April 1st at 2:40 pm!
After going through a somewhat lengthy probing attack, Gu Teng finally gave the order to attack.
This time, instead of three infantry squadrons conducting constant tentative attacks, the Japanese army deployed up to seven infantry squadrons at once.
Two are put into each of Highlands No. 1 and 2, and one is thrown into Highlands No. 3, 4 and 5 respectively. If you look down from a high place, the khaki color all over the mountains and plains will make your scalp numb.
Especially on the No. 1 and No. 2 Highlands, from the mountain to the foot of the mountain, more than 16 artillery pieces have been plowed back and forth several times. The original soil and shrubs have long been lifted up by the raging artillery fire, showing a horrifying scene.
Burnt black.
Seeing that the Japanese army began to increase their troop investment, the two infantry company commanders Cai Yongguan and Zhao Daqiang stopped focusing on building trenches. When the Japanese forwards reached the 200-meter area, they ordered their four heavy machine guns to open fire to suppress the infantry.
When the Japanese two 89 tanks and four Type 94 tanks that were stationed 400 meters away began to move forward and tried to form a fire cover for their own infantry, the 8-gun 82 mortars hidden behind the two highlands began to attack.
The cannon began to fire.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Mud water and gunpowder smoke splashed.
In the fierce artillery fire, the waves of air set off even though the 94 tank had a steel body, it was swayed left and right by the impact.
"Yo Xi! The Chinese are finally willing to show off their special skills." Gu Tengchang, who had been observing the battlefield with a telescope, was not surprised but overjoyed.
If the weapons that the Chinese hate the Japanese army most on the battlefield are artillery and grenade launchers, then the Japanese army is also extremely afraid of a weapon of the Chinese army.
The 82 mortar is light in weight and extremely maneuverable. Although its range is not far, its lethality is not small. Many Japanese infantry and light and heavy firepower points were injured by this crude artillery.
Fortunately, most of the Chinese army has poor equipment. Even this kind of crude artillery can only be used in an ordinary infantry regiment. The number is small and the firepower is weak, so it cannot play a decisive role in the battlefield.
But for an elite infantry regiment like the Four Lines Regiment, Fudo Nagahi would not ignore it. Based on its past performance, Kudo Nagahi judged that it had no less than 10 such mortars. Otherwise, the Fifth Division, the 14th
Those colleagues in the division were not all pigs, so how could they be surrounded and killed so easily?
Strategically, you should despise your opponent, but tactically, you must pay attention to your opponent. Gu Teng's viciousness and cunning are all based on wisdom, and he is not just a bad person.
You idiot, let alone enemies, even if you can't survive more than three episodes, how about you have a chance to sit on the throne of Army Major General?
Therefore, from the beginning, the 69th Infantry Regiment did not place heavy machine guns on the wings to provide fire support to the infantry as in the past, but mainly relied on the heavy machine guns of the 94 tanks and the 57mm cannon of the 89 tanks.
This is the advantage of having armor. None of the Chinese's light and heavy machine guns can penetrate 10 mm thick armor. Moreover, to prevent the Chinese from hiding direct-aimed guns, several tanks stay 400 meters away.
During the exploratory attack for a full hour and a half, the Chinese, in addition to suppressing the firepower of the infantry, did not cause any damage to the heavy firepower points of the 69th Infantry Regiment. Instead, they allowed mountain artillery, infantry artillery, and tank artillery to destroy many exposed units.
Come out with firepower.
But now, when they see that the imperial army has begun to invest more troops and use more tanks to attack, the Chinese should have no choice but to use their trump card.
The shells that kept exploding on the tank's route made both Fudo Nagaguchi and Sasaki Xiaoyu feel lucky. With this firepower, if it fell into the heavy machine gun position, the heavy machine gun would have lost a lot of money.
It's a pity that this round of shelling is very fierce for the infantry, but for the rough-skinned and thick-skinned 89 tank, it can only scratch the itch. Even the thin-skinned Type 94 light tank will not be hit as long as it is not continuously hit head-on by shells.
There is a big problem. Air waves and shrapnel cannot break through 10 mm thick armor.
"Order, the chariot squadron continues to increase investment!" Gu Teng's long hard eyes showed viciousness. "I want the Chinese to wail under the tracks of my chariot and let them understand that the so-called courage must be crushed.
