Chapter 1229 If you want to be a monster, you must have the strength
In the next week, the Japanese army dispatched a total of 6 attack troops with a size of approximately 2 infantry squads.
Because the Yellow River coastline is long enough, no matter how many defenders there are, they cannot cover hundreds of kilometers of riverbanks. They can only deploy heavy troops to defend places where it is easy to cross the river on a large scale.
As for the Japanese army, the Chinese army on the other side of the Yellow River has hundreds of thousands of troops. Let alone smuggling an infantry brigade, it is an infantry regiment or an infantry brigade. Without subsequent troops to keep up, that is
Roubaozi's tactic of beating a dog and giving away the head for free.
Therefore, the right way is to capture an effective ferry on the other side and then continuously send troops.
It's just that Fujita Susumu has been taught a lesson by Tang Dao these days, and he actually realized a truth from it. If you can harass me, can it be that I can't harass you? Is it possible that the Imperial Japanese Army is not as good as you weaklings?
Chinese army?
'Treat others with their own medicine', the cunning Fujita Susumu mobilized 12 elite infantry squads based on his 6 infantry brigades to form a special attack team to find gaps on the long river bank and cross the river.
Yellow River!
The reason why there are only 6 infantry brigades is because the 6th Infantry Regiment, which has only a few hundred people left, has basically completely lost its combat effectiveness. The originally strong 3rd Division now only has 2 infantry brigades and 2 infantry regiments available.
An infantry brigade directly under the division headquarters has less than 7,000 available soldiers.
Moreover, these Japanese troops lurking across the river in batches had different tasks. Some were to sneak towards the Chinese heavy artillery positions based on intelligence, and some were to perform sabotage and harassment functions!
It's easy to say that the target was the heavy artillery position. It was the same as the guard platoon led by Tang Dao, to blow up those heavy artillery that were extremely important to the Japanese army.
For a week, four heavy artillery pieces fired every day, giving the Japanese army a chokehold!
Even though China only had 4 heavy artillery pieces, all of which were 150MM, but when they really started fighting, the Japanese army found that they had been deceived by those blond and blue-eyed Germans who looked quite honest.
The Japanese 150mm heavy artillery actually uses technology from the German Empire, but its range is only 11 kilometers. However, the SFH18 150mm howitzer imported by China from Krupp has a range of up to 13 kilometers.
Don't underestimate the 2-kilometer range difference. This means that Chinese heavy artillery can hit Japanese heavy artillery positions beyond the range of Japanese artillery!
As for the 280MM howitzer that still exists, I have not dared to fire it at all this week. This thing has heavy shells and powerful firepower, but its gun body is too heavy and can only be used as a fort.
Moreover, the range is closer than that of a 150MM howitzer. When a gun is fired, the smoke is as strong as if it was hit by a gun. The weather was extremely clear that week and the field of view was excellent. If it was seen by the Chinese artillery observers,
As for the specific location, there is no way for the fort to escape.
Therefore, after this week's artillery battle between the two sides, China's only 4 heavy artillery miraculously suppressed the 8 150-meter heavy artillery that the Japanese still had. To be more precise, the Japanese army only had 7 left, and one heavy artillery was on both sides.
The artillery battle was damaged because a shell exploded 40 meters away, and it had to be towed back to Pingbeicheng for repairs.
The Japanese army also tried their best to deal with these four Chinese heavy artillery pieces. In addition to using heavy artillery groups on the ground to blast the area mentioned in the intelligence, they also used bombers to conduct more than 30 air strikes and bombings.
It's a pity that China has already taken sufficient precautions against this. The heavy artillery position is not only well camouflaged, but also has a strong enough bunker. It is a cave more than 20 meters deep dug by blasting in the mountain. It needs to fire back.
A tractor was used to pull it out of the hole, and when the air raid siren sounded, it was pulled back again. The whole process would never take more than 3 minutes.
The Stone Mountain in the northwest was invulnerable not only to artillery shells, but also to the 500-pound aerial bombs dropped by Japanese planes!
Moreover, the dozen or so 20mm machine guns deployed around the heavy artillery positions were not insignificant. They relied on the solid bunkers in the mountain to form cross fire in the air. The Japanese planes did not dare to descend to an altitude of 2,000 meters. The bombs could be dropped.
In other words, it caused a lot of damage to flowers and plants.
If planes and artillery were not enough, they would use men. At least three task forces quietly moved towards this position.
