Many years later, when someone asked about the Japanese witnesses who participated in this war, most of them kept silent and in the end, only a very small number of people were reluctant to answer.

"That was a painful experience that I would never forget until death. Until now, I still think that it was the punishment of Amaterasu to this injustice war."

"When we captured the first line of defense of the Chinese people, we were all very happy. Our corps leader even promised us that after we took Qixia Pass, we would give all of us two days off and have extra meals.

The morale of our entire corps was high and the attack was increased, but then the Chinese sent reinforcements, using large-caliber machine guns made by the Americans.

This is the first time we have encountered such a weapon. According to past experience, we have been hiding behind big trees, sandbags or mounds, but the power of this machine gun is too great, and those dodging covers cannot block such bullets as thick as thumbs.

I saw with my own eyes that our squad leader was hit in the chest by a large caliber machine gun bullet. The bullet smashed his entire chest, leaving only a few pieces of meat on both sides connected. Logically, we should have snatched his body back, but we were so scared at that time that everyone was lying on the ground and dared not move.

Originally, I planned to wait until the Chinese people's firepower was slightly weaker before snatching the team leader's body back, but later... but later... they actually used anti-aircraft guns to attack us from behind...

Our team leader, squadron leader and brigade were killed one after another... In the end... our entire brigade collapsed after only less than ten minutes...

You don’t know that once a person is hit by that kind of anti-aircraft artillery, his whole person will burst like an exploded watermelon, and he can’t collect the corpse at all, and he can only have a pile of minced meat left..."

The interviewee couldn't continue to say anything, and he almost fell into a collapse.

Looking at the 80-year-old man who was crying in a deep voice, the interviewers looked at each other and before they could decide whether to continue the interview, they were rudely driven out by the old man's family.

In fact, the tragic level of this battle is far beyond the description of the person involved.

When the remaining eight Dongfeng self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and ten whirlwind self-propelled anti-aircraft guns in the Armored Battalion Air Defense Company lined up and fired towards the hillside, the fire from the gun alone illuminated a large area around.

In just a few minutes, eighteen self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery screened the front hillside. Facing the firepower shot from behind, the Japanese troops on the hillside had nowhere to hide.

More than ten minutes later, when the air defense battalion stopped shooting, there were no Japanese soldiers standing on the entire hillside. The only thing he could hear was the shrill screams and moans of the wounded Japanese soldiers.

Faced with this appearance, even the soldiers of the fifth battalion who were in charge of defense were shocked by the Japanese army's tragic situation.

"My good..."

Looking at the position opposite, which seemed to have been swept by a big broom, Yan Xiaofu's mouth was so open that it could almost be stuffed with an egg.

"I used to think that the grandsons of the Armored Battalion could only sit in the turtle shell and rush around, our infantry were not worse than them. Now it seems that we are still a little knowledgeable. These grandsons of the turtle are indeed a little trick."

The other soldiers of the Fifth Battalion were not much better, and they were shocked, surprised, stunned, and stunned. All kinds of expressions appeared on the soldiers' faces.

In fact, it was not just them, even Gao Hongming, who had been paying attention to all this, was shocked by this scene.

It is said that anti-aircraft guns are used to kill mosquitoes - they are useless. This is not the case with anti-aircraft guns to attack infantry, but he has to admit that this scene of destruction is really shocking.

The attack scale of thousands of people in a regiment was shot down by more than a dozen self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. In just over ten minutes, it was like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

He roughly estimated that in just over ten minutes, the casualties of the Japanese army were at least no less than one thousand.

Readers should not think that Ading is making up. According to historical records, in the third Battle of Kurland in 1945, the Soviet army, which had the advantage in numbers, launched a charge against two German companies.

The situation of the German army was already in danger. Then the nearby air defense forces arrived. Several whirlwind self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were squared at the Soviet army and started a fierce shooting. The Soviet army was beaten to death and wounded. In the end, more than 700 bodies were left behind and retreated in a panic.

Facing the flat fire of air defense fire, if the infantry does not have a well-built bunker to cover, there is no way to resist its attack.

