Chapter 1013 Today is different!
The Japanese bomber formation did not stop supporting the infantry that was about to fall into a desperate situation because of a war.
At the request of Xiangyue Qingshi, within 6 hours, three waves of bombings of 36 fighter jets were carried out on the mountains in Changle Village and the battlefield along the Zhuozhang River.
Looking down from the sky, the originally lush forests were already mottled, and the relatively flat banks of the Zhuozhang River were even more bumpy and devastated, with more than 20 large holes visible to the naked eye.
The river embankment on the other side of the Zhuozhang River was blown down several places. The water of the Zhuozhang River, which had entered the flourishing period, flowed to the low recess along the blown down river embankment, flooding a lot of land that originally belonged to Changle Village.
Of course, because the terrain of the 683 Brigade is relatively high, the river water that breaks through the dike basically flows in the direction of the Second Mixed Brigade.
Although the large area of yellow soil was completely turned into a marina, it was also muddy. The Japanese infantry wore a strong but heavy cowhide boots on their feet. What a guy, the attached soil was like two large shot putting it on their feet.
No wonder the Second Mixed Brigade was the first to arrive in Changle Village, the vanguard, the first infantry brigade, Lai Gu Yimao, who looked at the north bank of Zhuozhang River with a telescope, and he couldn't help but curse Luhang's idiots.
The muddy land not only greatly delays the speed of infantry advancement, but even the Type 94 armored vehicles will become difficult to move on such ground. Isn’t this helping the Chinese in disguise!
What's even more terrible is that when the vast number of imperial officers and soldiers were lying in such a mud field to fight against the Chinese, even if he didn't have to roll into a mud monkey, Lai Gu Yinan felt numb.
The commanders were like this, not to mention the Japanese infantry who were exhausted from being exhausted when marching 40 kilometers in a 7-hour marches. Looking at the muddy water in front of them, the Japanese infantry collectively stared at each other.
"Baga! Why are you all standing there? Ordering the 2nd Squadron of the Infantry, the 4th Squadron, the Heavy Machine Gun Squadron to be alert, the 2nd Squadron of the Engineer and the 3rd Infantry Squadron of the 1st Infantry Squadron immediately arrived 700 meters away from the river to dig field trenches." Lai Gu Yinan was quite decisive, knowing that with his current seven or eight hundred men, it would be impossible for him to easily break through the defense line of the Chinese people on the opposite side. It has become inevitable that the construction of field trenches where infantry can avoid machine guns and artillery shells has been provided.
A distance of 700 meters can avoid the range of Chinese machine rifles. With the ability of Japanese engineers, they first dig a horizontal trench, then dig forward the traffic trench, and then perform horizontal excavation. It will not take too long to form two complete defense lines of attackable and defensive trenches.
The closest to the river is perhaps only two or three hundred meters.
Facing the mud land formed by the explosion of Xia Jiba, the air force of his side, thinking that he was about to become a mud monkey who had not yet taken a bath, the Japanese engineers and infantrymen carrying shovels and pickaxes were all kinds of MMPs in their hearts.
But if they don’t say that the military order is difficult to violate, they also know that if they don’t conquer the line of defense in front of them, a large number of Chinese troops may come to this side at any time. There is a little mud on them, and they will not die, but the Chinese can really kill people.
After six days and six nights of high ground battle in the mountains, the arrogance of the infantrymen of the originally proud Second Mixed Brigade had long been kicked into the crotch by Chinese soldiers with a spirit of not fearing death. Especially when they thought that their opponents might be the legendary 683rd Brigade and the Four-Travel Regiment in Southeast Shanxi, they were even more frightened.
Being cowardly before fighting is a big taboo for military strategists!
The right time and place are not on the side of the Second Mixed Brigade. Before it was too much, the Japanese army had already committed three major taboos.
However, the Second Mixed Brigade now has only one road. After the Japanese reconnaissance plane report, at the moment when the Second Mixed Brigade marched towards Changle Village, less than 20 kilometers behind them, a Chinese army, with tens of thousands of people, was chasing them at the end of the way.
