Chapter 107 Ten thousand versus one thousand, the advantage is on my side! At the artillery position in the rear, after Li Erhu received the artillery coordinates sent by Qin Yangming, he personally operated a mountain cannon to prepare for the artillery fire. "Cannonball!" Li Erhu pulled the bolt and signaled to a soldier who was holding a cannonball and ready to go. The soldier quickly stuffed the shell in his hand into the barrel, and Li Erhu also quickly closed the bolt. "Tom!" After Li Erhu pulled the gun rope, he opened the bolt quickly and ejected the shell without caring whether the shell hit the target or not. The soldier behind quickly stuffed a new shell into the barrel. After the third shell was fired, the first shell fell into the Japanese marching column. A truck was hit directly by a shell and the fuel on board exploded, killing more than 20 Japanese soldiers on and near the truck.
"Lao Qin, Li Erhu's skills are amazing, he hit the target with two of his three shots!" "Indeed, it's a pity that the truck hit was not the one where the Japanese commander was." Qin Yangming nodded and looked through the telescope. He saw a large number of Japanese soldiers surrounding an intact truck. He guessed that the person in the truck was most likely the commander of the Japanese reinforcements, Masao Musashi. "If these little devils dare to gather together, I will use rocket launchers to bomb you." Qin Yangming looked at the Japanese soldiers marching in a long line and couldn't help but sigh in regret. Although this marching method can easily penetrate the marching route, it will also greatly weaken the power of rocket launchers that rely mainly on covering fire. As soon as Qin Yangming opened fire, Musashi Masao realized that the ambush site of the Eighth Route Army was not in Yuxi Town, but in Tongshi Town. After hiding in a village behind a hillside several kilometers away from Tongshi Town, Musashi Masao immediately commanded his troops to prepare to launch an attack on Tongshi Town. "Sir, the Eighth Route Army's position is completely dark. We cannot detect the strength of the Eighth Route Army's position. If we launch a charge rashly, what if..." "Hey, Hashimoto-kun, don't worry about this problem. We can't see the Eighth Route Army's situation, but can the Eighth Route Army see us?" “We were just shelled, and it was all caused by the lights we were marching on. Tell the troops not to use lights for illumination when attacking. The moon tonight is bright enough for the soldiers to see the road clearly. Hashimoto-kun, tell the troops behind to speed up and join us." "Order the 28th Regiment of the Locust Army to cooperate with the 3rd Squadron to launch a charge against the Eighth Route Army positions in Tongshi Town!" "Let the infantry artillery squad follow with artillery. As soon as the Eighth Route Army's firing points are exposed, blow up their firing points immediately." "Have the mountain artillery squadron ready. If they find the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions, they should immediately open fire and destroy the Eighth Route Army's artillery!" "Have the remaining troops ready. As soon as the Eighth Route Army's firepower points are destroyed, the remaining troops will immediately charge. I want to wipe out the Eighth Route Army in Tongshi Town as quickly as possible!" "Colonel, which unit will serve as the reserve?"
"No need for reserves, no need to attack from behind. This side of Tongshi Town is all flat ground. We can fully utilize our military strength and attack from the front with our entire army!" “Humph, this time we have 10,000 soldiers, and the Eighth Route Army only has a few hundred people. Even if the Eighth Route Army has a thousand men here, the ratio of troops is still ten to one. Ten thousand to one thousand, the advantage is mine! " Hashimoto Chiyama on the side was a little worried: "Your Excellency Colonel, if the main force of the Eighth Route Army is in Tongshi Town, what if an unexpected situation occurs..." Masao Musashi listened to Chiyama Hashimoto's words with some impatience: "Hashimoto-kun, what kind of accident could there be? Even if the main force of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment is here, so what? Our army has 10,000 people. In terms of numbers, we are at least twice as many as the Eighth Route Army. In terms of equipment, our equipment is enough to crush the Eighth Route Army. In terms of combat effectiveness, the Eighth Route Army needs at least two soldiers to be on par with our soldiers." "Hashimoto-kun, no matter how you look at it, the advantage is on our side. I really can't imagine how we can lose." "In this case, even if the Eighth Route Army commander's ability is far superior to ours, no matter how strong his command ability is, it is impossible to make up for such a huge gap." "Hashimoto-kun, go and convey the order. Don't forget, this unit is the Musashi Regiment, not the Hashimoto Regiment." At the end, Musashi Masao looked at Hashimoto Chizan with a hint of hostility. If Hashimoto Chiyama was not a real Japanese and a military supervisor sent by the Japanese to the Musashi Regiment, Musashi Masao would have killed Hashimoto Chiyama in battle long ago. After listening to Musashi Masao's words, Hashimoto Chizan said nothing more and went directly to convey the other party's orders. …… At the Tongshi Town stronghold, Qin Yangming stood on top of the artillery tower and watched in the distance a large group of soldiers vaguely seen advancing towards Tongshi Town. "My goodness! The Japanese are planning to use a regiment of troops to find our firing point!" "Battalion Commander, do you want to let the artillery fire a round first?" "There's no need to expose our artillery firepower so quickly. Let the heavy machine gunners prepare. When the enemy enters 500 meters, all the heavy machine guns in the frontline positions will open fire." "Don't the Japs want to know where our firing points are? Then I will tell the Japs where our firepower points are. Tell the frontline that after the heavy machine guns have used up 100 rounds of ammunition as quickly as possible, they should be moved to the cat-ear caves immediately. "Have Wang Erniu ready. When the enemy rushes up, fire flares over their heads." "Yes!" …… Because the Japanese wanted to use the muzzle flash of the heavy machine guns to find the firepower point of the Vanguard Battalion, they did not order people to use flares. Instead, they directly used moonlight to launch an attack on the Vanguard Battalion's position. "Get the mortars ready. No matter if there are people there or not, fire a round at the Eighth Route Army's position first!" The pseudo-army commander was not a fool, so he led his troops forward directly.
After the main force of the puppet army entered the one thousand meter range of the Eighth Route Army's position, the puppet army commander directly ordered a company directly under his regiment equipped with three 82mm mortars and six 60mm mortars to fire at the vanguard battalion's position. At the same time, the heavy machine gunners in the troops quickly moved forward to set up machine gun positions. "call!" On the front line, the veterans of the vanguard battalion heard the whistling sound of the artillery shells and hurriedly called on other soldiers to enter the cat ear cave. "Observer, please note, if a mine explodes, please report it!" "Yes!" "Wang Erniu, blow up the artillery positions of those puppet troops!" Qin Yangming, who had already entered the artillery tower, used a telescope to see the puppet army's mortar position and directly called out to Wang Erniu who was below the artillery tower. Wang Erniu didn't waste any time and immediately adjusted the artillery parameters according to the coordinates given by Qin Yangming. (End of this chapter)
