The father of the sword is Kong Jie

The battle started suddenly after 10 minutes, and the fighting area was on the unnamed high slope at the southern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain.

It is similar to the terrain of Lijiapo hills.

Uchida Shinya sent an infantry squadron in advance to test the attack, and soon found out the defensive deployment of the Eighth Route Army on the top of the slope.

In this defensive deployment, Wang Huaibao fully drew on the tactics of the guard company defending against the attack of the Yamazaki Brigade on the Lijiapo Highland.

Ingeniously, the garrisoned fortifications are placed near the central area of ​​the slope top plane, about 100 meters away from the top of the gentle slope in the north.

In this way, direct artillery fire from the Japanese army can be avoided.

Once the Japanese army attacked from the relatively slow north slope and gradually increased their troops, after appearing from the top of the north slope, they would immediately suffer direct fire from the soldiers of the fourth regiment.

This is an excellent plan to fight more with less with the help of excellent terrain during defensive warfare.

From this aspect, I have to say that the old devil Yamazaki was really a Japanese commander who was proficient in tactics.

Uchida Shinya, the old devil who directed the attack at the bottom of the high slope, naturally saw the intention of the Eighth Route Army to arrange the fortifications in the central area of ​​the slope top.

But compared to the Yamazaki brigade that attacked Lijiapo at the beginning.

The current Devils Kwantung Army is obviously better equipped, and its combat effectiveness is stronger.

The follow-up brigade artillery - the [-]-type infantry artillery arrived quickly.

In order to ensure that the artillery unit can keep up with the pace of the infantry, the old devil Uchida Nobuya prepared several military transport trucks for his Kwantung Army brigade in advance even before launching this sweep.

It is specially used to transport heavy weapons, such as heavy machine guns, infantry artillery and the like.

Because Uchida Shinobu had already discovered a problem.

The independent fourth regiment in Zhongtiao Mountain is quite well equipped.

The Japanese army wanted to gain an advantage in battle, and one was to crush them with superior force.

The other is the amount of heavy firepower.

Such as heavy machine gun fire and infantry artillery fire.

This is also the equipment that best reflects the superior firepower of the Japanese army since the Japanese army fought against the national army.

Excluding the powerful firepower such as grenades, heavy machine guns, and infantry artillery, in fact, whether it is viewed from an infantry squad or an infantry platoon.

The equipment of the Central Army of the national army is even similar to that of the Japanese army.

All that was missing was artillery and heavy firepower.

And air reinforcements.

And all of these, the current Uchida brigade has.

The rear-mounted artillery unit quickly unloaded the infantry artillery used by the general's truck from the car, reassembled it, and built the artillery position.

Uchida Shin also gave the order to bombard without hesitation.

boom -

A series of big explosions exploded in the top area of ​​the high slope.

In the previous tentative attack, the well-trained Japanese reconnaissance unit had fed back the specific coordinates of the fortification of the fourth company on the top of the high slope to the Japanese artillery unit.

After launching the bombardment at this moment.

Even the artillerymen of the Japanese army did not have the vision of the top of the high slope.

Hundreds of shells fired in one breath still seemed to have eyes, and exploded on the fortifications stationed by the soldiers of the fourth regiment in the central area of ​​the high slope.

of course……

If the Japanese army thought that such a round of bombardment could directly wipe out the independent regiment combat company stationed on the top of the high slope, it would be wishful thinking.

Wang Huaibao dared to deploy only a company of troops on the high slope to stop and drag the Uchida Brigade of the Japanese Kwantung Army, so he naturally had his confidence.

After stationing on the high slope, the soldiers had already made sufficient defensive preparations.

On the high slope at the southern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, the soil is not soft, on the contrary, it is very dense.

In order to use a company to withstand the Japanese attack, the soldiers dug a large number of trenches in the central area of ​​the high slope in advance, and cooperated with a considerable number of cat ear hole anti-artillery fortifications to ensure that after the Japanese army launched bombardment, the soldiers could use the anti-artillery fortifications Avoid the devil's artillery fire.

The artillery fortifications dug out deeply even have a two or three meter thick layer of soil on the top as a defense.

Not to mention the shells of the devils right now, even if the devils' flying team came to bomb them, it would not help.

Wang Huaibao, who is well aware of the pros and cons of devils, planes, and cannons, naturally would not let the soldiers take risks in vain.

And all of this, due to the terrain, the reconnaissance troops that the Japanese army had touched before did not know.

Under the high slope.

Uchida Nobuya is also self-aware, he didn't expect to wipe out all the eight roads on the top of the slope with a round of shelling.

In addition, due to the terrain, the previous Japanese reconnaissance troops only detected the area where the Eighth Route Army was stationed on the top of the slope, as well as the location of the fortifications.

However, how many troops does the Eighth Route Army have, what is its firepower configuration, and what is the specific structure of the fortifications excavated.

