813 Destroy the Kwantung Army Brigade and Become Famous in the War (1)
The battle suddenly started ten minutes later, and the battle area was on an unknown high slope at the southern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain.
The terrain is similar to the Lijiapo hills.
Uchida Nobuya sent an infantry squadron in advance to test the attack, and soon figured out the Eighth Route Army's defensive deployment on the top of the slope.
In this defensive deployment, Wang Huaibao fully learned from the tactics used by the guard company to defend against the attack of the Yamazaki Brigade on the Lijiapo Highlands.
The garrison was ingeniously placed on the top of the slope near the central area, still about a hundred meters away from the top of the gentle slope to the north.
In this way, direct artillery fire from the Japanese army can be avoided.
Once the Japanese army gradually increases its troops and attacks from the gentler north slope, it will immediately come under direct fire from the soldiers of the fourth regiment after emerging from the top of the north slope.
This is an excellent plan to use the excellent terrain to hit more with less during a defensive battle.
From this aspect, I have to say that the old Japanese soldier Yamazaki was really a Japanese commander who was proficient in tactics.
Nobuya Uchida, an old Japanese soldier who was directing the attack at the bottom of the high slope, naturally saw the Eighth Route Army's intention of arranging defensive fortifications in the central area on the top of the slope.
But compared to the Yamazaki brigade that originally attacked Lijiapo.
The current Japanese Kwantung Army's equipment is obviously more sophisticated and its combat effectiveness is more powerful.
The follow-up artillery group, the Type 92 infantry artillery, arrived quickly.
In order to ensure that the artillery unit could keep up with the infantry, the old Japanese Nobuya Uchida even prepared several military transport trucks for his Kwantung Army brigade in advance before launching this major raid.
Specifically used to transport heavy weapons, such as heavy machine guns, infantry guns, etc.
Because Uchida Nobuya had already discovered a problem.
The Fourth Independent Regiment in Zhongtiao Mountain is quite well equipped.
If the Japanese army wants to gain an advantage in battle, one way is to crush them with superior force.
The other is the amount of heavy firepower.
For example, heavy machine gun firepower and infantry artillery firepower.
This is also the equipment that best reflects the superior firepower of the Japanese army since it faced the Chinese army.
Excluding powerful firepower such as grenades, heavy machine guns, and infantry artillery, in fact, whether it is viewed from an infantry squad or an infantry platoon.
The equipment of the Central Army of the Nationalist Army is almost the same as that of the Japanese army.
All that is missing is artillery and heavy firepower.
There are also air reinforcements.
And all of this is present in the Uchida brigade.
The rear-mounted artillery unit quickly unloaded the infantry cannon pulled by the general truck from the vehicle, reassembled it, and constructed the artillery position.
Nobuya Uchida gave the order for the bombardment without hesitation.
Boom——
A series of big explosions exploded at the top of the high slope.
In the previous exploratory attack, the well-trained Japanese reconnaissance troops had already fed back to the Japanese artillery the specific coordinates of the fourth company's fortifications on the top of the high slope.
After the bombardment started at this moment.
Even the Japanese artillerymen did not have a field of vision from the top of the high slope.
Hundreds of artillery shells fired at one breath still seemed to have eyes, exploding in the middle area of the high slope on the fortifications where the soldiers of the fourth regiment were stationed.
Of course...
If the Japanese army thought that such a round of artillery bombardment could directly completely wipe out the independent regiment combat company stationed on the top of the high slope, that would be wishful thinking.
Wang Huaibao dared to deploy only one company of troops on a high slope to block and hold back the Uchida Brigade of the Japanese Kwantung Army. Naturally, he was confident.
After garrisoning the high slope, the soldiers had already made adequate defense preparations.
The soil on the high slopes at the southern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain is not soft, on the contrary, it is very dense.
In order to withstand the Japanese attack with one company, the soldiers dug a large number of trenches in the central area of the high slope in advance, and combined them with a considerable number of Maoerdong anti-artillery fortifications to ensure that after the Japanese army launched an artillery bombardment, the soldiers could use the anti-artillery fortifications.
Avoid the enemy's artillery fire.
The deeply dug anti-gun fortifications even have a layer of soil two to three meters thick on top for defense.
Not to mention the enemy's artillery shells, even if the enemy's flying team came to bomb, it would be of no avail.
Wang Huaibao, who knew that Japanese soldiers, planes, and artillery were powerful, naturally would not let the soldiers take risks in vain.
And all this, due to the terrain, was not known to the reconnaissance troops that the Japanese army had encountered earlier.
At the bottom of the high slope.
Nobuya Uchida was self-aware, and he did not expect that one round of artillery bombardment would wipe out all the eight soldiers on the top of the slope.
In addition, due to the terrain, the Japanese reconnaissance troops previously only explored the area where the Eighth Route Army was stationed on the top of the slope, as well as the location of the fortifications.
