Feixiong Ridge is a small mountain ridge in the shape of a half-moon surrounding the official road, and the terrain is not particularly steep, but for ambushes, the attack surface can reach a semi-circle, which is very conducive to intensive killing. To the south of Flying Bear Ridge is a swampy wet forest, which is not suitable for walking at all, and is indeed a good ambush location.

When the word "type" sounded in his ears, Takeki sensed that something was wrong, and immediately shouted loudly: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”

However, as soon as Takeki's words rang out, fierce gunshots suddenly rang out.

Bang-bang-bang

Dada-da-da

I don't know how many rifles and light and heavy machine guns opened fire in unison, and the rain of bullets formed a barrage towards the 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

Puff - Puff -

As the sound of bullets burrowing into the human body sounded, Japanese soldiers were constantly shot and fell to the ground, either seriously injured and incapacitated, or killed by vital bullets. Occasionally, the unlucky guy was swept by a machine gun, and was beaten into a sieve on the spot, and fell covered in blood in a pool of blood.

At the very beginning of the sudden attack, the Japanese suffered the heaviest casualties. Because the Japanese soldiers crowded with official roads were simply groups of people who did not need to aim and shoot.

The troops were suddenly ambushed, and Yamada did not panic, but jumped down from the frightened horse at the first time, shouting: "Don't panic, the machine gun squadron immediately stepped forward to suppress the fire, and the brigades organized a counterattack on the spot!" Our opponents are nothing more than some bandits, even if they ambush them, it's not a big deal, don't panic! ”

I have to admit that the military quality of the Japanese army is very good. The Japanese soldiers not only did not collapse and lose their organization because of the sudden attack, but quickly overcame their panicked moods. After Yamada's order was issued, the units of the 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army organized a counterattack in a very short time.

Bang-bang-bang

The individual shooting skills of the Japanese infantry were indeed much better than those recruits of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army, who had only picked up their guns for about half a year, and the bullets they fired seemed to have eyes, giving many undue casualties to some reckless soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance who planned to quickly settle the battle.

In particular, those Yimeng subordinate officers who had just been promoted from the lowest level to serve as company platoon commanders fought with a bloody and courageous spirit, and as soon as their heads surged up when they fought, they tried to lead their subordinates to launch a decisive attack on the approaching large number of Japanese troops. As a result, as soon as they emerged from the bunker of the position, they were hit by accurate fire from the Japanese army one after another. Constantly falling to the ground and dying, corpses filled the trenches on the hillside.

Seeing the excellent performance of the soldiers of the 24th Brigade, Yamada nodded with great satisfaction and shouted the order: "The artillery team immediately set up artillery." Intensive bombardment of the positions of the Shina bandits on the mountain ridge, and the infantry brigade approached the mountain ridge along the mountain road! ”

The Japanese army has a unique skill, from the Korean Campaign in the First Sino-Japanese War to the Russo-Japanese War, it will always be turned over and over. One trick that has been used repeatedly is that it is coordinated with infantry and artillery.

Especially in the face of an army with weak firepower like many squadrons, the Japanese army was able to maximize the firepower advantage of artillery, and the power of infantry artillery coordination was naturally greater.

Wang Mo was very dissatisfied with the performance of the soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army, and with such an advantage, he was unable to suppress the 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army to the death.

However, Wang Mo also understood that these two divisions of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army were only new troops that he had trained through the suppression of bandits, and they had not fought any fierce battles at all, and it was reasonable that their military quality and individual ability were greatly inferior to those of the Japanese army. If it is not officers at all levels, most of them are officers with rich experience who have been transferred from Sichuan and Hubei. I'm afraid that these nearly 20,000 Yimeng Autonomous Alliance troops have really become bandits that will be defeated in a battle.

Originally, Wang Mo also planned to let the various units of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army exercise for a while in the fierce battle, but when he saw through the telescope that the Japanese artillery team began to set up artillery, he knew that he couldn't wait any longer, so he ordered: "Order, the artillery regiment directly under the headquarters immediately launched a covering artillery bombardment of the Japanese 24th Brigade on the official road, and the Blue Eagle Flying Group immediately attacked and bombed the valuable and threatening targets of the Japanese 24th Brigade!" ”

The 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army, which had only 5,000 troops, used the Blue Eagle Flying Group to bomb was undoubtedly too extravagant. However, Wang Mo just wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to let the Blue Eagle Flying Brigade accumulate more experience in actual combat bombing. After all, the aircraft of this era did not have the function of automatically locking on the target for bombing, and the accuracy of the bombing completely depended on the experience and judgment of the pilot.

With the issuance of Wang Mo's order, the artillery regiment directly under the headquarters of the Yimeng Autonomous Allied Army, which had long been unable to bear it, immediately made all preparations before the shelling.

This time, the artillery regiment formed by Wang Mo in Yimeng is no longer like the 75mm Grusen mountain artillery that was the same in the Sichuan Army in the past, and the artillery regiment directly under the headquarters of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army has 20 60mm rapid-fire mountain guns, 50 80mm light field guns, and 20 105mm light howitzers. There are also 10 150mm heavy howitzers. A total of 100 guns can be described as the ultimate luxury, which not only greatly enhances the power of artillery, but also realizes the diversification of artillery.