These Japanese troops are not clear.

Therefore, Uchida Shinya's style of play is also very methodical. After the infantry artillery fires violently, it is matched with a grenadier to shorten the distance, and the curved firepower continues to assist the bombardment.

At the same time, two Japanese squadrons gradually advanced towards the high ground from the relatively gentle north slope, trying to break through the Eighth Route Army's fortifications directly after the artillery fire ended while the opponent's infantry was suppressed.

"Once the battle starts here, the main force of the Eight Routes will probably encircle us immediately. If we can quickly take down the high ground right now, our army will in turn take advantage of the dangerous terrain in front of us to garrison it.

It will definitely be able to hold back the main force of the Eight Routes, wait for the sweeping main force to encircle, and destroy the Independent Fourth Regiment with the central blooming tactics. "

Uchida Nobuya is still dreaming, he is also interested in the high slope terrain similar to Lijiapo hills.

"Company commander, the devils are coming!"

At this time, in the top area of ​​the slope, the devil's grenadier and shells were still exploding.

The news came from the observation sentinels left by the fourth company commander.

The little devil is a chicken thief.

The current Japanese Kwantung Army is also worthy of elite.

The coordinated tactics of infantry and artillery are quite good, and their shells even dare to get close to the infantry at a distance of about 100 meters.

This means that as soon as the devil's artillery stops, the little devil can charge up in less than 100 seconds at a distance of 20 meters.

Uchida Nobuya also had this intention, and wanted to take the fortifications of the Eight Routes directly with the help of bombardment.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army is not bad.

The fourth company commander was not in a panic. The current Japanese attack mode was on the military simulation sand table, and the regimental and battalion commanders had already conducted many simulations of the situation.

The fourth company commander had already seen through the simple and rigid offensive mode of the Japanese artillery bombarding the infantry.

The only surprise is that the Kwantung Army's infantry and artillery coordination tactics are much more powerful than ordinary Japanese troops.

The infantry was fairly close to the shelling area.

However, this is exactly what the fourth company commander wanted.

"I am worried that the little devil is too far away. With a distance of more than 100 meters, we will easily miss the bullet and waste ammunition!"

"Attention all platoons, listen to my gunshots, let's put the little devil within 50 meters before fighting!"

This distance is very particular.

The distance of 50 meters, coupled with the well-trained soldiers of the fourth company, is basically a hit.

And the closer the distance, the Japanese can easily throw grenades into the trenches of the fourth company.

Of course, the distance of 50 meters is too short. In less than ten seconds, the Japanese attacking troops can rush to the front.

With the Japanese army currently occupying the superiority in strength, once the fortifications are broken through and the two sides hand over their troops, the fourth company will be in trouble.

Therefore, if this was a regular combat unit of the Eighth Route Army, they would not dare to fight like this at all.

With the old firepower of the Eighth Route Army, it was impossible to fully suppress the Japanese assault troops within a 50-meter charge distance.

But the fourth company is different. As the main combat company of the independent fourth regiment, it is the elite combat unit of the independent regiment.

The level of equipment is excellent, and the firepower is powerful, that is not a cover.

In addition to the current Fourth Company, after Kong Jie sent John to the Independent Fourth Regiment with enough American equipment to equip the entire regiment.

The American weapons have been replaced by four companies, and the firepower is even more powerful than before.

Not to mention much, there are five Browning heavy machine guns hidden behind the fortifications.

Once the firepower breaks out, it will be enough to stop the devils in the two squadrons who are nearly No. 400.

The performance of this American Browning heavy machine gun in various aspects, such as rate of fire, quality, accuracy, power, range, etc., can be said to be the Type [-] heavy machine gun that completely suppressed the Japanese army.

In the history of real wars, there was such a real scene:
With the help of the Browning heavy machine gun firepower, a U.S. squad occupies an excellent terrain, and the attacking troops have no artillery.

A squad of U.S. troops abruptly killed a regiment of the Japanese army with three Browning heavy machine guns.

Although there was only one person left in the US military squad who died in battle.

The power of this Browning heavy machine gun can also be seen.

"beat--"

After counting the number of steps, the commander of the fourth company directly issued a combat order after silently counting to 50 steps.

Five heavy machine guns placed on the left and right flanks of the forward fortifications and on the center line fired wildly at the Japanese attacking troops.

With the sudden blow, the attacking little devils were stunned.

Just now, the two devil squadron leaders who led the team saw that under the diffuse gunpowder smoke, no one was seen on the fortifications of the Eighth Route Army, and they were even secretly delighted that the Eighth Route Army had already lost all casualties under the previous powerful bombardment. As much as possible, you can take the opportunity to take down the opponent's fortifications in one fell swoop.

Until the sudden burst of firepower in front of him.

Only then did the Japanese know that they had been tricked.