However, how many troops does the Eighth Route Army have, what is its firepower configuration, and what is the specific structure of the fortifications dug.
These Japanese soldiers didn't know it well.
Therefore, Uchida Nobuya's fighting style is also very methodical. After the infantry artillery fire attack, grenade launchers are used to close the distance, direct firepower, and continue to assist the artillery bombardment.
At the same time, two Japanese squadrons gradually advanced from the gentler northern slope to the high ground, attempting to directly break through the Eighth Route Army's defenses after the artillery fire ended while the opponent's infantry was suppressed.
"Once the battle starts here, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army will most likely surround you immediately. If we can quickly capture the high ground, our army will take advantage of the dangerous terrain in front of us to garrison it.
We will definitely be able to hold back the main force of the Eighth Route Army, wait for the main force to sweep away and encircle them, and use the central blooming tactic to destroy the Fourth Independent Regiment."
Uchida Nobuya was still dreaming, and he actually had his eye on the high-sloping terrain similar to Lijiapo Hills.
"Company commander, the Japanese are coming!"
At this time, in the area on the top of the slope, the Japanese grenades and artillery shells were still exploding.
The fourth company commander's observation sentry at the front came with the news.
The little devil is a chicken thief.
The current Japanese Kwantung Army is worthy of being elite.
The infantry-artillery coordination tactics are quite impressive, and their artillery shells even dare to get close to the infantry at a distance of about 100 meters.
This means that as soon as the Japs' artillery fire stops, the Japs can rush up from a distance of one hundred meters in less than twenty seconds.
Uchida Nobu also had this plan and wanted to use artillery bombardment to directly take down the Eighth Route Defense fortifications in one go.
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Although the Kwantung Army's combat effectiveness is not bad.
The fourth company commander was not panicked. The current Japanese attack mode was on the military simulation sandbox. The regiment commander and battalion commander had already conducted many simulations of the situation.
The fourth company commander had long seen through the simple and rigid attack pattern of the Japanese artillery attacking the infantry.
The only surprising thing is that the current Kwantung Army's infantry and artillery coordination tactics are much better than those of ordinary Japanese troops.
The infantry is quite close to the bombardment area.
However, this is exactly what the fourth company commander wanted.
"I'm worried that the little devil is too far away. With a distance of more than 100 meters, we can easily miss the bullet and waste ammunition!"
"Attention, all platoons, listen to my gunfire as a signal. Let's put the little Japs within 50 meters away and then fight!"
This distance is very particular.
The distance is 50 meters, and the soldiers of the fourth company are also well-trained, so they can basically hit each other accurately.
The closer the distance is, the Japanese army can easily throw grenades into the trenches of the fourth company.
Of course, the distance of fifty meters is too short. In less than ten seconds, the Japanese attacking troops can rush in front of us.
Under the current situation where the Japanese army has a strength advantage, once the fortifications are breached and the two sides engage in hand-to-hand combat, the Fourth Company will be in trouble.
Therefore, if this was a regular combat unit of the Eighth Route Army, it would not dare to fight like this.
With the old firepower of the Eighth Route Army, it was impossible to completely suppress the Japanese charging troops within a charging distance of fifty meters.
But the Fourth Company is different. As the main combat company of the Fourth Independent Regiment, it serves as the elite combat force of the Independent Regiment.
The level of equipment is so sophisticated and the firepower is so powerful. It’s no wonder.
In addition to the current Fourth Company, after Kong Jie sent to the Fourth Independent Regiment through John, enough American equipment to equip the entire regiment.
The American weapons have been replaced with the fourth company, and the firepower is even higher than before.
Not to mention too many, there are five Browning heavy machine guns hidden behind the fortifications at the moment.
Once the firepower breaks out, it will be enough to stop the nearly 400 Japs in the two squadrons.
This American Browning heavy machine gun can be said to be the Type 92 heavy machine gun that comprehensively suppressed the Japanese army in terms of performance, rate of fire, quality, accuracy, power, range, etc.
In the history of real wars, such a real scene once happened:
A U.S. military squad relied on the firepower of Browning heavy machine guns to occupy an excellent terrain, and the attacking troops had no artillery.
A squad of US troops killed a Japanese regiment with three Browning heavy machine guns.
Although only one person in the US squad was killed in the end.
The power of this Browning heavy machine gun is also evident.
"Hit——"
The fourth company commander, who was counting the steps, directly issued the combat order after silently counting to 50 steps.
Five heavy machine guns placed on the left and right wings of the forward defenses and on the center line opened fire wildly at the Japanese attacking troops.
The attacking little devils were stunned by the sudden blow.
Just now, the two Japanese squadron leaders who were leading the team looked at the Eighth Route Army's fortifications under the smoke. They were even secretly rejoicing that the Eighth Route Army had suffered heavy casualties under the previous powerful bombardment.
If you do everything, you can take the opportunity to take down the opponent's defenses in one fell swoop.
Until the sudden firepower erupted in front of me.
