Chapter 1007: Counter Assault (First Update!) )
"Woooooooooo......oo Rumble ......"
The heavy artillery shells with a screaming sound were like eyes, and they accurately smashed on the first line of defense of the Japanese puppet army.
Under the cover of night, the splashing firelight instantly illuminated the position.
The black smoke rising from the sky, as well as the Japanese puppet soldiers who were blown away, and the planks and logs used to strengthen the trenches, flew everywhere in the sky, and they could be seen very clearly.
The puppet army on the battlefield has always relied on the support of the Japanese to fight a smooth battle.
On the battlefield, under the cover of Japanese artillery fire and aircraft, they attacked the poorly equipped Eighth Route Army, and watched the Eighth Route Army being bombed, but they did not fight a hard battle at all, nor did they encounter themselves being bombed, and they were still attacked by heavy artillery.
A heavy artillery shell smashed into the position, and a section of trench that had been painstakingly built was instantly leveled.
The soldiers in the trenches were either torn to pieces by shells and their bones were gone, or they were blown away and turned into corpses by the time they landed......
The puppet soldiers on the battlefield were frightened on the spot, and their faces turned pale.
If it weren't for the devils behind him to supervise the battle, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed at everyone's backs, these puppet soldiers would definitely drop their weapons and start fleeing for their lives at that time.
The four heavy guns fired only five rounds of twenty shells before stopping, but they dealt a devastating blow to the first line of defense.
There are 20 huge craters on both sides of the defense line with a depth of more than two meters, and corpses in various postures are lying around, and the trenches are only one section at a time, which is almost useless.
Guarding here was a company of the puppet army, and before they could see the shadow of the attacking troops, more than half of them were killed or wounded in the artillery fire, and the soldiers who were still alive were also blown up, their ears were buzzing, their heads were dizzy, and they temporarily lost their combat effectiveness.
The garrison regiment took the opportunity to attack, easily occupied the first line of defense, and captured more than two dozen puppet troops.
In the south of Laiyuan City, on the high ground one kilometer away from the battlefield, the former enemy headquarters of the garrison regiment was built here.
The telephone rang constantly, and the "Didi ......" sound of the radio receiving and receiving telegrams was not interrupted, plus the voices of his subordinates, all kinds of voices came and went.
Communications staff officers, heralds, and correspondents of various battalions, in and out, were very lively.
The communications squad leader of the second battalion suddenly rushed in, with a smile on his face, and reported excitedly when he saw Li Hao.
"Regiment commander, our second battalion has taken the first line of defense of the Japanese puppet army."
"Regiment commander, the third battalion reports that they have broken through the first line of defense of the Japanese puppet army and are attacking the second line of defense......" A communications staff officer ran over and said.
In the next half hour, Li Hao received all the good news.
The fastest attack was the third battalion, which was like a bamboo, and had already taken the third line of defense of the Japanese puppet army, and the puppet army had been captured by more than 100 people.
But Li Hao did not show the slightest smile on his face, but stared at the battlefield with a serious face.
Hong Linfeng was the same, his expression was serious, to be precise, he still had a trace of worry and solemnity on his face.
The offensive and defensive depth is really easy to play at first.
But the further back you go, the more difficult it becomes, and no one knows where the enemy has set up ambushes, and suddenly they come out and fight with the attacking troops, so that the heavy artillery that covers the infantry all the way is useless.
"Order, all the attacking troops will stop after taking the third line of defense, the flying thunder artillery troops can go up, and the attacking troops of each battalion will all be replaced by the main company equipped with pistols, and be ready to engage with the Japanese puppet army in short combat." Li Hao suddenly opened his mouth and ordered.
"Tell a few battalion commanders that the next attack will be the same as I told them."
"When attacking the fourth line of defense, the flying thunder guns reinforced by the regimental headquarters were all aimed at the open space between the fourth and fifth lines of defense."
"There are no mortar shells, so we use flying thunder guns."
"Put them to good use, and the effect is no worse than mortars."
"If the Japanese puppet army comes out of the fifth line of defense and counterattacks our attacking troops, the flying thunder artillery will immediately open fire, use explosives to kill part of their forces first, and then melee with them and clean them up with pistols."
On the fifth line of defense of the Japanese puppet army south of Laiyuan City, the squadron leader was also giving orders for the next battle.
The commander of the Imperial Association stood beside him, although his rank was two levels higher than that of the devil squadron leader, but he bent over, stood in front of the squadron leader with a respectful face, and spoke with a flattering smile, completely looking like a servile.
"Taijun, I have prepared a whole battalion of troops on the fifth line of defense, and after the Eighth Route Army launched an attack on the fourth line of defense, as soon as the shelling stopped, this battalion launched a counter-assault on the fourth line of defense."
"The Eighth Route Army attacked from the third line of defense, and we attacked from the fifth line of defense, and the distance was the same, and we would definitely be able to collide with each other on the fourth line of defense, and we would meet each other in short combat."
"And they only have one company of attacking troops, we have a battalion, and a squad of imperial troops to attack together, almost four times the strength advantage, and they will definitely be able to kill them."
"Yo Xi!" The squadron leader was satisfied and ordered: "Just fight like this." ”
"Order the troops to prepare for a counter-assault, and after the attack begins, no one can take a step back without my orders, otherwise military law will be engaged."
"Woooooooooo......oo Rumble ......"
The sound of artillery once again enveloped the battlefield, and every shell exploded to roll up a large amount of black smoke, taking the lives of several Japanese puppet soldiers along the way.
As in the previous three attacks, the heavy artillery stopped after only five rounds.
"Report to the sir, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack, and the strength is a main force company......" The observation post reported at the top of his voice.
"Start a counterattack ......" the squadron leader ordered staring at the battlefield with a serious face.
The regiment commander standing next to him immediately said: "Tell the brothers, rush to the fourth line of defense, destroy the offensive troops of the Eighth Route Army, each of them will be seriously injured by five oceans, and those who die will be rewarded with an additional fifty oceans." ”
Money talks.
Hearing that there is a big ocean, and there are quite a few of them, many puppet soldiers are moved.
Fighting like chicken blood, he screamed and rushed out of the defensive line.
The soldiers, who were still terrified in their hearts, rushed out together in the shouting and scolding of the devils behind them, and they couldn't help themselves.
On the third line of defense that had just been taken, Huang Sheng stared at the battlefield with a fixed face.
There were two infantry companies left, all ready to rush out at any moment.
Twenty flying thunder cannons were placed behind him, half of them already buried in the earth, holding their thick barrels high, ready to roar at any moment.
"Battalion commander, the regiment commander is right, there is indeed an ambush of the Japanese puppet army hidden on the fifth line of defense." The instructor stood nearby, his face shining with excitement and shouting.
"A battalion of the puppet army is counterattacking the fourth line of defense, and the speed is very fast."
Huang Sheng also saw it, and his eyes slowly moved with the counterattack troops of the Japanese puppet army.
After all the Japanese puppet troops entered the area covered by the flying thunder artillery, their faces sank and they began to give orders.
"All the flying thunder cannons are fired!"
With a dull roar, twenty powder kegs erupted one after another, and explosive packets the size of millstones were pushed out of the gasoline drums, tumbling into the sky at a speed visible to the naked eye.......
First over the heads of the attacking troops, then over the fourth line of defense of the Japanese puppet army, and finally smashed in the middle of the counterattack force of the Japanese puppet army.