Rise from eight hundred.

In the next week, the Japanese army dispatched a total of 6 attack troops with a size of approximately 2 infantry squads.

Because the Yellow River coastline is long enough, no matter how many defenders there are, they cannot cover hundreds of kilometers of riverbanks. They can only send heavy troops to defend places where it is easy to cross the river on a large scale.

As for the Japanese army, the Chinese army on the other side of the Yellow River has 10,000+ troops. Let alone smuggling an infantry brigade, it is an infantry regiment or an infantry brigade. Without subsequent troops to keep up, it is just meat. Baozi's tactic of beating a dog and giving away a person's head for nothing.

Therefore, the right way is to capture an effective ferry on the other side and then continuously send troops.

It's just that Fujita Susumu has been taught a lesson by Tang Dao these days, and he actually realized a truth from it. If you can harass me, is it possible that I can't harass you?Is our mighty Imperial Japanese Army inferior to your weak Chinese army?

'Treat others with their own medicine', the cunning Fujita Susumu mobilized 6 elite infantry squads based on his 12 infantry brigades to form a special attack team to find gaps on the long river coastline and cross the river. Yellow River!
The reason why there are only 6 infantry brigades is because the 2th Infantry Regiment with only a few hundred people left has basically completely lost its combat effectiveness. The originally strong 7000rd Division now only has [-] infantry brigades and [-] infantry regiments. An infantry brigade directly under the division headquarters has less than [-] available soldiers.

Moreover, these Japanese troops lurking across the river in batches had different tasks. Some were to sneak towards the Chinese heavy artillery positions based on intelligence, and some were to perform the functions of sabotage and harassment!

The target was the heavy artillery position. It was easy to say that it was an attempt to blow up those heavy artillery pieces that were extremely important to the Japanese army just like the guard platoon led by Tang Dao.

For a week, four heavy artillery pieces fired every day, giving the Japanese army a chokehold!

Even though China only had 4 heavy artillery pieces, all of which were 150MM, but when they really started fighting, the Japanese army found that they had been deceived by those blond and blue-eyed Germans who looked quite honest.

日军的150MM重炮其实用的也是来自日耳曼帝国的技术，但射程不过11公里，但中国从克虏伯公司进口的SFH18型150毫米榴弹炮的射程却高达13公里。

Don't underestimate the 2-kilometer range difference. This means that Chinese heavy artillery can hit Japanese heavy artillery positions beyond the range of Japanese artillery!
As for the 280MM howitzer that still exists, I have not dared to fire it at all this week. This thing has heavy shells and powerful firepower, but its gun body is too heavy and can only be used as a fort.

Moreover, the range is closer than that of a 150MM howitzer. When a shot is fired, the smoke is as strong as if it was shot. And the weather was extremely clear that week, and the field of vision was excellent. If it was seen by the Chinese artillery observer, As for the specific location, there is no way for the fort to escape.

Therefore, after this week's artillery battle between the two sides, China's only 4 heavy artillery miraculously suppressed the 8 150-meter heavy artillery that the Japanese still had. To be more precise, the Japanese army only had 7 left, and one heavy artillery was on both sides. The artillery battle was damaged because a shell exploded 40 meters away, and it had to be towed back to Pingbeicheng for repairs.

The Japanese army also tried their best to deal with these four Chinese heavy artillery pieces. In addition to using heavy artillery groups on the ground to blast the area mentioned in the intelligence, they also used bombers to launch more than 4 air strikes and bombings.

It's a pity that China has already taken sufficient precautions against this. The heavy artillery positions are not only fully camouflaged, but also have strong enough bunkers. They are caves more than 20 meters deep dug by blasting in the mountain. When it is necessary to fire back, Use a tractor to pull it out of the hole. Once the air raid siren sounds, pull it back out again. The whole process will never take more than 3 minutes.

The Stone Mountain in the northwest was invulnerable not only to artillery shells, but also to the 500-pound aerial bombs dropped by Japanese planes!

Moreover, the dozen or so 20mm machine guns deployed around the heavy artillery positions were not insignificant. They relied on the solid bunkers in the mountain to form crossfire in the air. The Japanese planes did not dare to descend to an altitude of 2000 meters. The bombs could be dropped. In other words, it caused a lot of damage to flowers and plants.

If planes and artillery were not enough, then people would be used. At least three task forces were quietly approaching this position.

