Age of Rebirth

Chapter 270

The temporary field fortifications of the Yamaguchi Brigade of the Japanese Army were well built. In just a few hours, firepower points, foxholes, trenches, traffic ditches, starting assembly positions, and artillery positions were all available. Regardless of their aggressive nature, the individual combat capabilities of Japanese soldiers were top-notch in Asia at the time.

It's a pity that what they met in North China was Tang Qiuli, a freak who came to this world with a wealth of historical knowledge. He knew the Japanese army's offensive routine very well. , launched a violent and uninterrupted continuous charge.

The charge failed, and then repeated it again. After several times of tossing like this, the defenders' strength and medicines were almost exhausted, so how could they hold the position? In fact, Tang Qiuli wanted to launch the attack first. When the fortifications are not repaired, it must be quite refreshing to give him a hard punch!

After comprehensive consideration of various factors, Tang Qiuli had no choice but to give up this tempting idea. First of all, under the condition of equal firepower, the casualties of the attacking side would definitely exceed those of the defending side. Satisfy personal desires, and secondly, never fire the first shot. Sometimes, politics has to be talked about. War is the continuation of politics. He can't remember what the famous general said. [

If there were no factors from the Nanjing government, the Yamaguchi brigade would have been wiped out by Tang Qiuli on the way, and it would have been his turn to be arrogant here.

But in the past few hours, the troops of the Independent Division moving to the two wings of the Yamaguchi Brigade have all been in place, waiting for the order of the division commander to rush forward and deal a fatal blow to the Yamaguchi Brigade. Yamaguchi has no knowledge of all this, Don't blame him. Before the July [-]th Incident, the Chinese army that could resist the attack of the two Japanese regiments hadn't appeared yet!

The Japanese army on the opposite side quieted down. Tang Qiuli knew that the Yamaguchi was ready. He immediately ordered the front troops to retreat to the third line of defense, except for a small number of troops to monitor the Japanese army. Quickly enter the blast hole.

There was a loud noise, and the Japanese army began to shell. The frontline positions of the Independent Division were quickly shrouded in gunpowder smoke. Groups of cannons, with sharp and strange howls, landed on the positions, blasting up lumps of mud.

It may be the Japanese, who were very angry with the big sign erected at the front. It was very unpleasant. They first hit the artillery fire and wasted hundreds of rounds before blowing up the sign into pieces. Listening to the Japanese shelling Sound, the largest caliber is the 75mm mountain cannon, there is no large-caliber field cannon.

The Japanese army shelled for 10 minutes. The front position of the independent division was covered with soil, which was beyond recognition. After the shelling stopped, a brigade of Japanese troops marched into the independent division position swaggeringly in charge formation.

The Japanese artillery did not extend their shooting. Perhaps they felt that the number of Chinese troops in the position should be left after this artillery fire. It is not worth wasting the artillery of the imperial army. The infantry rushed up to accept the position. , prepare to pass through the area.

The Japanese infantry had advanced to a place more than 300 meters away from the first position of the Independent Division. The position of the Chinese people was quieter than the cemetery. There was not a single shot of return fire. The Japanese army felt more relaxed. The soldiers in the tactical action also relaxed their tense nerves, and walked forward casually like wild wanderers.

Suddenly, a louder roar than before sounded behind the position of the Independent Division. A group of cannons pierced the air, with a sharp tail sound, passing over the heads of the charging Japanese soldiers, and smashed down in the direction of the Japanese artillery positions.

Hearing the cannon passing overhead, the sharp whistling sound made the Japanese soldiers goosebumps all over their bodies. They never dreamed that the Chinese army had so many cannons, which were used to fight back the imperial artillery.

The captain of the Japanese army who commanded the charge suddenly realized that the Chinese army was playing tricks and tricks. They were very cunning. They were dealing with the artillery of the imperial army. The next wave of artillery would definitely fall on him. He immediately ordered the soldiers loudly , charge at the fastest speed, and only by entering the Chinese position and mixing with their soldiers can they get rid of the fate of eating cannons.

The captain of the Japanese army was very smart, and his tactics were correct. However, the guns still needed to be eaten. Those large-caliber guns ignored them, but continued to pass over their heads and flew in the direction of the artillery positions.

What landed on their heads was a mass of mortars that looked like a flock of crows. At the beginning, more than 100 mortars fired in salvo. The other artillery were trying their best to destroy the Japanese artillery positions. Guys, leave it all to the care of the mortar.

The Japanese army's charge formation was immediately overwhelmed by gunpowder smoke and flames. The guns fell, and groups of devils were blasted into the air. The first round of shelling caused serious damage to the unsuspecting Japanese army, not to mention that it was a high-explosive mortar , One shot can match the power of a 75mm mountain cannon.

