Rise from eight hundred.

The Japanese bomber formation did not stop supporting its own infantry who were about to be in desperation because of a battle loss.

At the request of Xiangyue Qingshi, within 6 hours, a total of 36 fighter sorties were bombed in three waves on the mountains around Changle Village and the battlefield along the Zhuozhang River.

Looking down from a high altitude, the originally lush mountains and forests are already mottled, and the relatively flat Zhuozhang River is full of potholes and scars. There are more than 20 large holes visible to the naked eye.

The embankment on the other side of the Zhuozhang River was bombed and collapsed in several places. The water of the Zhuozhang River, which had entered the wet season, rushed along the embankment that had been bombed and collapsed to the depressions, submerging a lot of land that originally belonged to Changle. A lot of land in the village.

Of course, due to the higher terrain on the fortified side of the 683rd brigade, the river water that broke through the embankment basically flowed in the direction of the second mixed brigade.

Although the large area of ​​yellow land did not say that it had completely turned into a country, it was still extremely muddy. The Japanese infantrymen stepped on the strong but heavy cowhide boots, my good guy, the attached mud was like two feet tied to their feet. Like a big shot put.

No wonder the second mixed brigade arrived at Changle Village first, and Yoshio Laigu, Major Yoshio Lai of the [-]st Infantry Battalion, who was the first to arrive at Changle Village, looked at the north bank of the Zhuozhang River with a binoculars, and couldn't help scolding Lu Hang for a bunch of idiots.

The muddy land not only greatly slowed down the infantry's advance speed, but even the Type 94 armored vehicles would have difficulty walking on such ground. Isn't this helping the Chinese in disguise?

What's more, Yoshio Laigu's scalp tingles when he thinks that the vast number of imperial officers and soldiers are going to lie down in the mud and fight the Chinese, even if he doesn't have to roll into a mud monkey.

The commanders are all like this, let alone the Japanese infantrymen who were out of breath after marching 7 kilometers in 40 hours. Looking at the soft muddy land ahead soaked by the river water that broke out of the embankment, the Japanese infantrymen collectively cheered. Eyes narrowed.

"Baga! What are you doing in a daze? Order the 2nd Infantry Squadron, the 4th Squadron, and the Heavy Machine Gun Squadron to be on alert. The 2nd Engineer Squadron and the 1st Infantry Squadron and the 3rd Infantry Squadron immediately arrive 700 meters away from the river to dig field trenches." Yoshio Laigu was quite decisive, knowing that with the [-] or [-] troops under his command now, it would be impossible to easily break through the Chinese defense line on the opposite side. The construction of field trenches for infantry to avoid machine guns and shells has become inevitable.

The distance of 700 meters can far avoid the range of Chinese machine guns. With the ability of Japanese engineers, first dig a horizontal trench, then dig a traffic trench forward, and then dig horizontally. It will not take long to form two trenches. A complete line of trench defense that can be attacked and defended.

The closest one to the river may be only two or three hundred meters away.

Facing the muddy ground formed by the bombing of the Sharkey Battalion by our own airmen, and thinking about the predicament of becoming a mud monkey without a place to bathe, the Japanese engineers and infantry carrying shovels and picks knew all kinds of MMPs in their hearts.

Not to mention the fact that the military order is difficult to disobey, they also know that if they don't conquer the line of defense in front of them, a large number of Chinese troops may rush to this side at any time. A lot of mud on their bodies will not kill people, but the Chinese are really capable of killing people.

After six days and six nights of fighting for the highlands in the mountains, the arrogance of the infantrymen of the second mixed brigade, which was originally majestic and vigorous, had already been kicked into the crotch by the Chinese soldiers with the spirit of not fearing death, especially thinking that their opponent might be the Jin Dynasty. The most elite 683 Brigade and the Four Elements Regiment in the legendary China in the southeastern region are even more frightened.

Be timid before fighting, a taboo for military strategists!

The right time and place are not on the side of the Second Mixed Brigade. Before anything else, the Japanese army has committed three major taboos.

