Rise From Eight Hundred

"We won, we will win!" Erya couldn't suppress her joy as she watched the Japanese planes in the sky flee in panic and disappear into the distance.

"It's still early!" Tang Dao put down the telescope in his hand and shook his head slightly.

"Did Gu Xishui send the latest location of the Japanese brigade?" Tang Dao looked down at the topographic map of the north bank of the Mihe River that Gu Xishui sent him yesterday.

"The Japanese brigade moved to the right wing, too far away from Gu Xishui's hiding place, only the approximate location!" Zhuang Shisan on the side quickly replied.

"It's enough to have a rough location. Send a message to Gu Xishui. The special forces under his command are all treasures of my Four-Line Regiment. In this battle, I only need them to be my eyes, not the knives in my hands. If it is not necessary, the special forces groups shall not participate in the battle and keep a safe enough distance from the Japanese army!" Tang Dao nodded and specifically instructed Zhuang Shisan, the chief of staff.

There are about 20 special squadrons, divided into seven or eight special teams lurking on the battlefield, and basically behind the Japanese army. Although they are all elites in the Four-Line Regiment, they are few in number!

Although the main forces of the two Japanese infantry battalions were tightly surrounded and basically trapped, Ishiguro Sadazo is definitely not a lone commander. He has at least nearly a thousand infantry and nearly ten artillery pieces under his command.

Even if the special forces who are still in the initial stage exchange one for ten, Tang Dao will feel heartbroken, so he specifically reminded Gu Xishui not to make him feel upset when the comprehensive victory is about to come.

"Don't worry, Commander! Gu Xishui is one of the smartest people I have ever seen in my life. I used to be afraid that he would sacrifice himself for his youngest sister. He would get carried away and fight the Japanese. After several battles, I realized that I was really worrying too much. Commander, you are a good judge of people. This guy has a clear mind. If he wants to avenge his youngest sister, he must first ensure that he is alive and well. I think he also gave the special forces squadron the same lecture." Zhuang Shisan comforted Tang Dao and smiled as he handed him a cigarette.

As the chief of staff, although Zhuang Shisan continued to stand firmly on Tang Dao's side in the battle against the 2nd Infantry Regiment, he was still worried.

After all, this is not a mountainous area. In addition to hiding under the noses of the Japanese infantry and setting up an ambush, which is a surprise move, the continuous firepower output of the entire Four-Line Regiment exceeds that of the Japanese army. The Four-Line Regiment has no advantage in terms of manpower or heavy firepower. Both the enemy and us are on the plain. Once the Japanese army uses its air superiority, all the advantages of the Four-Line Regiment will disappear.

But now, as Tang Dao uses the fake artillery position to consume the bloodiest fangs of the Japanese aircraft group, Chief of Staff Zhuang Da also knows that the Four-Line Regiment has basically won this battle of taking chestnuts from the fire, and he is naturally in a good mood!

"Tell Cheng Tietou that his artillery 2 company fought well in this battle, but I need his artillery 2 company to continue to work hard. According to the military order issued by the regiment staff, cooperate with the special agent company to move to the flank of the Japanese army's rear division!" Tang Dao took the cigarette handed over by Zhuang Shisan, lit it with the match that Erya was lighting, took a deep puff, and continued to give orders.

"Okay!" Zhuang Shisan nodded and picked up the phone.

Tang Dao cast his eyes on Yang Xiaoshan who was standing aside: "Xiaoshan, this is your first battle as the commander of the special forces company, but it may also be the most important battle in your military career.

Because this battle is the key to the final decisive battle between my Four-line Regiment and the Japanese Second Infantry Regiment. I need you to lead your special forces company to launch an attack on the flank where the Japanese regiment is located and mobilize part of its troops.

However, although Cheng Tieshou's Artillery 2 Company will call on all the heavy machine gun squads to cooperate with you in the battle, I have no soldiers to send except your special forces company, and the communication platoon and the medical team have their own tasks, so you can only lead the engineering platoon.

And you may face Japanese infantry that is several times larger than your special forces company, and there may even be enemy artillery to help. Do you have the confidence to fight this battle well?"

"Report to the commander, Yang Xiaoshan and the special forces company guarantee to complete the mission!" Yang Xiaoshan straightened his chest without hesitation and answered at attention.

Soldiers are bound by their duty to obey orders. Yang Xiaoshan did not ask if he could get artillery and manpower support at all, and he accepted the order directly.

He really did not make a mistake about this young man, and Tang Dao showed appreciation in his eyes!

