Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1180

Zhao Daqiang's first company's attack on the Japanese city wall was actually not a rapid advance of the whole company, but one infantry platoon in front, one infantry platoon in the back, and the firepower platoon hanging at the end.

Because they did not use the skirmisher line most commonly used by the national army to charge forward, but the 200-meter battle line was too narrow for them to put down two infantry platoons.

An infantry platoon has three infantry squads, one slightly in front, one slightly behind, and the other behind the side. A large triangle is formed between the three squads.

Each infantry of an infantry squad advances staggeredly at a distance of 3 to 5 meters. If you look down from the sky, you can clearly see the advancing formation of an infantry squad. From the front, it looks like an inverted triangle, with one triangle on the left and three on the left. The triangles form a large triangle, with the distance between each point about 30 meters and the margins kept at a 45o tilt.

Three infantry squads form a large triangle, and so on, three platoons, three companies, or even three battalions.

In the middle of the battle triangle formed by the infantry squad, the squad leader holding a submachine gun is in a straight line with the squad's light machine gun group and rifle grenade group.

The four-row regiment, which has been equipped with Czech semi-automatic rifles, has fully reached the equipment level of American cowboys on the Pacific battlefield.

The first attack triangle consists of a squad deputy carrying an MP28 submachine gun and two infantrymen armed with bolt-action single-shot rifles. He is flanked by two infantrymen armed with semi-automatic rifles, led by a precision shooter carrying a Moganshina rifle. infantry, while on the other flank was a veteran armed with a semi-automatic rifle and two infantry armed with bolt-action single-shot rifles.

Nine infantrymen can spit more than 120 rounds of bullets at the enemy within 30 seconds under attack status, which is almost equivalent to the firepower that two Japanese squadrons can pour out, and this is only auxiliary firepower.

The sharpest parts of the entire infantry squad are the squad light machine gun and another MP28 submachine gun located in the center of the three triangles. In 30 seconds, the light machine gun and MP28 submachine gun can fire more than 150 rounds of bullets. Just from the bullets fired. On the other hand, an infantry squad can fire nearly 300 rounds of ammunition in 30 seconds of attack.

On the other hand, a Japanese infantry squad of 54 people, with two light machine guns and more than 40 infantrymen, fired a total of no more than 400 bullets in 30 seconds. If it were a small team with the same number of people as the infantry squad of the Fourth Line Regiment, it would be impossible to know where it would be killed instantly.

Rifle grenades are also a very important killing weapon for infantry. Although the range is slightly shorter, its direct aiming range of more than 300 meters is enough to ensure that the infantry squad can destroy the civil fortifications in front of the infantry squad during the advance of the attack.

This is Tang Dao's improved three-three system based on the current equipment structure of the four-line regiment. Its core not only maintains the flexibility and multi-layered nature of the original three-three tactics, but also ensures the core of the team's firepower. All offense and defense are centered around The light machine gun and rifle grenade firepower group was the central point. It seemed somewhat similar to the machine gun squad tactics of the German Empire at this time, but it maintained more of the flexibility of the infantry.

This kind of offensive and defensive formation with clear firepower distribution and mutual assistance does not have the shortcomings of difficulty in using firepower when skirmishers advance in multiple layers, which is widely used in the West. What is particularly important is that each combat group is kept at a reasonable distance. This avoids the problem of excessive losses when encountering artillery fire coverage.

According to calculations, a Japanese 90mm mortar shell falling into the attack formation can only cause 1 casualty, and a 105mm howitzer shell falling into the attack formation can only knock out 2 groups at most. Even if it encounters the most terrifying machine gun side fire, it will There will be no casualties for more than two groups, whereas under the same circumstances in an ordinary line, there will be dozens of casualties.

Because the core firepower group of this tactic has always been kept in the center of the three triangles, unless it is suddenly hit by three to four consecutive 75mm caliber artillery shells, the machine gunner or rifle grenade group can always be retained, so that the team can be restored after the team is reduced in number. The firepower will not be completely extinguished.

Of course, this calculation of casualties is based on heavy Japanese artillery fire. At this moment, the biggest role of the three-three formation is not to prevent casualties, but to maximize firepower.

