Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 928

Chapter 928: Crushed humility!

Heizi is one of the first members of the Special Forces Squadron, and can be regarded as the oldest member of the Special Forces Squadron. He became the squad leader during the previous reorganization from a squadron to a squadron.

No one is unconvinced. In terms of qualifications and combat effectiveness, Heizi is considered one of the top members of the special squadron, not to mention Tang Dao trusts him very much.

But most of the time, Heizi always has a naive smile on his dark face, which makes people instinctively classify him into a simple crowd. Even in the early morning, he led a group of 8 people to thunderously defeat a Japanese army defended by an infantry squad. The brigade headquarters perfectly tore apart the Japanese command system stationed in Licheng to pieces, but in the eyes of most people, Heizi, the squad leader, just perfectly executed the tactics of Tang Tuanzuo and Gu Xishui, the deputy squadron commanders.

However, in the attack on the well-defended Japanese artillery positions, Kuroko used his own wisdom to prove to everyone that his ability to become the leader of a team did not rely on his qualifications and physical ability beyond ordinary people.

He coldly ordered the killing of valuable Japanese war horses, forcing Inoue Xiaoshu, the Japanese cavalry captain, to send nearly 50 cavalrymen out of the trenches to support the unwinnable battlefield.

The lives of 50 Japanese cavalrymen were actually not too important compared to the entire battlefield. Goto Koshinan Company lost nearly 500 infantrymen without blinking an eye, let alone dozens of cavalrymen who left their horses.

But the terrible thing is that at this time, in the 700-meter-long trench around the Japanese artillery position, there was only an infantry squad of 63 people and a Japanese cavalry of 44 people. The total strength did not exceed one infantry company.

Such defensive firepower was much sparser than what Goto Koshiminan expected.

It can be said that the deployment of these 50 Japanese troops weakened the entire Japanese defense line by more than half. It can definitely be regarded as the most brilliant tactic of "moving the tiger away from the mountain" in this battle.

According to post-war statistics, nearly 50 sturdy Japanese horses were killed by bullets, and more than 20 Japanese horses were ordered to be killed because their gunshot wounds could not be treated. In the end, less than 40 horses became trophies, but Kuroko was still recorded as With first-class merit, plus second-class merit for conquering the Japanese infantry brigade headquarters in Licheng, Heizi became the first strongman in the Si Xing Regiment to win two battle merits in one battle.

For the Japanese army at this time, perhaps what frightens them is not how much of their own troops have been depleted, or even the Chinese army that is about to attack, with up to two infantry companies, but the important strength that the Chinese army has at this time. Firepower.

The core of the Japanese defensive position has never been the Japanese infantry and cavalry in the trenches. It is the protected artillery position. The four mountain cannons are enough to throw the sickle of death hundreds of meters away, harvesting all lives.

But this elite army led by Tang Tuanzuo, although considered lightly armed, still had 6 mortars and 18 grenades, which was far more than the Japanese army.

After observing the Japanese position for nearly an hour and making a clear introduction, Tang Dao quickly penetrated the weakness of the Japanese position.

This position is purely for external strength and internal strength. They are defensive against infantry but not against artillery!

Almost all the grenadiers were ordered to reach the mountains and forests no more than 300 meters away from the Japanese positions. Their targets were not the Japanese cavalry and infantry that had become sparse in numbers in the trenches, but the Japanese mountain artillery located in the center. position.

That means that the first wave of attacks on the Japanese artillery will include 6 82 mortars and 18 micro mortars similar to 50 mm.

If the four mountain cannons want to counterattack, they must have a chance to survive the first wave of shelling.

All the Japanese Army Colonel's ideas were perfect, and he even had the dream of using artillery positions as bait to attract Chinese troops to attack. However, all of this was based on the fact that the Chinese army did not have enough artillery.

If it were the 683 Brigade that lacked artillery, perhaps his move might actually be successful.

Unfortunately, his opponent now is an army that has blocked the Japanese Tenth Army in Matsue, defeated the Kunisaki Detachment of the Fifth Division, and destroyed an entire infantry regiment under the 14th Division. It is completely beyond the understanding of the Japanese Army. The most elite part of the elite infantry regiment.

