Rise from the sword

Chapter 259 Night Attack and Artillery Positions

"spread."

"Watch your step and try not to walk on the road."

"Avoid roadside weeds, trees and rocks."

On the horse road leading to Yangcun, more than 20 devils bent their backs, held guns, and showed a straggler line. They walked carefully along the mountain road to the mountain. Recruits who have not been in the army for a long time pay attention to landmines.

As a second lieutenant of the brigade stationed in Shou County, he served as the captain of the imperial army for a year and successfully survived. He can be said to have rich practical experience, especially in the defense of landmines, which is even more experienced.

This is the experience accumulated by the lives of the Imperial Army in the battle against the Independence Regiment.

just.

They are a second-line division, and they are a garrison brigade. The recruits assigned to them are grades A, B, C, D, and D. They are grade C, which is only a little better than grade D for the old, weak, sick, and disabled. So these recruits, even after half a year in the recruit battalion Training, I have been serving in the Shouxian Brigade for more than two months, but the tactical movements are still very clumsy, not to mention the actual combat experience, even the quality of individual soldiers is seriously unqualified.

Fortunately, there were no accidents along the way. The independent regiment did not plant landmines around their station, and they arrived at the scheduled location safely.

After confirming the safety of the surrounding area, 29 devil soldiers gathered together to besiege the city.

Under the darkness, the second lieutenant did not turn on the flashlight, which would expose himself. He looked at the looming village in the distance with a little bit of starlight, took a deep breath, and lowered his voice:
"Where is the enemy's position."

"Using the unit as a unit, keep the distance between the individual soldiers as far as possible. When charging, the speed must be fast. The machine gunner is behind. Shoot after finding the enemy's firepower. This time we want to attract more firepower from the enemy."

Looking around, the second lieutenant raised his tone:
"My lords, show the courage of the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire."

"Hi."

A group of recruits responded in a low voice, but their tone was full of enthusiasm and excitement.

This satisfied the lieutenant very much.

Although these are recruits, although military individual soldiers are not qualified for vegetarian food, although they lack actual combat experience, although their brains are relatively stupid and their physical fitness is relatively insufficient, they may not be as good as the guerrillas of the Republic of China in one-on-one fighting.

but!

These are also the loyal warriors of the empire, the loyal soldiers of the locust, and their comprehension of bushido spirit is no less than that of the elite of the permanent division, or even better.

He stepped forward and inspected the equipment one by one.

"The grenade is tied around the waist with a belt, and the cover must be unscrewed, so that it will not fall when rushing towards the enemy's position, and the grenade covered by the body is not easy to be discovered by the enemy."

"Don't wear a helmet, it's a burden."

"..."

As a second lieutenant officer, he naturally knew that the purpose of his team was to test the enemy's situation and to detect mines. For this reason, even their bullets were only half of the usual.However, he didn't care, it was a great honor to devote his life to the empire.

"Set off···"

Raising his samurai sword, the second lieutenant took the lead and rushed forward.

Behind him, more than 20 soldiers also rushed up with crazy faces.

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Although the main force retreated, Yang Village was the home of the Independence Regiment after all. It had been operated by the Independence Regiment for more than two years since the time of Kong Jie. Such a long time was enough for the Independence Regiment to explore the surrounding terrain clearly.

As soon as the little devil entered the mountain, Zhang Dabiao arranged for him to discover him secretly.

The starlight cast slightly made it easy for the devil to be spotted.

However, after discovering the devil, the dark sentry did not shoot immediately, but reported the news to the battalion headquarters behind, and continued to observe to see if there were any follow-up devils.

"A small group of devils came up along the horse path?"

After Zhang Dabiao received the order, he was puzzled at first.

In his prediction, it is absolutely impossible for the little devil to launch a night attack. When the firepower and troops have the upper hand, the night attack, isn't that asking for trouble and limiting his own advantage?

"Only more than 20 people, no follow-up troops?"

After seeing the news later, he understood that these devils were here to try.

The villages around Yangcun were all evacuated by the independent group organization, and the spies were severely restricted by themselves, so they had no chance to pass on the news. The little devil still doesn't know if there is anyone on this mountain.

Thinking of this, Zhang Dabiao chuckled:
"Then get rid of these devils, leave no one behind, and make more noise."

"The mortar is also displayed, let the devil take a look."

To use an ugly saying, the devil is throwing a meaty bone to see if there is a guard dog, then he will eat the whole piece of meat in one bite, and then make the movement a little louder, so that the devil knows that there is no guard dog on the battlefield. Not only people, there are many people, attracting devils to attack.

"Yes."

As the messenger passed the news to the front line, the company commander in charge of the defense immediately gathered the troops and formed a pocket formation along the already established position.

In the dark, more than 20 little devils gradually approached. Under the starlight, the plastered white cloth strips on their foreheads were particularly conspicuous. The soldiers in the camp could even see the devils who bent down and touched them clearly.

