Chapter 756 Tian Ji’s Horse Racing (Second Update)
Author: 574981
Chapter 756 Tian Ji’s Horse Racing (Second Update)
"Two mountain artillery squadrons immediately joined the battle to cover the Yamaguchi regiment and annihilate the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops." Major General Nakamura paused for two seconds before continuing the order.
"The other troops are repairing in place. Once the Yamaguchi Regiment breaks through the Eighth Route Army's blocking position, we will set off and continue the raid on Baoding."
"Boom boom boom..."
Mortar shells were dropped on the blocking position as if they were free. Soon the entire defense line was covered by artillery fire, and there was smoke everywhere, making it impossible to see even one's fingers.
Kong Jie and Li Zhi squatted in the bunker, sticking their heads out at any time to pay attention to every move of the Japanese troops ahead.
Kong Jie is relatively calm.
After the Duer Regiment was established, it fought many battles with the Japanese. Many veterans in the team had been bombed by heavy artillery. They basically did not react excessively to the mortar attacks in front of them.
Li Zhi is different.
After confirming that his troops were going to annihilate the Kwantung Army's forward, Li Zhi did not hesitate to take on the most difficult blocking task in the operation.
Most of the soldiers of the 26th Regiment have participated in more than two battles and can basically be called veterans.
But most of the battles they fought were guerrilla warfare, and they rarely experienced such big battles where they were bombed right away.
Facing the explosions that kept ringing in my ears, I felt very weak, fearing that the troops would not be able to withstand the artillery fire and collapse.
Kong Jie knew this very well and specially asked the Duer Regiment and the 26th Regiment to block the attack together.
"Captain Li..." Kong Jie suddenly shouted.
"Let the troops prepare for battle. The first round of the Japs' attack is about to begin."
Li Zhi was stunned for two or three seconds before he came to his senses and replied loudly: "I will arrange it now..."
Kong Jie continued to order with a worried expression: "All light and heavy machine guns are ready for battle..."
"Everything must be prepared with more than two preliminary positions..."
"The heavy machine gun has to move its position after using up one bullet plate..."
"The light machine gun can only fire five long bursts. You must move your position. Don't be targeted by the Japanese grenade."
"The artillery aims at a position fifty to one hundred meters in front of the formation and is on standby at any time."
Li Zhi was a little confused and couldn't help but remind: "Why not let the artillery attack the Japanese artillery positions?"
"Our two regiments are equipped with more than 30 mortars, while the Japanese army only has a dozen. A counterattack now will definitely destroy their artillery positions."
Kong Jie shook his head and refused: "It's not yet time..."
"Without infantry protection, no matter how powerful the Japanese artillery is, they are just a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered."
"Kill the infantry first, then the artillery."
"The strength of the Japanese artillery is far beyond our imagination. Only a small part of the artillery is dispatched now. If we take action now, their follow-up artillery will definitely blow up all the mortars of our two regiments. We will exchange more than 30 mortars for the Japanese ten
Multiple mortars are not cost-effective."
"Da da da...dong dong dong..."
The sound of light and heavy machine gun fire suddenly rang in Kong Jie's ears, and the violent explosions disappeared immediately.
Through the smoke that shrouded the position, one could vaguely see the figure of the Japanese 70 to 80 meters away.
Three to four hundred little Japs, holding rifles and machine guns, formed a skirmish line and pressed toward the blocking position at very fast speeds.
Several screams reached Kong Jie's ears at the same time.
Five or six soldiers were shot in the head and chest and fell on their backs in a pool of blood.
Kong Jie knew at a glance that this was the masterpiece of the Japanese heavy machine gun unit.
Although ordinary rifle bullets are powerful, the bullet holes after hitting the body are very small, unlike heavy machine guns, which can make bloody holes the size of fists. It is bloody and very cruel.
Immediately remind the troops around you: "The Japanese are covered by heavy machine guns, please don't show your head easily."
"Boom boom boom..."
Several explosions reached Kong Jie's ears at the same time, and a machine gun team that had forgotten to move was instantly blown over, including the men and their guns.
Seeing this scene made Kong Jie heartbroken.
But he couldn't help it.
This is a battlefield, and no one can escape the bullets and artillery shells flying in the air.
The only thing that made him happy was that the Japanese casualties were far greater than his own.
Fifty or sixty light and heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time, and bullets flew towards the Japanese like rain.
In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred corpses had fallen in front of the formation.
The Japanese were getting closer and closer, and casualties began to increase sharply.
"Artillery preparations..." Kong Jie suddenly ordered...
A minute later, the Japs, who had lost nearly 200 men, finally reached a position fifty meters in front of the formation. Many Japs had already begun to take out grenades, preparing to launch a desperate assault on the blocking position.
The blocking force was also attacked by grenades and mortars during the battle, destroying more than a dozen machine gun groups, including three heavy machine gun groups.
Including the infantry, the casualties also exceeded a hundred people.
"fire……"
Kong Jie seized the opportunity and gave a sudden order.
"Boom boom boom..."
An explosion sounded in front of the formation at the same time, and in the splashing fire, many Japanese attacking troops were blown away.
More than a hundred Japanese troops were shrouded in artillery fire in an instant, and their lives and deaths were unknown.
Faced with this unexpected incident, Japanese commander Colonel Yamaguchi was also blinded by the bombing. He did not give the order to retreat until the fourth round of shells landed.
"The artillery will move their positions immediately...the troops will immediately enter the trenches and prepare for shelling...quickly..." Kong Jie ordered at the same time, with a very anxious expression.
He was very familiar with the Japs' three-axe fighting method. As expected, as soon as the Japs' attacking troops withdrew, a new round of artillery fire would follow.
