Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 1017 The second mixed brigade that lost the initiative!

"Continue shelling! Tell Pang Pang Hai that you don't have to worry about the stock of shells. This battle won't last long!" At the same time, Tang Dao, 8 kilometers away from Shanxia, ​​also issued a military order.

From dusk to dark, and then from dark to late night, the Artillery Battalion of the Four Elements Regiment became the busiest combat unit of the entire Four Elements Regiment.

The Chinese bombardment of the rear flank defense line of the Japanese army lasted for a full 6 hours, creating a new record for the Four Lines Regiment and even the entire battlefield in southeastern Shanxi.

During the 6 hours of bombardment, the Four Elements Regiment had 16 mountain cannons and six 6 heavy pressures, throwing a total of more than 150 shells, accounting for half of the total artillery shells carried by the Four Elements Regiment.

The results of the battle were also brilliant. The Japanese army's already fragile rear wing defense line was blown to pieces. Whether it was a highland or a simple trench in a hilly area, more than [-]% was destroyed. All villages in sight were bombed by artillery fire. into ruins.

Yamashita's order to ask his brigade chief of staff to wait until dark was fulfilled. That's because the Chinese army in the rear didn't dispatch a single soldier to attack the line of defense except for shelling, but his desire to build fortifications overnight did not. It was smashed to pieces by the crazy bombardment of a certain group that did not hesitate to consume.

Under the crazy artillery fire, the Japanese army had to abandon the previous simple fortifications and retreat the line of defense. The result of a sleepless night was nothing more than digging a few shallow trenches 800 meters behind the previous line of defense.

The trenches are no more than 1.5 meters deep, even the Japanese soldiers with such a short stature have to bend over to dare to walk. Do you feel sad or not?

In the face of the strength of the Chinese artillery, the Japanese artillery brigade did not try to retaliate. But in this era, there is no artillery radar that can lock the coordinates of the opponent's artillery positions. It can only rely on experience to judge the approximate direction and distance. Then fight back.

The Japanese engineers began to blast the ditch. The loud explosion collapsed the ditch and filled it with planks and earthwork. In less than 5 minutes, a slope was formed enough for tracked armored vehicles and people to run up.

The worst attack really started.

The major is already in great pain, why bother to rub salt on the wound?
But the Chinese used the next wave of terrible blows to make a big hole in Yoshio Lai Gu's heart.

As the Chinese continued to throw grenades, the Japanese army also suffered heavy casualties, but the Japanese army still stubbornly refused to retreat, even though their bodies were covered with the flesh and blood of their colleagues torn apart by the grenades.

He knew that this might be his last attack. It wasn't that the head of the mountain brigade no longer trusted him, but that the Chinese would no longer give him a chance.

Your flank battlefield is at least 1000 meters away from here. Do you need money for bullets or something?
Brigadier Cheng Da: You guessed it right, I snatched these from the 14th Division, really free of money!
As soon as these 9 heavy machine guns fired, the battlefield became lively in an instant. The infantry artillery and grenades hidden by the Japanese army, including heavy machine guns, began to fire back.

"Fight back, fight back, let the idiot who is in charge of defending the flank fight back!" Yoshio Lai Gu almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

More than 30 light machine guns and 12 heavy machine guns fired at full force regardless of the threat of grenadiers and infantry artillery.

Under the pressure of the Chinese artillery group in the rear, in the second round of attack, the Second Mixed Brigade almost used all its strength, mobilizing more than 1600 troops of various types.

People's heavy machine guns are firing!

The high ground is nearly 700 meters away from the battlefield, which seems quite safe, but it is also within the range of 800 meters for heavy machine guns, and the Chinese live in a condescending manner, which invisibly increases its range, or even if the bullets no longer go straight, what? , A bullet that floats a little bit can't kill people?

How dense is the bullet rain?

Kicking the grenade that was still emitting blue smoke was the most instinctive choice of the soldiers, but the grenade is not a football, and it is impossible to kick it out of the trench. comrades.

The Japanese army was tenacious enough to persist for 15 minutes even under the hunting of such a strong firepower net. There was even a phenomenon that a small group of more than [-] Japanese soldiers went to the front of the trench, but that was only the tip of the iceberg. The firepower composed of machine guns gave kills at the front of the trenches.

There are nearly 700 Japanese troops sleeping on this battlefield forever.