Although the brainwashing was very thorough and they dared to charge forward, but compared to being brave and not afraid of death, this group of devil recruits is still short of a word of brave.After experiencing the calm ahead, the devils didn't pay attention to the landmines without repeated reminders from the officers.

boom·····

A devil stepped on the warning mine in front of the position, accompanied by an explosion and an explosive fireball, the devil was directly blown away.

"Fire..."

The company commander on the ground let out a rage, and took the lead in pulling the shell gun in his hand.

Da da da····

In an instant, more than a dozen machine guns, more than 100 rifles, plus a dozen 100-gun shell guns, under the faint light of the starlight, a whole company poured firepower on the devils more than [-] meters away. Those who hadn't had time to react The recruits and devils fell in pieces.

boom boom
Immediately afterwards, a 60mm mortar specially transferred from the firepower company also opened fire. In order to follow Zhang Dabiao's movement, this time, the mortar fired at full speed, and more than 1 shells flew towards the devils in just one minute. .

"Baga, a group of idiots, open fire..."

Seeing that he was discovered before he touched other people's positions, and the people on his side were bombed, the enemy opened fire, and there were still some people who bent over in a daze, and the machine guns of the rear team just ran away with their heads in their hands. The second lieutenant of the Japanese army was so angry Cursed endlessly:
"shooting····"

"shooting!"

Under the enraged scolding of the second lieutenant, these recruits finally came to their senses. After nearly half a year of recruit training and two months of service, these devils have somewhat acquired some military literacy, which is far better than the random recruits. There were too many, and they all fell on the ground to fight back.

Pa Pa Pa Pa... Amid the sporadic sounds of [-] big covers and crooked handles, sporadic bullets were fired at the troops on the ground.

However, at this moment, of the more than 20 devils, there are only a dozen or so left. With one meeting, half of the devil soldiers in the encirclement are wiped out.

Seeing the dense muzzle fireworks in the distance, and the mortar shells exploding around him from time to time, even though he has experienced many battles and rich actual combat experience, the second lieutenant of the little devil couldn't restrain his fear.

No matter how fanatical, no matter how crazy, as long as the reason is still there, there are few people who are not afraid of death.

Aware of his own fear, Second Lieutenant Guizi took a deep breath, recalled his beliefs and Bushido spirit, howled suddenly, suppressed the fear in his heart, and then rushed up screaming.

"Long live His Majesty the Locust."

"Long live His Majesty the Locust!"

"..."

Encouraged by the second lieutenant of the devil, the rest of the devil soldiers also shouted, yelling crazily, and rushed up with the [-]th cover with the bayonet inserted.

However, a mere dozen or so devils charged, and all their weapons were changed, and a company of an independent regiment with sufficient ammunition, the charge did not cause any waves. In the end, more than 20 devils were all wiped out, while the company on the front line only suffered three casualties. warrior.And they were all minor injuries.

"Clean up the battlefield, put away the little devils' weapons and ammunition, and send the little devils who are not dead to meet their locusts."

At the end of the battle, the company commander ordered the troops to clean up the battlefield.

"What is this little devil here for?"

Several soldiers looked at the little devil second lieutenant who had been beaten into a sieve, and while stripping off the good things on his body, they muttered in doubt.

After fighting for such a long time, it was the first time they saw such a stupid little devil. More than 20 devils rushed straight up, and they rushed towards the muzzle of the gun without flanking or even covering fire. No cartridges.

"who knows?"

Holding the second lieutenant's samurai sword in his arms, the company commander had no interest in the reason why these devils came to die.

Anyway, the devil was dead, and only a few soldiers were injured, and they were all minor injuries. Only one was reduced and could not continue to fight. He was very happy.

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Not only was the company commander of the first battalion at the front line, Oshima Suga was also very happy at this time.

"Captain."

The adjutant of the brigade held up the binoculars and looked at the explosion flames rising from time to time in the distance, with a joyful tone:

"The enemy has used mortars and a large number of machine guns. Judging from the density of firepower, there are at least 1000 troops on the ground ahead. It seems that the main force of the independent regiment should still be here in Yangcun."

"However, it's really frightening to make such a big commotion with an attack of less than 30 people."

Although their brigade seldom fought against the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army's intelligence within the Japanese army was shared. According to the experience of other troops fighting against the Eighth Route Army many times, the Eighth Route Army lacked machine guns, and mortars were even rarer.

So based on the number of machine guns he heard and the number of mortars, he deduced the attack, the number of alarmed enemies.

"Do not."

Oshima Suga shook his head, with a solemn tone:

"This independent group of Li Yunlong is not ordinary."

"Experience from other places cannot be used here. I estimate that the opponent should have only used a full squadron."

