Finally, the Niuchangpo battlefield had been charred black by Japanese aircraft cannons. After the Yegou Detachment suffered a thousand infantry soldiers, the 231st Infantry Regiment finally launched the first wave of strong attacks.

On that day, under the command of Masayoshi Yamada, the Japanese army used 36 mountain cannons, 6 infantry cannons, 6 mortars, and a total of 48 cannons to launch artillery bombardment on Zhujiaping's four positions.

At the same time, more than 36 Japanese planes arrived over Zhujiaping one hour after the bombardment began, and carpet-like bombs were carried out on the mountains and forests in Zhujiaping with incendiary bombs and poisonous gas bombs.

The Japanese aircraft group is so huge that even the commander Hu, who is in the command of the 11th Division, can be seen by him.

Although the 11th Division is under great pressure, the 9,000th Japanese army has already broken through the first line of defense of Shipai Fortress and directly threatened the second line of defense. If it breaks through again, it will reach the final central defense zone. However, the division commander Hu, who has been paying attention to the battlefield situation on the left and right wings, still sent a message to Tang Dao and asked whether the four-line regiment needed air support.

If Tang Dao said it was necessary, the division commander surnamed Hu would rather give up the commander surnamed Chen's promise to his Chinese Air Force to support Shipai Central Defense Zone and instead let the air force fighter jets go to the Sihang Regiment Defense Zone to drive away the Japanese bomber group.

That was the division commander Hu knew very well that the central defense zone was very important. If his 11th Division could not withstand the Japanese central breakthrough, the entire Shipai Fortress would fall. However, the Japanese army's tactical intentions had long been clear. The central breakthrough was determined by the situation of the war. If it could be done, if it could be done, then firmly restrain the most elite main division currently put on the battlefield and carry out a large amount of effective damage. The two wings and the rear wing battlefield were the real direction for the Japanese army to break through.

Once a battlefield is broken by the Japanese army, the 11th Division's side and rear wings will be in danger, and the fortifications made on this side of the Yangtze River will lose their effect, which is the doomsday of the 11th Division.

As a friendly army of the same army, the 18th Division, which is in harmony with each other, naturally can fight to the death to defend the right wing of the 11th Division, but the Four Corps or other factional armies are not the case.

Based on the knowledge of these friendly troops by the Hu army, they may be able to do their duty and fight hard because of strict military orders, but if they want to fight for a friendly army that is not close to the last person, they will not believe that they will kill the Hu army.

The Four Army Regiment would not leave this category, so when the division commander Hu saw that the Japanese army used such a large-scale bombing of the Four Army Regiment’s defense zone, he would even sacrifice air support from his front battlefield to support the Four Army Regiment, which was also a consideration for the safety of his central defense zone.

It’s not because I value Tang Dao and the Four-League Group so much.

"Our department has strong fortifications that can withstand the Japanese artillery fire, and asked Chief Hu to devote his limited power to the battlefield that is more needed." Tang Dao actually refused.

"Tang Dao is so crazy! I want to see how long his four-way regiment can last under such fierce bombing by the Japanese. If this leads to the left-wing battlefield being broken by the Japanese, we must report the war zone to punish him." The Major General Chief of Staff of the 11th Division was frowning and hung up the phone, and he was dissatisfied.

This is a typical example of treating kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs. Anyone who wants to be unhappy would probably be unhappy.

"Don't say such words. Since Tang Dao dares not need air support, he naturally has his confidence and reason." However, the commander of the surname Hu glanced at his chief of staff, with a sharp look.

As a middle-aged man in his early 30s, the division commander Hu is actually somewhat passionate. Although he is in a faction, he actually doesn't like this so-called faction deep down. If it weren't for so many factional disputes that led to the uneven morale of millions of troops, this Patriotic War might still be defeated by the Japanese army in the early stage, but the war situation would never be so deteriorated, and the three most fertile areas for China were lost to North China, Southeast China and Central China.

And officers over 40 years old have already embroidered the factional distinction into their bones. Even when they are at such a time of life and death, they still think about how to punish others' crimes, and they have not thought about why they should refuse.

Based on his understanding of Tang Dao, the biggest characteristic of this man who has reached the throne of the regiment commander at the age of 22 years on the battlefield is not superficial courage, but extreme cunning.

