Guanzhuang, death-like silence.

Silence on the battlefield is often a prelude to a storm, a silence that can create a heavy pressure on the mind. The recruits had no experience and could not feel that kind of fear. But for veterans, it's a deadly worry.

"I don't see any more people alive!"

The skirmish line of infantry attacks is very particular, that is, it is not as dense as in film and television dramas, and it is not as loose as half-tone army fans think.

Of course, in the process of attacking, in the face of the opponent's artillery fire and bullets, the formation must of course be dispersed, so as to reduce casualties. But after getting close to the opponent's position, the formation is relatively dense. If it is not dense enough, then it will be difficult to form enough impact without enough soldiers and enough weapons to break through the line of the defending side.

At the beginning of 1938, when the Second World War had not yet begun. Infantry attacks are still the main means of attack in the East, and even in Europe and the United States, they are nothing more than skirmishers equipped with tanks. It is precisely because of such an outdated and outdated tactical understanding that is not suitable for the times. At the very beginning of World War II, Germany's "blitzkrieg" with its concentrated use of armored forces and tactical air force would have stunned the world.

Therefore, the armies of the East cannot be demanded by the standard of the German army, which also includes the Japanese army.

"Shut up!"

The officers leading the team carried a command knife in one hand and a southern pistol in the other, and their eyes scanned the silent Guanzhuang from time to time.

It certainly stopped the soldiers' doubts, but he himself held this opinion.

This has happened more than once in the positions guarded by the squadron. A few artillery bombardments, or a tentative attack, will cause the squadron to collapse several times the number of attacking troops.

"They are the Northwest Army, could it be that China's Northwest Army has also lost its combat effectiveness?"

In doubt, the skirmish lines of the infantry became denser and denser. As we said at the beginning of the chapter, if you want to be impactful, you can't have it without dense formations. Especially this attack on Guanzhuang, not only was it an infantry brigade, but even a machine gun squadron, an artillery squadron, and a tank squadron were strengthened.

If calculated according to the proportion of troops on the battlefield in the past, a large group of Japanese soldiers can defeat the squadron of a division.

So this time, using a brigade to attack the Guanzhuang guarded by a regiment of the ** squadron is really a big action.

Major General Kei Seya was more cautious about the attack of the Northwest Army because of the battle last night. The casualties last night, more than 300 people, were almost a third of a squadron. It can be said that the infantry brigade, which lost more than a third of its troops, has basically lost its combat effectiveness.

Major General Kei Seya deployed the battered infantry brigade in a defensive position behind him, and then replaced it with an almost fully equipped reserve brigade.

The entire Seya detachment consisted of 3 infantry wings, that is, 9 infantry brigades. This was also a reinforced machine-gun, artillery and tank detachment. Therefore, although the loss of a brigade is not a heavy loss, a battalion is incapacitated by an afternoon and a night of fighting, and the losses are inevitably a bit large.

When the skirmish line began to gather, each infantry squadron and its squads gathered the force of the attack according to their different objectives.

The tank and machine-gun detachments, which were equipped, stopped their advance as they approached Guanzhuang. One of the machine-gun detachments entered the firing position, and a continuous stream of machine-gun fire rang out. On the flat ground near them, tank guns were spraying tongues of fire. Ammunition was fired at all suspicious places in Guanzhuang, but Guanzhuang did not fight back at all.

"Without a goal, are there any living people there?"

This question made the machine gunners, grenadiers, tankers, and the infantry commanders in front of them all think the same thing.

Immediately, they all stopped their aimless attack according to the order, and there was no target, and such an attack was ineffective even if it was a pill.

At this time, everyone in the support position could see that the infantry had completed the concentration and sent a squad of infantry to make a tentative attack on Guanzhuang.

Even if Guanzhuang is a trap, it is unlikely to cause much damage. Even in the event of an attack, this infantry squad could have retreated under the cover of artillery fire and machine guns from behind.

Needless to say, the officer who commanded the attack was also careful this time.

However, there is no way for humans to fight against what they do not know.

Just like a dinosaur facing an incoming meteorite, there is nothing to be done but accept all the disasters.

"Tom ......"

A few muffled cannon sounds shook the air, and the infantry on the battlefield who were already lying underground did not care, even the veterans were full of doubts.

It was a cannon sound they had never heard before, not artillery that any Chinese army they knew had.

For example, the German artillery of the Central Army, the French artillery of the Guangxi Army. But the sound of artillery in front of them was not any of the kind they were familiar with.

With those dull cannon shots, some small black dots appeared in the sky.

None of this went away from the eyes of the Japanese infantrymen lying underground in hidden positions. They looked at the sky suspiciously, asking each other.

"What's that, it doesn't look like a cannonball!"

