Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

Chapter 275 The Mighty Sichuan Army

It is said that those who keep company with vermilion will become redder, and those who keep company with ink will become blacker. Captain Chu did not believe it before, but after seeing his brothers today, he finally believed it.

Although the brothers were sloppy before, after we joined the 72nd Brigade, both our military appearance and everyone's mental outlook have improved greatly. In short, we are different from before.

More than an hour later, the brothers checked the entire military camp and didn't find much useful stuff. They left these people there to watch, and two infantry squads surrounded them. They waited for the logistics brothers to come and take over, and the remaining people split into two groups and quickly advanced towards Ningcheng County.

Hearing the roar of the engine, Captain Chu felt like he was dreaming. It turned out that not to mention being a regimental commander, even being a mayor or an army commander still involved riding a horse, right?

Of course, this is not because the terrain in Sichuan is bad and it is impossible to travel there by car. The real reason is poverty. People can afford cars but cannot afford gasoline.

Now all of our people are sitting in armored vehicles. These iron lumps are very hard and we have never seen them before. Captain Chu’s favorite thing is to stand at the lookout of the command vehicle and look at the long steel dragon in front and behind. He feels so excited.

Just as Captain Chu was looking at his troops, the sound of a machine gun was heard from the front of the vehicle. It was a 7.62mm machine gun.

"what happened?"

Captain Chu reached out and took the intercom on the table. Although it was nearly 1 kilometer away from the front of the car, he could talk at any time.

"Report to the commander, we have been attacked by the Japanese. They are on the mountain on the left."

After hearing the report from the lead vehicle, Captain Chu looked towards the small hill on the left, which was about one or two hundred meters high. Sure enough, there were Japanese soldiers shooting down.

It seems that they have already known the news that this Japanese regiment has been annihilated, or they may have ambushed here before.

"Armored vehicles with artillery fire move forward and take them down for me."

The Japanese on the hillside saw it clearly. There were about one or two hundred of them, equipped with heavy machine guns, attacking the armored vehicles in front from a high position. Our brothers were caught off guard, and because of the shooting angle, the armored vehicles below the hillside could not fight back because they were too close.

After receiving the order from Captain Chu, some armored vehicles with artillery in the rear quickly rushed to the nearby farmland, especially the newly arrived T18 boar hounds, whose eight wheels had super strong grip and turned over all the mud on the ground.

Tong Tong Tong Tong…

The 57mm tank gun fired directly at the Japanese on the hillside.

Eight or nine artillery shells flew past in an instant. Some were accurate, and some were not. The accurate ones naturally hit the Japanese defense line, blowing those guys upside down with their heads down and their legs up, making them look like homemade airplanes in the last moment of their lives.

The missed shots also gave the Japanese a big scare. The position they chose was very tricky. If you don't get rid of them, we can't expect to move forward.

"Watch out for the Japs' infantry guns."

Captain Chu used a telescope to see several Japanese soldiers struggling to push out a Type 92 infantry gun and were about to fire directly at the armored vehicles at the foot of the mountain.

The armored vehicles at the bottom of the mountain suffered a loss just now because they were caught off guard. Now, with the support of the tank gun, the armored vehicles in front of the cabinet reversed at the same time, creating distance between them and the Japanese on the hillside. If your Type 92 infantry gun can still fire, it would be a shame to the shells we fired during training.

The anti-aircraft machine gun had a large elevation angle. After receiving Commander Chu's words, these people quickly fired at the hillside. The 12.7mm bullets were fired in an instant, and the Japanese on the hillside were thrown to the ground.

Especially those who were operating the artillery, their entire bodies were beaten to pieces. The Type 92 infantry gun was right next to them, but at this moment no one dared to operate this kind of artillery.

If you don't have a cannon, find a place to lie down for a while and maybe you can survive. But if you want to operate this cannon, do you think those people below can give you this opportunity?

"Captain, they're going to run away."

Half of the more than one hundred people were killed in an instant. Seeing that they had little chance, the remaining people prepared to escape over the hill.

"Use the artillery to escort them a bit, inform the second battalion, and follow them all the way around the mountain. If they stay on the mountain, kill them if they come down."

After Captain Chu finished speaking, the armored vehicles with shooting angles used either heavy machine guns or 20mm cannons to chase and kill the fleeing Japanese soldiers.

I thought that we should be able to achieve results by occupying the geographical advantage, but the previous understanding and the current actual situation seem to be completely different. In front of the 72nd Brigade, all inferences are untenable.

A reorganized Japanese infantry company, with nearly 200 people, originally wanted to delay Captain Chu's troops and wait for reinforcements. Who would have thought that in just fifteen minutes, half of them were killed. Now, even if they want to escape, the shells behind them seem to have eyes, and they will hit wherever they run.

This small 20mm artillery shell is not very powerful. At most, it is about the same as two or three grenades. But the problem is that the density of this thing is too strong. Looking at the muzzle of the gun at the foot of the mountain, one spark after another falls to the mountain, which is equivalent to hundreds of grenades exploding.

The Japanese finally realized how difficult this battle was.

There are not many roads on the mountain, and the armored vehicles are looking for the best angle while firing. There are not many trees on the mountains in the north, so it is not easy to find a place to hide.

When the Japanese soldiers climbed over the top of the mountain, they were just thinking of breathing a sigh of relief, but who knew that artillery shells were also fired from the bottom of the mountain on the north side.

The Japanese soldiers were completely desperate. They originally thought that by exerting all their strength and climbing over the mountain, they could save their lives. However, they did not expect that the army at the foot of the mountain would take advantage of its mobility and had already circled to the north side before they climbed over the top of the mountain.

In desperation, the remaining Japanese soldiers could only stand near the top of the hill, leaning against the rocks on the hill to avoid the artillery fire from both sides.

This trick is still useful, as we have already escaped the direct fire range of the armored vehicles.

"Hide there and you're done? Today is our first battle, and you've just met us. Come on, assemble the 120mm mortars immediately. Even if you have to flatten the top of the mountain by two meters, you'll have to blow these bastards to death."

Captain Chu was not in a hurry to go to Ningcheng County. After all, he was there to train the soldiers, so it didn't matter where he trained!

After the artillerymen received their mission, several trucks rushed over from behind, loaded with 120mm mortar parts...