Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 966 Long snake array!

Although part of the route has been scouted by friendly forces, there is no danger!

But Takuno Mori still remained cautious.

The convoy was led by two jeeps, a full mile away from the entire main force. Not only were there two second lieutenant officers in the car carefully observing the mountains on both sides with binoculars, but they also carried two light machine guns on the mountain jungle from time to time. strafing.

In the huge fleet of 181 trucks at the rear, the distance between each truck must not be less than 30 meters, stretching the entire fleet to nearly 5000 meters.

This is so that in case of an ambush from the Chinese side, the convoy like a long snake formation can stop immediately, and the nearly 400 infantry and 400 heavy soldiers on board the vehicle will start blocking on the spot.

The so-called centipede is dead but not stiff, Mori Takuno has every reason to believe that his specially elongated convoy cannot all fall into the Chinese ambush circle, and there will always be a section or even several sections that can enter the hills beside the road to form a blocking position.

He would never make the mistake made by the Fifth Division's convoy of thousands of heavy soldiers. It was surrounded by a Chinese army with a completely superior force, and eventually the entire army was wiped out.

The purpose of Morimu Tuoye's "long snake array" tactic is not to get out of trouble, but to stick to it and wait for help. The two infantry regiments stationed in Licheng and Shecheng really determine their life and death.

The Major of the 14th Division, who had made full preparations, also let the accompanying infantry and heavy soldiers hide in the car covered by the tarpaulin, so that the Chinese had no way of knowing how many troops the convoy had, and could not select the target Make a key strike.

As for the trucks that may be attacked, they can only ask for their own blessings. As the commander, Morimu Takuno chose to sit in the middle and rear of the entire convoy.

This is also particular. If the Chinese want to attack, they will definitely attack the frontmost convoy. Only in this way will the entire convoy be blocked.

Even after getting on the truck, Morimi Takuno quietly took off his rank of Major, and also took off his white gloves. He even removed the Commander Major’s sword from his waist, in order to prevent himself from being targeted by the lurking Chinese sharpshooter. on.

Don't tell me, Morimu Takuno's combination of punches really caused big trouble for the 683 brigade.

The front line of the 771 regiment, which is responsible for participating in the attack on the convoy, will be as long as 5 kilometers, and its troops will be extremely scattered in an instant.

They are not afraid of confronting the Japanese army, but after all, they have used absolute superiority to deal with the Japanese army on the battlefield in the past. Nearly a thousand people fought to block the attack, and the besiegers were three or four hundred Japanese soldiers with heavy equipment, and they fought fiercely.

Even in Shentouling half a month ago, more than 2000 members of the supplementary group were lurking on the side of the road, and the nearest one was only a few meters away. But just in case, two main groups were arranged to hide a thousand meters away, basically 4 pairs 1 situation.

And it was almost the first time that such an attack was almost entirely launched by the infantry company, and it was going to fight with small groups of Japanese troops scattered everywhere.

Faced with this rather difficult situation, Brigadier Cheng still ordered decisively: "According to the original plan, fight!"

The five full-time mechanical infantry companies of the 771st Regiment were all deployed in the middle of the entire pre-ambush battlefield. They needed to send part of their troops into the road as soon as the battle started, and cut the Japanese army convoy into several sections, so that the Japanese army could not form a joint force.

The other 4 infantry companies were on standby at the bottom of each mountain to prevent the Japanese invaders from seizing the roadside highlands, and according to the occupied highlands, they killed and wounded the visible Japanese troops around them.

In addition, Brigadier Cheng used his own guard battalion. The firepower of the 683 Brigade Guard Battalion, which has been strengthened by Japanese weapons, is no longer just a dozen submachine guns and dozens of shell guns. They now have Japanese light machine guns. 20, 6 heavy machine guns, the overall firepower is not weaker than that of an infantry brigade of the Japanese army.

The three guard companies will attack the Japanese invaders in the encirclement from the front, middle and rear sections, with the cooperation of 9 infantry companies and 3 machine gun companies.

Brigadier Cheng was desperate for this battle. An infantry company in Wangbao Village, which was supposed to be placed behind the entire army to ensure the safety of the rear, was decisively drawn to the front line by him.

