Yes, Tang Dao, as a low-level commander in the bureau, had no way and no way to know what the main force of the Japanese army would do a few kilometers away. Therefore, it was destined that he would not have much time to hang out with these Japanese soldiers here.
If the Japanese army sends a sufficient force to rescue them, they will have no choice but to evacuate first. Once the battle reaches dawn, the Japanese mountain artillery and infantry artillery will not be spared.
Wanting to reduce casualties and rely on superior firepower to kill 200 Japanese troops here is destined to be just wishful thinking.
News also came from Lei Xiong and Leng Feng that as the two infantry companies approached each other, they encountered a group of Japanese troops.
As a result, two infantry companies launched an attack on the Japanese army from both wings, suppressing the Japanese army in a rice field.
However, the Japanese army seemed to be in large numbers, definitely more than an infantry squadron. The number of grenades and light machine guns exceeded that of an ordinary infantry squadron, and there were even heavy machine guns. Under the desperate counterattack of the Japanese army, for a while, the two infantry companies could not advance even an inch.
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Leng Feng and his first company, who were the first to encounter the Japanese army, knew that Lei Xiong and the third company were nearby, so they did not be too aggressive and left a gap in the direction of the formation. Three infantry platoons built their positions in a Z-shaped formation, and the fire support platoon remained in the infantry.
After the position, it can serve as both fire support and reserve force. It can completely seal the right wing of the Japanese army in a standard field formation. The Japanese army does not want to be attacked on both sides, so it can either continue to move forward or retreat.
The Japanese troops who were suddenly hit quickly formed their formations after a brief shock and faced off against Leng Feng. This was also the pride of the "strongest division on the surface" that supported them in their fearless battles with the Chinese army.
Confidence is the temperament of an army. It can undoubtedly increase the combat effectiveness of soldiers in battle, but pride is destined not to be the case. Too much pride often means arrogance becomes a bit more "stinky".
The five-minute exchange of fire with the First Company caused the Japanese army to lose its last chance to escape, and the Third Company led by Lei Xiong also surrounded them.
Lei Xiong's strategy was slightly different from Leng Feng's. He personally led two infantry platoons to attack its left flank, while Qian Dazhu led an infantry platoon to bypass its rear route with a fire support platoon.
Two mortars and a heavy machine gun were placed on the rear flank of the Japanese army. In front of them were four infantry squads desperately digging individual bunkers.
This was the advantage of having a superior force and could encircle the Japanese army, but it was also a dangerous tactic of seizing grain from the fire.
The No. 80 people led by Qian Dazhu not only had to bear the last desperate impact of the Japanese army in the encirclement, but they were also likely to be attacked by Japanese reinforcements from the rear.
By accident, the person responsible for the siege became the one being surrounded.
Lei Xiong has always been aggressive and aggressive in combat, but he will not regard the life of No. 80 as nothing. The second group of the special operations team that was operating nearby was sent further away to be responsible for detecting the movement of Japanese reinforcements. If the Japanese troops were discovered
The main force, this three-person team will issue a warning to Lei Xiong's department in the form of a diversionary attack.
This tactic is very demanding. Those three are elites selected from the independent battalion, but after all, there are only three of them, but they have to attack the Japanese army that is a hundred or even hundreds of times their size. In anyone's opinion, it is a tactic that is close to death.
, but Lei Xiong did just that.
Not only did he believe in the combat effectiveness of the special operations team, but he was inspired by the special tactics Tang Dao used to harass the 36th Infantry Brigade for several days. On a small-scale battlefield, especially with the night as a protective color, he used single-handedly to attack the 36th Infantry Brigade.
Special tactics based on military action have unexpected power.
Just like mosquitoes to elephants, no matter how strong the elephant is, facing the constant harassment of mosquitoes, it can only lie down in the mire and rely on covering its skin with mud to increase resistance, and has never evolved to use its long tail as a racquet.
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This is Tang Dao's special combat method that was ahead of its time. Lei Xiong used it decisively and flexibly, and he is worthy of the title of the first army captain of the 88th Division.
It was also a reinforced Japanese infantry squadron. It seemed that the Japanese army sent at least 400 people, but this was definitely not the original intention of the Japanese commander. No one would think that only 400 people could solve the flanks, even with an IQ of 50.
Won't do that.
After Tang Dao received the message from the battlefield 800 meters away, he became more determined to eliminate the Japanese army on the battlefield in front of him within 20 minutes.
Within ten minutes, Morita Shinji lost 70% of the grenade launchers and most of the nine light machine gun shooters. Although most of the grenade launchers and light machine guns were not damaged,
However, not everyone can be a carefully trained grenade launcher and marksman, and ordinary infantrymen cannot exert 50% of the performance of the equipment even if they hold it.
