Rise from eight hundred.

After the ground-to-air battle in the Zishan Theater, except for the crackling sound of crashed fighter planes burning in the jungle, the Chinese and Japanese armies were silent for at least two minutes.

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From a psychological perspective, at least one aspect of the infantry on both sides is exactly the same.

Shock!

Not to mention the Japanese army, from Lieutenant General Okabe Saburo who stayed 12 kilometers away to the lower-level soldiers, were stunned when they looked at the majestic and majestic aircraft fleet that was beaten to pieces, even the infantrymen of the Four Lines of Regiment who got out of the tunnel to watch the results of the air battle were also stunned. Eyes full of disbelief.

Tu Yunsheng knew that the air defense battalion was very powerful, but there were more than a hundred Japanese aircraft. This was a scale that he had never heard of during the war for more than two years, let alone experienced it personally.

The terrifying feeling of the mountain shaking violently in the tunnel was enough to show that the air defense battalion tried its best, but still could not prevent the Japanese aircraft formation from bombing the forward positions.

But he never expected that by the time he risked his life and ventured out of the tunnel to look up at the sky, his side would have completely defeated the other side.

This reversal was really too unexpected.

It wasn't until the remaining Japanese planes fled far away, dragging long plumes of white smoke, that the Chinese soldiers who emerged from the tunnels finally determined that the air defense battalion had won the ground-to-air battle.

"Long live the air defense battalion!" Tu Yunsheng stretched out his fist and shouted at the blue sky.

"Long live the air defense battalion!" The infantrymen cheered fiercely everywhere in the mountains and fields.

The deafening cheers of victory that echoed in the valley reached the ears of the Japanese infantry three miles away.

The Japanese infantrymen's faces dropped to the ground, and their morale plummeted.

We originally expected that the air fleet could directly flatten the Chinese frontline positions, and their infantry went directly to pick up the heads. Now, not only was the dream shattered, but the morale of the Chinese on the position was high. How will the next battle be? beat?

The First Division is not a rookie. During the Battle of Nomenkan, due to the transfer of the 4th Division, they also had a real fight with the Mao Xiong Army in the later stages of the war. Although they had not done so, they were not like the other two. The division was also defeated, so naturally they knew the role of morale on the battlefield.

If I had known that the Army Aviation Corps would pull their hips like this, it would be better not to let them participate in the war! This is probably what many Japanese junior officers on the battlefield are thinking at this time.

But perhaps only senior officers like Miyauchi Yoshio, who took a breath, knew that they had to thank the Army Air Force pilots for their sacrifices. If these dead ghosts hadn't used their faces to explore the grass, how could they have known that the Chinese had Such solid and complete ground fortifications?

Yes, Miyauchi Yoshio knew that the defeat of the army aircraft group was not because they were not brave enough, nor was it because the Chinese air defense firepower was too terrible.

The real reason is that the air defense fortress built by China on the top of the mountain is simply too strong.

What is the concept of absolutely more than 20 heavy aerial bombs exploding on a mountain peak? From the perspective of Yoshio Miyauchi, a veteran who has been in the army for nearly 20 years, even permanent fortifications that can protect against 200mm heavy artillery will be destroyed into ruins in the face of such large aerial bombs.

But the Chinese air defense fortress actually withstood this kind of air wave that could destroy almost everything. Could it be that the fortification was made of steel?

The Chinese can spend a lot of effort to build fortifications that cannot be destroyed by heavy aerial bombs. Why can't they apply this technology to frontier fortifications?

Miyauchi Yoshio turned his gaze to the hillsides and mountains that had been bombarded by artillery shells and heavy aerial bombs, and felt a chill all over his body.

There seems to be a sleeping man-eating monster. Once it is disturbed, it is unknown how many imperial officers and soldiers will be stained with blood on the battlefield.

Colonel Yoshiouchi's conjecture was correct. Even after being bombed by nearly ten heavy aerial bombs, Li Jijin's Seventh Company did not lose one person. Only two people were injured due to the violent shaking of the tunnel. One of them accidentally hit the tunnel wall and caused a scratch. hurt.

The biggest loss on China's surface position was that two machine gun bunkers made of half-meter-thick reinforced concrete were destroyed by 150 howitzers, and the rest were trenches that were blown down.

