The independent regiment has opened its bloody mouth, revealing its cold fangs, but the 10th Japanese Infantry Regiment on the opposite side is still unaware of this. The captain of the 10th Infantry Regiment, Suehiro Mori, is even still on the phone.
Li confidently promised Xiaozhu Yinan that Shaqiao Gang would be captured before three o'clock in the afternoon, and Meizhen would be captured before dark.
Suehiro Mori is a typical Japanese soldier, because he only attended the Army Sergeant School and not the Army University.
There are two classes in the military officer corps of Little Japan. One is the officers who graduated from the Army University. Because the graduation badges of the mainland university are very similar to the coins issued during the Tenbao period, the officers who graduated from the mainland university call themselves the Tenbao money group.
Correspondingly, those officers who have never been to the mainland are called the Wutian Group.
But Mouri Suehiro does not belong to the Muten group because he attended the Berlin Military Academy in Germany.
Therefore, in the Japanese army, Mouri Suehiro is an anomaly. In addition, this kid is from a noble family and is arrogant, so he has never been liked by his colleagues. However, it must be admitted that this kid still inherited some family genes and is more capable.
Damn, after all, there was a character like Moto Moto in the Moori family.
The reason why Mouri Suehiro dared to boast to Xiaozhu Yinan that he had captured Shaqiao Gang before three o'clock was because after the previous four hours of fierce fighting, he had clearly felt that the resistance of the Chinese on the opposite side had weakened.
The most intuitive feeling is that the firepower intensity has been significantly weakened.
The intensity of the firepower has been significantly weakened. Based on Mouri Suehiro's experience, there are usually only two possibilities. One is that the defenders' effective forces have suffered a large number of casualties, and the other is that the ammunition is about to be exhausted. No matter which possibility it is, for the infantry, there are usually only two possibilities.
It is a major benefit for the 10th Alliance, so Suehiro Mori dares to boast.
The Chinese defenders on the opposite side were exhausted, but the Maori unit still had the 3rd infantry group that was not on the field.
Putting down the phone, Mouri Suehiro asked the orderly to call over Hideji Ohashi, the squadron leader of the artillery squadron, and Norito Fujita, the captain of the 3rd Infantry Battalion.
Mouri Suehiro was determined to complete his victory in one battle and directly committed the 3rd Infantry Battalion to launch a general offensive.
Mouri Suehiro first said to Ohashi Hideji: "Ohashi-san, before the attack starts later, the 10th Field Artillery Regiment directly under the division will carry out artillery preparations for the China Army's positions, so there is no need for your artillery squadron to participate in this attack."
The artillery fire is ready, your mission is to block this place with artillery fire after the 3rd Infantry Group begins its attack."
While talking, Suehiro Mori vigorously patted the military map on the marching table.
Hidetsu Ohashi stepped forward to take a look, and saw that Suehiro Mouri was pointing at the two sand bridges in front and back. Hidetsu Ohashi's artillery squadron had four Type 92 infantry cannons and six 82-caliber light mortars, which were used to blockade the wide bridge.
A sand bridge of more than ten meters was more than enough. He immediately nodded and said, "Hai."
In Ohashi Hideji's view, it was the biggest mistake for the independent regiment to set up defenses outside Shaqiao.
Because this gave the Japanese army the opportunity to bombard the sand bridge, the defenders outside the sand bridge would be trapped in an isolated and helpless situation.
Ohashi Hidetsuji didn't know, nor did Mori Suehiro, that the upper and lower sand bridges had already been hollowed out by the independent regiment, and underground passages were poured with concrete inside. The independent regiment had previously moved from the ground passage to the forward position many times.
The purpose of sending reinforcements was just to deceive the Japanese army.
The real reinforcements, more than a thousand elite soldiers from the 2nd Battalion and the 3rd Battalion, had already quietly entered the forward attack position through the tunnel in the sand bridge.
Mouri Suehiro turned to the captain of the 3rd Infantry Battalion, Fujita Noritoshio, and said: "Fujita-san, the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions have been the main attackers in previous battles. Your 3rd Battalion has been recharging its strength, but
Now, it is finally your turn for the 3rd Infantry Battalion to go into battle, you must not let me down."
"Hai." Norito Fujita nodded heavily and said in a deep voice, "You will never disgrace your humble position!"
"Yo Xi." Mouri Suehiro nodded happily and said, "That's it, you go down and prepare."
Ohashi Hideji and Fujita Noritosu nodded again, turned around and walked away.
Watching the two of them go away, Mouri Suehiro took out his pocket watch from his pocket and saw that the hour hand was already pointing to two o'clock in the afternoon.
The next moment, bursts of screams of artillery shells passed over the headquarters of the Maori Regiment, roaring towards the front, followed by continuous explosions, but it was the 10th Regiment of the Piggy Division's Field Artillery that began the artillery bombardment.
, however, because it suffered a sudden shelling from the Independence Regiment's fortress artillery battalion last night and suffered heavy losses, the intensity of the shelling was not high, and at best it was equivalent to the density of artillery fire from a field artillery battalion under normal circumstances.
