Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 969

Chapter 969 A house-style battle!

The strategy for growing ancient vines is simple but extremely practical.

Use infantry to conduct exploratory attacks to continuously draw out the firepower points of the Chinese position, and then use artillery groups to bombard the Chinese defensive area.

The four infantry guns and three 57mm tank guns deployed less than 1,000 meters away from the infantry front line may only be regarded as desserts before the meal. The 12 75mm mountain guns placed in the mountains behind the main infantry force are the main course.

Even though the No. 1 and No. 2 Highlands have learned to hide after two consecutive rounds of shelling by the Japanese army, and the heavy machine gun firepower will never be used easily unless it is absolutely necessary, the offensive of the Japanese infantry under the cover of their own light and heavy machine guns looks very fierce, and it is the closest. The Japanese troops in the front line trenches have already arrived within 50 meters.

Even though the two chief officers, Zhao Daqiang and Cai Yongguan, knew it was very dangerous, they still had to use heavy machine gun fire to suppress the Japanese infantry.

When the Japanese troops retreated like a tide, the previously exposed light and heavy machine gun firepower points had to be quickly transferred, otherwise, what awaited them would be a round of artillery fire to clear the ground.

Sure enough, in less than 2 minutes, the Japanese artillery fire came overwhelmingly, blowing the heavy machine gun fortifications that the two companies of soldiers had worked hard to build with sandbags into ruins.

If this continues, it won't take long before even if the heavy machine guns are not destroyed and there are no fortifications to hide them, they will be almost exposed to the threat of Japanese grenade launchers. There will be no need for infantry artillery or mountain artillery, only Japanese grenades more than 300 meters away. Canister, can be blown up in battle.

The Japanese army completely took advantage of artillery fire, bit by bit eroding the advantages of the original fortifications on the defense line of the Fourth Army.

It's like eating a crab. You use pliers to peel off the hard shell of the crab little by little. You won't be happy to taste it until you see the tender and plump crab paste.

Perhaps it was not just the fortifications that were damaged. Under the overwhelming artillery fire, more than a dozen trenches dug with great effort were collapsed. As many as a dozen soldiers died in the two highlands, and more than 20 people were injured.

There will never be more than 30 Japanese corpses left in front of the formation.

In less than half an hour of offensive and defensive battle, the battle losses of both sides were almost the same.

This is probably the first time that the Four Troops have been in such a predicament since they dealt with the Japanese army.

"Company Commander, what should we do? The Japs are very thieves. I think they just keep tempting us to fire machine guns, and then use cannons to blow up! If we continue like this, it won't be long before we even have our trenches flattened by them. "The first platoon leader of the fifth company was a former squad leader of the 524th Regiment. Through the performance of the Japanese army, he still reacted and asked Cai Yongguan anxiously.

"What should I do? Cold salad! I don't believe it. You can blow up my trenches with just a cannon." Cai Yongguan is a brave player. He has so much determination and determination, but he can still control so much. "Tell the brothers, if the Japanese want to use cannons to blow up our trenches, then I will dig deeper for him.

When the Japs come up, use one squad from each platoon to be on combat alert, and the rest will continue to dig trenches for me. When the Japs retreat, I will retreat. "

Destruction is of course easier than construction, but Cai Yongguan's iron-headed move is not without effect.

The Japanese army continued to attack, but because it was tentative, they were not so resolute. The three infantry squads were basically able to block them, but the other six infantry squads put their guns aside and bent over to dig trenches. , then put the excavated soil into cloth bags, turn them into sandbags and pile them on the edge of the trench.

Waiting for the Japanese artillery fire to strike again, most of the sandbags were blown away. However, on the reopened battlefield, most of the officers and soldiers of the fifth company once again picked up individual engineer shovels, and the trench that was originally only 80 centimeters was gradually deepened.

In principle, unless the artillery shell happens to fall into the trench, life will be miserable. Otherwise, the deeper the trench, the better it can protect against artillery.

Other company officers looked through the binoculars and saw that Cai Yongguan was doing a good job!

Since then, the five highlands have taken the opportunity to engage in earthworks of digging trenches in the fierce battle.

For nearly half an hour, such a strange scene appeared on the battlefield where the Fourth Infantry Regiment faced off against the 31st Infantry Brigade.

