Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 848

Chapter 848 Waiting for action!

In Matsumoto's right gate's field of vision, the rapid-fire artillery squadron had disappeared into smoke!

In fact, the artillerymen who could survive this sudden heavy artillery washout accounted for about a quarter of his original rapid-fire artillery squadron, and it was not considered a total annihilation.

However, the huge explosion produced in the center of the bombardment made these artillerymen who survived the attack as deaf as their artillery squadron leader.

A group of disabled Japanese artillerymen is nothing. More importantly, the artillery can no longer be used.

Although the six rapid-fire cannons were not all blown to pieces by the precise hits of Chinese shells, looking at the cannon bodies that were swaying and even lying on the ground, Matsumoto Umon also knew that without maintenance, these cannons were all destroyed. It can no longer be used.

"It's over!" Captain Matsumoto's right gate artillery was blind, and he was supported by the signal soldiers to retreat towards the wing headquarters almost mechanically.

Perhaps, he would feel much better if he knew that not only the two infantry squadrons of the "Banzai Charge" of the 3rd Infantry Group were completely lost, but even Major Shenmu was killed.

After all, he is still alive, right?

In the end, there were less than 500 soldiers of the Japanese Third Infantry Battalion who were able to retreat 700 meters away from the blocking position of Leng Feng's Third Battalion and begin desperately digging field trenches.

The lieutenant and deputy commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, who was watching all this with a telescope, almost shed tears.

He was the former major captain of the 3rd Infantry Brigade. The 3rd Infantry Brigade was both his soldier and the guarantee of his right to speak in the regiment. Before the attack, the 4 infantry squadrons took out a heavy machine gun squadron. Although it was due to battle damage I'm not satisfied with the editing, but that's a huge number of more than 900 people.

This is good, we only attacked two waves, and only half of the people were left.

"The regiment's directly affiliated baggage squadron will be added to the 3rd Infantry Battalion. Tanakkun and Major Kamiki have been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. You once served as the captain of the 3rd Infantry Battalion. Now, you will be appointed as the captain of the 3rd Infantry Battalion concurrently. The safety of the alliance headquarters depends entirely on you." There was no sadness on Ishiguro Sadazou's face, but he gave the order decisively.

“Hi!” The Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel lowered his head heavily.

“Send power to the division headquarters again. Our regiment is besieged by a large number of Chinese troops carrying automatic firearms. All subordinate units have suffered casualties. Please request air support as soon as possible!” Ishiguro Sadazou watched his deputy walk away, took a deep breath, and ordered again.

It was only then that Ishiguro Sadzo showed anxiety in his eyes.

At this time, the Japanese Army Colonel had realized that his 2nd Infantry Regiment was actually in dire straits. He could not abandon the two surrounded infantry brigades in any case, but he could no longer rescue the current regiment by itself. them.

If he insists on attacking forcefully, this may be exactly what the Chinese want. The Chinese army responsible for blocking them in front of them may turn from defense to attack at any time and attack the regiment headquarters that has suffered huge troop losses.

By then, the 2nd Infantry Regiment will become the laughing stock of the Imperial Army.

Originally, the Chinese only wanted to eat 2,000 people. Who would have thought that Ishiguro Sadazo was so confused that he spent the last mobile force on the Chinese's carefully constructed defense line, and eventually even himself was included in it.

Not to mention that the various departments of the Imperial Army will regard the 14th Division as a joke, the Chinese will also take the opportunity to use Ishiguro Sadazou's pig head to publicize it!

The only way now is to hold on with the last force and take a gamble.

Bet that the Chinese could not kill two of his infantry brigades in one day, and bet that the reinforcements of the division regiment could arrive within 10 hours.

If he loses the bet, his 2nd Infantry Regiment loses two infantry brigades, but if he wins the bet, he can make a complete comeback.

In the future, the division's battle report to the front army headquarters can be written as follows: The 2nd Infantry Regiment used two infantry brigades as bait to induce the main force of the Chinese army to besiege, and then the division sent all its main force to annihilate them!

Of course, Ishiguro Sadazou did not say that he would really abandon the two infantry brigades. He also pinned his hopes on the air power of the Imperial Army.

The front army has ground aviation stationed at two airports in Jin Province. Fighters can bomb and use machine guns to shoot. Even if it cannot completely solve the danger of the two infantry brigades being surrounded, it can only give them enough support to let them hold on until dusk.

It can only be said that the opponent Tang Dao encountered was clear-minded and tenacious. If ordinary troops encountered him, they would probably suffer a big loss.

It's just that Ishiguro Sadazou learned about the Tang Sword from Doihara Kenji, not the entire Four Elements Regiment. The Tang Sword is the core of the Four Elements Regiment, but the combat effectiveness of the Four Elements Regiment does not only come from the commander.

It comes from fighting again and again, from the fighting will to constantly experience life and death. Even the more than a thousand Sichuan troops who joined later have experienced hard and deadly battles in Guangde.

