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

Chapter 222 The attack on the mountain failed, and ten thousand devils were wiped out!
Behind the artillery position on Dingjun Mountain, Xu Dahu and Zhu Ming held up their binoculars and looked towards the road north of Dingjun Mountain.

The first salvo of artillery fire directly hit the rear of the [-] devil army heading south, and the huge flames exploded into the night sky.

The flames of the explosion flickered.

"Reconnaissance company report from the second team, hit the rear of the devil's team!"

At this time, a communication soldier with a walkie-talkie reported to Xu Dahu.

"it is good!"

Xu Dahu nodded, and then ordered the artillery group, saying: "Half of the artillery is aimed at the rear of the devil's army, bombing all the way south along the road.".

"The other half of the artillery is aimed at the little devil's former army and bombards me along the road to the north! Hurry up!"

The orderly on the side immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Yes, Battalion Commander!", and immediately ordered the artillery group to launch a north-south attack according to the plan.

In an instant, the second round of fierce artillery strikes began.

"Tom tom tom, tom tom tom!"

"Tom tom tom, tom tom tom!"

One by one, the dense army of [-] devils marching on the highway down the Dingjun Mountain with a length of about one kilometer was bombarded.

The cannonball poured into the night sky with a long tail flame.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

Soon, before the Devil's 28th Infantry Regiment reached the road at the foot of Dingjun Mountain and attacked up the mountain, the second round of artillery fire came down.

Especially the Devil's 28th Infantry Regiment, which was running southward at a high speed, preparing to storm Dingjunshan, was covered by intensive artillery fire on the road, causing heavy casualties.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

Cannonballs bombarded northward along the road at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, and the artillery shells that had already targeted the [-] army of devils were bombarding all the way southward.

The north and south bombarded each other, and the devil team on the road that was immediately bombed could only leave the road and avoid hiding on both sides of the road.

However, several reconnaissance companies from the 303rd Regiment of the Jinsui Army have been observing along the way as the devil's [-] army is heading south.

Through the walkie-talkie, he directly contacted the air assault battalion on Dingjun Mountain, and used the artillery seized from the Devil Artillery Regiment to carry out fixed-point bombardment.

Soon, Mijiro Kikuchi, the head of the 21st Infantry Brigade who immediately bombed, couldn't bear it.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

Mijiro Kikuchi hid near the pit, and at least four or five 75mm shells exploded on the ground. The explosion overturned the Japanese soldiers near the blast point.

Among them, the arm of a ghost soldier was blown into the pit where Kikuchi Mijiro was hiding, and fell to Kikuchi Mijiro's side without dying. The old devil looked terrified for two seconds.

Fortunately, he recovered quickly, and it was early in the morning, and his terrified expression was not seen by Chief of Staff Taro Inaba, otherwise he would lose face.

"Brigade commander, be careful!"

Jiro Inaba hurriedly protected Mijiro Kikuchi after the explosion of a nearby shell, and said.

"fine!!!"

Mijiro Kikuchi gritted his teeth and said: "The rear army was bombed, and the enemy used the imperial artillery on Dingjun Mountain to shell the rear army of our team.".

"It seems that the rear was blocked with artillery fire!"

At this moment, before Taro Inaba, chief of staff of the brigade, had a chance to speak, a ghost staff officer hurriedly leaned over and ran into the pit where Mijiro Kikuchi was, and reported in a panic: " Report to the head of the brigade, the chief of staff, and the rear team to report that our rear army was covered by artillery fire, and the bombing casualties were heavy."

"Now the artillery on Dingjun Mountain has blocked the back of our team, and bombed along the road and its sides, all the way south. The troops behind suffered heavy casualties. Request instructions."

Hearing this, Mijiro Kikuchi gritted his teeth and said, "Let them be careful not to run around!".

"How is the situation ahead?"

The devil's staff officer who reported the situation said bitterly, "The 28th Infantry Regiment has almost reached the road below Dingjun Mountain, but soon encountered condescending shelling from enemy artillery."

"The casualties are heavy, and now they can't even get close to the foot of Dingjun Mountain, and they can't attack!"

Mijiro Kikuchi gritted his teeth, thought for a while and then said: "Command the captain of the 28th Infantry Regiment, now is the moment of life and death.".

"Dingjun Mountain has been lost. All the artillery of the imperial army on the mountain has probably fallen into the hands of the enemy. Let him no matter what, concentrate his forces to rush to Dingjun Mountain. As long as we hit Dingjun Mountain, victory belongs to the emperor. Army, hurry up."

The devil's staff officer who reported the battle situation immediately said: "Yes, brigade commander!", and then he climbed out of the pit at his death and went to pass the order.

However, there are a total of thirty artillery pieces on Dingjun Mountain, and twelve 105mm howitzers are constantly pouring down artillery fire.

The Devil's 28th Infantry Regiment, which stormed Dingjun Mountain, bit the bullet and continued the onslaught.

It’s just that it’s impossible to connect to the foot of Dingjun Mountain, not to mention that Ju Ming’s cavalry battalion is already guarding the blocking position at the foot of Dingjun Mountain.

Soon, under the cover of artillery fire, the 28th Infantry Regiment of the Devils pushed the troops to the foot of Dingjun Mountain at the expense of more than 900 troops.

It's just that more than 303 cavalry battalions of the 500rd Regiment of the Jinsui Army defending and blocking at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, with the cooperation of Battalion Commander Zhu Ming and the captured Devils artillery fired by the air assault battalion on the mountain, advanced the 28th Infantry Regiment of the Devils to Dingjun The devils north of the Shanshan Highway launched a fierce blocking fire.

