Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 918 There is no prelude!

The 769 regiment is very difficult!

From the very beginning, the Japanese army regarded the frontal battlefield as the main breakthrough!
Although Chinese soldiers also appeared on the highlands on the two wings, after a few trials, it was found that a large number of troops needed to be invested. Goto Osamu, then the captain of the 108th Infantry Regiment, immediately adjusted his combat thinking.

The central flat land in the Beiganling area is relatively wide, and it is the main farming area for the mountain people in this area. There are still small hills that can be used as shelters. The highlands on both wings can pose a slight threat to the infantry who are completely exposed in the wilderness except for heavy machine guns. Light machine guns and Rifles are basically useless.

As for artillery, does the Chinese army have it?

"It is better to cut off one finger than to injure his ten fingers!" 'The Japanese Army Colonel, who knew he might be besieged by Chinese soldiers, made a wise decision.

In fact, at the 108th Division's high-level military meeting in the future, few people criticized the Japanese Army Chief's tactical command in the early stage because he wanted to let him resist the responsibility for the defeat of this battle.

As long as the Ministry can break through the Chinese frontal defense line at noon or even throughout the afternoon, no matter how many Chinese there are on the two wings with sufficient distance, the Ministry with sufficient firepower and infantry will not encounter the subsequent disaster!

They also have this power!

After all, for artillery alone, they have 8 infantry artillery and 4 mountain artillery, and there are also 10 94 light tanks. Let alone attacking a mountain where the Chinese have no time to dig many trenches, it is a strong city protected by a city wall. enough.

You know, in Teng County on the other side of Xuzhou, the Chinese Sichuan Army has more than 4000 troops stationed, but there is only one infantry brigade attacking the city. In addition, they are equipped with 4 mountain artillery pieces and 2 92 infantry artillery pieces. It was extremely difficult!
When neither side has an air force to participate in the battle, artillery is the key to dominate the battlefield!
Although the infantry artillery and mountain artillery equipped by the Japanese army can only be regarded as small-caliber artillery in this era, they are well-deserved NO.1 in this barren mountain in China.

Especially the 10mm howitzer with a killing radius of 75 meters, in the Taihang Mountains where there are many rocks and little soil, because of the rocks excited by the air waves, the killing power has been increased. In the future, it is superimposed with BUFF.

The head of the 769th regiment was wise enough not to fight the Japanese army as soon as he came up. The two infantry battalions under his command each sent two infantry companies to form a defense line with a width of 1000 meters along the mountain, and each left an infantry company as a reserve team, but this does not mean that nearly 600 officers and soldiers were directly thrown under the threat of Japanese artillery fire.

In fact, most of the people were still hiding behind the mountain, and each company only left a few observation posts. They only waited for the Japanese infantry to come up, and then returned from the back of the mountain to the simple position that had been built with stones.

This is also the advantage of the stone mountain. If you don’t have time to dig trenches, you can lift big rocks and put them in front. They can’t stop the shells, but they are enough to withstand the bullets. It’s helpless, but it also has a certain effect.

However, in the face of the fierce artillery fire of more than 20 shells poured by the Japanese army for a full 300 minutes, this simple fortification built with stones in a hurry is basically hopeless.

To put it bluntly, the significance of this kind of fortification to provide protection actually depends on personal luck!
Because it will take a certain amount of time to move from the back of the mountain to the position, in order to ensure that the impact of the Japanese infantry can be sufficiently suppressed, 4 infantry companies placed 4 infantry squads in their respective positions.

The end result is that in such bombardment, only half of them survived in the end.

There were nearly 30 people who were torn to pieces by the bombardment before they could fire a single shot at the Japanese invaders.

At this time, the 921st Division hadn't developed and summed up any anti-slope tunnel tactics, but with enough combat experience, the general of the 769th regiment still had the prototype of this famous tactic in the future battle on the ice field, at least 70.00 The role of %.

The most important tactical point of the anti-slope tunnel tactics is not to stick to the ridgeline on the top of the mountain, but to withdraw the camera to the tunnel on the back of the mountain, and also cover the ridgeline with one's own artillery fire before regaining it.

To put it bluntly, if you want to fight well in this kind of mountain defense battle that focuses on reverse-slope tunnels, first of all, the defenders must also have a large number of artillery, enough to cover the ridgeline positions.

But these, the current 769 regiment does not have, except for a few small-caliber mortars, they have no other artillery, and they have no time to build any tunnels, and all soldiers are exposed behind the ridge.

If the Japanese army had an air force to participate in the battle at this time, this battle would almost not have to be fought. The bombs dropped from the sky alone were enough to bury more than 1000 Chinese infantry in this mountain.

A strong will can overcome the fear of death, but the blazing artillery fire brings death!
The reason why a miracle is called a miracle means that it is an extremely rare probability, and it does not mean that it will happen every moment.

