Matou Nao is like a gourd mouth, tightly locking the road from a valley scattered between mountains with two small hills.
No one expected that the first battle between the two sides would start in this way.
Each launched a fierce bombardment on the other side.
The offensive looked very fierce, with dozens of artillery shells used.
But the effect of the shelling on both sides was not even satisfactory.
Completely struck a chord with loneliness.
However, after seeing the firepower of the other side's artillery, the top commanders on both sides calmed down.
They know that the key to victory now lies in how to kill the opponent's artillery first.
In this kind of hard steel battle on a narrow hilltop, if there is no artillery support and suppression, there is no doubt that the side with the terrain advantage will win the final victory.
Even though Shen Quan and the others were much inferior in firepower compared to the Japs, especially the heavy machine guns, with the fortifications and bunkers, a lot of lives would be lost almost every meter up the mountain.
Therefore, after hearing the intensity of Wang Xilai's bombardment, both the little devil Maeda Jiro from the headquarters and Shoda Ishu, who was commanding the two teams advancing, became very ugly at the same time.
Based on their experience, they can naturally tell how many mortars they are, although the caliber of the opponent's guns is much smaller than theirs.
But this amount is enough to pose a fatal threat to them.
In comparison, Shoda Yixiu felt even more uncomfortable. After receiving the order to launch a probing attack, he had already led two teams to approach the hillside within two hundred meters.
This is already the enemy's effective attack range. If there is no fire suppression, Shoda Yixiu will know the result of this attack without asking.
Fortunately, the heavy machine gun team watched their own people attack, and fired fiercely at the hillside opposite to suppress them.
The dense bullets fell on the hillside, splashing the soil, making it impossible for the guerrillas inside the fortifications to even raise their heads.
At this time, Chen Quan missed Lu Fan's heavy machine gun unit very much, but it was a pity that he could not bring it out this time. Otherwise, who would be afraid of whom in the confrontation.
After all, no one expected that the battle to hijack the Japanese troops would develop into two major battles.
"Comrades, don't be anxious, wait until the Japanese are forced in before fighting." Shen Quan cautiously stretched his head to take a look at the young Japanese and shouted loudly. "Wait until they reach the middle of the mountain and follow my command to fight."
As expected, the Japanese artillery shells did not continue to hit, and Shen Quan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Wang Xilai and the others did not destroy the Japanese artillery, they seemed to have contained them now.
If this is the case, then there is no need to worry about this group of little devils coming over to kill people.
However, Shen Quan also knows the current situation and is not too optimistic. After all, in the round of shelling just launched by our own side, we did not see any losses to the little Japanese artillery.
Of course, Shen Quan did not expect the artillery to destroy the Japanese artillery in the short term.
To be honest, this is a bit unrealistic.
Whether it is training or actual combat experience. The Japs' artillery is still much stronger than Wang Xilai's.
After all, this is a very technical profession.
I hope Wang Xilai and the others can contain the Japs' artillery. There is no need to force anything else.
But in this way, the pressure on himself will be greater, and the little devils may reinforce the artillery attack at any time.
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On the hillside, Wang Xilai felt very regretful that this round of shelling had failed. He invested heavily and shot out a third of the cannonballs at once.
But not even a hair of the little devil was taken away, this wave of blood loss!
However, Wang Xilai had no time to regret. At this time, he needed to quickly lead everyone to move positions.
After all, the little devil's counterattack is also very fast. The time it took for the three rapid fires just now was enough for the little devil to calculate the position of the artillery, and he would soon counterattack.
Sure enough, not long after they moved, the position they just stayed in was covered by the gunfire of the Japs.
"Captain Wang, if we concentrate our firepower to attack the opponent, since the first wave cannot strike accurately, it will definitely give the opponent a chance to move their position. We might as well spread out and find them alone for a decisive battle!"
Looking at the place he had just left, which was covered by the Japs' artillery fire and had a radius of dozens of meters, Jin Laiwang was a little frightened and suggested to Wang Xilai to spread out and fight freely.
"If we spread out, it will be even harder for us to kill the enemy's artillery. After all, if we can't hit it with the first shot, we will become a potential target." Wang Xilai thought briefly and said with a frown.