This amount of work was nothing to the defenders. As long as the Japanese infantry did not attack at night, it would be repaired in half a night.

Saburo Okabe, who lost the air battle, decided to rely on himself. Throughout the afternoon, the Japanese artillery of various calibers bombarded the Chinese positions indiscriminately.

But Pang Panghai didn't tolerate them this time. You hit yours and I'll hit mine.

12门博福斯山炮和28门150榴弹炮以及12门150重迫全部掀开炮衣，在这个午后给第一师团展露出四行团炮兵营最锋利的獠牙。

除了28门150榴弹炮是对日军105、150远程榴弹炮进行彻底压制外，另外24门火炮皆是瞄准距离前沿阵地千米外的日军阵地。

Except for a handful of observation posts of the Fourth Line Regiment, which were hiding in the half-meter-thick permanent fortifications to observe the battlefield, the rest of the officers and soldiers basically went into the tunnels to rest and eat and drink when they should. Old gamblers like Lao Abacus even started betting with itchy hands. , betting on when the Japanese would stop shelling.

Not to mention, this kind of bet on the judgment of the battlefield situation attracted many people to participate. Even Wei Donglai lost 10 yuan, betting that the Japanese army would last for up to 3 hours.

Wei Donglai was not just making blind guesses like most of the grassroots officers and soldiers. Information about the military experience and personality of the First Division, from the division commander Okabe Saburo to the captains of each brigade and regiment, was distributed to each battalion by the regiment headquarters yesterday. , company, Wei Donglai is a judgment based on the character characteristics of Saburo Okabe and the current battlefield situation.

The intelligence department led by Gong Shaoxun has developed significantly in the past year due to sufficient capital injection. It has several underground intelligence stations not only in southern Hebei, but also in Jincheng and Pingbeicheng. It has even extended its intelligence tentacles as far as central and southern China. .

Of course, they are not good enough to collect the personal information of the Japanese generals in North China and even the Army Colonel. Most of the information of the commanders at all levels of the First Division comes from Xiaoyang Niuer and Tang Dao on what happened in the past time and space. Synthesis of historical memory.

The little foreign girl risked her life for the hot man she admired very much, and even used money to bribe the military attaché of the embassy in Japan.

At this time, although Japan was also intensively planning for war in Southeast Asia and almost broke up with the Gallic Rooster and the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, it still tried its best to maintain relations with the United States because it still needed imported resources such as steel and oil from the United States.

Although American cowboys are also wary of the ambitious Japan, the national policy of the United States, which took advantage of the arms trade in World War I, is to use this rare opportunity to make another big profit!

Therefore, verbal condemnation of Japan, a major customer, is still maintained, but secretly a large number of cargo ships are still transporting materials to Japan, and then taking away large amounts of gold and silver.

It is precisely under this relationship that seems to be in harmony but has to be interdependent, the embassy in Japan still has no big problem in collecting the personal information of Japanese military generals.

Wei Donglai judged that Saburo Okabe had a tough character, especially after the defeat in the air battle. He must and could only use violent artillery fire to re-arouse the morale of the entire division's infantry. Even if there was a counterattack, three hours of artillery fire would be His bottom line.

Wei Donglai's accurate judgment won him 30 yuan of funds. Tudou and Yang Bicheng, who followed Wei Donglai to place bets, also took away 30 yuan from the tearful old abacus. Together with other people's bets, I almost lost my old abacus.

But there are many people who are more miserable than the old abacus, such as the Japanese infantry who only have trenches to cover their bodies.

The truth is within the range of the cannon! In the spring breeze of March in northern China, the infantrymen of the Japanese First Division fully understood this truth.

It's just that it was paid for with blood and death.

Under the command of the front-line artillery observers, the Bofors Mountain Artillery rolled out of the tunnel fell into the Japanese infantry position as if it had eyes. The Japanese army hastily completed the field trenches, which were only 1.6 meters deep. Under the bombardment of 6 kilograms of heavy grenades, it was basically Can't hold on.

Not to mention the 150-pound howitzer. Within a range of 3000 meters, it is more powerful than the 105-meter howitzer.

Many Japanese soldiers did not die from the air waves and shrapnel of shell explosions, but were squeezed to death by deformed trenches or buried and suffocated after collapse.

