The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

[-]nd Infantry Division defensive position.

The division commander, Chen Erwa, was standing in front of the command post that she had just repaired, holding a binoculars and looking at the direction where the little devil was coming from in the distance. It was already past five o'clock in the afternoon, and in another hour or so, the sky would turn dark Slowly it got dark.

On the blocking position of the Second Infantry Division, nearly [-] infantry regiments were already in place, and the fortifications were completed. The soldiers were patiently waiting for the arrival of the little devil.In the trenches of the fortifications, some soldiers are carefully looking ahead, while some company commanders and platoon leaders are lying in the trenches, holding their binoculars, carefully looking at the front of the road. In the trenches, some veterans are still there beautifully He smoked a cigarette, and chatted with other soldiers next to him in a leisurely manner.

The Second Infantry Division is Zhang Yunfei's old army. There are many veterans in it, and the combat effectiveness is relatively strong. Although the war is coming, everyone seems to be relatively relaxed. Under their influence, the mood gradually calmed down.

Commander Chen Erwa's headquarters is commanding, and through a telescope, he can see very far away. Several defensive positions at the foot of the mountain and halfway up the mountain, as well as the winding road farther away, can be seen clearly. [

At the far end of the road, little devils began to appear. More than a dozen little devil trucks were at the head, and every big truck was full of little devils. Behind these big trucks, there were many little devils running. Keep up, it seems that the vanguard of the little devil has finally arrived.

The vanguard of the little devil is a field infantry regiment of the 4th division of the little devil.The peloton behind.Within an hour, they will arrive here one after another, and the other two divisions of the little devil will also arrive here one after another in two or three hours.

Little Devil's 4th Division is one of Little Devil's 17 permanent divisions. The 4th Division, also known as the Osaka Division or "Seller Division", is Little Devil's Army A Division.Although it is a permanent division, the actual combat capability of the 4th Division is not high.

The 4th Division has about 2 people, 4 regiments under its jurisdiction, and standard first-class equipment. It can be called the "elite" of the Japanese army.It didn't take long, however. The reputation of "cowardly" spread throughout the Japanese army.In particular, the core unit of the 4th Division, the Eighth Regiment, was nicknamed "The 8th Regiment that is not afraid of defeat" because of its repeated defeats in the Russo-Japanese War.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the 4th Division moved to various parts of North China.Participated in large-scale battles such as the Battle of Xuzhou, but it is also "famous" in China. Many squadrons have heard of it. In the hearts of the squadron, the 4th Division of the Japanese Army is a "very strange force." , As long as the 4th Division participates, many battles that could have been won will also be lost.

As early as during the "Battle of Xuzhou", the squadron encountered this "strange Japanese army".

At that time, facing the encirclement of the Japanese army.Li Zongren commanded an army of 40 to cleverly jump out of the encirclement of the Japanese army.After breaking through the siege, the squadron was exhausted, lost a lot of heavy equipment, and its combat effectiveness dropped sharply.While crossing a highway on the border between Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui, I noticed a well-equipped advancing Japanese army suddenly appearing on the road ahead. mountains.

The strange thing is that after a long time, no Japanese army came after them. The commander of the squadron was surprised and sent someone to inquire, but found that the Japanese army had no intention of pursuing them at all.On the contrary, they also cooked food in a grand manner on both sides of the road.This "strange Japanese army" is the southward detachment of the Fourth Division.

Since they had just jumped out of the siege of the Japanese army and the situation was still very dangerous, the Chinese squadron had no choice but to make up their minds and cross the road.It turned out to be a safe journey.Afterwards, the captain of the southward Japanese army detachment cited "strict observance of combat discipline" as an excuse.He plausibly explained to his superiors: "I have not received an order to intercept the squadron."

When the news reached the squadron, the saying "Japanese soldiers in Osaka can't fight" spread.In every battle, when the squadron hears that the opponent is the "Osaka Division", their morale often increases and they rush to fight the 4th Division. (To be picky is always a universal truth.) The 4th Division, which had just arrived at the front line, was caught off guard and suffered several useless defeats one after another, and even implicated friendly troops, so that the friendly troops sent the 4th Division The No. 11 Army Command where the regiment is located complained: "With the 4th Division participating in the battle, the battle that could have been won will also be lost, because the morale of the enemy army has been greatly boosted..."

The current division commander of the 4th Division is Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengwen, and there are four field infantry regiments, the 8th, 37th, 61st, and 70th, in addition to a mountain artillery regiment, an engineer regiment, and a baggage regiment. Soldiers, etc.

Master Chen, standing in front of the headquarters, saw a large number of Japanese troops appearing a few kilometers away, and immediately ordered: "Notify all troops, the vanguard of the little devils is less than five kilometers away from us, and everyone should prepare for battle immediately."

