Chapter 457: Launching an Ambush

Wang Yaowu led his men, and Li Zhengxian led his men, arriving directly behind the cliff.

Here, both of them saw that the Central Army soldiers under their command were actually unable to suppress the Japanese Army's charge.

The moment the exchange of fire began, Wang Yaowu and Li Zhengxian discovered that this group of Japanese soldiers was not easy to fight, and the more they fought, the more wrong things felt.

The Japanese Army's reaction speed, combined with their marksmanship, was much more formidable than ordinary Japanese soldiers, and most importantly, the Machine Gun Firepower Points set up by the Central Army.

While suppressing the Japanese Army with firepower, this squad of devils could immediately roll backward, and once they found suitable cover, they would immediately return fire at the Machine Gun Firepower Points.

A few long and short bursts of fire immediately silenced the Central Army's Firepower Points.

"The Japanese Army's artillery position has been calculated!"

The Battalion Commander of the Guard Battalion brought up two mortars, and after loading the shells, bombarded the Japanese soldiers behind the cover.

"The Division Commander has ordered, everyone hold the position!"

For the Republic of China Army, artillery was the foundation of an army; fearing the artillery strikes of the Imperial Army, many Republic of China Army units dared not use it lightly.

"Damn it..." Wang Yaowu shouted, "No matter how strong you little devils are, even if I break my teeth today, I will finish you off."

Now Yamamoto Ichiki only needed to wait a few minutes, waiting for the Imperial Army's artillery to descend and destroy the enemy's artillery position.

Just at this moment!

A piercing sound wave came from the sky, the airflow tearing through the night sky, like a battering ram, slamming into the Japanese Army.

"This group of Japanese soldiers is truly sinister!"

From the July 7th Incident until now, Wang Yaowu had been in over a dozen battles, large and small; the Japanese Army units' marksmanship, tactical movements, and overall order of attack and defense were 【notable】.

On the positions at the front and both flanks!

Several Regimental Commanders and Battalion Commanders were preparing to withdraw to the headquarters to check the situation when the messengers sent by Feng Shengfa and Li Wen arrived at the position.

"Baka!" Yamamoto Ichiki hid in a shell crater, shouting in his mouth.

Just right!

"Communications Soldier!" Yamamoto Ichiki shouted.

When the Central Army soldiers began to charge, over a dozen German-made Submachine Guns, like ten thousand arrows fired at once, swept toward the Central Army soldiers.

At this time, Ning Dabiao of the Heavy Artillery 11th Regiment brought his team to the designated coordinates and used the radio to establish contact with the units of Wang Yaowu and the others.

Among them were six Type 92 Infantry Guns and six Type 41 Mountain Guns.

"Yoshi!" Shanyuan Dashan's face smiled like a chrysanthemum: "Immediately call the Artillery Regiment to destroy the enemy's artillery position."

Shanyuan Dashan was in his Brigade Headquarters watching the situation of this battle when suddenly, it was as if meteors were falling from the sky, and countless shells smashed down on his brigade.

"Regimental Commander!"

Many of the Japanese soldiers died on the spot, and Yamamoto Ichiki had not expected that the Central Army would actually mobilize an Artillery Battalion to deal with his small unit.

"Boom—!!" A huge explosion sounded.

After the Communication Staff Officer of the Shanyuan Dashan Brigade received the telegram sent by Yamamoto Ichiki, he immediately reported it to Shanyuan Dashan.

When a portion of the Central Army reinforcements arrived, the Company Commander leading the blocking force here 【saw that】 at first, the Central Army soldiers were the same as usual, with the Czech-style machine gun in front, and the soldiers behind following the machine gun's path, charging forward.

Bursts of violent explosions made Shanyuan Dashan widen his eyes, because his Artillery Regiment had been hit by enemy artillery fire.

Immediately, they asked the messenger about the specific situation of the Division Headquarters.

However, this time, Yamamoto Ichiki's Special Operations Squad was not the ordinary Japanese Army.

Some clear-headed officers began to direct the artillery to relocate.

The Japanese Artillery Regiment was constantly exploding; many Japanese artillerymen were stunned, bewildered by this sudden artillery fire.

On the ridge!

Wang Yaowu and Li Zhengxian led their troops to retreat a distance.

"Damn it..." Wang shouted: "This group of Japanese soldiers is truly sinister!"

Li Zhengxian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead; the small group of little devils now occupied the high ground, and from the charge just now, such continuous charging would only cause greater casualties to the troops.

It turned out that the two mortars from just a moment ago had just finished bombing the Japanese, and immediately after, they were bombed by the Japanese mortars.

Nowadays, the Central Army's Artillery Battalion was uniformly equipped with the Japanese Type 92 Infantry Guns and Type 41 Mountain Guns.

