The opening of the bright sword leads a battalion

Chapter 76 The Attack Begins

As for the subsequent development of the matter, Chu Qi had already speculated before arranging the night attack of the fourth company.

And as he predicted.

Because of this wave of sneak attacks, the Sakata Alliance was trembling all night, sending out patrol teams constantly to move around.

The artillery squadron also retreated overnight, as did Yamada's command post. They used to be very close to the front line, but now they dare not.

In addition, the devil soldiers dug trenches overnight, and dug out the prototype of the trench before dawn.

At least, the most basic bunker is available, and the sense of security is higher, although the bunker is not very perfect.

And on the second day, the sky gradually brightened...

After breakfast, according to Yamada's order, the artillery immediately started shelling.

Eight mortars fired one after another, roaring and projecting shells, flying to various places in Weishui Village.

The houses in Weishui Village were destroyed under artillery fire, and the positions of the Eighth Route Army were also damaged under artillery fire. Seeing this scene, the morale of the devil soldiers was lifted.

——I was attacked by a grenade last night. It seemed that the thunder was loud, but in fact it was raining lightly. The ghost soldiers who died because of the grenade were actually only a little bit, not even one-thirtieth of the entire regiment.

Although the casualties of the grassroots officers were a bit high, for the devil soldiers, it was nothing more than a change of officer. This kind of thing is not a big deal.

Not to mention, at this moment, all the squadron leaders showed up at the front one after another, encouraging the soldiers everywhere, and they said all kinds of things to boost morale.

This made the soldiers feel that the eight-way attack last night was just a despicable method.Although it was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, the imperial army is still the invincible Imperial Army, and the Eighth Route Army is still the earthly Eighth Route of the local chickens and dogs.

These encouraged soldiers held their guns tightly in their hands, looked at Weishui Village, which was ravaged by artillery fire, and thought about how to rush up later, how to kill the Quartet, and how to gain military merits.

They gradually became manic, as if they had never been attacked last night, and their morale was boosted.

——To put it bluntly, they feel that they are doing it again.

"It's time for gi!"

And as the squadron leaders commanded the attack, a large number of devil soldiers roared and marched towards the Weishui village position. According to their understanding, at this moment, the Eighth Route Army should have been stunned and frightened by the artillery fire.

Gentlemen, you can attack at will and kill the enemy wantonly!
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But on the other side.

It was different from the bombardment and flying stumps imagined by the Japanese army.

The soldiers of the Independent Regiment of the Military Division are hiding in the tunnel unscathed at this moment. As early as midnight yesterday, Chu Qi had already evacuated all the soldiers into the tunnel.

In other words, the powerful mortars in the eyes of the Japanese army, apart from blowing up the houses of the villagers, had no other gains. It was just a waste of shells.

And in the tunnel...

The tunnel under Weishui Village was originally designed by Chu Qi. The tunnel extends in all directions and has various functions. It took two months for the independent military division to dig.

Naturally, several exits of this tunnel lead to the trenches outside Weishui Village.

And at this moment...

Chu Qi and the other two battalion commanders were discussing the next battle in a grain storage room.

At this time, all the personnel in the regiment headquarters were sent away due to poisoning, so now the whole regiment, Chu Qi and the other two battalion commanders, are the highest-ranking officers.

Among them, the three battalion commanders are headed by Chu Qi, because Chu Qi is the strongest no matter in terms of record or the combat effectiveness of the troops under his command.

So during the discussion, Chu Qi was the first to speak:
"The enemy seems to have adopted a comprehensive siege method. They dispatched two brigades at once to directly surround Weishui Village. Now that the shelling is coming to an end, they have begun to attack."

Hearing this, Sun Nong on the side nodded, and he said:

"That is to say, two brigades with nearly 2000 people besieged us at the same time, and the Bantian United team specially reserved a brigade as a reserve team?"

"If that's the case, then Chu Qi, what are you going to do? We still have to rely on your first battalion for assistance. Otherwise, if we keep defending like this, two of my soldiers will be unable to fight if only two of them get a gun. "

Sun Nong's words were exactly the voice of the third battalion commander on the side. It can be said that only Chu Qi's first battalion can support the appearance of the independent regiment of the entire military division.

In terms of strength, Chu Qi's [-]st Battalion has experienced so many battles and a month-long actual combat drill, almost all of them are veterans, stronger than some of the main regiments.

After hearing this, Chu Qi pondered for a while, and finally said:
"Then how about this, my first battalion, except for the machine gun squad, sharp knife squad, reconnaissance squad, and fourth company, the other companies are all split up and temporarily assigned to your team to help you organize your defense."

"The presence of veterans can also play a leading role for these recruits and stabilize the morale of the army."

Hearing this, the Second Battalion Commander Sun Nong and the Third Battalion Commander both nodded and had no objections.

After that, the three battalion commanders discussed for a while, and finally, they adjourned the meeting and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Chu Qi suddenly asked:

"By the way, you seem to have machine guns in your hands now. How many guns do you have?"

This was his temporary discovery. He remembered that the second and third battalions had no machine guns before.

Hearing this, Sun Nong replied:
"It seems... after you went to the independent regiment to teach hand-to-hand combat."

"After you went, the brigade commander dispatched some machine guns. There are quite a lot of them. There must be ten crooked guns."

... quite a lot?

Chu Qi tilted his head, cocked his hands ten times, um...that's quite a lot, even for the first battalion.

And he went on to say:

"Then you wait a moment, let the soldiers bring over the ten crooked handles, and I will deploy them uniformly. I just have a spare machine gunner here."

It was said that the two battalion commanders, the second battalion commander and the third battalion commander, looked at each other in blank dismay.All for your Heavy?

...It's okay, anyway, the machine gunners in our hands are basically half-baked, and naturally they are not as good as the machine gunners in your first battalion.

Thinking of this, the two battalion commanders had no objection and nodded.

Afterwards, the three of them dispersed separately, and the entire independent regiment of the military division also began to operate.

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(End of this chapter)