Through the telescope, Leng Feng's face turned cold and looked at the Japanese army who were beaten by his own light and heavy firepower.

As the highest commander to block the Japanese reinforcements, Leng Feng knew that this was just the beginning of the battle, and the most difficult time for him and his third battalion had not yet arrived.

Because what he had to face was far more than the Japanese infantry brigade in front of him.

In order to reinforce his colleagues who were still in dire straits hundreds of meters away, all the Japanese artillery fire might pour out on the positions of his third battalion.

At this time, the Third Battalion did not have two meters deep trenches and tunnels on the back of the mountain like Mouse Mountain. Not only were the infantry trenches that were only 1.5 meters deep to hide, but the so-called heavy machine gun fortifications were just putting a few earth bags in front of the heavy machine gun for bulletproof for shooters. The Japanese infantry artillery and mountain cannons could easily blow it up.

But Tang Dao had already expected this situation before the war.

In the night in the wasteland, at the highest military meeting of the Four Army Regiment, which was attended by only the four giants of the regiment headquarters and two infantry battalions commanders, Tang Dao turned his eyes to Lei Xiong, Guo Shouzhi and Leng Feng, and drew a horizontal bar on the simple topographic map he had just drawn: "It is important to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in the encirclement, which is related to the results of the attack on the 14th Division of our Four Army Regiment, but this line is more important, the life and death line of the entire army of our Four Army Regiment!

You are all veterans who have been in the army for several years or even ten years. You know that if the Japanese army breaks through this line of life and death and enters the flank of the Japanese army, our troops will have to divide their troops to fight against them. The Japanese army in the encirclement is very likely to fight to the death. Although our troops have continuous firepower far above the Japanese army, don't forget that the Japanese army has extremely strong combat power. Once the battle cannot be resolved quickly and is trapped in a fight, the main force of the 14th Division who received the news will come with all their might.

Our army would have to choose to retreat, and the Japanese army completely had an air superiority. Once we launched an air strike on our headquarters, our adventure would not only be futile, but also lose troops and generals, and even lead to the vanishing of all the subsequent tactical movement planning!

Not only do we value this line of life and death, but the Japanese army also value it. They not only use infantry to attack, but also use all artillery to bombard this line of defense!

Therefore, I need to defend this infantry battalion on the line of life and death in my entire regiment. No matter how heavy the losses are, I must not retreat at all."

The three battalion commanders of the Four Lines regiment were silent when they looked at the line drawn by Tang Dao.

It’s not because of fear, but because of calculating whether it can be stopped by the strength of his infantry battalion.

A Japanese infantry corps equipped with more than 20 artillery pieces, can they stop it with a shallow trench?

"I'll do it!" Lei Xiong and Leng Feng said almost at the same time.

Guo Shouzhi, who was about to open his mouth, smiled bitterly on his face. Have these two people made an appointment? He didn't save face for him at all, so he was half a second late and completely became third.

"I am the deputy commander of the regiment. You, Battalion Commander Leng, will you follow the commander's orders and do what you should do. I will guard this line of life and death." Lei Xiong looked coldly and looked like a big brother.

"Hehe, Chief Lei, it's because your first battalion is the sharp knife battalion of my four-way regiment. Your battalion is the one that seems dangerous but is actually simple to hold this blocking task to me, which is ranked the lowest and the least experienced third battalion!" Leng Feng's always cold face appeared a smile.

Leng Shitou's emotional intelligence has become so high? Not to mention Leng Feng's words that Lei Xiong didn't know how to refute it. Guo Shouzhi, who had basically been excluded, also glanced at Leng Feng curiously.

Tang Dao's face had not changed, but a smile appeared in his eyes.

This may be the power of love.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Japanese masters were assassinated by Japanese masters, and Fujiwara Zhanyu fled. Japanese spies in Zhengzhou were wiped out. The First War Zone became the biggest winner, so the Four Corps also received special subsidies for the First War Zone.

But for individuals, Tang Tuanzuo has not fallen to the point of not saying that he is bleeding, but he has been lying in the hospital for two days. The cliff is the loser, especially when compared with Leng Feng.

