The 1st Infantry Brigade of the Army is worthy of being a veteran elite transferred from a field division, and not to mention its field capability, at least its ability to build field fortifications is absolutely leveraged, and in less than two hours, the 1st Infantry Brigade has built a complete group of field fortifications on two small headbags that are horns of each other.

In the valley far away from the battlefield, more than 100 remnants of the Eighth Route Army were resting.

Peng Mingzhi and Lu Han were lying on a hill and looking at the battlefield through binoculars.

Lu Han put down the binoculars and said to Peng Mingzhi: "Commander, this group of little devils is not simple. ”

"What else do you need to say?" Peng Mingzhi said, "This is the elite transferred from the 1st Division!" ”

"It's a bit of a fucking elite." Lu Han nodded, and said thoughtfully, "Look at the field fortification group they built, whether it is the distribution of foxholes or the construction of light and heavy firepower points, they are clearly layered and organized, and they will never leave any shooting dead ends, if the Baoshan Brigade wants to take the mountain, the casualties will probably not be small." ”

Peng Mingzhi said: "The key is to build such a complete fortification group in such a short period of time, it is really not simple. ”

Lu Han said: "Commander, how do you say this battle will be fought?" ”

"A frontal assault will definitely not work." Peng Mingzhi said without thinking, "If there is a frontal attack, even if the 2,000 people of the Baoshan Brigade are all filled in, they may not be able to take the position, after all, the little devils also have more than 1,000 elites, sufficient ammunition, and occupy the advantage of the terrain, if you can't get air fire support, this battle is really a bit hanging." ”

Lu Han said: "Regiment Commander, do you think [***] will adopt the tactics of earthwork?" ”

"Dirtwork?" Peng Mingzhi said abruptly, "Don't dream, this is not a plain, but a mountain!" Find a random place to dig down here, and you will be able to dig a big stone within three feet, how to do soil work? ”

"That's right." Lu Han scratched his head and said, "Then I really can't think of any other tricks." ”

"Look." Peng Mingzhi said and raised the binoculars again, and said, "Since Yue Weihan dares to fight this battle, then he must have something to rely on, and we will not know everything when the fight starts?" ”

Lu Han stopped talking, and then raised the telescope.

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Two hundred meters away, more than 1,500 troops of the Bayonet Battalion were also discussing the upcoming battle.

Speaking of which, the composition of the Shandong puppet army is relatively complicated, and many of them are the backbone of the puppet Jing'an army transferred from the four eastern provinces, so the details of the 1st Infantry Brigade are quite clear.

A bearded squad leader suddenly lowered his voice and said to the soldiers beside him: "Brothers, listen to the fourth brother, after the fight, let's hurry up and find a chance to run, [***] This time we will suffer a big loss, the 1st Infantry Brigade is a field elite transferred from the 1st Division, and it is very powerful." ”

"Fourth brother is right." Another squad leader of the army surrendered softly, "I think that in Qinghe County, one brigade of the 1st Infantry Brigade defeated two divisions of Han Fuqu, how majestic is that?" The three to five hundred remnants of the Baoshan Brigade want to fight to the death with the 1st Brigade, but they simply don't know whether they are alive or dead, and we may not be able to follow them to death, so let's leave quickly. ”

"I can't see it." Some soldiers disagreed, "What's so great about the 1st Division?" Seishiro Sakagaki's 5th Division is not even better, and it is still known as the Steel Army, but what is the result? As a result, in Jiangpu, the Baoshan regiment first destroyed the Kunisaki detachment, and in Lunan, the Baoshan brigade destroyed the Itamoto detachment, and even the old devil Sakagaki was killed. ”

"That is, there are still few elite devils in the Baoshan Brigade?" Another soldier said, "I didn't listen to those veterans say, our Baoshan Brigade is specifically to clean up the elite of devils, and they don't bother to do it with ordinary little devils, and the 1st Infantry Brigade will definitely die when it hits our Baoshan Brigade this time." ”

The murmur of the two puppet army squad leaders was quickly drowned out by a large number of rebuttals.

This was unimaginable before, but since all the officers above the platoon commander in the surrendered army were executed and replaced with veterans of the Baoshan Brigade as the commander of the troops, the courage of these surrendered soldiers has gradually increased, and they have gradually dared to fight back against the fanning of those ill-intentioned puppet army squad leaders.

The two puppet army squad leaders were immediately furious, and when they were about to go crazy, the veteran platoon commander who was standing not far away suddenly turned his head and looked at them coldly, and then shouted loudly: "Shut up Lao Tzu, don't make noise!" ”

Suddenly, the two puppet army squad leaders were silent, and they didn't even dare to let out half a fart.

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There is a small mountain 500 meters away from the military position.

The elevation of this small mountain peak is slightly higher than the two small mountains that the army grabbed the point.

On the mountainside, Zhao Youting was leading more than a dozen snipers to find a suitable sniper position.

At the back of the mountain near the top of the mountain, the artillery battalion is secretly building a mortar position, this time from the Zou County arsenal to get 6 mortars and 4 92 rifles, plus the original 12 mortars and 6 92 rifles, Niu Dagen's artillery battalion is finally like a serious artillery battalion, not like the original, at best it is a frame to strengthen the artillery company.

Yue Weihan's temporary headquarters was built between two large rocks less than 50 meters from the artillery position.

