Rebirth of the National Marshal

The 70th Mixed Brigade was originally intended to break through the situation and open a passage to Chahar for the large force behind it. However, they did not expect that the passage was not opened, and they themselves lost more than half of their men and lost their combat effectiveness.

Konosuke Matsushita looked at the security soldiers around him helplessly.

What is going on? Aren't we the attackers and they the defenders? How come the tables have turned and we are now the defenders and they are the attackers?

Just as confused as he was, the more than 4000 soldiers under his command who were still able to fight were also confused.

"Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, we don't have to be afraid of these Chinese soldiers. We are on the defensive now. As long as they dare to attack, we can kill them one by one with our soldiers' accurate marksmanship. We will fill the position with their corpses to avenge our dead soldiers." The officer on the side was even a little happy when he said this.

Yes, why didn’t I think of this? Although the weapons used by the Chinese soldiers are very advanced, their marksmanship is really terrible. Now they are on the offensive and cannot hide. They have to be exposed in the open land to attack us, which gives us the opportunity to kill them.

After inspecting the position on Malie Mountain, Mao Yuanshan fell silent. Of the more than 3000 reinforced battalion, only more than 1000 people were still able to stand up. The Japanese devils had caused such heavy casualties to them before they even rushed up to the position. If they really rushed up, no one would survive. The training of the security corps must not be cancelled, and they must be trained strictly.

"Commander, the Japanese have started to build fortifications, and they have discovered us. We have surrounded them." Zhang Zizhong was in charge of the base camp, and Wang Bing and Mao Yuanshan came out.

"There's nothing to be afraid of when building positions. We have 105mm howitzers. Even if they build the position into a tortoise shell, I can still break it open and order the artillery regiment to pull up our howitzers." It can be said that since the 105mm howitzers came into being, not only Mao Yuanshan, but the entire security regiment has become more confident.

This time, Mao Yuanshan brought three security regiments and one artillery regiment, intending to directly wipe out the 70th Mixed Brigade.

Originally, they discussed internally whether to swallow up the 70th Mixed Brigade. You know, it is very easy to swallow it now, but can you withstand the subsequent retaliation of the Japanese? This is like attracting hatred. If you attract too much hatred, the subsequent retaliation will be something you cannot bear, as it involves hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers.

In the end, it was Mao Yuanshan who made the decision. Even if you don't wipe out this brigade, it will still attack you. When it takes you down, it will show no mercy. Instead of discussing this now, it is better to discuss how to deal with these Japanese devils.

The artillery regiment’s small artillery is no longer a concern. Dozens of 105mm howitzers have been set up in artillery positions everywhere, waiting for Mao Yuanshan’s order to send the Japanese on a homemade plane.

It is impossible to let the infantry attack without tanks. Mao Yuanshan is not prepared to let his soldiers go to die. He is very clear about the combat qualities of his soldiers. If they are really asked to attack the Japanese positions, they will be sent to die. They have no combat skills at all. So now I would rather waste more artillery shells to save the lives of these guys. They will definitely become the best soldiers in the future.

In addition to the 105mm howitzer, more than 40 100mm mortars were deployed near the Japanese positions. From the experiment, it can be seen that the explosive power of the 100mm mortar shells is basically the same as that of the 105mm howitzer shells, and the firing speed of the mortar is much faster than that of the howitzer. Of course, others don’t know why this mortar has such great power. Mao Yuanshan is very clear about it, because this is a mortar from 1989, which is decades ahead of the current one.

I can't say if ten thousand cannons were fired at the same time, because we don't have the ability to do that yet, but the sight of more than 100 cannons firing at the same time is still very spectacular. Everyone feels as if the earth shook, and they can see the dust floating up with the naked eye.

The Japanese devils in the middle could naturally feel it as well. When they felt the earth shaking, they knew that the end of the world might be coming.

The order that Konosuke Matsushita originally issued was to shrink the defense. There was nothing wrong with this order, because the number of people was relatively small now, and shrinking the defense could increase the defense density and enhance resistance. However, the enemy did not rush up, but was firing artillery shells. In this case, this shrinking defense would kill most of the Japanese soldiers. Their density was indeed very large now, and at least 20 people would be killed when a shell fell.

