Rebirth of the National Marshal

With the explosion of a mortar shell, the last Czech light machine gun on the position was also destroyed. The Japanese veterans had very high accuracy in both shooting and shelling, which can be seen in later statistics, with an accuracy rate of over 60%.

The 33rd Division basically lost all its heavy firepower. In fact, in the eyes of other armies, the Czech light machine guns were far from being considered heavy firepower, but among a ragtag army like the 33rd Division, they were considered very heavy firepower.

There are less than 9000 people in the entire division, and nearly 2000 of them have been killed or wounded. The remaining soldiers have basically lost their fighting spirit. This cannot be blamed on them, as they do not have much time for training. The 29th Army Headquarters has already issued an order for them to defend their positions to the death and not retreat a single step.

"Division Commander, let the brothers on the front line withdraw. If they don't, we will destroy an entire regiment." Unable to grab the troops, looking at the casualty figures that kept being reported, he said with heartache that the 33rd Division was in an awkward position in the 29th Army. Every increase in manpower was a waste of their brainpower. Now, in less than half an hour, a regiment of troops was basically gone. It was really heartbreaking.

"We must not retreat a single step. This is an order from the military. Our reinforcements are on the way. Tell the brothers that they must hold on. Although our weapons, equipment and supplies are inferior to those of others, we cannot retreat when fighting the Japanese. We must let those in the military see that we are not raised by stepmothers." Division Commander Gao Rongfa was also a top student at the Baoding Military Academy. Unfortunately, he has no one to support him, so he can only be a division commander in a place like this. However, he is still determined to sacrifice his life for the country.

Even if they were not given any reinforcements, this battle had to be fought. Gao Rongfa still remembered the ambition he had set back then, which was to drive out the Japanese devils.

He thought so, but his brothers did not think so.

Especially the Second Regiment which is at the forefront.

They didn't even think of us when they were distributing equipment and salaries. Now the Japanese devils are heading towards our positions, saying that reinforcements are coming, but where are the reinforcements now?

"Hurry, everyone speed up the attack, they can't hold on any longer, open this place, we will attack Tianjin from here." The Japanese's words were also very funny, it was clearly a retreat line to Tianjin but they had to say it was an attack.

At this tense moment, Japanese planes suddenly appeared in the sky.

Six bombers directly turned the entire position into a sea of ​​fire. The Second Regiment, which had several hundred men just now, now had more than half of its members reduced.

Mao Yuanshan also saw the Japanese bombers in the distance. It was the first time he had seen bombers since that era.

I knew the importance of the air force in this era. In fact, the air force is very important in any era, but I still didn't expect it to be so important.

Just one wave of bombing made an entire regiment of troops lose their combat effectiveness. The Japanese devils quickly captured the second line of defense, and the battalion sent by the 12th Division was basically wiped out. Under the Japanese devils' bombs, neither the Northwest Army nor the Central Army had the power to fight back.

Fortunately, the Japanese planes did not carry many bombs, and they started to return after dropping the bombs.

If my army was at that location, there would be no way we could deal with the appearance of so many bombers, as we don't even have any anti-aircraft weapons.

Mao Yuanshan looked at the exchange space. It's not that there are no anti-aircraft weapons, and it's not that there are no problems with the aircraft, but there is no way to unlock them now, so he still needs military merits.

"Target the position of the 33rd Division and advance at full speed." Mao Yuanshan saw that the Northwest 33rd Division had already been defeated. There was no way to stop their retreat at this time. If people lost their courage, they could only run away.

The situation on the Central Army's 12th Division was better; at least it hadn't shown any signs of retreating.

However, it is impossible to rely on the 12th Division of the Central Army to stop two infantry regiments.

"Is the artillery ready? Let's fire a wave of artillery fire at the Japanese first." The soldiers of the security regiment quickly entered the third line of defense, which was also the last line of defense. Once it was lost, the road ahead would be flat. The Japanese from the two regiments would immediately rush to Tianjin, and the situation in the entire North China would change rapidly.

The soldiers of the security regiment had all been trained and knew what to do when faced with such a situation. The brothers who entered the trenches did not panic at all. They immediately took out all the grenades on their bodies and threw them out.

The Japanese soldiers who were charging in the front were immediately stunned by this blow.

The officers and soldiers of the 12th Division of the Central Army nearby were also dumbfounded. Why were there so many grenades? Don’t these things cost money? They saw continuous explosions in front of the security group’s position. In fact, only the first batch of Japanese were killed. The rest were all withdrawn. However, this slight pause reduced the Japanese’s offensive intention a lot. All they saw was the continuous explosions in front of them. That area was like a death zone.

No matter how the Japanese sergeant shouted and kicked and beat the soldiers, the soldiers did not dare to go over. It was like an insurmountable chasm. Anyone who went in would be torn to pieces by the grenades inside.

