Chapter 152 Is it going to attack the county town?

Author: Mao Mao lacks great virtue

Chapter 152 Is it going to attack the county town?

It has to be admitted that the enemy's firepower is indeed very fierce.

Under the attack of twenty-three aircraft of the Land Airlines and ten mountain cannons, the 385th Brigade on the Lion Nao Mountain position was beaten to no avail, and the battle came again to the most familiar fighting style of Xiaorizi.

The shells flew toward the hill one after another, and the sound of explosions continued. The 75mm caliber mountain cannon was powerful, and the outer positions seemed to have been gnawed by dogs.

Looking at the top of the mountain with fire, Katsuri Kodera, the chief of staff of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade, had a strange expression.

This is not because he felt sorry for the shells. As the headquarters of the brigade, Yangquan has sufficient reserves of various ammunition. Just a few hundred rounds, even waste is not considered a waste.

He just thought this style of play was unreasonable. A mountain artillery brigade did not even test fire, so he directly covered the artillery fire. Under normal circumstances, he should send a small group of troops to attack and test the enemy's firepower point.

Even if you want to buy time, you have to follow the tactical manual, otherwise the infantry will go up directly, that would be pure and innocent.

Thinking of this, Katsuri Kodera decided to persuade his brigade commander. Several infantry squadrons are still in the preparation stage, and if they can hold Taro Katayama, they can still avoid losses.

"Major General, I know you are in a hurry, but don't worry. After we capture the Lion Nail Mountain, the rescue work on Zhengtai Road will not be possible without infantry."

"With our current playing style, it is easy to wipe out the warriors of the brother country."

It was obvious that his persuasion was useless, and even Taro Katayama was kind enough to think of the donkey's liver and lungs. The old devil waved his hand indifferently, as if the man in the foot was just a consumable, and then said with murderous aura:

"We don't have so much time to spend here. If Nakatsuki Shinozuka knew the current situation, they might have sent us to the reserve."

"And we have two thousand people here, and there is also a mountain artillery brigade, and the advantage is me! An hour later, I will see the body of the commander opposite, otherwise I will ask you."

"It would be great if Luhang could bring some incendiary bombs. I really don't know what these guys think."

Although the last sentence was about complaining about the pilot who came to support him, Taro Katayama's tone was full of Versailles, and even a confident smile appeared on his face.

In his opinion, if these two thousand people cooperated with Lu Hang, even if all the officers and soldiers of the 129th Division came to defend themselves, he could penetrate the opponent's position.

It’s a pity that I can’t see the specific situation on Lion Brain Mountain this little day, otherwise there would be a high possibility of getting angry and getting cerebral congestion.

Due to Brigade Commander Chen's far-sighted vision, the situation of the 385th Brigade was generally much better than expected, and the number of casualties was less than fifty.

With the fortifications built overnight on the early morning of the 19th, the warriors did not cause serious casualties to the comrades of the two regiments.

And if someone really treats the 129th Division as a simple dried fruit C division, then from the commander to the soldiers, they will laugh at the person who doesn’t understand what the characteristics of the Republic of China are.

In an anti-cannon fortification similar to a cat's ear piercing, Commander Zheng of the 769th Regiment shook the soil on his steel helmet. He curled his lips helplessly and then said to himself:

"The Japanese are so rich, the shells are like the strong wind."

"Who is this fighting like this? Isn't this a blow-up? The little Liuzi of the old Zhang family will not be so prodigal."

Although he envied the enemy's firepower, Commander Zheng quickly thought of the logistics magician Deputy Minister Huang, and then envy turned into a longing for the future.

When the enemy's artillery ended, he immediately crawled out of the fortifications. After scanning the messy positions around him, he shouted to the soldiers around him:

"Everyone is ready to fight! The Japanese are coming up as soon as the shelling stops! Hurry up! Health officers! Rescue the wounded! Give priority to deal with serious injuries."

Although people often complain about the Japanese's fighting style, they think that the artillery is brainless after bombing the infantry.

However, when facing the Eighth Route Army and even the dried fruit troops lacking heavy weapons, this kind of infantry and artillery coordinated combat is the simplest and most effective.

Generally, the Japanese infantry will lurk in a safe location closest to the enemy.

The artillery soldiers used their body-barred cannons or mortars to open a suitable assault passage for the infantry.

When the artillery bombardment is over, the infantry will charge when the enemy is not responding, and use light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers to suppress the firepower point on the opposite side.

But the old Japanese devil, Taro Katayama, seemed to have forgotten one thing, that is, this style of play requires close coordination of tactics and the soldiers' unity and trust.

If it were a group of soldiers 40 years ago, even the subordinate units of the C Division could be considered proficient in mountain combat. After all, the training was strict at that time and there was a lot of experience in combat.

However, after entering the stalemate stage, the quality of the Japanese individual soldiers gradually declined.

Many soldiers don’t know how to use the terrain when attacking the upper limit, and even the health soldiers don’t know how to choose a mountain hideout to contain the wounded and bandage and deal with it.

But what's more, these soldiers were pieced together, and there were some messy expatriates and puppet troops.

And he didn't consider it, that is, what should we do if these shells did not have the expected effect?

After hearing the orders of their regiment commanders, the soldiers of the 769th Regiment immediately performed their duties. They came out of the anti-cannon hole and ran along the traffic trench to their own positions.

Although many of the trenches and fortifications dug yesterday were blown up, there was no choice at this time.

Through the smoke of gunpowder, the comrades in the front positions could clearly see that groups of Japanese soldiers kept the scattered line and formed a wave formation and pressed towards the west side of Lion Nail Mountain.

