roccoschili Chapter 63 The Japanese Army's Extreme Warfare Methods
Chapter 63 The Japanese Army's Extreme Warfare Methods
He couldn't understand where Li Jianghe got so many anti-tank guns, especially since they were of good quality and, judging from the frequency of firing, he didn't seem to be worried about a shortage of ammunition at all.
Suematsu Shigeharu didn't bother to think about these questions, and simply said in a cold voice:
"Artillery fire coverage!"
Upon hearing this, Saburo Isoda thought he had misheard.
"Commander, our troops are still advancing. If we fire at this time, it could easily cause friendly fire."
"More enemies will be killed in the bombing!"
He said coldly, "If this armored force offensive also fails, the 6th Division can then rightfully take over!"
After finishing speaking, Shigeharu Suematsu repeated his previous order.
"Open fire, artillery!"
"Hai!!!"
Saburo Isoda answered loudly.
On the battlefield, Li Jianghe was directing his troops in battle, watching as Japanese tanks were destroyed one after another.
Tanks, like airplanes, are considered high-value targets. Destroying one will directly earn you 1000 merit points. Of course, the Japanese Type 95 light tank is not as valuable, only worth 600 merit points.
At that moment, the whistling sound of artillery shells suddenly rang out.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!! Boom boom boom!!!"
The Japanese army's frenzied artillery bombardment began!
These shells not only hit the Yuhuatai position, but also struck the Japanese armored formations that were attacking.
After all, the distance between the two sides was actually less than 100 meters, and the Japanese artillery obviously could not achieve such high firing accuracy.
So the artillery fire came down, engulfing both sides.
"Take cover!!! Take cover!!!"
Li Jianghe shouted as he searched for a cat-ear hole to hide in.
It's too late to crawl into the tunnel now; we need to find a place to hide first.
As soon as they found one, Li Jianghe discovered that Long Wenzhang was squatting inside.
"Let's squeeze in together."
Li Jianghe crawled inside.
"Alright, Commander, you stay outside, I'll stay inside."
Long Wenzhang said this with a clear conscience.
"You heartless bastard! I've treated you well, and this is how you treat your commander?"
Li Jianghe was furious, but he couldn't squeeze in no matter what he did, so he could only pray that the Japanese artillery shells wouldn't hit this side.
While he was praying, Long Wenzhang was also muttering incoherent words.
Upon closer listening, Li Jianghe realized that Long Wenzhang was reciting the "Great Compassion Mantra," indicating a rather mixed set of beliefs.
Wait a minute, isn't this a scripture used for deliverance?
After thousands of shells were fired, the position fell silent again.
Li Jianghe brushed the dirt off his helmet, crawled out of the peephole, and shouted:
"Anyone still breathing? Get back into position and continue fighting!!!"
As he spoke, he heard the roar of the tank engine again.
Turning his head, Li Jianghe discovered that the Japanese tanks had already rushed onto the position during the shelling.
Further away, you can see two newly destroyed tanks and a large number of Japanese corpses, which were accidentally hit by Japanese artillery fire.
Even so, more than two hundred Japanese soldiers and seven or eight tanks had already rushed to the flank of Yuhuatai.
These Japanese soldiers were quite reckless; despite the intense artillery bombardment, they did not choose to retreat but continued their attack.
The Japanese commander, brandishing his katana, roared with blood streaming down his face.
"Samurai, kill them all!!!"
"Black Card Incident, Banzai!!!"
The Japanese soldiers also roared.
"Fire!!!"
Li Jianghe shouted, and the soldiers who had just crawled out of the bombing picked up their submachine guns and rifles and began to pull the triggers at the Japanese soldiers.
The bullet pierced his chest, exploding into bursts of blood.
At this moment, the firepower of both light and heavy machine guns roared.
Some of the soldiers at the front even threw grenades at the Japanese troops.
Engineers, armed with flamethrowers, aimed them at the charging Japanese troops, unleashing streaks of crimson fire.
"boom!!!"
The Japanese tanks roared, their tracks crushing over the bodies of the Nationalist soldiers.
"Take down the Japanese tanks!!!"
On the position, Lin Yongzhi roared, and the soldiers of the rocket launcher team hurriedly loaded ammunition and aimed the Iron Fist 60 at the Japanese tanks that were rampaging across the Japanese position.
"Bang! Bang!!!!!" A series of muffled sounds rang out as the over-caliber warheads exploded upon impact with the tank.
The Japanese tanks had thin armor plates, and this oversized warhead easily penetrated their outer armor.
Fragments and high-temperature flames instantly shot into the driver's compartment of the Japanese tank through the breach.
"Clang! Clang! Pfft! Pfft!!"
The sounds of shrapnel tearing through bodies and the clatter of metal mingled together, creating a terrifying symphony reminiscent of hell.
A Japanese soldier, engulfed in flames, jumped out of the cockpit, only to be instantly pierced by a stray bullet.
Several Japanese tanks that rushed onto the position were quickly taken out by the soldiers with Panzerfaust 60s. There were not many Japanese soldiers left, but they still did not retreat and continued to fight the Nationalist soldiers.
At that moment, the Japanese artillery opened fire again.
"Boom!!!"
Then a series of loud explosions followed.
The Japanese troops in the rear actually relied on this method to ensure that the artillery fire would achieve the best killing effect.
As for the Japanese soldiers still fighting on the front lines, they were not even within Suematsu Shigeharu's consideration.
Just as the Japanese artillery was bombarding the area, Long Wenzhang found Li Jianghe in the trench.
"Commander, something's wrong! Another wave of Japanese soldiers is attacking under the cover of artillery fire."
Upon hearing this, Li Jianghe said coldly:
"You damn Japanese devils, you want to play like this? Fine, then I'll play along with you to the very end."
After he finished speaking, he gave the following order to Long Wenzhang:
"Order the engineering corps to plant bombs on the position, retreat to the second line of defense, and detonate the bombs directly when the Japanese rush up, so that they can ride in a homemade plane."
"yes!!!!"
Long Wenzhang shouted, relaying orders along the trench.
Amidst the intense Japanese artillery bombardment, a large number of engineers began planting bombs and simultaneously clearing out the remaining Japanese troops from the position.
The remaining troops retreated along the trenches to the second line of defense on the hillside.
The Japanese troops that launched this attack consisted of two more companies, totaling nearly four hundred men.
With the cover of artillery fire, they quickly closed in to within 400 meters of the position.
Finally, the Japanese artillery barrage ended, and the Japanese troops charged forward recklessly.
Seeing the Japanese reserve force successfully break through the first line of defense, Suematsu Shigeharu thought that this battle should have a satisfactory result.
"Although this method of warfare is a bit extreme, it is indeed quite effective."
Saburo Isoda said from the side.
Although many Japanese soldiers were accidentally wounded by friendly fire, they were able to suppress enemy positions and allow their troops to break into enemy territory.