Only then did the Japanese realize that they had fallen into a trap.
Wait for the fourth company's five-weight machine gun firepower to be fully unleashed.
Seeing that they had rushed within fifty meters, the charging imperial warriors fell down one after another. Under the heavy firepower of the opponent, they were even as fragile as pieces of tissue paper.
The two Japanese squadron captains who led the team were all shocked. The opponent's heavy firepower was much more powerful than they expected.
"Baga!"
"This damn stupid information!"
A Japanese squadron leader cursed that when he launched the previous attack, the information he received was that the Eighth Route Army stationed on the top of the slope had a certain amount of American equipment, but its firepower was basically the same as that of their squadron.
Coupled with the artillery support from the rear brigade.
This Japanese captain believed that he had great success in taking down the Eighth Route Defense fortifications in one go.
At this moment, I was hit by the bloody reality.
The Japanese army, which originally had a charging distance of less than 50 meters, quickly opened up the offensive line, and only needed less than ten seconds to break through the opponent's defensive offensive.
But the firepower of the Fourth Company was too exaggerated. The bullets fired wildly from all angles seemed to be woven into an airtight rain screen, directly heading towards the hundreds of attacking Japanese troops.
After howling in agony, the Japs from the two squadrons abandoned nearly half of their corpses and withdrew from the south slope again in embarrassment.
During the evacuation, due to the haste, some kid slipped and even rolled down the north slope.
He only suffered minor injuries, but was more embarrassed.
The old Japanese man Uchida Nobu who arrived was also angry and fired his bow from left to right, with two slap marks on his face.
He beat the Japanese soldier Cao who had just beaten him to the point where he completely doubted his life.
"Baga, the majestic warrior of the Japanese Empire, how can he be so embarrassed?"
Facing Shinya Uchida's anger, the Japanese squadron leader who led the evacuation lowered his head and reported:
"Your Excellency, Captain, the current attack failure is mostly due to intelligence errors."
"The firepower of the Eighth Route Army stationed on Gaopo far exceeded our expectations."
"There are five heavy machine guns alone, and they are all Browning heavy machine guns, plus a large amount of light machine gun firepower assistance."
"After the sudden burst of firepower from the Eighth Route Army, our army was caught off guard. The top of the south slope was flat ground again, without any bunkers at all."
"As a result, our unit came under direct fire from the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy casualties."
Uchida Nobu also fell silent. It was not that he had not heard the sound in the previous battle. The sound of the heavy machine gun was definitely not any one he was familiar with.
If it were an American Browning heavy machine gun, it would match.
This made Nobuya Uchida even more surprised. Even if the gang in front of them had a considerable number of American Garand rifles, why did they even have American heavy machine guns?
Could it be that these guys have access to the US military’s arsenal?
"What were the casualties of the previous shelling?" After a moment of silence, Uchida Nobuya asked.
The Japanese captain replied: "Your Excellency, captain, we have not investigated the specific situation clearly, but judging from the opponent's combat situation, it seems that it has not been greatly affected."
"Damn!"
Uchida Nobu couldn't help but cursed.
"So, this group of Eighth Route Army must have built a fairly solid anti-artillery structure on the top of the slope."
"In this way, let the protective troops assist the infantry in the attack. After reaching the top of the north slope, immediately use grenade fire to cover the charge. Be sure to capture the high ground in front of you as soon as possible."
"Hi!"
A new round of attack began soon.
The protective force mentioned by the old Japanese soldier Uchida Nobuya turned out to be an offensive force composed of dozens of Japanese soldiers, advancing forward with the help of armored steel plates of armored vehicles.
The top of the high slope was flat and there was no bunker, so the Japanese used steel plates as bunkers.
It's a good idea.
And just when the battle on the top of the slope intensified.
The main force of the four regiments, which had been deployed long ago and launched a fierce attack on Uchida Nobuya from both sides at the same time, finally arrived.
"Reporting to your Excellency, Captain, a large number of main forces of the Eighth Route Army have been discovered on the east and west sides, and they are rapidly advancing towards our army."
To the south is the high slope that currently blocks the path of Uchida's brigade.
Uchida Shinya finally believed that the Eighth Route Army was indeed here to kill him.
"If you want to eat my Kwantung Army brigade in one bite, these Tubalu have really big appetites, but it's a pity that they can only be eaten alive."
Uchida Shinya, who quickly calmed down, immediately issued the order:
"The forward troops continue to attack and conquer the high slope as soon as possible. The left and right wings immediately launch defensive arrangements to meet the Eighth Route Army."
"Hi!"
"Immediately send an order to the Communications Department to contact the rear headquarters. Our army has completely pulled the main force of the Fourth Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to the unknown high slope area."
"We should use the tactics of blooming from the center to destroy the four independent regiments in one fell swoop."
"Our department will try to hold back the main force of the Eighth Route Army for two hours, and ask the main force to quickly encircle it from the outside."