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Chapter 895: The Kwantung Army’s Helplessness (Please subscribe!)

The helpless Kwantung Army

After twelve bombers carried out strafing and bombing rounds for ten minutes, they had to raise their fuselage and stop bombing due to lack of ammunition...

"The brigade commander, the Air Force reported that the entire formation, except for three aircraft that can continue to fight, will continue to stay on the battlefield to provide cover for the infantry. The remaining fighter aircraft must return immediately..." the communications staff reported.

"Agree to return. In addition, the remaining team is ordered by telegram to cover the 3rd Infantry Brigade and continue the attack. This time, we must capture the opposite position and no more surprises can occur." The brigade commander ordered sternly.

"Hayi..."

Looking at the combat staff who left quickly, the brigade commander immediately turned his attention back to the East China Field Army position not far away, where the smoke slowly cleared as the bombing ended.

Maybe it's because the entire trench group is too dense, or the trenches are too deep. Looking at the huge position, in addition to many huge craters, some trenches have been completely flattened, and positions piled up with various sandbags have been destroyed.

Other than destruction, no other results were seen.

However, at this moment, another squadron of imperial soldiers rushed out of the position screaming and appeared in his eyes. At the same time, the sound of dense light and heavy machine gun covering fire also sounded on the battlefield again.

Just when he looked at this infantry squadron with expectation, hoping that this infantry squadron could carry forward the Bushido spirit of the Imperial Japanese Army, quickly rush through the fifty-meter position in front of him, and rush into the first trench of the East China Field Army. A

The scene he really didn't want to see appeared in his eyes again.

"Woooooo..." Nearly a hundred black artillery shells, with a sharp whistling sound, flew out from the ruined East China Field Army position. Then, as if they had eyes, they landed very accurately.

Surrounded by more than a hundred imperial troops...

The dense explosions of artillery shells and the billowing smoke from the explosions of the artillery shells unsurprisingly enveloped more than a hundred Imperial Army soldiers and the machine gun positions of the entire forward position.

I saw another squadron of Imperial Army soldiers, including dozens of light and heavy machine guns from a heavy machine gun squadron. In less than a few seconds, they were consumed by just one round of artillery fire from the East China Field Army. The brigade commander's words

His face immediately turned red because of anger. Blue veins clearly appeared on his neck because of anger...

"Baga, what's going on? Contact the Air Force immediately. What's going on with the bombing just now? Why did the artillery unit of the East China Field Army not only suffer no losses, but actually got stronger? Go right away..." The brigade commander tightened his grip.

Holding his fist, he cursed angrily.

A few minutes later, while everyone was waiting anxiously, a telegram from the Air Force was immediately delivered to the Chief of Staff.

After quickly reading the telegram, a look of helplessness immediately appeared on the chief of staff's face.

"Commander of the brigade, it's not the fault of the Air Force that it's not doing well in combat. It's just that the East China Field Army on the opposite side is too cunning..."

"How do you say that?" the brigade leader asked, frowning.

"According to low-altitude reconnaissance by air fighters, there are not many East China Field Army troops staying on the opposite position. Judging from the battle just now, the total strength is less than one battalion..."

"Nani, the strength of a battalion. Since the opponent only has the strength of one battalion, why hasn't the Air Force eliminated it after the ten-minute bombing? Isn't this the responsibility of the Air Force? Chief of Staff, today the Air Force must

You must give me a satisfactory explanation, otherwise, I will definitely report this situation to the headquarters of the Kwantung Army's South Expeditionary Force for the sake of the more than two hundred imperial soldiers who just sacrificed their lives innocently, and ask the headquarters to give me a satisfactory answer..."

The brigade leader asked with a dissatisfied look on his face.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, please calm down and let me finish my story. This matter is indeed not detrimental to the Air Force's operations..."

"According to the report, although the opponent has only one battalion, the strength of this battalion is distributed across several kilometers of positions on the opposite side. On average, a position with a frontal width of one hundred meters has less than one

A squad of East China Field Army troops were stationed there. It can be said that because the opponent's defense was too spread out, the aerial bombs we dropped were like artillery shells swatting away mosquitoes and had no effect at all."

"One of the reasons at this time is that the East China Field Army has built a large number of artillery-proof holes in almost every position. In the battle just now, after the opponent only fired one round of artillery shells, our army had not fully responded

Before coming over, we quickly withdrew from the position and entered the artillery hole to prepare for our army's counterattack. Therefore, the ten-minute bombing just now had almost no impact on the opponent's defenders."

"In addition, the East China Field Army's positions opposite are built in a very special way. Almost every trench is connected with a large number of communication trenches. Even if one of the positions is attacked and falls into the hands of our army, the other side can rely on the trenches that extend in all directions to fight in a very short time.

