I am God of War in Snow Leopard
Chapter 144: Resisting Two Divisions 2 Words
Chapter 144 1 words
"Yes!" Liang Shan, who was on the other end of the phone at the regiment headquarters, responded happily, immediately hung up the phone and called the artillery battalion.
The switchboard is located at the regiment headquarters, so Xu Qingfeng cannot call the artillery battalion directly through the eighth battalion's phone number.
In the eighth battalion command post, after hanging up the phone.
Xu Qingfeng said to Zhang Zhijian again: "Immediately order the light and heavy machine guns of each company to prepare to fire.
But we have to wait for our artillery to destroy the enemy's tanks.
Before that, don't act rashly!
Tell them that their targets are the Japanese engineers and infantry who were not killed by the shells.
Especially the sappers, kill them as much as possible.
In this way, without engineers to sweep mines, the devils would not be able to pass through the minefields and attack us.
The longer it is delayed, the better for us. "
"Yes!" Zhang Zhijian responded, and immediately personally called several of his company commanders and machine gun platoon commanders to convey Xu Qingfeng's order.
The offensive began. On the Japanese side, senior generals such as Inaba Shiro and Ushijima Man also held up their binoculars, looking from afar to the frontier battlefield of Moling Pass, watching the progress of the battle.
Chief of Staff Ichiro Watanabe left and returned from the temporary headquarters at this time.
He ran up the hill again and reported to Inaba Shiro: "Reporting to the commander of the division, the 6th Independent Tank Battalion and a part of the 47th Infantry Regiment have already covered the 1st Engineer Battalion and have gone out to clear mines.
The 6 36mm field guns and twelve 75mm howitzers of the 120th Field Artillery Regiment are all ready! "
As soon as Ichiro Watanabe finished speaking, a series of violent shellings rang out from the artillery position not far behind them.
Inaba Shiro, Ushijima Mitsuru, and Watanabe Ichiro all turned around and looked back.
I saw shells rising from the artillery position on my own side, turning into meteor-like fireballs, roaring and shooting towards the Moling Pass defenders in front of me.
That was the artillery group directly under the 6th Division. According to Inaba Shiro's deployment, it fired artillery fire at the garrison position outside the southern pass of Moling Pass.
In addition to these artillery, the vehicle-mounted artillery of more than ten Japanese tanks that were driving at the front and less than a kilometer away from the Eighth Battalion's forward position also opened fire.
They aimed directly at the Guanqiang and the Eighth Battalion's position, and started the bombardment crosswise with the artillery shells directly under the artillery group of their own division.
Boom boom boom boom boom... As the artillery shells rained down, deafening explosions began to resound throughout the Eighth Battalion's position and near the wall behind it.
Groups of dazzling red lights also rose from the ground one after another.
Each explosion set off countless pieces of soil and stone, flying wildly along with the shock wave.
Under the joint bombardment of dozens of large-caliber artillery and more than ten tank guns of the Japanese army.
Xu Qingfeng, Zhang Tianyou and others who were still in the Eighth Battalion Command Post felt that the ground beneath their feet was shaking continuously, and the dull sound of explosions stung their eardrums, making even their breathing a little dull.
The explosion even caused soil to fall from the semi-embedded bunker of the eighth battalion command post, and the entire command post was filled with dust and a mess.
Eighth Battalion Commander Zhang Zhijian got a lot of dust in his mouth, couldn't help spitting, and then cursed angrily: "Damn it, the devils from the 6th Division really have enough firepower?"
Xu Qingfeng said: "After all, it is an old Class A division. Its artillery group is far larger than that of ordinary divisions. It is expected to have such firepower."
Zhang Zhijian said: "Fortunately, we dug a lot of cat's ear holes. Otherwise, with such fierce firepower, half of our soldiers would have been killed before the devils charged."
Zhang Tianyou was deeply convinced: "During the Battle of Songhu, more than two-thirds of our officers and soldiers were killed by the enemy's naval gun groups, army artillery fire, and ship-borne aviation firepower."
"However, it's hard for us to fight back against the devil's heavy artillery fire." Zhang Zhijian couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he thought of Xu Qingfeng's instructions just now.
Xu Qingfeng said: "Don't panic, as long as the artillery battalion can destroy the enemy's tanks and engineers, we can still use minefields to deal with the devils."
Inside Moling Pass, Wang Tiezhu took action immediately after receiving Liangshan's notice.
At first, his artillery battalion was designed to avoid enemy air strikes and artillery bombardments to avoid being overwhelmed or severely damaged by the enemy's superior firepower.
More than 20 artillery pieces of the whole battalion were specially scattered and concealed in various places in the pass.
So, it will take time for this to come together.
Taking advantage of the gap between the artillerymen under his command, Wang Tiezhu called an artillery platoon leader and told him: "Platoon leader Zheng, take a few people to the city to observe the enemy's movement and position."
"Battal Commander, don't we all know the coordinates of the minefield?" The platoon leader was a little surprised.
"For our artillery battalion, this opportunity is only once.
In case of artillery fire coverage, all the enemy tanks cannot be knocked out, and let them flee back in batches, and then they will still be a huge threat to our defense forces.
Therefore, this shelling must be as accurate as possible, and strive to kill all the devil's tanks. "Wang Tiezhu explained.
"Yes!" The platoon leader surnamed Zheng no longer hesitated, and immediately took a few artillerymen and ran towards the head of the city.
At this moment, the devil's artillery group, in order to cover their engineers' demining, joined forces with the dozen or so tanks.
Almost all the artillery fire was poured into the field defense position of the Eighth Battalion where Xu Qingfeng and the others were located, and near the city wall of the South Pass.
Therefore, the city head at the South Gate has also become one of the most densely covered and dangerous areas covered by Japanese artillery fire.
The platoon leader surnamed Zheng of the artillery battalion and his four or five artillerymen were heavily bombarded by Japanese artillery shells as soon as they approached the Guanqiang wall.
Before several people could reach the top of the city, they were hit by the explosion of two grenades. They had no time to escape and all died heroically.
That's what war is like. It's never about taking advantages and not suffering losses.
With his super personal artillery skills, Xu Qingfeng killed almost a small group of devil soldiers with one shot.
At this time, the joint artillery group of the Japanese army was fully covered under the fierce bombardment.
Some casualties of the Huben Regiment were naturally inevitable.
After Wang Tiezhu learned of this situation, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and sent a few more observers.
There is no way they have to see the Japanese tanks and determine their specific positions in order to provide accurate coordinates for their own artillery.
Then, it can be destroyed under the first wave of artillery counterattack.
Otherwise, once the devil is prepared, he will miss this opportunity.
Next, the Artillery Battalion had to face not only the suppression and counterattack of the Japanese artillery, but also the fire support to the West Pass.
It will not be so easy to kill the devil's tank.
While Wang Tiezhu continued to send more artillery observers to the southern gate of the city.
In front of the minefield outside the pass, there are about 20 devil engineers carrying minesweeping equipment.
Under the cover of their tanks and infantry, they quickly emerged from behind more than a dozen Type [-] and Type [-] tanks.
Start to enter the minefield and carry out minesweeping.
Since the minefield was partially destroyed by the previous devil cavalry, these devil engineers were able to penetrate more than 100 meters.
The minesweeping can only be officially started after passing over the stumps, arms and corpses of those people and horses.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion on the positions of Xu Qingfeng and Zhang Zhijian were all suppressed by Japanese artillery fire.
They were all avoiding the Japanese bombardment, so they had no time to pay attention to the minefields, let alone open fire to prevent the Japanese engineers from clearing mines.
At this critical juncture, only the artillery battalion can rely on long-range artillery strikes as soon as possible to prevent the Japanese engineers from clearing mines.
After losing three waves of observers, the fourth batch of observers from the artillery battalion finally reached the top of the city.
They quickly relied on the binoculars to observe and lock the specific positions of the Japanese tanks and engineers.
And these positions were sent back to the position of the artillery battalion as quickly as possible.
At this time, the main force of the artillery battalion commanded by Wang Tiezhu had just assembled, and the artillery position was built.
"Except for the anti-war artillery, all the artillery, fire immediately!"
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Behind the Japanese offensive position, on the unnamed mountain.
Inaba Shiro, Watanabe Ichiro, Ushijima Man and others looked at their own engineers and planted small flags dedicated to mine clearance in the minefield.
