Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 290 The Situation Sudden Change, Devil Fighters Arrived
Taiyuan, Shanxi, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army.

When he received a telegram for help from the 4th Brigade from Wangjiacun, Commander Shinozuka Yoshio was actually very angry.

Not only was he outraged that Masao Nishiyama acted without asking for instructions, but he was also outraged that Masao Nishiyama dispatched a brigade that didn't even wipe out a battalion of the Eighth Route Army, and he suffered heavy losses and was even in danger of being wiped out.

This is not only a great shame to Masao Nishiyama and the 4th Brigade, but also a great shame to Yoshio Shinozuka and the First Army.

Even the shame of the entire empire and the entire imperial army.

But the 9th Brigade was almost destroyed when it was in Huluxia, and he must not let the 4th Brigade be destroyed in the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

Otherwise, this will not only become a disgrace to the First Army, but once the news spreads, it will also greatly damage the morale of the various departments of the Imperial Army.

Especially when the situation in the south is not going well.

Is Masao Nishiyama guilty?
Of course there are.

But even if he is guilty, he cannot be allowed to die at the hands of the Eighth Route Army. Instead, he should be judged by himself, the Imperial Army headquarters and the Imperial Military Court after he returns.

Therefore, the anger is the anger. After hearing the news, Yoshio Shinozuka gave the aviation soldiers an order to rush for reinforcements at the first time.

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The screen returns to the remnant of the Japanese 4th Brigade.

After the Eighth Route Army militiamen cut off the devils' retreat, they did not press forward, but took every step of the way and quickly seized the favorable terrain nearby.

Right now, the 4th Brigade of the Devils has been besieged, and there is no need for them to pay more casualties for the sake of the inevitable death.

It has to be said that Zhao Hong can be regarded as a qualified commander, at least not eager for quick success.

The militiamen of the Eighth Route Army marched at every step, which also gave the little devil time to breathe.

Masao Nishiyama turned his head to look at the nearby terrain, and immediately pointed to a small slope in front of the left and said, "Let's go, let's go to the small slope in front!"

As soon as the order was issued, the remnants of the devils immediately marched towards the small slope.

The small soil slope is about 100 meters high, and the terrain is not dangerous. Except for the weeds, there are only some wild trees growing sparsely on it.

The area is quite wide, and it can hold about 2000 devils and remnants without being too crowded.

Under normal circumstances, being besieged on such a terrain, if there is no reinforcements, it is almost certain death.

Therefore, Xu Hailang and Tian Shuisheng, who were the first to chase here, did not launch an attack immediately, but, like the militiamen, quickly seized the nearby favorable terrain to prevent the Devil's 4th Brigade from breaking through.

It was not until the main forces of the Independence Battalion, Xinyi Regiment, and Independence Regiment arrived that they launched an attack on Xiaotupo occupied by the Japanese 4th Brigade.

Each company of the independent battalion is arranged in a three-three formation, with three people as a combat team, three combat teams as a combat squad, and three combat squads as a combat group, moving forward quickly and orderly.

At that time, the little devil was only focused on running, not only artillery and other heavy weapons, but even heavy machine guns, so he couldn't stop the advance of the independent battalion at all.

Some devil machine gunners had just set up their light machine guns, but they were blown away by the high-explosive grenades that fell from the sky before they finished firing all the bullets.

In addition, several snipers of the Spike Special Forces were also constantly sniping and killing key targets such as the devil's machine gunners, grenadiers, and grassroots officers.

These guys, almost as soon as they popped their heads, there would be an extra blood hole in the head or heart.

In addition, the machine gunners of various ministries continued to shoot and straf, suppressing the little devils on the mountain.

It is worth mentioning that the three-three system tactics are neither omnipotent nor invincible. In addition to the tacit cooperation of each combat squad, combat group, and combat group, it is also necessary to have accurate shooters and enough firepower to suppress the enemy's firepower. Provide the necessary conditions for one's own charge.

Otherwise, the more dispersed the number of people, the easier it is for the enemy to defeat them one by one.

The tactics of the three-three system can only play a good role when the strength gap between the enemy and the enemy is not very large.

But right now, with all the conditions of the independent battalion occupied, it was easy to tear through the defense lines of the little devil.

Looking at the strange formation of the independent battalion, as well as his own soldiers constantly falling down, and the line of defense being torn apart, Nishiyama Masao went numb.

I can't help but wonder in my heart, in the current situation, can I really hold on until the reinforcements arrive?

"Hold it, hold it!"

"Ikeda Squadron, Kojima Squadron, go up immediately..."

Masao Nishiyama, who was unwilling to give up, kept sending more troops to the front line of defense, and as a result, he became a living target one after another.

Facing the powerful firepower of the Eighth Route Army, they couldn't raise their heads to aim at all. As a result, their accuracy was greatly reduced, and they couldn't play to their original level at all. Naturally, they couldn't effectively suppress the independent battalion...

The main military cadres of the various regiments of the Eighth Route Army have all heard of the prestige of the three-three system, especially Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan and others, have seen the power of the three-three system tactics.

Coupled with the fact that they are close to the water and get the moon first, they have benefited a lot from the three-three system tactics that they have practiced in advance.

At this moment, the independent battalion is teaching in actual combat, and they are also concentrating on observing, studying the subtleties of the three-three system tactics, and looking for the shortcomings of their own troops in training.

Then he pulled out his own troops and launched an attack on the remnants of the devils on the hillside for actual combat training.

The battalions of the Xinyi Regiment fought steadily, and soon broke through and occupied the outer defense line of the Japanese 4th Brigade, and continued to advance towards the center of the slope.

Seeing the approaching new army, Masao Nishiyama's face was ashen, and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

Aggrieved, really too aggrieved.

This was the first time he was so aggrieved since he joined the army.

Even in the Battle of Cangyun Ridge, the headquarters of the Sakata United Squad under his command was blown up, resulting in the destruction of the troops, but he was not so aggrieved.

Because in that battle, although the Sakata Alliance was completely gone, the casualties of the Sakata Alliance were far less than that of the Shinichi Regiment.

"Buzz!"

"Buzzing..."

Even when Masao Nishiyama was about to fight for dignity and was about to give the order for the troops to launch a counter-charge, there was a sudden burst of piercing roar of aircraft engines in the distance.

The old devil hurriedly followed the prestige, and saw more than a dozen fighter planes passing through the thin clouds, flying towards this side at high speed.

In order to see more clearly, Masao Nishiyama even raised his binoculars.

In the field of view of the telescope, the plaster flags sprayed on the wings and the fuselage look so relative.

The Chief of Staff Tada Ichiro next to him showed an even more ecstatic expression, as if he was being bullied outside and suddenly saw his parents' little child: "Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, this is a fighter plane of the Imperial Army! The Imperial Air Force has arrived!"

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(End of this chapter)