"Order! The two infantry squadrons of the 3rd Infantry Brigade as a reserve force assemble to the wing headquarters; Order! The wing baggage squadron allocates 200 people to assemble to the wing headquarters; Order! The 3rd squadron of the division engineer wing assembles to our wing.
Team site assembly;
In addition, I telegraphed to the Division Headquarters Mr. Nagano that our 62nd Infantry Regiment has decided to fight the Chinese army here and requested support from the Division Artillery Regiment. If it can severely damage the Chinese artillery positions or the highland defenders opposite our Regiment,
, all of which have greatly helped our division enter the first battle in China!" After the artillery fire stopped, Hengshan Ze stood up from the bunker and coldly issued several military orders.
They are all military orders to gather troops. According to the normal gathering speed of the Japanese army, there will be more than 1,200 Japanese troops here in less than half an hour, not counting the nearly 200 Japanese troops who have been basically wiped out in the artillery fire.
The 4th squad with 12 people left on the high ground and the 18-man guard squad rushing to the 1st highland didn't know that they were about to face a terrifying strength ratio of 40 to 1!
This may also create a new record on the Chinese battlefield. With strong enough heavy firepower, the Japanese army, which has always used more to defeat fewer, actually played the game of Annan people fighting American cowboys in the southwest jungle in the next few decades.
That set, the human sea tactic!
Of course, this is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the Japanese artillery wing still has 40 artillery pieces, 36 75mm mountain guns and 4 105mm howitzers. If these 40 artillery pieces are really aimed at a radius of only a few meters,
Thousands of square meters of hilltop.
Not to mention 30 infantry, even 300 will be dead!
However, Yokoyama Sawa is obviously not stupid. Although he really wants to do this, he also knows that the division is not run by his family. He can fight as he says. Even if he is the leader of the division, Nagano Kameichiro needs it.
Make a balance, otherwise what will the other two captains of the Left Wing think?
Therefore, he put forward another idea, asking the artillery regiment to find the general area of the Chinese artillery positions and use artillery against artillery. According to the intensity of the Chinese firepower just now, there will never be more than 10 mountain artillery.
Although this greatly exceeded his expectations, this small amount of artillery still could not compete with the 40 artillery pieces owned by the division's artillery wing.
If Nagano Kameichiro can be persuaded to accept his tactical strategy and lose the artillery cover, and he uses the human sea tactic here, he will not believe that he will not be able to chew this small mountain bag.
By this time, it was getting dark!
No matter how much Yokoyamazawa wanted to take advantage of the high ground in front of him, he still needed to wait for Nagano Kameichiro's reply. Therefore, he could only temporarily withdraw his troops and order the assembled squadrons to dig field trenches along the mountain for temporary camping.
Let’s fight again tomorrow.
"Have the Chinese finally revealed their last trump card?" Under the lantern, Nagano Kameichiro looked at the telegram sent by Yokoyama Sawa in front of him and fell into deep thought.
On the surface, a battle seems to be just about you attacking and me defending, relying on soldiers and equipment, but in fact there are many ways to do it.
For example, in today's bloody battle, various units of the 21st Division reported losses of more than a thousand people, equivalent to an infantry brigade withdrawing from the battle order.
This is only the first day, the losses are already so huge, and the losses in the next few days may be even greater. Just thinking about the number of casualties will only increase, and perhaps no matter how mentally tough the commander is, he will feel depressed.
But for Nagano Kameichiro, it was extremely indifferent!
It's not that he is so awesome that he can ignore casualty figures at all, but for a 21st Division that lost a division commander at the beginning of the war, what else can't be lost?
If you want to save the division's honor, the whole division has only one way to go, and that is to break through the enemy's defense line!
It can be said that Nagano Kameichiro now has a desperate mentality. How many people die is really not what he cares about most.
Of course, the death and injury of more than a thousand people made him see clearly the cards his opponent had, and this was what really made him feel calm.
Yes, when he learned that the opponent was the Four Elements Group, Nagano Kameichiro knew that it was an opponent that was definitely not that easy to deal with, especially if the opponent had a sufficient number of mountain cannons.
If you want to defeat the Four Lines Regiment, it is not enough to just rely on the human sea tactics and attrition. You must also destroy the opponent's artillery.
Throughout the day, both the 83rd Infantry Regiment on the main position and the 62nd Infantry Regiment resolutely attacking from the flank were nothing more than bait.
But it's not a temptation, but a compulsion, forcing the opponent to reveal his trump cards one by one!
As for the infantrymen who are destined to be on the death list, they are naturally just small pawns on the chessboard. Even if they are eaten, it is worth it as long as they can clearly see the opponent's trump card.
