My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 80 Encirclement and Annihilation

Relying on artillery fire suppression, the reinforced Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment quickly arrived at the attack position.

Only 200 meters away from the devil on the road.

At this time, the Japanese were still lying near the highway to avoid the shells falling from the sky.

But after all, it's just some 60 mortars.

Even if there are a lot of them.

However, the weight of the [-] kilogram shell is there, and its insufficient power and insufficient number of fragments are flaws. Even within the effective killing range, there are still a large number of killing gaps.

Not to mention, in the prone state, the lethality of the shells is greatly reduced.

Experience summed up during World War I - when encountering artillery fire, the casualty rate of infantry in open areas is three times that of lying down, and twenty times that of hiding in trenches.

After all, the 60 mortar is used to suppress exposed firepower of enemy machine guns, heavy machine guns, etc., and the infantry accompanies the artillery.

So the Japanese casualties were actually not that big.

It would be better to have an ambush in Xingzigou.

From Ma Rongshun's perspective, most of the fallen Japs were actually Japs who took the initiative to lie down.

Seeing the second battalion approaching, the Japanese began to fight back.

But after all, the suppression of artillery fire continued, and the Japanese counterattack lacked unified command. Although there were many in number, they were not large-scale and the effect was very poor.

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"rush."

Captain Li Da, holding a Type [-] submachine gun, took the lead and began to charge.

I saw him first leaping more than three meters in one step, then rolling, crawling behind a ditch, dodging a few fired bullets, and then using the standard three-position crawling motion, he hid behind the ditch and quickly pulled Close distance from the devil.

With the abundance of weapons and equipment, the broadsword has long since disappeared from the equipment sequence of the independent regiment.After all, no matter how sharp your swordsmanship is or how powerful your martial arts are, even if you are a monk, so what?

Can you outrun bullets?

Pull out a soldier at random, let alone a submachine gun, even a shell gun, or even a 98k, and the monk will be able to beat him and run away.

If you have bullets, who will compete with you for a bayonet?

Ma Rongshun, who was charging not far away, was stunned by Li Yunlong's actions.

The captain's speed was much faster than that of the most physically trained warriors in the third battalion without equipment.

Captain Li has been on the frontline for more than ten years, and his survival depends not on luck, nor on the aura of the protagonist, but on his solid tactical moves and his keen sense of smell.

After arriving at the end of the gully, he was only a dozen meters away from the road. Li Yunlong quickly stretched out his gun and killed a Japanese rifleman who was aiming at him with several bursts of fire.

The monk had been following Li Yunlong, and he also rushed out at the same time and killed another Japanese.

The rest were annihilated by the two infantry squads that followed.

After killing the Japs in front, the three infantry squads gathered together and continued to charge forward like a sharp knife, inserting themselves between the two Japs squads. The Japs on both wings were hit by intensive submachine gun fire and could hardly raise their heads.

at the same time.

The five 60-mm mortars and three grenade launchers of the Second Battalion and Second Company, who accompanied the regiment commander in the rear, also suppressed the five crooked mortars, three grenade launchers and more than a dozen rifles of the Japanese in front. .

Under Li Yunlong's command, the second company always kept cutting in sideways, pushing the first Japanese team on the outermost side outwards.

"retreat."

"retreat."

The firepower was completely suppressed and the enemy was approaching step by step. The Japanese team leader could only order the troops to withdraw to the outside.

If we don't retreat, we will be overtaken by Tubal Road, which has the advantage in front of us.

There is no advantage in military strength or firepower. Once entangled, it will be the end of total annihilation.

With this withdrawal, the first squadron of Nishino Squadron and the second squadron commanded by Captain Nishino Squadron in the middle were further and further away from the squadron headquarters, and the firepower connection between the two sides became weaker and weaker.

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"Baga, come back."

"The first team moves closer to headquarters."

Old Japanese Nishino is worthy of being a squadron leader. Even though he was covered by fierce artillery fire, he still clearly judged the current situation.

The Eighth Route Army has an absolute advantage in strength and firepower. As the battle continues, it is only a matter of time before the Nishino Squadron is annihilated.

The key to the survival of the Nishino Squadron is also time.

This is Songjiazhuang.

Both Taiyuan's aviation unit and Liao County's infantry brigade can arrive in less than an hour.

Once reinforcements arrive, Tubal must retreat.

Although the Nishino Squadron is now suffering heavy casualties, and the Type [-] Infantry Cannon was destroyed in the first round, as long as they are gathered together and rely on terrain defense, no matter how strong the Tubal Road is, it will take several hours to annihilate them.

He only needs to gather his troops and hold on for an hour to win.

But Tubal Road also has opportunities,

As long as the Nishino Squadron is divided and the superior forces are concentrated to annihilate them one by one, the battle can be ended before the Locust Army reinforcements arrive.

So the key is that the Nishino Squadron can all defend together.

And now...

The anxious leader of the Japanese first team apparently did not hear the order from Captain Nishino. He just quickly organized firepower to suppress the approaching Tubal Road. At the same time, he ordered the troops to continue to retreat and find a suitable position to block the attack.

Li Yunlong also continued to lead the troops to press in, forcing the Japanese to continue to withdraw.

"idiot."

When the leader of the Japanese first team realized that he had run too far and lost contact with the other teams, behind him, the fifth company led by Shen Quan had arrived at the predetermined position and formed an encirclement with the second company.

