I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 83: We must break through tonight (please recommend and vote for me monthly)

After Katayama Riichiro finished speaking, he turned around and left the forward position.

The Japanese attack, also stubbornly blocked by Xu Qingfeng and other officers and soldiers of the third battalion, ultimately failed again due to heavy casualties.

As soon as the devils retreated, Xu Qingfeng quickly made contingency deployments: "The 8th company and the machine gun company resume diving training immediately!

The Seventh Company and the Ninth Company are responsible for cleaning the battlefield and rescuing injured brothers! "

"Yes!" A group of officers and soldiers agreed in unison, and immediately split into actions.

Then, Xu Qingfeng said to Liang Shan and Chen Qifeng beside him: "Counselor Liang, Chen Qifeng, you can go too."

Chen Qifeng said: "Batalion Commander, I can swim, and the diving equipment was almost learned when you were training the Ninth Company and Seventh Company, so you don't need to take up the training opportunity anymore, right?"

"Then let's go again. Practice makes perfect. Evacuation by water is dangerous and unpredictable. The more familiar you are with diving equipment, the better your chance of survival."

Xu Qingfeng ordered with a serious expression.

"Yes!" Seeing what Xu Qingfeng said, Chen Qifeng stopped talking.

Liang Shan didn't say much. After saluting Xu Qingfeng together with Chen Qifeng, they went downstairs together.

On the Japanese side, Riichiro Katayama failed to ask for heavy artillery and air fire support.

The reason is simple. The Japanese army does not want to tear their skins apart with Western powers such as Britain, the United States, and France at this time.

After all, at that time, more than 90.00% of Japan's strategic materials, such as steel, oil, rubber, etc., still needed to be imported from Western countries led by the United States, or the colonies they controlled.

However, Fujita Jin, head of the 3rd Division, learned that the 5th Brigade still failed to win the Sixing Warehouse.

In addition to being angry, Katayama Riichiro sent an additional infantry regiment, an artillery brigade, and a chariot brigade.

Almost the last main force of the entire 3rd Division was sent over.

After receiving reinforcements, Riichiro Katayama's confidence and strength greatly increased.

The next day, in the morning, he commanded the troops and launched a fierce attack on Sihang Warehouse again.

Thousands of Japanese soldiers, covered by tanks, small-caliber infantry guns, and mortars, swarmed in like a tide.

Seeing this, Xu Qingfeng immediately commanded the troops to fight. Relying on the solid warehouse wall fortifications, the officers and soldiers of the third battalion relied on dozens of guns and heavy machine guns to build intensive firepower to repel the devils' attacks again and again.

The battle lasted from early morning until noon. The Japanese postponed the attack due to excessive casualties and exhausted morale.

It is worth mentioning that the Japanese attacked fiercely all morning, and no less than 400 people were killed by the defenders.

Such a large casualty ratio, even Riichiro Katayama, who has greatly increased his troops, can't bear it a bit.

So, the old devil took advantage of his lunch break to bring Takamori Takashi and another regiment captain who was ordered to lead a team for reinforcements, as well as several brigade-level officers.

All were summoned to discuss new offensive countermeasures.

"Everyone, the walls of the Sixing Warehouse are solid, and our tank guns and mortars cannot destroy it at all.

The heavy artillery is useless, so if the attack continues, even if the warehouse can be taken down in the end.

The price paid by the imperial army will also be unimaginable!

Therefore, we have to adjust our attack method and come up with a plan that can reduce casualties and capture the warehouse! "

After seeing all the officers present, Katayama Riichiro got straight to the point with a gloomy face.

Takamori Takashi and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to come up with any good solution for a while.

At this time, the same Japanese army staff officer who suggested to him to dig a tunnel stood up again.

Suggested to Riichiro Katayama: "General, I suggest to advance to the Sixing Warehouse by earthwork!
As long as we can shorten the charging distance, or even dig the tunnel to the side of the warehouse wall, we can directly blast the wall.

