Chapter 541 Victory in the first battle(2/2)
"Fighting defense cannon!" Yoshio Imada shouted in surprise.
"It doesn't look like it." Yang Tian Huji said with a dark face, "It looks like an infantry cannon!"
After pausing, Yangtian Huji said again: "The 92 Infantry Cannon is aiming directly within 100 meters. Even if it is just an ordinary blasting grenade, it is enough to penetrate the front armor of the chariot!"
The armor of the Type 95 light tank is too thin.
In the blink of an eye, 6 tanks had been blown up.
The Japanese infantry hiding behind the tank were also killed.
The remaining five tanks suddenly panicked, and they didn't care about countering the machine gun fire point on the opposite hillside, and turned to find artillery fire point that could threaten their own safety.
Unfortunately, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army's artillery was in the dark, while the Japanese tanks were in the light.
Before the Japanese tanks could find the artillery firepower point of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fired again. With another roar of roar, the remaining five tanks in the canyon were also blown up one after another.
11 Type 95 light tanks were blown up and caught fire one after another.
Hundreds of Japanese infantry hid behind suddenly lost their shelter.
Except for some of them being killed by bombing, the remaining Japanese infantry had to risk their retreat.
Unfortunately, there is no chance. Although these hundreds of Japanese soldiers only entered the canyon less than 100 meters, under the cross cover of hundreds of machine gun fire points of the Eighth Route Army, this short distance of less than 100 meters became a gap that hundreds of Japanese infantry could not cross. The outside was alive and the inside was dead!
These hundreds of Japanese were unfortunately on the inside of this chasm.
The dense machine gun fire poured down, and hundreds of Japanese devils who had nowhere to hide fell to the ground.
Less than five minutes before and after, there was no other Japanese infantry standing in the canyon.
The Eighth Route Army, which was still firing violently just now, also ceased fire, and the entire canyon soon fell silent.
But soon, a continuous explosion sounded suddenly on the hillside north of the valley. Torii Aoda and Yoshio Imada urgently retracted their gaze and looked up, and then they saw that several vanguard groups who had climbed up the hillside from the north were also attacked.
The Eighth Route Army, which attacked the vanguards, didn't know where they were hiding, but just threw grenades down from above.
Under the attack of the grenade, more than half of the vanguards were killed or injured, and the remaining vanguards quickly retreated.
"Yoda Jun." Imada Yoshio felt his throat a little dry and said awkwardly, "I'm afraid there's something wrong now."
"Yes, these damn Eighth Route Army members are really cunning." Yangtian Huji said with a dark face, "They did not build even a fire point on the north slope of the front of the canyon, but built all the fire points in the canyon, arranged them as side-firing firepower, and even built a large number of artillery fire points!"
Yoshio Imada continued: "This will not only effectively block the entire canyon passage, but also evade the Imperial Army's artillery firepower counter-attack. It's really too cunning!"
After a pause, Yoshio Imada continued: "If you want to destroy the side fire power of the Eighth Route Army, the Imperial Army can only cross the mountains from the front north slope. In this way, the Imperial Army's chariots, field artillery and even heavy artillery have all become decorations! The Imperial Army can only attack the Eighth Route Army's bunkers with infantry, which is really troublesome."
"There is no other way, I can only attack hard. The passage must be cleared before the main force of the division arrives."
Yang Tian Huji sighed and shouted again: "Order, the 1st Infantry Battalion will immediately send two infantry squadrons to launch attacks from the north slopes on both sides!"
"First seize the main peaks on the left and right sides of the canyon."
"Then heed the high and cleared the Eighth Route Army's firepower points one after another."
"Hayi!" A messenger bowed his head heavily and ran away again.
After a while, about 300 Japanese infantry soldiers immediately separated from the brigade of the 1st infantry Regiment, and divided the troops into two groups, launching a back attack on the commanding heights on both sides of the Wild Boar Gully.
At the same time, the artillery brigade of the corps headquarters and the artillery squadrons of the three brigade departments all set up the cannons, and 20 92 infantry cannons aimed the black holes at the north slope.
The next moment, 20 infantry artillery fired one after another.
Although the Eighth Route Army was not discovered, according to the infantry attack process, there were always several shots.
With the continuous explosions, the hillside north of the Wild Boar Gulch was suddenly blown away by smoke and dust.
After two rounds of fighting, the artillery of the 1st Infantry Regiment stopped the artillery. Almost at the same time, the two infantry squadrons of the 1st Infantry Battalion also advanced to the edge of the bounce point.
The tactical qualities of the 1st Division are really good.
Artillery artillery bombardment and infantry advancement are almost seamlessly connected.
Almost as soon as the shelling stopped, the infantry rushed into the smoke and dust.
Then, in the smoke and dust, more than 300 Japanese infantrymen were divided into two routes and climbed up the top of the slope.
The hearts of Tokiki Yada and Yoshio Imada immediately hung up, worried that the attacking troops would be suddenly attacked by the Eighth Route Army during the attack. However, what they both never expected was that until the two squadrons reached the top of the mountain and successfully seized the commanding heights, they did not encounter any resistance.
These two squadrons easily seized the two main peaks on both sides of the Wild Boar Gully without any effort.
There is no need for a telescope. Just by using the naked eye, you can see the Japanese infantry general's flag inserted to the top of the mountain, and stand on it, waving a rifle and cheering loudly.
"What's going on?"
The two old Japanese looked at each other, unable to believe it.
The Eighth Route Army did not fortify the main peaks on both sides?
Is the commander of the Eighth Route Army a stupid pig?
Even idiots know what the main peak means, right?
Just as the two old Japanese looked at each other, a strange change arose.
"Boom! Boom!" Two huge explosions suddenly sounded from the main peaks on both sides.
When Yangtian Tokiki and Imada Yoshio looked closely, they saw a huge ball of smoke and dust rising from the main peaks on both sides. The military flags inserted on the top of the mountain were still cheering. The Japanese infantrymen were instantly swallowed by smoke and dust.
"Baga!" The sudden change made the two old Japanese confused.
The Eighth Route Army is really too cunning. They had long guessed that the Japanese army would seize the main peaks on both sides.
A large number of landmines were buried early on the main peaks on both sides, waiting for the Japanese to go up.
What's hateful is that they didn't guess this at all, and they were really stupid enough to send troops to attack.
Thinking of this, Tori Yoda and Yoshio Imada were really shattered. Just one meeting, the 1st Search Regiment and the 1st Infantry Regiment were already severely damaged.
The 1st Infantry Regiment lost four infantry squadrons.
Chapter completed!