Rise from eight hundred.

Zhao Daqiang's company's attack on the Japanese city wall was not actually the whole company rushing forward in a swarm, but an infantry in the front, an infantry in the back, and the fire platoon at the end.

Because they did not use the most commonly used skirmish line of the national army to charge forward, but the 200-meter front was too narrow for them, and it was impossible to fit two infantry platoons.

An infantry platoon has three infantry squads. One is slightly in front, one is slightly behind, and the other is behind the side. A large triangle is formed between the three squads.

Each infantry in the infantry squad advances in a staggered interval of 3 to 5 meters. If you look down from the sky, you can clearly see the forward formation of an infantry squad. From the front, it looks like an inverted triangle, with a triangle on the left and right, and three triangles on the left and right. The triangle forms a big triangle again, the distance between each point is about 30 meters, and the edge distance is kept at a 45o inclination.

Three infantry squads form a large triangle, and so on and on, three platoons, three companies, and even three battalions.

In the middle of the combat triangle formed by the infantry squad, the squad leader holding a submachine gun and the squad's light machine gun and grenade group are in a straight line.

The four-row regiment, which has been equipped with Czech semi-automatic rifles, has fully reached the equipment level of American cowboys on the Pacific battlefield.

The first attack triangle is a squad officer armed with an MP28 submachine gun and two infantrymen armed with bolt-action single-shot rifles, flanked by two semi-automatic rifles armed with a precision marksman armed with a Mogansina rifle. The infantry on the other flank was a veteran armed with a semi-automatic rifle leading two infantry armed with bolt-action single-shot rifles.

In the attack state, nine infantrymen could spit out more than 30 rounds of ammunition at the enemy within 120 seconds, which was almost equivalent to the amount of firepower that two squadrons of the Japanese army could pour out. Moreover, this was only auxiliary firepower.

The sharpest of the entire infantry squad is the light machine gun in the center of the three triangles and another MP28 submachine gun. In 30 seconds, the light machine gun and MP28 submachine gun can fire more than 150 rounds of bullets. On the one hand, the firepower value of an infantry squad in the attack state can reach nearly 30 rounds of bullets in 300 seconds.

On the other hand, a 54-man infantry squad in the Japanese army, with two light machine guns and more than 40 infantrymen, fired a total of no more than 30 bullets within 400 seconds.If it was a squad with the same number as the infantry squad of the Four Elements Regiment, it would have been unknown where it would have been instantly killed.

The rifle grenade is also a very important weapon for the infantry. Although the range is slightly short, its direct-point range of more than 300 meters is enough to ensure that the infantry squad can destroy the civil engineering work in front of the infantry squad during the attack.

This is Tang Dao's improved three-three system based on the current equipment structure of the four-line regiment. Its core not only maintains the flexibility and multi-layering of the original three-three tactics, but also ensures the core of the team's firepower. All offense and defense are centered around The light machine gun and rifle grenade firepower group was the central point. It seemed somewhat similar to the machine gun squad tactics of the German Empire at this time, but it maintained more of the flexibility of the infantry.

This kind of offensive and defensive formation with clear distribution of firepower and mutual assistance does not have the shortcomings that are currently widely used in the West when skirmishers advance in multiple layers. It is especially important that the interval between each battle group is kept at a reasonable distance. Avoided the problem of excessive loss when encountering artillery coverage.

According to calculations, a Japanese-style 90mm mortar shell falling into the attack formation can only cause 1 casualty, and a 105mm howitzer falling down can only destroy 2 groups at most. There will be no more than two groups of casualties, but the casualties of ordinary lines will reach as many as dozens of people under the same circumstances.

Because of this tactic, the core firepower group has been kept in the center of the three triangles, so unless it is suddenly hit by three to four consecutive 75mm shells, the machine gunner or grenade group can always be retained, so that the squad can be reduced and regrouped. The firepower will not be completely extinguished.

Of course, this calculation of casualties is based on heavy Japanese artillery fire.At this moment, the biggest role of the three-three formation is not to prevent casualties, but to maximize firepower.