Forget about the powerful opponent, he still dares to allocate one-third of his troops to leave the position. Isn't this suicide?

Without this one-third of the troops, the defensive strength of the Japanese defense line was weakened even more than they imagined.

After the Chinese infantry began to attack from both sides, the Japanese infantry began to fight back hard, but they could hit very few targets, which showed the consequences of insufficient strength.

When more than a dozen machine guns and four heavy machine guns from the Chinese side began to roar, almost none of the Japanese infantry could hold their rifles and accurately shoot targets hundreds of meters away in the trenches as before.

The reason why Japanese veterans are said to have great marksmanship is because the Chinese side does not have enough firepower to put too much pressure on them. Now, nearly 20 light and heavy machine guns are firing at them unreasonably, and it is only a defensive position with only a hundred people. , no matter how veteran he is, his marksmanship is not that good anymore.

Before the infantry began to attack, mortars and grenade launchers had already attacked the central area protected by the Japanese defense line.

In two minutes of rapid fire, 6 mortars fired out 90 rounds, and 18 grenade launchers threw 220 rounds of grenades.

The gunpowder smoke and the flying dust completely covered the Japanese artillery position on the mountain, which was less than a thousand square meters in area. No one knew the situation inside. Even Tang Tuanzuo, the instigator of all this, had good eyesight and did not know that his own artillery How did this artillery attack go?

But the facts speak for themselves. During the two minutes when the Chinese artillery fire started and the last two minutes when the smoke cleared, none of the Japanese mountain artillery fired.

When the smoke cleared, Tang Dao's telescope could see the scattered corpses of Japanese artillerymen everywhere. The four Type 41 mountain cannons that had been standing majestically in the field were toppled over and broken into pieces.

Whether it is artillery or people, they have completely lost their ability to fight back.

Before the Japanese troops in the trenches had time to observe silence for their compatriots, the figures of the Chinese infantrymen who began to march in a semi-arc appeared.

The artillery was destroyed by the Chinese's unexpected artillery bombardment. Why did the Chinese still attack the ring position at the expense of casualties? Perhaps this was a strange idea that emerged in the confused minds of many Japanese infantrymen.

This is very unreasonable!

This is actually very reasonable.

"Baga! The Chinese want to seize our position!" Xiaoshu Inoue is indeed the only captain commander of the Japanese army on the position, and his reaction is super fast.

What are you doing to seize the position? It's nothing more than occupying this position and blocking the main infantry force still in front!

Even if you think about it, Inoue Xiaoshu knows that if the Chinese are allowed to occupy this position and only use two to three hundred people to occupy the 700-meter trench, with this position as the core and the hills and mountains on both sides as support, they will immediately It will form a terrifying right triangle defense position.

Not to mention that the main force of infantry at the front has been exhausted from attacking the mountains defended by the Chinese. Even if there are 1,500 people in full version, they will probably have to pay a sweat-dropping price to break out of this area.

Perhaps Inoue Xiaoshu still overestimated the strength of his colleagues.

If the main force of the Four Lines Regiment really enters this area, let alone 1,500 people, even if this force is doubled, it may not be very effective.

The most powerful force of the Japanese army is only 2 89 tanks and 10 Type 94 light tanks, but the Fourth Line Regiment not only has 150-weight mortars, but also infantry guns and 37mm combat anti-aircraft guns. These big guys are going up the mountain. , if the Japanese army used the two Type 89 tanks with limited shooting range to lead the charge, it would be really ugly.

With the Japanese army unable to dispatch its air force, the four-line regiment at this time was the Japanese army's big BUG. Without an infantry brigade, there was nothing they could do.

However, Inoue Xiaoshu's mind was still clear at this time, and he completely guessed Tang Dao's thoughts.

The purpose of Tang Dao is not only to take away the Japanese mountain artillery that is the most threatening to the Chinese army, but also to capture this position, completely secure the gate, and cut off the Japanese army's last way of survival.

