Corresponding to the tense and smooth progress of the eastern battlefield, the advance of the Kwantung Army in the western theater was not too smooth. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

First, because of the rugged mountain roads and difficult marches, the army's march was too different from the march on the plains, and secondly, they encountered strong resistance.

At about 2 p.m. on 14 July, the vanguard had penetrated deep into the Rehe area.

At this moment, the Kwantung Army encountered a blockade, and the sudden burst of gunfire beat the search team that was walking in front and fled in embarrassment.

This section of the mountain road is a little steep, and the main thing is that there is a high ground on each side of the mountain road, and if you want to pass through it, you must take this high ground.

Hearing the news, the Kwantung Army forward, the first brigade captain Takahashi immediately organized an attack force, kicked away the stumbling blocks, and opened a passage for the follow-up troops.

However, this is a mountainous area, and it is impossible to place a large force, so it can only take the strength below the squadron to carry out the offensive.

Yes, it is the position of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Northland Volunteer Army that is responsible for the blocking task here, and their task is to block the advance of the Kwantung Army with the help of the first pass, and they cannot be allowed to go too smoothly.

In addition to blocking the enemy head-on, on the high ground on both sides of the mountain road, there is a company to defend, of course, it is useless to have more troops, and the field cannot be opened.

There were not many people on the position, presumably only the surveillance post was left, and everyone else was hiding.

Although the artillery units of the little devils certainly did not keep up, however, there were still mortars.

Sure enough, in the distance, groups of little devils were faintly visible, and they were arranged into mortar positions.

"Boom-boom-boom--boom--"

The mortar of the devil began to shell, and the shells exploded on the hillside, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The little devil's mortar hadn't fired a few shells, and suddenly, the sound of artillery rang out on the higher hill behind the opponent, and the shells exploded in the mortar position of the Kwantung Army, "Boom-boom--" The entire mortar position of the little devil was shrouded in smoke from the explosion.

The little devil has mortars, and the first battalion also has mortars, and they have already calculated it, arranged the position in advance, and waited for the little devil to arrange the position, and then, locked the position of the position, dozens of mortars fired together, and the power was much stronger than that of the devil.

After a burst of shelling, the smoke cleared, and the mortar position of the little devil was not miserable, and it would be nice to have two or three intact mortars left.

No one is stupid, since the 1st Brigade of the Northland Volunteer Army is responsible for the blocking mission, it will inevitably choose favorable terrain to block the attack.

The first battalion was on a high ground, with high mountains to their left and right, and behind them, and the fire strike points were set up early under the dense vegetation.

And the Kwantung Army took an uphill road, which did not have an advantage in itself, and did not expect to be blocked here.

As for the artillery of the Kwantung Army, I can't count on it for the time being, that thing is not walking on flat ground, and it can go faster with a horse-drawn artillery.

Captain Takahashi saw that his own mortar was finished.

There is no mortar to attack, the army behind is still moving forward, as a pioneer, doesn't it play a role in opening the way for the follow-up troops?

"Squadron Leader Hengmu, you must take this position as soon as possible and open the way for the Imperial Army, hurry up!" Captain Takahashi is anxious, there are no mortars, don't we still have grenadiers, no matter what, we must attack.

"Hey, kill it."

A squadron of devil soldiers spread out on the not-so-spacious battlefield and attack upwards.

The devil grenadiers quickly looked for a vantage point and began to arrange, chasing the covering attacking troops.

However, this is a bit difficult, because the opponent's artillery run seems to be specially designed to deal with them, and just after taking position behind the small rock, the opponent's shells have already whizzed, and an explosion suddenly sounded around them.

This Northland Volunteer Army seems to be very disciplined in fighting, and it is also very familiar with the tactics of devils.

Nonsense, the garrison trained by Fengtian, specializing in defense, imagines that the enemy is the Kwantung Army, can you not be familiar with it?

The grenadiers of the Kwantung Army suffered heavy casualties, and it was difficult to help the attacking squadron of devils.

There was no way, and the captain of the Yokogi squadron could only attack the opponent's position with his flesh and blood.

"Pap--pa-pa--pa-"

"Da Da Da--"

For a time, there was a lot of gunfire on the position, and the Northland volunteers condescended and shot the devil soldiers who were climbing up.

The crosswood was in pain, and the soldiers in front kept people falling, and every step forward cost them their lives.

Why?

Why is the marksmanship of the Northland Volunteers so accurate, this distance is a full two hundred meters, which is no less than the marksmanship of the soldiers of the Imperial Army.

Yokoki thought to himself, it is not possible to move forward slowly like this, and more people will die.

The eyes of the captain of the Yokogi squadron flashed with a fierce light, no matter what, he had to rush over quickly and engage the opponent in close combat.

"Kill it, onboard!"

What can the little devil soldiers do, order us to risk death to charge, if we don't rush, we can't rush, let's rush.

"Onboard"

Nima, it's like sending her to death.

The little devil braved the dense bullets and ran wildly, and before he rushed to the front of the position, he had already connected a lot of the Internet, and according to this kind of lethality, he had not yet rushed to the position, and the troops had already been consumed.

These veterans are very experienced in fighting, and if they climb up slowly, maybe not too many people will die, after all, they will take advantage of the hiding position, looking for opportunities to move forward.

However, the commander ordered the charge, and there was no way to do it.

As for whether to die or not, it depends on their respective lives, so the unlucky ones are all dead.

There were not many soldiers left within a 100-meter range, and they couldn't rush anymore, so they found a hiding place and hid on the spot.

Paralyzed, you can't find death anymore, the Northland Volunteers are not good stubble, and they live up to their reputation.

Even if it is hidden, I am afraid it is not safe, in the dense forest on the opposite side, the mortar is still dripping shells, who knows which shell will fall on him?

The captain of the Yokoki squadron also knew in his heart that this wave of attacks had failed, so he had to order the army to withdraw.

Summing up the remnants of the defeated army, Yokoki almost felt like he wanted to cry, the attack team of more than 200 people, now there are less than 100 people left, it is too miserable.

The problem is that such casualties are lost within a distance of a hundred meters before the attack.

Who is to blame, can you blame the soldiers of the Imperial Army for not being able to fight?

These soldiers are veterans, how can they not fight?

The only way to blame is that the opponent's choice of defensive position is too good and too unfavorable for the attacking side.

Captain Takahashi, who was watching the battle in the rear, could see it clearly, and this could not be blamed on Squadron Leader Yokogi, this position was indeed not easy to break.

Unless powerful artillery fire is used to destroy the enemy's positions, it will not be able to take it for a while and a half.

However, artillery still needs time.

The Kwantung Army has air forces, and it can dispatch planes to cooperate in operations.

Hehe, that thing doesn't seem to be of much use in the mountains.

This is a mountainous area, and the performance of the aircraft during this period is not very good, and it is easy to have accidents.

Even if the planes came, the ground was densely covered with vegetation, and the bombing targets could not be found on the planes at all, so it was impossible for the Kwantung Army to send planes to support the ground troops in this mountain operation. (To be continued.) )