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Chapter 153 Two-Level Reversal!It's time to fight back!

At 21:05 in the morning on August 30, the sun had just risen.

A whole night passed, and the main peak of Lion's Brain Mountain seemed to be a bit shorter.Gunpowder smoke shrouded the position, and bomb craters everywhere covered the mountain.

The reason for all this is that Katayama Shotaro commanded the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade and launched seven attacks against the positions defended by the [-]th Brigade.

Although the devils had a clear advantage in heavy firepower, they even dispatched two waves of planes.

But during these nine hours, the devil did not achieve any results, not even touching the outermost periphery.Every time they attacked, they failed, and the tenacious 769th and 14th regiments always stood firm.

After a night of tactical games, Katayama Shotaro, an old devil, had to admit one thing.

That is, the opponent's commander is much better than him, and he loses completely no matter whether it is micromanagement or the overall situation.

Although I don't know how many people were killed or injured by the Eighth Route Army in Shinao Mountain, but only half of the 2000 people he gathered together with great difficulty are now left.

If we throw away those seriously injured soldiers, we will basically be back to before liberation overnight.

Just as the old devil was about to withdraw his troops and return to Yangquan County to prepare his troops, a phone call completely shattered his illusions.

"Mr. Katayama, I heard that you seem to be in some trouble. It seems that the enemy is very strong, and you still need Lu Hang's help."

Yoshio Shinozuka's voice instantly chilled the major general's heart.

The other party's tone was extremely cold, which made him mutter uncontrollably in his heart, not sure how much his immediate boss knew.

However, Katayama Shotaro's silence obviously completely angered the commander of the First Army in Taiyuan.The phone was temporarily put down, and then there was the sound of something being smashed.

"I don't care who the enemy you encounter is! I don't care about the casualties of your brigade! I just want you to end the battle this morning, or you will be prepared to cut seppuku."

As the phone was hung up, the atmosphere in the temporary command room became extremely oppressive.Several staff officers did not dare to move, for fear of stepping into the footsteps of their colleagues.

Fortunately, a major came in at this time, and he brought some good news to Katayama Shotaro.

Another group of infantry gathered from several surrounding strongholds has arrived in Yangquan, giving the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade the capital to launch a new round of offensive.

Several staff officers quickly seized the opportunity to disagree, and they were all afraid of being sent to the battlefield because they did not provide good advice.

After a few minutes of discussion, they decided to launch an attack at six o'clock in the morning, which is the time when sleepiness is most likely to occur after staying up late.
Although the continuous attack lasted all night, it put a lot of pressure on the soldiers' bodies and minds.

But the two sides agree on this point. Although their own side is very tired, the state of the Eighth Route Army must be worse than theirs.

After all, these enemies who lacked heavy weapons were bombarded all night by mountain shells and harassed twice by planes.

Hearing this, Katayama Shotaro decided to play something new.He wants to change his style of play, and let the Eighth Route Army who are used to the previous tactics pay the bloody price.

In the heart of this old devil, the seven attacks last night put a lot of pressure on the enemy's frontal position.If another massive feint attack is launched, it will definitely allow the opponent to draw troops from the flanks.

After all, people have habitual thinking.

The [-]th Independent Mixed Brigade has been reckless all night, and there is a high probability that some fancy intestines will have a miraculous effect.

If you can open a hole from the side, with the attack of mountain artillery and aircraft, maybe you can take down the enemy in one go.

Thinking of this, he immediately selected two unlucky staff officers, and also called the artillery captain.The two majors who had high hopes yesterday had already died in the previous attack.

After everyone arrived, the old devil struggled as if he was making a difficult choice.

"Ikeda-kun, we will launch the last attack next."

"In order to win this battle, I hope you can draw a hundred warriors from the artillery brigade and add them to the infantry group that is feinting from the front."

This sentence shocked everyone in the command post.

Artillery is different from infantry. The time cost and money cost to train an artillery are not low at all.

In the eyes of Hayato Ikeda, compared with their technical arms, infantrymen are just wild dogs with a bit of intelligence.

And the most important point is that the training emphases of the two are different.This is simply like sending scientists to the battlefield, it is simply unreasonable.

As if seeing some reluctance of his subordinates, Katayama Shotaro stared at him with red eyes.

If it was before, he might still be sensible and emotionally brainwash the other party.After all, he will have to lead troops in the future, so it won't work if people lose their minds.

