The unusual movements of the 108th Division actually started a week ago, but the 4th Battalion, under the command of Shangguan Yun, had already entered the only mountain road in Dakouzi Cave 10 days ago.
Bluestone rock!
Bluestone Rock, said to be a mountain, is actually a huge stone, but it has turned into an uneven mountain through the erosion of tens of millions of years of wind and rain.
However, Qingshiyan, a hill that stretches for nearly a kilometer, has very little vegetation and thin soil. It is extremely difficult to dig trenches and build ordinary field fortifications on it.
Tang Dao actually made a very detailed plan for the entire Dakouzidong defense system, but it was a comprehensive defense system consisting of at least 6 infantry companies. It was difficult to complete it with only the 4th Battalion's current 3 infantry companies.
Therefore, after Shangguan Yun asked Tang Dao for instructions, he resolutely decided to use the main force to defend Qingshiyan, which is 15 kilometers away from the station. Along the way, more than 100 people from the arsenal security platoon were stationed at key points to prevent the Japanese army from sending elite teams to climb over the mountains and enter the town.
Doing damage within.
Moreover, based on the lessons learned from the last time the Japanese army sent an elite special agent team like Fujiwara Senio to sneak into the mountains of southeastern Shanxi to attack, Tang Dao immediately issued the highest alert to the station after learning that the 108th Division had made any changes.
This means that the militiamen in Dakouzidong Town who usually participate in military training and receive a monthly salary of 2 yuan will receive guns and ammunition to form an armed patrol!
A team of 20 people, with two disabled veterans working in various factories in the station as captains and deputy captains, conducts armed patrols 24 hours a day in an area 3 kilometers outside Dakouzidong Town.
Such a team has a total of 900 people, 45 teams, divided into 3 shifts, each shift has 15 teams of 300 people, one shift patrols, one shift repairs, and another shift patrols the surrounding area of the station, and the militiamen are allowed to bring their own hunting dogs.
Although it cannot be said that no flies or mosquitoes can enter, at least it can give early warning when outsiders jump into the mountainous area.
During the mission, each militiaman will receive a subsidy of 10 yuan, and those who bring hunting dogs will receive an additional 5 yuan!
The remuneration offered by the Four Lines Group is very generous, but with great benefits comes great responsibility. Regardless of men or women, once they receive the order to assemble the military and fail to do so within 4 hours, the punishment will be extremely severe.
The Four Lines Group will not only take back all their income during the training period, but will also put them on the Four Lines Group's blacklist. All industries in which the Four Lines Group participates will not be able to hire anyone, and their name and home address will be notified to the whole town.
In an era like this, if someone is done like this, it is no longer a matter of social death, and they will basically be removed from the villages in Dakouzidong Town.
And if there are those who spread rumors to confuse people's minds, they can be arrested and the main force of the regiment can be returned to the division and then convicted based on the severity of their crimes. You must know that Tang Tuanzuo is not only the leader of the Four Elements Regiment now, but also a stingy old man who has stamped his seal.
Where is the appointed magistrate of Licheng County!
You can't use military law to treat ordinary people, you can always use law! The head of a county can be beheaded, not to mention throwing you into jail.
Therefore, when Tang Tuanzuo and Tang County Magistrate issued the highest martial law order, few people dared to violate it. More than 880 of the 900 militiamen who usually participated in training and received pay came, and there were still more than a dozen who had not arrived. Then
This is normal. There are always people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, right?
At this time, Tantai Yunshu, who was already considered to be the highest-ranking military officer in the Si Xing Regiment, gave an order, and the arsenal security platoon led the militiamen who were familiar with the local terrain to capture these scum hiding in the mountains.
Even though Lao Tantai is usually a gentle man of letters, he is the head of a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. There are hundreds of people in the family. If he can manage such a large family well, how can he have a good fault?
He knew very well that in troubled times, heavy rules should be used. If he didn't use bloody facts to suppress the militiamen with guns now, and then he would start chaos when the battle situation went bad, it would be extremely troublesome.
He immediately ordered these deserters to be beaten with 50 lashes in front of the militiamen. A whip dipped in water, not to mention 50 lashes, 30 lashes could leave no good piece of meat on the entire back. A dozen cowards became complete cowards.
The chicken that killed the chicken and scared the monkey was fainted in pain and fainted on the execution ground. If it does not receive proper treatment, it will die or be disabled!
