Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 220: It’s windy outside. It will be fun if we can really hit the Japanese poison gas bomb!

When the second hand pointed to 12 o'clock, Li Yunlong waved his hand heavily and shouted excitedly: "The counterattack time has come, the counterattack action will begin immediately! College students, order the artillery battalion and the anti-aircraft battalion to open fire immediately, and destroy the Japanese artillery as soon as possible. We must not let the Japanese fire a single poison gas bomb and let it fall into our position!"

"Shen Quan, prepare for the counterattack immediately. The counterattack will begin in half an hour. Hit them hard. If I don't stop, you have to keep chasing the devils and hitting them!"

After receiving the order, Lin Zhenhua picked up the phone next to him and shouted in a hurried tone: "Zhu Zi, fire your artillery immediately. Hit hard. We must kill the Japanese artillery tonight. I want the Japanese to have no artillery to use tomorrow! Use all the heavy artillery, even the rockets in our stockpile. Fire as many artillery shells as you can. We have plenty of artillery shells, so there is no need to be afraid of the Japanese even if there are more of them!"

"Sanwazi, your anti-aircraft battalion is also the main force tonight. Fire as fast as your anti-aircraft guns can. Don't be afraid of wasting shells. We still have more than 50,000 shells left, which is enough for you to fight for a long time!"

After receiving the order, Wang Chengzhu and Sanwazi immediately ordered to open fire. More than 200 artillery pieces began to bombard the Japanese front-line positions. 26 anti-aircraft guns, led by the armored assault team, left the front-line positions and advanced towards the Japanese camp. They wanted to shorten the distance between them and the Japanese camp so that they could provide powerful artillery support when the infantry counterattacked.

The sudden bombardment of the Independent Regiment stunned the Second Mixed Brigade. The brigade commander Ichiro Katayama opened his mouth in surprise, his face full of disbelief. He had previously set the time of the attack at 7:30 in the evening and was now making preparations for the attack. All troops had moved to designated positions and were beginning to make final preparations before the war. They did not expect to encounter a large-scale bombardment from the Independent Regiment at this time. The soldiers of the two squadrons were directly wiped out in the bombardment, without even a wave!

"Baga Yalu! The damn Chinese actually launched a sneak attack. Let the artillery regiment counterattack immediately!"

Katayama Ichiro had only said half of his words when he heard a loud explosion not far away. It turned out to be a storage area for artillery shells. The shells detonated and a 105mm heavy artillery and three 75mm triple cannons were blown into the sky. Even the gun barrels were twisted into a knot. These four guns could no longer fight. The artillerymen on the four gun positions were basically wiped out, causing more than 40 casualties!

"Hatoyama, immediately withdraw the attacking troops. If this continues, our losses will be very heavy! The Chinese army has deployed a large number of heavy artillery, which means they are determined to win the counterattack tonight. Order the various troops to take turns to cover and begin to evacuate. The air force support will arrive tomorrow. There is no need for us to fight the Chinese at this time. By tomorrow, everything will be different!"

As Katayama Ichiro's order was passed down, the Japanese army immediately began to retreat. However, it was not so easy to retreat, especially at night.

"Huang Jinbao, immediately take your troops and launch an attack on the Independent Regiment. Anyone who dares to disobey my order will be punished by military law!" Junichiro Hatoyama gave the order mercilessly.

Huang Jinbao listened to the violent explosions and replied in a trembling voice: "Master Hatoyama, can you let me withdraw the troops first? The people under my command are all afraid of death. Letting them attack the independent regiment will only ruin your plan. I hope you will think twice!"

Junichiro Hatoyama drew out his command knife and pointed the tip of the knife back and forth at Huang Jinbao's upper body, scaring Huang Jinbao so much that he almost peed his pants. He assured with a terrified face, "Taijun, let the brothers under your command launch an attack and cover your retreat!"

Junichiro Hatoyama took back his command knife and replied with a smile on his face: "Yoshi! Huang Sang, I will explain your loyalty to the Empire to the brigade commander. As long as you can successfully cover the retreat of the Imperial Army, you will soon be able to get the commander position promised to you. If you can't resist the counterattack of the independent regiment, you will all die!"

Huang Jinbao was a coward who was afraid of death, otherwise he would not have surrendered to the Japanese. Now the Japanese asked him to go and die. How could he do such a stupid thing? However, Junichiro Hatoyama had been on guard against him escaping from the battlefield, and specially arranged a small team of Japanese soldiers to follow Huang Jinbao to the 22nd Division of the puppet army.

"Brothers, the Grand Master has ordered us to launch an attack on the Independent Regiment. Stop standing there and lead your troops forward. If anyone dares to retreat, I will be the first to kill him!"

Huang Jinbao spoke with gritted teeth, staring at his men without moving his eyes. If anyone dared to speak out and say no, he would kill them as a warning to the others. For the sake of his own life, he would even stab his own brother twice.