Realizing that he had fallen into the enemy's scheme and made a wrong command, and was surrounded far away from the squadron headquarters, the Japanese squad leader roared angrily, drew his samurai sword, and led his troops to charge towards Liao County.

He also understands.It was too late to break through to the squadron headquarters now.

But faced with the siege of two infantry companies and more than 300 people, a few dozen Japanese were annihilated in less than 7 minutes.

Up to this point, the battle had only lasted 10 minutes.

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On the road, Nishino, who understood that the first team was hopeless, tried to gather the remaining troops to resist, but the third team had also been cut off by the third company led by Kong Jie.

Falling into siege by the Third Company and the Fourth Company.

The squadron headquarters and the second squadron were tightly suppressed by the artillery battery and the first battery, and they were also unable to move.

I could only watch helplessly as the two teams were annihilated.

During this period, he organized support and tried to take the initiative to gather troops, but was suppressed by intensive artillery shells and firepower.

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The third team of Nishino Squadron also did not last for 10 minutes.

After completing the annihilation of the second and third squads, the remaining five infantry companies of the independent regiment assembled and began to besiege the Nishino Squadron headquarters and the first squad.

Facing a strength ratio of twenty to one, the remaining Japs in the Nishino Squadron also failed to hold out for 10 minutes. The old Japs in the Nishino Squadron were also shot to death by Wang Xikui, who came to join the battle.

If it weren't for completing the mission, he would have shot the old devil to death.

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"35 minutes."

"Hey hey..."

After taking a look at Sakata's watch, Li Yunlong smiled proudly.

The independent regiment dispatched more than 800 people on the open road and almost annihilated a Japanese infantry squadron of 10 Japanese in less than [-] minutes.

I don’t know if Li Yunlong was completely wiped out, and I didn’t have time to clean the battlefield in detail.

But definitely annihilation.

There were definitely no more than ten Japanese who survived.

Thanks to sufficient ammunition, the Independent Regiment no longer wants to kill a Japanese soldier with one bullet.

To be honest, even if it is a seven-nine-point bullet, unless it hits the fatal part, it is difficult to kill a Japanese with one bullet.

Not to mention shells.

In the past, the Japanese would have a large number of wounded soldiers, and they would be able to return to the team and continue fighting after they recovered.

But now, five or six bullets from the submachine gun burst past. Even if it was a shell gun, the Japanese would definitely be killed.

Moreover, the independent regiment's casualties were extremely low.

There was also no time to count the casualties, but Li Yunlong initially estimated that there would be no more than [-] casualties.

Compared with the previous two battles to annihilate Japanese squadrons, this number has obviously increased a lot, but considering that it is a rapid annihilation battle on the ground, it is completely acceptable.

This battle was still an almost perfect battle of rapid annihilation.

"Bring the Type [-] infantry artillery shells and withdraw!"

Li Yunlong quickly issued a retreat order.

The Japs plane is coming soon, and the Liao County Japs Brigade is also fighting fiercely with the First Battalion.

urgent time,
Li Yunlong also refused to let the troops carefully collect the Japanese supplies.

Anyway, Li Yunlong no longer cares about the Japs' weapons, except for cannons.

Now the only enemy weapons equipped by the independent regiment are grenades, and the rest are given to other troops.

Moreover, even the Japanese grenade tubes were not favored by Li Yunlong. Compared with the grenade tubes produced by Lu Laodi, the Japanese grenade tubes not only had lower accuracy, but also had a higher failure rate. They were not the same thing at all.

On the contrary, Li Yunlong wanted the Type [-] infantry gun.

This is a cannon.

With this, he can even attack the Uemura stronghold.

However,

In the first round of shelling, the Type [-] infantry gun carried by Nishino Squadron was destroyed. However, of the eighty shells, half of them were perfectly preserved, and the rest were destroyed.

"Yes."

Five minutes later, the independent regiment packed up some of the captured supplies and retreated along the mountain road to the Taiyue Mountains.

During this period, five Japanese reinforcement planes also arrived. After circling for a while, one of them spotted the [-]nd Battalion of the Independent Regiment and launched several dive and strafing attacks on the [-]nd Battalion, causing the [-]nd Battalion to gain a few more wounded and lose several soldiers. A mule and horse.

Li Yunlong didn't bother to pay attention and retreated with his troops.

Soon we entered the mountains.

Seeing this, the Japanese plane could only shake its wings and fly away.

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Direction to Liao County.

When the time came, the first battalion responsible for blocking the Beijing Brigade in Liao County retreated as planned.

First, grenades and mortars were launched together, giving the Japanese a round of intensive artillery fire, repelling a round of Japanese offensive, and then they laid a bunch of mines, and then left leisurely.

By the time the Beijing Battalion launched another offensive and broke through the mine array, the [-]st Battalion was almost entering the mountain.

"idiot!"

Kitai Minghe drew his katana angrily and chopped down indiscriminately.

The blocking Eighth Route Army's firepower was so fierce, and it even took the initiative to retreat this time. Kitai Minghe already had a premonition that the situation of Nishino Squadron might not be good.

In less than two months, three imperial army squadrons were annihilated around Liao County. I'm afraid...

Kitai Mingbox doesn't feel good.

(End of this chapter)