Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 969 Play house battle!

Guteng's strategy of growing hard is simple, but extremely practical.

Use infantry to attack tentatively, continuously draw out the firepower of the Chinese position, and then use artillery clusters to shell the Chinese defensive area.

部署于步兵一线不到1000米的四门步兵炮以及3门57毫米坦克炮或许都只能算是餐前的甜点，放置于步兵主力后方山坳中的12门75毫米山炮才是主菜。

Even on the No. 1 and No. 2 highlands, after two consecutive rounds of shelling by the Japanese army, they have learned to hide. The heavy machine gun firepower will never be used lightly unless it is a last resort. The Japanese troops in the first-line trenches have all reached within 50 meters.

Even though Zhao Daqiang and Cai Yongguan knew it was dangerous, they still had to use heavy machine gun fire to suppress the Japanese infantry.

When the Japanese army receded like a tide, the previously exposed light and heavy machine gun fire points had to be quickly transferred, otherwise, what awaited them would be a round of artillery fire.

Sure enough, it took less than 2 minutes for the Japanese artillery to hit the sky and cover the sky, blowing up the heavy machine gun fortifications that the soldiers of the previous two companies worked so hard to pile up with sandbags into ruins.

If things go on like this, it won’t take long, even if the heavy machine guns are not destroyed, and there are no fortifications to hide, almost all of them will be exposed to the threat of the Japanese grenadiers. No infantry artillery or mountain artillery will be used. Only the Japanese grenadiers more than 300 meters away. They can be blown up in battle.

The Japanese army was completely taking advantage of artillery fire to erode the advantages of the original fortifications on the four-row regiment's defense line.

It's like eating crabs, peeling off the hard shell of the crabs with pliers, until you see the fresh and plump crab paste, you will be happy to taste it.

Perhaps not only the fortifications were damaged, but in the overwhelming artillery fire, more than a dozen trenches dug with great effort were bombarded, and as many as a dozen soldiers died in the two highlands, and more than [-] people were injured.

And there will never be more than 30 Japanese corpses left in front of the battle.

In the offensive and defensive battle of less than half an hour, the losses of the two sides were not much different.

This is probably the first time that the Four Elements Group has been in such a predicament since it dealt with the Japanese army.

"Company commander, what should we do? The little devils are very thieves. I think they just keep baiting us to fire our machine guns and then use cannons to blow them up! If we continue to fight like this, it won't take long before our trenches will be flattened by them." The platoon leader of the fifth company was a squad leader of the former 524 regiment, and after seeing the performance of the Japanese army, he still came to his senses and asked Cai Yongguan anxiously.

"What should I do? Salad! I don't believe it anymore. Goofy can blow up my trenches with guns alone." Cai Yongguan is a brave player, and with his stubborn energy, he can control so much. "Tell the brothers, if the devil wants to use cannons to flatten the trenches of the old men, then the old men will dig deeper for him.

When the devils come up, each platoon will use one squad as a combat alert, and all the rest will continue to dig trenches for me, and then retreat for me when the devils retreat. "

Destruction is of course easier than construction, but Cai Yongguan's trick is not without effect.

The Japanese army continued to attack, but because they were all tentative, they were not so resolute. The three infantry squads were basically able to block them, but the other six infantry squads put their guns aside and bent over to dig trenches desperately. , Then put the excavated soil into cloth bags, and turn them into sandbags and pile them on the edge of the trench.

When the Japanese artillery fire hit again, most of the sandbags were blown away, but on the reopened battlefield, most of the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Company picked up individual engineering shovels again, and the trench, which was only [-] cm long, gradually deepened.

In principle, unless the shells just fell into the trenches, it would be a hard life, otherwise the deeper the trenches, the better the defense against artillery.

The other company chief officers looked through the binoculars, Cai Yongguan is a recruiter!
Ever since, the five highlands took the opportunity to invest in the earthwork of digging trenches in the vigorous battle.

For nearly half an hour, such a spectacle appeared on the battlefield between the Four Elements Regiment and the 31st Infantry Brigade.

One side attacks, the other side defends!

But he didn't put in all his strength in attacking, and he didn't put in all his strength in defending. Instead, he put most of his strength on digging the soil.

