Gu Teng Chang Jian, whose face was stiff and iron-blooded, soon changed his expression.
It's just that it has become quite weird and complicated.
News came from the security troops stationed at the rear of his army: An unknown number of Chinese troops appeared in the mountains behind them!
The Chinese actually resorted to the trick of "surrounding a point and calling for reinforcements" again? Are they trying to surround him?
Are you really thinking that the Imperial soldiers are so stupid? In anger, Gu Teng stiffened but smiled instead of getting angry.
"Order the rear security forces to quickly find out the approximate strength of the invading enemy forces from the rear!" Kuteng Nagasaki fixed his sights on the map. "At the same time, dispatch two infantry artillery squads to the rear to stand by!"
"Hi!" A major staff officer took the order and turned around to start.
"Wait a minute, and then order the artillery brigade and security troops to shrink their positions to avoid being taken advantage of by enemy troops coming from the rear!"
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the artillery brigade is already very far forward. If it shrinks its position again, it will be retaliated by the Chinese artillery group." Army Chief Sasaki Xiaoyong on the side showed hesitation on his face.
"The Chinese 82-caliber mortars are indeed a big trouble, but their effective range is up to 2,500 meters!" Gu Tengzhang stiffly squinted his eyes and looked at the mountain forest where gunpowder smoke was already rising, his face covered with haze.
Just ten minutes ago, the Chinese 82 mortars launched a retaliatory bombardment on various infantry artillery positions, causing one of the infantry cannons to be damaged and a dozen artillerymen injured, and the other 9 infantry artillery had to be tactically relocated.
, it is no longer difficult to maintain a concentrated fire attack on the Chinese artillery positions hidden on that damn high ground.
Moreover, judging from the density of artillery fire, the Chinese have no fewer than 12 82-caliber mortars hidden behind their positions.
Forget about the 12 mortars that can inflict heavy blows to the infantry array. The key is that this type of artillery is a large-angle cannon, which is hidden on the sloping back of the mountain. Not to mention the infantry artillery, even the mountain artillery is difficult to bypass.
The mountains sent shells over their heads.
The only way to attack these hateful small-caliber cannons is by the Army Air Forces' fighter planes, but the damn fleet hasn't arrived yet. I don't know if they got lost in the sky or what.
You are really not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs! The Japanese Army Major General has never been so disappointed with friendly forces.
"Our army's artillery position is nearly 2,800 meters away from here. Even if it shrinks its position, its 82-caliber mortar will be helpless against our artillery. Moreover, even if its range can reach it, how can it attack our position based on the caliber of its artillery?
"A hint of disdain flashed at the corner of Gu Teng's long mouth.
The Japanese Army Major General’s disdain for the mortar, which is the most widely equipped Chinese army, is not without reason.
Artillery such as mortars can both kill and injure infantry and are flexible. The biggest reason why the Imperial Army has so few equipment is because its power is too small and cannot be the key to determining victory or defeat on the battlefield.
The grenades assigned to the infantry squad level can accomplish 50% of its role, and the 70-caliber infantry cannon equipped at the brigade level has excellent fortification-breaking capabilities. Although the 75-caliber mountain gun is
It was a bit bulkier, but its range and power were far superior to mortars, so the Imperial Army naturally abandoned this type of artillery.
The overwhelming defeat of the Chinese on the battlefields in North China and East China has fully proved the gap in artillery selection and combat effectiveness between China and Japan.
"That's what the brigade commander said!" Xiaoyong Sasaki understood the explanation after hearing it.
No matter how hard they shrink their positions, the Imperial Artillery will stick to the Army Code of Conduct that stipulates that the distance between each mountain gun position must exceed 30 meters. With the power of an 82-caliber mortar, unless 20 or more are gathered at one time, it will be absolutely impossible.
Cause fatal harm to artillery positions.
Compared with the possibility of being attacked by the Chinese army from behind, the harm between the two powers is the lesser. This level of harm is completely an affordable price.
It has to be said that Gu Teng's computational brain is quite powerful, and his choice proved to be an extremely wise decision after 20 minutes.
