814 Destroy the Kwantung Army Brigade and Become Famous in the War (2)
From beginning to end, despite being frustrated in many battles with the Fourth Independent Regiment on Zhongtiao Mountain.
Nobuya Uchida never thought that with basically the same strength, the Eighth Route Army could destroy such a well-equipped and powerful Kwantung Army brigade like his.
This has never happened since the war against China broke out.
What's more, the main force for subsequent raids can be said to be very close at hand.
You only need to easily hold back the current Eighth Route Army for two hours, and you can hold on until the main force surrounds the Fourth Independent Regiment from the outside.
Uchida Nobuya's only headache was how to completely drag the main force of the Eighth Route Army to the slope area in front of him.
After all, the Eighth Route Army troops have been fighting in mountainous areas for a long time, and their maneuverability is obvious to all.
Once the Eighth Route Army chooses to evacuate, Uchida Nobuya is not sure of retaining the opponent if they have the same strength.
Just like that, about ten minutes later.
The two sides finally started a confrontation from both sides.
The soldiers of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions attacked from both sides of Uchida Battalion with fierce momentum.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like a general attack without holding anything back.
The charge sounded on both flanks, completely covering the Japanese troops who were blocked at the bottom of the unknown Gaopi.
Facing the sound of a charge that represented the launch of a general offensive by the Eighth Route Army and the possibility of death at any time, the Japanese soldiers trapped in the central area became slightly nervous for a while.
But for the well-trained Kwantung Army soldiers, fear is definitely not enough. After being nervous, their eyes even reflected a little excitement.
At the bottom of this unknown high mountain, it is not without danger. There are many rock mass slopes everywhere, which can be used as temporary defenses.
Nobuya Uchida immediately adjusted his deployment.
Order the defense to be launched based on the natural defenses in front of you.
The Uchida Battalion is a Kwantung Army brigade, and it is an absolute elite for the Japanese army.
The equipment is better than ordinary Japanese troops.
This time, they pursued the Fourth Independent Regiment all the way and even dared to go deep alone in advance. As a battle-hardened commander, the old Japanese Nobunya Uchida naturally had his own confidence.
The Uchida brigade is equipped with brigade artillery.
And there are three Type 92 infantry guns, one of which has been specially strengthened.
This is much more powerful than the artillery of the conventional Japanese brigade in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
Many Japanese brigades did not even have an infantry cannon.
In addition, the Uchida Brigade also has a machine gun squadron with a total of fourteen heavy machine guns, nearly forty light machine guns, and nearly forty grenades.
With this series of equipment, whether it is machine guns or artillery, Uchida Battalion, the Kwantung Army brigade, is far more powerful than the main conventional field force of the Japanese army.
So I watched the Eighth Route Army soldiers pouring in like a tide as the two flanks launched a fierce attack under the sound of the charge horn.
Not only was there no panic on Uchida Shinya's face, he also showed a look of ridicule and cruelty:
"The feast of killing is about to begin!"
Nobuya Uchida swore to the surrounding squadron captains.
After Uchida Nobuya's deployment order was issued, he was under the command of the squad leaders and squadron leaders stationed in all directions of the Japanese army.
The little devils set up defenses.
The positions of heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and artillery pieces are all completed.
Aim the muzzle of the gun at the rapidly advancing Eighth Route Army troops.
With such a dense firepower configuration built in advance, Uchida Nobuya believed that once the battle broke out, these charging Eighth Route Army troops would surely usher in the most brutal massacre.
Of course.
As a veteran on the battlefield, Uchida Xingya does not lack caution.
Although he has never met Wang Huaibao, he has had many confrontations with the Eighth Route Army commander in Zhongtiao Mountain.
Even though he had an absolute advantage in strength, Nobu Uchida did not get the slightest advantage.
So Uchida Nobuya has actually been wary of Wang Huaibao's methods.
When the main force of the Eighth Route Army on both sides suddenly launched a fierce attack, Uchida Nobuya was still full of doubts.
He was a little puzzled. As an Eighth Route Army commander who could command a regiment.
You shouldn’t not understand this!
Facing his own well-prepared defensive position, coupled with his Kwantung Army brigade's well-equipped equipment and powerful firepower.
In this case, launch an attack directly.
What will come next is not the firepower attack of his Kwantung Army brigade at its peak?
Uchida Shinya imagined that if it were him, he would definitely destroy or completely suppress the enemy's defenses with artillery fire before the infantry launched a charge.
Cover the infantry charge.
It's a pity that Wang Huaibao can't tell him the answer.
Looking at the Eighth Route Army troops advancing rapidly from both wings.
Uchida Shinya, who couldn't figure out the reason, simply stopped thinking about it.
He remembered the tactics commonly used by the Eighth Route Army to save ammunition, which often placed the Imperial Japanese warriors at a considerable distance.
Then fire suddenly to catch the enemy by surprise.
"Give me the order to bring this group of eight soldiers closer to within a hundred meters and then open fire!"
Shinya Uchida, who decided to learn from the Eighth Route Army's style of play, followed suit and issued the order.
