"Blow up all the single-number detonators for me!"
Seeing more than 600 puppet troops crawling toward the defense line of his guard platoon like a swarm of locusts lying on the ground, the lieutenant guard platoon leader roared and issued an order!
"Single-number detonator, explode! Explode! Explode!" the order was constantly being passed further and further by the surrounding soldiers.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Earth-shattering explosions sounded one after another.
The entire wilderness, which was 800 meters wide and 200 meters deep, was covered in smoke and dust caused by the explosion. No one knew what the more than 600 puppet troops looked like in the thick smoke and dust!
But Deputy Commander Zheng, who was lying 400 meters away from the battlefield, covered his head. Although his head was buzzing, he knew very well in his heart that this infantry battalion was finished.
Of course, the reason why he covered his head was not because he was upset, but because he was hit hard by a rock rolled up by the violent shock wave on his helmet. If it were not for the protection of the helmet, this blow would have been enough to send him away.
No matter how much his head was pounding, Zheng Yunqiu knew in his heart that he would have almost died if he was lying on his stomach even if he was one mile away, let alone the person at the center of the explosion.
In fact, Zheng Yunqiu was already very lucky that he only received a stone. A Japanese soldier who was 30 meters away from him was really unlucky. A steel plate flew over and forcefully cut open the guy who was still lying on the ground from his back, from his spine.
The cut was very linear until the tail vertebra, and the whole person was perfectly divided into two parts from the chest to the buttocks. Blood and feces flowed all over the floor. At the critical moment, he was still alive. The scream was earth-shattering.
It was thanks to Captain Morikawa's decisiveness that after checking the guy's injuries, he decisively took out his Nanbu Fourteen pistol, pointed it at his subordinate's head, shot him three times, and sent him directly to Amaterasu for tea.
However, the eyes of the Japanese military sergeant who was killed by his superior had no resentment in his eyes, but instead were full of joy.
Life is worse than death, and it was vividly interpreted at this moment!
The steel plates naturally come from the few minesweepers that are still on the battlefield. Although they have completed their mission, their speed is still too slow. Even if they are more than 150 meters away from the center of the explosion, the terrifying shock wave is still easy to
Tear it into pieces.
The steel shovel capable of carrying anti-infantry mines was twisted into a twist and lay a hundred meters away. The already not-so-sturdy body was more like a worn-out toy abandoned by a child, leaving only a crooked frame lingering in the smoke.
Fortunately, there are only a few minesweepers. If there were a few more, the steel fragments shattered by the shock wave on these vehicles would not be able to smash the blood of a group of "melon-eating people" hundreds of meters away like bullets.
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Not to mention the puppet troops and Japanese troops who were experiencing it for the first time, the officers and soldiers in the guard platoon had never seen with their own eyes how powerful more than 200 kilograms of cyclone explosives were, but this was an eye-opener for them.
Before pressing the explosion initiator, everyone's tactical action was to plug their ears with cotton balls, then squat down and hug their heads with their hands to curl up as much as possible. This was a tactical action to defend against enemy heavy artillery, mainly to prevent huge explosions.
Sound damages eardrums and shock waves from the ground damage internal organs.
But when the explosion really sounded, the officers and soldiers of the guard platoon, who were about a hundred meters away from the center of the explosion, felt that they were not squatting in a ditch but on a ship sailing in the sea. It seemed that the ground under their feet was shaking violently. It was originally flat.
The ditches seemed to be twisting and deforming.
They finally understood why the engineer squad that assisted them in installing the explosive device chose to place the explosion point 100 meters away from the trench instead of 50 meters away as they requested.
Given the power of the explosion, if it exploded 50 meters away, the trench where they were hiding would most likely be destroyed by the violent shock wave on the surface.
It's not like they dug a big hole for the Japanese to jump into, but they buried themselves in it, literally.
In fact, even if the engineers of the Fourth Line Regiment were already very cautious, after the war, when the guard platoon lieutenant platoon leader stared at his former battle site from the distant hills with a telescope, even if the cruel battle had ended long ago, his
Cold sweat still dripped from his forehead.
The nearly 800-meter straight ditch turned out to be like a straightened twist, with irregular twists everywhere. It should have been caused by the shock waves inside the land. Let alone 50 meters, the explosion point was only
If it needs to be pulled closer to 20 meters, the ditch will collapse.
