Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

After giving orders to the 9th Guard Battalion, Masao Yokoyama then ordered the commander of the mountain artillery battalion to be summoned.

The mountain artillery battalion commander of the 2nd Guards Brigade was named Saburo Makise. He was a short but sturdy man with the rank of major on his shoulders.

Masao Yokoyama said, "Makise-kun, have you noticed?"

"Brigade Commander," Makise Saburo said, his tone puzzled, "You mean...?"

Masao Yokoyama raised his head and said coldly, "The artillery positions of the Imperial Guard Field Artillery Brigade and the 1st Imperial Guard Brigade are suppressed by the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army shortly after each shelling."

“We’ve discovered it…” Makise Saburo’s tone suddenly became very serious. “The Eighth Route Army’s artillery is very accurate. They often don’t need to test fire beforehand; they just start bombarding us with artillery fire right away.”

"Therefore, it can directly suppress the artillery units of the Guards Field Artillery Brigade and the 1st Guards Brigade."

"This forced the artillery of the Guards Field Artillery Brigade and the 1st Guards Brigade to relocate their positions as quickly as possible."

"You figured it out too?" Masao Yokoyama's tone remained icy. "Have you come up with a countermeasure plan yet?"

“It’s very difficult.” Makise Saburo’s face was grim. “The Eighth Route Army has more than 200 cannons, while our brigade only has 20 mountain guns.”

What sent chills down Makise Saburo's spine was...

The 2nd Guards Brigade consisted of two infantry regiments and one mountain artillery battalion, equipped with 12 mountain guns. Each of the two infantry regiments was also equipped with 4 mountain guns, for a total of 20 mountain guns.

The artillery of the Imperial Guard Division were the elite of the elite.

Without prior test firing, the Guards Division's artillery cannot immediately provide fire coverage to the target.

Clearly, the Independent Regiment on the other side has a much larger number of artillery pieces and its artillerymen are far more skilled than the artillery units of the Guards Division.

"idiot!"

Masao Yokoyama cursed:
"Don't you ever think about why the Eighth Route Army's artillery is so accurate?"

“Brigade Commander, you mean…” Following Yokoyama Masao’s gaze, Makise Saburo suddenly realized, “The Eighth Route Army has artillery observers stationed on Yujia Mountain?”

Masao Yokoyama snorted coldly and said, "That idiot Yuichiro Nagano sent troops to attack three times, but he still couldn't find the Eighth Route Army artillery observer on the mountaintop. He's a complete waste. You are in command of the mountain artillery of the 3rd and 4th Guards Regiments. When the battle begins, you are to suppress the Eighth Route Army artillery observer on the mountaintop with all your might."

Although he was admitted through connections, he was still a graduate of the Army University of the People's Liberation Army and had even studied at a military school in Germany.

That idiot Yuichiro Nagano doesn't even use his brain to think. Anyone who can become the commander of the Imperial Guard Brigade must have some skills.

My diaper has two more brains than that idiot Yuichiro Nagano.

"Hi."

Makise Saburo suddenly lowered his head and turned to walk towards the mountain artillery battalion.

Soldiers are valuable and quick.

Five minutes later, the 9th Battalion of the 2nd Guards Brigade was ready to attack.

Looking at the infantry battalion about to attack, Masao Yokoyama narrowed his eyes coldly.

"fire!"

In the distance, artillery units of the Imperial Guards Artillery Brigade launched an artillery barrage against the artillery positions of the Independent Regiment on Yujia Mountain.

Meanwhile, the mountain artillery battalion of the 2nd Guards Brigade launched an artillery barrage on the summit of Yujia Mountain.

For a time, explosions continued to rise from the front lines of the Independent Regiment and the summit of Yujia Mountain.

"What is the mountain artillery battalion of the 2nd Guards Brigade doing?"

Behind Wujia Village, Akiyama Ginichi looked through his binoculars at the explosions rising from the top of Yujia Mountain and said in a puzzled tone.

There were no Eighth Route Army troops there, so wouldn't it be a waste of artillery shells?

“I should have thought of that earlier.” Nagano Yuichiro narrowed his eyes, his tone full of regret. “There was an artillery observation post of the Eighth Route Army on the mountaintop.”

At that moment, the 9th Infantry Battalion of the 2nd Guards Brigade launched an attack under the cover of artillery.

The artillery bombarded the enemy while the infantry charged forward.

Before long, the 9th Infantry Battalion was about to storm the Eighth Route Army's position.