Within the time limit, transport troops to the front line and regain lost positions..."

"In general, the East China Field Army on the opposite side is very cunning. With the trench group in front of them, they can almost achieve the goal of advancing, attacking, retreating and defending. However, our Imperial Japanese Kwantung Army, which has air superiority and artillery superiority, cannot

There is no other way..." the chief of staff explained helplessly.

"Bageya Road, the cunning Liu Hua. I really didn't expect that a simple trench could be used to such a sophisticated level in his hands. And the various permanent defenses we built on the position were very difficult for the opponent.

In front of the artillery fire, he is like tofu, unable to withstand any blow. Is this God's will, Baga..." the brigade leader cursed angrily.

After quickly sorting out the messy thoughts in his mind, the brigade commander asked the chief of staff in front of him with a face full of expectations.

"Chief of Staff, do we have any other ways to crack the new tactics of the East China Field Army..."

"have…."

The chief of staff replied categorically. After getting a look of affirmation from the brigade commander in front of him, the chief of staff continued.

"Our air force and artillery units do not pose much of a threat to the opponent's small number of troops hidden in the trenches. However, the opponent's remaining troops are too few after all, and they are all technical arms, especially the artillery, which accounts for a large proportion.

Most of them, we can clearly see it from the two rounds of attacks just now."

"So, I thought that we could take advantage of the disadvantage of the East China Field Army's uncoordinated deployment of various arms and use our strength to launch continuous assaults. I believe that as long as we can send a unit to act as a decoy, attracting the attention of the enemy's artillery

.Then, other troops can take advantage of the defensive loopholes in the East China Field Army's positions due to insufficient troops to launch a lightning-fast assault, quickly occupy several of the opponent's positions, and slowly expand the results..."

The Chief of Staff's words were very reasonable for the current war situation. However, what he did not expect was that the entire East China Field Army position, although fully equipped, only had a strength of one battalion. However, the strength of this single battalion, in addition to equipment,

In addition to ten mortar companies, a total of ninety mortars of various calibers. The remaining half of the troops are almost all light machine gunners who can quickly move on the battlefield.

It can be said that even if the Japanese attacking force breaks through the artillery fire interception, no matter where they attack from, they will definitely be subject to concentrated fire from at least thirty light machine guns...

More importantly, the chief of staff's tactics were a good solution for the Japanese army, which was currently in a dilemma. However, what he did not expect was that as long as the troops successfully broke into the trench group of the East China Field Army, they would fight in a melee with the East China Field Army.

Then, his troops will surely lose the only advantage they currently have, which is air force superiority.

However, these things were obviously things that the brigade commander had not thought of for the time being, or was too eager to find tactics and did not want to think about them. Just as the chief of staff finished speaking, the brigade commander gave the order very decisively without any hesitation.

"Yo Xi, Chief of Staff, your suggestion is very good. In this way, I appoint you as the supreme commander of the frontier, and unified command of the third and fourth infantry brigades to break through the East China Field Army position in front of you in the shortest possible time. In addition, I

Let me tell you another piece of good news. With the approval of the Supreme Headquarters of the South Expeditionary Force, a regiment of reinforcements will be dispatched to me in an hour. Therefore, you don’t need to worry about the strength of the troops. You only need to think about how to

New tactics to break through the opposing East China Field Army in a short period of time."

"Please rest assured, Brigade Commander..."

In this attack, the Japanese army, who understood the situation of the position, was not stupid enough to use the almost useless air force. Instead, they concentrated all the artillery they could mobilize and conducted a 20-minute saturation bombardment on the trench group of the East China Field Army.

After the shelling was over, before the smoke cleared from the battlefield, an infantry squadron acting as a decoy appeared in front of the position. There was no doubt that as soon as more than a hundred Japanese troops walked out of the position, a neat round of artillery shells fell on this infantryman.

On the squadron.

However, just when one squadron was completely wiped out, and the artillery troops took the time to move their positions to prepare for the retaliation of Japanese bombers. At the Japanese forward position, at least three squadrons of troops jumped out of their positions at the same time, howling, and marched towards the peaceful East China Field Army.

position and launched a desperate assault.

The charging distance of fifty meters was fleeting for the fast-charging Japanese troops. Hundreds of Japanese troops attacking from all directions thought that there would be no obstruction to this attack. Even the commander of the rear brigade

, the chief of staff and others were also confident in this attack.

A shocking scene appeared in front of them again.

The front line, which had been peaceful just now, was like magic: before everyone could react, more than a hundred dense tongues of fire, like the god of death, were slashing at the attacking troops who were just around the corner...

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