Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 444
As time went by, Japanese troops arrived on the battlefield one after another.

In addition to the arrival of all members of the 45th Infantry Regiment, the 47th Infantry Regiment also followed up panting.

However, a battlefield that is less than 1500 meters wide obviously cannot accommodate thousands of people from two infantry regiments rushing forward.

In order to prevent being killed by dense bullets, it is destined that no more than 4 infantry squadrons can be sent to attack in each wave.

However, before Ushijima Man arrives in person, there must be a first commander on the front line.

The 45th Infantry Regiment, which arrived immediately after the 47th Infantry Regiment, was mainly attacking under Songjiang City, and the remaining personnel of the three infantry brigades were about 2000 people, so only about 3 infantry squadrons were sent to assist the 45th Infantry Regiment in its attack. It is also obvious to hand over his command.

The chief of staff of the 47th Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant of the 36th Infantry Brigade, who followed the operations of the [-]th Infantry Regiment, Seto Nellie, was also very interested in only participating in coordination, and did not regard himself as the current first commander to point fingers.

This has always been an embarrassment for the chiefs of staff of the various departments of the Japanese Army. In terms of position, whether it is a division or a brigade, the chief of staff is a well-deserved second person besides the chief officer.However, in order to ensure the absolute authority of the military chief officer, the Japanese Army provided chiefs of staff for each ministry, which were basically two ranks lower than the chief officer.

For example, the head of a division at the division level is a lieutenant general, and the rank of the chief of staff is basically the army major, and only a small number of veterans are army major generals.

But to the embarrassment of the chiefs of staff at all levels, the chief officers of the subordinate regiments or brigades are often only one level lower than the first chief officer, which means they are one level higher than them.

As for Seto Nellie, as a lieutenant officer, how can he give advice to a senior officer?Especially when the opponent was newly defeated, he even went so far as to directly accuse Commander Yanagawa Hirasuke in front of all his subordinates, but he rushed forward and said, "Brother was sent by your Excellency, the brigade commander". ?
The lieutenant commander of the army was sure that no one here would listen to him except the few guards around him.

But this is also very good, there is Mitsuru Ushijima who made mistakes, and there is Kanda Shochue who took the initiative to take the initiative to serve as the commander of the two wings. No matter what the situation is after this battle, he will not be blamed.

Based on this mentality, after Seto Nelli arrived at the temporary headquarters of the 45th Infantry Regiment in a small forest, he stopped speaking after reiterating Ushijima Mitsuru's order to assist the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade as soon as possible.

Kanda Shochu, who didn't even say a word of politeness to Seto Nichiri's kind behavior, was more disdainful than playing along with a lieutenant in the army.

The 92-type infantry gun of the Japanese army weighs 200 kilograms, and the 75 mountain gun weighs more than 600 kilograms. Basically, they can be disassembled and transported.

Moreover, there are a large number of pack horses in the Japanese army. Although the artillery unit is not as fast as the lightly armed infantry, it will never lag behind too much.

Before Ushijima Mitsuwa's brigade headquarters was about to arrive at the front line, the artillerymen had already settled down in accordance with Kanda Shochu's request.

第45步兵联队拥有10门92步兵炮和4门75山炮，47步兵联队那边虽然只派出了3个步兵中队参与战斗，不过却是很大方的将自己联队所有火炮交由神田正种调配。

After 20 minutes, the Japanese army's 8 mountain artillery and 20 92 infantry artillery began to speak in sequence.

But in these 20 minutes, the battlefield has never been quiet.

Just like two ferocious beasts who have already planned to fight to the death, even the darkness can't stop them from showing their white teeth.

Murder can be seen everywhere.

Before the bombardment, the Japanese army was not so cruel that they ignored the wounded soldiers who might still be alive at the front of the battlefield, and sent a large number of soldiers into the battlefield in the dark, trying to drag back the wounded soldiers who still had a few breaths.

However, after the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side heard the sound, they took the initiative to fire flares, and the khaki figure crawling on the ground was clearly visible in the field.

The distance of tens of meters or even hundreds of meters is beyond the reach of grenades, but that is the simplest killing range of rifles.

