This is the independent battalion's attack position.

After the artillery battery launched a bombardment on the Japanese artillery position, Wang Chengzhu immediately led the main force of the independent battalion towards the attack position of the Japanese 4th Brigade.

"Brothers, charge and kill!"

Yoshida Jirio was the squadron leader of the Japanese reinforced squadron. After he saw the main force of the Independent Battalion approaching with great force, he immediately commanded the troops and relied on the favorable terrain to launch a blockade against the Independent Battalion.

However, as soon as the battle started, Yoshida Jirio was surprised to find that the soldiers of the independent battalion were in a strange formation that he had never seen before.

As a result, despite the full firepower of the Yoshida Squadron, it was still unable to resist the attack of the Independent Battalion and did not even cause many casualties.

In particular, as soon as his machine gunners fired, they would be immediately suppressed by the machine gun fire of the independent battalion. Then one or even several high-explosive grenades would fall from the sky, blowing away the machine gunners and their guns.

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As a result, the Yoshida Squadron was constantly suppressed and the casualties were much higher than those of the Independent Battalion.

"Baga!"

After Yoshida Jiri cursed secretly, he immediately sent someone to report the situation here to the brigade leader Nishiyama Masao.

After receiving the news, Nishiyama Masao immediately cursed angrily: "Baga! What a bunch of incompetent idiots. They couldn't attack the independent battalion's position, and now they can't even defend it!"

After scolding, Nishiyama Masao seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly his voice changed and he continued: "However, the independent battalion dares to take the initiative, which is exactly what I want!"

"Pass my order, the 1st Battalion, immediately change direction and eliminate all the independent camp Tubal Road who take the initiative!"

Hearing this, the Chief of Staff Tada Ichiro next to him hurriedly reminded: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, no! Our target at the moment should be the main force of the China Eighth Route Army, not the crippled independent battalion.

In addition, the Imperial Army's artillery positions were counterattacked by the Independent Battalion, resulting in considerable losses. If we deploy too many troops to deal with the Independent Battalion, we may have an empty front line, and the main force of the China Eighth Route Army will seize the opportunity and take advantage of it.

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Nishiyama Masao thought about it and felt that Tada Ichiro's analysis was quite reasonable, so he adopted the other party's opinion and said: "Tada-kun, your analysis is good! In this case, you will dispatch another reinforcement squadron, and another

Let the artillery brigade provide you with the necessary firepower guidance!"

"Hiyi!"

Ichiro Tada nodded heavily, and then led a reinforced squadron with about 300 people and rushed towards the Yoshida Squadron's blocking position.

With the reinforcements, the pressure on Yoshida Squadron was suddenly relieved a lot.

Yoshida Jirio went to Tada Ichiro and said: "Chief of Staff, you see, these China-Tuba Road formations seem to be scattered, but they are actually a whole.

If we attack one of the Chinese Tubalu, or a group of three Tubalu, we will definitely be attacked by the other two Tubalu, or several other groups of Tubalu!"

“In particular, these Tubal Roads are also extremely well-equipped, not only equipped with a large number of automatic weapons, but also many grenade launchers.

So much so that as soon as the machine gunners of the Imperial Army opened fire, they were immediately met with counterfire by the opponent, making it impossible for us to form effective counterfire."

Yoshida Jirio is indeed a battle-tested commander. Although he does not know the three-on-three tactics, he can still see the extraordinary nature of this tactic.

Ichiro Tada originally thought that this was just Yoshidajiri making excuses for his failure. However, after he personally commanded the battle, he suddenly realized that Yoshidajiri had not lied and was even a little conservative.

So much so that the sweat on his forehead suddenly flowed out.

Ichiro Tada wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "The formation of the Eighth Route Army Independent Battalion is indeed a bit weird! Notify the artillery brigade immediately and provide us with firepower guidance immediately!

Eliminate the machine gunners and grenadiers of the Independent Battalion of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Hiyi!"

One of the messengers gave a sharp pause, then turned around and headed towards the artillery position.

Prior to this, the Japanese artillery had been bombarding the artillery of the independent battalion for a while, and found that it was unable to lock the opponent's position for a while, thus causing effective damage to them. They had no choice but to move the artillery and change its position.

At this time, receiving an order from Chief of Staff Tada Ichiro, they immediately hurriedly turned their guns and aimed at the main force of the independent battalion that was launching an attack.

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On the other side, the main force of the independent battalion was less than 200 meters away from the Japanese blocking position. Naturally, what they used was the enhanced version of the three-three system tactic "invented" by Wang Chengzhu.

Because there are enough automatic weapons and grenade launchers, the power of this tactic has been greatly improved.

But I saw that these Eighth Route Army soldiers formed a combat group of three, three combat groups formed a squad, and three squads formed a combat group, constantly approaching.

Looking around, we can see that there is a certain distance between these combat groups and combat squads, and they are spread out in skirmish lines.

The entire attacking team seems to be scattered, but it is also a whole.

In this way, it can not only ensure the relative concentration of troops, but also avoid the danger of being hit by heavy firepower from the Japanese...

"Machine gun team, suppressive fire, quickly, stop these damn China Tubal Road!"

Upon receiving the order, a Japanese machine gunner immediately turned his gun and fired at the charging Eighth Route Army.

"Tu tu tu tu!——"

The Eighth Route Army soldier who rushed in front fell to death, and the other two soldiers quickly ducked to find a bunker to avoid, and the offensive collapsed.

However, the two combat groups on the side and rear opened fire quickly.

"Da da da!"

Gunshots rang out, and the Japanese machine gunners had to lower their heads to avoid, and the firepower stopped abruptly.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a grenade suddenly fell from the sky.

Just hearing a loud "bang", the Japanese machine gunner was blown away, including his man and his gun.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the third, fourth and fifth companies maintained a tacit understanding of the three-three formation and continued to move forward.

For a moment, the Japanese, who were already at an absolute disadvantage in terms of firepower, were stunned and had no idea how to resolve the independent battalion's attack.

However, the soldiers of the independent battalion always maintained their formation and suppressed firepower, taking no haste and moving forward step by step.

At this moment, a large piece of grenade suddenly passed over the Japs' heads and landed heavily on the independent battalion's charge group.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! -"

The grenades exploded one after another, sending up clusters of scarlet fire on the ground and throwing up large swaths of sand and gravel.

Several independent battalion soldiers near the impact point were directly thrown away by the blast wave, and they died before they even landed.

Fortunately, because the independent battalion maintained a relatively loose skirmish line, the Japanese artillery fire, although fierce, did not cause too many casualties to them.

At this time, as the Japanese artillery opened fire, Liu Qiang also locked the coordinates of their position again through the artillery mirror.
Chapter completed!