If nothing else happened, the soldier who was clutching his wrist and screaming would not feel any pain in two seconds. The grenade was enough to blow him and a comrade beside him into the air.

The Japanese army was defeated.

And the first ones were eight 8-type armored vehicles, the dark machine gun muzzles shining with a cold luster under the setting sun.

"Call me!" Wang Xiaoqiang ordered.

The staff officer next to him wanted to remind him that the Chinese beat up the 108th Division and the 14th Division two months ago, especially the 14th Division, which was a convoy of nearly 200 vehicles. There are so many, it's unimaginable, what's so great about having thousands of grenade grenades?
But looking at the army major who was trying his best to appease him, the lieutenant staff swallowed the situation back into his stomach.

This was the first time he fought under the advantage of abundant firepower. While feeling the strength of his own side, watching the Japanese army struggling for their lives under the flying bullets made him feel satisfied even more.

This is a typical Japanese infantry attack method. The first wave of Japanese troops is used to shoot at the defenders, which consumes ammunition and energy of the opponent. The second wave of Japanese troops follows closely behind, and then the third wave, just like the waves of the sea, The continuous attacks made it hard to resist.

Because the Chinese started firing at nearly 10 heavy firepower points, which was a firepower network composed of more than 20 heavy machine guns and 50 light machine guns.

Therefore, the soldier's choice was to pounce on a tiger and use his not-so-thick chest to suppress the grenade.

Don't underestimate the fact that you can only throw grenade grenades with a charge of less than a catty but more than 100 grams. If there are too many, the power is also very scary.

Relying on a large number of grenadiers and ammunition seized from the battle of Shentouling, the 772 regiment also set up a grenadier team in the infantry platoon. One infantry squad of the Japanese army had two grenadiers, and the infantry platoon had three. Anyway, more than the Japanese.

"Ah!" When the soldier clutching his wrist got up from the ground, he saw exactly such a tragic scene, and knelt down on the ground again with a plop.

Yoshio Laigu had to let his infantry attack the Zhuozhang River defense line before dark without sufficient artillery cover.

The arm of a Chinese soldier had just been raised, and the grenade in his hand hadn't even left his hand, when a bullet hit his wrist hard.

At this time, the 16 heavy machine guns deployed by Yoshio Laigu on both sides of the battlefield began to provide fire cover for his side.

This time, there was nothing to try or not to try. Nearly 2000 infantrymen dispatched nearly 1100 infantry on the nearly 6-meter front. That was 150 infantry squadrons, which were divided into three waves. After that, and finally two more infantry squadrons, the distance between each wave is about [-] meters.

Rather, it came from the high ground on the flanks.

Those elites who came out of the great transfer of thousands of miles died under the completely superior force. How could the 683 brigade not attach great importance to this small "mortar" with a range of 500 meters!

In other words, death is the main theme on the battlefield, whether it is Chinese or Japanese.

Obviously, this approach, similar to Sharkey's, limited the damage to the artillery positions of the Four Elements Regiment hidden behind the mountain.

It is under the guidance of such tactical thinking that the 772 infantry companies under the 9 regiment actually possessed 63 grenadiers. Tool.

In the trench 700 meters away, there are six Type 92 infantry guns. Although the guns have not yet been fired, Sen Leng's gun barrels have been adjusted to an angle, and they can shell the exposed Chinese heavy firepower points at any time. That is Yoshio Yoshio Dare to use such a large-scale infantry to attack the line of defense.

"It was a great battle!" Battalion Commander Xiao Ding sighed sincerely as he watched groups of Japanese soldiers rushing over were swept down by light and heavy machine guns.

The thick heavy machine gun bullet directly blew off his wrist, leaving only a little flesh attached to it. At this time, the grenade, which did not gain much kinetic energy, did not leave the trench, but fell directly into the trench.

When did heavy machine guns rely on accuracy to get people, didn't they rely on more bullets, and rely on probability?

As the hand-cranked siren began to sound for a long time, the first wave of Japanese soldiers began to rush decisively towards the Zhuozhang River with short legs.

At least 3 heavy machine guns on 9 high grounds fired at the Japanese infantry on the battlefield. Regardless of the first wave, the second wave or the third wave, the Japanese infantry fell down in the mud with a clatter.

"The infantry continue to attack!" Yoshio Lai Gu refused to give up even though his face was livid.

Moreover, although the Chinese grenadiers do not have the extremely accurate shooting skills of the Japanese veterans, they have undergone rigorous training, and they are still seven or eight points accurate within 300 meters.