After that hard battle, Mrs. Yue, who perhaps had a better understanding of life and death, actually wiped out her previous reserve. Not only did she take the initiative to wash the laundry of Leng Feng, but she took the third little boy to the third battalion headquarters when she had nothing to do. Leng Feng, the man who had been cold and frosty, had many more gentle scenes on his face than before.

Looking at Lei Xiong and Leng Feng, Tang Dao finally made a decision: "Then let's do it! The Japanese army in the encirclement may have more than the Japanese army reinforcements. The first and second battalions must resolve the battle within two hours. The combat mission is no less light than blocking the Japanese army.

Moreover, since Wei Donglai and Cai Yongguan's two companies have not yet been rebuilt, and there are only two infantry companies in the first and second battalions available, I will draw the 9th company of the third battalion and the guard company directly under the regiment headquarters to command the first and second battalions, and add 300 new recruits to serve as bomb droppers."

Tang Dao stared at Leng Feng, "In this way, you only have two infantry companies and one machine cannon company with less than 500 troops available. Leng Feng can guarantee that you complete the mission? If you feel in trouble, then I will personally lead the spy company and the new Eighth Division Engineer Company as your reserve team and reinforce your third battalion at any time."

Leng Feng's face returned to his coldness and stood up and saluted: "Room, I cannot guarantee whether our troops can finally complete the blocking battle on the line of life and death, but I can guarantee that even if the soldiers of my third battalion fell, they would be shot in their chest! The reserve team you mentioned should be devoted to annihilation of the Japanese army in the encirclement! You and the brothers of the first and second battalions first killed all the Japanese in the encirclement, which is the greatest reinforcement to our third battalion!"

This is Leng Feng, who never boasts randomly, but it is as hard as a stone. Any enemy who wants to cross his defense must first smash his stone.

And now this stone is not just him, but also hundreds of people who have gradually become accustomed to his fighting style.

Even if the Japanese artillery fire is fierce!

Yes, as Chinese commanders such as Tang Dao and Leng Feng predicted, the Japanese army poured all the artillery fire onto the third battalion's position.

Upon receiving the news of an attack ahead, the Japanese artillery squadrons located at the end of the 2nd Infantry Regiment immediately stopped and pushed various types of artillery pulled by the pack horse into the wasteland under the dirt road.

Because it was a marching force and might have to fight against the Chinese army at any time, the artillery units of the 2nd Infantry Regiment did not divide the infantry artillery and mountain artillery into several large pieces and transport them by pack horses, but marched by pack horses dragging them.

In this way, all types of artillery can be put into use in just five or six minutes.

The Japanese communications soldiers rode wildly in the wasteland on horseback, reporting the battle situation and artillery coordinates to three artillery positions 400 meters behind the corps headquarters.

The 4 mountain cannons are curved cannons, which can shell all targets within 500 meters to 6,000 meters; the 4 infantry cannons are straight-sight cannons, but in emergency situations, they can also be raised to make curved cannons; the 6 37mm rapid-fire cannons are thoroughly straight-sight cannons, and they are war defense cannons that mainly break armor and fixed fortifications. The shells are solid bullets instead of flowering bullets, and staying in the rear will lose their effect.

Therefore, the rapid-fire artillery squadron quickly moved forward to the battlefield, leaving the mountain artillery squadron and infantry artillery squadron behind the corps headquarters. Because the battle situation at the front was unknown, the eight artillery did not dare to fire at will. When the communications soldiers heard that their reinforcements were blocked and the Chinese position blocked the approximate area, the eight artillery naturally poured all the firepower on the heads of the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion.

The Japanese artillery soldiers were very skilled in their skills and tactics. It only took no more than 6 minutes from setting up guns to adjusting the angle and firing of the gun.

"Order all the personnel to retract back to the trenches! Leave two observation posts in each row. The Japanese army does not enter 100 meters, so don't pay attention. Once they enter 100 meters, even if the Japanese cannons are constantly fired!" After seeing the first bullet flower explode less than 30 meters ahead of him, the cold front, with dead grass branches on his steel helmet, gave a cold order.

Although 28 heavy machine guns will stop shooting, the Japanese infantry will continue to shrink the distance, Leng Feng is not worried about his own firepower density, the shell guns, and the submachine guns can only play their greatest role within a distance of 100 meters.

In order to defend the life and death line of the entire regiment, Leng Feng was not stingy in sacrifice, but he would never let his soldiers die in vain.

