Chapter 57 Superior Firepower + Crowd Assault Doctrine
Time back ten minutes ago, Zhongtiao Mountain Dong Feng Mountain.
"Regiment commander, the 1337 heights will be handed over to our battalion! Give me ten minutes and I'll promise to complete the task! ”
It was not easy to catch up with the large-scale battle, and all the commanders and fighters were high-spirited, and no one wanted to miss the opportunity to fight the first battle.
"Why do you have to give you a battalion for all good things, could it be that our second and third battalions are raised by our stepmother? It's our turn to attack the main mission! ”
The noise beside him made Ding Wei frown, the hideout of the new regiment was not too far from the enemy's position, but if the noise was louder, it was likely to expose the target.
After thinking for a moment, he put down the telescope in his hand and said very seriously:
"Alright, alright! Don't make any noise! 1337 Heights will be handed over to a battalion to fight, but I will only give you ten minutes, and if the attack does not go well, I will immediately replace them! ”
"The 1349 heights are in charge of the second battalion, and the third battalion is ready to cut into the battlefield at any time as a reserve!"
"You all bring portable communicators, keep in touch with me throughout the battle, and the artillery company will provide you with fire support."
Although the war on the northeast side of Zhongtiao Mountain has not officially begun, the two divisions of the devil have stepped into the trap set by the 129th Division without realizing it.
This is due to the fact that the 1st Air Force Division has provided a large amount of intelligence to the ground troops, and the pilots are not only immersed in licking the ground, but often also make cameo appearances in the work of reconnaissance planes in the process of ground attacks.
The whole map is open, and the enemy is still in the fog of war, and I really don't know how to lose.
In the predetermined plan of the deputy commander-in-chief and the division commander, the units of the 129th Division needed to occupy the high ground around Dong Feng as soon as the battle began.
In this way, you can not only cut off the way for the devils to break through, but also occupy a favorable terrain when attacking. After all, fighting high and fighting low is a famous saying that applies to any battlefield.
The two highlands of 1337 and 1349 were the goals of Ding Wei's mission.
Among them, the former has only one squadron of devils stationed, which is not a problem at all for the new regiment with strong troops. The latter has a small 300 men, and the terrain is more favorable to the defender, so it will be more tricky to attack.
Looking at his watch and the information in his hand, Ding Wei gave the final order:
"The comrades of the 1st Air Division are in place immediately! Get ready for action! ”
"The 1st and 2nd battalions attacked at the same time! Can't give the enemy any time to react! Once the two highland devils join forces, we will be in big trouble at that time. ”
"50 Don't be reluctant to use it, we must give full play to our superiority in firepower and troops, and take the enemy by surprise!"
"Good!"
"Roger!"
After receiving the order, the commander of the first battalion and three company commanders successfully touched the enemy's forward position on the basis of the information provided by the brigade headquarters and the results of the reconnaissance just now.
At this time, the vigilance of the devils was very poor, after all, they had not imagined the possibility of being raided at all, and thanks to the help of the Army Aviation reconnaissance aircraft and the special high-tech department.
It's breakfast time, and the enemies on the high ground are actually cooking on a fire. The black smoke from burning wood soared into the sky and could be seen from a kilometer away.
Just as the commander of the first battalion was about to give the order to act, a devil suddenly got up and walked over to their hiding position. Everyone held their breath for fear of revealing their location.
"Marsh-kun, eat more."
"Our division is about to move south, and we will definitely not be able to eat any serious meals at that time, so cherish the hot food in front of you."
Fortunately, the little devil who spoke only came to throw food scraps, not to find the Eighth Route Army lurking outside the position.
In the face of such an unbearable enemy, the first battalion commander had a disdainful expression on his face. He beckoned behind him, signaling the soldiers of the third company to take a detour from the enemy's blind spot and go around to the flank and rear of the high ground to stand by.
Three minutes later, the scheduled time for an attack came.
"Rush!"
Charging is a technical job, and after a round of reorganization of the 129th Division, the combat group has replaced the squad as the smallest combat unit in the unit.
Based on the intelligence and reconnaissance results, the commander of the first battalion divided the combat areas of each group and achieved micro-manipulation in the true sense.
