwise, when the devil's artillery fires intensify and the planes start bombing, it will be too late to retreat to the tunnel."

Until this moment, the chief of staff on the side still hadn't recovered from the shock.

Before the Japanese army launched an attack, the artillerymen covered the infantry attack at close range, which caused the attacking troops to suffer accidental injuries in the battle, which was enough to shock him.

But still acceptable.

After all, that little accidental injury is nothing compared to the result of winning the blocking position.

The scene in front of him wouldn't blow him away.

Three or four squadrons had nearly a thousand little devils. Lieutenant General Sakuragi said no, so he didn't want to, and fired shells directly at their heads, which was too ruthless.

Isn't he afraid of being court-martialed after the battle because the artillery killed a large number of his own people?

It wasn't until the third round of shells fired by the Devil Artillery came that he asked in disbelief, "Xiao Huang, the head of the Devil Division is absolutely crazy."

"It's justifiable to accidentally injure dozens of people during the attack."

"This is thousands of attacking troops, he will blow up whatever he wants..."

"Aren't you worried about your subordinates rebelling?"

Huang Yu shook his head: "We underestimated the commander of the Japanese division too much."

"Not only ruthless, but also very cunning, like to surprise."

"If the artillery was not fired, all the little devils in the village would be wiped out by street fighting. The price our army paid was much lower than the Japanese army's losses."

"The head of the devil division did not play cards according to common sense, and bombed the battlefield randomly. Although many of his own people were bombed, the casualties of the third battalion would also increase sharply."

"To mitigate losses, they had to hastily end the battle and quickly retreat to the tunnel."

"Although many little devils on the battlefield will be killed by the bombing, it is impossible for them to be seriously injured by artillery fire in a short period of time."

"As soon as our people withdraw, they will be able to evacuate the village under artillery fire."

"No matter what, I can run out to one or two squadrons."

"This artillery coverage indeed has the purpose of killing the soldiers of both the enemy and us, but it also has the purpose of covering the withdrawal of the attacking troops from Chenjiazhuang..."

As soon as Huang Yu finished speaking, an exclamation from the observation post rang in their ears.

"Chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, the little devil in the village wants to run away..."

"Using the squad as a unit, the troops are being divided and transferred outside the village..."

No one would be reconciled to the cooked duck slipping away from his mouth like this.

Chief of Staff Liu Sen was no exception, and immediately suggested: "Xiao Huang, the devil has artillery, and we also have it. The strength is not weak."

"Should we let them bombard Chenjiazhuang together with the devil artillery for two rounds, and kill a few more little devils to retreat the troops."

Huang Yu shook his head: "No need..."

"It's enough to have their own artillery bombardment. It's not cost-effective to use our trump card in order to severely damage a squadron."

After finishing speaking, he looked away from Chenjiazhuang, returned to the map and asked: "The devils' attack on Chenjiazhuang has been repeatedly frustrated, and the 26th regiment that detoured behind the devils has launched an attack."

"No matter how stupid that old devil Yingmu is, he knows that he is surrounded by us and is in danger. He will definitely not continue to waste his troops in Chenjiazhuang."

"The only way out is to use the blocking position we built outside the village to build a circular position on the spot and stand by and wait for help."

"If the outflanking troops launch a sudden attack under the cover of artillery fire while the devils haven't repaired the circular position, and catch the devils by surprise, they will definitely kill many people."

"There will definitely be less pressure in the decisive battle in the future."

Liu Sen immediately introduced: "Three regiments have already outflanked in place, and the remaining regiment will take 5 minutes."

"Then launch an attack on the little devils in five minutes, and try to kill one or two infantry squadrons for each regiment." Huang Yu made a decisive decision immediately.

"Stop immediately after the attack is frustrated, and establish a defense line in place. You must not confront the little devil head-on."

"Attention should also be paid to air defense during the battle, and the troops should try to disperse their actions in companies."

"In case of being bombed by planes, it will not blow up a large area."

"Contact the 26th regiment, the Shunping garrison regiment, the 22nd regiment..."

"They are the closest to the Devil's artillery position."

"If there is a chance to win one or two artillery positions, it's best, and it doesn't matter if you can't."

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