"Lao Zhang, leave the position to us, you go down!"
Zhang Keming shook his head and said:
"Almost all the brothers in my regiment are here. I received the order from the master to stay in position. I know we can't hold the position with just our strength, but we can assist you."
The commander of the first regiment of the 57th Division did not refuse a veteran’s right to fight. He nodded and said:
"Old Zhang, my brothers are all good. You have fought with the Japs, and you should have an intuitive understanding of the Japs' combat characteristics. Can you tell me about it quickly?"
Zhang Keming was not in a hurry to exchange combat experience with Liu Bao, the commander of the first regiment of the 57th Division, but said directly:
"The Japs have withdrawn. Hurry up and let the brothers spread out and take cover. The Japs' artillery fire is coming soon. You must spread out and don't get together to avoid being killed by the Japs' artillery fire."
Upon hearing this, Liu Bao didn't bother to tell Zhang Keming more, and directly blew the bronze anti-artillery whistle, and asked the guards to notify several battalion commanders and tell the brothers in the regiment to disperse and take cover.
Shortly after the defenders took refuge in the fighting, the Japanese artillery bombardment began. This time it was the artillery directly under the Ninth Division's Mountain Artillery Regiment's Ninth Regiment;
Although the artillery power of the 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade is huge, their shells are very valuable, the quantity is limited, and the barrels have a service life, so it is good that they can provide fire support to the 9th Regiment. , they can only rely on themselves for the rest of the battle.
The main artillery of the Jiazi Class A Division includes 48 75mm or 105mm mountain guns and field guns of the artillery regiment, 48 92 infantry guns directly under the four infantry regiments, as well as a large number of mortars and a small amount of combat defense. The total number of artillery, anti-aircraft guns, etc. exceeds 150, which is more than a group army of the Central Army of China.
The central army like the 69th Army only has one mountain artillery battalion and eight 75mm mountain guns. Don't even think about it. It would be great to have some mortars. Therefore, there will be no artillery battle between the two sides. Mountain artillery The battalion has been held in the hands of the commander of the 69th Army like a treasure. For the bombardment of the Japanese, they can only rely on their heads to bear it. This is the helplessness of the Chinese army in the face of the Japanese.
"Boom boom boom...."
Raining shells hit the 55th Division's position again, and the entire position was instantly enveloped by artillery fire. From time to time, people were engulfed in fire. The defenders turned on hell mode again. Who could survive was purely luck.
Fortunately, this time it is not the terrifying and despairing large-caliber heavy artillery of the heavy artillery brigade. After tasting the 240mm cannon and 150mm howitzer, the 75mm mountain cannon will be much easier to bear, at least it will not appear a hundred meters away. The tragic situation of being shocked to death by artillery, of course, this is only relative.
The Japanese artillery preparations lasted for a full hour. The 55th Division's position was plowed again, and a large number of huge craters that had been blasted by heavy artillery were filled.
The 7th Regiment lost thousands of Japanese soldiers in the last attack, not counting the wounded, which made the division commander Lieutenant General Yoshika Ryosuke very angry. There had never been such a heavy loss in a battle since the landing. This time they suffered the loss of underestimating the enemy.
Yoshika Ryosuke scolded Captain Isa, and then transferred 500 people from each of the supply and engineering units to supplement them. This was also an old trick of the Japanese. Many of the supplementary troops were not included in the establishment. Even if they die, they will not admit it, so the 7th Regiment is still at full strength after being supplemented. It is wise to report the number of casualties as much as possible.
The shameless ones reported 300 casualties, the thick-skinned ones directly reported 100 casualties, and the particularly shameless ones even reported more than a dozen casualties. Therefore, don’t take the Japanese casualties too seriously. If they are ruthless, they will even lie to themselves.
Many people in later generations like to lick the enemy's buttholes. When talking about the enemy's casualties, they quote the figures of the enemy, and they also swear that the enemy's own words are still false?
These people's heads basically grow on their buttocks, just like Zhongtiao Mountain. An army of hundreds of thousands fought for a month, but only 600 people died in the end. Many people actually believed it. They felt that this was also a sign of respect for the martyrs and that the Japanese were powerful.
Do you really treat the hundreds of thousands of Central Army troops as decorations? Do you think that hundreds of thousands of people will kill an average of twenty Japs a day?
Yoshika Ryosuke doesn't care how many battle losses other people report. Anyway, he only reported 300 self-damage and 5,000 enemy annihilations. If you have questions, you can count them. The 7th Regiment is here!
