Yanagawa Kazuo, who seemed to be a wise man, didn't know that there was a piece of blue creeping in the bushes 300 meters away from his artillery position.
The Japanese patrol was only a hundred meters away from its own position, so of course it would not find this frosty blue in the dark night.
Even the 180-man guard squadron that followed Yanagawa Kazuo's order to go to the east of Guangde City to support them had no idea that there would be hundreds of Chinese crawling in the forest only 20 meters away from them.
It was already about four o'clock in the morning, and five hours had passed since Gu Xishui reported the location of the Japanese artillery positions to Tang Dao via field radio. This actually meant that the main force of Tang Dao's death squads was at least lurking here.
Two hours.
In the hunting cold wind, they were lurking in this place. The whole army was silent and motionless, waiting for the arrival of the most suitable fighter plane.
Yes, there are a total of 350 people gathered here. The group responsible for attacking the Japanese army's convoy in the east of Guangde City and Gu Xishui's special operations team together only have more than 50 people, which is equivalent to a reinforced platoon.
Tang Dao used the old trick of inducing the tiger to leave the mountain, but it was extremely effective.
History has recorded that what Lieutenant General Rao burned was the oil and grain reserves that the Japanese army urgently needed. This time and space has changed slightly. There is a week's worth of food and grass for the whole army of the Kuozaki detachment. The Japanese army cannot give up.
To attack the key point that must be saved, even if Yanagawa Kazuo knew that he might encounter the risk of fleeing the mountain, he could only bite the bullet and attack.
What he can put on the gambling table is that his security squadron is strong enough to last until the transferred tiger returns.
He obviously overestimated himself and underestimated the ferocity of his opponent.
It's really more ferocious than that. The man 300 meters away who has his eyes closed all the time and his face covered with frost is the real tiger.
20 minutes later, several violent explosions came from the distance.
That was when the Japanese artillery guard sent to support the Japanese army in the east of the city encountered an explosion attack. This was also the pattern set by Tang Dao and Gu Xishui in advance.
Even though the 180-man guard team has three-wheelers and trucks, it is just a normal operation to encounter a roadside bomb made of explosive packets.
Forget about them, American cowboys a few decades later would drive armored vehicles that could withstand heavy machine guns. They would be doomed when faced with such crude roadside bombs.
It not only started an attack on the Japanese army, but also informed this side that the Japanese had run far enough and that they could start here.
A red flare was fired into the sky. The blue people who had been lying in the grass for two hours sat up one after another, moved their muscles that had become completely stiff, and pulled the bolts of their guns to check their equipment.
Yanagawa Kazuo, who was located in the center of the artillery position, looked at the bright, almost dazzling red flare in the sky, and his eyes instantly froze.
Having been in the military for a long time, he certainly knows what that means.
That means that someone has thoughts about him, and they are very bad ones.
"There is an enemy attack! Request support from the main position!" Yanagawa Kazuo suppressed the regret in his heart and ordered with a clear mind. "Immediately order the artillery squadrons to organize people with guns in hand to prepare to enter the position. Once the enemy attacks, immediately supplement the 2nd Guard Squadron.
Absent vacancy."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Several explosions rang out on the Japanese artillery position, sending up several bright shells. The Japanese Lieutenant Colonel's face turned pale against the background.
The Chinese were so bold that they crossed the mountains to launch a sneak attack, but they even brought cannons with them?
That's for sure. Without artillery, it's impossible to blast through an artillery position with more than a dozen artillery pieces. What Tang Dao brought was a death squad, not a death squad.
A total of 6 mortars and 120 rounds of artillery shells.
Except for the 12 gunners who were carefully selected by Pang Dahai to follow the 400 Death Squadron, all other transportation tasks were undertaken by members of the 400 Death Squadron. In addition to their own equipment, Li Jiujin's 2nd Company was responsible for six doors plus a base of 50 kilograms of force in one shift.
In addition, nearly 300 people were responsible for the transportation of artillery shells, and two people were responsible for one artillery shell. They had to carry these iron lumps over mountains and ridges to several kilometers away.
