Chapter 678 The last hope (asking for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month!)
Main volume Chapter 678 Final Hope Takeuchi Yunshan's little face was actually pale at the moment when the mortars started to hit our own infantry in the valley.
With his pale face and the darkness left by the gunpowder smoke, he looked like a clown on the stage, a little funny, but not funny.
Because the Japanese officers who were working hard to occupy the back section of the valley knew that without foreign aid, they would never be able to break out of this death valley just by relying on the efforts of their colleagues in the valley.
However, the field radio station of the wing headquarters has declared death, and it is unknown when foreign aid will arrive. Compared to this, it is better to pray that the Chinese artillery shells will not be so numerous.
Unfortunately, as the Japanese heavy machine guns began to fire one after another, the screams of artillery shells pierced the sky and buried the last hopes of the Japanese officers.
That was the unique sound of the Type 41 mountain gun shells running through the air.
Two 75-caliber mountain guns, the final trump card of the independent battalion finally appeared.
Even if Pang Dahai was scolded like a dog by Tang Dao, he would not be willing to use these two killer weapons. It is true that the shells of the two mountain cannons are too few compared to the mortar shells...
There are only 60 rounds in total, and every time you fire one, you will lose one.
Good steel must be used on the blade. Finally, when the Japanese heavy machine guns showed up, the two mountain cannons placed on the ridge 800 meters away from the river valley could speak.
In order to report the mountain artillery bombardment area as quickly as possible, several artillery observers even took risks and stood on the unobstructed mountains to report to the distance using semaphores.
As a result, three artillery observers were injured by grenade shrapnel, but fortunately none of them were fatal.
However, their bravery allowed the distant mountain artillery squad to obtain the bombardment coordinates in the shortest possible time and launch an attack.
A small 75mm caliber howitzer can only be used as a small cannon on a large battlefield, but here, it is the largest caliber artillery. And because of its geographical location, they don't have to worry about the Japanese army's artillery fire counter-suppression in the valley.
First, the Japanese army must have artillery observers who can see their artillery positions; secondly, the Japanese artillery must dare to fire on this battlefield that is completely within the range of Chinese soldiers.
Not to mention that the sound of a 700-800 kilogram mountain cannon firing was extremely loud. Even if there were more than a dozen people surrounding a mountain cannon, it was clearly pointing out the target to the Chinese.
Except for the more flexible and convenient infantry artillery, the Japanese mountain artillery basically did not show up.
Rounds of artillery fire exploded in the river valley, and the simple temporary fortifications could not provide any protection at all. Whether it was a heavy machine gun or a human body, as long as it was hit by a round of artillery fire, it would basically become parts.
In the battle situation in the river valley, with the independent battalion artillery battery firing on all cylinders, the balance of victory was gradually tilting towards China.
The consumption was huge, almost bankrupt, but in Tang Dao's view, as long as enough Japanese infantry could be killed, it was all worth it.
Because Tang Dao knew best that after this battle, the Independence Battalion might not have the opportunity to fight another battle of this scale with the Japanese army for a long time to come.
With the fall of Jinling, he will lead his troops to the mountains in the north, where the independent battalion will completely become a mountain field force.
The pale-faced Takeuchi Yunshan was in pain, but he still did not despair, because he made a wise choice to divide the two infantry brigades under his command into three parts. A leading infantry squadron was one kilometer ahead of the main force, and the middle part was the whole army.
The main force is one, and there is also an infantry squadron with a dozen carriages and baggage, which is not only to protect supplies, but also to serve as the rear guard for the entire army.
In other words, although the main force of nearly two thousand infantrymen was besieged in the river valley, the Japanese army still had two infantry squadrons, one at the head and one at the tail, plus a baggage team remaining outside the river valley.
Takeuchi Yunshan's last hope lay in these two infantry squadrons, but he did not place his hope on the leading infantry squadron in front of the entire army.
Although the vanguard infantry squadron was the elite among the elite under his command, in front of them was a Chinese infantry battalion with hundreds of troops. Thinking from the bottom of his head, Takeuchi Yunshan also knew that they were in difficulty, so he returned to attack the ridges on both sides of the valley.
, is what they should do most.
The hope of the Japanese Army Colonel was that the infantry squadron and the baggage train, which were at the end of the army and were not trapped in a tight siege, did not need them to attack the Chinese. As long as they ran away and ran out of the mountainous area to send an alarm to the main force of the detachment, he would
There is hope for Bian to break through the siege.
However, Gu Xishui's special operations team followed the Japanese army in the mountains and forests for more than two hours, so they naturally informed Tang Dao of the Japanese army's arrangements.
