Chapter 562: You Have to Speak with Your Conscience! Confession

Northwest of Shanxi.

Independent regimental defense area.

Although the Dajinggou tunnel position has been lost, the capture of Dajinggou alone has cost the devils more than 1,600 people.

Except for the beginning, using tunnel tactics to kill a brigade of devils.

The devils took the Dajinggou tunnel position, and lost more than 600 people, plus the devils who were killed and wounded in other offensive routes, and the devils who attacked from the north road suffered more than 2,000 casualties.

However, Dajinggou can only take out a devil brigade at once, and there is only one such chance.

In the future, you can only do it head-on. Confession

In the past, the Eighth Route Army rarely fought positional warfare and fortified battles with devils, mainly because of poor equipment and insufficient ammunition.

If the Eighth Route Army and the devils had the same equipment and logistical supplies, it would be completely worthwhile for the Eighth Route Army to fight positional warfare with the devils.

But the equipment of the main force of the Eighth Route Army is much better than that of the devils, so the advantage of fighting positional warfare with the devils is great.

Daling Mountain is one of the main roads in the direction of Datong into the base area of the Independent Regiment.

Originally, it was a horse road, but it was organized by the independent regiment and expanded into a highway.

This is also the focus of the defense of the independent regiment, and after the devils captured Dajinggou, they soon attacked here.

Responsible for defending the Dajinggou position was the main force of the 2nd Battalion of the Independent Regiment, and the battalion commander was Shenquan. Confession

The devils attacked Dajinggou at any cost, and after killing and wounding a large number of devils, the second battalion commander Shen Quan ordered the soldiers to retreat to the second line of defense and continue to fight positional warfare with the devils.

Today's battalions of the Independent Regiment are also under the 44 system, with more than 1,000 troops per battalion, and are equipped with all American weapons and equipment.

In addition, there are more than 4,000 militiamen, equipped with weapons eliminated by the main force, and their combat effectiveness is not bad.

Garand M1 semi-automatic rifle, M3 submachine gun, Bazooka, M2 heavy machine gun, M1917 heavy machine gun, as well as Czech light machine guns.

Inside the Command.

Shen Quan looked through the vision of the telescope, looking at the mountain artillery wing of the 23rd Division of the Devil, blowing up the position of the second battalion into a sea of fire, and the corners of his mouth turned slightly.

The devil's mountain artillery can only destroy civil fortifications, but cannot destroy tunnels and hidden bunkers. Confession

When the devils opened fire, the soldiers went into the tunnels and bunkers, and when the devils finished the shelling, they came out of the tunnels and bunkers and entered the ambush positions.

With this tactic, a company can block the attack of a devil wing.

The shelling of the devils ended quickly, and the devils also knew that this way of playing was a waste of shells.

After the shelling ended, the devil's third attack of the day began, and about a squadron of devils, and a company of puppet troops rushed towards the position.

The defensive position was the fifth company of the second battalion, and more than 180 people of the fifth company quickly entered the position after the devil's shelling was over.

In the first three attacks of the devil puppet army, the second battalion suffered a total of more than 50 casualties, but eliminated hundreds of devil puppet army.

"Fire!" As soon as the devil puppet army entered a position 100 meters away from the forward position, the commander of the fifth company gave the order to open fire. Confession

"Da Da Da..."

The sound of gunfire rang out, and the puppet army at the front, which was used as artillery fire, suddenly fell.

The Eighth Route Army fought a positional battle and put the devil puppet army closer to fight, because the Eighth Route Army lacked ammunition, and fought for a bullet to eliminate an enemy, even if the ammunition ran out, it could get weapons and ammunition from the devil's corpse to continue fighting.

But at the moment, the independent regiment has strong firepower and sufficient ammunition, and it is not compatible with the weapons and ammunition of the devils, and it can fire at a distance of 100 meters.