The rest of the Japanese army charged forward desperately. Only by mingling with the Chinese soldiers could they avoid the deadly artillery. Blast into a wall of death.

What made the Japanese soldiers even more horrifying was that on the desolate moon-like battlefield, light and heavy machine gun fire points suddenly came back to life. Rows of people were swept down, convulsed, and lay convulsed in a pool of blood. The screams of the dying could be heard amidst the deafening gunfire.

Such a sudden and ferocious firepower attack broke the will of the unsuspecting Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers who took their lives turned around and ran back. Mortars and light and heavy machine guns chased their buttocks, which was another He beat them fiercely and drove them back to the starting point of the charge.

Yamaguchi saw painfully that within ten minutes, hundreds of cannons fell from his artillery position, and it was turned into ruins. The artillery that was ready to advance, together with the soldiers, became parts and died. The bent barrel, the cannon wheels flying around, it was a miserable scene.

The artillery of the Chinese army continued to bombard cruelly. A part of the artillery that was blown up unfortunately happened to hit the left foot of the brigade commander and major general of the Imperial Army. Yamaguchi screamed, and his left foot was swollen Like steamed buns, it is conservatively estimated that the four toes of the left foot have comminuted fractures. [

A battalion charged with more than 300 soldiers, but only 400 escaped by chance, and most of them were injured. The captain of the brigade was not so lucky, and stayed in a foreign land forever, and even every corpse was found. No, only the bent command knife proved the identity of the former owner.

From the start of the Japanese bombardment to the present, in only four to ten minutes, an elite Japanese field brigade was completely disabled, with a casualty rate of over 10%, which fully proved the principle that Tang Qiuli has always implemented. A sudden blow to the enemy will surely kill him, or at least make him lose his combat effectiveness.

The Japanese artillery made a fatal mistake. The artillery fire did not extend. This gave Tang Qiuli the opportunity to quickly mobilize all the mortars and light and heavy machine guns to the front, to concentrate the most powerful firepower, and to give the Japanese army the greatest possible firepower. killing.

It turned out that he was planning to use infantry firepower to crush the first Japanese attack. Unexpectedly, the Japanese artillery presented such a great opportunity. The battle that could have been stalemate for a while ended quickly, leaving behind soldiers with light weapons You guys shook your head regretfully. It's been a long time since we fought with the little devils. We wanted to have sex, but we didn't want to. We were surrounded by artillery and light and heavy machine gunners.

In the first wave of collision, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses. Two artillery brigades were wiped out, and one infantry brigade remained. Six people were killed in the independent division and 48 were injured, all caused by Japanese artillery bombardment.

A sudden heavy punch knocked Yamaguchi into a coma. He didn't know where a Chinese army came out with such powerful firepower. Judging from the explosion point of the cannon, at least it was a heavy cannon with a caliber of more than [-]mm In order to create such a bombardment effect, it is the heavy weapons that are only available at the division level and above of the Imperial Army and in the formation of troops. How did the Chinese army come here.

I blame myself for taking the enemy too lightly. If the artillerymen were not busy preparing to move, they would not be attacked by the opponent and would not be able to fight back. Which army is on the opposite side? As for being beaten to vomit blood, I don't know who did it.

Of course, Yamaguchi still has capital in his hands. Losing a brigade would mean breaking a finger at best. The boss is still there. He can't swallow this breath. When did the imperial army suffer such a big loss? Gather all the throwers and heavy machine guns to form a fire assault team to completely suppress the firepower of the Chinese troops. I want to attack, attack!

The position of the Chinese army on the opposite side, surprisingly cooperated with Yamaguchi's actions, and did not fire artillery, leaving him plenty of preparation time. Yamaguchi firmly believed that the disastrous defeat just now was just a conspiracy of the Chinese people, and his own carelessness had something to do with the fighting power of the imperial army. The imperial army of the Imperial Japanese Empire, which advocates the decisive battle of the main force, wants to teach these despicable Chinese people a lesson in an open and honest manner.

Without the threat of the opponent's artillery, Tang Qiuli was happy to fight with Yamaguchi. He knew that according to the temper of the Japanese generals in this period, they would never be able to swallow this breath. , The name goes down in history, but it ended in failure in the end, and it also made the Japanese army a bad name.

Especially in North China, the Japanese army has not yet learned a profound lesson. If it is placed on the generals of the Northeast Kwantung Army, it will immediately be judged that it is the troops of the former Bloody Hands. It is possible to turn around and retreat, and call for reinforcements. In this situation where there is no artillery cover and the opponent's firepower far exceeds his own, he still launches an attack.