Rise from eight hundred.

Originally, Yoshio Miyauchi's regiment headquarters stayed west of the Ming River, where there were hills to avoid Chinese artillery fire.

However, seeing that less than 200 officers and soldiers of the 1700st Infantry Battalion escaped by chance, Miyauchi Yoshio, who had completely breached the defense, moved the regiment forward in order to boost the morale of the entire regiment. It was only 150 meters away from the Chinese position that was about to be attacked. It was completely within meters. Under heavy pressure.

Your Majesty the Colonel is so determined. Except for the mountain artillery squadron with the longest range, which remains about 3500 meters west of the river bank, the rest of the rapid-fire artillery and infantry artillery squadrons, what else can be said, have moved their positions as close as possible to the front line. At the 1200-meter area, it’s almost a bayonet fight with the Chinese.

"When two tigers meet, the brave one wins!" Although the 1st Division is famous for his calculations, Colonel Yoshiouchi is a typical promoter of the theory of decisive victory through martial arts.

He has always firmly believed that in the face of absolute strength, all calculations are in vain.

It is impossible for the Chinese to win on this battlefield. Just like the Sino-Japanese War in which the empire is winning steadily, this is still the result of the empire not yet showing its full strength.

Indeed, despite the fact that Japan’s dispatched troops in China already number 70, the Kwantung Army still has nearly 60, plus the 56 divisions that have been prepared in the country. From the data, it seems that Japan has only deployed If only one-third of the strength was used on the Chinese battlefield, China would have been completely defeated.

Don’t forget, war is a consumable monster, consuming not only money and materials, but also people.

In fact, during the entire war, Japan invested a total of 120 divisions in China, with a total strength of an astonishing 400 million, accounting for half of Japan's total conscription.

The Chinese battlefield is like a huge swamp, causing the so-called Japanese Empire to sink into a quagmire even before it has time to take one leg towards glory.

Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, although Yoshio Uuchi was cut off by the Chinese with a sword in the wind and cut off an arm, the Japanese army still has an absolute advantage.

Needless to say, there is no need to talk about the advantages in terms of hardware. The fully-staffed 1st Division has 3 troops, plus an infantry brigade of the 3rd Division with nearly 7000 troops, and two security army infantry regiments, which makes a 4.3-strong army. Not to mention a mere special infantry regiment, even an infantry corps or a group army can be eaten alive.

In addition, there was the Japanese North China Army Aviation Corps, which was also determined to avenge its shame. In order to cooperate with the tactics of the front army headquarters, Major General Kaoru Kataoka, then commander of the Army Aviation Corps, assembled 10 flying squadrons, with 96 96 fighters and 12 old-fashioned 93 Heavy explosive aircraft and the 12 Type 97 heavy explosive aircraft that were put into mass production last year.

The 96 fighter plane can only carry a few hundred pounds of aerial bombs at most, and being a bomber is just a part-time job. The 93 heavy explosion and the 97 heavy explosion are the real bombers.

The 93 Heavy Explosion had a low rating due to frequent malfunctions after participating in the war. It has been replaced by the mass-produced 97 Heavy Explosion since last year.

The Type 97 Heavy Explosive has a bomb load of 1000KG and a ceiling of 8600 meters. Driven by a 1024-horsepower engine, it can fly at a speed of 4000 kilometers per hour even at an altitude of 430 meters, and its cruising range is A staggering 2500 kilometers.

This was also the greatest confidence for Major General Kaoru Kataoka, who personally arrived at Pingbeicheng to assure Commander Duo Tianjun that he would complete the bombing mission.

After talking about hardware, let’s talk about software.

This time when the First Division came to Purple Mountain, Saburo Okabe, who was well aware of the danger of his opponent, was fully prepared. Reconnaissance planes flew over Purple Mountain from time to time and took a large number of photos of the actual topography of Purple Mountain.

Saburo Okabe, who was still reorganizing the division in Shengjing, built a purple mountain sand table in the war room of his division headquarters.

Not to mention the mountain tops, even the creek shown in the photo, Okabe Saburo, who was striving for perfection, ordered the staff to reproduce it perfectly.

