Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1254

Tang Dao received Leng Feng's battle report message in the afternoon of the same day. Naturally, he was extremely satisfied with the results of the battle and ordered Leng Feng's troops not to rush to the Zhongtiao Mountain battle area for the time being.

The main force of the Four Lines Regiment has been exposed as a surprise force, and has lost the effect of a surprise force. It is better to operate near Shunwangping, so that the Japanese army has to draw out its troops to guard its own retreat, lest Leng Feng's troops steal the retreat.

In fact, this was also the case. After receiving the order from the Kunisaki detachment to retreat to Shunwangping, the Japanese army immediately mobilized its troops. An infantry brigade of the 3rd Division, which had been hidden by Itagaki Shiro, was divided into several places to firmly guard the road leading to Traffic arteries on the front line.

If this infantry brigade is put into the battlefield, it will undoubtedly increase the pressure on the front line.

In other words, although Leng Feng's troops only fought one battle, they repelled a main infantry brigade of the Fifth Division and contained an infantry brigade. Even though they failed to achieve greater results, it was equivalent to defeating the Japanese army. An infantry division also almost perfectly achieved the strategy of traveling hundreds of miles to Zhongtiao Mountain.

But this is still not enough for the Zhongtiao Mountain War Zone at this time.

Tang Dao's face, who had just returned to his own defense area, quickly turned gloomy. The joy of negotiating an agreement with the 4th Division's West Turbulence Detachment and the Leng Feng Department repelling the Kunisaki Detachment disappeared in an instant.

There was a big flaw in the defense line.

The Japanese army is powerful for one thing, but more importantly, China has produced "pig teammates" on its side!

Because its main position of the Fifth Group Army was too close to the Japanese lines of communication, the Japanese army could fully utilize its heavy firepower advantage, so forget it. What is incredible is that its army headquarters actually sent the 43rd Army, the weakest under its command, to Henggao Avenue. Put the 12th strongest army under his command in front of Tangwang Mountain, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

What is this for? A discerning person can tell at a glance that they want to preserve their strength.

It was just selfishness, but what was even more fatal was that they actually ignored the gap between the 4th Army and the 4th Army. As a result, a Japanese troop bypassed the frontal defense line of its 12th Army and entered the Zhongtiao Mountain Defense Area with an unknown strength. .

　　'Depth and roundabout penetration', this tactic instantly appeared in Tang Dao's mind.

Although the Japanese often have rigid tactics, that is because they have strong enough heavy firepower to support them, and they can be reckless. But once they encounter a tough nut, their heads are also very practical.

Tang Dao really wanted to send troops to block the gap immediately, but unfortunately he had not only reached an agreement with Daxiong Yunsuke, the two sides would stage a rivalry show on this battlefield, and agreed that neither side could send troops to reinforce other positions, otherwise it would be Take the initiative to break the agreement.

This is inevitable. Ten thousand against five thousand will be "inextricable". If Sizhou Mountain can mobilize troops to reinforce other places, the West Tuo detachment will not be able to explain to the higher ups at all. Even if there is gold and silver, I am afraid The brain doesn't matter either.

Of course, the more important thing is that Tang Dao does not trust Daxiong Yunsuke.

Although the two sides seemed to be saying hello, me, hello, everyone at noon, if their nationalities were put aside, they almost became brothers who burned yellow paper, but Tang Dao actually always harbored feelings for that "Majin Buu" Great caution.

A person who can even sell out national interests has an extremely low bottom line!

Everyone and everything has only value in his eyes. If he knows that the opposing defense line is insufficient in troops, it is not impossible to tear up the so-called verbal agreement and devour the opponent in one go to gain military exploits.

Even the Chinese's secret negotiations will be boasted as 'tactical deception'.

The 4th Division is by no means as unbearable as joked in unofficial histories. Its combat effectiveness may not be as good as that of the 5th Division, but it will definitely not be weaker than veteran divisions such as the 3rd Division and the 6th Division.

Tang Dao's worries were not without reason.

Itagaki Shiro suddenly increased his troops at 3:00 pm on January 10. The center attack group led by Nakamura Masao originally consisted of two detachments and an infantry regiment of nearly 30,000 people. By the evening, it had reached nearly 40,000 people. The number of troops was almost the same as that of the The 4th Army Group plus Tang Dao Department were even.