Everyone couldn't help but nod and praise, and Ichiro Watanabe was the first to speak: "Division Commander, if this continues, it will take up to one hour.
We will be able to clear all the mines south of Moling Pass, and then the warriors of our division can directly attack the Moling Pass defenders' position. "
"Yo Xi." Inaba Shiro also nodded in satisfaction, and he appreciated the suggestion made by Ushijima Mitsuru.
As long as there are no minefields, we can rely on our own strength, firepower, and air superiority.
Taking Moling Pass can be said to be a piece of cake.
In Inaba Shiro's eyes, breaking through Moling Pass and eliminating Huben Group and Xu Qingfeng was just a matter of convenience.
His ultimate goal is to lead the 6th Division to capture Nanjing City, and it is best to be the first to enter.
Only in this way can he leave his own strong mark in the history of the empire.
As for avenging the officers and soldiers of the 6th Division who died for Tani Hisao and others, that is what should be in the title.
Just when Inaba Shiro and others were triumphant, the artillery unit of the Huben regiment suddenly opened fire.
Dozens of artillery shells flew out from inside the pass almost at once, passing over the smoke-filled pass walls and positions outside the pass.
Immediately, it landed very precisely on the devil's engineers who were clearing mines, and the chariot brigade covering the engineers' mine clearance.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, a series of violent explosions exploded one after another on the heads of Japanese engineers and tank troops.
Those devil engineers who were sweeping mines couldn't dodge in time, and were blown upside down by people and minesweepers.
Before the person landed, he was blown up and spat out blood, and died.
Some people even fell directly on the mines they detected but had not had time to remove.
It directly triggered the detonation of those landmines. In this way, the part of the devil's engineers who followed the mine clearance also suffered.
Each one was bombed with blood and flesh flying everywhere, causing heavy casualties.
In addition to the engineers in the front, the dozen or so devil tanks in the back were also hit precisely by shells in the first place.
The shell first blew away the vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun on the top of the tank, and then penetrated its weak top armor.
Kill all the ghost tank soldiers inside, and the aftermath of the explosion will detonate the ammunition warehouse inside.
This caused the Devil Tank to explode more violently, amidst deafening explosions.
The Japanese tank was blown to pieces, and countless tank body fragments followed the explosion shock wave, causing a lot of damage to the Japanese infantry who followed the tank and cooperated to cover the engineers.
Since this shelling was on a fixed area that had been known for a long time, and there were observers to assist the gunners in adjusting the shooting elements.
Therefore, the more than 20 cannons of the Huben Regiment did not need to be tested. They fired rapidly as soon as they came up.
The Japanese army looked at this sudden change.
The smiles on the faces of Inaba Shiro, Watanabe Ichiro and others stopped abruptly.
"This, this is? How could this happen?" Ushijima's face was stiff, a little in disbelief.
At this time, the artillery battalion of the Tiger Regiment in the Pass had fired three consecutive salvos, with more than sixty shells falling on the heads of the Japanese demining troops.
The explosion made them cry for father and mother and run like wolves and pigs.
Especially the engineers at the front were almost completely destroyed.
What hurt Inaba Shiro and the others the most was that the dozen or so tanks in the chariot brigade were all destroyed.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, they did not even have the opportunity to order the tank troops to retreat.
After it was determined that the tank force was completely wiped out and the demining force suffered heavy losses.
Inaba Shiro turned around with a livid face, and gave an order to Watanabe Ichiro: "Order the artillery group to immediately counterattack the Chinese artillery in the pass.
No matter what, wipe them all out! "
"Hai!" Ichiro Watanabe suddenly nodded and hurriedly took the order to go down the mountain.
Ushijima looked a little embarrassed, after all, he was the one who proposed the demining plan.
Now the whole army has been wiped out, and the only tank and chariot unit in the entire division has been included.
With a look of dismay on his face, he asked tremblingly, "General, without engineers, how should we clear mines?"
"What can you do?" Shiro Inaba asked looking up at him.
Ushijima Mitsuru gritted his molar teeth and said solemnly: "General, there are only two ways to solve this problem.
First, order the artillery group to bombard the enemy's minefields at all costs, and use artillery fire to clear mines.
Second, call for air support and let the air force launch air strikes and bombings on the defenders' minefields, thereby destroying the defenders' minefields in China.
However, no matter which one of the above two demining methods is used, the cost is relatively high. "
Hearing this, Inaba Shiro frowned and muttered: "It is impossible for the sea-based aviation to cooperate with us like this, and the land-based aviation needs to undertake too many tasks.
It is estimated that it is not realistic to use them to clear mines.
That being the case, we can only rely on our own artillery.
Command the artillery wing, after the artillery counterattack against the defenders of China is over.
Immediately adjust the muzzle of the gun, bombard the minefield outside the pass, and clear the minefield at any cost!
Compared with the lives of the soldiers of the imperial army, it is not hesitating to consume some shells. "
"The general is wise!" Ushijima patted the horse without leaving any trace.
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Soon, the Japanese artillery groups stopped shelling after receiving the order from Ichiro Watanabe.
They wanted to adjust the firing angle and prepare for an artillery counterattack against Wang Tiezhu's artillery battalion.
Xu Qingfeng, Zhang Tianyou, Zhang Zhijian and others hiding in the bunker of the Eighth Battalion Command Post stopped listening to the devil's shelling.
Everyone got up one after another, Zhang Tianyou said: "Tuan Zuo, the devils seem to have stopped shelling."
Xu Qingfeng immediately took out his binoculars and went to the lookout and looked outside.
I saw that all the Japanese tanks and engineers on the minefield ahead had been wiped out, while our own artillery fire was still extending towards the rear of the Japanese army.
Seeing this, Xu Qingfeng immediately understood why the devils' bombardment stopped.
He immediately turned around and shouted: "Call the Chief of Staff immediately and ask him to notify the artillery battalion to stop the shelling immediately and move positions!"
"Yes!" Zhang Tianyou went to make a call immediately, and Zhang Zhijian asked puzzledly, "Tuan Zuo, what's wrong?"
Xu Qingfeng said: "Our artillery battalion has already killed the enemy's tanks and mine-sweeping troops, the reason why the Devil's artillery group stopped bombing us.
It should be adjusting the firing angle and searching for the coordinates of our artillery positions.
The artillery battalion must be transferred immediately, otherwise it will be dangerous once it is locked by the enemy artillery. "
Zhang Zhijian nodded solemnly when he heard the words, the Artillery Battalion was the only heavy fire support unit of the Huben Regiment.
With them, all battalions and companies can receive timely and effective fire support in times of crisis.
The call was quickly made and the order was conveyed to Wang Tiezhu.
At this moment, the artillery battalion had conducted seven or eight rounds of rapid fire and fired more than 100 rounds of artillery shells.
Wang Tiezhu ordered decisively: "The companies and platoons should quickly disperse and move, hurry up!"
Following his order, the soldiers of the artillery battalion quickly dismantled the mortars and moved the shells.
Pushing the Krupp howitzer and the 37mm caliber anti-aircraft gun, they scattered and retreated to various places in the pass.
There are more than 600 people in the artillery battalion. Except for more than 100 gunners, the rest are all guards, ammunitionists and other logistics personnel.
More people means more strength, and without much assembly, the entire battalion of more than 20 artillery pieces of various types and ammunition were all removed.
Therefore, when the Japanese's observation artillery, they locked their position through hot air balloons.
Guide its ground artillery group and fire into the pass to cover the strike.
Almost all the shells fell to nothing, except for destroying a lot of houses and other buildings near the original position of the artillery camp.
It failed to cause too much substantial damage to the artillery units of the Huben Regiment.
The devils didn't know all this. Their observers saw the entire artillery position of the Huben regiment through the hot air balloon, which was covered and bombed several times by their own artillery fire.
So, after nearly 10 minutes of intense shelling.
The ground artillery group of the 6th Division stopped shelling again, after a short adjustment.
A new round of shelling was launched on the Huben Regiment's minefield outside the South Pass.
Looking at the various artillery shells falling like raindrops, the minefield filled with flames.
Zhang Zhijian, commander of the Eighth Battalion, couldn't help but said in shock: "Commander, what are you trying to do? Why did you hit all the artillery shells into our minefield?"
Xu Qingfeng looked solemn and said: "Use artillery fire to clear mines!"
"Can it still be like this?" Zhang Zhijian and Zhang Tianyou couldn't help but exclaim.
"Large-scale minefields are obviously not suitable, but for small-scale minefields like ours at Molingguan, it is OK."