The people from the supply company at the back quickly sent over boxes of grenades. It would be impossible to achieve such an effect by relying on the grenades carried by the soldiers.

It was these more than 3000 grenades that bought time for the security regiment's artillery. Dozens of mortars had been installed and began to attack positions that grenades could not reach. They needed to buy time for the mountain artillery behind them.

When the Japanese devils saw the extension of the security regiment's artillery fire, they immediately began to retreat. Everyone knows that humans are always vulnerable compared to artillery shells. These Japanese were wondering how a mere security regiment could have as many artillery pieces as our entire division.

This can be regarded as the first attack of the Security Corps on the Japanese army. It can be said that this show was very well done. The Japanese devils left behind more than 800 corpses.

What bastards! They lost a battalion-equivalent of troops in just one encounter. The Japanese also went crazy. Takeshita Shun ordered his artillery to fight back.

The security soldiers who were observing from a high place immediately sent out a crisis signal. Mao Yuanshan waved his hand and all the artillerymen immediately withdrew to the anti-gun caves. Only the artillery outside was left there. There were not many shells anyway, so even if they exploded, there would not be much damage.

The people of the 12th Division of the Central Army were even more dumbfounded. Are you just going to throw away such good artillery? How much of a spendthrift are you? If you give us these things, you can arm a brigade.

The mortar position of the security regiment was quickly taken over, but the artillery positions of the Japanese devils were also exposed.

The infantry artillery that had just been assembled came in handy and immediately began to attack the Japanese artillery positions. The Japanese devils were not as wealthy as the Security Corps, and their artillerymen were busy collecting these weapons and equipment. Even though Japan was a developed country, in their minds, these artillery pieces were much more important than artillerymen.

It was because of this that six Type 85 infantry guns and artillerymen went to meet their Amaterasu.

The security corps only lost ten mortars.

In less than half an hour, the transport vehicles behind brought more than 20 mortars. Whoever suffered the most losses would go over to claim the rewards. Because of the security regiment's tactics, each mortar had only five shells around it. If these five shells were fired in the shortest time possible, the mission of the mortar would be accomplished.

The second batch of shells soon fell on the Japanese devils, and Takeshita Shun was even more puzzled. Didn't they just destroy one of their mortar positions? How come there are so many mortars again? How many mortars are there?

Toshiya Takeshita had observed the German army and believed that the German army was one level higher in modernization than the Japanese army. However, a German regiment did not have so many mortars. Could it be that the security regiment in front of him was really better equipped than the German army?

In fact, this is indeed the case. We have everything that the German army has, and we also have things that the German army doesn't have. The most important thing is that we don't care about quantity.

According to our Young Master Mao, as long as people are alive, everything can come out again.

The soldiers of the security corps gradually accepted this people-oriented idea.

Although this was the last line of defense, it was gradually stabilized under the attack of grenades and mortars, and even the second line of defense had been attacked in some local areas.

In less than an hour, the Japanese turned from the attacker to the defender and the security team only paid the price of less than 50 people.

Most of the personnel of the 33rd Division of the Northwest Army have fled, but there are less than 1000 people left, and their position has to be handed over to the security regiment to defend.

"Take good care of these soldiers who stayed behind. They are the real elite. Their weapons and bodies are inferior to those of others, but they have not retreated yet. This shows that their fighting will is much stronger than that of the Japanese devils. You go and take good care of them. As long as you can keep them and as long as they join the security corps, I will give you five dollars for each of them." Mao Yuanshan also realized that the 33rd Division of the Northwest Army would definitely be downgraded after the war. Since your original structure is gone, of course I can poach your people blatantly.

As for the 12th Division of the Central Army, they look down on these ragtag troops. Since the Security Corps likes you, just go and poach you.

Gao Rongfa, the former commander of the 33rd Division, is now wounded and has been sent to a field hospital by the soldiers of the security regiment. Since the superiors are gone, the remaining soldiers really don't have much combat effectiveness.

"Commander, let me tell you the truth, most of the people in the 33rd Division are not good people, but the remaining thousands of brothers are really good. Look at the weapons they used. They didn't let the Japanese rush over." Zhuzi took a look at the remaining weapons and ammunition on the battlefield. All of them were outdated. The remaining thousands of brothers relied on these things to block the Japanese. There was even an average of less than one bullet per person. If the brothers from the security regiment didn't come, hand-to-hand combat would have begun.

"So these talents are precious. Let our people treat their wounds well and win them over. If they can stay in the security regiment, we will have no problem expanding it by another regiment." After this battle, Mao Yuanshan still felt that his troops were insufficient. If he had one more regiment, what would be sent to Tianjin would not be an independent battalion, but an independent regiment. He might even be promoted to the commander of the security brigade.