Heizi is one of the first batch of members of the Special Forces Squadron, and can be regarded as the oldest member of the Special Forces Squadron. He became the squad leader during the previous reorganization from a squadron to a squadron.
No one was dissatisfied. Whether it was in terms of qualifications or combat effectiveness, Heizi was among the top members of the special squadron, not to mention Tang Dao trusted him very much.
But most of the time, Heizi always has a naive smile on his dark face, which makes people instinctively classify him into a simple crowd. Even in the early morning, he led a group of 8 people to thunderously defeat a Japanese army defended by an infantry squad.
The brigade headquarters perfectly tore apart the Japanese command system stationed in Licheng to pieces, but in the eyes of most people, Heizi, the squad leader, just perfectly executed the tactics of Tang Tuanzuo and Gu Xishui, the deputy squadron commanders.
However, in the battle to attack the heavily defended Japanese artillery position, Kuroko used his own wisdom to prove to everyone that his ability to become the leader of a team did not rely on his qualifications or physical ability beyond ordinary people.
His ruthless order to kill the valuable Japanese war horses forced Inoue Koshu, the Japanese cavalry captain, to send nearly 50 cavalrymen out of the trenches to support the unwinnable battlefield.
In fact, the lives of 50 Japanese cavalrymen were not too important compared to the entire battlefield. Goto Koshinan Company lost nearly 500 infantrymen without blinking an eye, let alone dozens of cavalrymen who left their horses.
But the terrible thing is that at this time, in the 700-meter-long trench around the Japanese artillery position, there was only an infantry squad of 63 people and a Japanese cavalry of 44 people. The total strength did not exceed an infantry company.
This kind of defensive firepower was much sparser than what Goto Koshiminan had expected.
It can be said that the deployment of these 50 Japanese troops weakened the entire Japanese defense line by more than half. It can definitely be regarded as the most brilliant "sweeping the tiger away from the mountain" tactic in this battle.
According to post-war statistics, nearly 50 sturdy Japanese horses were killed by bullets, and more than 20 Japanese horses were ordered to be killed because their gunshot wounds could not be treated. In the end, less than 40 horses became trophies, but Kuroko was still recorded as
With first-class merit and second-class merit for conquering the Japanese infantry brigade headquarters in Licheng, Heizi became the first strongman in the Si Xing Regiment to win two battle merits in one battle.
For the Japanese army at this time, perhaps what frightens them is not how much of their own troops have been depleted, or even the Chinese army that is about to attack, with as many as two infantry companies, but the important strength that the Chinese army has at this time.
Firepower.
The core of the Japanese defensive position was never the Japanese infantry and cavalry in the trenches, but the protected artillery position. The four mountain cannons were enough to throw the sickle of death hundreds of meters away, harvesting all lives.
However, this elite army led by Tang Tuanzuo, although considered lightly armed, still possessed 6 mortars and 18 grenades, which was far more than the Japanese army.
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After observing the Japanese position for nearly an hour and making a clear introduction, Tang Dao quickly penetrated the weakness of the Japanese position.
This position is purely external and internally strong. They are defensive against infantry but not against artillery!
Almost all the grenadiers were ordered to arrive in the mountains and forests no more than 300 meters away from the Japanese positions. Their targets were not the Japanese cavalry and infantry that had become sparse in numbers in the trenches, but the Japanese mountain artillery located in the most central area.
position.
That means that the first wave of attacks on the Japanese artillery will include 6 82 mortars and 18 micro mortars similar to 50 mm.
If the four mountain artillery pieces want to counterattack, they must have a chance to survive the first wave of bombardment.
All the ideas of the Japanese army were perfect, and they even had the dream of using artillery positions as bait to attract the Chinese army to attack, but all of this was based on the fact that the Chinese army did not have enough artillery.
If it were the 683rd Brigade that lacked artillery, perhaps his move might actually be successful.
Unfortunately, his opponent now is an army that has blocked the Japanese Tenth Army in Matsue, defeated the Kunisaki Detachment of the Fifth Division, and destroyed an entire infantry regiment under the 14th Division. It is completely beyond the understanding of the Japanese Army.
