Chapter 557: Fire Cover (Page 1/1)

The front of Kunlun Pass, the terrain is flat, and there is also a road, it can be said that the Japanese Kunlun Pass garrison held the Luotang, Jieshou and other high grounds, and the ultimate goal was to ensure that the Kunlun Pass was foolproof, and the 200 Division also sent a full regiment of troops to directly attack the place.

After Zhang Wei's introduction to the Gaoji people, the target area of the armed reconnaissance was placed in the Kunlun Pass at the end of the highway, the terrain of this place is more conducive to infantry infiltration, like the high ground, the terrain is dangerous, you need to lean back to climb up, the Japanese observation posts, dark forts are all over the high ground, it is too difficult to do hands and feet on the high ground, and it is difficult to give full play to the advantages of the elite infantry of the engineer platoon.

On the other hand, although Zhang Wei does not know the terrain near the pass, according to the flat terrain, if he investigates and advances along the front of the pass, he may be able to go to the side of the Luotang Heights, or even the side of the Jieshou Heights.

At that time, if it is really possible to get close to the Japanese artillery positions, in addition to reconnaissance, if the situation allows, it is not impossible to sneak up on the enemy artillery positions, of course, it is dangerous.

He is now in the 200th Division, where he belongs, and the battle target is where the main reconnaissance target in Zhang Wei's heart is to select the Japanese army behind the Luotang Heights, as well as the mortar or infantry artillery positions that the Japanese army may have.

Zhang Wei pondered for a while, and then spoke: "Senior Commander, do our brothers of the 200th Division have any plans to attack the enemy again?" ”

Gao Jiren shook his head decisively: "I can't attack in a short time, our 598th Regiment attacked the Luotang Heights twice, the casualties were too great, the attack was weak, and then it could only increase the casualties, today's attack intensity was even greater than the previous two days, my soldiers, just this less than a morning effort, just rushed twice, the other two regiments are not much better, the fight is not moving, to attack, you have to wait until the afternoon." ”

"Understood!" Zhang Wei said.

Zhang Wei was thinking about the problem of cooperating with the reconnaissance, and since Division Commander Dai had agreed to his reconnaissance request, then his reconnaissance operation must be coordinated and helped by the 200th Division.

According to the current situation of the 200th Division, it is certainly not possible to respond to the form of infantry attacks and feints to cover its own reconnaissance, and the casualties are already quite small, and if they attack again, even if they are feints, the morale of the troops will drop, and the casualties will be unbearable.

Therefore, his reconnaissance operation still requires 200 divisions to cover it in other ways.

"Come, I'll take you to the center of the main position to see, order has just been restored there, and how much my people have suffered in battle, you can see where you go."

Gao Jiren simply led Zhang Wei to walk the 598th Regiment, and took Zhang Wei along the trench to the forefront of the 598th Regiment.

"Hello sir!"

"Hello group!"

Although the officers and soldiers in the trenches did not salute, they all held guns to greet the Gaoji people, and the Gaoji people led Zhang Wei to the position of the main attack battalion of the first line of the 598th Regiment, and there were more soldiers hanging colors in the trenches, and some of the soldiers in the position were on guard with guns, and more were sitting in the trenches to rest, and many soldiers were holding guns and fell asleep in the trenches.

The smell of corpses and the smell of burnt paste are several times that of just now, from ten meters outside the trenches to the high ground, scattered corpses fell all the way down the retreat path of the main attack battalion of the 598th Regiment, as long as they follow the pile of corpses, they can restore the attack path of the 598th Regiment just now, and there are still many huge craters in front of and behind this position, emitting dense heat and white smoke.

Zhang Wei could see that in the trench more than 50 meters ahead, there happened to be a bomb that had fallen in, and the aerial bomb had blown up the trench dug deeply, and the trench that had been hit was full of blood and broken meat, and the front end of the trench that had been blown open was full of sandbags.

In a war, the division has a main attack regiment and the regiment has a main attack battalion, and this is definitely a serious main attack battalion position, and the forward command post of the 200th Division is less than one kilometer away from the front-line position of the 598th Regiment.

"Commander Gao, the brothers on the front line fought very badly."

The Gaoji people waved their hands to signal the soldiers to rest, and looked at the soldiers who were full of trenches, and the Gaoji people looked distressed.

"Alas, this is the battalion that attacked the Luotang Heights, the casualties are almost half, my three infantry battalions, in the past few days, each battalion has taken turns to attack, all like this!"

Zhang Wei followed Gao Jiren, and many soldiers were greeting him, and Zhang Wei also nodded.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Wei was even more sure that he could not let the infantry of the 598th Regiment cooperate with his reconnaissance.

Zhang Wei saw a lot, and lamented the position of the 598th Regiment's main attack battalion for a short while, and then devoted all his mind to the reconnaissance plan.

In the course of reconnaissance, if the Japanese troops on the Luotang Heights discover the reconnaissance troops and open fire on the blockade, then the people who are released to reconnoiter basically don't want to come back.

Now it is unrealistic to let friendly forces launch a feint, Zhang Wei's mind to go to reconnoiter is ironclad, the 200th Division cannot fight the infantry attack, then it is better to cover the reconnaissance with firepower, the 598th Regiment is facing the Luotang Heights, can use mortars, even heavy machine guns, to carry out suppressive fire on the Luotang Heights, and use mortar fire and some heavy machine gun fire to attack and disturb, interfere with the Japanese army, and attract the attention of the Japanese troops on the high ground, and the reconnaissance troops will wait for an opportunity to move and make a surprise reconnaissance near the pass.

The four 82 mortars of the 598th Regiment may not be enough to bombard the Luotang Heights, but doesn't the 200th Division still need a battalion of 82 mortars, and if this battalion can support it and cooperate with the mortar company of the 598th Regiment, then there will be no problem in covering reconnaissance with firepower.

The infantry of the 200th Division can't pull it up now, but the 82 mortar shells and the 24 type heavy machine gun shells are always sufficient, right?

Walking all the way in the trenches of the main attack battalion of the 598th Regiment, the Gaoji people pacified the troops while introducing the front-line battle situation to Zhang Wei.

As he walked, Zhang Wei bluntly asked Gao Jiren.

"Gao Tuanzao, Division Commander Dai also said that our unit wants to reconnoitre, I hope that your regiment can use mortar and heavy machine gun fire to suppress and cover the Japanese troops on the Luotang Heights!"

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