Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 444

Chapter 444: Accusing the offensive again

As time went by, Japanese troops continued to arrive on the battlefield.

In addition to the arrival of all members of the 45th Infantry Regiment, the 47th Infantry Regiment also followed up panting.

However, the battlefield, which is only 1,500 meters wide, obviously cannot accommodate thousands of people from two infantry regiments rushing forward.

In order to prevent being killed by dense bullets, each wave of soldiers thrown into the attack is destined to not exceed 4 infantry squadrons.

However, before Ushijima Mitsuru arrived in person, there must be a first commander on the front line.

The 47th Infantry Regiment, which arrived immediately after the 45th Infantry Regiment, was attacking at the foot of Songjiang City. The remaining personnel of the three infantry brigades were about 2,000, so only about 3 infantry squadrons were sent to assist the 45th Infantry Regiment in the attack. He also clearly handed over his command power.

And the 36th Infantry Brigade's Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff Seto Nelli, who followed the actions of the 47th Infantry Regiment, was also very sensible and only participated in the coordination, and did not regard himself as the current first commander to dictate.

This has always been an embarrassment for the chiefs of staff of various Japanese army departments. In terms of position, whether it is a division or a brigade, the chief of staff is the second most worthy person after the chief officer. However, in order to ensure the absolute authority of the chief military officer, the Japanese Army assigned chiefs of staff to each department basically two ranks lower than the chief officer.

For example, the division commander at the division level is a lieutenant general, and the chief of staff is basically an army colonel. Only a small number of senior officers are army major generals.

But what makes the chiefs of staff at all levels feel embarrassed is that the chief officers of the subordinate regiments or brigades are often only one rank lower than the first chief officer, which means they are one rank higher than them.

As for Setouchi, how can he, a lieutenant colonel, guide the country in front of a colonel? Especially when the opponent was newly defeated and even directly accused Commander Yanagawa Heisuke in front of all his subordinates, he rushed up and said, "I was sent here by the brigade commander." That was not looking for embarrassment. ?

The Army Lieutenant Colonel is sure that except for a few guards around him, no one here will listen to him.

But this is also good. There is Ushijima Mitsuru who made a mistake, and Kanda Masane who took the initiative to take over the command of the two regiments. No matter what the situation is after this battle, he does not need to take the blame.

Based on this mentality, after Setouchi arrived at the temporary headquarters of the 45th Infantry Regiment in a small forest, he stopped speaking except to reiterate Mitsuru Ushijima's order to assist the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade as soon as possible.

Kanda Masane, who didn't even say a polite word to Setouchi's sensible behavior, was more disdainful than just accommodating Setouchi, disdainful of being polite to an army lieutenant colonel.

The Japanese Type 92 infantry gun weighs 200 kilograms, and the 75 mountain gun weighs more than 600 kilograms. Basically, they can be disassembled and transported.

Moreover, the Japanese army has a large number of packhorses. Although the artillery unit is not as mobile as the lightly-armed infantry, it will never lag too far behind.

Before the Ushijima Mitsuru Brigade Headquarters was about to arrive at the front line, the artillery had already been positioned in accordance with Kanda Masane's requirements.

The 45th Infantry Regiment has 10 92 infantry cannons and 4 75 mountain cannons. Although the 47th Infantry Regiment only sent 3 infantry squadrons to participate in the battle, they generously handed over all the artillery of their regiment to Kanda Masaru. kind of blending.

20 minutes later, the Japanese army's 8 mountain guns and 20 92 infantry guns began to speak one after another.

But during these 20 minutes, the battlefield was never quiet.

Like two ferocious beasts that had already planned to fight to the death, even the darkness could not stop them from showing their strong white teeth.

Murderous intent can be seen everywhere.

Before the bombardment, the Japanese army was not so cruel as to ignore its wounded soldiers lying at the front of the battlefield who might still be alive. They sent a large number of soldiers into the battlefield in the dark in an attempt to drag back the wounded soldiers who still had a few breaths of life.

However, after the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side heard the noise, they took the initiative to fire flares, and the khaki figure crawling on the ground was clearly visible in the field.

