Jagged Warlord

"Damn it, it took three to ten minutes to prepare for artillery fire." Ge Yuanxi wiped the mud off his face, "Do you want to prove their determination to take down our position today?"

Ge Yuanxi quickly ran along the waist of the position to inspect the situation, and shouted as he ran: "Get ready, brothers! This may be the last attack by the little Japanese today. They are all fucking standing and peeing, and behind them are millions of Shandong. Elders, don't let them poke our men's backs. Listen to my order... wait for the little Japanese to get close before hitting."

Xiao Wenlong came to the front from the command post at the rear again. He observed the crater after the explosion of the Japanese artillery shells. Judging from the size of the crater, the Japanese army was equipped with many large-caliber artillery of more than 100mm.However, judging from the density of the crater, the number of such large-caliber artillery is not much, and the artillery positions of the Japanese army on the opposite side should also be dominated by 75mm caliber field artillery or mountain artillery.

The Japanese began to rush forward like crazy, and fired with full firepower, but there was still no effect. The Japanese army fell down a row and made up another row. Gradually, the Japanese forward was getting closer and closer to the forward position.

The Volunteer Army was the first unit under Li Mohan's command to be equipped with a field phone system, and the crank phone was equipped to the company level.Seeing that Little Japan was charging fiercely, Xiao Wenlong immediately returned to the command post, quickly shook the crank a few times, grabbed the phone and shouted: "Get me the artillery regiment."

According to Li Mohan's principle of centralized use of artillery, Xiao Wenlong gathered all the cannons to form an artillery regiment directly under the brigade headquarters, with 86 75mm Krupp mountain guns.Although the caliber is small, the advantage lies in the large number. The 86 mountain cannons fired together, and for a while it was quite overwhelming and the earth was shaking.

The thunderous cannons tore through the dull world, and clusters of white smoke and orange-red flames immediately appeared on the artillery positions.The sound arrived a little later, and it was an impenetrable loud noise, with shells piercing the air and screaming.The movement was indescribable, as if the entire sky was a big drum, and countless sledgehammers kept beating and knocking on it, shaking the gunners' ears tight and painful, and the ground under their feet was shaking rapidly.

The shrapnel that rained down accurately fell on the crowd, cutting down a large area like cutting leeks.After a shell fell and left a few corpses, the active crowd quickly dispersed, and then another shell fell, and after a few more deaths, the scattered crowd gathered together again... like a swarm of wasps Gathering and parting together, but there are fewer and fewer people who can move.

The artillery units of the Volunteer Army fired shrapnel shells. Although the range was short, they were very lethal to cluster targets.In addition, the frontline troops of the Volunteer Army were equipped with a large number of mortars, grenades, and light and heavy machine guns. The powerful firepower output literally beat back the Japanese army who shouted "on board".

The Japanese army immediately responded with another burst of shelling against the volunteers' positions.

In the evening, Xiao Wenlong convened a meeting with the heads and staff of the [-] regiment.Xiao Wenlong's summary of today's battle is "kill one thousand enemies, and self-damage eight hundred", which did not achieve his goal.Xiao Wenlong said: "Our minimum goal is to regain Jinan, but we have been fighting in the suburbs of Jinan for two days, and we have not made any progress."

Wang Wenxing, the head of the second regiment, said: "I think we didn't take the initiative to attack, and we have already lost the initiative."

Xiao Wenlong said: "Don't bring up this question again, but the matter now needs a solution."

Staff officer Song Shun said: "I have a suggestion. We send surprise troops to the flank of the Japanese army, kill their artillery, and open the way for the infantry."

Ge Yuanxi said: "Is this too risky?"

Xiao Wenlong thought for a while and said, "I also think the plan is a bit risky. It's not helpful to send too few soldiers through the enemy's rear, but it's easy to reveal whereabouts if you send too many."

Song Shun said: "I am from Jinan Prefecture, and I am very familiar with the surrounding terrain." After that, Song Shun pointed to the map and said: "There is a place called Dangxiangji in the northeast of Beitou Mountain, and there is a small road there that can bypass the Japanese army. The defensive line of the Japanese army surrounded the area from the flanks, and Mangzipo was less than three miles away. According to my calculations, the Japanese artillery positions are located in that area."