All infantry, including heavy machine gunmen, were all retracted into the trenches. The temporarily excavated field trenches had no other protection functions except for having a curvature to protect the air waves caused by the explosion of shells falling into the trenches.

Everyone tried to curl up their bodies and cover their heads and press guns and ammunition under them, leaving them to fate.

After three consecutive rounds of test firing, the Japanese army's eight curved artillery began to bombard the third battalion's positions at full speed. The flowers bloomed in the wasteland, turning out the dark soil, and ignited the dead grass around the position, completely igniting a sea of ​​fire.

The Japanese military used it was not a flower bomb, but a incendiary bomb.

That was Ishiguro Sadari's idea.

"Order the Third Infantry Brigade to temporarily evacuate to 400 meters away, and the mountain cannon squadron will use incendiary bombs to fight the enemy!"

He kept holding a telescope and watching the eyes of the Japanese Army Colonel hiding in the dead grass!

The Chinese used the depth of the grass in the wasteland to ambush under the noses of their marching queues. This move was indeed beyond his expectations and almost successfully completed their tactical concepts.

He could have imagined that the troops surrounded by his own troops had no fortifications to cover up and had a sudden change, and they would have suffered heavy casualties at this time.

But Ishiguro Sadatsu also had enough confidence in his command. He believed that even if the Chinese came with an infantry division, it would not be possible to completely defeat the two infantry brigades he was surrounded within half a day.

That confidence was not obtained blindly, it was the experience of the Imperial Japanese Army in the long-term combat against China.

Even in the battle of Pingxingguan, Jin Province, China, which was hyped by the Chinese official media, half a year ago, the Chinese army surrounded a brigade of the Fifth Division with three infantry regiments, and fought for almost a whole day with more than 5,000 to 1,000!

The regular army fought fiercely against the second-line soldiers for 10 hours before they completely decided the outcome. I heard that the infantry division was the main force of the Chinese 18th Army.

Colonel Ishiguro Sadato had every reason to believe that even if he lost the first move, it would be fine for his infantry corps to last for a day or two.

Moreover, he immediately asked for help from the division headquarters. The division headquarters had ordered the 59th Infantry Regiment closest to the Bihe River and the 18th Cavalry Regiment directly under the division headquarters to quickly move closer to the 2nd Infantry Regiment and requested air support from the Front Command. The fighter jets that took off from Taiyuan Airport would arrive at the battlefield in less than an hour.

He may not lose this battle.

The calmness of the Japanese supreme commander, Colonel Saitozo Ishiguro, was also hailed by many military scientists as the biggest highlight of the 2nd Infantry Regiment's performance in this battle, but that was only the Japanese side's belief.

In the eyes of most Western military scholars and Chinese, this calmness is a catalyst for pushing the entire 2nd Infantry Regiment into the abyss of death.

If he was afraid or fearful, he would run away with the corps headquarters, the Third Infantry Brigade and several artillery squadrons. Tang Dao and the Four Army Regiment might not have a good idea, so he could only eat two infantry brigades tightly surrounded in one bite and exhale.

But unfortunately, this is almost impossible. Whether it is smart or stupid, no commander will easily abandon his nearly 2,000 colleagues and run away without hesitation. It is not only a problem that his life is difficult to save. From the bottom of his bones, they have never looked down on the Chinese, and this is the root cause of not escaping.

Moreover, the Japanese believe that Western and Chinese scholars joked about Sadatsu Ishiguro, but only discussed heroes based on the ending. In the battle situation at that time, staying calm was already the best choice made by Sadatsu Ishiguro.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The calm enough Ishiguro Sadaki not only decided to fight the Chinese army that dared to ambush his, but also saw the biggest disadvantage of the Chinese position responsible for blocking his reinforcements.

There was too much dry grass on their positions and around them. If they added a combustion aid, they would be roasted without the effort of infantry attacking and directly used flames.

The mountain artillery squadron of the 2nd Infantry Regiment happened to carry a lot of incendiary bombs.

I have to say that the calm enough Ishiguro Sadagiri's move is very vicious.

A large number of incendiary bombs were thrown to the third camp's position. The dry dry grass was naturally at a glance, and the flames rose several meters high, which made the telescope lenses in the hands of the commanders on both sides flutter red.

