Chapter 112: Too Clever By Half
This small group wanting to block Li Yunlong and Ding Wei’s troops was naturally impossible.
Leave some soldiers here to wear them down.
Meanwhile, another Hell Cannon quietly aimed at the ammunition truck in the mechanized troops.
That previous shot had truly extraordinary effects.
What in this world is the easiest way to achieve results?
That is replication.
So, since hitting the ammunition transport vehicles in the mechanized troops worked well, keep blasting the damn things!
Boom!
Another Hell Cannon shell fired out of the barrel.
An ammunition transport vehicle was hit, and another massive fireball erupted skyward!
The powerful shockwave swept away two transport vehicles nearby, and their ammunition also detonated.
Two large fireballs rose up in succession, and more war vehicles were affected and damaged.
The Mechanized Regiment’s combat power, though not as great a loss as the first shot, was now nearly a fifth gone.
Li Yunlong still felt some regret: “Blowing up the Japanese Invaders’ ammunition transport vehicles works well, but losing that ammunition is also our loss.”
In the plan, we were supposed to strike at the Japanese Invaders’ rear, and those ammunition vehicles were all to be looted.
Now blowing up the ammunition just means fewer things for us.
Ding Wei, however, said: “Old Li, you can’t take everything. When the time comes to seize an opportunity amidst danger, the main target is equipment that can produce bullets, and supplies and ammunition are secondary. When we strike from the rear, we’ll definitely hit the Japanese Invaders where it hurts, and they’ll turn around at all costs to deal with us. In an emergency, we can’t take all the supplies and ammunition anyway—better to let the Japanese Invaders blow it up.”
Besides, destroying some of the Japanese Invaders’ ammunition now is also beneficial for the later actions.
With insufficient ammunition, the Japanese Invaders will have to hold back when fighting Chu Yunfei.
When we snatch things and run later, if the Japanese Invaders lack ammunition, they won’t be able to stop us!
Ding Wei instead thought these ammunition transport trucks should be blown up—not only should they be blown up, but all of them should be destroyed for the Japanese Invaders.
Of course, the idea is good, but our cannonballs are limited.
We can’t use them all up now; when seizing an opportunity amidst danger later, we can’t be without artillery cover!
“Damn it, I just want to take all the cheap advantages—can’t I?!” Li Yunlong understood Ding Wei’s meaning, but still grumbled.
“Baka, damn it!” Ueno no Mura saw the Tank Regiment’s combat power lose nearly another fifth, and the rage suppressed in his heart burned fiercely again. “It seems unless we take out the Eighth Route Army’s heavy cannons, I won’t be leaving today!”
Even in fights with China regular army, the losses never reached half.
Here with the Eighth Route Army, losses are nearly half—this is truly intolerable!
Kuroshima Morita’s face was also extremely grim: “Ueno, it seems you and I need to find a way to wipe out this group of Eighth Route Army completely.”
“Kuroshima, do you have some method?” Ueno no Mura asked.
“We’ll take a detour.” Kuroshima Morita took out the map, spread it in front of Ueno no Mura, and pointed as he said:
“The Eighth Route Army knows we’re rushing to reinforce the Iron Smelting Plant and will take the shortest route, so they’ve prepared harassment along the way in advance. If you and I continue on the original plan, besides getting battered again, we’ll miss the reinforcement time. But if we detour, we avoid the Eighth Route Army’s harassment route. The route we choose won’t be much longer. If we change course, if you were the Eighth Route Army, what would you do?”
Ueno no Mura blurted out upon hearing this: “Needless to say, the Eighth Route Army’s harassment aims to delay us, buying time for them to loot the Iron Smelting Plant. Once we detour and avoid it, the Eighth Route Army will panic. Then, they’ll fight desperately to hold us back at all costs. Yosh! That way, they’ll have to commit all their troops.”
As long as the Eighth Route Army commits all their troops to fight us head-on, that’s our chance to eat them up.
Though this will delay us some time, compared to the delay from Eighth Route Army harassment, it’s nothing.
“Then let’s detour immediately and tell Kasahara-kun to cooperate well.” Kuroshima Morita said, “When the Eighth Route Army main force comes out, he’ll contain them from the front, and you and I will encircle from left and right. If done right, battle resolved in half an hour.”
“Mm, good.”
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“Old Ding, look, this group of Japanese Invaders is pretty smart, taking a detour to avoid our upcoming harassment.” The Japanese Invaders detoured, and Li Yunlong smiled as he said to Ding Wei, “Damn, they picked a good route—this detour is perfect for cavalry and armored vehicles to encircle from left and right.”
“The Japanese Invaders are clearly trying to lure our main force into a hard fight and then annihilate us— no such cheap deal.” Ding Wei sneered disdainfully, “So we’ll turn the enemy’s plan to our own advantage and let these Japanese Invaders outsmart themselves.”
This place was very close to Chu Yunfei’s 358th Regiment garrison.
As soon as we show up, and the Japanese Invaders chase over, half the task is done.
“We still need to make it look convincing, so the Japanese Invaders think we’ve panicked, afraid they’ll detour to reinforce the Iron Smelting Plant.” Li Yunlong added.
“Of course.”
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Thus, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei deliberately revealed their main force’s presence and opened fierce fire toward Kuroshima Morita’s side.
“Yosh, Ueno, see? The Eighth Route Army fell into the trap—they’re afraid we’ll detour and have come out.” Facing this, Kuroshima Morita’s face showed a ferocious smile.
“Damn Eighth Route Army, always hiding in the shadows controlling the initiative—we’ve been too passive. Now the initiative is in our hands, so let this bunch of Eighth Route Army go meet their King of Hell.” Ueno no Mura gnashed his teeth and immediately roared at Kasahara Koizumi: “Kasahara-kun, contain the Eighth Route Army from the front; Black Island and I will encircle from left and right.”
“Yes.” Kasahara Koizumi commanded the Infantry Regiment and immediately pressed toward Li Yunlong and Ding Wei.
“Ueno, let’s go!” Kuroshima Morita shouted to Ueno no Mura, then immediately led the Cavalry Regiment to encircle from the left flank.
Ueno no Mura led the remaining tanks and set off immediately, encircling from the right flank.
“Regiment Commander, the Japanese Invaders’ Cavalry Regiment and Tank Regiment are encircling us from left and right.” As soon as the Japanese Invaders’ cavalry and tanks moved, Li Yunlong’s eyes and ears spotted it.
“Got it, withdraw.” Li Yunlong immediately roared, “Withdraw toward the Jin Sui Army 358th Regiment’s defense zone, fastest speed!”
As Li Yunlong and Ding Wei ran, the frontal attacker Kasahara Koizumi sneered coldly: “Hmph, since you’ve come out, don’t think you can run—pursue them, don’t let a single Eighth Route Army escape!”
Kuroshima Morita also roared in fury: “These damn Eighth Route Army finally know fear? Accelerate, get ahead of them, and cut off their retreat!”
Ueno no Mura: “You pay for what you do out there! Damn Eighth Route Army, prepare to face the rage—tank warriors, floor the accelerator!”
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