The Gong Lili family, who left the 237th Regiment behind, commanded the main force to turn southward as fast as a spark!
When the 237th Regiment was destroyed, it had already exchanged fire with the Brigade Commander's blocking troops!
What they met face to face were the two main regiments of Ding Weixin's 1st Regiment and the 771st Regiment, as well as the Mountain Artillery Regiment!
The Little Japanese Artillery Regiment took the lead and set up an artillery position about 3 kilometers away. The 238th Regiment launched an attack non-stop. Before they reached the front line, the Little Japanese Artillery Regiment launched artillery fire to clear the way!
Suddenly, the sound of artillery roared from the positions of the New Regiment and the 771st Regiment, causing heavy losses! Ding Wei and the 771st Regiment were helpless in the face of the Xiaojiazi mountain artillery attack that was beyond the counterattack range of the mortar company.
Fortunately, Brigadier Chen Da's mountain artillery regiment was not slow to react. As soon as the Xiaojiazi artillery regiment opened fire, the observers at the front quickly calculated the distance and location of the Xiaojiazi artillery positions. They did not have Gao Jianwu's map hanging on them. In comparison, the response speed was very slow. and accuracy are much slower.
However, even though it was late, the first counterattack launched by the 1st Mountain Artillery Battalion approached the vicinity of the Xiaojiazi Artillery Regiment in the first wave. This shocked Ohno Binfu Ozuo of the Xiaoguizi Artillery Regiment and had to turn his attention. Turn to destroy the opponent's artillery.
You can also encounter the mountain artillery battalion of the Eighth Route Army in this place. Ohno Binfu was also a little confused. He didn't know when the Eighth Route Army became so wealthy. It seemed that there were mountain artillery battalions everywhere, completely unlike what he faced a year ago. Tuba Road didn't even have a few mortars.
But these are not the things he is studying now. Finding and destroying the opponent's mountain cannon is the most important thing now.
As soon as the forward artillery bombardment of the Artillery Regiment stopped, the 238th Regiment, which rushed forward, realized that something was wrong with the momentum. The mortar shells that smashed down were completely beyond imagination. Without the threat of the Little Japanese Artillery Regiment, the New Regiment and the The mortars of the 771st Regiment finally began to show off their power, and the first targets were the 92nd Infantry Artillery Squadron and Artillery Squadron of the Little Japanese!
Since the New Regiment and the 771st Regiment entered the position first, the mortar company had already marked some target areas. After the little devils followed the artillery squadron into the target area, they directly discovered the covering artillery bombardment, using their numerical advantage to make up for the disadvantage in accuracy. Taking advantage of the little devil's unsteady footing, knock out his artillery squadron in one fell swoop!
However, the 92nd Infantry Artillery Squadron and the 90mm Mortar Squadron, which were charging at the brigade level, were not to be outdone. They took advantage of the opportunity to launch a counterattack, which also caused heavy casualties to the mortar companies of the two main regiments. .
The proficiency in wheel operations is now high. The artillery of the New Regiment and the 771st Regiment are still slightly inferior to the artillery of the Little Devils. However, after some exchanges, the 4 mountain guns of the 238th Regiment Artillery Squadron were first exchanged. Only the three subordinate artillerymen were exchanged. Each brigade had two 92 infantry guns and four 90mm small steel cannons. Due to their high mobility, a counterattack also knocked out nearly half of the mortars of the mortar company, forcing the mortar company to abandon their position. , began a mobile artillery battle with the Japs.
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On the battlefield, a scene of direct infantry duel began to form.
For Yamaguchi Tatsuharu, an old kid, although the current situation is not as smooth as he imagined, it is still acceptable.
He also had a heavy machine gun squadron with eight heavy machine guns in his hand. He rushed to the crane gun position 800 meters ahead. With the fire support of these eight heavy machine guns, the two squadrons immediately launched a charge. It was time to fight. , all the little devils are also very good.
