Since the end of the air battle, the fate of the 40th Infantry Brigade has been sealed.

Just as Liu Lang ordered, all the troops participating in the battle, with battalions, companies and platoons as units, independent regiments as the mainstay, and red troops as supplements, attacked with superior firepower, gradually compressing the living space of the Japanese army.

Not only did the "Hitler chainsaw" with its high rate of fire and its mortars that could cover 80 percent of the dead ends become a nightmare for the Japanese army, but it was actually the individual bazooka that played a greater role.

The individual bazooka, which was supposed to be a sharp weapon in street warfare, played an unimaginable role in this kind of mountain warfare in which the two sides were not far apart and at the same time seized each other's advantageous terrain.

In particular, incendiary bombs and steel ball bombs were not designed to destroy fortifications, and Japanese fortifications covered by mountains and rocks were not something that could be moved by a single bazooka, but were intended to kill and injure living forces. Under the cover of infantry shooters, individual rocket launchers that can be fired from any position and have a range of up to 150 meters can hit incendiary and steel ball shells with a "death smile" to the hiding places of more than 90 percent of Japanese troops.

The Separate Regiment eventually took part in the attack with three infantry battalions, and although it was not a large battalion like a battalion, it also had six infantry companies and twelve infantry platoons, in other words, 24 individual bazooka groups.

On the 2,500-meter-long battlefield, an average of one bazooka can be allocated every 100 meters, and the Japanese troops in the encirclement are not unlucky? In particular, after discovering that the incendiary bombs fired by individual bazookas were particularly effective against the Japanese troops hiding in the corners or even in caves, the platoon commanders of each company even sent precision shooters and at least four infantry to protect the bazooka teams, using incendiary bombs as the main ammunition type to inflict devastating damage on Japanese troops everywhere.

The incendiary bomb developed by Xiong Zhen's scientific research team under Liu Tuanzuo's creativity is so powerful that even if it adheres to the stone, it will take five or six minutes to burn before it is extinguished, and the entire battlefield will even turn into a big furnace in the end, and the entire stone mountain is almost burning.

Nearly three-quarters of the 500 incendiary rockets in the baggage company's reserve were used up by them, and almost all of the ammunition soldiers had to carry more than five rockets on their backs before they were willing to leave.

Because it was too hot, the nearly three-hour battle made the soldiers of the independent regiment who participated in the battle almost drank a kilogram of water in the individual water bladder they carried.

These are the officers and men of the independent regiment who have not yet experienced the sea of fire, mainly fighting at the commanding heights, and the suffering of the Japanese troops in the sea of fire can be imagined.

Not only did they have to endure mortar shells falling from the sky, but they also had to endure cold guns from nowhere, and from time to time there would be a volley explosion overhead, which would explode a sea of fire, and as long as it was contaminated with flames, it would not be extinguished by water, and the mentality of the Japanese army was absolutely broken.

However, even if it completely gained the upper hand, it was not as people imagined, the Japanese army with a collapsed mentality collapsed, and let the Chinese officers and soldiers kill them all as easily as cutting cabbage as shown in the future TV series.

The tenacity of the Japanese army was even beyond Liu Lang's imagination.

Although they will never be able to attack any of the commanding heights again. After more than an hour, no less than 20 death squads were formed, stripped shirts and wrapped "menstrual belts" around their heads, and they screamed and charged at the commanding heights occupied by the Chinese troops, but in the end, after the crossfire of submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles, and squad light machine guns was wiped out, they stopped attacking and focused on defense.

Groups of three or five hid behind rocks, in ravines, in caves, wherever they could hide from bullets, stubbornly fighting back. Even though they were covered by mortars again and again organized by the company platoon commander of the independent regiment, and there were heavy casualties in the clearing of the bazooka apex, they still came out from time to time to shoot one or two like immortal Xiaoqiang.

Don't underestimate the one or two shots fired by the Japanese infantry, their marksmanship is extremely accurate, especially on this kind of battlefield where the distance between the two sides will never exceed 150 meters. At the risk of being blown off by a cannonball and roasted into a roast pig, the bullets they fired were targeted.

At least more than 40 people died in the Japanese army's desperate counterattack, and the number of wounded was several times higher.

In the three-hour siege, before the final charge was launched, the 771st Regiment lost 68 dead and 207 wounded, a casualty rate of 15 percent. Although it was also the first time to fight the Japanese army, the situation of the three battalions of the independent regiment composed of veterans of the Battle of the Great Wall and two companies and one platoon was slightly better, but 25 people were killed and more than 90 were wounded.

Yan Qiguan, the commander of the guard platoon of the Independent Regiment, was even more shot by the Japanese army because of his desire to kill the enemy, if it weren't for his strict training and enough battlefield instincts to roll on his side to dodge before the Japanese fired a shot, I'm afraid it would not be as simple as a transparent hole in his arm. He became the highest-ranking officer of the Independent Regiment to be wounded before the battle was completely over.

Lieutenant Yan, who ran to the field hospital to bandage himself and insisted on going to the front line despite the obstruction, was almost kicked away by Liu Tuanzuo, who happened to see it, if it weren't for Liu Tuanzuo's side, he happened to follow the beautiful reporter to help him say a few good words.