One side attacks, the other defends!

However, neither the attacker nor the defender exerted all their strength. Instead, they put most of their strength into digging the soil.

The sound of digging even drowned out the sound of machine gun and rifle shooting. It was like playing house, if there wasn't still blood on the position.

Those who know, think that Brigade Commander Major General Fudo Nagaguchi is using powerful and heavy firepower to try to slowly break the hard shell of the Chinese people, making the best preparations for severely injuring the Chinese people; those who don't know, think that this If you have any prejudice against the 14th Division, just watch them die with this almost lazy tactic.

In fact, Major General Fudo Nagaguchi used the toughest means to attack, but it was not of much use to Major Moriki and others in the encirclement.

Because, at the stage where the two armies in Laoyashan are trying to dig deeper and deeper, the 683rd Brigade and the 771st Regiment have gradually evolved from occupying the high ground and continuously attacking the Japanese troops in the encirclement, to interspersed and divided encirclement. It is to divide the resisting Japanese troops into more than a dozen groups, and their living space is getting smaller and smaller.

This is why Brigadier Cheng accepted the lesson from the 511th Division's Battle of Pingguan and was not in a hurry to launch a full-scale charge. This resulted in many backbones of the army being sacrificed in the process of charge and hand-to-hand combat.

The 683rd Brigade, which had sufficient ammunition, actually used a simple version of Gudo Changke's trick. They continued to use bullets to kill the stubborn Japanese troops on the periphery until they were weak enough.

If the rocks where the Japanese troops are hiding are hard enough, today's 683 Brigade will not rely on blasters to rush over and blast with explosive packets and cluster grenades. Instead, they will call in infantry artillery and aim at it.

In addition to the loss of more than 100 soldiers in the initial ambush battle, Major Moriki lost more than 600 soldiers in this grinding battle.

At this time, it is no longer a question of whether the initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of the 683 Brigade, but a matter of how much cost Brigadier Cheng can accept to annihilate these Japanese troops. Major Moriki and his team are already doomed.

So, as early as 20 minutes ago, Major Moriki had already sent a message to his division headquarters that the entire army was about to be shattered.

Doi Yuan, who was directing the battle on the front line, was almost mad. In a battle of this level, he could afford to lose 400 heavy troops and two infantry squadrons, and he could not care less about 181 vehicles. If those things were gone, he would look for front troops. The headquarters wanted it, but he couldn't bear the risk of not arriving on time for nearly a month's worth of luggage.

How important is this baggage? Even ancient Chinese military books say that before the army moves, food and grass go first. At that time, people still carried knives and swords. After grinding them on a stone, they could go to the battlefield. At least there were no bullets or cannonballs. Let alone combat in the era of hot weapons.

It's just ammunition. After all, the ammunition transported in this wave is not much. The 14th Division has already made a plan and has sufficient reserves, but people have to eat!

Not to mention that in order to boost morale, the Japanese Army Ministry made extremely detailed requirements for the supply of individual Japanese soldiers entering the Chinese battlefield.

Compared with the Chinese army's standard of half a pound of rice and two taels of cabbage and potatoes per day for an individual soldier in the Chinese army, the Japanese infantry's food standard is luxurious.

According to the "Revision of the Detailed Rules for Wartime Supply of Military Personnel" promulgated by Japan in November 1937, the basic daily ration for army soldiers includes: 660 grams of polished rice, 210 grams of refined wheat, 210 grams of fresh meat (or 150 grams of canned meat), and 600 grams of vegetables. grams (or 120 grams of dried vegetables), 60 grams of pickled vegetables, 20 grams of soy sauce, 75 grams of miso (condiment), 5 grams of salt, 20 grams of sugar, 3 grams of tea, 400 grams of sake, 120 grams of sweets and 20 cigarettes.

An individual soldier needs so many types and quantities. It is conceivable that the needs of more than 20,000 Japanese troops are huge. There are not more than 100 cars that can transport them?

Do you think Tufei Yuan will be a big loser after hearing the bad news?

The furious Madoka Doi directly forwarded the farewell message from Major Moriki, the deputy captain of his baggage regiment, to the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters. This was a clear expression of dissatisfaction with a certain general commander of his front army headquarters.

