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Chapter 401: Pig rush tactics!

Major General Masao Miyazaki asked coldly: "What's wrong with this eight-way team?"

Senior Sergeant Seiichi Yamauchi showed a serious expression: "The number of this eight-way team is not large, but its firepower is very strong. Judging from the sound of the gunshots, the weapons they use are definitely not bolt-action rifles. In addition, they are also equipped with submachine guns, and no less than 20 light and heavy machine guns! "

Masao Miyazaki nodded slightly, and he also saw the tentative attack just now in the field of vision of the artillery team.

This eight-way team does have a big problem.

The trenches and foxholes are well constructed, not to mention the laying of mines in front of the positions.

There were only two or three hundred people in the area, and they actually fired far more firepower than the Japanese brigade level.

Moreover, the marksmanship of the Eighth Route soldiers is very accurate, and there are special shooters who specialize in machine gunners, making it impossible for the Type [-] heavy machine gun and the Taisho Type [-] light machine gun to provide fire cover for the infantry.

In addition, the weapon like the big horn in the hand of Balu is very powerful, comparable to the 105 howitzer.

If the squadron leader hadn't ordered the retreat in time, if this squadron continued to attack, the entire army would have been wiped out before it was within 50 meters of the Eighth Route position.

The eight roads I encountered before had few bullets, and they were reluctant to shoot. After a few shots, they had to rush out with a bayonet to see the red.

This is the first time I have seen such a well-equipped Eighth Route Army.

"Report to General!"

The artillery battalion captain Kihira Goro, who was wearing the rank of Zhongzuo, ran over and said to Masao Miyazaki: "The artillery position has been built, and the 12 mountain cannons can fire at the eight-way position at any time!"

Although the mountain artillery is heavier than the infantry artillery, it is correspondingly much stronger than the infantry artillery in terms of range and power.

This time the 3rd Brigade supported Taiyuan. The 12 [-]-style mountain artillery pieces of the Artillery Brigade were all marched on the road by trucks.

So even if there is a small road, the 3rd Brigade cannot detour, because there is no mule and horse, and the cannon cannot be disassembled and transported.

In the absence of the Mountain Artillery Brigade, the combat effectiveness of the four infantry brigades of the 3rd Brigade had to be greatly reduced.

However, because the 12 mountain cannons were towed by trucks, the Devil artillerymen saved the time for assembly, and it took less than 10 minutes to build the artillery positions.

Masao Miyazaki sternly said: "Fire immediately, and use shells to tell the Eighth Army on the opposite position, the true strength of the imperial army!"

So what if the eight-way firepower is powerful?
Could it be possible that the mere civil engineering works in the Eighth Route position on the opposite side could withstand the mountain artillery shells?

"Hi!" Kihei Goro stood at attention and lowered his head, and immediately walked towards the artillery position.

Then, Masao Miyazaki said to Nakazuo Yamauchi: "Yamauchi-kun, immediately lead the 4th Infantry Battalion into the attack position. After the artillery fire stops, immediately press up to occupy the position, and cut off all the heads of the eight routes!"

"Hi!" Yamanouchi Nakasori bowed his head, turned and walked towards the 4th Infantry Battalion.

Not long after, a 75mm mountain artillery grenade hit the position of the fourth battalion of the new regiment with a characteristic whistling sound.

Accompanied by an explosion fireball, shock waves and shrapnel flew across, setting off a large cloud of mud and fog, and crashing gravel and mud fell.

Ten seconds later, the artillery shells roared and arrived as expected.

The artillery shells exploded on the position and roared continuously, and the artillery fire extended wantonly, covering the entire frontal slope position of the Fourth Battalion in flames and gunpowder smoke.

The explosive power of the 75mm mountain cannon's grenade is still relatively large.

As the shells fell continuously, the explosion waves rose up one after another, and the trenches, foxholes and fortifications built with sandbags on the position were blown into craters.

However, all the soldiers of the Thirteenth Company hid in the tunnel, and the devil's shells could not blow up at all, and only a few observation posts were left on the ground.

The observation post held a low-power walkie-talkie in his hand, and if the devils came up, the observation post could notify the main force in the tunnel in time at any time.

In the last wave of devils' probing attacks, the Thirteenth Company killed 4 people and injured 7 people, all of whom had been carried to the anti-slope position through the tunnel.

As time went by, the rate of fire of the Guizishan artillery became faster and higher, and the accuracy became higher and higher. In about 10 minutes, the entire Eighth Route Army position was plowed once.

In the field of vision of the artillery team, Masao Miyazaki showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth when he saw that the Eighth Route position had been blown to pieces.

Balu really thought that relying on powerful firearms and civil engineering can block the attack of the 3rd Brigade?

"Stop firing!"

Masao Miyazaki shouted loudly.

A semaphore soldier beside him immediately waved a small flag to convey instructions to the rear artillery position.

The cannon had just stopped.

In front of the Japanese attack position, Nakasa Yamauchi drew out his command saber with a bang, pointed forward, and said in a stern tone: "Kill it!"

"The locust is on board!"

With their weapons in hand, the devils howled and charged towards the Eighth Route Army's position with madness and fanaticism in their eyes.

The devils made a real move, and in the second wave of charge, a brigade was set up to attack the Eighth Route position.

……

"Company commander, company commander, the devil is coming up!"

Seeing a large number of devils coming towards the position like a tide, the soldier in charge of observation called the company commander with a low-power walkie-talkie.

"Roger that!"

"Everyone enter the position immediately!"

The company commander put down the low-power walkie-talkie and entered the position first with a submachine gun.

Each trench has a tunnel entrance connected to the mountain tunnel, so that soldiers can quickly enter the position without worrying about running out of time.

