Deputy brigade commander Miyazawa Colonel was walking in the middle of the team, enjoying with the two captains how to destroy the Eighth Route Army after encountering them.
"Sir, we are passing through the Peishan area, a hilly terrain that must be passed through to reinforce Yi County. If the Eighth Route Army intends to encircle the point for reinforcements and ambush the reinforcements, Peishan is most likely to be chosen as a battlefield by them." A captain pointed to the heights ahead. Rolling hilly road.
"Notify the troops to be on alert..." Even though he had a large number of troops, Colonel Miyazawa still did not dare to underestimate his opponent. After hearing the reminder from his subordinates, he gave orders with caution.
Another captain immediately took the order: "Sir, don't worry, the humble duty has been handed down. As long as the Eighth Route Army ambush troops dare to show up, we will make them unable to come back, and we will avoid the shame of being severely wounded by them before."
As we walked, hills began to appear on both sides of the road, and there were many more bushes than outside the mountains.
Facing the increasingly complex terrain beside him, the kid himself felt a strong sense of crisis without the need for Colonel Miyazawa to remind him. The rifle on his back was unknowingly in his hand, ready to lie down and shoot at any time. .
"Da da da...dong dong dong..."
The familiar sound of gunshots suddenly rang out at the front of the team. Colonel Miyazawa was nervous and looking forward to it. His steps suddenly accelerated and he hurried towards the front of the team.
Just after running a few dozen meters, he saw a second lieutenant from the forward squadron running towards him.
"Sir, there is an Eighth Route Army blocking position ahead."
"The defense line is built against the mountains. The terrain is difficult and easy to defend but difficult to attack. The blocking force has at least two thousand people and is equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars. It should be the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the wing."
Perhaps to confirm what the second lieutenant said, before he finished speaking, the violent explosion of artillery shells came from the front of the team.
"Two thousand Eighth Route Army troops blocked us from the front. There must be other Eighth Route Army ambushes hiding nearby. They suddenly launched an attack while we were entangled with the blocking troops, and then severely damaged us." Colonel Miyazawa was very smart and pointed out Huang Yu's tactics to deal with them. Tactics.
A captain suddenly said: "Even if there is an ambush, there won't be many."
"The main force of the Duer Regiment plus the three garrison regiments have at most 6,000 men and guns. There are more than 2,000 siege troops in Yixian County. After deducting the more than 2,000 people who blocked us from the front, they still have some people left in their base area. , we can have more than a thousand Eighth Route Army troops ambushing behind us."
"As long as the troops fight quickly and seize the blocking position, those ambush troops will be worthless."
"We will fight to Yixian first, and cooperate with the Yixian garrison to attack the Eighth Route Army's siege troops in front and back. After the battle is over, we will turn around and chase the ambush troops. We will definitely be able to end the battle at the minimum cost."
"In the past, the Eighth Route Army defeated our troops one by one. This time we went in the opposite direction and defeated them one by one."
While they were talking, the three of them had already rushed to the front of the team.
"boom……"
A flare rose into the sky at the same time, and the blocking position built on the hill was immediately exposed in front of Colonel Miyazawa.
There were corpses lying on the road in front of the formation. There were at least fifty corpses scattered everywhere. They must have just been lost by the forward squadron.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army that just attacked us used a total of two heavy machine guns, eight light machine guns, and nearly 20 grenade launchers. In just one sudden fire attack, more than 30 low-ranking people were killed." The forward squadron leader trotted over. , reported with anger and grievance.
"If I hadn't retreated in time, the entire forward squadron would have encountered mishaps. Sir, please take revenge on us."
The chief of staff did not answer his words, but asked with a serious face: "Are you sure there are really more than 2,000 Eighth Route Army troops on the blocking position, equipped with a large number of artillery?"
"Confirmation of humble position..." the forward squadron leader replied firmly.
After hearing this, Colonel Miyazawa knew what was going on. He waved his hand and said, "I understand. You go down and rest. I will help them avenge the death of the imperial army."
After saying that, he turned his attention to several brigade captains: "Ono-kun, you immediately lead the second brigade to protect the field artillery brigade and retreat two kilometers to set up artillery, aim at the blocking position, and be ready to join the battle at any time. The marching speed must be fast. The artillery must be set up before the first round of general attack."
The excited expression on Major Ono's face instantly turned into frustration.
The deputy brigade commander was the first to call his name. He thought that the main attack task would fall on him, but he didn't expect that he would be assigned to protect the field artillery brigade from behind.
Once the mission is determined, he will be far away from the battlefield and unable to participate in the subsequent attack.
If the reinforcements really inflicted heavy losses on the Yizhong Eighth Route Army here, no matter how great the credit was, it would have nothing to do with themselves.
The anger in my heart simply cannot be described in words.
"We can't just sit back and wait for death..." he thought to himself, and at the same time decided to try again with the deputy brigade commander.
"Sir, I don't think it is necessary for the troops to arrange the field artillery position two kilometers away. It not only wastes troops, but also weakens the accuracy of the field artillery."
"If we place the field artillery position directly next to the main force and fire artillery at close range, we don't have to divide a large group to protect them. The main force can gather more troops to attack the Eighth Route Army and destroy them."
"The field artillery brigade can also provide artillery support to the attacking troops in a more timely manner."
