Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

The Type 92 infantry gun was a piece of artillery with quite good performance produced by the Japanese army during the Sino-Japanese War.

Although it has a caliber of only 70mm, compared with Western heavy howitzers and mountain cannons that often have a caliber of over 100mm, this caliber can only be considered a light artillery at best.

But its advantage lies in its stable combat performance in all aspects. In addition, the entire gun weighs only more than 200 kilograms, which is easy to conceal and transport.

It is an important supporting artillery at the Japanese battalion level.

The combat effectiveness of a Japanese battalion equipped with Type 92 infantry guns is obviously much stronger than that of a Japanese battalion without infantry guns.

On the battlefield behind enemy lines, a Japanese battalion once lost an infantry gun, which was later captured by the local Eighth Route Army.

However, the Eighth Route Army could not produce the corresponding infantry artillery shells, so they could only treat the infantry artillery as scrap metal.

The Japanese captain even wrote a letter to the Eighth Route Army personally, expressing his willingness to exchange supplies or equipment for the infantry gun that had run out of ammunition.

This shows how much the Japanese army valued infantry artillery.

The combat capability of this artillery can also be demonstrated.

So when the two sides were fighting, the old devil Nanyuan made the following deployment:

They launched a feint attack from the front and dispatched two other groups of troops to launch a surprise attack from the rear in an attempt to seize the two infantry guns.

He was even reluctant to fight back with his own artillery, for fear of destroying the two infantry guns in the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

The two infantry guns in the hands of the Eighth Route Army only fired a dozen shots before there was no further movement.

Nan Yuan, who noticed the situation, was surprised and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

To be honest, even the artillery assigned to his Namwon Battalion only had the two infantry guns assigned to that artillery squad.

If the Eighth Route Army had sufficient infantry artillery ammunition.

With the help of infantry artillery firepower for defense, it would not be easy for the Japanese army to break through the Eighth Route Army's fortifications.

Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army's infantry artillery fire soon stopped.

Lieutenant Colonel Nanyuan immediately made a conclusion: "Although the Eighth Route Army has captured the artillery of the Imperial Army, they are short of ammunition after all. It seems that they have run out of shells."

"Then it's our turn to attack!"

"attack--"

Nan Yuan decisively issued an order and put forward a slogan: "Eliminate the Eighth Route Army and seize back the infantry artillery."

The Japanese army attacked from three directions: the front, the left and right wings.

It was just a fully-strength battalion of the Japanese army, but it was equipped with more than 30 small-caliber support artillery and Type 30 grenade launchers, as well as more than 12 light machine guns and heavy machine guns.

Facing the Japs' absolute superior firepower.

The defending Eighth Route Army troops were completely suppressed and casualties increased rapidly.

The two sides fought fiercely for less than 20 minutes.

The garrisoned Eighth Route Army soldiers were unable to withstand the fierce enemy artillery fire and were forced to evacuate from their fortifications.

——Of course, when evacuating, several soldiers dragged the two infantry guns away.

The troops continued to withdraw to the core area of ​​the independent regiment's base.

On the surface, it seems that the Eighth Route Army was defeated by the Japanese Army and chose to retreat.

Lieutenant Colonel Nanyuan saw this scene through the telescope, and clearly saw that the two infantry guns he had been thinking about were being pulled farther and farther away by the Eighth Route Army.

Under such temptation.

How could he have the patience to consider whether there was an ambush by the Eighth Route Army if he continued to pursue further?

In a series of battles along the way, the Eighth Route Army's equipment level was exposed. Even the main force in front of them, which had two infantry guns, was no more equipped than this.

Nan Yuan became arrogant because of this and thought that the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army was just so-so.

What's there to fear?

"Keep chasing!"

The arrogant Nan Yuan issued an order without hesitation. He would not give up until the two lost infantry guns were recovered...

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(Sorry, brothers, I have to visit a sick family member these days, so I may not be able to update on time in the next three to five days, but I will update steadily after that, and I will definitely finish the book seriously. This is the basic character of an old author!)