Chapter 1115 Underwear becomes a spirit! (Please vote for the first month of the month! Please)
Several people walked out of the headquarters covered by camouflage nets and looked at the mountain tops 1,500 meters away that were constantly shrouded in artillery fire. The already frowning brows became even more gloomy.
The Japanese army arrived earlier than they expected, and they set up artillery and bombarded them violently, which fully expressed their resolute attitude, and also showed that they had conducted sufficient reconnaissance on the defenses on the Niangziguan front line.
Perhaps, in an invisible corner of the defense line, the top Japanese soldiers have been arriving for more than a day!
"Everyone, at the station, we have established a headquarters with Shangguan Yun as the commander-in-chief, and Tantai Yunshu and Teacher He as the deputy commanders-in-chief. If we cannot contact the regiment headquarters immediately, the opinions of the three of them will be the final decision." Tang
Dao glanced at the defense line shrouded in gunpowder smoke, turned back and said to his three capable subordinates.
"As for the main position at Niangziguan, according to our previous discussion, Deputy Commander Lei is responsible for the front-line command of our regiment's front position; Director Ye is responsible for sitting at the regiment headquarters and coordinating the replenishment of soldiers in each position. He also needs to ensure that the flank positions must not be given to the Japanese army.
If there is an opportunity for a small group of troops to carry out a penetration attack and enter our defense line, Director Zhuang is responsible for ensuring that all military supplies are used by the entire army on the front line. Everyone should perform their duties!"
"Yes!" The three of them stood at attention and nodded.
Except for Ye Chenghuan, who also served as chief of staff, who continued to stay at the regiment headquarters, Lei Xiong and Zhuang Shisan stopped talking nonsense and each rushed to the headquarters they had set up with a guard squad waiting outside.
According to the regulations of the Si Xing Regiment Headquarters, in such wartime, the senior officers of the Si Xing Regiment must be escorted by a guard class no matter where they go.
You know, with the current defense line defended by the Four Lines Regiment, the width of the frontal position alone has reached 4,800 meters. If you add in the dozen or so highlands on the flanks, the total length of the defense line is as high as 7.8 kilometers, and the entire defense area has reached an astonishing area.
Ten square kilometers is several times larger than the small town of Songjiang that was used to defend against the 100,000-strong Japanese Tenth Army!
The larger the defense area, the looser the troops will naturally be, and the better they can withstand Japanese heavy artillery or aerial bombardment, but it also brings greater risks. The Japanese army may be able to find gaps between the battlefields and get within the defense line to attack and destroy!
Of course, the Four Lines Regiment also took precautions against this. Not only did each non-combat unit have a certain amount of defense force, but the supply battalion, in addition to transporting necessary supplies, also allocated most of its troops to conduct armed patrols in the mountains within the defense line.
The two big babies, 'Hammer' and 'Guaiguai', were also specially arranged by Tang Dao to stay in a field hospital 2 kilometers away from the front line. Their hearing and sense of smell are far superior to humans, and they are definitely the best defensive beasts.
And Tantai Mingyue is also very smart. There are two big babies, one inside and one outside. During the day, when the danger is low, these two guys wander around the camouflaged position of the medical company. At night, Hammer enters the trench of the medical company's guard platoon,'
Guaguai' was driven to the wild a few hundred meters away from the position.
At night, if the Japanese came for a sneak attack, they would never be suspicious of a wild boar, right? Even if the wild boar was larger.
'Guaiguai' didn't understand the first night, and howled loudly outside the camp in aggrieved manner. By the second night, he didn't know if he had met the same kind in the wild, but when he came back during the day, he showed excitement on his pig face.
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In other words, the Four Elements Group is actually ready from the outside to the inside!
"Captain, I'm in charge of the regiment headquarters, where are you going?" Ye Chenghuan asked quickly when he saw that Tang Dao was about to turn around and leave.
In fact, Tang Tuanzuo's combat style was different from what he had experienced before. The Eightyth Army's combat style had always been 'Brothers, follow me!', but it did not require the top commander to stay in a safe rear headquarters.
, but the commander is there, the headquarters is there, even if it is on the front line.
But Tang Tuan was in a good position. With a slap on the butt, the responsibilities of the headquarters were handed over to him as the director of the political department and chief of staff. He took the security personnel, communications corps and a field radio with him. I don't know where he was going?