Take grenade launchers, for example. After strengthening, the number of grenade launchers up to 9 was originally the most feared weapon for each firepower point of the Second Company. Among the firepower points deployed on the top of the hill and on both wings of the wilderness, there were at least three light machine guns because the Japanese grenadier operators were accurate.
The bombardment caused the shooter to be injured by shrapnel. The light machine gun's firepower point could only fire one magazine in a row and had to move its position immediately. It was impossible to form a sufficiently effective continuous suppressive firepower.
But when each squad of precision shooters and two mortars fired wildly at the Japanese grenade launchers and killed most of them, the power of the Japanese grenade launchers dropped sharply, and some grenades even deviated from their positions by as much as 30 seconds.
The outrageous bombardment of meters.
But that also startled Heizi. The grenade that deviated from the infantry position exploded less than five meters away from him. The shrapnel that shot out made his helmet jingle. If it hadn't been for the follow-up grenade bombardment,
He thought it was an attack by Japanese grenadiers targeting him.
But obviously, that was just the result of an ordinary Japanese soldier trying to catch a duck and miss the mark.
That was already the fifth battle position that Heizi moved to. Heizi, who fired more than 200 rounds of bullets in a row, almost never fired at a fixed fighting position for two minutes. The Japanese army had no interest in this 'big boss' of firepower output who was constantly moving in the gaps on the battlefield.
There is no way.
Therefore, when the grenade threat was gone, the three light machine guns and the heavy machine gun on the top of the hill began to fire long bursts without any scruples.
"Da da da!"
Four long tongues of fire splashed out in the night and swept across the wilderness wantonly. Any infantryman who dared to raise his body 30 centimeters would be within the range of his attack.
After all, there are only a few brave people. After these few brave people showed the ferocious firepower of China at the cost of their lives, most of the Japanese troops became honest.
They could only be forced to lie down behind various individual bunkers that were either natural or temporarily dug at the risk of their lives, and endured the unbridled firepower from the Chinese soldiers they despised.
Shinji Morita's originally cold and stern face was already covered in dirt, which was caused by sweat, smoke, and dust.
He may have thought that the fighting power of this group of Chinese elites was not weak, but he never thought that with the same force, he would be completely suppressed and beaten, without the ability to resist.
As his own firepower's ability to counterattack weakened, Shinji Morita knew that he had to do something. Otherwise, if the Chinese who were ready to move approached his own defense line, he would probably not be able to insist on the arrival of reinforcements.
But what should he do? Take the lead in launching a charge and force the Chinese to retreat to their defense line? But that will cost at least twenty people. The continuous-fire submachine guns and shell guns equipped by the Chinese are not vegetarian.
Damn the Germans! Major Shinji Morita, who is experienced in combat, has never hated them so much. If they hadn't dumped these cheap automatic firearms in large quantities to the Chinese, why would he not even dare to use his best tactics?
The Japanese commander was hesitating, but Tang Dao had already given the decisive order.
The two infantry squads crawled forward until they reached the Japanese army thirty or forty meters below the slope.
"Everyone, drop bombs!" Yang Xiaoshan, who was leading the approaching infantry squad, roared.
More than a dozen long-handled grenades emitted blue smoke. Under the pale white light of the illumination bombs, and under the gaze of the Japanese infantry whose faces turned pale, they landed within the first line of defense of the Japanese army.
"Avoid the bullet!" The Japanese sergeant yelled in a voice that was almost broken. It was as if he was watching a wooden stick being stabbed into his eyes in panic, and the tone of his voice changed.
Obviously, his panic and fear were based on facts.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The smoke and dust generated by more than a dozen grenades obliterated the position.
But that was just the first wave.
The Chinese infantry of more than 18 people threw all four grenades they carried as quickly as possible.
The force of the explosion of more than 70 grenades on the Japanese positions was almost equivalent to the full firepower of a mortar battalion.
The continuous explosions hit the faces of the Chinese soldiers who were more than thirty meters away, let alone the Japanese positions?
The scream of pain almost drowned out the explosion of the grenade.
Without a bomb shelter, you can only avoid 60% of the shrapnel by just lying down.
Moreover, because of the experience on Guling, the Independence Battalion also developed the technology of 'air burst bombs'.
If you hold the grenade with the fuse in your hand for two seconds before throwing it out, the grenade with a delay of six seconds will have a 60% chance of exploding in the air.
That was absolutely fatal to the Japanese infantry crawling naked in the simple bunker.
