Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 678

Chapter 678 The Last Hope (please ask for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month!)

Takeuchi Yunshan's small face was actually pale when the mortars began to hit our own infantry in the valley.

The pale face coupled with the darkness left by gunpowder smoke on his face is like a clown on the stage, a little funny, but not funny.

Because the Japanese officers who were working hard to occupy the back section of the valley knew that without external aid, they would never be able to break out of this death valley just by relying on the efforts of their colleagues in the valley.

But the field radio station of the wing headquarters has declared death, and it is unknown when foreign aid will arrive. Compared with this, it is better to pray that the Chinese artillery shells will not be so many.

Regrettably, as the Japanese heavy machine guns began to fire one after another, the shrieks of artillery shells that pierced the sky buried the last hopes of the Japanese officers again.

That is the unique sound of the Type 41 mountain gun shells running through the air.

Two 75-caliber mountain cannons, the final trump card of the independent battalion finally appeared.

Even though Pang Dahai was scolded as a dog by Tang Dao, he was not willing to use these two killer weapons. It was because the shells of the two mountain cannons were too few compared to the mortar shells.

There are 60 rounds in total, one shot will be one less.

Good steel must be used on the blade. Finally, when the Japanese heavy machine guns showed up, the two mountain cannons placed on the ridge 800 meters away from the river valley could speak.

In order to report the mountain artillery shelling area as quickly as possible, several artillery observers even took risks and stood on the unobstructed mountains to report to the distance using semaphores.

So much so that three artillery observers were injured by grenade shrapnel, but fortunately none were fatal.

However, their bravery allowed the distant mountain artillery squad to obtain the bombardment coordinates in the shortest possible time and launch an attack.

The 75MM caliber small howitzer can only be used as a small cannon on a large battlefield, but here, it is the largest caliber artillery. And because of its geographical location, they don't have to worry about the Japanese army's artillery fire counter-suppression in the valley.

First of all, the Japanese army must have artillery observers who can see their artillery positions; secondly, the Japanese artillery must dare to fire on this battlefield that is completely within the range of Chinese soldiers.

Not to mention that the sound of a 700-800 kilogram mountain cannon firing was extremely loud. Even if there were more than a dozen people surrounding a mountain cannon, it was clearly pointing out the target to the Chinese.

Except for the more flexible and convenient infantry artillery, the Japanese mountain artillery basically did not show up.

A round of artillery fire exploded in the valley, and the simple temporary fortifications could not provide any protection at all. Whether it was a heavy machine gun or a human body, as long as it was hit by a round of artillery fire, it would basically become a piece of land.

The battle situation in the river valley, with the independent battalion artillery battery firing on all cylinders, the balance of victory is gradually tilting towards China.

The consumption was huge, almost bankrupt, but in Tang Dao's view, as long as enough Japanese infantry could be killed, everything would be worth it.

Because Tang Dao knows best that after this battle, the Independent Battalion may not have the opportunity to fight a battle of this scale with the Japanese army for a long time in the future.

With the fall of Jinling, he will lead his troops to the mountains in the north, where the independent battalion will completely become a mountain field force.

The pale-faced Takeuchi Yunshan was in pain, but he still did not despair, because he made a wise choice to divide the two infantry brigades under his command into three parts. A vanguard infantry squadron took the lead and was one kilometer ahead of the main force. The main force is one, and there is also an infantry squadron with a dozen carriages and baggage. It is not only to protect supplies, but also to serve as the rear guard for the entire army.

In other words, although the main force of nearly two thousand infantrymen was besieged in the river valley, the Japanese army still had two infantry squadrons, one at the head and one at the tail, plus a baggage team remaining outside the river valley.

Takeuchi Yunshan's last hope lay in these two infantry squadrons, but he did not place his hope on the leading infantry squadron in front of the entire army.

Although the vanguard infantry squadron was the elite among the elite under his command, in front of them was a Chinese infantry battalion with hundreds of troops. Thinking from the bottom of his head, Takeuchi Yunshan also knew that they were in difficulty, so he returned to attack the ridges on both sides of the valley. , is what they should do most.

The hope of the Japanese Army Colonel was that the infantry squadron and the baggage train, which were at the end of the army and were not trapped in a tight siege, did not need them to attack the Chinese. As long as they ran away and ran out of the mountainous area to send an alarm to the main force of the detachment, he would There is hope for Bian to break through the siege.

However, Gu Xishui's special operations team followed the Japanese army in the mountains and forests for more than two hours, so naturally they had already telegraphed the Japanese army's arrangements to Tang Dao.