Gu Xishui led six special forces including Heizi and Niu Er to lie in ambush 3,000 meters away, keeping an eye on the Japanese artillery brigade in search of fighters.
Half an hour ago, I contacted the 967th Group through the regiment headquarters, which had basically arrived.
Therefore, under the arrangement of Commander Chen, a special forces team divided into three groups served as the leader, each with an infantry platoon, and lurked to the front of the Japanese artillery brigade position from three directions.
According to previous observations, the 12 gun emplacements located in five mountain valleys are so wide that 400 Japanese infantrymen from two infantry squadrons cannot take care of them. Three infantry platoons can at least attack one of them.
Unfortunately, when the three infantry platoons were in position, they found that the Japanese artillery positions had already been shrunk, and all 12 artillery pieces were placed in a large mountain col.
400 Japanese infantrymen were building barbed wire and digging trenches in front of the artillery positions. It was a thing of the past to deliver a fatal blow unexpectedly.
"Deputy Company Commander Gu, the Japanese are wise, let's withdraw!" A second lieutenant platoon leader of the 967th Regiment looked helplessly at the Japanese infantry laying barbed wire in the distance and could only suggest.
Although the three infantry platoons that followed the scouts of the Fourth Line Regiment were all fully armed infantry platoons, they were also reinforced infantry platoons. Each infantry squad could have one light machine gun and grenade launchers, and each soldier was equipped with a Japanese rifle.
Style steel helmet and issued with 60 rounds of ammunition, the firepower is not weak compared to the Japanese army, but with three infantry platoons to attack the defense line built by 400 Japanese troops, and there are 12 mountain cannons behind the infantry, even this man climbed the snow-capped mountains and walked across
The veterans in the grassland all thought it was an extremely crazy thing.
In his opinion, the best way now is for everyone to retreat temporarily and wait for the regiment headquarters to send out large forces to fight against this wave of Japanese invaders.
However, although this veteran is the platoon leader, he is not the highest commander here. Not only is his rank of second lieutenant not as high as that of Gu Xishui's lieutenant, but before departure, the regiment headquarters has appointed this commander of the Si Xing Regiment.
The deputy commander of the reconnaissance company served as the overall commander of the attack on the Japanese artillery position and required the three infantry platoons to follow the command of the young lieutenant.
"No, we finally walked over mountains and ridges and got here in mud and water. How can we not teach the little devil a lesson?" Gu Xishui, who was looking at the Japanese position with a telescope in the distance, did not look back, but refused directly.
"Deputy Company Commander Gu, don't be too impetuous. You see, the Japanese infantry has gradually completed the fortifications, and there are more than a dozen mountain artillery behind them. Our officers and men of the Eightyth Group Army are not afraid of death, but we can't touch eggs like this pointlessly.
Stone! No, I can't let you do whatever you want." The second lieutenant platoon leader couldn't help but become a little anxious when he heard this, and his tone of voice couldn't help but become a little more serious.
Even though his military rank was second lieutenant, this man had commanded an infantry battalion before and was a battalion commander-level officer. Naturally, he didn't have much respect for Gu Xishui, a young man who was only 20 years old.
"Platoon Leader Tu, you have misunderstood me. I am not trying to storm the Japanese positions! Nor will I take the lives of my brothers lightly." Gu Xishui put down his binoculars and looked at the twenty-five-year-old man behind him.
The six-year-old brother smiled gently and explained.
"Look, Chief Tutu, this place is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The width on the left and right sides is more than a thousand meters. The middle part is slightly narrower, but it is also three or four hundred meters long. If we launch an attack from three sides at the same time, what do you think the Japanese army will do?" Gu Xishui said
Zhu Junxi drew a simple map on the dirt.
"They will definitely defend according to the current fortifications, and will try their best to place artillery behind all infantry defense lines to avoid being attacked by us." The platoon leader Tu was not stubborn. Seeing that Gu Xishui wanted to discuss it with him, he frowned.
After looking at the simple map drawn by Gu Xishui, I expressed my judgment.
"That's it. When did I say that when we attack, we must capture their position and blow up all the artillery? We just need to mobilize the Japanese artillery and let them get closer.
"Gu Xishui smiled even brighter.