Logically speaking, this is a lynching by Lao Tantai, but the future father-in-law of County Magistrate Tang said: "I am the father-in-law of Magistrate Tang, and I can beat him. Who can't beat the evil people in Licheng County?"
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There is nothing wrong with this. No matter in ancient or modern times, the county magistrate’s father is a ruthless character in a county!
Moreover, Lao Tantai's extremely cruel orders did have an effect. The completely intimidated 900 militiamen, led by disabled veterans, defended the entire area around Dakouzidong Town like a Tietong.
Maybe these militiamen, who are still ordinary people at heart, can't fight the main force of the Japanese army, but when they encounter a small-scale Japanese army, under the leadership of experienced veterans and with a complete strength advantage, they can still defeat them.
This is enough. As long as there is no fire in the backyard, you can fight with peace of mind at the front.
Shangguan Yun has made up his mind to guard the Qingshiyan position. If it can block the incoming Japanese army, that would be the best. If it really can't be stopped, they can also use the 15 kilometers of space difference between Qingshiyan and the station to provide machinery for the station's arsenal.
Evacuate equipment personnel to gain time.
Of course, because of the special terrain of Qingshiyan, Shangguan Yun would not just put his personnel on the exposed rocks and let the Japanese artillery bombard him.
The arc-shaped fortifications supported by solid, underground, concealed light and dark firepower points, bomb sites, intermittent trenches, and traffic trenches, mainly bunkers, formed a dense and multi-layered firepower network.
In order to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through the divided encirclement one by one, the infantrymen on each position were required to carry enough dry food and water for 7 to 10 days, making full preparations.
In addition to solid defense, Shangguan Yun also made his own counterattack. Blind defense can only be passively beaten. Counterattack is a necessary and necessary means in a defensive war.
Long before the Japanese troops arrived, an engineer squad assigned to the 4th Battalion had laid anti-infantry mines on roads and areas where the Japanese troops might attack, and even laid anti-tank mines in open areas far away from the Qingshiyan position.
Tang Dao also plundered the anti-tank mine from the arms warehouse of Krupp Company, but Tang Dao thought it was too heavy, and the main force of the Four Lines Regiment had 20mm machine guns and 12.7mm heavy machine guns, just like the Japanese ones.
The thin-skinned small tanks were nothing to be afraid of, so I didn’t carry any of them.
Shangguan Yun was born in the regular army of the 88th Division, but he liked this kind of anti-tank mines very much. If you Zao Mo Zao fired two poles first, he directly buried dozens of anti-tank mines in the field hundreds of meters away from his position.
inside.
The German Empire, which had long foreseen that tanks, a mechanical torrent that would dominate the battlefield in the future, frantically developed anti-tank mines a few years ago, was already considered the best in the world in terms of this black technology.
The anti-tank mines obtained by the Four Lines Group have a warhead of 12 pounds of explosives and a pressure threshold of 200 pounds. This also means that the anti-tank mines have enough discrimination to step over their heads.
An infantryman is still a vehicle. 12 pounds of explosives can not only break the tracks of a heavy tank, but also turn a light tank into a toast.
It was the existence of these anti-tank mines that completely turned the menacing 108th Division into pure infantry.
Before the war started, the poor 108th Division spent a lot of effort to transport the eight Type 94 armored vehicles into the mountains, six of which were blown up. The only two remaining vehicles were dying and did not dare to go any further.
The six bombed 94 Little Doudings were detonated by 12 pounds of explosives, with no occupants surviving.
Of course, anti-tank alone did not actually do much damage to the Japanese army. After all, the Japanese army had never had a tactical concept of using tanks to decisively win the battlefield. No matter what kind of tanks, they were just auxiliary to the infantry.
It is this backward tactical concept that will cause tens of thousands of Japanese troops to be completely pinned to the ground and rubbed by the steel torrent of fighting nations in the future Battle of Nomenkan. The gap between the world's first-rate army and the world's second-rate army is no longer just a matter of equipment.
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However, this backward tactical concept is very practical on the Chinese battlefield, because the Japanese opponents simply do not have many armored vehicles or artillery. All kinds of weapons and equipment are enough to crush them, so what more advanced tactical concepts are needed?