At this time, what he needed was not a company commander with great tactical training and amazing command art, but a company commander who would execute orders without compromise.

Tang Dao's tactic of attacking the flank of the Japanese regiment was not simply copying the Japanese routine. As he said, Yang Xiaoshan's troops needed to mobilize the Japanese regiment's troops. Only in this way could he have a chance to really appear on the scene with his preemptive move.

Only in this way could he wipe out this infantry regiment at the lowest cost and give the fat man five solid finger prints on his white face.

"Commander Tang, Bai Sheng can bring two engineering platoons to cooperate with Captain Yang in the battle!" The lieutenant commander of the engineering company of the new 8th Division, who had been on standby at the command post, thought for a moment and strode over to ask for battle.

"Your unit's main mission is to blow up the Yellow River Bridge, and Japanese planes just bombed a row of your positions. Casualties are inevitable. If you participate in this battle again and cause more casualties, Tang Dao will have a hard time explaining to your division commander!" Tang Dao thought for a moment and shook his head to refuse.

Tang Dao was considering the truth. The engineer company commander in front of him was not bad. He heard that the Four-Line Regiment was going to fight the Japanese army in the field. He not only took the risk to help the Four-Line Regiment dig field fortifications, but also took orders to make a bait fake artillery position and bear the most terrible bombing of the Japanese aircraft group. As a friendly army, he has done his best. If he still wants to send an engineer unit to the front line for field battle, the new Eighth Division will not think well.

"Commander Tang, please don't say that. The responsibility of defending the land is the responsibility of all Chinese soldiers! Why did our Guizhou Army climb over hundreds of mountains and walk thousands of miles to come here? Isn't it to fight the devils!

I have seen from the newspaper that you, Commander Tang, are good at fighting the devils. I, Bai Sheng, have never taken it seriously. I just thought it was another bragging by those bastards, but today I am really convinced. Commander Tang and your brothers in the Four-Line Regiment are all like this!" Bai Sheng stood straight and gave Tang Dao a thumbs up.

"It's true that our New Eighth Division is a ragtag army, but as long as a ragtag army has a gun in hand, it can also kill the devils. If Commander Tang and Captain Yang don't mind, I, Bai Sheng, will lead my brothers to fight the Japanese. If we survive, Bai Sheng and his brothers can hold their heads high and tell everyone that the Guizhou Army can fight the devils; if we die, we can also use these lives to tell everyone that the Guizhou Army is not a soft egg and dares to fight the devils!"

This lieutenant engineer company commander has already said it absolutely!

Tang Dao knows that the reason why this engineer company commander said so is really related to the experience of the New Eighth Division.

This infantry division, which was established three years ago, is basically composed of security groups from several counties in Guizhou Province. The treatment is also imaginable. The First War Zone Command also has great doubts about its combat effectiveness and dare not easily send it to the front line.

In the past, this infantry division participated in two large-scale military operations in the first half of 1938. One was the bombing of the Yellow River Iron Bridge, and the other was the nationally famous "Huayuankou", becoming a famous "destroyer division"!

It was not until December 1938 that the new Eighth Division, which was responsible for garrisoning Longmen, ushered in their battle to rectify their name. They blocked the Japanese invaders in the Longmen area of ​​Hancheng, Shaanxi Province. The First Infantry Battalion under its command successfully blocked the Japanese invaders at the cost of 70% of the war damage, forcing the Japanese invaders to retreat to the east bank of the Yellow River.

It was in this context that the lieutenant engineer company commander of the Guizhou Army would be more eager to prove himself.

Of course, Tang Dao believed that bravery was contagious.

"Okay! Then your two platoons will go to collect weapons. After the war, these rifles, machine guns, and grenade launchers do not need to be returned. Just treat them as gifts from my Four-Line Regiment to your unit!" Tang Dao did not say any more nonsense at the moment.

"Yes!" Bai Sheng saluted excitedly.

The engineer company is an auxiliary unit. Although it has also conducted shooting training, the new Eighth Division did not equip the engineer company with many guns due to the shortage of weapons. The entire infantry company only has five pistols, 18 rifles, and 120 grenades, not to mention machine guns and grenade launchers.

With this equipment, it is basically a life of annihilation when encountering the Japanese!

But if it is armed like this by the Four-Line Regiment, it will be a complete infantry company. The chance of survival will increase greatly when it goes to the battlefield in the future!

It would be strange if the commander of the engineer company of the New Eighth Division was not so happy that his nose was bubbling.