In addition to the dozens of light and heavy machine guns on the two wings to avoid their advancing figure and the rifle firepower of more than 100 infantrymen, even if it is a surprise advance, the frontal firepower of the two infantry platoons and six infantry squads dispatched by Zhao Daqiang is not worth a Japanese army. infantry squadron.

What's more, it is still unknown whether the Japanese army still has an infantry squadron that can fight back.

Anyway, no more than ten soldiers fell during the assault.

For the assault troops charging against the city defense fortifications, the casualties were extremely small.

Along with the infantry platoon, there were also medical soldiers, and the fallen soldiers were dragged by them to hide in the bunkers they could hide in the field and rescued immediately.

Finding the surviving brothers among the fallen bodies of the brothers who lived together day and night is also a difficult choice for all medical soldiers, and it is also a huge test for their psychology.

Medics also have wartime regulations, and their priority is to rescue soldiers who have not been shot critically.Although this is cruel, this is a battlefield.Sacrifice is unavoidable, what they have to do is to ensure that all soldiers who are still alive continue to live, instead of showing sadness in the face of death.

If you want to have the right to be sad, you have to wait until you win the damn war the Japanese started.

Not only do they have to bear the huge psychological pressure of choosing to rescue their comrades, they also have to face the threat of their own death in the face of bullets.

But on the battlefield, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Line Regiment also protected them the most closely.Medical soldiers are the first lifeline for all officers and soldiers. Once they are shot, it depends on their ability whether they can survive to the field hospital for rescue.

He marched against the enemy's bullets and tried his best to shoot the bullets in his gun's chamber. But whether he could survive after being shot depended not only on God's face, but also on whether the medical soldiers were good enough.

In fact, the Chinese soldiers were brave enough to advance through the ruins of the city wall completely shattered by explosives in the rain of bullets, but the Japanese army was by no means pinched by mud, even if it was a 20mm machine gun that washed the ground and pressed people into sandbag fortifications They were still fighting back.

Machine guns and rifles are constantly shooting from places you didn't expect and where you didn't expect. In the night, it's like shooting stars that keep flashing, bringing a strong breath of death.

The fighting will of the Japanese veterans in the early days of the war must not be ignored.

In 10 minutes, when the infantry that completely suppressed the firepower of the Japanese army entered the city wall one by one and began to surrender the Japanese troops hiding on the wall and behind the city wall, the Japanese army, which was attacked on two or even three sides, had no power to resist, and the entire defense line collapsed completely. .

They were either shot by automatic firearms and semi-automatic firearms on the way to escape after abandoning the defense line, or they were killed by mortar shells or hand grenades in the already burning fortifications.

During the whole process, the Japanese army had no artillery support, but as long as there was a cannon, the number of officers and soldiers of the Four Elements Regiment who fell on the battlefield was several times as many as it is now.

Fortunately, Saburo Okabe is too confident. Before the war, when he gathered three and a half divisions to encircle the Chinese army in the east of Jin, he never thought that one day the Chinese would not only defeat his encirclement, but also attack him with a counterattack. frontline logistics base.

The battle of the Japanese army on the entire west gate defense line lasted less than 20 minutes after the city wall was blasted away by explosives.The fighting spirit of nearly a hundred Japanese soldiers completely collapsed, and they fled into the city along the trails in the residential area.

Because the Four Lines Group has been in a defensive posture after acquiring a mechanic's equipment, this is also the first time that the Four Lines Group has fully displayed their fangs in an attacking state.

As soon as the fangs came out, the Japanese were torn apart to splatter blood.

It can only be said that these Japanese people are unlucky.

But there were not no Japanese who were more unlucky than them. A Japanese infantry squadron who was ordered to reinforce the West City happened to bump into the muzzle of Cai Yongguan who had already entered the city.

Originally, Cai Yongguan was angry when he didn't catch the main attacker. There were many alleys in the city, and it was difficult to chase the Japanese thieves. Faced with the Japanese's suicidal fueling tactics, how could he let it go?
The pouring rain of bullets made the second-line soldiers of the Japanese army doubt their lives. When did the Chinese firepower become so fierce? When Cai Yongguan put out the 12.7mm heavy machine gun, the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the brick wall were also hit by the terrible heavy machine gun bullets. After wearing it, the heavy soldiers who were completely beaten and forced no longer persisted, turned around and ran away.