However, the Second Mixed Brigade now has only this way. After the report from the Japanese reconnaissance plane, at the moment when the Second Mixed Brigade was marching towards Changle Village, less than 20 kilometers behind them, a Chinese army , there are tens of thousands of people, and they are chasing after each other.

That's all right, with the current strength of the Second Mixed Brigade, it's enough to take a carbine back and forth to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese army, which is about the same strength as your own. But before Yamashita ordered the whole army to stop marching, another urgent telegram came from the headquarters .

'With Wu Township as the center, in the mountains with a radius of 40 kilometers, a large number of Chinese troops were found to be moving, at least 3 infantry divisions! '

This telegram completely put an end to Yamashita's desire to fight the Chinese army behind him. He only needs to hold him back for two days, and his second mixed brigade may have to face 4 or even 5 people. The besieged by the Chinese army.

At that moment, no one knew whether Shan Xiawen regretted it in his heart. Judging from the current situation, it might be the safest strategy to stay in the mountains and guard against danger.

In fact, even at this time, besides continuing to move forward alone, Shanxia has another option, throwing away all the baggage, including artillery and tanks, and the second mixed brigade entered the mountain in the form of pure light infantry.

The Chinese encirclement can't cover the entire mountain range, and there are no fighter planes that can fly freely in the sky as eyes. He and the second mixed brigade have at least an 80.00% chance of escaping the mountain.

However, this has basically declared the defeat of the Second Mixed Brigade, and the act of throwing away all the baggage can be called a rout.

Even if the Second Mixed Brigade can finally escape from this mountain, it will be a disgrace to the Imperial Japanese Army, and Yamashita himself will be firmly nailed to the pillar of shame in history , Never turn over.

Before the war, it was not that there were no generals who raised concerns about the annihilation of a full-scale Japanese army to Tang Dao. Among them, the Japanese generals had the idea of ​​fleeing into the mountains if they gave up their luggage and light equipment.

"That's because you don't know enough about the extreme nation of Japan. They belong to the line of Eastern civilization, but they don't have what we call 'big men can bend and stretch, and we don't know if they will make a comeback'. Everything they do is extreme, brutal and extreme. , Bravery is very extreme, and the obsession with honor is also extremely extreme. Compared with this, life is not so important.

Therefore, they will definitely not make such a choice of fleeing in embarrassment! " Tang Dao, who did not participate in the meeting, entrusted Brigadier Cheng to reply to the generals in this way.

It was only then that the generals realized that they didn't think about a small regiment leader in a detailed and comprehensive way. They put the Japanese generals on the same level of thinking as themselves, but Tang Dao had already considered a national character.

Moreover, the word "extreme" sums it up extremely well. Looking at the actions of the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield, it is the embodiment of these two words.

In fact, the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield only showed "extremeness". It was not until a few years later in the Pacific battlefield that the Japanese army really showed "extreme" to the fullest.

"Kamikaze" and "suicide single-man submarine" are all original creations of the Japanese army. Not to mention, they regard the residents of the entire island as their own food reserves, using the underground tunnels across the island and the submachine guns of American soldiers, Fighting with naval guns and aircraft, more than 22000 soldiers guarding the island ended up killing 1000 and only 6800 survived. As a result, as many as 2 American soldiers were killed and more than [-] were injured.

Why do you think the U.S. threw big fat bombs to repair them? It was calculated by the U.S. Army Staff. If they landed on the Japanese mainland and used conventional operations, the U.S. Army would suffer more than one million casualties.

With the U.S. who has always refused to accept anyone's piss, and was terrified by the extreme little Japan, wouldn't the big fat bomb that was just created have to be arranged?
It is said that the United States has already planned, if such a small Japan does not kneel down and call Dad, then continue to throw it away, even if the Japanese island is bombed and sunk.

Fortunately, the extreme Japanese kneeled decisively in order to continue their race.

