Highland No. 3 fell into a brief period of calm. Compared with the other two highlands where gunfire was blazing, it was almost eerily quiet.
But almost all Chinese commanders’ attention is focused on Highland 3.
Because, it is always the quietest before the storm.
Tang Dao received a report from former defender Dong Lai on the phone.
Tang Dao's face was as calm as a rock in winter.
Perhaps only those who know him well will feel the sadness hidden in his cold and sharp eyes.
In just half a day of fighting, Highland 3 lost more than 170 people, with 100 killed and 70 seriously injured. Two infantry companies still had more than 120 people holding on to the position...
Just before the bloody hand-to-hand battle, Wei Donglai had already used his last infantry platoon reserve.
If the fighting continues with this intensity, the defenders of Highland 3 will be exhausted before sunset.
The huge casualties are not the most terrifying thing.
In terms of record, these two companies of the Sichuan Army, in the name of avenging humiliation, definitely achieved the best record of the Sichuan Army in this era.
In front of their position, without counting, there were more than 500 corpses.
The battle loss ratio of one to three was enough for them to avenge their previous humiliation.
However, the war situation was developing in the worst direction that Tang Dao expected. The crazy Kunizaki really started a war of attrition. However, he was consuming the useless Jing'an Army instead of the regular army under his command.
The Japanese army seemed to have identified the point of Highland No. 3. Although the fighting on the other two highlands was also fierce, it was far from the point where the infantry of both sides had fought hand-to-hand for the first-line trenches several times.
"Wei Donglai, tell me if you can still persist. If not, I will send an additional infantry company to reinforce your unit!" Tang Dao tried to keep his tone calm.
"Sir, I need reinforcements, but I know that the Japanese artillery is waiting for reinforcements. Brothers, we cannot let our brothers die in vain under the Japanese artillery shells. Just let me and my brothers stand up again. As long as the Japanese and
The two devils are not that crazy, I think there is no problem in holding on until night." Wei Donglai replied.
"Okay! Do you need anything else?" Tang Dao nodded.
He could send a reconnaissance team to conduct reconnaissance and guidance in the area where the Japanese army was located. Of course, the Japanese army was not a vegetarian. Their reconnaissance vanguards must also be hiding in the mountains and forests to observe the rear of the highlands. Once reinforcements were discovered, the Japanese heavy artillery groups would definitely open fire.
During the day, it was not the best time for reinforcements. This was something Tang Dao had communicated with the highland commanders before the war.
"I have only one request!"
"explain!"
"I request that a stretcher team be sent out to transport our seriously wounded soldiers! Otherwise, I'm afraid that many brothers will not survive the night. The hemostatic medicine on the battlefield will not work on their injuries, and I can't just watch them die."
"Okay! I agree to your request!" Without hesitation, Tang Dao agreed.:.
Transporting a small injured person may seem simple, but it is actually extremely difficult.
Just as Tang Dao was worried, the Japanese army was also playing the same trick of "siege the city and call for reinforcements". As soon as the Japanese scouts hiding in the mountains and forests saw a figure in the distance moving towards Highland No. 3, they immediately fired a signal flare.
The Japanese artillery group immediately opened fire at the predetermined coordinates, and the artillery fire covered almost all the mountain roads leading to Highland No. 3.
Only half of a stretcher team consisting of 10 people plus six armed escorting soldiers could pass through the blockade.
If an infantry company is really dispatched, I am afraid that not more than 50 people will be able to reach the high ground alive.
However, this is the simplest request of the commander who fought bloody battles on the highlands. As a commander, I understand that his Tang Dao will not let him down.
The cost is naturally huge.
Three stretcher teams rushed into the sky under heavy artillery fire and carried off 15 seriously injured people from the high ground at the cost of 16 casualties.
16 people died! 15 people may not survive.
In fact, only 6 of the seriously injured people lifted off the high ground survived until the third day after the war.
If this was an arithmetic question, the answerer Tang Dao failed completely.
But war is never a simple calculation of numbers.
Tang Dao thinks it’s worth it.
Just like he led these soldiers to fight here.
As a person from the future, he certainly knew that with the current direction of the entire war, the Jinling Elegy was unavoidable. He could have led his troops to retreat to the other side of the river and purge them in order to fight again in the future.