As for Tang Dao, not to mention the rich spoils of annihilating a Japanese infantry regiment, just take the current inventory of the Four-Line Regiment, the equipment of a mere infantry company is really nothing.

But if Bai Sheng's two engineer platoons are added, Yang Xiaoshan can command 130 infantrymen, and with 12 heavy machine gun squads, the nearly 300 troops will surely scare Ishiguro Sadazo to death, and the effect will certainly be much stronger than dozens of infantrymen.

Sure enough, half an hour later, when Yang Xiaoshan and Bai Sheng led three engineering platoons and 12 heavy machine gun squads to the right wing of the 2nd Infantry Regiment with a mighty and rapid march, 800 meters away, Ishiguro Sadazo was so panicked that he didn't even want to move.

Ishiguro Sadazo had to panic!

Although it was not the last resort of his 2nd Infantry Regiment, the Army Aviation Group must be considered as the reason for him, the colonel regiment commander, to stay on the battlefield.

Unfortunately, the Army Aviation Malu disappointed him too much. They didn't give any support to the two surrounded infantry battalions at all. They just bombed the south bank of the Bi River, and then were beaten by the cunning Chinese, and fled with bruises.

What can we do?

The Chinese watched the fleet go away and their combat effectiveness doubled. The imperial infantry in the encirclement and outside the encirclement shrank and cursed, and Ishiguro Sadazo, the colonel regiment commander, was even more confused.

Without air support, how could he hold on until dark?

‘When it rains, it pours. When the ship is late, it encounters a headwind.’ Misfortune always picks on the unfortunate. The escort squadron came to report again that a large number of Chinese were found moving towards the regiment headquarters on the right wing.

In the telescope, there was no telling how many Chinese infantrymen were crouching in the grass, but the queue of mules carrying heavy machine guns was very long.

Just for this battle, there must be an infantry battalion!

The Chinese were going to kill them all. There was definitely more than just a small Four-Line Regiment here. There were even defeated soldiers from the First Chinese Army. Ishiguro Sadazo felt his eyes go dark. For the first time, he regretted that he had stayed on the battlefield with the regiment headquarters and stood up to the Chinese.

“Baga! Order the first, second and third squads of the escort squadron to meet the enemy and stop them 500 meters away from the regiment headquarters!” Ishiguro Sadazo issued a military order with an extremely ugly face. "Also, notify the mountain artillery squadron to turn the guns and fire at the incoming enemy! Since the Chinese dare to use such a bold tactic, let them pay the price!"

Generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with Ishiguro Sadazo's deployment of troops.

The 2nd Infantry Regiment's direct escort squadron has more than 220 soldiers, and 3 infantry squads have 160 soldiers. In addition, there are mountain artillery and infantry artillery to help. Even if the Chinese send an infantry battalion, they can still hold on. In fact, because both sides have no time to build fortifications, they can also use artillery fire to kill a large number of their infantry.

But Ishiguro Sadazo obviously forgot that the artillery of the Four-line Regiment is not a vegetarian. Thanks to the fake artillery position that took the bombing of the Japanese Army Air Force, the 1st Artillery Company suffered no losses. After the Japanese aircraft left, all the mountain artillery and 150 mortars of the 1st Artillery Company were pulled out of the trenches again. Without waiting for the Japanese artillery to open fire, they set the coordinates sent by Gu Xishui and opened fire!

The two Japanese artillery squadrons that had just stopped had to use packhorses to pull their artillery away again. Without air support, the two artillery squadrons were the last hope of the entire infantry regiment. The Chinese large-caliber mortars were too terrible. Now it seemed that there were still a few hundred meters away, but what if they hit the target?

The killing radius of a shell was as high as more than ten meters. Both artillery squadrons could not afford the consequences of losing artillery and could only run away first.

Ishiguro Sadazo was helpless in the face of this situation and could only grit his teeth and watch the two artillery squadrons continue to retreat.

Anyway, as long as they ran far enough, the Chinese large-caliber mortars with amazing destructive power but limited range would be useless.

Although the full-scale bombardment of the 1st artillery company had not yet caused damage to the two Japanese artillery squadrons, it had relieved a lot of pressure on Yang Xiaoshan's troops.

Although he brought three engineering platoons and 12 heavy machine gun squads, their combat effectiveness was limited, especially the two engineering platoons under Bai Sheng. Half of the men had only fired 20 rounds of bullets at most, and their combat effectiveness was not much better than that of the new recruits.

If there were no 12 heavy machine guns 400 meters away to provide fire cover, the three Japanese infantry squads might have discovered their "paper tiger" nature by attacking 100 meters away.