That's fine. With the current strength of the Second Mixed Brigade, there are enough Chinese troops who are almost the same as their own. However, before Yamashita ordered the entire army to stop marching, another urgent telegram came from the headquarters.
‘In the mountains centered on Wuxiang and with a radius of 40 kilometers, a large number of Chinese troops were found to be moving abnormally, with at least 3 infantry divisions!’
This telegram completely eliminated Yamashita's intention to fight the Chinese army that was chasing him with the courageous Chinese army behind him. He only had to hold him back for two days. His second mixed brigade might face the siege of 40,000 or even 50,000 Chinese troops.
At that moment, no one knew whether Yamashita had regretted it. Judging from the current situation, perhaps staying in the mountains to seize danger is the safest strategy.
In fact, even at this time, in addition to continuing to move forward alone, Yamashita had another option, to throw away all the baggage, including artillery and chariots, and the Second Mixed Brigade entered the mountains in the form of pure light infantry.
The Chinese encirclement could not cover the entire mountain range, and there were no fighter planes that could fly freely in the sky. He and the Second Mixed Brigade had at least 80% chance of escaping from the mountain.
But this has basically been declared that the Second Mixed Brigade has failed, and the act of throwing away all the baggage can be called a defeat.
If a second mixed brigade can eventually escape from this mountain, it will be a shame for the army of the Imperial Japanese. Yamashita Fumi will be firmly nailed to the pillar of shame in history and will never be able to turn over.
Before the war, it was not that there were generals who raised concerns about Tang Dao that annihilated a Japanese army in an established scale, among which the Japanese generals gave up their baggage and fled into the mountains with light equipment.
"That's because you don't know enough about Japan, an extreme nation. They belong to the lineage of Eastern civilization, but they do not have what we call "a real man can bend and stretch, and it is unknown if he makes a comeback in the future." Everything they do is extreme, cruel and extreme, brave and extreme, and their persistence in honor is extremely extreme. Compared with this, life is not very important.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, they will definitely not make such a choice to escape in a panic!" Tang Dao, who did not participate in the meeting, commissioned Brigade Commander Cheng to reply to the generals in this way.
The generals suddenly realized that they were not considering a small regiment commander in detail. They placed the Japanese generals at the same level as their own thinking, but Tang Dao had already considered a national character.
Moreover, the two words "extreme" are summarized in an extremely accurate manner. Looking at the actions of the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield, it is the embodiment of these two words.
In fact, the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield only reflected the "extreme". It was only after a few years that the Japanese army truly reflected the "extreme" to the fullest.
"Kamikaze Death Squad" and "Suicide Single-Person Submarine" are all original works of the Japanese army. They regard the residents of the entire island as their own food reserves, and use underground tunnels across the island to compete with the submachine guns, cannons, and aircraft of the American soldiers. More than 20,000 soldiers guarding the island finally died at the cost of 22,000 people in battle and only 1,000 people survived, resulting in a total dimensional reduction attack of 6,800 American soldiers killed as many as 22,000 and injured more than 20,000.
Why do you think the United States would throw a fat bomb to repair them? It was calculated by the US Army General Staff that if it landed in Japan and used conventional operations, the US Army would have to pay more than one million casualties.
Given the Americans who have never been convinced of anyone's urination, they were also scared by the extreme little Japan. Isn't it necessary to arrange the big fat bomb that I just created?
It is said that the United States has already made plans. If Japan does not kneel down and calls it dad, then continue to throw it away, even if it blows up the Japanese island.
Fortunately, the extreme Japanese people knelt decisively in order to continue their race.
But this kneeling is not a big deal, and the extreme characteristics are revealed again. I actually like it. No matter how the United States ravaged him, even if the iron whip and torch were arranged, Japan still puts his knees firmly on the ground, and it looks like he will be your son for generations.
