In order to avoid being accidentally injured by the powerful howitzers, Wei Shanhe specially ordered Li Yunlong not to get too close to the Japanese.
As a matter of fact, Li Yunlong had already ordered all the soldiers who were digging fortifications to go forward and not reveal themselves when he felt the shockwaves from the explosions spreading from the Japanese's camp.
Under the cover of the artillery fire, the 1st Battalion quickly dug out a long trench. Then, they began to dig in a zigzagging manner toward the Japanese's front line.
Li Yunlong only ordered his troops to dig when they were 60 meters away from the Japanese's front line.
Seeing that Li Yunlong was ready, Wei Shanhe ordered the M777 howitzers behind him to stop firing.
At the same time, the two artillery companies also began to take a short break.
When the smoke from the explosion dispersed, the Yamazaki Battalion's position was already riddled with holes.
Huge craters covered the entire mountain.
The simple trenches and cat ear holes could not withstand the attack of modern howitzers. When the surviving Japanese climbed up from the dust, there were less than a hundred Japanese who could continue fighting.
A large number of trenches had collapsed, and the mortar squadron of the Yamazaki Battalion had been wiped out.
Commander Yamazaki, who was lucky enough to survive, was dug out of the sand by his adjutant. He was dumbfounded when he saw the heavily damaged position.
The communications team had also been completely annihilated by a near-miss bullet.
"Prepare for battle!"
The Yamazaki Battalion instinctively pulled out their katana. They did not have time to think about anything else. After the bombardment, they were about to attack.
However, Li Yun Long reacted faster. When the bombardment ended, grenades were already in the hands of the soldiers of the 1st Battalion.
By the time the Japanese crawled out of the dust, Li Yunlong had already ordered them to throw grenades.
The grenades that filled the sky landed on the Japanese's front line.
The 12 heavy machine guns that were set up spat out dense tongues of fire.
The soldiers of the 1st Battalion began to charge. In nine seconds, the charging soldiers would be able to charge into the Japanese's camp.
At this time, Wei Shanhe and the others behind also began their performance.
The three surviving machine guns at the Japanese's front line did not have the chance to fire at all. The Japanese were killed one by one at the machine gun position that was targeted by the snipers.
Looking at the 8th Route Army that was about to charge in front of them, the surviving Japanese soldiers on the battlefield all withdrew the bullets from their rifles.
This was not because the Japanese really advocated the samurai sword spirit, but because the Sanba Dagai was easy to misfire when fighting with a bayonet. The bullet penetration of the Sanba Dagai could penetrate several people in a row at close range. This was to avoid accidentally injuring their own people in a hand-to-hand battle.
However, when the Japanese withdrew their bullets, the following attacks made them feel like they were being f * cked.
In the eyes of all the Japanese, the 8th Route Army was definitely going to engage them in a hand-to-hand battle. Therefore, there was nothing wrong with quickly withdrawing the bullets.
However, it was obvious that the script was wrong. The soldiers of the 1st Battalion had no intention of fighting the Japanese head-on. Many soldiers with Bobossa submachine guns aimed at the Japanese and started firing wildly.
Li Yunlong, who was attacking with the troops, had already taken out his Bobossa submachine gun. In his words, it would be a pleasure to use the submachine gun to kill the Japanese when they encountered them.
Therefore, the Japanese were stunned. Was this still the 8th Route Army they knew? Was this still the bronze opponent they had always encountered? This was definitely a f * cking king.
A large number of Japanese soldiers fell to the muzzle of the Bobossa submachine gun with endless resentment.
The independent regiment that didn't engage in a hand-to-hand battle only took less than ten minutes from the start of the attack to the end. The Yamazaki Battalion had been completely annihilated, and the entire battle had taken about an hour to complete.
In the 386th Brigade's command post, Chen Geng's expression was very interesting when he saw the result of the battle. He had prepared many cannons, but he didn't even have the chance to fire.
Just like that, a Japanese infantry battalion was easily taken care of by a battalion of the Independent Regiment.
"That's right. I'll ask the headquarters for credit for you.”In the end, Chen Geng was really at a loss for words. He just patted Wei Shanhe's shoulder calmly, as if he had high hopes for him.
In fact, the other troops who saw this battle were all deeply shocked.
The rumored powerful combat ability of the independent regiment was now proven to be true.
When Wei Shanhe saw Li Yunlong, he was holding a Japanese lieutenant commander's sword and walking over briskly.
"Let the friendly troops clean up the battlefield. Old Li will bring the 1st Battalion back to Yang Village. The entire Independent Regiment will immediately set off according to the original plan and head to Xu Village.”Wei Shanhe ordered.
Li Yunlong accepted the order and left happily.
This battle was quite exciting. When he met Blind Cheng and Ding Wei, Li Yunlong boasted so much that the two old comrades could not refute him.
As for Wei Shanhe, after Li Yunlong brought him back to the army, he went straight to the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
When Wei Shanhe arrived at the headquarters, it was lunchtime. Boss Peng and the others were eating. After Wei Shanhe came in, he invited them to eat together.
There was a delicious sweet potato yaki, two servings of vegetables, and one serving of braised pork. Recently, because of Wei Shanhe, life in the headquarters had improved a lot.
Wei Shanhe didn't stand on ceremony. He picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating.
"Kid, why are you here?”Boss Peng asked as he ate.
"I'm here to borrow someone." Wei Shanhe said.
"Who do you want to borrow?" Boss Peng asked in confusion.
"Borrow some experienced engineers.”Wei Mountain River.
Although the 8th Route Army did not have an organized engineering unit, there were still engineers. It was just that they had not formed a professional unit.
"Engineer, that's not much." Boss Peng said.
"We don't need any professional engineers, just some masons.”Wei Shanhe said.
"That's easy. How much do you want?”Boss Peng said with relief.
"A few hundred isn't too much, and a hundred isn't too little.”Wei Shanhe said.
"I'll try my best to arrange it for you."
After lunch, Wei Shanhe left the headquarters with satisfaction. The people he needed would be sent to Xu Village in two days.
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