As the saying goes, one should be brave after knowing shame. Although the 686th Regiment suffered heavy losses in the first round of attack, as the main force of the 115th Division, the 686th Regiment was not discouraged.
After research, the Second Battalion took over from the First Battalion and launched another attack on Xiaogushan.
The 686th Regiment did not fight alone. In order to strengthen the 115th Division's attack capabilities, Gao Hongming also sent more than ten firepower teams to the 686th Regiment.
Facing the arriving fire team, Commander Yang was not polite and organized them into the second battalion and immediately launched an attack on the Japanese army.
On the Eighth Route Army position, more than a dozen Czech light machine guns, in cooperation with three Type 92 infantry cannons, suppressed the Japanese firepower from the front, creating favorable conditions for the charging soldiers.
The Japanese drama, which was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of firepower, could not raise its head under the superior firepower suppression. The shells fired by the Type 92 infantry gun that fired flatly continued to destroy various structures such as sandbags and breastworks that were regarded as protection by the Japanese army.
Blast into the sky.
When they rushed tens of meters away from the Japanese front line, the fifth company commander who directed the soldiers to charge shouted: "Grenade."
Hundreds of M24 long-handled grenades hit the Japanese bunkers and trenches in a parabola like raindrops, and then exploded hundreds of clouds of smoke in the trenches.
As soon as the grenade exploded, the fifth company, which was the first wave of charge troops, rushed to the front of the Japanese army. Those soldiers armed with MP40 submachine guns fired desperately at the enemies in the trenches or bunkers, making sure not to let them show up.
The soldiers who broke through the Japanese defense lines fired with submachine guns and shouted.
What they called was actually the firepower team sent to them by the Liantai Militia Group for temporary reinforcements.
These fire teams are not holding ordinary rifles, but the famous M2 flamethrower, so they have a very cool name... Flamethrowers.
Accompanied by the shouts of submachine gunners, three Liantai militia soldiers wearing iron-gray military uniforms and M35 helmets ran over panting, carrying two large cans on their backs.
As soon as these three belatedly arrived flamethrowers arrived in front of the Japanese trenches, they rushed towards the trenches and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Three tens of meters long fire dragons shot out along the trench, and the entire trench instantly turned into a sea of fire. Soon, dozens of firemen covered in fireworks jumped out of the trench and ran around in the open position, mouthing
He also kept making roaring sounds to vent his pain.
Seeing those burning people struggling painfully in the sea of fire, not only did no soldiers in the second battalion show any expressions of intolerance, but instead they looked excited.
It's not that the soldiers of the second battalion are cruel by nature, but they witnessed the tragic situation of the first battalion yesterday. At this time, they only have one thought, and that is to avenge the brothers of the first battalion.
At this moment, looking at the Japs struggling in the flames, their hearts were filled with a sense of joy.
So among the extremely miserable screams of those burning people, some excited voices resounded on the battlefield from time to time: "Don't shoot, burn these bastards to death."
Seeing the Japanese soldiers being lit one by one with flamethrowers through the telescope, Captain Yang said nothing.
Two hours ago, when Captain Yang learned that more than ten flamethrowing groups would join his regiment's offensive team, he was ready to turn the Japanese troops on Xiaogushan into roast chickens.
"Commander, we are attacking." Looking at a soldier from the Second Battalion rushing to the top of Xiaogu Mountain, the chief of staff said to the silent commander with a happy face.
For a small hill like Xiaogushan, as long as the frontal position is captured, it makes no sense for the defenders to resist no matter how hard they fight.
"Notify the troops at the front immediately. When you see the injured Japanese soldiers lying on the ground, you must be careful and careful. Faking death is a special skill of the little devil. We cannot fall in the same place twice."
Once the Japanese soldiers cheated to death, the soldiers could execute them on the spot, and the prisoners would be handed over to the Liantai Militia, who would "treat" these Japanese soldiers well."
Commander Yang gritted his teeth and said with a chill that he didn't want to know how the Liantai militia that guarded the prisoners of war treated these Japanese "kindly" after they were handed over to the prisoner-of-war camp.
"Reporting to the captain of the regiment, the captain of the second battalion reported that nearly half of their defense line has been broken through by the Chinese. Now the Chinese have reached his headquarters less than 200 meters away.
He requests that you provide urgent tactical guidance, otherwise, the Second Battalion will have only one death to repay the Emperor."
Masahiro Kasai was silent for a moment after listening to the chief of staff's report, "Tell Mr. Aoki that I have no reinforcements for him here, so he can do what he wants."
"Hi!"
The chief of staff bowed and turned to leave.
The meaning of Masahiro Kasai's words is very obvious, that is, I can't care about you anymore. If you can escape, it's your ability. If you can't escape, I can only blame you for your bad luck.
The positions of the two artillery battalions assigned to the 115th Division were located in an open area called Fangshan five kilometers away from Xiaogushan. Logically speaking, it is a taboo for military strategists to deploy artillery positions in this way.
You must know that arriving in such an open area, once the artillery position is discovered, it will definitely become the number one target of attack by local aircraft and artillery.
However, for the Japanese army, which lacked aircraft support and whose artillery performance was still lagging behind, not only did the artillery positions located at high altitudes not pose any threat, but with the help of high-altitude reconnaissance balloons, which were like clairvoyants, they could easily bombard the Japanese army by taking advantage of the condescending favorable terrain.
Any goal.
This is also the reason why high-mounted artillery positions are still widely used by many artillery units when fighting weak enemies, although they do not conform to the tactical principles of modern warfare.
"Bearing 178, distance 3970, fire disk timing 6, high-explosive bombs fired rapidly."
The artillery battalion commander wearing headphones received the distance reported by the observer on the reconnaissance balloon, and then used the shooting vernier to calibrate the firing elements of the M2 105mm howitzer.
After receiving the order, the gunners, who were naked to the upper body and wearing only a pair of military trousers, then lowered the barrel of the 105mm howitzer and used the direct sight to aim at the small solitary mountain several kilometers away.
Boom!"
As the gun bolt is opened, the loader drags the 105mm high-explosive shell and pushes it into the gun breech, then closes the gun breech. The two loaders behind the gun position each hold a high-explosive shell, ready to hand the shell to the loader at any time.
hand.
"fire!"
The officer holding the headphones shouted angrily.
Following the officer's roar, the thirty-six M2 105mm howitzers at the Fangshan artillery position emitted a sharp roar. The neat gunfire accompanied by violent recoil shook the earth. The thunderous gunfire tore through the silence. Fangshan Mountain immediately
Clouds of black smoke and orange-red muzzle flashes flashed out, followed by the sharp sound of shells piercing the air and flying straight to Xiaogushan several kilometers away.
"Boom boom boom..."
Thirty-six artillery shells instantly covered the entire top of Xiaogushan, and all Japanese positions were swallowed up by thick smoke and countless shrapnel flying everywhere...