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

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

"Chu tu tu tu tu!!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

In the southwest of Lingqiu County, a large number of Japanese and puppet troops were retreating frantically. The New Second Regiment of the 1st Military Sub-district of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was cooperating with the Engineer Battalion of the Independent 1st Brigade and the 4th and 5th Companies of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Artillery Regiment.

The defensive positions built with Qingping Town as the core blocked the repeated attacks of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops.

The battle lasted just one hour, during which the Japanese and puppet troops launched four attacks.

Despite the cooperation of two 105mm howitzer companies and the suppression of a large number of light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, Type 92 infantry guns, etc., the casualties in each of the four attacks reached one-third.

But even so, the Japanese and puppet troops still didn't care and continued to attack frantically.

The Japanese and puppet troops launched a frantic attack regardless of casualties. The New Second Regiment suffered heavy casualties and killed thousands of Japanese and puppet troops, but they also suffered three to four hundred casualties.

The commander of the New Second Regiment was so bloodthirsty that he personally led the charge at the most difficult time and drove away the Japanese and puppet troops.

"Report to the regiment commander, the headquarters sent a telegram, our regiment has completed the task of blocking the enemy and can retreat."

Just as the Japanese and puppet troops were about to launch the fifth attack, the telegraph operator hurried over and shouted to Captain Liu.

"withdraw?!!!"

Upon hearing this, Commander Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said, "Call back the headquarters and tell them that our New Second Regiment has learned of this, but the enemy is about to launch an attack. After repelling this attack by the Japanese and puppet troops, we will retreat on our own."

Although the people of the 1st Independent Brigade seemed to be enjoying killing the Japanese and making the blood flow like a river, what were the weapons and equipment of the 1st Independent Brigade? What were theirs?

In addition, they were not at an advantage in numbers. Their regiment, including the troops of the Independent 1st Brigade, totaled more than 4,000 people, and they had to withstand the repeated attacks of more than 10,000 Japanese and puppet troops.

These were the two artillery companies of the 1st Independent Brigade. After the battle started, they immediately destroyed the artillery positions of the Japanese and puppet troops, forcing the Japanese to have little artillery support, otherwise the battle would have been more difficult.

After the telegraph operator left, Commander Liu looked at everyone and said, "Headquarters has told us to withdraw, but I don't want to retreat so easily. I want to give the Japanese and puppet troops a hard time."

After hearing what Captain Liu said, everyone present fell into deep thought.

"Captain Liu, do you think this will work?"

The commander of the 1st Independent Brigade's engineering battalion said with a smile, "We will transform our defensive position into a large blasting area. Once we repel this attack by the Japanese and puppet troops, we will immediately begin deployment."

"Our engineering battalion carries 10 tons of explosives, and with the support of two artillery companies, we can launch a wave of homemade bombs at the Japanese and puppet troops as soon as they reach our positions."

"I can't say how many more there were, but there was no problem in killing several hundred of his Japanese and puppet troops."

As soon as the engineer battalion commander said this, everyone's eyes lit up and they were all very interested in this proposal.

"I think it's okay!"

"I agree!"

"Blast! Ten tons of dynamite, blow these sons of bitches to death."

"..."

Everyone unanimously approved the proposal, and the engineer battalion commander then spoke again: "However, there is a problem. The deployment will take some time."

"no problem!"

Captain Liu immediately understood what was going on and waved his hand without hesitation, saying, "This is simple. From now on, our New Second Regiment will be responsible for the combat, and the brothers from the Engineer Battalion will be fully responsible for this matter."

After confirming it, all the troops of the New Second Regiment rushed forward and withdrew the engineering battalion.

Under the leadership of the battalion commander, the engineering battalion began to bury explosives, lay wires, and other tasks from the back to the front.

The battle started quickly. This time the Japanese and puppet troops were very ruthless and launched an attack with a battalion of puppet troops. The puppet troops were directly used as cannon fodder and human shields.

If any puppet soldier was afraid to take a step back, he would be killed by the Japanese.

The New Second Regiment had an extremely difficult time fighting!

In order to provide fire support, the two howitzer companies worked together and heated up the gun barrels.

Faced with this situation, the Japanese and puppet troops in the rear continued to send hundreds of them to attack, charging fearlessly. It can be said that the Japanese and puppet troops were attacking on the corpses of their own people.

But even so, the position was in danger, but Commander Liu of the New Second Regiment would rather take the regimental guard company to put out fires everywhere than to withdraw the engineering battalion.

At the critical moment, with the arrival of 15 La-7 fighters and two B-17 bombers, they continuously dropped bombs and strafed with machine guns, which finally repelled the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops.

"call!"

Wiping the blood off his face, Captain Liu let out a sigh, "Damn Japs! If it weren't for the planes, we would have been under so much pressure."

At this point, he looked at the plane flying away with some envy and said, "When will our Eighth Route Army have its own plane?"

After hearing what Captain Liu said, the other members of the New Second Regiment did not speak, but the envy on everyone's face was clearly visible.

"Captain Liu, please be on guard, we're almost done for!"

The engineer battalion commander came up and spoke to Captain Liu, and led his troops to work quickly. After more than ten minutes, when the last explosive pack was buried, Captain Liu led his troops to withdraw quietly.

However, Commander Liu did not leave. Instead, he asked the deputy commander and the chief of staff to lead the troops quickly to the next ambush and blocking battlefield in the rear, while he moved with the engineering battalion to prepare to see the spectacular sight of the Japanese and puppet troops riding in homemade planes.

"Huchi! Huchi!"

On the other side, seeing that the casualties had reached more than 2,000, the Japanese major general in charge of the command had a very ugly expression on his face.

"idiot!"

"Where are our air forces?"

Just when they were about to capture the Chinese position, they were beaten back by Chinese planes at the critical moment. The Japanese major general was very angry.

"Give me the order!"

After venting his anger, the expression on the Japanese major general's face became even more ferocious.

"Order the 3rd Battalion to prepare. The personnel of the 1st and 2nd Battalions will be assigned to the 3rd Battalion. Launch another attack in 20 minutes."

"At the same time, order the 1st Battalion of the 91st Regiment to be ready to join the battle immediately if the offensive fails."

"This time, even if the Chinese planes come again, you are not allowed to retreat a single step." Having said this, he looked at the military police squad and said, "You guys, set up machine guns in the rear. Anyone who retreats will be shot on the spot."

"Hi!!!" *N!

The Japanese soldiers were shocked and many of them had ugly expressions, but there was nothing they could do.

Twenty minutes passed quickly. This time, the colonel regiment commander led the team personally, and more than 1,600 Japanese soldiers and more than 400 puppet troops launched an attack on the position of the New Second Regiment.

What surprised the Japanese and puppet troops was that when they were 300 meters away from the position, the Chinese artillery did not fire, and when they were 200 meters away, the light and heavy machine guns did not fire.

"What's going on? Why aren't the Chinese shooting?"

"Could it be that they are running out of bullets?"