Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 845

Chapter 845 Calmness can also be poison

Looking through the telescope at the Japanese troops who were beaten to the ground by waves of light and heavy firepower from their own side, Leng Feng's face was grim.

As the supreme commander in blocking Japanese reinforcements, Leng Feng knew that this was just the beginning of the battle, and the most difficult moment for him and his three battalions was yet to come.

Because the two infantry companies and one machine gun company under his command have to face far more than the Japanese infantry brigade in front of him.

In order to reinforce his colleagues who were still in dire straits a few hundred meters away, all the artillery fire of the Japanese army might be poured on the position of his third battalion.

At this time, the Third Battalion did not have two-meter-deep trenches or tunnels on the back of the mountain like Mouse Mountain. Not only did the infantry only have 1.5-meter-deep trenches to hide in, but the so-called heavy machine gun fortifications were only a few placed in front of the heavy machine guns. An earth bag is used as bulletproof for the shooter, and the Japanese infantry artillery and mountain artillery can easily blow it to pieces.

But Tang Dao had anticipated this situation before the war.

In the night of the wasteland, at the highest military meeting of the Four Lines Regiment attended only by the four giants of the regiment and the two infantry battalion commanders, Tang Dao turned his attention to Lei Xiong, Guo Shouzhi and Leng Feng, and fiercely marked the simple terrain map he had just drawn. A horizontal bar was drawn: "Encircling and annihilating the Japanese troops in the encirclement is very important. It is related to the outcome of our Fourth Army Regiment's attack on the 14th Division. But this line is more important. It is the life and death of the entire army of our Fourth Army Regiment." Wire!

You are all veterans who have been in the army for several years or even ten years. You know that if the Japanese army breaks through this life-and-death line and enters the flank where I am besieging the Japanese army, then our troops will have to divide our troops to fight against it. The Japanese army in the encirclement will most likely fight to the death. , although the continuous firepower of our unit is far superior to that of the Japanese army, everyone should not forget that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness is extremely strong. Once the battle cannot be resolved quickly and falls into a dogfight, the main force of the 14th Division will come with all its strength after receiving the news.

Then our army will have to choose to retreat, and the Japanese army completely occupies air superiority. Once an air attack is carried out on our unit, not only will our adventure be in vain, but we will also lose troops and generals, and even cause all subsequent tactical movement plans to come to nothing. !

　　Not only do we value this life-and-death line, but the Japanese army also values it. Not only will they use their infantry to attack, they will even use all their artillery to bombard this line of defense!

Therefore, I need to defend this infantry battalion, which is the life and death line of my entire regiment. No matter how heavy the losses are, we must not retreat even half a step. "

The three battalion commanders of the Si Xing Regiment were all silent as they looked at the line drawn by Tang Dao.

Not because of fear, but because he was calculating whether he could block it based on the strength of his infantry battalion.

The Japanese infantry regiment is equipped with more than 20 artillery pieces. Can they stop it with only a shallow trench?

“I'll do it!” Lei Xiong and Leng Feng said almost at the same time.

Guo Shouzhi, who was in the middle and was about to open his mouth, had a wry smile on his face. Have these two made an appointment? He didn't save any face for Lao Guo, so he was half a second too late and became third place completely.

"I am the deputy commander of the regiment. You, the commander of the battalion, should listen to the commander's orders and do what you should do. I am here to guard this life-and-death line with the first battalion." Lei Xiong put on a cold face, acting like a big brother.

"Hey, Commander Lei, just because the Yiyi Battalion is the sharp knife battalion of our Four Lines Regiment, it is your battalion that must annihilate the surrounding enemies. This seemingly dangerous but actually simple blocking task is still handed over to me, who is the lowest ranked and has the most seniority. Let's go to the third camp!” A smile appeared on Leng Feng's usually stern face.

Leng Shitou's emotional intelligence has become so high? Not to mention that Lei Xiong didn't know how to refute Leng Feng's words. Guo Shouzhi, who had been basically excluded, also glanced at Leng Feng curiously.

Tang Dao's expression did not change, but there was a smile in his eyes.

This may be the power of love.

After being assassinated by a Japanese master on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Fujiwara was seriously injured and escaped. The Japanese spies in Zhengzhou City were wiped out. The first theater became the biggest winner, so the Four Troops also received the special privilege of the first theater. subsidy.

But personally, Tang Tuanzuo was not that good. Not to mention his head was broken and bleeding, and he was still lying in the hospital for two days. He was definitely a loser, especially compared with this guy Leng Feng.