In addition to the dozen light and heavy machine guns on the two wings that avoided their advancing figures and the rifle firepower of more than a hundred infantrymen, even if they were advancing in a surprise attack, the two infantry platoons and six infantry squads dispatched by Zhao Daqiang had a decent frontal firepower. Japanese infantry squadron.

What's more, it is still unknown whether the Japanese army has an infantry squadron that can fight back.

In any case, the number of soldiers who fell during the assault was never more than ten.

For the assault troops charging against the city fortifications, the casualties were extremely low.

As the infantry platoon advanced, there were also medical soldiers. They dragged the fallen soldiers and hid them in whatever bunkers they could find in the field, and then rescued them as soon as possible.

Looking for brothers who are still alive among the fallen bodies of the brothers they have been with day and night is also a difficult choice for all medical soldiers, and it is also a huge psychological test for them.

Medical soldiers also have wartime regulations. Their priority in rescuing soldiers must not be those whose vitals have been shot. Although this is cruel, this is a battlefield. Sacrifice is inevitable, and what they have to do is to ensure that all the soldiers who are still alive continue to live, rather than showing sadness in the face of death.

If you want to have the right to be sad, you have to wait until you win this **** war started by the Japanese.

Not only do they have to bear the huge psychological pressure of choosing to rescue their comrades, they also have to face a hail of bullets and the threat of their own death.

But on the battlefield, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Line Regiment also protected them the most closely. Medical soldiers are the first lifeline for all officers and soldiers. Once they are shot, it depends on their ability whether they can survive to the field hospital for rescue.

Advance in the face of the enemy's bullets, try your best to shoot the bullets in the barrel of your gun, but whether you can survive after being shot depends on God's face, and the rest depends on whether the medical soldiers are strong enough.

In fact, the Chinese soldiers were brave enough to advance in the rain of bullets amidst the ruins of the city wall that was completely shattered by explosives, but the Japanese army was by no means a fool, even if the 20mm machine gun washed the ground and pinned people to the sandbag fortifications Even though they were beaten into pieces, they still fought back.

Machine guns and rifles keep shooting from places you expect and don't expect. In the night, they are like meteors that keep flashing, bringing with them a strong smell of death.

The fighting will of the Japanese veterans in the early days of the war cannot be ignored.

Within ten minutes, when the infantry companies and infantry platoons that had completely suppressed the Japanese firepower entered the city wall through the open space and began to clear out the Japanese troops hiding on and behind the city wall, the Japanese troops who were attacked on two or even three sides were no longer able to resist, and the entire defense line collapsed completely. .

They were either shot dead by automatic and semi-automatic firearms on the escape route when they abandoned their defenses and turned around, or were killed by mortar shells or grenades in the burning fortifications.

During the whole process, the Japanese army had no artillery support. As long as there was one cannon, the number of officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment who fell on the battlefield would have been several times as many as now.

Fortunately, Saburo Okabe was too confident. Before the war, when he gathered three and a half divisions to encircle China's Jindong Army, he never thought that one day the Chinese would not only defeat his encirclement, but also turn back and hit him directly. The frontline baggage base.

The Japanese battle along the entire West Gate Defense Line only lasted less than 20 minutes after the city wall was blown open by explosives. The fighting spirit of nearly a hundred Japanese troops completely collapsed and they fled into the city along the paths in the residential areas.

Since the Four Lines Regiment has been in a defensive posture after acquiring a mechanic equipment, this is also the first time that the Four Lines Regiment has fully displayed their fangs in an attack state.

As soon as the fangs came out, they tore the Japanese apart until blood splattered everywhere.

I can only say that these Japanese people are unlucky.

But the Japanese were even more unlucky than them. A Japanese infantry squadron that was ordered to reinforce Xicheng happened to run into the muzzle of Cai Yongguan's gun who had already entered the city.

Cai Yongguan was originally angry when he didn't catch the main attacker. There were many alleys in the city, and it was difficult to chase the Japanese thieves. Faced with the suicidal tactics of the Japanese, how could he let it go?

The pouring rain of bullets made the Japanese second-line soldiers doubt their lives. When did the Chinese firepower become so fierce? When Cai Yongguan also deployed the 12.7mm heavy machine gun, the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the brick wall were also hit by terrible heavy machine gun bullets. After wearing it, the baggage soldiers, who were completely stunned, no longer persisted and turned around and ran away.

