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Chapter 64: The End of the Division 4

After receiving the order to withdraw, the Japanese army abandoned their colleagues who had died on the battlefield and retreated hastily under the artillery fire.

The battlefield returned to deathly silence, with only the occasional cries of one or two wounded Japanese soldiers.

The main force of the 114th Division arrived at the camp already established by the 10nd Division at around 102 o'clock in the evening.

Upon learning that the attack was hindered due to nightfall, Shigeharu Suematsu did not blame Lieutenant Colonel Itamoto.

The morning glow in the sky dyed the entire earth red, and the red glow illuminated the entire Japanese military camp, as if they were shrouded in a layer of blood red and were in a bloody world.

Shigeharu Suematsu frowned slightly! He had always felt uneasy in his heart. When he saw the morning glow covering the entire military camp with a layer of blood red, the uneasiness in his heart emerged again.

While the Japanese army was fast asleep, Li Yi's Second Division blocked the retreat of the 114th Division overnight.

At the same time, around a clearing in the woods just a few kilometers away from the Second Division, an armored column was gearing up and waiting for the order to attack.

In a small open space about 10 kilometers away from the clearing in the forest, camouflage nets cover the entire open space.

The 150 and 105 howitzers were pointed directly at the Japanese camp.

The three main divisions of the 78th Army were all in place. After a night, the Japanese 114th Division never imagined that they were surrounded by the Chinese without knowing it.

The Japanese army fetched water and cooked in an orderly manner. After 8 o'clock in the morning, Lieutenant Colonel Noboru Otsuka, commander of the 120th Field Artillery Regiment of the Japanese Army, was urging the artillerymen to speed up their preparations.

Try to capture the Chinese position in front with a sturdy machine gun bunker before sunset.

"Everyone has 101 target, scale 745! Right zero eight five, number one to four run, fully loaded and one round! Fire!"

After receiving the order, the two 2mm howitzers and the two 150mm howitzers immediately loaded the shells. Because they were fully loaded, all the artillerymen left their positions and hid, leaving only the gunners pulling the gun ropes.

"Boom boom boom" the four cannons roared almost at the same time.

The shells left four fiery red marks in the air and flew towards the Japanese camp.

At this time, the 102nd Regiment of the Japanese Army had already entered the attack position. They were waiting for the field artillery regiment to overturn the position composed of the Chinese's solid bunkers in front of them.

Then they would launch the final attack on the Chinese under fire.

But at this moment, a rumbling sound came from the western sky.

Some of the more clever Japanese soldiers had already recognized the whistling sound of artillery shells cutting through the air.

The louder the sound, the larger the diameter of the shell, and naturally the greater the power of the explosion.

"Boom boom boom boom" there were four consecutive explosions, and only one shell fell around the camp.

The other three fell into the surrounding open space. The huge explosion power of one of the 150mm shells cut a lonely tree that was thicker than two people in half. The whole tree quickly burned like a huge torch.

"Add 70 to the ruler, 012 to the right, one shot!"

The artillery observers at the front constantly reminded the artillery in the rear through the gun sights to adjust the direction of the artillery fire!

This time the shells hit the Japanese camp accurately, and the violent explosion tore four or five Japanese tents to pieces.

Through the gun mirror, one could even see broken bodies flying in the air, and overwhelming shells began to pour down on the Japanese camp.

"Baga Yalu! We've fallen into a trap! This is the complete set that the Chinese bought and set up for me!"

At the first moment, Shigeharu Suematsu and Chief of Staff Saburo Isoda shouted the same words at the same time.

"Quick! Quick! Immediately order Lieutenant Colonel Yamada Tsuneta to command the 56th Infantry Regiment to attack the rear and ensure the safety of our army's rear route!"

At this time, Shigeharu Suematsu's entire forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat, and the back of his military uniform was already soaked.

Now he just hoped that there would be no problems with his retreat, as the baggage train that was supposed to transport supplies did not show up this morning.

