The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 600 Trading Sacrifice for Time (Second Change)

The battle scene in front of him was also beyond Miyazawa's expectation.

Although the mortar is very powerful, its destructive power to fortifications is very limited.

As long as the blocking troops of the Eighth Route Army hid in the trenches, the mortar shells that fell outside the trenches could not hurt them.

However, the shells flew from 900 meters away, and the possibility of successfully hitting a trench with a width of one meter was very low.

Even if the blocking positions were bombarded by mortar shells, as long as the Eighth Route Army remained hidden in the trenches, the casualties would be very small, and the planned shelling effect would not be achieved.

The reason why the Japanese can match everyone on the Chinese battlefield is that powerful artillery fire plays a big role.

Before the infantry attack, they should first blow up the opponent's position, destroy their fortifications, blow up more than half of the soldiers, and then blow up their morale, and the infantry can easily defeat them.

If the artillery coverage before the battle failed to destroy the opponent's position or cause major losses to the opponent, even if the infantry won the next battle, they would pay a huge price for it.

This is definitely not the result Miyazawa Colonel wanted.

Staring at the blocking position, his brows became deeper and deeper, and he asked anxiously: "The mountain artillery squadron and the infantry artillery squadron are entangled with the artillery of the Eighth Route Army. It is understandable that they cannot distinguish the artillery from attacking the blocking position. How long has it been since the field artillery group?" Haven't the guns been set up yet, why haven't they fired yet?"

"Humble job, go get in touch now... woo woo woo..." Just as a staff officer took the order, the scream of shells flying across the sky sounded above their heads.

A string of fireballs larger than mortars was quickly launched from the blocking position, and the sound of the explosion reached Miyazawa's ears.

The staff officer who was about to send orders stopped decisively: "Sir, the field artillery battalion has joined the battle, and the first round of shells all hit the target."

"Good fight, I saw..." Miyazawa Colonel finally eased his frown, and said happily.

"Let them keep firing and stop when they level the blocking positions."

The good times didn't last long, the field artillery brigade had just fired the third round of shells, and the same explosion sound came from the field artillery positions.

Grand Master Miyazawa involuntarily frowned again, and shouted involuntarily: "Ba Ge Ya Lu, it must be the Eighth Route Army's Field Artillery Battalion."

"Notify the Field Artillery Brigade and let them ignore the blocking positions and kill the Eighth Route Army Field Artillery Battalion as soon as possible before supporting the frontal battlefield."

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In front of the enemy's command post in the blocking position, Kong Jiexin raised his throat when he learned that the Devil's Field Artillery Brigade had joined the battle.

"Rumble..."

A field artillery shell happened to hit 30 meters away from the command post, and the scorching air wave swept towards him. Kong Jie could feel it even standing at the observation port.

In the dazzling flames, countless dirt was blown into the sky, and three soldiers lying in the trench were blown away at the same time...

After the explosion, the impact point had turned into a big pit, the soil on the surface was completely scorched, and a large gap was also blown into the trench next to it. Three soldiers who were blown away lay motionless around, and another soldier was directly blown to pieces. Meat, blood, and broken limbs splattered everywhere, just how miserable it was.

Kong Jie clenched his hands into fists involuntarily, with heartache and worry on his face.

The field artillery was so powerful that it caused unprecedented damage to the fortifications.

If the bombing continues at the current speed, at most ten rounds of shells will be able to blow up the blockade position full of holes.

The trench is the only shelter for the soldiers. If it is destroyed by field artillery, the mortar alone can blow up the blocking troops with heavy casualties and lose their combat effectiveness.

"Let the reserve team get ready for battle, and rush forward as soon as the devil's artillery coverage stops, and help the blocking troops to defend the position." Kong Jie ordered with a solemn face. He didn't expect the battle to be so fierce, and the devil hadn't even started yet. It is necessary to put the reserve team on top.

Just in case, he added to the guard at the gate of the command post: "The guard company must assemble immediately. If the reserve team can't stand it, then we will go up and stop the enemy here for an hour at all costs."

Just when Kong Jie was ready to die, the field artillery shells that fell from the sky disappeared.

"Head, good news. Deputy Chief of Staff Huang let the field artillery battalion suddenly join the battle, and was attracted by the devil's field artillery battalion..." The observation post rushed into the command post and reported excitedly.

"The devil's field artillery took eight shells and suffered heavy losses. All the field artillery is concentrating on counterattack."

"Now the two sides are playing evenly, and no one can do anything to the other."

"That's great..." Kong Jie let out a sigh of relief.

"As long as the blocking position is no longer attacked by the devil's mountain artillery, the remaining mortars will not be able to destroy the fortifications, and the casualties of the blocking troops will be minimized."

"The guard company is temporarily disbanded, it must be gathered together, and don't be reimbursed by a single shell from the little devil."

"The reserve team is on standby for the time being. Maybe the blocking force won't need them to repel the devil's first round of attack."

"The ammunition informs the mortar company behind to prepare for battle, aim at the area 150 meters to 200 meters in front of the formation, prepare shells, and be ready to participate in the battle at any time..."

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The Field Artillery Brigade was ordered to counterattack the Field Artillery Battalion of the Duer Regiment. No matter how unwilling Miyazawa was, he could only pin his hope of severely injuring the blocking troops on the mortar squadron.

