frightfiction Chapter 267: Destroy a Squadron
Chapter 267: Destroy a Squadron
From the late night to the early morning, the remaining artillery fire of the Japanese did not stop, as if they wanted to fire all the remaining shells and thoroughly plow the Nantianmen Gate.
However, at this time, there were only more than a hundred veterans left on the Nantianmen position, squatting leisurely in the cat ear cave, listening to the continuous artillery fire and paying attention to the situation below.
After a night of fighting, more than 1500 war points accumulated in the system.
Just Lieutenant Colonel Tachibana Kio and those majors contributed five or six hundred war points.
Lu Cheng glanced at the functions in the system one by one, and then stopped his eyes on the thermal sensing radar upgrade option.
"Prompt, do you want to spend 1500 war points to upgrade the thermal sensing radar?"
"Yes!"
"1500 war points have been deducted. The thermal imaging radar has been upgraded. The scanning range has been increased to 2000 meters. New functions have been added: Identification of friend or foe module, and early warning module for approaching hostile targets."
The scanning range of 2000 meters has exceeded the effective range of current rifles and can detect enemies in advance at a farther distance.
Moreover, the two new functions are also very useful. The friend-or-foe identification module can avoid accidental injuries to friendly forces and can even identify spies in a crowd.
The function of early warning of approaching hostile targets allows Lu Cheng to rest in peace without worrying about the enemy sneaking up on him while he is sleeping.
As soon as day broke, the Japanese artillery fire finally stopped. Lu Cheng immediately ordered the soldiers hiding on the back of the mountain to quickly enter the trenches and wait for the Japanese attack.
The soldiers had just climbed over the hill and entered the trenches when two or three squadrons of five or six hundred Japanese soldiers took advantage of the hillside to launch a charge below.
The light and heavy machine guns and light and heavy mortars on the Nantianmen fired almost at the same time, and all kinds of bullets and shells were poured down from high above, instantly knocking down a large number of Japanese soldiers rushing in front.
But the Japanese didn't seem to care about casualties at all and continued to launch frantic attacks. As soon as they got close to the distance, they set up heavy machine guns and grenade launchers and fired at the positions.
Lu Cheng had already selected a group of soldiers with good marksmanship, formed two or three sniper platoons, distributed in three directions, to snipe at the Japanese grenade launchers and heavy machine guns.
At the same time, the mortars and heavy machine guns on the hillside also fired back at the Japanese crazily.
After losing their artillery advantage, the Japanese's rigid tactics were exposed to disadvantages, and the charge only increased casualties.
Lu Cheng wandered around the position, operating a heavy machine gun from time to time to mow down a large number of Japanese soldiers, and from time to time instructing some soldiers on how to kill the Japanese soldiers while protecting themselves.
Less than half an hour later, the Japanese's first wave of attack was repelled, leaving only more than 200 corpses on the battlefield.
After a series of battles, the gap in troop strength between the expeditionary force on the mountain and the Takeuchi Regiment at the foot of the mountain was narrowing and reversing.
At the beginning, the Japanese had more than 2,000 troops, while the expeditionary force had more than 1,700, so they were not at a numerical advantage.
But now, except for the more than 1500 new recruits who were withdrawn to the east bank and a small number of casualties, there are still nearly people on the hillside.
At the same time, the Takeuchi Regiment at the foot of the mountain also had only about 1500 people left who were still able to maintain combat effectiveness.
Small victories accumulate into big victories, changing the balance of war and thus defeating the enemy with the few.
Seeing that the attacking Japanese were easily repelled, leaving behind a large number of corpses, the morale on the battlefield was unprecedentedly high. The soldiers no longer had any fear of the Japanese. Some soldiers even began to think that if their superiors led them to charge, could they directly wipe out the Japanese regiment below?
However, before the soldiers could enjoy the fruits of victory and go to clean up the battlefield, Lu Cheng ordered again: "Go into the cave, defend against artillery!"
For a moment, the soldiers hid in the cat-ear holes and foxholes in the trenches to avoid the artillery fire.
As soon as the Japanese charging troops retreated to the foot of the mountain, they were immediately covered by a large number of artillery shells.
But this time the shelling lasted less than half an hour before it stopped. It was obvious that the Japanese did not have many shells left.
Thanks to timely dodging, not many soldiers died in the artillery fire. Only one unlucky one was hit by a shell.
There were also some wounded soldiers who were injured by shock and stray bullets.
