my bright sword career

Chapter 70 Lost
"Boom...boom..."

Three consecutive shells exploded on the machine gun position, and accompanied by a huge explosion, the entire machine gun position was completely covered in dust and thick smoke.

When the smoke cleared, the 11-year machine gun and the three soldiers who were still spewing flames just now had disappeared.

"Pretty!"

Not far away, Nong Tiancai clearly saw the parts of the machine gun that were thrown into the sky and the broken limbs of the Japanese machine gunner through the telescope, and he waved his arms excitedly.

Without the cover of machine guns, under the bombardment of three mortars in turn, the [-]th cover in the hands of the Japanese army alone could not withstand the attack of the third company, and soon the resistance of the Japanese army collapsed.

"Attack... Drive the little devil to the mountain!" Nong Tiancai shouted loudly, the MP40 submachine gun in his hand kept tilting the flames forward.

Under his leadership, the third company went crazy, almost like driving sheep, and beat the remaining Japanese army back steadily.

"Quick... put away your things and follow."

As the infantry rushed forward, the mortar as the infantry's companion naturally had to follow suit.

The benefits of the 60 mortar are also reflected at this time.

The weight of 19 kg is nothing to a three-person artillery team. After disassembling the gun barrel and chassis, two people can take it with them and walk like flying, and the remaining one is responsible for carrying ammunition. They will follow wherever they hit.

"Okay... that's great..."

At the foot of the mountain, Gao Hongming was overjoyed when he saw his troops attacking the top of the mountain. The first battalion was really generous. Not only did it defeat the attack of a large Japanese army, but it even drove the enemy back to the mountain.

If they can take advantage of the situation and occupy Qixia Pass, then this game of chess will be considered alive. After occupying Qixia Pass, the militia will be in a strong position to advance, attack, retreat and defend. The wishful thinking of the Japanese to encircle and wipe out themselves will become a joke.

Thinking of this, he immediately picked up the microphone and connected to Wu Chengfeng, "Old Wu, don't come again when you can't miss this opportunity, immediately press the entire battalion up, and occupy Qixia Pass as quickly as possible to fight for the whole regiment!" One way."

Wu Chengfeng said anxiously: "Tuan Zuo, but the Devils have two other brigades coming from nearby. I estimate that they will arrive in ten minutes at most. If the whole battalion is pressed up, the Devils' reinforcements will arrive soon." Just be made dumplings."

"You don't have to worry about the devil's reinforcements. I'll let the artillery battalion cover you. Now you order the charge immediately. What you're fighting now is the time difference. You must be quick!"

"understand!"

Wu Chengfeng gritted his teeth and got through the communications of the other two company commanders, "I am Wu Chengfeng, and I order...the whole battalion to launch an attack immediately...We must quickly seize Qixia Pass."

"L……"

Soon, the passionate charge sounded at the foot of the mountain, and countless soldiers in iron-gray uniforms swarmed towards Qixia Ridge...

Ping'an County Temporary Brigade Headquarters

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, it's not good!"

A staff officer hurried into the command post, and Kasahara Koizumi, who was sitting on a chair with a command knife, opened his eyes and cursed fiercely: "Baga... why panic!"

"Hi!"

The staff officer hurriedly stood at attention, and said anxiously: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, Lieutenant Assistant Tsuchiya Kenji, the Chief of Staff of the Third Regiment, came to report, and their Regiment Commander Hashimoto Shinsuke...he...he is broken for His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Nani?"

Kasahara Koizumi stood up abruptly, his eyes widened instantly.

"how can that be."

He immediately became furious, "Hashimoto Shinsuke has a whole regiment, unless all the Chinese have wings, how could they attack Qixia Pass?"

The staff officer said bitterly: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, Kenji Tsuchiya said that the Chinese did not break into the headquarters, but attacked Qixia Pass with heavy artillery. The entire Qixia Pass was flattened by them. . . . and nature ceases to exist.”

"Idiot... trash... actually... the Chinese people took the headquarters again, are they all pigs?" Kasahara Koizumi felt that he couldn't breathe, and his body began to shake.

Fortunately, the staff officer saw that the head of his brigade was blushing, so he quickly supported him, let him sit down, and brought him some tea.

After drinking two sips of tea, Kasahara Koizumi's complexion improved, but he still felt a little out of breath.

Is the Third Alliance going against evil?Or the Liantai County militia was born to be the nemesis of the third regiment. Why did the two consecutive captains of the regiment die at the hands of the Liantai militia?

You must know that the battle with Cangyun Ridge could be said to be different from being caught off guard. This time, the third regiment had no intention of calculating, and it still used an ambush to launch a sneak attack on the Liantai County militia together with the fourth regiment.

With three times the force and the surprise attack, both Kasahara Koizumi and Shinozuka Yoshio, who was too far away, thought that Gao Hongming and his militia were doomed this time, but the result was beyond everyone's expectations.

The headquarters of the regiment was destroyed by heavy artillery, and the commander of the regiment was killed. How similar is this to the result of the Battle of Cangyun Ridge!

But he also knew that now is not the time to be sad, Kasahara Koizumi asked again: "How is the situation of the third team now?"

"Now Lieutenant Commander Tsuchiya Kenji has ordered the other two brigades of the Third Wing to move closer to Qixia Pass, hold Qixia Pass first, and then make plans."

"Well……"

Kasahara Koizumi looked a little better, "This is a mature and prudent approach, Kenji Tsuchiya is not too stupid."

After thinking for a while, he still felt a little uneasy: "No...Since the Chinese have heavy artillery, they won't be able to defend for long just by sticking to it.

Immediately send a report to the Fourth Regiment, asking him to intensify his attack. You must take down the two highlands on the west side within an hour, and you must defeat Gao Hongming's rear guard before the Chinese break through Qixia Pass. That's the only way. Only then can the defeat be saved! "

"Hi!"

The staff officer took the lead and left.

After the staff officer left, Kasahara Koizumi was still a little restless. Today's battle situation was really unexpected.

First of all, he really couldn't figure out why there was such a thing as heavy artillery, it was just a local militia, and it was fine with a little better equipment.

According to the statistics of the Imperial Intelligence Department, the number of artillery pieces in China before the war was only over 400, of which there were only 105 pieces of heavy artillery with a caliber of 88 mm or more. Can't figure it out.

And these remaining heavy artillery were also regarded as treasures by the national army, and they would not be dispatched at all under normal circumstances.

This is why Kasahara Koizumi couldn't figure it out. How did a local militia get heavy artillery?He also played artillery coverage against the imperial army, which is simply ridiculous.

Kasahara Koizumi shuddered at the thought of the consequences if this battle failed and Commander Shinozuka Yoshio's cold eyes.

"No...you have to do something."

Just as Kasahara Koizumi reached for the phone on the table, a staff officer rushed in again.

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, it's not good... Qixia Pass has been lost..."

(End of this chapter)