allonlinenovel Chapter 448 Tanaka Hisahisa 1: Blow up the bridge!
Chapter 448 Tanaka Hisahisa 1: Blow up the bridge!
Tanaka Hisaichi's heart was bleeding as he looked at the situation on the battlefield ahead. An entire regiment of the 21st Division with several thousand soldiers was destroyed in just ten minutes.
How is it possible to fight a war like this in China?
This is not a war at all, this is a waste of money!
Not to mention that China, which is still in the agricultural age, cannot fight like this. Even the locust army that has completed industrialization would not dare to fight like this.
If Tanaka Kyuichi himself had fired down 1000 mortar shells within ten minutes of the start of the battle, he would definitely be held accountable after the battle, and he would also be severely scolded by the Japanese high-ranking officials in charge of military supplies.
How can you fight a war like this? Is this the end of your life?
According to Tanaka Hisaichi's original arrangement, one regiment was to serve as the vanguard and be responsible for fire reconnaissance of the Eighth Route Army's ambush team. If the main force of the Eighth Route Army was ambushed, the second regiment could provide support at any time.
But now this battle has completely confused him and he has no idea what to do.
In just ten minutes, the Eighth Route Army ambush team had used 1000 mortar shells to blaze the Japanese vanguard regiment. Not to mention how many survivors and combat effectiveness the vanguard regiment had, the regiment behind it did not even have time to react.
In other words, there was time to react, but the Second Regiment, as the supporting force, could not possibly rush into the array of mortar shells falling like raindrops to rescue the vanguard regiment at this time.
Even if you want to provide support with firepower, you have to be able to provide it.
The Japanese lieutenant stood beside Tanaka Hisaichi and watched the bombing in horror. It could be said that he had no idea what to do except lying there and taking the bombing.
The Japanese officer looked at his watch and saw that the bombing lasted for exactly 11 minutes.
After completing this round of bombing, the Eighth Route Army acted quickly and completed the transfer of the mortar positions.
Tanaka Hisaichi watched the bombardment. To be honest, as a veteran on the battlefield, there were two things about this bombardment that frightened him. The first was naturally the density of the shells, and the second was the superb organizational ability displayed by the enemy in this battle.
The shelling, which just lasted for 11 minutes, was launched suddenly and stopped suddenly after it was completed. More than a hundred mortars almost obeyed the same order and bombarded and cleaned the areas divided in advance.
No one missed a shot, and no one rushed to shoot.
Forbidden!
It comes like thunder to calm down its wrath, and it ends like the clear light of the river and sea!
This is the powerful organizational ability hidden behind the continuous bombardment, and this is what makes Tanaka Kyuichi feel terrible and frightened.
After this round of shelling, Lao Xu from the 771st Regiment decisively gave an order, asking the comrades in charge of the mortars to move quickly. He held a Type 56 submachine gun in his hand and looked at the Japanese positions at the foot of the mountain with a serious expression.
The previous Ping'an County blocking battle was studied as a classic battle example within the team. He was very clear that the New 1st Regiment, which was the main force of the blocking, paid a heavy price at Erdaohezi.
Old Xu held the Type 56 submachine gun and looked in the direction of the Japanese division headquarters in the distance. Although he had just defeated a Japanese regiment, causing them to lose nearly one-third of their combat power, he could not guarantee whether the remaining combat forces would dare to make desperate moves.
The Japs can gamble, but Old Xu can't.
Now the Liaoyuan Arsenal is the hope of the whole village. He just received a telegram from the staff of the headquarters, which ordered him not to let any Japanese pass. Moreover, the chief of staff also said that after the commander received the information that Tanaka Kyuichi was invading Ping'an County, he actually planned to bring the guard regiment to defend Ping'an County.
When Lao Xu saw this telegram, he broke out in a cold sweat.
Let the commander personally lead the guard regiment to guard Ping'an County. Even if Old Xu is killed, he would never dare to let such a thing happen.
After the last round of shelling, the entire battlefield became eerily quiet. Even the Japanese soldiers who were severely injured in the explosion below were extremely restrained and did not groan loudly.
Ok?
What's happening here?
When Lao Xu was feeling confused, Tanaka Hisaichi was also faced with a very difficult decision: should he continue to attack or choose to retreat?
After thinking hard for a while, Tanaka Kyuichi decisively issued an order: "Advance quickly, bring back the wounded, and leave a battalion behind to cover the rear.
After the main force has evacuated in an orderly manner, blow up all these bridges!"
"what?"
The lieutenant had been following Tanaka Hisaichi for a long time, and he had never seen Tanaka Hisaichi being so cautious. In previous battles against the Chinese army, Tanaka Hisaichi always led his troops to charge in the front. Although he didn't rush to the front line, he would definitely let the locust troops on the front line see where Tanaka Hisaichi's command post was.
The lieutenant had never seen Tanaka Hisaichi so cowardly before. It was really beyond his imagination.
"Blow up the bridge?"
"Yes, we blew them all up to prevent the Eighth Route Army from chasing us along the way."
Tanaka Hisaichi sighed and finally gave the order to retreat.
The 771st Regiment on the mountain looked at the Japanese soldiers on the positions below the mountain in some confusion. One of the Japanese soldiers was waving a white flag to the ambushing team on the mountain, while the rest were quickly carrying the wounded.
As for those Japanese soldiers who were killed on the spot, they were not within the scope of attention of these Japanese soldiers.
I can’t even take care of the living, so how can I have the energy to collect all the dead?
"Old Xu, what do you think these devils are doing? And why is the formation of those devils in the distance so strange?" The political commissar stood next to Old Xu and observed carefully for a while before asking.
"I do not know either."
The confusion on Old Xu's face was so thick that it couldn't be dispelled. He really didn't know what the Japanese were doing.
"Do you think the devils are going to escape?"
The political commissar asked after studying the Japanese's movements for a while.
Old Xu suddenly realized, "You know what, the Japs might really want to escape! However, in the past, whether the Japs won or lost the battle, they would take their bodies away.
Why did the devils only care about the wounded this time and not the dead devils?"
The political commissar shook his head and expressed a speculative thought: "Maybe the Japanese were so scared that they didn't even bother to clean up the bodies."
Ok?
When they saw the Japanese gather all the wounded within 10 minutes and drive away in the trucks full of wounded soldiers, Old Xu and the political commissar's thighs almost turned blue from slapping their hands.
Damn it! They actually let the devil escape like this!
The political commissar patted Lao Xu on the shoulder and said, "Don't chase them. Our order is to hold this place and not let any enemy get through.
Now our mission has been temporarily completed, and we have also given an explanation to the commander.
If we chase them out and get ambushed by the devils, and Ping'an County is put in danger, we will become the sinners of the entire team."
Old Xu nodded, and he also realized that the political commissar was right.
boom!
When Old Xu saw that the Japanese soldiers blew up the two bridges on Erdaohezi as they left, he was stunned: "Damn those little Japanese soldiers, they just don't care about anything. This is Old Ding's defense area. I guess he will be heartbroken when he comes back."