This made Li Zhengxian furious!

"Damn it..." Li Zhengxian's eyes widened: "These Japanese soldiers are so powerful, I don't believe they can fly to the sky."

Yamamoto Ichiki received the report from the frontline soldiers and was pondering what exactly these Central Army soldiers were trying to do.

At this time, Wang Yaowu finally arrived with his men; before, he had only been running while observing, and only after arriving at the place did he truly understand;

Nowadays, among all the combat sequences of the National Revolutionary Army, the equipment of the Chuan Army was considered quite good; when the Chuan Army units faced these little devils, they couldn't get the better of them—this group of Japanese soldiers was truly strong!

"Good, good, good..." Li Zhengxian was happy: "Just bombard them like this for me, I don't believe the Japanese heads are..."

Wang had thought that his arrangement to take down the Japanese Firepower Points in front would be foolproof; after all, they usually did it this way.

"Immediately contact the Brigade Commander, these are the coordinates of the Artillery Battalion, request Imperial artillery to destroy them immediately!"

"Boom—!!"

After the huge explosion, several Japanese soldiers hiding behind the rocks were killed.

"Damn it..." Wang Yaowu's eyes widened: "Bring up the Mountain Field Guns!"

Upon learning that all four Division Commanders were safe and that it was only a small group of Japanese soldiers launching a sneak attack, and that the rear troops were encircling and suppressing them, several Regimental Commanders and Battalion Commanders breathed a sigh of relief.

Heavy Artillery... a tool for siege; this thing was so powerful, and since Wang Yaowu had the Artillery Battalion shell the small group of Japanese soldiers behind the cliff, it would be better to launch an ambush this time.

After Feng Shengfa contacted Ning Dabiao, Ning Dabiao said he guaranteed the mission would be completed.

"Hai!" The Communication Staff Officer shouted and scurried away.

"Colonel!" A Japanese soldier carrying a Short-wave Radio crawled to Yamamoto Ichiki's side.

The soldiers responsible for calculations in Ning Dabiao's Heavy Artillery 11th Regiment shouted happily.

"Guard Battalion... hurry up and bring up our mortars, I don't believe the Japanese soldiers aren't afraid of artillery fire."

This small detachment of the Japanese Army is the best!

You must know!

The Republic of China's military is extremely lacking in artillery, and they do not easily deploy artillery unless it is a moment of crisis.

The sky let out a roar, and countless shells poured down upon the Central Army's artillery position.

"Baka!"

"Boom—!!"

In the dark of night, the flames spat out by the Submachine Guns were just like a volcanic eruption!

Twenty or so Central Army soldiers, now just like rice during the autumn harvest, all fell down.

"Baka!! —"

"Good!" Ning Dabiao clapped happily: "The whole Regiment, prepare for a five-round rapid fire."

Among them, there were 12 Type 92 Infantry Guns and 12 Type 41 Mountain Guns.

Twenty or so Central Army soldiers, under the cover of two Czech-style Machine Guns, began to charge toward the Japanese Army hiding behind the bunkers.

"Boom... boom..."

"Da-da-da!! —"

"Boom... boom..."

In the new command post, when Feng Shengfa learned that a Heavy Artillery Regiment had arrived, a smile appeared on his cheeks.

Li Zhengxian saw his own men falling on the ridge, nearly two Platoons of brothers, while conversely, only five or six Japanese Army soldiers had fallen on the road.

Several Regimental Commanders and Battalion Commanders, having received the order, prepared the retreating troops to return to the trenches once again.

"The Division Commander has ordered, all troops hold the position!"

24 artillery pieces fired more than forty shells at Yamamoto Ichiki's troops at the cliff.

"Boom—!!"

However, the Central Army of Wang Yaowu, Feng Shengfa, Li Zhengxian, Li Wen, and others are Chang Kaishen's direct-line troops, so their equipment is naturally better.

This frightened Li Zhengxian and Wang Yaowu, causing sweat to break out on their foreheads; one could see looks of horror in both of their eyes.

A few minutes later, the Japanese Artillery Regiment opened fire!

"The Division Commander has ordered, all troops hold the position!"

The Central Army does not play by the rules! Is it necessary to use 24 artillery pieces to bombard my one small squad of men?

Yamamoto Ichiki shouted: "Get down... everyone get down, take cover from the shelling!!"

"Hai!" the Communications Soldier nodded.

However, the second round of artillery fire from Ning Dabiao's Regiment came down quickly, and the Japanese Artillery Regiment was once again plunged into a sea of fire.

Countless Japanese soldiers let out heart-wrenching screams, and many artillerymen fled in panic.

(End of this chapter)