Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 25 Bombardment and Regiment Flag

"The enemy's mortar? The enemy actually has artillery shells! Give me my order and move quickly!"

Sakata Nobutetsu, who was protected by his subordinates, gave the order to transfer the headquarters while looking in disbelief in the direction of the Eighth Route Army's attack.

 The commander on the opposite side refreshed his knowledge again and again. He had never seen such a forbearing soldier.

 In fact, when setting up the command post, the staff advised him.

Logically speaking, Sakata Nobutsu should not have made such a stupid mistake and placed the command post in the forward position.

 This place is very close to the enemy's defense line, even a young man who has just joined the army would not do this.

 But just because the enemy on the opposite side is the Eighth Route Army, within their Locust Army, the Eighth Route Army is notoriously bitter.

 A group of armed farmers, characterized by a lack of food, clothing, and poor weapons and equipment.

Their regiment-level unit is even more ridiculous. It is the smallest regiment he has ever seen.

On average there are only a thousand people, and the so-called heavy weapons almost only include small-caliber mortars.

The range of this 60mm mortar is only slightly farther than the grenade launcher of our country, so the supply of mortar shells is still in short supply.

In order to boost the momentum of the Japanese Locust Army and to better observe the battle situation, Sakata Nobutetsu set up the command post here against all objections.

His intestines are turning green now. It is human nature to fear death. The cannonball just exploded above him!

Just as they were about to leave the command post in a hurry, Sakata Nobutsu felt a burst of fire suddenly appear around him, and he seemed to be able to hear the roar of mortars and the panic of everyone.

 The darkness was eating away at him little by little, his five senses were slowly being deprived of him, and his **** seemed to fly out.

 “It hurts so much.”

“The advantage is clearly mine, why did I lose like this?”

“Has the command post been hit by a shell? What an unexpected enemy.”

Seeing the Japanese command post that was destroyed by mortars in the distance, Wang Chengzhu jumped up with joy.

 “I hit it, I hit it!”

At this time, the ammunition man with quick eyes and hands quickly pulled down Wang Chengzhu who jumped up. At the same time, several bullets almost missed his scalp.

Li Yunlong, who was beside him, laughed so hard when he saw Sakata Nobutetsu's command post being killed by the pillars.

He said to Wang Chengzhu: "You are so **** good. If this old devil Sakata is shot to death by you, the brigade commander will have to buy you a drink."

 Didi-dip-dah-didi-dip-dah.

 The bugler blew the charge horn with Li Yunlong's approval.

 Everyone in the New Regiment saw that the Japs’ headquarters had been knocked out, and all the soldiers in the regiment were inspired. For a time, they became more enthusiastic and fought more energetically.

Li Yunlong led the charge at the front, followed by his guard platoon.

The overly excited Captain Li was holding a light machine gun and firing hard at the Japs. Many Japs died under his gun.

Handing the light machine gun in his hand to the guard next to him, Li Yunlong rushed toward Sakata's headquarters in the distance with a large blade in one hand and a shell gun in the other.

First they experienced artillery bombardment, then they were counterattacked by a new group of concentrated firepower. Finally, they saw the death of their own regiment leader on the spot, and a small number of Japanese soldiers had already begun to flee.

They were defeated by the organized and well-planned new regiment of soldiers and were defeated. No matter how hard the grassroots officers tried, they could not stop the decline and could not form any effective counterattack. Regardless of whether Sakata was killed or not, it has become a fact that his command post was destroyed, which meant that in a short period of time the Japanese offensive troops lost the command of their superiors and became headless flies.

  Without a command, the Japanese infantry brigade can only fight on its own. Although it can still maintain a certain combat effectiveness, it can no longer prevent chaos.

 Without organization, the firepower advantage cannot be used, and they can only watch helplessly as the powerful new group continues to tear apart their defense line.

Zhang - the ancestor of the Japanese - the master of hand-to-hand combat - the former swordsman - Da Biao has used the knife in his hand to remind the little devils of the Tang Dynasty. His commando team and the first battalion of soldiers killed many devils. .

But their casualties were also serious. There were only a dozen people left in the entire commando team, and only one-third of the soldiers in the first battalion could continue to fight.

 But they did not intend to stop their pace, but continued to attack after a short rest.

These people were like sharp drills, shattering the Sakata Alliance's defense line.

 Subsequently he and Li Yunlong met at the command post of the Bantian Regiment.

Looking at Zhang Dabiao, who was covered in blood, Li Yunlong breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want his beloved general to have any shortcomings.

 The two of them looked at each other and smiled, their joy couldn't be hidden.

 Zhang Dabao pointed to the ruins in front and said:

“Captain, we have made a fortune this time! Sakata’s headquarters has been taken over by us! One colonel, two lieutenants, and one major.”

“Hahahahaha, look at what you’re doing. A Japanese colonel will make you confused. If you kill a major general, won’t you go to heaven?”

After a period of searching, they lifted up the wood and net ropes, and found the dead Sakata Nobutsu in the ruined headquarters.

This old Japanese was hit head-on by a cannonball and died miserably. The upper and lower body of his body had been separated.

However, his head and command sword are intact.

Even because the incident happened suddenly and Sakata Nobutetsu felt that he would not lose, his league flag also stayed.

 Although this regiment flag has long been incomplete due to artillery fire, it is also the only Japanese army flag captured on the battlefield.

"Historically, until the end of World War II, we were not able to capture a single Japanese regiment flag. This is because the Japanese army's combat regulations stipulate that when the battle situation is judged to be in danger of annihilation of the entire army, the military flag must be burned. The loss of the regiment flag means that the establishment has been cancelled. .

"With this body, the brigade commander will not pursue the matter of disobedience, and my head will be saved."

 “Take it away, put it in a sack.”

The soldiers of the guard platoon loaded Sakata's body into the sack that originally contained bullet casings, tied the mouth of the bag tightly and carried it on their shoulders.

"Command sword! Don't forget my command sword. It's a military officer's sword. It can be exchanged for a lot of good things when the time comes. There's also that broken flag. Even the division commander has to beg me for this thing."

 The attack is still going on. There is no shortage of new regiments of firearms and ammunition, and the attack is getting smoother and smoother.

Although the Sixty-year-old mortar has no more shells, the Stokes mortar still has enough ammunition. When encountering a firepower point that is difficult for the Japanese to attack, they directly blast it with one shot.

 The soldiers marched forward with great success and great momentum. The combination of light machine guns and grenades can easily disperse the enemy's unassembled infantry.

 Half an hour later, the last remaining troops withdrew from the frontal battlefield.

The new regiment tore through the Japanese defense line on the Cangyunling battlefield and successfully broke through the encirclement head-on.

This battle is finally finished, and the next volume will begin!

 (End of this chapter)