Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1346

What Tang Dao said about attacking halfway across the bridge was not just to make the Japanese lose the bridge and have to endure the cold!

The Ming River seems to cross in front of the position of the 3rd Battalion and 7th Company, but the Japanese army will certainly not be stupid enough to cross the river under the gunpoint of the Chinese soldiers.

The Japanese army chose to cross the river at a corner eight miles away from the hillside position. The river bed there was narrow and far away from the mountainous area. It might be hit by artillery shells, but at least there was no need to worry about machine gun fire.

However, the First Division still underestimated the density of the artillery equipment of the Fourth Line Regiment.

The area far away from the battlefield cannot be reached by the 60-mm guns of the 3rd Battalion, but that does not mean that the 3 80mm dual-purpose guns equipped to the 3rd Battalion cannot be reached.

Moreover, after the Panghai Artillery Battalion now has 28 150mm howitzers, the original core heavy firepower of 12 Bofors Mountain Cannons has been relegated to the second line. The 12 artillery squads and 4 artillery platoons are simply equipped with 4 guns each this time. The infantry battalion and artillery battery are commanded, which can be regarded as reducing the intermediate links in communication.

After receiving Tang Dao's military order, Leng Feng not only ordered the six long-range artillery pieces currently owned by his artillery company to target the two bridges built by Japanese engineers 8 miles away, but also contacted the 4th Battalion on the flank, which was affiliated with the 4th Battalion. The six artillery pieces also raised their muzzles, waiting for orders from Leng Feng.

After releasing about five to six hundred Japanese infantry across the river, six artillery pieces bombed the bridge indiscriminately, destroying the Japanese crossing bridge.

Half of an infantry brigade has crossed the river. Major Seiichi Yamashita can't let the more than 500 infantrymen return just because the infantry artillery and heavy machine guns have not crossed the bridge because the bridge has been damaged, can he?

Of course, one can only bite the bullet and set an example, take off his pants, only wear crotch pants, and drive the packhorse across the river with hundreds of remaining Japanese soldiers!

Fortunately, the Minghe River is not a big river, only about 40 meters wide, and hundreds of people are scattered along the river channel of more than 1,000 meters. Apart from being a little colder, with the artillery strength that China has just shown, the harm should not be particularly great.

Yamashita Seiichi thought so, so he only felt cold, not fear.

So, when the 12 artillery pieces roared together, the shells fell into the water and the water columns rose into the sky, and the Japanese infantry who were struggling to cross the river were instantly covered in blood and flesh, Yamashita Seiichi's **** almost retracted into his abdominal cavity.

The suddenly doubled artillery fire made him realize that the despicability of the Chinese was far beyond his imagination. When they just blew up the bridge, they didn't use all their strength at all. It wasn't until the remaining several hundred officers and soldiers of his infantry brigade entered the water that they turned on full firepower. !

“Baga! Cross the river at full speed!” Yamashita Seiichi shouted heartbreakingly.

The cold just now seemed not to be that cold anymore. The urgency of death gave the 35-year-old major commander endless motivation. He used both hands to move forward quickly in the water, which was not much different from that of a 20-year-old boy.

But anyone who has walked in the water knows that due to the huge resistance, the power of the water flow and the natural buoyancy of the human body, no matter how skilled a human being is, he cannot move much faster, especially if he is holding a rifle and ammunition with both hands. In case it is damaged by water.

On the river surface of more than 40 meters, the Japanese infantry were "squirming" inside for at least a minute, and this minute was enough for 12 artillery pieces to pour out 160 rounds of artillery shells.

The biggest feature of the Bofors series of artillery is that it is accurate enough. After the shelling coordinates are determined by test firing, the error will never exceed 15 meters.

This is really excellent for an artillery with a range of more than 9,000 meters.

The artillery fire accuracy of the Fourth Line Regiment was extremely high, so the Japanese army in the river would be out of luck.

At least more than 300 Japanese troops fell in this round of artillery fire in just one minute, and the clear water of the Ming River was dyed red!

This is all because the huge resistance of the river weakened the explosive power of the artillery shells. If placed on land, these 160 artillery shells alone could make Yamashita Seiichi's infantry brigade lose its combat effectiveness.

But this is just the beginning, not the end!

Hundreds of Japanese troops who had already crossed the river had dispersed in front of the river beach. They were already considered safe, but they watched helplessly as their colleagues struggled in the enemy's fire, especially those who were only seriously injured but not dead. If you go and help them, you still have a chance to survive. As soldiers, how can they turn a blind eye?

