Rise From Eight Hundred

Kunizaki Shigeno is indeed an elite major general from the elite division of the North China Expeditionary Force. He is arrogant, but when facing the three high grounds in front of his army, he is much more mature than before after the defeat at Songjiang City. This time he did not rush for success.

Instead, he chose to do enough preparations. Although he was constantly harassed by mortars from the Chinese side, he still spent an afternoon and the whole night to establish heavy firepower positions on several hills facing the three high grounds and deployed corresponding infantry for protection.

A total of 12 92 infantry guns and 36 heavy machine guns were moved to the mountains, and telephone lines were also laid in place, which ensured that Kunizaki Shigeno's command center could coordinate all the heavy firepower in the mountains.

Kunizaki Shigeno used his actions to interpret the truth that "details determine success or failure" that he always said. Li Shoushan and a group of Japanese military officers were all impressed by him. This was sincere and had nothing to do with flattery.

Compared with the confident and ambitious Ushijima Mitsuru and the wily but cunning Ushijima Sadao, the arrogant but cautious Kunisaki Shige is obviously the strongest opponent that Tang Dao has encountered on this battlefield.

The 12 92-inch infantry guns and 36 heavy machine guns on the mountain are not all the heavy firepower of Kunisaki Shige. There are also 8 92-inch infantry guns and 8 Type 41 mountain guns behind the infantry positions, and 3,000 meters away, Kunisaki Shige has 12 Type 41 field guns and 4 105-inch howitzers.

In addition, the 1st Brigade of the Jing'an Army has 12 92-inch infantry guns and 4 Type 41 mountain guns available.

That also means that even if the Chinese use an average of each high ground, they will face the bombardment of more than 16 artillery pieces and the strafing of more than a dozen heavy machine guns, and this does not include the light machine guns and grenade launchers equipped by the Japanese infantry.

The actual position area of ​​the three high grounds was only tens of thousands of square meters, but they had to face such a density of light and heavy firepower, which was even more terrible than the Battle of Songjiang. Perhaps only Cangcheng could compare with it. :.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army began to attack officially.

A tsunami-like artillery bombardment completely shrouded the front of the three high grounds of the Japanese position in the front in gunpowder smoke.

The Japanese army used at least more than 40 artillery pieces.

Although there were no heavy artillery, the Chinese soldiers hiding in the tunnels behind the mountain could still feel the terrible power of the God of War from the shaking strength of the oil lamps hanging on the top of the tunnels.

The artillery attack was just paving the way for the infantry's attack. With the sharp iron whistle of the observation post, the infantry in the rear quickly passed through the communication trench to reach the front-line position.

It was normal for the telephone lines exposed on the surface to be blown off. The signalmen crawled on the ground looking for the ends of the broken telephone lines and tried to reconnect them.

But the heavy machine gun bullets of the Japanese army swept over like a heavy rain, dispelling the ambitions of the signal soldiers. As soon as the battle began, the front positions of the three high grounds returned to the most primitive communication state, and only the rear tunnel maintained contact with the front-line command post where Tang Dao was stationed.

However, as a battalion commander, how could Tang Dao just sit in the back and watch his brothers fight bloody battles?

As early as when the Japanese army bombarded, Tang Dao, as the director of the operations department of the command post, asked the deputy commander-in-chief, Major General Tong, to sit in the front-line command post, while he arrived at Highland No. 2 with two signal soldiers. Lei Xiong arrived at Highland No. 1, and only Guo Shouzhi and Zhuang Shisan were left in the command post. They were responsible for coordinating personnel replenishment and material allocation.

As the actual commander, not to mention that Guo Shouzhi and Zhuang Shisan could not stop Tang Dao, even the Major General of the Sichuan Army was powerless.

The Japanese army participating in the attack on Hill No. 1 and Hill No. 2 had a force of 6 infantry squadrons. The Jing'an Army also dispatched at least one infantry battalion. There were more than a thousand people, and after the rumbling of artillery, they began to attack three hills from three directions.

