allonlinenovel Chapter 197 The Japs started their attack, but failed!
Chapter 197 The Japs started their attack, but failed!
"Don't talk nonsense to me. I want you to tell me the location of the Japanese heavy artillery clearly." Wu Qianli said loudly to the artillery observer.
"Commander, we haven't found it yet. I find it strange too. I've carefully observed these small woods."
"But there's no sign of the Japanese heavy artillery. I need more time to observe."
After hearing Wu Qianli's words, the artillery observer became a little anxious, so he spoke loudly.
The artillery observers had been trying hard to find the location of the Japanese heavy artillery, but the Japanese heavy artillery seemed to have disappeared.
"Continue to look for the location of the Japanese heavy artillery." Wu Qianli said loudly after hearing the artillery observer's words.
At this moment, the Japanese heavy artillery had been bombarding for four minutes. During these four minutes, the First Battalion of the Guards Regiment had suffered dozens of casualties.
This casualty was already very heavy for the 1st Battalion of the Guards Regiment.
You should know that the soldiers of the Guard Regiment are all soldiers rewarded by the system. These soldiers are all veterans with rich combat experience.
But at present Wu Qianli has not found the location of the Japanese heavy artillery, so there is no way to fight back.
The soldiers of the guard regiment could only avoid the Japanese artillery fire.
And just when Wu Qianli was being bombarded by the Japanese.
The Japanese outside the east gate, south gate and west gate of Chidong County also began to attack.
The Japanese soldiers at the east, south and west gates of Chidong County did not have heavy artillery, so they did not launch artillery bombardment but launched a direct attack.
The Japanese attack formation was extremely loose because they knew that the Tiger Guards Division had heavy artillery.
But for some reason, Liu Feng, Wang Dali and Sun Hu did not launch artillery fire to stop the Japanese attack.
Just watched the Japanese troops coming towards their position in a black mass.
The Japanese also found it strange, but since they had already launched the attack, they could only force their troops to advance quickly.
When we saw that the frontal attacking force had approached the first line of defense position for more than 300 meters,
The Japanese commander laughed.
"They are advancing very quickly. As long as we cut the barbed wire in front, they can start charging." The Japanese captain said, looking through the telescope.
"Yes, Captain, the troops are advancing very quickly."
"Originally, I was worried that the Chinese artillery would bombard the attacking forces and cause heavy casualties."
"But now it seems that our planes have almost destroyed the Chinese heavy artillery."
After hearing the captain's words, the Japanese staff officer looked at the attacking troops and spoke slowly.
In fact, the Japanese commanders who attacked the east gate, south gate and west gate of Chidong County were all worried about the heavy artillery of the Tiger Guard Division.
However, until the Japanese attacking forces were about to approach the Tiger Guards Division's defense line, the Tiger Guards Division did not launch any artillery bombardment.
This made the Japanese commanders who attacked the east, south and west gates of Chidong County think that their planes had bombed the artillery units of the Tiger Guard Division.
Although the Japanese planes suffered heavy casualties, their mission was accomplished.
However, the Japanese commander who was attacking the east, south and west gates of Chidong County saw that the attacking troops were already 200 meters away from the Tiger Guards' position.
Ready to charge.
But something unexpected happened.
......
The Japanese troops attacking the east, south and west gates of Chidong County were very excited when they saw the Tiger and Leopard Division's positions so close.
Their captains all shouted loudly: "Warriors, for His Majesty, for the Empire..."
But before the Japanese squad leaders could finish their shouting, they seemed to have tripped over something.
The thing also made a faint and crisp sound.
"Bah!"
The Japanese soldiers near these squad leaders only saw a black object under their own squad leaders' feet.
A cylinder the size of a fist jumped up from the ground and suddenly exploded about one meter away from the ground.
"boom......"
The Japanese squad leader naturally also heard the explosion.
Then the Japanese squad leader watched as his two legs suddenly broke, and after that, there was nothing more.
“BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!!!”
“BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!!!”
......
Explosions were heard at the east gate, south gate and west gate of Chidong County.
Originally, Liu Feng, Wang Dali, and Sun Hu buried a large number of anti-personnel mines outside their positions.
In an instant, all the Japanese soldiers within 200 meters of the Tiger Guards Division's position were killed.
Even those Japanese soldiers who were not killed in the explosion could not survive because they had lost their legs.
When the Japanese soldiers who were 200 meters away from the Tiger Guard Division's position saw this scene, their legs trembled.
But at this time.
Liu Feng, Wang Dali and Sun Hu began to fight back. Their counterattack was very simple, which was artillery bombardment.
“BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!!!”
“BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!!!”
......
One shell after another landed on the attacking Japanese troops.
At this time, the Japanese captain was dumbfounded. They knew they had been fooled.
He also knew that the attack had failed.
So they issued orders to retreat.
"Baga, baga, the Chinese actually have anti-personnel mines, and they've buried them outside their positions."
"Where did the Chinese get all these anti-personnel mines?"
"And those damn air force soldiers, where did they just bomb? Why do the Chinese still have so many heavy artillery?"
The Japanese captain kept cursing when he saw the attacking troops being bombarded.
Half an hour later.
The Japanese troops attacking the east gate, south gate and west gate of Chidong County all withdrew.
This time the Japanese lost thousands of people.
In particular, more than a dozen team leaders were lost.
These Japanese squad leaders were all killed by anti-personnel mines.
Because these Japanese squad leaders always charge at the front.
"Damn it, these damn Chinese, these cunning Chinese." The Japanese captain cursed loudly after receiving the casualty report.
"Captain, we can't attack anymore. The Chinese have heavy artillery. If we continue to attack, we will suffer even greater losses."
"This time, we're attacking Chidong County, and our main target is the north gate. The division commander has given us very few troops."
"When the Chinese counterattacked just now, I observed carefully. The Chinese have about the same number of troops as me, probably around 2,000."
"But the Chinese have heavy artillery and better weapons and equipment than us. We cannot capture the Chinese positions with our current strength."
"I submit my proposal to His Excellency the Division Commander, requesting tactical guidance."
After hearing what the Japanese captain said, the Japanese staff officer hesitated for a moment, and then said to the Japanese captain.
In fact, it was not only the Japanese staff who discovered this problem.
The Japanese squadron leaders all discovered this problem.
Of course, the Japanese captain also discovered this problem.
So the Japanese captain thought about it and reported to the division commander, Takeshi Araiida, according to the advice of the Japanese staff.
The Japanese soldiers outside the east gate, south gate and west gate of Chidong County all did this.