As a result, more than a hundred Japanese infantrymen ran frantically from their hiding spots to the river bank, trying to save their comrades while the Chinese artillery fire weakened.

As everyone knows, this is also a trap!

“One minute after concentrating fire on the target river, each gun position fires at full speed and changes to one-third of the rate of fire!”

Three minutes ago, Leng Feng, who arrived at his artillery observation post in person, observed the battlefield with an artillery observer imported from Krupp Company and gave orders in a cold tone.

"Captain Leng, are you afraid that we don't have enough artillery shells? Squad leader, do you want me to call back and say that we can fire at full speed for 10 minutes and kill the Japanese who can't kill the dog grass?" A corporal gunner at a gun emplacement still didn't understand. .

As early as a year ago, Tang Tuanzuo keenly felt that the Japanese army was about to make a big move, so he increased material storage in advance.

The Dakouzidong Arsenal produced 80,000 rounds of various artillery shells and 2 million rounds of various bullets in the past six months, and fully two-thirds of them were shipped to Zishan before the war began.

Artillery squads like the Bofors 75 Mountain Cannon have long dug tunnels deep into the mountains according to each battalion's defense line. The artillery with wheels can be pushed out of the tunnels and fight at well-equipped gun positions outside the tunnels, or directly in the tunnels. Shelling was carried out at the entrance of the tunnel, but the range of fire was much smaller.

At least 500 shells are stored in the tunnel to which each artillery position belongs, which is roughly 20 bases, 10 times the usual number.

Let alone firing 10 or so artillery shells, even if they fire 10 times more, each artillery position can guarantee to complete the combat mission within 10 minutes.

“You know a thing! Just follow the orders given by Battalion Commander Leng. If you are so capable, why don't you go to the front line to command?” The artillery squad leader stared.

One of the most stringent military regulations of the Four Lines Regiment is the prohibition of execution of orders. Those who disobey orders and cause serious losses during war often have only one way to go and will be punished on the spot!

But so far, no one has been executed for violating this military rule.

The Army sergeant who followed Tang Dao from a mortarman to a mountain artillery squad leader did not want to be the first to try something new.

“Send the order to all artillery positions. According to the coordinates sent back by the artillery observers, fire at full speed on the river beach for 5 minutes!” Leng Feng looked at the Shi Huang rushing to the river beach from various hiding spots in the distance and ordered with a cold face.

This is the inspiration Leng Feng got from the sniper battlefield. Snipers leave infantry lives alive in order to harvest more infantry lives. Can artillery groups do the same?

The wounded Japanese soldiers struggling in the river were the bait he threw.

I heard that the Tang Tuanzao First Division was quite radical in the Japanese army and even killed Japanese cabinet ministers. How could such passionate young people ignore their seriously injured comrades struggling in the water?

Leng Feng made the right bet!

As soon as the Chinese artillery fire stopped, more than 130 passionate young people embarked on the road to save their comrades.

That's a dead end!

The bombardment of artillery fire lasted five minutes, firing more than 580 artillery shells, and submerged the unprotected Japanese troops in the river and on the river beach.

　　Those who were already dead were torn to pieces even more, those who were seriously injured but not dead were also dead, and those who wanted to save others became burial objects!

This also includes Major Seiichi Yamashita, whose leg was broken by the gravel splashed by an artillery shell after stepping onto the river beach.

He had a chance to summon the soldiers who fled the Death River to help him escape, but unfortunately, those Japanese infantrymen who bravely rushed to save people killed him.

In an area 50 meters away from the river beach, a grenade exploded 8 meters away from Major Seiichi Yamashita. Using a palm-sized shell, it was like a sharp knife peeling a carrot, and it was easily cut off, leaving two big hairs. The head of the Japanese Army Major with legs!

If he does not go to North China, according to the rut of history, in another two years, Yamashita Seiichi will be promoted to the lieutenant commander of the 501st Infantry Regiment.

Unfortunately, there is no if.

The artillery fire finally stopped, the thick gunpowder smoke dissipated, and the Ming River and the river beach were already covered with corpses!

There is not one person out of a hundred who is still alive!

Colonel Miyauchi Yoshio, commander of the 501st Infantry Regiment, who was staying 800 meters away from the bank of the Ming River, had a livid face.

He who is known as the great fortune teller of the First Division completely miscalculated.

The Chinese in the mountains had a 150-caliber heavy artillery. He knew it through telegrams from the division headquarters. However, the 150-caliber heavy artillery was not that threatening to the infantry because of its heavy gun body and problems with its firing range and range, especially with the mountains in front of it. big.