The phrases "Compassion does not lead an army" and "One general's success leads to the death of thousands of bones" are applicable not only to the Chinese but also to the Japanese.
Little people are just numbers in the eyes of big people.
Now, the trump cards revealed by the Four Elements Group certainly shocked him. They included both large-caliber heavy guns and many mountain cannons, but he was finally able to see them.
The destructive power of large-caliber heavy guns is enough to make people feel frightened, but its mere 3,000-meter range means that it can only be used as a single type of artillery to attack infantry, and it is completely incapable of posing a threat to the enemy's artillery group.
The only thing that poses a threat is the mountain cannon that also has a range of 6,000 meters!
There is no shortcut to deal with such enemies, the only option is to kill them!
"Order the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Battalion of the Artillery Regiment and the attached guard units to move forward 1,800 meters to the southwest overnight. The 3rd Battalion and the Howitzer Squadron are on standby!" Kameichiro Nagano, who was determined, ordered.
The 24 No. 75 mountain guns of the two brigades of the artillery wing moved forward another 1,800 meters. The distance from the Niangziguan front line is less than 4,000 meters. In theory, they are already within the range of the Chinese mountain guns, but similarly, the Chinese artillery positions are also in these 24
With the range of the Menshan Cannon, and double the intensity of the firepower, the Chinese will definitely suffer heavy losses.
What's more, there are four 105 howitzers waiting for them at a distance of 6,000 meters away from the Chinese artillery.
This means that Nagano Kameichiro has accepted Yokoyama Sawa's suggestion that the 24 mountain guns will be used as supporting firepower during the human sea tactics at any time, and will use this to lure out the general area of the Chinese artillery positions, and the two sides will engage in artillery battles.
to decide the final direction of this offensive and defensive battle.
The two commanders of the Japanese army were extremely cunning and cunning, and in this dark night they decided the direction of the battlefield for the next day, but the Chinese side would not let them lead the way.
For example, in this dark night, according to the Japanese army's thinking, they were the attackers and showed such strong strength. Although the Chinese were quite tenacious in defending, they were at most a stubborn resistance and could defend their own territory.
Three-thirds of an acre is good, what other ideas do you have?
But unfortunately, the soldiers of the Four Elements Regiment, led by Tang Tuanzuo, have never been the kind of troops that follow the rules.
In front of the main position, the Japanese army deployed barbed wire and arranged a large number of sentry patrols to block the possibility of infantry attacks, but this did not mean absolute safety.
The company and platoon-level commanders on the position actually moved their 60-guns to the top of the mountain. The 1,500-meter range was enough for them to threaten all the Japanese camps on the front line.
From time to time, a flare would be shot into the sky from the pitch-black wilderness, clearly illuminating the figure of the patrolling Japanese sentry.
Then, a row of artillery shells followed, exploding turf and gravel in the afterglow of the flares, accompanied by the wail of the Japanese patrol.
When the angrily Japanese army also fired flares, trying to find the "grey rats" who dared to go down the mountain and lurk in front of their position, there was not even a shadow of a ghost on the position, and they might have attracted another row of artillery shells.
The most painful thing for the Japanese army was that the bursts of bright light and shells from time to time lasted for so long that it was simply cruel, lasting from 9 o'clock after dark to 4 o'clock in the morning.
Although everyone knows that this is a harassment war played by China, this is a typical conspiracy. In this case, who can sleep peacefully? Maybe at some point a flare bomb will be hit in front of the trench where I am camping, and then a
If a volley of artillery shells fell on your head, you wouldn't know how you died.
The two infantry regiments on the front line had nearly 10,000 infantrymen. On this slightly cold autumn night, they all stared at the sky with their big eyes open. If there was a bright light, they would immediately run away!
"The night gave me black eyes, but I use them to look for light!"
The literal meaning of this poem seems to be tailor-made for the Japanese soldiers of the 21st Division, who stayed up all night waiting for dawn.
Of course, this kind of purely harassing shelling cost each company and platoon of the main position of the Four Lines Regiment more than 400 rounds of artillery shells and more than 50 rounds of illumination bombs throughout the night. Six of our own latent vanguard soldiers were injured and one person was killed due to concentrated fire from the Japanese army. The cost was considerable.
Not small.
However, the Fourth Army Regiment cannot record the results of the battle, but the only thing that is certain is that the nearly 10,000 Japanese troops on the front line will not have any chance of sleeping tonight.
Declassified documents from the Japanese North China Front Army after the war showed that on the night of September 9th in the Battle of Niangziguan, due to China’s constant mortar attacks, a total of 34 people were killed and 103 were killed in the 82nd and 83rd Infantry Regiments facing them.
