coobybook Chapter 571: It has come to this, and you are still hiding it. If something really happens, you will
Chapter 571: It has come to this, and you are still hiding it. If something really happens, you will
Ichiro Sato and Ichiro Fujiwara acted extremely quickly, and their cooperation this time was perfect. They used the fighter units to entangle the independent regiment's air force battalion, while the bomber units in their hands carried out indiscriminate bombing on the ground. Hundreds of bombs were dropped from the air and fell to the ground, causing a violent explosion, which directly blew up nearby personnel and vehicles.
"Damn it! These damn guys, didn't they even look at the ground when dropping bombs? More than 30 bombs were dropped directly into our position, almost causing the loss of our left wing position." Junichi Aoki couldn't help but jump up and curse.
Ichiro Tada stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, the division commander, the air force had no choice but to do this. In the past ten minutes, our air force had nine bombers and eight fighters shot down. The loss is very heavy. The purpose is to reduce our defensive pressure."
Jun'ichi Aoki looked up at the sky, picked up the telescope around his neck, took a closer look, and found that things were just as Ichiro Tada said, so he stopped scolding and ordered a battalion of reserves to be immediately deployed to the front line. No matter what the cost, they had to hold the inner position!
"Damn it, the damn Japanese are really ruthless. They actually dropped bombs indiscriminately. It seems that the Japanese are really forced into a corner, otherwise how could they use such a trick?"
"Lao Ding, Lao Kong, we have to increase the intensity of the attack. I'm going to give an order to Zhang Dabiao and ask him to command the armored forces to participate in the next offensive. We must capture the Japs' inner positions at all costs and wipe out the damn Aoki Division!" Li Yunlong suggested with a grim face.
Kong Jie put down the telescope in his hand, and actually had the idea of backing out. He felt that the losses of the troops in the offensive battle were too great. Even if they could finally defeat the Aoki Division, they would probably have to suffer tens of thousands of casualties, which Kong Jie could not accept.
"Old Li, I don't agree with your proposal. We must not act on impulse in a war. We have already suffered nearly 2,000 casualties since this morning. If we continue to fight at this rate, even if we defeat the Aoki Division, we will still suffer tens of thousands of casualties."
"Our three regiments combined only have more than 30,000 people. We have already suffered a lot of losses. If we lose tens of thousands more, then the force we can really use to defend our base will only be 300,000. 300,000 people can't defend our current territory. When the Japanese counterattack, we will have no room to fight against them."
"I think we must think of other ways to solve the current dilemma. We can look for college students and see if they can come up with other ways to force the Japanese out of the position. We have to find a way to mobilize the Japanese out of the position and fight a mobile war with them instead of a positional war."
"Our armored forces can't play a big role in the battle. The Japanese are much more brutal than we thought. Many of our tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed by the Japanese suicide squad. I still say what I said before. We must be responsible for the lives of our soldiers and can't just rush in without thinking. If anyone does this, I, Kong Jie, will be the first to disagree!"
Ding Wei was more inclined to Li Yunlong's approach. He believed that war was all about momentum, and no matter how heavy the casualties were, one could not lose the momentum.
"Lao Kong, I think we should lose the battle rather than the troops. The soldiers are in high spirits now. If we ask them to withdraw at this time, it will be very detrimental to the morale of the troops. In addition, Jun'ichi Aoki is very cunning. He will never leave his defensive position. It is a pipe dream to try to mobilize him out of his position."
"Lao Li and I also want to fight a mobile war, so that we can play the firepower and speed advantages of the armored forces, but the old devil Junichi Aoki will never give us this opportunity. We can't escape this offensive, and all we can do is fight to the death!"
"Looking at the soldiers falling under the guns of the devils, Lao Li and I are also equally distressed, but if we don't eat the watchdog of the Aoki Division, more soldiers will be sacrificed in the future. We have no way to retreat now. Once the devil's reinforcements arrive, we will fall into the siege of the devil's heavy troops and finally have to retreat in disgrace."
"The most terrible thing is the failure of the attack, which will cause a huge blow to the morale of the army and will be very disadvantageous for our future defensive battles. We have reached a consensus before, that is, we must smash the Japanese turtle shell at all costs. We can't change our minds just because the casualties of the troops are heavy. There will be casualties in war. Are we afraid of casualties, so we don't fight? Just raise our hands and surrender to the Japanese?"
