Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 645 Calabash Brothers Saves Grandpa!

The attack of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Guards Infantry Regiment was also repelled.

In contrast, the 1st Guards Infantry Battalion was completely annihilated after plunging into Shen Quan's encirclement.

The 2nd Infantry Battalion was not completely wiped out, but it suffered heavy losses.

Almost no film can truly capture the reality of the battlefield.

Parents who have witnessed the real battlefield would never send their sons to the front lines.

At this point, the entire front of the Yujiashan sloping position was filled with the corpses of Japanese soldiers.

It's like an open-air slaughterhouse.

"idiot……"

On the hill behind Wujia Village, Major General Yuichiro Nagano, watching this scene, almost ground his back teeth to powder.

These soldiers were the elite guards of the Heavenly Locust Army, handpicked from the best of the best in each of the top-tier divisions. In less than half an hour, they suffered nearly two thousand casualties.

But if we can rescue the division commander, it will be worth sacrificing any number of soldiers!
"Akita-kun, do you still remember!"

Yuichiro Nagano remained unmoved:
"What tactics did the Eighth Route Army use to defeat the 20th Division of the First Army when it attacked the concrete fortifications of the First Army on the Zhengtai Railway?"

Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Akita Ginichi then said, "According to Major General Mutaguchi, Chief of Staff of the First Army, the Eighth Route Army first used a large number of chili bombs to bombard the Locust Army's fortifications, making it impossible for the Locust Army soldiers inside to breathe and escape from the fortifications. Flamethrower soldiers carrying flamethrowers were then able to capture those reinforced concrete bunkers and pillboxes."

"These pepper bombs were just as powerful as the Locust Army's chemical bombs, but the Locust Army later developed new gas masks, and the Eighth Route Army stopped using pepper bombs."

"Alright." Nagano Yuichiro nodded. "Order the 3rd Imperial Guard Infantry Battalion to prepare for attack!"

Each Guards infantry regiment consists of four Guards infantry battalions, and the Guards Division has a total of four Guards infantry regiments and 16 Guards infantry battalions.

Each Guards infantry battalion has about 1000 men, all of whom are elite soldiers.

Sharpshooters are everywhere, and elite soldiers are as common as dogs.

However, faced with the overwhelming firepower of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese soldiers' superior individual skills were simply rendered useless.

No matter how strong you are, the gunfire still sweeps across the hills.

"Brigade Commander, the casualties are too high!"

Colonel Ginichi Akita, the chief of staff standing to the side, spoke with an expression as cold as ice.

Should we continue the attack?
The 1st Guards Infantry Regiment has suffered more than half its casualties!

Yuichiro Nagano glanced at his wristwatch and said with a resolute tone:
"The Eighth Route Army's plane will arrive in half an hour!"

"Order the 3rd Guards Infantry Battalion to take attack positions. Mortar units to fire chemical and smoke rounds!"

"The 3rd Infantry Battalion, equipped with flamethrowers, will form a suicide squad to blow up the Eighth Route Army's tanks!"

The tactics used by the Eighth Route Army when attacking the reinforced concrete defenses of the First Army gave Nagano Yuichiro some ideas.

The Eighth Route Army's tanks were like mobile reinforced concrete bunkers and pillboxes.

Without dealing with these tanks, there is absolutely no way the troops could reach Yujia Mountain and rescue the division commander.

Although the Locust Army did not have chili bombs, it did have chemical bombs.

Smoke bombs, the Locust Army has them.

Flamethrower tanks, the Locust Army also has them.

"Hi."

Akita Ginichi suddenly lowered his head, then quickly made a phone call, ordering the mortar unit to open fire.

A few minutes later, a Japanese mortar battalion was ready, with 12 Type 97 90mm mortars all aimed at the direction of Yujiashan.

First, one mortar was test-fired, then all 12 mortars opened fire.

A few dozen seconds later, a dense, sharp whistling sound swept overhead, flew towards the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment's position, and then quickly exploded.

The Japanese soldiers fired yellow and red gas shells.

The explosion of a red bomb releases a highly toxic gas that strongly irritates the respiratory system; it is commonly known as a sneeze bomb.

Yellow shells release vesicant gases that can cause skin and mucous membrane ulceration.

After firing several rounds of shells, the Japanese mortar battalion quickly moved to a different artillery position.

Not long after the Japanese mortar battalion moved to a new position, Eighth Route Army shells began falling on the location of the Japanese mortar battalion.

Then, the Japanese mortar battalion constructed fortifications at the new position and set up mortars to fire. 400 meters from the Independent Regiment's forward position, 1000 Japanese soldiers from the 3rd Guards Infantry Battalion arrived and donned gas masks.

