However, now is not the time for Furuki Masano to care about these issues. He received the order from Meijiro Xiangzu to retake the position in front of him before sunset today.
This is not a very difficult thing.
This lone force deep behind enemy lines has no logistical support or artillery support. Compared with them, the Japanese army not only had more soldiers, but also had artillery support from the rear of the Japanese army to remove obstacles to their charge.
Considering these factors, Furuki Masano is very confident in attacking the enemy's position this time.
"Launch an attack immediately and prepare to call for artillery support from the rear."
Furuki Masano said this, with a cold light shining in his eyes.
Beside him, other Japanese soldiers were ready to fight.
Their regiment is a reserve force. According to common sense, unless the front combat troops suffer very heavy casualties, otherwise, they will be still in the rear, mainly responsible for guarding some warehouses and transportation lines.
Now, an opportunity to make a contribution is placed in front of them, and the target they want to eliminate this time is an enemy force that is deeply alone. These Japanese soldiers were naturally full of confidence and planned to drive the enemy out of the Tashan position before noon today.
But such an idea will be shattered in a short period of time.
Because at this time, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment, the New Regiment, and the New Regiment were building defensive positions in full swing.
It¡¯s just that the Japanese reconnaissance troops have not yet arrived for close reconnaissance and have not discovered these changes in the enemy¡¯s positions.
The wing staff officer on the side said at this time: "Captain, I think we should let the reconnaissance unit conduct an investigation. At least, we should let the artillery units in the rear have more accurate bombardment coordinates."
But Furuki Masano said disdainfully: "No need at all. We will first let a squadron launch a simple attack to test the enemy's firepower, and then let the artillery fire from the rear carry out the bombing. The second round of attack will begin. When the time comes, we must annihilate all the enemy's troops in the shortest possible time."
Furuki Masano was full of confidence and seemed not to take the Fourth Army Death Squadron in his eyes at all.
In his opinion, this group of enemies will not only be very exhausted if they continue to fight, but they will also have huge problems with ammunition.
In this way, they will definitely have a lot of energy left when attacking the enemy.
"I think we should be more cautious. After all, these enemies are the elite force of the Fourth Army."
Although his staff officer's suggestions were not adopted, he still continued to adhere to his original ideas.
However, the decision has been made by Furuki Masano.
A squadron under Furuki Masano immediately began to advance towards Tashan Highlands under his order.
And their large forces also began to approach Tashan, where they set up camp and set up artillery positions.
For these Japanese troops, the enemy on the opposite side does not have heavy firepower. Even if they place the temporary garrison of the troops less than one kilometer away from the enemy's position, they do not have to worry about being attacked by the enemy.
The soldiers of the squadron responsible for the Japanese attack were full of energy and advanced towards the Tashan defense line at this time with their chests and heads held high.
At this time, on the high ground of Tashan, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie were lying together, using binoculars to look at the Japanese troops not far away, getting closer and closer to their positions.
In such a small highland, it is naturally impossible to deploy more than 50,000 people from three regiments.
They only left one main battalion here, and the other troops took advantage of this time to circle directly to the sides and rear of the Japanese coalition.
Li Yunlong's appetite is greater than Chang Liansheng imagined. Chang Liansheng thought before that they just wanted to defeat this enemy, but now it seems that they are planning to defeat this unknown enemy. The Japanese army team ate it in one bite.
"It's a pity that these Japanese soldiers don't know that the enemy they face is no longer a death squad of less than a thousand people, but a regular Eighth Route Army army of 50,000 people.
They are still subordinate to the 386th Brigade and are the three main regiments that are most capable of fighting.
¡°If Masano Furuki knew the current configuration of the ground army¡¯s position on the opposite side at this time, he would definitely ask Yoshijiro Kazu without hesitation to send those two elite armored divisions to him.
No, it would be better for them to guard the warehouses in the rear honestly. Tasks such as fighting the enemy in front of them in bloody battles should naturally be left to the most capable armored divisions.
Now, the Japanese army, which was still in a state of ignorance, began to advance towards the defensive positions stationed by the Eighth Route Army.
Their mission this time is only to conduct fire reconnaissance. After learning the enemy's defensive firepower, they will immediately retreat and then call for fire support from the rear.
After the artillery fire from the rear ravaged the enemy's defensive positions, they launched the second round of fierce attack.
Precisely because of this, this Japanese attack was even somewhat careless.
They did not follow the original battle formation, but simply transformed their troops into skirmish lines distributed on the front of the position.
The Japanese soldiers advanced while looking up at the quiet ground army positions.
At this time, there was no movement there.
It was as quiet as if the enemy did not exist at all. The retreating Japanese troops were just frightened by the nightmare they had experienced and ran away from their positions.
However, when they approached about a hundred meters away, the Eighth Route Army firepower deployed on the position began to fire at the Japanese army.
The crossfire formed by the heavy machine guns suppressed the Japanese army in a very short period of time.
The Japanese soldiers, who were killed by fierce firepower and killed more than a dozen soldiers, suddenly realized that they were on the battlefield and their enemy was a mighty army.
"Attack, detect enemy firepower points."
Their commander shouted and began to direct his Japanese soldiers to continue moving forward.
Many of the other Japanese soldiers came here due to temporary symptoms, although they have also experienced a lot of military training.
But compared with those veterans who have actually fought on the battlefield, they are still far behind.
Many new recruits of the Japanese army stood up and charged directly after hearing the commander's order.
Seeing this scene, the Eighth Route Army machine gunners on the position were extremely happy. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com