Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 279

After Wang Chengzhu, Chen Xi, Wang Dali and others led their troops back to their positions, the morale of the soldiers in the independent battalion was like a rainbow, and their morale was greatly boosted!
Wang Chengzhu glanced at the soldiers around him, and reminded with a stern face: "The devils have been defeated by us one after another, and they have suffered a lot. They will definitely not let it go! If I guess correctly, the enemy will definitely concentrate their firepower next , to retaliate against us.

Now I ordered the companies and platoons to immediately pack up their equipment and ammunition, and rescue the wounded. Except for the third company to stay and stand firm, the fourth and fifth companies immediately retreated along the traffic trench to the rear safety area to avoid the devil's artillery attack! "

Chen Xi, Wang Dali and others all understood that what Wang Chengzhu said was reasonable. Although the other soldiers were extremely excited, they had won so many victories with Wang Chengzhu, and they had already developed great admiration and trust for Wang Chengzhu.

So, no matter what Wang Chengzhu said, they would do it.

"Yes!" Everyone agreed with one voice, and then they split up under the leadership of their respective company platoon leaders.

It didn't take long for the soldiers of the independent battalion to perform their duties. The soldiers of the third company all hid in the artillery fortifications of the forward position, while the soldiers of the fourth and fifth companies also retreated to the rear safe area.

At the same time, the devil's remnant army also retreated to the vicinity of the attack position.

The artillerymen of the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army saw that their soldiers had retreated to a safe area, so they decisively carried out the order of Masao Nishiyama, the head of the brigade.

All of a sudden, the sound of the cannon was booming, and dozens of various shells, like free stones, poured towards the forward position of the independent battalion and covered the past.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom boom!—"

The dense shells fell suddenly, directly blowing up the front position of the independent battalion into a sea of ​​flames.

The soldiers of the third company hiding in the cat's ear holes could clearly feel the constant vibrations from the ground above their heads.

That sound was like a thunderous explosion, resounding through the sky, deafening.

The fortifications, which had already been blown to pieces, were buried by countless sand, gravel and mud.

Some soldiers of the third company were near the impact point of the shells, and their internal organs were damaged by the explosion shock wave from the ground, and the blood overflowed from their mouths...

The Japanese attack position.

Looking at the front position of the Independence Battalion that was blown up in flames, this time, Masao Nishiyama showed no expression on his face.

Because through the previous shellings, he already knew that it was a bit far-fetched to destroy the independent battalion through artillery.

And the reason why he ordered the retaliatory shelling was just to vent his inner anger.

At this time, the Chief of Staff Tada Ichiro next to him said: "Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, my subordinates have concluded that the reason for the imperial army's previous failures is not that our strength is not as good as the opponent's.

The main reason is that there are many accurate shooters in the Independent Battalion of the Eighth Route Army. In addition, there is also an artilleryman who can manipulate the Type [-] infantry artillery to deal with Imperial Army tanks. "

"As long as we can solve these threats of the Independent Battalion, we can easily defeat it!"

"Yo Xi!"

Nishiyama Masao nodded approvingly, and then signaled: "Tada-kun, please continue."

"Hi Yi!"

Tada Ichiro paused sharply, and then said: "We have found a way to deal with the Eighth Route Army's precision shooters, and that is to deploy tanks."

"As for the way to deal with the Jina artillery, my subordinates have also thought of it, that is to fire smoke bombs.

Let the smoke screen block the sight of the artillerymen of the independent battalion, making it impossible for him to lock on to the tanks of the imperial army, so naturally he cannot pose a threat to the tanks of the imperial army. "

"On this basis, we can also let the artillery of the Imperial Army extend its firepower to suppress the artillery of the independent battalion and its reinforcements as much as possible."

"As long as the imperial army can capture the first line of defense of the independent battalion, they will be able to attack Wang's Village in one fell swoop and completely wipe out their base!"

After hearing Tada Ichiro's tactics, Nishiyama Masao's eyes lit up immediately, and a treacherous sneer appeared on his face again: "Yo Xi! Tada-kun, I will do as you say!"

"If this battle succeeds in destroying the Eighth Route Army's Independent Battalion, you will be the first!"

Tada Ichiro paused sharply and said, "It is the duty of the subordinates to make suggestions and solve problems for His Excellency the brigade commander, and I am ashamed to take the first credit!"

Masao Nishiyama nodded in satisfaction and said nothing more.

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The forward position of the independent battalion.

Although the Japanese bombardment was fierce this time, it only lasted less than 10 minutes, and then extended towards the rear of the position.

Chen Xi, the commander of the third company, listened to the sound of the explosion that was gradually going away. He shook the dirt on his head, looked at Wang Chengzhu who was beside him, and asked doubtfully, "Battle Commander, where did the little devil come from? Why did this happen this time?" The bombing lasted only so long, are they running out of shells?"

Before Wang Chengzhu could speak, Chen Xi asked himself and answered, "That's not right either, they obviously carried out extended artillery fire."

Wang Chengzhu: "If things go wrong, there must be demons, but it's good if the little devils don't bombard our forward positions."

"Come on, let's go out and see what kind of poison is sold in the little devil's gourd."

After finishing speaking, Wang Chengzhu was the first to get out of the cat's ear hole, and then he saw a scene that surprised him.

The little devil didn't stop bombing the forward positions, but changed to a different kind of shell, but this kind of shell didn't have a violent explosion sound, that's all.

In addition, the large area in front of the position has also become the target range of the little devil's bombing.

Chen Xi, who came out of the cat's ear hole, looked at the white smoke nearby, and asked in confusion, "Battle Commander, the little devil is still using gas bombs?"

"No!"

Wang Chengzhu shook his head and said: "This is pure smoke, not poisonous. Of course, if you inhale too much, it will still cause some harm to the human body."

Chen Xi: "Smoke bomb? What is this little devil doing? Do you want to fish in troubled waters?
Although the smoke bomb can block our sight, it cannot block our bullets.

With a single shuttle, wouldn't it be possible that the little devil wouldn't die if he hid in the smoke? "

Wang Chengzhu: "As long as the smoke can block our line of sight, it is enough, because our bullets can't hurt the devil's tank at all."

Hearing this, Chen Xi still didn't know the seriousness of the problem. His face changed and he said: "Battle Commander, you mean, the little devils released the smoke bombs, in fact, just to cover the advance of their tanks?"

"Then what do we do?"

Wang Chengzhu: "The little devils are just pretending to be smart, and soon they will pay a heavy price for their stupid behavior!"

"You immediately gather the brothers with good three-arm strength, and then give them all the Molotov cocktails!"

Wang Chengzhu has already figured out a way to deal with the devil tanks, that is to use Molotov cocktails.

The smoke did obscure his vision, making it impossible for him to maneuver the gun against the Imp's tank.

But at the same time, the smoke will also obscure the little devil's sight, so that the bombardiers of the independent battalion can easily get close to the little devil's tank.

No, you don't even have to act with the bombardiers, the kid's tank will come to you by itself.

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(End of this chapter)