At the sound of an order, the battle groups rushed into the enemy's position without hesitation with submachine guns, and then the fighters rushed towards their respective targets in groups of three.
Facing the sudden and wolf-like soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, the devils who were still eating hot pot and singing songs were instantly stunned.
They subconsciously wanted to pick up the 38 big cover next to them, but unfortunately, the stormy bullets crushed all the enemies who tried to struggle, and the surging sea of people quickly flooded the main position on the mountain.
These dozen devils didn't understand one thing until they died: where did the Eighth Route Army in front of them come from, and how did so many enemies quietly touch it?
But these little days are not in vain, after all, a pair of underwear and a piece of toilet paper have their uses, and they used their lives to warn their comrades around them.
At this time, the individual soldier quality and fighting will of the grassroots soldiers of the B Division were vividly and vividly embodied.
A group of detachment leaders and squad leaders organized a counterattack force at the first moment of attack. The infantrymen moved into combat positions under the leadership of their respective commanders, forming defensive positions with heavy machine guns and grenadiers as the core.
It's a pity that the magic is one foot high and one foot high.
When the enemy's attention is all attracted by the frontal battlefield. The roundabout three-company divine soldiers descended from the sky and attacked from the back with a terrifying momentum.
The comrades had a clear division of labor, two platoons of fighters assaulted with submachine guns in their hands, and one platoon of fighters cleared the way with offensive grenades.
Under the two-sided attack with the soldiers of the third company, the counterattack force that the devils had managed to organize became fragmented again in an instant.
Since the commander of his own regiment demanded that the battle be resolved within ten minutes, everyone jumped into the enemy formation without the slightest hesitation, and then it was time for the two sides to compete in firepower.
Da-da-da-da!
At a distance of fifty meters, a submachine gun with a high rate of fire can be called invincible. Without the slightest accident, the 1st Battalion succeeded in taking the 1337 heights.
"Leave one squad to clean up the battlefield, and the rest follow me! Go to support the 2nd Battalion! ”
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If the first battle for the heights tested tactics, micro-operation command and the tacit understanding of comrades, then the next battle fully explained what is called the theory of superior fire mechanics.
When the soldiers of the first battalion exchanged fire with the enemy, Ding Wei personally commanded the second battalion and the artillery company to attack.
Unlike the small size of Heights 1337, Heights 1349 is wider and can accommodate more soldiers to defend their positions.
However, the devils did not dare to concentrate on the top of the mountain, after all, they had lost air supremacy. At a time when enemy fighters may appear at any time, a target that is too large will surely bring death.
With the constraints of the above conditions, the devils only kept a small force on the high ground to carry out their tasks.
In order to prevent an enemy surprise attack, they arranged a reserve of 50 men to stand by behind the high ground, so that they could support the front line at any time in case of war.
The large army is scattered and hidden in the woods farther behind, and as long as the main peak holds on for ten minutes, all the soldiers can be thrown into the battlefield to participate in the battle.
This arrangement is very reasonable and exquisite, but it is a pity that the new regiment is more skilled.
Before the attack began, Ding Wei took off the telescope hanging around his neck. He carefully observed the position of the devils, and then beckoned to the rear to signal the artillerymen to act according to the original plan.
"You can see the hill ahead, and the reverse slope behind it."
"Mark those two points with signal flares, call the comrades of the 1st Air Division to support, and let's also come back and forth to the air and ground to coordinate the operation!"
"Yes!"
As several mortar shells fell into the designated area, the 2nd Battalion concentrated its superior forces and went straight to the enemy-occupied high ground. Before the infantry pressed to the main position, the artillery company directly under the regimental headquarters continued to carry out suppressive fire.
The area of fire coverage was not only on the heights where the enemy was located, but also on counter-slopes and in the rear woods.
The intensity of the shelling against the anti-slope reached the level of madness, and one 81-mm Brown and five 60-mm guns always maintained a high level of rapid fire, and the gunner's arms were ghosted.
Boom Boom!
In the screams of the devils, stumps and scraps of flesh flew all over the sky, and the red blood mist and the splashed loess seemed to be intertwined with a heavy gauze net.
