People are shining their swords, secretly helping the Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi

Chapter 98

At eight o'clock in the morning, the Japanese and puppet troops completed their attack deployment, and all ministries arrived at the designated location to assemble.

At present, the Japanese army has assembled five independent infantry brigades, one field brigade, one machine gun brigade, and one mortar brigade north of the 358 regiment's position.

There was also an artillery unit, reinforced by various artillery pieces, with a total strength of about 7000 men.

The Imperial Association Army has assembled two infantry regiments, with a total of 3000 troops for subordinate operations.

Following the command of Major General Shotaro Katayama, the brigade commander in Wanjia Town, issued a combat order, the Japanese and puppet troops began to launch an attack.

More than 300 puppet troops, led by more than 100 little devils, opened the skirmish line and charged directly towards the 358th regiment's position.

Of course, the Japanese and puppet troops mainly launched probing attacks in an attempt to attract the defenders to take the initiative to expose their defensive firepower.

Once the firepower point is exposed, their artillery will start shelling to clear the way for the main attack.

This is an old way of attacking by little devils. As long as you fight them a few times, you will know how to deal with them.

The position of the 358 regiment was silent, and the battalion commanders calmly commanded the officers and soldiers of the headquarters to fight defensively.

No matter how the Japanese and puppet troops fired, the position was always without a single shot.

When the Japanese and puppet troops advanced 200 meters from the position, they all stopped.

Rifles, light machine guns, and grenades began to focus their fire, and dense bullets and shells hit the position one after another.

This is a demonstration shooting, and it is also to attract the defenders to expose their firepower.

If some troops with no combat experience encountered such a blow, they might not be able to control them and opened fire directly.

However, leaving aside the combat effectiveness of the 358 regiment, most of them are veterans with rich combat experience.

Therefore, no matter what method the Japanese and puppet troops used, they remained on hold.

"The order of the battalion, without the order of the battalion, each company is not allowed to shoot without authorization, and those who violate it will be severely punished!"

"The Japanese and puppet troops were just trying to attack, and their purpose was to attract the firepower of our defensive positions to be exposed, so as to provide targets for their artillery."

"Light and heavy machine guns are not allowed to shoot, and the riflemen and submachine gunners of all squads are ready to shoot."

"Wait for the enemy to enter within a range of 100 meters, follow the command of the battalion headquarters and launch a volley of guns to shoot and kill all the Japanese and puppet troops!"

On the positions of each battalion, the messengers shuttled back and forth between the companies with their waists bent, directly conveying the orders of the battalion commanders.

This time, the 358th regiment deployed four infantry battalions to defend the highlands in one go, with a strength of about 800 people.

Each battalion is to build a machine gun company and a main infantry company on the high ground for defense.

The other companies are scattered under the high ground and set up individual bunkers for defense. At the same time, the battalions are connected to each other to support each other in operations.

It is no exaggeration to say that the position here is impenetrable, and it is very difficult for the Japanese and puppet troops to break through.

Especially the defensive positions on the high ground are reinforced by sleepers and have a certain ability to resist shelling.

After some firepower from the Japanese and puppet troops, the position of the 358 regiment still did not respond.

The Japanese captain commanding the battle raised his binoculars to observe. He waved his hand, and the little devils began to urge the puppet army to advance.

Even though the more than 300 imperial association troops were extremely reluctant in their hearts, they still held their weapons and slowly moved forward with their waists bent.

The more than 100 little devils are in units, following behind and crawling forward.

And their light machine guns and grenades have stopped advancing, scattered and concealed on the spot, and are ready to cover and shoot.

200 meters, 150 meters, 100 meters, 80 meters!

A famous Japanese and puppet army began to appear in front of the camps, especially the soldiers stationed on the high ground, who could clearly observe their every move.

That is to say, when most of the Japanese and puppet troops were 80 meters away from the position, the battalion commanders decisively issued the firing order.

[-] rifles, [-]-type rifles, Jin-made Thompson submachine guns and immediately pull the trigger.

As a soldier's index finger pulled the trigger, dense bullets were shot out one after another.

The advancing Japanese and puppet troops were hit by firepower, and many people fell in a pool of blood instantly.

A puppet army platoon leader brandished a shell gun and was still directing the troops to advance, but a string of 11.43MM bullets came over.

The platoon leader's chest was beaten into a sieve, and bright red blood flowed out along several blood holes.

The platoon leader showed a painful expression on his face, and his body slowly fell to the ground, ending his humiliating life.

Within a distance of 100 meters, the Japanese and puppet troops were fired by various battalions.

For more than 400 days, half of the casualties and losses of the puppet army occurred in just a few minutes.

The remaining Japanese and puppet troops were suppressed by firepower and hidden in different areas, unable to move at all.

At this moment, the nine Japanese light machine guns and nine grenadiers scattered in different areas immediately launched a firepower counterattack.

A string of tongues of flame sprayed out, and dense bullets pressed towards various positions one after another.

A grenadier fired grenades continuously, directly suppressing the position.

"Boom, boom, boom." With the sound of the grenade explosion, dust and smoke filled the air.

About [-] Japanese and puppet soldiers took the opportunity to take out grenades and throw grenades towards the front, and then they retreated quickly with the help of smoke and dust from the explosion.

Don't look at the independent mixed fourth brigade as a defensive brigade, but after they came to Jin Province, they were used as field brigades again and again.

These troops also have a certain combat effectiveness, and their soldiers are very proficient in the use of weapons.

Light machine guns and grenades cannot be said to hit every shot, but they also have a very accurate hit rate.

It is obviously impossible for the 358 regiment to rely on rifles and submachine guns to deal with these Japanese and puppet troops.

The probing attack ended at about nine o'clock. There were more than 200 casualties among the [-] or so Japanese and puppet troops, and the others withdrew in time.

The combat news was reported immediately, and Major General Shotaro Katayama, the head of the independent mixed fourth brigade, came to the front line to personally command at 09:30.

Beginning at [-]:[-], Koichi Moriki's artillery team received combat orders.

Eight [-]-type mountain guns and eight [-]-type field guns began to shell violently.

Sixteen artillery shells launched shelling on the exposed position, after the test firing and calibration firing were completed.

A large number of artillery shells hit the battalion positions overwhelmingly, and deafening explosions came and went one after another.

It was at this time that the 11th, 12th, and 13th Brigades of the Independent Infantry, and the 15th Regiment of the Imperial Association Army and the [-] Japanese puppet troops all launched an attack.

The mortar brigade and the machine gun brigade followed the infantry and quickly advanced towards the designated location.

It didn't take long for the mortars to stop advancing one after another, and they began to build artillery positions.

The mortar brigade has three squadrons under its jurisdiction, which adopt a large organization, and each squadron has twelve [-]-style mortars.

This mortar has a caliber of 90MM and is known as a small steel gun. This is a very common support artillery for the Japanese army.

Around ten o'clock, the machine gun brigade also stopped advancing, and they began to build machine gun positions.

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