Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 405 This is very troublesome!
After the Japanese planes arrived at the Jiangjunling airspace.

There was no search for the artillery positions of the new regiment as before.

Instead, it dived straight towards the Cuijiazhuang position.

"Boom boom…"

"Da da da…"

The 4th Anti-Aircraft Company, stationed on the top of Cuijiazhuang Mountain and the surrounding mountaintops, opened fire on the diving Japanese planes.

A bombing formation consisting of 2 reconnaissance planes, 2 fighters and 3 bombers dropped bombs at an altitude of 500 meters.

More than 10 aerial bombs broke free from the mechanisms and fell heavily with a sharp whistling sound. Even of them were heavy bombs!

At the same time, the Japanese field artillery and mountain artillery shells continued to fall on the Cuijiazhuang position of the New 1st Regiment.

Company Commander Wang led the soldiers to withstand the shock waves that could hit them at any time, listen to the deafening roar, and brave the continuous falling of gravel, sand, and shrapnel, while operating the anti-aircraft guns, machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns without stopping.

The operator was constantly knocked down by shrapnel, and the assistant gunner and ammunition handler next to him immediately took over.

Machine guns, cannons, and anti-aircraft guns unleashed barrages of fire.

The 82mm mortar's covering bombing caused heavy casualties to the Japanese light and heavy machine gunners.

"Boom!"

A Japanese bomber was hit and caught fire, crashing on a nearby hill, creating a ball of orange-red sparks. The explosion made the entire earth tremble, and the entire battlefield looked like the end of the world.

"Mountain Artillery Battalion, provide artillery support to Air Defense Battalion 2 immediately!"

At the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment, Li Yunlong, who had been paying close attention to the battle in Cuijiazhuang, issued an order.

On this side of the encirclement, the Japanese soldiers from the 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments had suffered heavy casualties and were divided and surrounded.

The firepower of several artillery groups can reinforce the Cuijiazhuang battlefield and suppress the Japanese artillery.

"Yes!"

Zhang Dabiao quickly went to convey the order.

The artillery observer in Cuijiazhuang immediately provided firing information to the mountain artillery position.

After a few test shots, the 36 mountain cannons on the mountain artillery position began to fire rapidly at the attacking Japanese and puppet troops.

The Bofors 75mm mountain artillery shells produced by the system are incredibly powerful.

Combined with the firepower of the 82mm mortar company, shrapnel and broken limbs flew all over the entire offensive formation of the Japanese puppet army.

The firepower composed of the anti-aircraft battalion on the main slope of Cuijia Mountain, the 82 mortars on the reverse slope, and the long-range mountain artillery positions caused heavy casualties to the attacking Japanese and puppet troops, and corpses covered the battlefield all over the mountain.

The subsequent attacking devils were finally frightened and fell to the ground helplessly, panicking about for stones, shallow pits, or corpses to avoid the harvest that was coming towards them and falling from the sky.

Many puppet soldiers lay on the ground pretending to be dead. They knew that the Eighth Route Army would not shoot puppet soldiers lying on the ground, and the two sides formed a tacit understanding.

The Japanese retreated with their rifles in hand, and the supervisory team behind them mercilessly fired at the retreating Japanese. The Japanese had no choice but to turn their guns around and continue attacking the Eighth Route Army's position.

Then during the attack, the Japanese were attacked by the Eighth Route Army's air defense battalion, mortar company and mountain artillery battalion.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, the 5th Infantry Battalion of the 5th Brigade and the 2nd Regiment of the th Division of the puppet army were completely wiped out.

"Battalion Commander, our Fifth Company can still continue to fight."

At the Cuijiashan position, Captain Wang, with a bandage on his left hand, was full of murderous intent and took the lead in demonstrating the revolutionary tradition of not leaving the front line even with minor injuries.

Li Mancang, the second commander of the air defense battalion, said in an unquestionable tone: "Follow the order!"

Captain Wang said, "Please let the remaining soldiers of our Fifth Company serve as the reserve, Battalion Commander, I beg you!"

More than half of the anti-aircraft company 20 suffered casualties, and more than half of its anti-aircraft machine guns, 40mm machine guns, and mm anti-aircraft guns were lost.

If there is another attack like the one just now, the 5th Company will probably be wiped out.

However, none of the soldiers in the fifth company were cowardly. Even if they retreated for a short rest, they had to be prepared to take over at any time.

"Okay." Li Mancang nodded, "Take the troops to the reverse slope to rest."

"Yes!" Captain Wang straightened his body and led the soldiers of the 5th Air Defense Company to retreat to the reverse slope.

At the same time, the 6th Anti-Aircraft Company, which had been serving as a reserve force, quickly took up its position under the leadership of the company commander.

Fearing that the soldiers of the Sixth Company would suffer losses, during the handover, Captain Wang specifically instructed the commander of the Sixth Air Defense Company on what he needed to pay attention to during combat.

