Liang Jian: Peaceful battle, I will bring a group to help the scene

Chapter 132 Down the line and infantry coordination!

"It should be, group seat."

Chief of Staff Luo Youdu who stood beside Xu Rui nodded and said with a relaxed expression.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

The shells of four 105mm howitzers fell heavily on the first defensive position at the front of the Huting stronghold while the two were talking, causing sparks to explode.

The shock of the explosion was transmitted to the reinforced concrete air defense shelter where Xu Rui was.

"Miyamoto Taro's dismount is not very powerful, pediatrics!"

Xu Rui continued to complain.

"Tuan Zuo, the devils spread out along both sides of the road, gradually approaching the Huting stronghold."

Chief of Staff Luo Youdu, who was observing with a telescope, pointed to the army of devils approaching from behind the guide, smiled and said.

"Tell brothers, get ready for battle."

Xu Rui put away his voice and said.

"clear."

Luo Youdu nodded, then waved his hand to signal a staff officer behind him to pay attention to pass the order.

At this time, Miyamoto Taro, who had entered the outer position of the Huting stronghold about 500 meters south of the outskirts, stopped moving. After moving the headquarters to about 200 meters, he stopped moving.

After finding a high-lying hillside on the side of the road and establishing the military account headquarters, Taro Miyamoto, Colonel Kenichiro Takali, commander of the 40th Infantry Regiment, and Kenjiro Ikeda, chief of staff of the brigade, and other major Japanese senior officers boarded the hillside. , With the help of the trees on the hillside, covertly observe the defensive position built by the 303rd regiment of the Jinsui Army defending south from the Huting stronghold.

"hiss!!!"

All the devils watched for a long time, and then gasped.

I saw that the original Huting stronghold was a group of blockhouses built by the little devils on the highway. After most of them were blown up during the capture of the 303rd regiment of the Jinsui Army, more blockhouses have been rebuilt with reinforced concrete.

Moreover, Miyamoto Taro and other devils knew that it was not easy to fight after seeing it.

I saw that the defensive positions outside the Huting stronghold had been pulled up with barbed wire, and the trenches were criss-crossed and densely packed. The scalps of Miyamoto Taro, Takali Kenichiro and other senior devil officers felt numb for a while.

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid it's not easy to fight."

Colonel Takali Kenichiro, captain of the 40th Infantry Regiment, said with serious eyes.

After arriving in Jinghai County, although I knew that the 303rd Regiment of the Jinsui Army had wiped out all the Sakata Regiment under Miyamoto Taro's Fourth Brigade and the first infantry brigade of the Judo Regiment.

However, intuitively speaking, Takali Kenichiro thought it was a fluke of the 303rd Regiment of the enemy's Jinsui Army.

It's just that Takali Kenichiro also feels quite tricky after seeing the fortifications built after the Huting stronghold was captured by the opponent.

Such a defensive position, the storm is also a lot of casualties.

"It's really not easy to fight."

Miyamoto Taro also had to admit that it was the first time he personally commanded more than 7000 imperial troops to counterattack so far, and only after confronting the main force of the 303rd Regiment of the Jinsui Army did he realize that it was not just a fluke that the opponent was able to eat up more than [-] of his imperial troops. But really powerful.

The opponent's fortifications and formations were not as monotonous as the Chang Kaishen Central Army he had met before.

"Your Excellency, the enemy has roughly arranged three lines of defense at the Huting stronghold. You can see that the trenches on each line of defense are criss-crossed and very dense."

Kenichiro Gaoli, the captain of the 40th Infantry Regiment, said in a condensed voice: "It seems that we need to use the 105 howitzers on the artillery position on the north bank of the Xiushui River Bridge behind the four gates of the imperial army for long-range bombardment first.".

"In addition to the twelve [-]-type infantry guns that we have added together this time, the concentrated artillery fire will first blow up the barbed wire on the enemy's fortifications, obstacles, horses and other things that hinder the infantry from attacking the enemy's trenches."

Miyamoto Taro nodded and said, "Gao Li-kun is right."

Therefore, Miyamoto Taro said to Ikeda Kenjiro in a condensed voice: "Ikeda-kun, order the howitzer position and the concentrated 5-type infantry artillery position, and launch a violent shelling of the enemy's defensive position at the Huting stronghold in [-] minutes.".

"Don't be stingy with shells, bang hard!!!"

Seeing this, Ikeda Kenjiro paused and said: "Yes, Your Excellency General." Immediately, Ikeda Kenjiro went down to send someone to pass the order.

"Major Yamazaki, Mr. Gao Li, you are ready to prepare, and after our military order prepares to extend the large-scale artillery attack, we will try to attack!"

Miyamoto Taro said to Lieutenant Commander Yamazaki Haruhei, Captain of the Yamazaki Battalion, and Colonel Takagi Kenichiro, Commander of the 40th Infantry Regiment.

"Yes, Your Excellency the General."

Yamazaki Zhihei and Takali Kenichiro paused heavily, and now there is no possibility of refusing Miyamoto Taro's order.

"well!!!"

Miyamoto Taro nodded, and then continued to raise the binoculars to observe everything on the defensive position of the defenders facing south from the Huting stronghold.

Subsequently, Miyamoto Taro ordered the Yamazaki Battalion to start the attack formation as the first wave of probing attack troops.