Really, Tang Dao from the future has seen many ethnic groups on the earth, cunning and wise Xilaibo people, Russians with single-minded thinking but extremely developed limbs, tough and cruel Southeastern people, even the strange third brother who took a motorcycle to the parade, he has never wanted to be a stick for Bilian and anything, and he has never seen Japan. Anyway, we just walk one way to the black without turning.
Even if you are a turtle grandson, it must be calculated in a hundred years.
Tang Dao knew the characteristics of the Japanese nation very well. This idea only flashed through Yamashita's mind and was immediately rejected by himself.
Yamashita Fumi still decided to follow the previous combat plan to rush to Changle Village. He wanted to fight for a bloody path and jump out of the carefully designed encirclement of the Chinese, so that the Chinese people would be happy.
Of course, this is also because he still has confidence in himself and the Imperial Land Airlines. He does not believe that under the bombing of dozens of bombers and the impact of his elite troops, more than 10,000 Chinese troops can still defend the defense line.
He overestimated his army aviation corpses, and even more so on the combat effectiveness of his infantry, or in other words, he underestimated his opponents too much.
Only by knowing yourself and knowing others can you win every battle. At this moment, the text at the foot of the mountain belongs to you who don’t know yourself and your opponent.
First of all, the more than ten tons of bombs dropped by 36 fighter jets did cause certain losses to the 683rd Brigade, which is inevitable in the war.
However, the anti-aircraft holes excavated in advance and the large number of wooden people who were disguised reduced the loss by at least 80%.
During these three bombings, the 683 Brigade suffered about 500 casualties, which was already a very pleasant surprise to Captain Cheng.
Before this, his estimated number was 1,500. He would lose more than half of the infantry regiment before the official war with the Japanese infantry was launched. This was a tragedy, but it was also a cruel reality.
If there is no mountain cover, perhaps this number will be further upward. The reason why the Japanese army repeatedly defeated the more with fewer and completely grasped air supremacy is a very important factor. If they lose air supremacy, the Japanese army will definitely not be able to fight with heavy firepower on the ground.
The losses of the 683rd Brigade were not as heavy as Yamashimi imagined. The infantry still had strength, and the artillery that could not be hidden was not damaged at all. This alone was enough for the Second Mixed Brigade to eat a pot.
What's more, in order to deal with the Sihang Regiment that was chasing behind, Yamashita had to call two infantry brigades and a baggage brigade as back team to protect his rear wing. The troops placed in front of the army to break through the Zhuozhang River defense line, plus the engineers and baggage brigades, will never exceed 4,000.
The more than 800 Japanese troops who arrived first did not attack rashly. The two dissatisfied infantry squadrons and a heavy machine gun squadron also held a steady warning to the flanks and fronts, and basically would not give the Chinese army in the mountains a chance to come out.
But this does not mean that the 683rd Brigade will watch them "leisurely" build trenches and then extend the trenches to their defense zones.
The 683rd Brigade has developed with the silent funding of Tang Dao today and the silent funding of sending some cannons tomorrow. It won’t be a complete body! At this moment, it’s also a semi-finished product.
This time, for the second mixed brigade, Commander Liu of the 921st Division spent a lot of money. On such a dangerous battlefield against the 16th Division, he still drew 4 75 mountain cannons and an artillery company arrived with the 683rd Brigade. In addition, the 30 mortars that he had accumulated in the past few months were given away when he had a disagreement with a certain regiment, which was the most important thing. Not to mention that it was equivalent to the more than 20 75 mountain cannons carried by the second mixed brigade!
At least, I will never be beaten passively in the past. If you hit me like a turtle punch, I can also use a trick to pull my vagina, black tigers and other things.
"Excellent, the one who killed me, dares to dig a trench in front of me?" Wang Xiaoqiang, the highest commander of the Zhuozhang River defense line, looked at the Japanese army hundreds of meters away from the telescope, and his back teeth were creaking.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Those temporarily excavated anti-cannon holes may be able to withstand the shelling of 75 mountain cannons or even 100mm cannons, but for 500-pound aerial bombs, it is still too fragile.
