It took the Sixth Regiment more than two hours to collect the defeated troops. After getting the loss data, Colonel Kurunaga almost fainted and cursed:
"Bagaya Road, a bunch of trash!
There are as many as 268 people in Yushang and missing persons, as well as a large number of wounded, and all the baggage they carried has been lost!
How do you want me to report to the division commander? "
In the last sentence, he almost roared at the second captain Masayuki Takada. Although this loss would not cause him to have a caesarean section, it was inevitable that he would be scolded by the division commander, so he scolded Major Takada first. balance.
The hierarchy in the Japanese army was very strict. Major Takada could only listen to the roar of the commander, and he was very polite by not slapping him twice.
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
Every time Kuronaga scolded him, he would pause like a chicken pecking at rice. It wasn't until Kuronaga got tired of scolding that he suggested:
"Your Excellency, Captain, I have already sent people to conduct reconnaissance on the Chinese who attacked the Imperial Army. They are just the vanguard, and their total strength will not exceed one regiment -"
Takada's words were interrupted by two heavy slaps, and his face instantly became swollen. It was obvious that these two slaps had been used hard. Major Takada looked at his captain with a sad face, like an angry little daughter-in-law.
"Bagaya Road, a main force group was defeated by a Chinese regiment, you are unworthy of the emperor's trust!
Quickly assemble the troops and take back the Lion Forest. The Chinese will be wiped out without leaving any one behind. "
Colonel Kuronaga's words were almost spitted out, and it sprayed all over Major Takada's face. He didn't dare to wipe it off, and said with a smile:
"Your Excellency, Captain, the Second Battalion has almost lost all its heavy weapons. Attacking hastily will only increase casualties. How about recalling the Third Battalion, and then the two brigades attack each other together -"
Colonel Kuronaga shook his hand and said:
"The mission of the Third Battalion is to capture Baoshan City. The incident in Lion Forest can only be solved by the Second Battalion itself. I will request the division commander for fire support and coordinate aircraft and artillery support. All you need is If you lead the team to the Lion Forest position, you will be considered guilty and meritorious!"
After learning that there was support from aircraft, he felt confident. In the field, aircraft and naval guns were invincible, and it was easy to destroy a regiment.
"Hey, thank you for your care! Takada Brigade will definitely live up to your trust and take down the Lion Forest with one charge."
Colonel Kuronaga waved his hand and sent him away, then asked the coder to send a signal to the division headquarters and call for fire support.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, more than a dozen planes came over from the sea in an aggressive manner. These were all planes taking off from aircraft carriers. After gaining control of the air on the northern line, they came over with almost arrogance. No one could pose a threat to them. threaten.
A sharp whistle sounded on the Independent Battalion's position. The soldiers who had been rapidly digging fortifications moved toward the nearest gun holes to hide. The rest was left to luck.
Before they could hide completely, the Japanese plane flew over the Independence Battalion's position and dropped a bunch of daddy...
"Boom boom boom..."
The dust and smoke that had been blown up by the Japanese aerial bombs were flying for a while. The soldiers of the independent battalion huddled in the anti-gun caves, silently enduring the ravages of the Japanese aerial bombs. Those who were unlucky would be directly hit by the bombs. Those who were hiding inside Almost all the soldiers in a squad were killed, and many of them could not even find their bodies.
With a livid face, Luo Ying lay in the specially reinforced command room, observing the Japanese movements with a telescope;
Although it is said to be specially reinforced, it is actually unable to withstand a direct hit from a heavy bomb. Whether it survives a positional battle depends at least half on luck.
The Japanese bombing lasted for about ten minutes, and the fortifications they had worked hard to excavate were completely devastated. It was horrible to look at, and a lot of the land was still dark red. At first glance, it looked like "winning the lottery", which meant that almost a whole class was reduced.
Luo Ying didn't know how many people had been killed or injured, but it would be no less. He would fight as long as he was still alive.
Just after the plane bombing left, Luo Ying heard the sound of the artillery blasting through the sky again, and immediately cursed angrily:
"Nah, ship shells! Is the dog days over?"