Since then, Xicheng has been destroyed!

Including the defeated Japanese reinforcements, more than 600 Japanese troops were killed in the West City Gate area, and the remaining more than 100 defeated troops fled into the city!

The victory message sent by the Fourth Line Regiment to all the siege units was at the 38th minute after the bombardment started, that is, the 28th minute after the infantry began to attack. The main force of the two infantry battalions all entered the Shimen City area. It was not until Tang Dao ordered the launch of the general attack. Less than an hour.

This good news not only stunned Katori Kawada who received the news of the loss of the Xicheng position, but also the nearly 10,000 regiment commanders of the Chinese army who participated in the siege were also stunned. There were nearly 700 Japanese troops. Although they did not have a few artillery supports, they at least had a complete defense system. Even if the city wall was blown open for unknown reasons, it would not be able to withstand it for even half an hour!

“Captain, I will lead the charge personally, give me half an hour!” Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang dumbfounded with the message, the first battalion commander, whose face was already the color of gunpowder smoke, gritted his teeth and said.

“What a stupid charge!” Wang Xiaoqiang woke up from the shock and glared at the commander of his sharp knife battalion. "Order the forward offensive to slow down for me. The supporting firepower from the flanks of the Four Lines Regiment will arrive in 30 minutes at the latest. As soon as they arrive, the Japanese here will collapse!"

"Then why don't you order a drink? With Commander Tang's drinking capacity, how little military pay do you have?"

"If we can save a few brothers from dying, let alone inviting Tang Dao to drink, what if we invite the whole Four Elements Group to have a big drink?" Wang Xiaoqiang did not feel bitter at all because he lost the bet, but instead Looking into the distance with a smile. "Besides, the kid's baggage warehouse supports the wine money! I'm not panicking, so why are you panicking?"

The 772nd Regiment's offensive did not increase as the Four Lines Regiment entered the city, but everyone knew that it was only short-lived. It won't be long before the Japanese defensive positions in the Three Cities area will collapse like Donomies. All!

The two infantry battalions of the Second Brigade of the Public Security Army located in Dongcheng faced the three infantry regiments of the 17th Division, but they were different from the Japanese defense positions. They suffered almost all artillery fire, and even the infantry of the 17th Division were not visible. Haven't seen it yet.

It wasn't until the sound of blazing gunfire began to ring out in the city that the two infantry battalions, which had been half disabled by the artillery fire, realized that the army on the opposite side had already entered the city, and the reinforcements promised by the brigade commander had not yet arrived. They were abandoned.

Nearly 600 remaining puppet troops, whose mentality had collapsed, took the risk and raised a white flag at the top of the city!

The 17th Division was also the only unit that did not suffer any casualties in the siege, but only spent some shells and bullets. This was also a special benefit that Tang Dao reserved for the 17th Division.

Although the two puppet infantry battalions have more than 1,200 people, they will not cause much trouble to the 17th Division in terms of fighting spirit or weapons and equipment.

After all, the 17th Division suffered heavy casualties during the week when it carried the Japanese 39th Infantry Brigade alone in Fululing.

But Tang Dao didn't expect that the unit was cowed as soon as it was beaten by artillery shells. Without firing a single shot, they surrendered collectively in the 70th minute after the siege.

The three gates of Shimen's "west, east, and south" were opened one after another within 90 minutes after the launch of Tang Dao's general attack. Their collapse speed ranked among the top three in the entire history of the Great Patriotic War.

Tang Dao gave Zhao Daqiang's first company the main task of attacking the city, but he did not favor one company over another. The next order was for the first company to assist the 772 regiment at the south gate to defeat the stubborn enemy invaders. Qian Dazhu's fourth company from the second battalion went towards the train station. , while the Second Battalion Wei Donglai's Second Company joined the Second Battalion Cai Yongguan's Fifth Company to attack the Japanese headquarters in Shimen City and eliminate all enemies on the way.

The reconnaissance company had at least three firepower groups and two infantry companies converging with the main force, leading the way while killing Japanese troops who dared to resist on the march.

Two infantry companies who were officers of the Sichuan Army and had the title of Iron Company advanced towards the Japanese headquarters with almost overwhelming force.

That was the 20th Division Headquarters of Saburo Kawagishi who once commanded Shimen!

