Since the 139th Division had just been upgraded from a brigade to a division, the troops had not had time to form brigade-level units or expand the army. The entire division still only had the original four regiments.
So after the battle started, he just sent one regiment of troops to prepare support behind Zhang Huzi's second regiment. Another regiment was lurking in an area less than 1 kilometer east of Fenghuang Mountain on standby, just in case Fenghuang happened.
On the mountain battlefield, the Model Brigade could not withstand the Japanese attack. It could also provide support from the flanks.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Mr. Huang lacks confidence in Zhao Changshu's bold plan.
Now, everything in front of him completely subverted Mr. Huang's understanding.
It turns out that we can fight the Japanese army in this way, and we can also use artillery to completely submerge the Japanese army.
Commander Huang turned around and said to the officers around him: "Take a good look at it and learn from it. We are both from the Jin Army. You all know what Zhao Changshu's army was like in the past. Although I, a junior, am very strict in running the army, I am quite good at it."
He is talented, but not to the level that he can compete with the same number of Japanese hard steels."
"Hey...it has only been two short years. I didn't expect that his army has developed to what it is today. I think that after this battle, this White Horse General will definitely become famous and become a rising star in the domestic military circle."
Generals will also become role models for our generation of soldiers."
When Mr. Huang said this, while he admired and envied this junior, he also felt a hint of jealousy in his heart.
As a soldier, who doesn’t want to gain more honors and strive for greater glory?
Being able to achieve meritorious service on the battlefield against foreign invaders is the highest goal of a soldier.
Now, as a junior, he has come to the forefront, while as a senior who has spent half his life in the military, he is still struggling to survive for himself and his subordinates, and is ups and downs in the long river of fate.
At this time, a colonel next to him said angrily: "If the commander-in-chief hadn't been biased back then, we wouldn't have..."
"He Guan, be careful what you say!" Commander Huang immediately interrupted the complaint of the colonel named He Guan.
As Commander Huang, who has followed General Shang Zheng all the way to today, he actually knows very well that no one can tell who is right and wrong between the 32nd Army and the general.
Although the commander-in-chief was suspicious of General Shang Zheng, General Shang Zheng also had some ambitions to replace him.
"It's all this damn world!" Mr. Huang sighed in his heart.
"Actually, if we had so many artillery and such good equipment, we could go head-to-head with the Japs." Another officer said sourly.
"Absurd! Let me ask you, how many people in your Third Regiment are literate now? How many have studied artillery? How many are good at shooting machine guns?" Commander Huang scolded him angrily.
"I've given you so many artillery pieces, but you don't have anyone who knows how to use them. Those who know how to use them are only half-assed and can't be used well. Not to mention they have two heavy artillery pieces. Who among you can control a 105mm howitzer? Who knows?
What are the shooting range, range, and altitude?"
"The two Japs' 92 infantry cannons given to us by Changshu, you still haven't figured it out yet. It's better to ask someone else's artillerymen to come on-site for guidance before we can fire the cannons. How dare you tell me this now?
Such shameless nonsense."
The officer was immediately scolded by Commander Huang and became speechless.
Mr. Huang originally had a fire in his heart, a kind of embarrassment at watching other people's children grow up while his own children did not live up to expectations.
As a veteran officer who graduated from Baoding Military Academy, how could he not know how to strengthen the army?
Who has the energy to train three times a day when they are not well fed and clothed? Besides, all the soldiers under his command are lacking in nutrition and their bodies cannot handle it after too much training, let alone a talent reserve.
Not to mention that there are not many military professionals in the country right now. Even if there are talents, you don’t have the money to recruit them.
A miscellaneous army that doesn’t even have a territory, who would be willing to hang out with you? Isn’t the Central Army good?
Thinking of this, Mr. Huang became even more angry and was about to reprimand him again, but the sudden roar of mountains and tsunamis in the distance blocked his words.
"The general attack has begun!" someone nearby shouted.
"Order, the first regiment follows the friendly forces to attack the Japanese camp as originally planned, and the second regiment quickly launches an attack on the Japanese flank on Phoenix Mountain, cooperating with the friendly forces to eat up the enemy on Phoenix Mountain."
"The third regiment and the supplementary regiment are all ready for battle and ready to support at any time."
"yes!"
"yes!"
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After hundreds of artillery pieces of various types from the Model Brigade bombarded the Japanese army with shells for 10 minutes, Meng Yuting, as the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, felt that the time was ripe and issued the order for a general attack.
Before that, the group on the top of the mountain had wiped out more than 500 Japanese trapped in the first trench after suffering more than 300 casualties.
This must be because Zhou Wen and Meng Yuting formulated the tactics of using deep trenches to trap the Japanese army. Otherwise, with the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, once they rely on fortifications to hold on, it would be impossible for a group to annihilate the enemy in such a short time.
, and it is impossible to just pay the price of 300 casualties.
When a group used the Japanese troops to become frogs in the well and launched an attack with grenades when their sight was blocked, these Japanese troops also knew that they were in a desperate situation, but they still tried every means to resist.
They either found some sandbags that the Chinese army had no time to take away as a foothold, or they simply rode on the shoulders of their own people and leaned out to act as observers.
Under the guidance of the observers, the Japs grenade launchers fired grenades one after another from the trenches, while more Japs simply threw grenades outward.
Thousands of Chinese troops formed a skirmish line, all lying down about 20 meters away from the trenches, and then threw grenades into the trenches.
In the mid-air within a few miles of the trench, neither side fired (no one could be hit), but hundreds of grenades were flying and rolling in the air, then staggering past, each falling towards the other side's camp.
A rare grenade battle in the history of war broke out between China and Japan around this trench that was more than 1,000 meters long.
At this time, there are countless explosions ringing around every second, and countless screams and wails echoing in the night sky every second, but no one has a way out.
The Japanese army is a trapped frog with no way to retreat, while the Chinese army is determined to kill the little Japanese. What's more, this is a downwind battle. As long as they don't die, they are heroes. As long as they hold on until all the little Japanese are dead, they will be rewarded.
and glory, so no one will want to quit.
What's more, Zhao Changshu had already sent up the supervising team and set up machine guns behind the attacking troops. Anyone who retreated would die.