Tragedy of human injuries.
But please note that these are only two infantry regiments, because the 62nd Infantry Regiment on the flank is far more miserable than this.
The Chinese defenders on the high ground did not just use mortars to harass them, but went straight down the mountain to counterattack!
Because of the difficult and dangerous mountain roads, the 62nd Infantry Regiment, which was eager to increase its marching speed, was forced to leave behind a lot of luggage, including barbed wire and other supplies that must be carried during the march. This also caused the Japanese troops camping in the mountains to lack the most necessary protection.
"Are you crazy! Squad leader Tu, our two squads combined only have so many people, and you still want to go down the mountain to steal Japanese people?" Zhou Dapeng, the guard squad leader, almost had his eyes popping out of his sockets.
As a veteran of the Northeast Army who participated in the Battle of Songjiang, Zhou Dapeng is definitely not a weakling, otherwise he would not have been personally selected by Li Jijin to serve as the sergeant squad leader of the 7th company's security class.
The Japanese army at Yamashita had obviously regarded Highland 1 as a breakthrough point, and their assembled troops definitely exceeded hundreds of people. To conduct a sneak attack at this time would completely lose the terrain advantage. I simply don't know how to write the word "death".
"Hehe! Squad leader Zhou, even veterans like you think it's impossible, so the Japanese will think so even more. This is what the leader said, surprise!" Tu Yunsheng chuckled. "And you brought this big kill this time.
How can we do this if we don’t let the little devil have a taste of it?"
"Yes! Squad leader Zhou, the company commander asked you to bring these things this time, not just for the sound of the Japanese cannons exploding. As long as they dare to pursue them, they will break their arms and legs! Oh, no, yes
No descendants!" Boss Cao stroked the metallic luster of the anti-infantry mine in the wooden box with his hand, looking obsessed.
This kind of anti-infantry mine made by the arsenal is really a good thing. It is not big and can be inserted into the grass. Once stepped on, it will definitely cause a wailing!
"You guys in Class 4 are all crazy!" The guard squad leader looked at the old man who was drooling when he touched the anti-infantry mine, and could only roll his eyes helplessly.
Originally, the twenty anti-infantry mines that Li Jijin asked him to bring were for the 4th Squadron to bury about a hundred meters in front of the position at night to prevent the Japanese from making sneak attacks.
Who would have thought that these lunatics from Class 4 were planning to put these mines in front of the Japanese camp for fear of wasting them.
"The regimental commander has said that if you want to win this Patriotic War, you must be crazy. If you are not crazy, how can you stop nearly a million Japanese soldiers armed to the teeth?" Tu Yunsheng shook his head slightly, with heavy pain in his eyes.
Sighing softly. "If you are not crazy, how can you deal with those dead brothers!"
One sentence caused an instant silence in the small bomb-proof cave.
During the day on September 9th, compared with a Japanese infantry squadron that was annihilated by artillery fire, the losses of the 4th Squadron were actually not huge. One corporal machine gunner died and three soldiers were seriously injured. However, in the end, there were still comrades who had been with them day and night.
It is the corner that all soldiers least want to touch.
"Okay! I agree with your attack tactics. I will send the MG34 machine gun fire team to the battle position to provide fire cover for you, but you have to promise me not to be reluctant to fight. If you succeed, you will quickly start to escape!" Zhou Dapeng took a deep breath,
accepted.
"Don't worry, Squad Leader Zhou, I promise to complete the mission!" Tu Yunsheng smiled and turned around to greet: "Uncle Cao, go and call the horses and the others, and bring the engineer shovels. 50 rounds of bullets are enough. Bring me a few more grenades!
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September 10, 3 a.m.!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Fires burst out continuously in the camp of an infantry squadron of the Japanese army!
"The Chinese are shelling! Avoid bullets! Avoid bullets!" A Japanese captain wearing military trousers and a white shirt yelled crazily, commanding his men.
In the light of the explosion, the figure of the Japanese captain with a command knife hanging on his waist is quite heroic. If it were placed in a movie, he would be at least the second male lead.
But on the battlefield, it was too conspicuous.
"Bang!" A gunshot sounded!
It was not conspicuous in the Japanese infantry field camp where explosions continued, but a bloody flower bloomed on the chest of the Japanese captain!
As the Japanese infantry captain looked towards his chest in disbelief, fierce gunshots rang out.
Four submachine guns and three semi-automatic rifles were sprayed out. Seven Chinese soldiers fired a hail of bullets at the Japanese troops from a hiding point as wide as 200 meters and as close as 50 meters.
