My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 302 (Two more in one)

"Nani? The Chinese are firing!?"

Yamazaki Shiro screamed, the explosion point of the shell is obviously the power of 75 caliber artillery.

The gunpowder smoke was slowly blown away by the wind, but the Japanese offensive team continued to move forward.

In particular, the third brigade did not stretch the skirmish line too far in pursuit of speed, and the formation was relatively dense, just to run to the top of the mountain at the fastest speed.

call out……

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After a while, there were three more loud bangs, this time the shell directly hit the center of the team, and seven or eight little devils were blown up on the spot.

"Ruined!"

"Quick! Spread out!"

The experienced lieutenant yelled loudly. He could tell at a glance that the enemy's artillery was being calibrated, but it was too late to react at this time.

There was some commotion in the formation of the little devils, and before they could react, another scream came from the sky...

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

The overwhelming shells slammed down like meteorites from the sky, thick smoke and chaos everywhere, covering the entire third brigade at the point of impact.

The little devil in the charge didn't have any cover at all, and was instantly blasted to bloody flesh and corpses. The ground was full of scorched and mutilated corpses and mutilated figures who were screaming incessantly.

Gathering the strength of the two major artillery battalions, the First Regiment and the Second Regiment, 24 Bofors 75 mountain guns began to output firepower crazily.

Twelve 12 battle anti-aircraft guns were also pushed to the top of the mountain, and they aimed at the devils' machine guns and grenades. Rows of high-explosive steel ball bombs kept blasting the hot mud, and the shrapnel and steel balls shot through the ground mercilessly. All Japanese within range.

At this time, the Third Regiment also gathered excitement. All the artillery on the left wing aimed their muzzles at the slope where the Japanese army was. Under Chen Jize's order, twelve 12 mountain cannons roared at the same time.

The artillery shells that hit from the side completely cut off the back of the Japanese army that was still attacking. It was not only the shells that exploded violently, but also the mentality of the second brigade.

All of a sudden, there were various explosions in front of the 233 Heights. Those shells were like worthless shells, and the firing density was very high. Countless Japanese soldiers were left bloody and miserable.

Especially the third brigade who had just stepped into the battlefield, before they could show their glory, they were smashed by intensive artillery fire, causing extremely heavy casualties.

There was no need for Yamazaki's order, the captain ordered the troops to retreat without hesitation, and directly sold the second brigade that was still fighting fiercely on the mountainside.

How much can you run? If you still want to continue to charge with such firepower, you really don't know what to do. Their formation is too close, and there is no way to re-formation under the enemy's firepower. Let's talk about it later.

"Brothers! Don't be polite to the little devil anymore, give me a hard hit!"

Fan Xiangwu raised his arms and shouted, holding his rifle and shouting angrily like a bell: "Fire-breathing soldier! Burn it for me!"

laugh……

laugh……

More than a dozen fire-breathing soldiers who had been in ambush jumped up early, and the gasoline was suddenly sprayed forward under the pressure of compressed nitrogen, instantly burning those Japanese soldiers who were still trying to charge into turkeys!

Ahh! !
The shrill screams kept ringing out, and the extremely hot flames were on the verge of touching them. Piece after piece of Pyroman began to "dance in place". No matter how heart-piercing they roared, the bone-piercing pain could not be relieved.

"Come on!"

"kill!"

The soldiers of the Second Regiment, who had held back for a long time, jumped up and vented their suppressed anger on these little devils.

Explosions roared, gunshots rang out, and dense bullet rain burst out again from the position where the gunfire had faded away. The back road was cut off, support was hopeless, and the demoralized little devils could withstand the sudden burst of firepower. They had no choice but to perish. Two paths are available.

"Co-leader? Co-leader!"

Anxious shouts rang in Yamazaki's ears, but he didn't respond, just stared ahead in shock.

The staff officer beside him shook him awake, and shouted impatiently: "Commander, order to retreat quickly! If you don't withdraw the second brigade, it will be over!"

"Retreat? Does it make any difference whether you give an order or not?" Yamazaki murmured after reacting.

Now it's not a matter of retreating well. The battlefield is full of explosions and flames. There is no need to order anything. The third brigade, which suffered heavy casualties, has already retreated consciously.

The second brigade, which was still halfway up the mountain, was in despair. The rear was blocked by enemy shells, and they could only retreat to the two wings.

But those heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft guns and mortars on the top of the mountain would not reason with them, and the Huaxia people were completely beating their buttocks.