That was an infantry brigade of more than 7,600 people from the 105th Division that had been staying on the outskirts of Yuncheng. Although it was not the last trump card in Shiro Itagaki's hand, it also showed that after the defeat of the Kunisaki detachment, Shiro Itagaki, who was furious, finally took out his own Ninety percent strength.

Nearly all of the Fifth Division went into battle.

The bad news came soon after. At the suggestion of Masao Nakamura, the supreme commander of the Japanese middle attack group, the infantry brigade of the 105th Division replaced the West Burst Detachment of the 4th Division to continue attacking the Sizhou Mountain defense line.

The reason is that Major General Okuma Konosuke of the Western Bulge Detachment has been shouting that his troops suffered heavy losses in the two days of fighting and need to rest and recuperate. Even if Okuma Konosuke didn't want to, he couldn't swallow what he said himself.

However, Daxiong Yunsuke probably still thought about the treasure of 'penicillin', so before changing defenses at night, he still sent a message to Tang Dao in the way he and Tang Dao made an appointment.

That means that the more than 5,000 officers and soldiers under Tang Dao will face a full infantry brigade, and they are also direct troops under the command of Itagaki Shiro. The pressure is not ordinary.

Let alone sending troops to block the gap, even with Tang Dao's ability, being able to hold this line of defense with new soldiers and heavy supplies would be the greatest success.

Tang Dao knew that asking for help from the white-haired general of the 38th Army at this time would only cause chaos for him.

When the Japanese army broke through the middle defense line of the 5th Army and the 4th Army in the afternoon, General Baifa had already dispatched the last reserve team in his hands, and his military headquarters was directly under the guard battalion.

The commander of an army in Munan Town, there was only a single guard platoon around him at this time.

But in order not to shake the morale of the army, even if Tang Dao called him to persuade him to leave and go to the 46th Independent Brigade to temporarily avoid the Japanese troops, he still refused in return.

"The enemy is in front of us, and all the officers and soldiers of our 38th Army will not leave the front line even half a step. How can Zhao leave his post without permission? The Japanese want my life. The good head is here, come and get it!"

Facing the stubbornness of the white-haired general, Tang Dao was helpless.

Of course Tang Dao knew that the white-haired general had his own reasons.

The Thirty-eighth Army is a newly formed unit, and the 17th Division is his old unit, so it is naturally prohibited by law. However, there are still two newly added units, the 96th Army and the Independent 46th Brigade.

Monan Town was originally located in the rear. As soon as there was a possible crisis, the military headquarters immediately evacuated. What would the first army and brigade think when they were still struggling?

If you can take one step back now, you will take ten steps back and a hundred steps back in the future! Why, your army commander's life is life, but the lives of us are not?

Doubt is poison, especially on such a cruel battlefield where human lives are constantly being taken, it will be infinitely magnified.

If the white-haired general persists in the face of crisis, even if he dies on the battlefield, he will have fulfilled the oath he made before the war and will only cost the lives of the three armies.

Just like General Zhang on the Zaoyi battlefield in time and space, he obviously could leave, but he refused to leave, preferring to die to clarify his ambition.

The bottom line is that if you soldiers can die, I, the general, can die just as well.

But no matter what the white-haired general thought, Tang Dao could not just watch the crisis approaching and let this commander be put in danger.

Fortunately, he had already taken precautions and placed Long Yan and a communication team in Munan Town. On the surface, he wanted to try to maintain contact between the Sizhou Mountain Defense Area and the 38th Army headquarters. In fact, it was just Tang Daoliu's last backup.

Long Yan looked like a fool, but he was actually very thoughtful. Tang Dao issued a secret order. If the Japanese soldiers really passed through the defense line and forced Mo Nan Town, Long Yan would take them away even if they disobeyed the general's order.

Tang Dao's worries unfortunately came true on January 11.

Under the command of Masao Nakamura, the Japanese army of more than 30,000 troops attacked with all their strength. The 4th Group Army and Tang Daobu had to fight with all their strength.

On this day, the Japanese army not only used 105 howitzers and heavy artillery, but also dispatched 4 waves of bombers, a total of 48 sorties, to bombard various defense lines indiscriminately.

The Sizhoushan defense line, which had finally been suspended for two days because of the presence of the 4th Division, received special care. A full 20 heavy aerial bombs fell on the defense line.