The most elite part of the elite infantry regiment.
Forget about a strong opponent, they dare to send one-third of their troops to leave the position. Isn't this suicide?
Without this third of the troops, the defensive strength of the Japanese defense line was weakened to a greater extent than they imagined.
After the Chinese infantry began to attack from both sides, the Japanese infantry began to fight back hard, but they could hit very few targets, which showed the consequences of insufficient strength.
When more than a dozen Chinese machine guns and four heavy machine guns started roaring, almost none of the Japanese infantry could hold their rifles and accurately shoot targets hundreds of meters away in the trenches as they once did.
The reason why Japanese veterans are said to have great marksmanship is because the Chinese side does not have enough firepower to put too much pressure on them. Now, nearly 20 light and heavy machine guns are firing at them unreasonably, and it is only a defensive position with only a hundred people.
, no matter how veteran he is, his marksmanship is not that good anymore.
Before the infantry began to attack, mortars and grenade launchers had already attacked the central area protected by the Japanese defense line.
In two minutes of rapid fire, 6 mortars fired 90 rounds, and 18 grenade launchers threw 220 rounds of grenades.
The gunpowder smoke and the flying dust completely covered the Japanese artillery position on the mountain, which was less than a thousand square meters in area. No one knew the situation inside. Even Tang Tuanzuo, the instigator of all this, had good eyesight and did not know that his own artillery
How did this round of artillery attack go?
But the facts speak for themselves. During the two minutes when the Chinese artillery fire started and the last two minutes when the smoke cleared, not a single Japanese mountain artillery fired.
When the smoke cleared, Tang Dao's telescope could see the scattered corpses of Japanese artillerymen everywhere. The four Type 41 mountain cannons that had been standing majestically in the field were toppled over and broken into pieces.
Whether it was artillery or people, they completely lost their ability to fight back.
Before the Japanese soldiers in the trenches had time to observe silence for their compatriots, the figures of the Chinese infantrymen who began to march in a semi-arc appeared.
The artillery was destroyed by unexpected shelling by the Chinese. Why did the Chinese attack the circular position at all costs? Perhaps this was a strange idea that emerged in the confused minds of many Japanese infantrymen.
This is very unreasonable!
This is actually very reasonable.
"Baga! The Chinese want to seize our position!" Inoue Xiaoshu is worthy of being the only army captain commander on the Japanese position now, and his reaction is super fast.
Why seize the position? It's nothing more than occupying this position and blocking the main infantry force still in the front!
Even if you think about it, Inoue Xiaoshu knows that if the Chinese occupy this position and only use two to three hundred people to occupy the 700-meter trench, with this position as the core and the hills and mountains on both sides as support, they will immediately
It will form a terrifying right triangle defense position.
Not to mention that the main force of infantry at the front has been exhausted from attacking the mountainous areas defended by the Chinese. Even if there are 1,500 soldiers in the full version, they will probably have to pay a sweat-dropping price to break out of this area.
Perhaps Inoue Xiaoshu still overestimated the strength of his colleagues.
If the main force of the Four Lines Regiment really enters this area, let alone 1,500 people, even if the force is doubled, it may not be easy to use.
The most powerful force of the Japanese army is only two 89 tanks and 10 Type 94 light tanks, but the Fourth Line Regiment not only has 150-heavy mortars, but also infantry guns and 37mm anti-tank guns. These big guys can go up the mountain.
, if the Japanese army used those two Type 89 tanks with limited range of fire to lead the charge, it would really be a death that would not be too ugly.
With the Japanese army unable to dispatch its air force, the four-line regiment at this time was the Japanese army's biggest bug. Without an infantry brigade, there was nothing they could do.
However, Inoue Xiaoshu's mind was still clear at this time, and he completely guessed Tang Dao's thoughts.
The purpose of the Tang Dao was not only to take away the Japanese mountain artillery that was the most threatening to the Chinese army, but also to capture this position, completely secure the gate, and cut off the Japanese army's last way of survival.