Inoue Xiaoshu did not turn his attention to the woods where the gunfire was like exploding beans. He knew that it was the Chinese's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. The Chinese, who had been prepared for a long time, would never let go of the 50 soldiers they sent easily. Under his command.

That was natural. Led by ten special forces led by Heizi, the officers and soldiers of the cavalry company of the Fourth Row Regiment, all dismounted, participated in the encirclement and killing of the 50 Japanese cavalry.

It seems to be a fateful showdown, Japanese cavalry versus Chinese cavalry!

Only this time, they had no horses and lost their sabers, and all used guns. To say it is unfair, the Chinese side participated in the battle with 98 cavalrymen, 4 light machine guns, 18 submachine guns, 10 semi-automatic rifles, and 2 MG34 machine guns.

No matter the firepower from near or far, it showed a crushing situation against the Japanese cavalry.

Coupled with the fact that Heizi is the leader, Shen Laoliu, Brainless and Unhappy, Lu Zhongda and other ten special forces are also helping out, it can only be said that the fate of this wave of Japanese cavalry is not good.

Whether there were 50 colleagues in the woods who were destined to never come back, or the Chinese infantry, which definitely exceeded 300 people, had appeared in front of the position, in fact, none of them had made Inoue Xiaoshu, a Japanese army captain with a clear mind, despair.

Even though the Chinese had already flexed their muscles and knocked out 4 mountain artillery pieces in one fell swoop, the Japanese Army Captain still firmly believed that he might not be able to defeat them, but as long as he could hold on for 15 minutes, Colonel Colonel would do his best to come back with reinforcements.

Because, even if you don't love him as a noble imperial baron, His Excellency Goto Osaka still has to think about his own life! We must protect our retreat!

However, a dull explosion suddenly came from the distance, making Inoue Xiaoshu's face instantly pale.

He could still hear the explosion clearly from a distance of nearly two thousand meters. What did this mean?

Only heavy artillery!

Yes, when Tang Dao issued the attack order, the 1st artillery battery that had been prepared began a performance that stunned the officers and soldiers of the 769th regiment.

The 150 heavy mortar has a far lower range than the 150 howitzer, but its shells are not weaker at all.

Once the shell hits it, there will be a crater up to two meters deep, with a theoretical killing radius of 15 meters. That means that within a radius of 15 meters, the shock wave caused by a 19-kilogram shell can tear the human body into pieces, but the shrapnel flying around is enough. Enough to expand its killing radius twice as much!

The first person to be hit by four 150-heavy mortars was the unlucky boy Nobita Nobita, the "do or die" kid.

It is actually that the front-line command post that this commander raised was too close to the front-line position of the 769th Regiment, only 600 meters away.

At this distance, the 4x telescope may not be able to see clearly, but it did not prevent the young commander of the 769th Regiment, who had been closely observing the battlefield and constantly making tactical adjustments, from seeing the Japanese signal troops constantly coming and going.

There must be some important figures from the Japanese army on that position blocked by the hills.

He also ordered Li Daxi to try to bombard the area with 82 guns, but obviously, this small-caliber artillery did not pose a great threat to the Japanese army protected by trenches and fortifications, so no more shells were wasted.

But when he saw the four big guys from the 1st Battery of the Four Row Regiment Artillery who came to support, he knew that the opportunity had come.

Five consecutive rounds of shelling from four 150-meter mortars were fired at the area provided by the young commander of the 769th Regiment. The coordinates were calculated by two veteran artillerymen, Pang Panghai and Li Daxi, based on their own experience, and then compared.

There were some minor discrepancies, which caused the two veteran artillerymen, both of whom had grown up in actual combat, to try to persuade each other with red faces for nearly half an hour. Later, each gave in and the four 150 mortars were fired according to Pang Hai's instructions. Coordinate bombardment, eight 82 mortars bombarded according to Li Daxi's coordinates.

The eight mortars that had almost all fired their shells were of course sufficiently replenished, and another 200 rounds of shells were transported to the artillery position.

The artillerymen of the 769th Regiment are collectively excited!

They thought that the 683rd Brigade were local tyrants, but looking at it now, it turns out that they only got one word right.