The third regiment leader Xingfu asked: "Even if you touched the Japanese artillery position, how did you come back?"

Song Shun said: "I only need a company of men and horses. After touching the artillery of Little Japan, we immediately retreat eastward from Sanchagou."

A mess. Ge Yuanxi smiled and said, "Song Officer, what did you do when you were young? Why are you so familiar with this small road and small ditch."

Song Shun smiled and said, "Secret."

Xiao Wenlong thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll give you a company and a light machine gun platoon. Remember, no matter whether you can win or not, you must fight quickly, fight quickly and close quickly, and you must not love to fight."

"Yes." Song Shun saluted

Song Shun set off overnight with his interspersed troops. In order to cooperate with the interspersed troops, Xiao Wenlong ordered the first, second and third regiments to attack the Japanese army with all their strength.The first and second infantry regiments of the Qingdao garrison on the opposite side also counterattacked with all their strength.

Volunteer soldiers first bombarded the Japanese positions with mortars and grenades, and then the commandos hung light machine guns around their necks and fired at their waists while sprinting. Dozens of light machine guns fired at the same time, forming a dense formation. The Japanese military fortifications were hit with smoke and dust under the dense rain of bullets.However, the surviving Japanese soldiers after the explosion regained their toughness. They howled and fought back without fear, and the [-]-type rifles were still accurate and ruthless.

The commandos kept falling, and the backup shooters behind quickly made up for them, grabbed their machine guns and continued to charge.The two sides were red-eyed. Some Japanese soldiers were so aggressive that they jumped out of the fortifications with their bayonets in their hands to countercharge against the rain of bullets, but they were instantly beaten into honeycombs. The volunteer soldiers almost attacked Entered the Japanese army's position, but was driven out by the brave Japanese army.

Xiao Wenlong was terrified watching from behind, no wonder the old men couldn't beat the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese War, no wonder Yuan Shikai didn't dare to use his old Beiyang Army to fight the Japanese.Fortunately, this was just a diversionary feint. Xiao Wenlong immediately ordered to stop the attack and use cannons to attack.

Let's talk about Song Shun Song's staff who is in charge of interspersing.

Song Shun himself is familiar with the terrain, but most of the soldiers under Naihe are from Henan, and most of them grew up in the eastern Henan plain, so they are not used to walking on mountain roads, let alone mountain trails at night.As a result, seven or eight soldiers in a row fell down the mountain stream and lost several light machine guns.

Song Shun had no choice but to slow down the marching speed.

Finally, at dawn, Song Shun and his team crossed the Dang Township Ji Xiaolu and came to an open area.The reconnaissance team that had been scattered came back and reported that there was a village in front of it. There was thick smoke billowing in the village, and it seemed that Japanese soldiers could still be seen vaguely. The village seemed to have been ransacked.Song Shun ordered the troops to disperse and approach the village in a semicircle, while he sneaked in with a squad of soldiers.

There are broken and collapsed courtyard walls everywhere in the village, broken stones, bricks and thatch are scattered in the stagnant water, and it is a mess after being trampled on, which is very disgusting.The closer to the village, the stronger the smell of blood. Song Shun led the soldiers to the gate of the outermost courtyard. Looking sideways, he saw only two corpses lying in the courtyard, both of which were separated.The stone mill in the yard was also covered with a thick layer of meat paste, and the blood dripped on the ground, and the blood mixed with the rainwater merged into a stream.

The man's heavy panting and the woman's painful groans came from the thatched hut. After a while, the sound stopped, and a Japanese soldier with his chest open, a gun in one hand, and his trousers in the other came out of the house.Maybe the Japanese soldier was still thinking about it, and he didn't notice a group of people squatting outside the low courtyard wall.

As soon as he walked out of the courtyard, a big hand stretched out from behind to cover his mouth, and two more hands grabbed his ankle and pulled it hard, the Japanese soldier fell to the ground with an unstable center of gravity.Before he could react, he felt a chill in his back, and a dagger stabbed deeply.

"Beast." Song Shun stabbed the Japanese soldier in the back a few more times in a puzzled manner.

bang bang

Gunshots rang out from the northwest of the village

"It was the brothers from Squad 4 who exchanged fire with someone."