Since then, Xicheng has been destroyed!
In addition to the defeated Japanese reinforcements, more than 600 Japanese soldiers were killed in the Xichengmen area, and the remaining hundreds of defeated soldiers fled to the city!

The victory message sent by the Four Elements Regiment to the siege ministries was 38 minutes after the shelling began, that is, 28 minutes after the infantry began to attack. The main force of the two infantry battalions all entered Shimen City. less than an hour.

This good news, let alone Kawada Katori who received the fall of the Xicheng position, was stunned, even the brigade commanders of the nearly ten thousand Chinese army regiments who participated in the siege were also dumbfounded.

That was nearly [-] Japanese troops. Although they didn't have a few artillery pieces to support them, they at least had a complete defense system. Even if the city wall was blown away for unknown reasons, they wouldn't be able to hold it for half an hour!
"Regimental Commander, I'll personally lead the assault team to charge, give me half an hour!" Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang holding the telegram in a daze, the first battalion commander gritted his teeth and said with gunpowder-colored face.

"What a stupid charge!" Wang Xiaoqiang woke up from the shock and glared at the commander of his sharp knife battalion. "Order the forward offensive to slow down for me. The supporting firepower from the flanks of the Four Lines Regiment will arrive in 30 minutes at the latest. As soon as they arrive, the Japanese here will collapse!"

"Then you don't want to order your drink? With Captain Tang's drinking capacity, your little military salary."

"If you can save a few brothers from dying, let alone invite Tang Dao to drink, so what if you invite the whole group of the Four Elements to have a big drink?" Smiling and looking into the distance. "Besides, don't you have the little devil's luggage warehouse to support the wine money! I don't panic, why are you panic?"

The 772 Regiment's offensive did not increase but declined following the entry of the Four Elements Regiment, but everyone knew that it was only short-lived. Before long, the Japanese army's defensive position in the Sancheng area would collapse like a domino. do!

The two infantry battalions of the Second Brigade of the Public Security Army located in Dongcheng faced the three infantry regiments of the 17th Division, but it was different from the Japanese defensive position. They were almost all bombarded, and even the infantry of the 17th Division could not be seen. Haven't seen it yet.

It wasn't until the fiery gunfire started to sound in the inner city that the two infantry battalions, which had been crippled by artillery fire, realized that the army on the opposite side had entered the city, and the reinforcements promised by the brigade commander hadn't arrived yet. They were abandoned.

The nearly 600 remaining puppet troops whose mentality had collapsed took the risk and raised a white flag on the top of the city!

The 17th Division is also the only unit that did not pay a single casualty in the siege, but only spent a little shells and bullets, which is also the benefit that Tang Dao reserved for the 17th Division.

Although there are more than 1200 people in the two puppet infantry battalions, they will not cause much trouble to the 17th Division in terms of fighting spirit or weaponry.

After all, the 39th Division suffered huge casualties during the week when the 17th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army was carried by Falluling alone.

But Tang Dao didn't expect that the department was beaten up by the shells, and before a single shot was fired, they surrendered collectively in the 70th minute after the siege.

The three gates of Shimen - West, East and South - were opened one after another within 90 minutes of the launch of Tang Dao's general attack. Their collapse speed ranked among the top three in the entire history of the Great Patriotic War.

Tang Dao, the main task of breaking the city, gave Zhao Daqiang's first company, but he did not favor one company over another. The next order was to assist the 772 regiment at the south gate to defeat the stubborn enemy. , while the second company of the first battalion Wei Donglai joined the fifth company of the second battalion Cai Yongguan to kill the Japanese army headquarters in Shimen City and wiped out all the enemies on the way.

The reconnaissance company has at least three firepower teams and two infantry companies to join the main force, leading the way and killing the Japanese troops who dared to resist on the marching road.

The two infantry companies who had been officers of the Sichuan Army and had the title of Steel Company pushed forward towards the Japanese Army Command almost like a broken bamboo.

That was the headquarters of the 20th Division of Saburo Kawagishi who once sat in Shimen!
Although Kawa Tianxiang, who was in a state of desperation, sent out most of the reserve team on hand, she never neglected the protection of the headquarters.