According to statistics after the war, in the artillery battle between the two sides on the afternoon of the first day after the war began, more than 3 Japanese infantrymen from the three front-line infantry brigades totaling 21000 were killed or injured, accounting for nearly one-tenth of the total infantry force invested.

In addition to the heavy casualties of the infantry, the artillery was not much better.

However, the most severely damaged was not the 12 150mm howitzers, but the artillery brigade with 12 105mm howitzers. Because it was a plain, the artillery brigade learned from yesterday's lesson and specifically increased the distance between artillery positions to 200 meters, which far exceeded the 40-meter distance stipulated in the army's operating instructions.

Although this greatly increased the difficulty of guarding the two infantry squadrons guarding them, everything was worth it in the face of precious lives.

At least that's how it seemed to the artillery major who unfortunately died in the bombardment.

The Japanese have done everything they should do, but just like they have always been at the forefront, everything is illusory in the face of absolute strength.

After the artillery brigade was ordered to shell the Chinese position for more than an hour, a reconnaissance team originally lurking 1 kilometers away ventured to the vicinity of the artillery position covering an area of ​​about 2 square kilometers.

The two infantry squadrons were not large in number, but they were too few to protect such a huge artillery position.

As a result, the reconnaissance team got so close that they could even use submachine guns to kill the Japanese artillerymen who were working hard to move the shells, and no one noticed.

Fortunately, although the reconnaissance team has ruthless people like Ming Xin, after careful observation, they found that the Japanese artillery position is too big. Even if they block the enemy and kill the Buddha, they will not be able to kill the enemy here. If the Japanese artillery was surrounded by Japanese infantry, it would be doomed in such plain areas.

So, after they finished positioning, they ran away, 1500 meters away in one breath, and hid in an abandoned cellar. Then they used a personal radio to send the coordinates of the artillery position to the artillery battalion.

They made the right decision.

Pang Panghai was also a ruthless man. After receiving the coordinates sent by the scouts, he immediately ordered 28 150-mm howitzers, which had completely exposed their fangs, to focus fire on the coordinate area.

The Bofors 150 howitzer is very powerful. With a range of nearly 15000 meters and an error value of 100 meters, it will definitely defeat any long-range heavy artillery on the Chinese battlefield. But don’t forget that the artillerymen of the Fourth Line Regiment are also the second time. Operate this big guy.

Yesterday's sudden wave of fire destroyed a Japanese army's baggage squadron. It was the result of luck, artillery accuracy and the Japanese army's unpreparedness. The three are indispensable.

Da DaHai, who was well aware of his own shortcomings, simply punched the old master to death with just one punch out of ten.

As a result, 28 heavy artillery pieces came overwhelmingly. The first wave of shells landed about 1000 meters away from the left wing of the Japanese artillery brigade, and the nearest shell was only 300 meters away from Mingxin and the others.

Even though Mingxin had the strength to kill a hundred people, he couldn't help but turn a little pale amidst the roaring tsunami of dozens of heavy artillery shells exploding.

He had already hid so far away, and he would not die unjustly if he was taken away by a barrage of fire from his own 'unreliable' artillerymen.

"It's off, it's off! 1200 meters to the left, no, 2000 meters! If you don't hit it right, the brothers will probably turn gray instead of eating ashes!" Pang Dahai read the message handed over by the communications squad leader who was holding back a smile. , a face flushed like a purple eggplant.

"You bitch, tell those bastards in the heavy artillery company who are so good at letting me receive telegrams like this from the brothers in the reconnaissance company, I will stick the telegrams on the foreheads of their company commanders, platoon commanders, and squad leaders for a week!" Pang Dahai said The roar even overshadowed the roar of a 150-meter heavy artillery piece a hundred meters away.

No wonder Pang Panghai, who had always had a good temper, was angry. He and the air defense battalion commander Cheng Tieshou were old friends and biggest competitors. One of them was in charge of the air combat power, and the other was in charge of the strongest firepower against the ground.

Cheng Tieshou showed his hand violently in front of the entire regiment, causing the entire regiment's officers and soldiers to shout "Long live the air defense battalion". Even if Peng Dahai didn't see Cheng Tietshou's black face, he could still imagine the oily shine on that face. It's enough to stir-fry two dishes.