Of course, this has something to do with the Taierzhuang defeat a few days ago. Everyone knows that General Indoor Shroud is about to step down. Dofei Yuan, who has worked in the imperial intelligence department for a long time, is actually a threat in disguise. If you Indoor Shroud If you can't respond effectively, don't blame me for turning against you and adding salt to your wounds.

When the investigators from the Army Headquarters arrive, I will speak out about your various command errors.

After all, the rumors released by the Army Headquarters at this time are still based on the fact that indoor shrouds have no credit but hard work. After resigning as the commander of the North China Front, he will serve as a senior member of the Army Headquarters and go to Europe to negotiate with the Germans and launch a campaign for the Empire. China battlefield to gain more support.

I don't ask the Germans to sell themselves many weapons. I just ask the Germans not to buy weapons to China. German-made weapons on the Chinese battlefield are the ones that cause the most damage to the Imperial Army.

If Doi Yuan, who has great influence in the intelligence department, steps on him, he may not even be able to get this job and retire where he is.

Indoor Shroud may be the most tragic general in the history of the Japanese army. Not only was he secretly tricked by his own chief of staff, but even the division commander under his command dared to threaten him through this.

But he knew that he couldn't blame others for this. If he were in his position in Doiyuen, knowing that his division of more than 20,000 people would lack all kinds of supplies for at least half a month, he would still be angry at his commander, especially He is an outgoing commander.

　　It must be blamed on the crazy Chinese people. Under the heavy garrison of two infantry regiments, they even dared to attack the convoy with firewood. The extremely aggrieved Indoor Shroud directed his anger at the two division commanders of the 108th and 109th divisions, and ordered them to telegraph their subordinates to attack with all their strength. Even if they could not save the people, they could not let the Chinese **** away or destroy all the baggage. .

The last call was to the Army Aviation Headquarters in Baoding, Shimen, asking why their bomber formation had not arrived on the battlefield to provide help to friendly forces.

Perhaps, generals at the division commander level may not care too much about the commander-in-chief who has lost power now, but this does not mean that the Army Aviation, whose level is no more than the brigade level, can ignore the anger of the shroud in the room.

There is nothing that can be done about the lieutenant general-level general, but it is still possible to issue a military order before resigning and remove a major general and several colonel-level officers from their posts.

However, the Japanese North China Front Army and Aviation also had their own difficulties. The Battle of Xuzhou did not end with the defeat of Taierzhuang. The Japanese North China Front Army suffered 20,000 casualties in the battle, but the two major front armies, the North China Front Army and the East China Front Army, invested more than 20,000 troops. An army of 10,000 people is still fighting fiercely with a Chinese army of 600,000 people.

Does this need support from Army Aviation? That's necessary. Seventy percent of the Army's fighter planes are supporting the battlefield there.

On the Jin Province side, the front army also invested more than 100,000 troops including the 5th Division, 16th Division, 20th Division, 108th Division, and 109th Division. They faced the Chinese Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army. , the 22nd Army, the 80th Army and more than 400,000 troops. Do you want to support them? Same thing.

What, if the plane is made of paper, you can fly into the sky with a bomb by blowing at the nose of the plane? The Japanese Army Aviation also racked their brains to collect 6 96 attack and 96 bombers.

The formation of 12 fighter planes, although it does not meet the 24 squadrons required by His Excellency Indoor Shroud, is enough to deal with a bunch of Tuba.

The reason why more than two hours have passed since the 14th Division's baggage regiment has not arrived at the battlefield is also related to one person.

Captain Sasaki, who has been in several battles in a row and flew back to the airport intact despite heavy losses to friendly aircraft, has now been promoted again, and has been changed from a lieutenant to a captain and deputy squadron leader.

However, it was not that the Army Aviation wanted to promote him, and even he himself did not have this intention, but the Army Aviation of the Front Army, which suffered continuous losses, needed this 'hero'.

Only brilliance can cover up ugliness!

Lieutenant Sasaki has inexplicably become the face of the Army Aviation. It can also be called the 'mascot', the kind who does not go to war.

Because almost none of those who fought with him came back alive. Who dares to join him?

'Sasaki went on an expedition, but not a single blade of grass grew in the Army Aviation Squadron! ' This is the consensus among Japanese Army aviation that is not put on the table.