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Following the order from the Japanese Army Major General brigade commander, several Type 94 light tanks roared out of the woods.
Just in front of Highland No. 2, there are 5 Type 94 tanks and 1 Type 89 tank.
When the five tanks arrived at about 260 meters from the front line, the Japanese troops, who were suppressed by heavy machine guns, began to move.
There were at least a hundred Japanese troops, following five tanks, using the tanks as shields and slowly advancing upward.
The leading Type 89 tank was the most arrogant. Wherever it dared to shoot, whether it was a light machine gun or a heavy machine gun, it would hit the target with one shot, so that all the light and heavy machine guns in the trench would be moved down as soon as they hit the target, and then replaced.
The local attack seriously affected the continuous firepower.
Fortunately, during the first few hours of the Japanese army's exploratory attack, everyone dug trenches for a while. With the sandbags filled with excavated soil, the depth of the trenches can basically reach 1.5 meters, so there is no need to crawl as before.
, you can move just by bending down.
Ten meters above the second line of trenches, there is a fortification covered with thick sandbags.
"Company Commander, why don't you do this idiot?" a sergeant squad leader asked Cheng Tieshou, who was looking at the battlefield below with a telescope.
Next to the two of them, there was a 37mm combat anti-cannon!
Knowing that the Japanese army would come with tanks, why didn't Tang Dao make arrangements in advance?
The three highlands of No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5 face the road directly and have a slope of more than 40 degrees. If Japanese tanks stay on the road, they will be live targets for infantry artillery. The Japanese army will definitely not be able and dare not deploy tanks on those two sides.
Therefore, only the two highlands facing the mountains will encounter the impact of tanks.
Bai Sheng's engineering company did not participate in the excavation of trenches, and basically devoted all its efforts to constructing four combat artillery fortifications.
Today's engineer company is no longer the simple engineer company of the New Eighth Division that only had iron picks and hoes. They are not only equipped with packhorses to help transport tools, but also use their transport capacity to carry mines, explosives and a batch of special tools for building and strengthening fortifications.
Steel plates, steel columns.
The thickness of the steel plate reaches 30 mm, which is enough to withstand frontal bombardment from 70 mm infantry guns and 75 mm mountain guns.
They were all the masterpieces of the smelting furnace seized from Lucheng. It only took Teacher Xiao He 5 days to provide 20 steel plates of different sizes according to the specifications required by Yum. Steel columns as thick as arms were used for
Used for support.
Because, according to Tang Dao's requirements, this kind of fortification can not only protect against 70mm infantry guns and 57mm tank guns from the front, but the top must also be able to protect against bombardment from 75mm or even 105mm howitzers.
To build this kind of reinforced fortifications, they must first be semi-sunken to reduce the bomb-resistant area to less than 1 meter.
The big pit at the bottom is naturally obtained by blasting, and then manual excavation is used to straighten it. The fortress exposed above the ground is naturally poured with reinforced concrete if there is enough time, but on this kind of field battlefield, who will give you so much
time?
The outside is piled with sandbags, supplemented by soil. A steel plate inserted deeply into the soil is sandwiched in the middle, and then built with two layers of sandbags. The roof is also topped with steel plates, and then laid with wooden boards, and on top of it is paved with half a meter thick
of soil.
In order to prevent the Japanese army from being easily discovered and exposed, a large number of shrubs were moved on the entire fortification. From a distance, it seemed that the shrubs here were dense enough at most.
There are also two 50-meter-long traffic trenches dug behind the reinforced combat artillery fortifications, which can be used for infantry shooting and evacuation.
In one and a half hours, Bai Sheng's engineering company completed such a large project. As the commander of the 2nd artillery company, Cheng Tieshou mercilessly praised Bai Sheng's engineering company in front of Tang Dao.
Originally, as the commander of the 2nd Artillery Company, there was no need for him to be on the front line. Even Tang Dao persuaded him.
After all, the more important job of the 2nd Artillery Battery is air defense. If the Japanese bombing is too fierce, the machine guns may not be pointed, but he, a veteran marksman, will have to rely on him.
But Cheng Tieshou's words stopped everyone from persuading him.
