Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 845 Calmness may also be poison
Looking through the binoculars, Leng Feng's face was stern as he watched the Japanese soldiers being beaten down by waves of heavy fire from his own side.

As the supreme commander who blocked the Japanese reinforcements, Leng Feng knew that this was just the beginning of the battle, and the most difficult moment for him and the three battalions under his command had yet to come.

Because the two infantry companies and one machine gun company under his command had to face far more than the Japanese infantry brigade in front of him.

In order to reinforce his colleagues who are still in dire straits hundreds of meters away, all the artillery fire of the Japanese army may be poured on the position of his third battalion.

At this time, the third battalion did not have the two-meter-deep trenches and tunnels on the back of the mountain like the Mouse Mountain. Not only did the infantry only have 1.5-meter-deep trenches to hide in, but the so-called heavy machine gun fortifications were nothing more than putting a few guns in front of the heavy machine guns. A soil bag is used for bulletproofing the shooter, and the Japanese infantry artillery and mountain artillery can easily blow it up.

But Tang Dao had predicted this situation before the war.

In the night of the wilderness, at the highest military meeting of the Four Elements Regiment attended by only the four giants of the regiment headquarters and the two infantry battalion commanders, Tang Dao cast his eyes on Lei Xiong, Guo Shouzhi and Leng Feng, and ruthlessly slammed on the simple terrain map he had just drawn Draw a horizontal line: "It is very important to encircle and wipe out the Japanese army in the encirclement. It is related to the results of our four-element regiment's attack on the 14th division. But this line is more important. It is the life and death of our four-element regiment's entire army." Wire!

You are all veterans who have been in the army for several years or even ten years. You know that if the Japanese army breaks through this life-and-death line and enters the flank of my besieging Japanese army, then our department will have to divide our troops to fight against it. The Japanese army in the encirclement is very likely to fight to the death. , Although the continuous firepower of our department is far higher than that of the Japanese army, everyone should not forget that the Japanese army is extremely powerful. Once the battle cannot be resolved quickly and the main force of the 14th Division has received the news, it will come with all its strength.

Then our army will have to choose to retreat, and the Japanese army completely occupies the air superiority. Once we launch an air strike against our troops, our adventure this time will not only be in vain, but also lose troops, and even cause all subsequent tactical movement plans to come to naught. !

Not only do we value this line of life and death, but the Japanese army also values ​​it. They will not only use their infantry to attack with all their strength, but even use all their artillery to bombard this line of defense!

Therefore, I need to defend this infantry battalion, which is the life and death line of my regiment. No matter how heavy the loss is, I must not retreat half a step. "

The three battalion commanders of the Four Elements Regiment looked at the line drawn by Tang Dao and fell silent.

It's not because of fear, but because I'm calculating whether I can stop it with the strength of my infantry battalion.

An infantry regiment of the Japanese army is equipped with more than 20 artillery pieces. Can they hold back with just a shallow trench?
"Let me come!" Lei Xiong and Leng Feng said almost at the same time.

Guo Shouzhi, who was caught in the middle and just about to open his mouth, had a wry smile on his face. Is this an appointment between the two?He didn't save face for Lao Guo at all, so he was half a second late and completely became No.3.

"I am the deputy commander of the regiment. You, Battalion Commander Leng, should obey the orders of the commander and do what you should do. I will guard this life-and-death line with the first battalion." Lei Xiong put on a cold face like a big brother.

"Hey, Commander Lei, just because the first battalion is the sharp-knife battalion of our Four Elements Regiment, your battalion is the only one to wipe out the encircled enemies. This seemingly dangerous but simple blocking task is still entrusted to me. Shallow Sanying!" Leng Feng had a smile on his usually stern face.

Leng Shitou's emotional intelligence has become so high?Let alone what Leng Feng said, Lei Xiong didn't know how to refute, Guo Shouzhi, who had basically been excluded, also glanced at Leng Feng curiously.

Tang Dao's face remained unchanged, but a smile appeared in his eyes.

This, perhaps, is the power of love.

In the assassination incident by Japanese masters on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Sensuo Fujiwara was seriously injured and fled. The Japanese spies in Zhengzhou City were wiped out. subsidy.

But personally speaking, Tang Tuanzuo did not fall well, not to mention his head was bleeding, and he was still lying in the hospital for two days. He was definitely a loser, especially when compared with the kid Leng Feng.

