Obviously, it would be difficult for the two mortars to survive such a covering bombardment.
One was directly blown into parts flying in the sky, while the other was blown away and smashed by the air wave. Half of the twenty or so artillerymen who were finally put together were killed and half injured.
Not to mention, because Nobita Nobita's frontline headquarters was too close to the artillery position, it was tragically implicated. Several Japanese infantrymen were literally blown away from the trenches. It couldn't be too miserable.
And since the only two mortars that could launch a counterattack behind the mountain were destroyed by the Chinese with concentrated artillery fire, this critical battle was a disaster for Nobita Nobita Shaozuo.
The infantry artillery deployed on the front line and the mountain artillery deployed at the rear did not help the Japanese troops on the front line. Almost every time before the Japanese attack, they would spare no effort to bombard the Chinese positions, but more of them were to provide the greatest support to the infantry stationed on the positions.
Kill.
The Chinese 769th Regiment responsible for defending this position is like an invincible little force. When one infantry company is half disabled, another infantry company is immediately added to the battlefield. In the eyes of the Japanese army, this almost endless force is simply despairing.
Even though they knew very well that the Chinese would never have as many troops as they seemed.
But the fact is that the Japanese army once had the experience of attacking the Chinese front line. At least nearly a hundred Japanese infantrymen had already picked up their rifles and started fighting hand-to-hand. However, reinforcements emerged from the top of the mountain and rushed down. With sufficient superiority, they
After a round of bloody fighting, they were driven out of the position.
The most painful thing for the front-line Japanese troops was that although the Chinese mortars did not regularly target the infantry, they could arbitrarily hit the heavy machine gun positions that had been moved 700 meters away. This resulted in at least half of the heavy machine gun positions being
The machine gun was blown up while providing fire support.
As for the tanks, which are the strongest firepower of the Japanese army, due to the presence of two anti-tank guns on the Chinese position, including the only 89 tank, there was no one among the remaining seven tanks.
If it dares to enter the 800-meter range, the 89 tank can only become a long-distance fort to bombard the Chinese position that is not clearly visible.
But obviously, although it cannot be said that the bird use is useless, it is not an exaggeration to say that there is no bird use without the ball.
The heavy firepower that the Japanese army was proud of did not play the role it had imagined.
The main offensive had to be launched by the infantry with wave after wave of attacks, engaging in a war of attrition with the Chinese.
Yes, a war of attrition! It consumes not only ammunition, but also human lives.
According to post-war statistics, Nobita Nobita organized and launched five rounds of attacks in less than 2 hours, with an average duration of nearly 20 minutes each.
At the beginning, they were carrying the bodies of the dead in the battle, but later they stopped doing this useless task. The whole battlefield was covered in blood-soaked 'shit yellow'!
Not counting the wounded, more than 400 Japanese soldiers died in the battle!
This is a staggering 60% battle fatality rate, not a casualty rate in the traditional sense. The madness of the Japanese army is terrifying.
The 769th Regiment also fought hard. The two infantry companies and machine gun companies deployed on the front line have already changed four rounds...
That means that even the guard company of the 769th Regiment has been dispatched, which is also the last reserve team in the hands of the young leader of the 769th Regiment.
In just two hours, the commander of the first regiment had to send in his last reserve team. It is conceivable that this point-to-point offensive and defensive battle against Maimang almost defeated this infantry regiment, which would be called the strongest infantry regiment of the Eightyth Army in the future.
At the end of the road!
More than 330 bodies of fallen soldiers were taken away after the war, which was not much better than that of the Japanese army.
The Chinese and Japanese commanders located at the bottom of the mountain have long been jealous. One is that he will die if he does not conquer the other side's position, and the other is ordered to block the way of the Japanese army and lay a solid foundation for the entire army to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army!
The battle was so brutal that the commander of the 683rd Journey Brigade sent several telegrams asking if the 769th Regiment could withstand it. If it really couldn't, he would deploy two infantry companies from each flank to support it.