If they had not had two more days to breathe, more than 5,000 Chinese soldiers, led by the heavy troops of the Four Lines Regiment who had seen the cruelty of the battlefield, would have dug thousands of meters of 2-meter-deep trenches and many anti-artillery shells in the mountains. Hole.

It is estimated that these 20 heavy aerial bombs alone can take away several infantry companies!

Even so, during the nearly one hour of indiscriminate bombardment, hundreds of officers and soldiers died before they even saw the infantry of the 105th Division.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the 105th Division launched a full-scale attack at 8:20 a.m. In the first round of fire tests alone, three infantry squadrons were used. After the recruits had to use some heavy machine guns to suppress fire, , the Japanese army mobilized more than 10 infantry squadrons to enter the front line, and no less than 5 squadrons followed closely behind.

The attack of 3,000 infantrymen made the hillside look khaki, which made people shudder. If the four main infantry battalions of the Four Lines Regiment were here, let alone 3,000 Japanese soldiers, even if there were twice as many, Tang Dao would not be afraid.

Unfortunately not!

If the new recruits had not experienced an actual battle at Tongguan battlefield and had some battlefield experience, I am afraid that they would have suffered a psychological collapse under the crazy artillery fire and indiscriminate bombing of aircraft by the Japanese army.

At this moment, it is already remarkable for them to persist in hiding in the trenches and point their guns downwards and fire back under the heart-rending orders of the platoon commanders.

However, poor marksmanship and insufficient courage to raise their heads and aim calmly at the advancing Japanese troops allowed the Japanese infantry to approach 200 meters from the front of the position in the second wave of attacks.

The heavy soldiers of the four regiments who intertwined with the new company on the defense line showed enough courage. Many of them, inspired by the veteran squad leader, stared at the Japanese gunfire and tried their best to aim and shoot.

Obviously, not only in terms of courage, but also in marksmanship, they cannot compare with the regular army of the Si Xing Regiment, nor can they compare with the Japanese veterans of the 105th Division.

Even with the protection of trenches, nearly a hundred heavy troops were killed or injured in this brutal exchange of fire.

Being targeted by Japanese veterans, the probability of death is even greater than that of injury.

However, the Japanese infantry only fell less than a hundred people. This was despite the fact that China had fortification protection and geographical advantages. If it were brought to the field battlefield on the plains, the casualty ratio would be almost one to one. Tang Tuanzuo calculated With three heads and six arms, it is estimated that this battle will also end with the entire army being destroyed.

Fortunately, the new recruits and baggage soldiers also have a large number of heavy machine guns!

Seeing that the infantry alone could no longer suppress the Japanese infantry who were less than 200 meters away, Tang Dao calmly gave the order and ordered No. 1 to No. 20 heavy machine gun fire stations to open fire.

At this time, there were a total of 60 civilian 24 heavy machine guns and 10 Maxim heavy machine guns carried by the baggage company on the defense line. They were organized by Tang Dao into numbers 1 to 70 and distributed behind each position.

20 heavy machine guns opened fire, which was only close to one-third of the firepower of all heavy machine guns in the army.

Tang Dao cannot expose all its firepower as soon as it comes up. The Japanese army's countless infantry artillery and mountain artillery are staring at the defense line. Although the Japanese army uses more than 2,000 infantry to attack wildly, they actually use their strength to pressure the defenders to use heavy firepower.

To put it bluntly, the Japanese army used human lives in exchange for heavy firepower points that could suppress the infantry. Once these heavy firepower points that could cause a large amount of damage to the infantry were eliminated, that would be the time for them to finally launch a general offensive.

If any of the four major infantry battalions were here, the Japanese army's simple and direct pressure attack test would not have much effect at all. The rifles and submachine guns used by the elite infantry alone could make the Japanese infantry pay a heavy price.

But now there are no elites under Tang Dao's command, and they are not even considered ordinary.

So, Tang Dao could only play the most cruel tactic on the battlefield with the Japanese army - a war of attrition!

The Japanese army consumed the lives of their infantry, while Tang Dao consumed its own heavy firepower.

This extremely cruel battle is actually about seeing how many Japanese infantry lives the Chinese side's 70 heavy machine guns can exchange for. The one who can hold on until the end is the winner.

