Bright Sword: An eight-year-old boy led a group to fight the Japanese invaders

"Well, the Tubalu arrived faster than I thought. They are indeed the troops that can destroy the 20th Division."

Yoshimura Rio knew that the enemy on the opposite side was the independent brigade that destroyed the 20th Division, and he also knew that the troops coming this time were basically the elite of the Eighth Route Army.

But who is Yoshimura Rio? He is the youngest officer in the 108th Division to be promoted to the rank of colonel and to serve in a regiment.

In his opinion, even if the Eighth Route Army had trucks and armored vehicles, they did not have so many soldiers who could use them skillfully.

As for the destruction of the 20th Division, it was entirely due to carelessness and the heavy encirclement and suppression by the Eighth Route Army.

That's why he arranged a battalion and a division of the Imperial Army to build positions outside the city.

As long as the Eighth Route Army's attack outside the city was blocked, he would immediately lead his troops to encircle them from both wings.

He believed that facing the most elite troops of the 108th Division, the Eighth Route Army was definitely no match for them.

The 117th Regiment had more than 4300 soldiers, plus the Imperial Army had 1.2 soldiers. In terms of manpower, the Tubalu were no match for him.

"Yoshimura-kun, the Tubalu are coming much faster than we thought. This independent brigade is very strange. We have to be on guard!"

The 117th Regiment Chief of Staff Tanakayoshi disagreed with Yoshimura's idea of ​​setting up a position outside the city, but he was only the chief of staff.

Now that the independent brigade had arrived, he knew to remind Yoshimura to be careful not to capsize in the ditch.

Yoshimura patted Tianye's shoulder and comforted him, "Don't make a fuss, Tianye-kun. It's just some trucks on the Tubalu.

In my opinion, the soldiers of the Tubalu Army basically put down their farm tools and joined the army directly as cannon fodder.

Do they know how to maintain their guns? Do they know how to coordinate infantry and artillery?

They don't know that they are just a group of farmers with guns. Even if they are given more advanced weapons, they can't bring out the power of these weapons. "

"Report, a regiment of the Tubalu army bypassed Sucheng and headed east of Sucheng."

What?" Tian Ye was shocked. The Eighth Route Army had few troops to begin with, and they dared to split up. This must be a conspiracy.

"Yoshimura-kun, the Eighth Route Army wants to block our retreat. They want to keep us in Sucheng."

After reading the telegram, Yoshimura Riefu danced with joy, "Tanye-kun, this battle will be the battle that will make our 117th Regiment famous. I want to let the high-ranking officials of the Empire see it.

In their eyes, the troops that could completely wipe out the 20th Division were actually fake. "

Tian Ye saw Yoshimura Rio laughing up to the sky, his face was terribly gloomy,

No matter how strong the Eighth Route Army is, the 20th Division has a precedent. It is never too careful to be cautious when facing this unit.

The guy in front of him, who had just been promoted to captain of the wing, actually didn't take the other party seriously.

Tian Ye felt that sooner or later the Tubalu on the other side would bury Yoshimura in the ground.

So he ignored Yoshimura who was laughing happily, turned around and went down the wall and returned to the headquarters to give orders.

The guards had to ensure that the South Gate was open. If Sucheng showed any signs of collapse, he would immediately flee with the regiment.

At the same time, he called the flag guard squadron leader over and told him that if the regiment showed signs of defeat, the regiment flag must be destroyed immediately and must not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

Just as Tian Zhongyi gave the order, countless black spots appeared in the distant sky. The density of them almost made Tian Zhongyi dizzy.

Two seconds later, Tian Yezhongyi finally saw those things clearly, and his pupils dilated unconsciously.

He murmured unconsciously, "Artillery Group. This local Eighth Route Army actually has a heavy artillery group..."

The Japanese soldiers in the command center followed Tian Yezhongyi's gaze and were all stunned by the dense artillery shells.

Tian Yezhongyi was the first to react. His face turned pale and he shouted in a shrill voice, "Pack up your belongings immediately and destroy everything you can't take with you.

The guards will immediately go to the wall and bring Yoshimura back, and we will leave here immediately."

The Japanese in the command center were confused. They didn't even see the Eighth Route Army. Wouldn't it be too cowardly to leave now?

"Why don't you go quickly?" Tian Yezhongyi roared.

The Japs finally came to their senses and began to act.

On the city wall, Yoshimura Rio, who had just laughed out loud, looked up at the large number of shells falling on his own position in the distance, his mouth opened wide enough to fit two grenades.

It's not like he hasn't seen large-scale battles before, especially he participated in several major wars organized by the Empire.

He had seen large-scale artillery battles before, but the Eighth Route Army only had a few thousand men, and it was estimated that there were at most two regiments of troops.

How could they equip regimental-level troops with such powerful artillery? Could it be that the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is now stronger than that of the Kuomintang?

No one could answer this question, because the shells had already landed on the position that the Japanese had built after three days.

Due to the Japanese's inadequate preparation and Yoshimura's misjudgment of the independent brigade's combat effectiveness,

The Japs didn't use cement to build stronger fortifications. They simply piled them up with sandbags.

288 rocket shells fell one after another in just a few seconds. The fortifications that the Japanese had spent three days building were completely insignificant compared to these 200 shells.

The moment the shells fell, the Japanese position shook, and the loose soil on the ground was lifted off the ground by the strong vibration.

All the Japanese soldiers felt the violent tremor, even Yoshimura Reo who was far away on the city wall felt it.

The next moment, flames shot up into the sky, and in the entire area covered by the shells, the air was sucked out at full speed because the shells were too dense.

The Japanese hiding in the blasting hole felt the heat and lack of oxygen at the same time under the high temperature and high pressure.

Next, the strong shock wave destroyed all obstacles on the Japanese position.

After the bombardment, the Japanese soldiers on the position opened their mouths wide and rushed out of the anti-artillery holes and ran around the position. They all wanted to leave the position.

However, the low-pressure area formed by the explosion of too dense artillery shells caused the surrounding air to blow here, and the Japanese were blown all over the place by the wind.

Before the Japanese could run out of their positions, the second wave of artillery fire came down. The fighting style of the independent brigade was actually similar to that of the Japanese.

Before the war starts, bomb him and the bastards without saying a word. After the artillery fire, armored vehicles move in and the infantry follow behind the armored vehicles and start charging.

Due to the short time frame of this battle, Wu Gang and Wang Dabao only knew the approximate number of Japanese troops in the opposing position. For the safety of the soldiers, the rocket artillery battalion directly fired five rounds.

Seeing that the enemy's position had been reduced to ruins by the rocket artillery battalion, Wu Gang drew his pistol and shouted,

"Blow the charge! Charge!" He rushed out first.

He didn't rush out very far before Wang Dabao grabbed him by the waist and said, "Deputy Brigade Commander, calm down. Don't rush forward!"

After that, he shouted to the guards, "Keep an eye on the deputy brigade commander. If anything happens to the deputy brigade commander, none of you will be able to escape!"