In this way, breaking the warehouse will not be a problem! "

Katayama Riichiro's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said with some doubts: "But, how much time does it take to excavate the soil?

What's more, the defenders are condescending, and they will inevitably open fire to prevent us from digging! "

"General, digging on the ground is much easier than digging underground. Although it will take a certain amount of time, it is the best choice to reduce casualties in the current attack.

As for the firepower harassment of the defenders, we can use the previous steel plate array tactics.

Order some soldiers to hold up steel plates to cover the engineers as they dig in! "

The Japanese army staff officer immediately stated the countermeasures. He had a clear mind and responded quickly. Obviously, he had studied the previous battles at the Sixing Warehouse.

Riichiro Katayama nodded slightly when he heard this time, and asked Takamori and another officer, "What do you think?"

Takamori immediately expressed his opinion: "General, this method is feasible, and I agree with it!"

"I think it's feasible too!" Another Dazuo officer nodded approvingly.

"Yoshi!" Riichiro Katayama nodded immediately, looked at the staff officer and asked, "What's your name?"

"Reporting to General, I have a humble position, Takeshita Shun. I am currently the staff officer of the Operations Department of the Expeditionary Forces. I have been ordered to act with the front-line combat troops." The Japanese military staff officer replied quickly.

"Takeshita Jun?" Riichiro Katayama memorized the name secretly, waved his hand and said: "Just do what you said, and act immediately!"

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"Battalion Commander, there's something new about the devil!" At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Kui, the commander of the Ninth Company who was in charge of tracking, suddenly pointed out the window and shouted at the top of his voice.

Xu Qingfeng, who had just had lunch and was sitting under the window, heard this and said, "What's the new news?"

"The devils are digging the soil!" Sun Kui said.

"What?" Xu Qingfeng immediately stood up and saw through the binoculars that a large number of devils were divided into more than a dozen groups, and they were digging separately towards the warehouse from the front of their position.

Sun Kui asked with some horror: "Battle Commander, which song is this little devil singing? Don't they want to keep digging it?"

"Soil excavation!" Xu Qingfeng put down the telescope and muttered: "It's not a strange tactic, but it is the best way to deal with us right now!"

"If the enemy keeps digging in like this, they can not only shorten the attack distance, but also directly blast the warehouse wall.

At that time, if we want to repel them again, it will not be so easy! "

"Then what should we do? Do we just watch the devils dig?" Sun Kui was anxious when he heard this.

Xu Qingfeng narrowed his eyes and stared at the Japanese who were immersed in digging, and said solemnly: "If we have enough artillery shells and artillery, of course we can stop them!

But now, we have a serious shortage of shells and too few artillery pieces! "

"Then let the light and heavy machine guns fire? We are condescending, and we can definitely stop them from digging in!" Sun Kui said.

"If you can think of this, the Japanese must have thought of it too." As soon as Xu Qingfeng finished speaking, he saw a group of Japanese infantrymen holding steel plates and other solid objects suddenly walking out of their own position.

They spontaneously gathered around the engineers who were digging and built a steel bunker for them.

Seeing this, Sun Kui suddenly said angrily and anxiously: "Damn, the little devils are so cunning, we can't threaten them now, battalion commander!

Or, send one or two companies to counterattack and try? "

Xu Qingfeng turned around and said, "We only have such a small amount of troops in our hands, a forceful attack is tantamount to death."

"Then what should we do?" Sun Kui was anxious.

"At this point, we can't stop it, we can only delay it as much as possible." Xu Qingfeng said: "However, even so, there is not much time left for us.

Pass my order, brothers with light and heavy machine guns and good marksmanship can fire on their own, and find a way to delay the enemy's soil excavation.

Brothers of the eighth company and the machine gun company, we must hurry up the diving training, the time left for us is running out, at the latest tonight, we must evacuate and break through! "

(End of this chapter)