The young commander of the 769th Regiment refused, not because he wanted to be a hero, but because he knew that even though the two flanks had not started fighting yet, when the time came, the two infantry regiments on the flanks would launch an attack on the Japanese army, killing the Japanese army in one fell swoop.
Put it in your pocket.
The final encirclement and annihilation battle will be completed by them, and the remaining nearly a thousand Japanese invaders will definitely resist stubbornly and will definitely not sit still and wait for death. The combat mission is no easier than that of the 769th Regiment.
And the reason why the young regiment commander kept gritting his teeth and persisted was because he knew full well that the time to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army was almost ripe.
Because, the Four Elements Group has arrived!
At 1:30 in the afternoon, the entire army of the Fourth Army Regiment arrived in the Beiganling area.
Goto Koshiminami did not have the opportunity to stand high in the sky and overlook this mountain, otherwise he would not still be obsessed with the strategy of opening the way forward, even if it was no longer to rescue Shentou Ridge.
Yes, when Nobi Nobita was still struggling to launch the third round of attack, he received a telegram from the division headquarters: 'The imperial infantry that was ambushed by the Chinese in the Shentou Ridge area has also been completely defeated! Licheng County
The imperial infantry is still resisting!"
This news is definitely a blow to Koshiminami Goto. The infantry brigade that rescued Licheng is the main infantry brigade of his 108th Infantry Regiment. If Licheng is destroyed again, it means that his 108th Infantry Regiment has ceased to exist in name only!
However, he still did not give up on conquering the Chinese blocking positions in front, not to rescue Licheng, but to protect himself!
He finally understood why there were so many Chinese. It turned out that they had gathered after destroying the 1,500 imperial infantry.
Although this inference was difficult for him to accept, he couldn't understand why 1,500 well-trained imperial infantry were defeated in such a short period of time. This was really unscientific.
However, he didn't have time to think too much about the reason. He was more concerned about his own situation now.
The Chinese people have a huge appetite, much bigger than he imagined. Here, they don't simply block his progress, but want to eat him in one bite.
This conclusion made the Japanese Army Chief Zuo feel chills all over his body. No matter how much he didn't want to admit it, the current posture of the Chinese was exactly like this.
The Chinese on both wings of the high ground have not launched an attack. They are like two poisonous snakes waiting for opportunities to move, waiting for him to reveal his flaws.
And this flaw is undoubtedly that when he returns with his army and leaves the field trenches that have been constructed, the Chinese do not have enough artillery. The mortars currently displayed are not enough to destroy his army, which took more than an hour to build.
Good field trenches.
His way to survive now is not to retreat, but to move forward, clearing the way forward.
The high mountains will become an obstacle to the advancement of his army, and the same will be true for the Chinese. Only by breaking out of the pocket formation that the Chinese have set up, he can use the highway to use his mobility to get rid of the Chinese.
After all, in mountainous and rugged areas, even if all Chinese people turned into monkeys, walking on the mountains would not be faster than on the road.
Therefore, the Japanese Army's left-wing tactics are still to open up the front and stick to the current position.
But if he had the opportunity to overlook this mountainous area and see the 3,000-meter long line of infantry on the distant road, he might be so nervous that he would give up the tactics he thought were most suitable.
In order to eat this big piece of meat, the Chinese took out some of the most elite infantry regiments in eastern Shanxi.
769, 771, 772, the Four Lines Regiment, any infantry regiment has a well-known name.
And now, the last piece of the victory puzzle has arrived at the outer edge of the battlefield.
However, Tang Dao, who arrived 2 kilometers outside Beiganling, did not immediately lead his troops to join the battlefield. Instead, he stared at the map of Beiganling and meditated. The rumble of artillery coming from the distant mountains did not break him out of this state.
