Rise from eight hundred.

On the ground, two valleys and several mountain peaks were blown up by bombs dropped by Japanese planes, and the sky was full of flames and thick smoke.

Thick black smoke can be seen through the telescope even at the foot of the mountain several kilometers away.

But the Japanese troops on the mountain and on the ground were not happy at all, because the formation of the huge fleet hovering in the sky was sparsely visible to the naked eye.

Like a group of birds mourning their companions, they didn't even dare to approach the area where the corpses of their companions were, and they circled in the sky several kilometers away from the battlefield at a height of at least 2000 meters before turning around and leaving.

"Lu Hang is untrustworthy, and neither is the 108th Division. The future of the Second Mixed Brigade must depend on you." Shan Xiaxia, who looked a little ugly, did not yell at him. He gently put down the binoculars in his hand, and cast his gaze on Majors.

Although his tone was calm, the Japanese military officers who observed carefully could still judge from his slightly trembling hands holding the binoculars that their own major general brigade commander never had the calmness shown on his face.

Really, Lu Hang and those guys are too stupid.It doesn’t matter if the artillery positions of the Chinese were not destroyed, but the key is that they were still under the noses of thousands of imperial officers and soldiers. Killing half of them, how big a blow to the morale that was already low enough, do those idiots know?
Morale is a mysterious thing, but it really exists. When the morale is high enough, one person can be used as two people. Originally, a cat can roar like a tiger, but when the morale is low, the combat power can be 50.00% of the previous one. It's not bad.

Looking at the last hope and being beaten by the opponent, the morale of the Japanese infantry who was already trapped and failed in the attack yesterday evening is almost doomed to decline again. What's more terrible is that the Chinese are almost showing off through this battle. Showed his fangs and teeth.

As far as the anti-aircraft artillery it displayed, let alone ordinary Japanese soldiers, even senior officers like them couldn't help being terrified.

If the Chinese move these anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to the frontal battlefield, what kind of destructive power will it produce?

What is Crow Brain?
In the afternoon, a Japanese major really wanted to hit the shell box with his head.

What do you really think, the Chinese actually brought the terrifying thing like machine guns to the frontline battlefield.

Moreover, before entering the front-line battlefield, they also built strong enough fortifications, which were not even blasted by infantry artillery.

What's terrible is that the Chinese also secretly moved the heavy mortar forward, because after the infantry artillery that wanted to kill the opponent exposed its position, it was bombarded by five or six consecutive shells and blasted to the sky.

The heavy barrel of the 220 kg 92 infantry gun usually takes three pack horses, but in front of the projectiles blasted by that kind of large-caliber mortar, it is like a small bamboo pole.

The Japanese major watched as a 92 infantry artillery was rolled up by the air wave to a height of five or six meters, and then smashed into a trench, smashing five imperial artillerymen who were curled up to hide from the shells. mud.

Of course, the reason why the Chinese moved the anti-aircraft guns to the flat ground was also because the stricken front army and aviation were trying to make a last-ditch effort.

It is true that if the number of imperial officers and soldiers as high as 8000 is eaten by the Chinese, it will deal a heavy blow to the honor of the front army and even the entire imperial army.

The Taierzhuang World War I lost 2 imperial officers and soldiers. At any rate, it was a large-scale battle in which the two sides invested more than 80 troops. The data of 2 people compared to the input of nearly a million troops can at least fool the people who don't know the inside story.

But in the Battle of Southeast Shanxi, the two sides invested 20 yuan, but it was just a small battle, and even an established brigade was eaten up by people, that is, even a fool can't be fooled.

The last twelve fighter planes in Yuancheng flew to the battlefield after a brief repair and reloaded with bombs. They didn't dare to look for the so-called artillery positions easily, so they took the infantry on the flat ground to vent their anger.

But here comes the problem again. The Chinese seem to have expected this move a long time ago, and even deployed anti-aircraft guns on the field positions. The twelve fighters were originally frightened birds. They were hit by anti-aircraft guns with a range of up to 2500 meters. Where dare to enter again? In the airspace of 2000 meters, the bomb is dropped in the airspace of 2300 meters.

