Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 853 Seesaw

853 saw

Boom boom boom!

At the expeditionary force's artillery positions, hundreds of artillery pieces with a range of over 100 mm were frantically bombarding a hilltop more than ten kilometers ahead where an elite battalion of the Japanese Fifth Division was stationed.

Whoosh whoosh!

Soon, another wave of bombers flew over from the sky, dropping bombs one after another, which immediately caused small mushroom clouds to appear on the hilltop, and the ground was scorched everywhere.

At the foot of the mountain, soldiers from the main attacking regiment of the 86th Expeditionary Force were all waiting for the shelling and bombing to end.

It's time for them to take action and launch a strong attack on the Japanese soldiers defending this hill.

"Damn it, I never thought of this in my dreams.

One day, we can also sit back and relax, smoke a cigarette, and watch the Japanese being bombed like this."

In the trench at the foot of the mountain, a squad leader of the Expeditionary Force veteran was smoking a cigarette, sticking his head out to look at the Japanese positions in the distance that were being bombarded and shelled, and said happily.

Next to them, there were several other expeditionary soldiers from the same class, also smoking.

A classmate responded, “Yes.

The firepower we used to attack the Japanese this time was even more ferocious than the last time we fought the Japanese in Guangdong Province.

The shelling has been going on for about half an hour and hasn't stopped yet.

My God, how many shells will be fired this time."

The veteran squad leader exhaled a puff of smoke, looked at his companion, and sneered, "You've only been in the army for a few years.

When you joined the army, the hard times of our 86th Army were long gone.

When we fought in Guangdong Province, our army's firepower had already surpassed that of the Japanese.

I remember back then, when I followed the commander in the bloody battle in Nanjing.

At that time, our firepower was far inferior to that of the Japanese.

At that time, we were the only ones who were bombed by the Japanese. We could only defend during the day and counterattack at night.

Only a few years have passed, and the situation has completely reversed.”

“Old Tang is right.

I think this little devil is like a grasshopper in autumn, he won’t be able to jump for many more days.”

Another veteran said in a muffled voice.

“I heard that the reason we have so many artillery pieces is because of our artillery.

Are all of them aided by the Americans?

And these cigarettes, and the canned beef we ate, and the chocolate and coffee.

I heard that they were all given by Americans.

This American is really rich.”

A soldier next to him said, holding up the cigarette in his hand.

“Haha, it’s because Americans are so rich and powerful.

We are allies now.

We are fighting the Japs on the front lines, so what if the Americans send us some supplies?"

"Yes."

"Okay, stop talking.

The artillery fire has stopped. Notify the entire class to assemble. We are about to attack."

A dark-faced squad leader, with a submachine gun hanging on his chest, strode across the trench and yelled at the soldiers who were still chatting.

After hearing what their squad leader said, all the soldiers threw away their cigarette butts and gathered immediately.

Soon, the sound of artillery and bombing ended.

As Sherman tanks drove out one after another, the squad leader also received orders and shouted to the soldiers around him:

"Everyone, infantry and tanks coordinated, attack."

Immediately, these expeditionary soldiers skillfully jumped out of the trenches one by one, hid behind the advancing Sherman tanks, and slowly attacked the Japanese positions.

After more than half a year of training, the soldiers of the expeditionary force have become very familiar with the large number of Sherman tanks provided by the Americans.

As for infantry-tank coordination tactics, they are also mastered very well.

When the expeditionary soldiers reached the Japanese positions, the originally quiet Japanese positions were suddenly filled with fierce gunfire.

"Damn it! These damn Japanese soldiers weren't even killed by the explosion."

The attacking soldiers cursed.

Boom boom boom!

"Come on!"

Although the Japanese were resisting, it didn't take long for the attacking expeditionary soldiers to capture the Japanese's first line of defense position halfway up the mountain.

"Keep attacking."

The attacking expeditionary soldiers continued to attack the Japanese positions on the top of the mountain.

But unfortunately, they lost the cover of the tanks here and the tanks could not continue to move up the mountain.

In other directions, several other expeditionary force offensive forces continued to capture one Japanese position after another.

"Okay, let's fight like this."

At the foot of the mountain, the expeditionary commander in charge of the command watched the attacking soldiers through a telescope and continued to conquer the Japanese positions.

I am also very happy.

Zhou Pingkou gave their regiment a death order.

We must take down this hill within three days.

Because this hill is one of the most core defensive positions of the Japanese Fifth Division in the mountainous area in western Siam.

If we take this place, we can open a gap in the southern part of the Japanese's long defense line.

The Japanese also understood the importance of this core position.

Therefore, the commander of the 5th Division, Matsui Kyutaro, transferred a very elite Japanese battalion under his command to garrison here.

There are also more than 3,000 vassal troops.

After a day-long attack, before dark, all positions except the top of the mountain were still in the hands of the Japanese.

Almost all other positions were captured by the main expeditionary force.

However, by nightfall, many Japanese soldiers emerged from the tunnels on the positions originally captured by the expeditionary force.

The Japs began to counterattack.

The battle lasted all night.

After daybreak, the expeditionary commander in charge of the attack received the report with a gloomy face.

Of the seven or eight Japanese positions they captured during the day yesterday, five were recaptured by the Japanese in a counterattack last night.

"What the hell is going on? Where did those Japanese soldiers who launched the counterattack last night come from?"

The captain was furious.