As everyone knows, the Japanese learned this trick, and Master Dong also accepted the lesson of the Japanese being attacked by Tang Dao and his troops.
An infantry battalion of more than 500 people, composed of veterans and guard battalions, protects this mountainous area tightly. Every night, they rest in shifts. Half of the people are ready in the first half of the night, and the other half is replaced in the second half of the night.
Moreover, bonfires would be lit 30 meters in front of each trench in accordance with military orders, not for heating, but purely for lighting, giving the Japanese troops no chance to approach the trenches in the dark.
There is a shortage of everything in the mountains near Tongguan, the most indispensable thing is wood and stones!
As for the positions not covered by trenches and sentries, Commander Dong spent a lot of money and buried nearly 1,000 anti-infantry mines, accounting for almost two-thirds of the anti-infantry mines carried by the entire 28th Division.
The elite infantry teams dispatched by Susumu Fujita are good at frontal battlefields and have experience in making roundabout attacks, but they still lack so-called 'special operations' experience.
Special operations itself is a tactic born in war. Its essence is to use a small number of elite soldiers to lurk into the enemy's defense area to harass, destroy and target our own artillery fire and bombing. These soldiers need to undergo strict and systematic training.
It is not only necessary to be proficient in various techniques and tactics, but also to understand astronomy and geography.
Unlike the Japanese army, hundreds of people took advantage of the darkness to sneak into the mountains. Seeing that the trenches were brightly lit and unable to get through, they crawled into the dark mountains.
Okay! Just lie down on the mine.
What's more terrible is that these Japanese soldiers are really stubborn. When the comrades who are unfortunate enough to be lying on the mines are blown away and their whereabouts are exposed, the most important thing to do is to run away as a plan.
, they didn't even run away, they even started to attack by force.
How can the Chinese soldiers, who were already prepared for this, endure it?
We couldn't beat you in the field because you had cannons and planes, so we could only hide in the trenches and get bombed. But now you are the only ones armed with light weapons. The most powerful firepower is light machine guns and throwers.
Bullets, how dare you talk to me?
The lieutenant colonel infantry battalion commander responsible for the protection of heavy artillery positions is Commander Dong's guard battalion commander. If he is decentralized to the front-line troops and is properly appointed as the infantry regiment commander, he has rich combat experience and is decisive. Except for leaving an infantry company stationary, he can continue to strengthen the defense to avoid the Chinese and Japanese forces.
In order to move the tiger away from the mountain, the remaining two infantry companies used two infantry platoons to shoot at the Japanese army, and the remaining four infantry platoons surrounded them from both sides. They used the Japanese army's tactics to directly counterattack the audacious Japanese army!
With a strength ratio of nearly 4 to 1, the infantry battalion also had the assistance of heavy machine guns and mortars, and its firepower completely defeated the Japanese army. Although it took nearly 3 hours, the first wave of incoming Japanese troops were defeated before dawn.
Annihilated.
The deepest impression left by this wave of Japanese troops on the Chinese soldiers was probably nothing more than their stubbornness that they would rather die than surrender.
And there were as many as three similar attacks in one week, and the process and results were almost exactly the same!
Wouldn't that be a complete victory? After the first attack, Master Dong personally inspected the heavy artillery position and felt that the protective force was not enough. Not only did he once again mobilize veterans to supplement the strength of the infantry battalion, but he also added additional troops to them.
A fire company was sent.
Not to mention the addition of 6 heavy machine guns, there are also 4 mortars. This brings the available heavy firepower of the infantry battalion to 12 heavy machine guns and 6 mortars, almost catching up to what a Sichuan military division had before the war.
Heavy firepower.
The reason why the Japanese army made the same mistakes continuously has little to do with the IQ of the Japanese commanders, but is inseparable from communications.
The communications of the Japanese military are actually slightly better than those of the Chinese. The communications of the departments below the brigade level are basically based on communication and transportation.
This kind of hundred-man detachment-level unit is qualified to carry a field radio, so just send a few signal flares to tell the other side of the river that you are done, if you still want to do it, send more people!
If one team doesn't work, then send another team. You may not know which team will succeed! Fujita Susumu, who is gradually getting better, is not only cruel to the Chinese, but is actually not much better to his own people. Isn't that just one wave after another?
Come and deliver the waves!
