The 769th regiment is very hard!

From the very beginning, the Japanese army regarded the frontal battlefield as the main breakthrough!

Although Chinese soldiers also appeared on the high ground on both wings, after a few tests, they found that a large amount of troops needed to be invested. Colonel Goto, who was the captain of the 108th Infantry Regiment at the time, immediately adjusted his combat ideas.

The central plain of Beiganling area is relatively wide, which is the main farming land for the mountain people in this area. There are still small hills that can cover and conceal. The two-wing high grounds are slightly threatening to infantry completely exposed to the wilderness, and light machine guns and rifles are basically powerless.

And the Chinese army has artillery?

'It is better to cut one finger than to hurt his ten fingers!' The Japanese Army Colonel, who knew that he might be besieged by Chinese soldiers, made a wise decision.

In fact, at the later high-level military meeting of the 108th Division, few people criticized the Japanese Army Colonel's early tactical command, even if he wanted to let him fight against the failure of this battle.

As long as the unit can break through the Chinese front line this noon or even the whole afternoon, even if there are many Chinese on both wings with sufficient distance, the unit with sufficient firepower and infantry will not encounter the subsequent catastrophe!

They also have this strength!

After all, with artillery alone, they have 8 infantry cannons and 4 mountain cannons, and 10 94 light tanks. Not to mention attacking a mountain where a Chinese don’t have time to dig many trenches, it’s enough to be a strong city protected by city walls.

You should know that in Tengxian County in Xuzhou, the Chinese Sichuan Army has an army of more than 4,000 people, but there is only one infantry brigade that sieges the city. In addition, they are equipped with 4 mountain cannons and 2 92 infantry cannons, which makes it extremely difficult for the Chinese Sichuan Army to fight!

When neither side had the air force involved in the war, artillery was the key to dominating the battlefield!

Although the infantry artillery and mountain artillery equipped by the Japanese army were only considered small-caliber artillery in this era, it was well-deserved NO.1 in this barren mountain in China.

Especially the 75mm howitzer with a killing radius of 10 meters is added, in the Taihang Mountains where there are more stones and less soil, because of the rocks stimulated by the air waves, the lethality power is even increased. In the future, it is a BUFF superimposed.

The commander of the 769th Regiment was wise enough and did not choose to fight the Japanese army as soon as he came up. The two infantry battalions each came out to form a defense line of 1,000 meters along the mountain, leaving an infantry company as a reserve team, but this did not mean that nearly 600 officers and soldiers were directly thrown under the threat of Japanese artillery fire.

In fact, most people still hid behind the mountain, leaving only a few observation posts in each company. As soon as the Japanese infantry came up, they returned from the back of the mountain to a simple position that had been built with stones.

This is also the benefit of Stone Mountain. If you don’t have time to dig trenches, then you can carry a large stone in front of you. You can’t block the shells, but it’s enough to block the bullets. It’s helpless, but it also has a certain effect.

However, facing the fierce artillery fire of more than 300 shells poured out by the Japanese army for 20 minutes, such simple fortifications built with stones in a hurry were basically a win-win situation.

To put it bluntly, the significance of this kind of fortification that can provide protection depends on personal luck!

Because it takes a certain amount of time to move from behind the mountain to the position, in order to ensure that it can suppress the impact of Japanese infantry, the four infantry companies placed 4 infantry squads on their respective positions.

The ending is that only half of the people who survived in such a shelling attack were allowed to survive.

Nearly 30 people were torn to pieces by the fire of the Japanese invaders before they could even shoot the Japanese invaders.

At this time, the 921st Division had not developed and summarized any reverse slope tunnel tactics, but with sufficient rich combat experience, the general of the 769th Regiment still had the prototype of this famous tactic in the battle of the Ice Field, which had at least 70% of the effect.

The most important tactical method of the reverse inclined tunnel tactic is not to defend the top of the mountain, but to withdraw the tunnel on the back of the mountain, and to cover the edge position with its own artillery fire before recapturing it.

To put it bluntly, if you want to fight this kind of mountain defense battle mainly based on reverse slope tunnels, first of all, the defender must have a large number of artillery, enough artillery to cover the edge positions.

But the 769th Regiment currently does not have these. They have no other artillery except for a few small-caliber mortars, and they have no time to build any tunnels, and all the soldiers are exposed behind the ridge.

If the Japanese Air Force had participated in the war at this time, there would be almost no need to fight this battle. The bombs dropped from the air alone would be enough to bury more than 1,000 Chinese infantry in this mountain.

A strong will can overcome the fear of death, but the fiery artillery fire brings death!

The reason why miracles are called miracles means that they are extremely rare and do not mean that they will happen every moment.

