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

Chapter 854 The First Breakthrough

854 The first breakthrough

"Commander, according to the reports from officers at all levels on the front line.

These devils should be hiding in the tunnels they dug.

Although our attacking force captured the Japanese positions.

However, because the attack was too hasty, the remaining troops had no time to find all the Japanese tunnels.

Even if we find it, it will be difficult to eliminate the Japanese hiding inside.

Finally, we waited until night.

These devils rushed out and launched a counterattack, catching our attacking forces off guard.

I have informed the battalions to reorganize their attack."

The deputy regiment commander next to him sighed.

"Damn the Japs, their ability to dig holes is really hard to deal with."

The Japanese used tunnels to counter the expeditionary force's artillery and bombing, allowing them to preserve their strength as much as possible.

The expeditionary force's frontline commanders are all very clear about this.

The Japanese have used this method more than once before.

Fortunately, the expeditionary force commanders also summed up the methods to deal with the Japanese devils' authentic tactics through repeated battles with them.

The regiment commander immediately said, "Send out all the flamethrowers in the regiment.

Reorganize the attacking forces and capture each Japanese position.

Don't rush forward this time.

First, clear out all the Japanese tunnels on the battlefield."

"I have signed a military order with the division commander.

Within three days, we must head south to the hill ahead."

The team leader was also very angry.

He received a death order and had to complete the task within three days.

"Commander, we need more flamethrowers and fuel."

“Okay, that’s no problem.

I will apply to the division headquarters immediately and it will be delivered in half a day at most."

Boom boom boom!

Half an hour later, new bombing and shelling began.

What followed, of course, was a coordinated attack by the infantry and tanks of the expeditionary force from the battalions and companies of this regiment.

After two hours of fierce fighting, the expeditionary force soldiers once again captured three Japanese defensive positions.

Then, their attack was suspended.

Start clearing the Japanese tunnels on the battlefield.

"Found it, here is one."

An expeditionary soldier shouted.

A flamethrower not far away heard the shout and immediately rushed over.

He raised the flamethrower in his hand, pointed it at the cave in front of him, and sprayed out a long dragon of fire that was more than 20 meters long.

"what!"

Not long after, miserable screams were heard from inside.

Soon, Japanese soldiers who had turned into fire men rushed out of the tunnel screaming and ran around everywhere.

However, none of the expeditionary soldiers around him fired a shot to relieve the burning devil's pain.

This guy was allowed to burn to death until he became motionless and turned black.

After half a day, more and more Japanese soldiers hiding in the tunnel were burned to death.

This made the Japanese soldiers hiding inside completely despair.

They knew that if they continued like this, they would be burned to death.

In this situation, they finally chose to fight to the death.

"Onboard!"

So, many shirtless Japanese soldiers rushed out, holding their Type 38 rifles and shouting.

"Fire!"

Da da da

The expeditionary soldiers around saw this scene and said nothing.

They fired crazily at the Japanese soldiers who were rushing out.

Especially the newly equipped M1 submachine guns, with their fierce firepower, gave these Japanese soldiers no chance to rush to the expeditionary soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers who rushed out fell one after another.

Half a day later, the attacking expeditionary soldiers cleared most of the tunnels in the three Japanese positions they had just captured.

They then launched a new attack on other Japanese positions in front.

This time, their attack speed was not as sharp and fast as yesterday.

However, this time their attack was steady and cautious.

Clear out most of the Japanese tunnels and wait for the main force to continue the attack.

The soldiers left behind no longer had to worry about a large number of Japanese devils suddenly rushing out of the position.

Even if some more devils appear, the remaining soldiers are enough to deal with them.

The battle lasted for more than a day before it ended.

By the afternoon of the third day, the regiment had finally paid the price of more than 700 casualties in three days.

Take this hill.

The defending Japanese battalion of nearly a thousand people was completely wiped out.

"Commander, we have completed the mission."

Soon, the news was reported to Ye Qingshan.

"it is good.

Finally, we have carved the first hole in the Japanese's iron wall."

Ye Qingshan laughed happily.

"Xiao Wusheng, tell the Armored Division this good news as well.

Tell them to move the entire division eastward immediately.

Cross the Japanese defense line here and don’t worry about anything.

Rushing towards the capital of Siam.

Rush as quickly as possible to join up with Lu Dahai's New First Division."

Ye Qingshan continued to give orders.

Ye Qingshan was also very clear that the old devil Yamashita Fengwen had transferred the Imperial Guards Division in the mountainous area back to the rear.

In that case, Lu Dahai's New 1st Division, which had already entered the rear, would be in great danger.

The armored division was the bodyguard that Ye Qingshan had sent in advance to Lu Dahai's new first division.

Ye Qingshan believed that as long as the armored division could advance to the rear of Siam and join forces with Lu Dahai's New 1st Division.

Even if the old Japanese devil Yamashita Tomoyuki transferred the most elite Guards Division to the rear.

However, when facing Ye Qingshan's expeditionary force, the most combat-effective armored division suffered a crushing defeat.