It was normal for the Japanese mountain artillery to stop attacking at this time, but as a direct-fire artillery, most of the 92 infantry artillery deployed in the mountains opposite the hills also stopped bombarding. The occasional artillery fire in twos and threes was like an old man peeing - sparse.

Experienced commanders on the Chinese positions knew that it was not that the Japanese infantry artillery reduced the frequency of artillery fire for fear of accidentally injuring their infantry, but that they were waiting.

I don't know how many artillery observers are hiding in the dense forest, waiting for the Chinese big killer to show up.

The machine gun was exactly the target that the Japanese artillery wanted to capture.

If they didn't destroy the machine gun firepower points that killed two Japanese naval fighter planes yesterday, not to mention the infantry guns that were moved up the mountain to cover the infantry, even the Japanese commanders at all levels hiding 700 meters away felt that they were in danger.

The 20mm machine gun with an air range of up to 2000 meters, once it is leveled and fired, the range is up to 2500 meters. Isn't it like playing to shoot at 700 meters?

Tang Dao looked at the Japanese infantry who seemed to be aggressive but slow through the telescope, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The Japanese didn't play any new tricks, after all, it was still the old routine.

They were feinting!

This is also the most traditional infantry tactic of the Japanese infantry, using the momentum of the soldiers to intimidate the opponent, so that the impatient opponent can use heavy firepower to suppress the infantry group, and then, naturally, they use their most equipped 70mm infantry guns and countless grenade launchers lurking at the foot of the mountain to clear the heavy firepower points.

This tactic would naturally be effective if used on ordinary Chinese defenders, including the 145th Division. Even though they knew the Japanese tactics, they had no choice but to fall into their trap.

The reason is very simple. The ordinary Chinese army is equipped with rifles, and the continuous firepower is limited. Naturally, heavy machine guns are needed for fire suppression. Even if they know that the Japanese army is feinting at this time, they can only be forced to use light and heavy machine guns and other firepower to suppress the Japanese infantry's continuous advance. Otherwise, when the Japanese infantry approaches within 150 meters, the feint attack will become a real attack.

At that distance, the Japanese infantry only needs to advance more than 100 meters to throw grenades into the trenches, which is a disaster.

The result of doing so is that they can only watch the light and heavy machine gun firepower points being destroyed by the opponent's infantry guns and a large number of grenade launchers.

For the Chinese commanders who lack sufficient artillery to suppress the Japanese army, it is an almost unsolvable problem. Drinking poison to quench thirst will kill you, and not drinking it may die faster.

The Japanese army, which has tasted the sweetness of several wars against China, is more and more comfortable with this tactic, and finally even wrote it into the Army Infantry Manual.

But obviously, ordinary Chinese troops are afraid of this set of tactics of the Japanese army, but the defenders on the high ground are not afraid of this.

Because they have the most powerful short-range continuous firepower weapons of both China and Japan on this battlefield, MP28 submachine guns and Mauser pistols.

If the Japanese army dares to launch a "board-mounted" charge, they will definitely be covered.

More importantly, they still have more than ten mortars to support them. Even if the firing range is limited, as long as there are these big killers, the Japanese infantry artillery must carefully find the gun position and dare not act recklessly.

Tang Dao is not worried about the tactical changes of the Japanese army, but the determination of the Kunisaki detachment.

He now has a total of about 2,000 people. Once the Kunisaki detachment makes up its mind to fight to the death, it will be a hard battle, a bloody battle, or even a battle of annihilation.

Fortunately, what Tang Dao was worried about did not happen in the first wave of the Japanese attack.

However, Kunisaki Zheng was more cunning than Tang Dao imagined. Provide you with the fastest update of Rise from Eight Hundred, read Chapter 607 ‘Details Determine Success or Failure’ for free. :.