The soldiers of the security corps standing in the distance had never seen such fierce artillery fire. In their impression, the artillery fire of more than a dozen mountain cannons of the Japanese devils was already very fierce, but it was far inferior to their current artillery preparation. Look at that piece of land, one flower after another blooming. They could feel how tragic the scene was even if they were far away. What was the fate of the Japanese in it, only they themselves knew.

A total of 3500 artillery shells plowed the entire Japanese position several times like plowing the land.

What a price! According to the current market price, a howitzer shell costs at least 50 dollars.

In just the past half hour, hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent.

The porters of the transport company at the back were too tired to get up. They had just transported thousands of shells, and the barrels of every cannon were blazing red from firing.

"Tell the brothers to go up and clean up the battlefield. Remember my words, don't take any prisoners. If you see anyone breathing or not, shoot them again before you go." Following a command from our Young Master Mao, the three surrounding security groups all started to go up and clean up the battlefield. To be honest, they didn't really care about the Japanese weapons. The reason they went up to clean up the battlefield was to kill those who had escaped the net.

"Stop right there, take out the grenades and throw them over to blow them up." The soldiers who were advancing heard their squad leader calling them.

Just now, the squad leader saw a new recruit from the next squad being killed by a grenade thrown by the Japanese devils. The Japanese devil actually lay on the ground pretending to be dead, and then he pulled the grenade when he passed by. Two soldiers from the security regiment nearby died together with the Japanese devil.

After hearing the squad leader's words, a dozen soldiers stopped where they were, and each of them took out a grenade from his waist.

Following the squad leader's order, more than a dozen grenades were thrown into the area they needed to search. The Japanese devils, who had already been blown half to pieces, were now completely destroyed.

At the beginning, only the soldiers in their squad were using this method to raid the area. Later, several squads around them also learned it. Then the company commander promoted this method. It was nothing more than using more grenades.

Anyway, the order from the headquarters is not to take prisoners. There will be no prisoners at all with this method. Even preserving a complete body is a luxury.

You were comfortable using this method in the beginning, and there were fewer casualties, but later on our transport company was really exhausted. The soldiers in the transport company carried boxes of grenades up there, and the area ahead was full of craters due to artillery fire, so cars couldn't drive up. Often a soldier in the transport company had to carry a box of grenades for a thousand meters before he could deliver it to the soldiers.

It took me 20 minutes of sweat to deliver them to you, and you used up this box of grenades in just five minutes.

"Lao Gao, can you please be a little more economical? My company has over a thousand people, and we have delivered thousands of boxes of grenades to you in just this afternoon." The commander of the transport company quickly found the commander of the seventh company in front. The seventh company swept the battlefield in the afternoon and used 7 boxes of grenades.

"Old squad leader, you are here, please take a seat." The company commander of the transport company is the old squad leader when the seventh company commander joined the army. Now both of them are company commanders, but the seventh company commander still remembers the friendship they had back then. When he sees the old squad leader, he still salutes!

"Old squad leader, look at the soldiers under my command, they are all a bunch of rookies. In the past, they have never seen a gun, let alone shooting. If you ask them to fight the Japanese head-on, won't this waste a lot of bullets? Can they save their lives? I was worried for the whole afternoon, and 12 people died with this kind of fighting method." The old squad leader glanced at the soldiers under the white cloth over there.

"Okay, it's not easy for you either. I'll go down and bring you some more grenades." When the transport company commander saw this situation, he knew there was nothing more to say. All the grenades had been used up and it was not a waste.

"Thank you so much, old squad leader. After this battle, I will definitely treat you to a drink." The captain of the seventh company saluted and watched the old squad leader's staggering figure walk out. If the old squad leader hadn't been injured, he would definitely be the battalion commander by now.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, the battlefield was considered to be cleaned up. Only 13 people were captured on the entire Japanese position. These 13 people were knocked unconscious by artillery shells. The rest were all killed in the battle, including the brigade commander Konosuke Matsushita.

"Telegram to the Central Government Military Command that our troops annihilated the Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Mixed Brigade on the afternoon of April 1." After hearing the news at the headquarters, Mao Yuanshan stood up and said to the south.