Fortunately, the Japanese army has not yet reached the level of integrated land and air. The Xuzhou battle is in full swing nearly a thousand kilometers away, and most of the air forces have gone to the war zone there. The battlefield at most 10,000 people here is not enough to make the Japanese North China Front Command focus here.

In the morning, Xiong Yuan asked the mainland aviation support and let the indoor shroud in Pingcheng glance at the telegram for help from the special division, the entire Japanese North China Front Command did not pay more attention to the battlefield in eastern Jin.

This is completely understandable. One Front Army Command commands an army of 300,000. If only a few thousand people have to pay attention to the battlefield, then wouldn’t the Army General be exhausted to death?

So, overall, although the bomber formation composed of six Japanese bombers more than an hour ago caused considerable losses to the main force of the 769th Regiment, it was still in the march, and the queue was three or four kilometers long. If it were concentrated on a battlefield less than a thousand meters like it is now, the dozen heavy bombs would be lost, which would probably be more than twice as much.

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Besides, there are not enough artillery or perfect fortifications in this battlefield. For the general of the 769th Regiment, the position on the top of the mountain must not be lost. He can only harden his heart and fill the elite soldiers under his command into the battlefield with a mortality rate of more than half.

But that's not the end. Looking at the battlefield where the smoke was about to disappear through the telescope, many Chinese soldiers rushed down from the top of the mountain and carried the wounded to the rear of the position. A hint of coldness appeared on the corner of the Japanese Army's Grand Colonel's mouth.

"Order! After stopping artillery fire for three minutes, the artillery fire will be fired again for 10 minutes!"

"Your Excellency the United Captain, you are..." A major standing beside Goto asked carefully.

As one of the two majors who accompanied the captain of the colonel, Nobita was much luckier than Hiro Komura, who followed him with three infantry squadrons and a heavy machine gun squadron. He didn't have to work hard on the narrow mountain road, and there was even a 94 armored vehicle to ride, although the smell of diesel inside was so scented that it made people vomit.

However, Nobuo is very smarter than Major Nobita. He knows that the reason he can follow Colonel Goto is not because he is so handsome, but because he is well versed in the way of playing horses. He photographed the boss very comfortable at several military meetings. At this time, he suddenly saw the boss temporarily changing his tactics and not allowing the front-line infantry to launch a tentative charge, but allowing the artillery to continue shooting, which must have his profound meaning.

Especially after issuing the military order, he looked at the Colonel in the distance with a deep look in his eyes. But he still didn't know what he wanted?

That was clearly waiting for him to ask questions, but fortunately, the command center temporarily built by the commander Xiong Yuan Division was pretending to be forced...

Of course, it is not that this colonel is a pretentious dealer, but a common behavior of the commander establishing his prestige in the army.

Who made this joint force temporarily drawn from the armies in Lucheng? Among the more than 2,000 Japanese troops, there were only 400 direct troops under the Colonel's corps captain.

"Nebijun, you should have seen the color of military uniforms worn by the Chinese on the position!" The Japanese Army Grandpa's mouth pulled down, revealing a solemn look.

"Hi! I saw it at the bottom of the post. It was dark gray, and it should be the 921st Division of the Chinese!" Nobita nobita's head was heavy, and his face also showed bitterness.

China has many troops in Jin Province, which refers not to a large number of soldiers, but factions, including the Central Army of the Shanxi Sui Army, the Northwest Army, and the Sichuan Army. There is also an Eighty Army. The connection between the armies of various factions is so complicated that it makes the Japanese confused, even the Chinese theater command wants to scratch their heads!

But as the situation in Jin Province deepened, the Japanese army, who had been fighting on this land for half a year, finally had their own judgment.

The Jinsui Army and the Central Army are equipped with the best equipment, but their fighting will is a little poor. If you can beat it, you will fight. If you can't beat it, you will withdraw. As long as you don't force them into a desperate situation, you will be able to do so.

The Northwest Army and the Sichuan Army had slightly worse equipment, but their will was tenacious. Once they were fired, they would be a life-long rhythm. Fighting against them, all Japanese troops would be in trouble.

However, no matter how tenacious these two are, the Japanese army that has the upper hand is not afraid. If you want to die, I will die.

Finally, we have to talk about the Eighty Army. This should be the most troublesome force in the entire Jin Province.

The force has no large strength, and it is only two infantry divisions with a scale of over 20,000, which is similar to the strength of a Japanese special division. There is no need to mention the equipment. They are one of the worst-equipped Chinese troops in the entire Jin Province. It is estimated that they have been raised. Perhaps only the most famous "beggar" army from Sichuan Province can compete with them!

But they have spent half a year successfully becoming the most troublesome army for the Japanese army, no doubt about it.

