Rise from eight hundred.

The half-crossing attack that Tang Dao said was not just about causing the Japanese army to lose the bridge and have to endure the cold!

The Ming River seems to cross in front of the position of the 3rd Battalion and 7th Company, but the Japanese army will certainly not be stupid enough to cross the river under the gunpoint of the Chinese soldiers.

The Japanese army chose to cross the river at a corner eight miles away from the hillside position. The river bed there was narrow and far away from the mountainous area. It might be hit by artillery shells, but at least there was no need to worry about being targeted by machine gun fire.

However, the First Division still underestimated the density of the artillery equipment of the Fourth Line Regiment.

In that area far away from the battlefield, the 60rd Battalion's 3-gun can't reach it, but that doesn't mean that the three 3mm dual-purpose guns equipped to the 80rd Battalion can't reach it.

Moreover, after the Panghai Artillery Battalion now has 28 150mm howitzers, the original core heavy firepower of 12 Bofors Mountain Cannons has been relegated to the second line. The 12 artillery squads and 4 artillery platoons are simply equipped with 4 guns each this time. The infantry battalion and artillery battery are commanded, which can be regarded as reducing the intermediate links in communication.

After receiving Tang Dao's military order, Leng Feng not only ordered the six long-range artillery pieces currently owned by his artillery company to target the two bridges built by Japanese engineers 6 miles away, but also contacted the 8th Battalion on the flank, which was affiliated with the 4th Battalion. The six artillery pieces also raised their muzzles, waiting for orders from Leng Feng.

After releasing about five to six hundred Japanese infantry across the river, six artillery pieces bombed the bridge indiscriminately, destroying the Japanese crossing bridge.

Half of an infantry brigade had crossed the river. Major Seiichi Yamashita couldn't let the more than 500 infantrymen go back just because the infantry artillery and heavy machine guns had not yet crossed the bridge because the bridge was damaged, right?

Naturally, we can only bite the bullet and set an example, take off our pants, only wear crotch pants, and drive the pack horses across the river with the remaining hundreds of Japanese soldiers!

Fortunately, the Minghe River is not a big river, only about 40 meters wide. Hundreds of people are scattered on the river channel of more than 1,000 meters. Apart from being a little colder, with the artillery strength that China has just shown, the harm should not be particularly great.

Yamashita Seiichi thought so, so he only felt cold, not fear.

So, when the 12 artillery pieces roared in unison, the shells fell into the water and the water columns rose into the sky, and the Japanese infantrymen who were struggling to cross the river were instantly bloody and bloody, Yamashita Seiichi's balls almost retracted into his abdominal cavity.

The suddenly doubled artillery fire made him realize that the despicability of the Chinese was far beyond his imagination. When they just blew up the bridge, they didn't use all their strength at all. It wasn't until the remaining several hundred officers and soldiers of his infantry brigade entered the water that they turned on full firepower. !

"Baga! Cross the river at full speed!" Yamashita Seiichi yelled heartbreakingly.

It seemed that the cold just now was not that cold anymore. The urgency of death gave the 35-year-old major commander endless motivation. He used both hands to move forward quickly in the water, which was not much different from that of a 20-year-old boy.

But anyone who has walked in the water knows that due to the huge resistance, the power of the water flow and the natural buoyancy of the human body, no matter how skilled a human being is, he cannot move much faster, especially if he is holding a rifle and ammunition with both hands. In case it is damaged by water.

More than 12 meters above the river, the Japanese infantry were "squirming" inside for at least a minute, and this minute was enough for 160 artillery pieces to pour out rounds of artillery shells.

The biggest feature of the Bofors series of artillery is that it is accurate enough. After the bombardment coordinates are determined by test firing, the error will never exceed 15 meters.

This is really excellent for an artillery gun with a range of more than 9000 meters.

The artillery fire accuracy of the Fourth Line Regiment was extremely high, so the Japanese troops in the river were out of luck.

At least more than 300 Japanese troops fell under this round of artillery fire in just one minute, and the clear water of the Ming River was dyed red!

This is all because the huge resistance of the river water weakens the explosive power of the artillery shells. If placed on land, these 160 artillery shells alone can make Yamashita Seiichi's infantry brigade lose its combat effectiveness.

But this is just the beginning, not the end!

Hundreds of Japanese troops who had already crossed the river had dispersed in front of the river beach. They were already considered safe, but they watched helplessly as their colleagues struggled in the enemy's fire, especially those who were only seriously injured but not dead. If you go and help them, you still have a chance to survive. As soldiers, how can they turn a blind eye?