Otherwise, the nickname given by the Japanese North China Front Army would not be a "demon" but a "tiger".

The commander Hu wanted to know what kind of surprise the Japanese would bring to him after such fierce firepower was poured out by the Japanese.

The troops of the 3rd Battalion were hidden in the air-raid shelter on the back slope behind the high ground, allowing the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army to vent on the high ground.

Because this scene is really familiar to the officers and soldiers of the Four Army Regiment who have been on the battlefield in North China for a long time.

Not to mention the 75mm mountain cannons, they were in Jindong Niangzi Pass in Zishan, southern Ji, and the Japanese used 105 howitzers and 155 heavy artillery.

As soon as they arrived at the defense zone, the officers and soldiers of various units of the Four Corps first started digging trenches, and then built this kind of tunnel that could reach more than ten meters deep in the mountain.

Everyone knows that when shells and aviation bombs arrive, only these tunnels can save their lives.

After a long period of civil engineering operations in mountain tunnels, the engineering battalion led by Bai Sheng has been familiar with it. Not only can ordinary infantry dig tunnels for more than a thousand people in just one week, but it has even developed chain concealed trenches and hidden traffic trenches that can enter the highlands without passing through the surface.

Even Tang Dao didn't expect many designs inside, but the engineers of the Four Lines Regiment were developed one by one on the battlefield that lasted for several years.

This may be one of the underlying logics of 'Practice is the only criterion for testing truth'!

‘Only by working hard to survive on the battlefield, you can kill more Japanese!’ It is also one of the classic quotes of Tang Tuanzu.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The soldiers of the Four Lines Regiment have thoroughly implemented the "working to live" spirit of Tang's Regiment.

As for the incendiary bombs and poisonous gas bombs dropped by the Japanese naval fighter jets, it actually makes people feel lively. Although the incendiary bombs ignite the trees and shrubs and thick smoke soars into the sky, it seems that the matter is that, but in fact, fire trenches have been made in places with fortifications. Those fires cannot burn the edges of the fortifications at all. The fires make the Chinese officers and soldiers in the fortifications more than ten meters away warm, but they are not afraid of the fierce cold wind.

The poison gas bomb is unsolvable for other Chinese troops, and the best way to protect it is to cover your mouth and nose with a wet towel to relieve it. However, the officers and soldiers of the Four Lines Regiment have long been equipped with a set of gas masks.

Moreover, the wind is strong in the mountains. When the wind blows, the yellow-green poisonous gas of the poisonous gas bomb will dissipate in a few minutes. The damage is minimal to the officers and soldiers of the Four Army Regiment who are taking good protection.

Since the Japanese army spent so much money on Zhou dynasty, the Tang Dao certainly did not need air support.

What's more, the more miserable the surface of each high ground looks, the more troops the Japanese colonel captain who played psychological tactics put into the attack, right?

Li Jiujin and Battalion 3 have been holding on for two or three days, so they must not vent their evil fire?

Without investing one and a half infantry brigade at one time, the Tang regiment who came to the front line of the 3rd Battalion looked down on this smart army colonel on the opposite side.

"Royal Head, I know you want to kill this group of Japanese devils, but this is the territory of my 3rd Battalion. Even if you are the regiment commander, you have to obey my command here. You must not go to the front line anymore. Just stay here. Li Jiujin promises that you can see how the Japanese devils died." Li Jiujin's mouth was very hard, but his tone was so weak.

There was no way. When Tang Tuanzhao said he wanted to set off for Zhujiaping's position, Director Ye, who was in charge of the regiment command, called him. If Tang Tuanzhao was on the front line of Zhujiaping, regardless of whether he was injured or not, Director Zhuang would have long since not wanted to serve as the battalion commander of the baggage battalion. That position required a capable and experienced battalion-level chief officer.

Director Ye is now the second-in-command who has long been clear in the regiment and has grasped the power of personnel. If he really wants Comrade Li to be the battalion commander of the baggage battalion, this matter will basically be a foregone conclusion.

But why is Li Jiujin not sure about the temper of Tang Tuanzu? He can only weakly demonstrate his sovereignty in the 3rd battalion.