But he didn't. Even if the mantis was used as a chariot, he still had to find an explanation for Jinling's Sorrow from these beasts. If he missed today, it would be difficult for him to find them again.
If these animals want to be butchers, they must first taste the feeling of being slaughtered.
His soldiers thought it was worth it too.
The soldiers in the stretcher team threw themselves into the artillery fire without hesitation, even knowing that they would never return.
They not only saved the lives of the seriously wounded, but more importantly, kept the last hope of their comrades on the highlands alive.
If you dare to die, we also dare to die!
For a soldier, the most important thing is life and death, but for commanders, what they have to face is whether a hundred people die or a thousand people die, a thousand people die or ten thousand people die.
This is war. Whether they are the highest commander, middle or low-level officers or soldiers, they all have to make their own choices because of what they want to stick to.
The Tang sword determines the life and death of more than two thousand people; Wei Donglai determines the survival of himself and more than a hundred of his men; the soldiers decide whether they can risk their lives.
But neither China nor Japan could have imagined that the previous horrific events that made one's hair stand on end were nothing more than a warm-up compared to the sunny afternoon.
Everyone underestimated Kunizaki's determination, including Li Shoushan and Takeuchi Yunshan.
Through the analysis of battle reports, Kunizaki determined that of the three highlands on the Chinese side, Highland 3 had the weakest firepower. After a morning of bloody battles, they were now at the end of their game.
Just push harder and they'll collapse.
The Jingan Army, which had been almost defeated, did not become the main force this time, and a Japanese infantry brigade took their place.
Takeuchi Yunshan, who had not spoken much for an hour, read the order from Major General Kunizaki sent by the messenger. The first thing he said was to issue a military order to reorganize the team attacking the mountain with two nearly full infantry squadrons.
In addition, a cavalry squadron that arrived almost at the same time as Kunisaki's order formed a death squad to launch a new desperate attack.
The cavalry naturally has horses. Highland No. 3 is not a dangerous place. The slope is relatively gentle. It is not difficult to ride up the mountain. Of course, they have to wait until the two infantry squadrons rush into the position before riding up the mountain.
Using the height and strength of the horses, the sabers waved in the hands were used to carry out the final destruction of the Chinese soldiers who might be fighting hand-to-hand on the ground.
Moreover, the two Type 89 tanks were driven by the tank crews to the foot of the hillside of Highland No. 3 through the road paved by engineers with sandbags and wood. The thick armor and the high-raised 57mm tank gun gave the Japanese infantry enough courage.
This is also the tactical adjustment Takeuchi Yunshan made after accepting the lesson of being defeated by the Chinese in the last round of hand-to-hand combat under his command. No matter how powerful the Chinese are, they can only resist in vain in front of the sabers waved by cavalry on tall horses.
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Since ancient times, infantry have been nothing but chickens and dogs in front of the cavalry rushing into the queue, even in the era of hot weapons.
Of course, the reason why Takeuchi Yunshan dared to invest nearly 400 regular troops was because the navy's bomber formation arrived.
The commander of the Japanese naval fleet, who suffered another loss, was extremely angry. In the second wave of attacks, he dispatched a huge bomber formation with 8 fighter escorts and 18 bombers loaded with aerial bombs.
However, the menacing and huge bomber formation was honest after all and dropped bombs at an altitude of 1,000 meters without descending below 1,000 meters.
There was no resistance on the ground.
Everyone hid in the tunnel.
Japanese fighter planes dropped more than 6 tons of bombs on three mountains.
In addition, under Kunizaki's personal order, 4 105 howitzers, 16 mountain guns, and 12 infantry guns shelled Highland No. 3 for more than two hours.
According to statistics from the Japanese logistics officer after the war, at the request of Major General Kunisaki, 32 artillery pieces fired a total of 3,000 rounds, and the 105 howitzer alone fired 200 rounds.
And that is half of the 105 howitzer's shell storage capacity.
It can be said that since the violent bombing and shelling in the afternoon, the two positions on the top of Highland No. 3 have almost ceased to exist. The soil on the entire top of the mountain is soft. When you step down, you will be blown into powder by stone powder and
The soil can bury a person's ankles.
The only thing that allows soldiers to avoid bullets is the huge craters with a diameter of two meters. We provide you with the fastest updates and free reading.:.
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