Hundreds of millions of cloud explosive bombs were fired at the beginning, and horses were riding on

Plus the 358 cannons of the 12th Regiment Artillery Battalion...that's more than 50 cannons.

More than 50 artillery pieces launched an attack at the same time... The little Japanese infantry regiment was still a little unable to withstand it.

The main reason is that the Japanese infantry regiment only has eight Type 92 infantry guns.

Including some mortars, there are more than a dozen.

Not to mention the dozens of light and heavy machine guns, because just one group...the number now is already twice as many as the Japanese infantry regiment.

The difference in artillery fire between the enemy and ours is also several times greater.

Under these conditions, it is definitely impossible for the little devil to win directly.

"Your Excellency, Captain, Your Excellency, Captain, is it possible that we really encountered an independent column ambush... This is their bait, and the purpose is to get us to attack them."

"Thus fell into their trap..."

The Japanese chief of staff said strangely from the side.

This is too strange, the round of bombardment just now.

In his opinion, there are only a dozen small-caliber cannons...

So when the captain of the 3rd Infantry Battalion ordered his men to counterattack, he did not object. Instead, he persuaded Captain Matsui to start the counterattack...

But I didn't expect that only a few dozen minutes had passed.... The artillery fire from this independent column struck again.

And this time it was more than twice as violent as the previous times.

At least five times as many.

And the cannons used in this bombardment must have heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100mm...

Because the shell just landed around him, the crater was huge.

So all this shows that the independent column's initial attack was just to attract their attention and make them fall into a trap.

Even if the chief of staff thinks so now, it is already too late.

Because the sound of machine gun shooting began to be heard all around.

There was even a rumbling sound...but the sound was far away, and he still hadn't heard clearly what it was.

Captain Matsui became even more furious when he heard the word conspiracy...

"Bagaya Road, Bagaya Road, these damn independent columns, they are so cunning..."

"No wonder several troops did not achieve good results when fighting them... These people are simply not worthy of being soldiers... They chose to attack our troops at night..."

"Isn't this just a reason why we can't fight at night... Damn it... This group of people is simply provoking the dignity of our Empire of Japan..."

"Everyone can kill such an army."

As soon as he said this, a shell landed exactly 50 meters away from Captain Matsui... setting off a huge spark.

The little devils around him were blown into the sky again.

Some of them had their intestines blown out, and there was one whose eyeballs just rolled out.

Still rolled to Captain Matsui...

"Ahhh! My eyes, my eyes."

"My intestines are out, my intestines are out, can anyone save me? Can anyone save me..."

This little devil can be frightened right now.

They looked at the other Japs lying on the ground, wailing in pain, and all of them were trembling a little.

I didn't expect the artillery fire of this independent squadron to be so intense...

It would be okay if these devils were killed directly. At least there would be less pain...

But if they were hit directly and were not killed on the spot, they would just be wailing in pain on the ground, which would definitely not be possible for them.

Painful wails, painful death, painful hell.

This half-dead state also made them feel like they were sweating.

At this moment, the chief of staff finally heard what the rumbling sound was...

Isn't this the sound of tanks? This sound is too familiar to him. Every time there was a war before, the tank regiment would send several tanks for strategic support.

This rumbling sound is a tank!

"Tank, this is a tank...no good...this is a tank."

The chief of staff kept shouting... He already knew that this sound was the sound of tanks.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, these are tanks from an independent column. We can't stay here for long... They must have arrived in large numbers."

Almost all the Japanese troops on the battlefield now know that the independent column has tanks.

We also know that the tanks of the independent column are very powerful and have already destroyed one of their tank regiments.

Such combat effectiveness is also an extremely dangerous existence for their ordinary infantry.

Everyone knows that tanks have been called the king of land warfare since they entered the battlefield.

He can change the trend of the battlefield, and at the same time, he can also attack the battlefield through strategic support from aircraft.

To retaliate against the enemy...

Especially with the presence of tanks on the European battlefield, they are even more invincible...

The Germans also invented many types of tanks to support their infantry units.

The little Japanese also achieved the crushing of the Chinese troops through tanks.

Especially when engaging in positional warfare, tanks are a very powerful presence.

Can help infantry carry out strategic attacks.

The Matsui Regiment must have cooperated with the Tank Regiment...so they are very familiar with this sound.

"Tanks... They actually sent tanks, damn independent columns... This must be their large force coming over."

"Send me an order immediately, retreat immediately, retreat immediately, and rendezvous with the main force..."

"In addition, send a telegram to the division commander to inform you of the matter in its entirety..."

"That is to say, this is a large force of an independent column... Requesting strategic support, requesting strategic support."

Captain Matsui is also a smarter Japanese.

He is not the kind of person who only knows how to charge... so the safest way is to rendezvous with the main force first.

Then he returned to this place with the large troops and attacked the independent column.

They couldn't be surrounded here. If they were, they would definitely be annihilated.

As an excellent commander of the Imperial Japanese Army and an excellent lieutenant commander, Captain Matsui certainly did not want to lose his life here.

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