It’s not like we have to go to the front line again! But hasn’t the fight not started yet?
Everyone in the 921st Division said that he was a militant. He liked to take the lead from the time he became the squad leader and kept it until he became the division commander. But compared with this one, he was nowhere near. The four-line regiment had always fought several battles in a row.
I almost never saw him in the headquarters. Thinking of this, Director Ye felt a pain in his balls.
"I'm going over there to see how the Japanese arrange their troops! They used the 105 heavy artillery this time to demonstrate to me! Why don't I go and see how awesome they are!" Tang Dao pointed.
Ahead, eyes full of murderous intent!
The rumbling sound of artillery now cannot be produced by any 75 mountain artillery. It has to be a 105 howitzer. But with the specifications of a B division such as the 21st Division, I should not have it, unless it is provided by the North China Front Army.
They added it.
Tang Dao guessed it right!
As the commander of the newly established 21st Division in July, Lieutenant General Washitsu Matsudaira, although his status and command level cannot be compared with those of the lieutenant generals of the permanent divisions, he still relies on his
After a year of unremitting efforts to provide advice to the big bosses in the War Department, this little nobleman finally got this position.
Ever since I received the order half a month ago to lead my division south to reinforce Central China and dispatch troops to participate in the Jiangxia War, I felt a lot of panic.
He knew very well that in order to defend the fertile six provinces of Central China, the Chinese had literally emptied their fortunes. Seven or eight hundred thousand troops had gathered. Who could be so easy to fight? In fact, he, a newly established division, went to such a battlefield.
Almost like cannon fodder.
Especially looking at his small artillery regiment, all equipped with 75mm mountain cannons, Lieutenant General Washizu Matsudaira was in bad shape.
The divisions were still gathering in Baoding and were on standby. The Army Lieutenant General, who had risen to the position by giving gifts, went to the Front Army Staff Headquarters and cried with tears in his eyes, complaining that the personnel establishment was too small and the heavy equipment was too poor, which made Saburo Okabe at the same level.
I can’t help but smile, but I can only offer kind words to comfort him!
As a result, Washizu Matsudaira, who had no idea what a face was, was willing to go all out, and even ran to General Sugamimoto, who had already made a plan to destroy the Chinese counterattack army, and howled, which made General Sugamimoto feel quite sad.
Embarrassing, it was the first time for even him to see such a weird player.
But don't tell me, the law of 'crying babies get milk' applies everywhere. After this guy stayed in Pingbei City for ten days, Saburo Okabe, who was so annoyed, finally gave it to him according to Yuan Shanshan's wishes.
This product is supplemented by four 105 howitzers.
Originally, it was to be supplemented to the Fifth Division, but in the end, it was cut off halfway by this shameless guy!
According to the establishment of the Japanese Army, only the elites in the permanent divisions are qualified to be equipped with 105 howitzers. For example, like the 10th Division of the 5th and 6th Divisions, the artillery wing is actually equipped with 48 artillery pieces, 36 of which are
75mm mountain guns or field guns, 12 of them are 105 howitzers!
The 105 howitzer, which weighs 1,800 kilograms with its gun body and frame, is not like a mountain gun that weighs several hundred kilograms and can only be pulled by a packhorse. This kind of big thing requires a truck, which requires more investment in both manpower and material resources.
Otherwise, a permanent division would have about 28,000 soldiers?
Perhaps, the newly formed 21st Division is the first B Division of the Japanese Army to be equipped with 105 howitzers. Needless to say, it is very energetic.
Lieutenant General Washizu Matsudaira was also very proud of himself. Ever since he put his face in his pocket, he felt his whole body relaxed.
You see, not only are heavy artillery now available, but even combat tasks have become easier. You no longer have to serve as cannon fodder in the giant meat grinder on the Jiangxia battlefield, but to attack the Jindong Chinese army, which is far inferior to your own in strength.
The reconnaissance planes of the front army had already conducted reconnaissance on the Chinese army in eastern Shanxi the day before yesterday and yesterday. The Chinese people have a very keen sense of smell on the battlefield and did not continue to move forward into the North China Plain, thus avoiding being surrounded and annihilated on the plain battlefield.
But it was too late for them to run away. The mountains are a double-edged sword for any army. They give you good concealment but also hinder your marching speed!
Therefore, the Chinese people's smartest choice was to build a blocking position based on the mountain terrain, but it was nothing more than stubborn resistance.