Xu Qingfeng said solemnly: "We just need to waste more shells!"
"The Japanese have been shelling continuously for so long, how many more shells can they still have?" Zhang Zhijian said: "When they finish the minefield and run out of shells, let's see what they use to attack!"
Xu Qingfeng shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this will not happen, if we are only facing a regiment-level Japanese army, there may be a situation where the shells run out or are in short supply.
But what we are facing now is a Division A division of the Japanese army, and their rear supply lines are unimpeded, so there will definitely be no shortage of ammunition like this!
In the final analysis, this war is still about logistics and national strength!
And in this area, there is a natural gap between us and the Japanese army! "
"After all, we are only an agricultural country, but the devil is an industrial country." Zhang Tianyou said in a deep voice with deep approval.
Xu Qingfeng paused for a moment, then raised his spirits and said, "But it's okay, the mine field is a temporary obstacle we set up for the devils.
Being able to play such a big role is already very profitable.
Next, is our real contest with the Japanese invaders!
After passing the order, the officers and soldiers of each company and platoon immediately entered the fighting state, ready to meet the enemy! "
"Yes!" Zhang Tianyou and Zhang Zhijian accepted the order in unison. The latter ran directly to the telephone and called his several company commanders to convey orders.
On the minefield, they were bombarded back and forth by the Japanese artillery batteries at all costs.
Almost all the landmines laid in advance by the officers and soldiers of the Huben Regiment were detonated.
The entire minefield was filled with bomb craters, flames shot into the sky, and everything was shrouded in thick smoke.
After about another half hour, the Japanese shelling ceased and the ground attack force began to move forward.
Because it is not sure whether all the minefields have been destroyed, and it is not clear about the firepower of the defenders.
Therefore, the Japs of the 6th Division did not launch a general attack as soon as they came up.
Instead, two full infantry squadrons of nearly 47 people were mobilized from the 400th Regiment, which was responsible for the first echelon of attack.
Serving as the vanguard, with the help of the cover of the aftermath of the explosion, the skirmisher line quickly moved towards the forward position of the Eighth Battalion of the Huben Regiment.
At this moment, the Eighth Battalion is on the ground.
According to the orders of Xu Qingfeng and Zhang Zhijian, the officers and soldiers of each company and platoon have emerged from the cat's ear holes and other bunkers, and entered their respective combat positions with various weapons.
In order to boost morale, Xu Qingfeng also took Zhang Zhijian, Zhang Tianyou, Chen Qifeng and others along the transportation trench to inspect and express condolences, and came to the front trench.
As a soldier king who was born in our army, Xu Qingfeng especially understands that as the supreme commander of an army.
Every time there is a fierce battle, more visits to the front line can inspire and motivate the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level.
It can be said that after being bombarded by such fierce rounds of artillery fire by the devils.
Among the officers and soldiers in each company and platoon of the Eighth Battalion, there were more or less fear and uneasiness among some people.
At this time, as the leader of the Tiger Regiment, he could take a trip to the front trenches, which would definitely make these officers and soldiers feel at ease and no longer fearful.
In this way, in the next battle, it will exert its strongest combat power.
Sure enough, wherever Xu Qingfeng and his party went, the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted.
After they left, some soldiers started talking a lot.
Especially the officers and soldiers of Zhang Tianyou who later joined the Huben Regiment. Their composition was relatively mixed, including the Central Army, the Sichuan Army, the Yunnan Army and other local armies.
"Our new regiment leader is really good. He dares to visit the frontline trenches at this time?"
A veteran of the Sichuan Army said with emotion.
"Yeah, this regiment leader has nothing to say, he's got the guts!" Another soldier from the Hunan Army also praised him.
"What the hell!" A deputy platoon leader who was a former veteran of the Tiger Regiment heard their discussion and took the lead and said: "Our regiment has always been in front of every battle!
Don't talk about patrolling the trenches, maybe you will stay for a while and stop the devils with us. "
"is it?"
"That's really admirable!"
"Our regiment said that he will live and die with us at any time. This sentence is not empty guns!" The veteran deputy platoon leader said proudly.
"If you can follow a commander like this to fight the Japanese, even if you die, there will be nothing to regret!"
"Yes, sir, you are not afraid of death, why are we afraid of a ball?"
At this time, Xu Qingfeng, Zhang Tianyou, Zhang Zhijian and others had arrived at the central trench at the forefront of the position.
This is the front end of the entire battalion and the closest to the minefield.
After he had just expressed condolences to a few soldiers guarding here, Xu Qingfeng took the telescope and looked outside the position.
Zhang Tianyou, Zhang Zhijian and Chen Qifeng also followed suit.
Suddenly, sharp-eyed Chen Qifeng spotted the Japs in the smoke and immediately shouted: "Tuanzuo, the enemy is coming!"
Xu Qingfeng looked around, and saw hundreds of devils with bayonets pouring out of the smoke from the explosion one after another.
With a murderous look, he rushed towards them quickly.
Xu Qingfeng put down the telescope, turned around and leaned against the trench to stew, and ordered in an orderly manner: ""This is the enemy's vanguard unit, here to test the firepower of our army.
Order each company platoon and heavy machine guns not to fire, so as not to expose their firepower in advance.
Light machine guns and other weapons, put the enemy within 50 meters before firing.
Concentrate on hitting me hard!Annihilate as many of these sons of bitches as possible in front of the battlefield. "
"Yes!" Zhang Zhijian replied, and immediately sent someone along the trench to convey Xu Qingfeng's latest order.
Not long after, all the officers and soldiers in the battalion received Xu Qingfeng's order, and each of them raised their guns and took aim, preparing for the attack.
About two minutes later, nearly 50 Japanese troops entered within [-] meters.
Xu Qingfeng, who had already made all preparations to fire, immediately took the lead in pulling the trigger.
bang bang bang!A Mauser pistol fired continuously and started the battle first.
The three ghost second-class soldiers who rushed to the front were shot one after another and fell down in response.
Zhang Zhijian, Zhang Tianyou and others shouted at the top of their lungs: "Fire! Fire! Hit me hard!"
Under their command and order, apart from a dozen or so heavy machine gun firepower points of the Eighth Battalion, hundreds of other officers and soldiers opened fire together.
A powerful fire net composed of hundreds of medium-sized rifles, some submachine guns, and dozens of Czech-style light machine guns with crooked handles was formed in an instant.
Countless scorching bullets were like raindrops, whizzing and pouring water towards the devil's vanguard.
More than 5000 devils were wiped out before, and many Japanese weapons were seized, which strengthened the machine gun firepower of the Huben Regiment's battalions again.
At this moment, these Japanese machine guns have all become sharp weapons for harvesting the lives of devils.
Under the intensive firepower of Xu Qingfeng and other officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion, the Japanese fell down in pieces.
In a short time, there were hundreds of casualties.
The remaining more than 200 devils wanted to charge forward again, but they were bombed by grenades thrown by some officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion.
In an instant, dozens of people were bombed and fell down one after another.
So far, more than 300 devils have not even been able to enter the trenches of the Eighth Battalion, and they have been beaten to more than half of the casualties.
The two Japanese squadron leaders who led the team saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly ordered a retreat.
Originally, their task was to test the attack and lure the Eighth Battalion to expose their firepower, so as to provide their artillery with the opportunity to lock the target and conduct precise artillery strikes.
In order to destroy the firepower support point of the Huben regiment, and then break through the defensive position of the Huben regiment.
Before the tentative attack was launched across the board, more than half of the casualties had been lost, so they continued to bite the bullet.
Whether it can help the artillery to lock the target is two things, but I am afraid that the two squadrons will have to explain it all here.
So, the two squadron leaders didn't even think about it, and hurriedly fled back with the remaining two hundred people in a panic.
This scene was witnessed by Shiro Inaba, Mitsuru Ushijima and Ichiro Watanabe who were supervising the battle from the rear.
"General, the defenders have very strong firepower, but they don't seem to have exposed many heavy firepower support points."
Ichiro Watanabe was the first to analyze.
"They have captured many imperial weapons before, and their firepower should have been strengthened unprecedentedly."
Ushishima Man pondered: "Therefore, it is not surprising that there is such a large-scale defensive firepower."
Inaba Shiro said with a dark face: "So, these two squadrons are not enough to attract them to expose their heavy fire support points."
