Wei Hai's speech made the faces of everyone present sink, following Wang Haitao to fight in the south and north for many years, Wang Haitao's concept of the supremacy of firepower in the battle has penetrated into the hearts of these officers, and now the behavior used by the vast majority of the national army troops to use human lives to complete the task is unacceptable in Wang Haitao's troops. Everyone looked at each other, and Tang Weimin, the commander of the 543rd Regiment, said: "Brigade seat, do you want to ask the division seat for instructions, and transfer the division to the heavy artillery regiment to assist?"

As soon as Tang Weimin's words came out, Liu Yunfei said: "Brigade seat, my brigade of more than 8,000 people, with nearly three times the strength of the Japanese army, attacked two hills, and still had to ask the division headquarters for help, isn't it a joke? In my opinion, we can concentrate artillery fire on one hill and make a feint attack on the other, in an effort to contain the Japanese troops on this hill, and after taking the main attack on the hill, we can go all out to clean up the small Japan on the other hill. ”

Liu Yunfei's words made Tang Yiqun also nod secretly, as the most elite unit, when he encountered the Japanese army with only one-third of his own strength, he had to ask the division headquarters for help before the battle started, and he really couldn't afford to lose this person. So Tang Yiqun said: "Okay, let's formulate a battle plan according to Yunfei's ideas, but we must pay attention not to have too many casualties, otherwise we will lose our personnel, and let the above know that everyone is afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat." ”

The theme of the next meeting was how to minimize casualties in the offensive, and all of us here were experienced in the battlefield for a long time, and they had a lot of experience in various battles, and everyone discussed and supplemented each other's opinions, and soon a feasible plan for fighting was come up. Tang Yiqun saw that he had come up with a battle plan, looked at his watch and said: "It's now 10:30 in the morning, you guys go separately to prepare, the attack on the Japanese army will start on time at 12 o'clock at noon, and strive to take a hill before dark." ”

With Tang Yiqun's words, everyone left the tent one after another and went back to prepare separately. According to the battle plan, the 542nd Regiment mainly attacked the hill on the right side of the road, the 543rd Regiment feinted to attack the hill on the left side of the road, and the 544th Regiment transferred one battalion to guard the artillery battalion and the other two battalions to serve as reserves. Liu Yunfei hurriedly returned to the 542nd Regiment and immediately called all his battalion commanders together.

When everyone arrived, Liu Yunfei glanced around and said: "Everyone, I have snatched back the task of attacking the hill on the right side of the road, and if we want to fight a beautiful battle, it is up to everyone to let our regiment live up to the prestige of the first regiment of the whole army." Now all the artillery in our brigade is used to support the attack of our regiment, but I am worried that the artillery fire will not be enough, and there is no heavy artillery in the brigade, and the power and density of the artillery fire will be poor. However, it is time for us to raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a while, and now is the time for us to show our real strength! How to fight is now to discuss it. ”

With the method discussed at the meeting just now, Liu Yunfei also has a bottom in his heart, and under Liu Yunfei's lecture, the people present also have a bottom in their hearts, and everyone also added and improved some details, making Liu Yunfei more down-to-earth. Time flew by, and at 11:50 a.m., the entire 271st Brigade was ready to attack, and the 542nd and 543rd Regiments were quietly waiting for the order to start the attack on their offensive positions.

At twelve o'clock, 32 75-caliber field guns of the brigade artillery battalion opened fire on time, and the shells whistled and flew towards the Japanese positions on the hill on the right side of the road. The artillery fire began to blow up from the first line of positions at the foot of the mountain, and the first plough of this position basically destroyed all kinds of fortifications that the Japanese army had rushed to repair on the positions. Twenty minutes later, the artillery fire extended to the top of the hill, and the order to start the attack was transmitted by Liu Yunfei to the position.

The heavy fire battalion of the 542nd Regiment was the first to open fire, and not only did dozens of large-caliber mortars in the regiment go into battle, but on the position composed of dozens of heavy machine guns, heavy machine gun bullets flew towards the Japanese positions like a rainstorm. Under the cover of mortars and heavy machine guns, He Dazhuang, commander of the 1st Battalion, gave the order to attack, and at one time more than 500 officers and men of the 1st Battalion rushed out of their positions one after another, pulled out of an attack formation, and pounced on the Japanese positions at the foot of the mountain 200 meters away.

The 500-odd officers and men of the first battalion were top-notch in the whole army in terms of individual soldier quality and combat skills, and they cooperated with each other extremely tacitly. Seeing that the Chinese army was attacking, the remnants of the Japanese troops on the position were still lying in the ditch and desperately blocking them.

There were still insufficient numbers on the Japanese position, and the Type 38 rifles in their hands could not form an effective interdicting fire network, and the remaining light and heavy machine guns became the key direction of the mortars and heavy machine guns of the 542nd Regiment. The distance of two hundred meters was not long for the charging fighters, and without much resistance, the officers and men of the first battalion quickly rushed to the front of the trench.

