Chapter 230 Ding is having fun, Kong blows up the bridge
"It's fun, it's fun!"
"This battle is so damn exciting!"
The Dajing Town stronghold, the original Japanese artillery tower, is now the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment.
Ding Wei couldn't help but shout in excitement when he heard the artillery fire coming from Qin Yangming's direction and the continuous sound of shells being fired from his own side.
Originally, Kong Jie should have shouted "It's exciting" and Ding Wei should have shouted "Blow up the bridge".
As a result, with the participation of Qin Yangming, Ding Wei was shouting "it's great" while Kong Jie was shouting "blow up the bridge".
"Yes, since the establishment of our Eighth Route Army, even during the Red Army period, our troops have never fought a battle in which we were evenly matched with the enemy in terms of manpower and weapons and equipment.
But in this battle, not only do our troops outnumber the Japanese, but our weapons and equipment are also no worse than theirs.
And this time we don’t have to worry about whether we have enough ammunition.”
Zhong Zhicheng, who was standing by, heard Ding Wei's exclamation of great excitement and nodded excitedly as well.
How can it not be satisfying?
In just half a day, not to mention how many shells the Vanguard Regiment fired, the New 1st Regiment alone fired more shells than they had fired in the previous year.
Since the decisive battle began, the New 1st Regiment has never stopped its artillery bombardment of the Japanese positions.
Even the mountain artillery's barrel began to overheat, so they had to stop firing and allow the barrel to cool down.
I don't know how many kettles of cooling water for the Type 24 heavy machine gun have been burned dry.
"The artillery has been bombarding for so long, the vanguard regiment must have started a head-on battle with the Japanese army, it's our turn next!"
"Order the troops, with the first battalion as the spearhead, to break through the Japanese's defensive positions as quickly as possible and stab them right into their hearts.
The second battalion followed closely behind, stop the Japanese from counterattacking, I want to make sure the Japanese can't take care of each other first!"
"Third Battalion, block the gap for me. Don't let any of the Japanese go!
Block all the Japanese soldiers from the 4th Brigade in Tongshi Town!
The brigade commander’s order is to annihilate them, so I can’t let even one devil go!”
"Yes!"
As Ding Wei's order was issued, the New 1st Regiment, which had already had a strong attack force, launched an even more fierce attack.
The cooling artillery pieces raised their muzzles again and began shelling the Japanese positions.
The charge sounded at the Eighth Route Army's position.
The battalion commander of the first battalion of the new first regiment led the way, drew his broadsword and pistol, and with a sword in one hand and a pistol in the other, he led his troops to charge towards the Japanese position.
Although the Japanese defensive position was a defensive position, it was just a simple position made of some ridges or slightly undulating slopes, plus some sandbags. Even the basic trenches had not been dug.
After all, the initial idea of the Japanese Fourth Brigade was to attack, not defend, and they did not expect that they would be surrounded, let alone be wiped out soon.
Moreover, the Dajing Town stronghold was originally in the hands of the Japanese, not the Eighth Route Army, so the Japanese would naturally not deploy any defensive measures in this direction.
Especially the Japanese soldiers stationed here are all new recruits. They have been bombarded with various propaganda reports on their broken road. They have always believed that their so-called Great Japanese Locust Army is invincible and unstoppable.
When the Chinese army saw the Great Japanese Locust Army, they would be so scared that they would flee at the mere mention of the Great Japanese Locust Army.
Even China's main force, that is, the elite German-equipped divisions of the Central Army, were wiped out by them. The Central Army did not dare to confront their Great Japanese Locust Army head-on.
In their perception, the Eighth Route Army was nothing more than a group of vagrant soldiers and a mob that was not even fully equipped with guns. Even the Central Army did not dare to fight them, so how could the Eighth Route Army dare to attack them?
Therefore, these new recruits believed that since there was a stronghold in Dajing Town, it didn’t matter whether they built defensive positions or not. Instead of wasting their energy on building useless defensive positions, it would be better to conserve their energy and think about how to launch an attack later.
So, before the Dajing Town stronghold was breached, these Japanese devils were still playing and fighting in the open space, or lying on the ground sleeping.
Even when the Dajing Town stronghold was attacked, they thought it was just the Eighth Route Army's last-ditch struggle and didn't care at all.
The new recruits didn't react until the defenders in the Dajing Town stronghold ran out.