Distances of tens of meters or even hundreds of meters are beyond the reach of grenades, but that is the easiest killing range for rifles.

The riflemen in the trenches used the white light to shoot at the crawling khaki, and the khaki lying on the ground did not show weakness and kept firing back. Seeing this, the heavy machine guns behind the Japanese position also fired. Provide cover for your own infantry.

This resulted in the mortars behind the Chinese positions also joining the battle one after another to attack the Japanese heavy machine gun positions.

In the darkness, the clear bullet marks continuously fired by the heavy machine gun are like a beacon in the night, making it easier to determine the direction than during the day.

In other words, during these 20 minutes, apart from the Japanese military headquarters still deploying troops and waiting for artillery support, the Chinese and Japanese armies on the front line were actually not idle. If you shoot, I will shoot, and you use a mortar gun when you come to heavy machine guns.

Of course, China took the initiative, while the Japanese army who wanted to rescue wounded soldiers responded passively, and the Chinese side, which had trenches as a barrier, had full advantages.

Twenty minutes passed, but not a few of the wounded soldiers who were lying at the front of the battlefield were recovered, and dozens of people were killed or injured as a result. Two heavy machine guns and their shooters were blown into the sky by artillery shells.

Kanda Masane had to issue a military order for all troops to retreat five minutes before the bombardment. As the Japanese army's unique hand-cranked siren sounded, the Japanese infantry retreated unwillingly, and the Chinese soldiers also took the opportunity to huddle into the trenches.

Pang Panghai, who was behind the position, hurriedly ordered all mortar squads to move their positions.

Enough combat experience reminded the Chinese officers that the Japanese army, which had the advantage in strength, would never give up so easily. The reason why they did not launch a large-scale attack for 20 minutes was just waiting for artillery.

　　Although the previous tragic defeat caused heavy losses to the Japanese army, it also reminded them that without artillery, they were not much different from the Chinese army.

The 82-caliber mortar is the most heavy firearm equipped by the Chinese Army, not because it is powerful, but because it is light enough. Together with the base, the anti-war meritorious artillery only weighs more than 60 kilograms and only needs four soldiers to carry it. You can just run away.

Five minutes are enough for the fire support company to run 400 meters laterally.

Peng Panghai's prediction was correct, as was the guess of the Chinese officers who ordered the soldiers to huddle as much as possible into the trenches.

The Japanese army had a total of 28 artillery pieces participating in this bombardment.

The 8 mountain guns first began to fire about 20 shells at the original approximate position of the mortar, and then turned their muzzles to bombard the hills with the clearest coordinates. The 20 infantry guns aimed at the other side of the river. The infantry trenches were bombarded.

The entire battlefield was almost illuminated by the flash of exploding artillery shells.

The Japanese infantry hardly waited. From the moment the infantry artillery began shelling the Chinese trenches, they bent down and trotted all the way to approach from more than 200 meters away.

Only this time, they invested much less troops.

On the long 1,500-meter front line, the total strength will not exceed 2 infantry squadrons of 400 men.

This is the sophistication of Kanda Masane.

Since he has been delayed here for more than 40 minutes, he doesn't care if he is delayed for a little longer. The fate of the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade is certainly important, but the lives of the Imperial Army under his command are not nothing and can be thrown away casually.

The purpose of this is to ensure that the gap between each soldier reaches five or six meters. If you want to rely on intensive firepower without aiming, the hit rate will never be too high.

Furthermore, as long as one of the two infantry squadrons and six infantry squads can rush into the Chinese trenches and delay the opponent's attack, the three subsequent infantry squadrons he arranged can charge forward at high speed and finally completely defeat the opponent.

Without the protection of trenches, the Chinese could only become prey to be hunted and killed by the imperial army in the unprotected wilderness.

Kanda Masane has even thought about it. Even if he wants to rescue the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade as soon as possible, he will leave three infantry squadrons to hunt down all the Chinese who are scattered in the wilderness.

He wants to hang a Chinese corpse on every tree here to let those **** Chinese know that those who resist will die.

Of course, all this is based on the fact that he has sufficient artillery advantages.

Now, he has.

(End of this chapter)

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