Rise from eight hundred.

March 1938, 3, 16 am!
This time, for several brigade and regiment-level commanders of China's 921st Division, is definitely a period of incomparable suffering.

Although the straight-line distance from the battlefield is not far away, the Taihang Mountains are full of extremely sharp cliffs, but they are so close and isolated that they seem to be right in front of you!
Even the commanders and fighters of the 769 regiment who were running lightly seemed to have heard the gunshots from the distant mountains!
That's not an illusion!

The 769st Battalion of the [-]th Regiment really caught fire with the Japanese army.

However, strictly speaking, it is not the main force of the Japanese army 2000.

According to the original plan, the main force of the 769 regiment arrived at Beiganling, which is 9 kilometers west of Lucheng, to form a frontal defensive position. That was when Brigadier Cheng was preparing for the Shentouling ambush half a month ago. One of the positions to keep an eye out for.

This area is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mountain is relatively flat, which is convenient for soldiers to climb and defend the commanding heights. Form a pocket formation, just like the 683 Division half a year ago, surrounded and annihilated the Japanese invaders with superior forces, and this terrain can also ensure that the advance can be attacked and the retreat can be defended, even if the Japanese army continues to send troops from Lucheng and Changzhi to the battlefield. , the 921 Brigade can also ensure that the entire army will fight if they want to fight, and retreat if they want to. This is the safest battlefield.

However, this terrain also has a fatal weakness. There are many flats in the mountains surrounded by three mountains. The Japanese army who was attacked can establish positions on the flats and wait for help. However, the 683 Brigade, which has insufficient heavy firepower and insufficient ammunition, can only abandon the top of the mountain. Take the initiative to attack the position, otherwise there is really no way to take them.

If you choose to ambush the 1500 Japanese troops here, the biggest possibility is that the two sides are in a stalemate. If you want to completely wipe them out, I am afraid you will have to pay a great price!Even after the arrival of the four-line regiment, it provided the 683 Brigade with all-Japanese equipment and sufficient ammunition for most of the infantry wing.

Therefore, after repeated evaluations, Brigadier Cheng still chose Shentouling as in history, a surprise-style battlefield that narrowed the distance between the two warring parties to just over ten meters!

The reason he persuaded his superiors and several chief officers in the brigade was very simple. Since it was an ambush battle, he had to be resolute enough to surprise him. If he wanted to attack, he wanted to defend, and he thought about being safe, wasn't it a positional defense battle?Looking ahead, you may not be able to find anything.

Hesitation is bound to defeat!This may not be the most glorious moment in the life of this famous player who will be ranked at the top of the list of famous Chinese players in the future, but he has definitely shown his personality and military characteristics. Whenever a decision is made, it will be done decisively.

Just like in the famous battle on the ice sheet 13 years later, as the second commander, he resisted all opinions and used huge manpower and material resources to build an underground Great Wall under the ice sheet. The overwhelming firepower of the cowboys faced the famous underground tunnel. , lost their sharpness for the first time!
But at this moment, at the same time, the Shentouling surprise attack killed 1500 Japanese soldiers in the shortest time. When the Japanese army once again sent an army with stronger firepower, more abundant troops, and more vigilance, the position of Beiganling is the most Suitable for the battlefield of the Chinese army.

Four infantry regiments, no, if you add the Sixing regiment coming from Licheng, the Chinese army will gather nearly [-] troops, especially with the large-caliber mortars equipped by the Sixing regiment, if the Japanese want to be here 'Playing' an offensive and defensive battle, the unfortunate cliff is them.

This is also the main reason why Brigadier Cheng, a talented general, immediately decided to continue to expand the battle results in the Beiganling area after receiving a large-scale increase of troops from the Japanese army.

Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent!Every judgment made by Brigadier Cheng based on the changes in the battlefield has proved that he can at least rank in the top five among the nearly [-] generals from China and Japan on the battlefield in northern China!
The 769st Battalion of the 511th Regiment, under such a tactical policy, detoured from the flank and planned to occupy the high ground on the left wing of Beiganling first, where the terrain was gentler. the result of.