There is the highest point in the terrain. Xiaorizi plans to occupy it and strengthen defense to make a first-hand center blossom. When this goal is achieved, the main force can attack from both sides to launch a general attack.

The idea is full, the reality is skinny.

The 769th Regiment and the 14th Regiment are the main forces. The perfect firepower point and the advantage of high and low hits directly gave the Japanese a head-on blow.

Since these Japanese who were pieced together had no unified command, they could not touch the Eighth Route Army's positions even if they were fearless and fearless.

The precise shooters in the army were specifically staring at the enemy's grassroots officers, and their command swords flashed like targets under the moonlight.

This leads to the fact that the Japanese often get a little better when their organizational strength is improved.

With the cooperation of various guns and grenade mortars, the remaining 300 meters were like a natural barrier. These days, they attacked for nearly ten minutes, but there was no significant effect.

But one thing is a pity, that is, the mine buried by the 385th Brigade was blown up by mountain cannons. Otherwise, with the current battle situation, more than 100 beasts would have to be killed.

After Taro Katayama saw the gun flames on the Lion Naishan position through a telescope, he almost fainted in anger.

As a major general who graduated from a serious military academy, he naturally could see that the enemy was not affected by artillery attacks at all.

This old guy now regrets not listening to his chief of staff, but because of his face, he just pretends to be calm.

However, benefiting from the unsuccessful attack on his side, Taro Katayama finally realized something. What he was facing was not a bold guerrilla team, but a long-planned enemy main force.

Although the Chief of Staff retreated the attacking soldiers without venting with him, the old Japanese was not angry and did not use the army's ancestral struggle.

After all, the other party is also trying to preserve its strength, and this judgment is very correct.

At this moment, the disadvantages of concentrating superior firepower and military strength are reflected. The whole army has not yet taken down the enemy, which has a great impact on morale.

Taro Katayama knew very well that if he didn't do anything, he might be dragged to death by the enemy here. Fortunately, after calming down, the old Japanese's IQ was back online.

He first concentrated the officers who participated in the attack and survived into the temporary command post, allowing these people to communicate with the artillery brigade to avoid the occurrence of air blowing again.

At this moment, a staff officer ran in from outside. He was holding a piece of paper with the casualties that had just been counted.

"Report to the brigade commander, we lost three hundred people in the attack just now! They included one lieutenant and five lieutenants!"

After the report, the staff officer closed his eyes slightly and prepared to face the big fight. But after waiting for more than ten seconds without success, he opened his eyes and saw his major general's red eyes.

This casualty report made Taro Katayama realize that the situation was serious and that the dragons could not be without a leader. These pieces of soldiers must have unified command, so he said to the person in front of him:

"You go back to the headquarters and call the Master Nikaido over. For the next attack, I'll both of you."

Although these two men have been in the position of staff for a long time, their command on the battlefield may not be as good as before.

But no matter how you say they are all officers who have been brigade captains, and their ranks are convincing, so there is no problem with each bringing hundreds of people.

Five minutes before the second wave of attack began, Taro Katayama thought he was ready for everything. The old devil smiled fiercely, as if the two previous losses had nothing to do with him.

"Niyado-kun and Nagasaki-kun, I don't want to see any accidents happening this time. Once the artillery fire stops, your bayonets must stab into the enemy's body!"

"I will provide you with all available support, remember to bring the gas mask."

Seeing that the commander of his own brigade gave a sinister order, the two lords quickly pulled out their command knife and said in unison:

"Hi! I will come forward and direct in person!"

Five minutes later, the shelling came to the Lion Nail Mountain position again, but this time the Japanese conducted a test shot first.

Thirty seconds later, the ten Type 94 mountain cannons shot towards the position they had just communicated with at a rate of 15 rounds per minute. This shelling lasted for four minutes.

Hundreds of shells fell on the Lion Nao Mountain's position, and the explosions kept roaring. And this time, not only the outer positions, but also the artillery fire continued to extend forward, and the peaks seemed to be crying.

Taro Katayama understands the truth that the spirit of declining again and again. In order to prevent any chaos, it is also to be able to take down the Lion Brain Mountain.

The old Japanese specially ordered the artillery brigade to use a Type 92 red bomb containing diphenyl cyanide, and also used a Type 90 smokescreen bomb to assist the infantry in advancing.

The command of the offensive Japanese was significantly improved this time, and they took advantage of the smoke to take action step by step.

First, more than a dozen Type 92 heavy machine guns were mounted on the side and used a grenade launcher to suppress the western position defended by the 769th Regiment.

If the cooperation between these small days can be better, maybe this Lion Brain Mountain will really make them tear a hole.

Faced with the enemy's re-attack, all the Eighth Route Army soldiers put on gas masks. Since the 385th Brigade had the heaviest burden on their shoulders, the Logistics Department gave them priority to supply support equipment.

Then, under the command of the platoon leaders of each company, the firepower point used a large number of light machine guns to counterattack.

Grenade launchers are not only the tactical core of the Japanese, but also the gunners of our army are not bad at all.

But in the face of this level of firepower, the two masters still ordered all soldiers to charge. They firmly believed that the enemy on the mountain was in the poisonous gas and could not last long.

The information gap has caused Xiaoli to suffer a lot of losses.

When they finally approached about a hundred meters, through the view provided by the flares, they found that not only all the Eighth Route Army members were wearing steel helmets, but also gas masks that looked more exquisite than their workmanship.

This position has reached the range of the grenade. The 769th Regiment used defensive grenades that imitated MK2 this time.

With the help of gravity, these murderous weapons flew into the line of the Japanese attack. Although the enemy was a bit scattered, the prefabricated fragments of the egg-type grenades would teach them how to be human.
To be continued...