Lu Cheng took out some life-saving pills and asked veterinarian Hao to take the medical team to transfer and treat the seriously injured.
Lu Cheng specially selected fifty privates first class to carry stretchers and transfer the wounded.
Soon, as soon as the artillery fire stopped, the Japanese fired a smoke bomb towards the front of the position, and then more Japanese rushed up the hillside under the cover of the smoke.
However, Lu Cheng had already discovered the Japs' tracks through thermal sensing radar, and personally directed light and heavy machine guns and mortars to shoot at the Japs hiding in the smoke.
As it turned out, the smoke bombs did not provide much cover for the Japanese. Instead, they prevented their guns from hitting the soldiers on the positions.
When the smoke cleared, most of the Japanese soldiers who charged had been killed or wounded, more than the last time.
When the remaining Japanese soldiers retreated to the foot of the mountain, they dared not launch another charge for a while.
At the foot of the mountain, Takeuchi Renzan's head was about to explode when he heard the losses reported by his soldiers. In less than two days, the Takeuchi regiment had lost more than half of its troops and had not yet captured a single hill.
Originally, in order to preserve the honor of the Takeuchi League, Takeuchi Renzan had never asked for help, but now that the battle had become so terrible, Takeuchi Renzan had no choice but to ask for help.
In order to prevent the expeditionary force from rushing down the hillside, Takeuchi Renzan even ordered the entire army to retreat three kilometers away from Nantianmen.
Seeing that the Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain had retreated on their own initiative, the expeditionary soldiers on the hillside cheered immediately. Many even jumped out of the trenches, came to the hillside, and shouted loudly to the friendly forces on the east bank: "We won! We won again!"
Since the full-scale outbreak of the war, China has suffered more defeats than victories, lost cities and territories, and suffered countless casualties. Many soldiers even fought for several years, experienced dozens of defeats, and have never won a decent battle.
But after following Lu Cheng, it didn't take long before they won battles one after another. Killing the enemy was as easy as eating and drinking. How could these soldiers not be proud?
Lu Cheng was not carried away by the victory. Although he had crippled the Takeuchi Regiment, if he really rushed up and fought the remaining Japanese devils, there would definitely be considerable casualties.
Since Lu Cheng promised the soldiers that he would take them home, he would not allow too many casualties among the soldiers.
For now, the Takeuchi Corps has retreated temporarily, and will definitely request reinforcements later. The longer it delays, the more enemies there will be.
Moreover, after a series of battles, the Japs will certainly be on high alert, and it will not be so easy to achieve a big victory like we are doing now.
Just as the soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, Lu Cheng and Long Wenjian were standing on the hillside, looking at the Nujiang defense line across the river through binoculars.
"Look, our Commander Yu finally showed up at the riverside. Ha, he killed a battalion commander just like killing a chicken. He's really brave."
"It looks like the east coast defense will be completed soon. We should leave today."
On the other side of the river, since more than 200 privates retreated to the other side of the river yesterday, the military's special envoys have been guarding the river bank, keeping a close eye on the battle at Nantianmen.
This time, Lu Cheng became famous internationally. The Allied Commander-in-Chief praised him by name, and the principal also specifically instructed that he has a bright future and is definitely a rising star in the military.
This special envoy was sent here to issue a letter of appointment to Lu Cheng. Of course, he knew Lu Cheng's background in detail and wanted to establish a good relationship with him.
After the battlefield was cleaned up, Lu Cheng gave another order, asking all privates first class and corporals to withdraw from Nantianmen and cross the river along with the wounded.
Among these 1,500 people, privates first class and corporals accounted for the majority, and the rest were officers and non-commissioned officers.
With so many people leaving at once, Lu Cheng asked them to take away a lot of extra weapons and equipment and assist in defense after reaching the other side.
By the afternoon, there were only 600 people left on the hill.
In the afternoon, after confirming that the defenses on the east coast had been completed and the Japanese would not attack for the time being, Lu Cheng ordered the troops to continue to evacuate in batches, leaving behind one hundred commandos to provide the final cover.
Because a large number of light and heavy machine guns were captured, it was not until the evening that all the soldiers and equipment were transported.
At this time, the Japanese aerial reconnaissance plane arrived nearby and noticed the situation on Nantianmen.
Immediately afterwards, Takeuchi Renzan led his troops to attack Nantianmen, but when they rushed to the middle of the hillside, they were killed and injured by various booby traps and land mines...