Comrade, your ingredients are too complicated.

Chapter 152 Are you going to hit the county seat?
I have to admit that the enemy's firepower is indeed fierce.

Under the attack of 23 aircraft of Army Aviation and ten mountain cannons, the [-]th Brigade on the Lion's Brain Mountain position was beaten helplessly, and the battle came to the most familiar style of play in the childhood.

Cannonballs flew towards the hills one after another, and the sound of explosions continued. The 75mm caliber mountain artillery is powerful, and the outer positions are like being chewed by dogs.

Looking at the top of the mountain where the artillery was flying, Katsusato Kodera, the chief of staff of the [-]th Independent Mixed Brigade, had a strange expression on his face.

This was not because he felt sorry for the shells. As the headquarters of the brigade, Yangquan had ample reserves of all kinds of ammunition.Only a few hundred rounds, not even a waste.

He just felt that this style of play was very unreasonable. A mountain cannon brigade didn't even test fire, so it just covered it with artillery fire.Under normal circumstances, a small group of troops should be sent to attack first, to test out the enemy's firepower.

Even if you want to buy time, you have to follow the tactics manual, otherwise the infantry will go straight up and it will be for nothing.

Thinking of this, Katsuri Kodera decided to persuade his brigade leader.Now several infantry squadrons are still in the preparation stage, and if they can hold Shotaro Katayama now, they can avoid losses.

"Your Excellency, Major General, I know you are in a hurry, but don't worry. After we take down Lion's Brain Mountain, the rescue work on Zhengtai Road will be impossible without infantry."

"Based on our current style of play, it is easy to wipe out all the warriors from our brother country."

Obviously his persuasion was useless, and even Shotaro Katayama kindly took it as a donkey's liver and lungs.The old devil waved his hands nonchalantly, as if the foot man was just a consumable, and then said murderously:

"We don't have that much time to spend here. If Lieutenant General Shinozuka knew about the current situation, he might send the two of us to the reserve."

"And we have a total of 2000 people here, and there is a mountain artillery brigade. I have the advantage! An hour later, I will see the body of the commander on the other side, otherwise I will take you as a question."

"It would be great if Lu Hang could bring some incendiary bombs. I really don't know what these guys think."

Although the last sentence was about the pilot who came to support him, Katayama Shotaro's tone was full of Versailles, and he even had a confident smile on his face.

In his opinion, with these 2000 people cooperating with Lu Hang, even if all the officers and soldiers of the [-]th Division came to defend in person, he could still penetrate the opponent's position.

It's a pity that I can't see the specific situation on the Lion's Brain Mountain in this small day, otherwise there is a great possibility that I will get a brain congestion from anger.

Due to Brigadier Chen's foresight, the overall situation of the [-]th Brigade was much better than expected, and the number of casualties was less than fifty.

Relying on the fortifications built overnight in the early morning of No. 19, these waves of shells and bombs washed the ground, and did not cause serious casualties to the comrades of the two regiments.

And if someone really regards the [-]th Division as a pure fruit-preserved class-[-] division, then everyone from the division commander to the soldiers will laugh at that person who doesn't understand what the characteristics of the Republic of China are.

In an artillery fortification similar to a cat's ear hole, the head of the 769th regiment, Zheng Zheng, shook the dirt on the helmet. He pouted helplessly and then said to himself:
"These little devils are so fucking rich, the shells are blown like a strong wind."

"How can anyone fight like this? Isn't this blowing up the air? Even the six sons of the old Zhang family will not be so prodigal."

Although he was very envious of the enemy's firepower, Captain Zheng quickly thought of the logistics magician, Deputy Minister Huang, and then the envy turned into longing for the future.

When the enemy artillery was over, he immediately crawled out of the fortifications.After scanning the surrounding messy positions, he shouted to the surrounding soldiers:

"Everyone is ready to fight! As soon as the shelling stops, the devils will come up! Hurry up! Health workers! Hurry up and rescue the wounded! Give priority to the seriously injured."

Although some people often complain about the devil's style of play, they think it is brainless for the artillery to bombard the infantry.

But in the face of the Eighth Route Army or even the preserved fruit troops lacking heavy weapons, this kind of infantry and artillery coordinated operations are the simplest and most effective.

Under normal circumstances, the devil's infantry will lurk in the safest position closest to the enemy.

