Rise From Eight Hundred

Heizi was one of the first members of the special squadron, and he was considered the most senior member of the special squadron. He became the squad leader in the previous reorganization from a squadron to a squadron.

No one was dissatisfied. Whether in terms of seniority or combat effectiveness, Heizi was considered to be one of the top few in the special squadron, not to mention that Tang Dao trusted him very much.

But most of the time, Heizi always had a silly smile on his dark face, which made people instinctively classify him as a simple person. Even when he led a group of 8 people to defeat a Japanese battalion headquarters defended by an infantry squad in the early morning, and perfectly tore the command system of the Japanese troops stationed in Licheng to pieces, in the eyes of most people, Heizi, the squad leader, was just a perfect execution of the tactics of Tang Tuanzuo and Gu Xishui, the deputy squad leader.

However, in the battle of attacking the well-defended Japanese artillery positions, Heizi used his own wisdom to prove to everyone that the reason why he could become the leader of a team was not because of his seniority and physical fitness beyond ordinary people.

He coldly ordered the killing of the valuable Japanese war horses, forcing the Japanese cavalry captain Inoue Koki to send nearly 50 cavalrymen out of the trenches to support the battlefield that was absolutely impossible to win.

The lives of 50 Japanese cavalrymen were actually not too important compared to the entire battlefield. Goto Koshiminami did not even blink an eye at the loss of nearly 500 infantrymen, let alone the dozens of cavalrymen who left the war horses.

But the fatal thing was that at this time, in the 700-meter-long trench around the Japanese artillery position, there was only a 63-man infantry squad and 44 Japanese cavalrymen, and the total strength did not exceed one infantry company.

Such defensive firepower was much sparser than Goto Koshiminami had expected.

It can be said that the dispatch of these 50 Japanese troops weakened the defense of the entire Japanese defense line by more than half, which was definitely the most brilliant "luring the tiger away from the mountain" tactic in this battle.

According to statistics after the war, nearly 50 strong Japanese horses were shot and killed by bullets, and more than 20 Japanese horses were ordered to be killed because the gunshot wounds could not be treated. In the end, less than 40 war horses became trophies, but Heizi was still recorded as a first-class merit. Together with the second-class merit for conquering the Japanese Infantry Battalion Command in Licheng, Heizi became the first strong man in the Four-Line Regiment to win two merits in one battle.

For the Japanese army at this time, perhaps what made them feel terrified was not how much their troops were drained, or even the Chinese army that was about to be launched into the attack, as high as two infantry companies, but the heavy firepower that the Chinese army had at this time.

The core of the Japanese defensive position has never been the Japanese infantry and cavalry in the trenches, but the protected artillery positions. The four mountain cannons were enough to throw the sickle of the god of death hundreds of meters away and harvest all lives.

But the elite army led by Tang Tuanzuo, although lightly equipped, still had 6 mortars and 18 grenade launchers far exceeding the Japanese army.

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After observing the Japanese positions for nearly an hour, Tang Dao quickly discovered the weaknesses of the Japanese positions.

This position is purely strong on the outside but weak on the inside. They are defending against infantry but not artillery!

Almost all the grenade launchers were ordered to approach the forest only 300 meters away from the Japanese positions. Their target was not the Japanese cavalry infantry in the trenches, whose numbers had become sparse, but the Japanese mountain artillery positions in the most central area.

That means that the first wave of attacks on the Japanese artillery will have 6 82 mortars and 18 micro mortars similar to 50 mm.

If the 4 mountain artillery want to counterattack, they must have a chance to survive the first wave of artillery fire.

All of the Japanese Army's ideas were perfect, and he even had a beautiful 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 was the 683rd Brigade, which lacked artillery, perhaps his trick would really be successful.

Unfortunately, his opponent now was the most elite part of an elite infantry regiment that had blocked the Japanese 10th Army in Songjiang, defeated the Kunisaki Detachment of the 5th Division, and destroyed an entire infantry regiment under the 14th Division, which was completely beyond the comprehension of the Japanese Army.

It was okay to have a strong opponent, but he dared to separate one-third of his troops and leave the position. Isn't this suicide?

Without this one-third of the troops, the defensive strength of the Japanese line of defense was weakened more than they imagined.

After the Chinese infantry began to attack from both sides, the Japanese infantry began to fight back, but there were only a few targets that could be hit, which showed the consequences of insufficient troops.

When more than a dozen Chinese machine guns and four heavy machine guns began to roar, almost no Japanese infantry could calmly hold their rifles and accurately shoot targets hundreds of meters away in the trenches as they did before.

The reason why the Japanese veterans are said to have great marksmanship is that the Chinese firepower is not enough and cannot put too much pressure on them. Now, nearly 20 light and heavy machine guns are unreasonably firing at the same time, and it is just a defensive position of less than 100 people. No matter how old the soldiers are, their marksmanship is not so good.

Before the infantry began to attack, mortars and grenade launchers had already launched a sweeping attack on the central area protected by the Japanese defense line.

In two minutes of rapid firing, 6 mortars fired 90 shells and 18 grenade launchers threw 220 grenades.

