The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

When Nakamura seemed to have seen victory beckoning to him again, an accident happened.

"Woooooooooo......oo Boom Boom Boom ......"

Several mortar shells fell from the sky and smashed into the artillery positions under their noses.

Several gunners were blown away in the flying fire, and one mortar was knocked over.

A few shells were also dropped from a heavy machine-gun position not far away, and although no heavy machine guns were blown up, the gunners were blown over several times.

"Sir, there are four mortars attacking the heavy machine-gun position. Four mortars attacked the artillery positions, the Eighth Route Army guarding the mountain pass was armed with at least eight mortars, and our artillery was certainly not an opponent! A lieutenant next to him shouted.

When dividing troops, the garrison regiment equipped each independent battalion with two mountain artillery or infantry guns, two large-caliber mortars, three ordinary mortars, and three heavy machine guns.

Ordinary mortars and heavy machine guns belong to three infantry companies and serve as the basis for the company's fire platoon.

During the six months of activities behind enemy lines, each company made considerable progress.

Some of the main companies were captured to bring the firepower platoon to full strength, armed with two mortars and two heavy machine guns.

Some of the main force companies developed better, and directly expanded the firepower platoon into a heavy machine gun platoon and a mortar platoon.

After the troops were assembled and reorganized, each main company of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion was equipped with two mortars and two heavy machine guns to form a fully equipped firepower platoon.

In order to kill the ammunition brought by the baggage team, Zhao Wen was also ruthless and took out all the family funds of the independent battalion.

Nakamura reacted quickly, and shouted with his mouth open, "The heavy machine gun squad and the mortar squad will be transferred immediately." ”

"The attacking forces continued to assault the mountain passes. We have the advantage of troops, and we can kill them even if we fight with bayonets. ”

"Da Da Da ......"

As soon as the order was exited, a shot shot shot in the face rang out in the mountain pass.

Nakamura Shaosa's eyes immediately widened, revealing a shocked expression.

After being suppressed without mortars and heavy machine guns, at least ten tongues of fire instantly appeared in the mountain pass that had fallen back into darkness, several of which were fired by heavy machine guns.

The troops that assaulted the mountain pass were like ripe wheat.

Regardless of whether it was the Imperial Army or the Imperial Army, everywhere the bullets went, they were all swept down piece by piece.

The assault force's offensive was stopped on the spot, stopped at a distance of seventy or eighty meters from the pass, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not push any further, and the casualties continued to increase.

"Retreat, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce, and it is impossible for infantry alone to rush through." Nakamura Shaosa ordered in a hurry.

The herald hurried to give the order.

As soon as the person moved, a series of dull explosions sounded, startling Nakamura.

A few seconds later, eight huge fireballs of more than ten meters high rose from the middle of the attacking troops.

Billowing smoke rose into the air under the fireball, forming thick black plumes of smoke that pointed straight into the sky.

Immediately after, the sound of an explosion shaking the ground and shaking the mountains came.

Nakamura was several hundred meters from the battlefield, and the sound of violent explosions still ringed in his ears.

It is conceivable how miserable it is for subordinates who are tens of meters away from the bullet impact point, or even more than ten meters.

His face turned pale instantly, and he shouted in a lost voice: "It's a flying thunder cannon, and the Eighth Route Army in Yamaguchi is also equipped with a flying thunder cannon." ”

Seeing that the herald was also stunned, he was stunned and stood still, and immediately shouted: "If you don't give the order yet, the attacking troops will retreat now, and if you don't retreat, everyone will die on the battlefield!" ”

Ten minutes later, a captain rushed over.

"Sir, it's so miserable, one of my infantry squadrons has only withdrawn one infantry squad, and everyone else is dead!"

"The Eighth Route Army was too cunning and deliberately stopped us seventy or eighty meters away, so that the explosives package from their flying thunder cannon could be smashed right in the middle of the attacking troops."

"The explosives package was filled with at least forty catties of black powder, and a large piece was exploded."

"Eight explosives packs alone killed nearly 200 of us."

"Combined with the casualties caused by the light and heavy machine gun interception, we lost more than 260 people in total!"

"Eight Tooth Road!" Nakamura Shaozo didn't hold back, clenched his fists, and scolded.

The squadron leader of the escort unit did not forget his mission, and when he saw that the road to Laiyuan City was cut off, he was anxious, and he didn't care whether Nakamura was angry or not, and immediately asked: "Sir, what should we do next?" ”

"If we don't hurry up and enter Laiyuan City, the Eighth Route Army will definitely use other methods to continue to attack us!"

"Shut up!" Nakamura interrupted directly, not giving him a chance to continue.

"Don't you know when I don't know these questions? But the Eighth Route Army in the mountain pass is equipped with more mortars and heavy machine guns than us, we only have the advantage of troops, and in the face of the flying thunder artillery, our strength advantage and suicide are undoubted, how to break through the mountain pass, do you want me to wipe out all the troops taken out of the city? ”

After scolding, Nakamura didn't give him a chance to argue and explain, turned around and began to give orders.

"The troops suspended the offensive, formed a circular defensive line with the baggage team as the center, and strengthened the vigilance."

"I want to talk to Laiyuan City on the phone, and if I want to break through the mountain pass in front of me, I must provide us with artillery support. Otherwise, we won't be able to rush through this little bit of troops. ”

The Japanese army headquarters in Laiyuan City, Dazuo has been guarding the war room and waiting for news.

"Sir, the receiving troops were stopped by the Eighth Route Army and couldn't cross the mountain pass three kilometers outside the city." The communications staff officer suddenly ran in and reported with a nervous expression.

"They organized their troops to attack once, but the Eighth Route Army deployed a large number of mortars, heavy machine guns, and flying thunder cannons in the mountain passes. The receiving troops are equipped with too few heavy weapons and are not opponents. Not only was the pass not occupied, but it also lost almost three hundred people. ”

"How so!" Osa strode over to the sand table and found the Yamaguchi mentioned in the telegram.

At first, his brows tightened, and the deeper he wrinkled, and after a few seconds, a shocked expression of sudden realization appeared on his face, and he shouted with regret on his face.

"No, we missed one thing before sending troops."

"The Eighth Route Army is under-strengthened, and it is indeed impossible to inflict heavy damage or eat our receiving troops in more than two hours. But they can gather the main force to stop them and prevent them from returning to Laiyuan City. ”

"The terrain of the mountain pass is very suitable for blocking warfare, and the receiving troops are not heavy enough to be armed, so a hard charge is definitely not an opponent."

A young man next to him immediately asked for battle: "Sir, the artillery is all in the city, give me an infantry squadron and an artillery squadron, I will take them out of Laiyuan City, cooperate with the receiving troops to attack the Eighth Route Army guarding the mountain pass before and after, annihilate them, and take the mountain pass." ”

Shao Zuo, who had always opposed the garrison's killing of Laiyuan City, immediately retorted: "Sir, I don't agree to send troops. ”

"Now that the troops have no aircraft to cover, we don't know whether the Eighth Route Army has arranged a pocket formation outside the city, and if you are fooled again, the losses will be great."

Shaozo, who insisted on sending troops, retorted: "Nakamura made it very clear in the telegram that the Eighth Route Army stationed at the mountain pass was armed with eight mortars, at least four heavy machine guns, and eight flying thunder guns. ”

"Judging from the firepower configuration, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army are all in the mountain passes."

"They have limited troops, and it is impossible for them to have troops to set up pocket formations for us." 2k reading web