Years of the Republic of China 1913

Yamaguchi was brave in battle, and his brain was not bad.Judging from the failure of the first charge, Katsura Yamaguchi immediately understood that the key to taking the Buyunshan position was to break through the barbed wire in front of the trench.

As long as these nasty barbed wire fences still exist, his soldiers will not be able to rush to the enemy at the fastest speed and display the bravery of the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire.Also because of the obstruction of the barbed wire, the Chinese can hide in the trenches and use machine guns and other weapons to easily tear the brave soldiers into pieces. In view of this, Yamaguchi immediately came to the conclusion that the barbed wire must be solved, and The continuous bombing just now was also for this purpose.

The shelling was not small, and the attack was fierce, but the result was not very good.Observing the forward position of Xiabuyun Mountain through a telescope, Masaru Yamaguchi ordered the artillery to suspend the shelling. Now the commandos cover the engineers to start the attack. Since the problem cannot be solved with artillery, then it will be up to the engineers.

In the binoculars, Sun Liechen clearly saw that the Japanese soldiers rushing up this time were completely different from the last time.Nearly a hundred unarmed Japanese soldiers rushed towards the front of the position quickly, carrying ladders or wooden boards for climbing the city, and some carried bulging sacks that were presumably filled with mud on their shoulders.

"Damn little Ri's book!" Sun Liechen was slightly surprised, and instantly understood what Ri himself wanted to do.Using ladders, planks, and soil bags to deal with the barbed wire barrier may seem crude, but the effect is not bad.As long as the Japanese can press these things on the barbed wire and pave a way forward.Then their advantage in front of the trenches will be gone.

"Machine guns! Mortars! Grenadiers ready!"

Zhang Zuoxiang, who also reacted, hastily issued an order. In order to hold the line of defense, he must not let Ri himself succeed no matter what.Faced with such a situation, he even used mortars, grenades and other weapons that had not been used in advance. You must know that he originally planned to use these treasures in a critical situation, just to surprise the opponent.But now, Zhang Zuoxiang knows it clearly.Now is not the time to hide any more, if he can't stop Ri himself's attempt, his defense will face the point of directly fighting the opponent.

800 meters, 700 meters, 600 meters....

Just a few tens of seconds. The Japanese army's charge was approaching.When the Japanese army rushed to a distance of 500 meters, the ready machine gun positions first began to sweep, although many Japanese soldiers were knocked down for a while.The engineers who were covered by the commandos did not suffer too many casualties.

"Hurry up!"

The commando squadron leader shouted anxiously, commanding the accompanying machine gunners to set up machine guns to suppress the opponent's firepower, while urging the engineers to move forward.

It may be easy to run nearly a thousand meters with empty hands, and it is not a big problem to run these distances with weapons, but engineers are not combatants, and they still carry so many "tools" on their shoulders. If they want to quickly break through the fire blockade and reach their goal It's not that easy.Although there was the cover of the commando, the casualties of the engineers gradually began to rise as they got closer to the target.Seven or eight engineers fell down in just a distance of nearly a hundred meters, but the remaining engineers didn't even look at their comrades who were hit by bullets.Gritting his teeth tightly, he rushed forward desperately.

50 meters, 40 meters, 30 meters....

Seeing that they were about to reach the barbed wire fence, the entire commando team had suffered more than 50 casualties during this journey, but everything went smoothly, and they were finally about to reach their goal.As long as the task can be completed, all the sacrifices are worthwhile.

Suddenly, a sharp and strange whistling sound pierced the sky, and dozens of small black spots flew from behind the squadron's position to the charging commando at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"What is this?" Several fast-footed guys rushed to the barbed wire, and the engineer who was about to put the ladder and other things on it subconsciously looked up, and puzzled thoughts crossed his mind.

Let's talk about shells.The shell seemed a little small, and they hadn't heard the earth-shattering roar of the cannon just now.But if it's not shells, why do Chinese people throw these things away?Is it going to smash them to death with this kind of iron block not much bigger than a fist?

The time was only a split second, and before these guys could figure it out, mortar shells and grenadier bombs fell in front of them, and with bursts of not-so-violent explosions, the huddled soldiers were shocked. They were blown up and down, and a few unlucky ones were thrown into the sky together with the planks they were carrying, accompanied by a piece of broken flesh, wood, mud and other garbage scattered everywhere like raindrops.

"Bombardment! It's bombardment! The Chinese have cannons!"

No matter how brave the soldiers are, they are afraid of being covered by cannons. Although the Chinese cannons seem to be different from the cannons they are familiar with, they can also kill people.What frightened the Japanese soldiers even more was that, logically speaking, the cannon could not adjust the angle to fall on their heads at such a distance, but the Chinese cannon did this, and it was extremely accurate. The Japanese soldiers were frightened.