In that battle, in order to prevent being discovered by the Japanese reconnaissance vanguard, the division had to put its main force in the distance. When the battle started, before the encirclement was completely formed, the Japanese army occupied the commanding heights of the two wings at all costs. In the end, the 511th Division spent a huge amount of money. It took a counter-offensive at a cost to win the commanding heights that the two armies repeatedly competed for, which was the main reason why more than 1000 Japanese troops could persist until sunset.

If the battle drags on for a long time, not only does it have to take the huge risk of Japanese reinforcements, but the biggest negative consequence is a surge in casualties!The results of the ambush battle were brilliant. More than 1000 Japanese invaders were wiped out, but the price was that the number of Chinese casualties was not less than [-].

That was the first battle against the Japanese invaders since the [-]th Group Army entered the theater. It was that battle that gave the [-]th Group Army a specific understanding of the Japanese army's combat effectiveness. Accept the fact that the Japanese invaders are completely different enemies from their old rivals. Their combat effectiveness is extremely strong!

Therefore, Brigade Commander Cheng was very cautious. He needed a battalion under the 769th regiment to occupy this gentle slope facing the depression in advance, and waited for the arrival of the 772nd regiment before switching defenses to avoid the problems of the 511th division ambush battle.

The 769st Battalion of the 20th Regiment bypassed the mountains. If there is no accident, it will take another [-] minutes to arrive at the designated position of the headquarters on time.

But as the saying goes, if there is no accident, the accident will come.

The squad leader of the reconnaissance squad, who was only 800 meters away from the front of the main force of the first battalion, ran back to report with sweat on his face in this spring when the average temperature was less than 13 degrees.

They found the Japanese soldiers!
The Japanese actually showed off their work, instead of taking the road and taking the small road, they detoured to the flank of the battlefield?
At that moment, Comrade Kong, who was the battalion commander of the 769st Battalion of the [-]th Regiment, was also bewildered.

That's right, this person is not an unknown person, but in the future, he and Lao Li will be known as one of the iron triangles in Northwest Shanxi in 'Bright Sword'.

Although he is not too old, he is only 27 years old, but he joined the army at the age of 16 and is now an 11-year veteran. Before the reorganization, he was a senior commander who had commanded thousands of troops, but he was such a veteran commander. Sir, this has never happened before.

Not to mention the encounter with the Japanese in advance, the Japanese also went around to the back of the pre-set position of the headquarters. What is even worse is that the main force of the regiment has not arrived for some reason.
"How many people are there in the main force of the devils?" Comrade Lao Kong asked after calming down.

"There are probably three infantry squads in the vanguard, with a distance of nearly 500 meters. According to this estimate, the Japanese army should say at least [-] people!" The reconnaissance squad leader, also a veteran, replied without hesitation.

This kind of calculation is not based on imagination, but is based on countless collisions with the Japanese army on the battlefield of Jin Province in the past six months.

The Japanese army, which has been attacked a lot in the mountains, is very vigilant. They will send out reconnaissance vanguards without exception during the march, about 1000 meters away from the main infantry. The leading soldiers are as high as 50 people, which shows that the main force of the infantry behind them is at least two or even three infantry squadrons.

Not to mention that the deputy battalion commander around him looked ugly in an instant, it was Comrade Kong, who had been in battle for a long time, and the sweat on his forehead came down.

With the firepower of his infantry battalion, it was okay to deal with one Japanese infantry squadron, but if he wanted to deal with three, it would be too difficult for him.

Of course he could choose not to fight, but what would be the consequences?
The consequence is that this batch of Japanese troops will pass through the rear of the preset battlefield flanks. Once the war begins, the flanks will have no threat, and the tactic of encircling the Japanese army on three sides that the command wants will be completely unsuccessful. The Japanese army on the frontal battlefield will have no scruples. The artillery was mounted on the commanding heights of the flank to bombard the main force of the regiment on the frontal battlefield.

That may not be the result of the failure of the command's tactic of gathering forces to annihilate the Japanese invaders, but the result of the loss of battle.

Thinking of this, Comrade Confucius' honest and down-to-earth face became more sweaty.

