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According to the information the Sakata Regiment received, the defensive force of Qinghe Village should only be a few hundred people, and they did not have any heavy weapons.
The attack went smoothly at the beginning. The vanguard soldiers broke through the line and detected the firepower of the scouts outside Qinghe Village. Then, the long-range artillery destroyed them.
They also destroyed a few sentries outside the village that seemed to be the headquarters of the defense force.
However, just as the first wave of troops charged into the main road of Qinghe Village and was only one step away from the village, the commander of the Kuroda Regiment, Kuroda Kazuki, who was charging in front, was extremely excited. He almost announced that he had successfully captured Qinghe Village.
However, he did not expect that what happened next was simply a slap to his own mouth.
On both sides of the road outside the village, a group of figures in black coats suddenly rushed out. They were holding guns that the Japanese had never seen before. The muzzle of the guns spewed out firepower comparable to light machine guns.
Da da!
In an instant, a large number of Japanese soldiers were killed or injured!
Kuroda Kazuo was shot three times. He retreated and shouted,"Retreat! Retreat!"
As he shouted, he frantically fled out of the village.
He was extremely shocked.
He had thought that the Sakata United Army had lost to the militia and the 8th Route Army's human wave tactics.
He was still a little indignant in his heart. He secretly thought that Ishihide was a good-for-nothing. He was actually completely wiped out by the Chinese people's human wave tactics. It was simply a disgrace to the imperial army.
but...
Kuroda Kazuki was completely dumbfounded!
How could a small village have such powerful firepower? What kind of gun was that?
Abe-kun, your defeat was not unjustified!
The first wave of Japanese troops was completely suppressed by the hidden firepower of Qinghe Village.
Outside the village, the Qinghe Village militia who had hidden themselves began to fire wildly.
The quality of the Japanese soldiers was not too bad. After all, they were known as the strongest army of the First World War. They quickly built fortifications on both sides of the road.
The war officially began, and both sides began to shoot at each other.
Kuroda Kazuko was even more shocked. Facing the militia, the elite soldiers of the dynasty who had landed were completely unable to resist in just ten minutes!
They finally managed to get the support of the Type-95 Cannons. However, before the cannons could reach the enemy's head, five of the artillery positions set up on the hillside were destroyed by the enemy's inexplicable cannons.
The remaining three medium-range cannons were also destroyed at the position when the attack was completed.
This!
Kuroda Kazuki was completely stunned. There was only one cannon on the other side.
What cannon was that!
It could actually suppress the entire Imperial Army Cannon Formation with a terrifying firing speed.
He even had the upper hand!
What he didn't know was that on the Western battlefield, the price of destroying an 88-caliber cannon could cost an entire company of airborne troops!
An 88 cannon was enough to be used as a strategic weapon!
The second wave of Japanese troops, the Yamada United, had yet to approach the village when the militia outside the village erupted with powerful firepower.
The firepower of at least a dozen mortars, machine guns, and heavy machine guns almost caused the first wave of Japanese troops to suffer even greater losses.
"Baka, the intelligence department must take full responsibility for this!”
"The Chinese army defending Qinghe Village can't be only a few hundred people. It's at least the strength of a main division. Otherwise, it's impossible to have such firepower!”
Yamada Ohno, who was standing on the side of the injured Kuroda Ichito, was also quite angry.
Because the Yamada United team that was landing at the moment was rapidly dying.
Faced with the intensive firepower of the militia, the second wave of Japanese troops had already launched a jade-breaking charge, but they had already paid a huge price before they approached the Qinghe Village militia.
Many small groups of Japanese soldiers were directly blown up by the enemy's artillery fire on the hillside.
A few frontline command centers were directly torn apart by the explosion.
The blood almost dyed the land outside Qinghe Village red!
"Inform the 1st and 2nd battalions to suppress the enemy's position at all costs!”
Yamada Ohno was also very decisive.
Although their cannons were being suppressed, and they might accidentally injure the troops that had already begun the Jade Shattering Charge, if they did not suppress them with fire, the price they would pay would be even heavier.
Kuroda Ohno nodded decisively. In the current situation, there was no other choice in terms of firepower.
Using human flesh to exchange for the enemy's firepower suppression!
This was a battle style that killed a thousand enemies and lost three thousand of their own!
In past wars, this kind of brutal fighting style would only appear on the side of the Chinese army. He did not expect that today, the warriors of the imperial army would be forced to this step!
But it didn't matter!
As long as they could get into this place called Qinghe Village and obtain the seed that the commander called 'Divine Rice', the sacrifice of the imperial warriors would be worth it.
This time, the secret mission given by the major general was to seize the divine rice of Qinghe Village!
As long as they had this kind of rice, the supply of the imperial army would no longer be a problem.
"The troops of Qinghe Village are definitely not militia. They must be regular soldiers in disguise.”
"Which unit are they from? Who is their commander?”Yamada Ohno turned around and asked the head of the Army Intelligence Department behind him.
"I'm very sorry, Commander. The intelligence department currently has no relevant information.”The intelligence division director of the Sakata division immediately stood up and said.
Baka!" When Yamada Ohno heard this, he immediately sent two big posts to the intelligence director angrily,
"This is ridiculous. We've already fought twice, and we don't even know who our opponents are.”
The intelligence director immediately stood straight and lowered his head." I'm very sorry, Commander. The other party left too little information in the battle where the Sakata United was destroyed. We only know that this is an ordinary village militia. However, our intelligence personnel have not sent any information as to which unit it is!”
Kuroda Ichito frowned when he heard this. He looked at the intelligence director and said angrily,
"You can't even investigate such an important military situation. Every year, a large amount of the army's military expenditure is handed over to you, but look at what you've done!”
"I don't care what method you use, but you have to figure out the name of the opposing defense force and the identity of their commander within an hour!”
"Ha Yi!" The intelligence director had no choice but to nod.
He was already thinking about how to find out the background of this Chinese man named Jiang Kai.
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