They dispersed into formations one by one, opening the way with light machine guns and grenade launchers to deal with the machine gun fire points of the eighth route. The rest of the infantry continued to make tactical assaults. In one attack, they rushed within 100 meters of the positions of the New Regiment and the 771st Regiment!
However, at this time, the New Regiment and the 771st Regiment were no longer the begging troops with old rifles and insufficient ammunition. The machine guns were on duty, and the grenade launchers were also on duty. Although their proficiency was slightly less than half, every soldier had combat experience. Mainly composed of rich veterans, facing the crazy offensive of the little devils, the counterattack is just as resolute!
Grenadier versus grenade, now the two main groups have the numerical advantage and the defensive side has the upper hand. If you can't beat them one on one, then let's go two on one! Use local advantages to fight!
The fine tradition of the Eighth Route Army, doing everything possible to create local advantages to defeat the enemy, was fully displayed in this battle. The 238th Regiment's crazy offensive was directly pressed into the front line in a bloody fight!
The casualties on both sides are increasing rapidly at a double-digit rate at any time!
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The brigade commander set up a simple field headquarters about 3 kilometers away from the front line to observe the fighting situation of both sides at any time. He was mentally prepared for a fierce battle to break out when the war started. "Call the cavalry regiment and ask them where they are?"
The grand brigade commander turned to the walkie-talkie correspondent and said that according to the time notified by the telegram, the cavalry regiment should be within the nearby walkie-talkie communication service range.
Sure enough, when the call was made on the agreed channel, the cavalry regiment responded immediately. The walkie-talkie communicator of the cavalry regiment, who was keeping pace with him, realized the communication while riding the horse forward while shaking the generator on the horse!
However, the first order Commander Liu received was not to attack, but to immediately enter the forest on the left to avoid the upcoming enemy air attack!
Although they haven't seen any movement in the air yet, and I don't know how the brigade commander and the others learned about the enemy air attack, Captain Liu did not hesitate to order the cavalry regiment to turn left and run towards the mountains and forests on the left, along the Hutuo River. , only a few kilometers away from the mountains. In this era, there were still many trees, and the cavalry regiment soon disappeared under the trees.
Sure enough, not long after they hid in the woods, there was a buzzing sound in the sky. Captain Liu raised his eyes to the south where the sound came from, and small black dots began to appear in the sky.
"The information received by Brigadier Chen and the others was very timely. If we were caught off guard and encountered this air attack, I'm afraid our cavalry regiment would have suffered serious losses." Commander Liu took a deep breath.
However, the cavalry regiment can evade, but the new regiment and the 771st regiment in the blocking position do not have this condition. Withstanding the fierce attack of a regiment of little devils, even if Ding Wei sees the enemy plane, he can only make slight adjustments and reduce the strength of the enemy. Spread it out as much as possible, but don't dare to spread it out too much.
The 238th Wing launched one squadron after another into the attack like crazy. If the formation is too weak, it may not be able to withstand it at all.
The enemy planes from Jinyang arrived in the blink of an eye. After diving to observe the boundary between the enemy and ourselves, the 11 enemy planes each chose an eight-way position to start the first round of dive bombing!
Aerial bombs fell on the positions of the 771st Regiment and the New Regiment. Compared with the 75mm mountain cannon, the power of this 25kg aerial bomb was completely different!
Judging from the amount of explosives inside, it is equivalent to that of a 150mm grenade. Once fired, it has a killing range of at least 100 meters, of which it will be absolutely damaged within 50 meters. It is useless to hide in a bunker!
On this flat ground without bunkers, the dozens of aerial bombs dropped by the little devils in succession caused huge casualties to the New Regiment and the 771st Regiment!
The brigade commander looked at the huge smoke and dust formed by the explosion of the aerial bomb, and his heart was bleeding. He was someone who had seen the power of the Little Japanese aerial bomb. A crater of more than ten meters was created when it exploded. Coupled with the shock wave and shell fragments, now he saw Almost all the field fortifications I have experienced are invulnerable to this kind of aerial bomb!