Tang Dao had already made corresponding tactical adjustments based on the Japanese army's formation. The person responsible for blocking the Japanese rear column was Zhao Daqiang's fourth company. Gu Shu
Their combat mission is to annihilate this group of enemy invaders in the shortest time and at the lowest cost. If possible, it is best to capture some supplies.
They may not have much equipment, but they will have a lot of food, which is what the independent battalion needs most right now.
Therefore, as soon as the battle in the valley ahead started, Zhao Daqiang gave the order to attack with red eyes.
Zhao Daqiang's anger did not come from the Japanese troops who reacted quickly in front of him, but from the fact that his fourth company was originally scheduled to be tasked with luring the enemy, but before dawn, it became Leng Feng's first company.
Yes, he admitted that in terms of combat effectiveness, Leng Feng's 1st Company was the best in the entire battalion, but the 1st Company just took away the combat mission that originally belonged to him and the 4th Company. After all, there was still some evil fire that was inferior to others in skills.
This cannot be blamed on Tang Dao, who is responsible for coordinating the overall situation, nor on Leng Feng. Naturally, this fire can only be vented at the Japanese army in front of him.
The battlefield that the Fourth Company faced was still 700 to 800 meters away from the river valley and was a mountain road.
There are deep trenches on one side, high mountains on the other, and the mountain road is narrow. It is a good place to shoot sap, but it is a bit difficult for an infantry company to set up an ambush position.
Because the formation of the Japanese army is too long, if the Japanese army takes a chance to counterattack and go up the mountain, the casualties will be greatly increased. Or if they escape into the mountains and sound the alarm to the main force of the Japanese army several kilometers away, it will be extremely harmful to the entire army.
dangerous.
More than 200 Japanese infantrymen escorted nearly 100 Japanese troops and a dozen fully loaded carriages. The entire queue was nearly 800 meters long.
Therefore, Zhao Daqiang spread his three infantry platoons and a fire support platoon at various attack points up to 1,000 meters long.
There are 10 infantry squads, each of which is responsible for a front of nearly 100 meters. Two heavy machine guns specially strengthened for the fire support platoon of the fourth company are stationed at the front and rear ends of the battle line, and two mortars are located behind the ridge, led by Zhao Daqiang.
Personally command the attack on the stubborn Japanese firepower points.
After the attack order was issued, bullets rained down on the Japanese column thirty or forty meters away, as well as grenades.
However, in order to prevent the carriage from blowing up, grenades were generally not directed at the Japanese army's baggage train.
But other Japanese troops were unlucky.
Especially the first two infantry squads, 60% of the fourth company's attacks were directed at them.
Submachine guns, shell guns, light machine guns, rifles, all shooting firearms plus dozens of grenades, rushed towards the Japanese infantry who responded quickly with tactics.
To paraphrase a modern phrase, the 4th Company of the Independent Battalion, which was feeling aggrieved, used the "Top Fist" at this moment, aiming at the opponent, using all its strength, and smashing them randomly.
Suffering such a sudden blow, the Japanese army could not act no matter how responsive it was.
If you want to avoid these, other than climbing up the mountain, the other option is to jump into a deep ditch. If you jump into a ditch of more than ten or twenty meters, you won't end up with anything good even if you think about it with your butt.
However, there were quite a few Japanese soldiers who chose to jump into the deep ditch. Although many Japanese soldiers did not want to jump themselves, they were squeezed in by their panicked companions.
Those who don't have the guts to jump down can only crazily climb up the mountain, even if the bullets fired from the mountain are so dense that it makes one's scalp numb.
The Japanese soldiers who were climbing up the mountain with their guns in their arms were mowed down like rice harvesters by the submachine guns and shell guns equipped to each squad. However, the Japanese soldiers continued to advance forward, jabbering and howling, and charging towards the mountains with their guns in their waists.
The charge didn't stop at all, as if he didn't know what the fear of death was.
It’s not that the Japanese soldiers are so brave that they don’t even know what death is, but the reality in front of them tells them that staying on the narrow mountain road, no matter whether you are hiding under the rocks or not, no matter whether you can dodge the Chinese grenade bullets,
The final outcome must be to be killed on the mountain road.
Rushing up the mountain and forcing the Chinese off the ridge or shooting at each other to share the pressure on the mountain road were their only ways to survive.
Because, in addition to conventional bullets and grenades, the Chinese also used creepy incendiary bombs, although they were thrown manually...
ps: I have six classes today and I am so exhausted that I can only write one chapter today. Sorry! Also, I would like to recommend the new book "The Lonely Is Not the Last King of Humanity" by the same author. I heard that driving was a thief, so I wrote