This makes the infantry battalion feel a little embarrassed. It is too easy to get this military honor. Little devil, can you increase the density to once a day?
The heavy firepower of the infantry battalion in the heavy artillery position can be raised to such a level, which naturally has the contribution of Tang Tuanzuo. The returning Tang Tuanzuo is very trustworthy. He did not wait until the defensive battle was over, but directly gave 30 rifles to the 28th Division from the new regiment of the Sichuan Army.
Heavy machine guns and 150,000 rounds of ammunition, plus 8 mortars.
Brigadier Hu Da was about to pull Tang Dao and burn the yellow paper to worship him on the spot. That is to say, Tang Dao was sensible enough and knew that being too involved with him would definitely be harmful to his future.
The commander of the Tenth War Zone was different from Commander Xue. He was a direct descendant of the one from the Military and Political Department, and would never tolerate his subordinate Tang Dao being a brother-in-law to a man who was obviously on a different side.
After all, Brigadier Hu Da is not an important general in the army like Guo, Zhang, and Wu. They all represent a faction. Even if he is dissatisfied, he would not dare to let this happen easily when employing people in wartime.
reasons for its removal.
"We are as close as brothers in the army, so we still need to do those ancient things, don't mess around!" Dong Zhao knew the way of being an official better, and took the initiative to eliminate this big hidden danger before Tang Dao could say anything.
Intangible.
In order to repay Tang Dao, a straightforward northwest man like Brigadier Hu Da suggested to Fan and Dong that the security of the entire Tongguan communication line should be handed over to the new Sichuan Army Corps.
This is naturally to prevent the Sichuan Army's new regiment from suffering losses in the next wave of Japanese landing battles. Now Tongguan's troops have been newly supplemented. Two supplementary regiments of nearly 4,000 people cobbled together from various local security groups have arrived two days ago.
However, for some unknown reason, Tang Dao and the Sichuan Army's new regiment did not receive military orders to evacuate the Tongguan Defense Zone.
Tang Dao was willing to accept this thank you gift, as he could use this time to train the new regiment again. The actual battlefield is the best training ground for the new recruits.
Then, Tang Dao really waited for the Japanese army's "dazzling sword in front of Guan Gong" attack.
Unlike the Japanese troops who secretly attacked the heavy artillery positions, there were several Japanese troops who quietly crossed the river under the military order of "harassment". In fact, they were ambushing traffic lines or indiscriminately massacring people in Chinese villages along the river.
to undermine the morale of the Chinese military and civilians.
The first Japanese task force to cross the river was considered successful in the first wave of attacks. It committed a murder in a small village 23 kilometers away from Tongguan County. More than 60 villagers were massacred.
When an infantry company from the local garrison 5 kilometers away arrived, almost all the men, women, and children in the village were lying in a pool of blood. Even the cattle and sheep were not spared.
Full of grief and indignation, the infantry company had not even buried the entire village, old and young, when it was attacked by the returning Japanese troops. More than 50 people in the company were killed on the spot and more than 40 people were injured. It was not because of the signal flares calling for help that the stationed soldiers
Another infantry company from the local infantry battalion came to the rescue at full speed. Unexpectedly, this infantry company with only 120 people suffered the same fate as the villagers.
By the time Tang Dao, who was responsible for maintaining communication lines, led an infantry company to the village, it was already morning. The bodies of the massacred villagers and the soldiers killed in the attack had not yet been buried. Dozens of soldiers were digging a huge
The graves were prepared to be buried together on the flat land at the entrance of the village.
"Tang Dao, the commander of the Fourth Army Regiment of China's Second War Zone, swears on the honor of the military that all Japanese invaders who set foot in this village will pile them up in Beijing as tombstones for all the villagers, elders and brothers! Anyone who destroys these tombstones will
, they are all our life and death enemies, Tang Dao!" Tang Dao stood in front of more than a hundred corpses, gave a military salute and then turned around and left.
His murderous aura was so strong that all the soldiers present were terrified!
The Sichuan Army's new regiment launched a full-scale operation during the day. On the crucial 20-kilometer transportation line behind Tongguan, a full 10 infantry companies and 5 heavy baggage and artillery companies were deployed with guns again. Each company was responsible for 5 kilometers.
road section.
The Sichuan troops were not afraid of being spied on by the lurking Japanese troops, and frantically dug various bunkers and trenches during the day. The trenches dug just by relying on this simple communication line were tens of kilometers high.