The artillerymen use barrel guns or mortars to open a suitable assault channel for the infantry.

Waiting for the shelling to end, the infantry will charge before the enemy reacts, and use light and heavy machine guns and grenades to suppress the opposing firepower on the way.

But Katayama Shotaro, an old devil, seems to have forgotten one thing, that is, this style of play requires close tactical coordination, and requires soldiers to unite and trust each other.

If it was the soldiers of that wave 40 years ago, even the subordinate troops of the Type C Division could be regarded as proficient in mountain warfare.After all, the training was strict at that time, and there was also a lot of combat experience.

But after entering the stalemate stage, the quality of the devil's individual soldiers gradually declined.

Many soldiers didn't know how to use the terrain when attacking upwards, and even the health soldiers didn't know how to choose a mountain hideout to accommodate the wounded and bandage and treat them.

But what's more, these soldiers were patched together, and there were also some messy expatriates and puppet troops.

And there is another point that he didn't consider, that is, what to do if these shells did not have the expected effect.

After hearing the order from their regiment leader, the soldiers of the 769 regiment immediately performed their duties.They got out of the anti-battery hole and ran along the traffic trench to their own position.

Although many of the trenches and fortifications dug yesterday were blown up, there was no choice at this time.

Through the gunpowder smoke, the comrades in the forward positions could already clearly see that hordes of devils maintained a skirmish line, forming a wave formation and pressing up towards the west side of Lion's Brain Mountain.

There is a point with the highest terrain, and Xiaotian intends to occupy it and strengthen the defense, so as to bloom in the center with one hand.When this goal is achieved, the main force can attack from both sides to launch a general attack.

The idea is very plump, but the reality is very skinny.

The 769th regiment and the 14th regiment were the main forces. With the perfect firepower and the advantage of attacking from high to low, they gave the devils a head-on blow.

Since these patchwork devils did not have a unified command, even a brave charge could not touch the Eighth Route Army's position.

The precision shooters in the army were dedicated to targeting the low-level officers of the enemy, and their command knives flashed like targets under the moonlight.

This caused the devils to lose their yellow bars as soon as their organization improved.

With the cooperation of various firearms and grenade mortars, the remaining 300 meters are like a moat.These small days have been attacking for nearly 10 minutes, but there is no significant effect.

However, it is a pity that the landmines laid by the 100th Brigade were blown up by the mountain artillery.Otherwise, with the current battle situation, more than [-] animals would have to be killed.

After Katayama Shoutaro saw the gunfire on the Lion's Brain Mountain position through the telescope, he almost fainted from anger.

As a major general who graduated from a serious military academy, he could tell that the enemy was not affected by the shelling at all.

This old man regretted not listening to his chief of staff now, but he just pretended to be calm because of face.

However, benefiting from the failure of his own attack, Katayama Shotaro finally realized one thing.What he faced was not some daring guerrillas, but the main force of the enemy who had planned for a long time.

Although the chief of staff withdrew the attacking soldiers without communicating with himself, the old devil was not angry, nor did he use the army's ancestral force to fight.

After all, the opponent is also trying to preserve their strength, and this judgment is correct.

At this moment, the shortcomings of this concentrated superior firepower and military strength are reflected.The whole army has not taken down the enemy, which has a great impact on morale.

Katayama Shotaro knew very well that if he didn't do something, he might be dragged to death here by the enemy.Fortunately, after calming down, the old devil's IQ came back online.

He first gathered the officers who participated in the attack and survived into a temporary command post, and asked these people to communicate with the artillery brigade to avoid another air blast.

At this moment, a staff officer ran in from outside.He held a piece of paper in his hand, on which were the casualties that had just been counted.

"Report to the head of the brigade, we lost 300 people in the attack just now! Among them are one lieutenant and five second lieutenants!"

After the report, the staff officer slightly closed his eyes, preparing for a big fight.But after waiting for more than ten seconds to no avail, he opened his eyes and saw the red eyes of his major general.

This casualty report made Katayama Shotaro realize the seriousness of the situation, and the dragons cannot be leaderless.These pieced together soldiers must have a unified command, so he said to the person in front of him:

"Go back to the headquarters now and call Major Nikaido over. The next attack will trouble you two."

Although these two have been in the position of staff for a long time, the command on the battlefield may not be as good as before.

