The artillery shells whistled as they smashed into the Japanese's position. The 400 Japanese were guarding a few hundred meters away. They had nowhere to hide and could only passively take the attacks.
After half an hour of bombing, the Japanese defense line was completely blown into ruins. When the 200-man suicide squad rushed into the Japanese defense line, all they saw were broken limbs.
"Report, the suicide squad has wiped out the remaining Japanese troops.”At this moment, a signalman walked in happily and said loudly.
Hearing this, Zhao Menghai and Zhang Tian couldn't help but feel excited. It was a great victory to wipe out a Japanese team. It would definitely shock the world.
"Order the troops to clean up the battlefield immediately. Retreat in an hour and repair the positions.”Zhao Menghai took over the command and said in a deep voice.
"Yes." the signalman replied loudly.
After daybreak, the Japanese reinforcements would definitely arrive. At that time, they would have to face the Japanese planes and cannons, so they had to rush to daybreak to repair and strengthen their positions.
"I can finally rest." Zhang Tian yawned and said listlessly.
"You should rest first. I still have to report the results of the battle to the regiment commander.”Zhao Menghai chuckled and said.
"Yes!" Zhang Tian nodded and left.
Five hours later, dawn broke. When the independent mixed 79th Brigade led the 79th Regiment and the Artillery Regiment to the 78th Regiment's position, they saw rows of neatly arranged corpses with their heads chopped off. The brigade commander, Major General Yifu Mizukawa, was so angry that he pulled out his commanding knife and slashed it fiercely on a tree beside him.
"Baka Yalu, bastard…bastard, I want to kill all the Chinese soldiers on the other side.”
"Shame, a great shame. Ichiro Ozawa, that trash, his entire regiment was wiped out.”
Major General Yoo Mizukawa couldn't believe it. How could a Chinese civilian regiment wipe out his regiment? This was simply unbelievable.
From what he knew, a regiment could easily face an entire Chinese army, or even more. Now, they had actually been wiped out by an unknown local armed force. This outcome was really unacceptable.
Originally, he thought that a single regiment was enough to take down the entire Chahar and even attack Horqin in the north.
Now, they had been wiped out before they even crossed the border. This was a huge blow. If this news spread, the imperial army would lose all their face. He would become the shame of the entire empire, and the imperial army would become the laughing stock of the world.
Mizukawa Yifu took a deep breath and immediately ordered the artillery to set up a position. The 79th regiment immediately got into formation and prepared to launch an attack.
At the 1st Battalion's position, the 1st Battalion was still responsible for defense, while the 2nd Battalion was the reserve team, ready to provide reinforcements at any time.
It looked like the Japanese were coming at them menacingly. They were about to launch a full-scale attack. Zhao Menghai looked into the distance through the binoculars and muttered.
"That's for sure. With the Japanese's vengeful nature, they will definitely take revenge after suffering such a big loss. Just wait, their artillery regiment will immediately launch a bombardment on us.”Zhang Tian pursed his lips and said expressionlessly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of artillery came from the sky. The Japanese artillery began to return fire. From the sound, it was all infantry artillery. There were basically no heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 105mm.
"Report, the Pao Company is asking if we should return fire.”The signalman stood up and said.
"Don't fight back for the time being. Wait for the Japanese infantry to attack before firing.”Zhao Menghai shook his head.
Moreover, the cannon company had less than a base number of shells left. This kind of counterattack was not very useful. It was better to pour the shells on the Japanese infantry.
The bombing lasted for half an hour. Fortunately, the 1st Battalion's position had been repaired and reinforced, especially the air-raid shelter that was built with cement. It was completely capable of withstanding the Japanese's infantry artillery bombardment.
When the bombardment ended, the 79th regiment of the Japanese immediately attacked the 1st battalion's position. With the lesson of the 78th regiment, the 79th regiment was very cautious.
The regiment commander first sent a squadron to launch a probing attack. The squadron advanced cautiously in a scattered formation.
"The Japanese have learned their lesson. They are no longer foolishly charging together.”Zhao Menghai said gloomily as his wish to fire the cannon had failed.
"Light machine guns, fire first. Let the Japanese have a taste of our power.”
"Yes, sir!"
When they were 200 meters away from the camp, the light machine guns of the 1st Battalion began to fire back. What shocked the Japanese regiment commander was that the firepower of the opposing militia was quite fierce. As long as his subordinates fired, they would immediately be attacked by dense bullets.
In less than five minutes, a squadron had already lost a small team. The opposing militia was still firing at them, making it impossible for them to raise their heads.
Nanny? Since when did the Chinese have such fierce firepower? At this moment, Major General Mizukawa Yifu, who was supervising the battle from the rear, was also shocked when he saw this scene. The firepower of the Chinese Army was so fierce that it completely exceeded his expectations.
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