After that hard fight, Mrs. Yue, who may have a better understanding of life and death, even swept away her old reserve. Not only did she take the initiative to do laundry for Leng Feng, but she also took Sanxiao to the headquarters of the third battalion when she had nothing to do. The face is full of gentle scenes, but I don't know how much more than before.

Looking at Lei Xiong and Leng Feng, Tang Dao finally made a decision: "Let's go to the third battalion! There may be more Japanese troops in the encirclement than reinforcements. The first battalion and the second battalion must solve the battle within two hours. It is by no means lighter than blocking the Japanese army.

Moreover, since the two companies of Wei Donglai and Cai Yongguan have not yet been rebuilt, and there are only two infantry companies available in the first and second battalions, I will transfer the 9th company of the third battalion and the guard company directly under the regiment headquarters to the command of the first and second battalions. 300 recruits served as grenadiers. "

Tang Dao stared at Leng Feng, "So, you only have two infantry companies and one machine gun company with less than 500 troops available, Leng Feng, can you guarantee to complete the task? If you find it difficult, then I will personally lead the spy The company and the engineering company of the new eighth division will be your reserve team, and you can reinforce your third battalion at any time."

Leng Feng's face returned to serious, and he stood up and saluted: "Tuan, I can't guarantee whether our department can finally complete the life-and-death blocking battle, but I can guarantee one thing, even if the soldiers of my third battalion fall down, they will still be shot in the chest! You The so-called reserve team should be devoted to annihilating the Japanese army in the encirclement! You and the brothers in the first battalion and the second battalion should kill all the devils in the encirclement first, which will be the biggest reinforcement for my third battalion!"

This was Leng Feng, who never boasted indiscriminately, but was as hard as a rock, and any enemy who wanted to cross his line of defense had to smash his rock first.

And now this stone is not just him alone, there are hundreds of people who have gradually become accustomed to his fighting style.

Even if the Japanese artillery fire is fierce!

Yes, just as Chinese commanders such as Tang Dao and Leng Feng predicted, the Japanese army poured all artillery fire on the third battalion position.

Upon receiving the news of the attack ahead, the artillery squadrons of the Japanese army at the rear of the 2nd Infantry Regiment immediately stopped and pushed the various types of artillery pulled by pack horses into the wilderness below the dirt road to set them up.

Because it is a rapid march and may encounter battles with the Chinese army at any time, the artillery unit of the 2nd Infantry Regiment did not disassemble the infantry artillery and mountain artillery into several large pieces and transport them with pack horses, but dragged them with pack horses. way of marching.

In this way, all types of artillery can be put into use in only 6 minutes.

The Japanese signal troops rode horses and galloped in the wilderness, reporting the front battle situation and shelling coordinates to three artillery positions 400 meters behind the wing headquarters.

4 mountain guns are curved guns, which can bombard all targets within 500 meters to 6000 meters; 4 infantry guns are direct-pointing guns, but in an emergency, the muzzle can also be raised for use as curved guns; 6 37mm rapid-fire guns It is a thorough direct-pointing gun, and it is a battle anti-aircraft gun mainly used to break armor and fixed fortifications. The shells are also solid shells rather than flowering shells, and they will be useless if they stay behind.

Therefore, the rapid-fire artillery squadron quickly moved forward to the battlefield, leaving the mountain artillery squadron and infantry artillery squadron behind the regiment headquarters. Because the battle situation at the front was unknown, the 8 artillery did not dare to fire at will. After the position blocked the general area, the eight artillery pieces naturally poured all their firepower on the officers and soldiers of the third battalion.

The skills and tactics of the Japanese artillerymen were very skilled. It took no more than 6 minutes from setting up the guns to adjusting the angle and range of the muzzle and firing the guns.

"Order everyone to retreat to the trenches! Keep two observation posts in each platoon. If the Japanese army does not enter 100 meters, don't worry about it. Once they enter 100 meters, even if the Japanese cannons don't stop, I will fight them!" Seeing the first bullet flower After the explosion less than 30 meters in front of him, the cold front with dead grass and branches tied to his helmet gave orders in a cold voice.

Although the 28 heavy machine guns will stop firing and the Japanese infantry will continue to shrink back, but Leng Feng is not worried about the density of his own firepower at all. Instead, those shell guns and submachine guns can play their greatest role within a distance of 100 meters.

In order to guard the life-and-death line of the whole regiment, Leng Feng did not hesitate to sacrifice, but he would never let his soldiers die in vain.

