Zhang Dabiao held an MP40 submachine gun, hunched over and shuttled through the trenches, shouting at the same time.
This position is larger than the Baozishan position.
Therefore, Zhang Dabiao placed two companies on the front slope, with a total of more than 500 men, making it appear to the Japanese that the Eighth Route Army only had one battalion at most.
In fact, there are two infantry companies and an artillery company of the first battalion on the reverse slope position behind.
Farther away, near Dagu Town, the main battalions of the new regiment were gathering.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie heard that Li Yunlong had meat to eat, and they were also gathering troops, preparing to lead part of the main force to reinforce the new regiment.
Soon, the Japanese front platoon entered the forward position 30 meters away.
Both the Japanese soldiers and the Eighth Route Army soldiers could clearly see the murderous expressions on each other's faces.
Under normal circumstances, to prevent the enemy from rushing into the position, you can open fire after placing the enemy 100 meters or 50 meters away.
But Zhang Dabiao is not afraid because he is very confident in the firepower of his subordinates.
Under this intensive fire blockade, not to mention the Japanese infantry, even the Japanese cavalry could not even think of rushing to the first battalion's position.
As for the 30-meter position, in addition to being suitable for the use of various firearms, grenades can also capture the Japanese frontline soldiers.
"Fire!"
Seeing the Japanese frontline soldiers striding into the 30-meter mark of the forward position, Zhang Dabiao gave a loud order, and a long, rough howl with murderous intent rose into the sky.
Da da da…
Puff puff…
At this moment, the soldiers who received the order to fire pulled the trigger of their weapons.
The gunshots rang out like exploding beans, and the bullets poured out like raindrops towards the Japanese.
The charging Japanese were caught off guard and fell one after another. However, the Japanese were also brave and fearless of death. The Japanese in the front row fell, and the Japanese in the back row followed one after another.
In addition to the firepower of a battalion and two infantry companies, there is also a heavy machine gun company of eight Maxims working almost non-stop.
The Japanese attack was firmly suppressed at a distance of more than 100 meters, and a large area of Japanese corpses was left at a distance of 30 to more than 100 meters, making it impossible for the Japanese to advance any further.
As the barrage began to extend, it didn't take long before the Japs were suppressed 200 meters away. The Japs kept charging forward and falling down.
At a distance of 200 meters, the accuracy of submachine guns has been greatly reduced, but it is very suitable for semi-automatic rifles, light machine guns and heavy machine guns.
Although the Japanese are also fighting back, especially the Japanese grenade, they can definitely hit a fire point of the first battalion within three rounds.
However, the enemy's firepower was always suppressed. The enemy's grenade soldiers could only fire two rounds of grenades before being found by the first battalion's snipers, who would then suppress and kill them.
On the top of the mountain, the new regiment headquarters.
"Haha, the first battalion fought so beautifully!"
The Japanese who saw the follow-up attack in the telescope were suppressed and looked for bunkers in panic to avoid the rain of bullets coming towards them.
Li Yunlong's tone was very satisfied.
"Lu Yingjun, have you found the Japanese artillery position? Can you kill the Japanese artillery position?"
Then, Li Yunlong asked Lu Yingjun, who was lying on one side and observing with the artillery mirror.
Lu Yingjun immediately replied: "Report to the regimental commander that the Japanese artillery position is located on the reverse slope of the mountain four kilometers away. Our mountain artillery and howitzers cannot hit it."
Li Yunlong asked again: "What about the 150mm howitzer? Can it be hit?"
"The range is sufficient." Lu Yingjun said, "Behind the inverted slope of the mountain is a depression next to the road. You can't see the impact point of the bullet, and you can't adjust the shooting elements according to the impact point of the bullet."
Li Yunlong cursed: "This won't work, that won't work either. What do you observers do for a living?"
The movement just now was definitely caused by a mountain artillery regiment.
If we can kill the Japs' Mountain Artillery Regiment, what kind of attack will the Japs use?
Moreover, the business of killing a Guizishan Artillery Regiment must be very lucrative.
Lu Yingjun whispered softly: "There is no way. The Japanese artillerymen are not fools. How could they set up artillery positions under the eyes of the Eighth Route Army?"
"It's a pity that the little devil won't let us, Lao Li, get rich!"
Commander Li sighed, and then asked: "Can the First Artillery Battalion and the Second Artillery Battalion defeat the infantry attacking Japanese troops?"
"I can beat him!"
This time Lu Yingjun nodded, his tone extremely affirmative.
"Then call the First Artillery Battalion and the Second Artillery Battalion and hit all the artillery shells on the heads of the attacking Japanese infantry!" Li Yunlong ordered.
"Commander, do you need to use the 150mm howitzer?" Lu Yingjun asked.
"The 150mm howitzers will not be used for the time being!" Li Yunlong said, "Two artillery battalions are enough!"
Although the 150mm howitzer has been prepared and is within the range of 15 kilometers, Li Yunlong will not use strategic weapons unless it is absolutely necessary.
The reason why he ordered the 150mm howitzers to be pulled out before was because Li Yunlong was afraid that one battalion would not be able to stop the enemy's attack by an infantry regiment and an artillery regiment.
But now it seems that even if the Japs come with another regiment, it will be difficult to win the first battalion's position.
Back then, the fourth battalion relied on reverse slope and tunnel tactics to kill more than 3,000 Japs in Baozi Mountain. Now that the main battalion of the new regiment has arrived, the same tactics still can't kill tens of thousands of Japs?
You know, the Fourth Battalion has just been established, so in terms of combat effectiveness, it cannot compare with established units like the New Regiment and the First Battalion.