After more than half a day of fortification excavation, the position of the Four Elements Regiment is actually only 100 meters from the Japanese position at the nearest point, and the farthest is only 400 meters. From a high altitude, it looks almost like you are next to me and I am close to you, like Men and women in love can't wait to blend into each other.

Even the artillery can't guarantee whether its shells will have an error of 200 meters, let alone the bombs dropped from the air.

This is good, the bomb was thrown regardless, but neither of China and Japan, which are very close, fell well. The Chinese side had two-thirds, and the Japanese side had one-third. .

If the Japanese infantry hadn't used this half a day to dig the trenches tirelessly, and dug the trenches to a depth of almost two meters, really, the tens of pounds or even hundreds of pounds of bombs dropped by these own people would have made them uneasy. Few people lost their language ability to have various indescribable incidents with the women in the families of the Japanese Army Airline pilots.

To put it bluntly, the Japanese Army Aviation is playing a seven-injury punch, which hurts others and hurts itself!

However, if it is true about the battle damage, the Four Elements Regiment whose main force is mainly hiding in the mountains is much less than the Japanese army whose main force is all on the front line. People blow themselves apart.

For the whole day, apart from playing handjobs, the Four Elements Group was digging trenches, digging trenches, and continuing to dig trenches!

In addition, it is to use the anti-aircraft machine gun hidden in the bunker to hit all suspicious targets seen in the field of vision.

Even at a distance of 1000 meters, the heavy machine gun fortification piled with two layers of sandbags is a thick cigar warhead that can smash people even if it is full of kinetic energy. , just like the kind of sand that was blown away by the shells, it made a thumping sound when it hit the helmet.

The field fortifications piled up with great difficulty by the Japanese army died before they were officially put into use. How could the Japanese commanders bear it?

Therefore, 92 infantry artillery was mobilized to deal with this terrible machine gun.

In June, the sun was already scorching hot. The situation on the battlefield at that time was that soldiers from both sides of China and Japan took off their military uniforms, sweating with bare arms and digging various trenches, including anti-mountain guns and mortars. holes, but the sound of shelling on the battlefield has never stopped.

The Chinese machine guns hit various heavy firepower fortifications on the raised ground of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army immediately responded with 92 infantry artillery to shell the Chinese machine gun fortifications and field fortifications, and then various Chinese mortars joined the battle How could the Japanese army who had suffered a loss give up, so they called their artillery brigade again.

The final outcome is that the mountain artillery firepower groups of both sides jumped out again and fired at the opponent's position.

Fighting back and forth, the infantry on both sides suffered all the pain.

It’s just that because the Chinese side had been prepared for a long time, when Bai Sheng’s engineering company came, it brought a lot of supporting materials such as steel plates and steel columns. Whether it was machine gun fortifications or infantry platoon’s anti-blasting holes, they were all supported by steel bars. The strength of the fortifications is much stronger than the earthen field fortifications of the Japanese army that lost a lot of luggage and rely entirely on the structural strength of the earth and rocks.

This can also be regarded as the first battle on the North China battlefield, whether in terms of light or heavy firepower or the strength of the fortifications, the Chinese side surpassed the Japanese side in an all-round way.

On this day, except for the artillery battle and the digging of various tunnels, the Chinese and Japanese infantry did not actually have much contact with each other.

Including the 683 brigade that blocked the Japanese army in Changle Village, except that in the morning, there was a burst of mortar shells on the flanks of the battlefield, and then the heavy machine guns fired and blew the charge for a long time, scaring the Japanese infantry. , In fact, the famous scene of soldiers charging did not really appear.

As for the 772 regiment blocking the front, it seems that I will beat you if you dare to come. The Japanese attack.

Intercepting from the front and pressing from the rear, the Chinese strategy is in line with the current battlefield situation, but Yamashita has already learned the numbers of the two Chinese troops that appeared in front of him through the intelligence department of the front army during the day.

One is the Four Elements Regiment, which is registered in the headquarters of the Front Army, and the other is the elite infantry brigade under the command of the Eightyth Group Army, which is also famous in the southeast of Shanxi.

Needless to say, the famous Chinese brigade commander was born in the highest military academy in China. His military career has been in the front line for more than ten years, except for a two-year blank period. under the mountain.

