Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Wang Meng paced back and forth in the independent column, because he not only received reports from Dai Anlan, but also from Li Jiayu, whose overall battle was going smoothly.

The attack was blocked!

In particular, the troops attacking urban areas were harassed by the Japanese "Type 4 jet guns".

The Japanese in the urban area were hiding in fortifications, and the air division's bombers caused limited damage to them.

After the bombers retreated, the armored division of the independent column entered the urban area. The Japanese soldiers carrying the "Type 4 jet guns" came out from all directions of the urban area like rats and launched fierce attacks on the tanks and armored vehicles entering the city.

Today alone, the Third Army and the Fourth Army lost a total of ten Tiger tanks!

Wang Meng and Li Yunlong's hearts were bleeding.

"Mengzi, if things really don't work, our infantry will take over! Didn't we still fight the Japanese before even though we didn't have tanks and armored vehicles? At least our light weapons are much better than before, and we have enough bullets!

In this way, you stay in Pingshun to command, and I will personally lead the troops to go there. I don’t believe that the Japanese devils have become more powerful! "

Wang Meng felt something was wrong as he listened. Why did Li Yunlong suddenly take his men to the front line, while he, Wang Meng, had to stay in Pingshun to command?

Inappropriate!

"Old Li, after all this time, I realized that this is what you were thinking. But what you just said gave me some inspiration. Aren't the Japanese trying to learn from the moles? We have plenty of ways! Do you remember when we attacked Yuncheng?"

"Fire attack?"

"Correct!"

Li Yunlong shook his head.

"Mengzi, I'm not trying to hit you! Our tanks can't even get close to the enemy's bunkers and city ruins, so how can flamethrowers get close? I'm afraid the Japanese rockets will hit us before we even get close to the bunker!"

"Old Li, don't worry about this. Just wait and see what's going on tomorrow!"

After Wang Meng finished speaking, he excitedly ran to the National Defense University and found Lin Shubing to bargain.

At ten o'clock the next morning, at the Taohuayu position on the north bank of the Yellow River Iron Bridge, Dai Anlan, who had not slept all night, finally received reinforcements from Wang Meng.

"Reporting to Commander Dai, I am Xiao Long from the Fire Phoenix Tank Battalion of the Special Tank Brigade directly under the Independent Column, and I have been ordered to come to support!"

"Captain Xiao, the flowers we have been waiting for you have all withered. Let's not say polite words anymore. After the battle is over, I will treat you to a drink. Don't leave until you are drunk!"

"Okay, just wait and see! Then let's follow the established battle plan?"

"Row!"

Ten minutes later, ten strange Tiger tanks drove over and lined up in a row.

The gun barrels of these Tiger tanks were only about half the normal length and looked more cumbersome.

Xiao Long saluted, turned around and got on one of the Tiger tanks, then drove towards the Taohuayu position again in a mighty manner.

At the 27th Division Headquarters at the bridgehead of the Yellow River Bridge, Jinkuro Ochiai was still looking at the dark shadows of the tanks in the distance with a lewd smile on his face.

"The noise of the tanks in this independent column is really loud. Masao-kun, do you know an old Chinese saying? Call again and again, and then you'll be exhausted!"

Isshiki Masao stood at attention. He was a reckless man and naturally would not study Chinese culture. He believed that Chinese culture was far inferior to that of their Yamato people and was not willing to understand it at all.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I am sorry for my stupidity. I have never heard of this saying!"

"Haha, what this sentence means is that we must fight with all our might, and not attack, retreat, attack again, and retreat again repeatedly. The first time, the morale was full, the second time, it was only half, and the third time, the morale was completely gone!

This should be the third time the independent column has launched an attack, right? If we can successfully repel the enemy's attack this time, then they will be like a deflated ball, no longer having any fighting power!"

Masao Isshiki didn't understand what "strike one's strength in one go" meant, but he understood that the most important thing about Jinjiurō Ochiai's words was that if they could repel the attack of the Independent Column this time, they could win the battle!

"Your Excellency, the division commander, even the arrogant First Division cannot defeat the Independent Column. If we can successfully defeat them, perhaps you will be personally received by His Majesty the Emperor. What a great honor that will be!"

Ochiai Jinjiurō was very comfortable with Isshiki Masao's flattery. Who doesn't want to be the number one?

"Then let our soldiers get ready. Once the enemy tanks enter the range of the Type 4 jet guns, they will open fire immediately!"

"Hayi!"

Masao Isshiki immediately turned around and prepared to give the battle order, but Jinkuro Ochiai thought about it and called him back.

"Wait, don't open fire at a distance of 200 meters. Put them within a range of 100 meters. I want to let them know what a saturation attack is! Now that you're here, don't even think about going back!"

"Hayi!"

Ochiai Jinjiurō was full of confidence. With four types of jettison cannons and a row of permanent fortifications, he didn't believe that the independent column could break in.

This row of permanent fortifications surrounded the bridgehead of the Yellow River Bridge. The aviation division certainly did not dare to drop bombs easily, and even the impact points of the heavy artillery were kept as far away from the Yellow River Bridge as possible.

Therefore, the Japanese soldiers in the fortifications did not suffer fatal injuries, and at least two-thirds of them were still capable of fighting.

"Independent Column, let us decide the outcome today!"

Half an hour later, a row of "strange" Tiger tanks took the lead, followed by the rest of the normal Tiger tanks, and began to approach the trenches.

According to yesterday's investigation, the trench was full of corpses and no living people.

To be on the safe side, a row of normal Tiger tanks in the back loaded up with high-explosive bombs and fired a salvo, completely clearing up any doubts.

However, this simple infantry trench was unable to stop the Tiger tanks and they easily passed through it.

"Attention, all vehicles. The Japanese's bunker is hidden ahead. Be careful to identify it. Also, keep your distance to prevent it from exploding!"

"understand!"

The strange Tiger tank came within fifty meters, and the Tiger tanks behind it also kept their distance.

"No. 1, an enemy bunker has been spotted 100 meters ahead, please make a decision!"

Xiao Long discovered through the periscope that a hundred meters ahead of him there was a dirt slope half a meter above the ground, and through the weeds in front of the slope he seemed to be able to see a number of eerie shooting holes.

"Every vehicle, report the situation ahead! Are there any suspected enemy bunkers?"

"Number Two confirmed!"

"Number Three confirmed!"

……

"Number Ten confirmed!"

Xiao Long sneered, as if he had already seen the Japanese dragging the anti-tank gun, and he could also vaguely see the shining Japanese helmets sticking out of the trench behind the bunker.

It seems that the Japanese want to let us in and then fight?

"Comrades, today is the first battle for our Fire Phoenix Tank Battalion. We must win, not lose! Ready, fire!"

The Japanese also issued an order to attack: Kill!