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Text Chapter 405: Tempering the Troops (10)

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    At about 8:30 a.m., the artillery squadron of the Japanese 35th Regiment and dozens of 75mm artillery pieces attached to each squadron concentrated again and fired fiercely at the blocking position halfway up the mountain on the left side of Shentou Ridge.

    This time, the Japanese army's artillery shells were greatly supplemented, and the bombardment time was also greatly extended.

    "Boom, boom, boom, boom" Continuous shells roared like lightning and thunder, pouring down on the mountains overwhelmingly.

    The Japanese artillery fire was relatively accurate, and most of the shells landed around the blocking position on the mountainside.

    The shells fell like thunder around the blocking position, exploding all around the position.  The huge bomb shock wave kicked up countless amounts of soil, as if it wanted to bury the enemy troops on the mountain.

    The strange screams of shrapnel tearing the air and destroying trees gnawed at people's nerves like saw teeth. As time went on, it became unbearable for the people on the battlefield to endure this painful suffering.

    ¡°Boom, boom, boom, boom¡­¡±

    However, although artillery shells continued to explode on the position, no movement of the Indonesian anti-foreign troops was seen in the blocking position halfway up the mountain.

    Captain Watanabe Hiroshi of the 35th Regiment held a telescope and stood next to the captain of the mountain artillery squadron. Looking at the flames rising on the mountain ridge, he clenched his fists and cursed: "The enemy troops on Bageya Road are extremely cunning. They are dead."  Hit me hard, hit me hard."

    The artillery squadron leader frowned and looked at the Japanese officers and soldiers in front who were about to launch an attack. He hesitated and said to Watanabe Hiroyuki: "Your Excellency Colonel, the 2nd Battalion and the 4th Squadron will launch a desperate charge without waiting for the bombardment to stop. I am afraid that the artillerymen will  The artillery will cause a lot of accidental damage."

    Watanabe Hiroshi shouted sharply: "Baga, don't you understand that only in this way can we capture the enemy's position at the minimum cost?"

    "Hey, you are a humble idiot." The artillery squadron leader hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

    It turns out that after the battle yesterday afternoon, Japanese commanders such as Watanabe Hiroshi and Kobayashi Sengoro discovered that the Indonesian anti-foreign forces on the mountain were very cunning. They actually entered the position after their own artillery fire.

    After the First Battalion failed in the early morning raid, the 35th Wing lost almost half of its troops.

    At this time, the significance of capturing and holding the mountain on the left side of Shentou Ridge with a meager force becomes very important.  Because this mountain ridge is occupied, when the follow-up troops arrive, they can quickly occupy Shentou Village and nearby villages, opening up the road to rescue the 19th Regiment.

    Of course, the most critical thing is to capture the main force of the Indonesian anti-foreigner army. After this army is eliminated, South Borneo can fall into Japan's hands.

    If the favorable terrain of Shentou Village cannot be captured before the division commander Lieutenant General Tsukamoto Katsuyoshi and the follow-up troops arrive, Watanabe Hirobi will have no other way to explain to his superiors except committing seppuku.

    Therefore, regardless of what happened, Watanabe Hiroyuki ordered the 4th Squadron of the 2nd Battalion to go ahead, and the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Battalion followed up. Before the bombardment ended, they charged towards the Indonesian Anti-Foreign Army's position in order to capture it in one fell swoop.  Enemy position.

    When the artillery bombardment lasted for more than 20 minutes, all the officers and soldiers of the 4th Squadron, who took off their clothes and wore menstrual belts on their heads, led by squadron leader Oda, launched a charge towards the left side of Shentou Ridge with a determined look on their faces.

    Although the Japanese army also conducted training on the tactics of "infantry and artillery coordination, barrage advance", it was not perfect enough. In addition, it was an attack on a mountain, and infantry and artillery coordination was even more difficult.

    Therefore, when the officers and soldiers of the 4th Squadron rushed to a distance of about 100 meters from the blocking position halfway up the mountain, some officers and soldiers were constantly hit by artillery fire or injured by the mud splashed by the artillery fire.

    Fortunately, we were getting closer and closer to the enemy's position, and the mountain artillery squadron stopped shelling in time.

    When there were only about 50 meters left in "Kill to give to give", Xiaotian drew out his command knife and shouted wildly.

    More than 200 Japanese officers and soldiers of the 4th Squadron suddenly let out wolf-like howling sounds and rushed towards the blocking position halfway up the mountain.  Subsequently, the 3rd Squadron also accelerated the pace of follow-up.

    ¡°Yoshi succeeded,¡± Watanabe Hiroshi shouted ecstatically when he saw the 4th Squadron rushing into the enemy¡¯s position without any hindrance.  Read the latest and most complete novels http://eng.com/
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