Wait for the firepower of the five-weight machine gun of the fourth company to fully vent.

Seeing that they had charged within 50 meters, the imperial warriors who were charging fell down one after another. Under the heavy firepower of the opponent, they were even as fragile as sheets of thin paper.

The two Japanese squadron leaders who led the team were all shocked. The strength of the opponent's heavy firepower far exceeded their expectations.

"idiot!"

"This damn stupid intelligence!"

A Japanese squadron leader cursed that when he launched the attack earlier, he received information that the Eighth Route Army stationed at the top of the slope had a certain amount of American equipment, but their firepower was basically equal to that of their squadron.

Coupled with the artillery support of the rear brigade.

The Japanese captain believed that he had great success in taking down the eight-way fortifications in one go.

At this moment, he was hit by the bloody reality.

Originally, the charge distance was less than 50 meters, and the Japanese army quickly opened the offensive line. It only took less than ten seconds to charge to break through the opponent's defensive offensive.

But the firepower of the fourth company was too exaggerated. The bullets fired wildly from all angles seemed to be woven into an impenetrable rain curtain, and they rushed directly towards the hundreds of Japanese attacking troops.

After wailing in pain, the devils of the two squadrons dropped nearly half of their corpses and retreated from the south slope in a panic.

During the evacuation, due to the haste, some little devils slipped and even rolled all the way down the north slope.

On the contrary, he only suffered a little injury, and was more embarrassed.

The old devil Uchida Nobu who arrived also slapped his face with two slaps in anger.

He beat the devil Sergeant who had just fallen to the point where he completely doubted his life.

"Baga, a mighty warrior of the Japanese Empire, how can he be so embarrassed?"

Faced with Uchida Shinya's anger, the leader of the Devil Squadron who led the evacuation lowered his head and reported:
"Your Excellency, captain, the current attack failure is mostly due to intelligence errors."

"The firepower of this group of Eight Routes stationed on Gaopo is far beyond our speculation."

"There are only five heavy machine guns, and they are all Browning heavy machine guns, plus a large number of light machine gun firepower."

"After the firepower from the Eighth Route suddenly broke out, our army was caught off guard. The top of the southern slope was flat, and there was no bunker at all."

"As a result, our troops were shot directly by the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy casualties."

Nobuo Uchida was also silent. During the previous battle, he didn't hear the sound. The sound of the heavy machine gun was definitely not any one he was familiar with.

If it is an American Browning heavy machine gun, it will fit.

This made Nobuo Uchida even more surprised. It's alright that the eight-way group in front of them owns a considerable number of American Garand rifles. Why do they even have American heavy machine guns?

These guys, could it be that they took over the arsenal of the US military?
"How about the other side's casualties in the previous bombardment?" After a moment of silence, Uchida Nobu also asked.

Captain Guizi replied: "Your Excellency, Captain, we haven't investigated the specific situation clearly, but judging from the opponent's combat situation, it seems that it has not been greatly affected."

"Damn!"

Uchida Shinobu couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.

"In this way, the group of Eighth Route must have built a fairly solid anti-cannon structure on the top of the slope."

"In this way, let the protection troops assist the infantry to attack. After reaching the top of the north slope, immediately use grenade fire to cover the charge. Be sure to take down the high ground in front of you as soon as possible."

"Hi!"

A new round of attacks soon began.

The protective force that the old devil Shinya Uchida talked about turned out to be an offensive force composed of dozens of devils, advancing forward with the help of armor plates of armored vehicles.

The top of the high slope was flat and there was no cover, so the devils used steel plates as cover.

The method is a good idea.

And just as the battle in the slope top area intensified.

The deployment had been completed a long time ago, and the main force of the fourth regiment who launched a fierce attack on Uchida Nobuya from both sides at the same time finally arrived.

"Reporting to your Excellency, Captain, a large number of main forces of the Eighth Route Army were found on the east and west sides advancing towards our army at a rapid pace."

To the south is the high slope that currently blocks the way of the Uchida Brigade.

Uchida Shin also finally believed that Hachiro was indeed rushing to kill himself.

"If you want to eat my Kwantung Army brigade in one bite, these Tuba Roads really have a big appetite, but it's a pity that they can only be kept alive."

Uchida Shinobu, who quickly regained his composure, immediately gave the order:
"The vanguard troops continue to attack, take down the high slope as soon as possible, and the left and right wings immediately deploy defensive deployments to meet the Eighth Route."

"Hi!"

"Immediately send an order to the communications department to contact the rear general headquarters. Our army has completely pulled the main force of the Fourth Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to the unnamed high slope."

"Use the center's blooming tactics to destroy the Fourth Independent Regiment in one fell swoop."

"Our department will try to hold down the main force of the Eighth Route for two hours, please encircle the main force from the outside quickly."

"Hi!"

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