Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 635

Chapter 635 Confrontation!

Look at the infantry and cavalry fighting for their lives in the fire!

Looking at the subordinates running wildly on the hillside like a flock of frightened quails!

Colonel Takeuchi Unzan's eyes suddenly flashed with stars.

If nothing else, the infantry brigade under his command has been completely disabled by him, the infantry commander, and he also has to bring along half a cavalry squadron.

"Baga! Fire back, and order all artillery units to fire back at all Chinese artillery, no, including the infantry!" It took a full minute for the Japanese Army Colonel, who was staring at stars in front of his eyes, to calm down and blush. An ugly face issued military orders.

Rather than preventing Chinese mortars from continuing to attack his infantry and cavalry on Highland 3, Takeuchi Yunshan's move would be more accurate to say that it was an indiscriminate retaliation.

Japanese mountain artillery, howitzers, and infantry artillery opened fire here two minutes later.

There were artillery fires exploding on the top of Highland No. 1 and No. 2, and artillery shells also crossed three highlands, exploding into blossoming shells in the forest hundreds of meters away.

This is also the first time that the meticulous Japanese have used precious artillery shells so aimlessly for unclear coordinates.

In other words, except for the two highlands at No. 1 and No. 2, the rest of the areas are basically just a few hits. . .

But the Kunisaki Detachment has more than 40 artillery pieces of various sizes. They certainly have the qualifications to be so willful.

As the saying goes, a master was beaten to death with random punches. I'm afraid Takeuchi Yunshan himself didn't expect that the military order he issued out of shame and anger only missed Tang Dao's artillery battery.

In order to better support frontline operations, the artillery company chose an area not in the rear, but at the foot of the mountain less than 500 meters away from three highlands, surrounded by two Sichuan Army infantry companies as escorts.

Due to communications, together with the defensive infantry trenches, the entire artillery position does not exceed 2,000 square meters in area.

The Japanese army's random artillery fire exploded in the area closest to the artillery position, even more than ten meters away from the trench. The flying shrapnel almost cut an infantry observation sentry who was caught off guard in half.

That was also the first casualty on the artillery position.

If the barrel of the Japanese artillery was slightly deflected, not to mention the 18 kilogram shells of the 105 howitzer, even the 6.5 kilogram shells of the Type 41 mountain gun could cause a **** storm on the artillery position.

This is a characteristic of artillery. Artillery positions are stocked with artillery shells. Once they are detonated, it will basically kill everyone.

According to normal circumstances, when artillery fire is very close to them, the most important thing artillerymen should do is to raise the artillery and move quickly to avoid damage to personnel and equipment.

But the officers and soldiers of the artillery company who were given the death order at this moment had only one thought: kill the Japanese on the hill. As for the rest, we will talk about it later!

“Brothers, load me up and beat him to hell.” From the usually calm Pang Dahai waving his arms and shouting loudly on the position, we can see how persistent the artillerymen are at this moment.

The determined artillerymen ignored the crazy counterattacks of the Japanese artillery and persisted in firing shells filled with hatred toward the hill stained with the blood of Chinese and Japanese soldiers.

Most of the artillery shell reserves left by the 63rd Army before leaving also contributed to this bombardment.

The artillery company fired a total of 80 mountain artillery shells, 400 mortar shells and 200 machine gun shells during the artillery attack in less than 30 minutes.

　　The small high ground was plowed back and forth at least twice from top to bottom, and then from bottom to top, and the shelling lasted for nearly half an hour.

This was also the most ferocious shelling by the Chinese side in the entire Mouse Mountain Blockade, because the reserve of artillery shells had reached an extremely dangerous situation.

But it was this shelling that also made the Japanese realize the power of Chinese artillery.

It turns out that when the Chinese have artillery, even the most inconspicuous mortars can blow them into pieces of meat and become fertilizer for the earth.

Perhaps even Tang Dao and Kunizaki Zheng, the two top commanders of China and Japan, did not expect that the battle for a high ground would eventually turn into an artillery battle.

The Japanese army relied on its own large number of artillery and carried out an artillery battle that only targeted the possible hiding places of its opponents. Hillsides, foothills, canyons, woods, any location and area where the opponent's infantry may be hidden may be shelled.

The Chinese infantrymen could only hide in the trenches with their heads in their hands and hope that they would not be so unlucky.

On the other hand, the Chinese side is targeting the fixed target of Highland No. 3 and attacking them wildly, with a tendency not to stop until the soon-to-be-fallen Highland No. 3 is leveled.

The positions of both China and Japan were filled with the roar of artillery.

　　When the artillery fire from both sides finally stopped, the Japanese troops withdrew.

The order to retreat was given by Kunizaki himself.

Even though Highland No. 3, which he had devoted all his energy to besieging with various tactics, was right in front of him, even the Japanese Army Major General knew that there could no longer be a single Chinese soldier on that small highland. Even if he sent A small infantry squad can easily capture it.

But he didn't dare anymore. He was afraid that the crazy Chinese would use this as a trap and wait for his people to go up and bombard again.

Even if you don't have to look at the mountain tops and slopes, you can tell that there will be no more positions there. The infantrymen who go up there will be nothing more than live targets for artillery shells.

The final result is that he will become the biggest joke of the imperial army in the entire Songhu area, constantly sending people to become the target of Chinese artillery, and the biggest result is just consuming some Chinese artillery shells.

Then let the Chinese reoccupy the high ground. He can turn the Chinese on the high ground into targets for artillery shells.

This is what Kunizaki, who has completely given up on quick tactics, planned to do.

To this end, he has requested a supply of 5,000 rounds of artillery shells from Lieutenant General Ushijima Sadao of the 18th Division.

Since the Chinese are so tenacious, he is here to answer them with enough artillery shells.

No matter how solid the position is, no matter how tenacious the will, it is nothing more than a hard shell, and artillery shells are the factors that break that shell.

Kunizaki's move was vicious enough. He made full use of his own advantages and used his own strengths to counter the other's weaknesses.

　　It's just that he misjudged the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side, and even more so the Chinese commander on the opposite side.

Tang Dao, who was emotionally agitated by the death of two infantry companies, was much more ferocious and tenacious than he imagined.

300 people can die, and 3,000 people can die.

But just the death of these 300 people had already consumed the 700-800 men of the first brigade of the Jing'an Army plus an infantry brigade.

Then if 3,000 people died, how many people in Kunizaki, an originally awesome mixed brigade-type detachment, would survive until the war?

No one knows the answer!

Just like the Sino-Japanese war, even though the Japanese are advancing so triumphantly, in fact, even they themselves don't know how the war will end.

Everything must be fought before the outcome is known.

However, the only thing Kunizaki was certain of was that the first day of this offensive and defensive battle ended with his defeat.

The blood-red sunset slowly set into the mountains between the sounds of cannon fire.

But the fighting did not stop just because the sun set.

(End of this chapter)

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