As a result, more than a hundred Japanese infantrymen ran frantically from their hiding spots to the river bank, trying to save their comrades while the Chinese artillery fire weakened.

As everyone knows, this is also a trap!

"One minute after focusing fire on the target river, each gun position will fire at full speed and change to one-third of the fire rate!"

Three minutes ago, Leng Feng, who arrived at his artillery observation post in person, observed the battlefield with an artillery observer imported from Krupp Company and gave orders in a cold tone.

"Captain Leng, are you afraid that we don't have enough artillery shells? Squad leader, do you want me to call back and say that we can fire at full speed for 10 minutes and kill the Japanese who can't kill the dog grass?" A corporal gunner at a gun emplacement still didn't understand. .

As early as a year ago, Tang Tuanzuo keenly felt that the Japanese army was about to make a big move, so he increased material storage in advance.

Fully two-thirds of the 8 rounds of various artillery shells and 200 million rounds of various bullets produced by the Dakouzidong Arsenal in the past six months were shipped to Zishan before the war began.

Artillery squads like the Bofors 75 Mountain Cannon have long dug tunnels deep into the mountains according to each battalion's defense line. Artillery with wheels can be pushed out of the tunnels and fight at well-equipped gun positions outside the tunnels, or directly on Shelling was carried out at the entrance of the tunnel, but the range of fire was much smaller.

In the tunnel to which each gun position belongs, there are at least 500 shells stored, which is roughly 20 bases, which is 10 times the usual number.

Not to mention firing 10 rounds of artillery shells, even if we let them fire 10 times more, each artillery position can guarantee to complete the combat mission within 10 minutes.

"You know a thing! Just follow the orders given by Battalion Commander Leng. If you are so capable, why don't you go to the front line to command?" The artillery squad leader stared.

One of the most stringent military regulations of the Four Lines Regiment is to enforce orders and prohibitions. Those who disobey orders and cause serious losses during wartime often have only one way out and will be executed on the spot!

But so far, no one has been executed for violating this military rule.

The army sergeant who followed Tang Dao from a mortarman to a mountain artillery squad leader did not want to be the first to try something new.

"Send orders to all artillery positions. According to the coordinates sent back by the artillery observers, fire at full speed on the river beach for 5 minutes!" Leng Feng looked at Shi Huang rushing to the river beach from various hiding spots in the distance and ordered with a cold face.

This is the inspiration Leng Feng got from the sniper battlefield. Snipers leave infantry lives behind in order to harvest more infantry lives. Can artillery groups do the same?

The wounded Japanese soldiers struggling in the river were the bait he threw.

I heard that the Tang Tuanzao First Division was quite radical in the Japanese army and even killed Japanese cabinet ministers. How could such passionate young people ignore their seriously injured comrades struggling in the water?

Leng Feng made the right bet!

As soon as the Chinese artillery fire stopped, more than 130 passionate young people embarked on the road to save their comrades.

That's a dead end!

The bombardment of artillery fire lasted five minutes, blasting more than 580 artillery shells, flooding the unprotected Japanese troops in the river and on the river beach.

Those who were already dead were torn to pieces even more, those who were seriously injured but not dead were also dead, and those who wanted to save others became burial objects!

This also included Major Seiichi Yamashita, whose leg was broken by gravel splashed by a shell explosion after stepping onto the river beach.

He had a chance to summon the soldiers who escaped from the Death River to help him escape, but unfortunately, those Japanese infantrymen who bravely rushed to save people killed him.

In an area 50 meters away from the river beach, a grenade exploded 8 meters away from Major Seiichi Yamashita. Using a palm-sized shell, it was like a sharp knife peeling a carrot, and it was easily cut off, leaving two big hairs. The head of the Japanese Army Major with legs!

If he does not arrive in North China, according to the rut of history, in another two years, Yamashita Seiichi will be promoted to the captain of the 501st Infantry Regiment.

Unfortunately, no if.

The artillery fire finally stopped, and the thick smoke dissipated. There were corpses everywhere in the Ming River and on the river beach!

There is only one person out of a hundred who is still alive!

The commander of the 800st Infantry Regiment, Colonel Yoshio Miyauchi, who was staying 501 meters away from the bank of the Ming River, had a livid face.

Known as the great fortune teller of the First Division, he completely miscalculated.