Therefore, after learning that his armored unit had suffered heavy losses, Shiro Kumida, commander of the 104th Brigade of the Japanese 108th Division, who led the unit, still resolutely launched an attack.
The intelligence department of the front army has made it very clear to the telex division headquarters that the main force of the enemy's Si Xing Regiment is already in eastern Shanxi, and the number of people left to guard its garrison is no more than a thousand. He now has two newly replenished infantry regiments and two artillery units.
The brigade also has two baggage squadrons, with a total strength of more than 8,000 troops. Why doesn't he take the initiative to launch an attack?
After tactical reconnaissance and artillery preparations, more than 2,000 Japanese infantry launched an attack from two directions of Qingshiyan, and a thousand-man infantry brigade abandoned infantry artillery. The entire army was lightly armed, carrying only guns, ammunition and two days of dry food.
Qingshui avoided Qingshiyan and entered the mountain from a position about 3,000 meters away from Qingshiyan, trying to climb over the mountains and attack Qingshiyan's rear flank.
This is also the general terrain around Qingshi Rock observed by a reconnaissance balloon flying dozens of meters high. Shiro Kuyeda made a tactical adjustment after thinking hard for a day.
Otherwise, the Battle of Qingshiyan would not have been delayed until the afternoon of September 10th.
It is true that the 108th Division has been beaten by the Fourth Army Regiment and the 683rd Brigade in the past six months, and it is useless! Even if it cannot face a hill stretching more than a thousand meters and a Chinese army position with no more than a thousand defenders, our own troops occupy
Absolute advantage has been carefully considered and we will never dare to start a war easily.
If it had been half a year ago, the 108th Division would have performed more courageously than their colleagues in the Class A Permanent Division.
Even this pre-war tactical reconnaissance was paid for with blood.
The 104th Infantry Brigade was extremely well-prepared for the attack on Dakouzidong. It carried three reconnaissance balloons, so that the sight range of the reconnaissance balloons that rose to an altitude of tens of meters was up to several thousand meters, but in order to be able to see carefully and clearly
Some, Shiro Kuyeda ordered the reconnaissance balloon to take off about 1,500 meters in front of the Qingshiyan position.
Logically speaking, this distance is quite safe. A heavy machine gun seems to be able to shoot at such a distance, but a huge balloon placed at such a long distance will be very small in the shooter's field of vision.
As a result, the cautious Kuyeda Shiro underestimated the strength of the Four Elements Group.
The 4th Battalion, which has almost all been equipped with German weaponry, has both 20mm machine guns and 12.7mm heavy machine guns, and is also equipped with specialized observers and observation instruments. Their targets are high-speed moving at an altitude of 1,500 meters.
Japanese handguns, this kind of living target that rises high into the sky, have no pressure on them.
The reconnaissance balloon, which was leaking and falling rapidly, was shot by a 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullet and directly smashed two senior Japanese military staff into meat pie.
After receiving his lesson, Shiro Kuyeda had to order the reconnaissance balloon to be placed 2,500 meters away from the entire battlefield. From such a long distance, even with a telescope, he could only get a rough look.
However, this was enough for Kuyeda Shiro.
Through the observation of the terrain combined with the map drawn by the staff officer, Shiro Kuyeda thought he was very clever in the tactical plan of diversion on the main battlefield and bypass attack on the flanks.
The Chinese have a terrain advantage, but they have a huge advantage in military strength. They can deploy their troops very calmly, while the Chinese can only defend based on the terrain. The Japanese army has the absolute initiative on the current battlefield. From the current battlefield situation
That's no problem.
However, Kuyeda Shiro's understanding of the Four Elements Regiment was still a few months ago. He only knew that the Four Elements Regiment had certain heavy firepower such as mountain artillery and mortars, which would bring harm to the Imperial Army, but these heavy firepower would definitely
It will be carried by its main force.
This idea is also okay. The main battle force is not equipped with heavy firepower. Should the heavy firepower be left in the camp to gather dust?
But today's Four Lines Regiment's heavy firepower is still not as good as that of the Four Lines Regiment half a year ago, but if you want to fight a group of infantry who don't even have infantry cannons, they just carry rifles and light and heavy machine guns over the mountains.
, that can really achieve the goal of "beating you until you don't even recognize me".
Of course, it is not realistic to use the howitzers and 82 mortars currently deployed in Qingshiyan to attack an infantry brigade of light infantry. After all, the main position faces two infantry regiments and two artillery brigades.