Although the anxious Kawada Xiang dispatched most of the reserves on hand, he never neglected the protection of the headquarters.

Nearly 200 people guarded various key points, including heavy machine guns, light machine guns and two 90mm mortars. Cai Yongguan, who was the first to arrive, did not blindly fight after a tentative attack. After testing out several important firepower points of the Japanese army, he used the radio to notify the enemy. The rear still stayed in the artillery camp outside the city. Four Bofors Mountain guns fired under the guidance of the artillery observers who advanced with the infantry.

This time, it was very bad for the Japanese army who tried to resist with buildings and fortifications.

The 90-caliber mortar has excellent performance and can provide sufficient artillery support to the frontline infantry. However, that does not mean that it can shoot against mountain artillery 5,000 meters away! With a range of more than 2,000 meters, you can't even touch people's sides, okay?

Others can hit you, but you cannot hit others, and the only result will be a beating.

Intelligence has long shown that in order to ensure absolute safety, after the Japanese army entered the city, they drove away all the Chinese residents living in the 500-meter area around the 20th Division Regiment Headquarters, and even demolished all the houses 50 meters away.

Wouldn't this relieve the artillerymen of an unknown amount of psychological burden? The four Bofors Mountain Cannons can be fired without any scruples.

By the time the two Japanese infantry guns were set up on the roof of the building 800 meters away and shelling all the targets that could be attacked by the Japanese command post, the Japanese troops hiding inside could be said to have been beaten to tears.

Each fortification that could withstand heavy machine gun fire was blown into parts flying in the sky under the ravages of infantry artillery and mountain artillery, including human bodies hiding in them.

Most of them, without even firing a shot, were blown into a pile of minced meat by the shells.

It was not that the two 90-guns didn't try to fight back, but after being chased and bombarded by four mountain cannons with a crazy burst of twenty rounds, the two 90-guns completely stopped.

War is also a part of life. If you can't resist it, then enjoy it! Even if all you enjoy is despair.

At this moment, the remaining Japanese soldiers finally realized how they felt when they faced the Chinese soldiers who could only be covered by their artillery fire on the North China battlefield. It was probably the same as their extremely desperate mood at this time.

No matter how strong the fortress is, it is still fragile in the face of the ravages of artillery fire.

A tough will can of course form another tough line of defense, but the first line of defense is built with life!

Just like the Songhu city of the past, facing the Japanese invaders' aircraft and cannons, they fought fiercely for three months, and the whole of China paid the price of 300,000 officers and soldiers dying in battle.

The Japanese troops under the artillery fire obviously wanted to do the same. They howled and struggled under the artillery fire, but still did not give up resistance.

They poked out the Type 38 rifles from the ruins, which had a pitifully slow rate of fire in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Row Regiment, and launched a counterattack at the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Row Regiment who started to hunch forward from 400 meters away. Then, not far away, they 60 fell silent again under the bombardment of mortars.

Although it is a confrontation between two armies, from a military point of view, this is a group of opponents worthy of respect. However, for such an opponent to stand so stubbornly on someone else's land, their energy seems to be in the wrong place. For such a tenacious and somewhat terrifying enemy, what the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Line Regiment did was to destroy them with more ferocious firepower.

The more such enemies die, the less harm they will do to their motherland.

The infantry responded with bullets to the enemy's stubborn resistance, and the artillery used precise shelling to destroy the Japanese army's last will to resist bit by bit.

All the fortifications up to the outer perimeter were cleared.

Listening to the increasingly clear sound of gunfire outside, Major Kawada Katori, who had already turned pale, picked up the phone and issued an order for the entire army to break out of the encirclement and blow up the baggage warehouse.

As for how many subordinates could receive his orders, he no longer cared about that many. He had already done everything a commander should do.

The communications in Shimen City had already been damaged by one-third when the war started. Until now, only 10% of them are still connected, which is considered lucky.

A clear gunshot seems so insignificant on the battlefield with the roar of guns and artillery!

When Cai Yongguan stepped into the Japanese headquarters in Shimen City, he tore off the major collar insignia from the still warm corpse under the identification of the Japanese prisoners of war, and threw it to the signal corps with disdain: "The Japanese are stupid, all the Japanese are dead." Really? The commander of such a big city is actually a small lieutenant."

Wei Donglai: Your son is a captain, okay?

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