Chapter 316 More and more difficult to fight (seventh
The mortar squadron responded quickly and fired the first round in less than a minute.
But the Eighth Route Army's shelling stopped half a minute ago. Only God knows whether their counterattack was effective or whether it hit the target.
The Major Captain didn't care about this. The attacking troops had already assembled and were ready for the assault. They were just waiting for him to give the order to attack.
Although the shelling just now caused them casualties of nearly an infantry squad, he believed that the mountain artillery squadron must have caused greater damage and casualties to the Eighth Route Army.
With an expectant look on his face, he ordered: "The mountain artillery squadron will stop shelling in two minutes. The third squadron, the heavy machine gun squadron, will attack immediately and capture the Eighth Route Army position on the mountainside!"
"The mortar squadron continues to fire. I don't want to see the Eighth Route Army mortars firing at our attacking troops again!"
More than a hundred Japanese soldiers attacked the mountainside like hungry wolves.
Three heavy machine guns were mounted at the foot of the mountain, firing continuously down the mountainside.
It was only then that the mountainside position shrouded in gunpowder smoke was completely exposed.
Halfway up the mountainside, there are huge craters with a depth of more than one meter everywhere, and trenches stretching for more than 80 meters. At this time, the trenches can no longer be seen.
Either they were buried by the earth blown up by the shells, or they were blown out with huge gaps more than three meters wide.
At this time, not to mention hiding troops, maybe not even one or two people could be hidden on the mountainside.
The major held up the telescope. The more he looked at it, the smile on his face grew thicker and he was full of confidence.
Suddenly, three piercing screams brought him back to reality, and then he heard three explosions from the artillery position!
The major was shocked at first, but quickly forced himself to calm down.
With a serious look on his face, he ordered: "These are the three mountain artillery pieces of the Eighth Route Army. Don't worry, the troops will continue to attack!"
"The mortar squadron will move immediately. Keep an eye on the Eighth Route Army mortar troops for me. Don't worry about the mountain artillery!"
"The mountain artillery squadron will fight back now and kill them!"
Before the remaining five mountain cannons of the mountain artillery squadron could fire, the explosions on the mortar position stopped.
The major couldn't help but cursed the Eighth Route Army for being cunning, hitting and running, and lacking any military courage to fight.
Then he raised his telescope and looked at the battlefield again.
"Sir, the attacking troops are charging forward!" the adjutant suddenly shouted, his face full of excitement.
The major was very excited at first, but soon regained his composure.
With a serious look on his face, he analyzed: "The Eighth Route Army on the mountain must have retreated, otherwise the attacking troops would not be able to charge up easily without firing a shot!"
"I didn't expect that the punch we concentrated all our strength on hit the cotton in the end. We didn't see anything... Lieutenant Commander Watanabe was so right. These Eighth Route Army soldiers are just a group of cunning foxes. They will attack when the situation is not going well.
Sneak away and never confront the imperial army head-on."
As soon as he finished speaking, a messenger rushed over: "Sir, the attacking troops have occupied the Eighth Route Army position!"
"But we didn't find them on the battlefield, not even a body..."
The adjutant quickly complimented: "Sir, your judgment is wise!"
"Although we didn't kill a single Eighth Route Army in the attack just now. But being able to force them back and break through the defense line is still a great victory. If it weren't for your command, sir, and hit their vital points, I believe the Eighth Route Army would not have been so easy.
retreat!"
"Yoshi!"
The major's face looked much better, and then he began to issue orders.
"The troops will gather immediately and continue to advance towards Lingqiu City. We have been delayed here for long enough, and we have lost many troops. It will be dark in three hours, and we must get back before the wasted time!"
At eight o'clock in the evening, at the independent battalion assembly point less than five kilometers away from the temporary Japanese camp, several company and platoon leaders were sitting around Li Hao, all waiting for orders with eager expressions.
After a day of marching and fighting, they were also very tired. Many soldiers around them lay down and did not want to get up.
But when he thought that the Japanese might suffer heavy casualties in his night attack tonight, he became excited.
Only Li Hao was very calm.
Everyone is accustomed to this kind of scene. As a commander, Li Hao must remain calm at all times and not get carried away by excitement and excitement.
But few people noticed that behind Li Hao's calm expression there was a hint of solemnity and hidden worry.
"Batalion Commander, how should we fight tonight?" Xiao Yuan, the guard company commander, was the first to yell.
During the day, the guard company did not participate in the battle. Although the entire company only had one platoon, Xiao Yuan was not worried at all.
It's night now, and the Eighth Route Army is using guerrilla warfare, which is best at, combined with night attacks to attack the enemy.
He was full of confidence in the guerrilla tactics summed up with blood by the Eighth Route Army.
Even if he leads a platoon to face two thousand little Japs alone, he is not afraid!
Li Hao replied with a serious face: "I'll give you all a precaution before giving the order. I can be sure that tonight's night attack will not be as easy as everyone thinks!"
"I just came from the Japanese army station. According to the investigation, these little devils are not only very cautious when marching during the day, they are also very cautious when camping at night!"
"More than 1,600 little devils are not gathered in one camp!"
"Instead, infantry squadrons and infantry squads are used to surround the headquarters and artillery stations in layers!"
"Not only that, there is a lot of distance between their infantry squadrons and infantry squads!"
"Each team can ambush and support each other when attacked!"
"Especially around the outskirts of the garrison, there are all the little Japs organized into infantry squads. Each garrison has five or six bonfires. The soldiers rest around the bonfires with their guns never leaving their bodies. They can react immediately after being attacked."
"The teams are separated by a hundred meters from each other, and two or three bonfires are lit in the middle. There is a group of sentries guarding each bonfire. As for whether there are secret sentries, no one knows. But during the day, the little devils were cautious
Come and see, there must be a secret whistle."
"The light and dark sentries cooperated, and the squads cooperated with each other. The little devils directly deployed a tight blockade around their temporary camp."
"We want to avoid the eyes of the Japanese and sneak around their base, but the possibility is almost zero!"
"Use artillery fire to attack them secretly, force them to divide their troops to attack us, or defeat their attacking troops?" Jiang Tianhong learned and used it wisely, and thought of the tactics used in the last night attack on the Watanabe Brigade.
Li Hao shook his head and objected: "The Japanese have already taken precautions against this!"
"The troops are dispersed in squadrons and squads, which can completely minimize the threat of shelling!"
"In addition, they have more artillery than we do, and they can use artillery to counterattack. Unless we really have so many artillery shells that we can't use them all, it will never be possible to hit the Japanese so hard that they will have to send troops to attack us.
Artillery Corps!”
The artillery company commander Yuan Qingfeng obviously heard the meaning of Li Hao's words, shook his head and said in denial: "Batalion Commander, if we want to threaten such a scattered enemy, we must use six cannons in a concentrated manner, and each time we must fire five rounds of rapid fire.
, kill the enemy through the density and quantity of artillery shells."
"A rapid shooting of five rounds requires thirty rounds of artillery shells, ten times is three hundred rounds, and it is likely that less than a hundred little devils will be killed. The gain outweighs the losses, and we don't have that many artillery shells to withstand such consumption!"
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