Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

Chapter 580 The Japs' Anger

Next, everyone returned to their respective units and made various preparations. If the Japanese did not come, it would be fine. But if they chose to attack at night, a huge surprise would be waiting for them.

After all, our troops are good at night attacks. Now we have changed our identity and become responsible for defending against enemy night attacks, which is also a very simple thing.

At the same time, a corresponding meeting was also being held at the Japanese regiment headquarters. During the day, the other two captains also witnessed the strength of their opponents.

During the last attack, their regiment tried its best, but they only managed to advance 20 meters to the front line of the New 2nd Regiment. They were also caught off guard by the new type of landmines and lost an entire squadron of troops.

At this time, Captain Shuitian signaled his adjutant to report today's casualties.

The adjutant took out a statistical list and read out the numbers on it:

"Today our wing suffered a total of 796 casualties, including 478 killed, 214 seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured."

"All the wounded have been transported back to the city, but the situation of the seriously injured is very grim. It is estimated that less than 10% will survive."

After hearing this number, Captain Shuitian frowned and asked, "Why are there so few lightly wounded soldiers and so many seriously wounded soldiers?"

Captain Shanbian hurriedly explained: "Captain, the Eighth Route Army uses a new rifle, commonly known as the Ma Sihuan rifle. This rifle has a longer range than our Type 38 rifle, with an effective range of up to 800 meters. And from what I've observed, the other side doesn't seem to be short of bullets. Many times, when our soldiers approached 400 meters, they opened fire."

"Then the other side is also equipped with a lot of grenade launchers. Although their technology is not very good, they can work together with several grenade launchers. As long as three of our soldiers gather together, they will be subjected to large-scale artillery fire. This is a bit unethical. Grenade launchers are not used in this way."

Seeing the somewhat indignant Captain Yamabe, Captain Kameda of the Second Battalion then added:

"When our Second Battalion was attacking, we also discovered some problems. The enemy used a relatively powerful grenade, which was similar to the Jin-made grenades used by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. This caused huge casualties to our attacking soldiers."

"And that mysterious weapon is so terrifying. Once activated, it will blast a large number of steel balls in one direction. One of my squads was about to attack the enemy's position, but it was all destroyed in one go."

"The troops that followed up were also terrified when they saw this tragic scene. Their morale plummeted to the bottom and they had no choice but to retreat."

"What I said before is fine, and the soldiers can understand it, but this new weapon is indeed very terrifying. If we don't have a way to deal with it, I guess tomorrow's attack won't be very effective."

After hearing this, the other Japanese soldiers present were all still frightened. This was the first time they were crushed by the opponent with advanced weapons, which made everyone feel very uncomfortable.

Of course, if Kong Hao heard this nearby, he would definitely laugh three times, and then boast to all the little devils: "This is just the beginning. When we continue to develop new weapons in the future, you will get beaten up a few more times, and I guess you will get used to it slowly."

Seeing that his men were frightened, Captain Shuitian quickly expressed his opinion and encouraged them:

"This is the first time we have encountered this new type of weapon on a large scale. We were caught off guard. However, once any weapon has been used, there will always be a way to restrain it. This is an old Chinese idiom: self-contradiction."

"Where there is an extremely sharp spear, there must be a strongest shield to block it. Don't worry."

At this point, he explained the general meaning of the Chinese idiom "self-contradictory" to everyone present. However, perhaps he was not clear about the specific meaning of the idiom. In short, what came out of his mouth was completely different from the original meaning, especially when it was forcibly interpreted in Japanese language.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he was immediately flattered by his subordinates. No matter whether everyone present understood what he said or not, they had to pretend to be taught, otherwise they would suffer endless troubles.

Moreover, in the Japanese army, once you are bullied, it is easy to lose your life.

Captain Shuitian enjoyed this feeling very much. He continued, "In fact, it is not difficult to crack the Eighth Route Army's trick. As long as we concentrate all our artillery fire before the attack, even including the grenade launchers, and conduct a carpet bombardment on the frontline positions of the New Second Regiment, we can destroy all the new mines."

When the Japanese heard this countermeasure, they suddenly understood. They were just confused because of their anxiety. In fact, this kind of situation is very simple to deal with. All they need is enough artillery shells.

Of course, Captain Shuitian received endless flattery.

"I will also request support from the Army Aviation Corps tomorrow. With the cover of aircraft, we should be able to easily defeat the enemy's defensive positions."

"However, just in case, I decided to send a small force tonight to attack from this flank to disrupt the enemy's defense deployment. At the very least, we must make our enemy restless all night, so that our attack tomorrow will be much better."

"Sir, since we have aircraft support tomorrow, it is necessary to conduct a night raid, which is a thankless task."

The other two captains also echoed this. Their troops had not conducted a night attack for a long time, and their tactical skills were probably a lot less sophisticated. In the darkness, it would be easy to cause heavy casualties to the troops.

However, Captain Shuitian said in a serious tone: "Just now, our front observation personnel came back to report that the New Second Regiment has already built fortifications and has used a large amount of cement. Although I don't know why they have so much cement, we must not let them build overnight, otherwise we will still have more casualties tomorrow."

"There is an old Chinese saying, 'Do the opposite of what you do.' Since even we didn't expect a night attack, our opponents would never have thought that we, who rarely conduct night attacks, would choose to do so at this time."

After hearing this, the Japanese soldiers nodded and said yes. In order to wash away the shame of the day, Captain Shanbian volunteered to let his first battalion be responsible for this night attack.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, a reinforced squadron temporarily formed by the First Battalion quietly approached our position, preparing to seize the frontline position while our soldiers were sleeping.

However, when they approached our front-line positions, in the darkness, the Japanese soldiers stepped on the bouncing mines we had buried long ago. Several bouncing mines rushed out of the ground, taking away a dozen Japanese soldiers.

Upon seeing this, a battalion commander immediately ordered his men to fire three flares into the sky, and then concentrated the mortars and grenade launchers of the two battalions to launch a hail of shells at the Japanese night attack troops, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese.

The breakthrough point chosen by the Japanese was actually a flaw we left deliberately in order to lure the enemy. After all, no one knew better than us how to break through the enemy's position in a night attack.