Chapter 98 Bloody Battle of Songshan (4)
Ming picked up the teacup handed over by Wei Lihuang, thanked him, took two sips, continued four, strengthened the troops' night combat capabilities, and used night attacks to prevent the Japanese from living in peace. He could also break the rules and not prepare artillery fire before attacking, and caught the Japanese off guard; Fifth, use an aircraft to throw a large number of incendiary bombs, burn down the surface camouflage, and then use blockbuster bombs or fierce artillery fire to cut off the hidden trenches, water pipes and lighting power sources between the enemy fortresses; Sixth, lure the enemy to counterattack and annihilate the enemy on the surface; Seventh, the artillery is closely coordinated, and the infantry is advancing steadily, the artillery should implement blocking cover, of course, this requires the artillery to have accurate shooting and rapid response; Eighth, if you add something in front of the tank as a bulldozer, it can bury the Japanese a lot. Well, I think of these now, and I don't know if it can work." Finally, Wu Ming said modestly.
Wei Lihuang and Li Mi looked at each other, and their joy was not concealed.
"The big thing is done." Wei Lihuang slapped the table and said happily: "Now I can leave with confidence and wait for the good news."
"Every word is Zhuji, it's eye-opening." Li Mi sighed: "I'm so smart. I think so thoughtful everywhere. My Eighth Army should have made this special merit because of Brother Hua Jian."
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Over the past week, the Eighth Army has not only digged trenches to advance slowly towards the Japanese positions, but also used small groups of troops to tentatively attack and reconnaissance the enemy's firepower points, but has no large-scale offensives. The troops have rotated and conducted short-term training in the attack battle, and have made a large number of earthen chariots with wooden boards and quilts. After live ammunition, they can effectively resist the shooting of guns and bullets, increasing the confidence of the soldiers.
Aircraft and cannons were constantly preparing. After the incendiary bombs were thrown and burned, they were bombarded violently with artillery shells. After the floating soil was exploded, it was incendiary bombs, and then it was bombed again and again. This was repeated. The large and large fortresses of the Japanese army were covered fortifications. Some covers were made of one or two layers of tree trunks with diameters of 20 to 30 minutes, and the soil was accumulated more than one meter. The surface of the fortifications was cleverly camouflaged, but after this damage, the top covers of some fortifications were burned and bombed by artillery shells, and they were completely scrapped. Many tunnels connecting the fortresses were exposed or destroyed.
On July 7th, July 7th, the seventh anniversary, taking advantage of the darkness before dawn, the two battalions of the 103rd Eighth Army suddenly launched an attack on the Japanese positions in Gunlongpo without preparing for artillery fire. The Japanese army caught off guard and occupied the enemy's outpost positions in one fell swoop.
As soon as the sky was dawn, American bombers and heavy artillery groups on the east bank of Nujiang carried out violent bombings on the large-scale ground to prevent the Japanese army from firepower clamping the Matsuyamazi Highlands and the side attacks of the large-scale dragonpo.
The soldiers of the National Army either crawled forward, pushing the earthen chariot as cover while climbing, or jumping from time to time, using the craters on the positions to cover up. Under the suppression of light and heavy machine guns behind, they advanced towards the enemy's fortress.
The ground howitzers of the military artillery regiments continued to extend, always maintaining a distance of more than fifty meters from the soldiers advancing forward. The smoke and soil that rose from the bombing effectively hindered the fire support of the fortress behind the Japanese army. The mortar group used accurate artillery fire to maintain a distance of more than 30 meters from the forward. The smoke and dust from the explosion provided cover for the attacking ground assault group, firepower group, and jet group.
At this time, the soldiers of the enemy and our army on the battlefield did not open a scattered line and rushed directly to the predetermined position like in the past field operations. Instead, they used the platoon as attack units. The queues were triangles, firepower groups, assault groups, blasting groups, and support groups to cover each other. This formation not only reduced casualties from one side during attack, but also quickly approached the Japanese firepower points and bunkers, and then used explosive packs, flamethrowers or war defense artillery to directly shoot to destroy the Japanese firepower points one by one.
"Boom!" The mountain cannons pushed up to close the shooting angrily shot a shell. In an instant, the shells violently hit the Japanese bunker. After the violent explosion, the bunker was blown out of three or four square meters of large gaps. The Japanese inside screamed and shot out desperately through the gap. The soldiers of the Kuomintang also greeted them with machine guns, rifles, and grenades in their hands.
"Huh!" A fire dragon squirted into the bunker, and a lot of thick smoke immediately came out of the bunker. The Japanese devils screamed in the bunker. Several unburned ones screamed out of the bunker with fireworks all over their bodies and rushed out of the bunker for their lives. They were immediately shot into sieve by dense bullets.