Some Japanese soldiers were strapped with bombs, while others carried Type 100 flamethrowers.

This Type 100 flamethrower was developed by the Japanese after they suffered losses from the Eighth Route Army's flamethrowers on the North China battlefield.

However, the performance data is rather unappealing.

The flamethrower has a range of only 25 meters and a firing time of only 10-15 seconds.

Not only is it short, but it also doesn't last long.

Not to mention its 200-meter range compared to flamethrower tanks, it can't even compare to the M2 flamethrower used by the Eighth Route Army, which can fire for one minute and has a range of 50 meters.

The Japanese Imperial Guard Division looked down on the puppet troops, so only the Imperial Guard Division came to attack Datong this time.

As the second round of shelling began, a dense barrage of smoke bombs and poison gas bombs spread across the Eighth Route Army's positions.

"Gentlemen."

A sharp sound rang out as a samurai sword was drawn, followed by the captain's frantic shout:

"The time has come to serve His Majesty the Heavenly Locust! Your Majesty, beseech me!"

The Japanese soldiers raised their rifles high and shouted, "Your Majesty the Emperor is here!"

Their excited and fanatical appearance was as if they had seen the Heavenly Locust with their own eyes. The Japanese soldiers of the Imperial Guard Division were all brainwashed fans of the Heavenly Locust, and were more enthusiastic about Bushido and worshipped the Heavenly Locust than the Japanese soldiers of other Class A divisions.

Then, under the personal leadership of the Japanese battalion commander, more than a thousand Japanese soldiers rushed towards the Eighth Route Army's position.

Looking at the attacking infantry, Nagano Yuichiro also thought of a tactic: to lure the Eighth Route Army into firing by shouting battle cries, thus wasting their ammunition.

But the situation is extremely critical now. The safety of the division commander is hanging by a thread. We must defeat this Eighth Route Army as soon as possible.

……

The front-line positions of the Independent Regiment were now filled with smoke and poison gas fired by the Japanese. However, the soldiers quickly put on gas masks and tied towels around their necks. Even the tank crews in the tanks quickly put on gas masks and towels to prevent the poison gas from coming into contact with their skin.

"The Japanese infantry have begun their attack. They number about 1000 and are 400 meters away."

"The distance is 350 meters."

"The distance is 300 meters."

"The distance is 200 meters."

"..."

Poison gas and smoke filled the front lines of the Independent Regiment, obscuring the view of the forward observation posts.

However, artillery observers on the high ground could have a clear view of the Japanese attack.

The artillery observers on the hilltop continuously used walkie-talkies to relay the distance between the Japanese infantry and the forward positions to the front-line troops.

……

Huang Zhiyong is now the tank battalion commander of the Independent Regiment. When the Independent Regiment formed its cavalry company, he served as the cavalry company commander.

Later, the Independent Regiment selected a company commander to lead a team to the New First Regiment's training school to practice driving tanks, and Huang Zhiyong volunteered.

Hard work pays off. After completing his studies, Huang Zhiyong immediately took up the post of tank company commander in the Independent Regiment.

The Independent Regiment now comprises a tank battalion and two tank companies, and Huang Zhiyong was naturally promoted to tank battalion commander.

He was the man in the original drama who, during the period of independent development of the Independent Regiment, grew a company to 800 men, and during the Ping'an Gele Campaign, led his troops to fight against the Yoshino Regiment at Shiwuli Xiaomiao, holding the position for 8 hours until the entire company sacrificed their lives. It was a battle that was not recorded in history...

Even Chu Yunfei and Sun Ming were shocked.

On the roof of a tank, as the Japanese soldiers drew ever closer, Huang Zhiyong held a walkie-talkie to his ear to listen at all times. At the same time, he pulled the bolt, released the safety, and with a fierce expression, placed his thumb on the firing pin of the M2HB heavy machine gun on the top of the turret.

The artillery observer's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "100 meters!"

"Fire!" Huang Zhiyong immediately put down the walkie-talkie and picked up the vehicle radio: "Give it a good beating!"

Accompanied by the continuous crackling sound of gunfire, the ammunition belts in the ammunition box next to it were continuously fed into the chamber, but when they came out from the other side, only the ammunition belts remained and the bullets were gone.

The bullet quickly split into two parts: the spent casing was thrown onto the tank turret and the ground, while the bullet itself flew towards the Japanese infantry 100 meters away.

The remaining 90-plus tanks opened fire almost simultaneously, and the light and heavy machine guns of the infantry on the front lines also roared.

Even with the view obscured, one could vaguely see areas filled with smoke and poisonous gas, with flesh and blood constantly splattering.

(End of this chapter)