Originally, he only planned to let the artillery fight for 10 minutes. The mountain artillery was responsible for destroying the surface fortifications of the blocking position, and the mortar was responsible for destroying the Eighth Route Army exposed due to the loss of the position. Several types of artillery cooperated with each other to severely damage the blocking force in the shortest time.

Now the mountain artillery has no time to attack the blocking position, only the mortar can participate in the battle, and the shelling time will naturally be extended.

The continuous bombardment for 10 minutes wiped out one-third of the reinforcements' ammunition reserves, and the blocking position was completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke, and he could not see his fingers. General Miyazawa's confidence finally recovered a lot.

Although the destructive power of mortar shells on fortifications is limited, as long as they hit the trenches, they can kill and injure the Eighth Route Army hiding in the trenches.

Although the chance of shells hitting the trenches is very low, the artillery squadron shoots out a lot of shells, and a blind cat can hit a mouse and kill one or two hundred shells. Not to mention the complete annihilation of the Eighth Route Army hiding in the trenches, it is sure to hit the enemy's target severely has been reached.

Before he could issue an attack order, two infantry squadrons ready to go had rushed out of the battlefield.

Nearly [-] little devils held various weapons, bent their waists, and rushed up the hill quickly.

Taking advantage of the time when the Eighth Route Army hadn't reacted from the artillery fire, they ran forward a few more steps to shorten the assault distance as much as possible.

"Da da da... dong dong dong..."

When the attacking force was still 100 meters away from the position, the sound of machine gun fire began to sound from the blocking position.

The sound was not dense, as if only six or seven light and heavy machine guns were firing.

The Japanese army’s heavy machine guns at the foot of the mountain joined the battle at the same time, and the two machine guns stared at the light and heavy machine gun on the top of the mountain, trying to use powerful firepower to destroy these firepower points, at least to suppress these firepower points, and reduce the pressure on the infantry to attack.

The effect was immediate, and the gunshots from the blocking positions, which were originally not dense, became more and more sparse, and soon there were only some messy rifle shots left.

This change made the devils' attacking troops full of confidence, thinking that the Eighth Route Army in the blocking position was really running out, otherwise their blocking firepower would not be so easily suppressed.

The speed of the assault was getting faster and faster, and the little devil in the front had already rushed to 70 meters in front of the formation.

If you rush forward another 30 meters, you can attack the blocking position with grenades.

"Boom boom boom..."

More than a dozen mortar shells suddenly exploded around them, and the devils were caught off guard, and a large area fell instantly.

Although the remaining devils were aware of the danger, they were reluctant to stop in the face of the blocking position that was close at hand. They all wanted to fight again, and maybe they would be able to rush into the blocking position in one go.

"Boom boom boom... da da da..."

As a result, there was an impenetrable rain of bullets, and the gunfire in the blocking position suddenly became denser. More than 20 light and heavy machine guns burst out at once, and the first two rows of attacking troops were swept down like ripe wheat.

A cannonball fell from overhead, and a rain of bullets flew towards him directly in front of him.

Although the Devils heavy machine gun squadron and mortar squadron fought back desperately, the casualties of the attacking troops still increased sharply.

The moment Grand Master Miyazawa heard the explosion, he realized that the attack had failed, and quickly ordered: "Retreat, let the attacking troops retreat quickly, hurry up."

"The artillerymen continue to fire. I want to blow up all the Eighth Route Army on the blocking position!"

"What are the mountain artillery and infantry artillery for? I haven't killed my opponent for so long. What's the use of them?"

"This round of artillery fire covers them and they must participate in the battle and help the mortar squadron destroy the Eighth Route Army's blocking position, otherwise the military law will be used."

"Let them end the artillery battle as soon as possible. If it doesn't work, divide it into two. Half of the mountain artillery and infantry artillery will continue to entangle with the Eighth Route Army artillery, and the other half will attack the Eighth Route Army blocking positions."

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Compared with Grand Master Miyazawa's anger, Kong Jie's face was more heartbroken.

The artillery fire coverage of the Devils just now was too dense. Although it failed to destroy the trenches, it was thrown to the blocking troops and resulted in more than 400 casualties, almost destroying a main battalion.

Looking at the blocking position full of wounded and corpses in front of him, he knew that the blocking force was exhausted physically and mentally, and the endurance of the recruits had reached its limit. If they continued to hold on to the position, they would collapse sooner or later.

Decisive order: "The reserve team quickly replace the blocking troops..."

"All the health workers went to the battlefield to rescue the wounded, and no soldier could give up."

"The seriously wounded were sent to the rear field hospital immediately, and all the medicines in our inventory were taken out."

"Our losses have been large enough, and there must be no more non-combat attrition."

"The guard company is ready for battle: if the reserve team also suffers heavy casualties in the battle, we will immediately reinforce them."

"There is still half an hour before Deputy Chief of Staff Huang's final attack time, everyone's persistence means victory."

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"Boom boom boom..."

Suddenly there were several explosions from the left wing of the main force of the Japanese army. Kong Jie was condescending and could clearly see the painful fireball from the shell explosion.

Before the explosion was over, the sound of light and heavy machine gun fire came from the point of firefight.

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