However, the firepower on the Eighth Route Army's positions was much sparser than during the previous three attacks by the 1st Guards Brigade, and the tank guns had also fallen silent.

"Damn it!" Colonel Ginichi Akita cursed fiercely upon seeing this.

“Brigade Commander, we shouldn’t have let the 2nd Guards Brigade attack. The Eighth Route Army is short of ammunition. If we persist in our attack one more time, we will surely be able to defeat the Eighth Route Army and rescue the Division Commander.”

Seeing this, Nagano Yuichiro also felt some regret.

But it's no use saying anything now; all we can do is silently lick our wounds.

"Brigade Commander, the casualty statistics are in." Miyazaki Shigesaburo, the commander of the 1st Guard Regiment, strode over, bowed, and reported, "Our regiment suffered 2600 casualties and 200 wounded."

Colonel Shigesaburo Miyazaki's face was extremely grim.

The Japanese troops that launched the first three attacks were all soldiers from the 1st Imperial Guard Regiment.

In the first attack, the 1st Infantry Battalion was completely wiped out. In the second and third attacks, the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Battalions also suffered heavy casualties. The Eighth Route Army's firepower was too strong, and it was difficult for the wounded soldiers to withdraw.

The entire regiment had a strength of 4000 men. Three-quarters of them were killed or wounded in the three attacks, and they were basically decimated. The remaining soldiers were demoralized.

If the 4th Battalion were to launch another attack, the entire 1st Guards Regiment would be virtually defunct.

Colonel Shigesaburo Miyazaki was very dissatisfied with Sadako Iida.

If it weren't for Old Deng's insistence on moving the division headquarters to Yujia Mountain, the 1st Guards Regiment wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses.

In addition, Deng Xiaoping looked down on the Locust Army, so he did not allow the Locust Army to assist the Imperial Guards Division in combat.

If the Locust Army had been used as cannon fodder, the 1st Guards Regiment would not have suffered such heavy casualties!

Nagano Yuichiro asked in a deep voice, "How many casualties did the Eighth Route Army suffer?"

Shigesaburo Miyazaki bowed his head and replied, "Around 300."

"Baga, trash."

Yuichiro Nagano was so angry he was practically spitting out his nose. Seeing the 2nd Guards Brigade about to charge onto the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment's position, he was even more furious!

buzzing...

Suddenly, the sound of airplanes could be heard in the sky, and Yuichiro Nagano quickly raised his binoculars to look.

It turned out to be an Eighth Route Army plane!

Yuichiro Nagano's expression was complicated. The good news was that the 2nd Guards Brigade was unable to break through the Independent Regiment's position, but the bad news was that the 9th Battalion of the 2nd Brigade would also suffer heavy casualties.

……

"Comrades, air support has arrived! Retreat 200 meters!"

Meanwhile, on the independent regiment's tank battalion position, Huang Zhiyong, upon learning of the plane's arrival, quickly used a walkie-talkie to notify the frontline infantry.

There's been some trouble with the transport team; the combat ammunition that was supposed to arrive half an hour ago still hasn't arrived.

In the first three waves of Japanese attacks, neither the infantry nor the tanks spared any ammunition, and now they are running out of ammunition.

With the suppressive fire of semi-automatic rifles and some machine guns, they barely managed to hold off the enemy's attack.

However, the artillery observation post was suppressed by the Japanese artillery fire, and this time the artillery groups in the rear were unable to suppress the Japanese artillery fire.

This time, the Japanese attack was difficult for the tank battalion and infantry to fight.

The Japanese soldiers also heard the sound of airplanes in the sky and saw the Eighth Route Army retreating, so they knew that the Eighth Route Army planes were about to dive and attack.

So the Japanese infantrymen jumped up, trying to get close.

Faced with the dive attack of the Eighth Route Army's aircraft, there was no way to escape; the only chance of victory was to get mixed up with the Eighth Route Army infantry.

"All tank crews, use up all your ammunition! Don't let the Japanese infantry charge!"

Huang Zhiyong issued orders to each tank crew over the radio.

"Gnawing and chewing..."

Then Huang Zhiyong pressed the machine gun breechblock, and with the roar of the M2 heavy machine gun, the last ammunition belt in the ammunition box on the left side of the tank roof was fed into the chamber.

12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets rained down on the Japanese infantry. Several Japanese infantrymen who had leaped up were riddled with bullets, their flesh torn apart, and they fell like withered tree stumps in the blood mist. (End of Chapter)