814 Destroying the Kwantung Army Brigade and Becoming Famous in the Great War (2) (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
From beginning to end, although it was frustrated in many encounters between Nakajo Mountain and the 4th Independent Regiment.
Nobuya Uchida never thought that with basically the same strength, the Eighth Route Army would be able to annihilate such a well-equipped and powerful Kwantung Army brigade as himself.
This is an unprecedented case that has never happened since the outbreak of the war against China.
What's more, the main force of the follow-up sweep can be said to be close at hand.
It only takes two hours to easily drag the current Eighth Route, and it can hold out until the main force besieges the Independent Fourth Regiment from the periphery.
Uchida Shinya's only headache is only how to completely drag the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the dirt slope area in front of him.
After all, the troops of the Eighth Route Army have been fighting in the mountains for a long time, and their mobility ability is obvious to all.
Once the Eighth Route chooses to evacuate, with the same number of troops, Uchida Shinya is not sure to retain the other party.
And so it was, about ten minutes later.
The two sides finally took the lead from the flanks.
The fighters of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions who attacked from both flanks of the Uchida brigade had a fierce momentum.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like a general attack without leaving any hands behind.
The trumpets sounded on both flanks, completely enveloping the Japanese troops blocked under the nameless heights.
In the face of the clarion call that represented the launch of the general offensive of the Eighth Route Army and the possibility of death at any time, the Japanese soldiers who were besieged in the central area were also a little nervous for a while.
But for the well-trained soldiers of the Kwantung Army, fear was certainly not enough, and after the nervousness had passed, their eyes even reflected a little excitement.
At the bottom of this nameless plateau, it is not without danger to defend, and there are many rock and earth slopes everywhere, which can be used as temporary fortifications.
Nobu Uchida immediately adjusted the deployment.
Ordered to defend against the natural fortifications in front of you.
The Uchida Brigade was a Kwantung Army brigade and was an absolute elite for the Japanese army.
It is also better equipped than ordinary Japanese troops.
This time, he pursued the Fourth Independent Regiment all the way, and even dared to go deep alone in advance, as a battle-hardened commander, the old devil Uchida Shin naturally has his own self-confidence.
The Uchida brigade was armed with brigade guns.
Moreover, there are three Type 92 infantry guns, especially reinforced one.
This is much more powerful than the artillery of the regular Japanese brigade in the area of Nakajo Mountain.
Quite a few Japanese brigades did not even have a single infantry gun.
In addition, the Uchida Brigade also has a machine gun squadron under its command, with 14 heavy machine guns, nearly 40 light machine guns, and nearly 40 grenadiers.
This series of equipment, whether it is machine guns or artillery, the Uchida Brigade, the Kwantung Army brigade, is far more powerful than the regular field main force of the Japanese army.
So watching the wings on both sides launch a fierce attack under the blowing trumpet of the charge, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army poured in like a tide.
Instead of any panic, Uchida Shinya's face showed a look of mockery and cruelty:
"The feast of killing is about to begin!"
Nobuya Uchida also swore to several squadron leaders around him.
After the deployment order of Nobuya Uchida was issued, he was under the command of squad leaders and squadron leaders stationed in all directions of the Japanese army.
The little devils set up the fortifications.
A heavy machine gun, a grenadier canister, and a cannon were all constructed.
The muzzle and muzzle of the gun were aimed at the troops of the Eighth Route Army, which were rapidly advancing forward.
With such a dense firepower configuration built in advance, Uchida Nobuya also believed that once the battle broke out, these charging Eighth Route Army would inevitably usher in the most tragic massacre.
Of course.
As a veteran of the battlefield, Uchida is not short of caution.
Although he had never met Wang Huaibao, he had confronted the commander of the Eighth Route Army many times in Zhongtiao Mountain.
Even if he occupies an absolute advantage in strength, Nobu Uchida has not bargained in the slightest.
So Uchida Shinya has actually been on guard against Wang Huaibao's methods.
When the main forces of the Eighth Route Army on both flanks suddenly launched a fierce attack, Uchida Nobuya was still full of doubts in his heart.
He was a little puzzled, as the commander of the Eighth Route Army who was able to command a regiment.
You shouldn't be unaware of this!
In the face of his own defensive position, coupled with the well-equipped and powerful firepower of his Kwantung Army Brigade.
In this case, a direct offensive was launched.
Wouldn't it be the firepower attack of his Kwantung Army Brigade in its heyday?
Uchida Shinya imagined that if it were himself, he would definitely destroy or completely suppress the enemy's fortifications with artillery fire before the infantry could charge.
Cover the charge of the infantry.
It's a pity that Wang Huaibao can't tell him the answer.
Look at the troops of the Eighth Route Army that are rapidly advancing from both flanks.
Nobu Uchida, who couldn't figure out the reason, simply didn't think about it anymore.
He remembered the tactics commonly used by the Eighth Route Army to save ammunition, and often put the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire close to a considerable distance.
Then suddenly open fire and catch the enemy by surprise.
"Pass my order, put this group of eight roads close to a distance of 100 meters before firing!"