On the other hand, he thought that the Eighth Route Army should be closer before attacking.
You can take the opportunity to hold back the main force of the Eighth Route Army nearby and hold on until the main force is swept away.
Once the distance is far away, the attack will be launched. Once the attack of the Eighth Route Army is frustrated, it can easily choose to withdraw.
From these factors, there is no problem at all with Nobuya Uchida’s order to attack at a nearby location.
In addition, the Kwantung Army soldiers are all elite Japanese troops. Basically all soldiers will undergo militarized training for nearly a year before joining the army.
And received professional shooting training.
Each of his marksmanship is quite good, and he can achieve a very high hit rate from a distance of 200 meters.
If the Eighth Route Army is placed within 100 meters.
Nobuya Uchida believes that without a bunker.
Facing the swarming Eighth Route Army troops, the warriors of the empire can completely destroy an Eighth Route Army with one bullet.
They were not even afraid of the skirmish line attack launched by the Eighth Route Army.
As for the small number of Eighth Route Army troops on the unnamed slope with their backs, there is currently no movement.
Uchida Nobu only left a squadron, always on guard against surprise attacks by the soldiers of the Fourth Company on the unknown slope.
The rest of the main force is placed on the defense of both wings.
……
Behind both wings of Uchida's brigade, several battalion commanders of the fourth regiment were holding binoculars and watching the battle ahead.
Seeing that the charging troops in front opened the skirmish line and rushed within the 200-meter range of the Japanese army, the Japanese still did not launch a fire attack.
The battalion commander was immediately overjoyed.
"This naughty little devil really made the leader guess right..."
He then issued an order to the communication soldiers:
Tell the artillery unit that after the main offensive force rushes into a 100-meter range of the Japanese fortifications, they will immediately launch artillery bombardments on the Japanese fortifications!
"Yes!"
Time passes quickly.
The shouts of killing from both sides became more and more intense.
With the pace of the rapid charge, the main force of the three battalions of the Fourth Independent Regiment, which rushed from both sides of the Uchida Brigade, quickly approached within a hundred meters of the Japanese fortifications.
"Xinxi, fire—"
Seeing this scene, Uchida Shinya excitedly gave the order.
He seemed to have predicted that he would soon see the extremely anticipated scene of the massacre of the Eighth Route Army.
Boom——
Almost as soon as Nobuya Uchida's order was issued, the Japanese light and heavy machine guns opened fire.
A large number of artillery shells continued to hit from the rear of both flanks.
Amidst the roar
On the Japanese defense fortifications, the blocking firepower was temporarily suppressed.
Although Uchida Nobuya had long considered that the Eighth Route Army would use artillery to attack, after all, the Fourth Independent Regiment in Zhongtiao Mountain was well-equipped, far exceeding the ordinary Eighth Route Army combat troops.
They even have a considerable number of artillery.
The Japanese army was very aware of this situation.
Therefore, the fortifications chosen by Uchida Nobuya at this moment are also very particular.
This old devil even chose the edge of a slope as a reverse slope, which could block the direct-fire artillery of the Fourth Independent Regiment and block the sight of the direct-fire artillery.
Greatly reduced the artillery strike effect of the Fourth Independent Regiment.
Looking at the shells that basically exploded on the outside of the reverse slope, Uchida Shinya's lips once again became sarcastic.
He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it turned out that this was the method of the Eighth Route Army!
Take advantage of the charging troops to attract attention, and then use artillery fire to assist the attack.
This actually broke the Japanese artillery's rigid tactic of attacking the infantry after firing.
Instead, the infantry charges the artillery and then fires.
However, it has no effect. The artillery attack method of the Eighth Route Army has very limited effect.
The forward command post of the Fourth Regiment at the rear.
Wang Huaibao, who was standing in a hidden command post and watching the battle ahead with the help of the condescending earth slope, could naturally see that the current artillery attack did not cause much damage to the Japanese army.
He had no hope that this round of shelling could eliminate a Kwantung Army brigade.
If that were the case, this battle would be too easy.
"The artillery troops were ordered to continue suppressing the Japanese fortifications, especially the enemy's machine gun positions, with artillery fire, regardless of the consumption of shells, and to send the main force of our charge within 50 meters of the Japanese fortifications in one go."
This is undoubtedly a bold order.
The artillery position built behind the fourth regiment was four to five hundred meters away from the Japanese fortifications.
Under artillery fire from such a distance, the coordination distance of infantry and artillery was even shortened to within 50 meters.
This is a great psychological test for the infantry soldiers who are launching the attack.
It is also a huge test for the artillery soldiers to launch artillery attacks from the rear and cover the infantry.
Because the coordination of infantry and artillery at such a close distance is too dangerous.
If there is a slight mistake, the shell may not fall on the enemy's head, but on the head of your own team.
It can be said that the soldiers took the risk of being hit by their own artillery shells and launched a coordinated attack.
The situation is evolving rapidly.
Shinya Uchida, who was watching the battle at the headquarters, the sarcasm on his lips quickly solidified on his face.