Liu Tuanzuo, who came to inspect the field hospital hidden in the mountains and forests, was of course furious, and sacrifice was inevitable, but he had already given an order that all units of the army should not rush forward, so he could suppress the Japanese army with superior firepower, gradually compress its living space, and then annihilate it.

In this battle, he not only had the advantage of an uncertain prophet in the future, but also the assistance of more than 2,000 elite soldiers and strong generals of the 386 Brigade, not to mention the preparation for half a month, and the crushing help of the Air Force to remove the biggest henchman, and he had to exchange the greatest victory for the smallest price.

However, on the ground on the side of the field hospital, the bodies of officers and soldiers masked with white cloths were lined up in rows, and one side of the white cloth was gently lifted, revealing faces that should have been vigorous but were now as pale as paper.

Young future! On this autumn morning, it was lost.

Many of them could have survived, but not only the commanders of the Red Units were making mistakes, but also the grassroots commanders of the Independent Regiment, who had fought fiercely with the Japanese on the Great Wall. They were in a hurry, they were afraid that the Japanese reinforcements would arrive, and they were afraid that the Japanese planes would come again, so they all wanted to end the battle in the shortest possible time.

As a result, a lot of money was paid, and the vast majority of the wounded and killed were not killed or injured in the suppression of fire, but were killed or injured by the commander, who believed that victory was in his hands, and ordered his soldiers to go down the mountain to occupy positions in an attempt to launch an annihilating attack on the Japanese army.

However, the Japanese army was far more tenacious than imagined. They hid in every corner they could, shooting at the Chinese soldiers, proving why they had the strength to become soldiers of the Japanese Standing Division.

Indeed, the adventure of the grassroots commanders was successful, and in three hours, they not only occupied enough commanding heights, but also occupied a lot of valley bottoms, and the entire battlefield, the area of activity of the Japanese army was now less than 1 square kilometer from the previous 2 square kilometers.

The encirclement is getting more and more solid, the 40th Infantry Brigade has become a turtle in the urn, and it can no longer escape, if he can, Liu Lang can give a general attack order at any time, and annihilate all the Japanese troops in the encirclement, which are already less than half of the previous strength.

However, the casualties could not have been so large! You must know that Liu Lang had planned to spend a full day grinding the little devils here to death little by little.

The reinforcements of the Japanese army, naturally, someone will deal with them. The figure who would be known as the god of war in the future was now rushing towards Qiqian Village with nearly four infantry regiments. The 3,000 Japanese troops were strong enough, but as long as they could hold them back for an hour or two, the 5,000 troops here would detour to the back of the battlefield and deal a fatal blow to them.

When Liu Lang came to Jindong, he had already designated the Taihang Mountain, which was 20 kilometers away, as the burial place of the Japanese invaders.

Especially seeing Yan Qiguan like Yan Qiguan who followed himself every day and didn't learn to be calm, but learned to be hot-blooded and hot-headed, and personally led his troops to attack the guy who almost lost his life, Liu Lang was naturally even more angry, if it wasn't for Liu Xueyuan's face, even if he was hanging on his arms, Langtuanzuo would definitely kick him with one foot.

"Look at that! Don't be too harsh on the platoon commander, don't say that they are in a hurry to wipe out the little devils, even I can't help but swallow this big fat in one bite! After all, the overall strength of the Japanese army is still stronger than ours, so as not to have many dreams at night, right? Seeing Yan Qiguan hugging his head and scurrying under Liu Lang's anger, the future general sighed lightly and persuaded Liu Lang.

Although the casualties are not small, this is a fight with an infantry brigade! The future general didn't expect that the two regiments together had only killed more than 100 people and wounded hundreds so far, which was a miracle for him who even carried his own coffin to the battlefield!

The little brother in front of him is brave enough to kill, but he is a little pursuit of perfection, which is not too good for the leading general, and the necessary sacrifice must be learned to bear.

Liu Lang shook his head lightly, "No, I'm not saddened by the casualties of your and my armies, but by the fact that they shouldn't have suffered such casualties, if we follow the pre-war deployment, our casualties will be reduced by one-third." The little devil is a foreigner, advocating the spirit of bushido, and his willpower is extremely tenacious, but it is not that as long as we imagine that they will lose their combat effectiveness as long as they have the upper hand, the battle of Qiqian Village is a clear proof, and we must learn from this in the future. ”

In fact, Liu Lang also took the opportunity to remind the future general. In the past time and space, the Red Army suffered several losses before paying attention to the Japanese army's stubborn and die-hard bushido spirit, and no longer regarded the little devils as former domestic enemies.

People always need to fall in the pit before they get up, and Liu Lang must fill the pit in advance.

The future general has a slight forehead.

"When is the general offensive going on?"

"Master Liu, do you have any news?"

"The field radio station was turned off for secrecy, but it has been 11 hours since the departure from the station, and it should have arrived nearby, and there are still ten miles to go at most."

"What do you think in 20 minutes?"

"Okay, then 20 minutes later, 3 red signal flares, the whole army will charge, and the 40th Brigade will be annihilated." The future general nodded heavily.