Draw the sword and cure the fear of insufficient firepower

"What?! Where does such fierce fire come from?!"

"Eighth Route Army! It's the Eighth Route Army! The shells came from Yi County! It must be the Eighth Route Army!"

"Hurry up and disperse and hide!!"

"Matsushita-kun! Lead your tank regiment to charge!"

"Otherwise, if you stay here, you will die sooner or later!"

"Warriors of the 9th Brigade! Charge! Kill the chickens!"

"Artillery Battalion! Counterattack! Counterattack!!"

Ozawa Toru was frightened by the fierce and intensive artillery fire.

He had never seen such fierce artillery fire in his life...

"Bakayaloo! What is the artillery battalion doing!!"

"Why haven't the heavy artillery started firing yet? You rubbish! You're a bunch of idiots!!"

Osawa Toru recalled that he had just ordered the artillery battalion's five Type 96 150mm field howitzers to bombard the Yi County city wall.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his order was given, the sound that came was not the artillery fire from their locust army, but the artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side.

However, Toru Ozawa would never have thought that the Eighth Route Army's rocket launchers had already been loaded with rockets, and they were just waiting to adjust the shooting angle so that they could start firing immediately.

Although their five Type 96 150mm field howitzers were extremely powerful, the guns were too heavy, and it took a lot of time to set them up and adjust the shooting angle.

In addition, a 150mm shell had to be lifted by two Japanese soldiers before it could be loaded into the barrel, which was extremely slow.

As luck would have it, the previous shelling had directly paralyzed a 150mm field howitzer, and even the barrel was blown crooked.

But there were many vegetarians among the Japanese soldiers. After all, they were all elite soldiers at that time.

After receiving Osawa Toru's order, although they were badly bombed, the Japanese artillery positions were relatively far away, so the impact was not significant and most of the artillery was still combat effective.

But the Japanese tank regiment was not so lucky.

Because the tank regiment was located in the front and the artillery battalion's shelling was gradually covering from front to back, the tank regiment lost about one-third of its tanks in the first few rounds of shelling.

But Matsushita Noki was also very clear that as long as they quickly broke into the city and engaged the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army's artillery would become useless.

After all, when everyone is fighting together, accidental injuries are inevitable.

"Warriors! It's time to sacrifice yourself for the Empire!"

"Rush into Yi County and level up two levels on the spot!!"

"Kill the chicken for me!!"

"charge!!"

Matsushita Noqiu waved his command knife and shouted.

At this time, the Japanese were only six miles away from Yi County.

If the tanks run at full speed, they can rush over in just a dozen minutes. As long as they can eliminate the Eighth Route Army outside Yi County, the 9th Brigade will be able to quickly advance into the city.

Then, relying on their numerical advantage, they quickly wiped out the Eighth Route Army in the city.

In this way, the 36th Brigade withdrew to the outside of the city and strengthened the defense line. With the tanks and five heavy artillery in their hands, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army could not do anything to them.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was unable to fight, and the Central Army was probably just watching the fun.

I have to say that the Japs are indeed not stupid. Although there was no prior discussion, their perception of the battlefield situation and how to attack and defend were perfect.

If Yi County was any other Chinese army, the Japs' strategy would really work. They could even delay the enemy and wait for reinforcements to arrive, and maybe launch a counter-encirclement and attack the center.

But... they encountered Division 1.

Lin Tian’s troops would never give them this opportunity.

Not to mention anything else, the Japanese tanks had no chance of rushing into Yi County, let alone their infantry.

Soon, the Japanese counterattack began.

The artillery battalion fired crazily as if they were risking their lives, and the only 26 remaining tanks also stepped on full speed and rushed towards Yi County.

The Xiaoju Regiment of the 9th Brigade followed behind the tanks, running with their legs swinging in circles.

It looks quite intimidating.

However, since the Japanese had not decided to attack Yi County in advance, the artillery battalion did not even adjust its shooting angle.

Generally, artillery units will conduct test firing before shelling, and then make further adjustments before launching large-scale shelling.

So the Japanese were in a hurry and fired dozens of artillery pieces at the same time, which resulted in many of the shots missing the target.

Only 18 artillery shells hit the Eighth Route Army's positions, including two 2mm shells, one hitting the flagpole and the other inside the city.

The Japanese prince's body was directly devoured by the artillery fire, without even a trace left.

But it’s better this way, so I don’t have to deal with Lin Tian and his gang anymore…

Although another bomb also hit the city, no one was hurt.

Only a few shells from mountain artillery and infantry guns fell on the position of a regiment outside the city, injuring two soldiers.

Based on the Japanese artillery fire just now, the artillery battalion also found out the location of the Japanese artillery positions, and immediately turned half of the rocket launchers around and began to fire at the enemy.

The Japanese artillery position was suddenly engulfed in flames, screams were heard everywhere, and the shelling even caused a chain reaction.

On the Japanese side, the clouds in the sky were all dyed red by the artillery fire.

"Defend the country, let the tank company charge!"

"Also! It's time for those 10 88mm anti-aircraft guns to do their professional work!"

"Tell the comrades! End the battle as soon as possible!!!"

Lin Tian looked at the Japanese tanks rushing out from the artillery fire and couldn't help laughing and gave the order.

"Yes!"

Zhou Weiguo shouted and immediately arranged for a messenger to pass on the message.

I was just a soldier in a division. I was used to seeing T-34/85 tanks, so I thought the Japanese's tiny tanks looked so funny.

The image of the skinny body of a spirited young man in junior high school wearing loafers suddenly emerged in Lin Tian’s mind.

The T-34/85 tank is like a strong and muscular Mongolian man.

Isn't it true that the T-34/85 tanks are kicking the spirited young man one by one? They rush in as if they were in an empty space. This comparison is too funny...

"Haha, Brother Lin really has the demeanor of a great general!"

"As the old saying goes, 'A man with a chest as calm as a lake can be made a general.'"

"Today, Brother Lin faced more than 20,000 devils, and he was able to remain calm and composed, chatting and laughing at ease!"

"Chu really admires you very much!"

Chu Yunfei noticed Lin Tian’s chuckle and sighed.

Why does it feel like as long as Lin Tian faces the Japanese, there is no possibility of losing?

Lin Tian's image in Chu Yunfei's mind now became more majestic.

"Haha, Brother Yunfei, you and I should just stand here and enjoy this performance!"

"The reason why the Japanese tanks can run rampant in China is simply because we are poor!"

"Wait a minute, you will know which devil is stronger and which is weaker!"

Lin Tian laughed when he heard this.

To be honest, what Lin Tian is least afraid of now is a head-on battle with the Japanese.

Relying on the powerful firepower in his hands, no Japanese could escape from Lin Tian.