The brigade commander of the Japanese armored brigade put down the telescope in his hand. The more he thought about it, the more wrong he became.
"What's going on? Are those guys a bunch of trash?"
"No matter what, since we are asked to go up, we have no choice but to go up. If the first line of defense is lost, the results of our subsequent defense lines will not be very good."
His chief of staff said.
The Japanese brigade commander thought for a while and then said: "They don't have so many flat-firing artillery now. If we attack now, we won't suffer such serious losses as before."
The Japanese brigade commander said loudly: "Order the troops to set off immediately, and we will rush to the front line immediately."
They are still about several kilometers away from the Japanese frontline defense positions.
But they are armored troops, and it only takes about half an hour at most from assembling to arriving at the battlefield ahead.
¡° However, what they don¡¯t know is that this section is only seven or eight kilometers away, and how much damage they will suffer.
The telegram sent by Yoshijiro Kozu to the armored forces has been intercepted and deciphered. Therefore, before the Japanese armored forces set off, the Fourth Army already knew what the enemy was going to do next.
After Xia Yang got this information, he immediately said to the people around him: "Did you see it? The little devils are going to dispatch the armored troops. Minimize the losses on the Eighth Route Army's side and let the air troops dispatch. Our fighters and bombers, Before the Japanese armored forces arrive here, they must cause enough damage to the enemy's troops so that they can no longer participate in the battle on the front battlefield."
"yes!!"
Xiao Yuebing immediately replied loudly.
At the airport of the Fourth Army, bombers and fighter jets began to glide and take off from the runway.
Fighters and bombers were selected one after another in the air. After other fighters took off, they immediately formed a formation and rushed directly to the front line.
Soon after Yoshijiro Kozu¡¯s order was issued, the Japanese armored units set off from their stations to support the front lines.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army had advanced more than 500 meters forward.
On the positions along the way, a large number of Japanese and Eighth Route Army corpses were criss-crossed.
The health workers of the Eighth Route Army crawled among the corpses, looking for people who were still breathing, and treated them as best they could.
¡°Beside these health workers are the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who are constantly going to the front line.
Duan Peng wiped away the blood on his face and looked at the roaring Japanese machine gun fortress ahead.
In order to block the attacks of the Eighth Route Army and the Fourth Army, the Japanese army built countless machine gun fortresses along the way.
Most of these machine gun bunkers were eliminated by the fierce artillery fire of the Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army, but the remaining machine gun bunkers became a huge obstacle to the Eighth Route Army's advance.
The two level-firing artillery battalions of the Fourth Army have received orders at this time to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army in offensive operations.
They carried a large number of armor-piercing bombs and incendiary bombs this time. Their only purpose was to penetrate and destroy the enemy's fortresses along the way, clearing obstacles for their offensive troops to advance.
"The flat-firing cannon is ready and ready to bombard at any time."
At this time, a soldier ran over and said to Duan Peng.
"Open fire immediately and take out all the fortresses in front."
"yes!!"
As the soldier spoke, he immediately picked up the walkie-talkie used by Assimilation and conveyed his order.
Behind them, flat-fire cannons immediately began to intensively bombard the enemy's fortress.
Dozens of flat-fire artillery shells simultaneously bombarded the Japanese fortresses.
¡°Boom boom boom!!!¡±
Amidst a loud noise, the Japanese fortress group was shrouded in explosions and smoke.
In one of the Japanese machine gun fortresses, the shells directly followed the Japanese machine gun firing holes and shot into the interior of their fortress.
The moment the shell exploded, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers inside were killed and injured.
The moment the artillery shells covered the area, the Eighth Route Army's demolition soldiers immediately carried explosive bags and cluster grenades and went to the front to blast.
The smoke generated by those explosions can greatly obscure the sight of Japanese machine gunners.
On the plains, although the Japanese machine gun fortresses were raised a little higher, the shooting field of view was still not wide enough.
 The smoke that filled the front of the fortress made it impossible for the Japanese machine gunners to shoot.
At this moment, the sound of explosions came from the front.
The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army used explosive packets and cluster grenades to directly blow through the enemy's barbed wire fence in front.
Hearing the sound of explosions, the Japanese machine gunners immediately fired wildly forward.
Although they can't see clearly where the enemy is, as long as their machine gun fire covers the front, even if the enemy wants to charge, they still need to pass through a very dense fire net.
The moment the Japanese machine guns started roaring, many of the Eighth Route Army soldiers charging forward were knocked to the ground.
The soldiers of the Fourth Army saw this and continued to use flat-fire artillery in the rear to bombard the Japanese fortress groups.
At this time, the Japanese fortress group was suppressed by flat-fire artillery.
This round of bombardment once again silenced some of the Japanese machine gun fortresses.
The demolition soldiers of the Eighth Route Army continued to charge forward.
Many Japanese soldiers had already rushed out of their fortress and entered the trench defense lines on both sides.
Only here can they see clearly the situation ahead.
¡°Boom boom boom!!!¡±
Loud noises kept coming, and another Japanese machine gun bunker was penetrated by an armor-piercing projectile.
The continuous fire suppression put great pressure on the Japanese army. Although they can still rely on the firepower network set up in advance to prevent the Eighth Route Army from approaching their defensive positions, as time goes by, their firepower points are eliminated one after another. If they want to block the enemy's attack, they will becomes more difficult.
This is one of their strongest fortresses on the position. If this place is broken through, it will become more difficult for their firepower points in the rear to block the Eighth Route Army's attack.
The Japanese commander also realized that the fortress group ahead was crucial, and he immediately mobilized a squadron of troops to support them.
In other directions, the Eighth Route Army's offensive is still advancing vigorously, and the Japanese army's defensive pressure is also becoming more and more intense.
"The commander-in-chief called and asked us to hold on for at least half an hour, and the armored forces will come to support immediately."
At this time, in the Japanese forward command headquarters, a Japanese soldier responsible for answering the phone said loudly. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com