Since there were a total of five tanks in the frontal position, one large and four small, the Japanese army, which was completely at a disadvantage in the field, miraculously became the occupier of the advantage!
The Japanese infantry are usually divided into two groups, with the main force at the back and the forwards at the front. The fastest runner has reached a position 100 meters away from the front of the Chinese position. They only need to advance 70 meters further, which may be enough for them to throw grenades into the trench. Then
It will be the end of all Chinese soldiers on the battlefield!
The casualties caused by the explosion of more than 40 grenades in the trenches will never be smaller than the previous shelling by more than 10 Japanese artillery pieces.
In other words, the distance of 100 meters is the line of life and death. Many Japanese soldiers have begun to straighten up and prepare to charge with all their strength. If it were not for the slope and the soft soil under their feet, 70 meters would not be enough for these soldiers who are strong enough.
To put it simply, it is just a tactical action that can be completed in ten seconds.
However, except for the machine gun bullets of the Japanese Type 94 light tanks on the Chinese position, no Chinese soldiers fired back on the nearly 500-meter-wide defense line.
‘This is unreasonable!’ This was the inner monologue of Captain Kifumi Nakajima, the frontline commander of the Japanese army who was attacking the Chinese position head-on, and the captain of the 1st Squadron of the 105th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Battalion.
Of course, this is not the first time for Nakajima Mifun to fight against the Chinese army. He is no stranger to the 921st Division active in the Taihang Mountains. Even if there are tanks, the Chinese will not be so weak. Until now, they have not fired a single shot.
Especially when the Chinese gathered a force that was several times larger than the imperial army and tried to encircle them and eat them.
That's right, when Goto Koshiminami sent a small group of infantry to the commanding heights on both wings but found that Chinese soldiers had quietly occupied the commanding heights, the middle and high-level Japanese military officers knew about the Chinese army's intentions.
The Chinese not only wanted to stop them here, they even wanted to surround them and eat them.
The appetite is really big!
However, as the Chinese saying goes: It depends on whether they have such good teeth!
Regardless of the 600 people under Omura Hiroshi who are marching on the flanks for protection in the mountains, the total strength of the imperial infantry here is only more than 1,500 people, but they are not an ordinary infantry, but a combined force that integrates artillery, cavalry, and armor!
They have artillery for long-range attacks, and tanks and infantry for close combat. No matter how many Chinese people there are, what's the use? Do they rely on the old guns in the hands of the infantry?
Moreover, the battlefield chosen by the Chinese may be conducive to their encirclement, but given the relatively flat geographical location, what will happen if they encircle it? If you want to fight, you basically have to go down to the high ground.
What's more, the divisional army is gathering, and reinforcements will arrive at any time. They may launch a counter-siege against the Chinese in this mountainous area and kill their main force in one fell swoop.
Therefore, the Japanese army did not take the encirclement very seriously, and even sent an infantry squadron to the rear for symbolic defense!
The Japanese army had great confidence in conquering the high ground occupied by the Chinese in front of them, but the Japanese infantry, including Captain Nakajima, remained cautious enough!
After all, you only have one life, and no one wants to go home in that little wooden box.
Of course, this does not mean that there are no counterattacks on all Chinese positions.
The fighting on both sides of the frontal position was very fierce. The Chinese not only exposed their light machine guns, but also had grenades and even mortars to help. Two light machine guns and the machine gunner were bombed in succession.
The parts that fill the sky are the masterpieces of that terrible little cannon.
The Japanese infantry on both sides of the battlefield were basically shooting at the Chinese on the position more than 200 meters away.
Although there were Type 94 light tanks to assist, the Japanese infantry had a slight advantage in firepower, but the gap between them and other Chinese troops was by no means as big as it was on the plains of Hebei Province.
The Japanese army has strong tactical literacy and accurate shooting skills. However, the elites who have experienced thousands of miles of strategic shifts are definitely not weak. Even if they lower their heads very low, their marksmanship can be said to be accurate. In addition, the advantage of the terrain offsets some of it.
Japanese superiority in firepower.
Therefore, on the two flanks, both sides were evenly matched in attack and defense. It was difficult for the Japanese army to make any progress, and the defenders, who were holding back their energy to kill the Japanese invaders, did not expect to shoot the Japanese invaders to their knees. Who could
It didn't take much advantage either.
But only on the frontal position where the defense line was longer and definitely more important, things turned out to be so weird. The Chinese did not show up or shoot, which formed an extremely weird contrast with the fierce fighting on both sides.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. The strange situation on the frontal position may not only be thought by Captain Nakajima, but also by almost all Japanese soldiers.
As a result, the nerves in the minds of the more than 180 Japanese soldiers on the nearly 500-meter frontal defense line were tense. Once there was any disturbance, they had to crawl and dodge. The Chinese who dared to take the lead were left to those hiding behind the iron sheets.
The armored soldiers behind the steel armor have been dealt with.
Thinking of those colleagues who could hide comfortably and without danger in invulnerable tanks, dragging them like 2,580,000 men, but I had to risk my life as a Japanese infantry soldier at any time.
It is inevitable that they will feel a little angry.