The troops' attack continued, but the three men could not reach a consensus. They had no choice but to compromise temporarily and launch another round of attack to see the effect. If it still didn't work, they would retreat temporarily.
Li Yunlong and his two companions once again organized a large-scale attack and engaged in a fierce battle with the Aoki Division. Both sides used all the weapons they could and fought for more than an hour, but there was still no winner.
Lin Zhenhua was very anxious at this time. He did not expect that the breakthrough would be so difficult. After fighting for almost three hours, he still could not break into the Japanese position. This made him worried. If he could not break through the position for a long time, once the Japanese reinforcements arrived, they would be in danger.
"Old Li, there is no need to fight this battle any longer. Let the soldiers withdraw as soon as possible. I am giving this order in the name of the temporary commander-in-chief. You, Li Yunlong, must obey my orders resolutely!" Lin Zhenhua ordered without any mercy.
In order to allow Li Yunlong and his men to withdraw smoothly, Lin Zhenhua ordered the artillery regiment to increase the intensity of the artillery bombardment, which lasted for half an hour before stopping. The attacking troops withdrew smoothly under the cover of artillery fire. Lin Zhenhua had no time to look at Li Yunlong's ugly face. He immediately arranged for people to rescue the wounded. After nearly three hours of hard work, all the wounded were sent to Fort No. 1.
As for the aerial combat, it had already stopped two hours ago. The high-intensity aerial combat took a lot of mental and physical energy out of the enemy and our pilots. When the ammunition was not used up, both sides had to stop fighting again. In the aerial combat this afternoon, the losses of both sides were not great, with a total of more than 30 aircraft destroyed. It can be seen that the intensity of the aerial combat in the afternoon was not even a little bit worse than that in the morning.
Lin Zhenhua looked at the time. It was already 7:30 in the evening and the kitchen staff had already prepared the meal. He did not say much, but let everyone eat first and then discuss the next course of action.
The five of them were very quiet while eating, and they finished their dinner in less than ten minutes. Lin Zhenhua turned on the lights in the communication command vehicle, and the five of them entered the communication command vehicle and began to discuss how to take over the Xiaosongling position.
"College student, I, Kong Jie, am not afraid of offending anyone. We really can't afford a tough battle like today. I, Kong Jie, will say whatever I want to say. Let's not talk about the large number of new recruits in our team. Let's talk about those veterans who have been in the army for half a year. They didn't perform well in this tough battle."
"The first is that the soldiers have never participated in such an offensive battle. We have always won battle after battle with the advanced weapons and equipment in our hands. We have never encountered a situation like the one we are facing now. The Japanese have always been on the defensive and we have been on the offensive. Now that the offense and defense have changed, we don't know how to fight an offensive battle."
"Besides that, we are facing real devils this time, and they are their elite field troops. I expected such a result. The devils are much stronger than we thought. We must have a correct mentality and cannot ignore them just because we have won a few battles."
"You have to know that the total strength of the Japanese and the puppet army exceeds that of humans. Even if there are more than 10,000 pigs, it will take us several days to catch them. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese is not much weaker than that of wild boars. If we want to capture the Japanese defense positions, there are only two ways. One is to force the Japanese to come down the mountain and take the initiative to fight us. However, judging from Jun'ichi Aoki's shrewdness, this is almost impossible to do."
"The other option is to continue the attack. The final casualties may exceed all of our expectations. We are very likely to lose most of our main forces. I, Kong, cannot afford such a responsibility, and no one present can afford it!" Kong Jie said in a cold tone.
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei did not stand up to refute. After learning about the number of casualties today, the two fell into distress. Before they came up with a practical solution, they really could not refute Kong Jie's words.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, Zhao Gang wanted to stand up and say something, but was pulled back by Lin Zhenhua next to him. After all, no matter how good the atmosphere was, it was useless for everyone. The key was to come up with a practical solution.
"College student, you have the most ideas. Just now you held Old Zhao back and stopped him from speaking. Could it be that you have come up with some good idea? It's already this late in the world, and you are still hiding it. Now you are the highest commander of the army. If we talk about responsibility, you bear the greatest responsibility!" After seeing Lin Zhenhua's little tricks, Li Yunlong took the opportunity to speak out.