Chapter 139 0:200 Battle Loss Ratio

Author: Embarrassing Creation

Chapter 139 0200 Battle Loss Ratio

Inside the Dagu Town headquarters!

Brigadier Chen, Zhao Xin and Zhang Hancheng gathered together.

After listening to Zhang Hancheng's detailed report, Brigadier Chen said: "The previous battle was good, and it also showed the style of our Eighth Route Army.

It’s just that the consumption of ammunition is a bit high. If these ammunitions support the entire Eighth Route Army, our Eighth Route Army’s ammunition reserves can be raised to a higher level.”

Xin Zhao said with a smile: "Brigadier! As long as more Japs can be eliminated, there is no harm in consuming more ammunition.

When our Snow Wolf Valley Arsenal obtains raw materials and is fully operational, our Eighth Route Army will no longer have to worry about ammunition, and may even worry about having too much ammunition to use up."

"I also hope that day will come soon! In recent years, our Eighth Route Army has only had to rely on seizures to obtain ammunition, and our life has been really miserable.

It is the lack of guns, artillery and ammunition that has severely limited the development of our Eighth Route Army. As long as there are enough guns and artillery to support it, our Eighth Route Army can quickly double its strength, and it will not be a problem to double its strength several times."

Brigadier Chen said: "When we can be self-sufficient in ammunition and produce enough equipment, I wonder if the Kuomintang will still dare to cause friction with our Eighth Route Army."

Zhao Xindao: "Brigadier, just take a look! I believe we won't wait long for this day."

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Japs Xinping Village Headquarters!

The Japanese Lieutenant General Commander Ito Takuba, Major General Brigade Commander Murakami Noo, Major General Brigade Commander Ida Kamito, and Major General Brigade Commander Aota Koichi gathered together.

The headquarters was established in an underground air raid shelter, with two regiments of security forces deployed around it.

Ito Takuba said: "Koichi Sota! You have been fighting the enemy for several days, and you should know the enemy in front of us best. Now you can explain to me the enemy in front of you in detail.

Let's make a strategic plan first and wait until all our troops arrive, then launch an attack on the enemy according to the strategic plan."

"Reporting to Your Excellency, Commander Ito! We are facing the 386th Brigade, the main ace force of the Eighth Route Army. Northwest Shanxi has always been the main activity range of the 386th Brigade.

The enemy's strength is no less than 35,000! The number of aircraft exceeds two of our brigades, the artillery exceeds one of our artillery regiments, and the anti-aircraft firearms exceed one of our air defense brigade.

Even in such an environment, we still annihilated more than 11,000 Eighth Route Army troops. The number of Eighth Route Army troops on the opposite side now does not exceed 25,000. Their artillery has almost never stopped bombing us, so we are not very clear about their ammunition reserves.

That’s all the news I know.”

Most of what Koichi Sota said is true, but some words were slightly modified by him, and some words were slightly exaggerated by him.

"Yo Xi!" Ito Takuba said: "As far as I know, half a year ago, the strength of the 386 Brigade did not exceed 50,000 people, and a large part of them were militiamen from the county brigade and district squads. The real main force did not exceed 40,000 people.

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There are actually 35,000 people on the frontal battlefield? That means that the main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is here. As long as we deal with the remaining 25,000 people, the main force of the 386th Brigade will basically be eliminated by us.

Koichi Aota, let your troops withdraw to the rear to rest for a while, and leave the soldiers on the front battlefield to Murakami Noo and the others.

Murakami Noo, ask your 7th Regiment to send a squadron to launch a tentative attack on the Eighth Route Army on the south slope, test the current firepower configuration of the Eighth Route Army, and see if their ammunition is sufficient."

Koichi Aota: "Hi!"

Murakami Noo: "Hi!"

Murakami Noo exited the command room and went directly to deliver the order.

Xiaowangzhuang frontier, 10 am.

The Yamaguchi Squadron was ready to go, and the 250-man squadron moved to a place only two kilometers away from the south slope position.

Arrive at half past ten!

Watanabe Squadron set up a formation and launched an attack towards the south slope position.

The Japanese squadron was also attacked by six mortars and four heavy machine guns to cover them.

When the Japanese rushed to the south slope position and the first line of defense was only 200 meters away, the soldiers of the Second Battalion and Third Company of the Wolf Warrior Regiment in the defensive position opened fire. Twelve mortars aimed at the Japanese mortars and heavy machine guns.

Focus on.

Six light machine guns, more than 40 people's semi-automatic rifles, and more than 80 people's 38-gauge rifles fired wildly at the charging Japanese.

The Japanese who were attacking at the forefront, faced with such intensive artillery fire, lost more than 80 people in just eight minutes.

After eight minutes of charging, the Japanese were still about 100 meters away from the Eighth Route Army's first trench. The closer they were, the more heavy their casualties were.

Captain Watanabe looked at the team's heavy losses and felt very anxious. If they continued to charge like this, even if they reached the Eighth Route Army's defensive trenches, they would not have more than 50 people left.

By that time, their squadron will be completely wiped out.

His superiors did not give him a firm order to break through the Eighth Route Army's first trench. In the end, Captain Watanabe chose to lead his squadron back.

On the way back, their squadron lost more than 40 people.

The battle between the two sides only lasted for more than 20 minutes. The 2nd Battalion and 3rd Company of the Wolf Warrior Regiment successfully repelled the attack of a Japanese squadron.

