Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 973 Too Toxic!

Captain Sasaki led the silent fleet to pass over the clouds floating high in the sky. The only thing that did not pass was the mountains 1800 meters below.

This time, after the experience of the war was taught by Captain Sasaki, who was the only child in a hundred battles, no one stupidly proposed to jump into the battlefield several kilometers away.

The twelve Japanese fighter planes all tacitly kept the altitude at 1800 meters and arrived at the coordinate battlefield issued by the 14th Division.

At such a height, unless the Chinese have anti-aircraft guns with a caliber of 40 mm or more, they will basically not pose any threat to them.

As for the sky, in North China, does China still have fighter jets?This is no longer within the scope of consideration of the Japanese North China Front Army.

It's just that at such a height, they also can't see the ground clearly, even with a telescope.

Not to mention moving people on the ground, even a burning car is as small as a cardboard box. It would be impossible to accurately drop a bomb.

What's more, there are people from the 14th Division's Supplies Regiment on the road below. They can't send those imperial infantry colleagues to the sky together!

Therefore, circling at high altitude to look for the Chinese army on the mountains on both sides of the road is the correct answer.

So, under the ecstatic gaze of the remaining Japanese troops along the five-kilometer highway, the huge Japanese fleet composed of six 6 bombers and 96 fighters that they had been waiting for for a long time came to a wave of unconventional operations this time.

The fleet did not directly enter the battlefield, but hovered at high altitude for up to three times, then stayed at high altitude, and dropped the heavy aerial bombs hanging under the belly of the aircraft on the mountains on both sides of the road.

Fireworks erupted in the mountains and forests on both sides of the road.

After all, the 12 fighter planes dropped aerial bombs weighing 250 pounds, and only one bomb was needed to blow up a permanent fortification, let alone an exposed hill.

An aerial bomb can completely destroy all creatures within a radius of 50 meters from the impact point.

According to conventional logic, there is nothing wrong with this cliff. The Chinese ambushed the imperial Japanese infantry on the road, and the hiding place should not be on the high ground on both sides of the road!This is the only way to suppress the Japanese infantry in the low places, isn't it?

"Baga! Stupid Imperial Army Aviation!" Major Mori scolded desperately as he looked at the fleet of planes that were circling in the sky but refused to lower their height to drop bombs.

At this moment, he finally understood that the Chinese could swallow them up long ago, but they just didn't launch a final attack on them, and they were not busy moving the supplies in the trucks that were almost completely controlled by them. He even had the time to light a fire with dead branches and leaves around the truck.

All of this is to guard against the empire's warplanes.

They want to create the illusion that the battle is still going on on the ground, so that high-altitude fighters dare not drop heavy aerial bombs on the road, so as not to cause accidental injury.

But what is the truth?The 400 soldiers under his command, together with the 400 guards, had been cut into a dozen small pieces by the Chinese in the form of division and encirclement as early as an hour ago, and lost the fighting initiative through the fire suppression of a large number of machine guns and mortars .

The once-proud marksmanship is so powerless under the suppression of firepower. Whether it is infantry or grenade, as long as it is discovered by the Chinese, it will call in machine guns to cooperate with rifles to suppress and strike. There are even terrible 82 Caliber mortar.

I don't know how many brave imperial soldiers died in the hail of bullets from the Chinese.

And the only field radio station that could communicate with the division was also blown to pieces by Chinese mortar shells together with several signal soldiers.

Major Mori had drawn out his command sword a long time ago, waiting for the last moment to come. Even if he died, he would maintain the majesty of the major of the Imperial Army. At least he died bravely in battle.

But I didn't expect that after waiting for nearly an hour, I didn't wait for death, but I waited for the imperial fleet.

The roar of the "buzzing" aircraft engine made the already desperate Japanese Army Major Ben see a glimmer of life.

As a result, a bunch of idiots didn't even lower their altitude, so they took it for granted to drop bombs at high altitude.

What's the matter, is it afraid that the Chinese rifles will hit them, or is it afraid that the Chinese mortars can shoot up to 1000 meters in the air?