All infantry, including heavy machine gunners, retreated into the trenches. The temporarily dug field trenches had no other protective function except for the curvature to protect people from the air waves caused by the explosion of shells falling into the trenches.

Everyone curled up as much as possible, covered their heads and pressed guns and ammunition under their bodies, resigned to fate.

After three consecutive rounds of test firing, the Japanese army's 8 curved guns began to bombard the third battalion at full speed. Blossoms bloomed in the wilderness. While digging out the dark soil, they also ignited the withered grass around the position, completely destroying the ground. Burn into a sea of ​​fire.

What the Japanese army used was not flowering bombs, but incendiary bombs.

That was Ishiguro Sadazo's idea.

"Order the third infantry brigade to temporarily evacuate to 400 meters away, and the mountain artillery squadron will use incendiary bombs to attack the enemy!"

Holding a telescope and looking at the Japanese Army Colonel hiding in the withered grass, there is a glint in his eyes!

The Chinese used the tactic of ambush under the eyes of their own marching ranks by using the depth of the grass in the wasteland, which was indeed far beyond his expectations and almost successfully completed their tactical concept.

He could fully imagine that the encircled troops had suffered a sudden change because they had no fortifications to cover them, and they must have suffered heavy casualties at this time.

But Shiguro Sadazo also had enough confidence in his subordinates. He believed that even if the Chinese came with an infantry division, it would be impossible to completely defeat the two infantry brigades he was surrounded by within half a day.

That confidence is not obtained blindly. It is the experience of the Imperial Japanese Army's long-term combat against China.

Even in the Battle of Pingxingguan, Jin Province, China, which was trumpeted by the Chinese official media half a year ago, the Chinese army surrounded a supply team of the Fifth Division with three infantry regiments, and fought with 1000 pairs more than [-]. Almost a whole day!

It took 10 hours of fierce fighting between the regular army and the second-line soldiers to completely determine the outcome. I heard that the infantry division was still the main force of the main force of China's No.18 Army.

Colonel Ishiguro Sadazo has every reason to believe that even if he loses the upper hand, his infantry regiment will be fine for a day or two.

What's more, he also immediately asked for help from the Division Headquarters. The Division Headquarters had ordered the 59th Infantry Regiment closest to Bihe and the 18th Cavalry Regiment directly under the Division Headquarters to quickly move closer to the 2nd Infantry Regiment and to the Front Army Command. Ask for air support, and the fighter planes that take off from Taiyuan Airport will arrive at the battlefield in less than an hour.

He may not lose this battle.

The calmness of Ishiguro Sadazo, the supreme commander of the Japanese side at this time, was also praised by many military experts as the biggest highlight of the 2nd Infantry Regiment's performance in this battle after the war, but that was only the opinion of the Japanese side.

In the eyes of the vast majority of Western military scholars and Chinese, this calmness is the catalyst that pushed the entire 2nd Infantry Regiment into the abyss of death.

If he is afraid or frightened, he will run away with the regiment headquarters, the third infantry brigade, and several artillery squadrons. Tang Dao and the Four Elements Group may really have no good way. They can only eat two prisoners in one bite. The surrounded infantry brigade vented their anger.

But it is a pity that this is almost impossible. No matter whether they are smart or stupid, no commander will easily abandon his nearly [-] colleagues and run away regardless. They have never looked down on the Chinese, and this is the root cause of not running away.

Moreover, the Japanese believe that Western and Chinese scholars joked about Ishiguro Sadazo, but they judged heroes based on the ending. Under the circumstances of the war at that time, keeping calm was the best choice Ishiguro Sadazo made.

Ishiguro Sadazo, who was calm enough, not only decided to fight to the end with the Chinese army who dared to ambush him, but also saw the biggest drawback of the Chinese position responsible for blocking his reinforcements.

There is too much dead grass on and around their positions. If you add a combustion accelerant to them, you can roast them with flames directly without the infantry attacking hard.

The mountain artillery squadron of the 2nd Infantry Regiment happened to carry a lot of incendiary bombs.

It has to be said that Ishiguro Sadazo, who is calm enough, is very vicious in this move.

A large number of incendiary bombs were thrown on the third battalion's position, and the rather dry withered grass naturally ignited at one point, and the flames shot up to a height of several meters, reflecting the telescope lenses in the hands of the two commanders all red.