Yes, the projectile fired by a gasoline cannon is slower than a cannonball. When they reach the peak of their trajectory, they will fall in free fall.

I'm sure you can imagine what it was like, and it's not amazing.

The Japanese infantry, lying underground, were in an unattackable position. They believed that when they were crawling underground, the Chinese soldiers did not have the ability to hit them. After all, at a distance of 200 meters, it is almost impossible for a rifle with mechanical sights to hit a person lying underground.

Something like a small flying insect fell from the sky, and in the blink of an eye, it was full of infantry attack line, and a series of explosions were screamed.

It was a salvo, but it did not include the infantry hiding in the anti-artillery holes. It's just "gasoline cannons" and "accordions-multi-barrel grenadiers".

Forward is a mortar-like weapon, which "sits" on a four-wheeled cart. Its ammunition was sandwiched between two round planks, resembling a flatbread. There are many small holes on the upper layer of the mesh plate, and "hail personnel personnel bombs" can be installed in each small hole.

Another type of salvo is the "accordion-multi-barrel grenadier". It was modified with a Japanese grenadier canister and equipped with a multi-barreled salvo. Because the grenadier can come from the capture, this weapon is also equipped on the front line of Taierzhuang. The rear was made, but it was just a shelf for holding the grenadier canister.

These two weapons basically have no accuracy, and they don't need to be accurate. Their function is to fire hundreds or thousands of "hail personnel personnel bullets" at a time, covering the gathering places of enemy infantry on the battlefield.

As we said, the Japanese army has little defense against this air-bombed grenade. Unless they were in a well-guarded artillery hole, they could not hide from the shrapnel that fell from the sky, even in the trenches.

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————————————————————————————————————— "What kind of weapon is that?" ”

Major General Kei Seya looked at the situation on the battlefield through the binoculars, and he asked himself a little painfully. Because this weapon had devoured the soldiers of a squad of his tentative assault yesterday afternoon. And today this is a brigade, and seeing that the dense bombing points are all on the heads of the soldiers of their own brigade, the result may be very bad.

In fact, Major General Seya Kei didn't know that the things he saw were not weapons at all. It's just that they all use the same kind of projectile. For example, there is basically not much difference between "hail personnel bullets" fired by rifles and "hail personnel personnel bullets" fired by "gasoline barrel cannons" and "accordion-multiple grenadiers".

It's a pity that the way of launching is different, for example, the latter two are of course larger than the former, but they are not accurate. Infantry firing is certainly shorter, but much more accurate.

It was also the Seya detachment in front of them, which was still conducting a tentative offensive and did not launch a large-scale group attack. If it is a relatively dense large-scale infantry attack, I am afraid that under the continuous salvo, before the infantry can get close to the opponent's position, it will have to die.

The "Accordion-Multi-barrel Grenadier" and the "Gasoline Barrel Cannon" were ballistic weapons that were immediately spotted by Japanese artillery when the smoke they fired burst into the sky, and a massive artillery bombardment was immediately launched.

However, in Guanzhuang, the "accordion-multi-barrel grenadier" and "gasoline drum cannon" that had completed the firing task had been retracted into the anti-artillery hole deep into the ground. Although it cannot be prevented from the bombardment of heavy artillery, as long as there is no direct hit, it is not easy to destroy.

The heavy sound of explosions echoed in the buildings of Guanzhuang, which had long been turned into ruins under Japanese artillery fire. Houses turned to dust under the fire. The flames formed by the heavy artillery rushed everywhere throughout the official village.

However, there were no people on the position, and the only thing to do was to be directly ordered by artillery fire to defend the artillery holes and individual observers.

Wang Guanwu, the head of the regiment at the head of Taierzhuang City, observed the battle situation there with a telescope, and he had a lot of feelings.

"Is it something as simple as a terracotta grenade that changes the pattern of war? It's incredible! ”

Although last night, his subordinates achieved considerable results. But he didn't think it was the tactical advantage of the air-burst grenade known as the "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers". But when I look at it today, the advantage I got in front of me comes entirely from that kind of air-explosive munitions.

After all, no matter how good the Japanese army was at this time, he was not also an infantryman. The infantry on the offensive has basically zero defense against an air-bombed grenade covering attack. Training to hide from the explosion was completely powerless against the shrapnel overhead.

Of course, this air-bombed grenade cannot be expected to be able to deal with armored forces. It's a pity that the armored infantry, without infantry, basically can't escape the fate of being subjected to Molotov cocktails.

Especially in the Chinese-style, narrow rural streets, the tank is like a cow in a bullpen, and it can't even turn around, let alone fight effectively.

Major General Seya Kai looked at Guanzhuang and looked at Taierzhuang, and he sighed.

"Well, how can we fight effectively?"

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