Chapter 386 [Annihilation at All Costs]
"I have ordered the Judge Advocate General's Office to arrest him and execute him on the spot!"
The left deputy general staff officer, who was smiling on weekdays, also straightened his forehead, "Boss, you dissipate your anger, I estimate that this Yamazaki brigade must be a blind cat that ran into a dead mouse and hit our base, they shouldn't know that this is where our arsenal is located." ”
What the deputy general staff officer said in the left, the deputy commander-in-chief also understood in his heart, he pondered for a moment, suppressed his anger and said: "Let this group of little devils continue to advance, it is only a matter of time before the arsenal is exposed, and this Yamazaki brigade must be killed as soon as possible." ”
"Yes, I agree."
The deputy chief of the general staff nodded, and was about to continue, when a correspondent walked over quickly and said: "Report to the chief, the sixth regiment of the border region reserve has called, saying that there is an important situation to report to you!" ”
"Boss, I'll answer the phone first." Deputy General Staff Officer Zuo walked to the phone, picked up the microphone and asked, "I'm Zuo Quan, what's the matter?" ”
"Report to the chief, our regiment has been attacked by a devil brigade of unknown origin, and now we have successfully intercepted them, please instruct."
"Intercepted?" Zuo Quan was overjoyed, "This is a lone enemy who has penetrated deeply, and now the main forces of the 386 Brigade have rushed to the periphery of Lijiapo at full speed, forming a situation of encirclement and encirclement, you must find a way to drag them down, and find a way to lead them to the periphery of Lijiapo." ”
"Lijiapo periphery?"
"Yes, you look on the map, this time the deputy commander-in-chief has made up his mind, he must kill them completely, and you must complete this task."
"Chief, don't worry, our regiment will guarantee the completion of the task."
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After the deputy chief of general staff hung up the phone, he immediately dialed the 386th Brigade and the headquarters of the 1st Column of Decisive Death located on the outskirts of the border base area, and issued several orders in succession.
The battle caused by the accidental collision of the Yamazaki Brigade also escalated rapidly under these orders, from the beginning of the sneak attack of the Yamazaki Brigade to the positional battle of the Reserve Sixth Regiment, and finally evolved into a decisive column of peripheral interception, and the 386 Brigade was responsible for the encirclement and suppression of the general attack.
The Yamazaki Brigade, which was surrounded and suppressed by all sides, fled to a small hill and high ground on the outskirts of Lijiapo and carried out the tactics of holding on and waiting for reinforcements.
This Lijiapo plateau is about 100 meters high, and there are no trees on the mountain, only some shrubs and weeds.
What makes it different from other hills is that its top is not pointed, but as if the top has been cut off with a knife, forming a platform with a diameter of more than 300 meters, which is more than enough to accommodate a Yamazaki brigade.
According to the conventional way of fortification, the position of the defenders is usually built on the ridge of the platform, so that not only can you fully grasp the dynamics of the attacker, but also take advantage of the condescending advantage to further increase the firepower of your own side.
However, Yehei Yamazaki thinks differently!
As a tactician who graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army University, he not only has excellent military command and combat ability, but also has his own unique ideas in the construction of field fortifications.
He gave up the advantageous position of the surrounding edges and corners, but shrank the position fortifications as a whole by 80 meters, retreated to the center of the highland platform, and built a 360-degree circular position facing outward, and more than a thousand little devils all hid in the circular position.
In this way, the Yamazaki brigade could not see the attacking troops, and the attacking troops could not see the Yamazaki brigade as well.
At this time, the regiments of the 386 Brigade that served as the main attack task were all the main forces of the Eighth Route Army, and they were very rich in both personnel quality and combat experience.
It's a pity that up to now, they have been attacking for more than ten hours in a row from dawn to dark, but the results are very unsatisfactory, not to mention taking down the Yamazaki brigade, even if they rush to the summit platform, they have not succeeded.
The reason for this is that Yamazaki's strange position is really nonsense!
This circular highland hill is more than 100 meters from below, and there is no way to hit it with direct fire from light and heavy machine guns.
And the curved firepower of mortars and other fires, the sum of each regiment is no more than the number of hands, and in the face of highland platforms that can only shoot blindly, they are basically negligible.
This is still the main force, and if it is a second-line army, the number of artillery in a regiment is almost zero.
In the battle of Cangyunling a few months ago, the new regiment led by Li Yunlong can be said to be the first "luxury-level" team in the entire Jin Province region.
This is such a new regiment, in the battle with the Sakata Wing, they can take out the artillery in their hands, and they will also arrange a mortar on a hill, so tight that it can't work.
Faced with this situation, the regiments sent by the 386th Brigade wanted to take this high ground, and the only way was to attack!
However, when the soldiers climbed the steep hill, the road was smooth, and there were no casualties, but once they broke out of the steep slope......
As soon as the grenadiers and heavy machine guns appeared, they were immediately knocked down by the Japanese snipers, and the whole regiment collectively launched a charge, greeted by the roar of machine guns like a torrential rain, and the grenadiers fired 91 grenades with a bang......
More than 1,000 well-armed little devils were crammed into a circular position with a diameter of less than 200 meters, and the firepower that broke out at the same time was simply not too terrifying.
The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who launched the charge, although they all had the heart of death, stared at the dense bullets with their flesh and blood, and struggled to advance to the position of the Yamazaki Brigade, but what could they do......
The commanders of the main regiments that attacked in turn, watching their men fall in pieces, gritted their teeth with hatred, and their eyes were misty in discomfort, but they could only continue to give orders to attack.
This border base area has a bearing on the entire Jicha-Jin region, and the logistical and combat readiness and supply of all troops is related to the great cause of resisting Japan.
They...... There is no way back, only tearfully roaring the soldiers to continue the attack!
In addition to the heavy fire from the ground, bombers and fighters who received Yamazaki's radio call for help from nearby airfields also became a major obstacle to the attack, severely limiting the support of the 386th Brigade Artillery Regiment.
It's all bare hills, the field of vision is very open, and there is no place to hide when the artillery pulls over, as long as the cannon is fired, it will definitely usher in bomber bombing.
For the sake of a Japanese brigade, the 386 Brigade really can't afford to lose an artillery regiment that has been put together with great difficulty!
After the attack lasted for 28 hours, the 338th Regiment, the last main regiment of the 386th Brigade rushed over, and the main regiment that could still fight, took over from the 337th Regiment, which had lost more than half of the battle and lost its combat effectiveness, and rushed to the Lijiapo highland position.
At this time, the Yamazaki Brigade on the mountain suffered little loss, but the corpses of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army under the hillside had already been spread around this high ground, and even the soil on the hillside was dyed a dazzling dark red.