Spy Wars: I have space, but I choose to work alone

"Da da da da da da..."

"Da da da da da da..."

In just a moment, hundreds of automatic guns on the entire battlefield began to fire continuously, and other recruits who reacted also began to fire. The momentum was so great that the recruits temporarily forgot their fear.

"Move forward!"

"No, move back a little!"

"Okay, okay! Then point left!"

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The quickly trained mortar operators also began firing at the Japanese engineers in the distance, but the shells flew left, right, forward, and back, basically tracing the outline.

After all, he is a novice. Even though he fired dozens of precious shells, the battlefield is different from the training ground after all.

Stimulated by the sound of gunfire, many quickly trained mortar operators became flustered, like novices who had never fought before.

But they continued to randomly stuff shells into the gun barrels one after another. For a moment, the front of the position was filled with smoke and dust from mortar explosions.

Ma Liang, who was in another semi-underground forward observation post, shook his head as he watched the actions of the defensive troops.

"The enemy infantry hasn't even attacked yet, but they're already opening fire? This is just short of telling others that all of their troops are new soldiers!"

But there is no way around it. When new recruits get nervous, they tend to fire desperately, relying on the sound of gunfire to give themselves courage.

Before Ma Liang could say anything, Li Longting, who was accompanying Ma Liang, was furious. He had fought brutal positional battles with the Japanese before, so he knew what it meant to expose firepower like this. He quickly picked up the field phone and ordered:

"Tell the commander of the main front position to withdraw two-thirds of the infantry into the anti-artillery holes. The heavy machine guns and the pillboxes are not allowed to fire. A few engineers will expose all the firepower on the position. How can we fight this battle later?"

This spectacular operation frightened the Japanese army.

"What? The firepower of the defenders is so strong?"

The Japanese engineers in charge of blasting at the front line were so frightened that they all stopped moving.

After being surprised for more than ten seconds, Colonel Imaoka of the 56th Regiment of the 146th Division of the Japanese Army, who was holding a telescope, suddenly laughed.

"It seems that all the defenders are new soldiers. It seems that the commander of the garrison equipped them with all the good weapons in the Lawu warehouse."

"Listen, the firing is all continuous, the sound of gunfire is continuous! It's very lively, but they didn't hit many people! My goodness, our infantry hasn't even started the attack yet, and all the light and heavy firepower has been exposed! Isn't this indicating the target for our artillery?"

Colonel Hirai of the Japanese 56th Division Search Regiment also laughed and thought:

"It seems that I was worrying too much! These guys are just farmers who just picked up guns. It's just that their guns are better!"

At this time, Colonel Imaoka, who was extremely experienced in actual combat, would naturally not miss this opportunity. He grinned and gave a loud order:

"Order the artillery to focus on attacking the enemy's infantry, mark the exposed enemy bunkers, send two infantry squadrons to make a feint attack, put some pressure on these new recruits, cover the engineers' blasting work, and tell the two attacking squadron leaders that the enemy are all new recruits. If you think there is a chance, immediately turn the feint attack into a full-scale attack! Capture the main position!"

As the order was given, the Japanese army quickly began to move, with all units coordinating without any hindrance.

Watching the Japanese army's smooth changes in tactics, the senior officers who came to the forward observation post to observe the enemy's combat effectiveness had serious faces.

"The 56th Division is indeed the ace of the Japanese Army! Its level is not much different from those early Type A divisions!" Li Longting sighed.

The other officers continued to answer, and Li Longting, feeling embarrassed, raised his telescope and continued to observe the movements of the Japanese army.

But everyone understood that this was just a tentative attack by the Japanese army.

The main force and heavy artillery of the 56th Division have not arrived yet, and the Japanese Air Force has not yet been put into battle. The situation is now dangerous.

The next battle will be difficult!

However, the reinforced concrete bunker built by Ma Liang was of excellent quality. Without heavy artillery of more than 100 mm, or a direct hit from an aerial bomb of more than 250 kg, there was no way to destroy it.

Although the Japanese army's artillery fire is fierce now, the field artillery, mortars and tank guns with a caliber of no more than 90 mm can do nothing to the defenders' fortifications.

In fact, the casualties to the defenders were extremely limited. It was just that there were too many new recruits in the army and they overreacted.

However, the Japanese tactics worked. Four hours later, under the cover of the infantry, the Japanese engineers successfully opened three gaps in the anti-tank cones for tanks and armored vehicles to pass through, and the Japanese troops retreated.

However, after four hours of their first battle, the new recruits on the battlefield, who were originally a little panicked, began to gradually calm down.

They no longer held the trigger all the time when shooting, and began to learn to fire in bursts. Officers at all levels also received training, and the mobilization of troops on the positions and the supply of ammunition were also put on track.

A large amount of ammunition began to be transported to the position from the rear. After four hours of simple probing by both sides, the defenders had directly destroyed one-third of their ammunition reserves.

You have to know that Ma Liang gave the troops ammunition freely, which shows how horribly the new recruits consumed ammunition.

This is the result of equipping new soldiers with automatic weapons. This is why most countries choose to equip their soldiers with bolt-action rifles even though they have the ability to manufacture automatic or semi-automatic weapons.

"It seems that the Japanese know that they can't destroy our reinforced concrete fortifications and will not continue their attack. They will have to wait until the main force of their division arrives with heavy artillery before they begin to attack again. We have held on for the first day!" A military staff officer was relieved. Including yesterday, it has been four days, so this is two days.

"will not!"

"impossible!"

Two voices sounded almost simultaneously in the military headquarters.

Ma Liang and Li Longting looked at each other, feeling a sense of mutual admiration.

Ma Liang made a "please" gesture to Li Longting!

This is not the time to hide one's weaknesses. Everything must be done to win. Li Longting analyzed loudly:

"In this morning's battle, the Japanese casualties are not worth mentioning. The enemy's focus today is to destroy anti-tank cones and barbed wire. If we show normal combat effectiveness, the Japanese may wait for the main force of the division to arrive before attacking."

"But in today's battle, our army had too many new recruits and poor combat effectiveness, which was exposed to the Japanese army without reservation. According to the report of the elite scouts under Director Zheng, we were fighting against the elite search regiment of the Japanese 56th Division and the 146th Infantry Regiment. The enemy was equipped with a large number of armored vehicles and tanks, with a total of 5000 troops."

"Based on the previous experience of fighting the Japanese army and their arrogant fighting style, they will definitely not give up on occupying Lawu in advance, because if Lawu is lost so quickly, the morale of the expeditionary forces on the front line will definitely plummet, and there is even a risk of military collapse."

"But the report from the front line is that the Japanese army has no heavy artillery, and their artillery fire poses no threat to our solid reinforced concrete fortifications. How can they attack? If we attack them by force, the losses they will suffer will surely be too great to be acceptable!" the military staff retorted.

“Buzz buzz buzz…”

Li Longting was about to answer when the violent roar of the bomber engines was heard outside.