The western suburbs of Nantong, the hill is wrapped. [Full text reading]

Chiaki Shigeto and Nobuyoshi Oda were wearing raincoats and were standing on the top of the mountain watching the battle, accompanied by more than a dozen staff officers.

Through the field of vision of the telescope, we can clearly see that dozens of Japanese soldiers retreated from the ruins of the city, and in the process of retreating, there were constantly Japanese soldiers falling, and when these routs retreated to the attack position, there were only a dozen people left, and only one sortie, a full formation of the squad was basically disabled.

Moreover, such a thing has happened many times before.

In just one morning, the 2nd Infantry Wing lost at least six infantry squads.

"Yagayalu." The back of Oda Nobuyoshi's hand was violently protruding with green tendons, looking at the posture, he almost crushed the telescope in his hand, of course, he didn't have such ability.

Chiaki Shigedo looked as usual, at least not as angry as Nobuyoshi Oda.

For the current situation, Chiaki Shigeto can be said to have been mentally prepared, think about it, the remnants of the provisional 79th Division can easily break through from the encirclement of the 6th Infantry Wing, attack and kill Fushimi Palace Toshihiko with hundreds of people, and calmly cross the river to escape under the encirclement and interception of the three infantry wings, how can it be easy to deal with

It was precisely because he knew that the remnants of the provisional 79th Division were difficult to deal with, and Chiaki Shigeto had already drawn up a tactic to expel the opponent from the urban area and annihilate them in the open field, but unfortunately, the Chinese commander on the opposite side seemed to have seen through his attempt, and the remnants of the provisional 79th Division were just cowering in the ruins of the urban area and not moving their nests.

Now, it is a bit troublesome to expel the Chinese from the city.

Intimidating the Chinese is not moved at all, and they remain unmoved.

Luring the enemy Chinese still does not eat this set, and they have never been able to shrink back.

Due to the terrain restrictions, the assault could not be deployed too many troops on the front, and at most two infantry squadrons could be put into it at a time, but this became a refueling tactic, and the devil knows how much it would cost in the end, and how long it would take to annihilate the provisional 79th Division, Shigeto Chiaki conservatively estimated that it would take at least ten days, with two or three thousand casualties.

And such a big price, especially such a long time, is difficult for the Shigeto detachment to bear.

"Kuroki-san." Chiaki Shigeto suddenly looked back at Tsuyoshi Kuroki, the deputy chief of staff of the detachment, and asked in a deep voice, "When will the tank squadron that the headquarters promised to transfer arrive?"

Shanshan Yuan was quite interesting, and transferred a chariot squadron to the Shigeto detachment.

And this tank squadron is no longer equipped with Type 94 cavalry armored vehicles, but Type 97 medium tanks.

The Type 97 medium tank is the latest equipment just equipped with the Japanese army, regardless of firepower, protection or quality, compared with the Type 94 cavalry armored vehicle has been greatly improved, not to mention anything else, the Type 97 medium tank is equipped with 57 main guns, in the street battle is simply a big killer against the sky.

As long as the Type 97 medium tank is in place, the good days of the Chinese will come to an end.

"Hello." Kuroki just lowered his head and replied, "Your Excellency Commander, the Front Army Command has replied that the tank squadron and the supplementary ammunition have been loaded and shipped from the Hongkou dock in Shanghai, and it will be possible to arrive in a maximum of twenty hours. ”

Chief of Staff Kikuchi Mei was worried that Funakoshi was acting on his own and stayed in the northern suburbs to supervise the 1st Infantry Wing, so now, only Deputy Chief of Staff Tsuyoshi Kuroki stayed with Chiaki Shigeto to serve as a military officer.

"Yo Si." Shigeto Chiaki nodded happily, the biggest difficulty of the Japanese army at the moment is the lack of firepower, after the previous continuous offensive operations, the ammunition consumption of the Shigeto detachment is serious, until now, the artillery team has almost exhausted the shells, and the tank detachment has also run out of ammunition, and the number is too small, almost completely become a decoration.

However, Chiaki Shigeto believes that by tomorrow, when the ammunition and tank squadrons are replenished, the offensive of the Shigeto detachment will become completely different from today, but it will be necessary to see how long the opposite squadron can hold out in the face of the overwhelming artillery coverage of the imperial army and the powerful armored vehicles

Dividing line

Xu Rui squatted behind a pile of ruins, holding the 38 big cover and aiming at a devil who had run a hundred meters away, and then gently pulled the trigger, only to hear a gunshot, the devil soldier should fall down, Xu Rui's shot hit the head directly, and the high-speed rotating bullet pierced the steel helmet, turning the devil's brain into a mess.

However, when Xu Rui raised his gun again and looked for the next target, he found that the remaining dozen or so devil remnants had all jumped into the trench and disappeared.

"It's your fate." Xu Rui snorted coldly, and when he looked back again, he saw that the veteran and more than a dozen remnants were chasing forward with the 38 big covers, and they were ready to chase into the little devil's attack position in one go, but they didn't want to think about how many devils were gathered in the little devil's attack position.

"Alright, stop chasing." Xu Rui hurriedly stopped.