After that hard battle, Mrs. Yue, who may have a better understanding of life and death, lost all her usual reserve. Not only did she take the initiative to do laundry for Leng Feng, but she also took the three boys to the headquarters of the third battalion when nothing happened. Leng Feng had always been as cold as ice. The gentleness on his face was much more than before.

Looking at Lei Xiong and Leng Feng, Tang Dao finally made a decision: "Then let's let the third battalion come! There may be more Japanese troops in the encirclement than the reinforcements. The first and second battalions must resolve the battle within two hours. The combat mission It is by no means easier than blocking the Japanese army.

Moreover, in view that the two companies of Wei Donglai and Cai Yongguan have not been rebuilt, and the first and second battalions only have two infantry companies available, I will transfer the 9th company of the third battalion and the guard company directly under the regiment headquarters to the command of the first and second battalions, and add additional personnel 300 new soldiers served as bombardiers. "

Tang Dao stared at Leng Feng, "So, you only have two infantry companies and one machine gun company with less than 500 troops available. Leng Feng, can you guarantee to complete the mission? If you find it difficult, then I will personally lead the special agents The company and the New Eighth Division Engineer Company will serve as your reserve team to reinforce your third battalion at any time."

Leng Feng's face returned to a stern expression, and he stood up and saluted: "Regiment leader, I cannot guarantee whether our troops can finally complete the life-and-death line of blocking battle, but I can guarantee one thing. Even if the soldiers of my third battalion fall, they will still be shot in the chest! You As for the reserve team, let's go to annihilate the Japanese troops in the encirclement! You and the brothers in the first and second battalions will kill all the Japanese in the encirclement first, which will be the greatest reinforcement for our third battalion!"

This is Leng Feng. He never makes any boasts, but he is as hard as a rock. Any enemy who wants to cross his defense line must first smash his rock.

Now this stone is not just him, but also hundreds of people who have gradually become accustomed to his fighting style.

Even if the Japanese artillery fire is fierce!

Yes, just as Chinese commanders such as Tang Dao and Leng Feng predicted, the Japanese army poured all artillery fire on the third battalion position.

After receiving the news of the attack on the front, the Japanese artillery squadrons located at the rear of the 2nd Infantry Regiment immediately stopped and pushed various types of artillery pulled by pack horses into the wilderness below the dirt road and set them up.

Because it was a forced march and they might encounter the Chinese army at any time, the artillery unit of the 2nd Infantry Regiment did not split the infantry cannon and mountain artillery into several large pieces and transport them with pack horses as usual. Instead, they used pack horses to drag them way of marching.

In this case, all types of artillery can be put into use in only five or six minutes.

Japanese signal troops rode horses and ran wildly in the wilderness, reporting the battle ahead and bombardment coordinates to three artillery positions 400 meters behind the wing headquarters.

The four mountain guns are curved guns, which can bombard all targets within 500 meters to 6,000 meters; the four infantry guns are direct-aiming guns, but in emergencies, the muzzles can also be raised to be used as curved fire guns; the six 37mm rapid-fire guns It is a completely direct-aimed artillery, and it is a combat artillery mainly used for destroying armor and fixed fortifications. The artillery shells are also solid bullets rather than explosive shells. They will lose their effect if they stay in the rear.

Therefore, the rapid-fire artillery squadron quickly moved forward to the battlefield, leaving the mountain artillery squadron and the infantry artillery squadron behind the wing headquarters. Because the battle situation at the front was unknown, the eight artillery pieces did not dare to fire at will. When the signal corps reported that our reinforcements were blocked and the Chinese After the position blocked a general area, the eight artillery pieces naturally poured all their firepower on the heads of the officers and soldiers of the third battalion.

Japanese artillerymen were very skilled in techniques and tactics. It only took no more than 6 minutes from setting up the artillery to adjusting the muzzle angle and firing range to firing.

"Order everyone to retreat to the trenches! Leave two observation posts in each platoon. If the Japanese troops don't enter 100 meters, don't pay attention. Once they enter 100 meters, even if the Japanese artillery fire doesn't stop, I will hit them!" Seeing the first bomb! After Hua exploded less than 30 meters away from his front, Leng Feng, who had dead grass branches stuck on his helmet, gave a cold command.

Although the 28 heavy machine guns no longer fire, which will cause the Japanese infantry to keep shrinking the distance, Leng Feng is not worried about the density of his own firepower at all. On the contrary, the shell guns and submachine guns can exert their greatest effect within a distance of 100 meters.