"Back in Mouse Mountain, one of my heavy fire platoon brothers was gone, and I didn't even see many of them for the last time.
This time, I don't want something like this to happen again. Even if I die, my brothers know that their company commander is also here!" When he said this, Cheng Tieshou's big black face showed no expressive expression.
But Tang Dao knew that his general, who was promoted from the cannon platoon leader, had always been wounded in his heart.
The two infantry companies of Wei Donglai and Cai Yongguan were almost completely destroyed, but at least the two company commanders have been fighting side by side with everyone. The commander and I are brothers in life and death. Even if the soldiers die, there will be some comfort.
However, Cheng Tieshou's fire support platoon did not see their company commander until all members of the fire support platoon were killed in the battle. When they died, did they blame Cheng Tieshou, the company commander? This was a hurdle that Cheng Tieshou could not get over.
Son.
Cheng Tieshou, who used to talk a lot, has become somewhat silent since that battle.
Some people say that is maturity, but if the price of maturity is to pay for the lives of brothers, then Tang Dao would rather everyone be more childish.
What's more, these four fortifications specially reserved for combat defense artillery are quite strong. Even if they are hit directly by the 57mm tank gun, they can block several shots, so Tang Dao will do as he wishes.
"Don't worry, let the idiot advance a few dozen meters, I will make it impossible for him to hide!" Cheng Tie didn't even look back, his eyes fixed on the front. "Order No. 2 gun position, don't hit those little beans.
Ding, once Position 1 fires, cooperate and capture the Type 89 and shoot it for me. If both guns can't deal with that stupid one, you two squad leaders will go to the cooking class to steam buns for me.
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Although the Type 89 tank is a medium-sized tank, it looks like a huge monster from a close distance. But if you zoom out, especially three hundred meters away, it is actually not much bigger than a target.
It's not like one shot can hit it.
There are many sharpshooters, but there are really few sharpshooters!
Moreover, the Type 89 tank has a frontal armor of 35 mm and an arc angle. If it does not hit in a straight line, even the armor-piercing projectile of the 37 mm anti-tank gun will have a high chance of being deflected by the arc angle.
Therefore, Cheng Tie first concentrated the firepower of the two cannons, and he did not hesitate to kill the chicken with a knife.
As for the two guns on Highland 1, their shooting angle is completely out of reach here, so they can only operate on the 94-style tank first.
At this moment, the phone in the fortification rang.
After the battle in Licheng, the Si Xing Regiment seized a lot of telephones and wires from the Japanese army's baggage warehouse. Now the Si Xing Regiment has also transformed into several modernizations.
Not only can the company headquarters on this highland communicate with the regiment headquarters, but they can even directly communicate with two artillery companies and several artillery positions in reinforced fortifications.
"Company Commander Cai called and asked if our 2nd Artillery Battery was still functioning. Several of his machine guns were blown up by the Japs' tank cannons, and several people were killed or injured. If he doesn't fire back, he's going to curse his mother."
The sergeant squad leader put down the phone and reported to Cheng Tieshou.
"Ignore him, this guy has a bad temper. Does he know how to lure the enemy in? If Te Liang kills this 89 tank immediately, let him run away, hide a few hundred meters away and fire, more people will die.
." Cheng Tietsou waved his hands and insisted on his own idea.
"He was very threatening and scolded me, but I remember he put his arm around my shoulders and called me brother many times. If you have the ability, please help our father."
The sergeant squad leader grinned, but did not interrupt the discussion.
He knew the relationship between his company commander and that company commander Cai. Ever since the Battle of Mouse Mountain, the two of them may have been suffering from the same pain, or they may have had the same temperament, and they have become irresistible friends since then. Although in the military,
They can't engage in the act of worshiping the boss, but the two of them treat each other as brothers.
As the elder brother, Captain Cai, if he wanted to scold his mother, as the younger brother, Cheng Tietshou, he could just let him scold him. Anyway, he was not the only one taking the blame.
"You damn Cheng Tieshou, you are really not afraid of me scolding your mother!" Cai Yongguan in the trench was so anxious that his eyes were red.
The Type 89 tank continued to show off its power on the battlefield despite the constant barrage of bullets, firing continuously.