As everyone knows, the Japanese learned this trick, and Master Dong also accepted the lesson of the Japanese being attacked by Tang Dao and his troops.

An infantry battalion of more than 500 people, composed of veterans and guard battalions, protected this mountainous area tightly. Every night, they rested in shifts. Half of the people were ready in the first half of the night, and the other half were replaced in the second half of the night.

Moreover, bonfires would be lit in the first 30 meters of each trench in accordance with military orders, not for heating, but purely for lighting, giving the Japanese troops no chance to approach the trenches in the dark.

There is a shortage of everything in the mountains next to Tongguan, the most indispensable thing is wood and stones!

As for the positions not covered by trenches and sentries, Commander Dong spent a lot of money and buried nearly 1000 anti-infantry mines, accounting for almost two-thirds of the anti-infantry mines carried by the entire 28th Division.

The elite infantry teams dispatched by Fujita Susumu are good at frontal battlefields and have experience in roundabout attacks, but they still lack so-called 'special operations' experience.

Special operations itself is a tactic born in war. Its essence is to use a small number of elite soldiers to lurk into the enemy's defense area to harass, destroy, and target our own artillery fire and bombing. These soldiers need to undergo strict and systematic training. It is not only necessary to be proficient in various techniques and tactics, but also to understand astronomy and geography.

Unlike the Japanese army, hundreds of people took advantage of the darkness to sneak into the mountains. Seeing that the trenches were brightly lit and unable to get through, they crawled into the dark mountains.

Alright!Just lie down on the mine.

What's more terrible is that these Japanese soldiers are really stubborn. When their comrades who were unfortunate enough to be lying on the mines were blown away and their whereabouts were revealed, the most important thing to do was to ignore 21 and run away as a plan. Instead of running away, he even started to attack by force.

How can the Chinese soldiers, who were already prepared, endure it?

We couldn't beat you in the field because you had cannons and planes, so we could only hide in the trenches and get bombed. But now you are the only ones with light weapons. The most powerful firepower is light machine guns and throwers. Bullets, how dare you talk to me?

The lieutenant colonel infantry battalion commander responsible for the protection of heavy artillery positions is Commander Dong's guard battalion commander. If he is devolved to the front-line troops and is properly appointed as the infantry regiment commander, he has rich combat experience and is decisive. Except for leaving an infantry company stationary and continuing to strengthen the defense to avoid the Chinese and Japanese troops. In order to move the tiger away from the mountain, the remaining two infantry companies used two infantry platoons to shoot at the Japanese army, and the remaining four infantry platoons outflanked the two flanks. They used the Japanese army's tactics to directly counterattack the audacious Japanese army!
With a strength ratio of nearly 4:1, the infantry battalion also had the assistance of heavy machine guns and mortars, and its firepower completely defeated the Japanese army. Although it took nearly 3 hours, the first wave of incoming Japanese troops were defeated before dawn. Annihilated.

The deepest impression left by this wave of Japanese troops on the Chinese soldiers was probably nothing more than their stubbornness that they would rather die than surrender.

There were as many as three similar attacks in one week, and the process and results were almost the same!
Wouldn't that be a complete victory?After the first attack, Master Dong personally inspected the heavy artillery position and felt that the protective power was not enough. Not only did he once again mobilize veterans to supplement the strength of the infantry battalion, he also assigned an additional fire company to them.

Not to mention the addition of 6 heavy machine guns, there are also 4 mortars. This brings the available heavy firepower of the infantry battalion to 12 heavy machine guns and 6 mortars, almost catching up to what a Sichuan military division had before the war. Heavy firepower.

The reason why the Japanese army made the same mistakes continuously has little to do with the IQ of the Japanese commanders, but is inseparable from communications.

In fact, the Japanese military's communications are slightly better than those of the Chinese. The communications of the departments below the brigade level basically rely on communication and transportation.

This kind of hundred-man detachment-level unit is qualified to carry a field radio, so just send a few signal flares to tell the other side of the river that you are done, if you still want to do it, send more people!

If one team fails, send another team. You may not know which team will succeed!Susumu Fujita, who is gradually getting better, is not only cruel to the Chinese, he is actually not much better to his own people. Isn't that just sending him waves after waves?

