Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Yamano Heiji was experienced in large-scale battles. Under his command, the Japanese soldiers brought from Anhua County launched a counterattack based on the terrain.

Having fought with the Eighth Route Army for many years, Yamano Heiji was very familiar with the Eighth Route Army's combat style. He knew that this kind of ambush was carefully prepared and that a rash breakout would only increase casualties.

The only way is to fight against them, use the advantages in manpower and ammunition to consume the Eighth Route Army until their ammunition is exhausted.

Since the battle started, the special forces team formed by Yamamoto Ikki has had the fastest reaction speed. It was also under their protection that Yamamoto, who was still in a daze, was able to survive.

The advantage of cavalry is not only in charging on the battlefield, but also in its ability to advance and retreat quickly. It can also run faster than infantry when escaping.

Of course, death is quick.

The moment the cavalry entered the shooting range, the fire network formed by the machine guns covered them, causing a real scene of people and horses falling to the ground.

The cavalry's war horses are all carefully selected good horses. Their advantages are not only good endurance and fast speed, but the most important thing is that they will not be frightened by the sound of gunfire and run around.

Those war horses that survived the hail of bullets ran to one side, and a row of soldiers tacitly bypassed that direction, forming a fire vacuum area, giving the war horses some breathing space.

The commander of the puppet cavalry company saw that he had lost half of his men in just one encounter. He was terrified and kept greeting Yamamoto Ikki's family, almost cursing their entire family tree.

He didn't want to die and knew his only chance of survival was to surrender.

After enduring humiliation for many years, he finally became a cavalry battalion commander. However, he did not enjoy the glory for a few days and did not have the chance to go home and marry a third concubine.

Staying alive is important.

He drew out his saber and a piece of white cloth from his chest pocket. With a "swish", the saber pierced through the white cloth and he held it high up.

Seeing this, the rest of the puppet cavalry followed suit. The puppet soldiers without white cloth suddenly panicked and regretted not listening to the battalion commander at the time.

But he soon discovered that it was useless to listen or not.

Again, they encountered a row.

If this group of puppet cavalry really wanted to surrender, they would not have sprinted at full speed at the beginning in an attempt to break through the defense line set up by Lin Qiang.

They were just scared.

On the contrary, those puppet soldiers who did not raise the white flag lived longer.

There are many skilled shooters in the platoon, and the continuous firing of the Garand semi-automatic rifle allows them to eliminate targets more quickly.

The puppet army cavalry battalion commander fell in a pool of blood. A bullet hit him right between the eyebrows and pierced the back of his head.

The white cloth was also dyed red by his blood, and then he and his body were trampled by the horses' hooves and rolled around.

A battalion of cavalrymen were all killed before they could turn their horses around, and more than half of their horses were also lost.

In just over ten minutes, the area in front of Xiaowangzhuang was littered with corpses, including horses and the bodies of puppet soldiers.

The sound of gunfire continued. The Japanese divided into two teams and tried to move away from the central open area. What they didn't know was that Kong Jie's New Second Regiment had been waiting for this opportunity.

Without waiting for the devils to catch their breath, Kong Jie, who had been waiting for a long time, held up a Czech rifle and shouted, "Brothers, hit them hard!"

Da Da Da~

bang bang bang~

The Czech type is not as powerful as the Maxim and Type 92 heavy machine guns, but it makes up for this gap in quantity.

There were also mortars, grenade launchers, grenades and other area-killing weapons to deal with the Japanese.

In just a few breaths, bright red blood flowers burst out from the bodies of a large number of Japanese soldiers. The damage caused by the explosion of the shells made the Japanese soldiers lose their arms and legs. In short, not a single complete body was left.

The Japanese were not stupid either. When the person in front fell, the Japanese behind immediately used the corpse as cover to fight back.

Yamamoto Ikki finally got a chance to catch his breath. He looked up to check the current situation on the battlefield and found that his team was being ruthlessly slaughtered.

That’s right, it’s a massacre!

This open space was like a graveyard specially prepared for them. There was no cover at all, and they couldn't launch a counterattack at all.

Even if you can withstand the fire from all sides, you cannot withstand the shells falling from the sky.

The arrogant Yamamoto could only watch the Japanese soldiers fall one after another. Before he encountered this kind of battle, he thought that war was just a matter of seeing who could reach the enemy first.

