Chapter 41: The Annihilation of the Honda Alliance in Xinghe County Defense War

  Soldiers are the general's guts, and generals are the soldiers' souls. Chen Feng personally went to the battlefield to fight against the little devils with bayonets, and his guiding role for the entire army is beyond doubt. Even the regiment commander isn't afraid of death, what do these little soldier kids have to be afraid of? Damn it!

  The bayonet charge was originally a strong point of the Japanese army, but the combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers who lost their command was not as strong as their officers imagined, and their fighting will was not as tenacious as the Japanese general headquarters propaganda. Under the strong attack of the security team, the Japanese army was defeated one after another, and they were forced to retreat from the outer perimeter of Xinping to the command post of Honda Shingo.

  The battle in the south was even more unbearable, as Sasaki's brigade was originally a battered brigade, and its troops had been heavily damaged by the security regiment yesterday. The entire brigade had only three or four hundred men who could fight, including lightly wounded soldiers. Even with the addition of some direct units from the coalition forces, there were only six or seven hundred people, while Li Wensheng's unit had more than two thousand people, and was also equipped with a large number of automatic firepower.

  So the battle in the south was one-sided from the start, Li Wensheng's tactical command ability was still quite good, he didn't disperse the machine guns for use, but instead concentrated all the light machine guns of the Security First Regiment, plus the Machine Gun Battalion directly under the Garrison Command, a total of 66 light machine guns formed a firepower strike team, and the little devils who rushed up were just a burst of fire.

  By one o'clock in the afternoon, Honda's troops had been reduced to less than six hundred men and were surrounded on a small hill, fighting desperately.

  On the other hand, the 15th Brigade's 2nd Regiment, which was advancing independently, also found itself in a fierce battle. Unlike Honda's regiment, the 2nd Regiment of the 15th Brigade was being harassed by an invisible enemy. The troops had not yet reached Sekibutsu Temple when they were ambushed for the first time. This ambush came suddenly, without any gunfire or artillery fire. As the soldiers marched, more than a dozen drivers of the cars suddenly let out cries of despair and then had their brains blown out. With the death of the drivers, the cars began to lose control, and before the soldiers could react, they crashed down the mountain slope.

  Cries of agony rose, and in less than a minute, nearly 100 people were killed. Unlike ordinary ambushes, this one was mysterious and sinister, with all the drivers who were hit being struck at vital points, dying instantly, their bodies extremely gruesome. Many soldiers were also affected by the cars, with nearly 200 deaths and hundreds injured in the first wave of attacks.

  The commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 15th Brigade, Yamaguchi Shizuo, was an old officer who had been in the military for over twenty years and had a wealth of combat experience. When the unit was suddenly attacked, he loudly shouted: "It's a Chinese sniper, immediately launch a counterattack."

  Yamaguchi's order was broadcast through the loudspeaker, and the panicked Japanese army seemed to have found its backbone. One by one, they surrounded Yamaguchi's armored vehicle, opening fire in counterattack. As it was unclear where the enemy was, more than 10,000 Japanese puppet troops lay on the ground, firing wildly in all directions. For a time, the long column of troops was filled with the sound of gunfire, and the momentum was quite astonishing.

  Not far away, Xu Bao took a look at the Japanese army making a mess on the mountain road below, and quietly made a gesture, meaning: "Free shooting, retreat to the next sniper position in one minute."

  Soon, another wave of miserable cries erupted from the Japanese army's main force, and dozens of poorly hidden soldiers were blown up. All sniper rifles of the special forces were equipped with silencers, so the Japanese only heard their own people constantly crying out in misery, then being killed one after another, but they couldn't figure out where the enemy was.

  However, some experienced grassroots officers and old soldiers are still very fierce. They can roughly judge the hiding direction of the sniper based on the direction in which the devils fall to the ground and the degree of injury when they are hit.

  The terrified Japanese army, under the command of these grassroots officers and veterans, frantically fired back at the surrounding gentle slopes and cliffs, which also exposed some sniper positions of the special forces.

  These little devils are still very formidable, once they discover Chinese snipers, they immediately order mortar gunners and grenade launchers to open fire in pursuit. Two snipers were killed by the Japanese mortars due to their lack of experience.

  It took half an hour for the Yamaguchi Allied Forces to finally calm down, and after a brief clearing of casualties, Yamaguchi Town's champion was about to spit blood, with 351 deaths, 611 injuries, and a total of 962 casualties, not counting the fake army on the side.

  It's no wonder that the Yamaguchi-gumi suffered such heavy casualties. After all, the Special Warfare Unit is one of the main trump cards for Mok Seung-lin in this era. The hard work and dedication invested in the Special Warfare Unit far surpasses that of the Security Regiment. The training outline for the Special Warfare Unit was personally formulated by Chen Feng himself, and most of the time, Chen Feng led the team in person during training sessions.

  More importantly, Chen Feng was very clear about what kind of soldier was the most important in the special forces. If we're talking about long-range attacks, then snipers are undoubtedly the most powerful in the special forces, so Chen Feng required that every member of the special forces must have a design level that can achieve 90 rings or more with just 10 bullets.