Niu Dao nodded and said: "That's right, it seems that we still need to intensify the attack."
Inaba Shiro didn't hesitate, and directly ordered in a dignified voice: "Order the 47th Regiment to attack across the board, and launch a formal attack on the China position!
The Artillery Wing cooperates! "
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On the Eighth Battalion position, Xu Qingfeng was directing the soldiers to move their respective fighting positions, especially the light machine gunners, who still needed to change positions.
Because no one could tell whether the Japanese artillery observers had already targeted them.
Suddenly, there was a dull and intensive roar of machine guns on the Japanese position.
Some bullets whistled and hit the front positions of the Eighth Battalion, and some bunkers were filled with smoke and mud splashed everywhere.
Zhang Zhijian said: "The group seats are long bursts of the [-]-type heavy machine guns. Judging from the formation, there are quite a lot of them.
It must be at least the size of a heavy machine gun brigade! "
As soon as Zhang Zhijian finished speaking, there was the sound of shells piercing through the sky.
shhhhhh...
"Beware of cannons!" Zhang Tianyou and Zhang Zhijian's expressions changed drastically, and they warned each other.
Xu Qingfeng lowered his head slightly, and after the shell exploded, he said, "Don't panic, it's the enemy's mortar and Type [-] infantry artillery.
This is fire suppression used to cover the infantry charge. It looks like they are about to attack! "
As he said that, Xu Qingfeng braved the artillery fire and the devil's heavy machine gun bullets, quietly raised half of his head through the binoculars, and looked out of the position.
At this moment, most of the gunpowder smoke that filled the minefield has dissipated.
Through the binoculars, I saw a large number of devils pouring out in groups from their offensive positions.
One by one, they held bayonets and rushed towards their own position with murderous intent, swarming over each other.
Zhang Tianyou also stood up in the rain of bullets, observed for a while, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Tuan Zuo, the devil is impatient this time, and has dispatched so many troops.
I think there must be at least a thousand people, maybe more. Look behind, there are still devils jumping out of the trenches. "
Xu Qingfeng pondered for a while with a solemn expression, and then immediately told Chen Qifeng: "Afeng, go and call the chief of staff.
Let him dispatch ten mortars from the artillery battalion, carry a batch of napalm bombs, go out to the head of the South Gate, and aim at the enemy's attacking troops for me.
Hit the motherfucker with napalm! "
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng saluted Xu Qingfeng, and immediately led the command and ran to the Eighth Battalion command post behind.
"Others, get ready to fight! Wait for the enemy to approach later, and don't hold back any light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.
Full firepower, hit me hard! "
After Chen Qifeng left, Xu Qingfeng shouted orders to the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion around him.
"Yes!" All the officers and soldiers took orders in unison.
Not long after, Chen Qifeng finished his phone call, left and returned, and ran to Xu Qingfeng with a hurried expression.
Knelt down and reported: "Regimental Commander, the Senator said that the Ninth Battalion was also attacked by enemy tanks and artillery.
They were under a lot of pressure, Battalion Commander Sun asked for artillery support!Let me ask you for instructions. "
"Ask for instructions." When Xu Qingfeng heard that the Ninth Battalion was also attacked, he immediately ordered: "Go and tell Chief of Staff Liang that I'm not here, so he can directly command the battalions of the regiment instead of asking for instructions.
Order Wang Tiezhu to immediately lead another ten Krupp howitzers, and the 37mm anti-aircraft gun, to take there too.
Hurry up to help Xiguan Pass and reinforce the Ninth Battalion! "
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng replied, turned around and ran back the same way.
At this time, the artillery fire used by the devils to cover the attack had already begun to extend.
The heavy machine gun firepower also became sparse, and it was not that the Japanese were reluctant to shoot.
It was because their offensive troops were about to rush to the Eighth Battalion's position.
If you fire violently at this time, you may accidentally injure your own people.
Looking at thousands of Japanese soldiers, they have advanced to less than 200 meters away from themselves.
Xu Qingfeng was about to bring an official rifle, got up and aimed at the leader of the devil, the commander, and raised his hand to shoot.
boom! 200 meters away, the devil major, who was waving a saber and urging his subordinates to charge faster, was shot in the head and fell down.
As soon as the gunshot rang, the officers and soldiers of the eighth battalion and each company on the position opened fire one after another.
Especially the dozens of heavy machine guns and dozens of light machine guns roared almost at the same time.
Dazzling tongues of flame spurted out from secret fire points throughout the position, intersecting to form a dense fire network.
They hit the devil attacking troops head-on, and the first batch of dozens of devil soldiers who rushed to the front were shot and fell down one after another.
But more Japanese soldiers behind them accelerated their charge and fired back at the Eighth Battalion with various weapons.
The devils participating in the attack this time have a full formation.
Two to 3000 people attacked at the same time, and their strength and firepower were far beyond what the devils of the two squadrons could match.
Even though the firepower of the Eighth Battalion was fierce, and they suffered heavy casualties in front of them, the devils who followed up still had a chance to fire back.
As a result, the two sides launched a fierce exchange of fire.
Numerous bullets flew back and forth, and people on both sides kept getting shot and fell down, and the casualty rate began to rise sharply.
At this critical juncture, more than 200 officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion carried ten mortars and more than 300 napalm bombs.
He rushed to the back wall in time, and quickly set up a cannon, firing napalm bombs at the crowd of devils attacking troops.
Boom, boom, boom... The first round of ten napalm bombs, with a harsh whistling sound, fell first into the crowd of Japanese attacking troops.
They exploded one after another, unlike grenades.
After the napalm bomb exploded, it didn't look very powerful.
Except for the devil who was in the middle of the explosion, who was killed on the spot and turned into a burning man.
The other devils were not too violently impacted.
Instead, the flames splashed out, more or less splashing on them.
At first, some Japanese soldiers didn't take it seriously. They instinctively stretched out their hands to pat the flames on themselves, trying to put them out.
But unexpectedly, the more they flapped, the bigger the flames became, and soon their palms and arms were covered.
Panicked, the ghost soldier hurriedly lay down, trying to put out the flames by rolling on the spot.
Unexpectedly, the more they rolled, the bigger the flames became.
Soon the fire spread to their necks, chests, and even their heads. Only then did the ghost soldiers realize the danger.
But it was too late. As the flames spread on their bodies, they were burned in agony, and they kept making all kinds of shrill howls and screams.
Moreover, in the chaos, some devils wanted to ask other companions for help, turning around, rolling around, running and jumping.
He also splashed the flames from his body onto other devils, which quickly triggered a chain reaction.
If you use one sentence to describe the result of being burned by napalm bombs, it is burnt to ashes, and it can only be extinguished after burning everything that can be burned.
Therefore, as long as you are touched by the burning substance in the napalm bomb, you will definitely die. Even if you jump into the water, you will not be able to put it out.
Because as long as there is air, it will continue to burn until it consumes the flesh and clothing of the burned person.
Soon, the artillerymen of the Huben regiment on the wall fired round after round of salvos again.
One after another, napalm bombs, with ear-piercing whistling sounds, fell into the crowd of Japanese soldiers one after another, exploding like flowers everywhere.
More and more devils were hit, turning into one chilling burning man after another.
All kinds of shrill screams can be heard endlessly.
The original fierce offensive momentum was suddenly severely frustrated.
In addition, Xu Qingfeng took the opportunity to command the defenders of the Eighth Battalion on the ground, and shot at them with all their strength.
The Japanese army of the 47th Wing suffered a sharp increase in casualties under this double blow.
Behind the Japanese army, Shiro Inaba and the others who were still watching the battle on the unnamed mountain couldn't help being shocked when they saw this scene.
"Baga? What's going on?"
"Why are so many soldiers on fire?"
"General, it seems that it was caused by the shelling of the Chinese Army."
"Baga, what kind of new weapon is this?"
Inaba Shiro and others were shocked and angry, as a weapon of mass destruction that was only used in large quantities by the US military in 1945 and thrown into Tokyo.
It is naturally impossible for the generals of the Japanese army to know each other now.
However, the situation on the battlefield will not stagnate and ease because of their shock and anger.
As more and more napalm bombs fell into the Japanese army, more and more devils were covered in fire.
Among them was Colonel Masanori Tanigawa of the 47th Regiment, who commanded the attack. This old devil was also caught by the sticky burning substance emitted by a napalm bomb because he could not avoid it.
Soon, the whole person was burned like a burning man, and was burned to death amidst an extremely miserable cry for help.