That is to say, if the trench is dug deep enough and the shell hits the edge of the trench, the kinetic energy will be basically diluted by the sandbags and soil above the trench. As long as there are not people within a few meters of the trench, the lethality will not be that great.
But even so, several people were still hit by the flying gravel, either breaking their bones or being beaten until they were bleeding profusely.
There is still a steel helmet, but without this head protection, the casualty rate would have at least doubled.
As a company commander, it is strange that Cai Yongguan is not impatient.
However, the two anti-tank guns were more patient than he thought, and they waited until the Japanese tanks approached about 200 meters from the trench before firing.
"Boom!" The first shot hit the side of the Type 89 tank half a meter away.
The armor-piercing bullet missed the tank but hit a rock. The flying stone fragments directly knocked down a dozen infantrymen who were following the tank.
The force of the scattered rocks shattered by the armor-piercing bullets was actually no less powerful than shrapnel. There was a bloody hole wherever it hit, but it was not fatal for a while, and the pain caused the Japanese infantry to roll and howl on the ground.
Immediately afterwards, an armor-piercing projectile was fired from another direction.
Because of the angle, this shot was fired even more crookedly, but it hit the ground three meters behind the tank.
Good guy, the few unlucky children who were still rolling on the ground were directly blown away, and the battlefield became much quieter in an instant.
One shot hurts! One shot kills! These two shots are amazing.
That is, the Japanese soldiers who were originally blown up by the front shot cried.
If you are really good at fighting tanks, why do you think Mao wants us infantry to fight? This is bullying us because we don’t have armor!
Artilleryman of the 2nd Artillery Battery: I also want to hit a small tank with one shot! Isn’t my strength not allowed?
Seeing that his two cannons failed to fire two consecutive times, Cheng Tieshou's face was also very dark, even though he killed at least four Japanese infantry with two cannons.
But the most panicked thing at the moment was not the Japanese infantry, but the Japanese armored troops.
"Baga! The Chinese have anti-tank guns, back off! Back off!" The Japanese armored second lieutenant's little face turned pale with fright as he poked his head out of the roof and was quietly observing the front.
He had seen with his own eyes the power of the German-made artillery equipped by the Chinese army in North China. The 37mm rapid-fire cannon may not have a large caliber, but it is very powerful. Not to mention the Type 94 light tank, his predecessor
The captain of the lieutenant squadron was sent away by this kind of artillery equipped with armor-piercing projectiles.
After the war, when I found the captain from the tank that had been burnt to an empty frame due to the explosion, he was a 1.7-meter-tall man, curled up into a ball, black, with a total weight of no more than 30 kilograms, just like a head
The roasted lamb on the grill gives off a strange aroma.
The second lieutenant of the Armored Corps, who personally carried out his former commander, swore that even if he died, he would not die with such ungrateful behavior.
The driver, who was slapped on the shoulder by his own commander, became anxious and stepped on the accelerator to reverse the car, completely forgetting that there were more than a dozen infantrymen following behind the car.
"Baga! Bastard!" The Japanese infantry who were scolding the Chinese artillery just now were so stunned by the saucy maneuvers of their own armored soldiers.
If they weren't strong enough and quickly rolled away, the cliff would turn into meatloaf.
But if there are those who respond quickly, there must be those who respond slowly. After all, there are still two wounded soldiers who are just wailing and not paying attention to the amazing operation of their own tanks.
"Peng Peng!" Two creepy muffled sounds came from under the crazy tracks of the tank, as if two landmines had been crushed.
The force with which the human chest explodes after being suddenly subjected to strong pressure is definitely beyond the imagination of human beings.
The splattered blood even sprayed out for more than ten meters, washing the faces of several Japanese infantrymen following another 94 tank vehicle.
Not to mention the bloody scene, even the Japanese veterans who had seen too many cruel battlefields were shocked.
The key point is that the tracks of the crazy reversing tank continue to roll, with flesh and blood mixed with mud splashing everywhere.
The smell of internal organs, the stench of squeezed human feces and urine, and the strong smell of gunpowder smoke turned this battlefield into a hell on earth.
But in fact, this is just the opening of the gate of hell, and the evil smile of the devil in hell has not really arrived yet.
This chapter has been completed!