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There were nearly ten officers sitting or standing around, some with anxious faces, such as the youngest infantry company commander Qian Dazhu; some with their heads down and smoking silently, such as the artillery company commander Pang Hai; and some with indifferent expressions.
Colleagues who talk to each other in low voices are veterans like Li Jijin.
"What are you so anxious about, kid! Aren't the members of the group thinking about how to fight! What's going on! Is your kid waiting for military achievements to become the battalion commander?" Li Jijin looked at Qian Dazhu, who couldn't help but rub his face in anger, and said lightly.
smiled.
"Brother Li, you don't know who I am! Why am I so anxious for military achievements? I think the brothers over there have been fighting for a long time, and Chief Cheng has urged us several times on the way here. Come here.
But we are waiting here. If Chief Cheng and others have objections to our regiment, it will not be conducive to us establishing a foothold here!" Qian Dazhu raised his head to look at Tang Dao, who was still bowing his head in thought, and argued in a low voice.
"Oh! Your child is in quite a big position right now, not bad, not bad. He is definitely the material to be the battalion commander in the future!" Li Jijin laughed.
"Listening to your tone, Lao Li, I'm going to be promoted to regimental commander soon! You can make arrangements for the battalion commander." Tang Dao raised his head and glanced here, and said angrily.
"Hehe, these two brushes of mine are as strong as the company commander. Even if I want to steal your job, sir, my brothers can't do that!" Li Jijin shrank his neck, but still had a playful smile on his face.
"Okay, after this battle, you, Lao Li, will have your time!" Leng Feng waved his hand to stop veteran Youzi from continuing to talk, and looked at Tang Dao with a serious face. "Have you decided how to join the battle, regiment?"
"It's not easy!" Tang Dao sighed slightly and pointed to the map in his hand.
"You see, from our location, there are only two roads into the Beiganling battlefield. One road leads directly to the area where the 769th Regiment's position is located, and there is a small road that goes around to the 772nd Regiment on the flank. Both of these roads are already occupied by us.
Even if our regiment goes to the military position, we will not be able to deploy all our troops. If the Japanese army finds out that they can turn their guns and fire, it may only increase casualties, and it will not be able to achieve the purpose of knocking the Japanese army out with a heavy blow."
"Yes! There is a big difference between fighting in the mountains and fighting on the plains. As the saying goes, it is absolutely true to run to death in the mountains. If our regiment wants to circle behind the Japanese army from the rear, it will have to circle for twenty miles and wait.
At that time, the Japanese reacted and retreated desperately. I am afraid that the 683rd Brigade alone cannot keep them all!" Gong Shaoxun also frowned.
Twenty miles is 10 kilometers. If it is placed on the plains, it is just a quick march. But if it is placed in this mountain, especially if you want to bring big guns like artillery and heavy machine guns, it can kill people.
old life.
If they are just light infantry, they have given up the biggest firepower advantage of the Four Lines Regiment. If they really confront the Japanese army, it has become a life-for-life. The Four Lines Regiment has now gone through rounds of fighting, and those who are still alive are considered dead.
Gong Shaoxun was really reluctant to exchange such elites with the Japanese army.
"Yes! The reason why the Japanese are still fighting our army Tietou in Beiganling now is because our army does not have many artillery. They can still fight a dozen, but what if they come back to their senses?
, If you are willing to accept your failure and run away like Yazi, then it will be no problem to run a third of the way." Tang Dao nodded.
After thinking for a moment, he turned to ask Gu Xishui, who was standing behind him: "Mingxin should be sent out to scout the movements of the Japanese troops in Lucheng District! Where are they now? Have they sent any messages?"
"Mingxin feels that no one in the special squadron can keep up with him in the mountains. He set off alone. According to his speed, he should have arrived in Lucheng by now, but I don't know what method this guy will use.
Leave us a message." Gu Xishui said helplessly.
Originally, sending Mingxin to conduct reconnaissance around Lucheng was just Tang Dao's preparation for the battle between Licheng and Shentouling, and it was not a fully prepared military operation.