Nearly 200 people guarded various key points, including heavy machine guns, light machine guns and two 90mm mortars. Cai Yongguan, who was the first to arrive, did not blindly fight after a tentative attack. After testing out several important firepower points of the Japanese army, he used the radio to notify the enemy. The rear still stayed in the artillery camp outside the city. Four Bofors Mountain guns fired under the guidance of the artillery observers who advanced with the infantry.

This time, it was very bad for the Japanese army who tried to resist with buildings and fortifications.

The performance of the 90-caliber mortar is excellent, and it can provide sufficient artillery support for the front-line infantry, but that does not mean that he can shoot at the mountain artillery 5000 meters away! With a range of more than 2000 meters, you can't even touch people's sides, okay?
Others can hit you, but if you can't hit others, the result will only be a beating.

Intelligence has already shown that in order to ensure absolute safety, the Japanese army drove away all the Chinese residents living in the 20-meter area around the designated 500th Division headquarters after entering the city, and even demolished all the houses within 50 meters around it.

Doesn't this relieve the artillerymen of how much psychological burden they have!The four Bofors cannons can be fired without any scruples.

When the two Japanese infantry guns were also set up on the roof 800 meters away, and fired at all targets that could be attacked by the Japanese headquarters, the Japanese soldiers hiding inside could be said to have been beaten to tears.

Under the ravages of infantry artillery and mountain artillery, the fortifications that could withstand heavy machine gun fire were blown into parts flying all over the sky, including the human body hiding in them.

Most of them were blown to pieces by shells without even firing a single shot.

It is not that the two 90-forces did not try to fight back, but after being chased by the four mountain cannons with 90 rounds of shells, the two [-]-forces completely died down.

War is also a part of life, since you can't resist, then enjoy it!Even if what you enjoy is only despair.

At this moment, the surviving Japanese soldiers finally realized what it was like to face the Chinese soldiers who could only be covered by their artillery fire on the North China battlefield. It is probably the same as their extremely desperate mood at this time.

No matter how strong the fortress is, it is also fragile in the face of raging artillery fire.

A tough will, of course, can form another tough line of defense, but a line of defense is piled up with life!
Just like Songhu in the past, in the face of Japanese planes and cannons, the whole of China paid the price of 30 officers and soldiers killed in the fierce battle for three months.

The Japanese soldiers in the artillery fire obviously wanted to do the same. They wailed and struggled in the artillery fire, but they still did not give up resistance.

They protruded from the ruins, the 400-type rifles with a pitifully low rate of fire in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Four Elements Regiment, and launched a counterattack against the officers and soldiers of the Four Elements Regiment who began to advance forward from 60 meters away. [-] mortar bombardment became silent again.

Although the two armies are facing each other, from a military point of view, this is a group of opponents worthy of respect.However, such opponents stand so stubbornly on other people's land, and their spirit seems to be in the wrong place.For such a tenacious and somewhat terrifying enemy, what the officers and soldiers of the Four Elements Regiment did was to destroy them with more ferocious firepower.

The more such enemies die, the less harm they will do to their motherland.

The infantry responded to the enemy's resistance with bullets, and the artillerymen used precise shelling to destroy the last will of the Japanese army to resist.

Until all the fortifications on the periphery are cleared.

Listening to the increasingly clear sound of guns and guns outside, Major Kawata Katori, who was already ashamed, picked up the phone and gave the order for the entire army to break through and blow up the supply warehouse.

As for how many subordinates could receive his orders, he no longer cared so much, he had already done everything a commander should do.

The communications in Shimen City had already been destroyed by one-third when the war started. Now, it is lucky that [-]% of them are still connected.

A clear gunshot seemed so insignificant on the battlefield where the guns were rumbling!
Cai Yongguan, who set foot in the Japanese Army Headquarters in Shimen City, under the identification of the Japanese prisoners of war, tore off the Major’s collar badge on the still warm corpse, and threw it to the signal soldier with disdain: "He is a fairy, the Japanese are all dead. Is it? The commander of such a big city is actually a little major."

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