In order to guard this life-and-death line for the whole regiment, Leng Feng did not hesitate to sacrifice, but he would never let his soldiers die in vain.

All infantry, including heavy machine gunners, retreated into the trenches. The temporarily dug field trenches had no other protective function except for the curvature to protect people from the air waves generated by the explosion of shells falling into the trenches.

Everyone was hunkering down as much as possible, covering their heads with guns and ammunition under their bodies, and resigned themselves to fate.

After three consecutive rounds of test firing, the Japanese army's eight cannons began to bombard the third battalion's position at full speed. Bomb flowers bloomed in the wasteland. While turning up the dark soil, they also ignited the withered grass around the position, completely Burned into a sea of fire.

The Japanese army used incendiary bombs instead of explosive bombs.

That was Ishiguro Sadō's idea.

“Order the Third Infantry Brigade to temporarily evacuate to 400 meters away, and the mountain artillery squadron will use incendiary bombs to attack the enemy!”

The Japanese Army Colonel, who had been looking at the Japanese Army Colonel hiding in the dead grass with a telescope, had a glint in his eyes! The Chinese took advantage of the depth of grass in the wilderness to ambush under the nose of their own marching column. This move really exceeded his expectations and almost succeeded in completing their tactical concept.

He could fully imagine that the surrounded troops must have suffered heavy casualties because they had no fortifications to cover them and suffered a sudden change.

But Ishiguro Sadazou also had enough confidence in his subordinates. He believed that even if the Chinese came with an infantry division, it would be impossible to completely defeat his two surrounded infantry brigades in half a day.

That confidence is not gained blindly, it is the experience of the Imperial Japanese Army's long-term combat against China.

Even in the Battle of Pingxingguan in Shanxi Province, China, which was trumpeted by the Chinese official media half a year ago, the Chinese army surrounded a large baggage convoy of the Fifth Division with three infantry regiments, fighting more than 5,000 people against more than 1,000 people. Almost a whole day!

It took 10 hours of fierce fighting between the regular army and the second-line troops to determine the winner. I heard that the infantry division was still the main force of the Chinese 18th Group Army.

Colonel Ishiguro Sadazou has every reason to believe that even if he loses the vanguard, his infantry regiment will have no problem holding on for a day or two.

What's more, he had just asked for help from the Division Headquarters. The Division Headquarters had ordered the 59th Infantry Regiment closest to Bihe and the 18th Cavalry Regiment directly under the Division Headquarters to quickly move closer to the 2nd Infantry Regiment and to the Front Army Headquarters. Requesting air support, fighter planes taking off from Taiyuan Airport will arrive at the battlefield in less than an hour.

He may not lose this battle.

The calmness of Colonel Ishiguro Sadazō, the top commander of the Japanese side at this time, was praised by many military scientists after the war as the biggest highlight of the 2nd Infantry Regiment's performance in this battle, but that was only the view of the Japanese side.

In the eyes of most Western military scholars and Chinese, this calmness was the catalyst that pushed the entire 2nd Infantry Regiment into the abyss of death.

If he is afraid or frightened and takes the wing headquarters, the 3rd Infantry Brigade and several artillery squadrons and runs away, Tang Dao and the Sixings Regiment may not have much choice but to eat two prisoners in one bite. The infantry brigade surrounded by prisons vented their anger.

But unfortunately, this is almost impossible. No matter whether he is smart or stupid, no commander will easily abandon his nearly two thousand colleagues and run away without caring. They have never looked down upon the Chinese, and this is the reason why they will not run away.

Moreover, the Japanese believe that Western and Chinese scholars laughed at Ishiguro Sadzo because they were just judging heroes based on the outcome. In the war situation at that time, staying calm was the best choice Ishiguro Sadō made.

Ishiguro Sadazou, who was calm enough, not only decided to fight to the end with the Chinese army that dared to ambush him, but also saw the biggest drawback of the Chinese position responsible for blocking his reinforcements.

There are too many withered grasses on and around their position. If you add an accelerant to them and use flames instead of infantry to attack them, they can be cooked.

The mountain artillery squadron of the 2nd Infantry Regiment happened to carry a lot of incendiary bombs.

I have to say that Ishiguro Sadazou, who is calm enough, used this very vicious move.

A large number of incendiary bombs were thrown on the third battalion's position, and the dry grass naturally caught fire at one point. The flames shot up several meters high, making the telescope lenses in the hands of the commanders on both sides turn red.