The purpose of the artillery bombardment of the anti-slope was to block the road for reinforcement of the enemy's reserve forces, to completely isolate the defending forces on the heights, so that the 2nd Battalion could maintain its superiority in numbers.
Over the battlefield, Gladiators, Hurricanes, and Spitfires cut through the sky again and again, and fighters took waves of enemy lives with every dive.
Seeing the clouds of red smoke rising from the west side, a Hurricane with the number 192 broke away from its formation and changed course towards the 1349 heights.
Now there are two fighters in the 1st Air Division that are particularly famous, the first of which is naturally the Spitfire of Captain Wang Hai No. 079, and the members of the Army Aviation of the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army have been psychologically shadowed by him.
The devil pilots even reached an internal consensus that if they saw 079 in the process of performing a mission alone, they could take the initiative to abandon the mission and leave the battlefield.
If you send it down, there will be four stars on the Spitfire's fuselage.
The other fighter is Fang Ziyi's hurricane, and the devils in the entire Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield will subconsciously run away when they see 192, as if it has become a memory engraved in their bones.
Although there are not many records shot down, only four so far. But it's not because the level of ability is not enough, it's that most of his energy is on ground attacks.
With its super high efficiency, Fang Ziyi had already taken out a 105 heavy grenade position, 7 Type 95 light tanks and 11 armored vehicles of various models in just six days.
The infantry and cavalry who died under him were even more numerous, and the devils privately called him the Eagle of North China.
Perhaps in the future, it is not technology that will limit Fang Ziyi's achievements, but the military industrial production capacity of the book.
After reaching the sky above the 1349 heights, the Hurricane fighters began to dive towards the hilltop position, and 12 7.62 mm Browning machine guns set off a bloody storm in the crowd of devils.
After throwing the last 227-kilogram bomb into the ranks of the enemy's reinforcements, he arrogantly fired low-altitude strafing with an aviation machine gun, clearly bullying the devils and having no reliable anti-aircraft weapons.
In a sense, the little days on the 1349 Heights are so lucky.
Not only did these infantry not have support, but they also did not have a guaranteed supply of ammunition.
The whole battle will face the bombardment of the new artillery company and Fang Ziyi, and even if they survive, there are still rounds of infantry waiting for them.
When the commander of the second battalion came to the high ground with the commando, the main position of the devils was full of craters and corpses, and such a shocking scene made these veterans stunned for half a second.
There was no more than one detachment of the enemy alive and stubbornly resisting, and that was not enough for the assault team to shoot a shuttle of submachine gun bullets each.
A minute later, the flag representing the Eighth Route Army was planted on the high ground.
At the same time, Ding Wei also took out a portable communicator: "Report to the brigade commander!" A new regiment completes the mission! Please instruct! ”
On the other end of the communicator came the sound of shouting and the sound of cannon discharge, followed by the brigade commander's full voice.
"Good boy, well done."
"Hurry up and take your regiment to the frontal battlefield, and contact the chief of staff directly after you are in position! By the way, you are the fifth. ”
Only fifteen minutes passed before the battle began, and all of Dong Feng's heights were taken by the Eighth Route Army.
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"Qing Shui-kun, it seems that you and I are going to be loyal to His Majesty the Locust today."
"It's a shame that I could have had the opportunity to go back to my hometown in April to see the cherry blossoms in my hometown."
Hearing Sakurai's muttering like a last word, Shimizu clenched his fists. The old devil gave orders and exhorted his colleagues not to give up.
Due to the reasonable scheduling of the two devil lieutenant generals, coupled with the effect of the army's traditional big fighting and ice.
The 33rd Division and the 41st Division, after paying the price of 2,000 casualties, set up a circular defensive position on the basis of the original position of Guozhu.
Such a position consisted of four rings, the outermost of which was a fortification of a repulsive nature.
The best choice for obstacles is mines with barbed wire, and if necessary, anti-tank trenches and flares.
When the attacker attempts to attack the outermost position, the obstacle must be cleared first. But once the infantry stops, they will become stationary targets and be shot by the defenders one by one.