Under such a terrifying explosion, the Japanese troops hundreds of meters away were crushed and bleeding. The officers and soldiers of the guard platoon in the trenches a hundred meters away had their hearts beating, and the more than 600 puppet troops had no way to survive.
When the smoke cleared, there was dead silence in front of the guard platoon position.
Because no one is still alive, naturally there is not even a groan.
A veteran who had been in the army for at least a year and participated in several wars just raised his head and squatted in the ditch, vomiting desperately.
There were stumps and broken bodies everywhere, which had not penetrated the bottom line of this veteran who was only 20 years old, but a grinning head was looking at him less than 6 meters away from him, and not far away there was a pair of flowers.
A green and steaming large intestine hangs on a bush
Although the nose was still filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke, the young veteran's mind was filled with the smell of the pigs killed during the New Year and taken out of the water.
This is the battlefield. No matter how you experience cruelty, you cannot be immune to cruelty!
Even the more tenacious lieutenant platoon leader looked pale: "Made, it's such a hot day. There are so many pieces of meat piled here. I don't know how many flies will come around later. By then,
The smell just hits my nose! No, you have to tell the group leader to get us some white wine to smoke it!"
This was originally a worry that was about to become a reality, but it made the soldiers in the ditch so sick that they vomited a large amount.
The shocking explosion here naturally alarmed Yoshio Shinozuka who was 3,000 meters away. After receiving the news that all the minesweepers and an infantry battalion security force were destroyed, the Japanese Army Lieutenant General looked cold, as if
This result was already expected.
Although Yoshio Shinozuka didn't know who the top Chinese commander on the opposite side was, he had an intuition that told him that Tang Dao, the legendary leader of the Four Elements Regiment, was not far away from him.
Tang Daoneng led the Four Lines Regiment to beat up the 108th, 109th, 20th, 21st and other divisions. Didn't he get his reputation in vain? It was earned with the lives of tens of thousands of Imperial Japanese officers and soldiers.
In order to prove his intuition, Shinozuka Yoshio knew that the undefended open area was a trap, but he still did not hesitate to use an infantry squadron and a security army infantry battalion to test it, for no other reason than to know what was going on.
Who is the commander of.
Yoshio Shinozuka also specially studied the battle reports of the Four Troops against the Imperial Division. The Four Troops were not only good at defense but also good at sneak attacks. On several occasions, when the battle between the two sides reached its peak, they sent small groups of elite infantry to attack artillery or heavy equipment.
Conducting an attack, the Imperial Division lacked heavy firearms and was defeated by the Four Lines Regiment with their terrifying heavy firearms.
The three balloon troops also directly proved the existence of a small group of Chinese elites on the periphery of the battlefield!
This already has some characteristics of Tang Dao's military use. When the huge explosion and the loss of personnel came, Shinozuka Yoshio was 90% sure that Tang Dao must be commanding this unexpected attack.
battlefield.
This is because Tang Dao is very good at using explosives. Whether it is the Sihang Warehouse, the Battle of Guangde, or the Battle of Wangwushan, Tang Dao's subordinates use the terrain with a large amount of explosives to severely damage their opponents.
After using the lives of hundreds of people to prove his conjecture, Yoshio Shinozuka breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most afraid of was not that Tang Dao was here, but that Tang Dao led a group of elite soldiers and was hiding nearby.
However, his 10th Division has already deployed all its elite troops. Once it launches an all-out attack on the Chinese army in the encirclement, it will have no chance of turning back, and will no longer have the energy to guard against a Chinese general as fierce as a tiger.
"For the time being, all ministries are mainly conducting exploratory attacks, and are not allowed to advance without military orders. The 1st Cavalry Squadron, 2nd Squadron, and 3rd Squadron will use the cavalry squad as a unit to search the wilderness outside the battlefield. If they encounter a small group of Chinese infantry, they can proceed according to the actual situation.
Chase them. If there are many enemies, call for support and be sure to annihilate them!
The 9th Infantry Brigade used the infantry squadron as a unit to search all uninhabited villages within a radius of 3 kilometers with Zhaojiazhuang as the center, killing both humans and animals, and destroying the villages if there were no living creatures.