The riflemen in the trenches used the white light to shoot at the crawling khaki, and the khaki lying on the ground did not show weakness, and kept firing back. The heavy machine guns behind the Japanese positions also fired one after another when they saw this situation. Provide cover for your own infantry.

This led to the mortars behind the Chinese positions also joining the battle one after another, attacking the Japanese heavy machine gun positions.

In the dark, the clear bullet marks fired continuously by heavy machine guns are like lights in the night, making it easier to judge the direction than in the daytime.

In other words, during these 20 minutes, except that the Japanese military headquarters was still deploying troops and waiting for artillery support, the Chinese and Japanese armies on the front line were actually not idle.

If you shoot, I will shoot, if you want a heavy machine gun, I will use a mortar.

Of course, this is naturally the Chinese side taking the initiative, while the Japanese army who wanted to rescue the wounded soldiers counterattacked passively, and the Chinese side, which has trenches as a barrier, is full of advantages.

10 minutes passed, and the wounded soldiers who fell on the front of the battlefield did not recover a few, and dozens of people were killed or injured, and two heavy machine guns were bombed into the sky together with the shooter.

Kanda Shochu had to issue a military order to retreat 5 minutes before the bombardment. As the Japanese army's unique hand-cranked siren sounded, the Japanese infantry retreated unwillingly, and the Chinese soldiers also curled up into the trenches knowingly.

Da Dahai behind the position urgently ordered all the mortar squads to move their positions.

Sufficient combat experience reminded the Chinese officers that the Japanese army, which has a superior force, would never give up so easily. The reason why they did not launch a large-scale attack for 20 minutes was just waiting for the artillery.

Although the previous disastrous defeat caused heavy losses to the Japanese army, it also reminded them that without artillery, they were not much different from the Chinese army.

The 82 caliber mortar is the most heavy firearm equipped by the Chinese Army, not because it is powerful, but because it is light enough, and the total weight of the anti-Japanese war artillery, together with the base, is more than 60 kg, which only needs four soldiers to carry. You can just run away.

5 minutes is enough for the fire support company to run sideways for 400 meters.

Pang Dahai's prediction was right, and the guesses of the Chinese officers who ordered the soldiers to curl up as much as possible into the trenches were also right.

A total of 28 artillery pieces of the Japanese army participated in the shelling.

The 8 mountain cannons first fired about 20 or so shells at the original approximate position of the mortar, and then turned their muzzles to bombard the hill with the clearest coordinates, while the 20 infantry cannons aimed at the other side of the river. The infantry trenches were bombarded.

The entire battlefield was almost illuminated by the flashes from the shells.

The Japanese infantry, on the other hand, almost didn't wait. Starting from the infantry artillery to shell the Chinese trenches, they bent over and trotted all the way to approach from more than 200 meters away.

Only this time, they invested much less troops.

On the long 1500-meter front, the total force will not exceed 2 people in two infantry squadrons.

This is the sophistication of Kanda Zhengzhong.

Now that he has been delayed here for more than 40 minutes, he doesn't care about delaying a little more time. The fate of the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade is certainly important, but the fate of the Imperial Army under his command is not a Chinese cabbage, which can be thrown out casually.

The purpose of doing this can ensure that the gap between each individual soldier reaches five or six meters. If you want to strike with intensive firepower without aiming, the hit rate will never be too high.

Moreover, as long as one of the six infantry squadrons of the two infantry squadrons can rush into the Chinese trench and cause the opponent's attack to be slow, the subsequent three infantry squadrons he arranged can charge up at high speed, and finally completely defeat the opponent.

The Chinese who lost the protection of the trenches could only become prey for the imperial army to hunt and kill wantonly in the open wilderness.

Kanda Shochu had even thought about it, even if he wanted to rescue the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade as soon as possible, he would leave three infantry squadrons to hunt down all the Chinese who were scattered in the wilderness.

He wants to hang a Chinese corpse on every tree here, and let those damn Chinese know that those who resist will die.

Of course, all this is based on the fact that he has enough artillery advantages.

Now, he has.

(End of this chapter)