On the first forward position of the 2000nd Infantry Division, the [-]nd Regiment of the [-]st Infantry Brigade was stationed here. There were more than [-] soldiers in the [-]nd Regiment. After receiving the order to prepare for battle, many veterans stopped chatting and smoking. He entered the combat position with a serious expression, and focused on the road hundreds of meters ahead.

The vanguard of the little devil is the 4th Regiment of the 8th Division, which has the nickname "Being Not Afraid". The little devil also found that there are many fortifications on both sides of the road ahead, on more than a dozen hills, and many Chinese soldiers are there. .

The commander of the 8th Regiment of Little Devil ordered the troops to stop less than two kilometers before the position of the Second Infantry Division, spread out into a battle formation, prepared to attack, and reported the situation to his division commander, Fengwen Yamashita.

The little devil is also in a hurry now and is eager to reinforce Guisui. Therefore, Yamashita Fufumi immediately issued an order to the 8th Wing to attack with all its strength, trying to knock down the Chinese squadron's defensive position in one fell swoop.

The more than 2000 soldiers of the Second Regiment are located at the forefront of the entire position. On two small hills on both sides of the road, each hill is not high. The road from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain is less than 400 meters away. On a small hill, the soldiers built several lines of defense at the foot of the mountain, on the side of the mountain, and even on the top of the mountain, and dug a few long trenches.

At the foot of the mountain on both sides of the road, several trenches were excavated less than 100 meters away from the road. A large number of soldiers have set up their guns and carefully aimed at the front. In the trenches, many 60mm mortars have been erected up.

The little devil's two infantry brigades, more than 800 people, stretched out an offensive formation several hundred meters wide along the road and the flat ground on both sides of the road. They are slowly approaching, and they are less than [-] meters away from the soldiers' position. [

Seeing that the little devil threw so many troops into the attack at once, the head of the Second Infantry Regiment looked solemn, thinking to himself, the little devil even avoided the usual probing attacks, it seems that the comer is not good.

In addition to throwing a lot of troops into the attack, the little devil's mountain artillery squadron, eight 8mm caliber Type 70 infantry guns, are also ready to fire to cooperate with the infantry's attack.

The soldiers of the second regiment were concentrating on watching the little devil in the distance, and suddenly heard the sound of the little devil's Type [-] infantry gun firing in the distance, and then heard a lot of sharp whistling sounds from the sky, many soldiers Knowing that the artillerymen of the little devils started shelling, the experienced soldiers immediately hid in the trenches, not even bothering to show their heads, anyway, the infantry attacked by the little devils was still far away.

Master Chen, who was watching the battle on the top of the mountain in the distance, saw that the little devils came up with artillery bombardment and attacked in a big way. Judging from this posture, these little devils received an order to die, and they definitely wanted to break through their defense area at all costs.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Chen Erwa's mouth, and she thought to herself, the little devil dares to show off his power with a few small cannons, doesn't he know that he has a 105mm howitzer regiment?The commander of this little devil's army must have had his head flooded. No wonder everyone privately said that the 4th little devil's division is a strange Japanese army.

"Order the artillery regiment to knock out the little devil's small cannons."

The soldiers of the Second Regiment hid in the trenches for less than 2 minutes when they heard a familiar sharp whistling sound in their ears. This was the sound of the 105mm howitzer shells of their own artillery regiment flying in the sky.

Quite a few soldiers, risking being bombarded by the little devil's 500-type infantry artillery, sneaked out their heads from the trenches, and saw that the attacking little devil's infantry was only about 2000 meters away from their position. The shells flew towards the Little Devils artillery position nearly [-] meters away.

I saw a violent explosion of "Boom, Boom, Boom" sounding in the little devil's artillery position. The little devil's artillery position was filled with mud and smoke, and some company platoon leaders with binoculars also saw a door. The little devil's [-]-type infantry gun was blown apart and blown up, and a large number of little devils were also abandoned by the air waves generated by the explosion, flying several meters high.

The artillery regiment's shelling lasted only about 1 minute, and hundreds of 105mm howitzer shells were fired at the artillery positions of the little devils. The little devils artillery squadron, which was still showing off its might just now, immediately wiped out more than 200 little devils. On the artillery positions of the little devils, there were only big pits and many broken limbs and arms of the little devils.

The captain of the little devil, seeing that his artillery squadron was suddenly knocked out by the squadron, was so angry that his face was livid, and he immediately ordered his troops in a panic, and the two infantry brigades that were advancing with cats on their backs rushed to attack.

The soldiers of the second regiment saw that the artillery position of the little devil was destroyed, and the sky returned to silence. Many soldiers shook the dirt on their bodies, lying in the trench, waiting for the little devil in the distance with their guns Into the "shooting" range.

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