Hearing that Yue Weihan planned to carry out saturation artillery bombardment on the two hills, Liu Yi immediately became anxious.

"Brigade, are you thinking about it again?" Liu Yi said with some pain, "Although there are a lot of shells from the Zou County Arsenal this time, they are not enough to carry out saturation artillery bombardment on the Yue army, right?" In the future, there will be more places to use artillery, but it can't be wasted. ”

"No!" Yue Weihan shook his head and said, "This is not a waste! ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "This battle is not only for the Eighth Route Army, but also for those who have surrendered to the army, and even more for the little devils!" In order to achieve the effect of inspiring friendly troops and deterring the enemy, it is worthwhile to shoot all the shells captured this time. ”

"Huh?" Liu Yi said awe-inspiringly, "Luzao, what do you mean...... Demonstrate? ”

"That's right." Yue Weihan nodded heavily and said, "I want to use this battle to strengthen the confidence of those who surrendered to the army, let them go with our Baoshan Brigade with all their hearts, and also take advantage of this battle to warn the little devils, so that the little devils will never dare to maneuver in the field with a large force from now on." ”

As soon as the words fell, Niu Dagen ran over out of breath, stood up and said: "Brigade seat, the mortar position has been constructed, please instruct!" ”

Yue Weihan took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and said, "The shelling will start in five minutes, and the duration will be forty minutes!" ”

"Yes!" Niu Dagen suddenly agreed and took the order.

Yue Weihan shouted to Li Yulong and Liu Tiezhu again: "After the shelling begins, the bayonet battalion and the special operations brigade must enter the attack launch line within five minutes, and as soon as the shelling stops, the bayonet battalion will attack the front of the army from the gentle slope of the south, and the special operations brigade will attack the headquarters of the army between the two mountains from the cliff on the north side. ”

"Yes!" Li Yulong and Liu Tiezhu agreed to the promise and also received the order.

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Five hundred meters away, the military position.

The two hills seized by the army were connected in the middle.

The north side of the two mountains is a cliff, and the east and west sides are dense thorny bushes, there is no way to go at all, only the gentle slope in the south can be used for [***] charge, so the army placed all 12 heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron on the south side, and 4 Type 92 infantry guns together with the headquarters were placed between the two mountains, and the firing angle was just enough to cover the entire southern gentle slope.

Seeing the field fortification group that had been constructed, Major General Mizuno Nobu couldn't help but feel relieved.

With this complete set of field fortifications in the Imperial Army, it is absolutely impossible for the [***] squadron to take the position by means of infantry charge, even if the [***] squadron invests in a division or even an army, it is only a sharp increase in the number of casualties, unless the [***] squadron transfers a large number of artillery, otherwise the imperial army will win this battle.

Although the mortars and infantry guns stored in the Zou County arsenal have fallen into the hands of the Chinese, Major General Mizuno Nobu is not too worried about this, in his opinion, these artillery pieces are all made equipment, whether the Chinese will use it is a question, even if they can barely be used, where can the Chinese's artillery quality be?

All along, Major General Mizuno Shin's reading power mixed with the 10th Brigade was fighting in North China, so he lacked a clear enough understanding of the quality of the artillery of the Baoshan Brigade, and if he had learned the power of the artillery of the Baoshan Brigade, he would never be so optimistic, and he would never stubbornly put his troops on the top of the mountain.

The chief of staff of the brigade, Katamura Shaoza, suddenly walked over, and immediately retracted his feet and said: "General! ”

Mizuno Shin waved his hand and said, "What instructions does the General Army Headquarters have for the front-line command?" ”

Katamura Shaozo bowed his head abruptly and said: "General Suzuki has already set off from Jining with four infantry brigades, the 116th Infantry Wing and the 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade have also set off from Zaozhuang, and they will be able to reach Zou County in four hours at most, and in addition, His Excellency Xiong Ya Xiayuan has already led the 108th Division from Jinan to the south." ”

"Huh?" Major General Mizuno Nobu changed slightly, "The 108th Division also went south from Jining?" ”

"Hello." Katamura Shaoza bowed his head again and said, "General, as long as we can attract the Shina army here, within four hours, the Shina army will fall into the siege of the imperial army!" At that time, even if Yue Weihan really has the ability to reach the sky, I am afraid that he will not be able to save the fate of the destruction of the entire army of the Baoshan Brigade. ”

"Yo Si." Major General Mizuno Nobu nodded happily and said, "Order, all squadrons must not fight back!" ”

Obviously, Major General Mizuno Nobu was worried that the counterattack of the Imperial Army would dampen the confidence of the [***] team, and if it was fought hard, causing the [***] team to lose confidence in attacking, and then turn around and flee, it would be a big deal.

Without warning, the sound of "tom tom tom" suddenly sounded behind the hill five hundred meters away.

Katamura Shaozo's face suddenly changed slightly, and he said to Major General Mizuno Shin: "General, it seems to be the sound of an 81mm mortar!" ”

When the words fell, more than a dozen grenades had already landed on the front of the Yue army's position, and in the continuous explosions, the front of the Yue army's position was suddenly blown up to the ground and splashed everywhere, but the Yue army's fortifications were unscathed, and Major General Mizuno Shin suddenly laughed and said: "Hahaha, as I expected, the Chinese artillery is just a bunch of garbage!" ”

(To be continued)