  This has resulted in a severe imbalance in the proportion of snipers to other troops in the special forces, with over 90 snipers among more than 200 special forces personnel. Of course, the special forces personnel trained by Chen Feng are all multi-talented, and although some team members hold sniper rifles, they may not necessarily be snipers, but rather other types of soldiers. In short, these people can handle the tasks of snipers, as well as those of other troops.

  This time, the special forces dispatched all the snipers who could use sniper rifles to ambush the Yamaguchi-gumi organization. More than 90 snipers launched a joint attack, and their firepower was not simply a matter of one plus one.

  In one minute, to ensure the hit rate of shooting, each sniper can shoot at least ten bullets. More than 90 snipers, 90 snipers are 900 bullets, so in just a few minutes, the Yamaguchi team was shot into that dog's nature.

  It has been some time since the Chinese sniper had taken action, so Yamaguchi Tadashi hastily dispatched an infantry squad to conduct a firepower reconnaissance on both sides of the gentle slope and ridge. The result of the reconnaissance was naturally nothing, as the Chinese army had already withdrawn.

  However, before the mountain mouth town had time to catch its breath, another mournful cry of despair rose from the front. The small infantry squad that was sent out as vanguard was completely annihilated in less than half a minute, not a single person survived.

  This time, the Japanese army hiding in the distance finally saw the enemy clearly, and it turned out that it was done by dozens of extremely scattered Chinese soldiers, with a small number of people, only a few dozen.

  Yamaguchi Town is furious, the elite army of the great Japanese Empire was actually blocked by only a few dozen Chinese soldiers, it's simply a huge shame.

  Under the command of Yamaguchi Taizō, a company of infantrymen launched a group charge. Unfortunately, they were blown back by a dense minefield halfway through, and with the added impact of Chinese snipers, less than 100 men from the company returned, while over 110 fell on the road.

  Helpless, Major Yamaguchi could only order the tank to fire immediately, using the long-range striking means of the tank to drive away the sniper. He was very clear that when dealing with a mysterious and powerful sniper, only artillery and snipers were the most suitable.

  As expected, with the cooperation of more than 30 tanks, the Japanese snipers were quickly driven away. The troops continued to advance forward, but the large minefields laid out by the special forces gave the Yamaguchi Brigade a hard time.

  After two troop transports and dozens of Japanese soldiers were blown up, Yamaguchi had no choice but to send out sappers to clear the mines, followed by infantry and cavalry.

  However, this strategy was stopped by Yamaguchi-machi no Yū in less than two minutes. The reason was that the cunning Chinese sniper was hiding in a dark place and specifically targeting the Imperial Army's engineer soldiers. A small team of engineer soldiers was almost completely wiped out in less than half an hour.

  Moreover, the speed of mine clearance by the engineer troops was relatively slow, and Honda Shin'ichi's side was almost unable to hold on. Tōjō had already sent him three consecutive telegrams with severe wording, ordering the Yamaguchi Brigade to speed up its march and arrive at the battlefield within an hour, otherwise the Honda Brigade would become the first complete infantry brigade of the Great Japanese Empire to be annihilated in China.

  These are not the main points, the main point is that General Tōjō added a sentence at the end of the telegram, if the rescue was not in time and the Honda detachment was annihilated, he would have to commit seppuku as the commander of the regiment.

  Cornered Yamaguchi looked coldly at the mountain road in front of him, which was like a tiger's mouth, and ordered the Ninth Cavalry Division of the Imperial Japanese Army to dispatch 200 war horses and a cavalry company to conduct artificial mine clearance.

  What is called artificial thunder, is that the cavalry drives the war horse to advance and retreat back and forth, detonating all the landmines in the minefield, in order to achieve the effect of clearing mines. Anyway, the ones running in the front are just a batch of war horses, even if there are a few occasional leaks, they will not cause much harm to the soldiers of the cavalry regiment.

  Moreover, in the eyes of Xiong Yan in Shangkou Town, the Imperial Japanese Army, whether soldiers or officers, were nothing more than a dog raised by the great Japanese Empire. As a dog, they had to serve their master and even sacrifice their lives if necessary to protect them.

  Although this method is sinister, the effect is indeed effective. In just half an hour, the Japanese army advanced more than ten kilometers forward, and the distance to the main battlefield was less than twenty kilometers away.

  The Japanese army, who had steeled themselves and were determined to get through at all costs, was met with Xu Bao's cold order: "Blow up the bridge!"

  Yes

  Xu Bao's bridge refers to the more than a dozen small stone bridges on the road from Xuanjia Tower to Xinpingbao. These stone bridges are not too big, and defending them is not of much value. Since the devils came with great momentum, the special warfare team had no choice but to use blasting bridges to block the Japanese army.

  Under Xu's command, the four two-to-ten-span stone arch bridges were reduced to rubble in the thunderous explosions of the bombs, blocking the Japanese tanks and troop carriers on the other side of the bridge.