Chapter 113: Three Heavy Cannons Aren’t For Show!
Jin Sui Army 358th Regiment
Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong, the two of them, were not staying in the regimental command post.
Instead, they came to the frontline position.
In this regard, Chu Yunfei was the same as Li Yunlong.
Every time there was a tough battle to fight, Chu Yunfei would personally go to the frontline position to boost morale!
“Brothers, as long as this battle is fought brilliantly, I’ll give you canned food…” Chu Yunfei hadn’t even finished speaking.
Outside the frontline position, over there came a rumbling noise, like an avalanche, from far to near.
Chu Yunfei immediately picked up the telescope to look, and the scene in the telescope made Chu Yunfei’s pupils shrink instantly!
Directly in front were Li Yunlong and Ding Wei’s troops, with Japanese tank regiment on one side and Japanese cavalry regiment on the other, encircling them at high-speed maneuvering speed.
Fang Ligong looked at the scene through the telescope, his tone shocked: “Regimental Commander, the Eighth Route is simply playing with their lives here.”
If the Eighth Route ran even a bit slower, they would be cut off from the rear by the Japanese tanks and cavalry.
Once the Japanese infantry regiment closed in, this Li Yunlong would be a turtle in a jar!
“Brother Ligong, immediately have the two artillery battalions target the Japanese—one artillery battalion hits the Japanese tanks, the other hits the Japanese cavalry—to support Li Yunlong and let them in.” Chu Yunfei quickly said to Fang Ligong.
But Fang Ligong did not immediately carry out Chu Yunfei’s order, saying: “Regimental Commander, should we fire the cannons a bit later, let the Japanese tanks and cavalry catch the Eighth Route, wait until they’ve inflicted some casualties on the Eighth Route, then we…”
“Brother Ligong!” Chu Yunfei sharply interrupted: “With a great enemy before us, playing such tricks—aren’t you worried that the Eighth Route will suffer heavy losses and won’t have the ability to sneak attack behind the Japanese later?”
If the Eighth Route can’t harass the Japanese supplies, no one will have a good outcome!
“Yes, Regimental Commander.”
Fang Ligong also realized that making small moves at this time was very stupid, so he nodded and immediately conveyed Chu Yunfei’s order.
The two artillery battalions immediately targeted the cavalry regiment and the tank regiment, respectively.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
……
Two salvos of shells exploded amid the cavalry and tank troop formation.
Cavalrymen fell from their horses, rolling into a heap.
Tanks smoked and were forced to stop, switching to defense.
The cavalry regiment and tank regiment were shelled, and their pursuit was stalled.
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei seized the opportunity, and the entire army dashed into Chu Yunfei’s frontline position.
“Brother Chu, thanks for your timely artillery reinforcement.” Li Yunlong expressed thanks to Chu Yunfei.
At the critical moment, Chu Yunfei did not delay the firing and timely checked the Japanese pursuers.
If there had been even a slight delay with some small moves, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei’s troops would definitely have suffered significant losses.
“Brother Yunlong, you’re being polite. You and I are brothers; we’re cooperating to fight the Japanese.” Chu Yunfei said appreciatively, “Brother Yunlong is truly a hero—you really lured the Japanese over without getting surrounded. I, Chu, admire you.”
Chu Yunfei knew full well that the Japanese reinforcements were mainly heading to reinforce the iron smelting plant.
To divert them and make them abandon reinforcing the iron smelting plant was no easy task.
Yet Li Yunlong had done it.
“Hahaha, if Brother Chu hadn’t lent a timely hand, this brother would have been trapped.” Li Yunlong laughed heartily and said to Chu Yunfei, “Brother Yunfei, the Japanese are lured over— you fight them first, while I take my men around from behind you.”
“Good.” Chu Yunfei nodded.
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei didn’t dawdle, leading their troops swiftly through Chu Yunfei’s defense zone.
“Brothers, prepare to meet the Japanese attack!” With Li Yunlong and Ding Wei gone, Chu Yunfei immediately ordered the troops, “Hold at all costs!”
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Seeing the cavalry regiment and tank regiment suffer fierce shelling, Kuroshima Morita was furious to the extreme: “Baka, we’ve fallen into a trap!”
They had originally thought the flanking route would lure out the Eighth Route main force, and indeed the Eighth Route main force had appeared.
But their pursuit and encirclement had actually been led to the Jin Sui Army 358th Regiment.
This shelling had caused heavy losses to the cavalry regiment again.
Clearly, this was planned by the Eighth Route in advance—their real intention was to lead us toward the Jin Sui Army 358th Regiment side.
Laughably, we really thought they were desperate, but it turned out they were turning our plan to their own advantage!
Ueno no Mura also roared in anger: “Damn 358th Regiment—last time they took advantage of us, and this time they shelled us again. Do they really think we can’t deal with them!”
In extreme anger, a person’s intelligence quotient is zero!
After being bombed by the Jin Sui Army 358th Regiment’s two artillery battalions, both Kuroshima Morita and Ueno no Mura immediately wanted to attack Chu Yunfei’s position.
Kasahara Koizumi rushed over: “You two, please calm down. Our real target is to reinforce the iron smelting plant. Chu Yunfei is hateful, but now is not the time to deal with him.”
“Baka, Kasahara-kun, it’s not your troops getting bombed. Your troops suffered the least losses on the harassment route, so of course you can stay calm.” Ueno no Mura scolded Kasahara Koizumi, “Immediately cooperate with my tanks to attack the Jin Sui Army 358th Regiment!”
Kuroshima Morita also roared: “You lowly infantry, when is it your turn to point fingers at us? If you won’t cooperate, get out of the way and don’t block my path!”