Colonel Miyazawa objected unceremoniously: "No, the field artillery position must be deployed two kilometers away."
"We have field artillery, and the Eighth Route Army in the Wing also has field artillery... We are equipped with mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortars... They are also equipped."
"If the field artillery positions are arranged here, and the mortars equipped by the Eighth Route Army are targeted, and the mortars are used to destroy the field artillery brigade of our army, their field artillery battalions will be able to dominate the entire battlefield and stand on the mountain artillery and infantry artillery of our army. Out of the effective range, they will blow us up."
"The field artillery brigade is prepared for the Eighth Route Army's field artillery troops. It is not used to deal with their mortars and mountain artillery. The position must be arranged outside the effective range of the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery and infantry artillery to eliminate all dangers."
The captain was speechless and could only accept the task with a face full of reluctance.
Colonel Miyazawa continued to order: "Mountain artillery squadron, infantry artillery squad, and mortar squadron, set up artillery on the spot and immediately cover the Eighth Route Army's blocking position with artillery fire. The first infantry battalion is ready for an assault."
"The Third Battalion divided two supplementary squadrons to establish defense lines on the flanks of the main force to deal with the Eighth Route Army ambushes hiding around us and protect the safety of the main force."
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In the Peishan blocking position, Kong Jie did not stay in the underground command post as usual. Instead, he held a box gun in his hand and shuttled back and forth in the trench like an ordinary cadre in the team to boost the morale of the troops.
"Comrades, the little devils are just like us, they all carry their heads on their shoulders. As long as we withstand their artillery attacks, and when their attacking troops approach and suddenly open fire, we will still take their lives with one bullet."
"Have you seen the dozens of Japanese corpses on the road? You guys killed them all."
"This time, the Japanese were lucky enough to run back and only kill one replacement team."
"When they attack next time, we will move closer and fire, and try to kill one of their squadrons in one battle."
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot ..." The screams of artillery shells streaking across the sky suddenly sounded in the air, and a fireball rose up sixty meters behind them. The explosion sounded like thunder to the blocking position.
Kong Jie's face suddenly changed, and he reminded in a loud voice: "The Japanese have started shelling. The shells just fired were test shots... Everyone should lie down. Don't stand up. Veterans should watch out for the new recruits around them..."
As he spoke, he ran towards the command post.
There were no artillery holes in the blocking position. Even though there were trenches for cover, the blocking force's casualties were not very small. He must sit at the command post and mobilize reserve troops to reinforce the battlefield at any time.
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as Kong Jie stepped into the command post, the explosion reached his ears from behind.
Moreover, the explosion did not come from the blocking position, but from the Japanese offensive position.
Four mountain artillery shells and six infantry artillery shells roared into the Japanese mountain artillery position and the infantry artillery position from five different directions.
When the Japs first arrived, they needed to conduct test firings to accurately hit the target.
Kong Jie does not use the gunners in his hands, but this does not mean that the gunners of the Duer Regiment are more powerful than the Japanese gunners, but because the gunners of the Duer Regiment have more preparation time than the Japanese, and are more familiar with the terrain here, and the Japanese are still marching on the road. At that time, they completed the test firing and made sure to shoot Zhuyuan.
After the two sides started fighting, the gunners of the Duer Regiment only needed to determine the specific location of the Japanese artillery position, and then they could find out the corresponding firing elements based on the advance test firing, and immediately cover the Japanese artillery position with artillery fire.
The Guizishan artillery position and the infantry artillery position are adjusting their firing elements based on the test firing results, and the first round of artillery shells will be fired in ten seconds.
As a result, before the cannonball was inserted into the barrel, an explosion sounded around them.
Two artillery shells hit the gun emplacement, and the fire splashed. The artillery, which weighed several hundred kilograms, was blown over easily like a toy.
More than ten gunners were blown away at the same time. Several gunners who were closest to the impact point did not even leave their bodies behind. They were directly blown into pieces and scattered everywhere.
This scene confused Colonel Miyazawa.
Shouldn't we blow up the Eighth Route Army blocking positions ourselves now? Why is the battlefield reversed?
The blocking position on the hill did not receive a single artillery shell, but the artillery position under his command received ten artillery shells, and two artillery pieces were destroyed on the spot.
This was not the fight he had planned.
Staring at the blocking position, he roared an order: "Mountain artillery and infantry artillery counterattack immediately, and the exposed artillery of the Eighth Route Army must be destroyed..."
"The mortar squadron continues to shell the Eighth Route Army blocking positions."
"Contact the field artillery brigade, set up the artillery and join the battle. Blow up the Eighth Route Army blocking positions for me."
"Boom boom boom..."
The Japanese artillery quickly joined the battle. Relying on the large number of artillery pieces, the blocking position was soon bombarded with artillery fire and thick smoke.
Mountain artillery and infantry artillery on both sides continued to fire shells at each other, both wanting to eliminate the other side as soon as possible and support other battlefields.
However, the Eighth Route Army artillery was too scattered and too familiar with the terrain here.
As soon as the three rapid fire rounds were completed, they moved to the reserve position and continued to fire according to the shooting elements measured in advance.
They just used mountain artillery and infantry artillery to start a guerrilla fight against the Japanese. The bombing made the Japanese mountain artillery squadron and infantry artillery squad complain again and again, and they could never end the battle.
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