Chapter 13
The bombardment effect of dozens of 105mm artillery pieces was still very impressive.
Shells fell into the valley camp like raindrops.
Many Japanese soldiers who had just escaped from their tents were bombarded before they could figure out what was going on.
"boom...boom.....boom......"
The flames of the explosion flickered continuously, illuminating the black night sky into orange.
In an instant, the entire camp suffered heavy casualties.
In particular, the power caused by the 150mm howitzer was extremely huge.
In this flat terrain, it would be difficult to survive within a few dozen meters after one shot.
Hattori Heijiro was escorted to a relatively safe area by dozens of soldiers.
Feeling the hot air waves of the explosion and the shaking ground.
Dust was flying everywhere and falling on them at any time.
At this moment, his face was extremely shocked.
This scale of artillery bombardment was larger than the scale of their heavy artillery regiment.
He never thought that the Chinese had hidden so many heavy artillery.
And the other party launched an artillery attack at this time, which means that they have begun to counterattack.
"It's over! Organize the troops to counterattack immediately and request support from the division headquarters immediately."
At this critical moment of life and death, he could no longer care about his face.
Moreover, this mysterious Chinese army was stronger than he had imagined.
Is this really Zhang Hanqing's army?
If he had such a strong army, how could they take the three northeastern provinces so easily.
More than an hour passed.
The shells were still falling like they were free.
Under this scale of bombardment, it was difficult for them to organize an effective counterattack.
Because these shells seemed to have eyes, they would hit wherever there were more people.
There must be an enemy artillery observer nearby.
However, they sent a team to search, but they didn't find any.
As for retreat?
In this situation, retreat will only lead to a worse death.
The only correct choice is to hold on and wait for help.
The sky has begun to brighten.
And Xie Ning is waiting for this time.
"Armored troops, attack!"
Dozens of tanks formed a wedge formation and began to charge.
Behind each tank was a squad of soldiers.
There were more soldiers in the back.
Dozens of tanks were deployed in this three-kilometer-diameter river valley, which seemed a little crowded.
When the Japanese saw the Type 4 tanks and BT-7 fast tanks rushing towards them, their faces suddenly changed.
Major General Hattori Heijiro widened his eyes and couldn't believe this scene.
"What? Heavy tanks? How is that possible?"
He had seen tanks in his country before. They also had a tank brigade.
However, their Type 89 tanks were far inferior to the ones in front of him. They were much larger and had thicker armor.
However, they were not equipped with any anti-tank weapons.
Because on the battlefield in China, they had no use for these things at all, and they did not take them seriously.
This also made his face pale quickly.
"Stop them, we must stop them."
When the tanks approached the Japanese camp about one kilometer away, the shelling finally stopped.
Although there was no shelling, the Japanese were about to face something even more terrifying.
"boom....."
"Da da da......"
Tank guns and tank machine guns began to fire in unison, shooting wildly at the Japanese army hundreds of meters away.
Under the powerful fire suppression, the Japanese army could not move.
A distance of hundreds of meters is very short for tanks.
One tank after another rushed into the Japanese camp violently.
Machine guns and tank guns did not stop for a moment.
Soldiers accompanying the tank attack were also constantly shooting at the Japanese army rushing around.
After the tanks tore open the gap, the three infantry battalions following behind poured in along the gap.
The tank cluster shuttled back and forth in the camp, dividing the already scattered Japanese army into pieces.
The first brigade launched a siege against the divided Japanese army in companies.
This was another one-sided battle.
The first brigade not only had a huge advantage in equipment. It was also more advanced than the Japanese army in tactics and concepts.
The only thing lacking was the quality of individual soldiers.
After all, it was just the cheapest conscripted soldiers.
However, after experiencing the war, conscripted soldiers can also become elite soldiers.
This is also the unique promotion mechanism of the Red Alert Corps.
Although the 1st Brigade had a huge advantage, the Japanese counterattack was also very fierce.
They were so crazy that they kept launching suicide attacks, which caused a lot of losses to the 1st Brigade.
More than six hours later, the encirclement and annihilation battle against the Japanese 14th Mixed Brigade came to an end.
At this time, the reconnaissance plane of the little devils came late.
However, the scene on the battlefield in the valley shocked them.
After taking a quick photo, they hurried back.
Xie Ning frowned as he looked at the Japanese fighter planes moving away.
"The third battalion stayed to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the troops immediately returned to Chengde."
Jiang Fan, who watched the entire battle live, was relieved at this moment.
Finally, the Japanese brigade was annihilated.
In a short period of time, the Japanese army would not continue to attack without understanding the situation.
This also bought him precious time for development.
It is necessary to increase the number of troops as soon as possible, only in this way can the Japanese attack be stopped.
And you can't just rely on the Red Alert base to increase the number of troops.
In reality, you also need to recruit soldiers.
The logistics center can produce all kinds of weapons and equipment.
After only two to three months of training, they can form a certain combat effectiveness.
This can also reduce the pressure on their own troops.
The intelligence brought back by the Japanese reconnaissance aircraft not only shocked the Eighth Division, but also shocked the Kwantung Army Headquarters.
Jiang Fan and the Red Alert Brigade 1 also entered the eyes of the Kwantung Army's senior officials at this time.
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