It turned out that he was lucky here. 28 guns were smashed down at once. Not only did he not get the Japanese artillery, but he almost wiped out the most elite reconnaissance team in the regiment.

Although the message sent by Ming Xin did not contain a single curse word, it was either eating ashes and about to turn into ashes, or it was the most cruel curse word.

After the heavy artillery battery learned its shame and then became brave, after recalibration, the second wave of artillery shells basically landed on the Japanese artillery brigade position. This should have something to do with Mingxin's extremely wise request to offset the distance by 2000 meters.

Anyway, you can't hit it that accurately. If it's a little crooked, you might hit it crookedly.

The artillerymen of the heavy artillery battery, whose skill had not improved because of the commander's anger, did miss again, but seven or eight shells still fell into the artillery brigade's position.

This is already terrible.

Think about it, the cannonball was still 300 meters away from the Mingxin reconnaissance team hiding underground, and it frightened a group of scouts who had received the most rigorous training to kill people. You think a cannonball fell on it? What is the scene like in the area where the Japanese artillery is less than 100 meters away?

The huge air wave was devastating, destroying all objects within a radius of 50 meters from the impact point.

Not to mention the human body, which weighs more than a hundred kilograms, even a howitzer weighing 5 tons will be overturned by the air waves.

In order to make up for his previous mistakes, each gun position of the heavy artillery company simply fired two base numbers of 40 shells in one go!

That’s 1120 rounds of artillery shells, each weighing 40 kilograms!

Just to transport one artillery shell, two soldiers had to use a wheelbarrow to push it out of the cave 50 meters away. After an hour of shelling, all the ammunition handlers collapsed on the ground from exhaustion.

Even Pang Panghai couldn't help but cursed him as a prodigal after receiving the ammunition consumption report from the heavy artillery company. It was almost a third of the heavy artillery company's inventory that was emptied in the first battle.

But as the saying goes, only by giving up can you gain, and efforts will always be rewarded.

That should also be the battlefield that suffered the most heavy artillery bombardment in the world-famous Battle of Zishan. Within a kilometer radius centered on the Japanese artillery brigade, everything was scorched black!

The artillery brigade had 1130 people plus two infantry squadrons of 400 people. After the artillery battle, after an inventory, less than 400 people remained. On the contrary, because the artillery was strong enough, only 5 were destroyed, and 4 were overturned by the air waves and repaired. Still functional, 3 doors survived.

Although the major captain of the artillery brigade died in battle, he received a medal from the Kwantung Army Headquarters after the war.

Because after investigation, it was found that if the major had not used the geological characteristics of the area to dig underground storage points to store artillery shells after arriving at the position, and decisively ordered some people to hide in the artillery shell storage points when the enemy's artillery fire was approaching, then maybe 400 Survival is just a luxury.

The hole five meters deep underground protected the artillery shells from causing explosive explosions, and also saved the last seeds of the artillery brigade.

Yes, about 400 of the 360 people who survived were artillerymen. Of the 400 infantrymen who could only stay in simple field trenches, less than 40 people survived.

How did the Chinese obtain such large-caliber heavy artillery? This became the focus of investigation by Japanese intelligence agencies after the war.

However, paradoxically, after the investigation into the Far East Branch of the German Empire's Krupp Arms Trading Company, the matter fell silent as its general manager Rostav was transferred to the headquarters.

The lives of thousands of Imperial officers and soldiers who died in the First Division due to heavy artillery were not worth mentioning in front of the thick legs of the mustachioed Führer.

Of course, this is something to talk about later.

The current battlefield is that even if the Japanese North China Front Army and the First Division have tried their best, whether it is an air battle or an artillery battle, they are the losers.

If Duo Tianjun and Okabe Saburo give in at this time, then perhaps the Japanese North China Front Army can retain some dignity.

But the faces of the Imperial Japanese Army were thrown to the ground by these two men and stepped on again and again by the Four Elements Group.

Therefore, even if they are deeply worried at this time, they are already in a difficult situation of riding a tiger. Even if they know that their opponent is a white-fronted tiger with a dazed look, they can only wave their fists.

Unfortunately, they were not Wu Song, and they did not drink. More importantly, the tiger they wanted to fight was not a South China tiger, but a Siberian tiger.

When Wu Song encountered this thing back then, he would have been bitten to pieces even if he drank eighteen bowls of it!