(End of this chapter)
"Yes!" Liang Shan, who was on the other end of the phone at the regiment headquarters, responded happily, immediately hung up the phone and called the artillery battalion.
The switchboard is located at the regiment headquarters, so Xu Qingfeng cannot call the artillery battalion directly through the eighth battalion's phone number.
In the eighth battalion command post, after hanging up the phone.
Xu Qingfeng said to Zhang Zhijian again: "Immediately order the light and heavy machine guns of each company to prepare to fire.
But we have to wait for our artillery to destroy the enemy's tanks.
Before that, don't act rashly!
Tell them that their targets are the Japanese engineers and infantry who were not killed by the shells.
Especially the sappers, kill them as much as possible.
In this way, without engineers to sweep mines, the devils would not be able to pass through the minefields and attack us.
The longer it is delayed, the better for us. "
"Yes!" Zhang Zhijian responded, and immediately personally called several of his company commanders and machine gun platoon commanders to convey Xu Qingfeng's order.
The offensive began. On the Japanese side, senior generals such as Inaba Shiro and Ushijima Man also held up their binoculars, looking from afar to the frontier battlefield of Moling Pass, watching the progress of the battle.
Chief of Staff Ichiro Watanabe left and returned from the temporary headquarters at this time.
He ran up the hill again and reported to Inaba Shiro: "Reporting to the commander of the division, the 6th Independent Tank Battalion and a part of the 47th Infantry Regiment have already covered the 1st Engineer Battalion and have gone out to clear mines.
The 6 36mm field guns and twelve 75mm howitzers of the 120th Field Artillery Regiment are all ready! "
As soon as Ichiro Watanabe finished speaking, a series of violent shellings rang out from the artillery position not far behind them.
Inaba Shiro, Ushijima Mitsuru, and Watanabe Ichiro all turned around and looked back.
I saw shells rising from the artillery position on my own side, turning into meteor-like fireballs, roaring and shooting towards the Moling Pass defenders in front of me.
That was the artillery group directly under the 6th Division. According to Inaba Shiro's deployment, it fired artillery fire at the garrison position outside the southern pass of Moling Pass.
In addition to these artillery, the vehicle-mounted artillery of more than ten Japanese tanks that were driving at the front and less than a kilometer away from the Eighth Battalion's forward position also opened fire.
They aimed directly at the Guanqiang and the Eighth Battalion's position, and started the bombardment crosswise with the artillery shells directly under the artillery group of their own division.
Boom boom boom boom boom... As the artillery shells rained down, deafening explosions began to resound throughout the Eighth Battalion's position and near the wall behind it.
Groups of dazzling red lights also rose from the ground one after another.
Each explosion set off countless pieces of soil and stone, flying wildly along with the shock wave.
Under the joint bombardment of dozens of large-caliber artillery and more than ten tank guns of the Japanese army.
Xu Qingfeng, Zhang Tianyou and others who were still in the Eighth Battalion Command Post felt that the ground beneath their feet was shaking continuously, and the dull sound of explosions stung their eardrums, making even their breathing a little dull.
The explosion even caused soil to fall from the semi-embedded bunker of the eighth battalion command post, and the entire command post was filled with dust and a mess.
Eighth Battalion Commander Zhang Zhijian got a lot of dust in his mouth, couldn't help spitting, and then cursed angrily: "Damn it, the devils from the 6th Division really have enough firepower?"
Xu Qingfeng said: "After all, it is an old Class A division. Its artillery group is far larger than that of ordinary divisions. It is expected to have such firepower."
Zhang Zhijian said: "Fortunately, we dug a lot of cat's ear holes. Otherwise, with such fierce firepower, half of our soldiers would have been killed before the devils charged."
Zhang Tianyou was deeply convinced: "During the Battle of Songhu, more than two-thirds of our officers and soldiers were killed by the enemy's naval gun groups, army artillery fire, and ship-borne aviation firepower."
"However, it's hard for us to fight back against the devil's heavy artillery fire." Zhang Zhijian couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he thought of Xu Qingfeng's instructions just now.
Xu Qingfeng said: "Don't panic, as long as the artillery battalion can destroy the enemy's tanks and engineers, we can still use minefields to deal with the devils."
Inside Moling Pass, Wang Tiezhu took action immediately after receiving Liangshan's notice.
At first, his artillery battalion was designed to avoid enemy air strikes and artillery bombardments to avoid being overwhelmed or severely damaged by the enemy's superior firepower.
More than 20 artillery pieces of the whole battalion were specially scattered and concealed in various places in the pass.
So, it will take time for this to come together.
Taking advantage of the gap between the artillerymen under his command, Wang Tiezhu called an artillery platoon leader and told him: "Platoon leader Zheng, take a few people to the city to observe the enemy's movement and position."
"Battal Commander, don't we all know the coordinates of the minefield?" The platoon leader was a little surprised.
"For our artillery battalion, this opportunity is only once.
In case of artillery fire coverage, all the enemy tanks cannot be knocked out, and let them flee back in batches, and then they will still be a huge threat to our defense forces.
Therefore, this shelling must be as accurate as possible, and strive to kill all the devil's tanks. "Wang Tiezhu explained.
"Yes!" The platoon leader surnamed Zheng no longer hesitated, and immediately took a few artillerymen and ran towards the head of the city.
At this moment, the devil's artillery group, in order to cover their engineers' demining, joined forces with the dozen or so tanks.
Almost all the artillery fire was poured into the field defense position of the Eighth Battalion where Xu Qingfeng and the others were located, and near the city wall of the South Pass.
Therefore, the city head at the South Gate has also become one of the most densely covered and dangerous areas covered by Japanese artillery fire.
The platoon leader surnamed Zheng of the artillery battalion and his four or five artillerymen were heavily bombarded by Japanese artillery shells as soon as they approached the Guanqiang wall.
Before several people could reach the top of the city, they were hit by the explosion of two grenades. They had no time to escape and all died heroically.
That's what war is like. It's never about taking advantages and not suffering losses.
With his super personal artillery skills, Xu Qingfeng killed almost a small group of devil soldiers with one shot.
At this time, the joint artillery group of the Japanese army was fully covered under the fierce bombardment.
Some casualties of the Huben Regiment were naturally inevitable.
After Wang Tiezhu learned of this situation, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and sent a few more observers.
There is no way they have to see the Japanese tanks and determine their specific positions in order to provide accurate coordinates for their own artillery.
Then, it can be destroyed under the first wave of artillery counterattack.
Otherwise, once the devil is prepared, he will miss this opportunity.
Next, the Artillery Battalion had to face not only the suppression and counterattack of the Japanese artillery, but also the fire support to the West Pass.
It will not be so easy to kill the devil's tank.
While Wang Tiezhu continued to send more artillery observers to the southern gate of the city.
In front of the minefield outside the pass, there are about 20 devil engineers carrying minesweeping equipment.
Under the cover of their tanks and infantry, they quickly emerged from behind more than a dozen Type [-] and Type [-] tanks.
Start to enter the minefield and carry out minesweeping.
Since the minefield was partially destroyed by the previous devil cavalry, these devil engineers were able to penetrate more than 100 meters.
The minesweeping can only be officially started after passing over the stumps, arms and corpses of those people and horses.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion on the positions of Xu Qingfeng and Zhang Zhijian were all suppressed by Japanese artillery fire.
They were all avoiding the Japanese bombardment, so they had no time to pay attention to the minefields, let alone open fire to prevent the Japanese engineers from clearing mines.
At this critical juncture, only the artillery battalion can rely on long-range artillery strikes as soon as possible to prevent the Japanese engineers from clearing mines.
After losing three waves of observers, the fourth batch of observers from the artillery battalion finally reached the top of the city.
They quickly relied on the binoculars to observe and lock the specific positions of the Japanese tanks and engineers.
And these positions were sent back to the position of the artillery battalion as quickly as possible.
At this time, the main force of the artillery battalion commanded by Wang Tiezhu had just assembled, and the artillery position was built.
"Except for the anti-war artillery, all the artillery, fire immediately!"
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Behind the Japanese offensive position, on the unnamed mountain.
Inaba Shiro, Watanabe Ichiro, Ushijima Man and others looked at their own engineers and planted small flags dedicated to mine clearance in the minefield.
Everyone couldn't help but nod and praise, and Ichiro Watanabe was the first to speak: "Division Commander, if this continues, it will take up to one hour.