Looking at the bombed-out fortifications in front of him, the company commander was secretly startled.

I thought to myself that the artillery fire of the little devil was still a bit strong. If there were no tunnels, even if there were anti-explosion holes, such a wave of artillery fire would still cause a lot of casualties.

In particular, trenches, foxholes, and bunkers built with sandbags were bombed to pieces.

Seeing this situation, the company commander could immediately deduce that in this wave of shelling, the Devil Artillery poured at least 500 rounds of mountain artillery shells on the position.

"Little devil has quite a lot of shells, ready to fight, listen to my order and then fire!"

The company commander shouted loudly:

"Don't save ammo, fire to death!"

"The battalion commander said, before the ammunition runs out, the regiment commander will call for us to airdrop supplies on the battlefield!"

In the trenches, there was a clatter of gun bolts being pulled.

The soldiers clenched their weapons tightly, and when they heard what the company commander said, they immediately smiled.

Although each soldier has 3 bases of ammunition, the guy in his hand consumes quickly and is more than 50 kilometers away from the main force.

To be honest, the soldiers were a little flustered. After all, the enemy has more than 5000 people, and the ammunition of these three bases may not be enough.

After finishing the ammunition, you have to meet the devil with a bayonet. However, you don't have to worry about ammunition if you have airdropped supplies on the battlefield.

After all, what soldier doesn't love unlimited ammo?

As long as there are enough bullets and shells, it won't matter how many devils come.

Seeing the devils sweeping forward like a yellow tide, the soldiers showed no tension on their faces and were full of confidence.

This time the formation of the devils was relatively dense, and the devils stepped on landmines again and again, and before they were fired, the devils reimbursed dozens of people.

But soon, the devil's vanguard reached the position 100 meters away from the forward position.

"Fire!"

The company commander shouted loudly.

Da da da…

bang bang bang...

As the company commander gave the order, the guys in the hands of the soldiers fired continuously.

All kinds of firepower fired almost simultaneously, spewing out barrage after barrage, and the devils fell down barrage after barrage in an instant.

The follow-up devils were also suppressed, and quickly fell to the ground, looking for stones, mounds, shallow pits or corpses, to avoid the oncoming bullets.

While the Eighth Route Army was firing on the front slope, 12 mortars and 4 infantry guns from the anti-slope artillery company fired. Dozens of shells exploded among the devils. , and dozens of devil casualties.

"Kill it!"

Nakazuo Yamauchi, the captain of the devil's battalion, became ruthless, raised his command saber high in the rear, and roared loudly.

Even lying on the ground, mutual firepower is not an opponent of the Eighth Route Army, not to mention the Eighth Route Army also has continuous artillery units to provide artillery support.

It was only a few minutes away from half an hour, and if he couldn't take down the position in front of him when the time came, he would have to apologize by cutting open his stomach.

Now, the only way to capture the position in front of him is to use a pig-like charge.

The Japanese army has several compulsory courses: fighting and stabbing, field combat and large group charge.

Although the invention of automatic weapons has enabled large groups to charge, this tactic that would bring huge casualties to itself has gradually withdrawn from the stage of history.

However, the Japanese army is still keen to use the pig charge on the battlefield, because this tactic has brought the Japanese army a big victory.

In the Lushun Russo-Japanese War in 1904, Nogi Nogi led 4 Japanese troops to launch a large group charge against the Russian army. The Japanese army finally won after paying huge casualties with crowd tactics and hand-to-hand combat.

After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese army's pig sudden tactics also became fierce for a while.

However, this time the Japanese army faced Eighth Route Army soldiers equipped with pro-one-color automatic submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles.

In addition, there is fire cover from 12 mortars and 4 infantry guns.

Of course, there are still more than 10 cannons that have not been displayed.

"Ding ding ding..." The unique sound of the Garand rifle kept ringing, and the soldiers immediately pressed the magazine and pulled the trigger towards the devil who was rushing desperately.

It's like hitting a target.

The flames of submachine guns, light machine guns and Maxim heavy machine guns continued.

Dense barrages spewed out one after another, passing through the smoky trenches, forming a dead barrage zone in front of the position.

Under the heavy rain of bullets, the pig sudden tactics that the devils were proud of failed, and the devils soldiers fell in pieces.

After most of the devils in front fell down, the follow-up devils continued to charge, screaming and charging. The devils who were full of loyalty to the locust didn't know how to write the word "death".

Until most of the devils in a brigade fell down, the devils who followed up finally got a little scared.

Fearfully search for rocks, for shallow pits, or for dead bodies to escape the oncoming harvest.

Lieutenant General Yamauchi reluctantly gave an order to retreat.

Seeing a small number of devils fleeing, the company commander did not order to hunt them down, but shouted loudly: "The observation post stays, the rest of the people bring the wounded into the tunnel, the little devils are about to shell!"

The soldiers immediately turned around and entered the tunnel with the wounded and weapons and ammunition.

The soldiers moved quickly, but so did the Devil's artillery. Almost the last soldier got into the tunnel, and the Devil's shells slammed down towards the position at the same time.

The powerful mountain artillery shells landed precisely on the location where the Eighth Route Army's firepower was concentrated before.

The continuous roar shrouded the entire Eighth Route Army position in artillery fire and gunpowder smoke.

"idiot!"

"idiot!"

"idiot!"

Nakasa Yamauchi, who returned to the headquarters, was slapped more than a dozen times by Masao Miyazaki.

It is a disgrace that an elite brigade of the empire could not attack the position of a single battalion on the eighth route, and even killed hundreds of imperial soldiers!

"Hi!" Nakazuo Yamauchi's face was swollen, but he still wanted to straighten his face and give it to Masao Miyazaki.

(End of this chapter)