The enemy's answer was a bombardment of shells, many of which were large-caliber main guns. Once they exploded, they would create a huge crater, leaving no survivors within a thirty-meter radius.
The independent battalion's position is very wide, and each anti-gun hole is a hundred meters apart. As long as it is not directly hit, there is a high probability that it will survive.
Fortunately, the Japanese naval gun barrels have a service life. Bombs weighing hundreds of kilograms each are piled up with money, and they cannot afford to use too many.
I don’t know how long it lasted, but the Japanese artillery fire began to extend, and the experienced company platoon leader began to blow his whistle;
Groups of soldiers emerged from the gun-proof holes, and then followed the pre-demarcated defensive areas to find relatively intact shooting positions and prepare for battle.
Two or three hundred meters away, a squadron of Japanese soldiers lined up in a standard skirmish formation and charged menacingly towards the first position of the Independent Battalion;
The main position of the independent battalion is three horizontally and four vertically. There is a trench for hiding soldiers dozens of meters behind. This is where the third company of the reserve team is hidden, and the machine gun company is deployed by Luo Ying on a small height on the flank. On the ground, three to four hundred meters away from the main position.
This distance can not only avoid the enemy's fire damage, but also maximize the advantage of side fire, which can be used at critical moments. Now the enemy only has one squadron, so naturally it will not be easily exposed.
Since they had been prepared for the firepower of aircraft and naval guns, the Japanese sent a squadron in the first round of charge. Colonel Kurunaga liked this kind of head-on position battle very much. Looking at the fragmented position opposite that was bombed, he couldn't bear it. Live well:
"Yo Xi, the imperial army's artillery fire is so fierce, this is the power of steel!
Mr. Takada, modern war is all about steel. The Chinese people's annual steel output is not even a fraction of the empire. What can they use to fight the empire? "
Major Takada, who had been slapped a few times, spoke more humbly. Seeing that the commander was very chatty, he said jokingly:
"Commander, Commander, judging from the large number of continuous fire weapons used by the Chinese people on the opposite side, they should be the most elite German weapon masters in China, but they do not have the supporting air power, so they can only be beaten passively;
Under the bombardment of aircraft and artillery, the commander really wanted to know how many people were left on their position and whether they could withstand the first charge of Miyamoto's squadron. "
"Yo Xi, Takada-kun, Miyamoto Squadron is the most elite unit of the Sixth Regiment, and the soldiers on the position who can survive now are not even ten. Miyamoto Squadron's attack is as easy as an outing. Let's wait and see. Bar!"
After finishing speaking, Colonel Kurunaga raised his telescope again and watched with interest as his warriors easily rushed into the Chinese position and wiped them all out, so that he would not be scolded as incompetent by the division commander.
A few hundred meters away, the skirmisher line of Miyamoto's squadron was already very close to the defenders' position, but it was still so quiet above that Captain Miyamoto really thought that all the defenders had been torn apart by artillery fire.
His experience told him that it was not that simple. There was no battle in the world that could be solved by artillery alone. Being able to eliminate more than half of the defenders was already pretty good!
"Bagaya Road, the Chinese are cunning and cunning! Everyone works carefully."
The closer he got to the Chinese position, the more unsure he became. This was too abnormal. His visual inspection revealed that the distance was less than sixty meters, a distance that even they would not dare to get so close to;
"Is the Chinese commander so confident?"
Captain Miyamoto habitually slowed down his pace. This was his experience in saving his life over the years.
Tens of meters away, Li Shuo, the commander of China's first line of defense, loaded the bullets of the submachine gun in his hand. He moved very calmly. The reason why he placed the Japs so close was to maximize the melee effect of the submachine gun;
He gathered together two batteries of submachine guns, as many as sixty or seventy. This time he wanted to give the Japanese a surprise...
When the Japanese skirmishers got within fifty meters, Miyamoto could no longer control that much. He rushed up to fifty meters in a matter of seconds. He pulled out his command sword and ordered loudly:
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
Almost at the same time, Li Shuo also gave the order to fire. Dozens of submachine guns fired wildly at the Japs. The dense bullets were so dense that Miyamoto even trembled——
"Bagaya road!"