He did not find it suspicious at the time. After all, this was a mountainous area, and transporting baggage trains was much more difficult than in the plains. It was normal for them to fail to arrive on time occasionally.

Continuous artillery fire swept towards the Japanese camp, and at this moment the sky, which was originally sunny, suddenly became gloomy.

The sky was covered with dark clouds and strong winds began to ravage the entire forest. Naturally, the Japanese artillery was not willing to be outdone.

The 12 120mm howitzers of the division's artillery regiment immediately launched an artillery battle with the Chinese artillery.

剩余的36门75毫米野战炮,16门75毫米山炮,16门37毫米速射炮和大批的掷弹筒迫击炮等。

Because they were unable to engage in a large-scale artillery battle with the 78th Army's artillery brigade due to insufficient range, they vented all their anger on the positions of the rd Brigade that were blocking their way.

How could the Third Division, which had been suppressed by the Japanese for an entire evening yesterday, continue to endure such humiliation? The artillery of the division, brigade, and regiment all fired at the Japanese positions.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh" Under the dark cloud sky, hundreds of Katyusha rockets, dragging hot flames, swooped down towards the Japanese camp from another direction.

Colonel Tsuneta Yamada, commander of the 56th Regiment, took advantage of the artillery battle between the two sides to concentrate nearly 100 trucks of the baggage train.

He began to run wildly towards his own retreat. At this time, large raindrops were already falling from the sky, and soon continuous rain was pouring down.

The artillery of both sides kept firing shells in this heavy rain. In the pouring rain, both sides could not be sure whether the attack position was correct.

However, the heavy rain is not without its benefits. At least the fierce artillery battle between the two sides will not set the entire forest on fire in such heavy rain.

Because the rain was so heavy, the forest roads were soon flooded. The trucks of the 56th Regiment of the Japanese Army were driving on the muddy mountain roads and were easily stuck in quagmires.

"Damn it! The truck is stuck in the mud again! Get out of the car and pull the truck out!"

A Japanese second lieutenant saw that the truck under him was stuck in place again, so he had to ask the soldiers on the truck to get out again and drag the damn broken truck out.

The 102nd Regiment on the front line advanced towards the 3rd Division's position with difficulty in the mud, amidst the artillery fire from both sides.

"Brothers! Let the Japs have a good taste of the great gift we have prepared for them!"

Qian Wei looked at the Japanese soldiers who were struggling to march forward in front of the position. This time, they finally didn't have to hide their firepower points.

"Attack! Use your heavy machine gun to beat up these damned Japanese devils. They didn't even know how to run away and dared to attack!"

Dozens of machine gun bunkers on the front line revealed their hideous faces at this moment, and dozens of heavy machine gun flames began to head towards the road of death that the Japanese army had walked yesterday, continuing to reap the lives of the Japanese devils.

On the muddy road in the heavy rain, machine gun bullets kept hitting the ground and splashing mud and water.

Groups of Japanese infantrymen fell under the spray of bullets from heavy machine guns. The ground was covered with broken branches and fragments, and blood mixed with mud had already dyed parts of the ground red.

The main force of the 114th Division had already begun to retreat slowly, and the 102nd Regiment on the front line launched a diversionary offensive to cover the main force of the division leaving the area.

The Japanese artillery positions had already suffered heavy casualties. Twelve 12mm howitzers had been suppressed by the 120mm heavy howitzers of the 78th Army Artillery Brigade.

Two consecutive rounds of artillery shells accurately hit the artillery position here because it had just arrived last night.

The Japanese field artillery regiment did not build a relatively solid artillery position.

The artillery brigade of the 78th Army is different. Not only do their 150mm heavy howitzers have a long range, but they also have artillery observation posts on the front line to constantly correct their firing ranges.

In addition, all their artillery positions were reinforced, so during the artillery battle, although their accuracy and artillery skills were not as high as those of the Japanese army.

But they still gained absolute advantage after dozens of rounds of artillery battles.

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