Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 263 In the decisive battle, the militia team rescued the field in time, and the number shocked both the enemy and us! (2)

After receiving the order, all 18 artillery pieces on the artillery position of the Independent Battalion opened fire one after another.

"Tom! tom tom tom!—"

Fiery cannonballs, with piercing whistling sound and dazzling flames, pierced the blue sky and smashed down towards the attacking crowd of devils who were charging.

"Boom!"

"Boom boom boom!—"

The little devil probably didn't expect that the Independence Battalion had such powerful artillery firepower, and they were immediately blown upright.

For a moment, flesh and blood flew everywhere, casualties were everywhere, and the screams of devil soldiers could be heard endlessly.

"Tom tom tom tom!"

Soon, the second round of salvo shelling came through the air again, killing and injuring a large area of ​​devils.

so repeatedly.

After the 5 rounds of rapid fire, the Japanese attacking crowd was completely stunned, and the entire battlefield was filled with thick gunpowder smoke and the pungent smell of blood.

Under the artillery fire, countless devils were blown up without arms and legs, lying in a pool of blood and mud, howling in pain.

The devil's violent attack momentum was immediately thwarted.

"Bagaya Road!"

When the Japanese army attacked the position, Kasahara Koizumi, the leader of the Devils Corps, cursed sullenly, and then ordered: "Commander! Send me an order to let the artillery brigade immediately launch artillery countermeasures against the artillery positions of the independent battalion!

Destroy all their artillery! "

"In addition, order the 2nd Battalion to go into battle immediately. Together with the 1st Battalion, we must break through the fire blockade of the Independent Battalion in the shortest possible time, rush to their positions, and wipe them out!"

"Hi Yi!"

The ghost messenger nodded heavily, then turned around to deliver the order.

After receiving the order, the Devil Artillerymen of the Artillery Brigade immediately adjusted the firing angle of the artillery, and counterfired the artillery positions of the Independent Battalion.

Although they couldn't accurately lock the artillery positions of the independent battalion, as veterans with extremely rich combat experience, they could roughly lock the artillery positions of the independent battalion through the flight trajectory of the shells.

Relying on the powerful artillery force, the Devil artillery quickly blew up several artillery pieces of the independent battalion, and the artillerymen of the independent battalion next to them were also affected one after another, and were blown out even with their weapons.

The remaining artillery was also threatened and could no longer fire to provide fire support to the defenders at the front.

"Warriors of the Empire, the time has come for meritorious service!"

"Kill the chicken!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Devils 1st and 2nd Battalion immediately moved forward.

Many of the heavy machine guns in the Independent Battalion had to keep firing in order to suppress the devil's attack, but were soon locked on by the devil's grenadiers, and then all the men and guns were blown out.

Although the rest of the soldiers were trying their best to resist, they still couldn't stop the devil's advance because of their huge inferiority in troops and firepower.

Seeing that the army of devils was about to rush into the distance of 200 meters, the soldiers of the independent battalion took out grenades one after another and put bayonets on the gun heads one after another, making preparations for hand-to-hand combat with the devils
At this moment, there were sudden bursts of shocking shouts from the two wings of the front position of the Independent Battalion, and from the rear, followed by another burst of gunshots.

Although these gunshots were mainly rifles, because of the large number of people, the firepower was not weak.

The dense rain of bullets poured over, and quickly contained the devil's offensive again.

Zhao Bin, Zhao Hong, Shi Yichuan and others looked back anxiously, but they saw that the captains of the district squads, county brigades, and village militias were leading the guerrillas to shoot while heading to the front for reinforcements.

The number of people is so dense that although it is impossible to count them in detail, they are at least no less than a thousand.

Both Shi Yichuan and Zhao Bin looked at Zhao Hong with doubts on their faces, and asked, "Company Commander Zhao, how many militia units have you developed?"

When the atmosphere relaxed, Zhao Hong smiled and said, "Not many, according to incomplete statistics, the number of militias developed by our independent battalion is only about 2000."

"Just 2000 people?"

Shi Yichuan and Zhao Bin stared at Zhao Hong as if they were monsters.

Zhao Hongdao: "You two, although our reinforcements have arrived, the weapons, equipment and combat effectiveness of these militiamen are still far behind our main force, so the next battle will be fierce!"

"Ok!"

Shi Yichuan and Zhao Bin nodded heavily in agreement, and then ordered to the soldiers beside them: "Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, hit, hit me hard!"

Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the soldiers of the Independent Battalion were all boosted in morale. They immediately manipulated their weapons and launched a fierce counterattack against the oncoming devils...

At the same time, the artillery of the Independent Battalion also moved their artillery positions, and manipulated the remaining artillery to bombard the devils again.

Today, the 22nd Battalion of the Devil Infantry has invested in two infantry brigades. Although hundreds of people have been killed or injured in the previous attack, its strength still exceeds 1600.

Limited by the terrain, the devil soldiers could not spread out, and they could only gather together when launching a group charge.

At this moment, these artillery shells from the independent battalion fell into the devil's attack group, and they exploded into a large area.

In order to avoid the bombing of the artillery, as well as the shooting of the independent battalion and the militia.

The devil soldiers of the 22nd Regiment could only temporarily stop their charge and look for the nearest cover to avoid. If they could not find a cover, they would directly kneel or lie on the ground to launch a counterattack.

The offensive was also blocked again!
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The Japanese attack position.

Kasahara Koizumi, who had been paying attention to the situation on the battlefield, couldn't help but darken his face when he saw the militiamen swarming from all around him: "Baga! How could the Independent Battalion of the Eighth Route Army have reinforcements? Could it be that their battalion commander Wang Chengzhu led his troops back?"

The chief of staff, Jun Shimo, next to him observed carefully for a while, and said, "Colonel Captain, look, these Chinese people are all wearing civilian clothes. Also, they basically carry bolt-action rifles, and almost no automatic weapons such as light machine guns.

Therefore, this is definitely not the main force of the independent battalion. "

Through Shimono Jun's reminder, Kasahara Koizumi soon discovered this.

Originally, he thought that Wang Chengzhu was back, and he had already started to retreat, but now his confidence has improved again.

He asked, "Shimono-kun, this is not the main force of the independent battalion, what kind of force is that?"

Shimono Jun thought for a while and said, "It looks like these are the militia units of the Eighth Route Army?"

"Militia?"

Kasahara Koizumi frowned: "I know the militia units of the Eighth Route Army. They hardly have any decent weapons. They usually hold firecrackers or spears and other weapons."

"Although this army doesn't have any automatic weapons, almost everyone has a rifle. How could it be a militia?"

"You know, even in the main force of the Eighth Route Army, many of them still share a rifle with two or three people, and even the rifling is worn out and they are still using it."

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(End of this chapter)