Fortunately, the Japanese army has not yet reached the point where land and air are integrated. The battle in Xuzhou, nearly a thousand kilometers away, is in full swing. Most of the air power has gone to the theater there. The Front Army Command set its sights here.

Except for Xiong Yuan's request for support from the Army Aviation in the morning, allowing the indoor shroud sitting in Pingcheng to glance at the telegram for help from the special division, the entire Japanese North China Front Army Command did not pay any more attention to the Jindong battlefield.

This is also completely understandable. A front army commanded 300,000 troops. If the battlefield with only a few thousand people requires an army general to pay attention to it all the time, shouldn't the army general be exhausted to death?

Therefore, on the whole, although the bomber formation composed of 6 bombers of the Japanese army caused a lot of damage to the main force of the 769 regiment more than an hour ago, it was still marching, and the formation was stretched to a length of three to four kilometers. If they were concentrated on a battlefield less than a kilometer away like now, the loss of the dozens of heavy aerial bombs would probably be more than doubled.

The Japanese army aviation actually missed the best fighter!
Besides, in this battlefield, there are not enough artillery and no perfect fortifications. For the general of the 769th regiment, the position on the top of the mountain must not be lost. He can only harden his heart and fill his elite soldiers into the battlefield where the death rate exceeds half. .

But this was not the end, looking through the binoculars at the battlefield where the gunpowder smoke was about to clear up, many Chinese soldiers rushed down from the top of the mountain and carried the wounded to the rear of the position.

"Order! After the artillery teams stop shelling for 3 minutes, they will shell again for 10 minutes!"

"Your Excellency, Captain, you are" a major who was standing beside Goto asked cautiously.

As one of the two majors who accompanied the captain of the General Commander, Nobita Nobita was much luckier than that unlucky Komura Hiroshi, and brought three infantry squadrons and a heavy machine gun squadron of his own infantry brigade to follow him , you don’t have to trek hard on the narrow mountain roads, and there is even a 3 armored vehicle that you can take, although the smell of diesel in it makes you sick.

However, Major Nobi Nobita is very smart. He knows that the reason why he can keep up with Goto is not because of how handsome he is, but because he knows how to flatter horses. He has been photographed very well by this big guy in several military meetings. Comfortable, at this time, suddenly seeing the big brother temporarily change tactics, let the frontline infantry not launch a tentative charge, but let the artillery continue to shell, there must be his deep meaning.

In particular, after issuing the military order, His Excellency the Colonel looked into the distance with a deep look in his eyes, so you still don't know his intentions?
That was obviously waiting for him to ask questions, but fortunately, he pretended to be forced in the headquarters temporarily set up by His Excellency Xiong Yuanshi.
Of course, it doesn't mean that His Excellency the Colonel is a pretender, but a common behavior for commanders to establish their prestige in the army.

Who made this joint force be temporarily drawn from various armies in Lucheng? In the more than 2000 Japanese army, there are only 400 people who belong to the direct descendants of the captain of the chief commander.

"Nobi-kun, you should have seen the color of the military uniforms worn by the Chinese on the battlefield!" The corner of the Japanese army officer's mouth pulled down, revealing a look of awe.

"Hey! I saw it, it's dark gray, it should belong to the Chinese Division 921!" Nobi Nobita nodded heavily, and his face also showed a bitter look.

China has a lot of troops in Jin Province. It does not mean that there are many soldiers, but factions. There are Jinsui Army Central Army, Northwest Army, and Sichuan Army. There is also an [-]th Army. The connections between the various factions are complicated. , not to mention making the Japanese look confused, even the Chinese theater headquarters wanted to scratch their heads!
However, as the war situation in Jin Province deepened, the Japanese army, which had been fighting on this land for half a year, finally had its own judgment.

The Jinsui Army and the Central Army have the best equipment, but their will to fight is slightly weaker. It is normal for them to fight if they can beat them, and to retreat if they can't.

The Northwest Army and the Sichuan Army are slightly poorly equipped, but they are tenacious. Once a real fire is fired, it will be a desperate rhythm. Fighting against them will cause brain pain to all Japanese troops.

However, no matter how tenacious these two are, the Japanese army who has the upper hand is not afraid. If you want to die, I will die for you.

Finally, we will talk about the [-]th Army Group, which should be the most troublesome force for the Japanese army in the entire Jin Province.

The strength of this army is not much, just two infantry divisions, in the early [-]s, which is similar to the strength of a special division of the Japanese army, not to mention the equipment. It is said that they are the worst equipped Chinese in Jin Province. One of the armies, it is estimated that they have raised them, perhaps only China's most famous 'beggar' army from Sichuan Province can compete with them!

But it took them half a year to successfully become the most troublesome army for the Japanese army, none of them.

With their considerable strength and tenacious fighting will, they can be called a strong army, fully qualified to face head-to-head with an infantry brigade-level unit, but they are not.