Full of details.

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Jiangjunling. The headquarters of the Japanese 4th Brigade and the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade.

Mitake Tsuda's face looked very ugly.

In the first three attacks, the 4th Brigade and the Locust Army did not try their best, so it was normal that they failed to capture the Cuijiashan position. After all, the enemy in this battle was China's ace force, the New 1st Regiment.

He could understand why they hadn't even reached the enemy's frontline.

Although an infantry battalion was lost in the first three attacks, it was barely acceptable.

but.

The attack of the 5th Battalion of the 4th Infantry and a regiment of the Locust Army was supported by powerful artillery firepower from a field artillery regiment under a Type A division and a mountain artillery battalion of the 4th Brigade, as well as air support from the 54th Flying Squadron.

Not only did they fail to capture the Cuijiashan position, but the attacking force was also completely wiped out.

Although the vanguard approached the front line of the New 1st Regiment, what was the use?

This made him tremble with pain!
The 4th Brigade is his capital for gaining a foothold in the army. If the 4th Brigade is wiped out, it will be difficult for his superiors to replenish his second-line mixed brigade.

Two of the 4th Brigade's six infantry battalions have been destroyed.

Even the artillery battalion was suppressed by the Eighth Route Army's long-range artillery fire in the previous battle, and three Type 3 75mm mountain guns were hit and destroyed by artillery shells.

The 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments were both equipped with advanced Type mountain guns, but second-line troops like the th Brigade, which were neither loved nor cared for, were still equipped with old Type mountain guns.

The maximum range of the Type 6.3 mountain gun was only kilometers, and it could only be suppressed by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire.

The field artillery equipped by the field artillery regiment had a long range, but the balloon that had just risen was shot down.

Even if the reconnaissance plane was conducting reconnaissance at high altitude, the weather was not good and it could only fly at an altitude of 3,000 meters to provide the artillery with the location of the enemy artillery positions and correct the impact points.

But at this height, the Eighth Route Army's 40mm anti-aircraft guns can also pose a threat.

From the telescope and artillery mirror, it can be seen that the enemy has replaced the anti-aircraft force. The enemy intends to defend the Cuijiazhuang position to the death. The enemy lost two infantry battalions and two regiments of the Locust Association Army, and did not even touch the front line of the Eighth Route Army.

How many troops would be lost to capture the Cuijiashan position?

Four infantry battalions?

Or five infantry battalions?

At this time, the Japanese soldiers from the 1st Guards Regiment and the 2nd Guards Regiment in the encirclement sent a request to Takeshi Sakurada for tactical guidance.

Sakurada Takeya, who was furious and heartbroken, had to admit that the New 1st Regiment was the strongest Republic of China force he had ever encountered, without a doubt.

In the past, he followed Itagaki Seishirō and fought against the Central Army, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and the direct troops of the Nationalist Government Army. The New 1st Regiment was much stronger than those opponents.

It's not just a strong will to fight.

In 1937, he had seen many Chinese soldiers who were fearless of death, and there were too many Republic of China soldiers holding explosives and grenades to blow up tanks and armored vehicles.

In addition to their strong fighting will and fearlessness of death, this unit in front of us also has extremely powerful firepower.

This is very troublesome!
On the battlefields of both sides, except for the Locust Army whose fighting will was extremely weak, the Guards Mixed Brigade, the 4th Brigade and the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side were all troops with extremely strong fighting will and fearlessness of death.

In modern warfare, what counts is consumption and firepower.

When both sides have strong fighting will and are fearless of death, whoever has stronger firepower will have a greater chance of winning.

"Report to the General."

The captain of the guard squadron reported to Major General Sakurada Takeshi in a panic, his head bowed:

"My squadron was attacked by the Eighth Route Army on Yunshan Mountain, and we suffered 163 casualties. Please give me another squadron. This time I will definitely wipe out all the Eighth Route Army on Yunshan Mountain."

As soon as he finished speaking, the captain of the guard squadron was slapped hard in the face.

"Hi…"

The captain of the guard squadron didn't move at all, and let out a suppressed "hi" sound.

He led his troops and was attacked by the Blade Commando near Yunshan. The guard company of the Guards Mixed Brigade was one of the most combat-effective companies in the entire Guards Division, but dozens of people in the guard company were shot and killed in the first encounter. After two or three encounters, most of the guard company were killed or wounded. If they had not run fast, the guard company would have been wiped out.

"idiot……"

Major General Sakurada Takeshi kicked the captain of the guard squadron away in anger:
"Next, let the Locust Alliance Army take over as the main force of the attack!"

Sakurada Takeshi's face was gloomy.

Just now, the Eighth Route Army's air defense forces opened fire at full power, and the artillery coverage of several Eighth Route Army artillery groups must have consumed a large amount of ammunition.

Takeshi Sakurada: I just don’t believe that the Eighth Route Army has endless ammunition!

(End of this chapter)