"Isa-kun, the Chinese have lost at least one division. The 69th Army only has two divisions. It's still early before dark. Don't worry. This time we must wipe out all the Chinese. Before the Chinese reinforcements arrive, we must take down the big enemy." field!"
After suffering a loss, Yoshika Ryosuke is obviously much more pragmatic. After all, the defenders have an army, which cannot be easily eliminated. He can accept it if it takes more than one day. His bottom line is two days, and he must win in two days. To avoid long nights and many dreams.
Also becoming pragmatic was Colonel Isa. This time he no longer sent the entire regiment up. The losses were too great and he only sent one and a half regiments;
There was a squadron on the left and right wings, and a large group in the center. He still focused his attack on the center.
The Japanese artillery preparations had just ended, and Aiba's battalion once again launched an attack on the defender's position;
Different from the first inevitable victory, this time it is mainly a tentative attack, mainly to destroy all the defenders' firepower points through a limited attack to clear the obstacles for the next general offensive. This is also the enemy's positional battle. The normal way of playing.
After the artillery bombardment and the infantry charge, thousands of Japanese soldiers came to kill them aggressively, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides again;
After playing for a while, Captain Zhang realized something was wrong and reminded Liu Baodao:
"Old Liu, no, the Japanese are obviously slippery this time. They should have changed their tactics. Did you see it? Their attacks look fierce, but in fact they are all tricks. They all stop after attacking a hundred meters away. Come down."
Liu Baojing also discovered the problem when Zhang Keming reminded him, and took over the words and said:
"Yes, the devils seem to be teasing us. I guess there are two purposes. One is to consume our army's ammunition, and the other is to find out the strength and firepower distribution on our position, and by the way, use their 92 infantry cannon to destroy our army. machine gun;
These Japanese are really fucking thieves. We can't fall into the Japanese's annihilation plan. We have to hide some strength. Since they don't have to use all our strength, we can just use a battalion to block them, and everyone else should hide. "
Zhang Keming agreed with Liu Bao's proposal. The two old classmates quickly reached a consensus, quickly adjusted their tactics, and began to show weakness to the enemy. Only one battalion was allowed to deal with the Japanese, and the other troops retreated into the trenches to hide.
The two sides fought for another hour, but the Japanese did not notice the changes in the defenders' positions and thought that most of the machine gun firepower had been destroyed by their infantry artillery.
Major Aiba was also cunning. In order to thoroughly understand the strength of the defenders, he suddenly stepped up the offensive before retreating. The entire brigade pressed up and rushed within fifty or sixty meters, causing great damage to the first battalion's defense. Under great pressure, he almost tried his best to repel the Japanese.
After the Aiba brigade withdrew, they reported the situation to Colonel Isa in detail, and said with confidence:
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the defenders' strength has been greatly depleted. Almost all the machine guns were wiped out by the imperial army's artillery fire. The firepower was obviously reduced;
Before retreating, I led the warriors to attack carefully. I only used 70% of my strength. The Chinese people almost tried their best to block the imperial army's attack. If they give me two more infantry cannons, I am confident. Capture the big field in one go. "
Colonel Isa has also been observing the battle situation between the two sides. He believes that Major Aiba's judgment is correct. The strength of the defenders has dropped significantly, and it is time to muster up the courage to take over the defenders' positions.
"Yoshi, one large team is not enough. You have to use all your strength to fight a lion and a rabbit. This time the whole team is pressing forward;
Have you heard of the story of Tian Ji, a Chinese man, racing horses? "
Major Aiba nodded, and then waited humbly for the captain to reveal his clever tactics.
Colonel Isa looked at Major Aiba with admiration and said:
"I didn't expect Mr. Aiba to be a Chinese expert, so I don't need to explain more. This time we used one brigade to contain the defenders on both wings, concentrated two brigade to attack the enemy's center, and mounted the enemy's horse to dismount the enemy, attacking the defender in one fell swoop. position in the center, and then spread out to the two wings to completely wipe out the defenders."
Major Aiba took the order and left.
After about an hour of careful preparation, the Japanese bombardment started again. This time the bombardment was more targeted, and all the machine gun fire points were exposed before. The Japanese carried out saturation bombing and targeted clearing until Colonel Isa was satisfied;
"Old Zhang, you see, the Japanese are really ruthless. They really think highly of our brothers. We are almost in the same unit."
"Old Liu, what are you afraid of? The soldiers will come to stop you, and the water will come and the soil will flood you. We have to fight to the death!"