At this time, the Japanese troops on the position at the foot of the mountain were no longer able to stop the attack, and the officers and men of the first battalion rushed to the position and quickly solved the Japanese soldiers who were making the last stubborn resistance on the position, and successfully captured the position, the whole process took only 40 minutes, and the casualties were very small. Liu Yunfei was not very excited to quickly seize the position at the foot of the mountain, this was just the beginning, what really mattered was to capture the main position on the mountainside of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army did not attach much importance to the position at the foot of the mountain, and only put more than 100 people in two infantry squads, and what they really valued was the main position on the mountainside. The main position on the mountainside was not only the strength of two infantry squadrons, but also the artillery position of heavy machine-gun fire points and twelve artillery guns that had been painstakingly dug out of the mountain wall.

After capturing the position at the foot of the mountain, He Dazhuang did not let the first battalion stop, and after leaving behind a dozen seriously wounded, the first battalion continued to advance towards the mountainside. Just as the first battalion was advancing upward, the second battalion under the leadership of the battalion commander Wei Shan also came up with reinforcements. The Japanese position on the mountainside was less than 300 meters from the foot of the mountain, and there were only a few trails for people to walk, but the officers and men of the first battalion, with their good tactical skills, opened the skirmish line and climbed up from the bushes, weeds, and rocks.

The officers and men of the first battalion were still more than 150 meters away from the mountainside position, and the Japanese troops began to shoot downward, but the officers and men of the first battalion made full use of trees and rocks as cover and advanced step by step.

He Dazhuang raised his hand, signaled the soldiers to stop advancing, and then hid behind a tree to observe the Japanese position, and it only took a few minutes for He Dazhuang to know the distribution of various firepower points on the Japanese position. This situation was expected by He Dazhuang, and everyone at the meeting before the attack also made preparations for this situation

He Dazhuang gave an order, and the rocket launcher group of the big killer to deal with the Japanese fortifications was transferred. In order to ensure the smooth operation of the attack, before the attack began, Liu Yunfei transferred 10 bazooka groups directly under the brigade with Tang Yiqun's permission. Now the bazooka group is the treasure of each unit, and the bazooka team is invincible whether it is against Japanese tanks or fortifications, but it is a pity that the imitation in the arsenal is not up to par, and the existing * is one less shot.

Tang Yiqun was also ruthless in this attack, not only agreeing to the 542nd Regiment to mobilize ten bazooka teams, but also allotting five rounds to each group*, you must know that now there are only 20 bazookas in the whole brigade, and * only 400 rounds. This is still the best equipped division of the 90th Division, and the number of bazookas and * in other divisions is even less.

After the ten* teams were transferred up, they hid separately, and He Dazhuang came to the bazooka group one by one, and assigned targets to each group. At a distance of 100 meters, it is basically not much difficult for the bazooka team to hit a target such as a firing point. After all the arrangements were made, He Dazhuang gave the order to open fire.

Ten * meteors flew towards their respective targets, and before the Japanese could react, * exploded on their respective targets. With the explosion of *, several Japanese fire points were destroyed at once, and only three heavy machine gun fire points built in the mountain wall were not destroyed. The three surviving heavy machine gun firing points made the bazooka team against it very unhappy, and the team leader immediately ordered to load* and give them another look.

After the second round* hit the target and exploded, there was only one Japanese heavy machine gun fire point left, and then the Japanese troops on the position woke up, and the commander was surprised and immediately ordered the artillery to open fire and destroy the heavy weapons of the Chinese army with artillery fire. He Dazhuang didn't expect that there were Japanese artillery positions on the position, and he didn't react until the Japanese shells flew over.

When He Dazhuang gave the order to hide, the Japanese artillery shells had already fallen, but fortunately, the troops were all in the bushes and rocks, although they were caught off guard, but the casualties were not large. When the first battalion was suddenly bombarded by the Japanese army, Wei Shan rushed up with the second battalion, and when Wei Shan saw that there were still Japanese artillery positions on the position, he hurriedly ordered the troops to set up the mortars on their backs and counterattack the Japanese artillery positions.

The second battalion carried twenty 60-caliber light mortars on its back, which Wei Shan also struggled to carry when he wanted the troops to have support firepower during the charge, but he didn't expect it to be used. As soon as the mortars of the second battalion rang out, the Japanese mortars were immediately suppressed, and only then did the first battalion that was shelled breathe a sigh of relief. When He Dazhuang saw the casualties under the artillery fire, the fire in his heart suddenly rose.

The Japanese heavy machine gun fire points on the position were basically knocked out, and He Dazhuang ordered to concentrate machine gun fire to cover it, and the troops began to attack forward. The soldiers of the first battalion began to bend over, stretched out their formation and rushed into the open field. As soon as the Japanese troops on the position saw that the Chinese troops had rushed out of the woods and into the open field, they immediately lay down in the trenches and fortifications with bullets to block them.

The Japanese army's heavy machine gun fire points were basically destroyed, but the losses in terms of troops were not large, and in the trenches, they could still use the Type 38 rifles to shoot a dense network of firepower, plus there were still a lot of light machine guns and grenadiers that could be used, and the officers and men of the first battalion who rushed forward suffered dozens of casualties at once, and the rest were also suppressed on the open ground and could not rush up at all.