The sound of digging even covered the sound of machine guns and rifles shooting, just like playing house, if there is no blood on the battlefield.

I know, because I think that Major General Guteng Nagahard used powerful and heavy firepower to try to slowly break the hard shell of the Chinese, making the best preparations for severely injuring the Chinese; I don’t know, I thought this If you have any prejudice against the 14th Division, just use this almost lazy tactic to watch them die.

In fact, even if Major General Guteng Nagakura came up, he would use the strongest means to attack, which was of no use to Major Mori and others in the encirclement.

Because, at the stage where the two armies in Laoyashan tried my depth, and I dug trenches and continued to deepen, the 683rd Brigade and the 771st Regiment had gradually evolved from occupying the high ground and continuously attacking the Japanese troops in the encirclement to interspersed and divided encirclement. It is to divide the resisting Japanese army into more than a dozen groups, and their living space is getting smaller and smaller.

This is also why Brigadier Cheng accepted the lesson of the 511th Division's Battle of Parallel Pass, and was not in a hurry to launch a charge of the whole army, which led to the sacrifice of many backbones in the army during the charge and hand-to-hand combat.

The 683 brigade, which had enough ammunition, used a simple version of Guteng Nagakura's tactic. It kept using bullets on the periphery to kill and injure the stubborn Japanese army until they were weak enough.

If the rocks where the Japanese army was hiding were hard enough, today's 683 brigade did not rely on blasters to rush over and blast with explosive packages and cluster grenades in the past, but instead deployed infantry artillery and just aimed at it.

Except for the loss of more than 100 soldiers in the initial ambush battle by Major Mori, the remaining more than 600 soldiers were lost in this kind of grinding battle.

At this time, it was no longer a question of whether the initiative on the battlefield was in the hands of the 683 brigade, but a question of how much Brigadier Cheng could accept to annihilate these Japanese troops. Shao Zuo Mori and his party were already doomed.

Therefore, as early as 20 minutes ago, Mori Shaozuo had already sent a telegram to his division headquarters that the whole army would be smashed.

Tu Feiyuan, who is commanding the battle on the front line, almost lost his temper. In this level of combat, he can afford to lose 400 heavy soldiers and two infantry squadrons. He doesn't care about 181 cars. If those things are gone, he will find the front army again The headquarters wanted it, but he couldn't bear the risk that nearly a month's supply would not arrive on time.

How important is this baggage? Even the ancient Chinese military books say that the army has not moved, and the food and grass go first. At that time, they were all carrying knives and swords, and they could go to the battlefield after grinding them on stones. Let alone combat in the era of hot weapons.

That's all for ammunition. After all, this wave of ammunition is not too much. The 14th Division has already made a plan and has a fairly sufficient reserve, but people always have to eat!
Not to mention that the Japanese Army Ministry made extremely detailed requirements for the supply of Japanese soldiers entering the Chinese battlefield in order to boost morale.

Compared with the standard of half a catty of rice and two taels of cabbage and potatoes for an individual soldier in the Chinese army, the standard of food for Japanese infantry can be described as extravagant.

According to the "Correction of Military Supplies Rules and Regulations" promulgated by Japan in November 1937, the basic daily ration of army soldiers includes: 11 grams of polished rice, 660 grams of refined wheat, 210 grams of fresh meat (or 210 grams of canned meat), and 150 grams of vegetables. gram (or 600 grams of dried vegetables), 120 grams of Zean pickles (i.e. pickles), 60 grams of soy sauce, 20 grams of miso (seasoning), 75 grams of salt, 5 grams of sugar, 20 grams of tea, 3 grams of sake, 400 grams of sweets, 120 cigarettes.

A single soldier needs so many categories and quantities. It is conceivable that the demand of more than 2 Japanese troops is huge. Can there not be more than 100 vehicles?

You said that after hearing the bad news, Do Feiyuan got one head and two big?
Furious, Madoka Dohi directly forwarded the farewell message of his deputy commander, Mori Mu, to the North China Front Army Command in Japan.

