Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 629 Classic battles?

In fact, the artillery of the Japanese army has never stopped.

Either bombarding the disfigured No. 3 highland that has been destroyed by aerial bombs and artillery shells, or bombarding all the mountain roads that can support No. 3 highland.

Not to mention that Tang Dao and other commanders knew that the key breakthrough point of the Japanese army was on the seemingly most flanking Highland No. 3, even the most ordinary soldiers on both sides of China and Japan also understood.

No. 1 and No. 2 highlands simply stopped fighting, and the two sides were in a stalemate with each other separated by 400 meters. Only cold guns rang out occasionally, accompanied by screams, which made people feel that this was also a battlefield of life and death.

However, except for the ruthless gunmen who killed the enemy, the vast majority of people subconsciously turned their attention to the No. 3 highland, where the smoke of gunpowder was constantly rising.

There, is the key to the victory of the entire battlefield.

"Sir, let me go to support the No. 3 highland! It will be too late." Li Jiujin, who had just withdrawn from the mountains and forests, looked greasy, but it was rare to take the initiative to ask for a fight. . .

"Sir, this is the position of our Xuexu Regiment. The whole army of our Xuexu Regiment swears to defend the position. Please let me go to support." The two majors of the Xuexu Regiment looked at each other and took a step forward in unison.

Tang Dao stood in the trench of the temporary headquarters halfway up the mountain, holding the binoculars and looking at the No. 3 highland where the gunpowder smoke continued to rise, with his back to the people who asked for the battle, and did not answer for a long time.

5 minutes passed.

"No!" Tang Dao's cold voice came. "I believe that Company Commander Wei and Company Commander Cai will be able to hold on until sunset."

The officers showed grief, but no one dared to speak again.

Tang Dao is very easy-going in private, but on the battlefield, he seems to be a different person, resolute and resolute. When he gives a military order, it means that he has made a decision and has no regrets.

Tang Dao turned his back to everyone, and everyone only saw his unmoving body like a sculpture, but couldn't see his bloodshot eyes.

This may be one of the most difficult choices Tang Dao made in his life.

Tang Dao knew that after he made the decision not to provide reinforcements, the chances of nearly a hundred people still alive on the top of the mountain were slim.

Without any military support, they will resist the attack of several times the Japanese army for nearly two hours.

This is very difficult, even if his old base of the reckless Four Elements Battalion is on the No. 3 highland, he is not 100% sure.

But Tang Dao knew better in his heart that Guo Qizheng on the opposite side was also using Yangmou, and his artillery group was waiting for his reinforcements to be dispatched.

If Tang Dao's calculations are not wrong, don't look at at least four 105 howitzers participating in the battle at this time. In fact, it is not all the heavy artillery at the bottom of the box. He still has at least four 4 howitzers waiting for reinforcements to No. 105 Heights .

The battlefield is not a chess game, every choice of the commander determines the life and death of hundreds or even thousands of people.

Tang Dao could not throw an elite infantry company into the artillery fire at will, nor let the lives of the Sichuan soldiers be consumed by the Japanese artillery shells.

Therefore, he can only bet that Wei Donglai and Cai Yongguan can persist until the sun goes down.

However, how many of the more than one hundred Sichuan soldiers who are still on the high ground can survive depends on the efforts of the chess pieces on the gambling table.

This is undoubtedly an extremely difficult and painful decision for any commander, and Tang Dao is no exception.

The outcome of the battlefield can prove whether Tang Dao's decision is right or wrong, but Tang Dao is undoubtedly correct in one thing.

"Why, there is no movement from the Chinese?" Kunisaki asked in a daze, the chief of staff of the army lieutenant who had just hurried into the temporary headquarters from outside.

"Yes, the scouts ahead did not send any signal, and no enemy reinforcements were seen on the enemy's high ground." The army lieutenant officer shook his head.

"Commander China, it's hard to deal with!" Kunisaki said with surprise in his eyes. "What do the intelligence agencies do? It's been almost two days. I haven't figured out who the commander of this Chinese army is. Don't tell me what it is, the 23th Division of the 145rd Group Army. If the department has this combat power, Li Shoushan and the others can Conquer Sihong and Jiepai?"