Being on the battlefield, he certainly knows that the Chinese are no longer on the high ground but are hiding at the foot of the mountain. The bombs dropped by the idiots of Army Aviation just blow up some stones and trees. It cannot be said that it is useless, it can only be said A little ball is useless.

It can only be said that the hopeless situation can not only increase the adrenaline of the human body, but also make the mind clear.

All the conjectures of Shao Zuo Mori were correct. The reason why the 771 regiment was not in a hurry to completely kill the last one or two hundred Japanese troops was to use them as a shield.

Not to mention that Japanese planes dare not jump off the high altitude, even if they fly over at low altitude, they can clearly see the Japanese infantry still resisting in the ever-shrinking encirclement.

The closest distance between the two sides was even less than 30 meters. If the Japanese were so ruthless and chose to bury their compatriots with their opponents, Brigadier Cheng would have no choice but to recognize it.

Of course, Brigadier Cheng did not fail to do so. In several mountain depressions, all the heavy machine guns of the 771 regiment were gathered. They were used to guard against the brutal Japanese aircraft. Together with his own people, he even wanted to enter the low altitude for strafing. of.

There is no way, no battle can be perfect, the 683 brigade can only make its best efforts to deal with the Japanese under limited conditions, which is also the main reason why most Chinese troops can only lose in the face of the Japanese offensive.

Brigadier Cheng can only gamble, betting that Japan would rather rescue their colleagues than kill them indiscriminately to avenge them.

As a result, the Japanese fleet did not even drop their altitude, and took it for granted to drop bombs on the surrounding highlands and hills.

Moreover, in order to avoid throwing heavy aerial bombs on the road by mistake, they deliberately deviated from the main battlefield. The nearest aerial bomb was also 200 meters away from the main infantry hiding at the foot of the mountain.

Except for some soldiers who were injured by flying debris, this round of bombing, which could completely ruin the entire infantry regiment, had no effect at all.

The 12 Japanese planes led by Captain Sasaki actually worked very hard. In addition to the heavy aerial bombs, bombs of different sizes were hung on the wings of the 96 bombers. With the circling, they basically threw them on the road as they imagined. In the forest along the line.

As far as the power of this bomb is concerned, even if a blind cat catches a dead mouse, it can wipe out a lot of Chinese hiding in it. Although it cannot immediately solve the difficulties of the surrounded colleagues, it can definitely help them reduce a lot of pressure.

At least, it's no problem for them to last until the arrival of the two ground reinforcements.

The Japanese army pilots dropped all the bombs in one go, and after circling a few times at high altitude, they shook their wings and headed back proudly.

The arrogant and proud attitude fully exposed their inner OS at this time!

The typical "I only want what I think, not what you think" domineering president Fan Er almost didn't let the Japanese infantry on the ground grit their back molars.

The eighteen generations of female pilots of the Japanese Army Aviation were greeted crazily without exception, which became the last roar of the Japanese army.

So much so that when the plane turned into a small black spot that day, the 771 regiment blew the charge horn, and the Japanese army, which had lost its last chance of life, was no longer fierce. I don’t know how many Japanese soldiers jumped out of the temporary bunker with bayonets in despair, trying to prove their bravery with their lives. , was swept down by rows of bullets.

The 683 Brigade is not just a three-shot brigade. Most of the troops who surrounded and divided the Japanese army were the guard battalion directly under the brigade headquarters and a few all-Japanese infantry companies. They had enough ammunition and there was no need to save ammunition. Even if they lost a battle, Are there any more on the cart over there?
The last resistance of one or two hundred Japanese troops faced the charge of more than one thousand Chinese soldiers, like a wave in the vast ocean, which was quickly annihilated.

Facing the impact of three bayonets in a group of three, Major Mori was pierced with two transparent holes with just one stab. The moment of severe pain flashed through his mind, and he roared loudly that he was the Major of the Army and this convoy Supreme Commander.

But the knife that followed directly pierced into his chest, and with a merciless stir, completely wiped out his last vitality.

"Don't they want to capture a major officer alive?" This is the last thought in the mind of Major Mori who has the last will to survive but still falls into the boundless darkness.

