Liu Lang quickly issued an order, ordering Linghong and Xiao Fenghua to contact all the special forces who were concentrating on Luo Wenyu, and ordered them to patrol the area between five and ten miles away from the main position with Luo Wenyu as the center, trying their best to find the Japanese army.
The positions of the two artillery brigades that followed.
During this period, the Japanese artillery regiment was basically organized into 432 heavy units, that is, 4 artillery regiments, each regiment had 3 squadrons, each squadron had 2 artillery squads, and each squad had 2 artillery pieces. In other words, one artillery regiment only
There are only 48 artillery pieces, and a battalion only has 12 pieces.
The 12 artillery pieces are basically Type 41 mountain cannons, with a range of up to 6,000 feet and a weight of only 500 kilograms. The Type 41 mountain cannon is one of the masterpieces of Japanese military industry. In the past, the Japanese army mainly used Type 41 mountain cannons in the high mountains of the Great Wall.
Destroying the firepower points of the Chinese defenders one after another, the Chinese army, which lacked long-range artillery, could only be passively beaten and watched helplessly as the Japanese army pushed the 500-kilogram Type 41 mountain cannon up the mountain road to a position only one or two kilometers away from the position to attack their own firepower points.
Destroyed one by one and helpless.
Liu Lang dared to defend Luo Wenyu with a regiment of troops, not only because he had built complete fortifications in advance, but more importantly because he also had the confidence of two Bofors Mountain Cannons with longer range and higher accuracy.
Unlike other national armies, any Japanese mountain artillery that dares to approach and fire will become the target of the Bofors mountain artillery placed 4,000 meters behind the battlefield.
And if the Japanese army's 24 mountain artillery guns do not come close to fire, but fall four or five kilometers away from the position for bombardment, then special forces like lone wolves will be needed to wander outside the battlefield, and they will provide their positions to the artillery company.
In fact, when the artillery company arrived at the battlefield five days ago, they marked all Luo Wenyu's locations suitable for artillery shooting. The special forces only needed to inform them of the coordinate serial numbers.
With mental arithmetic and unintentional calculations, coupled with the advantage of fortifications and firepower, the 4th Brigade and the two artillery brigades collided head-on, and it would be surprising if they did not suffer a concussion.
What's even more frightening is that Liu Lang is not satisfied with beating little Japan until he has a concussion, he wants to beat these aggressive little devils into big fools.
From the telescope, Liu Lang, who was standing in the trench of the first line of the forward company, saw the khaki military uniforms coming towards Luo Wenyu all over the mountains and plains. He smiled slightly and said: "The Japanese are coming. Send the order. All positions, on the Japanese army's first line, are here."
During an attack, except for the squad light machine gun, which can fire, other MG42 machine guns and mortars are not allowed to fire without authorization. If anyone scares these little darlings away from me, I will eat him alive after the battle."
"Haha, I'm afraid that if our dozens of Czech tanks start firing, they will be scared away." Chi Dakui, who was accompanying him, laughed, and then said with a bitter face: "But sir, do you think you should go?"
At the regiment headquarters, you may be more needed over there, so I can just watch over here."
"What's the matter? Are you afraid that I will hold your camp back?" Liu Lang said calmly, still looking at the khaki military uniforms that were continuously gathering in the distance.
"How can you? Sir, no one in the whole group knows about your skills! Isn't it true that guns have no eyes?" Chi Dakui explained with a wry smile.
"Get the hell out of here. Even the Japanese howitzers on the Songhu battlefield didn't kill me. What can those few small mountain cannons do to me? Deputy Chi, in the name of the leader of the independent regiment, I now order you to sit in the regiment headquarters and coordinate.
During the entire regiment's war, I stayed at the first company headquarters to observe the characteristics of the Japanese army's tactics to provide a more reliable scientific basis for our regiment's future military training." Liu Lang withdrew his gaze and gave a grimace to Chi Dakui, who was still trying to persuade him with a grimace.
commanded.
Chi Dakui......
This bitch is so unreasonable! If you want to have fun on the front line, just say so. Why are you giving such a high-level reason?