"I understand, brother Gu, you want to scare the little devil." Platoon leader Tu patted his thigh and understood what Gu Xishui meant.
But soon, the platoon leader frowned again, "But even if it is a feint attack, the Japanese artillery will definitely fire, and our losses will not be small. It feels a little bit to sacrifice the lives of our comrades in exchange for scaring the Japanese."
It’s not worth it!”
"Platoon Leader Tu, first of all, this area is wide enough. Our army can completely distribute an infantry squad in an area of nearly 200 meters, minimizing the threat to our army from artillery.
Secondly, the Japanese mountain artillery shells were not blown by strong winds. They would definitely not carry out covering shelling on a small number of infantry at such a close range. If they were shelling with all their strength, they would only think that our small troops were used for testing, and the main force
The troops are all in the rear.
It's not like you haven't dealt with the little devil before. With their stingy nature, as long as the opponent doesn't use heavy firepower, they will definitely prefer the grenade in the hands of the infantry.
In addition, the most important thing is that we are not just scaring the Japanese artillery. We have not only scouts here this time, but also two veteran artillery observers."
"You mean?" Platoon leader Tu was stunned for a moment and then suddenly realized what he was saying.
Although he expressed his objection just now because of different opinions on tactics, he still remained polite in the end. It was not just for the sake of friendly troops, because the young man in front of him was from the Four Elements Regiment.
If someone had told him half a month ago how elite the Four Elements Regiment was, this veteran who fought his way from Gan Province and fought hundreds of battles across thousands of mountains and rivers in more than a year would never have taken it too seriously.
.
What elites? They just fought a few battles and gained the upper hand. I fought through an army of millions and didn’t even boast about this, okay?
The Battle of Beiganling allowed him to see with his own eyes the real elite of the Four Lines Regiment. Not to mention their skilled tactics and excellent individual weapons, the most impressive thing was their heavy firepower.
Previously, there were only a hundred or so Japanese troops forming the final blocking position below the battlefield, and more than a thousand infantrymen in the entire army were in charge mode. According to this veteran's estimate, it would take at least a hundred soldiers to defeat this blocking position.
The above casualties.
But he was wrong. The infantry were still preparing to attack. The six 150-weight mortars belonging to the artillery company of the Fourth Line Regiment had bombarded the Japanese army's last blocking position into rubble for five consecutive rounds.
In the end, the entire army suffered less than ten casualties and captured the last desperate position of the Japanese army. After the war, counting showed that the number of Japanese soldiers killed by bullets was no more than 20, which means that more than 80% of the Japanese army
The infantry were all killed by those large-caliber mortars.
If the two regiments had matched up that day, he dared to pat his chest and say that his 769 regiment's fighting will and skills and tactics were not inferior to those of the Four Elements Regiment. But faced with such an incomparable gap in equipment, he could only say that they really had to fight.
, the probability of his infantry regiment losing is more than 99%.
The young lieutenant in front of him seemed to want to use the concocted gun to make a cannon.
"Hey, Platoon Leader, don't think this is my tactic. This is one of several tactics our regimental commander formulated before the war. I'm just the executor." Gu Xishui said with a smile.
At this moment, there was a buzzing sound in the sky. As the Chinese soldiers in the forest raised their heads in shock, the roar became louder and louder, and there were more than a dozen black spots in the sky rushing towards the mountainous area.
Platoon leader Tu's face was full of bitterness and helplessness, "The Japanese plane is coming!"
Fighter planes are the most important backup weapon for the Japanese army to determine victory or defeat on the battlefield. They are also the most powerless for the Chinese army, which lacks sufficient air defense weapons.
Apart from concealment, it is concealment and has no ability to fight back.
"Our regiment has said that if the Japanese fighter planes arrive, we must first rescue their baggage convoy, and we will never waste bombs on the blocking battlefield." Gu Xishui looked up at the sky. "How should we fight? How should we fight?
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"That Commander Tang of yours is really like this!" Platoon leader Tu gave a heartfelt thumbs up.
The platoon leader named Tu praised not only the fact that the Four Lines Regiment had enough artillery to compete with the Japanese army, but also Tang Dao's wisdom and courage to use the artillery with all his strength in the face of Japanese fighter planes.
