Chapter 298: Fierce Battle
“Regiment Commander, the Japanese Invaders’ tanks are driving too fast. Our rocket launchers didn’t even have a chance to be picked up. What do we do? Are we just going to let the Japanese Invaders capture them?”
Seeing the Japanese Invaders’ tanks pressing right up to the position, many Eighth Route Army soldiers were so anxious they were about to shed tears.
We can die in battle, but this rocket launcher cannot be lost.
Liu Weidong calmly said, “We only have a chance to snatch back the rocket launcher if we take out all of the Japanese Invaders’ tanks and war vehicles.”
Take out all of the Japanese Invaders’ war vehicles?
The soldiers were all stunned and asked in confusion, “Regiment Commander, our rocket launchers are already gone. Even if we use up all the Hell Missiles, it’s impossible to take out all the remaining Japanese Invaders’ tanks and war vehicles. What do we use to take them out?”
Not to mention, a large group of Japanese Invaders infantry was charging behind these tanks and war vehicles. They were following close to the tanks, with accurate marksmanship and strong firepower.
Liu Weidong did not answer, but looked at the Third Battalion which had not participated in the action yet, and said, “Third Battalion Commander, whether we can take out all the remaining Japanese Invaders’ tanks and war vehicles depends on your Third Battalion.”
“Don’t worry, Regiment Commander. If we can’t take out all the remaining tanks and war vehicles, not a single man in my Third Battalion will live!” The Third Battalion Commander nodded heavily.
This time, when Liu Weidong went to the Border Region Arsenal to get the Hell Missiles, Factory Director Li Muzhi from the Border Region Arsenal had additionally given him a batch of new things: Molotov Cocktails.
These Molotov Cocktails are very simple, just glass bottles filled with gasoline.
The mouths of the glass bottles are plugged with cloth strips.
When using them, light the cloth strip in advance, then throw it at the Japanese Invaders’ tanks.
Factory Director Li said that the Japanese Invaders’ tanks have poor sealing. Light the cloth strip and throw the bottle onto the Japanese Invaders’ tank.
The bottle shatters on the tank, and the cloth strip can instantly ignite the splashing gasoline.
The burning gasoline can flow into the tank through the gaps, and the Japanese Invaders inside will either be burned or choked by smoke, quickly losing combat power.
In short, this thing looks very simple, but it is very effective against tanks.
But this thing also has a flaw: you have to get close to the Japanese Invaders’ tanks to throw it, since human strength is limited and you can’t throw the bottle too far.
And with Japanese Invaders infantry following behind the tanks, getting close to the tanks to throw Molotov Cocktails is no less difficult than before when hugging explosives packs.
But this still has advantages.
The bottle is lightweight, not as heavy as an explosives pack, so it doesn’t hinder your steps when running.
Explosives packs need to be right against the tank to explode, but the bottle can be thrown from a distance of over ten meters, giving it a throwing range advantage.
After instructing the Third Battalion Commander, Liu Weidong said to several observers, “You two watch carefully for me. See where the Japanese Invaders take the captured rocket launchers.”
Such an important tactical artillery like the rocket launcher being captured by the Japanese Invaders does not look good.
But as the ancient sayings go, fortune and misfortune are interdependent!
Our rocket launcher is lost and picked up by the Japanese Invaders, and then what.
The Japanese Invaders will surely realize the importance of the rocket launcher. Once captured, it will definitely be sent to their commander.
Liu Weidong has these eight Hell Missiles ready, just waiting to discover the Japanese Invaders commander’s position.
At that time, this rocket launcher will be the trigger.
Wherever the Japanese Invaders send it, these eight Hell Missiles will immediately send a big gift.
As long as the Molotov Cocktails heavily damage the Japanese Invaders’ tanks again and the Japanese Invaders commander is taken out, then this blocking battle will be a true success.
“Yes, Regiment Commander.” These observers all nodded heavily.
“Grenade Launcher Mortars, do not conserve ammunition. Fire at me, target the infantry behind the tanks, cover the Third Battalion!” Liu Weidong saw the Japanese Invaders’ tanks pressing up and roared toward the artillery group on the grenade launcher mortar side.
“Yes, Regiment Commander!”
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
……
Cannonballs from grenade launchers and mortars immediately rained down on the Japanese Invaders infantry behind the tanks.
At the same time, all the guns in the unit also unleashed dense bullet firepower, fiercely suppressing the infantry.
Major General Miyai sneered upon seeing this, “Even if you can strike the infantry, you can’t strike the tanks and war vehicles. You Local Eighth Route Army are doomed to lose this battle!”
Sure enough, just as Major General Miyai predicted, although the infantry was suppressed, the tanks and war vehicles advanced.
The two airplanes in the sky timely dove down and attacked toward the grenade launcher and mortar group, but they had already used up all their bombs earlier.
Their machine gun bullets were also limited. After sweeping several rounds, they caused considerable casualties to the grenade launcher mortars on the ground.
But with the machine gun bullets used up, these two airplanes could only watch helplessly and turned back.
But the airplane support gave the Japanese Invaders infantry a chance to breathe, and they followed the tanks onto the Eighth Route Army’s position.
“Third Battalion, the Japanese Invaders’ tanks are coming up. First batch, give it to me right now!” The Third Battalion Commander saw the Japanese Invaders’ tanks coming up and immediately sent the first batch of soldiers charging.
This first batch of soldiers numbered fifty, each holding a Molotov Cocktail with the cloth strip lit.