But now there is no time, in order to keep his position as a major general, and also to gain room for promotion in the future, he must do whatever it takes to win this battle.

The old devil had a ferocious face, and said in a voice of gnashing his teeth:

"Lieutenant General Xiaozuka already knew what the Eighth Route Army was doing on the Zhengtai Line. He gave me an ultimatum that today we must take down Lion's Brain Mountain, open up the road from Yangquan to Yuci, and launch rescue operations on the entire line."

"Let me tell you! Not only your artillerymen, but even the health soldiers and supply soldiers have to go up to me! If it weren't for the consideration that the mountain artillery needs to be operated, I can't wait for your whole brigade to charge!"

"Choose someone yourself, the time has come to be loyal to the locust."

The next time is to arrange specific tactics. The original soldiers are not in good condition, and now they can only be responsible for feigning frontal positions.

These people have been tossing all night, and both their morale and spirit have reached the limit they can bear, and they are simply useless.

It stands to reason that this group of soldiers should be replaced to go back to rest, but they are already all the cards in Katayama Shotaro's hands, so they can only be rushed to the shelves.

Squeeze out the last of their potential with that batch of attacking friends in your inventory.

And the task of going around was naturally handed over to those fresh troops who came to support them.This thousand infantry is composed of several squadrons, and an officer needs to be temporarily assigned to them.

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In the temporary command post of the [-]th Brigade of Shinao Mountain, looking at the two regiment leaders who were physically and mentally exhausted in front of them, Brigadier Chen comforted them:
"Thank you for your hard work, the devil will definitely not attack with such intensity in the next few days. The enemy has already used up the three axes."

"And I sent a few correspondents last night to ask him to ask for help along the Zhengtai Line in the direction of Yuci. Maybe there will be friendly troops to support him today."

The casualties of the devils were not small, but the casualties of the [-]th Brigade were not light either.

After a whole night of fierce fighting, the 769 regiment lost more than [-] people. The west side of the main peak they were in charge of had always been the focus of the devils' attack.

Soldiers have to deal with a steady stream of small days every hour. Even if the firepower is condescending and fierce, casualties cannot be avoided.

The situation of the 14th regiment is relatively better, and only more than 200 of them have lost their combat effectiveness.

The field medical kit produced by the Yellow River saved many people, and many soldiers who might have died survived.

The ammunition reserves are also in good condition. Although the troops are rich in light weapons now, many soldiers still retain the good habit of thrift.

What's more, during the preparation stage of the attack plan, Brigadier Chen ordered the soldiers to carry as much ammunition as possible.

Just when a few people were preparing to discuss the next defensive arrangement, the enemy's artillery position two kilometers away suddenly launched another attack.

The sudden shelling interrupted their meeting, and they could only temporarily return to the artillery fortifications.

At the same time, under the constant urging of the grassroots officers, the devils in the front continued to rush towards the front position again.

When the artillery fire ended, these devils who had taken the medicine immediately launched a surprise attack.

Among these people, only the artillery dispatched temporarily still subconsciously maintain the skirmish line. The artillery brigade in Yangquan still has a lot of combat experience.

This is because the devil's shells have always been sufficient, and the artillerymen staying in the rear have little chance to go to the front line.

In addition, the Republic of China troops fighting them had almost no conditions to launch artillery battles, so the casualty rate has always been very low.

Even if Hayato Ikeda is playing the last elimination system, these devils are veterans with at least three years of combat experience.

However, the efficiency of their offense is very touching, which means that there is too much thunder and little rain.

In the past, when they encountered difficult firepower points, the devils tried their best to destroy them.But now it will only fire a few symbolic shots, and use a grenade to blow up a few times.

This style of play made the soldiers of the 769 regiment very puzzled, as if they had punched cotton.

However, they soon knew the reason for the incident. Not far away, there was a sudden sound of intense gunfire on the position in charge of the 14th Regiment.

As Shotaro Katayama guessed, the 14th Regiment had only soldiers from two companies deployed on the side for defense.Facing this sudden new enemy force, the soldiers were caught off guard for a while.

The devil infantry, who were originally in charge of a frontal feint attack, immediately launched a suicide charge after seeing the initial results of their major general's plan.

These little days of taking drugs, used their own lives to hold back the Eighth Route Army in the front, leaving them no time to divide their troops to support the relatively weak defense of the side of Shinao Mountain.

At the same time, the artillery position a little more than two kilometers away fired again.When attacking before, Katayama Shotaro, an old devil, was still worried about his own infantry.