However, the devils are not in a position to make it so fine, they can only use the position of the preserved fruit defenders to temporarily transform. Barbed wire covers only 70 percent of the area, and there is not a single mine.
The second layer is the infantry defense belt, and the position is composed of many sandbags left by the preserved fruit defenders, and the devils who have the conditions have also dug a square deep pit.
With the houses in Shangdongfeng Village, a position consisting of thousands of people was constructed.
Originally, our army occupied the high ground and could attack from a high position. But in the face of two divisions that were bent on holding on, the infantry had to come down the hillside.
The devil has a small exposed area under the bonus of the position, while the soldiers of the 129th Division have a large exposed area, so the original advantage immediately becomes a disadvantage.
In the gaps between infantry positions, the enemy will also deploy mobile armor forces at a certain distance, forming a crossfire of tanks, armored vehicles, tripods, and infantry.
The third layer is made up of several squadrons of vehicles and vehicle-mounted mobile firepower, which are highly mobile units that constantly patrol the positions and support the infantry positions in need.
The innermost layer is the artillery position and command center of the devils, where the two lieutenant generals concentrate all the calibers and types of guns.
This kind of position is commonly known as the Wang Eighth Formation, if the attacking side is the Eighth Route Army that has just crossed the Yellow River eastward into Shanxi, even if the three divisions go together, there is a high probability that they will not be able to gnaw.
When the Yamazaki Brigade broke into the logistics department in the southeast of Jindong last year, their remnants used this trick, and the troops without heavy firepower had little to deal with.
The two of them dared to arrange it this way for their own reasons, as the air force of the Eighth Route Army had exhausted all the ammunition in front of them, and there was no trace of any enemy aircraft on the battlefield.
The opponent's artillery also did not fire for a long time, it must be that there is a shortage of shells.
Although they did not understand how this Eighth Route Army came to be, they firmly believed that the enemy had no logistical support! When the shells run out, they run out, and there will be absolutely no replenishment.
In addition, Okamura Ningji assured them that the supporting troops were rushing in.
As long as they are not defeated by the Eighth Route Army in one go, the two divisions on the Eastern Front, plus the army aviation in North China and Central China, may really have a chance to wrestle with the enemy.
Once all the forces converge, a counter-package will be formed, and then the center of the classic will blossom!
"Sakurai-kun! Don't give up! ”
"We've got reinforcements! As long as you hold on, there is a way! There is hope if you hold on! ”
After all the high ground on the periphery was occupied, the units of the 129th Division began to attack the main forces of the 33rd Division and the 41st Division trapped in Dong Feng.
It turns out that there is something in the devil's hand arrangement.
Facing the position of the 386th Brigade, the 772nd Regiment of Cheng Blind was responsible for the main attack. The fighters managed to clear the outermost layer of barbed wire before they were counterattacked by the infantry defense belt.
The combined fire of the Type 92 heavy machine gun and the grenadier canister, coupled with the crossfire of the devil's armored troops and infantry, suddenly caused a surge in casualties among the soldiers of the first battalion.
And the third and fourth layers of the ring are not dry either.
While the infantry of both sides were engaged, tank and artillery positions concentrated fire on the rear of the 1st Battalion of the 772nd Regiment. Divide the attacking forces in two, and they cannot look at each other.
Under the command of the commander of the first battalion, the fighters managed to break up the enemy's infantry defensive circle.
But the artillery in the inner layer was directly converted to bombarding the original infantry position. While playing a lethal role, only a small part of the Eighth Route Army was put into the inner layer.
The first battalion of the 772nd Regiment instantly became a lone deep salient, and the cruising tank units saw the opportunity to immediately rush to carry out a counterattack.
Even though the fighters were armed with 40 guns, it was difficult for the light infantry to fight the armored units in the open terrain.
The fighters could only fight and retreat, and after paying a third of the casualties, they retreated to the beginning of the foothills.
The 772nd Regiment is the main force of the 386th Brigade, which has now grown to 3,300 people. The casualties of one-third of the battalion are not small numbers, and Cheng was so angry that he scolded his mother.
"Aren't you stupid! I ask you how many years is it now? Do you still think that we are the Tubalu in 1937 with only 6 mortars in the whole division? ”
"It's been almost a year, why are you still brainless!"