This move of Tang Dao is called the "Human Sea Tactics". We have no other reason than that there are many people. More than 2,000 people are lined up like this. If you have the ability, come and fight.
An infantry company is equipped with 2 heavy machine guns and 9 light machine guns. If the firepower still can't defeat it, then several nearby infantry companies will attack together. If they still can't defeat it, then more infantry companies will attack together.
As the supreme commander of the defense line, Lu Sanjiang still has the ability to respond to situations on the spot.
The other 13 pure infantry companies were all scattered by Tang Dao. Instead of going to search for Japanese troops in the mountains and fields, they used infantry companies as units, all put on the clothes of local villagers, and stationed in 10 villages along the river.
Tang Dao knew that the Japanese army, unable to find fighter planes on the other side of the communication line, would definitely target those villages again.
This is like a dog that after tasting the deliciousness of meat bones, it will never feel that shit is delicious. It will also long for another meat bone.
Although the wait-and-see method may seem silly, Tang Dao actually analyzed each village where the infantry entered based on its terrain and population and simulated the psychology of the Japanese army.
The first wave of Japanese troops only harvested the lives of less than a hundred villagers. Having tasted the benefits, they will definitely target larger villages, and even hope to have greater ambushes against the incoming Chinese troops.
As a result, a group of little rabbits were caught off guard and ran straight into a village with a population of 120 people.
But this time it was different from what they imagined. Zhuang Nei was no longer just ordinary Chinese villagers who could be massacred by them, but a group of heavily armed Chinese soldiers with temporary fortifications.
Although their shooting skills were average, and many of them did not even dare to show their heads, they only dared to hide behind the bunker and shoot at Xia Jiba in front of them, but after all, they were still 150 well-prepared Chinese soldiers, and the Japanese were aware of the trap.
We can only fight and evacuate at the same time.
But it is so easy to escape from the battle in a short period of time, not to mention that the terrain here is so familiar to the Japanese army. Although the local people captured as guides looked timid and did whatever they were told, the Japanese army
Do you really believe it?
The Japanese army lieutenant who led the team was more willing to believe in the map in his hand.
Little did they know that Tang Tuanzuo, several miles away, had already led two infantry companies and ran towards here under the guidance of signal flares.
The effect of the weight-bearing training on the thousand-mile journey out of Sichuan was fully apparent at this moment. An hour later, this Japanese task force with more than 80 troops was surrounded on a hillside by more than 300 infantrymen led by Tang Dao.
Tang Dao was not in a hurry to surround and kill this wave of Japanese. Instead, he waited until it was completely bright and transferred three more artillery squads and four heavy machine gun squads. He frantically approached the owed Master Dong and applied for one.
Wave heavy artillery support.
Even if it was only 8 rounds of artillery shells, 80 Japanese soldiers who spent half the night finally digging a single bunker were blown to pieces.
The Japanese army is extremely good at civil engineering, but it is useless in front of heavy artillery!
Then, the remaining 30 or so Japanese troops were attacked in turn by 6 heavy machine guns, 3 mortars, and 9 infantry platoons.
The battle lasted for 40 minutes, and the recruits ended this siege battle with overwhelming superiority in firepower and troops!
For the first time, they saw the blood of the Japanese army with their own eyes, and for the first time they faced their own death.
After annihilating more than 30 Japanese troops, the recruits, who also had enough heavy machine guns and mortar fire cover, still paid the price of 15 killed and more than 20 injured.
But Tang Dao still thinks it's worth it. If we don't go through this now, on the more terrifying battlefield in the future, it will be a gift from God if one-fifth of these recruits can survive.
Of course, for Tang Dao, what is more important is that the 'tombstone' he promised finally has good materials.
Although the dozen Japanese soldiers who died in the battle with Chinese soldiers the night before and were secretly buried by the Japanese army died earlier, they were far happier than their colleagues who died a day later.
The recruits encountered battles similar to this three times this week.
Two times, stupid rabbits were killed by waiting for the rabbit to die, and once, the Japanese army desperately tried to attack a camel team transporting military supplies.
The four infantry companies immediately attacked this Japanese task force with a strength of 100 people. Hundreds of corpses lay in a row, making it easy for the reporters who arrived at the 10th Theater of the 28th Division to take pictures.
Endless.
Seeing that there was no profit from throwing the buns away, Susumu Fujita finally realized that he was not very good at this and gave up completely.