The Chinese in the mountains had a 150-caliber heavy artillery. He knew it through telegrams from the division headquarters. However, the 150-caliber heavy artillery was not that threatening to the infantry because of its heavy gun body and problems with its firing range and range, especially with the mountains in front of it. big.

He wanted to know the strength of the Chinese small-caliber artillery, which would also be helpful for his next attack deployment on the current position. The 501st Infantry Regiment is not an ordinary infantry regiment with 3800 personnel, but a strengthened infantry regiment.

全步兵联队拥有3个1100人满编步兵大队以及4个联队直属中队，仅作战用步兵就达到4100人，另外一个4门山炮的山炮中队和一个4门速射炮中队及一个4门92式迫击炮、4门步兵炮中队，若是加上3个步兵大队的6门步兵炮，全联队共拥有火炮22门，可用于作战人员5000人。

The Chinese heavy artillery is terrible, but it will be solved by the artillery wing of the Army Aviation Corps and the division. What he needs to solve is the Chinese army on the position in front of him.

Therefore, this great fortune teller, who in the past served as the Major General Brigade Commander of the First Division, sent his most elite First Infantry Brigade to build a bridge across the river 4000 meters away from the Chinese position.

He calculated that the Chinese would definitely use artillery to bombard the area across the river, and this was indeed the case.

But he only reached the beginning, not the end.

The number of Chinese artillery pieces with a range of over 5000 meters far exceeded his imagination.

What made the hair on the inside of the palace stand up was not only the number of artillery pieces, but the Chinese people's profligate attitude towards artillery shells.

In the saturation bombardment that lasted no longer than 10 minutes, the Chinese fired at least 600 rounds.

Is this still the Chinese army in his impression? The Imperial Army Headquarters seems to have written in the "Operation Discussion on China Theater Operations": The Chinese army has few artillery and lacks artillery shells, so its heavy firepower cannot be sustained for a long time. If it encounters artillery fire, it can use mobile troops to lure it to attack and consume it, which can reduce infantry losses. .

But at this point, the Chinese smashed out 600 artillery shells. It looked like there weren't many artillery shells there?

Could it be that the Chinese commander opposite him has a weak head? Lose your fortune as soon as you come up?

If it were in the past, Miyauchi Yoshio might not hesitate to choose the former, but since he carefully studied the performance of the Four Troops in the North China battlefield on the way to Handan, if he chooses the former again, he will be lacking in strength. .

It was a fluke that the Four Lines Regiment could defeat the Imperial North China Front Army once or twice, but they must win every battle. Regardless of whether the strength of the troops is similar or there is a huge difference in strength, the Imperial North China Front Army is in the position of being beaten unilaterally.

Yes, out of the pride of the Imperial Army, he was not very willing to admit that the other side was very strong. It was possible that the Imperial North China Front Army was weak. But there was one thing that he had to admit no matter how unwilling he was. The man who led the Four Lines Regiment was named Tang. The guy with the knife is definitely a murderer.

Whether it was Sihang Warehouse, Songjiang, or Guangde, the imperial army was at a crushing level in terms of strength and strength, but Tang Dao was still able to lead his troops to escape, and also used the imperial army to pursue and encircle them. At that time, he opened a bloody wound to the imperial army.

Faced with such a terrible commander, if Miyauchi Yoshio still thinks that he is lacking in strength, then he has spent 18 years in the army in vain.

That only shows that the Chinese on the opposite side not only have enough artillery, but also have sufficient reserves of artillery shells!

It didn't matter that he tried this test. Not only did he cripple his elite infantry brigade, he also tried out a piece of information that made his head buzz.

这位实际上还估算错了，冷锋3营这一波可是轰出了700余发炮弹，干掉了自己当面之敌第1师团501步兵联队先头部队400人。

Basically, the shell-to-man ratio is reached, where one enemy is destroyed for every 1.8 shells.

This ratio is actually very exaggerated. According to post-war statistics, for every Germanic soldier killed by the Mao Xiong Kingdom, approximately 1300 rounds of ammunition, 30 artillery shells, 230 kilograms of aerial bombs, and 9 grenades were needed.

For example, during the famous Battle of Stalingrad, the Bear Country transported a total of 30 truckloads of military supplies to the combat area, including artillery shells and bullets. The number of bullets alone was as high as 9568 wagons, and a total of 8.64 tons of ammunition was consumed.

Compared with those two countries that use full power to activate their tanks, Japan, with a division of 3 people and only a hundred artillery pieces in total, is simply the legendary weakling.

