Chapter fifty-seven heavy losses
"Sun Changwu, Chen Dehai. Where are your artillery soldiers? Also open fire for me. Add another fire to the Japanese, it is best to let them all be killed!" Qin Shou shouted at the top of his throat.
"Yes, commander!" Sun Changwu and Chen Dehai answered quickly.
The artillery under their command had actually been ready to go, but they had never received the order to open fire.
The violent artillery bombardment of the artillery regiment certainly opened their eyes. But at the same time, the artillery battalions under the 1st and 3rd Regiments also wanted to join in and use their cannons to bombard the Japanese.
After receiving the order, the two artillery battalions immediately took action.
Each artillery battalion is equipped with 6 Type 94 75mm mountain cannons, 12 Type 95 75mm field cannons, and 6 Type 97 150mm medium-sized mortars. At this moment, the 46th Japanese Regiment is almost within the range of these artillery. Therefore, they can also come in handy.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
After the artillery of the two artillery battalions joined the artillery, the artillery fire suffered by the Japanese 46th Regiment became even more intense.
The Japanese officers and soldiers could only lie on the ground and avoid shells. The plain outside Myitkyina city had a flat terrain, and there was not even a place for them to hide. They had no other way except to pray to God and pray that the shells would not fall on their heads.
The fierce shelling of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army lasted for half an hour before it ended.
After the artillery bombardment, the artillery soldiers of the artillery regiment were all exhausted and many people could not lift their hands.
Of course, such a level is undoubtedly seriously insufficient. A truly first-class artillery must be able to fire artillery for an hour in a row. However, these artillery soldiers of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army were rescued from the prisoner-of-war camp. They have been abused by the Japanese for so long, and their physical fitness has been greatly affected. They have only been recovering for a few days now, and their physical strength has not been restored. Once they recover, they will naturally be even more powerful.
Although the artillery battalions of the 1st and 3rd Regiments still had enough energy, the artillery bombardment was also stopped.
After being ravaged by artillery fire for so long, the Japanese Army's 46th Regiment suffered a lot of losses. There is no need to continue shelling. If it continues, it will be just a waste of shells.
Although there are still many shells in the arsenal promised by Myitkyina. They still have to keep it and prepare to deal with the more fierce counterattack of the Japanese army. It can be imagined with their toes that after the Japanese 112th and 46th registrars were wiped out one after another, the Japanese army would never swallow this. Their four divisions in Myanmar would inevitably siege the Japanese National Salvation Army. At that time, it would be very difficult to say whether the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army could withstand it.
"Captain, the Japanese have been bombarded for so long, and the losses must have been very large." Liu Shiquan said.
"Well! The Japanese were too confident. After arriving, they had not even built fortifications. This was clearly just for us to shell. In this case, their casualties would naturally be very large." Qin Shou smiled.
The greater the casualties of the Japanese army, the more beneficial it will be to fight against the Japanese and national salvation army. They will be able to destroy them at the smaller cost.
"The 1st and 3rd Regiments should be vigilant. If the Japanese army dares to launch an attack, then use powerful firepower to destroy them."
"Commander, the Japanese may not dare to attack, right?" Liu Shiquan was a little worried. If the Japanese army dared to launch an attack under such great losses, then it would be that their brains were caught by the door.
Qin Shou nodded: "That's true, but Japanese* himself has always been paranoid. Maybe they will be determined to die? However, if they do not take the initiative to attack, then we have to take the initiative to attack. Once the Japanese remnants resist desperately and the trapped beasts are still fighting, this will probably be a considerable price for us."
As soon as he said this, Qin Shou couldn't help frowning. But then, his brows stretched out.
It is impossible for the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army to become a truly powerful army without experiencing the test of blood and fire. In this process, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army will definitely pay a considerable price. However, this is impossible to avoid. Only after experiencing life and death and seeing blood on the battlefield will the new recruits become veterans and then transform into elite soldiers step by step.
"Let the 1st and 3rd regiments be prepared. If the Japanese do not take the initiative to attack, then we will take the initiative to attack. No matter what, all the Japanese will be eliminated here this time." Qin Shou undoubtedly made up his mind.
"Yes, the leader." Liu Shiquan nodded.
The Japanese army's positions had become a mess at this moment. The whole scene was like hell.
There were craters of different sizes everywhere, just like the surface of the moon. The torn Japanese corpses were everywhere. There were also many broken limbs and broken arms scattered all over the ground.
The Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to die were all pale and their eyes were full of fear. They seemed to be greatly frightened.
Indeed, they were very frightened by the violent artillery attacks of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army just now. This is definitely the violent artillery attacks that these Japanese soldiers had never experienced before after entering the battlefield in Myanmar.
"Cough cough!" Kochigi Komori coughed twice and got up from the ground. Because of Major Yamane Goro's protection, he was intact and had no injuries at all.
Major Goro Yamane was also lucky and was not injured.
However, at this moment, they were in a very embarrassing state. The military uniforms were covered with sand and even their faces. However, they no longer cared about so much.
When the scenes around them came into their eyes, their faces were as dark as if they were the bottom of the pot.
"Baga! Damn Chinese people, do they actually have so many artillery soldiers? Why did they not execute them all after they caught those Chinese people before? In that case, there would be no current situation." Colonel Tochigi cursed.
Of course, he can only vent his anger in this way now. After catching a large number of expeditionary army prisoners, they only thought about how to use these prisoners of war to develop Myanmar and realize the strategy of Japan to support war. Even if they abuse these prisoners of war occasionally, they would not be willing to kill them. This led to the results today.
"Your Excellency the United Captain, our losses are probably more than half. What should we do next?" Major Goro Yamane looked depressed.
The two sides had just fought, and they lost half of their troops under the fierce shelling of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army. There was no way to continue this battle.
Chapter completed!