Compared with the Ping An Cluster Dagushan Detachment's infantry and artillery offensive, which was like boiling water and pouring snow, the situation after the battle in Jinsui District was much more difficult.
The leader of the first regiment of the Independent Second Brigade faced off against a brigade of the Little Japanese. Although the number of enemies was not greater than his own, they occupied a high point and formed an advantageous defense, which put him under great pressure for a while!
The regiment headquarters set up a temporary headquarters on the hilltop opposite. A regiment commander lay on the ground, carefully observed the firepower deployment on the opposite side, and immediately ordered the mortar company set up on the hilltop to knock out the Japs' machine gun fire points.
The main force, the First Battalion, moved to the foot of the mountain to stand by. The Second and Third Battalions were on the two flanks of the First Battalion, preparing to follow the gap opened by the First Battalion to expand the results!
Although the superiors had replenished weapons and ammunition before the war, each soldier had at least 100 rounds of ammunition and 4 grenades. They even gave the regiment and a battalion of fully automatic machine guns and rifles, and distributed all the crooked weapons to the squad.
Such a rich fighting regiment has never been fought before, but the enemy is also historically powerful. Directly facing a large group, the regiment has only encountered it during the blocking battle before, but at that time it was just a fight. Withdrawing is not the current situation of annihilating the opponent!
The leader of the regiment was completely unsure.
But even if it is a bottomless battle, if the superiors arrange it, the regiment commander will resolutely execute it without any hesitation.
Under his command, the whole group immediately started to move. At this moment, the distance between the two sides was still a few hundred meters. A kid with strong marksmanship opened fire from time to time, causing the group to begin to suffer losses. However, in a battle of this level, the effect of such a cold gun was better than nothing.
The group advanced without hesitation.
The mortars on the top of the mountain were quickly deployed, and under the guidance of the artillery observers, test firing began. Because the mortar company was too poor in the past, the mortar company only used one gun for test firing and range measurement. In this way, time passed There was a lot of delay. Almost at the same time, Zhao Dalei and the others launched several rounds of artillery attacks. Even Zhao Dalei called Gao Jianwu's long-range artillery to destroy the heavy machine gun positions, and the commandos began to charge.
On this side, a regiment had just begun its first round of mortar test firing.
There is already a huge difference between the two sides in terms of combat preparations and thinking.
According to the regiment's combat rhythm, the battle to encircle and annihilate the little devils would last at least one day.
Not just one regiment, the other regiments in Jinsui District have basically similar tactical thinking. When faced with the situation, they fight according to traditional thinking.
But even Gao Jianwu had no choice in the face of such a situation. He could only try his best to provide artillery support to the infantry that could be observed in his field of vision before the enemy planes arrived again.
Zhao Dalei, Lu Fan, Shen Quan, and even Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao all called for artillery support, allowing long-range mountain artillery to quickly knock out the firepower of the Japs' heavy machine gun positions. Therefore, the Ping An offensive was like a tidal wave and progressed smoothly. Several squads of little Japs were completely powerless against the ferocious offensive of the Ping An cluster.
"The artillery camp reported that the artillery shells have been exhausted, and the repeated artillery shells have been exhausted!" Gao Jianwu was busy correcting the artillery bombardment and providing long-range artillery support for the frontline infantry. He did not pay attention to this wave of fierce shelling and the fact that the artillery shells were consumed. forget.
"Hammer! Hammer!" Gao Jianwu glanced back and shouted loudly when he didn't see Song Tiecheng. Gao Jianwu had just gone all out to direct the artillery operations, but Gao Jianwu didn't notice anything going on around him.
"Detachment leader, he's here! He's here!" Song Tiecheng, who had just eliminated a squadron of Japs, ran over happily from a distance. "We just opened a fight, but it's just a little devil from the squadron. He can't help but beat him. He can't help it at all!"
"Get ready to retreat, follow me to get some artillery shells!" Gao Jianwu said as he asked people to start cleaning up the scene.
"Order the artillery battalion to immediately move to a new position next door, and then temporarily hide the artillery. The artillery shell supply will be here soon!" Gao Jianwu said while thinking about how to explode the artillery shells in his mind.
Gao Jianwu's mind flashed to the movements of the little Japanese he had just observed, and he began to look for a suitable target to attack.
Paths and mountain top shapes flashed through his mind like a movie. Gao Jianwu found a hilltop far away from the main force of the Japs as his target.
In his observation, there should be only a hundred or so little Japs peeking out there. Although he didn't know where the Japs came from, but who cares, as long as there are Japs, hundreds of boxes of Japs' mountain artillery shells would appear. Quite reasonable, right?
Anyway, it is impossible to just sit back and watch the mountain artillery battalion do nothing in this battle. Without the mountain artillery battalion, Gao Jianwu squatting there now has no effect.
Gao Jianwu and his party trotted up the mountain towards the new goal.
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"Gumen Jun, listen to this artillery fire, we are afraid that we have really encountered the Tubalu group from Wucheng." Xiangcheng Xianji stood on the top of a mountain, observing that Gao Jianwu's artillery fire just now almost accurately hit the locust army's defense. Critical line of defense.