Nobuya Uchida, who decided to learn from the Eighth Route Army's style of play, issued the order in a rebellious manner.
On the other hand, he thinks that he will play after putting the eight lanes closer.
You can take the opportunity to drag the main force of the Eighth Route Army nearby and hold on to the encirclement of the main force.
Once the attack is far away, it is easy to choose to evacuate once the attack of the Eighth Route is frustrated.
Judging from these factors, there is no problem with the order given by Nobuya Uchida to attack nearby.
In addition, the soldiers of the Kwantung Army were all the elite of the Japanese army, and basically all soldiers would undergo militarized training for nearly a year before joining the army.
and has been trained in professional shooting.
All of them are quite good marksmanship, and they can achieve a fairly high hit rate at a distance of 200 meters.
If the Eighth Route Army is placed within 100 meters.
Nobu Uchida also believes, in the absence of bunkers.
In the face of the gathered troops of the Eighth Route Army, the warriors of the empire can completely eliminate an Eighth Route with a single bullet.
is not even afraid of the skirmish-style attack opened by the Eighth Route Army.
As for the nameless soil slope with their backs, the Eighth Route Army, which was not very numerous, did not move for the time being.
Nobu Uchida only left a squadron behind, ready to guard against the surprise attacks of the soldiers of the fourth company on the nameless high slope.
The rest of the main force was placed on top of the defense on the flanks.
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Behind the flanks on both sides of the Uchida Brigade, several battalion commanders of the Fourth Regiment were holding binoculars and watching the battle situation ahead.
Seeing that the charging troops in front opened the straggler line and broke into the range of the Japanese army within 200 meters, the devils still did not launch a fire attack.
The commander of the first battalion was immediately overjoyed.
"This little devil of the dog day, sure enough, let the head of the regiment guess ......"
He then gave the order to the signal man:
Tell the artillery unit that after the main offensive force broke through to a 100-meter range of the Japanese fortifications, they immediately launched an artillery bombardment of the Japanese fortifications!
"Yes!"
Time flies quickly.
The shouts of killing on both sides intensified.
With the pace of the rapid charge, the main forces of the three battalions of the 4th Independent Regiment, which had advanced from the flanks of the Uchida brigade, quickly approached within a hundred meters of the Japanese fortifications.
"Roar, fire—"
Seeing this scene, Shinya Uchida excitedly gave the order.
He seemed to have predicted that he would soon be able to see the extremely anticipated scene of the slaughter of the Eighth Route Army.
Boom –
And almost at the same time that Nobuya Uchida's order was given, the light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese army had just opened fire.
A large number of shells were constantly smashed from the rear of the flanks on both sides.
There was a roar
On the Japanese fortifications, the blocking fire was temporarily suppressed.
Although Uchida Nobuya had long considered that the Eighth Route Army would use artillery to attack when attacking, after all, the independent fourth regiment of Nakajo Mountain was well-equipped, far exceeding the ordinary combat units of the Eighth Route Army.
They even had a decent amount of artillery on their hands.
The Japanese army was well aware of this situation.
Therefore, the fortifications chosen by Nobuya Uchida at this moment are also quite particular.
This old devil even chose the edge and corner of a dirt slope as an anti-slope, which could block the direct-fire artillery of the 4th Independent Regiment and block the strike vision of the curved artillery.
The effectiveness of artillery strikes of the 4th Separate Regiment was greatly reduced.
Looking at the shells that were basically exploding on the outside of the anticline, the corners of Uchida's mouth once again hung sarcastic.
He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it turned out that this was the means of the Eighth Route Army!
Take advantage of the attention of the stormtrooping troops, and then use artillery fire to assist the attack.
This broke the rigid tactics of the Japanese artillery to bombard the infantry and then charge.
Rather, the reverse is true, the infantry rushes the artillery and then bombards.
However, it did not work, and the eight-way artillery offensive means had very limited effect.
Forward command post of the 4th regiment in the rear.
Standing at the hidden command post, with the help of the condescending dirt slope, Wang Huaibao, who was watching the battle situation ahead, naturally saw that the current artillery attack did not cause much damage to the Japanese army.
He didn't expect this round of shelling to solve a Kwantung Army brigade at all.
If that were the case, the battle would have been too easy.
"The artillery unit was ordered to continue to suppress the Japanese fortifications, especially the enemy's machine-gun positions, at the expense of shells, and send our main charging force to within 50 meters of the devil's fortifications in one go."
This is undoubtedly a bold order.
The artillery positions built in the rear of the 4th Regiment were four or five hundred meters away from the Japanese fortifications.
Under the fire of artillery at such a distance, the coordinated distance of infantry artillery was even shortened to within 50 meters.
This was a great psychological test for the infantry soldiers who were launching an attack.
For artillery attacks in the rear, the artillery fighters covering the infantry were also a huge test.
Because of such a close-range coordination of infantry artillery, the danger is too great.
If something goes wrong, the shell may not fall on the head of the devil, but on the head of your own team.
It can be said that the fighters launched a coordinated attack at the risk of being hit by their own shells.
The situation is rapidly evolving.