In the future, the Iron Triangle, which is famous in the northwest of Shanxi Province, if Lao Li is the hottest fire, he will not hesitate to burn himself, just to destroy the enemy!

That Lao Kong is that mountain, looking at the dark and inconspicuous, but the most responsible, even in the face of the stormy waves that can smash himself into pieces, he will do everything he can!
It's just a war!

"Inform the entire battalion immediately and prepare to fight!" Comrade Lao Kong finally made a decision and gave an extremely decisive order.

The 769st Battalion of the 100th Regiment originally had three infantry companies connected end to end plus a machine gun company. They responded quickly and moved forward quickly under the leadership of the reconnaissance squad leader. There was an area more than [-] meters ahead, where a certain force could be deployed to fight a battle. Blocking battle!

As for the ambush, there were nearly 50 Japanese vanguards, and it was impossible for such a short period of time.

The 769st Battalion of the [-]th Regiment is ready for battle!

But for Komura Hiro, captain of the 132th Infantry Brigade of the [-]nd Infantry Wing, this was by no means a happy day.

In the early morning, 'Licheng is in an emergency, everyone is on alert! 'The military order dragged him out of the warm bed, not to mention, he is a dignified imperial army major, and he has to travel forty miles on such a rugged mountain road!

And all this is the result of too many idiots in the imperial infantry.Sakira Nakatama has more than 1000 troops, and the defense of the city is full of complaints. The 1500 people who were ordered to reinforce were also besieged by a group of "Tuba".

It really is, stupid fuck open the door for stupid, stupid home.

And why he, the Army Major, appeared on the small road in the mountains, still benefited from the whimsy of Goto Koshinan, the commander of the 2000th Infantry Wing, who served as the supreme commander of the 108-strong army.

In order to prevent the army from encountering the situation that the previous reinforcements were ambushed by the Chinese, the Japanese army chief played a trick of 'splitting troops into two ways'!

The main force is still advancing along the road, consisting of 5 infantry squadrons, heavy machine gun squadrons, chariot squadrons, artillery squadrons, cavalry squadrons, engineers, etc.; The area not too far from the main force accompanies the advance.

The benefits of doing so are obvious, at least ensuring the safety of the main flank.

The disadvantage is also obvious, which will delay the marching speed of the entire army, and the time to rescue the friendly troops of Shentouling will be extended indefinitely.

But with the foreshadowing of Shentouling being ambushed, and Baga's mad rush, isn't that a big fool's behavior!Not to mention that Chief Goto wouldn't do this, and even Xiong Yuan, who was anxious under his command, would not agree.

He wanted them to go to the rescue, not to send people away.

What's more, the imperial infantry is not made of clay, and it is not so easy for the Chinese to eat them. Half a year ago, although a heavy cargo unit of the Fifth Division was eaten up by the Chinese, the one who besieged them was a The infantry division, with a nearly six-to-one force comparison, didn't a bunch of second-line baggage soldiers also persist for a whole day!

Just as the Chinese have a clearer understanding of the Japanese's combat effectiveness, the Japanese also have a conceited understanding of their opponent's ability.

It's a pity that in this era, an unexpected little butterfly broke into. Under the chain reaction, everything has changed a little.

The combat effectiveness of the Eighty Group Army was not bad in the first place. What they were inferior was only in equipment and firepower!
The unexpectedly bold and dazzling surprise is still wonderful, and what is even worse is the addition of thousands of grenades, which shortened the battle of Shentouling, which originally required more than an hour of fighting, to 20 minutes!

Li Cheng, on the other hand, was just an ostrich egg. The shell was very hard, but he didn't lift a rock to smash it. The Four Elements Corps was the big rock that appeared unexpectedly. With a hard blow, they shattered into pieces!
The position of the blocking position chosen by the first battalion is a rocky mountain with a nearly [-]-degree angle on one side, and a hill with a moderate slope on the other side. The mountain road only for people and horses is just below the hill!
If the three infantry squadrons led by Hiroshi Komura were to swagger down the road, they would definitely be fired by the battalion of the 769th regiment that had already entered the hill.

But obviously, when the Japanese soldiers of the infantry squad set foot on the hill to start reconnaissance, that kind of good wish is doomed to be impossible!