"We are not completely dispersed. Instead, we are divided into two groups. One group lures the enemy, and the other group aims at the opportunity to give them a fatal blow." Jin Laiwang continued.
His method is almost exactly the same as Han Gang's. Simply put, it is a group fishing. Another group goes off the net.
The method seems simple and very practical.
But the group responsible for fishing will be very dangerous.
After all, the little devil is not a weak fish.
But a big shark with fangs.
Their backlash will be very sharp.
Wang Xilai fell into deep thought, and then still shook his head:
"This method is inappropriate. There is no need for us to do this for the time being.
If we can contain the Japs' artillery so that they cannot attack our positions, then we will achieve the same effect.
If the Japs ignore us and continue to bombard our positions.
Then it is an excellent opportunity for us.
The fishing method greatly weakens the concentration of our artillery fire and may not have the intended effect. ".
After a while of thinking, Wang Xilai rejected Jin Laiwang's suggestion.
The method of depositing money to make things prosperous is now like cashing in on both sides.
However, the battlefield is changing rapidly. Now Wang Xilai's mission no longer has to destroy the opponent. As long as it can be contained, the opponent cannot launch artillery bombardment on the position. So the same, the purpose was achieved.
The risk of exchange is extremely high.
Now their advantage is in the dark, relying on the more flexible advantage of shifting positions. If they no longer think about solving people in one go, but move positions one by one.
With such a rapid change of positions, the Japs' artillery couldn't catch them at all.
This is also a simple method used by the artillery on the Eastern Front. Although it is a bit unpretentious, it is one of the best methods to deal with the current war situation.
Just do what Wang Xi said.
The artillery team moved back and forth on the hillside without giving the opponent a chance to seize it.
While running away at any time, Wang Xilai and the others also saw the opportunity to make a shot.
Although the results were very unsatisfactory, the effect of containing the opponent was very good.
The little devil's artillery squad has been enraged, and the squad leader is busy trying to catch them.
There was no time to provide artillery support to the front line.
So when Shoda Yishuu led two teams of little Japs to approach the hillside, he only received fire support from three heavy machine guns, but not a single artillery fire.
"Kill the chicken!" Shoda Ichishu didn't wait for the artillery support, but he had to fire the arrow on the string. He raised his command knife and rushed towards the hillside with his head pointed.
A group of little devils kept charging towards the mountain as if they had been beaten to death.
There were about 100 people in the two teams, and they were howling and charging together. It had to be said that they were still quite loud.
But for Shen Quan, this is just a piece of cake. He was seen lying on the edge of the trench. Watch closely the progress of the little devil.
100m.
80m.
50m.
"Fire!" Shen Quan raised the box cannon and fired in a burst.
Every shot carried the life of a Jaap, and other guerrilla fighters also braved Jaap machine gun fire. There was a wave of counterattack against the little devil.
In an instant, at least 30 little Japs were shot to death on the hillside.
Of course, on the guerrilla side, the guerrillas who stepped forward had already suffered several casualties under heavy machine gun fire.
This kind of firepower formed by the interweaving of heavy machine guns.
The range of positions covered is indeed quite large.
It's just that their stuck point is 500m away. Now the remaining grenade launchers of the infantry detachment are a little out of reach, and there won't be much preparation at the extreme distance.
But with better accurate artillery fire, all the 60mm mortars of the detachment were taken away by Wang Xilai.
Shen Quan could only look at the other party helplessly.
Just at this time.
Suddenly there was a gunshot.
In the distance, a heavy machine gunner of the Little Japs suddenly fell to the ground, with a big hole in his head.
It was Yang Quan, a sniper from the 5th Infantry Division, who finally found an opportunity and killed an enemy machine gunner.
As one of the six kings under Wang Xikui, Yang Quan's usual training is unremarkable. Unexpectedly, he made a great contribution at this critical moment.
Taking advantage of the enemy's panic and weakened artillery fire, more guerrilla fighters from the hillside fortifications emerged to fight back.
This round of probing attacks by the little devils was immediately beaten back, leaving forty or fifty corpses of the little devils at the foot of the hillside.
Shoda Yixiu fled back in embarrassment with the remaining little devils.
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