Whether he survived or not depended on luck at being somewhere far away from the bomb.
The brigade commander clenched his fists, but couldn't think of any other way. These little Japanese enemy planes were also very clever. Basically, they would at least drop bombs or strafe at the high range of ground machine guns and heavy machine guns, unless they were in the valley like Gao Jianwu's design. Lure, and use the mountain top to set up an ambush for a sneak attack to have a small chance.
However, this kind of opportunity comes almost once in a hundred years, and if you suffer a loss once, you won't be fooled again.
Basically, now I can only passively take a beating and use up all the ammunition of the little Japanese fighter plane!
Or rush out and mingle with the little devils.
But in the current situation, both methods are difficult. The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. Rushing into the Jaap team will face huge losses, and the same is true if we allow enemy planes to bomb and straf.
The brigadier commander estimated that there were at least a few hours before dark, and the enemy planes still had at least two rounds of support opportunities.
This period of time is very difficult.
The brigade took a long breath and picked up the walkie-talkie to talk to the New 1st Regiment and the 771st Regiment, asking if reinforcements were needed.
Ding Wei and the 771st Regiment flatly rejected the brigade commander.
They all knew that the newly arrived Kong Jiexin Second Regiment and the 772nd Regiment were still in chaos during the handover, so they might as well grit their teeth and hold on!
What this battle wants is for the 41st Division to be wiped out. As for their new regiment and the 771st Regiment, if they can successfully stop the 41st Division, it will be worth it. The New Second Regiment and the 772nd Regiment must be deployed at the most critical time.
At this time, Ding Wei and the others did not know that Gao Jianwu had already destroyed the 237th Regiment and was marching to pursue them.
The cavalry regiment is already near them, ready to launch an assault at any time!
But after listening to the answers of the two regiment commanders, the brigade commander knew that they had made up their minds to defend. He weighed it for a while, and after receiving Gao Jianwu's battle report, he hit the sandbag next to him hard. Labor and capital couldn't survive!
My heart is as hard as iron! As soon as the little Japanese fighter plane returned, the brigade commander immediately began to issue a series of orders:
"The cavalry regiment attacks, your mission is to destroy the Little Japanese Artillery Regiment!"
"Kong Jie, please help me pull out the first and second battalions and prepare to coordinate with the cavalry to attack the Little Japanese Artillery Regiment and hold back the infantry brigade next to it!"
"Cheng Xiazi, your 772nd Regiment and the Third Battalion of the New Second Regiment are preparing to hold back the 239th Infantry Regiment's reinforcement of the artillery regiment!"
"Mountain Artillery Regiment, immediately send out a battalion of artillery to follow the Cavalry Regiment to attack and take over the Little Japanese artillery position!"
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After some operations by the brigade commander, several new forces joined the battlefield, which immediately broke the balance on the battlefield. Major General Masahiko Nara, who was happily watching the air force ravaging his opponents, took out three squadrons and prepared to attack. Who knew that the opponent was actually on his own A big counterattack was launched directly from behind!
Kong Jie's first and second battalions pounced directly on an infantry brigade next to the Little Devils Artillery Regiment. Their mission was to contain the infantry brigade and create conditions for the cavalry regiment to attack.
The opponent of the Cavalry Regiment was the Little Japanese Cavalry Brigade that was escorting the Artillery Regiment. In order to quickly decide the battle, Commander Liu put more than 40 machine gunners of the Cavalry Regiment at the front of the charge. More than a thousand cavalrymen in the entire regiment launched the attack. An indomitable charge!
In an instant, the cavalry regiment's iron hooves were like thunder, setting off a huge cloud of smoke and dust, making the Little Japanese artillery regiment and the cavalry brigade eclipse each other!