Of course, this has something to do with Taierzhuang's defeat a few days ago. Everyone knows that His Excellency the Indoor Shroud General is about to step down. Dohimoto, who has worked in the Imperial Intelligence Department for a long time, is actually a threat in disguise. If you can't make an effective response, then don't blame me for throwing salt on your wound.

When the investigators from the Army Headquarters arrive, I will bluntly tell you about your various command mistakes.

After all, the rumors released by the Army Headquarters at this time are still based on the fact that the indoor shroud has no credit or hard work. After resigning as the commander of the North China Front Army, he will serve as a senior member of the Army Headquarters and go to Europe to negotiate with the Germans and launch a war for the empire. Fight for more support in the Chinese battlefield.

I don't ask how many weapons the Germans can sell to themselves, but I just ask the Germans not to buy weapons to China. German-made weapons on the Chinese battlefield are the ones that cause the most damage to the Imperial Army.

If Madoka Dohito, who has great influence in the intelligence department, stepped on him, he might not even get this job and retire on the spot.

Indoor Shroud may be the most tragic general in the history of the Japanese Army. It wasn't because of his own chief of staff that even the commander of his division dared to use this to threaten him.

But he knew that he couldn't blame others for this. If he was in Tufeiyuan, knowing that his division's more than 2 people lacked various supplies for at least half a month, he would also turn his anger on his commander, especially Is an outgoing commander.

I have to blame the Chinese for being too crazy. Under the heavy garrison of two infantry regiments, they dared to attack the convoy by taking millet out of the fire.

The extremely aggrieved indoor shroud sent the fire to the heads of the 108th and 109th divisions, ordering them to order their respective subordinates to attack with all their strength. Even if they can't save people, they can't let the Chinese run away or destroy all the luggage up.

The last call was to the Army Aviation headquarters in Baoding, Shimen, and asked why their bomber formation had not arrived on the battlefield to provide assistance to friendly forces.

Perhaps, generals at the level of division head may not pay too much attention to the General Commander, who has lost power, but it does not mean that the Army Aviation, which is not as high as the brigade level, can ignore the anger of the indoor shroud.

The lieutenant-level general has no choice but to issue a military order before resigning to remove a major general and a few senior officers.

However, the Japanese North China Front Army, Army and Aviation also had their own difficulties. The Battle of Xuzhou did not end with a big defeat at Taierzhuang. The Japanese North China Front Army lost 2 people in the battle, but the North China Front Army and the East China Front Army invested more than 20 troops. The 60-strong army is still fighting fiercely with the [-] Chinese army.

Does this need Army Aviation support?It must be, 70.00% of the fighters of the Army Aviation are supporting the battlefield over there.

而晋省这边，方面军同样投入了第5师团、第16师团、20师团、108师团、109师团等十多万大军，他们面对的是中国方面晋绥军、中央军、第22集团军、第80集团军等超过40万大军，那要不要支持？同样要。

Why, when the plane is made of paper, you can take a bomb and fly into the sky by breathing on the nose?The Japanese Army Aviation also racked their brains to get enough 6 96 attack and 96 bombers.

The formation of 12 fighter planes, although not up to the 2 squadrons of 24 planes required by His Excellency Indoor Shroud, is enough to deal with a bunch of Tuba.

And the reason why it has been more than two hours since the supply unit of the 14th Division has not arrived at the battlefield is also related to one person.

Lieutenant Sasaki, who played several times in a row and flew back to the airport intact despite heavy losses of his friendly planes, has now been promoted again, and has changed from a lieutenant to a lieutenant and deputy squadron leader.

However, it wasn't that Army Aviation wanted to promote him, and even he himself didn't have the will, but the Army Aviation, which suffered continuous losses, needed this 'hero'.

Only brilliance can cover up ugliness!
In this way, Second Lieutenant Sasaki became the face of Lu Hang to hide his shame. It can also be called a "mascot", which is the kind that does not fight.

Because basically none of those who fought against him came back alive, so who would dare to join him?
"Sasaki went out, the Army Aviation Squadron didn't grow a blade of grass!" 'It is the consensus in the Japanese army aviation that it should not be put on the table.