We will be able to clear all the mines south of Moling Pass, and then the warriors of our division can directly attack the Moling Pass defenders' position. "
"Yo Xi." Inaba Shiro also nodded in satisfaction, and he appreciated the suggestion made by Ushijima Mitsuru.
As long as there are no minefields, we can rely on our own strength, firepower, and air superiority.
Taking Moling Pass can be said to be a piece of cake.
In Inaba Shiro's eyes, breaking through Moling Pass and eliminating Huben Group and Xu Qingfeng was just a matter of convenience.
His ultimate goal is to lead the 6th Division to capture Nanjing City, and it is best to be the first to enter.
Only in this way can he leave his own strong mark in the history of the empire.
As for avenging the officers and soldiers of the 6th Division who died for Tani Hisao and others, that is what should be in the title.
Just when Inaba Shiro and others were triumphant, the artillery unit of the Huben regiment suddenly opened fire.
Dozens of artillery shells flew out from inside the pass almost at once, passing over the smoke-filled pass walls and positions outside the pass.
Immediately, it landed very precisely on the devil's engineers who were clearing mines, and the chariot brigade covering the engineers' mine clearance.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, a series of violent explosions exploded one after another on the heads of Japanese engineers and tank troops.
Those devil engineers who were sweeping mines couldn't dodge in time, and were blown upside down by people and minesweepers.
Before the person landed, he was blown up and spat out blood, and died.
Some people even fell directly on the mines they detected but had not had time to remove.
It directly triggered the detonation of those landmines. In this way, the part of the devil's engineers who followed the mine clearance also suffered.
Each one was bombed with blood and flesh flying everywhere, causing heavy casualties.
In addition to the engineers in the front, the dozen or so devil tanks in the back were also hit precisely by shells in the first place.
The shell first blew away the vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun on the top of the tank, and then penetrated its weak top armor.
Kill all the ghost tank soldiers inside, and the aftermath of the explosion will detonate the ammunition warehouse inside.
This caused the Devil Tank to explode more violently, amidst deafening explosions.
The Japanese tank was blown to pieces, and countless tank body fragments followed the explosion shock wave, causing a lot of damage to the Japanese infantry who followed the tank and cooperated to cover the engineers.
Since this shelling was on a fixed area that had been known for a long time, and there were observers to assist the gunners in adjusting the shooting elements.
Therefore, the more than 20 cannons of the Huben Regiment did not need to be tested. They fired rapidly as soon as they came up.
The Japanese army looked at this sudden change.
The smiles on the faces of Inaba Shiro, Watanabe Ichiro and others stopped abruptly.
"This, this is? How could this happen?" Ushijima's face was stiff, a little in disbelief.
At this time, the artillery battalion of the Tiger Regiment in the Pass had fired three consecutive salvos, with more than sixty shells falling on the heads of the Japanese demining troops.
The explosion made them cry for father and mother and run like wolves and pigs.
Especially the engineers at the front were almost completely destroyed.
What hurt Inaba Shiro and the others the most was that the dozen or so tanks in the chariot brigade were all destroyed.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, they did not even have the opportunity to order the tank troops to retreat.
After it was determined that the tank force was completely wiped out and the demining force suffered heavy losses.
Inaba Shiro turned around with a livid face, and gave an order to Watanabe Ichiro: "Order the artillery group to immediately counterattack the Chinese artillery in the pass.
No matter what, wipe them all out! "
"Hai!" Ichiro Watanabe suddenly nodded and hurriedly took the order to go down the mountain.
Ushijima looked a little embarrassed, after all, he was the one who proposed the demining plan.
Now the whole army has been wiped out, and the only tank and chariot unit in the entire division has been included.
With a look of dismay on his face, he asked tremblingly, "General, without engineers, how should we clear mines?"
"What can you do?" Shiro Inaba asked looking up at him.
Ushijima Mitsuru gritted his molar teeth and said solemnly: "General, there are only two ways to solve this problem.
First, order the artillery group to bombard the enemy's minefields at all costs, and use artillery fire to clear mines.
Second, call for air support and let the air force launch air strikes and bombings on the defenders' minefields, thereby destroying the defenders' minefields in China.
However, no matter which one of the above two demining methods is used, the cost is relatively high. "
Hearing this, Inaba Shiro frowned and muttered: "It is impossible for the sea-based aviation to cooperate with us like this, and the land-based aviation needs to undertake too many tasks.
It is estimated that it is not realistic to use them to clear mines.
That being the case, we can only rely on our own artillery.
Command the artillery wing, after the artillery counterattack against the defenders of China is over.
Immediately adjust the muzzle of the gun, bombard the minefield outside the pass, and clear the minefield at any cost!
Compared with the lives of the soldiers of the imperial army, it is not hesitating to consume some shells. "
"The general is wise!" Ushijima patted the horse without leaving any trace.
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Soon, the Japanese artillery groups stopped shelling after receiving the order from Ichiro Watanabe.
They wanted to adjust the firing angle and prepare for an artillery counterattack against Wang Tiezhu's artillery battalion.
Xu Qingfeng, Zhang Tianyou, Zhang Zhijian and others hiding in the bunker of the Eighth Battalion Command Post stopped listening to the devil's shelling.
Everyone got up one after another, Zhang Tianyou said: "Tuan Zuo, the devils seem to have stopped shelling."
Xu Qingfeng immediately took out his binoculars and went to the lookout and looked outside.
I saw that all the Japanese tanks and engineers on the minefield ahead had been wiped out, while our own artillery fire was still extending towards the rear of the Japanese army.
Seeing this, Xu Qingfeng immediately understood why the devils' bombardment stopped.
He immediately turned around and shouted: "Call the Chief of Staff immediately and ask him to notify the artillery battalion to stop the shelling immediately and move positions!"
"Yes!" Zhang Tianyou went to make a call immediately, and Zhang Zhijian asked puzzledly, "Tuan Zuo, what's wrong?"
Xu Qingfeng said: "Our artillery battalion has already killed the enemy's tanks and mine-sweeping troops, the reason why the Devil's artillery group stopped bombing us.
It should be adjusting the firing angle and searching for the coordinates of our artillery positions.
The artillery battalion must be transferred immediately, otherwise it will be dangerous once it is locked by the enemy artillery. "
Zhang Zhijian nodded solemnly when he heard the words, the Artillery Battalion was the only heavy fire support unit of the Huben Regiment.
With them, all battalions and companies can receive timely and effective fire support in times of crisis.
The call was quickly made and the order was conveyed to Wang Tiezhu.
At this moment, the artillery battalion had conducted seven or eight rounds of rapid fire and fired more than 100 rounds of artillery shells.
Wang Tiezhu ordered decisively: "The companies and platoons should quickly disperse and move, hurry up!"
Following his order, the soldiers of the artillery battalion quickly dismantled the mortars and moved the shells.
Pushing the Krupp howitzer and the 37mm caliber anti-aircraft gun, they scattered and retreated to various places in the pass.
There are more than 600 people in the artillery battalion. Except for more than 100 gunners, the rest are all guards, ammunitionists and other logistics personnel.
More people means more strength, and without much assembly, the entire battalion of more than 20 artillery pieces of various types and ammunition were all removed.
Therefore, when the Japanese's observation artillery, they locked their position through hot air balloons.
Guide its ground artillery group and fire into the pass to cover the strike.
Almost all the shells fell to nothing, except for destroying a lot of houses and other buildings near the original position of the artillery camp.
It failed to cause too much substantial damage to the artillery units of the Huben Regiment.
The devils didn't know all this. Their observers saw the entire artillery position of the Huben regiment through the hot air balloon, which was covered and bombed several times by their own artillery fire.
So, after nearly 10 minutes of intense shelling.
The ground artillery group of the 6th Division stopped shelling again, after a short adjustment.
A new round of shelling was launched on the Huben Regiment's minefield outside the South Pass.
Looking at the various artillery shells falling like raindrops, the minefield filled with flames.
Zhang Zhijian, commander of the Eighth Battalion, couldn't help but said in shock: "Commander, what are you trying to do? Why did you hit all the artillery shells into our minefield?"
Xu Qingfeng looked solemn and said: "Use artillery fire to clear mines!"
"Can it still be like this?" Zhang Zhijian and Zhang Tianyou couldn't help but exclaim.
"Large-scale minefields are obviously not suitable, but for small-scale minefields like ours at Molingguan, it is OK."