It's nothing more than rich experience in actual combat. The terrible thing is that the 30-year-old is in his prime, both mentally and physically. Who dares to ignore such a general?
Another army colonel named Tang Dao was only in his 20s, even younger than Yamashita's eldest son, but he was able to lead the crowd out of the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of troops and repeatedly wounded the pursuers behind him. Who dares to treat him as a young man in his 20s just because he has to turn a page in the list of officers who have killed the army's major and above?

Comparing the two, Shan Xiawen is even more afraid of Tang Dao.

Having passed the age of knowing destiny, he understands the difference between young people and middle-aged people too well.

Being young means that thinking is more flexible, and they will not stick to the rules. Even, they will do behaviors that make middle-aged people feel unbelievable.

The years have endowed middle-aged people with the characteristics of maturity and calmness, but at the same time, they have also worn away their vigor and enough adventurous spirit.

How wonderful is youth?If mature and calm middle-aged people are allowed to choose by themselves, they will often easily give up everything they have gained through decades of hard work, and choose a youthful time with nothing but enough.

Because youth means that there are too many possibilities.

Possibly, Tang Dao, a young commander who had gnawed a lot of fat in the Imperial Japanese Army, was playing tricks on the Second Mixed Brigade.

Everything now is just an illusion to paralyze the opponent.

Yamashita has reason to believe that with the abilities of Tang Dao and the major general brigade commander, they will not know that the 108 troops of the 2th Division are on their way to help the Second Mixed Brigade, and they will put their so-called confidence in the infantry division of the Central Army body.

The Central Army is well-known, but the Japanese North China Front Army, which has competed with the Central Army, has an extremely pertinent evaluation of it. However, most of the officers have an almost pathological mentality of preserving their strength, which leads to their combat effectiveness not being able to exert half of what they should be, and is even far inferior to those Northwest Army and Sichuan Army, which are called miscellaneous troops in the Chinese army.

No matter how scumbag the 108th Division is, with 2 to 1.5, two days is enough to break through the defense.

Therefore, Yamashita, who had been studying his two opponents for an entire afternoon, issued a military order to raise the vigilance of the entire army to the highest level in the evening when the artillery fire gradually ceased.

He judged that the Chinese will definitely take action this evening.This is also what the Four Elements Group and the 683 Brigade love to do most.

The battle report about the Four Elements Regiment clearly shows that they are extremely good at night raids. Whether it is the Four Elements Regiment's night attack on the Sixth Heavy Artillery, or Mouse Mountain's resistance to the Kunisaki Detachment's battle, they have brought the essence of night raids into full play. extreme.

The reason why the Guoqi detachment was sent back to North China by the East China Front Army was not because it lost an infantry regiment in the mountains of Guangde, but because its heavy firepower was completely destroyed by the Four Elements Regiment, and it basically lost its ability to attack. If it is forced to stay on the front line in East China, the East China Front Army will also deploy artillery support for it, a typical oil bottle!

Late at night was originally a time period for effective physical and mental recovery after a day of exhaustion, but because of the highest alert order issued by Yamashita, the tragic Japanese army had to hold on to the half-dream posture, holding the rifle in the trench, Standby.

The severe lack of sleep, the coldness of the trenches, and the clear mountain wind were all the straws that brought the Japanese soldiers' mental and physical strength to the brink of collapse.

A few kilometers away, Tang Dao, who was convening a meeting of the three major infantry battalion commanders under his command, as well as the deputy battalion commanders and deputy instructors of the artillery battalion, special agent battalion and other directly subordinate battalions, issued completely opposite military orders.

"Except for the necessary guards in each battalion to prevent sneak attacks by the devils, the rest of the personnel must hurry up and rest. Get up at 6 o'clock tomorrow and prepare for a decisive battle with the enemy! Oh, yes, the engineering company cannot rest for the time being, and the important work is still up to you. It will be completed, whether you can successfully break through the current Japanese defense line tomorrow depends on you."

"Sir, do you want to send the brothers from the reconnaissance company to sneak into the battlefield to engage the artillery brigade of the Japanese invaders? The 24 mountain cannons are too much of a threat to the infantry. If the three battalions break through the devil's position, they will die together." , our loss is too great." Leng Feng hesitated for a while, and finally stood up and suggested.