In the original words written in his report to the division headquarters after the war: "The key to this victory lies in speed. Annihilating the enemies in the encirclement circle as quickly as possible can relieve the difficulties of the other two blocking enemies in our department and prevent them from attacking the enemy." The danger of the Japanese air raids! If you look forward and look backward, the battle will be protracted, which will be extremely disadvantageous to our army! Let the whole army attack without leaving any room!"

From the post-war perspective, Brigadier Cheng's decisiveness is definitely one of the highlights of this battle!

Because the Japanese army had no time to trek around the rear of the battlefield, their fighter planes hadn't even arrived, and the battle in the encirclement was over.

In terms of the time spent on the battlefield, the end of the battle on the main battlefield was much earlier than the battlefield on both sides blocking the Japanese reinforcements.

The aggressive Japanese troops from Licheng and Shecheng just rescued a lonesome man in the end. Perhaps they didn't know that the person they were trying to save was already finished.

In this campaign, nearly 3000 Chinese combat troops were deployed on the main battlefield. Although the strength of the troops was not as good as the two main regiments deployed in time and space, the firepower it now has is stronger than that of the two main regiments in time and space. Not weak at all.

Mori Takuno's meticulous arrangement is destined to be nothing!

The start of the battle was quite dramatic.

The two leading jeeps of the Japanese army arrived in the Yangjiashan area, which was the position of a blasting team of the 771st Regiment. The original plan of the 771st Regiment was to place explosives here.

The two leading jeeps were supposed to let them pass, but naturally there were two infantry squads ahead to deal with them.

Unexpectedly, two jeeps stopped right under the nose of the blasting team.

The wires used by this fairly professional blasting team to detonate are more than 30 meters long, and the six members are all hiding in the bushes more than 30 meters away, and they have enough camouflage on their bodies, unless someone deliberately uses a telescope to monitor their hiding place. Observe, otherwise it will be difficult to find them.

The Japanese soldiers who jumped out of the jeep did not intend to find clues in the grass in the distance. Judging from the movements of them standing on the roadside and untying their belt belts, they were just in a hurry to urinate.

But it was just this inch, and one of the Japanese soldiers was standing no more than one or two meters away from the large explosive package disguised with leaves.

Maybe he has some obsession with the distance he sprays, and he even watched carefully in the grass while urinating.

No matter how many twigs and dead leaves you put on a dynamite bag, as long as you look carefully, it won't really pretend to be a dynamite bag.

The Japanese soldier, who was urinating comfortably, froze suddenly. How to describe that sluggishness?The urine that was still splattering disappeared in an instant. Perhaps it can describe the shock in the Japanese soldier's heart at that time.

On the side of a road in the wilderness, I found a bag of explosives that was a little bigger than the bed roll, what did that mean?
For a Japanese second lieutenant who was reminded and reminded by the major of the supply soldier before departure, it was very clear.

"Baga! %...@%&" the Japanese soldier roared wildly, even the little Jiji, who was exposed and still dripping water, had no time to stuff it into his crotch, and turned his head and ran away.

At the same time, the Japanese soldiers in the two jeeps aimed their guns at the grass on this side, and touched the trigger with their hands.

"Detonate!" The sergeant leader of the experienced blasting team gave the order without thinking about anything else.

The demolition soldier on one side instinctively pressed the detonator.

The six demolition soldiers in the grass buried their heads collectively at the moment the team leader gave the order, and hid in a crouched position under the [-]-centimeter-high ridge.

Because they know too well what the consequences of the explosion of fifty kilograms of explosives are.

Not to mention 30 meters, even 50 meters, there is no guarantee of absolute safety.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and a burst of smoke rose into the sky.

Under the huge air wave, the figure of the second lieutenant of the Japanese heavy soldier who turned and ran disappeared, and even the two jeeps parked on the side of the road were like leaves blown by the strong wind, rolling continuously on the ground and crashing into the distance.

This is the power of roadside bombs. On the desert battlefield in the future, the Humvee armored vehicle with an armor thickness of 20 mm in the beautiful country is vulnerable to the power of this bomb, let alone the small Japanese army equipped at this time. It's scum.

In fact, even if they switched to the Type 94 armored vehicle, which was not much bigger than the QQ, they would have to be turned upside down in front of the air waves formed by the explosion of such a large explosive package.

Although the ears of the six demolition soldiers were stuffed with cotton, they were still ringing in their ears. When they felt the air waves dissipate, they raised their heads and looked at the roadside not far away. Even they themselves were stunned by their masterpieces.