Xu Qingfeng said solemnly: "We just need to waste more shells!"
"The Japanese have been shelling continuously for so long, how many more shells can they still have?" Zhang Zhijian said: "When they finish the minefield and run out of shells, let's see what they use to attack!"
Xu Qingfeng shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this will not happen, if we are only facing a regiment-level Japanese army, there may be a situation where the shells run out or are in short supply.
But what we are facing now is a Division A division of the Japanese army, and their rear supply lines are unimpeded, so there will definitely be no shortage of ammunition like this!
In the final analysis, this war is still about logistics and national strength!
And in this area, there is a natural gap between us and the Japanese army! "
"After all, we are only an agricultural country, but the devil is an industrial country." Zhang Tianyou said in a deep voice with deep approval.
Xu Qingfeng paused for a moment, then raised his spirits and said, "But it's okay, the mine field is a temporary obstacle we set up for the devils.
Being able to play such a big role is already very profitable.
Next, is our real contest with the Japanese invaders!
After passing the order, the officers and soldiers of each company and platoon immediately entered the fighting state, ready to meet the enemy! "
"Yes!" Zhang Tianyou and Zhang Zhijian accepted the order in unison. The latter ran directly to the telephone and called his several company commanders to convey orders.
On the minefield, they were bombarded back and forth by the Japanese artillery batteries at all costs.
Almost all the landmines laid in advance by the officers and soldiers of the Huben Regiment were detonated.
The entire minefield was filled with bomb craters, flames shot into the sky, and everything was shrouded in thick smoke.
After about another half hour, the Japanese shelling ceased and the ground attack force began to move forward.
Because it is not sure whether all the minefields have been destroyed, and it is not clear about the firepower of the defenders.
Therefore, the Japs of the 6th Division did not launch a general attack as soon as they came up.
Instead, two full infantry squadrons of nearly 47 people were mobilized from the 400th Regiment, which was responsible for the first echelon of attack.
Serving as the vanguard, with the help of the cover of the aftermath of the explosion, the skirmisher line quickly moved towards the forward position of the Eighth Battalion of the Huben Regiment.
At this moment, the Eighth Battalion is on the ground.
According to the orders of Xu Qingfeng and Zhang Zhijian, the officers and soldiers of each company and platoon have emerged from the cat's ear holes and other bunkers, and entered their respective combat positions with various weapons.
In order to boost morale, Xu Qingfeng also took Zhang Zhijian, Zhang Tianyou, Chen Qifeng and others along the transportation trench to inspect and express condolences, and came to the front trench.
As a soldier king who was born in our army, Xu Qingfeng especially understands that as the supreme commander of an army.
Every time there is a fierce battle, more visits to the front line can inspire and motivate the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level.
It can be said that after being bombarded by such fierce rounds of artillery fire by the devils.
Among the officers and soldiers in each company and platoon of the Eighth Battalion, there were more or less fear and uneasiness among some people.
At this time, as the leader of the Tiger Regiment, he could take a trip to the front trenches, which would definitely make these officers and soldiers feel at ease and no longer fearful.
In this way, in the next battle, it will exert its strongest combat power.
Sure enough, wherever Xu Qingfeng and his party went, the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted.
After they left, some soldiers started talking a lot.
Especially the officers and soldiers of Zhang Tianyou who later joined the Huben Regiment. Their composition was relatively mixed, including the Central Army, the Sichuan Army, the Yunnan Army and other local armies.
"Our new regiment leader is really good. He dares to visit the frontline trenches at this time?"
A veteran of the Sichuan Army said with emotion.
"Yeah, this regiment leader has nothing to say, he's got the guts!" Another soldier from the Hunan Army also praised him.
"What the hell!" A deputy platoon leader who was a former veteran of the Tiger Regiment heard their discussion and took the lead and said: "Our regiment has always been in front of every battle!
Don't talk about patrolling the trenches, maybe you will stay for a while and stop the devils with us. "
"is it?"
"That's really admirable!"
"Our regiment said that he will live and die with us at any time. This sentence is not empty guns!" The veteran deputy platoon leader said proudly.
"If you can follow a commander like this to fight the Japanese, even if you die, there will be nothing to regret!"
"Yes, sir, you are not afraid of death, why are we afraid of a ball?"
At this time, Xu Qingfeng, Zhang Tianyou, Zhang Zhijian and others had arrived at the central trench at the forefront of the position.
This is the front end of the entire battalion and the closest to the minefield.
After he had just expressed condolences to a few soldiers guarding here, Xu Qingfeng took the telescope and looked outside the position.
Zhang Tianyou, Zhang Zhijian and Chen Qifeng also followed suit.
Suddenly, sharp-eyed Chen Qifeng spotted the Japs in the smoke and immediately shouted: "Tuanzuo, the enemy is coming!"
Xu Qingfeng looked around, and saw hundreds of devils with bayonets pouring out of the smoke from the explosion one after another.
With a murderous look, he rushed towards them quickly.
Xu Qingfeng put down the telescope, turned around and leaned against the trench to stew, and ordered in an orderly manner: ""This is the enemy's vanguard unit, here to test the firepower of our army.
Order each company platoon and heavy machine guns not to fire, so as not to expose their firepower in advance.
Light machine guns and other weapons, put the enemy within 50 meters before firing.
Concentrate on hitting me hard!Annihilate as many of these sons of bitches as possible in front of the battlefield. "
"Yes!" Zhang Zhijian replied, and immediately sent someone along the trench to convey Xu Qingfeng's latest order.
Not long after, all the officers and soldiers in the battalion received Xu Qingfeng's order, and each of them raised their guns and took aim, preparing for the attack.
About two minutes later, nearly 50 Japanese troops entered within [-] meters.
Xu Qingfeng, who had already made all preparations to fire, immediately took the lead in pulling the trigger.
bang bang bang!A Mauser pistol fired continuously and started the battle first.
The three ghost second-class soldiers who rushed to the front were shot one after another and fell down in response.
Zhang Zhijian, Zhang Tianyou and others shouted at the top of their lungs: "Fire! Fire! Hit me hard!"
Under their command and order, apart from a dozen or so heavy machine gun firepower points of the Eighth Battalion, hundreds of other officers and soldiers opened fire together.
A powerful fire net composed of hundreds of medium-sized rifles, some submachine guns, and dozens of Czech-style light machine guns with crooked handles was formed in an instant.
Countless scorching bullets were like raindrops, whizzing and pouring water towards the devil's vanguard.
More than 5000 devils were wiped out before, and many Japanese weapons were seized, which strengthened the machine gun firepower of the Huben Regiment's battalions again.
At this moment, these Japanese machine guns have all become sharp weapons for harvesting the lives of devils.
Under the intensive firepower of Xu Qingfeng and other officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion, the Japanese fell down in pieces.
In a short time, there were hundreds of casualties.
The remaining more than 200 devils wanted to charge forward again, but they were bombed by grenades thrown by some officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion.
In an instant, dozens of people were bombed and fell down one after another.
So far, more than 300 devils have not even been able to enter the trenches of the Eighth Battalion, and they have been beaten to more than half of the casualties.
The two Japanese squadron leaders who led the team saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly ordered a retreat.
Originally, their task was to test the attack and lure the Eighth Battalion to expose their firepower, so as to provide their artillery with the opportunity to lock the target and conduct precise artillery strikes.
In order to destroy the firepower support point of the Huben regiment, and then break through the defensive position of the Huben regiment.
Before the tentative attack was launched across the board, more than half of the casualties had been lost, so they continued to bite the bullet.
Whether it can help the artillery to lock the target is two things, but I am afraid that the two squadrons will have to explain it all here.
So, the two squadron leaders didn't even think about it, and hurriedly fled back with the remaining two hundred people in a panic.
This scene was witnessed by Shiro Inaba, Mitsuru Ushijima and Ichiro Watanabe who were supervising the battle from the rear.
"General, the defenders have very strong firepower, but they don't seem to have exposed many heavy firepower support points."
Ichiro Watanabe was the first to analyze.
"They have captured many imperial weapons before, and their firepower should have been strengthened unprecedentedly."
Ushishima Man pondered: "Therefore, it is not surprising that there is such a large-scale defensive firepower."
Inaba Shiro said with a dark face: "So, these two squadrons are not enough to attract them to expose their heavy fire support points."
Niu Dao nodded and said: "That's right, it seems that we still need to intensify the attack."