But he obviously forgot that the military rank he took off earlier was not worn on the collar badge, and the Japanese he shouted was not in the world of these Chinese soldiers.

The three soldiers only thought of him as an ordinary Japanese invader who was stubbornly resisting, and the experience of the 511th Division's Parallel Pass battle had been conveyed within the [-]th Army. Even the seriously wounded Japanese army was extremely dangerous.

In the First World War in Parallel Pass, there was a tragic scene where the Japanese soldiers were being bandaged, but the opponent quietly fired a grenade, resulting in the sacrifice of Chinese soldiers.

Killing them mercilessly is the safest course of action.

In the end, it was identified by a Japanese transport soldier who had completely lost his will to fight and knelt and surrendered. He found Major Mori, who had been bled and dried up, and was as pale as a pig that had entered the process of shedding in a slaughterhouse.

Killing a Japanese army major and seizing a junior saber, the three soldiers made a great contribution by accident.

The 771 regiment, which completely wiped out the remnants of the Japanese army, was victorious on the battlefield, but it meant that the more difficult "battle" had just begun.

Both the 772 Regiment and part of the Supplementary Regiment stopped the Japanese invaders near Majiaguai, while the Four Elements Regiment and the 769 Regiment were dealing with another Japanese infantry regiment. They had less than 3000 people, but they wanted to form an army with 181 trucks. All the materials transported by the huge convoy were first moved into the mountains.

That is the supply of an infantry division in January, a huge amount of supplies weighing more than 200 tons, which is almost an impossible task.

"Order the whole army to move the salt, sugar, medical, firearms, ammunition and other materials that our army is in short supply first. Food, which is heavy and not in short supply, should be put away first." Brigadier Cheng made a decisive choice.

In addition to the Chinese soldiers who took part in the treatment of the wounded in the infantry company, all other personnel including the cooking soldiers participated in the material handling, just like hardworking ants, transporting precious salt, sugar and other scarce materials into the warehouse. Mountain.

Because no one knows when the Japanese fleet that just flew away will arrive again.

Moreover, the time they spent carrying food here was bought by the comrades at the two front lines with their lives.

Wang Xiaoqiang of the 772nd Regiment has been fighting the Japanese army for more than an hour. Fortunately, the Japanese army who came from Licheng and belonged to the 108th Division may have been frightened by the battle half a month ago. Use infantry artillery to destroy the defense line on the high ground.

The 772 regiment now has enough shells, and also uses mortars to fight back. The two sides are basically in a stalemate, and infantry casualties are still within an acceptable range.

It is also difficult on the side of the Four Elements Regiment. What the Four Elements Regiment can face on several high grounds is an infantry regiment with 12 mountain cannons in the artillery brigade, plus the infantry artillery and mountain artillery equipped by the infantry brigade and the regiment headquarters. Equipped with more than 24 doors, a number that makes the officers and soldiers of the 921 Division feel numb.

What's even more frightening is that there is actually a squadron of tanks accompanying them. The three 89 tanks are unsolvable killers unless infantry can approach them.

In particular, due to time constraints, the Four Elements Regiment did not have much time to build fortifications. The soldiers almost dug a shallow trench in the mountains and fields that was only enough to cover their bodies to resist the artillery fire that could melt steel.

Although Tang Dao never shouted bitterness and tiredness in the telegram, the commanders of the 683 brigade who knew about it could imagine the tragedy of the battlefield at this time.

Those comrades in arms are using their flesh and blood to build a line of defense for them, how can they not cherish it?
Under the leadership of Brigadier Cheng who set an example, the 771st Regiment and the 683rd Brigade Guard Battalion almost tried their best, even if they were tired and lying on the ground, they climbed up the hillside with supplies on their backs.

Although the brigade commander Cheng said in the military order that the supplies are mainly in short supply, the white rice is something that every Chinese soldier does not want to give up.

Only when you have experienced the taste of hunger can you know the importance of food. More than 90.00% of the officers and soldiers of the 921 Division who are children of poor peasant families have suffered from hunger.