"Get rid of them first for Lao Tzu!" Comrade Lao Kong, who was ambush in the grass, waited for the Japanese soldiers to approach 120 meters, and took the lead in throwing a shuttle of bullets with his shell gun.

That is not only the standard for officers above the company commander level of the 80th Group Army, but also the old man who Comrade Kong has been hanging around his waist since he became the battalion commander eight years ago!
With such a flick of the wrist, the ballistic trajectory of a shuttle of six or seven bullets shot out flat makes people suspect that this is a fake German-made 20-shot Mauser rapid-fire pistol!
In fact, semi-automatic pistols just started when the shell gun was successfully developed. No army in the world has used semi-automatic pistols as a standard weapon, and Mauser knew that if he wanted to succeed, he had to get an army contract with a major power. Named the box gun Mauser Military Pistol Model 1896, hoping to get a military contract.

But it backfired. Until the Mauser factory stopped producing box guns in 1939, no country in the world adopted box guns as the standard weapon of the army.

No one can deny the excellence of this rapid-firing pistol. Its production of millions and the number of imitations is several times that of its regular production. It has been justified, but the cost is too high, and the muzzle is easy to jump up, resulting in unstable ballistics. Shortcomings!

The wise Chinese soldiers solved this shortcoming perfectly. They used the flipping wrist to shoot flat, and then supplemented with certain skills. The kinetic energy of the muzzle jumping became the driving force to sweep out a barrage!

Comrade Lao Kong, who will serve as the head of the 769 regiment in the future, is one of the best among them. With this shuttle of bullets, he has swept down three Japanese aggressors!

"Bang Bang Bang!" The blazing gunshot resounded through the mountains in an instant.

That's over 200 rifles firing hard!
A distance of 120 meters, for the elite soldiers who have gone through the [-]-mile transfer, is target shooting!
Caught off guard, the Japanese squad directly fell 13 people!

But the remaining two Japanese soldiers who were hiding in the grass and did not dare to move finally did not escape the sniping of the sharpshooter in the higher area!

In less than 1 minute, the two infantry companies that had exposed their fire positions wiped out the 15-man Japanese squad.

It may be difficult to fight the main force of the Japanese army, but it is still very easy to deal with a dozen Japanese troops and they are not prepared.

"Enemy attack!" When the remaining two Japanese vanguard squads saw this battle, they naturally turned around and ran away in fright.

Before the war, 11 rifles, a light machine gun and a grenade were harvested, plus more than 15 bullets and [-] grenades. Comrade Lao Kong was quite satisfied.

The rest is that the first battalion immediately builds temporary field fortifications to deal with the main force of the Japanese army.

"Baga! The Chinese are really dead!"

Hearing the gunshots in front, he ordered the entire army to be on alert, and then heard the reconnaissance vanguard who ran back to report that there were at least hundreds of Chinese in front of him who had established blocking positions, and Hiro Komura arrived at the front of the position 20 minutes later.

In the telescope, the blocking positions built by the Chinese on the hills are very clear. They should have arrived here soon, and many people are still struggling to dig trenches and build stones in front of the trenches!
The strength, at most, is equal to the three infantry squadrons under his command!
There's nothing else to say, you have to rush over and kill them.

It can't be said that Major Komura Hiro is blind and arrogant, even though he has three infantry squadrons with more than 3 people, but his firepower is not weak.

A reinforced heavy machine gun team behind the formation has 6 heavy machine guns, and an artillery team is carrying two dismantled 92 infantry guns on pack horses, not to mention the temporary fortifications built by the Chinese with stones, which are made of steel plates and The complete fortification constructed by the sleepers is also not able to escape with a single shot.

Moreover, the confidence of the Imperial Japanese Army made him more firmly believe that, even if the firepower intensity is not considered, his three infantry squadrons with more than 3 imperial officers and soldiers are enough to match the Chinese army with several times this strength.

Even if the opponent has certain bunkers and extremely rudimentary trenches!

The Japanese army, like a hungry wolf looking for prey, didn't even try, and under the order of Komura Hiroshi, they brazenly launched an attack!