"Why don't you go quickly?" Liu Lang snorted coldly.
The official level was so overwhelming that Chi Dakui had no choice but to turn around and leave.
There was no salute, not because Chi Dakui was holding back his temper.
Instead, there is a joke that has been circulating throughout the Independence Regiment: If you love that officer, then take a bullet for him; if you hate that officer, give him a military salute on the battlefield.
Liu Lang had specifically ordered a long time ago that no one was allowed to perform military salutes during wartime. This was regarded as the wartime regulations of the independent regiment.
On the battlefields of World War II, there were many cases of officers being targeted and shot to death by enemy shooters because they saluted their officers. The Red Army learned this profound lesson a long time ago.
The Japanese troops were gathering five miles away. From the looks of it, after running 80 miles along the mountain road, they had no intention of resting for long before launching an attack.
This is also a characteristic of the Japanese army, which believes that the imperial army with the spirit of Bushido will overcome all fatigue, and the weak China defenders will be defeated by their thunderous offensive.
In fact, they did win many victories because of this seemingly fierce but actually silly behavior. The national army without the support of artillery firepower was forced to retreat many times in the field.
However, the Japanese army did not feel that the Chinese army was defeated by their equipment. They always believed that the bravery of the imperial army was the key to victory.
They were about to be taught a lesson. In the face of a spirited independent group that was equally equipped or even better than theirs, so-called bravery would turn into fear in the face of death.
The commander of the 4th Brigade, Major General Suzuki Mitsuchi, is one of the representatives of the young soldiers of the Japanese army. The 51-year-old Suzuki Mitsuchi, who was born in 1882, has been serving in the Japanese army since he was 20 years old. From 1903 to the second lieutenant squad leader to the current brigade
As a major general, I don't have a lot of experience.
Although he was arrogant about taking down the enemy's position with one attack, he did not underestimate the enemy. After all, the 2,000 defenders who were defending against the danger were nothing. He could not damage too many troops here, and he still had to
Maintain the strength to outflank the retreat of the 60,000-strong Chinese army that put the Imperial Army to shame.
While carefully observing the motionless enemy position through the binoculars, he asked the chief of staff next to him, Colonel Gu Yi: "Has the aviation force detected anything?"
"According to the aviation report two days ago, the enemy has established four positions, most of which are field trenches. Although they have the advantage of higher mountains, they cannot withstand the power of our imperial army's mountain artillery." Gu Yi
One quickly answered.
Obviously, the brigade chief of staff also did enough homework during the march and memorized the aviation reconnaissance report.
However, he forgot that the cleared top of the mountain and the endless positions on the front of the mountain are suitable for observation by aerial reconnaissance troops hundreds of meters above the ground. However, the tunnels hidden in the dense woods on the back of the mountain are difficult to spot for aerial reconnaissance, no matter how good their eyes are.
The soldiers didn't even have a hair on their heads.
"Stupid Chinese people are just stubbornly resisting." After listening to the report, Suzuki Mitichi said with a hint of arrogance at the corner of his mouth: "Order the Yanagawa Brigade to launch a probing attack on the main position of the Chinese side after a 30-minute rest.
Let their firepower be exposed."
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the Chinese defenders on that mountain..." Colonel Gu Yi asked, pointing to the daredevil company that had entered the position on the ancient mountain two miles away.
"Humph, it's just a place to die. Where else do our Imperial Japanese Army need to use it? Order the Yanagawa Brigade to bypass the solitary mountain and ignore the defenders above. When we capture the main Chinese position, they will
They will run away like a frightened rabbit, and the empire's precious artillery shells will not be used in useless places." Suzuki Mimitsu waved his hand, his eyes not staying on the ancient mountain at all.
In his opinion, the garrison hanging alone on this mountain about 1,800 feet before Luo Wenyu Pass did not pose any threat to his troops.
If they have cannons, there is still a small possibility.
However, Zhou Shiyu does have artillery, and it has 9 mortars. If fired at full strength, it can tilt out more than 100 shells in one minute.