For more than three weeks, the two major general brigade commanders and 3 colonel-level officers of the 1st Division reported to the division headquarters war room every morning after completing their work at the headquarters.

Later, infantry captains like Miyauchi Yoshio could clearly draw the topographic map of the position they wanted to attack, even with their eyes closed.

Absolute strength, and such attention, Miyauchi Yoshio simply does not believe that the Chinese can win this time!

Except for the 501st Infantry Brigade, which was completely disabled, all other units of the 1st Infantry Regiment have arrived at the predetermined area and are building field fortifications against the shells flying from time to time in the mountains opposite.

More than 501 artillery pieces belonging to the 20st Infantry Regiment were also ordered to fight back, but they all vented their artillery fire onto the surface positions visible to the naked eye on the opposite mountain.

The blossoming bullet flowers blooming on the mountain are to cheer up our own infantry. If the Chinese bombard us, we will bomb them back too!

Secondly, it naturally paves the way for the subsequent attack. It can destroy more Chinese trenches and fortifications before the infantry attack, and it can also reduce infantry losses accordingly, right?

"Squad leader, what are you doing, little devil! Hitting us with this little cannon is just to scratch our itch!" Adong, who was located in the observation post at Position 5, watched a mortar shell splash not far away. There was a lot of disdain in his eyes.

已经参军1年2个月的阿东如今可不是初上战场的初哥了，150毫米榴弹炮弹和500磅重的航弹他都见识过，75毫米山炮和70毫米步兵炮的威力在他眼中自然是不算什么了，尤其是在阵地上拥有极为完善的防御工事的情况下。

Just like the observation post where he and Tu Yunsheng were, it was an embedded trench dug out by clever use of the protrusions of the mountain. The outside was covered with steel and reinforced concrete, and there was a rock layer more than ten meters thick on the top. Unless it was the Japanese, Use a cannon with a caliber of 100 mm or more to aim at this place and blast it, otherwise it will never be blown away.

Just now, a 75mm mountain artillery shell landed directly above the observation post. Except for the huge explosion that made the two people feel a little dizzy and uncomfortable, the observation post was unscathed.

"The Japanese are knocking on the mountain to shock the tiger, and they are also showing off their strength to us!" Tu Yunsheng, who has been promoted to deputy platoon leader and squad leader of the 4th squad, is not as optimistic as A Dong expressed.

Handing the binoculars to Adong, Tu Yunsheng explained to his escort: "The artillery fire they are showing now is limited to mountain artillery, infantry artillery and mortars, which are Japanese infantry regiment-level artillery.

But look at the approximate strength of the Japanese army. The battalion commander killed less than a thousand people with artillery shells and surprise attacks. How could an infantry regiment still have so many infantrymen? This is by no means an ordinary Japanese division we have fought before. I'm afraid the strength More than we imagined.

The Japanese are probably holding back their ultimate move right now! "

"Hehe! No matter how hard we resist, the little devils will still come to attack our position. This gun that I just issued not long ago is waiting for you!" A Dong was not afraid, but patted him. The gun on his back is full of expectations.

It was a large rifle that had just been issued to the Taoist infantry squad 15 days ago. The thick barrel and bullets as thick as chicken eggs made A Dong fall in love with it at first sight.

Since Adong is now Tu Yunsheng's guard, and his marksmanship is among the top three in Class 4, Class 4 assigned him the shotgun named 'Dragon Breath Gun' by the regimental commander.

This kind of shotgun whose ammunition type has been re-changed in Tang Tuanzuo's design is actually not a new thing, but the famous Winchester shotgun from World War I, which is currently gathering dust in the American cowboy arms warehouse.

The Rockefeller Company obtained these inventories from arms dealers with almost no effort. Just like the US government in time and space after the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, it did not even make any changes. It only required a little maintenance and shipped them to China. .

The only difference is that the ammunition formula has been slightly changed, adding the 'Dragon's Breath Bullet' with a white phosphorus formula, and more lead-pellet fragmentation bullets. Regardless of the type, as long as it enters the human body, it will cause destructive damage.

One is that the wound will still burn after being torn apart by passive energy, and the other is that the wound is beaten into a sieve by lead particles. Even if it misses the vital point and does not cause death immediately, it is still worse than death.