Not to mention the temperature of the combustion center, you can feel the burning heat wave hundreds of meters away.

Indeed, the temperature of the position where the Third Battalion is located continues to rise, causing the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion not only to bear the threat from shrapnel and air waves, but also torment from the fire.

However, this shortcoming was also considered by Tang Dao. Due to the hidden needs, the third battalion's positions could not remove the dead grass. This weakness was likely to be exploited by the Japanese army. The high heat and smoke formed by the large number of violently burning dead grass were enough to pose a fatal threat to the officers and soldiers.

Therefore, Tang Dao gave Leng Feng's third battalion a large amount of gas masks obtained from the Northeast Army's secret arsenal, and before the war, he dumped a large amount of river water around, making the soil moist enough and the trenches were equipped with a large amount of river water.

When Li Jiujin felt the heat waves hit, he ordered that the officers and soldiers of the 7th Company did not care about the cold winter months now, and poured water from the helmet to the soles of their feet.

Of course, the same was true for the 8th Company and Mo Songzi's machine gun company. Even the heavy machine guns were poured with clear water by them. Because of the high heat, the water quickly evaporated, and the entire position seemed to be shrouded in a white mist, like a fairyland.

However, everyone knows that this seemingly beautiful picture may be full of the cruelty of death.

Sadatsu Ishiguro was extremely satisfied with this situation.

"Order the Third Infantry Brigade to wet the whole body with clear water. When the fire is slightly smaller, immediately attack the Chinese positions with all their might. Tell Colonel Shenmu that the imperial warriors ahead are still fighting hard against the Chinese. He must break through the Chinese positions in the shortest time. His artillery colleagues have done everything they can do, and the rest depends on theirs." Ishiguro Sadazusa looked ahead with a cold face.

The captain of the third infantry brigade who received the military order looked extremely ugly.

He knew that although his corps captain did not say the four words "Long Live Charge", the implication was that.

Long live charge is often the last moment of the war, and the tactics used to break through the enemy's positions in one fell swoop. Although it is very encouraging, there are great casualties. It is not a last resort, and no commander is willing to choose this.

Unexpectedly, he hadn't given him a chance to choose. However, at the beginning of the battle, the Third Infantry Brigade was going to use this.

But can he refuse? Or, do you dare to refuse?

I can only hope that the Chinese people in the center of the fire were burned to death! The Japanese major was very painful to see because the dead grass was burning and the air waves caused by the re-changing flowering shells and shellings were swept across the battlefield. The fire was already much smaller. I could only give a stern order: "Order, three minutes later, the first squadron, the second squadron, the captains of each infantry squadron, and the squadron leader, and the squadron leader will lead the team, long live the charge!

If you do not receive a retreat order, if you retreat, you will die!"

This may be the most tragic "Long Live the Charge" in the history of the Japanese war, and it is not a question of how many deaths were made in battle.

Instead, long live the charge of others is a bowl of wine for each person, and they are a pot of water for each person, pouring from head to toe.

It feels so comfortable in the middle of winter!

However, there are still heroes.

The two captains and infantry squadron leaders took the lead, almost twenty or thirty Japanese officers, including lieutenants, second lieutenants, and chief Cao, took off their military uniforms and bare shirtless, showing not only their muscles, but also their fearlessness towards cold and death.

If they weren't afraid of being completely burned while running, they might have even taken off their pants!

In the words of Li Jiujin, Li Da, who saw this scene, said: Damn! The Japanese are really saving! They don’t want to get their military uniforms dirty when they die!

That may also be the most enjoyable moment when Li Jiujin, who felt that he was about to be steamed.

In front of the seventh company equipped with 30 semi-automatic rifles, 60 submachine guns, and 60 mausoleum guns, he was not afraid of such a living target, even if he multiplied by ten.

More than 300 Japanese infantrymen made plans to break into the fire with a desperate attempt, but they were not the most unlucky group.

Since that war, most of Gu Xishui's special operations squadrons have withdrawn from the north bank of the Bihe River, but it does not mean that there is no such thing as his special operations squadron in this battle.

On the contrary, in the grass in this wasteland, at least five groups of special forces were lurking, including himself and Shen Laoliu, who made great contributions, to clarify his heart!
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