Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 312 Anti-aircraft Guns Lay Flat

On the northern front, 10 tanks were lined up in a row, with each tank about 50 meters apart horizontally, just enough to open up an attack front of more than 500 meters;
The areas between the tanks were filled with infantry accompanying the attack. On the left was the 113th Regiment, and on the right was the 147th Regiment. Each regiment had deployed an incomplete battalion, with a total strength of about 1600 people.

So many devils would not huddle together, that would be a gift to the defenders, and they would not be so stupid;

Naturally, they were divided into several waves. The first wave consisted of more than 500 riflemen and machine gunners.

Their mission is to accompany the tanks in the attack while ensuring that the tanks are not attacked by the Chinese suicide squad. These tanks are much more valuable than their lives.

The second echelon also consists of riflemen and machine gunners, hiding behind tanks and eating dust, and reinforcing the first echelon when needed;

The third echelon is infantry artillery and mortars, which also accompany the attack.

When the enemy's attack line reached the open area in front of the village, a series of anti-aircraft shells suddenly came from the west, harvesting the lives of the enemy as efficiently as the scythe of the god of death.
The Japanese block was torn into pieces, and the tanks would be destroyed if hit by a single shot. More than a dozen anti-aircraft guns became the nightmare of the Japanese. This petrified the old Japanese who had been watching the show. Major General Shimoyama even stammered:
"Bakayalu, what kind of work is that? Why is the power so terrifying?"

Lieutenant Colonel Jiro Kawai, the brigade's chief of staff, seemed to have some knowledge and replied tremblingly:

"Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, these seem to be anti-aircraft guns made in the Empire. The Chinese laid them flat to attack tanks!"

After he finished speaking, he excitedly added:
"I never thought that anti-aircraft guns would be so effective against armored targets. This experience is worth promoting in the Imperial Army.

If it is applied in the Far East, Russia's tank group will not be a problem! "

Major General Shan Di Gen slapped him twice on the spot and cursed:

"Bagayalu, you should worry about him now. He is a mountain detachment!"

"Quickly order the artillery to destroy them!"

"Quickly order the tank squadron to withdraw!!!"

The last sentence was shouted out almost at the top of his lungs. He could not afford the loss of an entire tank squadron.

The troops had already been sent out, and it was not so easy to withdraw them. In just a few minutes, most of the Japanese tanks were destroyed, leaving only three pitiful ones.

The two infantry battalions accompanying the attack also suffered a devastating disaster. The prodigal Tian Zhongbin ordered all the artillery shells left by Yue Qianli to be fired. The Japanese soldiers were killed and their corpses were scattered all over the ground, with broken limbs and arms thrown everywhere.

Although the anti-aircraft guns had run out of ammunition and the Japanese offensive was completely crushed, and although the overall casualties were only 20% to 30%, their courage had been frightened away;
They had never seen such brutal fighting. Many of their companions were torn to pieces. The lucky ones had their internal organs scattered all over the ground. The wild dogs were disgusted when they saw it.

At first, it was a small-scale rout, then a large-scale rout, which soon turned into a total rout. The eyes of every Japanese soldier were filled with fear of death. At that moment, they felt that they were only one step away from Amaterasu, and some even saw the god of death waving at them...

"Bakayaloo, what a bunch of rubbish!"

“Is this still the Kumamoto Division?”

"The guerrilla column has no martial ethics!"

"Yue Qianli, I'm not done with you..." Major General Yamadi was a little incoherent. Lieutenant Colonel Kawai shook his head in his heart. How could this be the demeanor of a general?
An attack that was destined to win ended in such a whimper, with only two tanks escaping and more than 500 infantry casualties.

What they achieved was that they consumed a large number of anti-aircraft shells of the defenders, and finally the waste also realized some value.

Several old Japanese soldiers gathered together again, everyone had an ugly look on their face as if their father had died. Their self-confidence suffered a great blow. Yue Qianli and the guerrilla column were far more difficult to deal with than they had imagined. It turned out that their reputation was not in vain!

Instead, Chief of Staff Jiro Kawai seemed to be enlightened by Major General Yamaji's slaps. He suddenly said:
“General, gentlemen, the anti-aircraft guns used by Yue Qianli were captured from the Imperial Army, and the biggest limitation is the shells;

They had already consumed a lot of ammunition in their previous attack on the Aerial Warriors. With the consumption this time, they should have run out of ammunition. Otherwise, they would not have let go of the attacking force so easily."

Lieutenant Colonel Kawai's words restored their confidence. Colonel Tanaka seemed to be encouraging himself and said:

“What Kawai-kun said is very true. It is difficult to maintain durability by relying on captured ammunition. They must be out of shells now;
We can still afford the loss of more than 500 warriors. Yue Qianli has already used up his three axes. Now it's time for the Imperial Army to perform!
Concentrate all our forces, capture Zhaozhuang in one fell swoop, and capture Yue Qianli alive!"

Major General Shan Di also made up his mind. This was his best chance to defeat Yue Qianli and become famous, so he decided to give it a try.

"Gentlemen, success or failure depends on this one move!
Zhaozhuang is easy to attack but difficult to defend. We finally managed to stop the guerrilla column and we must not let them go.
Tell the warriors that as long as they break into the village, everything in the village will be theirs.

Money, food, and flower girls!

I only want Yue Qianli!!!"

The morale of the Japanese soldiers was also aroused. They stood up and shouted slogans with murderous intent.

An hour later, thousands of Japanese troops launched a general attack on a two-kilometer-long battle line and swarmed toward Zhaozhuang;
Seeing that the Japanese had put all their chips on the table, Wang Jianfei no longer hid anything and ordered all light and heavy firepower to fire at the Japanese, killing as many as possible.

At first there were hardly any people in the village, but now they all came out, and at every alley there was a machine gun and dozens of people;

It was obvious that the defenders were resisting in platoons. They were not trying to stop the Japanese from entering Zhaozhuang, and the terrain of Zhaozhuang could not stop them. It was just helping them "lose weight".

As expected, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties in the process of breaking through the defenders' firepower network. They were mowed down in rows, with at least hundreds of casualties.

It was not until a large group of Japanese troops approached the entrance of the village that the defenders began to collapse, abandoning their sturdy barricades and fleeing deep into the village.

Soon they disappeared into the deep streets and alleys. Since the village was not big and there was a lack of space to move, the two sides soon got into a fight. The whole village was filled with the sound of gunfire and every street was filled with blood.

Street fighting is the strength of the Supplementary Detachment. More than 70% of their soldiers have participated in the street fighting in Nanjing.

These defeated soldiers who crawled out of the pile of corpses have been reborn after receiving Yue Qianli's systematic training and have completed the transformation into an iron-clad and strong army.

In street fighting, not to mention the rookie 106th Division, even if the 6th Division came, they would end up being abused, but the Japanese in the 106th Division would be abused even more miserably.

At first, the old Japanese soldiers were quite happy. Although they paid a lot of price, they finally broke in. They seemed to see the dawn of victory.
As time went by, the old devil finally found something wrong...

(End of this chapter)