With a "boom!", the flames entered the bunker, causing the ammunition in the bunker to burn and explode, and the huge force completely lifted off the top cover of the bunker.
The Japanese bunkers were in groups of three or five. Under the bombing of dense crossfire and the continuous shooting of grenade launchers, soldiers of the National Army were injured or killed, and the local chariots were blown up from time to time. However, the National Army's positions were still firm and persistent.
Stretch, push.
Several ground attack aircraft hovered over the Gulongpo, dived from time to time, and attacked the exposed Japanese and firepower points with bombs and machine guns.
"The tactics work very well!" In the cover, Li Mi put down the telescope in his hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to a group of officers who came to observe and study: "Although there were casualties, it was much better than before."
The regiment commander Cheng Peng nodded, glanced at Wu Ming, who was still watching carefully with a telescope, and said to Li Mi: "Military throne, if you continue to fight at this speed, you will be sure to hit Rolling Longpo in two days."
"You can attack, you must defend it." Li Mi said sternly: "You can push it up during the day and then lose it cowardly at night."
"Absolutely not." Cheng Peng stood at attention and promised: "Weizhi will personally guard the front line at night and will never take a step back."
Wu Ming put down his telescope and suggested: "After darkness, engineers can bury some warning landmines, or light a few fires, or continuously fire flares. This way, even if the Japanese attack at night, they will not be able to get it."
"According to General Liu's opinion," Li Mi solemnly explained: "The Americans in the flares have not been shipped yet, so we will use the first two methods. If you leave the third battalion, is it just for night defense?"
"Yes, this is the idea of Beizhi." Cheng Peng replied.
"Yes, your arrangement is correct." Li Mi said appreciatively: "Everyone else must study hard. When it's your turn to attack, don't pretend to be a bear for me!"
"Military throne, while the fighting style is effective, our army should continue to fight and not give the Japanese army time to adjust." An officer suggested: "When the brothers of the 307th Regiment are tired, I can immediately enter the battle and fight all night."
"Night battle?" Li Mi hesitated for a moment, "The airplanes cannot come to assist in the war at night, and artillery may not be able to coordinate."
"I think you can try it." Wu Ming said with a smile: "The Japanese are not immune to the unfavorable factors of our army at night. The artillery can be calibrated first, and the frontline soldiers can guide them with telephones, and tracer bullets can also be used as the artillery to indicate the target. The night is dark, and the Japanese's shooting accuracy will be greatly reduced, which will also help our army to get close to covertly."
Li Mi nodded, turned to the military artillery commander and asked, "Are you sure? If you agree, if you accidentally hurt your brothers, you will need military law."
"Military throne." The artillery commander came out from the crowd and stood attentively and saluted: "I have confidence and confidence in my duties. If something goes wrong, I will be punished by military law."
"Okay, my Eighth Army soldiers must have this spirit." Li Mi said loudly: "I order that after nightfall, the 308th will replace the 307th Regiment and attack overnight. The 309th Regiment will serve as a reserve: =: to deal with the enemy's counterattack."
Flamethrowers played a great role in the attack on Gunlongpo. Generally, within thirty or forty meters, aiming must be effective. After the flames enter the fortress, they often cause objects in the fortress to burn, ammunition explode, personnel suffocate and die, and reinforcements cannot be used immediately. However, the Japanese are indeed very stubborn. Often, the upper layer of the bunker collapses, and the lower layer continues to shoot out until they are burned to death or the bunker collapses completely.
After dying after dying, at dusk, the 307th Regiment had seized all the peripheral positions. Although it did not conquer Gunlongpo, it had achieved great results. The southwest highlands of Gunlongpo Highway were occupied by the National Army. It also formed a light and heavy machine gun bunker, and the fox pits were connected by traffic trenches to form a simple field position. 308 immediately went to the front line and launched an uninterrupted attack on Gunlongpo's main Japanese position overnight.
The firepower of howitzers, mountain cannons, mortars, grenades, and light and heavy machine guns shone the dark night sky into daylight, and the enemy and us fought fiercely for one fire point and the other.
"Boss, is it time for us to come?" Tan Zheng stepped forward and whispered.
Wu Ming shook his head gently and said with a smile: "It's the sniper going up, not all of us."
Liu Hemei blinked at Tan Zheng, turned around and went out to gather the team members.
The fierce battle was until midnight, facing the pressing of the national army, the Japanese army gathered the reserve team and began a fierce counterattack when there was no plane bombing in the dark and the bombardment of the national army's artillery became weak.
Chapter completed!