The Four Lines Regiment, which has adopted the artillery doctrine, has completely surpassed the Japanese army in terms of heavy ground firepower and artillery fire intensity.

"Instruct the 1st Infantry Brigade ahead to arrive at the preset position and stand by. No attack is allowed without an attack order.

The remaining units re-selected the crossing point, preferably 6500 meters away from the enemy position! In addition, the baggage team and the medical team were ordered to go to the battlefield to search for the wounded and collect the remains of the imperial officers and soldiers who died in the battle! "The good husband in the palace tried his best to keep his tone calm and ordered in an orderly manner.

A mere one-tenth of the battle damage was not enough to make this veteran who had been in the army for 18 years lose his composure.

But an hour later, Yoshio Uuchi completely broke his guard.

"Requesting support, the Chinese are attacking our unit!" The 1st Infantry Battalion, which had just arrived at the preset position, used a field radio to send electricity to the wing headquarters.

"Baga! Didn't you tell them not to attack? Wait for the main force to arrive?" Miyauchi Yoshio, who was crossing the river in the distance, obviously hadn't reacted yet, and he couldn't help but look angry for a while.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, it is not the First Battalion that is attacking the Chinese, but the Chinese are attacking them while my main force is far away!" an Army Lieutenant Colonel could only remind in a low voice.

"What? Did the Chinese take the initiative to leave the mountainous area and attack our troops?" Miyauchi Yoshio said with disbelief on his face.

What gave the Chinese the courage to leave their positions on their own initiative?

Even if the First Infantry Brigade had just suffered a loss, it still had six to seven hundred people. Who would dare to attack them without more than three times the number of troops?

"Baga! Quickly order the 2nd Infantry Brigade to speed up and arrive at the battlefield! Order the mountain artillery squadron to cover the front of our position with artillery fire! Order the rest of the troops to speed up crossing the river! The Chinese dare to leave their positions, and our troops will make them pay a heavy price !" The good husband in the palace ordered almost blushing.

Miyauchi Yoshio was angry not because the 1st Infantry Battalion would suffer losses due to the attack, but because he felt slighted by the Chinese. Are the Chinese confident that they would kill his 30 elite soldiers in 600 minutes?

Miyauchi Yoshio was worthy of his good fortune. Because of the threat of Chinese artillery fire, the main force of his regiment had to choose to cross the river 6 kilometers away from the battlefield.

At this distance, it would take a fully armed infantry group 800 minutes to reach the 1st Infantry Group position less than 30 meters away from Leng Feng's position.

30 minutes is too short for the battlefield. Even if the Chinese are given another 10 30 minutes, he does not believe that the Chinese can defeat his 600 elite soldiers in a pure field battle.

Obviously, Miyauchi Yoshio's 30 minutes and Camp Commander Leng's 30 minutes have different understandings.

Battalion Commander Leng believes that 30 minutes is enough for even a relatively fast man to take a shower and then smoke an after-hours cigarette to vent his emptiness.

It didn't take him even 600 minutes to eat these 30 people.

As early as 30 minutes ago, Leng Feng had ordered his 7th and 8th companies to dive into the mountains and hide in the bushes at the foot of the mountains, waiting for the remaining Japanese soldiers to arrive across the river.

When he piled up the guns and started digging the field fortifications with a single shovel, all 60 of the battalion's 20 mm machine guns and 12.7 mm heavy machine guns under the protection of the condescending permanent fortifications attacked the Japanese positions more than 800 meters away. .

The Japanese army would have thought that even though the distance was almost 2 miles, the Chinese could still attack them with mortars and large-caliber heavy machine guns. This was completely beyond their common sense.

While they were being passively beaten, more than 500 elite infantrymen of the Fourth Line Regiment were quietly approaching them. When the panicked Japanese troops discovered it, the Chinese soldiers attacking from both wings were less than 300 meters away from them.

Then, the 75-meter mountain gun and 80-mm howitzer that had just rested for a while came again!

The infantry who lost their trenches were just cannon fodder under artillery fire!

The request for help sent to Miyauchi Yoshio was also the last evidence that the First Infantry Battalion had ever existed in this world.

Because, not long after that, a shell turned the field radio and the two signal soldiers into scum!

People and things were shattered all over the ground!

The nightmare from an hour ago reappeared, which was absolutely devastating to the psychology of the infantrymen of the crawling 1st Infantry Group.

The elite infantry brigade of the First Division, consisting of more than 600 men, only lasted 15 minutes before entering the rout stage.