If you really want to chase forward, not to mention chasing into the little devil's attack position, they can't pass through the open area of nearly 100 meters in front, in the ruins of the urban area, due to the restrictions of the terrain, the devil's advantage in strength and firepower can not be played, but once they get to the open land outside, it is their home field.

Xu Ruicai is not so stupid, fighting with devils in the open area outside the city.

Xu Rui had already spoken, and the dozen or so remnants had no choice but to retreat.

The veteran was still squatting in the rubble of a house that had been blown up to the ground more than a dozen meters away, refusing to return.

"What are you doing, veteran," Xu Rui said, "Grinding like a girl, hurry back, the little devil may retaliate with shelling." ”

The veteran still refused to come back, but turned around and beckoned to Xu Rui, saying, "Old Xu, come here." ”

"What are you doing" Xu Rui frowned, but he still followed the old soldier's meaning and bent over to the ruins.

"Look, are there a few devils up there," the veteran said in a deep voice, pointing to a place in front of him.

Xu Rui looked in the direction of the veteran's finger, and sure enough, he saw a hill a few kilometers ahead, he didn't see it just now because of the obscuration of the ruins, but he could see it clearly in the ruins where the veteran was hiding, and when he raised the telescope, he could see it even more clearly, it was indeed a group of devils, about a dozen.

At this point in time, and in this place, this group of devils is obviously unusual.

Even if it's not an old devil like Chiaki Shigeto, at least it should be an old devil at the level of a captain.

The veteran said in a dark voice: "Old Xu, you say, will this old devil Chiaki Shigedo be there?"

"It's hard to say." Xu Rui stretched out his tongue and licked his somewhat chapped lips, his expression at that moment was so hideous that he looked like a carnivore after discovering his prey, put down the binoculars, and then stretched out his right thumb to measure the distance, and found that the distance was about two thousand five hundred meters, which was beyond the range of the rifle.

The veteran also said: "The 38 big cover will definitely not be able to hit, and the mortar can still be tried." ”

Xu Rui immediately turned around and beckoned: "Da Zhuang, go and call Da Zhuang over." ”

It doesn't matter if it's the old devil Chiaki Shigedo on the opposite mountain, or someone else, let's do it first.

A remnant rushed away, and after a while, Niu Dazhuang hurried to the Japanese 81 mortar with his hand, since he could hit this cannon, he and the cannon were inseparable, and he slept in his arms at night, and the brothers all laughed at him for taking the cannon as a daughter-in-law, but Niu Dazhuang said that the daughter-in-law had a cannon heart.

Xu Rui pointed to the devils on the hill in front of him and said, "Da Zhuang, don't you see those devils?"

Niu Dazhuang snorted, indicating that he saw it, and then without waiting for Xu Rui to speak, he continued: "Yingzuo, those devils are 2,500 meters away, which has exceeded the maximum range, I am afraid that I will not be able to hit, if I can advance another 500 meters, I will have the confidence to kill these devils." ”

The maximum firing range of the Japanese-81 is 2000 meters.

The maximum range refers to the maximum effective range, not the limit distance at which the shell can fly.

That is, the shells of the 81 light mortar can hit farther, but beyond 2000 meters there is no accuracy at all.

"You're just." The veteran didn't have a good breath, "If you advance another five hundred meters, you have already pushed to the devil's attack position, you should say it when the devil is dead, the maximum range is not the limit range, it's just that it can't be hit two thousand meters away, but there is no problem when it hits." ”

Xu Rui also said: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and shoot." ”

Niu Dazhuang didn't say anything more, and hurriedly started to set up the cannon.

Dividing line

Two thousand five hundred meters away, the hill is wrapped.

The orderly soldiers had already brought the mounts of Chiaki Shigeto and Nobuyoshi Oda over, and the slope of this hill was gentle, so you could ride up and down, and Chiki Shigeto was naturally reluctant to walk.

"Oda-san, let's get here first today." Chiaki Shigeto walked towards his mount and said, "The officers and men of the 2nd Infantry Wing have worked hard, and there is no need to attack again for the remaining hours, and it will not be too late to attack after the tank squadron and shells arrive tomorrow." ”

However, before Chiaki Shigedo's words fell, a short and sharp cannonball scream suddenly sounded.

Because Shigeto Chiaki was already old, his reaction was not as fast as that of young people, so he was stunned and did not react, but the deputy chief of staff of the Shigeto detachment, Kuroki Gang, was a veteran who participated in the 128th Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, and immediately reacted, and with a loud roar, he pounced and threw Shigedo Chiaki to the ground.

"Your Excellency Commander, be careful"

Kuroki just roared, followed by a loud "boom".

The huge explosion almost broke Shigedo Chiaki's eardrums, and made him even more dizzy, and he couldn't get up for a long time.

It took a long time for Chiaki Shigeto to finally come to his senses, first pushing away the Kuroki Gang who was pressing on him, then staggering to his feet with his saber, then slapping the dust off his head and body, and wiping a handful of mud and smoke from his face, and then he heard a low moan in his ears.

Turning around, Chiaki Shigeto saw that his beloved horse had fallen in a pool of blood.

"Yaga, Yaga Yalu" Chiaki Shigedo's eyes were immediately bloodshot, and he scolded angrily, "Yaga Yalu, Yaga Yalu, Yaga Yalu"