And this kneeling doesn't matter, the extreme characteristics are revealed again, and he actually likes to kneel, no matter how the Baba of the United States ravages him, even if iron whips and torches are arranged, Japan is still firmly on the ground with both knees, quite a bit Deputy, the posture of being your son forever.

Really, Tang Dao from the future has seen many peoples on the earth, cunning and wise Hebrews, old Maozi with one-line thinking but extremely well-developed limbs, tough and cruel southeast people, even strange people parade on motorcycles The third brother of the style, I have never wanted Bilian to be our stick, and I have never seen the Japanese one. Anyway, we just walked all the way to Hei without turning.

Even if it is to be a grandson of a turtle, it must be calculated with the length of a hundred years.

Tang Dao knew the characteristics of the Japanese nation too well. This idea only flashed in Yamashita's mind, and he was immediately rejected by himself.

Shan Xiaxia still decided to go to Changle Village according to the previous battle plan. He wanted to kill a bloody road there, jump out of the encirclement circle carefully designed by the Chinese, and make the Chinese happy in vain.

Of course, this is also because he still has confidence in himself and the Imperial Army Aviation. He does not believe that under the violent bombing of dozens of bombers dispatched by the Army Aviation and the impact of his elite troops, the mere ten thousand Chinese troops can still hold the line of defense .

He overestimated the combat power of his own army aviation and his infantry, or in other words, he underestimated his opponent too much.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in all battles. At this moment, Shan Xia belongs to neither the self nor the enemy.

First of all, the dozens of tons of bombs dropped by 36 fighter planes did cause some losses to the 683 Brigade, which is unavoidable in war.

However, the anti-blasting holes dug in advance and a large number of camouflaged wooden men reduced this loss by at least [-]%.

The 683 Brigade had about 500 casualties in these three waves of bombing, which is already a number that surprised Brigadier Cheng.

Before that, he estimated the number to be 1500, and before the official battle with the Japanese infantry, more than half of the infantry regiment would be lost. This is a tragedy, but it is also a cruel reality.

If there is no mountain as a cover, perhaps this number will be doubled.The reason why the Japanese army has repeatedly won more with less is that it has completely mastered the air supremacy is a very important factor. If it loses the air supremacy, the Japanese army will definitely not be able to achieve the current record by relying on heavy ground firepower.

The losses of the 683 Brigade were not as severe as Yamashita imagined. The infantry was still strong, and the artillery that had been hiding was not damaged at all. This alone was enough for the second mixed brigade to eat a pot.

What's more, in order to deal with the four-element regiment chasing from behind, Shan Xiaxia had to use two infantry brigades and a heavy brigade as the rear brigade to protect his rear wings, and put them in front to break through the defense line of the Zhuozhang River. There will never be more than 4000 engineers and supplies.

The more than 800 Japanese troops who arrived first did not attack rashly. Two infantry squadrons and a heavy machine gun squadron were also very stable in guarding the flanks and front, and basically would not give the Chinese army in the mountains a chance to come out.

However, this does not mean that the 683rd Brigade will just watch them "leisurely" build trenches, and then extend the trenches to their own defense area.

The current 683 brigade has developed insignificantly under the silent support of Tang Dao to add some guns today and give some cannons tomorrow, not to mention the complete body!At the moment, it is also a semi-finished product.

This time, for the second mixed brigade, Commander Liu of the 921st Division paid a lot of money. On such a difficult battlefield against the 16th Division, he still drew 4 75 mountain artillery and an artillery company arrived with the 683rd Brigade. In addition, in the past few months The 30 mortars that have been accumulated and given away at the slightest disagreement with a certain regiment are heavy on firepower, not to mention comparable to the more than 20 75 mountain guns carried by the second mixed brigade!
At least, you won't be beaten passively like usual, you hit me like a storm with your eight punches, and I can also hit me with a kick, black tiger heart out and so on.

"Terrific, the person who killed me, dare to swagger and dig a trench in front of my eyes?" Wang Xiaoqiang, the supreme commander of the Zhuozhang River defense line, looked at the Japanese army hundreds of meters away through the binoculars, and said: His teeth creaked.