They did the same thing a year ago, but no matter whether it was northern Shanxi or eastern Shanxi, the defense lines deployed by hundreds of thousands of troops were mercilessly penetrated.
This time, the front army dispatched three and a half divisions. Such a huge force is even qualified to fight a decisive battle with the 200,000 troops deployed by the Chinese army on the last line of defense in Shanxi Province, let alone the troops that broke into eastern Shanxi.
There are only tens of thousands of Chinese troops.
To use the exact words of Lieutenant General Shotsujin Matsudaira last night at the wine table in Jingxing County with several of his Dazuo cascade captains: "Gentlemen, although the victory of this battle is certain! But I hope you will not relax even a little bit!"
Three days later, we will drink wine to celebrate our victory from a wine glass made from the head of the enemy’s supreme commander! May the empire’s military fortunes be prosperous!”
In plain English, it means: Although the revolution is going to succeed, you still need to continue to work hard!
In fact, Tang Tuanzuo's head has been ordered to be used as a wine glass in advance, and it only takes three days. If necessary steps such as removing the meat and drying it are included, it only takes about two days to break through the Niangziguan defense line.
Therefore, the 83rd Infantry Regiment, the vanguard of the 21st Division with high morale, has just arrived 1,000 meters in front of Niangziguan. The entire infantry regiment has not yet begun to dig trenches, and it is still 7,000 meters away from the front line of Niangziguan.
The four 105 howitzers that the artillery regiment at Michu had just acquired roared impatiently.
As for the coordinates of Niangziguan's defense line, as early as yesterday, top soldiers had already reported on it.
The Sihang Regiment has scouts, and the 21st Division is not stupid. As early as three nights ago, when the entire division got on the train and headed for Jingxing, its reconnaissance regiment was the first to board the special train.
The reconnaissance wing can be regarded as a freely combined organization in the B division. It can consist of a 130-man cavalry squadron, two 160-man motorized squadrons, a 100-man truck transport squadron and a 130-man wing headquarters.
A 730-man level reconnaissance regiment can be formed, which can also be replaced by a 950-man pure cavalry regiment.
But it is obvious that a 950-man level cavalry unit requires more than 1,000 horses. With subsequent investment in horse feeding and other inputs, military expenditures are much higher than those of three-wheeled motorcycles and trucks that only drink fuel.
Lieutenant General Washizu Matsudaira is a better settler than anyone else, so he would be willing to spend such a large amount of money to build an organization sequence that also has a reconnaissance function.
You see, a small expenditure can also be exchanged for a big return. The reconnaissance soldiers carried on three-wheeled motorcycles can also approach the Chinese defense line unnoticed and feed back the general area of the Chinese defense line to the division headquarters.
"That's the one who blasted them with artillery!" Washizu Matsudaira planned to give the Chinese some color before the infantry came on stage.
Maybe the appearance of the 105 howitzer will make the Chinese people burst into tears!
Indeed, the power of the 105 howitzer is huge. When a shell weighing about 20 kilograms hits it, even if the mountain is made of hard rock, it will create a crater as deep as a mile!
The buildings on the ground, including the machine gun bunker built by the engineers of the Fourth Line Regiment using steel plates, logs, sandbags, and soil, are not enough to look at in front of such large-caliber artillery shells!
Within half an hour, the Japanese 105 howitzer actually only fired 50 shells, but the ruins that still existed on the Niangzi Pass completely disappeared, and the turbulent air waves completely flattened them from the pass!
If the combatants had not been ordered to enter the anti-slope trench or tunnel at the first sound of the cannon, these dozens of rounds alone would have been enough to cause heavy casualties to the front-line infantry.
But even so, the soldiers who were only more than 100 meters away from the top of the mountain were also dizzy by the thunder-like sound of artillery. Some soldiers who had not had time to insert special earplugs in their ears had a buzzing in their ears.
Until long after the Japanese bombardment ended, the sound could not be heard normally!
Special earplugs can be regarded as a pioneering work of the Fourth Army's military industry. They can reduce the decibels by 60% on the battlefield, which is extremely effective in reducing the hearing loss of soldiers.
But the shortcoming is that when the squad leader shouts an order, he still needs to tap the soldier on the shoulder to make a gesture, which reduces the efficiency of command operations!
