Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

In the direction of Laizhou, the five independent regiments stationed here received the news early and had already set up their carriages and horses to prepare for the arrival of the devils.

Inside the position, Chen Lei, the head of the 10th Independent Regiment, looked at the large group of Japanese soldiers that appeared not far away and said in surprise: "My goodness, how could there be only one group of Japanese soldiers facing us?"

The staff anti-tank gun next to him said with a smile: "The Japanese are marching in battalions this time, one section at a time. We have deployed a regiment here as a blocking force. The other four regiments have begun to make detours, trying to surround this group of Japanese. Our regiment has no heavy weapons, so we can only try and fight them. "

Because Yoshio Iwamatsu wanted to redeem himself for merit this time, he directly took out the assets of the 60th Division. Within two hours, the vanguard troops had marched miles. Commanded by his student, Lieutenant Colonel Morita, they moved forward in a mighty manner along the highway.

The two tank squadrons served as the vanguard. Although the armor thickness of the Type 12 tanks did not exceed mm and could be penetrated by large-caliber weapons at close range, they were still showing off their power on the battlefield in Longguo, which lacked anti-tank guns.

The 15th Division had never experienced the previous battles in Jiaodong. Only Iwamatsu Yoshio knew that the week of tug-of-war in Jiaodong was a meat grinder for the Japanese.

Lieutenant Colonel Morita had previously led his tank troops to show off his prowess on the battlefield of Longguo. The soldiers of the Kuomintang government could only use cluster grenades to die together with the tanks. Now his teacher, Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu asked him to attack quickly, so he did not hide and drove over in a mighty manner.

The anti-tank gun was standing on a commanding height, looking at the approaching tank squadron, and suddenly laughed, thinking that it had met its nemesis.

Then he arranged with the messenger beside him: "Let the air defense company allocate some anti-aircraft machine guns and place them on the front line of the position. I want to knock down the sand cans of these devils."

The messenger immediately replied, "Yes."

Chen Lei, who was watching from the other side, was observing the two tank squadrons at the head. He asked with a serious expression, "Old Wu, are you sure you can deal with these damn Japanese tanks?"

The anti-tank gun slapped his forehead, forgetting that his regiment commander was a cadre from the Eighth Route Army of the Shandong East Military Region who came to support him, and he didn't know the damage that the anti-aircraft gun would cause if it was leveled.

The explanation was: "The Japanese's little tank is as thin as a piece of paper. It will break if you poke it lightly."

Chen Lei nodded hesitantly. After all, when he was in the Ludong Military Region, he knew that the Dragon Kingdom’s army had few anti-tank weapons. More often than not, the Dragon Kingdom’s soldiers braved machine guns and artillery fire, and with great sacrifice, used cluster grenades to perish together with the Japs’ iron bastards.

Although it was a small metal car, Chen Lei couldn't help but ask again and again.

The anti-tank gunner had a calm expression on his face. He pointed at the tank squadron not far away and said to Chen Lei: "Captain, wait and see the performance of our air defense company."

The messenger here also passed on the order for the anti-tank guns early on. The anti-aircraft company placed six anti-aircraft machine guns on the machine gun positions in the second-line array to suppress the enemy's tiny tanks from the commanding heights. On the mountains on both sides, two 88mm anti-aircraft guns were also placed flat and aimed at the road, just waiting for the enemy to take the bait.

The anti-tank gun separated from Chen Lei and went to the mortar position. Because the 4th Division did not have enough qualified artillerymen, Bo Guangbai directly replaced the heavy artillery companies of all the independent regiments with mortar companies.

The 105mm howitzers were replaced with 120mm mortars. In the woods on the side of the position, in hidden gun pits one after another, the soldiers of the mortar company were locking various parameters and preparing ammunition.

The anti-tank gunner came over with a smile, and when he saw the mortar company commander Gao Dashan scolding the soldiers, his face suddenly turned serious and he said, "Gao Dashan!"

"Here!" Gao Dashan immediately stood at attention and responded.

Seeing that the anti-tank gun was coming, he immediately came up with a smile on his face and said, "Chief of Staff Wu, it wasn't that our old Gao was in a bad mood just now, it was really that this soldier brought the artillery shells as training shells, so we lost the firepower support of a gun."

The anti-tank gun said sternly: "This is a battlefield. You should hold him accountable after the war. If he is not suitable for fighting in the front-line troops, you can arrange him to the rear instead of scolding him in public."

Gao Dashan nodded quickly and agreed with a smile.

The anti-tank gun pulled him aside and whispered to him, "I remember you were from the Northeast Army. We were short of artillery before, and your army commander directly gave us your artillery battalion. I let you, a battalion commander, be the company commander. Do you have any objections?"

Gao Dashan quickly explained: "Chief of Staff, what can I say? As long as I can fight the Japanese, that's fine."

The anti-tank gun nodded and continued, "I just received an order from the column headquarters to transfer some backbones from each division to the northeast. The situation of the Anti-Japanese United Army is very bad now. We have to support them. Do you want to go back home?"

Gao Dashan's eyes lit up when he heard this. He quickly grabbed the anti-tank gun's arm and said, "Chief of Staff, you must send me there. How can we, the Northeasterners, be absent in the liberation of the Northeast?"

The anti-tank gun patted Gao Dashan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Then you fight well and show me the spirit of the Northeast Army."

Gao Dashan saluted and said loudly: "Yes, I will complete the task."

While the mortar company was gearing up for battle, the Japanese tank squadron encountered the blocking position of the 10th Independent Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Morita looked at the crooked trench line with a trace of disdain on his face. Did these stupid Dragon people really think that these trenches could stop the tanks from advancing?

Lieutenant Colonel Morita drew his command knife, slashed at the front line of the 10th Independent Regiment, and shouted loudly: "Attack! Attack!"

The Japanese tanks rushed towards the front-line positions with smoke coming out of them. The anti-aircraft machine guns mounted on high points opened fire instantly. The large-caliber bullets directly penetrated the Japanese tanks and turned the driver inside the tank into a puddle of mud.

Looking at the frustrated tank squadron, Morita shouted at the artillery squadron still deploying in the rear: "Deploy quickly, the enemy has anti-tank weapons."

Before he could finish his words, a tank squadron had been wiped out. The Japanese grenade launchers still wanted to attack the anti-aircraft machine gun positions, but without the cover of the tanks, the soldiers on the front line became sitting ducks and were eliminated one by one.

While the Japanese artillery positions had not yet been deployed, the mortar positions in the woods had already begun test firing. Large-caliber mortar shells exploded directly next to Morita's car. This proud disciple of Iwamatsu Yoshio also went to see Tianhuang.

Iwamatsu Yoshio in the rear was somewhat incredulous when he heard that the attack of the First Mixed Brigade had been thwarted. Then, looking at the Japanese soldiers who were constantly coming to support from the rear, he immediately said confidently: "Order each brigade to join the attack formation in waves. We must break through the enemy's blocking position before dawn tomorrow."

The Japanese here are constantly increasing their troops, while the seven regiments on the other side are quickly interfering, trying to annihilate this group of Japanese.