The smoke and the dust completely covered the Japanese mountain artillery position, which was only more than 1,000 square meters in area. No one knew the situation. Even if Tang Tuanzuo, the initiator and the leader of all this, had good eyesight, he didn't know how his artillery did in this round of artillery attack.

But the facts tell everything. In the 2 minutes when the Chinese artillery was firing and the last two minutes of waiting for the smoke to clear, none of the Japanese mountain artillery fired.

When the smoke cleared, the field of view of the Tang Dao telescope was full of the scattered corpses of Japanese artillery. The four Type 41 mountain artillery that originally stood majestically in the wild fell down and broke into pieces.

Whether it was artillery or people, they completely lost the ability to fight back.

Before the Japanese in the trenches had time to mourn for their compatriots, the figures of Chinese infantrymen who began to march in a semi-arc appeared.

The artillery was destroyed by the Chinese with unexpected artillery fire. Why did the Chinese attack the circular position at the cost of casualties? Perhaps this is a strange thought that emerged in the confused brains of many Japanese infantrymen.

This is 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 is nothing more than occupying this position and blocking the main infantry force still in front!

Even if he thinks about it, Inoue Xiaoshu can know that if the Chinese occupy this position, only two or three hundred people will be stationed in this 700-meter trench, with this position as the core, and assisted by the hills and mountains on both sides, a terrible equilateral triangle defense position will be formed immediately.

Not to mention that the main infantry force in the front has been exhausted because of attacking the mountains defended by the Chinese, even if 1,500 people are still the complete version, I am afraid that it will cost a cold sweat to rush out of this area.

Perhaps, Inoue Xiaoshu still overestimated the strength of his colleagues.

If the main force of the Four-Line Regiment really entered this area, let alone 1,500 people, even if the force was doubled, it would probably not be very effective.

The most powerful Japanese army was only 2 Type 89 tanks and 10 Type 94 light tanks, but the Four-Line Regiment not only had 150 heavy mortars, but also infantry guns and 37mm anti-tank guns. If these big guys were put on the mountain, if the Japanese army used the two Type 89 tanks with limited firing range to lead the charge, they would really die in an ugly way.

In the state where the Japanese army could not deploy the air force, the Four-Line Regiment at this time was the big bug of the Japanese army. Without an infantry brigade, they could not do anything about them.

However, Inoue Xiaoshu's mind was still clear at this time, and he completely guessed Tang Dao's thoughts.

Tang Dao's goal was not only to take away the Japanese army's most threatening mountain artillery to the Chinese army, but also to capture this position, completely tighten the gate, and cut off the last way out of this Japanese army.

Inoue Xiaoshu did not look at the forest where the gunfire was like popping beans. He knew that it was a Chinese tactic 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 men they sent out easily.

That was natural. Under the leadership of the ten special forces led by Heizi, all the officers and soldiers of the cavalry company of the Four-line Regiment who had dismounted to fight participated in the siege of the 50 Japanese cavalry.

It seemed to be a fateful duel, Japanese cavalry against Chinese cavalry!

But this time, there were no horses, and sabers were thrown away, all with guns.

If you must say it is unfair, there were 98 cavalrymen participating in the battle on the Chinese side, using 4 light machine guns, 18 submachine guns, 10 semi-automatic rifles, 2 MG34 machine guns...

Regardless of the firepower of long-range and short-range combat, they were crushing the Japanese cavalry.

In addition, with the help of ten special forces led by Heizi, Shen Laoliu, Wutou, Bu Gaoxing, Lu Zhongda, etc., it can only be said that this wave of Japanese cavalry is not very lucky.

Whether it was the 50 colleagues who were destined to never come back in the woods, or the Chinese infantry who had appeared in front of the position, which was definitely more than 300 people, Inoue Xiaoshu, a Japanese army captain with a clear mind, had not despaired.

Even though the Chinese had already shown their muscles and destroyed 4 mountain cannons in one fell swoop, the Japanese army captain still firmly believed that he might not be able to win, but as long as he could hold on for 15 minutes, Lord Osa would do his best to come back to support him.

Because, even if he didn't love him, the noble imperial baron, Lord Goto Osa had to think about his own life! The retreat must be saved!

However, the dull explosion that suddenly came from afar made Inoue Xiaoshu's face pale instantly.

He could still hear the explosion clearly at a distance of nearly 2,000 meters. What does this mean?

Only heavy artillery!

Yes, when Tang Dao issued an attack order, the long-prepared artillery company 1 began a performance that stunned the officers and soldiers of the 769th Regiment.

The 150mm heavy mortar has a range far less than that of the 150mm howitzer, but its shells are no less powerful.

One shot will create a crater two meters deep, with a theoretical killing radius of 15 meters. That means within a radius of 15 meters, the shock wave caused by a 19-kilogram shell can tear a human body apart, but the shrapnel flying everywhere will double its killing radius!

The first person to be hit by four 150mm heavy mortars was the unlucky boy Nobi Nobita, who said "if you don't succeed, you will die."