In order to keep it secret, he did not show the information given to him by Kazuki Yamamoto to the staff officers and other troops in the brigade. However, he himself knew very well that this Li Yunlong's weapons were powerful, especially light weapons, which were not weaker than his brigade at all. Mortar firepower is stronger than him.

For this encirclement and suppression, General Shinozuka specially strengthened his artillery firepower, deployed two more [-]-type mountain cannons for him, and asked him to carry two or more basic shells.In order to ensure the superiority of firepower.

"Oh?"

The adjutant and Oshima Kan have a very close personal relationship, and they have a good relationship, so they asked directly: "Your Excellency, Captain, what do you mean?"

He didn't quite believe it.

Although I know that Li Yunlong's independent regiment is very unusual, but this is a mortar and a large number of light machine guns. In terms of number, it is not much different from a squadron in the empire. If there is only one squadron, it does not mean that the opponent Is it about the same firepower as my side?

How can this be?

"Otherwise, why did you send us here?"

Oshima Kan glanced at the adjutant: "Besides, before we set off, we strengthened our artillery firepower just to deal with this Li Yunlong. This man's combat effectiveness is different from that of any Republic of China troops."

"It must not be underestimated."

"The death of Sakata United Captain is a lesson. At the beginning, Mr. Sakata set up the headquarters too close to the front line because of carelessness. Li Yunlong rushed in and killed him with mortars. This person is extremely good at grasping the opponent's weaknesses."

"This battle, remember not to be negligent."

"Hi."

The adjutant lowered his head and put his legs together.

"Don't panic. Although Li Yunlong is very strong, we still have the advantage in all aspects. As long as we are not careless, the victory will definitely belong to us."

After speaking confidently, Oshima Suga walked into a temporary headquarters in a house. The squadron leaders and staff officers of the two brigades were there, as was Ito Kotaro. After everyone saluted, Oshima Suga spread out the map and began to deploy Combat order:
"confirmed."

"Li Yunlong's independent regiment is not far away in an area called Yangcun."

"Order: The Mountain Artillery Squadron establishes an artillery position at the commanding height of No. 4. The Mountain Artillery Squadron follows the infantry to attack, and the Armored Squadron stays in place."

Although Yangcun has a horse track, it is wider than the mountain road. After all, the independent regiment ran up and down, but it was far from enough for an armored vehicle to drive. Oshima Kan had no choice but to let the strongest weapon this time be ashes.

Fortunately, he brought more artillery.

"In this battle, the artillery position is the key to victory. Li Yunlong will definitely send troops to attack the artillery position. Therefore, the first squadron of the Shouxian Brigade and the second squadron of our brigade are responsible for the safety of the artillery position. Pay attention to building a solid position in advance."

"After dawn, the cavalry (reconnaissance) team spreads out the reconnaissance to prevent the enemy from setting up an ambush around."

As the commander of the permanent division, Oshima Suga's military command strength needless to say, he is very clear about the outcome of this battle, and he can guess the progress of the battle with a high probability, so he made new deployments.

"The rest of the squadron will launch an attack tomorrow."

"Hi."

All the officers bowed their heads together.

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Yang Village.

Independent regiment.

Zhang Dabiao is also preparing for tomorrow's battle with a solemn expression.

"Tomorrow's battle, whether we can limit the devil's artillery fire is the key to determining whether we can hold Yang Village for a whole day."

"I have ordered the commander of the firepower company and the deputy commander of the artillery company to hide with two cannons ten kilometers away from Yangcun. The devils should not be able to find them at this distance. After the battle begins, they will raid the devils' artillery positions."

"But everyone is still prepared, this time the battle will be very difficult."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Dabiao looked around at the company commanders of the battalion.

Officers below the company commander suffered great losses in the battle with the devils. Since the day he took over the battalion, for more than a year, there has been no old company commander.

The brutality of the battle can be seen.

The victories achieved by the independent regiment were not only due to equipment, but also through sacrifices one by one.

"Commander, don't worry."

A company commander patted his chest, his tone full of confidence:
"It's not that we haven't been bombed by the little devil's shells. Back then we didn't even have a few machine guns, and the bullets per person were less than ten rounds. Didn't we have a head-to-head fight with the devils? Now the rich situation, I didn't dare to think about it at the beginning. "

"It's bragging that the little devil can't break through my position, but if the little devil wants to break through my position, at least two hundred devils must be left to go to hell with me."

"Ha ha···"

Zhang Dabiao was very satisfied: "I am encouraged to hear this."

"Go get ready."

Waving his hand, Zhang Dabiao said, "Remember to plant more landmines in front of the position, and also on the mountain road. The little devil sent troops to test today, but he didn't find any mines. He will definitely be careless tomorrow."

'Hehehe...'

The company commander at the forefront said grimly: "Do you need to remind me? It was buried long ago."

　The typo will be corrected tomorrow, sleep first, I can't bear it anymore...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)