Zhang Dabiao immediately ordered all troops to prepare for battle.
Matsui Tataro personally led 15,000 Japanese elite soldiers of the Fifth Division to sneak attack on the new regiment and battalion.
He did not dispatch all the troops of the Fifth Division, leaving some troops on the ground.
In Matsui Tataro's opinion, using 15,000 elite Locust troops to deal with more than 2,500 Eighth Route Army troops would give me the advantage.
Even the field artillery regiment of the Fifth Division did not come, and only brought artillery equipment such as mortars and infantry guns.
After arriving at the position of the New Regiment and Battalion, Matsui Tairo did not immediately order the soldiers to attack.
Instead, the troops were ordered to surround the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions and cut off the Eighth Route Army's retreat to prevent any fish from slipping through the net.
When attacking, the Japanese didn't just charge the infantry after the artillery bombardment.
Instead, the shooter should not attack secretly.
Matsui Tataro's idea was very simple. The Eighth Route Army's infantry had an advantage in firepower, but his own soldiers had an advantage in stabbing.
The best tactic is to sneak up on the Eighth Route Army's position and use your bayonet to resolve the battle.
Before dawn, we should deal with this Eighth Route Army advance guard and then lead our troops back to the position.
As Matsui Tairo gave an order.
More than 4,000 elite Japanese troops, under the cover of darkness, moved up to the position of the 1st Battalion of the Eighth Route Army carrying Type 38 rifles.
About 100 meters away from the forward position, many Japanese soldiers stepped on the mines laid by a battalion of engineers.
In the explosion wave, dozens of Japanese soldiers screamed and wailed, and fell into a pool of blood.
"Flare!"
As Zhang Dabiao's order was issued, illumination bombs trailing white light were launched into the air, and the surrounding area was suddenly illuminated like daylight.
Zhang Dabiao was inside the headquarters, looking down through the observation window of the headquarters.
I saw that on the ridge extending downward from the mountain top, the densely packed steel helmets were exposed under the illumination of the flares. Under the helmets, there were Japanese soldiers with fierce faces.
"Fire!"
Zhang Dabiao sneered, with a stern look on his face, and calmly ordered to fire.
As Zhang Dabiao's order was issued, three red flares trailed long tail flames and soared into the sky amidst a sharp whistling sound.
"Da da da…"
"Boom boom boom..."
When the soldiers on various hills saw the firing signal, they held semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns and light machine guns and pulled the triggers on the Japanese.
On the artillery position behind the infantry, 60mm mortars and 82mm mortars fired continuously.
20mm machine guns, M2 large-caliber heavy machine guns and bazooka rocket launchers also greeted the Japanese.
In an instant, a hail of bullets and artillery shells shouted at the Japanese soldiers, who fell one by one.
"Nani, is the firepower so strong?"
In the distance, the commander of the Fifth Division, Matsui Tataro, looked at the dense fire tongues of the Eighth Route Army on the distant hill, and listened to the dense gunshots in his ears like exploding beans, and he swallowed his saliva with envy.
This was the first time he had seen such ferocious firepower.
The firepower of a strengthened regiment of the Eighth Route Army actually produced far more firepower than a second-line division of the Locust Army.
Even when compared with the firepower of the Eighth Route Army, the U.S. and British troops in Southeast Asia are not even close to one another.
However, he also has a second battle plan.
"Baga, retreat."
Facing the dense rain of bullets and artillery shells, the captains of each attacking group had to issue a retreat order.
Even if the forward troops are only 100 meters away from the Eighth Route Army's forward position, it only takes one minute to rush forward.
But such a dense rain of bullets and shells, within a short distance of 100 meters, would kill their entire brigade of soldiers.
Although the Japanese soldiers' marksmanship was extremely superb, the firepower was completely suppressed and the Japanese soldiers could not raise their heads at all.
Chapter completed!