What's even more terrible is that they have also updated their equipment and ammunition supplies.

Spanning 700 kilometers, not counting the baggage troops, each person carried a huge load of 30 kilograms, which actually laid the most important foundation for this battle.

Today's Si Xing Regiment, whether in terms of personnel quality, equipment, or the execution ability of commanders at all levels, the comprehensive combat strength of the entire China, not to say that it is firmly ranked first, must also be in the top three.

If you are poor, you will have tactical penetration; if you are rich, you will have firepower coverage!

Lei Xiong's 1st Battalion and Guo Shouzhi's 2nd Battalion implemented the prodigal model to the end. After the first wave defeated the Japanese troops in the encirclement and killed a quarter of them, the two sides entered into a duel in the vast wilderness grassland. model.

It's just that the Japanese troops who rolled down the roadbed could only use rifles and few machine guns to fight the enemy.

It's not that the Japanese infantry squadron is equipped with too few light machine guns. An infantry squadron is equipped with 6 Taisho 10 light machine guns, which is enough to rival an ordinary Chinese infantry battalion. There are as many as 8 Japanese infantry squadrons besieged on the battlefield. That means that even if the heavy machine gun squadron suffers heavy losses, they still have nearly 50 light machine guns.

But the tragedy is that although the first and second battalions did not use mortars, there were quite a few grenadiers staying in the grass more than 100 meters away. Their target was the continuous firepower of the Japanese army.

Once a Japanese light machine gun is discovered roaring in that patch of grass, even if the grenadier soldiers don't have time to notice it, the squad and platoon leaders in the trenches will scream desperately to remind their grenadier soldiers to solve the serious problem at hand.

The grenade machine gun can be said to be a crushing type. If you can't kill it with one shot, then use two or three rounds!

Of course, the Japanese army also has grenadiers, but the targets of the grenades are not as obvious as the thick smoke emitting from the continuous firing of light machine guns, and the positions of the two sides are also very different.

The battle position where the Chinese grenadiers hide is not just a grass nest. The grenadiers who are some distance away from the infantry also dig individual trenches and use sandbags as bunkers. As long as grenades are not used, they can If you fall in a trench or just on the edge of a trench, you will basically not be injured by shrapnel.

As for the Japanese grenadiers, they were lying casually in the grass, being suppressed by unknown amounts of or even traceless firepower. Not to mention that they were still searching for targets with telescopes and could raise their heads like before. , that's already good luck.

What's more, every Chinese infantry squad has precision shooters. Their instinct is not to lie on the edge of the trench and pour firepower on the front like other infantry.

Those who resist resolutely, have a sun flag tied to the muzzle of their gun, are highly lethal, and have stars on their epaulettes are basically the targets they are looking for. Grenadier soldiers were naturally their prey, so more than 20 Japanese grenadier soldiers were shot and killed in the stalemate that lasted for more than 20 minutes.

To put it bluntly, the battlefield at this time was a bit like the 14th Division fighting the First Army. As soon as the Chinese machine gun fire showed up, the Japanese grenade launchers stationed 400 meters away came in all directions. However, the Chinese side was unable to do so due to a shortage of mortar shells. There was nothing they could do, and they could only watch helplessly as the Japanese troops knocked out their own suppressive firepower one by one.

Without the continuous fire suppression of machine guns, the final charge of the Japanese army could not be stopped by relying solely on bolt-action rifles in the hands of infantrymen.

However, the battlefield at this time was just the opposite. The Japanese army could only watch in pain as the Chinese killed their own machine gun firepower points, but they were unable to do anything.

At this moment, they finally understood the powerlessness of their former opponents. It was not that the soldiers had weak willpower, but that they had no choice.

They have no choice now. Not only do they have to watch their opponents kill their machine guns bit by bit, they also have to bear the ill will from the imperial military workers.

Yes, many Taisho 10 small machine guns went on strike without waiting for the Chinese to kill them.

Because the grenade exploded, some dead grass was ignited. Although it was quickly extinguished due to the air waves caused by the explosion of more grenades, it did not become a large burning fire field like the third camp, but a large amount of burning residue was swept into the air and fell one after another. , Chinese and Japanese soldiers were like groundhogs covered in mud.

These things falling on the human body are just a little dirty. Human beings who are struggling on the edge of life and death can certainly not take it seriously, but they stopped doing machine guns in the Taisho decade.

How can the sophisticated weapons developed by the Imperial Japanese military industry work in such an environment? Getting stuck has almost become the most common operation.

The Japanese infantry who once had a pretty good life could only tragically use their 38 rifles to fight the enemy, apart from shouting "Baga" angrily.

In other words, 30 minutes after the battle began, the surrounded Japanese army had no weapons to use except the 38-meter Gai.

Guo Shouzhi, who arrived at the front-line command, discovered this keenly, and had already requested Tang Dao via phone to launch a charge and completely eat up the Japanese troops in front of him.