There was no shelling, and the explosions that fell into the Japanese positions were entirely completed by Boss Cao, the human 'grenadier'.
Boss Cao, who was hiding behind a boulder 60 meters away, had 30 unscrewed grenades next to him. At least three-fifths of the 48 grenades carried by the eight soldiers before setting off were left beside him, and one was thrown every three seconds on average.
The speed of the mortars directly caught up with the mortars, which gave the Japanese army the illusion of an artillery attack.
The crazy rain of bullets from the 7-bar automatic firearms made the Japanese army finally know that they were under enemy attack. Although the unexpected death of the first lieutenant squadron made the Japanese army confused for two minutes, as a Japanese second lieutenant squad leader took over the command, the Japanese army also regained its composure.
, while firing out flares to find the enemy, machine guns and grenade launchers also began to show off their power.
There were even dozens of Japanese infantry scattered to both wings, in a posture to surround the attackers.
At the same time, a Japanese camp two hundred meters away also woke up, and the noisy footsteps indicated that they were also beginning to rush towards their colleagues who were under attack.
Illumination bombs were fired into the air one after another, illuminating the entire camp so brightly that several Chinese soldiers who were as close as tens of meters could clearly see the angry and distorted faces of the Japanese infantry without using binoculars.
They are so powerful that there are still Chinese people who dare to attack despite the disapproval of the world. This is simply a shame for the Imperial Army.
Perhaps, not only did he think so, but Yokoyama Sawa Ozuo, who was awakened by the explosion more than 700 meters away, also thought so.
"Baga! Surround them and kill them all. I will hang their corpses on the highest peak of the Taihang Mountains for all Chinese to see!" Hengshanze roared angrily.
After all, there were many Japanese soldiers. In addition to the 18 soldiers of an infantry squadron who were killed and injured by grenades exploding in the air and a dense rain of bullets in a panic, the remaining Japanese troops had more than 160 people and hundreds of rifles and six light machine guns.
The rain took over instantly.
If nothing else goes wrong, the Japanese army's quick-response central suppression and two-wing outflanking tactics can be achieved very quickly, and it will be difficult for eight Chinese soldiers to escape.
But a fiery red whip swept across the mountain forest 700 meters away!
The Japanese army's flares were too bright, especially in this dark night, they were so bright that they had no friends!
The MG34 fire team, carrying 1,500 rounds of ammunition and a total of 8 ammunition belts, quickly selected the target under the command of the assistant shooter with a telescope!
The heavy machine gun-type high-rate MG34, supported by a tripod, poured more than 600 rounds of bullets on the Japanese position in less than 1 minute, even more than the bullets fired by more than 100 Japanese infantry.
That would be a disaster!
An inventory of the infantry squadron after the attack revealed that more than 15 infantrymen were killed or injured in this horrific round of shooting.
But this is not the final nightmare for the Japanese infantry!
The real nightmare was that they, driven by the captain of the Great Left Alliance, chased the small group of Chinese soldiers who dared to attack them.
Then, deep into a minefield!
Yes, the cunning and fierce Chinese actually used anti-infantry mines and trip-fire thunder gods to complete a minefield without anyone noticing on their way to escape, less than 200 meters away from the imperial infantry camp.
After five soldiers in a row were injured by anti-infantry mines, the Japanese second lieutenant who led the team finally realized the problem, but it was already too late!
Darkness becomes a fatal protective color!
No one knows whether they will step on or trip over those terrible things that can send themselves and their colleagues to the sky when they move again.
Turning on the flashlight is even more like seeking death!
That terrifying machine gun in the distance uses bright light as a guide and pours out ammunition wantonly!
More than a hundred Japanese infantrymen could only wait in place, waiting for daybreak before leaving cautiously!
But the battlefield is so cruel. How difficult it is to see the sun tomorrow!
At the dawn of dawn, shells from three 60mm mortars were flying towards us like raindrops.
The stunned Japanese infantrymen burst into tears!
There is no more evil, only the most evil. Stepping into the minefield laid out by the Chinese overnight was already very exciting, but then the real feast began.
In the end, less than 30 Japanese troops survived!
A night attack counterattack caused more than 100 Japanese casualties!
Three of the 8 people in the 4th squadron were scratched by rocks. If we have to talk about the cost, it is the consumption of more ammunition. As a result, the ammunition consumption of Highland 1 was greater than the ammunition consumption of the highland where the platoon headquarters was located.
Class 4 was awarded a commendation by the regiment headquarters, and the whole class received first-class collective military merit once!
This combat example was included in the actual combat textbook of the teaching brigade after the war!