"Oh! Well, you Battalion Commander Li, you dare to start giving me an order." Tang Dao glanced at the veteran Youzi and couldn't help but grin. "Okay, since you have said that this is the territory of your 3rd battalion, I have to listen to you when I come to you. I will give you my old comrades' face. If I don't go to the front line, I will sit in your battalion headquarters to see how you fight this battle."

"It must be the magnanimous officer!" Li Jiujin and several officers around him breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the regiment commander does not carry a rifle to the front line, the responsibility on their shoulders will be much smaller.

Although Director Ye Chenghuan's threat has a certain effect, they all know that no sword or gun can be seen, and anyone in the Four-Second Regiment can die in battle, but Tang Dao is not. Tang Dao is not only the backbone, but also the spiritual pillar of all the officers and soldiers of the Four-Second Regiment. Once something happens to him, the combat effectiveness of the Four-Second Regiment will be reduced by at least 20 percentage points.

Seeing his subordinates feeling relieved, Tang Dao was actually helpless.

He spent a lot of effort to build this army. Seeing that his combat effectiveness and spiritual will have become superior, he is almost no less than the Chinese army on the future ice field. However, the consequence is that he, a super sniper, cannot go to the front line. The whole regiment treats him as a porcelain doll and is it another way to tie himself up?

"But you, Old Li, have to say yes. The Japanese will definitely invest a large number of troops in this first wave of attacks. If your 3rd Battalion is not shocked, I can't sit still here." Tang Dao picked up the telescope. "You know, the Japanese's bayonet here still has the blood of my elder brother and countless Chinese people. If I don't kill them, I can't sleep."

"With the honor of Chinese soldiers, I assure the regiment that this wave of Japanese devils must die, and that they will die very ugly." Li Jiujin replied with a solemn and confident expression.

Tang Dao stopped talking, and through his carefully disguised look, he turned his eyes to several high grounds 600 meters away, which were lower than the lower ones.

Li Jiujin's battalion was not set up after a safer front-line position, but on the high ground where the highest main peak of Zhujiaping position was named No. 1, there was an infantry platoon and the guard platoon under the battalion headquarters were stationed.

On this mountain with an altitude of 718 meters, Li Jiujin, the highest commander of the 3rd Battalion, can directly observe the actual combat situation in most of the more than a dozen highlands of the battalion, and can make adjustments and supplements at any time.

Although the danger is a bit higher, for an intermediate commander who commands nearly a thousand infantry, artillery, air defense, engineers, and baggage troops, the various reactions that can be made by observing the battle situation in real time are much faster than just staying behind and listening to the telephone report.

Li Jiujin was not always on the front line just because he became the battalion commander. This is also what Tang Dao was most satisfied with this old subordinate. Otherwise, if someone said today, "This is my territory, you have to listen to me." Tang Dao could even make him stand at attention and think about how much he was.

You really don't know that Tang Tuanzuo really died of Colonel Yamada Masayoshi's little thoughts.

The entire bombing lasted for a full 2 ​​hours, which should be the limit of the 231st Infantry Regiment's wave consumption of the shells carried by the 231st Infantry Regiment.

After nearly a thousand shells were bombed out, the Japanese army deployed a total of 7 infantry squadrons to launch an attack on four high grounds.

There were nearly 1,500 people. Standing at the angle of Tang Dao, there were surging "shit yellow" all over the mountains and fields, which was amazingly powerful.

According to the deployment of the 3rd Battalion, the most powerful force on these four high grounds were 5 infantry squads. For example, on the No. 13 Highland with an altitude of only 384 meters, there were only two infantry squads led by Boss Cao, the deputy platoon leader.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content below! Of course, because the 4th squad of Boss Cao belongs to is considered a reinforced infantry squad, with a total number of people in the squad reaching 22. Add to another ordinary infantry squad, the 3rd battalion on the No. 13 Highland has 37 troops, but that is nearly 20 less than a fully-organized infantry squad of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army attacking Height No. 13 had at least three infantry squads in terms of visual force. If the heavy machine guns and infantry artillery in the rear were included, the Japanese army threatening Height No. 13 had at least two or three hundred.