When major airports such as Baoding and Yuancheng are very busy, Captain Sasaki's daily life is to sit on the grass, drink wine, stare at the distance for a while, or attend military meetings and talk to bosses. Let's relay our speech to everyone.

This living condition is not only satisfactory to Captain Sasaki, but other Japanese pilots also think it is very good.

But this calm is about to be shattered again.

Before departure, the three pilots had collective diarrhea due to some unknown reason. They were so miserable that they had to put their bedrolls in the toilet.

If we have fighter planes but not enough pilots, is that okay? Shi Zhongjing, the top boss of the Army Aviation Group, spoke and ordered pilots in the base with more than 800 hours of flying experience to take over.

Captain Sasaki, who had already drunk half a kilo of sake, was unfortunate enough to meet this criterion again, and it was such a coincidence that there were only three of them in total.

It doesn't matter to him. Anyway, he has understood it now. He is determined to control his colleagues. If he has military orders, he can fly.

But the other Japanese pilots did not agree. This thing from Baga is more poisonous than the Chinese anti-aircraft guns. They are trying to push us all to death!

So, you petitioned me to submit a petition, and it was more than half an hour after the takeoff military order was issued. These guys who were unwilling to die were still arguing with their superiors. It was not until Ishizaka Keiichi got angry that he issued the military order again. take off.

So, Major Moriki's farewell message was forwarded to the North China Front Army Headquarters, and all 12 fighter planes had just left Baoding.

Captain Sasaki, as the second commander of this fighter formation, was flying alone at the front, like a lone goose.

However, this long-tested Japanese Army Aviation Captain was not panicked at all. He had been told on several battlefields that as long as he did not die, others would die.

The so -called group is cool for a while, but it is not so beautiful to hold the group to drink tea over Tianzhao Daishen.

"Sasaki-kun, can you tell me how to survive on the battlefield?" Finally, someone couldn't help but asked on the radio with the fear of being cursed.

“Don't lower the flight altitude easily!” Sasaki pondered for a while and gave what he thought was the most sincere answer.

In all previous battles, it was because some people did not believe in evil and lowered their flying altitude, and were eventually hit by Chinese anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.

“But we are ordered from above to destroy all the Chinese we see!” a pilot asked cautiously.

There was silence on the radio station.

This is a core issue.

Without lowering the altitude, bombing accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

These fools! The corners of Sasaki's mouth curled up slightly, full of disdain.

On the army battlefield, the results can be determined by capturing and counting the corpses of enemy soldiers. In air combat, the results can be determined by the number of enemy soldiers shot down and injured. With the effectiveness of bombing, is it possible that there are people on the ground who can help you count how many Chinese people were killed?

However, Sasaki would never say these words explicitly. Now he no longer resists going to war as before, because he discovered that as long as his comrades died but he lived, he could be promoted. This is really something that has never been done before. shortcut.

Um? Will it be the same this time?

You see, people are very happy when they have no so-called moral bottom line, as Captain Sasaki is now.

But there is no doubt that the life-saving method Sasaki said has deeply affected these eagles of the Japanese Empire who flutter high in the sky.

To hunt for food, an eagle naturally has to swoop down from a high altitude, but if there is a hunter's shotgun waiting on the ground, its hunger is not unbearable.

Over there, Fudo Nagakou, who was hiding in the temporary field headquarters bunker and observing the battlefield with a telescope, still insisted on his battle philosophy: "Don't rush to attack, continue to consume the Chinese!"

And said the famous saying that made him feel extremely ashamed in the future: "When the imperial eagle arrives, the Chinese will be as desperate as rabbits!"

Tang Dao was also waiting, and said something similar: "Don't look at the grasshoppers dancing happily, it's because the autumn wind hasn't blown yet!"

The commanders of both China and Japan are waiting for their own friendly troops, and they have great trust.

I just don't know whether the Chinese and Japanese soldiers, who have the trust of their friendly forces on their shoulders, can live up to their respective friendly forces.

This only depends on the performance on the battlefield.

Anyway, there are more than two thousand soldiers in gray military uniforms in the mountains, working tirelessly over the mountains and ridges.

(End of this chapter)

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