Inoue Xiaoshu did not turn his eyes to the woods where the gunfire was like exploding beans. He knew that it was the Chinese's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. The Chinese, who had been prepared for a long time, would never let go of the 50 soldiers they sent easily.
Under his command.
That was natural. Under the leadership of ten special forces led by Heizi, the officers and soldiers of the cavalry company of the Fourth Army Regiment, all dismounted, participated in the encirclement and killing of these 50 Japanese cavalry.
It seems to be a fateful showdown, Japanese cavalry versus Chinese cavalry!
Only this time, they had no horses and lost their sabers, so they all used guns.
If you have to say it's unfair, the Chinese side participated in the battle with 98 cavalrymen, 4 light machine guns, 18 submachine guns, 10 semi-automatic rifles, and 2 MG34 machine guns...
Regardless of the distance or distance, the Japanese cavalry were overwhelmed by firepower.
In addition, headed by Heizi, Shen Laoliu, who was brainless and unhappy, Lu Zhongda and other ten special forces came to the rescue, it can only be said that the fate of this wave of Japanese cavalry was not good.
Regardless of the 50 colleagues in the woods who were destined to never come back, or the Chinese infantry that definitely appeared in front of the position, more than 300 people, in fact, none of them made Inoue Xiaoshu, a Japanese army captain with a clear mind, despair.
Even though the Chinese had already flexed their muscles and knocked out four mountain cannons in one fell swoop, the Japanese Army Captain still firmly believed that he might not be able to defeat him, but as long as he could hold on for 15 minutes, His Excellency Dazuo would do his best to come back with reinforcements.
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Because, even if you don't love him, a noble imperial baron, His Excellency Goto Daizuo still has to think about his own life! His escape route must be protected!
However, a dull explosion suddenly came from the distance, making Inoue Xiaoshu's face instantly pale.
He could still hear the explosion clearly from a distance of nearly two thousand meters. What did this mean?
Only heavy artillery!
Yes, when Tang Dao issued the attack order, the 1st artillery battery that had been prepared began a performance that stunned the officers and soldiers of the 769th regiment.
Except that the range of the 150-weight mortar is far less than that of the 150-weight howitzer, the power of its shells is not weak at all.
After one shot, there is a crater up to two meters deep, with a theoretical killing radius of 15 meters. That means that within a radius of 15 meters, the shock wave caused by a 19 kilogram shell can tear the human body into pieces, but the shrapnel flying around is enough.
Enough to expand its killing radius twice as much!
The first person to be hit by four 150-weight mortars was the unlucky boy Nobi Nobita Shao Zuo who had a "do or die" mentality.
It turns out that the place where this front-line commander moved his front-line commander was too close to the front-line position of the 769th Regiment, only 600 meters away.
At this distance, the 4x telescope may not be able to see clearly, but it did not prevent the young commander of the 769th Regiment, who had been closely observing the battlefield and constantly making tactical adjustments, from seeing the Japanese signal troops constantly coming and going.
There must be important figures from the Japanese army in that position blocked by the hills.
He also ordered Li Daxi to try to bombard the area with 82 guns, but obviously, this small-caliber gun did not pose a great threat to the Japanese troops protected by trenches and fortifications, so no more shells were wasted.
But when he saw the four big guys from the 1st Battery of the Four Row Regiment Artillery who came to support him, he knew that the opportunity had come.
Four 150-meter mortars fired five consecutive rounds at the area provided by the young commander of the 769th Regiment. The coordinates were calculated by two veteran artillerymen, Pang Panghai and Li Daxi, based on their own experience, and then compared.
There were some small discrepancies, which caused the two veteran artillerymen, both of whom had grown up in actual combat, to try to persuade each other with red faces for nearly half an hour. Later, each gave in, and the four 150-meter mortars were fired according to Pang Hai's instructions.
Coordinate bombardment, eight 82 mortars bombarded according to Li Daxi's coordinates.
Of course, the eight mortars that had almost all fired empty shells were fully replenished, and another 200 rounds of shells were transported to the artillery position.
The artillerymen of the 769th Regiment were all excited!
They thought that the 683rd Brigade was the wealthy people, but now it turns out that they only got one word right.
