Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 409: A mess!

Go back more than an hour.

Northwest Shanxi.

General Ridge.

Six twenty-five in the morning.

Although there was a hint of dawn in the sky, the weather was still bitterly cold.

"Comrades, there are still five minutes before the general attack begins. In five minutes, we will rush forward and devour the Japs' guards!"

At the Second Battalion Headquarters, the instructor looked at his watch and spoke excitedly.

After the reorganization, the total strength of the Second Battalion has reached more than 1500 people. In yesterday's siege, more than 100 people were killed or wounded, and there are currently about 1400 people left.

Although it is only a battalion, in terms of combat effectiveness and firepower, his battalion is much stronger than some of the main regiments of the Eighth Route Army with numbers.

"Let the warriors prepare for battle."

Battalion Commander Chen looked at the instructor and several company commanders and repeated the general attack plan: "After the shelling, let the submachine guns lead the way. Avoid bayonet fights with the Japanese. Try to resolve the battle with submachine guns and rifles. If you encounter Japanese machine guns, call for artillery fire support or use bazookas to kill them."

The Japanese soldiers of the Type A Division are very good at bayonet fighting.

It’s not that the New 1st Regiment is afraid of bayonet fighting, but in the New 1st Regiment, soldiers are more important than weapons and ammunition, and they must learn to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

"Yes!"

Several company commanders shouted in unison and turned to walk out.

Five minutes passed in a flash. On both sides of the road from Jiangjunling to Ping'an County, red flares rose up with sharp whistling sounds, and dozens or even hundreds of flares were thrown into the sky almost at the same time.

The red flare is the order for the general attack!

In an instant, 60 mortars, 82 mortars, 75 mountain guns, 105 howitzers, 152 howitzers, and hundreds of cannons of various calibers opened fire at the same time, and shells continuously hit the Japanese soldiers of the Guards Division in the encirclement.

The orange-red trails of the shells flying in the sky were as dense as a spider web.

“Boom boom boom boom boom boom…”

Continuous and dense explosions suddenly occurred on the highway and its vicinity, and the Japanese soldiers who were separated and surrounded were instantly plunged into a sea of ​​smoke and fire.

The Japanese soldiers of the Imperial Guards Division have a strong fighting spirit, and so far not a single one has surrendered.

but.

The Bushido spirit was ruthlessly shattered by high-explosive grenades.

Many Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces on the spot, leaving no trace of their bodies. The power of the 105mm high-explosive grenade and the 120mm mortar shell was already strong enough, and the power of the 152mm high-explosive shell was even more wild.

The explosion of a 152mm high-explosive artillery shell can cover an area of ​​​​a football field. The Japanese at the center of the explosion were instantly torn into blood mist and fragments, and the surrounding Japanese were either dead or disabled!

The shelling lasted for 20 minutes and stopped abruptly at 6:50.

"Dududududu——"

At the positions of the various units of the New 1st Regiment, the inspiring charge horns sounded almost simultaneously, and the buglers blew the horn for the general attack.

"Kill all the Japanese dogs!"

"Choked the damn Locust Guards to death in the cesspool!"

"Kill!"

"Come on!"

"..."

More than 10,000 soldiers, like tigers descending from the mountains, launched an extremely fierce attack on the Japanese in the encirclement almost at the same time. The mountains were filled with gunshots, shouts, and the sounds of grenade and artillery shell explosions.

No matter how dense the artillery shells and bullets are, it is impossible to eliminate all the Japanese devils. There will always be some Japanese devils who survive.

The Japanese soldiers who managed to survive regained their ferocious nature, picked up their rifles and launched a counterattack.

"Da da da……"

The front-row soldiers of the Second Battalion charged while firing their submachine guns.

One by one, the Japanese soldiers fell in a pool of blood.

"Da da da…"

Behind a rock on the left side of the road, two Japanese soldiers set up a Type 96 light machine gun and fired crazily. Four or five soldiers from the Second Battalion were caught off guard and fell down. A rocket launcher soldier knelt on one knee, aimed at the Japanese machine gun fire point, turned off the safety and then pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

A high-explosive rocket drew a low trajectory in the air and instantly hit the Japanese light machine gun fire point. The Japanese and the light machine gun were blown into the air.

"Ding!"

The next second, a 6.5mm Arisaka rifle bullet hit the helmet on the bazooka soldier's head. The bullet penetrated the helmet, and a bloody hole appeared on the bazooka soldier's forehead, and he fell down.

However, without machine gun fire, the remaining Japanese infantry were quickly suppressed by submachine gun fire.

After eliminating the Japanese here, the soldiers continued to attack with rifles and submachine guns. When several soldiers turned a corner of the road, they saw a Japanese Type 92 infantry gun aimed at this side.