When Baoding, Yuancheng and other major airports were too busy, Captain Sasaki’s daily life was to sit on the grass, drink wine, stare at the distance for a while, or just go to a military meeting and call the boss Let us repeat our speech to everyone.

Not only was Captain Sasaki satisfied with this state of life, but other Japanese pilots also felt very good.

But this peace was about to be shattered again.

Before departure, the three pilots, who had provoked some ghosts and gods, collectively suffered from diarrhea, which was so miserable that they almost put their bedrolls in the toilet.

There are fighter jets, but if there are not enough pilots, is that okay?Shi Zhongjing, the biggest boss of Army Aviation, gave a speech and ordered the pilots in the base who had more than 800 hours of flying experience to be on top.

Captain Sasaki, who had already drank less than half a catty of sake, unfortunately met this standard again, and it was such a coincidence that there were only three of them in total.

It doesn't matter to him, anyway, he can see it now, he is determined to control his colleagues, there is a military order, and he can fly.

But the other Japanese pilots didn't agree, the goods of Baga are more poisonous than the anti-aircraft guns of the Chinese, this is to force us to our death!

So, after you petitioned me to write a letter, the military order to take off has been issued for more than half an hour, and these gangsters who are not willing to die are still arguing with their superiors, until Shi Zhongjing got angry and then issued the military order. take off.

Therefore, Shao Zuo Mori's farewell message was transferred to the headquarters of the North China Front Army, and the 12 fighters had only left Baoding not long ago.

As the second commander of this fighter formation, Captain Sasaki flew alone at the forefront, like a lone goose alone.

However, this well-tested Japanese Army Aviation Captain did not panic at all. He has been told in several consecutive battlefields that as long as he does not die, someone else will die.

The so-called holding a group is cool for a while, but holding a group to drink tea with Amaterasu is not so good.

"Sasaki-kun, can you reveal the way to survive on the battlefield?" Finally, someone couldn't help the fear of being cursed and asked on the radio.

"Don't lower the flying altitude easily!" Sasaki pondered for a while, and gave what he thought was the most sincere answer.

In all previous battles, it was because some people did not believe in evil and lowered their flying altitude, and were finally hit by Chinese anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.

"But, the higher authorities ordered us to destroy all the Chinese people we see!" a pilot asked cautiously.

There was silence on the radio.

This is a core question.

Without lowering the altitude, bombing accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

These fools!The corners of Sasaki's mouth curled slightly, full of disdain.

On the army battlefield, the results of the battle can be judged by capturing and counting the enemy's corpses, and in air combat, the number of enemy troops shot down and injured can be judged. With this bombing effect, is it possible that there are still people on the ground who help you count how many Chinese people were killed by the bombing?
However, Sasaki would not say these words clearly anyway. He is no longer as resistant to going to war as before, because he found that as long as his comrades are dead but he is alive, he can be promoted. shortcut.

Ok?Will it be the same this time?

You see, when people have no so-called moral bottom line, they are very happy, and Captain Sasaki is like this now.

But there is no doubt that the life-saving method mentioned by Sasaki has deeply affected this group of Great Japanese Imperial Eagles flying high in the sky.

When an eagle hunts for food, it naturally has to dive down from a high altitude, but if there is a hunter's shotgun waiting on the ground, then the hunger is not unbearable.

On the other hand, Guteng Nagana, who was hiding in the bunker of the temporary field headquarters and observed the battlefield with a telescope, still insisted on his fighting philosophy: "Don't rush to attack, and continue to consume the Chinese!"

And said the famous saying that made him feel extremely ashamed in the future: "When the imperial eagle arrives, the Chinese will be as desperate as rabbits!"

Tang Dao was also waiting, and said the same thing: "Don't look at the grasshopper jumping happily, it's because the autumn wind hasn't blown yet!"

The commanders of both China and Japan are waiting for their own friendly forces, and they all have great trust.

I just don't know whether the Chinese and Japanese soldiers, who are burdened by the trust of their allies, can live up to their respective allies.

This, only depends on the battlefield performance.

Anyway, in the mountains, there are more than two thousand soldiers in gray military uniforms, who are working tirelessly over the mountains and mountains.

(End of this chapter)