Anti-Japanese War: I have a million soldiers and you call me a division commander?

The twenty-minute artillery bombardment ended quickly, and the planes of the 1st Air Brigade also stopped for a while at this time.

At this time, there were only five minutes left before the general attack.

"Baga, the bombing is finally over!!!"

"Huh, forty minutes! Damn it! The Chinese bombed with planes and artillery for a full fifty minutes!"

"..."

The Japanese and puppet troops who luckily survived the bombing came out from everywhere. They knew that after the artillery bombardment, it would be the turn of the troops to attack.

"Division Commander!"

"Losses reported by various units!"

Soon, the casualty statistics of each unit were sent to the commander of the 27th Division.

"idiot!!!"

The commander of the 27th Division only took one look and his expression became darker and uglier.

After fifty minutes of bombing and shelling, one-fifth of the troops suffered casualties!

That's right!

That’s one fifth!

One-fifth of the Japanese and puppet troops is about 17,000 to 18,000 people.

Among these 17,000 to 18,000 people, 8,000 were killed in action and about 10,000 were injured. Moreover, these injuries were not minor but serious.

Among the injured Japanese and puppet troops, most suffered burns.

Napalm bombs and white phosphorus incendiary bombs are a nightmare for the defenders in fixed firepower points, especially in defensive positional warfare like this.

“Bagya Road!!!”

The commander of the 27th Division was shaking with heartache. This was the army he had put together with great difficulty and effort!

The Chinese suffered so many losses before they even had a chance to attack.

"Quickly prepare all troops for battle!"

However, after feeling distressed, the commander of the 27th Division did not hesitate and began to issue orders directly: "We want to retreat now, but we can't. We must stay here. Even if we die, we must bite off a piece of the Chinese!"

Without any orders from the commander of the 27th Division, the Japanese and puppet troops began to take action.

"Division Commander!"

After giving the order, the chief of staff and the commander of the 27th Division gathered together. There was no one else around. The chief of staff lit a cigarette for the commander of the 27th Division, his eyes a little vague, and said, "Commander, I suggest you retreat to the urban area of ​​​​Tianjin first!"

"Leave this place to me!"

After hearing the chief of staff's words, the commander of the 27th Division did not get angry. He knew that the chief of staff was thinking about him.

Because anyone can see that this battle cannot be won.

Even if reinforcements arrived, it would be useless unless large-scale reinforcements were dispatched, such as the Kwantung Army or the Central China Front Army, to push Chu Feng's troops back.

But it is obviously impossible!

The Kwantung Army has already withdrawn all the troops it can. If they are not supported at all costs, there will be chaos there.

As for the Central China Front Army? The Chinese government and several war zone troops have begun to take the initiative to attack in order to support Chu Feng's attack.

In other words, they can only rely on themselves.

But they only had so many people, and they were outnumbered and outequipped, and their air force was completely destroyed in the early stages of the battle.

What to fight with?

"call!"

Taking a drag on his cigarette and then slowly exhaling, the 27th Division Commander sighed, "After we hold off the first wave of attacks, I'll head to the city!"

He also wanted to retreat, but if he did so now, the morale of the army would be completely broken, and he would not be able to suppress it with his chief of staff alone.

"Alas!~"

The 27th Division's Major General Chief of Staff couldn't help but sigh and said, "Damn it, this battle was so frustrating!!!"

"We are here to clean up the mess, but we are only one division and can't turn the tide. We are powerless to save the situation!"

Sensing the Chief of Staff's dejection, the 27th Division Commander did not offer any encouragement, but instead said, "I will send a telegram to the Navy. If the battle situation is not ideal, we will retreat."

"If all else fails, we'll leave on a navy ship."

"No matter what, let's save our lives first. As for whether to sit on the bench or retire after returning, we'll decide when the time comes!"

After they finished smoking, they communicated their ideas.

Five minutes passed quickly, and as signal flares flew into the air, Chu Feng's troops, with the heavy tank armored brigade as the core, officially launched an attack on the Japanese and puppet army positions.

As soon as there was movement here, the next moment, one shell after another arrived.

At the same time, the plane in the sky swooped down again.

but!

The artillery shells only came from the artillery battalions and artillery companies of each regiment. The artillery groups did not fire, they were waiting.

The heavy tank armored brigade took the lead, followed by the assault artillery regiment, the Type 56 medium tank regiment, armored vehicles, and tanks from the Bear Country. Hundreds of tanks and assault guns were emitting black smoke and were constantly approaching the positions of the Japanese and puppet troops. The infantry followed behind and on both sides of the tanks and armored vehicles.

Eight hundred meters!

Six hundred meters!

Five hundred meters!

Three hundred meters!

Two hundred meters!

When the attacking force approached within 200 meters, the artillery group no longer waited.

"All gun positions, fire five rounds rapidly according to the predetermined plan!"

"All gun positions, target your positions, fire!"

"Xu Jin Danmu, release!!!"

"..."

As orders were given, nearly four hundred artillery pieces opened fire at once. For a moment, the front-line positions of the Japanese and puppet troops were covered by artillery fire.

Especially the rocket launcher's terrifying firing rate and artillery coverage, the Japanese and puppet troops directly withstood the attack.

And the moment the shelling began, the attacking forces quickly accelerated the speed of the attack!

“Da da da da!!!”

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Thumbs up!"

Tank guns, large-caliber machine guns mounted on armored vehicles, and machine guns equipped on fast tanks also opened fire.

The bombing artillery fire seemed to have life and began to move backwards along with the attacking troops.

"Xu Jin Danmu?!!!"

"Baga, Xu Jin Danmu?!!!"

This scene on the battlefield was immediately discovered by many attentive people. At the front-line command headquarters behind Chu Feng's troops and the command headquarters of the 27th Division of the Japanese and puppet army positions, two exclamations were heard at the same time.

However, one of these two exclamations was filled with surprise and a hint of smile.

The other one was surprised with a hint of panic, and if you listened carefully, you could hear deep despair in his words.