Many of their troops and tenacious fighting will can be called a strong army, and they are fully qualified to fight head-on with an infantry brigade-level unit, but they are not.

Never fight head-on and break it into pieces on a large scale, the battlefield revolves around long lines of traffic, hitting sticks, hitting spears, and attracting snakes out of holes, making the Japanese divisions and other elusive tactics that make the heads of the Japanese divisions as big as a fight.

The traffic line that has been fully mastered is not as effective as half of the theoretical ones, and the transportation and marching efficiency of this force are less than half of the theoretical losses, and the losses of soldiers, materials, etc. are greater than those on the regular battlefield.

The key is that you can't wipe them out yet, because they will always hide in the mountains, making people feel helpless.

Even as an opponent, I have to admire them a little. The mountains can become a barrier to protect them, but there is no way to get enough supplies, food, salt, ammunition, and clothing, and other necessities of military forces.

Judging from the clothes of the soldiers who died in battle, in the middle of winter, there was even only one shirt and a cotton uniform. The temperature in the Taihang Mountains in the evening was minus 10 degrees below the winter, and the weather turned into ice. By living with this, God knows how they did it.

Their most obvious sign is the gray military uniform, because their military uniforms do not have enough dye and are the color of cheesecloth itself.

Moreover, don't think they are only good at attacking and ambushing. They are equally good at fighting tough battles. There were two infantry squadrons besieging a mountain village two months ago.

In order to cover the evacuation of Chinese civilians in the mountain village, an infantry company guarded the village. Without any solid fortifications, two infantry squadrons and an infantry artillery attacked the whole day and paid nearly 100 casualties to conquer the village.

The total strength of the infantry company is only 125 people. After inspection, it was found that the reason why the two infantry squadrons were able to conquer the position was not that they could crush their strength, but that the infantry company's ammunition was completely consumed. After a detailed inventory of the remaining bullet shells on the ground, it was concluded that the per capita bullet in the infantry company was no more than 15 rounds!

It was a number that made any Japanese commander stand upright. They could not imagine how many infantry attacks they could withstand if they distributed 120 bullets to the Chinese soldiers who were the same as those of the Japanese infantry individuals.

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The strong will to fight and the difficult tactics are the label of this force!

And now, this Chinese army that makes people feel headache, liver and kidney pain is right opposite them.

"Yes! It's that difficult Chinese army. If nothing unexpected happens, the battle in Licheng is just their cover. In fact, the real combat intentions are all on our 1,500 troops in Shentouling!" The Japanese Army Colonel sighed slightly. "The classic surrounding point attacks and aids, but even if our army knows, it still has to be fooled, because, including the division commander, no one can give up more than 1,000 imperial officers and soldiers easily!"

"Then they are here..." Nobita Nobita actually felt like a mirror in his heart, but he also wanted to pretend to be ignorant.

Because, here, the army colonel in front of him is the protagonist!

"Of course, it is to stop our troops from reinforcement of Shentouling. It is the same combat mode as the parallel pass half a year ago. The Chinese used half of the main force to besiege the baggage brigade of the Fifth Division, and the other half of the main force to block the reinforcements of the Fifth Division from the periphery!" A cold light appeared in the eyes of the Japanese army colonel. "But this time they were too confident. The officers and soldiers of the empire were surrounded by Shentouling were not baggage brigades, and our troops were not those idiots who could not go 10 miles during the day!"

"Just like now, in order to avoid my artillery bombardment, the Chinese had to put their main force behind the ridge, but they dared not leave anyone on the front line, for fear that the imperial infantry would advance quickly under the cover of artillery fire! Their commanders were very smart and cold!

Then, I'll let him try out what coldness is!

Didn’t they claim to be generous in sacrifices! Then let them watch their colleagues die wailingly under our artillery fire!

Their soldiers have a strong fighting will, which is very good. When our troops set off this time, they carried nearly 2,000 shells of various types! They consumed their lives, and we consumed shells!"

"Your Excellency the Captain of the United Nations, wise!" Nobie's face burst into joy. "But the other side of Shentouling?"

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Ye Bijun, you must have enough confidence in the imperial officers and soldiers!" The Japanese Army Colonel waved his hand and said firmly.

"Hi! I understand!" Nobi Nobita's key point.

The 769th Regiment on the front position must also make a choice in the face of the Japanese bombardment again!

The young general, hardened his heart and sent soldiers again to the battlefield with a mortality rate of 50%.

And the soldiers, implement it firmly!

In terms of implementing military orders, the 921st Division is completely comparable to the Four Corps, or even stronger. All the soldiers who received military orders took their soldiers to the battlefield that could be smashed to pieces at any time without hesitation.

There was no overture in this battle, and it went directly to the decisive battle.
Chapter completed!