Nobuya Uchida, who was watching the battle at the headquarters, the sarcasm on the corner of his mouth quickly solidified on his face.
He finally came to his senses and realized the madness of the offensive tactics of this Eighth Route Army unit.
Artillery positions were built a few hundred meters away from the rear.
The coordinated distance of the infantry artillery dared to be placed within 50 meters.
40 m ......
30 m ......
The Eighth Route Army's own artillery shells even exploded at a distance of twenty or thirty meters away from the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were charging.
"Bastards, these damn eight-way, are they crazy?"
Nobuya Uchida's face finally changed.
He saw it.
Where did these Eighth Route Army come to war?
This is clearly desperate.
The infantry almost attacked behind the butt of their own shells, and many of the fragments of the flying shells even directly wounded the infantry of the Eighth Route Army close to the rear.
The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on both wings who could charge were unaware of this, and still attacked the Japanese fortifications that were blown up by artillery shells.
There was no hesitation in the pace of the charge.
What a force that is not afraid of death!
Crazy people, just a bunch of crazy people!
Nobu Uchida also saw the intentions of the commander of the enemy's Eighth Route Army.
This is with the help of crazy infantry artillery coordination, at the moment when the artillery fire stops.
The forward troops directly broke through the fortifications of his Empire of Japan, and the handover was short.
This style of play is completely a desperate posture.
The anxious old devil Nobuya Uchida hurriedly gave the order for a counterattack, and ordered his own side and grenadiers to fire at the enemy.
However, the situation has evolved rapidly, and the distance between the two sides has reached a distance of less than 30 meters.
The smoke of gunpowder after the explosion of the shells still hung over the Japanese fortifications, temporarily obstructing the view.
The shortest range of the Japanese grenadiers was 50 meters away.
It was impossible to hit the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were close in front of them.
The devil could only be forced to remove the grenade on his body and try to throw it at the charging soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, hoping to stop the pace of the Eighth Route Army's attack.
Unfortunately, the distance between the two sides is too close.
In addition, the offensive tactics of the 4th Independent Regiment were very mature.
When attacking, the fighters open the skirmish line, and then present a small-scale three-person attack, a large-scale three-three attack mode, which maximizes the power of the skirmisher line assault.
At the same time, the fourth company, which sensed that the main force of the regiment at the bottom of the hill had launched an attack.
Under the order of the commander of the fourth company, he directly left the originally fortified high slope fortifications, rushed to the edge of the northern slope, and condescendingly launched a fire onslaught on the back of the Japanese troops stationed at the bottom of the slope.
In order to minimize the pressure of the main offensive of the flank regiments on both sides.
The commander of the fourth company took the lead, holding a submachine gun, and led the soldiers of the fourth company to charge down the gentle slope in the north.
"Kill—"
Toot Toot –
The loud trumpet broke the calm in the mountains.
The little devils have tried what is called embattled despair.
The east, west, and south sides were all attacked by the Eighth Route Army, mixed with heart-pounding shouts of killing.
It originates from the coordinated tactics of infantry and artillery that are constantly practiced on weekdays.
The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army of the 4th Regiment launched a fierce attack with artillery shells.
At the moment when the artillery fire just stopped, he directly broke through the last twenty or thirty meters of the charging distance, jumped into the Japanese defensive fortifications, and started a white-knuckle battle with the devils.
Suddenly.
The gray, green, and yellow uniforms were completely mixed together, and it was so messy that people couldn't distinguish between friend and foe.
Blood was splattering.
Wails were heard from time to time.
The tragic battlefield staged a scene of purgatory on earth.
Life passes like mustard.
Both sides have erupted with a strong will to fight and a fighting spirit that regards death as home.
The 4th Independent Regiment directly took out the posture of starting a war and fighting a decisive battle.
I don't have any reason with the little devils at all, and when I come up, I want you to die.
At this time, the old devil Shinya Uchida, who was in the rear of the Uchida Brigade, watched the offensive of the four independent regiments and the four regiments, and nearly half of the imperial warriors who were quickly entangled together.
This old devil with a shocked face did not order reinforcements of the entangled vanguard in the first place.
Instead, an order was given to quickly evacuate to the rear second-line fortifications.
He tried to take advantage of the short-handed operation in front of him to take advantage of the opportunity to widen the distance between him and the attacking troops of the Eighth Route Army.
Regain a foothold, start a fortified defense, give full play to the advantage of firepower, and delay until the arrival of the main force of the sweep.
As for the dream that the Fourth Independent Regiment could be severely damaged without sweeping the main force, it was completely shattered in the bottom of Uchida Shinya's heart at this time.
Such a well-equipped, desperate posture of a san lang when fighting, and an extremely fierce Eighth Route Army unit.
Completely shattered the guts of Shinya Uchida.
Kill –
Another shout of killing rang out from the back.
The old devil Uchida Shin also looked back in shock, what he was waiting for was not his own main force of sweeping, but the team led by Han Feng, the fourth battalion of the Fourth Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
At this critical moment, Han Feng finally led the soldiers of the fourth battalion to launch a fierce attack from the rear lurking area from the back of the Uchida brigade......