For Tang Dao, it is more like preparing for a rainy day.
Some time after Mingxin set off, no one expected that the Japanese troops in Lucheng would go all out and send all the main forces in the city to rescue them regardless of Lucheng's defense. Brigadier Cheng even took advantage of the situation and made a plan to annihilate this Japanese aggressor.
Decide.
And Mingxin, the new guy who joined the Four Elements Group, is extremely good in terms of execution and combat effectiveness, but he also has shortcomings. He may be used to walking alone and is not used to trusting his comrades. He believes in himself more.
However, he was right. He had lived in a Taoist temple in the mountains since he was a child, and his speed on the mountain roads was unrivaled by anyone in the entire Four Elements Group.
If he ran with all his strength, even though the distance from Licheng to Lucheng was nearly 30 kilometers, it might not take him three hours. Others following him would really become a burden.
"This guy..." Tang Dao couldn't help but frown after hearing this.
If the information cannot be conveyed, no matter how fast Mingxin runs, he will still be able to use it. Isn’t this putting the cart before the horse? It seems that he still has to find time to chat with this somewhat maverick guy. The army is not a knight in the arena. No matter how personal strength is,
No matter how strong you are, you still have to rely on team strength to win in the end.
At this moment, there was a noise in the distance, which made Tang Dao frown even more tightly.
He had previously issued a military order that everyone should rest where they were and not make any loud noises.
"What's going on over there?" Leng Feng shouted coldly.
That's the 8th company under his command over there. It's strange that Leng Feng looks so good.
After a while, a second lieutenant platoon leader ran over quickly.
"Sir, there is a fellow who insists on seeing our highest officer. He said he has important secrets. We asked him to reveal them, but the guy was very stubborn. How could we believe him? He yelled...
"
"You can't even deal with a common man. Tell him that this is wartime. If you harass the army, you will be shot." The commander of the 8th company standing on the side turned red with anger when he heard this. He was a former warlord in the army.
Suddenly some of the old habits were exposed.
"Fellow? Confidential?" Tang Dao's eyes narrowed and he waved his hand. "Bring him here and I'll meet him."
A young man in ragged clothes, about sixteen or seventeen years old, was brought to Tang Dao. His face was a little red, perhaps because he had just argued with the soldiers.
"Little guy, I am the highest officer here, tell me what secrets you have!" Tang Dao asked gently.
"Is your surname Tang?" The young man looked at Tang Dao, who was a head taller than him, and hesitated.
The expressions of the surrounding officers suddenly changed.
Tang Tuanzuo's name is of course a popular one among the Four Elements Regiment and everyone knows it, but the Four Elements Regiment has just arrived in the Taihang Mountains and has not yet fought a single battle, and its reputation has not yet reached the point where everyone in the Taihang Mountains area is well-known.
How did the little guy who looked like a local boy know that?
"Yes! My name is Tang Dao!" Tang Dao's eyes flashed slightly, but his expression remained unchanged.
"Then you are right. I finally found the wrong person." The young man seemed not to feel the murderous aura rising up around him, but his face showed a look of joy and he stretched his hands into his arms.
Many officers involuntarily moved their hands to their waists.
An ordinary young man from the mountains came to Tang Tuanzuo rashly. This was a very strange thing in itself, and they couldn't blame them for being nervous.
I'm afraid this young man with a face full of simplicity didn't know that he actually frightened a group of hard-blooded soldiers who had experienced countless battlefields.
What I took out was a piece of paper folded several times!
Tang Dao smiled, he had already guessed the original owner of this piece of paper.
Because it comes from the letterhead paper carried by Teacher Xiao He. In this mountain, no one else except the members of the Four Elements Group will own it.
Spreading the paper, Tang Dao glanced at it a few times, and the smile on his face became even bigger: "This guy Mingxin has already found the best opportunity for us to enter the battlefield!"