"Da da da, da da da!!!"

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

The dense artillery fire, the rifles in the powerful blocking position, and the rain of machine gun bullets poured directly over.

Just going all the way south, after breaking through the artillery cover and attack on Dingjun Mountain, the 28th Infantry Regiment of the Devils had no time to catch their breath, and was directly fired by the air assault battalion and cavalry battalion at the foot of Dingjun Mountain and on the mountain. , suffered heavy casualties.

Although it was night, the sight of the defenders was somewhat affected.

But when they fired with their eyes closed, they walked along the road to the quilt, and poured firepower on both sides of the road. Even if the devil soldiers lay down on the spot to hide, they would not be able to withstand the bombardment of the artillery fire.

This time, the 28 or [-] devils of the [-]th Infantry Regiment who rushed to the foot of Dingjun Mountain were directly annihilated by a wave of firepower.

When Kikuchi Mijiro learned that the enemy army of the 28th Infantry Regiment was wiped out on the top and bottom of Dingjun Mountain, the old devil's palms trembled.

"All the cannons on Dingjun Mountain were captured by the enemy. What on earth is Taro Ishino, the captain of the Artillery Corps, doing? Even if it is irreversible by a surprise attack, he must blow up all the cannons as soon as possible!"

Seeing the artillery on Dingjun Mountain pouring artillery towards them all the time, and knowing that the 28th Infantry Regiment was almost wiped out, Mijiro Kikuchi couldn't be provoked anymore, facing the already dead Yes, Ishino Taro, the artillery regiment commander of the 36th Division of the Devils, who didn't even see the corpse, roared from the air.

"Brigade Commander, it's useless to say these things now."

Amidst the rumbling explosions, Taro Inaba, Chief of Staff of the 21st Brigade, asked anxiously: "What should we do now?".

"We are being bombarded like this, and all the soldiers of the imperial army going south will definitely be bombarded to nothing!"

"The 28th Infantry Regiment has failed to attack the mountain. It is impossible to continue to attack south. At the foot of Dingjun Mountain, some enemy troops have also built a blocking position and blocked our attack to the north!"

Kikuchi Mijiro already knew that there must be no other way for [-] troops to continue southward to attack Dingjun Mountain.

However, Mijiro Kikuchi knew even more that if he couldn't take down Dingjun Mountain, especially if he couldn't take down Dingjun Mountain, and regained the artillery in the artillery position on Dingjun Mountain, the large-caliber 105mm howitzer, he would come again next time. After they were dealt with, they went north and directly bombarded the division commander Nagata Taro outside the south gate of Jinghai County with about 7000 troops.

"Withdrawal is now impossible."

Mijiro Kikuchi gritted his teeth, and said to Chief of Staff Taro Inaba: "Withdraw now, and retreat north along the road, only to be reduced to being covered and wiped out by the enemy's artillery fire all the way.".

"It's better to concentrate our forces and fight to the death to regain the artillery position on Dingjun Mountain!"

After a pause, Kikuchi Mijiro ordered to the brigade chief of staff Inaba Taro amidst the rumbling explosions: "Chief of staff, you personally command the 21th infantry regiment of the 30st brigade, and then attack me by force." Dingjun Mountain."

"I concentrated the mortars I brought to bombard Dingjun Mountain. Cover your attack!"

Seeing this, Inaba Taro, who knew the current situation, also felt that retreating was indeed an act of courting death, so it was better to fight.

Otherwise, if you retreat to the north, you will really be bombarded to death by the artillery on Dingjun Mountain on the road back to the north.

What's more, at the artillery position on Dingjun Mountain, it is obvious that the enemy has captured the twelve 105mm caliber howitzers that are very important in the artillery wing.

This kind of howitzer has directly threatened the other 7000 imperial soldiers under the command of Nagata Taro under the city of Jinghai County from a long distance.

How could it be possible to withdraw at this time?
It's better to fight hard, maybe you can turn defeat into victory.

Thinking of this, Taro Inaba immediately said resolutely: "Brigade commander, if we can go back alive this time, we are drinking sake.".

"Chief of Staff, please!"

Kikuchi Mijiro said heavily.

"Hay!"

Inaba Taro said heavily, and immediately commanded the 30th Infantry Regiment to attack Dingjunshan.

However, the 30th Infantry Regiment under the command of Taro Inaba also received the same treatment as the 28th Infantry Regiment. On the way to attack, they were directly bombarded to death by the artillery group on Dingjun Mountain on the road.

When Kikuchi Mijiro saw that the 30th Infantry Regiment also failed, he could only bite the bullet and command the remaining thousands of devils to continue to storm Dingjunshan.

It's just that, after all, it was covered by the powerful artillery fire from the artillery group on Dingjun Mountain, and the whole army was wiped out.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, the sound of explosions and gunfire at the foot of Dingjun Mountain and to the north had completely quieted down.

"Old Xu, how are the casualties in your cavalry battalion?"

Seeing the [-] devils who went south beat down the last remnant troops, desperately attacking the blocking position defended by the cavalry battalion at the foot of Dingjun Mountain. After the battle, Xu Dahu came down the mountain and asked with concern when he saw Zhu Ming, the commander of the cavalry battalion.

"Made, the last remnants of the devils really had a suicide attack. When they didn't pay attention, a few devils rushed to the first trench of the blocking position with grenades and detonated the suicide cluster grenades, causing many casualties. .”

Zhu Ming said.

(End of this chapter)