Tang Daotai knew very well that on the Pacific battlefield in the past time and space, countless Japanese soldiers held bayonets, yelled, and then swarmed toward the American cowboys like a tide. This was the daily routine of the American Marine Corps. Faced with this kind of daily life, the American cowboys' response strategy was not to raise big guns and heavy machine guns, but to take out a shotgun produced by Winchester to deal with these crazy Japanese.

In the jungles and trenches of the Pacific islands, this shotgun with a range of less than 100 meters has become a nightmare for the Japanese!

This is a firearm designed for jungles and trenches as well as urban street fighting!

As a shotgunner, Adong naturally tested this kind of gun on a special shooting range. At a distance of 80 meters, he shot five wooden targets made of hardwood into sieves.

And after countless groping tests, he was able to fire out 7 shots in 5 seconds at the fastest. He was like a god who could kill gods and Buddhas.

With this gun, even if an infantry squad of Japanese soldiers rushed up, he would still be confident to kill them.

"You kid, when Wang Wushan met you last year, why didn't I realize that you had this trait? When I heard that we were going to fight a big battle, I was so excited!" Tu Yunsheng looked at the confident Adong, his eyes sparkling. A bit of fighting spirit.

Tu Yunsheng was finally promoted to second lieutenant in the middle of 39. Leng Feng originally wanted to transfer him to the 9th company as the main platoon leader, but Li Jijin forced him to stay in the 7th company on the grounds that his legs and feet were not flexible and he could not be taken care of in the old company. Even though he was promoted to deputy platoon leader on the spot, he still served as squad leader of the 4th squad.

The squad leader became the deputy platoon leader and the second-in-command of the 93-man infantry platoon. Tu Yunsheng's perspective of thinking about problems naturally shifted from a soldier to a grassroots commander.

But Adong's words reminded him that no matter what the Japanese did, they would still have to send people up, and both sides would use bullets and bayonets to see the truth.

Afraid of his eggs!

"Okay, let me see how powerful your precious gun is then!" Tu Yunsheng laughed and patted A Dong on the shoulder. "Let's go! Help me back to the tunnel to catch up on some sleep. I didn't get much sleep last night!"

"Monitor, are you nervous?"

"Why am I nervous? I'm just worried that Lao Cao misses his wife and children again."

"That's not right! I heard Uncle Cao snore loudly."

"If you can't speak, then don't speak!"

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October 1940, 3!

The 1st Division officially showed its fangs to Zishan.

Because Zishan belongs to the remnants of the Taihang Mountains, and the mountains stretch extremely far, with an overall area of ​​more than 20 square kilometers. The 1st Division did not surround Zishan from all sides, but attacked from three directions.

The first attack group is the 1st and 501nd Infantry Regiments of the 502st Infantry Brigade, heading northwest, with a total strength of 1.2 troops.

The second attack group is the 2rd and 503th Infantry Regiments of the 504nd Infantry Brigade, heading northeast, with a total strength of 1.2.

第三攻击群为第3师团第29旅团所属的18连队和34联队及一个伪军步兵团，为东南方向，总兵力为1万人。

The Si Xing Regiment has already built its own defense system based on the geographical terrain. Except for the 4st battalion and one company of the 1 large infantry battalions, which are still in the southeast of Shanxi, the remaining 3 infantry battalions are all using their main force.

The three defense lines have a total length of more than 13 kilometers and a depth of 1500 meters. A total of 10 infantry companies, 6 artillery companies, and 3 air defense companies are stationed in the infantry.

Not counting the 3000-person security regiment of the Jinan Administrative Office as a reserve force, the Si Xing Regiment has invested a total of more than 6400 troops.

Of course, if you add in the four main regiments of the 18 brigade on standby deep in the Taihang Mountains, which are less than 683 kilometers away from the Zishan area, and a main regiment in the southern Hebei division, the Chinese side actually has 4 people staying on the periphery of the battlefield and watching eagerly.

But according to the results of discussions between Tang Dao and the leaders of the 921 Division, no matter how tragic the battle situation is, they must wait until both warring parties are exhausted before they can appear.

They were not there to help in the fight, but to deliver the final blow.

