Anti-Japanese Invincible God of War

And in this battle of Xuzhou, because of sufficient preparations, the troops controlled by the Central Army have a great advantage, and because Xuzhou's geographical location is too important to allow any losses, the Central Army's will to resist is still very strong!

You must know that once Xuzhou falls, the Japanese army will be able to connect the north and south battlefields into one piece, and they can go straight to Wuhan. At that time, most of the Republic of China will fall into the hands of the Japanese army. This is definitely not what the upper echelons want to see!

That's why so many troops were assembled to organize a large-scale battle with the Japanese army in Xuzhou!

Main Text Chapter 78 The Battle of Chihe Begins

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Major General Katayama Riichiro, the brigade commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade under the jurisdiction of the [-]rd Division of the Japanese Army, was in the rear position, looking at the defenders' positions in the distance with binoculars.

He only saw that these defenders were already in full battle, all kinds of fortifications had been completed, and they were staring at his troops.

However, the careful Ichiro Katayama found that the soldiers guarding the opposite side had a look of panic and fear in their eyes, and the corners of their mouths could not help but draw an arc.

"These Chinese people are still as timid as ever!" Katayama Riichiro said with a smile to the chief of staff beside him: "With such an army, it is so possible to stop the pace of our big RB empire? You said they knew Resisting is death, why do you have to struggle? Why not lay down your weapons and obediently let the warriors of our empire kill you!"

While speaking, he was full of contempt for the defenders, his tone was relaxed, and he couldn't see the urgency of the upcoming battle at all.

In fact, these arrogant Japanese soldiers, including generals, basically thought highly of themselves when fighting the defenders of the Republic of China, and did not take the defenders seriously.

Hearing Katayama Riichiro's words, the chief of staff beside him also said relaxedly: "Who knows! Who knows what these ignorant Chinese people are thinking!"

"As a strong person, you only need to despise the weak. Would you still guess what the weak are thinking? Isn't this ridiculous!"

After finishing speaking, he laughed again, and Katayama Riichiro also laughed wildly, completely ignoring the defenders on the opposite side.

"Okay, Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the Division Commander's order is important, let's take down this position first! I have to wait for the Division Commander's next combat mission!" Saying this, the Chief of Staff waved his hand and said Walking towards the headquarters, completely ignoring the battle here.

"That's right, let's take down this position first!" Riichiro Katayama also nodded with a chuckle.

During the conversation between the two, it seemed that the Chihe position on the opposite side was already in their pocket.

In fact, this is exactly the case. In the minds of the officers of the Japanese army, with the strength of a brigade, can they still not be able to take down this small blocking position in front of them?

Riichiro Katayama drew out his command saber, pointed it far ahead, and shouted: "Kill it!"

"Onboard!"

When a brigade of Japanese soldiers heard the order, they immediately shouted, and then bent forward with their rifles in their hands and attacked forward.

"Brothers, hit me! Nail the little devil here!"

Seeing the Japanese army coming to attack, Wang Zanbin, commander of the 31th Division of the 174st Army of the Defending Army, picked up his rifle and killed a little devil with a snap, and then shouted loudly.

The gunshot, as if it was just a prelude, immediately opened the curtain!

All of a sudden, there was a lot of chaotic gunfire.

Under the command of the captain, the soldiers of the little devil's brigade rushed towards the Chihe position with howls. The Japanese army formed a skirmish line, a group of three, and cooperated with each other to attack and defend. The rifles in their hands kept shooting at the defenders. go.

The defenders were naturally not to be outdone, and counterattacked with strong firepower.

The two sides came and went, the chaotic gunfire continued, and both sides suffered casualties. However, under the strong counterattack of the defenders, a brigade of the Japanese army could not rush forward at all. They could only retreat after leaving the corpses on the ground. went back.

"Hurry up, notify the Artillery Wing, and shell immediately! Blow up all the Chinese troops on the opposite side!" The first wave of attack failed, which made Katayama Satoichiro a little unhappy, and immediately said to an officer beside him.

In his past, as soon as his troops fired, he estimated that the opponent's defenders would throw up their armor and flee, but he didn't expect that the opponent would still have the courage to resist!

"People from China, everyone is dead!" Riichiro Katayama thought angrily.

The third division is the first-class division of the Japanese army, and it is also one of the first new armies among so many divisions of the Japanese army.

Compared with other divisions, even compared to other same first-class divisions, although the third division is also composed of two infantry brigades, the artillery of the third division is more advanced than other divisions. A lot more!

Ordinary Class A divisions have only one regiment of artillery in the division, but the third division is equipped with artillery from a brigade!

It was the First Brigade of the Japanese Field Heavy Artillery!

The First Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery has three regiments under its jurisdiction, namely, the Second and Third Field Artillery Regiments and the Third Field Artillery Regiment!

Needless to say, the other things of the third division, the artillery firepower alone is already very strong!

And now Katayama Sato Ichiro's fifth infantry brigade led troops to attack Chihe, and also brought the second field heavy artillery regiment with them!

At this time, after receiving the order from Riichiro Katayama, in an artillery position on the left rear side of the Japanese army position, the commander of the regiment, Onogi Kazuki, immediately ordered: "Your Excellency, the brigade commander, ordered us to start shelling the Chinese army immediately!"

"Hi!"

Hearing this, an officer bowed to salute, and then nodded to the two standard bearers next to him. The two standard bearers directly raised the chess pieces in their hands and began to direct the artillery.

Soon, on the artillery position, some artillerymen stood up and said, "Report to Your Excellency, Captain, the shells are loaded!"

"Yaoxi!" Onogi nodded in satisfaction, pulled out his command knife, and shouted loudly: "Get ready!"

"put!"

"Boom~Boom~Boom~~"

With a single shot, the cannonballs shot into the sky one after another from the cannons. The strong recoil pushed the cannons back a certain distance, and the shock wave rolled up the sand and rocks, causing a burst of smoke and dust on the ground.

But at this time, the shells in the sky were smashing into the distance, and the target was the garrison position of the 174th division in the Chihe position.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Wang Zanbin, the commander of the 174th Division who was leading the soldiers to stop the Japanese army, suddenly heard a screaming sound coming from the sky.

Suddenly startled, I couldn't help shouting loudly: "Get down quickly! The little devil's shells are coming!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

As soon as the words fell, shells landed directly near the position one after another. Nearly half of the shells hit the position accurately, but some shells deviated from their positions.

This is just that the first round of the Japanese army's test accuracy is not very accurate. When the next round, the Japanese army's shells will all pour over!

However, even so, part of the position has been swallowed up by artillery fire!

The shells exploded, kicking up a large expanse of soil, and the defensive positions built by such bombardments were blown to pieces like paper.

The firepower blockhouse built by the geotechnical fortification was directly pulled out by the shells, and the broken wood and sand were thrown into the air, and then fell heavily.

Some soldiers were hit directly by shells before they could dodge, and their entire bodies were blown into a pile of fly ash.

Although some soldiers were not directly hit by the shells, they were shot to death by the shock wave of the explosion and the scattered shrapnel.

Main Text Chapter 79 Bloody Battle in Chihe

"Damn it!" Seeing this scene, Wang Zanbin punched the sandbag in front of him fiercely, his eyes were a little red, and he wanted to rescue him, but he was powerless.