In addition, inform the aviation regiment that our army's position is very close to the enemy. After the bomber group arrives, our division will bombard the enemy's position with incendiary bombs to indicate the target!" Yoshio Shinozuka issued two military orders.
After all, Yoshio Shinozuka can be regarded as a general with extremely rich battlefield experience in the Japanese army. Otherwise, he would not be sent as the principal of the non-commissioned officer school to clean up the perimeter before the war and not give the Chinese elite troops a chance to attack the location of their artillery group.
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This is not a mountainous area. The hiding places of small groups of Chinese troops are either in deserted villages or in narrow and shallow access ditches dug by the Chinese.
For this reason, Yoshio Shinozuka was even willing to give the Chinese some more time to breathe and sent 1,000 infantry and more than 360 cavalry to clean up the periphery of the battlefield.
Of course, this is also a time gap to wait for the bomber group. Although more than 70 artillery salvos blasted the trench position where the Chinese were clearly visible on the opposite side, causing mud and smoke to scatter, Yoshio Shinozuka believed that since the Chinese dared
In plain areas and in field battles with imperial divisions, one must be persistent. I am afraid that artillery alone will be difficult to carry out a devastating attack on these trenches that look like spider webs from a distance.
The heavy bombs dropped by the bombers will make the Chinese realize the fatal mistake they have made.
Modern warfare is no longer the ancient era when two armies faced each other and the brave one won on the battlefield. The one who has control of the air will definitely win the final victory.
No matter how good the groundhog is at digging tunnels, it will eventually become food for the goshawks flying in the sky and the wolves on the ground!
Shinozuka Yoshio's judgment was very accurate. Not only did he guess that his opponent was Tang Dao, he also predicted the general area where the mountain infantry company and the reconnaissance company were hiding.
Moreover, there was no problem with his tactical waiting. Due to the dense forests in the mountainous area, most of the bomber groups could only rely on the pilot's observation to drop bombs blindly, and less than a quarter of the bombs actually landed on the position.
But it's different on the plains. If there is another fire indication, at an altitude of 1,500 meters, the bomber group's bomb hit rate will be over 70%.
If a 500-pound aerial bomb really fell on the position, no trenches or artillery holes would be useful. If an infantry platoon could survive half of such a bomb, everyone in the Tang regiment would probably be happy.
Unfortunately, Yoshio Shinozuka still made the mistake of taking it for granted that "I don't want you to think, I just want what I want."
What he thought of, how could Tang Tuanzuo not think of it?
This time, the two companies were not wandering in the wilderness as small groups or infantry squads, but as infantry platoons, with local militiamen as guides. The crisscrossing ditches were their roads, and all soldiers and civilians had been evacuated from the villages.
It is their fortress.
Yoshio Shinozuka took it for granted that he would search for them with a 20-man cavalry squad or a 180-man infantry squadron. If they didn't encounter them, they would be beaten to a bloody head, or the entire army would be wiped out.
For example, a Japanese cavalry team unfortunately spotted several shadows of gray military uniforms through binoculars in the fields outside Xiaohanzhuang, about 4 kilometers away from Zhaojiazhuang.
The Japanese second lieutenant was eager for success and led 19 of his cavalrymen in pursuit.
In the eyes of the Japanese cavalrymen who drew their sabers, the gray shadows running wildly in the distance were like rabbits in the fields. The sharp sabers in their hands were about to taste the delicious taste of blood.
The Japanese cavalry, with a distance of more than 20 meters between individual soldiers, is indeed qualified to treat the lone infantry as rabbits. The openness of the plain has allowed them to increase the speed of their Japanese horses to nearly 45 kilometers per hour. Without heavy machine guns,
When blocking an attack, not only the sword flash passing by at high speed can cut off the enemy's head, but also the rifle can be cut off with one blow.
The Japanese cavalry running towards several Chinese soldiers in a semi-arc were like a pack of wolves hunting. Let alone a few pure infantrymen, even if there were two light machine guns at this time, they could not stop them.
The impact.
The Japanese second lieutenant who was at the forefront raised his saber high and stared at the gray figures who were only 100 meters away. He had even thought about how to swing the saber later.