For the Japanese army, these limited artillery fires must support the main position.
But here I have to praise Teacher Xiao He. After learning that the Japanese 108th Division was gathering heavy troops to attack the garrison while the main force was away, Teacher Xiao He, the director of the arsenal at the time, made a decisive decision and ordered the arsenal to put down all other matters and focus on production and processing.
Improved magazines for semi-automatic rifles and MP28 submachine guns that have not yet been promoted.
This is a request Tang Tuanzuo made a long time ago. He hopes to continue to strengthen the light firepower of the front-line troops and increase the magazine capacity of the Czech semi-automatic rifle to 20 rounds and the magazine capacity of the MP28 submachine gun to 32 rounds.
This is not what Tang Dao thought about, but it has already appeared on the battlefield three years later. With a larger capacity magazine, the MP28 submachine gun's instantaneous firepower will be doubled.
It's just that this kind of magazine is not as simple as increasing the capacity, it requires continuous testing and improvement to prevent bullets from jamming when entering the magazine.
Teacher Xiao He is indeed a genius. Under Tang Dao's prompts, he had made samples and entered the testing stage as early as one and a half months ago. He also produced hundreds of magazines and planned to enter into small-scale promotion. As a result, the war started before he could
Already.
Looking at it now, the Japanese army is attacking heavily, and the fourth battalion is not very strong. If we don't strengthen the firepower, we may not have a chance in the future.
However, these two types of magazines have not experienced the test of war after all. After all, the testing ground and the battlefield are still two different things. If there is a malfunction on the battlefield, it will be a disaster.
With this idea, even Shangguan Yun, who was most eager for firepower output, did not dare to make an easy decision. Teacher Xiao He had confidence in his products and made a decisive decision. Two days before the battle began, tens of thousands of increased capacity
The magazines were transported to the front line.
That also means that the semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns equipped by the 4th Battalion at this time are much more powerful than the main force of the Four Lines Regiment fighting at Niangziguan.
According to the configuration of an infantry squad with 2 submachine guns and 3 semi-automatic rifles, the concentrated fire output of a 4th battalion infantry squad during the fire suppression phase is at least 200 rounds more than an infantry squad of three major infantry battalions that is still fighting a bloody battle with the 21st Division.
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That's almost equivalent to having one more light machine gun.
Under such intensity of firepower, the thousands of lightly-armed Japanese soldiers who had finally climbed over the cliff with great difficulty would have been beaten to tears.
In the future Battle of Songgu Peak, the Chinese soldiers also marched for more than 100 miles with light armor and blocked the tanks and artillery of the American cowboys. The premise was that they had occupied favorable terrain in advance, and the Chinese soldiers at that time also had strong light firepower. They even fought when they were hungry.
The indomitable spirit and will of eating rocks to satisfy hunger are the best soldiers on the planet. However, despite this, the casualties were still so heavy that the usually tough Chinese top commander had tears in his eyes when he saw the casualty figures.
Of course, this is just a later story. In the current battle of Qingshiyan, we must first block the attacks of two Japanese infantry regiments.
On the afternoon of September 10th alone, the Japanese army launched three rounds of artillery attacks and six infantry attacks, with more than 8,000 troops deployed. The intensity of the attack was not weaker than that of the main battlefield at Niangziguan.
Over there, there are 1st and 2nd Battalions defending, while Qingshiyan only has 8 infantry platoons and one artillery company.
The last two infantry platoons were held tightly by Shangguan Yun. Even if red flares were fired on the position to request for troop support, he remained unmoved.
During the nine months he was trapped in the concession, the confusion and despair not only tempered the spirit of this former army captain and company commander, but also gave him a rare time to consult and learn from Commander Xie.
Brutal battlefield practice and the dedicated guidance of outstanding and brilliant instructors, Shangguan Yun is far more terrifying than his white-faced scholar appearance. Tang Dao chose him as the commander of the 4th Battalion, not because he is an old commander, but because Xie Jinyuan
Highly recommended.
If the former army captain and company commander was a sharp sword, then the current Shangguan Yun is a simple and plain heavy sword with reduced sharpness.
Edgeless heavy sword!
But it can break through heavy armor!
With one sword strike, the enemy will surely be killed!
