On a low hillside ten miles outside the suburbs of Jimo County, Wang Mo was holding a telescope to watch the battle between the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army and the 18th Division of the Japanese Army in the distance.

"Young master, the Orientals are here!" Adjutant Chen Shishi shouted expectantly.

"Hmm." Wang Mo replied casually, and then continued to watch the changes in the battle situation in the distance with full attention.

When the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army approached nearly ten miles to Jimo County, almost the tip of the knife was pressed against the throat of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, and Kamio Mitsutomi finally couldn't bear to launch an attack on the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army.

I saw that on the battlefield in the distance, groups of Japanese soldiers began to slowly approach the position of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army with their waists bent. These Japanese squads are not many in number, but they know how to use various covers along the way to run in a zigzag pattern to dodge left and right, and do not give the soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army a chance to aim and lock at all. With such skillful tactical movements, even people who do not know much about military knowledge can see that the quality of individual soldiers of the Japanese army is indeed very high.

At this time, the soldiers on the position of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army were also doing the final combat preparations, unpacking boxes of bullets one after another, unscrewing the bottom cover of the grenades and putting them on the trench at hand, pulling the bolt to load with a "click", squinting one eye slightly, and trying to aim at the approaching Japanese soldiers.

"It's all for Lao Tzu to stabilize, only so many Oriental soldiers, if any one is coaxed, Lao Tzu will kick him to death, so as not to lose the face of our Chinese masters!"

"Ruler 300 meters, don't panic, hand over machine guns and mortars beyond 300 meters, and fire freely within 300!"

"When the Orientals are coming, don't be in a hurry to throw grenades, when can you throw them, wait for my orders!"

"Concentrate, don't think about anything, aim and then fight!"

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The grassroots officers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army tirelessly told the soldiers at the bottom over and over again, although these soldiers have been tempered by many wars against bandits, they have not fought real hard battles, and it is easy to lose the level of training in peacetime due to various reasons such as nervousness.

There is the command and pressure of the officers at the grassroots level. The tension in the hearts of the soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army subsided slightly, and they stared at the approaching Japanese soldiers with bated breath.

The soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army are basically the children of the Yimeng Mountains, and Shandong is their hometown, so they are the most unwilling to see Shandong occupied and slaughtered by the Japanese invaders. The military is absolutely resolute in their hearts.

Bang -

A gunshot rang out, and I don't know which soldier of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army pulled the trigger when the Japanese army had not yet entered the firing range.

Perhaps it was the sound of gunfire that stimulated the Japanese, and these Japanese squads approaching the position of the Yimeng Autonomous Allied Forces suddenly increased their speed and rushed into within 300 meters of the positions of the Yimeng Autonomous Allied Forces.

Neither the light nor heavy machine guns nor mortars of the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army fired, and it was obviously not worth exposing the firing points for these Japanese squads. Moreover, these Japanese soldiers clearly came to test the firepower.

"Hit!"

The officers at the rank and file shouted orders one after another, and took the lead in shooting at the Japanese soldiers.

Bang-bang-bang

Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire on the position of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance, and the soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army lying in the trenches opened fire one after another at the Japanese soldiers.

These Japanese squads were not numerous, and the Japanese soldiers consciously distanced themselves from each other to avoid being killed and injured by the barrage of dense attacks, so the results of the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army were not very obvious.

"Young master, aren't there thirty or forty thousand people in the Orientals, why are so many people dispatched now?" Chen Shishi asked puzzled.

Wang Mo didn't talk, but looked at the performance of the Japanese army on the battlefield with a frown.

Liao Yan, an operational staff officer directly under the General Headquarters on the side, stood up and explained to Chen Shishi: "Adjutant Chen, the Orientals are conducting fire reconnaissance. However, before a large-scale battle or a storm, the Orientals had to send a small force to conduct fire reconnaissance. ”

At present, the operational staff officers of the General Staff Office are often closely following Wang Mo in order to put forward plans and suggestions for Wang Mo's military decision-making. After all, Wang Mo is not a very good person, and it is impossible to always rely on himself to make a thorough deployment, and the Operations Staff Office can undoubtedly pick up and fill in the gaps very well.

Chen Shishi suddenly realized and said: "So that's the case, I said, how can the Oriental people let such a few people attack, isn't this hitting the stone with an egg?" ”

Wang Mo also believed that the Japanese army was conducting fire reconnaissance, but this "fire reconnaissance" lasted for nearly an hour, and the Japanese attack was still tepid. It made him feel a little wrong.

"Give the order for three machine-gun teams on the left and right flanks of the front-line position to open fire." Wang Mo suddenly turned his head and ordered at the herald.

After receiving Wang Mo's order, the machine gun teams on the left and right flanks of the first-line position immediately opened fire, taking the initiative to expose their positions.

Dada-da-da

Six fierce tongues of fire slashed diagonally into the battlefield. The Japanese soldiers were shooting wildly, and for a while, the earth and rocks were flying, and even the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the rocks and tree trunks would be accidentally hit into a hornet's nest by a shuttle of bullets.

The Japanese soldiers were not slow to react, and when they saw the machine guns of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance firing at all, they did not need to be reminded by the officers at all, so they lay down on the spot to avoid the strafing of the machine guns.