Losing the machine gun cover of six 94 tanks, all the bravery of the Japanese infantry was crushed on this river bank.

Japanese soldiers continued to fall in the Zhuozhang River, and the river was instantly stained red, but perhaps this time the Japanese army gave the order to die, and despite the hail of bullets, more Japanese troops followed the Type 94 armored vehicles and crossed the Zhuozhang River.

At this time, there were as many as 60 grenadier teams in the second-line trenches alone.

"Beep!" With the hissing of the hand-cranked siren, the third wave of Japanese soldiers at the rear no longer bent over and marched forward in small steps, but collectively shouted "on board!" and strode forward with guns in hand.

At that moment, his comrades made a choice.

In terms of civil engineering, the Japanese are really professional enough.

Although the Japanese army suffered heavy losses in the last round of tentative attacks, they still gained some gains. The Zhuozhang River is not a big river, the river is not narrow, and the river is not very deep. It can completely pass by Type 94 armored vehicles.

"Baga! Where did the Chinese get the grenades?" Yoshio Laigu was so angry that he burst out with barren Japanese swear words again.

This time, he no longer had to lead the entire battalion commanders and fighters to fight the Japanese hand-to-hand.

But soon, the Japanese army suffered a blow!
The 37mm anti-aircraft guns that had been hidden for a long time showed their fangs at the moment when the Japanese Type 94 tank was just about to board the slope and was about to show off its power and shoot the front with a 7.7mm machine gun.

The muffled thunder from thousands of meters away continued, not only showing the strength of the Chinese artillery, but also showing their confidence.

This is also one of the results of the 683 Brigade's continuous learning of lessons from the six months of working with the Japanese army.

However, it did not come from the frontal defense line of the Zhuozhang River.

This is just a corner of the battlefield, sacrifice is inevitable.

The Japanese infantry artillery, on the other hand, was constantly being attacked by Chinese mortars, and could no longer bombard the Chinese side with heavy firepower as before.

Switching to other troops, perhaps after being bombarded by 24 mountain cannons, it would be difficult to resist the impact of such a huge force.

The Japanese army’s 50mm grenade launcher caused too much damage to the 683 Brigade. Although Qigen Village wiped out hundreds of Japanese troops in the two wars, a small Japanese grenade launcher caused about 772 machine gun shooters in the 20 Regiment, the main combat force. killed.

"However, their commanders are stupid enough to bombard the infantry with grenades. Do they really think that the grenades are infinite?" Yoshio Laigu, holding a telescope, looked at the continuous smoke rising from the battlefield, and began to conduct psychological exercises on himself. soothe.

Learn from the strengths of the barbarians to control the barbarians!Since the grenadiers of the Japanese army can cause heavy losses to themselves, then use the grenades to hit them back.

The Japanese engineers who followed the armored vehicles carried wooden boards in a team of three. After crossing the river, they were going to blast and lay wooden boards on the 2-meter-high ditch for the Type 94 armored vehicles to pass through.

It is not a fortification reinforced with steel plates. Under the bombardment of the 70mm 'cannon', it is basically a single shot.

Although the gap between the Japanese infantry was extremely wide, one grenade exploded, and there would never be a situation where it exploded in one piece, but the 772 regiment had a large number of grenade launchers, with more than 60 rounds in one round.

The soldier was lifted up by more than two meters by the energy of the explosion, and the shape of the heart could be seen in the entire torn chest.

What's more terrible is that their equipment has long been different from what it used to be. An infantry regiment is equipped with 16 mortars, 24 heavy machine guns, and four 4mm rapid-fire guns. grenade.

The Four Elements Regiment shelled the rear wing of the Japanese army almost all night, and never gave the Second Mixed Brigade a chance.

The 37mm anti-aircraft gun is an excellent product of German-made weapons. Not to mention the thin iron skin of the Type 94 Xiaodouding chariot, which is less than 10mm, it is the 89mm steel plate of the Type 30 medium-sized main battle tank. At a straight-line distance of 700 meters, it is also a Hit and penetrate.Even, on the battlefield of World War II in the future, this kind of anti-tank gun, which has been eliminated, also has a record of penetrating the 50mm armor on the side of the Leopard tank.

For the Japanese army, a grenadier team of 2 people, one shooter, one observer and ammunition hand, carrying 12 rounds of ammunition in wartime is already a lot.