Not to mention the temperature at the burning center, the scorching heat wave can be felt hundreds of meters away.

This is indeed the case. The temperature of the position where the Third Battalion is located continues to rise, so that the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion not only have to withstand the threats from shrapnel and air waves, but also the scorching fire.

But this shortcoming is also considered by Tang Dao. Due to the need for concealment, the third battalion position cannot clear away the dead grass. This weakness is likely to be exploited by the Japanese army. The high heat and smoke caused by a large amount of violently burning dead grass are enough to injure the officers and soldiers. They pose a deadly threat.

So Tang Dao gave a large number of gas masks obtained from the Northeast Army's secret arsenal to Leng Feng's Third Battalion, and dumped a large amount of river water around it before the war, so that the soil was moist enough and the trenches were equipped with a large amount of river water.

When he felt the heat wave coming, Li Jijin gave an order. The officers and soldiers of the Seventh Company, regardless of the cold winter weather, poured water from their helmets to the soles of their feet.

The same is of course true for the 8th company and Mo Songzi's machine gun company. Even the heavy machine guns were doused with water. Due to the high heat, the water quickly evaporated, and the entire position seemed to be shrouded in white mist, like a fairyland.

But everyone knows that this seemingly beautiful picture may be filled with the cruelty of death.

Ishiguro Sadazo is extremely satisfied with this situation.

"Order the 3rd Infantry Battalion to wet themselves with clean water. When the fire is a little smaller, they will immediately attack the Chinese position with all their strength. Tell Colonel Shenmu that the imperial warriors in front are still fighting hard with the Chinese. He must break through the Chinese in the shortest possible time. At the position, the artillery colleagues have done everything they can, and the rest is up to them." Ishiguro Sadazou looked at the front with a stern face and ordered.

The Major Captain of the Third Infantry Brigade looked extremely ugly after receiving the military order.

He knew that although his Excellency, the captain of the regiment, did not say the words "Long Live the Charge", that was actually what he said.

Banzai Charge is often a tactic used at the last moment of a war to break through the enemy's position in one fell swoop. Although it is very morale-boosting, it can cause heavy casualties. It is not a last resort and no commander is willing to choose this.

Unexpectedly, he hadn't even given him a chance to choose. The battle had just begun, and the Third Infantry Brigade would use this.

But can he refuse? In other words, do you dare to refuse?

We can only hope that the Chinese in the center of the fire will be burned to death! The Japanese Major looked at the battlefield with pain, because the withered grass was almost burning, and the air waves caused by shelling were replaced, and the fire intensity had been reduced a lot. He could only give a sharp order: "Order, in three minutes, the first The squadron, the second squadron, each infantry squadron captain and squad leader lead the team, long live the charge!

Those who retreat without receiving the order to retreat shall die! "

This may be the most tragic "Banzai Charge" in the history of Japanese wars! ', it's not a matter of how many people die in battle.

Rather, others have a bowl of wine, and they have a pot of water, showering them from head to toe.

It feels so refreshing in the middle of winter!

However, there are still good guys.

Two captains of the infantry squadron took the lead. About twenty or thirty Japanese officers such as lieutenants, second lieutenants, and commander Cao took off their military uniforms and went bare-chested, showing off their muscles and their fearlessness against cold and death.

If they weren't afraid of eggs hanging on the dead grass branches that weren't completely burned while running, they might even have to take off their pants!

In the words of Captain Li Jijin and Li Dal who saw this scene: Damn it! Little devil, this is really economical! I don't even want to get my military uniform dirty even if I die!

That was probably the most exciting moment for Li Jiujin, who felt like he was about to be steamed.

In front of his Seventh Company, which is equipped with 30 semi-automatic rifles, 60 submachine guns, and 60 shell guns, he is not afraid at all if there are more than a hundred such live targets, even if multiplied by ten.

More than 300 Japanese infantrymen were prepared to break into the fire scene in a desperate attempt, but they were not the most unlucky group.

Gu Xishui's special operations squadron has mostly withdrawn from the north bank of Bihe River since that battle, but that doesn't mean that this battle will have nothing to do with his special operations squadron.

On the contrary, in the grass of this wilderness, there are at least five groups of special forces lurking, including himself, Shen Laoliu and Mingxin who have made great achievements!

Gu Xishui's lurking point was less than a kilometer away from the Japanese coalition headquarters. His eyes had been searching for what he thought was the most valuable target.

(End of this chapter)

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