sjar Chapter 345 The old army that started it all is gone
Chapter 345 The old army that started it all is gone
When the last bomb fell, Wu Tongguo ordered the troops on both sides to start the attack.
At this moment, many Japanese soldiers had a question in their minds: the plane had already flown far away, so why was the roar still getting louder?
"Enemy attack...enemy attack..."
The soldiers on the outermost edge saw the armored vehicles rushing out of the woods on both sides and immediately shouted desperately.
No wonder the sound of machines is still there. It is not coming from the planes, but from the armored vehicles rushing out.
In the front of the team, six heavy armored vehicles were moving forward quickly, almost running at full speed. Some of the soldiers in the front were either killed or knocked away by the armored vehicles.
Killing someone with a car would definitely cause much greater shock to the Japanese soldiers than beating them to death.
The Japanese soldiers had only seen air force bombings before, and had never seen ground troop attacks. After seeing this scene, even though they were the elites of the First Division, they were a little stunned.
You must concentrate on the battlefield. If you are distracted, it would be irresponsible for your life. When they heard the gunshots around them, many distracted Japanese soldiers fell down in groups.
The firepower is too strong!
This is the impression of the attack from the Japanese grassroots officers. You just saw where these people were running out from, and then the people around you fell down. If you were still standing, it only meant that you were very lucky.
Each armored vehicle has two or three firing points. Small cannons attack distant enemies, and machine guns strafes nearby enemies. It can almost be said that it is an all-round crushing. The troops of the First Division are on the way forward, and neither heavy machine guns nor light machine guns have been pulled out, so at this moment they can only find a place to hide.
Wu Tongguo knew that he did not have the ability to attack the entire 1st Division, but he did have the ability to target the front one-third. This one-third had already suffered heavy losses from the air force bombing, and now it was hit by their army again, and the Tanimoto Regiment instantly lost its combat effectiveness.
The wheels of many armored vehicles were red and covered with various sticky liquids. No one knew what these things were, but they just stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and rushed through the entire military camp. As long as there were Japanese soldiers in front, they would definitely drive over them.
The soldiers operating the weapons just had to shoot at the Japanese soldiers running around. Anyway, we were sitting in the armored vehicle and would not be hurt.
For these devils, it was simply the end of the world. Most of them used grenades to attack armored vehicles, but the problem was that the power of a single grenade was too weak. Even if you threw it under the armored vehicle, it would not be possible to overturn it.
By the time some soldiers had grenades tied to their bodies, all the armored vehicles had already begun to retreat, and the speed of retreat was extremely fast, and you definitely couldn't catch up with them on foot. So even if some soldiers were ready to sacrifice themselves and blow up an armored vehicle, they wouldn't give you a chance.
In just fifteen minutes, these people disappeared from the battlefield. Except for a few armored vehicles, they did not achieve any results. Those armored vehicles rushed too fast and hit some obstacles and could not move.
The soldiers madly poured out their weapons, fired all the bullets and shells, and when they saw that they could not escape, they simply detonated the explosives inside. They could not leave such a good armored vehicle to the Japanese. At this moment, the brothers' determination was still correct.
The officers and soldiers of the 72nd Division swept through the advancing Japanese 1st Division like a storm. When they had retreated completely, the Japanese soldiers crawled out from the corners.
If it were in normal times, there would definitely be officers who would scold these soldiers for being afraid of death, but the problem is that some officers have also crawled out of this situation, so how can you scold them?
No one wanted to recall the scene just now. It was like hell had opened its gates and was about to swallow everyone in. Everyone tried their best to avoid being swallowed by hell.
So even if some officers saw their men being afraid of death, they would be speechless. In that situation just now, if you were not afraid of death, you would probably be a psychopath.
Masao Tanimoto rode over on his horse and was heartbroken to see the old unit where he started out being beaten into this state. The 1st Division itself was the elite of the Japanese army, and the elite of the 1st Division was the Tanimoto Regiment in front of him.
"Your Excellency, the Division Commander, our regiment commander..."
Because this was his old unit, everyone still called him by that name and did not call him commander.
Upon hearing this voice, Tanimoto Masao was startled. He only had two brothers in his family, both of whom were in the military. His younger brother had just graduated from military school, and because of his care, he was able to become a regiment commander at such a young age. Now, could this be...
The more you don't want something to happen, the more likely it is to happen. When the old guy looked over, his brother had been split into two halves. Because of the crushing of the armored vehicle, the lower half of his body could not be found, and the upper half was also a mess. There were all kinds of things on the ground next to him, which might belong to his brother or someone else. After all, in the chaotic situation just now, even if you were the commander of this unit, it would be impossible for you to die in a decent way.
"what…"
Masao Tanimoto yelled, fell off his horse, and scrambled frantically towards his brother. When he picked up the cold corpse, he fainted.
"Your Excellency Commander..."
"Division Commander..."
Everyone present gathered around quickly.
After suffering such a crushing defeat, their superiors cannot afford to have any problems.
Under the treatment of the military doctor, Masao Tanimoto slowly opened his eyes. There was nothing serious wrong with him. He just suffered a huge shock, which caused congestion in his brain and caused him to faint. He just needed a little rest.
The Tanimoto Regiment had a total of more than 3,800 people. In the attack just now, more than 2,000 of them were killed directly, and the entire infantry regiment was crippled.
Including the regiment commander, 2,700 officers and soldiers were killed, and there were more than 400 seriously injured. It would be extremely difficult to rebuild the Tanimoto Regiment.
How could Masao Tanimoto accept that the army he founded was destroyed before even reaching Aohan?
"Reporting to His Excellency the Commander, Chief of Staff Anton sent a telegram saying they were attacked by the main force of the 72nd Division, suffering over 2,000 casualties. They hope to be transferred to our unit..."