After the vanguard of the puppet army and the devil was shot, they crawled into the crater or bunker one after another, shooting at the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in the position.

However, the devils and the puppet army have always been suppressed.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The Devil's Mountain Artillery Wing began to fire rapidly.

Groups of shells fell on the positions of the separate regiments, and the fighters, under artillery fire, hurriedly retreated into the tunnels.

Seeing this, the devils and puppet soldiers stood up one after another, and rushed towards the position of the independent regiment with rifles, and the machine gunners covered with machine guns.

At this moment, the bunkers scattered everywhere opened fire, and long tongues of fire erupted from the shooting holes, and a dense rain of bullets poured towards the devil puppet army.

At the same time, more than 10 82-mm mortars and more than 20 60-mm mortars in the distance began to shoot rapidly at the devil puppet army.

The continuous mortar shells and machine gun shells formed a barrage blocking zone in the forward position, and the devil puppet army suffered more than half of the casualties and retreated in a hurry.

…… Confession

In the field of vision of the telescope, looking at the defeated devil puppet army, the commander of the 23rd Division, Lieutenant General Nishihara Kanji, had an ugly face.

He knew that the Eighth Route Army was not easy to deal with, but he didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army would be so difficult to deal with.

You must know that the 23rd Division is one of the elite divisions of the Kwantung Army, although its combat effectiveness is not as strong as the 10th Division, but the 23rd Division that has just passed through the Guan Special Exercise is also a mechanized division.

Of course, because of the terrain, the mechanized division was of little use in the northwest of Shanxi.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, in my opinion, the Eighth Road will not last long."

The chief of staff of the 23rd Division, Matsuda Daizuo, saw Nishihara Kanji's face, so he stepped forward and said.

"Oh?" Nishihara Kanji asked with a moving expression, "Why did Matsuda-kun say that, I think the firepower of the Eighth Road is very strong." "Huh

"It's simple." Matsuda Daizuo smiled slightly, "The fortifications of the Eighth Route are quite orderly, the firepower is reasonable, and the locust army can only use the tactics of adding fuel to attack. ”

Fueling tactics is a taboo for soldiers, but there is no other way for Nishihara Kanji.

The tactic of Okamura Ninji ordering geoexcavation was also used, but it failed.

When the Japanese were attacking, the fire of an artillery wing of the independent regiment blew up the Japanese troops attacking along the trenches with heavy casualties.

Nishihara Kanji and Matsuda Daizo never imagined that the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army actually had the firepower of an artillery wing.

Under the attack of the two second-line elite divisions of the Locust Army, it is unbelievable that one of the main regiments of the Eighth Route Army has held out for so long.

Before the war, Kanji Nishihara, Matsuda Daizo, and even Okamura Ninji never expected this result. Confession

Now the devils finally knew that in addition to the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment and the new second regiment should not be underestimated.

Originally, Okamura Ningji wanted to pick a soft persimmon and use the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and the New Second Regiment as a breakthrough, and after defeating the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment, the four divisions surrounded the New First Regiment from the north and south flanks.

But I didn't expect that none of the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province was easy to mess with.

Matsuda Daizo continued: "I have carefully observed, although the firepower of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is very strong, and the number of machine guns and submachine guns is large, but their ammunition consumption is very large, I think it will not be long before the ammunition of the Eighth Route Independent Regiment will run out, and the soldiers of the Independent Regiment without ammunition will hold burning sticks in their hands, and then the locust army will be able to easily defeat the Independent Regiment." ”

Nishihara Kanji has thought of any tactics, but it is useless.

Even the tactics of the infantry rushing while the artillery bombarded had little effect.

Because once the artillery wing fired, the infantry of the Eighth Route Army would drill into the tunnels and fire mortar fire on the bunker and anti-slope instead. Confession

The positions of the Eighth Route Army were plowed several times by artillery shells, but the attacking troops did not even touch the forward positions of the Eighth Route Army.