He wanted to know the strength of the Chinese small-caliber artillery, which would also be helpful for his next attack deployment on the current position. The 501st Infantry Regiment is not an ordinary 3,800-man infantry regiment, but a strengthened infantry regiment.

The infantry wing has three full infantry brigades of 1,100 people and four squadrons directly under the wing. The combat infantry alone reaches 4,100 people. Another mountain gun squadron with 4 mountain guns, a 4-gun rapid-fire gun squadron and a 4-gun 92 mortars and 4 infantry artillery squadrons. If you add 6 infantry artillery pieces from 3 infantry brigades, the entire regiment has a total of 22 artillery pieces, which can be used for 5,000 combat personnel.

The Chinese heavy artillery is terrible, but it will be solved by the artillery wing of the Army Aviation Corps and the division. What he needs to solve is the Chinese army in the position in front of him.

So, the great fortune teller Colonel who would have served as the Major General Brigade Commander of the First Division in the past time and space sent his most elite First Infantry Brigade to build a bridge across the river 4,000 meters away from the Chinese position.

He calculated that the Chinese would definitely use artillery to bombard the area across the river, and this was indeed the case.

But he only reached the beginning, not the end.

The number of Chinese artillery pieces with a range of over 5,000 meters was far beyond his imagination.

What makes the hair on the inside of the palace stand up is not only the number of artillery, but the Chinese people's profligate attitude towards artillery shells.

This wave of saturation bombardment lasted no longer than 10 minutes. The Chinese fired at least 600 rounds of artillery shells.

Is this still the Chinese army in his impression? The Imperial Army Headquarters seems to have written in the "Operation Discussion on China Theater Operations": The Chinese army has few artillery and lacks artillery shells, so its heavy firepower cannot last long. If it encounters artillery fire, it can use mobile troops to lure them to attack and consume them, which can reduce infantry losses. .

But then, the Chinese smashed out 600 shells. It looked like there weren't many shells there?

Could it be that the Chinese commander opposite him was a weak-headed man? Lose your fortune as soon as you come up?

If it were in the past, Miyauchi Yoshio might not hesitate to choose the former, but since he carefully studied the performance of the Four Troops in the North China battlefield on the way to Handan, if he chooses the former again, he will be lacking in strength. .

It is a fluke that the Four Lines Regiment can defeat the Imperial North China Front once or twice, but they must win every battle. Regardless of whether the strength of the troops is similar or there is a huge difference in strength, the Imperial North China Front is in the position of being beaten unilaterally.

Yes, out of the pride of the Imperial Army, he was not very willing to admit that the other side was very strong. It was possible that the Imperial North China Front Army was weak. But there was one thing that he had to admit no matter how unwilling he was. The man who led the Four Lines Regiment was named Tang. The guy with the knife is definitely a murderer.

Whether it was Sihang Warehouse, Songjiang, or Guangde, the imperial army was at a crushing level in terms of strength and strength, but Tang Dao was still able to lead his troops to escape, and also used the imperial army to pursue and encircle them. At that time, he opened a **** wound to the imperial army.

Facing such a terrible commander, if Miyauchi Yoshio still thinks that he is lacking in strength, then he has spent 18 years in the army in vain.

That only shows that the Chinese on the opposite side not only have enough artillery, but also have sufficient reserves of artillery shells!

It doesn't matter that he tested this. Not only did he **** the elite infantry group under his command, he also tried out a message that made his head buzz.

This person actually miscalculated. The 3rd Battalion of Leng Feng fired more than 700 artillery shells in this wave and killed 400 leading troops of the 501st Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division that they faced.

Basically achieved a shell-to-human ratio of destroying one enemy for every 1.8 shells.

This ratio is actually quite exaggerated. According to post-war statistics, for every Germanic soldier killed by the Bear Country, approximately 1,300 rounds of ammunition, 30 artillery shells, 230 kilograms of aerial bombs, and 9 grenades were needed.

For example, during the famous Battle of Stalingrad, the Mao Xiong Communist Party transported 300,000 truckloads of military supplies to the combat area, including artillery shells and bullets. The number of bullets alone was as high as 9,568 wagons, and a total of 86,400 tons of ammunition was consumed.

Compared with those two countries that use full power to activate their chariots, Japan's strength of a 30,000-level division with only more than a hundred artillery pieces is simply the legendary weakling.