Seeing Huang Jinbao's ferocious look, the four regiment commanders below were about to refute, but when they saw the Japanese soldiers behind Huang Jinbao, they swallowed their words of rebuttal. Now they can only follow Huang Jinbao to the end, otherwise they may not be able to get out of here.

The four regiment commanders had no choice but to pass orders to their subordinates, ordering them to lead the troops to attack the independent regiment. Only when things developed to this point did Huang Jinbao finally breathe a sigh of relief. It was not that he wanted to force these four brothers under his command. It was really that the Japanese had forced him into a desperate situation. In order to survive, he could only sacrifice his brothers and win a way to live for himself.

The puppet soldiers of the 22nd Division were driven by their superiors to attack in the direction of the Independent Regiment, but the shells that kept falling from the sky frightened them. In order to force their soldiers to attack forward, the Japanese even used the supervision team. The puppet soldiers had no choice but to charge again. As a result, in just ten minutes, the forces of two battalions were directly wiped out. Those who managed to run back were scared like fools and rushed towards the Japanese supervision team regardless of anything.

Rushing forward would mean death, but rushing back would still give them a chance to survive. The puppet soldiers made their choice immediately. They charged towards the Japanese supervision team. Even if they fell down, they kept rushing forward. They wanted to fight for a chance to survive. Soon the Japanese supervision team was defeated, and a squadron of Japanese were wiped out by the puppet army. The puppet army also suffered more than 500 casualties.

More than 6000 puppet soldiers rushed towards the Japanese's evacuating force, which threw the evacuating Japanese into chaos. There were gunshots and curses everywhere, but it was of no avail. In order to survive, more than 3000 puppet soldiers ran forward desperately. In the fight with the Japanese, another one or two thousand people were killed or wounded. In the end, only more than people escaped. They took off their military uniforms and entered the surrounding mountains and forests.

When Katayama Ichiro received the news that the puppet army dared to resist the imperial army, he could not believe his ears. This was really something that the group of submissive Chinese he saw every day could do. This was completely impossible. He said "impossible" three times in a row, but it could not change the current facts. He was surprisingly angry and gave an order fiercely: "Order all troops to kill the puppet soldiers who dared to resist. If they do not obey the order, they will be killed immediately. This group of cowardly Chinese people should be severely taught a lesson. They know that military orders cannot be disobeyed. Even if they are asked to die, they cannot resist!"

Just as Katayama Ichiro was about to continue speaking, he suddenly heard a scream from afar: "How is this possible? Our gas bomb has been hit and is releasing poison gas. Put on your gas masks!"

Katayama Ichiro's face immediately turned into panic. He immediately took the backpack handed over by the soldier next to him, took out the gas mask inside, and quickly installed the filter tank. He gasped and shouted: "Hatoyama, you immediately ask Colonel Miyata to confirm whether our gas bombs have hit or not?"

"Watanabe, you must immediately notify all troops to speed up their retreat. Have the warriors put on their gas masks immediately. Those without gas masks must evacuate the battlefield immediately. We must act quickly. Once we encounter a poison gas attack, the losses of the troops will be very large, which will have a huge impact on our offensive!"

After receiving a call from Junichiro Hatoyama, Colonel Miyata's face became terrified. The 6000nd Mixed Brigade had less than gas masks, and those were only available with special care from the headquarters. Once they were attacked by their own poison gas bombs, half of the imperial soldiers would be exposed to the poison gas, and the losses would be very heavy.

"Noda, go check it out immediately!"

After receiving an order from Colonel Miyata, Adjutant Noda hurried down to verify. Under the command of Lin Zhenhua, the independent regiment's artillery battalion and anti-aircraft battalion began to move their artillery positions forward gradually. More and more shells began to fall into the enemy's camp, causing increasing chaos to the enemy.

The 26 88mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns that had left their positions in advance had all their muzzles leveled, and began pouring fire into the Japanese camp at a rate of nine rounds per minute. Their extremely long range directly brought the Japanese 105 howitzers into the strike range. More than a dozen shells hit hundreds of the Japanese poison gas bombs, which were directly detonated, emitting yellow-green gas that floated around.

Lin Zhenhua briefly put the cloth outside for about a minute, and said excitedly: "Old Li, the time we chose to counterattack tonight is indeed very good. I just felt it, and the wind has started to blow outside, and the wind is blowing in the direction of the Japanese. If we can really blow up the Japanese gas bombs, it will be really fun to watch!"

"The Japanese wanted to use poison gas bombs against us, but in the end they suffered the consequences. It's funny to think about it! Let the wind blow a little harder and let the Japanese have a taste of their own poison gas. Our independent regiment suffered a lot from this before, so this time we will let the Japanese have a good taste of their own losses!"

"Zhu Zi, immediately switch to extended-range shells and bombard the enemy's positions!"

"Sanwaizi, I think the Japanese are going to escape. How about withdrawing half of the anti-aircraft guns and bombarding their rear positions hard?" Lin Zhenhua gave the order with a smile on his face.