This makes the infantry battalion feel a little embarrassed. It is too easy to get this military honor. Little devil, can you increase the density to once a day?
Being able to increase the heavy firepower of the infantry battalion in the heavy artillery position to such a level is naturally due to the contribution of Tang Tuanzuo. The returning Tang Tuanzuo was very trustworthy. He directly gave 28 rifles to the 30th Division from the Sichuan Army's new regiment before the defensive battle was over. Heavy machine guns and 15 rounds of ammunition, plus 8 mortars.

Brigadier Hu Da was about to pull Tang Dao and burn the yellow paper to worship him on the spot. That is to say, Tang Dao was sensible enough and knew that being too involved with him would be absolutely harmful to his future.

The commander of the Tenth War Zone was different from Commander Xue. He was a direct descendant of the one from the Military and Political Department, and would never tolerate his subordinate Tang Dao, who was obviously on a different side, being a brother-in-law.

After all, Brigadier Hu Da is not an important general in the army like Guo, Zhang, and Wu. They all represent a faction. Even if he is dissatisfied, he would not dare to let this happen easily when employing people in wartime. reasons for its removal. "We are as close as brothers in the army, so we still need to do those ancient things, don't mess around!" Dong Zhao knew the way of being an official better, and took the initiative to eliminate this big hidden danger before Tang Dao could say anything. Intangible.

In order to repay Tang Dao, a straightforward northwest man like Brigadier Hu Da suggested to Fan and Dong that the security of the entire Tongguan communication line should be handed over to the new Sichuan Army Corps.

This is naturally to prevent the Sichuan Army's new regiment from suffering losses in the next wave of Japanese landing battles. Now Tongguan's troops have been newly supplemented. Two supplementary regiments of nearly 4000 people cobbled together from various local security groups have arrived two days ago.

However, for some unknown reason, Tang Dao and the Sichuan Army's new regiment did not receive military orders to evacuate the Tongguan Defense Zone.

Tang Dao was willing to accept this thank you gift, as he could use this time to train the new regiment again. The actual battlefield was the best training ground for the new recruits.

Then, Tang Dao really waited for the Japanese army to "dance the sword in front of Guan Gong" to harass him.

Different from the Japanese troops who secretly attacked the heavy artillery positions, there were several Japanese troops who quietly crossed the river under the military order of harassment. In fact, they were ambushing the transportation lines or indiscriminately massacring the people in the Chinese villages along the river. to undermine the morale of the Chinese military and civilians.

The first Japanese task force to cross the river was considered successful in the first wave of attacks. It caused a murder in a small village 23 kilometers away from Tongguan County. More than 60 villagers were massacred. When an infantry company from the local garrison 5 kilometers away arrived, almost all the men, women, and children in the village were lying in a pool of blood. Even the cattle and sheep were not spared.

Full of grief and indignation, the infantry company had not yet buried the entire village, old and young, when it was attacked by the returning Japanese troops. More than 50 people in the company were killed on the spot and more than 40 people were injured. It was not because of the signal flares calling for help that the stationed soldiers Another infantry company from the local infantry battalion came to the rescue at full speed. Unexpectedly, this infantry company with only 120 people suffered the same fate as the villagers.

By the time Tang Dao, who was responsible for maintaining communication lines, led an infantry company to the village, it was already morning. The bodies of the massacred villagers and soldiers killed in the attack had not yet been buried. Dozens of soldiers were digging a huge The graves were prepared to be buried together on the flat land at the entrance of the village.

"Tang Dao, the commander of the Fourth Army Regiment of China's Second War Zone, swears on the honor of the military that all the Japanese invaders who set foot in this village will pile them up in Beijing as tombstones for the villagers, elders and brothers! Anyone who destroys this tombstone will , are all our life and death enemies, Tang Dao!" Tang Dao stood in front of more than a hundred corpses, gave a military salute and turned around to leave.

His murderous aura was so strong that all the soldiers present were terrified!
The Sichuan Army's new regiment launched a full-scale operation during the day. On the crucial 20-kilometer transportation line behind Tongguan, a full 10 infantry companies and 5 heavy baggage and artillery companies were deployed. Each company was responsible for 1.5 kilometers. section.

The Sichuan troops were not afraid of being spied on by the lurking Japanese troops. They frantically dug various bunkers and trenches during the day. The trenches dug just by relying on this simple communication line were tens of kilometers high.