The Four Lines Regiment, which has adopted the artillery doctrine, has completely surpassed the Japanese army in terms of heavy ground firepower and artillery fire intensity.

“Instruct the 1st Infantry Brigade ahead to arrive at the preset position and wait for orders. No attack is allowed without an attack order.

The rest of the units re-select the crossing point, preferably 6,500 meters away from the enemy position! In addition, the baggage team and the medical team were ordered to go to the battlefield to search for the wounded and collect the remains of the imperial officers and soldiers who died in the battle! "The good husband in the palace tried his best to keep his tone calm and ordered in an orderly manner.

A mere one-tenth of the battle damage was not enough to make this veteran who had been in the army for 18 years lose his composure.

But an hour later, the good husband in the palace completely broke his guard.

“Requesting for support, the Chinese are attacking our unit!” The 1st Infantry Battalion, which had just arrived at the preset position, used a field radio to send electricity to the wing headquarters.

"Baga! Didn't I tell them not to attack? Wait for the main force to arrive?" Miyauchi Yoshio, who was crossing the river in the distance, obviously hadn't reacted yet, and he couldn't help but look angry for a while.

“Your Excellency, Wing Commander, it is not the First Battalion that is attacking the Chinese, but the Chinese who are attacking them while my main force is far away!” an Army Lieutenant Colonel could only remind in a low voice.

"What? Did the Chinese take the initiative to leave the mountainous area and attack our troops?" Miyauchi Yoshio looked in disbelief.

What on earth gave the Chinese the courage to leave their positions on their own initiative?

Even though the First Infantry Brigade had just suffered a loss, it still still had six to seven hundred people. Who would dare to besiege them without more than three times the number of troops?

"Baga! Quickly order the 2nd Infantry Brigade to speed up and arrive at the battlefield! Order the mountain artillery squadron to cover the front of our position with artillery fire! Order the rest of the troops to speed up crossing the river! The Chinese dare to leave their positions, and our troops will make them pay a heavy price !" The good husband in the palace ordered almost blushing.

Miyauchi Yoshio was angry not because the 1st Infantry Battalion would suffer losses due to the attack, but because he felt slighted by the Chinese. Are the Chinese confident that they would kill his 600 elite soldiers in 30 minutes?

Miyauchi Yoshio was worthy of his good fortune. Because of the threat of Chinese artillery fire, the main force of his regiment had to choose to cross the river 6 kilometers away from the battlefield.

With this distance, it would take a fully armed infantry group 30 minutes to reach the 1st Infantry Group position less than 800 meters away from Leng Feng's position.

Thirty minutes is too short for the battlefield. Even if the Chinese are given another 10 30 minutes, he does not believe that the Chinese can defeat his 600 elite soldiers in a pure field battle.

Obviously, Miyauchi Yoshio's 30 minutes and Captain Leng's 30 minutes have different understandings.

Camp Commander Leng believes that 30 minutes is enough for even a relatively fast man to take a shower and then smoke an after-hours cigarette to vent his emptiness.

It didn't take him 30 minutes to eat these 600 people.

As early as 30 minutes ago, Leng Feng had ordered his 7th and 8th companies to dive down the mountain and hide in the bushes at the foot of the mountain, waiting for the remaining Japanese soldiers to cross the river to arrive.

When he piled up the guns and started digging the field fortifications with a single shovel, all 60 of the battalion's 20 mm machine guns and 12.7 mm heavy machine guns under the protection of the condescending permanent fortifications attacked the Japanese positions more than 800 meters away. .

The Japanese army would have thought that even though the distance was almost 2 miles, the Chinese could still attack them with mortars and large-caliber heavy machine guns. This was completely beyond their common sense.

While being passively beaten, more than 500 elite infantrymen of the Fourth Row Regiment were quietly approaching them. When the panicked Japanese army discovered it, the Chinese soldiers attacking from both sides were already less than 300 meters away from them.

Then, the 75 mountain guns and 80 mm howitzers that had just rested for a while came again!

The infantry who lost their trenches were just cannon fodder under artillery fire!

The request for help message sent to Miyauchi Yoshio was also the last evidence that the First Infantry Battalion had ever existed in this world.

Because, not long after that, a shell turned the field radio and the two signal soldiers into a pile of scum!

People and things were all shattered all over the ground!

The nightmare of an hour ago reappeared again, which was absolutely devastating to the psychology of the infantrymen of the 1st Infantry Group who were lying on the ground.

The first division's elite infantry brigade, consisting of more than 600 men, only lasted 15 minutes before entering a rout stage.

Chapter end

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