Tang Dao had already made corresponding tactical adjustments based on the Japanese formation. The fourth company responsible for blocking the Japanese rear team was Zhao Daqiang's fourth company.

Their combat mission is to annihilate this enemy bandit in the shortest time and at the smallest cost. If possible, it is best to capture some supplies. They may not have much equipment, but they will have a lot of food, which is what the independent battalion needs most now.

So, as soon as the battle in the valley ahead started, Zhao Daqiang gave the order to attack with red eyes.

Zhao Daqiang's anger did not come from the Japanese troops who responded quickly in front of him, but from his fourth company that was originally scheduled to be responsible for the task of luring the enemy, but before dawn, it became Leng Feng's first company.

　　Yes, he admitted that in terms of combat effectiveness, Leng Feng's 1st company was the best among the whole battalion, but the 1st company just took away the combat tasks that originally belonged to him and the 4th company. After all, there was still some evil fire that was inferior to others.

This cannot be blamed on Tang Dao, who is responsible for coordinating the overall situation, nor on Leng Feng. Naturally, this fire can only be vented at the Japanese army in front of him.

The battlefield faced by the Fourth Company is still 700 to 800 meters away from the river valley and is a mountain road.

With a deep trench on one side and high mountains on the other, the mountain road is narrow. It is a good place for sap hunting, but it is a bit difficult for an infantry company to set up an ambush position.

Because the Japanese army's formation was too long, if the Japanese army took a chance to counterattack up the mountain, the casualties would be greatly increased. Or escaping into the mountains to issue an alarm to the main force of the Japanese army several kilometers away would be extremely dangerous for the entire army.

More than 200 Japanese infantrymen escorted nearly 100 Japanese troops and a dozen fully loaded carriages. The entire queue was nearly 800 meters long.

So Zhao Daqiang spread his three infantry platoons plus a fire support platoon at various attack points up to 1,000 meters long.

There are 10 infantry squads, each of which is responsible for a front of nearly 100 meters. Two heavy machine guns were specially strengthened for the fire support platoon of the Fourth Company to guard the front and rear ends of the battle line. Two mortars were located behind the ridge. Zhao Daqiang personally commanded to attack the stubborn Japanese firepower points.

After the attack order was issued, bullets rained down on the Japanese column thirty or forty meters away, as well as grenades.

Just to prevent the carriage from blowing up, grenades were generally not directed at the Japanese army's baggage train.

But the other Japanese troops were unlucky.

Especially the first two infantry squads, 60% of the fourth company's attacks were directed at them.

Submachine guns, shell guns, light machine guns, rifles, all shooting firearms plus dozens of grenades, rushed towards the Japanese infantry who responded quickly with tactics.

To paraphrase a modern phrase, the 4th Company of the Independent Battalion, which was feeling aggrieved, was now using its "Fighting Fist" to aim at the opponent, using all its strength to hit them randomly.

Suddenly faced with such a blow, the Japanese army could not act no matter how responsive it was.

If you want to avoid these, besides climbing up the mountain, the other option is to jump into a deep ditch. If you jump into a ditch of more than ten or twenty meters, you won't end up with anything good even if you think about it with your buttocks.

However, there were quite a few Japanese soldiers who chose to jump into the ditch. Although many Japanese soldiers did not want to jump themselves, they were squeezed in by their panicked companions.

Those who don't have the courage to jump down can only climb crazily up the mountain, even if the bullets fired from the mountain are so dense that it makes people's scalp numb.

The Japanese soldiers who were climbing up the mountain with their guns in their hands were mowed down like rice harvesters by the submachine guns and shell guns equipped to each squad. However, the Japanese soldiers continued to advance forward, jabbering and howling, and launched towards the mountains with their guns in their waists. The charge didn't stop at all, as if he didn't know what the fear of death was.

It's not that the Japanese soldiers are so brave that they don't even know what death is, but the reality in front of them tells them that staying on the narrow mountain road, no matter whether you are hiding under the rocks or whether you can dodge the Chinese grenade bullets, The final outcome must be to be killed on the mountain road.

Charging up the mountains and forcing the Chinese to leave the ridges or shooting at each other to share the pressure on the mountain roads was their only way to survive.

Because, in addition to conventional bullets and grenades, the Chinese also used creepy incendiary bombs, although they were thrown manually.

PS: I've had six classes today and I'm so exhausted. I can only do one chapter today, sorry! Also, I would like to recommend the new book "Alone Is Not the Last Human King" by the same author. I heard that it is a good book about driving a thief.

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