Although the Hanchang Highway is a major traffic artery, how wide can it be built in this mountainous area?However, it is only five meters wide, so if you encounter two trucks crossing, you have to be careful.

This road, which is not too wide, is even more fragile in front of the large explosive package that they have increased the amount of explosives.

A large pit with a diameter of more than five meters almost split the entire road in two!
As for the previous jeeps and Japanese soldiers, they didn't know where they were blown up, and they didn't even make a sound.

The two eyes arranged by Shao Zuo Morimu were directly blown blind because of the three urgency of human beings.

With such a big commotion, not to mention the head car that could see the smoke of gunpowder 500 meters away, even Shao Zuo Moriki Takuno, who was more than 3000 meters away, felt his scalp numb.

If it weren't for the military cap on his head, the Japanese driver beside him would have seen his boss's hair standing on end.

"Enemy attack!" Morimu Takuno almost exhausted his lung capacity, shouting until his head buzzed.

That is caused by lack of oxygen.

At the same time, three red flares were shot into the sky.

"Kill!" There were shouts of killing on both sides of the entire road.

Chinese soldiers with branches and leaves on their heads rushed out of the forest.

But they were a little different from what the Japanese army who had jumped out of the car and was about to use the car body as a cover and attack their defense line imagined.

These Chinese soldiers did not bravely rush to the road to fight them hand-to-hand. Instead, many Chinese soldiers rushed to high places on the side of the road and shot at them.

"Don't stick to the vehicle, seize the high ground!" Mori Takuno reacted instantly.

In order not to let them find out, the Chinese basically hide in the mountains tens of meters away from the roadside. They don’t rush directly to the roadside, because they are afraid of too many casualties. To seize the commanding heights, they must first form firepower on the convoy on the road suppress.

There is no need to worry too much about this. In the huge convoy stretching 5000 meters, there are not only 400 heavy soldiers, but also regular infantry from two infantry squadrons. Their combat experience is far richer than the heavy soldiers. After the convoy stopped when they heard the sound of explosions, the first reaction of the Japanese soldiers who jumped out of the car was to seize the commanding heights on the hillside not far from the road.

However, because trucks need to carry goods, the load capacity of Japanese trucks is not large enough. The standard load is 1.5 tons, and it is only 2 tons when overloaded, so each truck can only carry up to 6 soldiers.

An infantry squad is often distributed on a road section nearly [-] meters long, so it is destined that they can only move towards the hillside in a skirmish line.

The experienced Brigadier Cheng and other commanders would not have thought of this?
In order to prevent being discovered by the Japanese army, the main force hid far away, but it does not mean that a small amount of troops will not be placed on the high point.

A light machine gun plus a 3-man machine gun team is enough to suppress the Japanese infantry for 1 minute!

On the long front, there were as many as 45 light machine guns put into the front line!
"Da da da!" The sound of the Type [-] light machine gun, which is very familiar to the Japanese army, can be heard everywhere.

But this time, the 6.5mm Tomosaka bullets were thrown at the striding Japanese infantry.

The Japanese infantry who had not yet approached the hillside were beaten to the ground.

"Grenade grenade, light machine gun cover!" The Japanese soldiers on the mountain road howled miserably, and the voices of orders mixed together.

Compared with the heroic Japanese infantry, the performance of the Japanese heavy soldiers was much worse. They basically shrank behind the car and shot aimlessly towards the mountain.

If it is only surrounded by mountains on one side and facing water on the other, it is okay to say that this is what happened to the Japanese army at least a thousand meters away.

But what about those facing mountains on both sides?
There are 3000 meters of roads in such an environment.

Of course, the 683 Brigade chose to attack from both sides. No matter which side you hide on, you will encounter bullets.

Perhaps, only the bottom of the car is the safest.

After all, the 683 brigade is here to "rob" this time, mainly for goods, and killing devils is just incidental.

Therefore, if you can solve it with bullets, try not to use grenades. The Japanese soldiers who are very agile and lie under the car will be safe for at least 2 minutes.

But this also limits their shooting range, and the bullets they shoot pose almost no threat to the condescending Chinese soldiers.

To put it bluntly, this way of fighting is simply drinking poison to quench thirst.

Death is only a matter of time.

The Japanese infantry could not seize the commanding heights, and even the Japanese infantry who had rushed down the hillside were very few.