The 10th Regiment of the Field Artillery began to prepare for artillery fire. More than 700 elite Japanese soldiers from Fujizono Battalion also quietly entered the forward attack position with bayonets in hand. This little Japanese soldier Suehiro Mouri was really determined to complete his victory in one battle. This time
It turned out that an entire infantry brigade was committed at once, and it was about to launch a general attack.
Amid the sky full of artillery fire, Fujita Noritoshio strode into the attack position.
Fujita Noritoshi is a standard Japanese soldier, with a short stature, bow legs, a small mustache on his upper lip, and a pair of small eyes with fierce eyes. As soon as this little devil got to the position, he took off his military uniform and exposed his naked body.
His upper body was covered with black hair, and he found a forehead band from nowhere and tied it on his head.
Several orderlies following Fujita Noritosuo also took off their military uniforms, exposing their upper bodies.
Fujita Noritosuo pulled out his family sword again, turned around and saw the black head.
The attack position of the Maori Regiment is a naturally generated depression. However, now that more than 700 people are crowded into it, it will inevitably look a bit crowded. It is said that this is not in line with the infantry attack process. According to the infantry attack process, the attack position must be
It is composed of independent trenches. Each trench can place at most one platoon, which is an infantry squad.
Such a dispersed deployment of troops will make it less likely to be killed by artillery fire. However, now the Chinese artillery has been completely destroyed by the Air Corps of the Condemned Army. It has not even fired a single mortar shell all morning, so Fujita Nori Toshio did not fire this
Keep things in mind, just squeeze in a little bit.
After squeezing through the crowd, Fujita Noritoshi led several orderlies to the front of the position.
Ten minutes later, the explosions from the front positions began to become sparse.
This means that the artillery preparations of the 10th Field Artillery Regiment are about to end, which also means that the general attack of his 3rd Infantry Group is about to begin. Fujita Noritosuo tightened the saber in his hand and was about to give the order to charge.
, my ears suddenly heard a squeaking scream. Why did this sound sound so much like the screaming of a passing artillery shell?
But haven't the artillery preparations of the 10th Field Artillery Regiment been completed? Why are they still firing?
In such a daze, the squeaking sound got closer and closer, and finally it almost sounded in my ears.
In an instant, all the hairs on Fujita's body stood on end, and he immediately shouted hysterically: "Baga, the Chinese artillery is shelling, it's anti-artillery, it's anti-artillery..."
Unfortunately, it was too late when I thought of anti-gunners at this time.
Before he finished speaking, a 150-caliber artillery shell landed beside Norito Fujita and exploded. The air wave generated by the explosion swallowed Nori Toshio Fujita at once.
Fujita Norito's screams suddenly stopped.
When the first shell fell, it directly blew Fujita Noritoshio into two pieces, and the upper half was blown dozens of meters away. After landing, the old devil had not yet breathed his last, wailing and crawling forward.
The broken body that was severed from the waist left a trail of blood behind it, which was really shocking to see.
The next moment, rows of artillery shells roared down and landed in the crowded attack position of Fujita's brigade, followed by continuous violent explosions. The huge explosions almost tore the earth apart.
Within a moment, the Fujita brigade's attack position was completely swallowed up by the smoke generated by the explosion.
At this time, Suehiro Mouri had just walked into the forward observation post and was observing the battlefield through the telescope.
According to the plan, the Fujita Battalion would launch a group charge in half a minute. However, what Mouri Suehiro never expected was that just before the Fujita Battalion launched a group charge, their attack position was covered by artillery fire. This sudden attack
The artillery fire stunned Fujita's squadron and turned Suehiro Mori into a complete idiot.
"Impossible, this is impossible." Mouri Suehiro turned the telescope and looked at the Fujita brigade attack position that had been blown into a sea of fire. The hands holding the telescope began to tremble uncontrollably, and the tone of his voice also changed.
"Hasn't the Chinese artillery been destroyed? Where did they get the artillery? Why do they still have heavy artillery?"
"What do aviation scouts do for food? What do aviation soldiers do for food?" After a long time, Mouri Suehiro finally reacted, and then he became furious. He threw the telescope in his hand to the ground and roared loudly, "Don't you mean that it's already happened?
Have you destroyed the heavy artillery group of the Independent Regiment? Baga, Baga Yalu!"
However, no matter how much Mouri Suehiro cursed or abused, he could not change the outcome.
The attack position of the Fujita Brigade had been blown into a sea of flames. After more than 700 Japanese soldiers reacted, they were like a herd of frightened buffaloes, running like wolves. Although the Maori Regiment was an elite infantry regiment numbered 10
, but facing the ruthless attacks of large-caliber heavy artillery, they are still useless.
The 150-caliber heavy-duty howitzer is no joke. When a shell falls, it will immediately create a large crater with a diameter of more than fifty meters. Within this diameter of fifty meters, basically everyone, whether human or animal, will die.
More than 700 members of Fujita's battalion are now crowded into a narrow attack position. Can you imagine what the result will be?