Every time a Japanese soldier fell, it was a blow to Yamamoto Ikki's self-esteem.

It was as if the bullets did not hit the devil, but hit his self-esteem.

At this moment, he no longer had the arrogance he had at the beginning, and his innate confidence had also disappeared. There was only confusion and doubt on his face.

"Bagaya Road!"

"Commander, your intelligence is wrong. This is definitely not the firepower of a main regiment of the Eighth Route Army. We are facing a brigade, no, a division of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Contact Commander Yoshio Shinozuka immediately and tell him the intelligence is wrong. The Eighth Route Army's firepower is extremely strong and over half of the troops have been killed. Tell him to request tactical guidance or to move on!"

Compared to Yamamoto Ikki's confusion, Kong Jie and all the soldiers of the New Second Regiment were physically and mentally happy, and felt indescribably refreshed!

The two battalions were completely overwhelming the Japanese army's nearly battalion-sized force, which had never happened since Kong Jie joined the army.

Only now do I realize that fire suppression and all-round coverage combat methods can be so cool!

With the old equipment he brought with him and the help from Lin Qiang, Kong Jie directly ordered the soldiers to fight with all their might, and the light and heavy machine guns fired one volley after another.

I wouldn’t even set off firecrackers like this during the Chinese New Year.

Kong Jie was no longer satisfied with the Czech style. He threw it to the guard beside him, walked to the heavy machine gun, and shouted, "Come on, let me have some fun too!"

I remember the last time I used pheasant neck to fight the Japanese was last time.

"Enjoyed!"

"This battle was so damn exciting!"

"Pass on my order. Tell the soldiers not to be stingy with their bullets. Even if we run out of ammunition, we must fight with all the might of our New Second Regiment! Let the commanders see the combat effectiveness of our New Second Regiment! Let them see the style of our New Second Regiment!"

The team that suffered the least losses on the battlefield so far is Yamano Heiji's team. The New Second Regiment in front has no time to deal with them, and Hu Zi and his men in the back are busy blocking the Japanese who want to retreat.

Yamano Heiji, who was caught in the middle, became the safest one. He was not in a hurry to fight back, and hoped that no one would notice them on this battlefield.

Seeing Yamamoto Ikki being bombarded by mortars in turn, he felt an indescribable pleasure in his heart.

"Serves you right! Damn Yamamoto Ikki! That bastard used false intelligence to deceive Commander Shinozuka Yoshio, and he also deceived us! We were clearly fighting an Eighth Route Army division, but he said there was only less than a regiment of the Eighth Route Army here!"

Sharing the same idea as Yamamoto Ikki, Yamano Heiji believed that a force capable of possessing such powerful firepower would require at least a division of the Eighth Route Army.

Having fought with the Eighth Route Army for many years, Yamano Heiji can be said to understand the Eighth Route Army better than the Eighth Route Army itself. He knows how many mortars a regiment-level team has at most, and those are only the main force regiments.

An average regimental-level combat team would have at most a few light machine guns, and not much ammunition.

By not offering to help, Yamano Heiji was planning to let others consume the Eighth Route Army's ammunition. Only after the Eighth Route Army's firepower was sharply reduced would it be his turn to perform.

Another captain disagreed, saying, "Mr. Yamano, now is not the time to doubt the accuracy of the intelligence. Don't forget, this is an order personally issued by Commander Yoshio Shinozuka. We are now in the same boat with Yamamoto and his men. If we lose this battle, we will also be held responsible. More importantly, it will affect your promotion!"

"Nani!?"

Yamano Heiji woke up as if from a dream. He was so focused on watching Yamamoto being bombed that he forgot that this battle was related to his future promotion.

Compared to the commander who just mindlessly shouts "Give me what you want", Yamano Heiji is able to distinguish the priorities. Promotion is important, but if you lose your life, everything is just empty talk.

then……

"Order the troops to retreat quickly and concentrate firepower to break out of the encirclement!"

Another captain was stunned when he heard this and asked, "Breakout? Shouldn't we launch a charge?!"

Yamano Heiji looked at him as if he were a fool, and all his words turned into a sigh. No wonder they were both captains, but he was the most popular one among the soldiers.

"Go for it yourself!"

After saying this, Yamano Heiji led his team to retreat quickly.