Shen Huai, the new commander of the artillery regiment, looked at the rows and yards of all kinds of artillery on the artillery position with great pride, such a powerful artillery lineup. Where is the toy-like small-caliber artillery of the Oriental little radish head can be compared.

Shen Huai was one of the earliest artillerymen of the Sichuan Army, and he followed Wang Mo all the way to fight, and he can be regarded as a veteran of the artillery regiment. After the end of the war in Hubei, he entered the artillery department of the Sichuan Army Non-commissioned Officer School for more than half a year. Therefore, both in terms of practical experience and theoretical knowledge, he is very good.

The artillery regiment's artillery preparations were completed quickly, because the artillery Zhu Yuan had already adjusted the official road below Feixiong Ridge before the start of the battle, so the artillery preparation was nothing more than the gunners of each artillery group sending the shells into the artillery compartment and waiting for the artillery order.

Shen Huai slowly walked a few steps forward, looked at the location of the official road in front of Feixiong Ridge from a distance, and ordered in a loud voice: "Target, the 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army, five consecutive rapid shots, open the artillery!" ”

"Fire!"

The red command flag was waved down suddenly, and the main guns of each artillery group said that they were pulling the gun rope with all their might.

Boom -

A violent explosion sounded, and at this moment, it was as if all the sounds in the entire heaven and earth had disappeared, and only the roar that exploded in this moment remained.

Like a meteor falling to the ground, the dense cannonballs slammed into the not wide official road.

Dense clouds of smoke rose into the air, and the flying dirt carried the poisonous yellow smoke like a terrible tornado.

Countless shrapnel shot in all directions, bringing bursts of iron-blooded storms, and from time to time I saw stumps and broken arms being blown away!

Almost as soon as the covering artillery bombardment began, the artillery squadron of the 24th Brigade that had just completed erection was instantly reimbursed. The vast majority of artillery was as fragile as a piece of paper and was blown into a pile of scrap metal. Before the artillerymen of the artillery corps could dodge, they were completely engulfed by the blast wave of fireworks that rushed into the sky.

When Yamada saw the abyss-like hell scene in front of him, he was stunned. It feels like a dream.

Bandits, this is the China bandits?

"Your Excellency General, this is a trap, we must break through immediately!" Takeki rushed over and shouted at the mountain.

Yamada, who woke up, shouted with the anger and horror of being deceived, "Yes, this is a trap. These people are not some bandits in China, they are government troops in China, and they must be government troops in China! ”

If there were still people, even if it was General Masaki Terauchi, and told Yamada that these people were Shina bandits, he would definitely kick that person in the face.

Brigand?

Is this the case with your bandits?

In Yamada's eyes, whether the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army was a bandit or a Chinese government army, the incomparably fierce shelling continued.

Round after round of shelling, like a nail rake representing death, ploughed over and over again on the entire official road in front of Feixiong Ridge.

Under the blow of such covering artillery fire. The Japanese army was unable to organize an effective counterattack, and countless Japanese soldiers could only find cover everywhere to escape the bombardment and sincerely pray to Amaterasu for protection.

Perhaps it was the sincere prayers of the Japanese soldiers that worked, or perhaps the artillery units of the Shina Army needed to replenish their ammunition, and Yamada noticed that the shelling began to gradually weaken and eventually gradually stopped.

The desperate shelling finally stopped, and Yamada breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to order the troops to break through and jump out of the trap set by this Shina.

However, at this very moment. Suddenly there was a buzzing sound in the sky.

Yamada involuntarily looked up into the sky and saw a scene that shocked him.

I saw a large black cloud in the sky, but Yamada knew very well in his heart that it was not a black cloud. It's a huge fleet of aircraft.

Thinking of the bomber that appeared in Shina last year, the blood on Yamada's face instantly faded, and the pupils of his eyes contracted to a point.

Buzz - Buzz -

The noisy humming sound grew louder and closer, and the huge group of planes finally appeared clearly in the sky above the Japanese troops.

The altitude of the group began to drop, and they swooped down towards the location of the official road.

Just after the catastrophe, the Japanese soldiers who got up from their bunkers and piles of corpses saw one plane after another gliding overhead. Immediately, black dots appeared in my sight, and those black dots fell from the sky.

Boom-boom-boom

The violent explosion sounded again, and the poor Japanese soldiers did not have time to rejoice that they had escaped the shelling of the artillery regiment of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance, but they were bombarded with overwhelming bombardment.

The huge group of planes continued to swoop and glide past, dropping bombs one after another, and frantically harvesting the lives of Japanese soldiers.

This tragic scene made Yamada look dumbfounded, and shouted in a hissed voice: "Retreat, retreat!" ”

The 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army was about to retreat, but Wang Mo would not let Yamada get his wish, and immediately ordered a full-scale charge.

In the face of the 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was already half-disabled, the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army did not give Yamada the slightest chance, except for a few fish who escaped by chance, the 5,000 people of the 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army can be said to be completely annihilated.

After dealing with the 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army, Wang Mo did not even stay to deal with post-war matters, but immediately returned to the headquarters and summoned all the officers of the Blue Eagle Flying Group to deploy a new military operation.

In the headquarters, Wang Mo stood in front of the suggested sand table and said to the officers of the Blue Eagle Flying Brigade: "Next, I order, the Flying Brigade, immediately launch a large-scale air raid on the British and Japanese coalition forces!" (To be continued.) )