"Continue to maintain the battlefield situation and kill as many Japanese troops as possible. Now is not the time for a decisive battle. Without my order, each battalion is not allowed to launch a charge without permission! Violation of military orders will be followed." Tang Dao refused on the other end of the phone.

Tang Dao's face was stern, but his eyes showed relief. The Japanese troops in the encirclement had lost all their heavy weapons and were basically doomed. They could eat them at any time if they wanted.

Looking back at the secret agent company commander Yang Xiaoshan who was accompanying him, Tang Dao smiled thoughtfully: "Xiaoshan, please tell me why I didn't let Commander Guo and the others kill the Japanese in one go?"

Tang Dao has always had an inexplicable fondness for Yang Xiaoshan. Although he has never achieved any brilliant achievements, as a representative of the group of young officers who were quickly promoted like Gu Xishui and Qian Dazhu, he actually His reputation in the military is far inferior to that of those two. Even among the big guys in Zhengzhou City who came to arrange a marriage, few people mentioned this honest-looking lieutenant and company commander.

But Tang Dao liked him so much that he was promoted from second lieutenant to lieutenant and became commander of the special agent company after just over a month of training in Li Jiujin's infantry company.

The special service company is not a combat unit. It has jurisdiction over communications, medical care, engineers, and service. It is considered a special service company and will never be sent to the battlefield unless it is absolutely necessary.

It seems that the first-line combat troops have been transferred to the second-line service troops, but almost anyone who is not blind will know that the secret service company is the closest unit to the regimental commander, and the importance of its company commander goes without saying.

Perhaps, only Tang Dao himself knows why he likes Yang Xiaoshan. It is not only that Yang Xiaoshan was the first to express goodwill to him when he first came to this world, but that Yang Xiaoshan looked very much like him when he first entered the military camp.

Be kind, enthusiastic and have a firm heart.

Tang Dao firmly believes that Yang Xiaoshan will become an excellent commander, so he will spare no effort to train him.

Seeing Tang Dao's question, Yang Xiaoshan quickly replied, "Sir, you may be worried about the Japanese artillery. If we decide the winner too early, the Japanese artillery over there will definitely be able to fire unscrupulously, and our army will suffer great losses." ”

“Haha, this can be considered part of the reason, and there's more!” Tang Dao smiled slightly.

"If there is anything else, sir, you have also considered that the Japanese air support will definitely arrive. The two armies are intertwined, which will make it impossible for the Japanese bombers to attack and avoid the casualties that may occur to our army!" Yang Xiaoshan pointed to the sky. .

Tang Dao shook his head this time and said: "The two points you considered, Xiaoshan, are actually correct. The Japanese artillery still exists, and its air support will arrive sooner or later. They are enough threats to our unit, but to put it bluntly, these two points In fact, it's just a little bit.

The reason why Battalion Commander Guo didn't care about this at all is not to say that he didn't consider so much. He just didn't want to waste the hard-earned bullets. He was also confident that the battle would be resolved before the Japanese planes arrived. As for the Japanese infantry, Although artillery and mountain artillery can cause certain casualties, they are within the range he can bear.

Moreover, he is just a member of the encirclement on the battlefield. He only needs to consider what his second battalion has to do. But where you are is the command center of my entire Fourth Army Regiment. What you need to consider is the entire battlefield. "

“Sir, what I mean is that the group of Japanese troops outside the encirclement cannot be scared away, and we must use a stalemate to attract them firmly to the battlefield.” Yang Xiaoshan suddenly woke up when Tang Dao reminded him.

"Ishiguro Sadazou is a very smart person. This alone is not enough. I estimate that he has already made preparations for the retreat of all members of the regiment. The breaking of the wrists of strong men was not only done by our Chinese army, but also by the Japanese." No mercy either.

In this Sino-Japanese war, the Japanese infantry brigade was wiped out not once or twice, but an infantry regiment was extremely rare. Ishiguro Sadazou did not want to become the second Takeuchi Unzan. Tang Dao nodded when he saw that Yang Xiaoshan responded quickly enough and his expression softened.

"It's just that he can't easily lose two infantry brigades without letting him care about them. Let's just hang him up like this until he can't walk or not walk. His head will hurt for a while.

What this person is most afraid of is that his thoughts are too complicated. If he is not careful, he will think too much! At that time, it was our team's chance for a decisive battle. "Tang Dao cast his gaze into the distance.

This is both a tactic, a game of life, and a psychological game.

The main force of the 14th Division is still dozens of kilometers away. Enough time is enough for Tang Dao to dare to let go for the time being and eat up nearly a thousand Japanese troops in the encirclement.

He was not busy making moves, but let Ishiguro Sadazou think and make decisions by himself.

Tang Dao has already done this once before, striking first and striking with a flurry of punches.

Now, it is not impossible to wait for the Japanese to make a move, find a good opportunity, and strike later.

What's more, Tang Dao has already prepared his backup plan in advance. It depends on whether the Japanese will make any mistakes in panic.

(End of this chapter)

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