Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

"Hi!"

Lieutenant Colonel Kato quickly went to relay the order.

As the order is given.

The four Type 4 infantry guns and six Type 6 90mm mortars on the reverse slope quickly opened fire.

In four concrete bunkers further away, four Type 94 75mm mountain guns also opened fire simultaneously.

With 14 cannons firing simultaneously, that's quite a powerful firepower.

Moreover, the Japanese Type 94 90mm mortar, under rapid firing, can reach 20 rounds per minute.

However, along the 3-kilometer-long front, the Japanese artillery firepower was somewhat inadequate.

What made things even more frustrating for the Japanese was that, just two or three minutes after they opened fire, their artillery positions were bombed by Eighth Route Army aircraft.

Eighth Route Army planes were circling nearby, waiting for the Japanese artillery positions to open fire.

Upon discovering the arrival of the Eighth Route Army aircraft, the Japanese artillery quickly pulled mortars and infantry guns into the tunnels.

Although aerial bombs and napalm bombs failed to destroy the Japanese artillery.

However, after this wave of bombing, the Japanese artillery dared not fire on the reverse slope easily.

Meanwhile, the mountain guns that the Japanese had set up in the tunnels were also attacked by napalm bombs.

"idiot!!"

Colonel Masahiko Nara spoke angrily upon seeing his artillery fire suppressed by the Eighth Route Army's aircraft.

The planes roared overhead and the heavy artillery roared on the ground. Wasn't the Eighth Route Army bullying the Locust Army?
It was only at this moment that Colonel Masahiko Nara finally understood why the 9th and 39th Brigades had suffered such a crushing defeat.

At this moment, he finally understood that his 237th Regiment was just an ordinary regiment, and the gap between it and the Eighth Route Army's elite New First Regiment was significant.

Although everyone in the 237th Regiment was a suicide squad member.

However, the huge gap in equipment between them and the Eighth Route Army could not be bridged by fighting will alone.

"Order the 2nd Infantry Battalion to prepare for battle!"

Nara Masahiko's tone was cold.

After this wave of artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army, the 3rd Infantry Battalion that had entered the position had suffered heavy casualties!
The main reason was that he did not expect that the Eighth Route Army infantry would conduct a coordinated infantry and artillery bombardment from a position 150 meters away from the Japanese front-line positions.

This is fatal.

However, this tactic was specifically designed to counter the Eighth Route Army.

The old Japanese soldiers quickly came up with a plan: next time, they would send a small force into the position first, and after the Eighth Route Army's infantry and artillery coordinated their attack, the infantry and tanks would advance, and then the infantry would enter the position from the tunnels.

However, the prerequisite is to first repel the first wave of attacks from the Eighth Route Army.

Lieutenant Colonel Kato: "Hi."

After fifteen minutes of rapid firing, the entire Japanese forward position was once again thoroughly ravaged, and there were practically no living Japanese soldiers left to be seen.

"attack!"

The tank company commanders issued the attack order.

The infantrymen behind them stood up, brushed the mud off their bodies, and, carrying semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns, followed behind the tanks, hunching over as they advanced.

On the opposite Japanese position, some Japanese soldiers who had survived by chance quickly set up their weapons and began firing.

Meanwhile, Japanese soldiers kept emerging from the tunnel entrance and firing at the Eighth Route Army infantry and tanks.

quickly,

Under mutual cover, the infantry and tanks moved to a position about 100 meters from the Japanese forward positions.

this distance.

It was within the range of the Eighth Route Army's tank guns, and also within the range of the Eighth Route Army's tanks' flamethrowers.

"Da da da……"

"Boom boom boom..." The grenade launcher exploded in the Eighth Route Army infantry formation behind the attacking tanks. Although the grenade launcher was far less powerful than the mountain gun, it still wounded some soldiers and caused more than a dozen firing points to go silent.

However, it wasn't that the machine gunner was hit. Instead, after firing one ammunition belt, they quickly moved to a new position. Having fought the Japanese for so long, the soldiers knew the accuracy of the Japanese grenade launchers and that they posed the greatest threat to machine gun positions. So the machine gunners moved to a new position to continue providing suppressive fire.

However, the machine guns inside the Japanese concrete fortifications continued to fire incessantly, constantly trying to find angles to suppress the Eighth Route Army's infantry.

The reason is also very simple.

Firstly, the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun could not penetrate the Eighth Route Army tanks' defenses, and even the 37mm rapid-fire cannon could not penetrate them.

Secondly, the Japanese objective was primarily to suppress the Eighth Route Army's infantry, causing them to become separated from the tanks, so that the suicide squads could launch human-powered assaults on the tanks.

But at that moment, the Eighth Route Army tank stopped, its turret slowly rotating, and aimed at a Japanese concrete bunker.

At a distance of about 100 meters, the Japanese soldiers in the bunker opposite also saw the turret of the Eighth Route Army tank turning, and the Japanese squad leader inside was slightly taken aback.

Without any fear, he immediately ordered the machine gunners to continue firing.

You're just a 75mm tank gun, how could you possibly blow up the locust army's concrete bunkers?
Let alone 75mm, even 105mm and 150mm howitzers would have difficulty shaking this concrete bunker and pillbox.

But at that moment, a long stream of fire shot out from the left cannon barrel on the turret of the Eighth Route Army tank opposite and went straight into the bunker.

Caught off guard, the Japanese squad leader and machine gunner were immediately sprayed with bullets.

"what!!"

"Mother!!"

Inside the bunker, a series of Japanese screams erupted as several Japanese soldiers cried out for their mothers from the burning wounds.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Along a 3-kilometer-long front, more than 30 tanks fired their cannons and spewed fire at the Japanese bunkers and machine gun emplacements.

In an instant, screams of agony echoed from the Japanese positions.

"What?! A flamethrower tank?"

In the Japanese regimental headquarters, Colonel Masahiko Nara wore an expression of disbelief and shock.

At first, Colonel Masahiko Nara saw that the Eighth Route Army tank had two cannons and assumed that both cannons were used to fire shells.

But he never expected that one barrel was used to fire shells, while the other barrel was used to spew fire.
The Eighth Route Army was utterly inhuman.

Under the firepower suppression of flamethrower tanks, even with the reinforcement of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, the 237th Regiment was barely able to put up a fight.

"Baka! Report this situation to the division headquarters and command immediately, and request tactical guidance..."

The more arrogant and conceited Nara Masahiko was before the war, the more desperate he is now.

"Hi."

Lieutenant Colonel Kato looked panicked, lowered his head, and quickly went to request tactical guidance.

……

The new regiment, on the hilltop at the front line.

"Old Zhao, look, our flamethrower tank is bringing warmth to the Japanese devils."

Seeing the flamethrower tank display its power, Li Yunlong laughed heartily and said...

“I see.” Zhao Gang smiled slightly. “Our warmth is the kind that can’t be refused once it’s sent out. Old Li, look over there, there are a few Japanese soldiers rushing out to greet us with great enthusiasm.”

Li Yunlong quickly turned his binoculars to look in the direction Zhao Gang was pointing, and his mouth immediately stretched into a wide grin: "Haha."

Several Japanese soldiers were engulfed in flames. Unable to withstand the intense heat, they screamed in agony and ran wildly across the battlefield.

It looked like they were running out of their positions to welcome the warmth brought by the Eighth Route Army tanks.

Zhao Gang laughed and said, "Old Li, fighting a war isn't just about machine guns firing indiscriminately. Sometimes you have to be considerate of human relationships. In the future, we should give the Japanese a little more warmth."

"Haha," Li Yunlong laughed, "That's a must!" (End of Chapter)