In fact, this person's first-line command was too close to the first-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 does not prevent the young commander of the 769th Regiment, who has been closely observing the battlefield and making tactical adjustments, from seeing the Japanese signalmen coming and going.

There must be a big shot of the Japanese army on the position blocked by the hills.

He also ordered Li Daxi to try to bombard the vicinity with 82 mortars, but obviously, this small-caliber artillery did not pose a great threat to the Japanese army protected by trenches and fortifications, so no more shells were wasted.

But when he saw the four big guys of the 1st Company of the Four-line Regiment Artillery who came to support, he knew that the opportunity had come.

The four 150 mortars fired five consecutive rounds at the area provided by the young commander of the 769th Regiment. The coordinates were calculated by Pang Dahai and Li Daxi, two veteran artillerymen, based on their own experience and then compared.

There were some minor discrepancies, which caused the two veteran artillerymen who had grown up in actual combat to try to persuade each other for nearly half an hour. Later, each gave in, and the four 150 mortars bombarded according to Pang Dahai's coordinates, and the eight 82 mortars bombarded according to Li Daxi's coordinates.

The eight mortars that had almost all been used up were of course fully replenished, and another 200 shells were transported to the artillery positions.

The artillerymen of the 769th Regiment were collectively excited!

They thought that the 683rd Brigade was a local tyrant, but now it seems that they only got one word right.

Now is the real, never fought such a rich war.

A total of 12 artillery pieces, at the beginning of the general offensive, output nearly 150 shells, 40 of which hit the front command of Nobi Nobita.

The Japanese Army's young left no longer worried that he would be killed by a certain big left.

Because he was killed by the Chinese artillery shells, at least he got the title of dying on the spot.

The war report sent by the 108th Division to the North China Command of Japan after the war also described the Japanese Army Xiao Zuo who died on the front line. For this, the North China Command promoted him to a higher rank.

However, the rank of Zhong Zuo can only be hung on his tombstone by his wife who is destined to remarry.

How come the Chinese have more artillery? And such a large caliber...

The Japanese infantrymen who wanted to take a break and fight again on the front line were completely confused. Before that, Xiao Zuo Nobi had given them chicken soup with a sun scarf wrapped around his head: Our army suffered heavy losses, and the Chinese were at the end of their strength. We only need to do it again, just once, and their positions will be completely opened to our army. In order to commend the bravery of the warriors in this battle, I promised everyone on behalf of Goto Daizu that after this battle, the entire army can find two small towns in China at will, and all actions are allowed, as long as the warriors want...

Chicken soup and promises have slightly improved the morale of the Japanese infantrymen, which has fallen to the bottom.

But what the hell, is this called the last gasp? Seeing the rising dust and gunpowder turning the young leftist who was fed with poisonous chicken soup into dregs, the Japanese infantry collapsed.

They retreated in a swarm.

But this time, the Chinese soldiers did not blow their charge horns. They just sat in the trenches and watched quietly.

Watching the shells pass over their heads and fall into the running group of shit-yellow people, blowing up the group of "shit" running hard, and then throwing them on the land of China to become fertilizer.

Just like what the head of the Four-Line Regiment, Gong Shaoxun, said: "This time, there is no need for brothers to charge with their lives and open the way with blood. We will use shells to bombard him first!"

The officers and soldiers of the 769th Regiment, who had just experienced a bloody battle, never thought that there would be such a day. They sat on the top of the mountain and looked down at such a feast of artillery fire that belonged to them.

But the dream that they had never thought of was born in front of them.

It's so exciting! It's so exciting!

The mood of the Japanese Army General Da Zuo, who was also watching all this from the rear, is self-evident!

It is not enough to describe it with just gloom.

Because this is not just a defeat.

Rather, it is a problem of how he can escape with the remaining seven or eight hundred people.

The Chinese soldiers on the high ground on both wings began to stir, and the explosions in the rear also meant that the Chinese were attacking his retreat.

"I should lead my troops to fight the Chinese in front of me, but the Chinese are ten times more powerful than me, and they have heavy artillery and other equipment. My troops have almost no chance of winning! Even so, we will fight the enemy to the death to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!"

After standing still for a moment, Goto Koshiminami sent a farewell telegram to the division headquarters 6 kilometers away!

Later it was proved that it was this telegram that saved the 108th Division headquarters.

Xia Xiongyuan, who was trying his best to mobilize troops and gather heavy troops to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese army, immediately stopped all the tactical plans at hand, and even had no time to bring a lot of baggage. He immediately took all the Japanese troops in Lucheng and retreated to Changzhi.

He didn't even have time to mourn that he had lost more than 2,000 lives of imperial officers and soldiers, and he was only lucky that he and the division headquarters ran fast.

Otherwise, if the Chinese army, which took advantage of the victory, surrounded Lucheng, then he, the lieutenant general division commander, would nail the 108th Division and the Japanese North China Front Army to the pillar of shame in history, whether he was dead or alive.

Of course, the pillar of shame or not is only for the big guys to consider. For Inoue Xiaoshu at this time, he didn't ask for much, he just wanted to hold on until the main force came back to help.

Unfortunately, the Chinese crushed such a humble request.