"There is hard stubble, why not call artillery support! Why do you take flesh and blood to fight Tiegada! ”
Scolding and scolding, Cheng Blind was not idle, and had already figured out a way to break the game.
The 772nd Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment are all units under the combat sequence of the 386th Brigade, and the three regiment commanders Cheng, Kong, and Ding will learn from each other as long as they have time.
As a master of defensive warfare, Kong Jie has his own unique insights into various defensive positions.
Although he has not yet entered the military academy, let alone written his graduation thesis "Strategic Encirclement and Centripetal Assault", he has long expressed his views on how to break the ring defense position.
The first method of cracking requires ample firepower.
The center of the circle of the annular position is the strongest point and the most vulnerable point
There was ample artillery there, and the strike range of the artillery positions could cover the entire field.
But the center of the circle is also a place for ammunition supply and material stockpiling, and as long as a sufficient amount of artillery is concentrated to hit the center of the circle, the outlying positions will lose their strongest support.
The second method of cracking requires sufficient troops.
The ring defensive position is essentially a defensive system built by firepower, which means that the enemy's forces are most likely not sufficient, and the second layer of infantry defense is often barely able to fill the battle line.
This was also proved by the previous offensive of the 772 regiment, and it was not at all difficult to break through the line of infantry defenses.
That's why the devils have to deploy armored mobile forces on the third layer, and these tanks, armored vehicles and three jumpers are actually firefighting teams. It was up to them to remedy which part of the infantry could not resist, in order to maintain the crumbling defensive line.
If there are sufficient forces, then directly form a breakthrough at multiple points. Let the enemy step on the grid, so that the devil will lose sight of the other.
The third method is to kill the enemy, but Kong Jie himself does not recommend it.
The Eighth Route Army now has no shortage of weapons, logistics, and soldiers, so why should it use the old methods of the past, which is time-consuming and laborious, and may even drag the enemy to reinforce them.
As the most stable regiment commander of the 386th Brigade, Lao Kong often stressed that the command line should keep up with the trend of the times. What he is now studying is how to make full use of the mobility and coordinated strike capabilities of the ground and air forces in defensive warfare.
Of the three cracking methods given above, the 772nd regiment is fully capable of doing it. In order not to give the devil time to breathe, Cheng Blind immediately used a portable communicator to contact the brigade headquarters.
"Brigadier Commander, I'll give you a coordinate! Let the artillery regiment help me fire a few shots! You have to knock out the devil's artillery position first, otherwise the troops will be too passive! ”
As a well-known hexagonal warrior of our army, the brigade commander naturally understands everything. Even if Cheng Blind did not take the initiative to ask, he would have ordered the artillery regiment to help the 772nd Regiment break through the enemy's defensive line.
After a very perfunctory test firing, shells were fired directly into the ground.
Obviously, the commander of the artillery regiment is also a person who wins by quantity, and as long as he fights a lot, he can definitely be hit.
After the 10th round of shelling, the 2nd Artillery Regiment directly blew up the ammunition depot of the devils, easily destroying the entire artillery position and half of the armored units of the third layer.
It's a pity that the 105 heavy grenades and the two devil lieutenant generals, the former has been damaged in the explosion, and the latter has been torn to pieces with the detonation of the ammunition.
After losing the inner circle with the greatest threat, Cheng Blind immediately gave the order to attack.
In order to reduce losses, he first sent a number of combat teams to repeatedly pull and reconnoiter the relatively weak areas of the enemy's defenses, and then concentrated his troops to attack the weak points.
Coupled with a large number of mortars to support the first-line breakthrough, a hole was knocked out with artillery shells.
An hour later, the 33rd Division and the 41st Division were all wiped out!
Superior Fire Mechanics Theory: Focuses on well-equipped army divisions with a large number of support companies and artillery, and earns additional rewards for fighting in places with air supremacy.
Doctrine of Crowd Assault: The use of a large amount of manpower increases morale and reinforcement rates, reduces the width of foot infantry combat, and allows more soldiers to fight simultaneously to suppress large enemy divisions.
I Am the Waste Doctrine: 500 words per hour
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