It is estimated that it will not take long for the Chinese to fight like this, and they will burn out the ammunition they carry, and he can still afford to consume dozens of lives.

But death will never stop. At this time, China and Japan are like two beasts in the arena. The fighting will never stop until one side falls completely.

Moreover, this almost meaningless shooting involved the energy of the Japanese artillery brigade, resulting in only one-third of the previous artillery preparation intensity on the Zhuozhang River.

After several consecutive rounds of firing, at least fifty or sixty Japanese soldiers fell under the shrapnel piled up by numbers.

Just like that, the remains of the soldiers lying on the edge of the trenches, completely exposed to the battlefield, were still under the impact of bullets. Bullets shot at the bodies that were no longer alive, and blood bloomed one after another.

But standing in front of the Japanese army at this time is the 772nd regiment, the main force regiment known as the world's first brigade in the future, and the regiment leader is Wang Xiaoqiang, who will be called the "crazy general" in the future. The backbone of the Eighty Army.

Since then, the Japanese army has never organized a decent attack as Yoshio Lai Gu imagined.

In just 3 minutes, all the 94 little bean dings who had climbed the ditch were destroyed and turned into burning torches on the river bank.

Unlike eating a mouthful of mud, you may die. The battlefield is so cruel, and the Japanese made a wise choice.

If the Chinese line of defense cannot be broken this time, perhaps thousands of people in the entire brigade will be forced to enter a defensive state, and there will be no chance to take the initiative on the battlefield.

Although grenade launchers are not high-tech, they are definitely not something that can be used with an iron pipe. Yoshio Laigu has sufficient reasons to suspect that these are all from the Imperial Army.

When did his Second Mixed Brigade turn into such a badass, anyone who saw him wanted to slap him in the face.

The Japanese army finally retreated!
More than 1100 Japanese infantry and 8 94 armored vehicles, only one armored vehicle and more than 400 Japanese infantry can go back.

The 772 regiment had less than 150 casualties, and the battle damage ratio reached an astonishing 1:5.

Therefore, when Wang Xiaoqiang, who arrived at the front line in person, saw the Japanese army spread out like ants across the battlefield and slowly moved forward under the leadership of armored vehicles, he did not order the various firepower points to suppress firepower first, but let them hide in the trenches. The grenadier groups of the attack freely.

Then, the grenade exploded.

The 94 Xiaodouding without a tank gun, in front of this kind of artillery, is like a sheep meeting a wolf, and it has no other purpose except to bleat a few times to show that you are a sheep.

Not to mention that after winning the battle, you have to bear the sadness of countless familiar faces disappearing from your eyes forever.

Seeing that at least one-third of the imperial infantry crossing the river accounted for at least one-third, and the engineers also opened up at least six slopes for the Type 94 armored vehicles to advance, the corners of Yoshio Laigu's mouth curved upward for the first time: "Yoxi, order the third wave to drop quickly!" Go forward, I want to completely solve the current Chinese people once and for all, Your Excellency the head of the brigade is watching us from behind, the empire, the martial arts are prosperous!"

The mixture of tears, snot, and blood under the intense pain stimulation and extreme grief was like a demon, and the soldiers who rushed over couldn't bear to look directly at it.

This is similar to the charge number of the [-]th Army. Once an order to charge is issued, unless it is dead, it will never withdraw.

A little closer, there are more than 30 groups of grenadier soldiers walking around the battlefield. Their targets are all light and heavy firepower points within a range of 500 meters. Even if they cannot be destroyed immediately, they must cause trouble. Infantry do a lot of damage.

"Boom boom boom!" Puffs of gunpowder smoke burst out in the ranks of the Japanese army.

But he survived, although he has since lost his right hand.

In the early morning of the second day, the three major infantry battalions of the Four Elements Regiment began to attack the three lines of defense on the left, middle and right of the rear flank of the Japanese army.The 771st Regiment and the Supplementary Regiment began to attack the Japanese forward flanks in front of them.

The two lines of defense of the Japanese army are in jeopardy!
The Japanese army with a strength of up to 8000 changed from offense to defense in just 2 hours, which is extremely rare in the entire history of Sino-Japanese war.

But it happened so real in the deep mountains of Taihang Mountains!

Captain Sasaki, once again leading the fighter formation of the Army Aviation of the Japanese North China Front Army, set off!
But this time, there were 24 fighters, which was already the largest fighter formation that Yuancheng could gather.

(End of this chapter)