Section 103 The prestige of artillery

The Japanese troops stationed north of Yewangji were the 1st Squadron of the 3rd Brigade of the 216th Wing, which was stationed in the north, the direction where enemy forces were most likely to appear, and because this squadron was the strongest in the 3rd Brigade. When the squadron leader received the news that enemy reinforcements had arrived from the north in the early hours of yesterday morning, he swore to the captain Nohara Gojo that there was no need for reinforcements, and only one squadron of them was needed to hold Yewangji. Ensure that the other two brigades under the alliance can attack the first line of Shimohanban with peace of mind and advance to Shanggao as soon as possible.

Although the squadron leader's words were a little arrogant, the main reason was his confidence in the strength of the troops under him. Although they couldn't build it with reinforced concrete soil in a hurry, enough sandbags and mud bags and machine gun positions with good shooting horizons were enough for them to block the enemy's attack. According to normal estimates, less than one infantry division will not be able to capture their defensive line in a short time.

However, the reality is so cruel, and fate is so playful, this squadron happened to meet the alternative in the national army, and met the independent regiment commanded by Shi. This newly formed Japanese unit, which had only fought a small battle, encountered an opponent who was difficult to cope with in the first large-scale battle in which they participated. Who would have thought that in such a ghost place, you could still encounter the enemy's fierce artillery unit? The enemy has such a strong force, shouldn't it be arranged on the high front to resist the onslaught of the division?

This question, apparently no one has been able to answer them. And the Japanese squadron leader who died under the fierce artillery attack will never have a chance to solve the puzzle in front of him.

Wang Mengeng kept gesturing at the brothers beside him, asking them to lower their bodies and slow down their progress. Although the artillery of the artillery company obviously caused huge casualties to the enemy, it was obvious that it was impossible for Guangguang to completely destroy the enemy's position through the artillery and kill all the devils in front of him. They knew far better about the lethality of artillery than the Japanese troops in front of them, because they had faced such attacks countless times, and dealt with the enemy's infantry attacks after the enemy's artillery attacks countless times.

Wang Mengeng's judgment was not wrong, after such a period of buffering, the Japanese troops in the position had indeed come to their senses. However, the trauma suffered by the enemy army was far beyond Wang Menggeng's imagination. If it were the elite of the Japanese army such as the 3rd Division or the 6th Division, I am afraid it would have been better. After all, these troops have been fighting against the Nationalist army since the Battle of Songhu, and even the most elite German armor division of the Nationalist army has fought several battles with each other, and they have cultivated sufficient experience in the face of artillery attacks and tank attacks. However, the newly built garrison regiment of the 34th Division is far behind in this regard. The quality of the soldiers of this kind of division itself is much worse, especially as the war continues, with the stalemate of the war, the Japanese army's local reserve forces have been exhausted, and most of the people who have been replenished into the troops now are young and strong people who have been trained in a hurry for several months. Although their weapons and equipment are not bad, their overall combat capability is much worse. The most important thing is that fighting a war requires experience, and on the battlefield, the ratio of recruits to veterans is really amazing, which is not to say that veterans are really stronger than recruits, but experienced veterans can often make various actions that are most beneficial to themselves in the face of various dangers.

For example, on the battlefield now, the Japanese soldiers were attacked by artillery for the first time, and in order to avoid the damage of the shells, they shrank in the trench one by one, and pressed their bodies to the ground. Many people died in a daze under such circumstances, unaware that the shock wave formed by the explosion of the shell was most easily transmitted through a medium such as soil, and after penetrating their bodies, it easily tore their internal organs apart, and before they could react to what was happening, they took their lives.

There were many more Japanese troops who lacked the protection of their ears and were deaf by the loud roar, although the artillery offensive had ended, their ears were still "buzzing", they could not hear other sounds on the battlefield, they could not hear any shouters, and many people were in a daze and thought that the enemy artillery attack was still continuing.

However, there are also some people who have some combat experience! Many of those officers and soldiers had been wounded in the past and had retired from other units, and their instincts, cultivated in countless moments of life and death, played a role in keeping them alive at this time. After the shelling, they finally poked their heads out of the mound of dirt. To their great surprise, the enemy had already advanced to a distance of fifty paces in front of the position, and in the blink of an eye they were ready to enter the trench. This made them frightened, and if they reacted a little later, these enemy forces would have come in. Where exactly did these enemies come from? How powerful is the coordination of infantry and artillery? The artillery at the far end had just stopped attacking, and they were all killed.