As soon as the Third Battalion Commander gave the order, these fifty men immediately charged out.
“Baka, what trick is this Local Eighth Route Army using?” Major General Miyai saw a group of Eighth Route soldiers each holding a burning bottle, using obstacles on the battlefield to rapidly approach the tanks, but he couldn’t understand.
“Brigade Commander, although I don’t understand what trick the Local Eighth Route Army is playing, I feel this thing seems very dangerous. It might threaten our tanks.” The staff officer nearby frowned.
“Mm, this thing feels very dangerous to me too. Don’t let them get close to the tanks.” Major General Miyai nodded and immediately gave the order.
The Japanese Invaders infantry desperately tried to block the Eighth Route Molotov Cocktails from approaching, and the tanks’ machine guns were also firing wildly, but without airplane support, the Eighth Route grenade launcher mortars unleashed dense and fierce covering fire.
Half of the Eighth Route soldiers holding Molotov Cocktails went down.
Still, half of the Eighth Route soldiers with Molotov Cocktails got within ten meters of the tanks.
These Molotov Cocktails were thrown from the Eighth Route soldiers’ hands and landed on the tanks.
With a boom, the bottles shattered, instantly turning into a fireball.
The burning gasoline immediately spread across the tank’s exterior and flowed into the interior through the gaps.
The Japanese Invaders inside soon started wailing. Some even quickly opened the tank hatch to climb out, either choked by smoke or burning with gasoline on them, their screams like vengeful ghosts being tortured in hell.
Every tank hit by a Molotov Cocktail quickly lost combat power.
Seeing this scene, the Eighth Route side was somewhat stunned.
Clearly, no one had expected that the unremarkable Molotov Cocktails our regiment commander brought back from the Border Region Arsenal would be so effective against Japanese Invaders’ tanks.
Immediately, Eighth Route morale soared.
The Third Battalion Commander laughed heartily, “Well done! Keep taking them out like this for me. Second batch, get up here right now.”
The second batch of soldiers quickly rushed out holding Molotov Cocktails with lit cloth strips.
“Baka, damn it, these burning bottles are no less powerful than shoulder-mounted cannons.” Major General Miyai watched as another seven or eight tanks lost combat power, his eyes bloodshot.
He had originally thought that after taking out the Eighth Route’s shoulder-mounted cannons and their heavy cannons, the tanks and war vehicles would advance without obstacles.
He hadn’t expected that these Eighth Route still had burning bottles. Truly hateful!
“Brigade Commander, we can’t charge with the Eighth Route anymore. We need to pull the war vehicles back.” The staff officer nearby hurriedly reminded Major General Miyai.
“Baka, the airplanes are gone, no air support.” Major General Miyai angrily rebuked, “We’ve already killed our way onto the Eighth Route’s position. Push a bit harder and we can charge through. You want me to withdraw now?”
The battle had now lasted an hour.
If they couldn’t take this place within half an hour, the large army behind them would really be done for.
“But the Eighth Route’s burning bottles are too much of a threat.” The staff officer said, “We can’t just throw away all our war vehicles, right?”
“Baka!” Losing all the tanks and war vehicles would be an immense loss for Major General Miyai. If his heart wasn’t trembling, that would be fake.
But now time was short, and the battle was at a critical moment. Withdrawing now and attacking again would waste half an hour.
“Charge at all costs!” Major General Miyai spat all his saliva onto the staff officer’s face, “Even if all the war vehicles are lost, the infantry must charge through for me. If we don’t take the Eighth Route’s position within half an hour, we’ll have nothing to eat and will starve to death!”
“Yes, Brigade Commander.” The staff officer nodded and immediately relayed Major General Miyai’s order again.
Originally, those tanks and war vehicles that had become fearful of the Eighth Route Molotov Cocktails stepped on the accelerator again.
The infantry behind the tanks also gritted their teeth and followed in a group charge.
On Liu Weidong’s side, seeing the Japanese Invaders going all out, they also unleashed full firepower, blocking with all their might.
Despite the Molotov Cocktails checking the remaining Japanese Invaders’ tanks and war vehicles, the artillery and machine guns on these tanks and war vehicles were not to be trifled with, causing considerable casualties on Liu Weidong’s side.
With heavy casualties on Liu Weidong’s side, they could no longer suppress the Japanese Invaders infantry behind.
Ultimately, the Japanese Invaders’ tanks pressed into Liu Weidong’s position, and the Japanese Invaders infantry charged up following them.
Both sides’ guns ran out of bullets, with no time to reload.
White-blade combat unfolded rapidly just like that.
Soldiers from both sides quickly engaged in close combat.
“Regiment Commander, there, right there.” An observer shouted toward Liu Weidong, “The Japanese Invaders took the captured rocket launcher there.”
Liu Weidong picked up the telescope. Sure enough, the Japanese Invaders quickly gathered the rocket launchers and headed toward a col.
“Brigade Commander, this is the Eighth Route’s shoulder-mounted cannon we captured.” A group of Japanese Invaders brought a batch of rocket launchers and rockets to Major General Miyai.
“Excellent!” Major General Miyai looked at the captured rocket launchers and smiled, “With this captured, take it back to our arsenal. Our military industry experts will soon analyze its core technology, and then we can equip it too.”
Although we already have grenade launchers, which are much more portable than it.
But grenade launchers can’t attack tanks or bunkers.
Our forces attacking Southeast Asia need this shoulder-mounted cannon.
Just as Major General Miyai smiled, Liu Weidong also smiled, “Finally found you.”