Just three hours ago, a 500-pound bomb dropped by a Japanese bomber hit a 20-meter-high area above an anti-aircraft hole. Although there was no direct hit, the terrible energy still shocked the cave supported by thick wood.
There were nearly 70 people inside, and the roar of Japanese fighter jets was still in my ears. Wang Xiaoqiang, who received the news, rushed out of the anti-aircraft artillery hole and led his people to dig the soil crazily.
But it was still late, with 70 young people and more than 40 people suffocated to death in the soil.
Some of them followed the Eighty Army through most of China, not dead in the snow-capped grasslands, and not on hundreds of battlefields; some were locals who had just joined the army for less than three months, sweating profusely on the training ground every day to guard their homes; but everything that happened was wasted. On this battlefield, they did not shoot a single shot, and many people did not wear military uniforms in order to disguise the wooden people, and died here naked because of suffocation.
As the commander of the group, Wang Xiaoqiang felt so distressed!
He had always been loud, but he sat next to his soldiers who were extremely quiet without saying a word, silently lit a pack of cigarettes on his body and inserted them into the soil.
That was his last inventory, and I don't know if his young soldiers could smell the smell of tobacco anymore, but he just wanted to do so.
Perhaps, this young and strong regiment commander hopes that his soldiers will open their eyes and call him the regiment commander again!
Unfortunately, this is a battlefield, and there are not so many possibilities.
It was an extremely lucky thing to be able to rescue the twenty people on the outermost layer.
"Captain, although the range of heavy machine guns is too far, it is probably a waste of bullets if it is fired. I think it's better to use it for the Japanese attack!" Battalion Commander Xiao Ding on the side advised.
He knew very well about the personality of his regiment commander. The Japanese plane killed and injured nearly 100 people in the 772nd regiment. For Wang Xiaoqiang, he suffered a great loss. He had to make up for his anger.
"Bad! You are still stingy and searching. The Japanese who still plays a ball cannot do heavy machine guns. Then take out the four mortars that are assigned to you in the first battalion and hit him a damn." Wang Xiaoqiang glared.
"Captain, there are only 30 shells left in the four mortars, and we have to keep them to deal with the Japanese devils' attack!" Battalion Commander Xiao Ding's face suddenly became bitter.
"Then I will tell you that tonight, Commander Tang will send 500 shells to my regiment. Do you want to fight? If you don't fight, I will give this mission to the 2nd Battalion." Wang Xiaoqiang put his eyes in the telescope again and stopped looking at his first battalion commander.
"Fight, 16 shells, no, 20 shells are gathering fire!" When Battalion Commander Xiao Ding heard this, he still cared about just 20 shells.
Even if the shells of the battalion's mortar platoon have been exhausted, then there is still a mortar company of the regiment headquarters! If you take a step back, the four mountain cannons placed in the mountains in the brigade are not for free.
Therefore, just as the Japanese engineers and infantry were sweating profusely fighting against mud, flowers exploded around them.
The Chinese, without morality, used mortars to prevent them from digging trenches.
Caught off guard, more than a dozen Japanese infantrymen fell down in a row, and red was flowing in the mud.
The Japanese infantry was so sad that they could only kneel in the mud and start digging the soil. Before the trenches were dug two feet deep, facing such mortar shells that could fly at any time, they were like little girls who met evil men, except for being hurt to cry, and had no defense ability.
The situation report came to Yinan Lai Gu who was planning to use Changle Village as the temporary command center. The Japanese major's eyes were flashing with horror under the face of haze.
Have the Chinese actually reached this point of tyranny? Before the battle began, they dared to 'waste' precious shells like this.
What's even more terrible is that the range of Chinese mortars can be as high as 2,500 meters. Can it also threaten his village as a temporary command at any time?
Chapter completed!