He finally came to a sudden realization and realized the craziness of the offensive tactics of this Eighth Route Army unit.
An artillery position built a few hundred meters behind.
The coordination distance of the infantry and artillery collaboration actually dared to be as close as 50 meters.
40 meters...
30 meters...
The Eighth Route Army's own artillery shells even exploded twenty or thirty meters away from the charging Eighth Route Army soldiers.
"Assholes, these damn Eighth Route Army, are they crazy?"
Uchida Shinya's expression finally changed.
He saw it.
Where did these Eighth Route Army troops come from to fight?
This is obviously a desperate effort.
The infantry attacked almost right behind their own artillery shells, and many of the fragments of the flying artillery shells even directly wounded the Eighth Route Army infantry who were closely behind.
But the Eighth Route Army soldiers on both wings of the charge were completely oblivious to this and continued to attack the Japanese fortifications where shells were exploding.
There was no hesitation in the charge.
What kind of army is this that is not afraid of death!
Crazy, just a bunch of crazy!
Uchida Nobu also saw the enemy's Eighth Route Army commander's intentions.
This requires the help of crazy infantry and artillery coordination at the moment when the artillery fire stops.
The vanguard troops directly broke through the fortifications of the Japanese Empire and engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
This style of play is completely desperate.
The anxious old Japanese Nobuya Uchida quickly issued a counterattack order, and ordered his own side to join the grenadier troops and fire at the enemy.
However, due to the rapid evolution of the situation, the distance between the two sides was now close to less than 30 meters.
The smoke after the explosion of the artillery shells still shrouded the Japanese fortifications, temporarily blocking the view.
The shortest range of the Japanese grenade is 50 meters away.
It is impossible to hit the Eighth Route Army soldiers who are right in front of you.
The Japanese were forced to take off the grenades and try to throw them at the charging Eighth Route Army soldiers, hoping to block the Eighth Route Army's attack.
Unfortunately, the distance between the two parties is too close.
In addition, the offensive tactics of the Fourth Independent Regiment are very mature.
When the soldiers attack, they open the skirmish line, and then attack in small-scale groups of three. The large-scale three-three attack mode maximizes the power of the skirmish line assault.
At the same time, the fourth company noticed that the main force of the regiment at the bottom of the hillside had launched an attack.
Under the order of the fourth company commander, he directly left the defensive fortifications on the high slope that he was originally holding, rushed to the edge of the north slope, and launched a fierce firepower attack on the back of the Japanese troops stationed at the bottom of the slope.
In order to minimize the pressure on the main offensive of the flank groups on both sides.
The leader of the Fourth Company took the lead, holding a submachine gun, and led the soldiers of the Fourth Company to charge down the gentle slope to the north.
"Kill——"
Dudududududu——
The loud charge broke the peace in the mountains and fields.
The little devils have tried what it means to be surrounded by despair.
The Eighth Route Army's attacks were all on the east, west, and south sides, mixed with heart-stopping shouts of killing.
It comes from the infantry and artillery coordination tactics that are constantly practiced in daily life.
Eighth Route Army soldiers from the fourth regiment launched a fierce attack close to the artillery shells.
The moment the artillery fire stopped, they directly broke through the last twenty or thirty meters of charging distance, jumped into the Japanese defense fortifications, and started a hand-to-hand battle with the Japanese.
Instantly.
The gray, green, and yellow military uniforms were completely mixed together, making it so confusing that one could not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
Blood is splattering.
Wails can be heard from time to time.
A scene of hell on earth was staged on the tragic battlefield.
Life passes by like grass.
Both sides showed strong will to fight and a fighting spirit that looked at death without fear.
The Fourth Independent Regiment immediately took the stance of a decisive battle at the beginning of the war.
I won't talk to the little devils at all, and I will just try to kill you.
At this time, Nobuya Uchida, an old soldier who was at the temporary headquarters in the middle and rear of Uchida's brigade, looked at the overwhelming offensive of the Fourth Independent Regiment and nearly half of the Imperial warriors who were quickly entangled together.
The old Japanese with a horrified face immediately ordered reinforcements for the entangled vanguard troops.
Instead, he ordered a rapid evacuation to the rear second-line defenses.
He attempted to use the hand-to-hand combat at the front to take the opportunity to distance himself from the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops.
Re-establish a foothold, launch fortification defense, give full play to the advantage of firepower, and delay the arrival of the main mopping up force.
As for the dream of being able to severely damage the Fourth Independent Regiment without mopping up the main force, at this time, Uchida Shinya's heart was completely shattered.
Such an Eighth Route Army unit is well-equipped, fights with a desperate attitude, and is extremely tough.
Completely shattered Uchida Shinya's courage.
Kill——
Another burst of shouts of killing came from the back.
The old Japanese soldier Uchida Nobu also looked back in shock. What he was waiting for was not the main force of his own raids, but a team led by Han Feng, the fourth battalion of the Fourth Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
At this critical moment, Han Feng finally led the soldiers of the fourth battalion to launch a fierce attack from the back of the Uchida brigade from the lurking area...