Judging from the observed artillery ball trajectories, the enemy's artillery position is at least a few kilometers away, and it is capable of long-range and precise strikes beyond visual range. The enemy must have a powerful artillery observation and command team.
I don’t know what happened to the locust troops who went to clear the commanding heights with arms. If nothing unexpected happened, the enemy’s artillery observation team should be there.
"Xiangcheng-kun, I'm afraid it's them." Gumen Yihui replied solemnly. He was also observing the attack and defense of both sides. Their hilltop was slightly higher than the surrounding hills, so he could see the battle conditions on several surrounding hills.
The attack firepower of some enemies is obviously much stronger, and there are even brigade-level enemies with more than a dozen mortars. According to the report, this kind of equipment, except for Tubal Road on the Ping An side in the south, is the new enemy that appeared near Wucheng. some.
"It seems that we are in big trouble." Xiangcheng Kenji said leisurely. Judging from the current battle situation, although the start was a bit bad and an artillery regiment was lost, in the following infantry duel, some battlefields were smooth and some battlefields were a bit bad.
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But overall, our side is not without the ability to fight back.
With the advantage of the geographical advantage, as long as there is no extended support from the enemy's artillery fire, it can still be sustained.
The only thing that made Kenji Kojo lament was that in this wave of infantry duels, his own side, which mainly used grenades, faced the opponent who mainly used mortars, and the forward artillery support suffered too much.
The highly maneuverable light machine guns have good firepower, but the heavy machine guns are almost always a living target for the opponent's mortars!
Those logistics masters who have money engraved on their foreheads always resist the demand for frontline mortars. Now, there are only four mortars for field divisions like him!
The opponents are at least twice as many as him, or even 3 or 4 times as many!
This was the first time that Kenji Kojo encountered a battle situation with insufficient forward artillery.
Those logistics guys who deserve to commit seppuku should really die!
In recent years, after fighting many battles with the enemy, Kenji Kojo has become deeply aware of the important role of 80 mm mortars for squadron-level and brigade-level grassroots troops. If the squadron has a mortar squad, the brigade has If a mortar squadron is attached, the ability of these grassroots forces to operate independently will be much stronger.
The era of the 92nd Infantry and artillery packs conquering the world is over. Compared with mortars that move casually on the battlefield, the 92nd Infantry Cannon is too clumsy.
Some complaints flashed through Xiangcheng Kenji's mind, but reality forced him to make a decision.
Should you go or stay?
"Do we still have a chance?" Xiangcheng Kenji turned to Gumon Ikki and asked.
Xiangcheng Kenji's eyes were full of unwillingness. Ikki Gumon sighed in his heart, but he replied: "There is still a chance. Looking at the entire battlefield, the biggest threat to our 26th Division is the mountain artillery battalion on Tubal Road. We Wait for them to use up their artillery shells, or find them and eliminate them, then we can repel Tubal Road's attack with the assistance of the air force."
Ikki Gumon is worthy of being the chief of staff of a division, and he still has a very vicious vision. The Tubal Mountain Artillery Battalion pointing out where to attack is really annoying. Kenji Xiangcheng was even a little envious. If the Locust Army had such a mountain artillery brigade, he would be 100% sure of winning this battle!
"At present, the enemy's artillery fire has stopped for a while, and there should be a shortage of artillery shells. A rough estimate is that since the war began, this artillery battalion has fired more than 300 artillery shells, and there should be very few shells left."
Kenji Kojo nodded. What Gumon Ikki said was exactly what troubled him. He was also an old soldier, and of course he also understood that the key to breaking the current situation was the enemy's mountain artillery battalion!
It's a pity that this mountain artillery battalion is hidden a little far and deep. A brigade sent out by me has not yet reported the discovery of the target.
Now we can only rely on the guys from the Air Force. Thinking of this, Kenji Kojo stared at the direction of the clouds in the sky. The fighter planes that were going back to replenish their ammunition should have arrived by the time.
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In the temporary forward command, Li Yunlong and the liaison chief of staff were talking to the walkie-talkies almost continuously with various front regiments to understand the battle situation. Once Gao Jianwu left, the two of them became the backbone of the on-site command.
However, after understanding the situation, the liaison officer's chief of staff's face was as serious as water, while Li Yunlong was as usual, not having much to blame for the progress below.
Facing the Ping An cluster, three attack groups opened up the situation and broke through, and began the final infantry duel with the little devils halfway up the mountain.
The progress on Xing Zhiguo's side was slightly unsatisfactory. The Little Devil's mortar squad destroyed two 82mm mortars from Xing Zhiguo's mortar company. The two sides were engaged in a mobile mortar battle.
Although Xing Zhiguo gritted his teeth and ordered the three reserve battalions to move forward after hearing the progress of the battle on the other three sides, and accelerated the progress despite casualties, but without mortars to suppress the firepower of the Japs' machine guns, the front line relied on grenades to fight the enemy It is obviously difficult to take into account the machine gun firepower during the grenade duel.
You must know that the New Third Regiment is not equipped with 60mm mortars. In comparison, Tongdagushan has many fewer means of movement.
When fighting like this, the second attack group with the New Third Regiment as the core is obviously much weaker.
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