Clearly, Ueno no Mura and Kuroshima Morita, furious to the extreme, wouldn’t listen to Kasahara Koizumi’s advice.
Kuroshima Morita even openly showed his deep-seated discrimination against infantry.
“Regimental Commander, even if we could persuade Regimental Commander Kuroshima and Regimental Commander Ueno, once we withdraw, the Eighth Route is very likely to chase and bite us again.” A Japanese officer beside Kasahara Koizumi was finding a way out for him—how could they let Kasahara Koizumi fall out with Regimental Commander Kuroshima and Regimental Commander Ueno.
The Eighth Route’s task is to delay us at all costs.
If we withdraw here, the Eighth Route that dashed into the 358th Regiment defense zone will definitely chase and bite again.
They might even incite Chu Yunfei to pursue us initially.
Rather than return to the passive situation of being harassed, better to hit hard here and thoroughly solve the problem!
Kasahara Koizumi could only irritably order: “One battalion cooperates with the cavalry, one battalion with the tanks—immediately attack the 358th Regiment.”
“Yoshi, Kasahara-kun, that’s right.”
Only then did Kuroshima Morita and Ueno no Mura’s expressions improve a bit.
Striking while the iron is hot, the two immediately launched a fierce attack on Chu Yunfei’s side.
However, since their ammunition had been attacked by Li Yunlong, their firepower was somewhat reserved, not fully unleashed.
This fight immediately alerted Chu Yunfei.
“Regimental Commander, something’s off—the Japanese aren’t firing at full strength. What’s going on?” Fang Ligong asked suspiciously.
Logically, the Japanese must be furious at Li Yunlong.
Their minds full of rage, they have no intelligence quotient.
In this situation, shouldn’t their firepower be unprecedentedly powerful?
Shells and bullets flying like they cost nothing?
Why do they seem a bit stingy now?
“Isn’t it simple? Their ammunition vehicles must have been partially destroyed by Li Yunlong.” Chu Yunfei wisely analyzed, then pointed at the Japanese tank regiment and said, “Didn’t you notice? The number of tanks has halved. Last time they fought us, I still remember how many tanks they had.”
Hearing this, Fang Ligong couldn’t help but be shocked: “Regimental Commander, you’re not saying that on the way the Eighth Route lured the Japanese, they took out half of their tanks? That’s too unbelievable.”
Last time, even waiting for the enemy at ease, we didn’t gain that much.
For the Eighth Route to lure the Japanese while avoiding encirclement, and still destroy half their tanks under those conditions—it’s truly hard to believe.
“If they hadn’t destroyed half the Japanese tanks, why do you think the Japanese are irrational and attacking us now!” Chu Yunfei glanced at Fang Ligong and said pointedly: “As for why the Eighth Route could destroy half the Japanese tanks, that’s easy to understand. They have three heavy cannons—that thing is the nemesis of tanks.”
“That’s true.” Fang Ligong had nothing to say.
Three heavy cannons—that’s no mere decoration!
“Brothers, you’ve all seen it—the Japanese firepower isn’t strong, their ammunition must be short. Hit these Japanese pigs hard!” Chu Yunfei boosted morale to the troops, “As long as we hold the first wave of Japanese attack, our counterattack opportunity will come.”
Once Li Yunlong makes his move, the Japanese will inevitably withdraw to rescue.
Chu Yunfei wouldn’t stand idly by—he’d strike decisively, supporting Li Yunlong on one hand and beating a dog that has fallen into the water on the other to expand the results!
“Regimental Commander, do we still have a counterattack opportunity?” Battalion Commander Qian Bojun was puzzled.
Right now, though the Japanese firepower seems reserved, it’s still three regiments.
Their infantry regiment’s combat power hasn’t weakened at all.
Not to mention tanks and cavalry—just their infantry regiment, can we counterattack?
“You think Li Yunlong leading his troops through our defense zone was just to leave?” Chu Yunfei said.
“Regimental Commander, you mean… the Eighth Route is going around to the Japanese rear to cooperate with us in a pincer attack?” Battalion Commander Qian Bojun said thoughtfully.
“Far more than that.” Chu Yunfei teased, saying: “When the time comes, at my order, your battalion must launch a full-line assault and strike these Japanese pigs hard!”
“Yes, Regimental Commander!”
Under Chu Yunfei’s command, the Jin Sui Army 358th Regiment united as one, unleashed powerful combat power, and held the Japanese Army’s frontal attack.
“Baka, this damn Chu Yunfei, this damn 358th Regiment!”
Kuroshima Morita and Ueno no Mura commanded their troops to launch three attacks on Chu Yunfei’s position, all without success.
Both were hopping mad.
“This Chu Yunfei has an extra artillery battalion, and his fortifications are reinforced—clearly prepared in advance.” After hitting a snag, Kuroshima Morita’s mind began to cool.
Chu Yunfei was fully prepared to resist—taking him down quickly was unrealistic.
Continuing to vent anger on Chu Yunfei here seemed indeed stupid.
Ueno no Mura also calmed down: “Kuroshima-kun, continuing to tangle with Chu Yunfei here seems meaningless. Better withdraw—if we don’t encounter Eighth Route harassment on the way, you and I might still make it in time to save the iron smelting plant.”
Ueno no Mura didn’t even believe his own latter words.
That was the iron smelting plant—how could the Eighth Route not harass? Worst case, every road to the iron smelting plant had Eighth Route harassment arranged.
But they truly couldn’t delay here at Chu Yunfei any longer.
“Baka, when there’s a chance later, we’ll deal with this Chu Yunfei then—withdraw!” Kuroshima Morita dejectedly ordered.