More than 120 Japs were killed, four Japs mortars and three heavy machine guns were damaged. Only nine soldiers from the 2nd Battalion and 3rd Company of the Wolf Warrior Regiment were killed. This battle can be said to be a small victory.

It is normal for the 2nd Battalion and 3rd Company of the Wolf Warrior Regiment to achieve such a victory. After all, they have the right time, place and people. If they cannot achieve victory, it means they are too incompetent.

The first charge battle is over!

Cai Kun, commander of the third company, ordered 100 people to enter the temporary air-raid shelter to avoid the enemy's artillery fire. Only 15 people were left in the trench to defend with light and heavy machine guns and semi-automatic rifles.

The Japanese's three tactics have long been figured out by Xin Zhao. After the battle is won, they will inevitably use artillery fire to clear the ground and build temporary air raid shelters at the front. This is a tactic popularized by Xin Zhao.

As long as there are more than a dozen people holding light and heavy machine guns and semi-automatic rifles guarding the front trenches, even if the Japanese launch a second round of charge, the soldiers in the air raid shelters can quickly enter the trenches to fight back.

Cai Kun's order was quite correct. The Japanese had only retreated for 20 minutes. Six Type 92 infantry guns and eight mortars were frantically covering the forward positions with artillery fire.

Now the Japs came with a large amount of weapons and ammunition. This was their first battle, so the Japs had plenty of weapons and ammunition.

However, they fired artillery fire for fifteen minutes, destroying countless shells. In the end, they only caused one soldier of the Second Battalion and the Third Company to die, one soldier to be seriously injured, and two soldiers to be slightly injured.

Artillery coverage ends.

Murakami Noo replenished the strength of a squadron and led the troops to charge towards the south slope position again.

When they charged to 300 meters from the front trench of the south slope position, all the Eighth Route Army troops came out of the temporary air raid shelters, and at the same time everyone had already set up a defensive formation.

The Japanese were charging to kill the enemy. Cai Kun, commander of the third company of the second battalion of the Wolf Warrior Regiment, ordered all thirty men to open fire, giving the enemy the illusion of insufficient strength.

When the Japs reached a distance of 200 meters, they had lost more than thirty people, and when they reached a distance of 100 meters, they had lost more than ninety people.

When the distance is only 100 meters.

The third company commander Cai Kun ordered all the troops to open fire with all their strength. The remaining 130 or so Japs encountered a large number of bullets when they were 100 meters away from the Eighth Route Army's front trenches. In just three minutes, more than 60 people were lost.

At this time, the remaining Japs did not dare to continue charging. The squadron leader had not yet given the order to retreat, so they all began to flee towards the rear.

When Captain Watanabe saw this situation, he already understood that his squadron leader was useless!

Although their squadron is a cannon fodder squadron for a tentative charge, the losses to your troops caused by him are too huge, and he, the squadron leader, will probably be punished after he returns.

No one continued to charge, so Captain Watanabe naturally would not continue to charge and fled back with the broken troops.

The light and heavy machine guns of the Second Battalion and the Third Company kept roaring, and the rifles hit the broken soldiers regardless of ammunition.

Captain Watanabe was shot dead by Eighth Route Army soldiers while escaping. Only 13 of the more than 250 people in the attacking squadron managed to escape.

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Dawangzhuang forward command post!

Captain Nakamura, the commander of the Murakami Noo brigade, was furious at the headquarters at this time.

"Bagaya road!"

"Bagaya road!"

"That damn loser Watanabe actually lost 400 imperial warriors in two charges, but did not cause too many casualties to the Eighth Route Army. He is a complete disgrace to the empire."

"Captain Nakamura! No matter how useless Watanabe is, he has already sacrificed his life for the empire. If you continue to say that he has no use anymore."

The captain of the 1st Infantry Brigade stood up and said: "Now we have to think of a way to break through the Eighth Route Army's first line of defense on the south slope, so that our regiment will not become the laughing stock of the empire."

Captain Nakamura regained his composure and said: "We must take down the south slope position and the north slope position! Only by taking down the south slope and north slope position can we use special cannons to hit the Yuliang branch positions with special weapons and completely eliminate them.

Within the entire 386th Brigade, this is the mission of our Nakamura Regiment.

Now everyone can speak freely and see if there is any way to successfully capture the southern and northern slope positions."

The captain of the First Battalion said: "We can have the artillery squadron bombard the south slope position and the north slope position continuously, and at the same time send small groups of troops to continuously attack the south slope position and the north slope position.

The terrain of the south slope position and the north slope position is not dangerous, and the Eighth Route Army will not deploy too many troops. As long as we are willing to sacrifice, it will not be a problem to capture these two positions."

The captain of the second brigade said: "Captain! I think we can wait for our tank troops. As long as our tank troops arrive at the front line, it will be easy to use infantry and tank coordination to capture the south slope position and the north slope position."

This can also reduce the losses of our company as much as possible."

The commander of the 3rd Infantry Group agreed with the opinion of the commander of the 2nd Infantry Group.

The three of them all looked at Captain Nakamura, waiting for Captain Nakamura to issue the final order.

"Infantry-tank collaboration is indeed a good idea! Against those who lack guns and ammunition, Tubal can easily crush them. But against opponents with heavy howitzers and ample ammunition, the advantage of infantry-tank collaboration is not that great.

The most important thing is that it will take another day for our tanks to arrive, and it will also take another day to transport the special weapons."
To be continued...