For his Eightyth Army, the biggest disadvantage in fighting the Japanese army was not lack of ammunition or insufficient supplies.
If there is little ammunition, then fight hand-to-hand. If you can't win with one, then fight with two or three. The 80th Army is never afraid of this;
If the food supply is insufficient, then eat cornmeal with wild vegetables, as long as it can keep your stomach from growling all the time.
But in the face of the various artillery of the Japanese army, the officers and soldiers of the Eightyth Group Army, which had no more than six mountain artillery pieces, could only be described as powerless. Often after a battle, far more officers and soldiers died under the shells than died.
Under the bullet.
Moreover, the heavy machine guns that are usually reluctant to be used must suffer the most losses. Maybe the heavy weapons of an infantry regiment can be blown up by artillery.
Otherwise, the current strategy formulated by the leaders of the 921 Division is to avoid the main force of the Japanese army and focus on the Japanese baggage trains and small groups of troops. To put it nicely, it is to avoid the reality and ignore the fiction. Know the tactics and strategies. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is
Can't defeat the main force of the Japanese army!
Otherwise, given that the 80th Army had always been tough and stubborn and could survive a fight, it would have opened up its battle lines with the Japanese Infantry Division long ago.
However, when it comes to firepower alone, the Chinese army is not as poor as the Eightyth Army. For example, the Jinsui Army does not have many heavy artillery, but its 75-caliber mountain artillery is no less than that of the Japanese army.
However, except for the battle at Xinkou, which determined the life and death of Shanxi Province, they brought out ten artillery regiments to fight the Japanese in a decent manner. The rest of the time, they did not fight a decent battle because they were worried about the Japanese aircraft.
It can be seen that it is not easy to possess heavy weapons, but it is even more difficult to have the courage to use them to challenge the Japanese army with air superiority.
Tang Dao, on the other hand, has both. How could this veteran not express his admiration?
Sure enough, Tang Dao's judgment was correct.
The high-altitude Japanese aircraft fleet did not stop on the battlefield between the two armies at all, but continued to fly at high speed toward the ambush battlefield of the 771st Regiment several kilometers away.
However, the Japanese aircraft fleet had no intention of lowering their altitude and entering the battlefield.
Confusion flashed in the eyes of Gu Teng, who was looking high into the sky with a telescope!
What do these stupid Imperial Air Forces want to do?
He could understand the idea of supporting the 14th Division's baggage convoy first, but a distance of several kilometers was only a matter of minutes for fighter planes. If we didn't lower our altitude and enter the battlefield, would we be able to drop bombs at high altitude?
Do you really think you all have clairvoyance?
Don't forget that the baggage regiment was not killed by the Chinese, but was killed by you.
Major General Fudo Nagago's worries were not unfounded. The planes flying above his head were at an altitude of at least 2,000 meters.
However, perhaps this was a tactic that the Army Air Force had already formulated, and Gu Teng did not take it too seriously.
His thoughts were attracted by the battle reports from the rear.
Three small groups of Chinese troops launched an attack on the artillery position!
Although there are not many troops currently revealed, no one can guarantee whether there will be a larger number of Chinese hiding behind.
"Then order the artillery brigade to bombard the rear area where the Chinese appear, and tell them with blood that this is the price of playing hide-and-seek with the empire." Gu Teng said with a cold expression on his long mouth.
The Chinese like to play tricks, so this time he will fight back with force to let them understand that all calculations are in vain in the face of real strength.
The Japanese Army Major General, who has always believed that brains are more important than anything else, learned to change after being hit with a sap and was so battered that he no longer competed with hard power.
Men seem to be no worse than women in terms of fickleness.
"Brother, you are really amazing!" The platoon leader surnamed Tu, who was hiding behind a big rock, stared dumbly at the rising smoke five or six hundred meters behind him, and sincerely praised Xishui.
He finally understood why the regiment appointed this young lieutenant from the friendly army as the commander-in-chief instead of him, a veteran who had been in the army for 8 years.
It was because of his skill that the Japanese army's reaction all fell into this young lieutenant's calculations.