But no matter what, they were all officers who had been captains, and their military ranks were convincing, so it would be no problem to bring hundreds of people each.

Five minutes before the start of the second wave of offense, Katayama Shotaro thought he was ready for everything.The old devil smiled ferociously, as if the previous two defeats had nothing to do with him.

"Nikaido-kun and Nagasaki-kun, I don't want to see any accidents happen in this attack. Once the artillery fire stops, your bayonets must be pierced into the enemy's body!"

"I will provide you with all available support, remember to wear a gas mask."

Seeing their own brigade commander giving the order to die, the two majors quickly pulled out their command knives and said in unison:

"Hi! I will personally step forward to direct!"

Five minutes later, the shelling came to the Lion's Head Mountain position again, but this time the devils conducted a test shot first.

Thirty seconds later, the ten 30-type mountain artillery fired at the position just communicated at a rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute. The shelling lasted for 4 minutes.

Hundreds of shells fell on the position of Lion's Brain Mountain, and the sound of explosions roared continuously.And this time it wasn't just the outer positions, the artillery fire continued to extend forward, and the mountains seemed to scream.

Shotaro Katayama understands the reason why he goes all out and then declines.In order to prevent any trouble, but also to be able to win the lion's brain mountain.

The old devil specifically ordered the artillery brigade to use Type [-] red bombs containing dicyanarsine, and also used Type [-] smoke bombs to assist the infantry in advancing.

The command of the attacking devils has obviously improved this time, and they took advantage of the smoke to fight every step of the way.

First, a dozen 769-type heavy machine guns were mounted on the side, and grenadiers were used to suppress the western position defended by the [-] regiment.

If the cooperation in these small days can be better, maybe this Lion's Brain Mountain will really make them tear a hole.

Facing the enemy's attack again, all the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army put on gas masks.Since the burden on the shoulders of the [-]th Brigade is the heaviest, the Logistics Department gave them priority in supplying support equipment.

Subsequently, under the command of each company and platoon leader, the firepower point used a large number of light machine guns to fight back.

The grenadier is not only the core of the devil's tactics, but our army's gunners are not bad at all in using it.

But in the face of this level of firepower, the two majors still ordered all the soldiers to charge.They firmly believe that the enemy on the mountain is in the poisonous gas, and it is impossible to persist for too long.

The lack of information has caused Xiaotian to suffer a lot.

When they finally approached a position of about 100 meters, through the vision provided by the flares, they found that not only all members of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side were wearing steel helmets, but also gas masks that looked more refined than theirs.

This position is already within the range of the grenade. The 769 regiment used defensive grenades imitating MK2 this time.

With the help of gravity, these murderous weapons flew into the ranks of the devils' attack.While the enemies are somewhat scattered, the pre-fabricated fragments of the egg grenade will teach them to behave.

The failure to attack again completely broke Katayama Shotaro's defense. He drew out his command knife and slammed it on the table in front of him.

At the same time, Brigadier Chen called the two regiment leaders to the command post.

"Think of a way and see if we can shoot Katayama Shotaro's headquarters. Our Type 20 infantry artillery doesn't keep cubs. If the position is right, the Min-[-] Type can also be used."

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Since Lujiazhuang is 55 kilometers away from Yangquan, in order to support the [-]th Brigade in time, Li Yunlong ordered the troops to march quickly at the moment of departure.

Thanks to the good daily training of the New Second Regiment, coupled with the fact that the physical fitness of the soldiers has been greatly improved due to the food.

Otherwise, this kind of long-distance raid that requires both speed and marching time, ordinary people may not be able to persist.

Four hours later, more than half of the journey had passed.

Li Yunlong picked a mountain forest and asked the troops to hide here to rest for half an hour, and replenish the energy and water consumed by the way.Taking advantage of this time, he sent Monk Wei to call Zhao Gang and the three battalion commanders over.

Sometimes it is necessary to admit that there is a gap between people. Although Huzi's physical fitness is not bad, it is almost meaningless compared with Monk Wei.

This guy is simply a pervert, marching on broken roads in the mountains for four hours and still acting like nothing.

After everyone arrived, Captain Li drew a sketch of Yangquan on the ground with his memory.

"I called you here to discuss one thing. If there is a chance, I would like to take our regiment to Yangquan County."

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(End of this chapter)