The Japanese regiment guard squadron is similar to the Chinese army's guard company and battalion. It has always been the elite of the regiment. Even against Li Jiujin's 7th Company, it can still gain the upper hand, not to mention the three engineering platoons.

As soon as they came into contact, the three engineering platoons were suppressed by the accurate shooting skills of the Japanese veterans, and they dared not show their heads. A few brave ones lay on the ground and shot at the Japanese army, and the final outcome was either death or injury.

Yang Xiaoshan was just a soldier before, but thanks to Tang Dao's appreciation, he was promoted from a corporal to a squad leader, platoon leader, and even company commander. He was not as experienced as Li Jiujin, nor as resolute as Zhao Daqiang, nor as smart as Qian Dazhu, but he was very steady. Tang Dao didn't need to say much, he knew that his mission this time was to mobilize the Japanese army rather than to really break through the Japanese defense line and threaten the Japanese regiment headquarters.

So, as soon as he entered the battlefield, he ordered the three engineering platoons to play their own characteristics-digging fortifications.

The shooting skills of the three engineering platoons were naturally no match for ordinary infantry, but they were very skilled in digging single-soldier bunkers.

The sandy soil on the south bank of the Bi River was also soft enough. It only took a few minutes to dig a 60-centimeter earth pit that could accommodate a single soldier to hide with a single-soldier engineering shovel.

That was enough!

The excavated sand was piled in front of the bunker to prevent Japanese bullets and grenade fragments. The soldiers only needed to stay in the pit, put the gun in front of the sand bunker, hold it tightly, and pull the trigger.

It may not kill anyone, but as long as it can stop the Japanese army from advancing faster, it will be fine.

What can really curb the firepower of the Japanese army are the 12 heavy machine guns located 400 meters behind the infantry defense line!

This is also what Yang Xiaoshan has calculated. As long as the infantry defense line blocks the Japanese infantry more than 100 meters away, the 12 heavy machine guns can be located outside the effective range of 500 meters of the Japanese grenade launcher, reducing the lethality of the Japanese grenade launcher.

The effective range of 12 heavy machine guns is up to 800 meters. The firepower network formed may not have much effect on killing the Japanese army, but it can effectively suppress it.

In this way, the infantry defense line is used to increase the distance, and the heavy machine gun firepower suppresses the Japanese infantry. Unless the Japanese infantry rushes hard regardless of casualties, a stalemate will be formed.

And this delicate balance just meets the tactical needs of the command of both sides.

This is indeed the case. The captain of the 2nd Infantry Regiment Guard Squadron, who was in charge of the command, saw that the Chinese were blocked by him and stayed in place to shoot at him, and he was happy to see it happen.

His Excellency the Regiment Commander's meaning was very clear. His three infantry squads blocked the Chinese's advance, and the two artillery squadrons were the ones who really killed the Chinese effectively. So why should he show off? He just needed to resolutely implement the commander's tactical concept.

So, although the two sides were fighting back and forth in full swing, in fact, it was the long-range firepower of both sides that was wrestling.

The heavy machine gun squad of the 2nd Artillery Company suppressed the Japanese army in the distance, while the Japanese guard squad used grenade launchers to fight back against the heavy machine gun firepower points.

Although the grenade launcher soldiers were more than 600 meters away from the Chinese heavy machine guns, and their accuracy was far less than that within the effective range, they fired more, and eventually a few rounds could threaten the heavy machine gun firepower points.

A heavy machine gun basically fired 200 rounds of bullets in a row, and then immediately lifted the heavy machine gun to re-select the position.

"Damn the Chinese!" Ishiguro Sadazo looked through the telescope at the smoke on the battlefield only 500 meters away from him, cursing viciously, but his face was honestly relieved.

In any case, the three escort teams he sent out blocked the Chinese attack, and he could continue to hold on and see what other cards the Chinese could play.

After all, he still had five or six hundred infantrymen and two artillery squadrons to call upon. As long as the Chinese trump card was not so thrilling, he could hold on. This was the unique resilience of the Imperial Japanese Army.

The already exhausted Japanese Army Colonel once again overlooked one thing. His two artillery squadrons were getting farther and farther away from the regiment headquarters, and the only infantry squadron that was guarding the artillery squadron was also sent to the left wing of the regiment headquarters.

That meant that although his two artillery squadrons were free from the threat of the Chinese large-caliber mortars, if a Chinese army spent a lot of effort to go around the entire battlefield, his two artillery squadrons would be like a baby facing a vicious man with a machete, with no resistance...

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