In the observation post several miles away, the telescope in Koizumi's hand slid from his hand with a clatter. If it weren't for the dignity of being a general supporting him, he would have sat on the ground.

Even so, his lips were squirming rapidly unconsciously, but no sound was made, but if he put his ears to his mouth, he could hear them:

The word "これはクオの weaponだ (this is the devil's weapon)".

As a soldier who has been in the army for more than 20 years, Koizumi Koizumi has seen artillery. Not to mention the small 20-caliber artillery, he has seen the appearance of its launch even as a giant cannon of more than 400 mm on the battleship.

But this was the first time he had seen a whole wing break through just over a dozen self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery equipped with 20mm small-caliber anti-aircraft guns.

Faced with this situation, his body felt a sense of powerlessness for the first time in his life.

"Are I going to be the first division commander of the 41st Division to be dismissed and escorted back to the local area by the military police?" He was very unwilling.

It is not scary to lose. There has never been a general in this world who will not defeat the war. But if he leads a reorganized division and has several times the enemy's strength. Not only does he capture the enemy's position, he is defeated and fled by the opponent. This is too unreasonable. Maybe it will make the 41st Division a laughing stock of the Japanese Army.

Let’s not talk about this slander, I’m afraid even his immediate boss, Commander Yoshio Shinozuka.

"No...I can't just forget it, I still have a chance."

Thinking of this, he forced himself to cheer up and shouted Chief of Staff Ogihara Toda, "You immediately order the field artillery corps to cover the Chinese chariots at the foot of the mountain, and you must destroy all the Chinese chariots."

"His division commander, our field artillery corps are now engaged in artillery battles with Chinese artillery, and I am afraid that we will not be able to support the infantry's battles." Ogihara Toda whispered.

"Then let them withdraw from the battle and fight the Chinese chariots with all their might, even if they can get the entire field artillery corps in for this!" Koizuo Koizumi suddenly roared, and with the help of the angrily lantern beside him, Ogihara Toda clearly saw the shimmering ** in Koizuki Koizumi's eyes.

"Your Excellency, as the Chief of Staff of the 41st Division, I have to remind you that it is very dangerous for you to do this."

Ogihara Toda could no longer hold it back. He stared at Koizumi Yukio and said, "Once the Chinese artillery freed up, they will definitely launch artillery attacks on our infantry, and the threat level will even be above those small-caliber artillery. Don't forget... The Chinese are equipped with 155-caliber heavy artillery!"

As the chief of staff, Ogihara Toda has a lot of experience and the suggestions he made are very reasonable, but Koizumi, who has been afraid and unwilling to control, could not listen to them?

Not only that, he also stared at him with disgust: "Kun Ogihara, you should understand that if the Chinese chariots and those terrifying fire artillery are not eliminated, all our troops involved in the attack will be threatened by them. Do you not even know this?

So... please execute my command immediately!"

Looking at Koizuki's red eyes, Ogihara Toda knew that no matter what he said, the other party could not listen to it. Moreover, what Koizuki said was not unreasonable, and it was not that the larger the caliber of the cannon, the greater the threat, it depends on the situation.

However, what Koizumi Koizumi and Ogihara Toda didn't know was that after more than half an hour of artillery battle, the losses suffered by the field artillery corps of the 41st Division were far beyond their estimates.

Until now, the artillery battle has been fought, and there are only less than ten artillery left in the entire field artillery corps. In addition to the three Dasho 14th-year-old 105mm field cannons, there are only five Type 95 75mm field cannons left.

When the field artillery corps received a telegram from the division, they could only curse themselves except shock.

Originally, they were at a disadvantage in the artillery battle with militia, and now they have to relocate their positions to attack the opponent's chariot troops. The risks contained in this can be imagined with knees.

The captain of the field artillery corps, Colonel Takahashi, was so angry that his heart was in pain. However, this was a direct order from the division commander. How could he violate it? He could only bear the anger and ordered the artillery to withdraw from the position and start moving forward, preparing to attack the Chinese tanks that broke into them.

Logically speaking, although Koizumi's plan was a bit risky, it could not be said to be completely unreasonable. However, he forgot one thing, that is the observation balloon rising behind Qixia Pass.