Not to mention the temperature of the burning center, the scorching heat wave can be felt hundreds of meters away.

It is true that the temperature of the position where the third battalion is located keeps rising, so that the officers and soldiers of the third battalion not only have to bear the threat from shrapnel and air waves, but also the scorching fire.

But this shortcoming is also considered by Tang Dao. Because of the need for concealment, the three battalion positions cannot remove the dead grass. This weakness is likely to be exploited by the Japanese army. The high heat and smoke formed by a large amount of violently burning dead grass are also enough to cause damage to officers and soldiers. They pose a deadly threat.

Therefore, Tang Dao gave Leng Feng's third battalion a large number of gas masks obtained from the secret arsenal of the Northeast Army, and poured a lot of river water around before the battle to make the soil moist enough, and the trenches were also equipped with a lot of river water.

When he felt the heat wave coming, Li Jiujin gave an order, and the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Company didn't care about the cold winter, and poured water from the helmet to the soles of their feet.

The 8th company and Mo Songzi's machine gun company were of course the same. They even poured water on the heavy machine guns. Because of the high heat, the water evaporated quickly, and the whole position seemed to be shrouded in a white mist, like a fairyland.

However, everyone knows that this seemingly beautiful picture may be full of the cruelty of death.

Ishiguro Sadazo was extremely satisfied with this situation.

"Order the [-]rd Infantry Battalion to wet the whole body with clear water. When the fire is a little less, immediately attack the Chinese positions with all their strength, and tell Master Shenmu that the imperial warriors in front are still fighting hard with the Chinese, and he must break through the Chinese in the shortest possible time. The artillery colleagues have done everything they can, and the rest is up to them." Ishiguro Zhenzang looked at the front with a stern face and gave orders.

The commander of the Third Infantry Brigade, who received the military order, looked extremely ugly.

He knew that although his fellow captain did not say the words 'Long Live Charge', that was what he actually meant.

The long live charge is often used at the last moment of the battle, to break through the enemy's position in one fell swoop. Although it is very motivating, the casualties are huge. It is not a last resort, and no commander is willing to choose this.

He didn't think about it, and he hasn't been given the chance to choose for himself. The battle is just beginning, and the third infantry brigade will use this.

But can he refuse?Or, dare to refuse?
We can only hope that the Chinese in the center of the fire will be burned to death!The Japanese Major was very painful to look at the battlefield where the fire was much smaller because the dead grass was almost burning, and the air waves caused by the bombardment were changed again. He could only order sharply: "Order, after 3 minutes, the first Squadron, Second Squadron, Infantry Squadron Leaders and Squad Leaders lead the team, long live the charge!
If you haven't received the retreat order, those who retreat will die! "

This may be the most tragic 'long live charge!' in the history of the Japanese war! ', it is not a question of how many people died in battle.

Instead, when others charge long live, they each receive a bowl of wine, while they each receive a jug of water, pouring from head to toe.

In winter, it feels really refreshing!

However, there are still heroes.

Two lieutenant infantry squadron leaders took the lead, and about twenty or thirty Japanese officers such as lieutenants, second lieutenants, and Cao Chang took off their uniforms and were shirtless, showing not only their muscles, but also their fearlessness against cold and death.

If it weren't for the fear of being caught in the dry grass branches that were not completely burned while running, they might even have to take off their pants!

In the words of Li Jiujin Li Daliang, who saw this scene, Li Daliang: Damn it!Little devil, this is really saving!Even if you die, you don't want to get your military uniform dirty!
That might also be the happiest moment for Li Jiujin who felt that he was about to be steamed.

In front of his seventh company equipped with 30 semi-automatic rifles, 60 submachine guns, and 60 shell guns, this kind of live target will come more than 100 people, even if it is multiplied by ten, he is not afraid at all.

More than 300 Japanese infantrymen made a desperate plan to break into the fire, but they were not the most unlucky group.

Gu Xishui's special warfare squadron has mostly withdrawn from the north bank of the Bihe River since that battle, but it doesn't mean that his special warfare squadron will not be involved in this battle.

On the contrary, in the grass of this wasteland, there are at least five groups of special forces lurking, including himself and Shen Laoliu and Ming Xin who have made great contributions!
Gu Xishui's lurking point was less than a kilometer away from the headquarters of the Japanese Army Alliance. His gaze was always searching for what he thought was the most valuable target.

(End of this chapter)