Never large-scale head-to-head confrontation, the battlefield is surrounded by long lines of communication, and tactics such as beating sap sticks, encircling points to fight for aid, leading snakes out of holes, etc. make the divisions and regiments of the Japanese army as big as a fight.

Because of the existence of this unit, the transportation and marching efficiency of the already fully mastered communication lines is less than half of the theoretical one. Not to mention, the losses of soldiers and materials are even greater than those on the regular battlefield.

The point is, there is no way for you to destroy them, because they will always hide in the deep mountains, making people feel helpless.

Even as opponents, I have to admire them a little. The deep mountains can be a barrier to protect them, but there, they cannot get enough supplies, and it is impossible to change the necessities of the army such as food, salt, ammunition, and clothing.

Judging from the inspection of the clothes of the soldiers who died in battle, there are even only a shirt and quilted military uniform in the winter. The temperature in the Taihang Mountains in winter is minus 10 degrees, and the weather is freezing. God knows how they survived by relying on this. arrived.

And their most obvious sign is the gray military uniform. That's because their military uniforms don't have enough dyes, and they use the color of the cheesecloth itself.

Moreover, don't think that they are only good at raids and ambushes, they are equally good at fighting tough battles. There was a case of two infantry squadrons besieging a mountain village two months ago.

In order to cover the evacuation of the Chinese civilians in the mountain village, an infantry company defended the village. Without any solid fortifications, two infantry squadrons and one infantry artillery just attacked the mountain village for a whole day and paid the price of nearly a hundred casualties. .

The total strength of the infantry company was only 125 people. After inspection, it was found that the reason why the two infantry squadrons were able to conquer the position in the end was not that they could crush their strength, but that the ammunition of the infantry company was completely consumed. After a detailed inventory of the leftovers on the ground The cartridge case concluded that the infantry company had no more than 15 bullets per capita!
That was a number that made the hairs stand on end for any Japanese commander. They could not imagine how many infantry attacks they could withstand if they were given the same 120 rounds of ammunition as the Japanese infantry soldiers.

Anyway, two infantry squadrons are definitely not enough.

A firm will to fight and difficult tactics are the labels of this army!
And now, this Chinese army, which is causing headaches, liver pain, and kidney pain, is right across from them.

"That's right! It's the difficult Chinese army. If nothing else happens, the battle in Licheng is just a cover for them. In fact, the real intention of the battle is put on the 1500 people of our troops in Shentouling!" The Japanese Army Colonel sighed slightly. "The classic siege to fight for aid, but even if our army knows it, we still have to be fooled by it, because, including your Excellency, the division commander, no one can easily give up more than 1000 imperial officers and soldiers!"

"Then they are here." Nobi Nobita was actually like a mirror in his heart, but he still had to pretend to be ignorant.

Because, here, the army officer in front of him is the protagonist!
"Of course it is to prevent our troops from reinforcing Shentouling. The combat mode is the same as that in the battle of Parallel Pass half a year ago. The Chinese used half of the main force to besiege the fifth division's supply team, and the other half of the main force was to block the fifth division from the outside. Reinforcements!" The eyes of the Japanese Army Colonel showed a cold light. "It's just that they are too confident this time. The officers and soldiers of the besieged empire in Shentouling are not heavy soldiers, and our department is not the idiots of the Fifth Division who can't advance 10 miles in a day!"

"Just like it is now, the Chinese had to place their main force behind the ridge to avoid the shelling of our artillery, but they dared not leave people behind on the front line, for fear that the imperial infantry would advance quickly under the cover of artillery fire! Their commanders are very smart , is also very cold!

Then, I'll let him have a good try on what it means to be cruel!
Don't they claim to be not stingy with sacrifices!Then let them watch their colleagues howl and die under our artillery fire!

Their soldiers are very determined to fight, which is very good. When our department set off this time, it carried nearly 2000 rounds of various types of shells!They consume lives, we consume shells! "

"Your Excellency, Captain, is wise!" Nobi Nobita's face burst into joy. "But where is Shentou Ridge?"

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, Nobi-kun, you must have enough confidence in the officers and soldiers of the empire!" The Japanese Army Colonel waved his hand, his tone firm.

"Hey! I understand!" Nobi Nobita nodded heavily.

And the 769 regiment on the frontal position had to make a choice in the face of the Japanese bombardment again!

That young general hardened his heart, and once again sent soldiers into the battlefield where the death rate was as high as 50.00%.

And soldiers, carry out firmly!

In terms of the execution of military orders, the 921 Division is completely comparable to, or even stronger than, the Four Elements Regiment.All the sergeants who received the military order did not hesitate to lead the soldiers under their command into the battlefield where people could be smashed to pieces at any time.

There was no prelude to this battle, and it went directly to the decisive battle.

The Japanese army used artillery fire to wreak havoc, but the Chinese soldiers chose to stick to it with their flesh and blood!
(End of this chapter)