After all, guns have no eyes, and the limit that artillery can do is to fire at a position several hundred meters in front of the infantry, and the terrain of Shinao Mountain is easy to accidentally injure one's own people.

But now Katayama Shotaro can't take care of so much anymore. Under the pressure from his superiors, he is like a red-eyed gambler, and studs all his chips desperately in order to get back his money at once.

Facts have proved that this trick is very effective. Although dozens of devils died under their own shells, most of the soldiers of the 769th and 14th regiments were dragged to the position.

In this dangerous situation, the two regiment leaders and the political commissar of the [-]th Brigade even personally brought a company of guards to support them.

At this critical juncture, the Eighth Route Army of about 1000 people suddenly appeared from the direction of Yuci.This is like a timely rain army, it is the new second regiment led by Li Datuan.

In order to support the fraternal troops at Lion's Head Mountain as soon as possible, their regiment even took on the momentum of flying over the Luding Bridge, which once led to non-combat attrition in the troops.

Fortunately, these several hours of forced marching were not in vain. The New Second Regiment arrived at the battlefield at the most dangerous time for the [-]th Brigade.

Seeing the devils who were attacking on the mountainside, Li Yunlong stared at the boss, drew out his shell gun and shouted at the tired soldiers behind him:

"Attack! All attack! Eat these devils in one go! Artillery blast me these sons of bitches! Commandos come with me!"

Hearing the order from their team leader, everyone forcibly cheered up and launched a charge.

With the new second regiment joining the battlefield, the battle situation at this position on the side of Lion's Brain Mountain was reversed by two levels, and the original hunter became the prey.

Although the new second regiment, which was eager to support, hadn't had time to launch an attack formation, it didn't even set up a heavy machine gun.

However, Li Yunlong's attacking momentum was too strong. Coupled with the three companies of defenders on the original position, the thousand devils were dumped forcibly.

In order to prevent Shotaro Katayama from jumping over the wall again, political commissar Xie immediately called the artillery position with his portable phone.

After all, that old devil, in order to cooperate with the feint attacking troops to drag the Eighth Route Army on the frontal battlefield, had ordered the shelling of the battle zone.

The artillerymen of the 20th Brigade, who received the order, immediately took out their hidden trump card, which was the four Min 82-type [-]mm mortars.

The reason why these four cannons were not used in the previous battles was because those battles took place at night, and the artillerymen who lacked observation equipment were not sure to hit something of strategic significance.

For example, the headquarters of the [-]th Independent Mixed Brigade or an artillery position.

But it's different now. Katayama Shotaro, who was not in danger all night, finally relaxed his vigilance.Both the headquarters and the artillery positions have advanced some distance.

The distance between Yangquan and Shinao Mountain is only four kilometers, and this distance is one of the few plains in Jin Province, with no obstacles in the middle.

Under the observation of the telescope, the devil's artillery position is almost open, exposed under the eyes of the artillery of the [-]th Brigade.

According to the company commander's estimate, the enemy's position is almost 500 meters away from them.Although it is a bit far, it has not exceeded the range of the Min-20 82mm mortar.

There is a little difference between using mortars on the mountain and on the flat ground, but this does not bother a veteran who has joined the army for nearly ten years.The reason why he is still a company commander is because there are only so many guns in the army.

But as long as enough guns and shells can be captured, it is a bit inferior to be a battalion commander.

After a round of test firing, the artillery company immediately adjusted the parameters of the mortar according to the shooting results.

"1 minute rapid fire!"

Following the company commander's order, the crisp sound of the cannon ejection echoed on the ground.Four mortars blasted towards the devil's artillery position at a rate of 16 rounds per minute.

In fact, Hayato Ikeda had sensed the danger when the Eighth Route Army's mortars were being fired, but within half a minute the second round of shelling followed.

In this case, if you are a decisive person, you will immediately give up your position and run away.

But these mountain cannons are more important to Ikeda Hayato than his wife, and the cannons are not just for fun.

But it was hard to say that these half-ton mountain cannons could be moved. One after another, the grenade symbolizing death fell from the sky and landed within the range of the Devil's artillery position.

Another grenade hit the ammunition box, which was even more powerful than a mortar.

After 1 minute passed, Katayama Shotaro's trump card was completely abolished by the [-]th Brigade.In that area, apart from acquaintances and minced meat, no one can move.

　Change it first!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)