As soon as the Japanese field artillery wing moved its position, it was discovered by observers on the balloon. Although he did not know where the other party had retreated in the dark, he understood that it would take at least twenty to thirty minutes for the Japanese artillery to enter the preset position and fire again, and there were too many things they could do during this period.

Sure enough, when Gao Hongming received the news of the balloon observation report, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered the two artillery battalions to turn the guns and launch firepower coverage on the Japanese troops that were attacking the first and second battalions from the left and right sides.

Unable to help but this, Gao Hongming also issued new orders to the armored battalion.

"KaKaKaKa...KaKaKa..."

The machine gun on the No. 4 tank resounds, and any target that can be used as their target for strafing.

A Japanese soldier with a white cloth strip tied on his head fell to the ground fiercely, and a ball of scarlet blood gushed out from under him, and the explosive bag in his hand was thrown a few meters away.

"Come with grenades..."

Hearing the order of the squadron leader, a Japanese sergeant hugged his waist and ran towards not far away, and took out two bundles of cluster grenades from the dry ditch on the roadside. This was made up of five 98-type wooden grenades tied together with cloth strips.

The sergeant wiped the soil with the hem of his clothes and placed them in front of the squadron leader.

The squadron leader coldly gave an order to a Japanese soldier: "Hey... Private, it's your turn to blow up the Chinese chariot. If you succeed, you will become a hero... Do you understand what I mean? Private Cao!"

The Japanese soldier whose name was pointed, his face turned pale in an instant. He looked at the officer who asked him to die in confusion.

"Crawl forward, stuff cluster grenades under the tracks, and destroy the damn Chinese chariots, and your mother and siblings will be proud of you..."

The squadron leader reminded him, and at the same time he grabbed the grenades and stuffed them to the young private. The latter mechanically reached out to take them, almost throwing them to the ground as if he had touched the burnt chrome. At this moment, his face was pale, his legs were trembling, and sweat was rising from his forehead. He used cluster grenades to blow up the tank, which was no different from killing him.

"Do you understand the mission? Remember... jump along the crater, crawl forward, don't look back!"

The squadron leader gave a decisive order, and his right hand, which was holding the command knife, slowly raised it up, staring coldly at the trembling soldier. If he didn't go up, the squadron leader would kill him with a saber without hesitation.

"What are you hesitating about? Get up!" Hearing the sound of the tank getting closer and closer, a trace of anxiety flashed in the squadron leader's eyes, and he pushed the young soldier hard.

The young soldier who was pushed by the squadron leader licked his dry lips and looked at his companions around him, but was disappointed to find that they were all looking at them with anticipation, obviously hoping that they could succeed, so that they could avoid continuing to die. The young soldier crawled out of the bunker helplessly.

At this time, he could only keep comforting himself, as long as he could blow up the other party's chariot, he would survive.

He carefully crossed the craters one by one, crawled down in a crater more than 20 meters away from the tank, and approached the tank.

With the sound of the rumbling tanks, the tank was getting closer and closer. Just when the tank was only four or five meters away from him, he arched up in the crater and shrank into a ball. After seeing the opportunity, he suddenly jumped out and rushed towards the giant. He threw the cluster grenade with all his strength with his right hand.

Although he was very brave,... he threw it off and the cluster grenade exploded on the right side of the No. 4 tank. At the moment of the explosion, the machine gun on the tank fired, and the brave Japanese soldier was knocked into a honeycomb and then fell heavily to the ground.

"Cluster grenade, go to three groups of people!"

After witnessing the fate of the young private, the squadron leader issued another order.

With the deafening motor sounds, the clanging and creaking sounds of steel tracks, the tanks were getting closer and closer. A few minutes later, the steel tracks were still passing by slowly and firmly. The Japanese army trying to attack the tanks with cluster grenades were machine guns wounded by the tanks and infantry following it fell to the ground with dense firepower.

Under Gao Hongming's order, the armored battalion began to operate around Qixia Pass, and used the strong mobility of the armored troops to increase thick firepower to continuously attack the Japanese army participating in the attack from their backs. Not only that, the two artillery battalions were also covering them with artillery fire.
Chapter completed!