After Wang Chengzhu, Chen Xi, Wang Dali and others led their troops to retreat to their positions, the soldiers of the independent battalion were full of morale and morale!

Wang Chengzhu glanced at the soldiers around him and reminded with a stern face: "The Japanese have been defeated by us one after another and have suffered a lot of losses. They will definitely not give up! If I am not wrong, the enemy will definitely concentrate heavy firepower next.

, carry out retaliatory strikes against us.

Now I order all companies and platoons to immediately pack up their equipment and ammunition and rescue the wounded. Except for the third company that stayed to hold its position, the fourth and fifth companies immediately retreated along the communication trenches to a safe area in the rear to avoid the Japanese artillery attacks!"

Chen Xi, Wang Dali and others all understood what Wang Chengzhu said. Although the other soldiers were extremely excited, they had fought so many victorious battles with Wang Chengzhu, and they had subconsciously developed great admiration and trust for Wang Chengzhu.

Therefore, no matter what Wang Chengzhu says, they will do it.

"Yes!" Everyone agreed in unison, and immediately took action separately under the leadership of their respective company and platoon leaders.

Soon, the soldiers of the independent battalion were performing their duties. The soldiers of the third company all hid in the artillery defense fortifications in the forward position, while the soldiers of the fourth and fifth companies also retreated to the safe area in the rear.

At the same time, the remaining Japanese troops also retreated to the vicinity of the attack position.

Seeing that their own soldiers had retreated to a safe area, the artillerymen of the Japanese 4th Brigade resolutely carried out the order of brigade commander Masao Nishiyama.

In an instant, the sound of artillery boomed, and dozens of various artillery shells, like free stones, poured towards the forward position of the independent battalion, covering it.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! -"

The dense artillery shells suddenly fell and directly exploded the independent battalion's forward position into a sea of ​​flames.

The soldiers of the Third Company hiding in the Maoer Cave could clearly feel the constant vibrations coming from the ground above their heads.

The sound was like a thunderous explosion, resounding through the sky and deafening.

The defense fortifications, which had been blown to pieces, were even buried under countless sand, gravel and soil.

Some soldiers of the Third Company were near the impact point of the shells, and their internal organs were damaged by the explosion shock wave directly from the ground, and blood could not stop flowing from their mouths...

Japanese troops attack position.

Looking at the front line of the Independence Battalion that was ablaze with fire, this time Masao Nishiyama had no expression on his face.

Because through the previous shellings, he already knew that it was far-fetched to destroy the independent battalion through artillery.

And the reason why he ordered the retaliatory bombardment was just to vent his inner anger.

At this time, the Chief of Staff Tada Ichiro next to him said: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, my subordinates have concluded that the reason why the Imperial Army failed several times in the past is not that our strength is inferior to the opponent.

The main reason is that there are many precision shooters in the independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army. In addition, there is also an artilleryman who can operate the Type 92 infantry gun to deal with the Imperial Army tanks."

"As long as we can deal with these threats to the Independent Battalion, we can easily defeat it!"

"Yoshi!"

Nishiyama Masao nodded with deep understanding and signaled: "Tada-kun, please continue."

"Hiyi!"

Ichiro Tada paused fiercely and then said: "We have found a way to deal with the Eighth Route Army's precision shooters, and that is to dispatch tanks."

"As for the way to deal with the Chinese artillery, my subordinates have also thought of it, which is to launch smoke bombs.

Let the smoke screen block the line of sight of the independent battalion artillery so that it cannot lock on to the Imperial Army's tanks, and naturally it will not be able to pose a threat to the Imperial Army's tanks."

"On this basis, we can also allow the Royal Army's artillery to extend its firepower and suppress the independent battalion's artillery and its reinforcements as much as possible."

"As long as the imperial army can capture the first line of defense of the Independent Battalion, they can attack Wangjiacun with overwhelming force and completely destroy their base!"

After listening to Tada Ichiro's tactics, Nishiyama Masao's eyes suddenly lit up, and a treacherous sneer appeared on his face again: "Yoshi! Tada-kun, just do as you say!"

"If we succeed in wiping out the Eighth Route Army Independent Battalion in this battle, you will be the first to win!"

Tada Ichiro suddenly said: "It is the responsibility of my subordinates to provide advice and solve problems for His Excellency, the brigade commander, and I am not worthy of the honor!"

Nishiyama Masao nodded with satisfaction and said nothing more.

…

The forward position of the Independence Battalion.

Although the Japanese artillery fire was fierce this time, it only lasted less than 10 minutes and extended towards the rear of the position.

Third Company Commander Chen Xi listened to the receding explosion. He shook the soil above his head, looked at Wang Chengzhu aside, and asked doubtfully: "Battal Commander, what is this little devil doing? Why did this happen this time?"

The bombing only lasted for a short while, are they running out of artillery shells?"

Before Wang Chengzhu could speak, Chen Xi asked and answered himself: "That's not right, they obviously carried out extended artillery fire."

Wang Chengzhu: "If something goes wrong, there will be monsters, but it's better if the little devils don't bombard our forward positions."

"Come on, let's go out and see what kind of poison is sold in the little devil's gourd."

After saying that, Wang Chengzhu took the lead in getting out of the cat's ear hole, and then he saw a scene that surprised him.

The Japs did not stop bombing the forward positions, but changed to a new type of artillery shells, but this kind of artillery shells did not have violent explosions, that's all.

In addition, the large area in front of the position has also become the target range for bombing by the Japs.

Chen Xi, who came out of the cat's ear hole shortly after, looked at the vast white smoke nearby and asked doubtfully: "Battal Commander, the kid is still using poison gas bombs?"

"No!"

Wang Chengzhu shook his head and said: "This is just pure smoke, not poisonous. Of course, if you inhale too much, it will still cause some harm to the human body."

Chen Xi: "Smoke bomb? What are you doing, kid? Are you trying to fish in troubled waters?"

Although this smoke bomb can block our sight, it cannot block our bullets.

If a shuttle hits him, won't the little Japanese die if he hides in the smoke?"

Wang Chengzhu: "As long as the smoke can block our sight, it is enough, because our bullets cannot damage the Japanese tanks at all."

Hearing this, Chen Xi didn't know the seriousness of the problem. His expression changed and he said: "Battalion Commander, are you saying that the little devils released smoke bombs just to cover the advancement of their tanks?"

"Then what do we do?"

Wang Chengzhu: "You guys are just trying to be smart. Soon they will pay a heavy price for their stupid behavior!"

"Immediately gather the three brothers with the strongest strength, and then give them all the Molotov cocktails!"

Wang Chengzhu had already thought of a way to deal with the Japanese tanks, which was to use incendiary bottles.

The smoke can indeed obscure his vision, making it impossible for him to operate the artillery against the Japs tanks.

But at the same time, the smoke will also obscure the Japs' sight, so that the bombardiers of the independent battalion can easily approach the Japs' tanks.

No, you don't even need bombardiers to move, the Japs tanks will come to your door on their own.
Chapter completed!