There seemed to be something wrong with what their superiors said about the Eighth Route Army's weak combat effectiveness.
And Shiquan County and Linyuan County were not deliberately abandoned and handed over to the Eighth Route Army by Commander Yoshio Shinozuka in order to eliminate all the Eighth Route Army.
The soldiers who escaped from the Dajing Town stronghold told their personal experiences and how an artillery shell from the Eighth Route Army fell and directly killed three of them. Only then did the Japanese soldiers on the position react.
The Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness was not weak at all, and they had no shortage of weapons and ammunition.
In order to deal with the attacks of the Eighth Route Army, this group of Japanese devils always found the time to build defensive positions.
However, the Eighth Route Army's artillery bombardment and machine gun fire never stopped, and they had neither the opportunity nor the time to properly build a defensive position.
There were no decent defensive positions, and the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army continued to bombard the Japanese positions.
For a moment, the Japanese on the first line of defense were unable to organize enough forces to resist the charge of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
The charging Eighth Route Army soldiers were like a sharp knife, and the Japanese first line of defense was like a piece of tofu.
It can be said that the New 1st Regiment took the Japanese's first line of defense without any effort.
"Reinforcements, reinforcements, why haven't our reinforcements arrived yet?!"
"What is the brigade commander doing?!"
Seeing that the Eighth Route Army had already launched a charge, a Japanese officer who was left behind shouted in despair to all around.
Several signalmen were shaking the phones frantically, but no matter how they shook or shouted, there was no response from the receiver.
They had no idea that they had long been abandoned by Hiraru Isamu and Kasahara Koizumi.
Their role was to use their bodies to delay the attack of the Eighth Route Army, so as to buy time for the large force to break out of the encirclement.
The Pinglu Yongfu they kept calling out to had already run away to somewhere unknown under the escort of the cavalry and his personal guards.
"Captain, the phone call is not going through! The call is not going through!"
"Baga, everyone assemble, charge, charge!
We must never allow the Eighth Route Army to break through our positions.
The brigade commander was leading a large force in a firefight with the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
As long as we hold on, the brigade commander will immediately support us after he has wiped out the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
Hold on, we must hold on to the attack of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Hi!"
Although I don't know why I can't contact the brigade headquarters now.
But the Japanese officers could also hear the intensive artillery bombardment coming from another direction. Ping Lu Yongfu did not tell the truth of the matter to the commanders of the troops below, at least, he did not tell all the commanders of the troops.
Up to now, this Japanese captain still thought that the 4th Brigade was very powerful, and the sound of artillery fire coming from another direction was just that the brigade commander was leading the large force of the 4th Brigade to fight with the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
After all, in the opinion of this Japanese captain, apart from their Fourth Brigade, there is no other unit in this area that can provide so many artillery pieces and carry out such intensive bombing.
Moreover, most of the sounds of artillery explosions are the explosions of heavy artillery shells such as mountain artillery.
In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army here from interfering with the battle between the brigade commander and the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese captain directly made preparations to gather the troops and fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army.
The more intense the Eighth Route Army's attack, the better the situation on the brigade commander's side.
This also means that the brigade commander will end the battle soon.
Otherwise, why were the Eighth Route Army here so anxious to attack their positions?
And they are constantly consuming the extremely precious artillery shells for the Eighth Route Army?
"Maybe the brigade commander is in a hurry to destroy the main force of the Eighth Route Army, so no one is answering my call for the time being."
The Japanese captain thought that his brigade commander was probably fighting with the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and the battle had reached a white-hot stage, so he imagined a scene in his mind where Pinglu Yongfu was commanding various troops in the headquarters to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army.
Because I had to deal with a lot of things, I was unable to answer my phone in time.
Thinking of this, the Japanese captain became more determined in his decision to stop the Eighth Route Army here and never let them interfere with the battle on the brigade commander's side.
The remaining Japanese troops quickly gathered together, after all, there were only about 300 people left.
In order to gain a military advantage in a local area and use his greatest force to break through the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions in one go, Pinglu Yongfu directly withdrew all the infantry artillery from the defending troops in other directions.
Almost half of the combat troops were also withdrawn.
Those who stayed behind to defend were some new recruits and some logistical troops within the defending force.
All together there are about five hundred people.
The New 1st Regiment's artillery fire had been going on for such a long time, but there were still about 300 Japanese soldiers left. This showed that the strength of these Japanese soldiers was not bad, and at least they could dodge the artillery shells.