It's just that when the battle is fierce on the battlefield, the effect of shouting is almost useless. The soldiers either listen to the iron whistle or the charging bugle or watch the platoon leaders lead by example. Compared with its advantages, this shortcoming does not matter.
Of course, earplugs are quite good to use in winter, and can even provide warmth in a cold helmet, but in summer, when the forehead is sweating, few people take the initiative to wear them unless they are in wartime.
This is the huge power of the 105 howitzer. Although it only fired dozens of rounds, the mountains more than 1,000 meters high were shrouded in gunpowder smoke.
"Yo Xi! Order the Artillery Regiment Hamasaki Daizuo not to be stingy with artillery shells, and continue bombarding for an hour to let the Chinese know the power of our imperial army, and cover the deployment of the 83rd Infantry Regiment!" A hilltop about 2,000 meters away from the Niangziguan front line
On the ground, a middle-aged Japanese soldier with a big belly looked into the distance with a telescope and a smile on his face.
Apart from Lieutenant General Washitsu Matsudaira, the only person in the entire 21st Division who could issue military orders to a Japanese military commander was the commander of the infantry regiment Major General Nagano Kameichiro, who commanded three infantry regiments.
But obviously, such a big belly and such self-confidence are not the characteristics of a second-in-command. They are often characteristics only possessed by a first-in-command.
The fat man whose collar badge was removed due to confidentiality and other reasons was none other than Lieutenant General Washitsu Matsudaira, who claimed that he would use Tang Tuanzao's head as a wine glass in three days.
As for why a senior commander in charge of 19,000 Japanese troops was willing to take huge risks to arrive so close to the front line, to put it bluntly, it was the stimulation given to him by the four 105mm howitzers he cried for.
This lieutenant general division commander, who had only served as chief of staff to a major general, had never fought in a war at all, and had never even set foot outside the country.
This fight is actually the first fight in his life, can you believe it?
He couldn't wait to see how the enemy army would be wiped out by the heavy artillery he shamelessly begged for!
As a result, the then supreme commander of the 21st Division actually arrived at the front line first with the forward troops, at least 10 kilometers ahead of his second-in-command, Major General Nagano Kameichiro.
And under his desperate urging, the artillery regiment ran faster than an infantry regiment!
Of course, this guy is not a fool. He knows that artillery, a precious weapon, cannot be separated from the protection of infantry. It is covered by three infantry squadrons, and it still stays in an area 7,000 meters away from the front line, just to prevent being attacked by the Chinese.
Infantry or artillery counterattack.
And he himself will never stay at the forefront, but it is still okay to stay 2,000 meters away and observe this grand fireworks led by himself and observe the Chinese defense line by the way.
"Without fear of the danger of nearly ten thousand enemy guns and guns, the Lieutenant Commander will watch the fireworks of the Empire's victory from afar!"
Lieutenant General Washitsu Matsudaira had already thought of the news headlines to be sent to domestic newspapers by the army reporters who were following the division headquarters.
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, let's leave quickly! All divisions still need your command!" A middle-left-level staff officer approached the cheerful Japanese fat man and suggested in a low voice.
He actually wanted to say that it was dangerous here, but considering the interest of a certain fat lieutenant general, he chose to use his words very euphemistically.
"Baga! Don't you think this fireworks is beautiful?" Washizu Matsudaira glanced at the staff and security personnel surrounding him with dissatisfaction, and he felt absolutely right.
As a person who is so good at calculating, how could Washizu Matsudaira not understand the euphemistic words of his entourage?
But there was an infantry regiment with thousands of people in front, and two infantry squadrons directly under the division headquarters with hundreds of people on the mountainside and at the foot of the mountain. Who could do anything to him?
On the contrary, if it weren't for the existence of these disappointing guys, he could have set up a coffee table on the top of this beautiful hill, brewed a cup of green tea from Kyoto, and watched the fireworks 2,000 meters away, letting his companions
A reporter accompanying the army took two photos. What kind of bravery must that be?
If Tang Tuan were to sit here, he would definitely say this: You are really a sperm in your underwear, you can only show off!
Really, the fat man who smelled like a pussy had no idea that on a mountain peak 1,800 meters away from him, a tall figure also climbed to the top of the mountain.
A 6x diameter German telescope was held in his hand.
A military telescope worth more than $1,000, with a viewing distance of up to 2,000 meters!