Now is the real time, I have never fought such a rich battle.
A total of 12 artillery pieces fired nearly 150 shells at the very beginning of the general attack, 40 of which hit Nobita Nobita on the left side around his front finger.
A young leftist in the Japanese Army no longer worries that he will be killed by a certain leftist.
Because, he was killed by Chinese artillery shells, and at least he gained a reputation on the spot.
After the war, the battle report sent by the headquarters of the 108th Division to the Japanese North China Front Headquarters also described the Japanese army soldier who died on the front line in this way. For this reason, the North China Front Army Headquarters also promoted him to the first level.
Military rank.
However, the left-of-center military rank can only be hung on his tombstone by the wife he is destined to remarry.
Why do the Chinese have so many more artillery pieces? Still of such large caliber...
The Japanese infantrymen on the front line who wanted to take a rest and fight again were completely confused. Before that, Nobi Nobita, Shaozuo, with a sun scarf wrapped around his head, forcefully fed them chicken soup: Our army suffered heavy losses, and the Chinese are even more desperate. We only need to
One more time, just one time, their positions will be completely opened to our army. In order to commend the bravery of the warriors in this battle, I promise everyone on behalf of Goto Daizuo that after this battle, the entire army can find the two small Chinese soldiers at will.
Town, all actions are allowed, as long as the warriors want...
Chicken soup and promises slightly improved the morale of the Japanese infantry, which had hit rock bottom.
But Ni Ma, is this the end of a strong crossbow? Seeing the rising smoke and gunpowder turning a certain young man who had been fed poisoned chicken soup into dregs, the Japanese infantry collapsed.
A swarm of swarms retreated.
But this time, the Chinese soldiers did not blow their charge horns. They just sat in the trenches and watched quietly.
Watching the cannonballs passing over their heads, falling into the running crowd of yellow shit, blowing up the group of "shits" who were running hard, and then throwing them on the Chinese soil, becoming fertilizer.
Just like Gong Shaoxun, the leader of the Four-Hong Regiment, said: "This time, there is no need for brothers to charge with their lives and open the way with blood. Let us use artillery shells to hit him first!"
The officers and soldiers of the 769th Regiment who had just experienced a bloody battle never thought that such a day would come. They would sit on the top of the mountain and watch such a feast of artillery fire from a high position.
However, a dream that I had never thought of was born in front of my eyes.
Enjoyable! So enjoyable!
The mood of the Japanese army commander at that moment, who was also watching all this from the rear, is self-evident!
Just using gray is not enough to describe it.
Because this is not just a defeat.
But, how can he escape with the remaining seven or eight hundred people?
The Chinese soldiers on the high ground on both wings began to move, and the explosions from behind also meant that the Chinese were attacking his retreat.
"I should lead my troops in a decisive battle with the Chinese people in front of me, but the Chinese are ten times more powerful than me, and they still have heavy artillery and other equipment. Our troops have little chance of winning! Even if this is the case, we will definitely fight to the death with the enemy to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!
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After standing stunned for a moment, Goto Koshiminami sent a farewell message to the division headquarters 6 kilometers away!
Later, it was proved that it was this telegram that saved the 108th Division Division Headquarters.
Xiong Yuan, who was still trying his best to mobilize troops and generals in an attempt to gather heavy troops and fight the Chinese army for a decisive battle, immediately stopped all tactical plans at hand. He didn't even have time to bring a lot of baggage, and immediately took all the Japanese troops in Lucheng and marched to Changzhi.
Remove.
He didn't even have time to lament that he had lost the lives of more than 2,000 imperial officers and soldiers. He could only be grateful that he and the division headquarters ran fast.
Otherwise, if the Chinese army in pursuit of victory surrounded Lucheng, then whether he, the lieutenant general division commander, would live or die, he would nail the 108th Division and the Japanese North China Front into the pillar of shame in history.
Of course, what is a pillar of shame or not is something the big shots have to consider. For Inoue Xiaoshu at this time, he doesn't want much, he just wants to hold on until the main force comes back to support him.
It is a pity that the Chinese people crushed such a humble prayer.
