Looking at the infantry brigade with only a few officers left, the commander of the Japanese brigade, who was even angry in his heart, also knew that the captain who ordered the retreat had done nothing wrong. If they want to blame www.biquge.info, they can only blame them for greatly underestimating the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army.

The brigade commander, who personally examined the bodies of the fallen officers and technicians, saw that most of these officers and soldiers had only received a fatal bullet. I also know in my heart that there are really a large number of marksmen on the position of the Eighth Route Army.

Or rather, the sniper. A simple marksman, if he does not use a special sniper rifle, is afraid that he will not be able to shoot so accurately. After all, most of the grenadiers were killed at a distance of three hundred meters.

The commander of the Japanese brigade, who looked a little dignified, didn't expect them to rush here from Chengde, originally hoping to make some military exploits as capital. But at the moment the artillery units suffered heavy losses, as did the infantry.

Even the previous Kwantung Army Command provided them with air support for a bomber group. can look at the current situation, in addition to plowing the defensive position of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army on the position is still in good condition.

Even the most stupid people know that the Eighth Route Army is only afraid that it has built anti-artillery potholes that can withstand the bombardment of aerial bombs in this defensive position. This means that if they want to take the position in front of them, they can only rely on human lives to fill it.

The problem is that, according to the intelligence they have detected, if they want to attack Duolun City, they must deal with these Eighth Route Army in front of them. If you bypass this defensive position, you can also attack under Duolun City.

But the commander of the Japanese brigade did not dare to do this at all, which would be tantamount to cutting off his own back road. If the Eighth Route Army, which was guarding the defensive position, suddenly copied their rear route. Then their entire mixed brigade will really be dumplings by the Eighth Route Army.

Attack is not, and retreat is not. The mixed brigade group, which was caught in a dilemma, really did not expect that it would encounter such a thorny problem in the first large-scale battle with the Eighth Route Army. However, the commander of the Japanese brigade felt that they were more or too few troops.

In addition to this, they did not have overwhelming artillery units. If they can be armed with 105 caliber artillery, then they will have an absolute advantage in suppressing the artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

It's a pity that they are just a local independent mixed brigade, and they can be equipped with 75-caliber mountain artillery and field artillery, which is already very good. If you want to use artillery of more than 105 calibers, you can only count on the main divisions of the Kwantung Army!

'General, what's next?' ’

Similarly, some brigade commanders who did not know what to do also counted on the general to take the idea. But as a brigade commander, in the face of the current offensive dilemma, the brigade commander also can't think of a good way.

A wing commander proposed: "General, do you want to send another telegram to Your Excellency the Commander, requesting that the Air Force be sent again to give tactical guidance?" If you can, hopefully the command will send some fighter jets to provide air support in the event of our attack? ”

For such a proposal, the captain of the wing also felt that it was okay to give it a try. In contrast to bombers, which can only provide bombing in the air, the altitude cannot be lowered too low. The threat of fighter jets is undoubtedly more powerful than that of bombers.

But the commander of the Japanese brigade, who heard this proposal, also said helplessly: "Attacking a defensive position on the Eighth Road, we hope that the headquarters will give such great support." So how do we attack Toron?

From the layout of the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions, we can see that even if fighters are sent over, we are afraid that the effect will not be too great. If we don't get rid of those snipers, we just need to attack, and the grenadiers and machine guns won't start at all. ”

Listening to the words of the brigade commander, another officer soon said: "General, although our mountain artillery and field artillery have suffered heavy losses. However, our mortar* guns are kept unused, and when the infantry attacks, they can also provide artillery cover.

In the event of an infantry attack, we divide the mortars of the brigade into several groups. As soon as we find a sniper on the 8th Road, we bomb it. I believe that this will be effective in stifling their snipers.

As long as their snipers are stifled, our grenadiers and machine guns can be fired, providing fire cover for the attacking infantry at close range. If the eight-way mortar counterattack, then we will use mountain artillery and field artillery to return fire! ”

The officer's proposal soon made the commander of the Japanese brigade feel that this was really feasible. The range of mortar* guns against snipers with a range farther than rifles, and the use of field artillery and mountain artillery against mortars on eight-way positions also has an overwhelming advantage.

The commander of the Japanese brigade, who felt that this idea seemed to be feasible, quickly called Ono Jiro to his side and said: "Ono-kun, I will give your brigade another chance, I hope you can take the defensive position of the Eighth Route in a shameful manner."

In view of the heavy losses of your brigade, I will add you with a full brigade. Our plan of attack, you heard it before. Do you think this will be able to capture the position of the Eighth Road? ”

For such an inquiry, there is also a chance to make meritorious contributions, and Ono Jiro is also very clear. If he fails again, he doesn't have to withdraw at all. Because if he withdraws back, it is estimated that he will also die.