It seems that God is against Yamazaki. Just now, the only infantry artillery on his side was transferred to the 56th Regiment for support. Now there is no way to cover his retreat.

The second brigade withdrew and died all the way, leaving a large number of corpses on this bare hill.

Finally, the remaining remnant soldiers finally escaped from the enemy's firepower net, but the mountain artillery group began to extend its artillery fire backwards, and Yamazaki was so frightened that he hurriedly called the troops to retreat desperately.

Who made him so confident to place the troops in such a forward position, completely exposed to the firepower of the artillery battalion, and deserved to be hit by shells.

The 55th regiment was forced to retreat 5 kilometers abruptly, and finally got rid of the pursuit of the 24 Bofors mountain guns under the support of its own artillery regiment.

After everything calmed down, Yamazaki Shiro was able to take a breath, but after the statistics of the troops' losses were calculated, the terrible number of casualties almost made him suffocate.

More than 800 people in the whole regiment died in the battle, and more than [-] soldiers were seriously injured and lost their combat capabilities. In just half a day, the entire army suffered nearly half of the casualties.

The 56th regiment didn't dare to attack again after seeing their companions retreating, so they quickly gathered their troops to stop their drums and flags, and retreated first before making plans.

……

"Beep beep...beep beep..."

In the division headquarters, the sound of the telegraph machine receiving the signal kept coming and going, and the communications soldier quickly wrote the content of a telegram just received on paper.

"Reporting to the staff, the little devil has temporarily retreated. Please take a look at the battle report from the front line at this time."

Fang Jingyao quickly took it over and checked it carefully. The content of the telegram made his expression even more exciting: "Haha, Xing Fuquan can do it. I didn't expect him to get the good start."

Liao Mingyu was still drawing strategic planning lines on the map, and he couldn't help asking curiously when he heard this. "Oh? What's the situation?"

"Look for yourself." Fang Jingyao handed over the battle report while speaking.

"Hehe, this kid usually doesn't show off his mountains and dew, but today he gave me a blockbuster." Liao Mingyu took a closer look, although his words were a little surprised, but his face showed excitement and praise.

Originally, Liao Mingyu didn't have too many demands on the other three main force regiments other than requiring the artillery regiment not to expose their firepower. He just needed to hold the position at the lowest cost, and he could fight them whatever he wanted.

At noon, Long Wenwen and Meng Fanle had already taken a lightly armed regiment to the left-wing jungle, quietly moved the troops to the southwest of the third regiment, and hid in the woods to wait for an opportunity.

Because they had to march quickly in the woods and mountains, the regiment gave up most of the heavy weapons. Except for individual weapons and ammunition and three days of dry food, all the members took nothing else. The artillery battalion stayed behind the 233 highland. .

The attack of the Japanese army was very fierce. Xing Fuquan simply used his tactics. First, he showed the enemy his weakness and induced the 55th Regiment to attack aggressively. .

This time, even Liao Mingyu had to admire. Such a tactic tested the courage of the commander and the discipline of the troops.

If the shelling is too early, the tactical effect will not be achieved, and if the shelling is late, the position will be dangerous. If you are not careful, you will lose the entire position directly.

But fortunately, the soldiers of the Second Regiment were very capable of resisting pressure. Even when they were completely suppressed by the Japanese artillery at first, they did not panic at all and kept nailing to the position.

"The 55th and 56th regiments have been withdrawn. It is estimated that the Japanese now understand that these two lines of defense are not so easy to shake." Fang Jingyao sorted out the messy documents on the table and spoke slowly.

"Well, where are Long Wenwen and the others?" Liao Mingyu asked.

"Captain Long has been away for 5 hours, and may not be able to be contacted for the time being while they are still marching, but they should take the initiative to contact the division headquarters when they arrive at the predetermined location."

Fang Jingyao explained that due to the distance, the division headquarters and the first regiment could no longer use the radio to communicate with each other, and the only way to get in touch was to wait for them to set up a radio station.

"Impossible, it's been five hours and I haven't arrived yet?"

Liao Mingyu was a little surprised, pulled a map and observed it rigorously: "The location I designated is only six or seven kilometers away from the third regiment, and it will be more than enough to get there in five hours."

Doesn't this kid have any ingenious plans?Liao Mingyu's heart skipped a beat suddenly, judging from Long Wenwen's character, it was very possible to do such a thing.

