ebookland Chapter 617: Rakshasa Fleeing North
Chapter 617: Rakshasa Fleeing North
As for how to report to the higher authorities, that is the division commander's business, and we don't have to worry about it.
Zhang Jiahua soon discovered the changes in the Idogawa Division.
Just now, all the troops were in chaos, almost fighting on their own, but the overall movement distance was not too far. Now all the Japanese troops were desperately retreating to the north. After this period of attack, the Idogawa Division had suffered thousands of casualties, but it was retreating to the north. Looking from the sky, it was still a large army, but not in order.
Are they fleeing to Rakshasa?
Zhang Jiahua immediately realized the Idogawa Division's intention and immediately reported the situation here to his superiors.
Zhang Jiahua's side also lost more than a hundred vehicles of various types. If the entire division desperately retreats to the north, it will be very difficult to stop them. What's more, to the east of the Idogawa Division, there are two infantry regiments ready for battle. If we pursue them to the north, these two infantry regiments will overtake our retreat, and we will be in danger.
As the Idogawa Division moved north, Liu Xiaoshan's follow-up troops began to arrive.
"You continue to follow them. I'll add some troops to your army. Try not to let them retreat to Luosha. These people are engaging in mobile warfare with us on the grasslands. That's absolutely seeking death. We will erode them from the surrounding areas. Once they reach the border, we'll see what Luosha's attitude is. If the Luosha people don't care, we will kill them even if they cross the border."
Liu Xiaoshan had already asked Li Shaoyi if this army could cross the border if they entered Luosha. Li Shaoyi's one sentence made Liu Xiaoshan understand how to fight. That is, when the Luosha people came to our side, did they report to you?
The two countries are now on the battlefield, and anything can happen. You came to our side without any notice, and it's the same when I go to your side. We are all equals. As for what you think is an unequal relationship between the two countries, dig the Empress Dowager Cixi out of her grave, maybe she will admit it. Anyway, I don't recognize it.
Colonel Kumamoto never imagined that the entire Idogawa Division would retreat northward and turn off all communication equipment. Even if he complained to Commander Uchiyama, Commander Uchiyama could not find Lieutenant General Idogawa.
Now Colonel Kumamoto no longer had time to deal with this matter, because in front of them, the troops of two regiments of the first brigade of the second division of the 72nd Army had already formed their battle formations and were ready to attack their positions.
This group of troops was different from the previous ones. Those previous ones were using light equipment, but this group was equipped with all kinds of weapons. The 105mm and 150mm howitzer shells hit the position of the Kumamoto Regiment, blowing them into a bloody mess.
We are not afraid even if we don’t have air support. We can just throw large-caliber heavy artillery shells upwards.
The positions of the Kumamoto Regiment and the Nishikawa Regiment were all set up temporarily, with no reinforcement materials at all. Therefore, under the bombardment of heavy artillery, the entire position was riddled with holes. Apart from a few Type 92 infantry guns, they had no other firepower. These things were still very powerful against the jeeps and trucks just now, but against the tanks and heavy armored vehicles in front of them, it was no different from tickling them.
Liu Xiaoshan directly concentrated forty tanks and heavy armored vehicles and bombarded the enemy's positions. The people in the front row didn't know how they died. They only saw explosions all around them. No matter which direction you ran, you had the chance to be killed by a homemade plane.
The Japanese soldiers in the rear only saw the explosion in front spreading eastward. Some of them wanted to run away, but could your legs run faster than the shells?
What does it mean to pile you up with ammunition? This is to pile you up with ammunition. There were about 1,700 Japanese soldiers in the entire first line of defense, but Liu Xiaoshan used more than 900 40mm artillery shells alone.
There were also more than 130 75mm tank shells used, plus mortar shells. On average, each person received one shell. How could this line of defense hold out?
Colonel Kumamoto was killed in the first wave of attacks. Although he was not an extra, he was destined to be one.
This guy insists on standing on the front line, just like his predecessors in the Kumamoto family, to lead the army to achieve even more brilliant results. What else can we say? Since you are looking for death, our artillery shells will give priority to you.
Liu Xiaoshan saw clearly that this guy was standing next to the Japanese military flag, waving his command knife and ordering his soldiers to actively resist. Both tanks noticed him, and two shells exploded within ten meters around this guy. If he was still alive, his whole body would probably be covered with a layer of iron.
After Colonel Kumamoto was blown away, the well-trained deputy commander of the Kumamoto Regiment immediately took over the command. However, due to heavy losses on the front line, the follow-up troops were afraid to move forward, resulting in the first line of defense being occupied by Liu Xiaoshan's tank troops.
The first-line positions were all built temporarily, not to mention the second and third lines in the rear, which were basically just small mounds of earth with soldiers lying behind them for cover. Under the artillery attack of Liu Xiaoshan's troops, they could not hold out for long.
Captain Nishikawa finally felt a little regretful. When the Idogawa Division was about to retreat, he should have left a gap for them. At least they are still our reserve force. Now there are only two infantry regiments, and facing such a fierce attack from the enemy, they are no match at all.
Once the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield died, there was no chance of replacement. The two infantry regiments had at most a few thousand people, and the enemy had nearly eighty or ninety tanks participating in the attack.
The Japanese side also organized a so-called suicide squad to die together with the enemy's tanks, but the problem is that in such a vast grassland, it is extremely difficult to get close to the enemy's tanks. In addition to the several machine guns on the tanks, there are also sharpshooters on the surrounding jeeps.
What they liked most were the Japanese soldiers who were carrying explosives. Whenever a bullet penetrated one of these Japanese soldiers, the whole person would explode directly, and the people around him would also cause a series of explosions. Often one bullet could kill more than a dozen people. How could the person who fired the gun not be happy when he saw such results?