Those temporarily dug anti-blasting holes may be able to withstand the shelling of 75 mountain guns or even 100mm cannons, but they are still too fragile for 500-pound aerial bombs.

Just 3 hours ago, a 500-pound aerial bomb dropped by a Japanese bomber happened to hit an area 20 meters above a bomb defense cave. Although there was no frontal hit, the terrible energy still collapsed the cave dwelling supported by rough wood. up.

There were nearly 70 people there, and the roar of the Japanese fighter planes was still in my ears. Wang Xiaoqiang, who received the news, rushed out of the bomb defense hole first, and led his men to dig the soil crazily.

But it was still too late, 70 young people, more than 40 people suffocated to death under the mud.

Some of them followed the 3th Army across most of China and did not die in the snow-capped mountains and grasslands, or on hundreds of battlefields; to guard the homeland;
But everything in the past was in vain. On this battlefield, they didn't fire a single shot. Many people died here without military uniforms and bare upper body in order to camouflage the wooden figures.

Seeing the pale and young faces lying quietly in front of him like this, the head of the regiment, Wang Xiaoqiang, felt so distressed!
He, who was always loud, didn't say a word, just sat beside his soldiers who were already extremely quiet, silently lit a pack of cigarettes on his body, and stuck them in the soil.

It was the last of his stock, and he didn't know if his young soldiers would smell the tobacco again, but he wanted to.

Perhaps, this young and strong commander hopes that his soldiers will open their eyes and call him commander again!

It's a pity that this is a battlefield, and there are not so many possibilities.

It is extremely lucky to be able to rescue the twenty or so people in the outermost layer.

"Regimental Commander, although it is within the range of the heavy machine gun, it is too far away. I think it would be a waste of bullets. I think we should save it for the Japanese attack!" Battalion Commander Xiao Ding advised.

He knew the personality of his regiment leader very well. The Japanese plane killed and injured nearly a hundred members of the 772 regiment. It was a big loss for Wang Xiaoqiang, and he had to make up for this bad breath.

"Bullshit! You are so good that you are still digging and searching. The Japanese who are still playing ball, heavy machine guns can't do it, then take out the 1 mortars assigned to your 4st Battalion and blast him. Day." Wang Xiaoqiang stared.

"Commander, there are only 4 shells left in the 30 mortars, and we have to save them to deal with the Japanese devils' attack!" Battalion Commander Xiao Ding's face suddenly became bitter.

"Then I'll tell you, by tonight, Commander Tang will send 500 rounds of shells to our regiment. If you don't want to fight, I'll give this task to the 2nd Battalion." Wang Xiaoqiang put his eyes behind the binoculars again , No longer look at your first battalion commander.

"Hit, 16 shells, no, 20 shells focused fire!" Battalion Commander Xiao Ding heard this, and he only cared about 20 shells.

Even if the battalion's mortar platoon had all its shells fired, wouldn't there still be the regiment's mortar company?Taking a step back, the 4 mountain cannons placed by the brigade headquarters in the mountains are not for dry food.

Therefore, when the Japanese engineers and infantrymen were sweating profusely and fighting the mud, bullets exploded around them.

The Chinese used mortars to prevent them from digging trenches without talking about martial arts.

Caught off guard, more than a dozen Japanese infantry soldiers howled and fell down, with crimson flowing in the mud.

The Japanese infantry were so sad that they could only kneel in the mud and start digging the soil. Before the trench was dug two feet deep, facing the mortar shells that might fly at any time, they were like little boys who had encountered a villain. Girl, apart from being hurt and crying, she has no defense.

When the situation was reported to Yoshio Laigu who was planning to use Changle Village as a temporary headquarters, the Japanese Army Major's eyes flickered with horror under the gloom.

Have the Chinese become local tyrants to this extent?How dare you 'waste' precious shells before the battle has even begun.

What's more terrible is that the range of the mortar used by the Chinese side can be as high as 2500 meters. Could it also threaten his village, which is the temporary headquarters, at any time?

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