This move of Tang Dao is called the "Human Sea Tactics". We have nothing else but a large number of people. More than 2000 people are lined up like this. If you have the ability, come and fight.

An infantry company is equipped with 2 heavy machine guns and 9 light machine guns. If this firepower still cannot defeat it, then several nearby infantry companies will attack together. If they still cannot defeat it, then more infantry companies will attack together.

As the supreme commander of the defense line, Lu Sanjiang still has the ability to respond to situations on the spot.

The other 13 pure infantry companies were all scattered by Tang Dao. Instead of searching for Japanese troops in the mountains and fields, they all put on infantry companies as units, put on the clothes of local villagers, and stationed in 10 villages along the river.

Tang Dao knew that the Japanese army, which could not find fighter planes on the other side of the communication line, would definitely target those villages again.

This is like a dog that after tasting the deliciousness of meat bones, it will never find shit delicious. It will also long for another meat bone.

Although the wait-and-see method may seem silly, Tang Dao actually analyzed each village where the infantry entered based on its terrain and population and simulated the psychology of the Japanese army.

The first wave of Japanese troops only harvested the lives of less than a hundred villagers. Having tasted the benefits, they will definitely target larger villages, and even hope to have greater ambushes against the incoming Chinese troops.

As a result, a group of little rabbits were caught off guard and ran straight into a village with a population of 120 people.

But this time it was different from what they imagined. Zhuang Nei was no longer just ordinary Chinese villagers who could be massacred by them, but a group of fully armed Chinese soldiers with temporary fortifications.

Although their shooting skills were average, and many of them did not even dare to show their heads, they only dared to hide behind the bunker and point their guns at Xia Jiba in front of them, but after all, they were still 150 well-prepared Chinese soldiers, and the Japanese soldiers knew that they were being tricked. We can only fight and evacuate at the same time.

But it is so easy to escape from the battle in a short period of time, not to mention that the terrain here is so familiar to the Japanese army. Although the local people captured as guides looked timid and did whatever they were told, the Japanese army Do you really believe it?
The Japanese army lieutenant who led the team was more willing to believe in the map in his hand.

Little did they know that Tang Tuanzuo, several miles away, had already led two infantry companies and ran towards here under the guidance of signal flares.

The effect of the weight-bearing training on the thousand-mile journey out of Sichuan was fully apparent at this moment. An hour later, this Japanese task force with more than 80 troops was surrounded on a hillside by more than 300 infantrymen led by Tang Dao.

Tang Dao was not in a hurry to surround and kill this wave of Japanese. Instead, he waited until it was completely bright and transferred three more artillery squads and four heavy machine gun squads. He frantically approached the owed Master Dong and applied for one. Wave heavy artillery support.

Even just 8 rounds of artillery shells blew away the 80 Japanese soldiers who had spent half the night finally digging a single bunker.

The Japanese army is extremely good at civil engineering, but it is useless in front of heavy artillery!

Then, the remaining 30 or so Japanese troops were attacked in turn by 6 heavy machine guns, 3 mortars, and 9 infantry platoons.

The battle lasted for 40 minutes, and the recruits ended this siege battle with overwhelming superiority in firepower and troops!

For the first time, they saw the blood of the Japanese army with their own eyes, and for the first time they faced their own death.

After annihilating more than 30 Japanese troops, the recruits, who also had enough heavy machine guns and mortar fire cover, still paid the price of 15 killed and more than 20 injured.

But Tang Dao still thinks it's worth it. If we don't go through this now, in the more terrifying battlefield in the future, it will be a gift from God if one-fifth of these recruits can survive.

Of course, for Tang Dao, what is more important is that the 'tombstone' he promised finally has good materials.

Although the dozen Japanese soldiers who died in the battle with Chinese soldiers the night before and were secretly buried by the Japanese army died earlier, they were far happier than their colleagues who died a day later.

The recruits encountered battles similar to this three times this week.

Twice, they killed stupid rabbits by sitting back and waiting, and once, the Japanese army desperately tried to attack a camel team transporting military supplies.

The four infantry companies immediately attacked this Japanese task force with a strength of 4 people. Hundreds of corpses lay in a row, making it easy for the reporters who arrived at the 28th Theater of the [-]th Division to take pictures. Incessantly.

Seeing that there was no profit from throwing the buns away, Susumu Fujita finally realized that he was not very good at this and gave up completely.