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

Everyone in the command center changed their expressions and rushed out to look in the direction of the engine.

The military staff officer who had just been certain that the 56th Division would not launch a large-scale attack said in disbelief:

"The Japanese actually deployed their air force. Are they really planning to storm our position defended by over 20,000 men today with only 5,000 exhausted soldiers?"

Li Longting knew the seriousness of the situation. As the most powerful of the two divisions, he quickly ordered the communications staff:

"Have the third regiment, which serves as the reserve, prepare to attack!"

"Yes!"

The communications officer immediately ran to the field telephone and began to relay orders.

If the reserve troops are used right at the beginning, there will be no mobile forces available if problems arise in other positions later.

However, none of the senior commanders in the headquarters objected to this order that clearly violated military common sense.

"Law enforcement team, follow me!" Ma Liang also led the law enforcement team in a jeep to the front line.

At the core main position of Lawu, Japanese bombers were continuously dropping bombs, and the escorting fighter planes also arrogantly took the opportunity to shoot at the real position.

In front of the position, more than 30 tanks were leading the way, followed by more than armored vehicles and dense Japanese offensive forces, who were rushing towards the position.

Behind them, all the artillery fire from the entire Japanese vanguard was concentrated to provide fire coverage.

The reason why only two Japanese regiments, the 56th Division Reconnaissance Regiment and the 146th Infantry Regiment, could come up with such a "big-handed" lineup.

We need to mention the search regiment of the 56th Division of the Japanese Army. It is called a search regiment, but it is a new troop organization organized by the Japanese Army in response to the southward strategy to fight against the British and American troops with higher mobility and firepower.

Since the Japanese army has always been poor, although they have observed the combat of regular mechanized armored divisions from their big brother, they also know the benefits of concentrated use of armor.

But unfortunately, I am too poor to learn from Big Brother, so I can only come up with a compromise.

The few tanks, armored vehicles and cars in the Japanese army were concentrated to equip an elite force of about a thousand people to replace the cavalry regiment in the Japanese division that could bully the Chinese army!

It performs important combat reconnaissance tasks. Of course, when the opponent is weak enough, it also shoulders multiple tasks such as combat breakthrough, combat maneuver, and combat pursuit.

The reason why the Japanese 56th Division was called a "mechanized" division was not because its entire army was equipped with a large number of mechanized tanks and armored vehicles, but simply because it had a search wing equipped with cars, tanks, and armored vehicles that barely achieved mechanization, so it was called a "mechanized division."

This was the situation after the Japanese 15th Army reinforced the 56th Division with a large number of captured British vehicles and armored vehicles.

This is also the important reason why the distance between the vanguard troops of the Japanese 56th Division, known as the "mechanized division", and the main force of the subsequent division was a full day.

On the one hand, the heavy equipment of the main force of the division was difficult to transport in the jungle. On the other hand, a large number of soldiers of the main force of the division basically relied on the "11" bus to march, so the speed was naturally not very fast.

“Da da da da da…”

“Ding ding ding…”

New recruit Li Santie held up a machine gun and fired fiercely at the Japanese tanks in the front row under heavy fire, but all he heard was the sound of dense popping beans, and all the bullets were bounced off the thick front armor of the tanks.

"Six o'clock direction, American heavy machine guns, annihilate!"

The commander of the Japanese tank gave orders to the gunner through the narrow field of view of the observation hole.

"boom!"

Fifteen seconds later, the semi-permanent M12.7 heavy machine gun fire, which had posed a great threat to the Japanese assault team and whose 2mm large-caliber bullets could penetrate the front armor of Japanese armored vehicles and the side armor of tanks, was accurately hit by the Japanese tank.

A single shot from the 57mm tank gun knocked the heavy machine gunner, one of the few veterans, to the ground, and his life or death was unknown.

"Boom~~~~~"

A 250-kilogram aerial bomb happened to hit a permanent firepower point that was violently spewing flames. The entire firepower point collapsed instantly, and none of the soldiers in the squad inside escaped.

"Squad leader, squad leader, what should we do if our bullets can't penetrate the Japanese's tin cans? What should we do?"

While changing the bullets, Li Santie took the time to ask the squad leader beside him.

But the squad leader didn't answer for a long time. Li Santie turned his head and saw that only half of his squad leader was left. His entire waist was blown to pieces by the shell. He had stopped breathing at some point in time.

Li Santie looked back and saw all kinds of corpses everywhere around him. What he heard were the screams of wounded soldiers shouting "mother" in various dialects, making him feel as if he was in hell.

Just as Li Santie was stunned, a new soldier threw his gun to the ground in despair:

"We can't fight anymore. The Japanese tanks are invulnerable. If you don't want to die, run away!"

After shouting, he climbed out of the trench and crawled towards the rear of the position.

When Li Santie came to his senses, he found himself in the midst of a group of fleeing soldiers, being forced to retreat to the rear of the position.

"Squeak~~~"

When Ma Liang arrived with the law enforcement team, he encountered hundreds of defeated soldiers retreating from their positions.

This is what happens when there are too many new recruits in the army. One can drag away ten others, and ten deserters can cause the entire army to collapse.

Without any hesitation, Ma Liang stepped on the brakes, jumped into the back seat of the jeep, and adjusted the M2 heavy machine gun on the rear bracket.

There was a long burst of fire at the feet of the fleeing soldiers. The roar of the heavy machine gun and the mud splashed out from the bullets hitting their faces made all the fleeing soldiers, who had lost their minds and only had biological instincts, stop.

At this time, Liu Gongfeng and others also jumped out of the car, holding submachine guns and aiming the heavy machine guns on the jeep at the group of fleeing soldiers.

Looking at these deserters whose eyes were filled with the unique panic of little animals encountering danger and whose legs were still shaking unconsciously, they were indeed frightened by the Japanese bombing and armored assault.

Ma Liang gritted his teeth and shouted with the loudspeaker raised:

"Anyone deserting the battlefield will be killed without mercy!"

"Go back to the position!"

"The American allies have decided that as long as we defend Lawu, those who die in battle will receive a $200 pension, and those who survive will receive a $100 bonus!"

"Those who advance will be rewarded, those who retreat will be killed!"

Liu Gongfeng and others also shouted in unison:

"Those who advance will be rewarded, those who retreat will be killed!"

At this time, Li Longting also rushed over with the reserve troops. Seeing the large number of deserters in front of him, he was also anxious.

At this time, the Japanese artillery fire had weakened, proving that the Japanese charging infantry was approaching the position and was about to charge.

If we delay any longer, the Japanese infantry will rush onto the position, and then the position will be lost.

Without the highest core main position in the Lawu defense circle as the core firepower point support.