"The reconnaissance company is not a god. Don't look at the pitch black and quiet in the Japanese army's position. Believe it or not, if there is any trouble, the flares will be fired into the sky without money. And they still have enough troops now. There is no need to let the reconnaissance Even to take such a big risk.

Those 24 mountain cannons are not a small threat to us, but do you think that the shelling of this day is a huge sea, and you have nothing to do to beat devils?Come on, Commander Dahai, explain to Commander Leng so that he won't sleep well at night. "Tang Dao smiled slightly, and cast his eyes on the deputy battalion commander of the artillery battalion.

"Hey, Battalion Commander Leng, you should sleep soundly. The territory occupied by the devils is only so big. After this day, combined with the information sent by the brothers of the reconnaissance company who sneaked into the mountains over there, my artillery battalion has basically estimated Their general location, when the general offensive is launched tomorrow, my artillery battalion will not open the way for the infantry brothers, let's use them first." Pang Hai grinned, and answered Leng Feng confidently.

"Really?"

Not only Leng Feng's eyes suddenly lit up.

The three infantry battalion commanders looked at each other with joy on their faces.

Although the Japanese infantry used their daytime efforts to deepen and heighten the trenches, those were nothing to the commanders of the three major infantry battalions who had already fought many tough battles.

The only thing that makes them feel stuck in their throats is the 24 mountain cannons, which can fire more than 5 shells at a time of 500 minutes. If it is in the trenches, it is okay, but once the troops enter the charge state, what is there on the trench ground, flying shrapnel and The overflowing air waves are a disaster for the infantry exposed to the surface.

Now Pang Dahai vowed to lock the general area of ​​the Japanese artillery and suppress it with artillery before the infantry charged. How could the three infantry battalion commanders not be happy?

"If the Japanese artillery group can focus on the infantry of our regiment when the general offensive is launched tomorrow, then I, Pang Hai, will cut off this fat body and give it to you brothers to refine oil. Kick the ball!" Pang Dahai patted his chest, and the fat hidden under the military uniform swayed.

"Hey, hey, you swear by Deputy Battalion Commander Pang, why do you want to bring Lao Tzu with you?" Cheng Tieshou
"You are my brother and partner! Brothers have the same blessings and share the same hardships. I have already refined my fat, and you, Old Cheng, can't just look at it with a smile?" Pang Hai's reason made it impossible to refute.

"If there is a choice, I'd rather your fat head be a ball player, and I'd be refining oil!" Cheng Tieshou rolled his eyes.

"Is there a difference between the two?"

"No, but I think your head is suitable for playing football, what's wrong."

"According to what you said, I can refine oil and be suitable for football."

"Forget it, I can't let you alone, who made us partners!"

Listening to the bickering between No. [-] and No. [-] of the Artillery Battalion, everyone burst into laughter.
Especially these two who had just finished fighting, also looked at each other and smiled.

A few days ago, there was a slight gap between the two of them because of who was the deputy battalion commander and who was the deputy instructor. Because of the jointly identified partners and brothers, it disappeared!
There was a hint of a smile on the corner of Tang Dao's mouth.

The army is highly hierarchical and precise like a machine, but it is also composed of people, and it is also a rivers and lakes!

It is the rivers and lakes, there are disputes, some people win and some people lose.

There is only one position, there will always be people who can't be ranked, and it's normal to have emotions.

Just like Pang Pang Hai and Cheng Tieshou, the two had similar status from the beginning, and their military achievements were equally high, but Tang Dao finally chose Pang Pang Hai as the deputy battalion commander of the artillery battalion, and was also the acting chief officer designated by the military order. Above Cheng Tieshou, Cheng Tieshou was of course unhappy.

Tang Dao's reason is very good. Pang Hai is in charge of directly commanding the mountain artillery company and the heavy mortar company, and the support for the infantry is obviously more important. Relatively speaking, the function of Cheng Tieshou's air defense company is slightly weaker.

However, Tang Dao believes that his brother, the battlefield, can make him understand that the lives of his brothers are much more important than the so-called status in the secular world.

Sure enough, Cheng Tieshou did not disappoint him.

Looking up at the sky, the sky is full of stars, and tomorrow will definitely be a good weather.

As the saying goes: the scorching sun and the mountain wind are hunting, it is a good time to kill devils!