"Forget it, let's ignore them for now. How's the situation in the open field? There's nothing wrong with the light infantry regiment of the 200th Division, right?"

Because one regiment was transferred away, there were some vacancies on the right wing of the main position. Liao Mingyu specially transferred an infantry regiment from the 200th Division at the rear, just because this made the Gaoji people unhappy.

Now the 200th division is arranged in the northeast, away from the entire main battlefield. If Liao Mingyu hadn't repeatedly assured the Gaoji people that they would be allowed to play in the future, the hot-tempered division commander Gao might not let it go.

"Hehe, it's interesting to say that the 600th Light Infantry Regiment fought the Japanese army very well. I specially sent someone to observe it. Although the battle was not large, they still held their positions firmly."

"No way? That recruit group that has never fought a battle actually blocked the little devil's attack??"

"Well, it does."

Speaking of this, Fang Jingyao was also a little surprised. He originally planned to transfer the 600 regiment there to lose.

Because I was worried that there would be mistakes in the plan, I didn't explain it to them. I just told Dong Han, the head of the regiment, that if the Japanese army's firepower was too strong, they could choose to retreat.

But with a recruit group to face the wolf-like 18th division, the result is self-evident.

It's just that the real situation is shocking. The 600th regiment unexpectedly withstood the Japanese attack. Could it be that the little devil on the other side is also releasing water?

"It's really strange. Since they can defend, let's not move for now, and see what the Japanese will do next." Liao Mingyu ordered in a deep voice.

At this time, Dong Han on the 600th regiment's position was also a little puzzled. It can be said that he was caught in this mood all day long.

First of all, he was inexplicably assigned to garrison this position in the morning. If we say that this open area is also a key point of the entire defense line, no matter how important it is, it is not his turn to guard such an important place, right?
Then the commander-in-chief sent an order to allow him to retreat depending on the situation at a critical moment. What is this?So in the end is to keep or not to keep?It's just confusing.

The most ridiculous thing is that the little devils who attacked on the opposite side seemed to be unable to fight. After attacking for a whole day, they didn't even break into the 50-meter position. Poor, except that the rear infantry artillery can pose a threat to the 600 regiment, there are only a handful of soldiers killed by bullets.

As long as more than one-third of the attacking team suffered casualties, they immediately turned around and ran away without any delay. This made Dong Han sigh: Are you also recruits?
In fact, just as he thought, the Japanese 165th Regiment attacking the open area on the right was exactly the same recruits as them.

There are only a little over 3000 people in the entire regiment, and it would be good to have two hundred veterans who have fought at all times. The rest are all students and farmers who have just put down their books and hoes and have only undergone basic training for two months.

This also gave the 600th regiment great confidence. In this kind of defensive battle with low intensity and low opponent combat effectiveness, they were completely at ease, and they fought the enemy vividly.

After the 55th and 56th divisions withdrew temporarily, the Japanese army did not launch a new round of attack, but their artillery poured all their grievances on the positions of the third division.

Now that the firepower had been exposed, the three artillery battalions of the main force regiment were also unwilling to lag behind. They adjusted the angle of their muzzles and began to fight back, engaging in a fierce artillery battle with the opponent.

The artillery fire was all over the sky, and the shells from both sides were coming and going, endlessly smashing towards each other, and the huge explosion sounded through the sky, without stopping for a moment.

Both sides are basically using mountain cannons, and the larger shooting angles allow both sides to let the shells cross the mountain and bombard each other.

However, the Bofors 75 gun is obviously much more accurate than the Japanese Type 94 mountain gun, and has advantages in both range and rate of fire.

It's just that the little devil's Type 94 mountain cannon is lighter than the former, only more than 500 kilograms, which is very convenient to maneuver on the battlefield.

Compared with the soldiers of the three artillery battalions who were not yet skilled enough, the Japanese artillerymen appeared extremely sophisticated, and they performed the trick of "mountain artillery guerrilla warfare" many times.

The little devil took advantage of his own flexibility to quickly move the mountain artillery group to the position through mules and horses, quickly fired two rounds of barrage in a short period of time, and then quickly moved again, often causing the soldiers to be very annoyed, and even caused some casualties.

As the saying goes, one learns one's wisdom through a ditch, and actual combat is the process that sharpens one's growth. Although the artillery battle was somewhat suppressed by the Japanese army, the soldiers of the three artillery battalions are also slowly improving in the confrontation with the little devil...

(End of this chapter)