There was no room for them to think too much, and when they saw what was going on, they began to attack, hoping to hold off the enemy at a distance of fifty paces. However, as soon as the gunshots rang out, something chilled to them.

As their gunfire rang out on the position, there were some gunshots scattered and scattered. However, to their horror, the gunfire was too sparse, and on the forward position, they arranged nearly two squads of troops, with a total of six light and heavy machine guns. However, with the exception of a machine gun on the flank of the position, there was silence in the rest of the place, which was particularly strange in the current situation.

Wang Mengeng was also startled by the gunshots that appeared in front of him. However, when they lay on the ground, they suddenly found that the enemy's defense line was too thin, and the sparse gunfire, let alone the blockade of the frontal battlefield, could not even control a third of the battlefield. Did the enemy really suffer such heavy casualties, or did they lay a trap to make them jump? Wang Mengeng lay on the ground and thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth and decided to fight, anyway, since he had already killed the front of the enemy's position, even if there was a fire pit in front of him, he had to jump down first to see if this pit could kill people.

"Brothers, kill it, kill the devil!" After Wang Mengeng, who was lying on the ground, made up his mind, he suddenly jumped up, and the flaws on the enemy's position greatly reduced their pressure at the moment. As long as you seize the opportunity to rush into the enemy's position, there is a great possibility of breaking through the enemy's defense line, and taking the wild market is close at hand.

"Kill!" The officers and men of the second battalion and the first company couldn't help but boost their morale when they saw that the enemy attack in front was very unbearable, and they had fought too many tough battles. Not to mention anything else, the blocking battle in Gulouling alone is enough for them to be engraved for life, compared to that battle, the battle in front of them is like a child's house, the enemy is all over the mountains and fields to attack their defensive line formation, how exciting is that? Now the sparse bullets of the enemy in front of them made them not feel the slightest threat, and with their morale boosted, they scrambled to jump up from the ground and roared towards the enemy positions in front of them.

Nohara Gojo, the captain of the third brigade who was watching the battle in the back, couldn't help but change his face when he saw this situation, and until now he didn't see the squadron leader's command, and he also had a bad premonition in his heart, and then looked towards the headquarters of the squadron, where there were potholes and no one could see anyone moving. Seeing that the enemy troops in front of the position rushed to the forefront position without any hindrance, he couldn't help but hurriedly ordered the follow-up troops to hurry up and reinforce it, if he didn't act, the forward position would be lost.

As soon as his order was given, the reserve squad, which had long been unbearable, also moved quickly, they rushed out of the reserve position, along the communication trench towards the forward position, now they are buying time, as long as they can reinforce the enemy before they break through the position, there is still the possibility of blocking the enemy.

At this moment, there was another whistling sound in the sky, and then under the great change of everyone's faces, there were bursts of dense explosions like raindrops. They were so frightened that they immediately retreated into the trench one by one, where could they still manage the forward position?

After the explosion, they felt the difference in this round of shells, and the obvious difference from the previous shaking of the earth was that after a series of explosions, the earth hardly felt that it could not stand, and although the explosion was dense, the sound and movement were much smaller. It should be that the enemy used small-caliber artillery to suppress at close range, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they thought of this, obviously if they still attacked as fiercely as before, their losses in the process of advancing would be very amazing. Just by dodging, the shock wave generated by the artillery was enough to kill many people.

However, they breathed a sigh of relief here, and the five barbars in the rear were completely gray. Obviously, behind the battlefield behind him, he could clearly see the battlefield in front of him. There is no doubt that the enemy's infantry and artillery combination is the sharpest way of attack he has ever seen, this round of just the right close range of canister bomb suppression, although the killing effect is limited, but it is to buy enough time for the assault troops, after such a short delay of a few breaths, the enemy attack force has successfully broken into the forward position, launched the most bloody and cruel white-knuckle combat.

In the past, this kind of hand-to-hand combat was the favorite combat method of the Japanese army, and what could be more exciting than watching the enemy soldiers in front of you being stabbed to death by themselves? However, at this moment, Nohara Gojo felt that it was dark in front of him, and everything was about to end!