The 40th Infantry Regiment launched as the second wave of attack formations, in which the 40st Infantry Battalion of the [-]th Infantry Regiment attacked in relay behind the Yamazaki Battalion.

In the direction of the two wings of the 40th Infantry Regiment, the remaining two infantry brigades of the Fourth Brigade's Chongteng Regiment attacked Hanjia Town and Xujia Town on the two wings of the Huting stronghold to contain the defenders on the two wings.

From Miyamoto Taro's attack deployment, it can be seen that the old devil also has selfish intentions, and put the remaining two infantry brigades on the two wings of the brigade, which can avoid heavy casualties caused by the next attack.

However, this obvious difference in treatment was also realized by Takali Kenichiro, the captain of the Devil's 40th Infantry Regiment, after he returned to his temporary regiment headquarters.

"Miyamoto Taro treats us like this, Captain, do you want to make a small report to the headquarters?"

Major Kawaguchi Heiji, Takagi Kenichiro's joint chief of staff, said in a low voice.

"No need."

Kenichiro Takali shook his head and said: "Actually, I expected it. After all, Miyamoto Taro's Fourth Brigade has suffered heavy losses.".

"There are only more than 700 people left, and more casualties continue here in Huting. Doesn't that mean that the Fourth Brigade is actually on the verge of being wiped out?"

After a pause, Takali Kenichiro continued, "What's more, you and I know the relationship between Miyamoto Taro and Your Excellency Commander secretly, Kawaguchi-kun."

"Then what's next?"

Kawaguchi Heiji said in a condensed voice: "Although that guy Yamazaki Zhihei took the lead, the [-]st Infantry Battalion of our regiment attacked from behind.".

"Order my [-]st Infantry Battalion, pay attention to the rhythm of the attack, see the attack situation of the Yamazaki Battalion, and continue to attack, don't rush in."

Takali Kenichiro thought for a while and ordered.

"Understood, Captain."

Kawaguchi Heiji nodded, this is also a countermeasure.

And soon, the 5 minutes of preparation time has come.

"Tom tom tom, tom tom tom!!!"

The Guizi 105 howitzer position on the north bank of the Xiushui River Bridge and the Type 600 infantry artillery group about [-] meters south of the Huting stronghold launched shelling at the same time.

Following the bombardment of shells, ear-piercing screams came from the rear of the devil's counterattack army and the artillery positions attacking the front line.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!"

A round of shells from the 105mm howitzer, the shells of the Type [-] infantry gun smashed down one after another.

All of a sudden, the flames of the explosion exploded on the Huting stronghold.

It is broad daylight now, and the smoke from the explosion is everywhere.

The barbed wire fences, traps, and many obstacles on the defensive position built by the defenders of the Huting stronghold were blown up to the sky.

Xu Rui and Chief of Staff Luo Youdu, both in the air defense headquarters of the bunker built of reinforced concrete, also felt the huge vibration caused by the rumbling explosion above.

The huge vibration caused by the explosion shook off a lot of the dust and dirt on the bunker, and made dust and dirt in the hair of several people.

"Pat Pat pat pat pat pat!!!"

Xu Rui patted the falling dust and dirt, and said cursingly: "Made, Miyamoto Taro is nothing but an old devil, bombarding us with such a big expense?".

"It's a counterattack after all! Commander, it's predictable that the shelling will be violent."

Chief of Staff Luo Youdu patted the dust on his head, then smiled calmly and said.

"Let's see how long the kid has been bombarded on a large scale."

Xu Rui complained.

"It is estimated that it will take more than 5 minutes."

Luo Youdu guessed.

"Then take a look!"

Xu Rui laughed and said.

And sure enough, it was almost as Luo Youdu guessed.

In order to remove the obstacles at the front of the defenders' positions for the infantry attack, Taro Miyamoto spent 10 minutes covering and bombarding the defensive positions of the defenders at Huting stronghold, which could prevent the infantry from advancing and attacking.

After the artillery fire began to extend, the first wave of Devil Infantry Battalion, Yamazaki Battalion, under the command of Battalion Commander Yamazaki Zhihei, launched a tentative attack in coordination with the infantry.

Behind, more than a thousand people followed the 40st Infantry Battalion of the [-]th Infantry Regiment.

A total of 2000, [-], [-] devils formed a loose battle formation, and came all over the mountains and plains.

Since the Huting stronghold is built on the road leading to Heyuan County and the mountains on both sides, the only attack area is roughly along the road and its sides.

Xu Rui used binoculars to look out from the observation port of the reinforced concrete bunker command post and saw that after the devil's artillery fire extended to suppress the position behind the defender's forward position, the devil's infantry had already begun to come up under the cover of artillery fire, and it was far away from the devil's artillery fire. All less than 100 meters.

"Made, I'm not afraid of blowing up my own people."

Xu Rui also admired the little devil's infantry coordination, and he was very proficient at playing it. He really stepped on the explosive point of the shells and attacked.

"After all, it is the elite field force of the little devil, so it should not be underestimated."

The Chief of Staff Luo Youdu on the side held his binoculars in amazement and said.

"Order the forward position, concentrate the firepower of light and heavy machine guns, and prepare to counterattack. Wait until all the devil's probing troops enter the minefield, and then detonate!"

Xu Rui smiled sinisterly, and said, "I want to kill the little devil's probing troops.".

(End of this chapter)