The battle was so cruel that even Tang Dao's eyes were red. The battle lasted for a whole day.

As dusk approached, the hazy weather suddenly cleared up, and the setting sun fell into the mountains.

The clouds all over the sky are gorgeous!

The eyes of the officers and soldiers on both sides and even the commander were red.

Perhaps it was not just the sunset, but the battlefield stained red with blood.

The hillside is covered with khaki corpses of Japanese soldiers, which look densely packed like a swarm of insects from a distance. There is no need to count them in detail. It is only a preliminary estimate that there are more than 600 Japanese corpses left on the hillside.

This is only the dead. If the wounded are included, the battle losses of the infantry brigade of the 105th Division on this day alone were more than 1,500.

An army composed of new soldiers and heavy baggage troops could definitely be proud of achieving this result in just one day.

But including Tang Dao, no one on the Chinese side could laugh.

Because their casualties were equally heavy!

More than 800 soldiers were breathless, and most of their cold bodies didn't even have time to be transported to the rear, and were piled nearby at the rear of the trenches along the defense lines.

The remains that were forced to be stacked one on top of another were like stacked sleepers. Their already stiff faces were dusty, but it was still not as good as many of their gray eyes that had not yet been closed.

　　Many soldiers burst into tears involuntarily when they saw this scene, not only for their fellow countrymen but also for themselves.

Because no one knows whether they will become one of them tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Even the eyes of the company and platoon leaders could not hide the sadness and fear, but for the first time, Tang Dao did not blame anyone. He just patted the shoulders of the young people who were burying their heads and crying when he walked through the trenches.

Whether it is sadness or fear, this is the battlefield, a place so cruel that people have to abandon their humanity.

Recruits must learn to face death, not only of their comrades, but also of themselves.

The 70 heavy firepower points on the entire battlefield suffered the greatest losses in this day's battle. As many as 42 were destroyed by the Japanese army's superior artillery fire.

Of the more than 800 officers and soldiers who died in the battle, nearly 300 were members of the heavy machine gun firepower team!

Most of them died under Japanese artillery fire, but more than a dozen people died under the gunfire of the supervising team.

　　A military order was issued that any shooter who dared not control the heavy machine gun to fire would be subject to military law enforcement on the spot by the supervisory team wearing red belts patrolling the battlefield.

　　Extraordinary things are done in extraordinary times. The harsh and cruel military law may seem cruel, but it prevents the entire defense line from collapsing.

It was under such high pressure that more than 5,000 recruits and heavy supplies survived the day. Otherwise, the remaining 3,800 people would never have been able to see the red clouds filling the sky.

Of course, the two mortars at the bottom of the box were sacrificed by Tang Dao at 5 pm, which was also the key to the Japanese army finally choosing to withdraw.

A large artillery shell of nearly 40 kilograms exploded less than 150 meters in front of the trench, which definitely destroyed the will of the Japanese army.

A dozen large craters with a depth of 1.5 meters and a diameter of 3 meters in front of the trench are the masterpieces of the mortars.

The Japanese soldiers who were hit by artillery shells from the front, whether they were lying prone, kneeling or bent over, were all dead.

The Japanese infantry with a diameter of fifty meters near the impact point was not much better. No matter whether they were strong or thin, or whether they were desperately lowering their bodies and wishing to bury their heads and faces in the soil, they would be mercilessly beaten like leaves by the huge shock wave. It blew up again and then hit the ground hard.

Often a single artillery shell can take away half an infantry squad. Even as ferocious as the Japanese army was, they were completely cowed by such exaggeratedly large artillery shells from China.

The battlefield gradually sank into darkness and fell into silence. China and Japan, hidden in the darkness, were like two ferocious beasts, each licking their wounds and waiting for the light to arrive again.

Fight again!

Just as the Japanese major general brigade commander 2,000 meters away wrote the battle report with a livid face: "The Chinese are stubborn, but the return of 763 imperial officers and soldiers to their homeland has forced them into a desperate situation. If we fight again tomorrow, all their stubbornness will be completely shattered." ”

The Japanese were still holding back their grief and gathering strength, but Tang Dao received bad news that he didn't want to hear in the evening.

The gaps left unblocked by Pig teammates led to more than 2,000 Japanese troops entering the defense line!

Chapter end

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