"Second 4 is the fist unit of your 3rd Battalion. Why did you put them on the tip of the knife again this time? You, Old Li, are not worried about fighting them all over again. What would you say when Tu Yunsheng asks you for someone?" Tang Dao's telescope has not been put down, and no one can see his eyes.

"The good steel must be placed on the blade. The task of stationing Height No. 13 was snatched from the other two companies with this sentence." Li Jiujin replied. "And don't worry, the regiment seat, there are 37 infantrymen, but if the Japanese think that the few infantry we have placed can rely on their troops to bully Height No. 13, then they are very wrong."

"Oh? It seems that your 3rd battalion has a killer weapon!" Tang Dao grinned slightly.

Li Jiujin also looked mysterious and did not explain much.

In fact, this veteran for more than ten years was also worried. After all, this type of battle was the first time he had been in the army for so many years, and I don’t know what the effect would be.

"The longest trenches dug by the Chinese on this high ground are no more than 300 meters. From this we can judge that their troops will never be more than two infantry platoons, just 100 people. Maybe nearly half of them were injured or killed in artillery and bombardment. This time, our troops can definitely go down to the corps commander and win!" The then commander of the 11th Infantry Battalion of the 231st Infantry Regiment of the Infantry, Yoshizo Sano, who was the leader of the 11th Infantry Battalion, held a telescope and looked at the hills of the No. 13 Highland, which was still rising smoke, with excitement flashing in his eyes.

As the highest commander of the main infantry brigade that was involved in the infantry attack, Yoshizo Sano did not invest in two infantry squadrons, two heavy machine gun squads and an infantry artillery squad as the main attack direction, but came to the No. 13 Highland, which had only 150 troops on the surface, which was obviously determined to win this highland.

That was a judgment based on the photos taken by this reconnaissance plane that had passed by several times in the sky. There would never be many Chinese troops on the small high ground with an area of ​​only 3,000 square meters on the top of this mountain.

This No. 13 Highland, which stands out from the entire defense line, does not seem to be critical. Even if it is lost, it will not cause a collapse for the entire defense line of China. However, through the photos taken by the reconnaissance plane, Yoshizo Sano keenly smelled a trace of fighter jets. There was a path below the ridge behind the highland, which was completely accessible to individual soldiers.

If this high ground is conquered, an infantry squadron can be sent from here to use the cover of night to penetrate the rear of the Chinese defense line. There may be a Chinese field hospital and logistics supply base there. It goes without saying what kind of damage a elite infantry squadron can cause to these almost unprepared troops.

Perhaps the troops that did not damage the defense line, but when we knew that the hospital and logistics of supplies were slaughtered, the morale of the soldiers on the front line would inevitably plummet.

Therefore, Yoshizo Sano actually had high hopes for the attack on this hill with an altitude of only more than 300 meters.

Of course, as a front-line commander, if you want to go down and arrive at the forefront in person to boost morale, the most important thing is to invest more troops.

In the dense forest less than 500 meters away from the high ground, there is a total of an infantry squadron and an infantry squadron hidden. Half of the 12 heavy machine guns owned by the entire infantry brigade, two infantry artillery and two 90 mortars arrived at the pre-selected artillery position in a continuous burst of artillery.

In other words, for the sake of Highland No. 13, Yoshizo Sano actually invested nearly 400 infantrymen and eighty percent of the heavy firepower in his infantry brigade.

Six heavy machine guns and 12 light machine guns were distributed on both wings. After the artillery fire gradually became sparse, half of them began to shoot in the order to cover the infantry that had begun to advance from the bottom of the mountain.

Although it is only half, for the trenches on the No. 13 Highland, which is only 300 meters long, it is also called a rain of bullets.

After the war, Tang Guomao, who arrived at the high ground, grabbed a handful of soil from above the trenches and found two deformed warheads. It can be imagined how crazy the Japanese army used to cover the firepower.

If it were other ordinary Chinese troops, I'm afraid that not to mention artillery attacks, the Japanese army could flood this small high ground with metal bullets just by using nearly 20 light and heavy machine guns.

Even if it is the Four Lines Regiment, with the light and heavy machine guns and artillery displayed by both sides, Highland No. 13 is far inferior to the Japanese army that has concentrated its strength.
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