Li Zhi had forgotten that he was the leader of the 26th Regiment.
At this moment, he is more like Kong Jie's deputy, doing whatever Kong Jie says.
As soon as the anti-shelling order was issued, the scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky sounded in the air.
"Rumble..."
A series of more violent explosions then spread throughout the position, with flames shooting into the sky and earth flying.
The trench beneath his feet was like a mache toy, and a big crater was instantly blown out of it.
"Boom boom boom..."
A series of denser explosions sounded behind the blocking position. Under the light of the fire, many gunners who had not had time to retreat were killed.
Li Zhi was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat and couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Fortunately, Kong Jie issued the transfer order in time. Without the transfer, the artillery losses would have increased at least three times.
The way he looked at Kong Jie suddenly changed.
I admire and envy both.
He knows the Japs very well and reacts quickly in battle. He knows what the opponent is going to do next before they take action, so he can prepare in advance to reduce casualties and increase the results of the battle.
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Behind a mound two kilometers away, Huang Yu was observing the battlefield with a telescope.
He came up with the ambush plan and the specific tactics. Kong Jie discussed with Li Yunlong and directly appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the enemy in front of the battlefield to command all participating troops on the battlefield.
This is the enemy's headquarters before the war. From a high position, you can have a panoramic view of the entire battle situation.
"Report to the deputy chief of staff. Commander Li sent someone to ask if the commando team can attack." The correspondent suddenly touched behind Huang Yu and reported.
"Let Commander Li wait a little longer. The main force of the Japs has not moved yet. The attack just now was more like a tentative attack." Huang Yu shook his head and replied.
"When the battlefield becomes intense, their surprise attack can catch the Japanese off guard and cut the enemy in two at the minimum cost."
After speaking, he raised the telescope again and asked while looking: "Chief of Staff, are the field artillery battalion and cavalry company ready?"
Shen Quan is the chief of staff of the Independent Regiment, and Huang Yu is also the deputy chief of staff of the Independent Regiment. In terms of position, Shen Quan is half a rank higher than Huang Yu.
But Shen Quan was not unhappy because Huang Yu was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy and he was his deputy. On the contrary, he was looking forward to it.
He knew Huang Yu very well and knew that Huang Yu's commanding ability far exceeded his own.
If it weren't for his age and lack of qualifications, he would have surpassed me long ago.
The battle in front of me was an excellent opportunity for me to learn from Huang Yu, and I couldn't miss it.
Very serious report: "Everything is ready."
"Although the field artillery battalion is a battalion-level organization, the artillery equipped can equip an artillery regiment."
"Their actions will definitely scare the little Japanese Kwantung Army."
"That's good..." Huang Yu suddenly raised the corners of his mouth and ordered with a sneer.
"The mortar plan remains unchanged."
"All mortars were aimed at the field artillery brigade and heavy artillery brigade where the Japanese army started to fire, killing and injuring a large number of their gunners, causing the two artillery units to lose their combat effectiveness before they even entered the battle."
"The mountain artillery was set up outside the range of the Japanese mortars, aimed at the main force of the Japanese army, split them into two with shells, and covered the commandos to divide the Kwantung Army."
"Split it into two again, use barrages to cover the infantry to attack the main force of the Kwantung Army, compress their living space, and surround them on the road."
After saying that, he turned his attention to the blocking position again.
The blocking force has successfully repelled the first round of Japanese attacks and is now undergoing the second round of Japanese artillery fire.
Huang Yu ordered again: "Notify the artillery, we will fire artillery when the new round of Japanese attack begins."
"Cavalry and commandos attack simultaneously."
"As long as the regiment commander successfully holds back the Japanese attacking troops and the Han soldiers and mortars they have set up."
"Our artillery fire coverage can suppress the enemy."
"It only takes five minutes for the commandos and cavalry to split the Japanese into two."
"At that time, the other artillerymen of the Kwantung Army had no chance to counterattack, so they could only be beaten passively."
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On the blocking position, Kong Jie was lying in the trench with his head in his hands to avoid artillery fire.
The Kwantung Army's second round of shelling was too fierce. A shell just hit him four meters away. The flying soil fell from the sky and almost buried him in the trench.
"That's almost it..." Kong Jie suddenly shook off the dirt on his head and raised his head to order.
At the same time, he got up from the ground, stuck his head out, and looked towards the Japanese offensive position.
"The Japanese artillery fire preparations are about to stop, let the troops prepare for battle..."
"All artillery aimed at the Japanese artillery positions and destroyed all the artillery just exposed by the Japanese at all costs."
"The Second Regiment and the Twenty-Sixth Regiment have all entered the position and prepared to counterattack..."
Before Li Zhi could react from the shock, he heard the word counterattack, and then he was completely confused.
In the battle just now, the Japanese army lost only three to four hundred people.
For the more than 8,000 Kwantung Army troops, this loss was tantamount to scratching a little bit of skin and did not affect their combat effectiveness at all.
The battlefield is still in a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak.
Commander Kong wants to launch a counterattack under this situation. Is he crazy?
Li Zhi racked his brains and couldn't figure out Kong Jie's confidence and reason for doing this.
Just as he was about to ask why, Kong Jie's second order reached his ears.
"There's no time, hurry up and give the order..."
"The Duer Regiment blocked the second wave of Japanese attacking troops head-on."
"Seeing three signal bombs rising into the air, all 26 regiments participated in the battle and launched a counterattack against the Japanese attacking troops."
"The first and second battalions of the 26th Regiment are responsible for outflanking. I want to surround and annihilate all the little Japs in front of the formation."
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