Of course the Japanese also have artillery, but they are either howitzers or field artillery, and their range is several kilometers or even ten kilometers away.
Like now, the distance is only two to three hundred meters, breaking the sky, and it can be used flat as a large 'gun', but even that is not so easy to use.
In front of the Japanese artillery, there is the Japanese army's own fortifications. If they bombard them without any care, why don't they blow up their own people and the fortifications into a piece of white ground before hitting the Chinese.
The 6 mortars hidden in the mountain col were fired at almost the fastest speed. The 12 shooters faithfully carried out Tang Dao's requirements and within 2 minutes, the 20 shells assigned to each gun were fired.
The fire reflected by the explosion of 120 artillery shells was even brighter than the fire that had been ignited in the east of the city at this moment. You can imagine how sad the Japanese soldiers on the Japanese artillery position were.
In other words, many people have even lost the ability to grieve.
According to post-war statistics, more than 80 Japanese soldiers were killed on the spot in this round of Chinese artillery attacks.
Most of them are Guard soldiers.
Because the Chinese bombardment is not to destroy the artillery, but to destroy the resistance of the defensive positions surrounding the artillery position.
Although the Japanese artillery guard dug trenches and laid out barbed wire in accordance with army regulations, the temporary field trenches that could be used would never exceed one meter. This depth would be difficult for mortar shells that fall almost vertically.
resistance?
The Japanese troops in the trenches were wailing, and the strong barbed wire fences were destroyed one by one in the artillery fire.
A round of rapid and covering artillery fire completely knocked out the soldiers in this artillery position, which was well protected by the Japanese infantry.
The Japanese soldiers who were busy running for their lives did not notice that hundreds of meters in front of their position, more than 300 Chinese soldiers were quietly approaching from three directions.
The closest one is even less than 200 meters away.
The Chinese army rarely has artillery, and naturally it has never done any infantry-artillery coordination training. However, they have enough trust in their comrades behind them that they dare to risk their lives.
Daring to risk one's life is the essence of infantry and artillery coordination.
The artillery fire had not completely stopped, and while the Japanese troops were still dazed in the trenches, hundreds of infantrymen who had approached less than 200 meters from the front of the Japanese position, risking being accidentally injured by their own artillery fire, quietly stood up.
"Follow me and charge!" Tang Dao roared and rushed out with his gun in hand.
There was no charge, but under the leadership of the commander at the front of them, they leveled their guns, exerted their strength, and charged!
Yes, it is against the infantry tactics to charge the enemy position 200 meters away. The distance of 200 meters is enough for the opponent's machine guns and rifles to harvest the infantry charging like straw at full speed.
Not to mention that the Japanese army may have heavy machine guns, one infantry squadron alone has 6 light machine guns, not to mention that the precision shooting quality of the Japanese infantry is far superior to that of the Chinese infantry.
For 350 Chinese soldiers to charge at such a distance, it is basically suicide.
But Chief Tang said: "Follow me!"
350 Chinese soldiers followed without hesitation.
Together with their commander, they launched a "dare to death" charge against the Japanese defensive positions from three directions.
There aren't as many skills as expected, it's just hard work.
This should be one of the few adventures Tang Dao took in his military career, or perhaps it was a decision he made that was not very calm due to the rage spurred by the annihilation of his entire army on Highland 3.
Tang Dao is still a human being after all, not just a war machine that only considers gains and losses.
If he is calm, that means he is not crazy yet.
Now, he is crazy, he is crazy.
This is also the only choice he can make when he decides to fight.
Because the main force of the Japanese infantry 3 kilometers away would not give them a little time to remove the light and heavy firepower points of the Japanese army and launch another round of attacks.
In less than 20 minutes, the Japanese army will have a thousand or more troops rushing here in a steady stream.
If the fighting cannot be ended at that time, all 350 people here, including dozens of people still in the east of Chengde City, will die.
This is not taking millet from the fire, nor is it dancing on the tip of a knife, it is simply walking through fire and water.
From the moment Tang Dao formed the death squad, it was already.
Hundreds of soldiers charged against the bullets fired by the Japanese army!