Especially those veterans who have experienced the great transfer of thousands of miles, when they were so hungry that their eyes turned blue, they even roasted and ate military belts.

It is also thanks to the fact that there was no artificial leather in that era, and the belt was made of authentic cowhide, otherwise, perhaps more people would not be able to get out of that nightmare swamp.

Under great pressure, human potential is indeed unbelievable.

According to post-war statistics, there were less than 3000 people, and within 3 hours, most of the materials in the Japanese convoy were transported to the mountains 1500 meters away. On average, each person carried 200 catties and transported back and forth 4 times. , the transportation mileage is up to 12 kilometers.

According to the Chinese army's fully armed cross-country standard in the future, the excellent standard for a 15-kilometer cross-country with a load of 5 kg is 21 minutes, but after this trip, how many people can start again?

But in this era, Chinese soldiers who are severely undernourished have done it. In 3 hours, half of the distance is 25 kilograms, and 12 kilometers off-road in pure mountainous areas. This is definitely a jaw-dropping achievement.

That's not to mention, after the battle at night, after a brief repair, they still need to transport these materials dozens of miles away, which is also a hard job.

After the war, the number of Chinese soldiers who were bedridden due to fatigue was several times more than the number of wounded soldiers who were injured on the battlefield.

The fleet of 12 fighter jets led by Captain Sasaki "perfectly" completed the combat plan to support the friendly forces, but did not escape the curse of fate.

But Captain Sasaki swears with his ass that this really has nothing to do with him, the lone star of the gods. It was all done by a few Army Aviation pilots headed by Captain Kanten Komaki.

When the fleet flew over the blocking position of the Four Elements Regiment, perhaps it was unwilling to be the supreme commander and did not make any achievements in this bombing, or maybe it was because Sasaki was not so poisonous, so Shantian Komaki offered support The faint trick of the friendly army on the battlefield.

All the bombs have been dropped, so what support?That is, of course, the airborne machine gun.

The 96 bombers had three 7.7mm machine guns onboard, and the 3th battle had two 96mm machine guns on board. After the fighter planes descended, they used high-speed and low-altitude flight to shoot the ground battlefield with machine guns. It was always the army aviation pilots who made the Chinese army on the ground extremely desperate weapon.

The rifles and light machine guns of the Chinese have nothing to do with fighter planes with a speed of 300 kilometers per hour.

Sasaki tried to stop it, but he still couldn't stop Captain Kanten Komaki's fiery heart looking towards death.

So, after circling several times on the Chinese high ground, Captain Kanten Komaki drove the 96 fighter jets, took the other five, divided into two groups, and jumped into the low altitude from 2 kilometers away. Several highlands towards China.

When it reached 800 meters in front of the high ground, the 7.7mm machine gun on the fighter opened fire wantonly.

Visible to the naked eye, bursts of smoke rose from the Chinese position!

"Yoshi! The imperial eagles finally showed their sharpness!" Gu Teng Nagao changed his words extremely rarely, praising the idiots he scolded not long ago.

But the smile froze within three seconds.

This should be the second time that the major general of the Japanese army has frozen his expression. Maybe he has the potential to be a sculpture, so he was just covered with plaster.

The Four-row Regiment is not the 771 Regiment. The two machine guns and 2 anti-aircraft machine guns of the 12nd Artillery Company have been on standby.

The height of the Japanese planes that dived into the low altitude was no more than 600 meters, especially if they dared to swagger over the top of the mountain without even the intention of pulling up. Isn't this just a tiger turning its back?
Otherwise, the toad plays with the frog, it looks ugly and plays like a flower!It also suits them well.

As the flames burst into flames, thick smoke instantly rose from the landline of the leading Captain Kantian Komaki.

'It doesn't matter if you die or not, but my reputation is solid again! Captain Sasaki, hovering in the sky and looking at the battlefield below, sighed.

It's too toxic!The other Japanese pilots were full of sweat!

Just in this broken ravine, there are anti-aircraft guns and an unknown number of anti-aircraft machine guns hidden, can you believe it?
(End of this chapter)