"Yo Xi!" Nishihara Kanji looked relieved, nodded and then ordered in an indifferent tone, "Order the 71st Infantry Wing to take over from the 64th Infantry Wing to continue the attack!" ”

"Hey!"

Matsuda Daizo bowed his head and turned to leave.

The infantry of the 23rd Division consists of the 64th, 71st and 72nd Infantry Wings, as well as the 23rd Search Wing, the 13th Field Artillery Wing, the 13th Engineer Wing and the 13th Baggage Wing.

Immediately afterwards, the 23rd Infantry Wing of the 71st Division took over from the 64th Infantry Wing and continued the attack.

More than half of the 64th Infantry Wing has suffered casualties, and the devil brigade that was completely annihilated in Dajinggou is the 1st Brigade of the 64th Infantry Wing. Confession

Although the 71st Wing's offensive was fierce, it could only use refueling tactics.

After repelling two more attacks from the devils.

The commander of the fire company ran into the headquarters of the second battalion of the independent regiment and saluted and reported to Shen Quan: "Report to the battalion commander, we don't have many shells. ”

Like the new regiment, the independent regiment did not have a special mortar battalion, but each infantry battalion had a fire company under its command, which was equipped with heavy firepower such as 20-mm machine guns, 82-mm mortars, and 60-mm mortars.

"How many shells are left?" Shen Quan asked.

"There's less than half a base!" The commander of the fire company responded.

"How come there is only half a base of 5 base shells? Why don't you know how to save a little? Shen Quan's brows suddenly furrowed, and he scolded. Confession

After the devil changed the tactics of artillery while bombarding and infantry rushing, mortar fire support became particularly important.

One ammunition base per mortar is 100 mortar shells.

The new regiment has 42 82-mm mortars, 32 60-mm mortars, and the ammunition reserve for mortar shells is about 30,000 rounds.

Some of these 82mm mortars were earned during the attack on the Japanese 36th Division, when Kong Jie and Ding Wei replaced most of the machine guns they earned with 82mm mortars.

Later, the headquarters decided to take out the business of the 36th Wing, that is, 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition, for the independent regiment and the new second regiment to be reequipped.

The weapons and ammunition include 82 mm mortars and 60 mm mortars.

In addition to the fact that it has not been robbed, the independent regiment and the new second regiment can be equipped with a mortar brigade just by the number of mortars. Confession

However, 82-mm mortars and 60-mm mortars also have a fast rate of fire.

If you are firing at full speed, the 5 ammo bases will be used up in less than an hour, but the artillery will basically not fire at full speed unless the barrel is gone.

With such firepower, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment and the new second regiment is naturally very top.

"Battalion commander, you have to speak with your conscience!" The commander of the firepower company had a sad face, "I listened to your order to open the artillery, if you let the artillery open, our firepower company will open the artillery, and if you let us stop, our firepower company will stop, and now you blame me?" ”

"Hey!" Shen Quan's eyes widened, "You kid still have emotions?" ”

After a pause, Shen Quan patted the fire company commander on the shoulder again, and said, "Don't worry, you kid, the regiment commander called for airdrop supplies, and your firepower company will not be able to use up the shells by then." ”

"Airdrop supplies?" The commander of the fire company will be skeptical. Confession

"Of course, can Lao Tzu still lie to you?" Shen Quan said affirmatively, the second battalion has more rifle bullets, but the machine gun bullets are the same as mortar shells, there are not many left, and the second battalion will be cut off if the airdrop supply does not come again.

In the Battle of Taiyuan, he knew that Regiment Commander Li had called for airdrop supplies from dozens of cannons.

Just then, there was a buzzing sound in the sky.

Shen Quan hurriedly raised his binoculars to look, only to see more than 10 large transport planes in the sky, flying through the clouds towards this side.

Shen Quan was overjoyed: "Hit the flares and prepare to receive airdrop supplies!" ”