However, the battle at Baozi Mountain also made Chen Dugu and the Fourth Battalion famous.
Big bosses from all parties who know a little bit about the New Regiment know that Li Yunlong has many powerful generals under his command.
"yes!"
After Lu Yingjun responded loudly, he immediately picked up the high-power walkie-talkie and continuously transmitted a series of shooting instructions to the 1st Artillery Battalion and the 2nd Artillery Battalion.
The shooting of Zhu Yuan has been planned in advance.
The Japanese were suppressed at a position more than 200 meters away from the forward position. From this position, there was no need to worry too much about our position being hit by artillery shells.
The frontline headquarters of the New Regiment issued an order for artillery fire.
Following the flags of the 1st Artillery Battalion and the 2nd Artillery Battalion, the soldiers suddenly put down the artillery firing flags in their hands.
The sound of artillery tore through the sky instantly, and the first round of more than 80 shells fell almost simultaneously on the path of the Japanese attack to the west of Dagu Town.
The metal projectiles with the smell of death pierced the air and made a horrifying hissing sound, and the attacking Japanese infantry was immediately plunged into a sea of smoke and fire.
In order to achieve the suddenness of the artillery attack, the 1st Artillery Battalion and the 2nd Artillery Battalion did not conduct pre-test firings, but carried out artillery fire coverage as soon as they came up.
Strive to make the artillery shells of the 1st Artillery Battalion and the 2nd Artillery Battalion located five kilometers away in the rear fall on the heads of the Japanese at the same time.
A few sporadic shells missed the target and landed near the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions, but most of the shells landed on the heads of the Japanese.
There are no civil fortifications, no reinforced concrete fortifications, and not even decent bunkers.
Even if the Japanese infantrymen fell to the ground when they heard the whistling sound of the artillery shells, or made rolling movements to try to escape from the impact point, the power of the explosion was not comparable to that of 60mm mortar shells or 70mm infantry artillery shells, and they could not avoid the explosion at all.
Air waves and sharp shrapnel.
Before the first round of shelling, there were still many Japanese soldiers lying behind bunkers, crawling behind the corpses of dead Japanese soldiers, and setting up machine guns or rifles to shoot at the Eighth Route Army positions.
But after the shells fell, the gunfire suddenly became extremely sparse and sporadic where the Japanese infantry were.
A large number of Japanese soldiers were wailing in pain there, and there were dense craters and broken limbs everywhere.
The two artillery battalions of the New Regiment each have about 40 75mm cannons. Each artillery battalion has more cannons than the 36th Japanese Artillery Regiment.
This is without the use of 19 150mm howitzers. Otherwise, the artillery fire would be more powerful, which would directly cause the Japanese infantry to attack within a few hundred meters without any grass growing in an instant.
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"Baga, Yalu!"
Seeing this scene in the field of view of the telescope, Jingguan Ren's expression suddenly became extremely gloomy.
Too careless!
Even if the infantry firepower of the Eighth Route Army exceeded his expectations, even the artillery firepower of the Eighth Route Army was so powerful.
This was the first time that the 36th Division fought against the New Regiment. In just one encounter, Jingguan Ren was able to appreciate the continuous firepower of the New Regiment.
When the vanguard of the 3rd Infantry Group of the 222nd Regiment was only 30 meters away from the forward position of the new regiment.
Sparks that were as dense as stars suddenly appeared on the new regiment's position. Jingguan Ren clearly understood that they were tongues of flame spewed by submachine guns and light and heavy machine guns.
The large number made Jingguan Ren lament that the firepower of the new regiment could not even compare with the Japanese permanent division.
The attacking Japanese soldiers fell in pieces under a rain of bullets as dense as locusts. This was a firepower network composed of hundreds of semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns, and light and heavy machine guns.
But this was not over yet. The Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was the most deadly. Artillery positions of more than two mountain artillery regiments opened fire at the same time, and pieces of artillery shells fell from the heads of the attacking Japanese soldiers.
Only a few rounds of shooting and shelling by the Eighth Route Army caused more than half of the attacking 3rd Infantry Battalion to suffer casualties.
The loss is huge now!
"Order, the 3rd Infantry Group retreats immediately!"
Jingguan Ren gritted his teeth and ordered.
"Hi!"
The Japanese flag soldiers quickly used flag language to give orders to the Japanese infantry who were being shelled.
In fact, without waiting for orders from Jingguan Ren, the 3rd Infantry Battalion was already fleeing to the rear under the orders of the battalion commander.
They were fleeing rather than retreating. The Japanese couldn't stand it any longer and ran away in the direction they came from, holding their guns in hand.
But the Eighth Route Army's shelling was not over yet. The Eighth Route Army's artillery shells seemed to have eyes. Wherever the Japanese infantry fled, the shells would accurately fall on the heads of the Japanese soldiers.
Xu Jin barrage!
This is Xu Jin’s barrage!
Jingguan Ren's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He never expected that the artillery quality of the Eighth Route Army was so high that it could actually launch a difficult artillery strike like Xu Jin's barrage from several kilometers away.
A full infantry brigade of more than a thousand men attacked, thinking that they could take down the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions in one fell swoop and take advantage of the situation to capture Dagu Town.
But the result surprised all the Japanese officers including Jingguan Ren.
In the end, less than 200 people escaped.
Seeing the first wave of Japanese attacks being thwarted and suffering heavy losses, Li Yunlong couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly.
Haha, the labor and management only took a slight action, but it was already the limit of a regiment-level battle. The labor and management did not know what an opponent was.