Inaba Shiro didn't hesitate, and directly ordered in a dignified voice: "Order the 47th Regiment to attack across the board, and launch a formal attack on the China position!
The Artillery Wing cooperates! "
……
On the Eighth Battalion position, Xu Qingfeng was directing the soldiers to move their respective fighting positions, especially the light machine gunners, who still needed to change positions.
Because no one could tell whether the Japanese artillery observers had already targeted them.
Suddenly, there was a dull and intensive roar of machine guns on the Japanese position.
Some bullets whistled and hit the front positions of the Eighth Battalion, and some bunkers were filled with smoke and mud splashed everywhere.
Zhang Zhijian said: "The group seats are long bursts of the [-]-type heavy machine guns. Judging from the formation, there are quite a lot of them.
It must be at least the size of a heavy machine gun brigade! "
As soon as Zhang Zhijian finished speaking, there was the sound of shells piercing through the sky.
shhhhhh...
"Beware of cannons!" Zhang Tianyou and Zhang Zhijian's expressions changed drastically, and they warned each other.
Xu Qingfeng lowered his head slightly, and after the shell exploded, he said, "Don't panic, it's the enemy's mortar and Type [-] infantry artillery.
This is fire suppression used to cover the infantry charge. It looks like they are about to attack! "
As he said that, Xu Qingfeng braved the artillery fire and the devil's heavy machine gun bullets, quietly raised half of his head through the binoculars, and looked out of the position.
At this moment, most of the gunpowder smoke that filled the minefield has dissipated.
Through the binoculars, I saw a large number of devils pouring out in groups from their offensive positions.
One by one, they held bayonets and rushed towards their own position with murderous intent, swarming over each other.
Zhang Tianyou also stood up in the rain of bullets, observed for a while, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Tuan Zuo, the devil is impatient this time, and has dispatched so many troops.
I think there must be at least a thousand people, maybe more. Look behind, there are still devils jumping out of the trenches. "
Xu Qingfeng pondered for a while with a solemn expression, and then immediately told Chen Qifeng: "Afeng, go and call the chief of staff.
Let him dispatch ten mortars from the artillery battalion, carry a batch of napalm bombs, go out to the head of the South Gate, and aim at the enemy's attacking troops for me.
Hit the motherfucker with napalm! "
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng saluted Xu Qingfeng, and immediately led the command and ran to the Eighth Battalion command post behind.
"Others, get ready to fight! Wait for the enemy to approach later, and don't hold back any light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.
Full firepower, hit me hard! "
After Chen Qifeng left, Xu Qingfeng shouted orders to the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion around him.
"Yes!" All the officers and soldiers took orders in unison.
Not long after, Chen Qifeng finished his phone call, left and returned, and ran to Xu Qingfeng with a hurried expression.
Knelt down and reported: "Regimental Commander, the Senator said that the Ninth Battalion was also attacked by enemy tanks and artillery.
They were under a lot of pressure, Battalion Commander Sun asked for artillery support!Let me ask you for instructions. "
"Ask for instructions." When Xu Qingfeng heard that the Ninth Battalion was also attacked, he immediately ordered: "Go and tell Chief of Staff Liang that I'm not here, so he can directly command the battalions of the regiment instead of asking for instructions.
Order Wang Tiezhu to immediately lead another ten Krupp howitzers, and the 37mm anti-aircraft gun, to take there too.
Hurry up to help Xiguan Pass and reinforce the Ninth Battalion! "
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng replied, turned around and ran back the same way.
At this time, the artillery fire used by the devils to cover the attack had already begun to extend.
The heavy machine gun firepower also became sparse, and it was not that the Japanese were reluctant to shoot.
It was because their offensive troops were about to rush to the Eighth Battalion's position.
If you fire violently at this time, you may accidentally injure your own people.
Looking at thousands of Japanese soldiers, they have advanced to less than 200 meters away from themselves.
Xu Qingfeng was about to bring an official rifle, got up and aimed at the leader of the devil, the commander, and raised his hand to shoot.
boom! 200 meters away, the devil major, who was waving a saber and urging his subordinates to charge faster, was shot in the head and fell down.
As soon as the gunshot rang, the officers and soldiers of the eighth battalion and each company on the position opened fire one after another.
Especially the dozens of heavy machine guns and dozens of light machine guns roared almost at the same time.
Dazzling tongues of flame spurted out from secret fire points throughout the position, intersecting to form a dense fire network.
They hit the devil attacking troops head-on, and the first batch of dozens of devil soldiers who rushed to the front were shot and fell down one after another.
But more Japanese soldiers behind them accelerated their charge and fired back at the Eighth Battalion with various weapons.
The devils participating in the attack this time have a full formation.
Two to 3000 people attacked at the same time, and their strength and firepower were far beyond what the devils of the two squadrons could match.
Even though the firepower of the Eighth Battalion was fierce, and they suffered heavy casualties in front of them, the devils who followed up still had a chance to fire back.
As a result, the two sides launched a fierce exchange of fire.
Numerous bullets flew back and forth, and people on both sides kept getting shot and fell down, and the casualty rate began to rise sharply.
At this critical juncture, more than 200 officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion carried ten mortars and more than 300 napalm bombs.
He rushed to the back wall in time, and quickly set up a cannon, firing napalm bombs at the crowd of devils attacking troops.
Boom, boom, boom... The first round of ten napalm bombs, with a harsh whistling sound, fell first into the crowd of Japanese attacking troops.
They exploded one after another, unlike grenades.
After the napalm bomb exploded, it didn't look very powerful.
Except for the devil who was in the middle of the explosion, who was killed on the spot and turned into a burning man.
The other devils were not too violently impacted.
Instead, the flames splashed out, more or less splashing on them.
At first, some Japanese soldiers didn't take it seriously. They instinctively stretched out their hands to pat the flames on themselves, trying to put them out.
But unexpectedly, the more they flapped, the bigger the flames became, and soon their palms and arms were covered.
Panicked, the ghost soldier hurriedly lay down, trying to put out the flames by rolling on the spot.
Unexpectedly, the more they rolled, the bigger the flames became.
Soon the fire spread to their necks, chests, and even their heads. Only then did the ghost soldiers realize the danger.
But it was too late. As the flames spread on their bodies, they were burned in agony, and they kept making all kinds of shrill howls and screams.
Moreover, in the chaos, some devils wanted to ask other companions for help, turning around, rolling around, running and jumping.
He also splashed the flames from his body onto other devils, which quickly triggered a chain reaction.
If you use one sentence to describe the result of being burned by napalm bombs, it is burnt to ashes, and it can only be extinguished after burning everything that can be burned.
Therefore, as long as you are touched by the burning substance in the napalm bomb, you will definitely die. Even if you jump into the water, you will not be able to put it out.
Because as long as there is air, it will continue to burn until it consumes the flesh and clothing of the burned person.
Soon, the artillerymen of the Huben regiment on the wall fired round after round of salvos again.
One after another, napalm bombs, with ear-piercing whistling sounds, fell into the crowd of Japanese soldiers one after another, exploding like flowers everywhere.
More and more devils were hit, turning into one chilling burning man after another.
All kinds of shrill screams can be heard endlessly.
The original fierce offensive momentum was suddenly severely frustrated.
In addition, Xu Qingfeng took the opportunity to command the defenders of the Eighth Battalion on the ground, and shot at them with all their strength.
The Japanese army of the 47th Wing suffered a sharp increase in casualties under this double blow.
Behind the Japanese army, Shiro Inaba and the others who were still watching the battle on the unnamed mountain couldn't help being shocked when they saw this scene.
"Baga? What's going on?"
"Why are so many soldiers on fire?"
"General, it seems that it was caused by the shelling of the Chinese Army."
"Baga, what kind of new weapon is this?"
Inaba Shiro and others were shocked and angry, as a weapon of mass destruction that was only used in large quantities by the US military in 1945 and thrown into Tokyo.
It is naturally impossible for the generals of the Japanese army to know each other now.
However, the situation on the battlefield will not stagnate and ease because of their shock and anger.
As more and more napalm bombs fell into the Japanese army, more and more devils were covered in fire.
Among them was Colonel Masanori Tanigawa of the 47th Regiment, who commanded the attack. This old devil was also caught by the sticky burning substance emitted by a napalm bomb because he could not avoid it.
Soon, the whole person was burned like a burning man, and was burned to death amidst an extremely miserable cry for help.
(End of this chapter)
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