Now is the real time. We have never fought such a rich battle.

A total of 12 artillery pieces, at the very beginning of the general attack, output nearly 150 shells, 40 of which hit around the front finger of Major Nobi Nobita.

The Japanese Army Major no longer worries that he will be killed by a certain colonel.

Because, he was killed by Chinese artillery shells, and at least he gained a reputation that was shattered on the spot.

After the war, the battle report sent by the headquarters of the 108th Division to the Japanese North China Front Command also described the Japanese Army Major who died on the front line in this way. For this reason, the North China Front Command also promoted him to the first rank. .

It's just that the rank of Lieutenant Colonel can only be hung on his tombstone by the wife he is destined to remarry.

Why do the Chinese have more artillery? Still such a large diameter

The Japanese infantrymen on the front line who wanted to rest for a while before fighting were completely confused. Before that, Major Nobi Nobita, wearing a sun scarf on his head, fed them chicken soup: Our army has suffered heavy losses, and the Chinese are even more exhausted. We just need to come again. Once, just once, their position will be completely opened to our army. In order to commend the bravery of the warriors in this battle, on behalf of Colonel Goto, I promise to everyone that after this battle, the entire army can search for the two small towns in China at will. All actions are allowed, as long as the warriors want to

Chicken soup and promises slightly improved the morale of the Japanese infantry, which had hit rock bottom.

Ke Ni Ma, is this the end of a strong crossbow? Seeing the rising smoke and gunpowder turning a certain major who had given him poisonous chicken soup into dregs, the Japanese infantry collapsed.

A swarm of retreat.

But this time, the Chinese soldiers did not blow their charge horns. They sat in the trenches and watched quietly.

　　Looking at the cannonballs passing over their heads, falling into the running group of **** yellow people, blowing up the group of "shits" who were running hard, and then throwing them on the Chinese land, becoming fertilizer.

Just like Gong Shaoxun, the leader of the Fourth Army Regiment, said: "This time, there is no need for the brothers to charge with their lives and open the way with their blood. Let us use artillery shells to hit him first!"

The officers and soldiers of the 769th Regiment who had just experienced a **** battle never thought that such a day would come. They would sit on the top of the mountain and watch such a feast of artillery fire from a high position.

However, a dream that I had never thought of was born in front of my eyes.

Enjoyed! It's so enjoyable!

The mood of the Japanese Army Colonel at that moment, who was also watching all this from the rear, is self-evident!

Merely using gray is not enough to describe it.

Because this is not just a defeat.

Rather, it was a question of how he was going to escape with the remaining seven or eight hundred people.

The Chinese soldiers on the high ground on both wings began to move, and the explosions from the rear also meant that the Chinese were attacking his rear path.

"I should lead my troops in a decisive battle with the Chinese people in front of me, but the Chinese are ten times more powerful than me, and they still have heavy artillery and other equipment. Our troops have little chance of winning! Even so, we will definitely fight to the death with the enemy to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor! "

After Goto Koshiminan stood stunned for a moment, he sent a farewell message to the division headquarters 6 kilometers away!

It was later proven that it was this telegram that saved the 108th Division Division Headquarters.

Xiong Yuan, who was still trying his best to mobilize troops and generals in an attempt to gather heavy troops and the Chinese army for a decisive battle, immediately stopped all tactical plans at hand. He didn't even have time to bring a lot of baggage. He immediately took all the Japanese troops in Lucheng and marched to Changzhi. Remove.

He didn't even have time to lament that he had lost more than 2,000 lives of imperial officers and soldiers, and could only be grateful that he and the division headquarters ran fast.

Otherwise, the Chinese army that was pursuing victory surrounded Lucheng. Whether he, the lieutenant general division commander, died or lived, he would nail the 108th Division and the Japanese North China Front to the pillar of shame in history.

Of course, what is a pillar of shame or not is something only the big shots have to consider. For Inoue Xiaoshu at this time, he didn't ask for much, he just wanted to hold on until the main force came back to support.

It is a pity that the Chinese people crushed such a humble prayer.

(End of this chapter)

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