Although Duo Tianjun and Okabe Saburo also took the 1th Army into consideration, they never expected that Tang Dao would be so incompetent that they would rather sacrifice the capital they had worked hard for for several years to kill this man who had just been seconded from the Kwantung Army. The entire st Division was packed in.

In fact, Tang Dao knew that this was his best opportunity before the outbreak of the Pacific War, an opportunity to annihilate an entire Japanese division, and also the best opportunity for the Four Lines Regiment and the Eightyth Army to shock the world.

You can beat the Japanese North China Front to tears without exposing your strength and launching a surprise attack with hundreds of thousands of troops.

But the prerequisite for achieving this is that the Zishan Defense Zone, with less than 4 people, can block the violent attack of more than Japanese troops and make them shed all their blood on Zishan.

Duo Tianjun, who had been holding back for half a year, would never settle for just one and a half divisions.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, as soon as it got dark, the purple mountain burst out with a light even brighter than the morning sun.

Japanese artillery fired.

An artillery regiment has 48 artillery pieces, 24 75mm mountain guns, 12 105mm howitzers, 12 150mm howitzers, plus the artillery belonging to 4 infantry regiments, covering all the artillery fire. Every second, at least 10 artillery shells fall. On positions in various regions of Zishan.

The entire Zishan seemed to be shaking in the gunfire!

But this is just a small prelude before the storm!

In the morning light, at Yuancheng Airport, Baoding Airport, and Pingbei Airport, Japanese planes jumped into the sky from the straight runways.

In addition to the 'petite' 96 fighter aircraft that is still fully loaded with bombs, there is also the large 70 heavy explosive aircraft with a wing area of ​​7 square meters and can carry 97 people.

Captain Sasaki led 24 96 fighters already hovering at an altitude of 3000 meters, waiting for the bomber group flying from Pingbeicheng to join them.

His boss has revealed to him that if this battle is successfully completed, he will be promoted to Army Major at the end of the month, completing the transition from Lieutenant to Sergeant.

However, Captain Sasaki, who had experienced two years of war, was not as happy as he imagined.

Looking at the left and right side windows, the Imperial fighter planes that looked like a swarm of bees still could not bring a sense of security to the Japanese army captain.

Countless escapes from death made him very familiar with the old rival of the Four Elements Group.

Countless times of practice has proven that no matter how huge the aircraft fleet is, it seems that the hammer is just a few sizes larger, and that terrible opponent seems to be an iron walnut that cannot be crushed by a mountain.

God knows what kind of ground-to-air counterattack the Imperial Army Aviation will encounter this time?

In other words, Captain Sasaki, who had a solemn expression on his face, was still thinking not about meritorious service and promotion, but just to come back alive.

Even according to the tactical plan formulated by the Army Aviation Corps, a bomber group composed of 120 fighter planes of various types will conduct a total of two attacks during the day and drop a total of 100 tons of bombs on the Chinese positions in the Zishan area.

That is definitely the amount of ammunition that can blow up a mountain!

The roar of the engines of the Japanese aircraft fleet shattered the early morning tranquility of the entire North China.

Millions of people in North China looked at the densely packed black dots in the sky in horror.

The radio waves from Pingbei, Jincheng, Baoding, and Yuancheng spread crazily into the void.

The intelligence agents of China's largest intelligence agency, which are densely located in these areas, reported only one piece of information to their superiors: "Japanese planes are dispatched on a large scale, far more than before! The destination is unknown!"

"Order all officers and soldiers in the Zhongtiao Mountain Theater to enter the fortifications to prevent heavy losses!" The Shancheng Military and Political Department and the Second Theater Command issued a telegram at the same time.

In the north, besides Zhongtiao Mountain, who could make the Japanese North China Front army go crazy and gather hundreds of fighter planes to bombard them?

Perhaps only the leaders of the Eightyth Army Headquarters knew that the target of the enemy planes would not be elsewhere.

It can only be Zishan!

Zishan, can you bear it?

"Order, for all air defense bases in the air defense battalion, Japanese aircraft are not allowed to attack without permission if the altitude is no less than 3000 meters. If the altitude is less than 3000 meters, be on standby!" Tang Dao ordered in a cold voice, taking the intelligence that Erya hurriedly handed him.

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