"Captain, the troops have assembled!"
"Yoshi, get all the warriors ready with the awakening pills!"
"Hi!"
The Japanese officer listened to the guard's message and immediately ordered the soldiers to take awakening pills.
Then he walked out of the command center set up in the tent, carrying his command knife.
“Everyone, take the awakening pills!
As long as we take the awakening pill, we can borrow the power of eight hundred gods from our native land!
With the help of eight hundred gods, those Eighth Route Army soldiers ahead will definitely not be our opponents!"
"Hi!"
"Gentlemen, launch a charge and destroy the Eighth Route Army ahead. The warriors of our Great Japanese Empire are invincible!
My Lords, His Majesty the Heavenly Locust is watching us, we must not lose face for the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire!"
"Long live His Majesty Tian Locust!"
"Gentlemen, charge!"
"Kill him!"
"Long live His Majesty Tian Locust!"
"Kill him!"
The Japanese soldier quickly took the awakening pill. During the rapid exercise, the blood in his body flowed rapidly and the medicinal power of the awakening pill took effect quickly.
At this time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army also broke through the first line of defense of the Japanese invaders, and thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers surrounded them from all sides.
The Japanese soldiers who were surrounded showed madness on their faces. They charged at the Eighth Route Army with bayonets in hand, completely unafraid of death.
Under the stimulation of the awakening pills, some Japanese soldiers charged towards the Eighth Route Army without fear of pain even though they were shot through the chest.
Because the awakening pills had long blocked the Japanese soldiers' sense of pain, their wills were easily controlled under extreme excitement. In addition, the Japanese soldiers themselves took the initiative to let the drugs control their wills, so there was only one thought in the minds of these Japanese soldiers who took the drugs.
That was to kill the Eighth Route Army in front. Apart from that, there was no other thought, including fear.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers who were charging also noticed something strange. They saw the Japanese soldier who was shot but got up from the ground as if nothing had happened and attacked them.
Some Eighth Route Army soldiers were shocked.
If one or two Japanese soldiers had extremely strong willpower, were not afraid of pain, and were still able to charge forward, then the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army could still understand.
But such a large group of Japanese soldiers were not afraid of pain and continued to charge even after being shot.
There is something wrong with this situation.
"Damn it, there's something wrong with the Japs, shoot them in the head, hit them in the head!"
An Eighth Route Army squad leader watched as he shot a Japanese soldier in the chest. The soldier quickly stood up and continued to rush towards him, screaming. He quickly raised his gun and shot the soldier in the head.
"Fuck it, I don't believe you'd still be alive after I chopped your head off!"
"Those with guns hit the legs, and those with knives chop the neck!"
Although the fact that the Japanese soldiers were not afraid of pain frightened some soldiers, some soldiers were even frightened when they saw that the Japanese soldiers did not dodge their bayonets and rushed towards them directly with their bayonets.
But soon, the Eighth Route Army soldiers discovered what was happening to these little Japanese devils. Although they were no longer afraid of pain, they would still die.
If your legs are broken, you won't be able to stand up; if your head is blown up, you will still die.
The pistol teams in each row of the New 1st Regiment quickly stepped forward and used the large-eyed box-type pistols that Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong left for the New 1st Regiment to quickly fire at the Japanese.
Although the performance of the big-eyed box pistol is not as good as the normal version of the pistol.
However, the Big Eye Box has a performance that the normal version of the Mauser pistol cannot compare to.
The stopping power of the 11mm large-caliber pistol bullets used in the Big Eye Box Mauser pistol far exceeds those of the normal version of the Mauser pistol.
Just one shot, as long as it hits the Japanese soldier's chest, will instantly make him fall to the ground.
Although the big-eyed box cannot fire continuously, the bullets fired by the big-eyed box have an extremely high stopping power, and it is still able to quickly knock down the Japanese one by one.
As soon as the Japanese soldiers landed on the ground, the Eighth Route Army soldiers nearby would immediately step forward to finish them off.
"Quickly finish off the enemy and kill all the Japanese. The first battalion should speed up the charge and get in to support the vanguard regiment!"
"The second battalion is chasing down the remaining enemy troops, and the third battalion is tightening the encirclement. We must not let even a single Japanese soldier escape!"
"Yes!"
(End of this chapter)