"Retreat!"

The Japanese officer gave the order very simply. It seems that it is enough to test the positions of these machine gun firing points.

The Japanese soldiers were all lying on the ground and crawling backwards, so the shooting of the soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army and the strafing of machine guns could not cause great casualties to the Japanese army.

"This is retreating? Phew, Orientals are too cowardly to pack soft eggs! With this ability, dare to come to China to spread wild? Chen Shishi did not hide his contempt for the Japanese army's retreat.

Wang Mo's brows furrowed even tighter, and the performance of the Japanese army was a bit anticlimactic, which was really weird.

The Japanese squads quickly retreated from all parts of the battlefield, and soon after, the Japanese attacked again. But to Wang Mo's surprise, the Japanese army was still a small force tentatively attacking, and it seemed that there was no intention of a large-scale decisive battle.

Wang Mo thought for a while, and immediately ordered again: "Order, select a battalion from each of the left and right flank positions to attack, and eat these Japanese squads for Lao Tzu!" ”

Soon, two battalions of the front-line troops who received Wang Mo's order took the initiative to attack the Japanese squads from the left and right flanks.

"Chong, brothers, follow Lao Tzu and kill these little oriental radish heads together!"

Under the leadership of the officer, the soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army jumped out of the trenches one after another and launched a charging attack on the Japanese squads.

The strength of the two battalions attacked from the left and right flanks, and it seemed that they were trying to cut off the retreat of the Japanese squads and encircle and annihilate them.

The main force of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army was immediately like a cat with its tail stepped on, and a large number of troops suddenly poured out and attacked the two battalions of the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army.

Bang-bang-bang

The sound of gunfire like fried beans rang out, countless bullets were fired back and forth on the battlefield, and one after another Chinese and Japanese soldiers were shot and fell to the ground, and the battle suddenly became fierce.

"The main force finally can't help but show its head? If you want to save people, is there such a cheap thing? Wang Mo smiled coldly, and then ordered, "Order, the artillery regiment will immediately open fire and bombard Lao Tzu fiercely!" ”

In Wang Mo's battle plan, the artillery regiment is the absolute protagonist. Most of the artillery of the artillery wing of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army was destroyed by the Blue Eagle Flying Group, and now the new artillery has not yet arrived with the new batch of ammunition supplies. At this time, there is no need to bully the Japanese with artillery, but when?

On the artillery position of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army behind, rows of various artillery pieces were neatly stacked, and an observation hot air balloon rose high.

Soldiers trotted quickly to carry the shells. The main gunners of the various artillery groups were also struggling to shake the cradle and make the final adjustments to the shelling elements according to the parameters ordered by the observer on the hot air balloon.

Seeing that all the artillery groups had completed the final preparations before the shelling, Shen Huai, the commander of the artillery regiment in military uniform, drew his command knife with a "swish", pointed in the direction where the Japanese army was, and shouted and ordered: "Target, the front-line troops of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, fire three consecutive rapid shots, open the artillery!" ”

"Fire!"

The red command flag used for command was waved down violently, and the artillery groups struggled to pull the gun ropes.

Boom -

The guns of 20 60mm rapid-fire guns and 50 80mm light field guns shook in unison, and a cloud of smoke burst out of the muzzles, and 70 shells broke through the air with a whistling sound.

Boom-boom-boom

Violent explosions sounded one after another, and one after another shells slammed into the dense infantry ranks of the Japanese front line, and the lethality was very great, and often a shell fell and instantly flew away and devoured dozens of Japanese soldiers in the surrounding area.

The ferocious artillery bombardment suddenly struck, and the Japanese army's fierce offensive just now couldn't help but stagnate, and they all lay down to avoid the damage of the shelling.

The other 20 105mm light howitzers and 10 150mm heavy howitzers of the artillery regiment did not participate in the shelling, because although these large-caliber guns were powerful, the shelling speed was slow, and the shelling of the Japanese front-line infantry with large-caliber artillery was also a bit too sharp.

However, although the 20 60mm rapid-fire guns and 50 80mm light field guns did not have the power to break through the fortifications, they were more than enough to kill and injure the Japanese soldiers without any protection. Moreover, rapid-fire artillery uses hydraulic spring automatic homing, which does not need to cushion the recoil and does not need to adjust the aiming of the shelling elements again, so the shelling speed is very fast, and up to five shells can be fired in one minute.

At such a speed, it is completely conceivable how intensively the Japanese army had to endure at this time!

Under the dense shelling of almost coverage, the Japanese troops suffered heavy losses, and Terauchi Masashi was about to vomit blood. At this moment, he hated the Blue Eagle Flying Group, which destroyed most of the artillery of the artillery wing of the 18th Division. There has always been only the Great Japanese Imperial Army that relied on powerful artillery fire to bully others, and where was there a time when it was bombed indiscriminately by others like now.

The shells kept falling, and batch after batch of Japanese soldiers fell.

Under such overwhelming bombardment, before receiving orders, even if the casualties were heavy, the Japanese soldiers were still able to fight under artillery fire.

I have to admit that although the tactics of the Japanese army are rigid and solidified, the steely discipline of the Japanese army and the ruthlessness revealed in its bones are indeed incomparable to the vast majority of the armies in the world. (To be continued.) )