Naturally, asking those 'bastards' to work more on the battlefield became the inner psychological projection of these Japanese infantrymen.
"Hugh!" A sharp bamboo whistle sounded.
Suddenly hearing the sudden sound of a bamboo whistle on the Chinese position, the already nervous Japanese infantrymen were naturally frightened and their bladders contracted, thinking that the Chinese had some terrible plot.
Those with more imagination even thought of the overwhelming mortar shells flying in the sky. When tanks hundreds of meters away opened fire to suppress the Chinese positions, they used mortars to prove that they had such terrible little weapons.
Cannon.
Mortars may not be very effective in destroying tanks, but they can destroy people one by one. If you want to say what the Japanese infantry hate the most about the weapons equipped by the Chinese army, long-handled grenades that are equipped in large numbers rank first.
The 82-caliber mortar cliff is qualified to rank second.
Statistics after the war showed that during the entire Anti-Japanese War, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers were killed by 82 mortars. Even the "Flower of Famous Generals" died under this kind of artillery.
We can only hope that Amaterasu will bless us. If we want to blow up, we should blow up others. Don’t blow up ourselves. A group of Japanese soldiers who had prepared themselves mentally but were still scared to death wanted to hide their faces in the soil in front of them.
If you don't hide it deeper, what if shrapnel flies over?
Similar to the tradition in the Chinese army, not everyone is qualified to become the first infantry squadron of the first infantry brigade. The first infantry squadron under Nakajima Kifumi is the famous sharp-sword infantry squadron of the 105th Infantry Regiment.
In a second or two, the tactical reaction of more than 180 people crawling collectively can also be glimpsed!
However, the soil on the hillside where the artillery bomb blasted was a bit soft! And why did it still smell a little strange? A trace of doubt flashed in the mind of the Japanese soldier who slammed himself to the ground and lowered his head without hesitation.
Obviously, this perception is wrong.
The technical and tactical level of the Japanese artillery was very high, but the altitude of the Beiganling Mountains was not high.
The vertical height of the hill across the only road connecting Licheng and Lucheng is never more than 400 meters, and the slope is gentle. Because the mountain ridge is narrow, building the position on the mountain ridge provides the most accurate coordinates for the Japanese artillery.
Extending enough would lead to heavy infantry casualties, so the 769th Regiment, which arrived 20 minutes in advance of the Japanese army, built its position on the mountainside, and the company and platoon-level positions were staggered and not on the same level. This also ensured that the Japanese army could break through a
The entire line of defense collapsed!
To say that the Japanese army's artillery technical and tactical level is high means that the Japanese army's artillery fire is almost concentrated around the position, and the error rarely exceeds 50 meters! This is of course also related to the fact that the Japanese army is equipped with a large number of 92 infantry cannons, except for four 75-caliber mountain cannons.
, the rest of the infantry artillery are placed in an area less than 1,200 meters away from the front line. At such a short range, if the error of the 92 infantry artillery, which is a direct-aiming gun, is more than 50 meters, then the Japanese artillery can really go to shit.
Most of those craters fifty or sixty meters outside the position were left by 75-caliber mountain artillery, which were howitzers. It is normal to have such an error, otherwise the Japanese infantry would not be able to follow the extended artillery fire!
If they could reach 100 meters of infantry and artillery coordination, then this battle would be almost unnecessary and completely unwinnable.
Therefore, the reason why the land is soft 100 meters in front of the position is not caused by the shells at all, but because that area is farmland, to be precise, it is a corn field.
There are many stone mountains in the Taihang Mountains, but the Beiganling area is an exception. Compared to Dakouzi Cave, the current residence of the Sixings Group, the land is so fertile!
At that time, there was no concept of converting farmland into forests. The mountain people would not care about the green mountains and green waters, so they naturally cut down the trees and turned them into fields.
To put it bluntly, the area 60 to 120 meters below the frontal position, perhaps because the soil is the best, is all farmland cultivated by Chinese mountain people for generations.
What crops are most abundant in the mountains? Besides corn, what else can be grown? As long as you give it some rain, it can survive. If you give it enough rain and fertilizer, you can have a good harvest.
Moreover, the yield per mu is high, and the straw can be fed to cattle and horses. It is simply the most suitable crop for the mountain people who are struggling in the barren mountains.
The reason why the entire mountain was not developed into a corn field is probably due to insufficient manpower, otherwise, by summer, the cliffs here would be covered with corn cobs.
"Baga! Damn the Chinese, what did they put here? What on earth is this?" A Japanese second lieutenant pulled his face out of the "mud" with some difficulty.
It was really pulled out. The soil in China is really very sticky. If I had to find an adjective, Lieutenant Matsuda, who grew up in the countryside when he was a child, only has one noun in his mind to describe it: fertile.
This is definitely a fertile land. You can look like someone with a smile on your face. At least, that's how Second Lieutenant Matsuda, who was born in a farm family, feels.
As the commander of the desperate squad personally appointed by Captain Nakajima, more than forty people led by Second Lieutenant Matsuda rushed to the front of the entire infantry squadron, at least fifty meters away from the main force at the rear.