When more and more Chinese soldiers arrived at the battle positions designated for each company, the Japanese troops on both sides of the road were really miserable.

The Chinese commander, who was distressed by the cargo and was reluctant to throw grenades into the vehicle area, would not have any kind thoughts towards the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain.

With one order, countless Japanese grenades and long-handled grenades were dropped from the mountain, causing the Japanese infantry in the grass to cry and howl.

The most terrible thing is that a dozen heavy machine guns were carried to the previously planned battle positions, and flames were swept towards the convoy more than 100 meters away. It was said that it was hit directly, but the ricochets alone made the Japanese soldiers hiding on the side of the car terrified!
Of course, the two Japanese infantry squadrons also had grenadier soldiers. Seeing that the Chinese firepower was ignorant of the attack, at least ten grenadiers launched a counterattack. Two consecutive rounds of bombardment blew up the firepower that was blocked by branches and leaves in the forest. everywhere.

In these two rounds of counterattacks, at least three light machine guns were misfired, and four or five machine gunners died on the spot, which became the most dazzling counterattack of the Japanese army in this battle.

But they were also stared at by the Chinese sharpshooter.

This trick was not learned by the 683 Brigade and the Four Elements Regiment. They lacked enough heavy firepower to deal with the Japanese grenadiers, and they had already started the tactic of selecting marksmen for each infantry company.

In the most difficult time, when each soldier issued less than ten bullets on average, the individual soldiers selected as marksmen were equipped with at least 30 bullets.

Their mission is to find the Japanese grenadiers, light machine gun shooters, and commanders, and kill them.

This is also a tactic forced by the cruel reality, but it is absolutely effective.

On the entire battlefield, at least 20 sharpshooters were distributed. During the 5-minute shooting process, six experienced Japanese grenadiers died under the bullets.

After surviving the most difficult period of time, the Japanese troops located on the side of the road and around the vehicles also began to gather, trying to use some mountains as defensive positions and stand by for help.

This was also the strategy that Morimu Takuno had decided long ago. At the very beginning of the attack, he ordered the communications soldiers on standby in the carriage to use the field radio to send a distress message to the Shecheng and Licheng armies.

However, with the sound of a familiar cannon, the Japanese army on the battlefield collectively stared at it!
That is the Type 92 infantry artillery, the artillery most familiar to Japanese infantry.

It is this kind of small-caliber artillery that easily destroys all kinds of fortifications carefully constructed by the Chinese and helps them open the door to victory. It is known as the favorite artillery of the imperial infantry.

But now, it is in the hands of the Chinese.

Throughout the battlefield, four 4-type infantry guns were deployed.

The 200 kg gun body is enough for the Chinese artillery to lift them up to the mountainside at a height of 100 meters.

The artillery did not have the scruples of the infantry wanting to preserve the cargo. They were ordered to destroy all fortifications in sight that the Japanese could resist, including trucks.

'Only what you get is yours! 'The philosophy of the artillerymen is pure.

The power of direct-pointing guns to hit fixed objects is not comparable to that of mortars.

Two consecutive Japanese trucks were bombarded into pieces flying all over the sky, together with a dozen Japanese soldiers hiding around the trucks.

As the infantry artillery fired its power, Chinese soldiers in infantry squads began to attack the road and establish a defense line, cutting the Japanese army on the entire road into more than a dozen sections, and driving more Japanese troops into the encirclement.

Despair appeared in the eyes of Major Morimu, who was already hiding in the mountain jungle. He knew that this was a gradually tightening rope. As the encirclement continued to shrink, the imperial officers and soldiers surrounded by it would all be killed sooner or later.

I just don't know when the reinforcements will arrive. Even if the ground reinforcements can't arrive for a while, the air support can come!
If possible, he would rather be killed by heavy aerial bombs with the surrounding Chinese.

It's a pity that the prayer of the heavy soldier Shao Zuo is destined to become a fantasy.

He couldn't see that in the Laoyashan area four kilometers away from his convoy, more than 2000 people were crazily digging field trenches wielding individual engineering shovels and pickaxes.

The time left for the Four Elements Group to build trenches was at most one and a half hours.

Tang Dao has now equipped the entire army of the Four Elements Regiment with Japanese-style individual shovels, which provides great convenience for the construction of field fortifications in emergencies.

This time, the Four Elements Regiment faced the impact of an infantry regiment.

(End of this chapter)