Tasks are important, but life is equally important.It is almost impossible to complete the mission under the threat of shelling.Amidst the sound of a series of cannons, neither the commandos nor the engineers could care less about dealing with those barbed wire fences anymore. They dropped the rags in their hands and hugged their heads and ran back desperately. In addition to the dead bodies, another attack by the Tenth Division was beaten back.

"Nani? A small cannon that can bend and shoot?" Masaru Yamaguchi was very annoyed by the failure of another attack that he thought could make a breakthrough. When the strange little cannon was also very accurate, Katsura Yamaguchi couldn't believe his ears.

"It's impossible! How could the Chinese have such a weapon? Absolutely impossible!"

"Your Excellency, it may be possible." When Katsura Yamaguchi was angry, the chief of staff, Major General Wanji Jinkubo, reminded him: "When our army attacked the second line of defense, the Chinese army fired such shells. But we did not find such guns in the seizure."

"Is there such a thing?" Yamaguchi was taken aback.

"Yes!" Jin Kubo Wanji nodded solemnly: "Your Excellency, because the opponent's bombardment was only a few times at the beginning, and the damage caused to our army was not large, so the front-line combat regiment did not regard it as an important thing. However, as the chief of staff, I heard about it from one of my subordinates, but I didn't pay much attention to it. Your Excellency, I should take responsibility for the failure of today's attack. This is me as the chief of staff. Serious dereliction of duty."

After finishing speaking, Kanekubo Mankichi bowed his head at attention, waiting for Yamaguchi's reprimand.

"It's not your fault, Mr. Jin Jiubao, please ask the soldiers who were fighting at that time and ask them to check with the soldiers who were withdrawn just now whether they were hit by the same weapon." Katsura Yamaguchi did not scold the other party angrily. , but ordered after thinking thoughtfully.

"Hi!" Kanekubo Wanji hurriedly turned and left.After half an hour, he hurried back again and told Katsura Yamaguchi that he had verified it. Whether it was the firing state of the shells or the sharp sound of the air, it could be concluded that the Chinese side did possess this strange weapon, and that this weapon It seems that there are two types, one is slightly larger and the other is slightly smaller. Although the power is not very good, but the firing speed is very fast, and it is likely to bring big troubles to one's side during intensive attacks.

After receiving the answer, Katsura Yamaguchi didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, he decisively decided to suspend today's attack.After all, it was approaching evening now, and the troops had been blocked all the way and were extremely tired, so we had to wait until the next day to figure out a solution.

It was a peaceful night, and it was rare that the Tenth Division did not continue to attack at night, and the squadron, which had a respite, was not idle, and continued to improve the fortifications under the command of Zhang Zuoxiang and made preparations.

When the sun rose the next day, the [-]th Division, which had rested overnight, started a new day of attack.After thinking about it all night, Katsura Yamaguchi decided to adjust his offensive tactics again. He changed the method of the Japanese army's intensive charge in the past, and broke up the attacking force into zero, and brought some engineers to attack repeatedly, still using the ladder he had prepared , plank, mud bag tactics to deal with the damn barbed wire laid by the Chinese.

The Tenth Division, which adjusted its offensive tactics, caused the Chinese side to run into trouble. Although each attack could bring some casualties to Ri himself, due to the different groups of skirmishers charging, in other words, the Chinese side was in the middle of ammunition consumption and killing. The loss outweighs the gain in terms of rate.Moreover, in the face of Masaru Yamaguchi's "ant moving" strategy, the effectiveness of mortars and grenades has also dropped a lot. Watching Ri himself advance bit by bit, Zhang Zuoxiang was sweating from anxiety.

"Mom, fuck me! Give me a shot! Give me a shot!"

The barbed wire fence in front of the Buyunshan defense line is 20 meters wide. From morning to noon, the Japanese army has used this tactic to advance nearly eight meters. If it still cannot stop the Japanese attack, it may not wait until dark The barbed wire fence in front of the trenches will be useless.

Neither Zhang Zuoxiang nor Sun Liechen wanted to see this scene. In order to stop Ri himself from advancing, the mortarers and grenadiers fired hundreds of shells and bombs, but the effect was not significant.In addition to killing dozens of Japanese soldiers, they still couldn't stop the Japanese themselves. Seeing this result, they were very anxious.

"In this case, the power of mortars and grenade launchers is too small. If we have heavy artillery, we can directly smash the rags in the notebook." Sun Liechen said.

"Nonsense, don't I know?" Zhang Zuoxiang gave him a white look. If he had a heavy cannon in his hand, could he still make the other party so arrogant?A few shells went down to keep the guys who ri himself laid on the barbed wire all finished.

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