However, although it is a desperate team, it does not mean that the desperate team must die. Second Lieutenant Matsuda still wants to return to the island alive and bring back glory and money.
Second Lieutenant Matsuda, who did not want to die, definitely belonged to the agile category. After hearing the sound of the bamboo whistle, he roared "Lie down and take cover" and threw himself down in the dust as quickly as possible.
But I didn't expect that China's land was so fertile. I accidentally buried my head in the "soil".
Moreover, he was a bit ridiculously fat. For some reason, Lieutenant Matsuda, who was so choked by the Chinese "soil" that he almost couldn't breathe. After wiping the tip of his nose several times before he could breathe normally again, Lieutenant Matsuda actually smelled...
...
It smells like farmyard manure.
However, Second Lieutenant Matsuda couldn't think deeply about the coming hail of bullets that could take away lives. He just wanted to bury his head lower and lower. What the land full of the smell of farmyard manure brought was
A good harvest is hope. Compared with the coming hail of bullets, it is simply not too beautiful.
It wasn't until two minutes passed that Lieutenant Matsuda raised his head and asked the sergeant beside him angrily.
Because, there is a premonition that is getting stronger and stronger for Matsuda Sakane, a farmer's boy.
It really tastes like that!
Baga's smells so bad.
The Japanese sergeant who was only three meters away from him was stunned.
He dared to say that he had never seen a person who could apply that thing on his face so evenly.
The black is tinged with yellow, and the yellow is tinged with some indescribable colors, covering the eyebrows, eyes, nose, and face of the Japanese second lieutenant.
Moreover, there are several indescribable white insects dancing crazily on it, twisting their plump and soft bodies.
How do you describe that feeling? The sergeant can guarantee that even if he saw with his own eyes a few drunk Chinese villagers who dared to break into a Chinese mountain village to have some fun, but were spared by the Chinese villagers who stoned their colleagues to death, the facial features of the pictures could not be distinguished at all.
His face was not as disgusting as looking at Lieutenant Matsuda who was a few meters away.
I felt disgusted as never before, and I even had the urge to smash the officer to the ground with the butt of my gun.
Is this the legendary ‘smearing your face with dung’?
A gust of mountain wind blew, and an extremely smoky smell reached the noses of all the Japanese soldiers who raised their heads.
Because of regional differences, different appearances, different languages, and different cultures, there are many human differences between different ethnic groups, but they may be almost identical in one aspect.
excrement.
Exposed to the eyes of the Japanese army, Second Lieutenant Matsuda's face turned yellow, black, and smelled so bad that everyone could almost conclude that it was feces.
Yes, they finally recognized it.
That's true, shit.
So, under the stunned gaze of all the officers and soldiers of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion on the position, dozens of Japanese soldiers who had been lying down very carefully jumped up like crazy, desperately took off their military uniforms, some wiped their faces, and some
Wipe your hands.
There's nothing they can do, it's so disgusting that they would rather die.
The noble Imperial Army of the Japanese Empire can accept the extremely cruel battlefield and face death fearlessly for His Majesty the Emperor.
But you can't climb on the Chinese people's wings with all your heart, and you can also bury your face in it, as if you are smelling the fragrance of Mother Earth.
Wait, what are the bugs on the face that are crawling crazily like a lover's gentle touch? Isn't it maggots?
Several soldiers who had hidden themselves as tightly as Lieutenant Matsuda were now vomiting like their commander.
My mentality is really broken!
This is much more disgusting than the 'shit' landmine that Komura Hiro encountered. After all, it didn't fall off the face. At least there is a place to wipe it, but now, should you wipe it on the ground with your face?
The gentle mountain breeze sent the stench-filled smell accurately to the main queue of Japanese troops fifty meters behind. Captain Nakajima, who also fell to the ground with the fumes, covered his mouth and nose:
"Baga, the Chinese are using poison gas."
"What is that?" A soldier on the Chinese side asked his comrades in stunned silence.
"It seems to be farmyard manure..." The veteran, who was over 30 years old, had a strange expression on his face.
Although he has been away from his hometown for many years, and the successive wars have made him rarely farm, but as a rural person who has helped his family with farm work since he was a child, he is very familiar with this taste.
If you don't turn it over, the smell will only spread for ten to twenty meters, but after it has been soaked for a while, it is turned out and coupled with a gust of wind, it is really amazing.
"The fellow villagers here are really hardworking!" the veteran sighed.
Yes, the 769th Regiment, which arrived at the battlefield only 20 minutes earlier than the Japanese army, was pretty good if they could build a simple bunker. Then there was time to do that.
These masterpieces are all thanks to the hard-working mountain people of the Taihang Mountains. Around April is the best time to plant spring corn. Although it is not yet the time, but with enough farm manure to fertilize the fields, you can have a good harvest this year.
Although there is a war, people still have to eat during the war!
Therefore, the Chinese mountain people who dreamed of eating had not yet seen a good harvest, but they first fed the dozens of Japanese infantrymen who invaded their homes with shit!
Perhaps this is the legendary cause and effect!
This chapter has been completed!