Just like chopping up a Chinese prisoner tied to a wooden stake during training, with one slash, the head with eyes closed in fear fell off. He waited until his war horse passed a few meters away, and the blood in his neck
The pillar shot out more than two meters high, like a flower blooming in cheers for him.
Thinking of this, the Japanese second lieutenant's adrenaline surged and he felt like he was floating!
That’s literally floating!
Several Chinese people who were running suddenly stopped running and looked at the Japanese cavalry rushing over with disdain on their faces.
Each of them held an MP38 submachine gun in their hands and began to fire violently!
If it were just these submachine guns, the Japanese cavalry might not be able to do much. The distance of 100 meters would only take 7 seconds at their increasing horse speed.
In 7 seconds, they can fire dozens of bullets at most. How many horses can they knock down?
Unfortunately, an MG42 suddenly appeared behind a mound. Long Yan, who had already pulled the trigger, had a ferocious face, like a demon holding a sharp blade.
The Japanese second lieutenant who was at the forefront was the first to bear the brunt. Who made his target so obvious?
In just one second, at least five bullets were fired at the chest and legs of the strong Japanese horse. The Japanese horse neighed and fell head down. The Japanese cavalry lieutenant who was still thinking passionately on the horse must not look like a horse.
It flew away like a cannonball!
It was like being thrown off a motorcycle traveling at 50 kilometers per hour. The key was that he was holding a saber in his hand.
The instinct of long-term training caused the Japanese second lieutenant to put his arms in front of him and curl up his body when he was "floating" in the air, so as to protect his internal organs and head as much as possible when he landed.
But because he was so excited a second ago, he forgot that he still had a saber in his hand.
Therefore, when his body came into contact with the earth, under the action of the reaction force, he was pierced by his own knife.
7 seconds were enough for a few MP38s to empty their own 32-round magazines. The MG42 with full firepower fired more than 160 rounds of bullets. The death barrage caused all 14 horses to fall in front of the fire net, while the 6 lucky ones on the flanks survived.
When a Japanese cavalryman thought he still had a chance and continued to urge his horse to come from both wings, he realized that he had really thought too much.
Several Chinese soldiers who emptied the magazines and threw away their submachine guns actually still had pistols.
The Black Star pistol, which can still shoot through a brick wall within 50 meters, let the Japanese cavalry know how ridiculous the small saber in their hands is. Even if two Japanese cavalrymen finally had their livers broken and tried to turn their horses' heads to escape, they were still beaten by several Chinese soldiers.
Shoot him down with a pistol.
"It's been a long time since I've used this thing to kill Japanese. I have to use a machine gun to enjoy it!" Long Yan grinned and threw the machine gun to the machine gunner.
"Then, let's switch, Young Village Leader, and you'll be the machine gunner and I'll be the platoon leader?" The guy who took over the machine gun was from Yeyue Village, blinking and joking with Long Yan.
"Go away, you look so wretched and still want to be a platoon leader. Don't you know that being an official now depends on your reputation?" Long Yan rolled his eyes and gave a reason that he believed in.
"You see, this is the reason why our young leader can be the platoon leader. It's nothing but confidence!" A guy from Yeyue Village poked at the veteran next to him who was surprised by Long Yan's face.
"I understand, I'm convinced!" the veteran said with a headache.
Based on the comparison of his face, the veteran feels that he will be a company commander sooner or later!
The 20 Japanese cavalry squads were not even an appetizer in front of the elite members of the Four Lines Regiment armed with MG42 machine guns.
By the time the Japanese infantry squadron arrived after hearing the gunfire, except for leaving horse and human corpses everywhere, Long Yan and his men had already gone to nowhere.
To be precise, all the equipment of the Japanese cavalry is still there, including carbines, sabers, etc.
In Long Yan's words, this kind of scumbag is meant to be used for making fun of. It is heavy and has no ball and is of no use. It will just be picked up by the Japanese. Sooner or later, after this battle is over, it will be ours.
This is the self-confidence that comes from strong soldiers. As soon as the battle begins, they are already sure that they will win.
But the biggest mistake Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka made was not overestimating his own cavalry and infantry, but waiting for the wrong people.
A total of 36 96 fighter planes from the Japanese Army Aviation Corps roared in from Baoding Airport 300 kilometers away, covering the sky and the sun.
The southern Hebei Plain is shivering in the shadow of the bombers! ()
