Sword: Heart of Iron

Chapter 28 Night Raid

At midnight.

There was silence on the two armies' positions, with only the chaotic chirping of various insects under the night sky.

Faced with a powerful enemy, Zhao Fangyuan had no intention of resting. He led a platoon of troops in the middle of the night and patrolled back and forth on the front line.

The brigade commander was right. The Japanese army was indeed quite knowledgeable about night attacks and even wrote specific night attack tactics into the infantry drill manual.

I have to guard against it.

Zhao Fangyuan picked up the telescope and scanned the open area between the two armies.

It was pitch dark and I couldn't see anything clearly.

Zhao Fangyuan put down the telescope and called a soldier beside him: "Go over there and take a look to see if there is any unusual movement."

"Tread lightly!"

The soldier jumped out of the trench with his rifle in hand, and walked slowly and tentatively forward.

The steps were very slow, and after four or five minutes, they had only advanced more than 150 meters.

Wow!

In the silent night, amid the noise of insects chirping, there was a sudden sound of metal collision.

The scout paused, his expression suddenly changing.

This voice is so familiar.

If I'm not mistaken, it should be the sound of the bolt of a Type 38 rifle being pulled.

Wow! Wow!
As soon as the sound was heard, the sounds of gun bolts being pulled could be heard one after another in the dense woods on both sides of the position.

The scout was anxious: "Oh no!"

"It's the devil's night attack force!"

The Japanese are already close to the front line. It is definitely too late to go back and report now.

In a desperate situation, the scout made up his mind, pointed the gun into the forest, and pulled the trigger.

Snapped!
A gunshot rang out across the night sky, drowning out all the surrounding noise.

The Japanese troops in the dense forest were instantly alarmed.

"idiot!"

"Kill him!"

The Japanese army that attacked at night thought that their plan had been exposed, so the commander acted decisively and immediately organized an attack.

"Onboard!"

Gunshots rang out all around, and the scout was shot several times and fell powerlessly in a pool of blood.

There were bubbling sounds coming from his mouth, and his eyes were looking at the position behind him, without any fear of death.

"Damn little devils..."

A sudden burst of gunfire was heard in the front, suddenly alarming the frontline positions of the Temporary 1st Brigade.

"quick!"

"Get up quickly!"

"Night attack!"

"Messenger, go and sound the alarm!"

Sharp and piercing explosions pierced the night sky. The entire position of the First Temporary Brigade became busy in an instant. People crowded in the darkness and immediately rushed to their battle positions.

Da da da!
Light and heavy machine guns opened fire first. With the faint moonlight, only the general outline of the Japanese soldiers' bodies could be barely seen.

But that's enough!
Not long after Wang Feng closed his eyes, he was awakened by the loud alarm on the battlefield.

"Damn the Japs, they're going to do this as soon as they guess!"

Without leaving the house to listen to the report, Wang Feng grasped the latest movements of the Japanese army through the three-dimensional battle map in his mind. There were about three squadrons of Japanese troops.

The troops were divided into three groups and launched a night attack on the positions of the Temporary 1st Brigade from the front and both wings.

Fortunately, they were discovered early and the charging Japanese troops were stopped 150 meters in front of the position.

He quickly ran into the command post and picked up the microphone on the table.

"Zhao Fangyuan!"

The sound of dense gunfire like raindrops came from the other end of the microphone: "Don't panic, Commander, we discovered the Japanese army's actions in advance... The Japanese invaders are now stopped in front of the position!"

Zhao Fangyuan's voice was intermittent and sounded a little unclear.

Wang Feng said sternly: "Organize a counterattack quickly and never let the Japanese invaders set foot on our positions!"

"Be careful of the enemies coming from both sides!"

Zhao Fangyuan shouted, "Understood! Commander!"

Since the Japanese offensive intention was discovered in advance, it was relatively easy to defend this battle.

All of the Japanese air fighters were not capable of carrying out night combat missions.

Without strong air support, it would be difficult for the Japanese army to break through the defense line of the Temporary 1st Brigade with ground forces alone.

The battle lasted for two hours, and three squadrons of Japanese troops launched five raids.

They tried desperately to charge into the trenches and engage the enemy at close range, but were beaten back.

The gunfire on the battlefield gradually subsided, and Zhao Fangyuan, covered in dust, ran back to the command center to report on his work.

"Report to the brigade commander, our troops have successfully repelled the invading Japanese enemy!"

Wang Feng's consciousness exited from the three-dimensional battle map: "Good job, you've enhanced our military's prestige!"

"The Japanese army launched such a large-scale night attack. It seems that Itagaki Seishirō is really anxious."

"The more anxious this old devil is, the more I can't let him get what he wants!"

Zhao Fangyuan put his heels together: "Thank you for the compliment, Commander!"

But Wang Feng's consciousness at this moment is completely not in the real world.

He said perfunctorily: "Let's count the casualties first."

"Yes!"

After Zhao Fangyuan left, Wang Feng muttered to himself, "I guessed it right!"

"With the same combat performance, the experience gained by guarding the entrance of Tuancheng seems to be much more efficient than that of ambushes."

In the battle that night, more than 300 Japanese soldiers were killed, finally filling up the last bit of the upgrade experience bar.

The level of the system panel has officially been upgraded to level 3.

Unlocks a new feature, as well as a number of national focus options.

Not surprisingly, the new feature is the technology upgrade system.

Wang Feng used his consciousness to click the corresponding button on the panel.

"Tsk, tsk, so many"

As soon as the consciousness moved, what came into view was the densely packed technology tree nodes.

Just click on a naval option and roughly count, there are at least a dozen models in one branch.

The first impression he got from the naval technology tree was that it was very similar to his favorite game in his previous life - World of Warships.

The variety of ships is much greater than in the game.

Tank classification, rifle classification, artillery classification
However, in order to unlock it, you need to light up the corresponding national policy tree.

(End of this chapter)