"Your Excellency, the detachment leader, the feedback from the intelligence department is that the Chinese people are already in a panic, and they probably don't even know what troops are deploying." The army lieutenant officer showed a wry smile on his face.

Kunisaki was obviously also a little speechless by this conclusion, pointed to the front, and sighed slightly: "In this southeast battle, our army encountered such stubborn enemies, which made me very impressed with the Chinese soldiers. However, they It is indeed a blessing for the empire to have such a stupid boss!"

"Your Excellency, Captain, even if the enemy is so stubborn, it will be turned into smoke and dust under your command! Just like now, Commander Takeuchi Yunzan is already gathering troops, and under the threat of our army's heavy artillery, China, which dare not support People can't last too long." The lieutenant of the army sent a flattery.

"I think that, Your Excellency, the detachment leader, your tactical arrangement today is enough to be recorded in the actual combat case of the Army University."

Five kilometers behind the high ground, the blue muzzles of four 4 howitzers are raised high. The coordinates have been set long ago, and they are waiting for the military order ahead.

Those are four of the eight 8 howitzers belonging to the Artillery Brigade directly under the Kunizaki Detachment. They have not been used since the battle began in the morning.

Four 105mm howitzers fired at full speed for 5 minutes, and the artillery fire was enough to cover an area the size of a football field. Without fortifications, both humans and animals were wiped out.

If you add the four that have already participated in the shelling operation, the shelling of a total of eight 105 howitzers can kill more than 90.00% of the infantry who have no cover on the mountain road.

Kunizaki ordered Takeuchi Yunshan to attack the No. 3 highland with all his strength. His main purpose was to force out the reserve team of the Chinese defenders and annihilate them in one fell swoop with the heavy artillery he carried in the open area.

That's not to mention, in the hundreds of meters of mountain forest between the two highlands, Kunizaki also quietly dispatched an infantry squadron. If a small group of Chinese soldiers risked entering the mountain forest, they would also be attacked.

If the Chinese side does not dare to dispatch during the day, then they should use all their strength to conquer the position and break the closed ring of the triangular defensive position.

That is to say, after Kunizaki's combination of punches, no matter what the Chinese commander chooses, he will either lose a lot of troops, or the position will be conquered, and there is no third way to go.

The Japanese lieutenant commander did not brag too much about the wonderful tactical deployment.

Kunizaki, who looked solemn, was obviously a little proud of his arrangement, and at the same time he waved his hand slightly with relief on his face: "The Chinese commander is already considered brilliant, and so far he has not dispatched enough troops for our artillery group to hunt and kill. The enemy's highland army is even more tenacious, and it is indeed one of the most tenacious enemy troops since our detachment entered southeast China, and we must not take victory lightly until our general flag is planted on the enemy's highland."

"Hey!" The Army Lieutenant quickly put on an educated look.

Obviously, compared to the seriousness on the faces of the school lieutenants at the Chinese command, the Japanese command is much more relaxed.

However, the heaviest thing is the pawns thrown into the chess game by the commanders of both sides.

Just after killing another wave of Japanese soldiers who would not retreat, there was another violent explosion on the top of the mountain. They didn't even bother to take back the bodies of the brothers who died in battle. In the reverse slope tunnel behind.

Without this, Wei Donglai and his soldiers would have been blasted to ashes by the Japanese heavy artillery along with the rocks on the top of the mountain.

Wei Donglai was injured, his thigh was cut ten centimeters long by shrapnel, his entire tendon was severed, his bloody muscles were turned outwards, and hemostatic powder was used up long ago.

In desperation, Wei Donglai sprinkled the ashes from the cannon fire into the wound, and then bandaged it with the shirt he tore.

This was nothing, a piece of shrapnel went into his chest, and his breath was already covered with blood foam.

Therefore, before entering a coma, Wei Donglai handed over the command of the frontline trenches to Cai Yongguan.

By this time in the war, there was no need for any tactics.

The only thing needed is courage!
In this regard, Wei Donglai fully trusted Cai Yongguan.

(End of this chapter)