If he can't attack, he would rather fall on the way to attack than withdraw and then accept the general's reprimand, as well as the white eyes and contempt of his colleagues. So, for him, this time there is only success and no failure.

Therefore, he said very firmly: "General, thank you for your trust, Jiro will definitely do his best to take the enemy's position!" ”

With Ono Jiro's confidence that he would die, the commander of the Japanese brigade was also very satisfied. To give him a chance to make meritorious contributions, it was more because the commander of the Japanese brigade felt that the previous soldiers had already gained a certain amount of experience.

After resting for nearly an hour, the Japanese mixed brigades began to arrange their troops again. The commander of the regiment who stayed on the position, looked at the Japanese troops who began to assemble again at the foot of the mountain, and also felt very surprised and said: "The little devil really doesn't hit the south wall and doesn't look back!" ”

I guess I came up with some idea to break our defenses! The little devils are fighting wars, and there are still a lot of ghost ideas! ’

The chief of staff of the regiment, who was standing beside the head of the regiment, replied somewhat cautiously. But thinking that there was still the assistance of the divisional artillery regiment in the back, the chief of staff also felt that these little devils should not be able to turn the sky.

The only thing to worry about is that if you can not use the divisional artillery regiment, then it is better not to use it. After all, once the artillery of the artillery regiment fires, then it will not be long before the bombers of the little devils will fly over to carry out the bombing.

A group that occupied favorable terrain and was able to observe the movement of the Japanese troops in advance through telescopes, soon found that behind the Japanese infantry preparing to attack, it seemed to be followed by several little devils carrying mortar guns.

Although I don't understand, why the little devil used the mortar * gun separately. But with the attacking little devils, they changed their previous offensive tactics and changed to a skirmish line to break through to the position, and the blockers must also be separated to carry out sniping.

Just as the sniper was about to start sniping the grenadiers and machine gunners of the little devils, looking at the Japanese mortars * guns rising into the air, the officer in charge of commanding the sniper team immediately realized why the little devils dismantled the mortar* guns and cooperated with the infantry to attack.

It turns out that the mortar * gun of the little devil is not used to shell the fighters in the trenches on the position, but more to shell the snipers. Thinking of this, the commander also sneered: "It's not easy! If you suffer a loss, you will learn to be smart! ”

As he said these words, the officer commanding the sniper immediately added: "From now on, all snipers rely on the traffic trenches to carry out mobile sniping. Shoot a shot to change places, I'll see who the little devil cannonball bombs! ”

Compared to the imps, who have to adjust the angle and distance of their shelling before each shelling, the sniper can move flexibly. Through the communication trenches built on the position, it is completely possible to change places with one shot.

This means that it will become more difficult for the imp's mortar* guns to provide cover. Correspondingly, the safety factor of the sniper can also be much higher than before. This tactic doesn't seem to work either!

Fortunately, Ono Jiro, who organized the attack this time, may know that he can't capture the position of the Eighth Route Army, and the fate that awaits him will not be too good. Seeing that the mortar artillery provided very limited cover for the attacking troops, he quickly came up with another idea.

After conveying the order to the officers in charge of the attack, these officers obviously said with an unhappy expression: "Dazuo, isn't this okay?" ”

'Baga, what we want now is victory, as long as we can take the enemy's position, their jade shatters will be more meaningful. Now that we don't have time to collect their bodies, why can't we let them continue to fight with us? ’

After some reprimands, the officers were not able to refute Onojiro's opinion. What's more, these officers also knew that machine guns and grenadiers could not exert their power, and their infantry could not attack them at all.

After gritting their teeth, the officers quickly went to convey Ono Jiro's orders. In fact, the method that Ono Jiro came up with seemed somewhat cruel. Or, in other words, a little cruelty to the remains of those little devils who have died.

Some attacking infantry began to carry the corpses of the little devils killed on the road ahead, piling them up on the way of the troops' attack, forming simple individual bunkers. The grenadiers hid behind these bunkers to provide cover for fire.

Including the Japanese machine gunners who followed up, even if they felt a little cruel and disgusting, but in order to survive. They also chose to set up their machine guns on these makeshift machine-gun emplacements piled up with corpses.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who saw this scene were also very surprised. On the other hand, some of the platoon commanders of the Eighth Route Army were also surprised: "The little devil is really a beast!" is so ruthless to his own people, this kind of person is not dead, there is no reason! ”

Although I felt that the little devil's trick was very ruthless, with the grenadiers and the Japanese machine guns firing, the machine guns deployed by the Eighth Route Army on the position were indeed not as easy as before. In contrast, the attacking imps have also become much safer.

The commander of the Japanese brigade, who was staying in the rear to watch the battle, naturally saw this kind of thing done by the attacking troops. Even if he felt a little ashamed, he also felt that as long as he could take the defensive position of the Eighth Road, there was nothing that he couldn't accept if he was despicable! (To be continued.) )