Seeing the Eighth Route Army appear, the Japanese artillery immediately pulled the fuse. With a loud bang, the shells hit the slope behind the soldiers in an instant, and gravel and shrapnel flew everywhere. The soldiers who rushed to the front fell in a pool of blood.

"Bazooka!"

The platoon leader shouted, and a rocket launcher soldier came forward carrying a rocket launcher, but was quickly forced back by the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun.

"Covering fire!"

The platoon leader took the lead and, along with several soldiers, braved the enemy's heavy machine gun fire and fired rapidly at the enemy with their submachine guns.

"Da da da…"

The Japanese machine gunner was suppressed by the submachine gun fire and dared not look up after being forced into the bunker.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the rocket launcher soldiers quickly found a good position, aimed at the Japanese infantry guns and opened fire.

At this time, the Japanese artillerymen had just reloaded a shell, and before they could pull the fuse to fire, a rocket flew over. The Japanese artillerymen were frightened and fled in all directions. The Japanese who was responsible for pulling the rope fired the infantry gun at the last second.

"Boom! Boom!"

The Japanese artillery and infantry guns were blown away, and the platoon leader and several covering soldiers fell in a pool of blood.

"Attack, kill!"

The deputy platoon leader took over command and led the soldiers to continue charging.

"Da da da…"

After rushing forward, the soldiers threw several grenades at the Japanese heavy machine gun bunker, and with "boom boom boom" the Japanese machine gunner was blown out from behind the bunker.

……

The Japanese in the encirclement were frantically calling for help.

The furious Sakurada Takeshi once again ordered the 4th Brigade and the puppet army to attack Cuijiazhuang.

Field artillery and mountain artillery units provided artillery support, with the infantry charging while the artillery bombarded.

The New 105st Regiment responded quickly, quickly allocating a part of its 152mm howitzers and mm howitzers. With the firing information provided by the artillery observer on Yunshan Mountain, it turned its guns and fired towards the Japanese artillery positions.

This tactic of detecting enemy artillery positions is optical detection. Under visual conditions, multiple observers are arranged to use telescopes, artillery mirrors and other optical observation equipment to monitor the smoke, muzzle flashes and other phenomena produced when the enemy fires, and then determine the enemy positions through intersection positioning to guide their own artillery attacks.

Normally, the detection range of this reconnaissance tactic is about 6-10 kilometers in front width and about 10-15 kilometers in reconnaissance distance.

However, this detection tactic is not very accurate and requires a large number of artillery shells for fire coverage, suppression and destruction.

With the cooperation of artillery observers and howitzer units, the Japanese field artillery and mountain firepower were suppressed, and some Japanese artillery and mountain field artillery were blown up.

Without artillery fire support, the Eighth Route Army's dense firepower was overwhelming on the front battlefield of Cuijiazhuang. The Japanese and puppet troops, whose morale was already low, failed in their attack and retreated in panic after leaving behind hundreds of corpses.

……

"The New 1st Regiment has launched a general attack on the 2st and nd Guards Regiments."

"Datong was also attacked by Chinese troops, and the Datong airport was destroyed."

In Taiyuan, at the headquarters of the Japanese First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka's face was gloomy when he received the news.

"Nani?"

Yamamoto Ikki, who had just woken up from his wartime duty last night, had a pale expression on his face, and his tone was filled with disbelief:
"How could this happen? Which army is attacking Datong?"

Today, the Eighth Route Army launched a general attack on the 1st and 2nd Guards Regiments, which was within Yamamoto's expectations.

But why was Datong attacked again?

Datong was the transit station for the First Army's combat supplies for the attack on northwestern Shanxi. Three thousand tons of the First Army's combat supplies were stored in Datong. During the battle, the logistics units of each division and brigade were responsible for transporting them to northwestern Shanxi.

After all, this operation was a surprise attack on the New 1st Regiment in Ping'an County, northwest Shanxi. The raiding troops could not carry so many combat supplies, so logistical supplies were particularly important.

Once Datong falls, this batch of combat supplies will fall into the hands of the enemy or be destroyed, and then Operation Plan A will fail.

"It's the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. The regimental commander is Chu Yunfei, a graduate of the fifth class of the Whampoa Military Academy."

Yoshio Shinozuka handed a piece of Chu Yunfei's information to Yamamoto Ikki.

"I actually overlooked this person." Yamamoto's face was gloomy. He had noticed this person before. The difference between Chu Yunfei and other Kuomintang officers was that he would never passively avoid fighting, but would take the initiative and actively cooperate with the Eighth Route Army.

"What is the current situation of the battle in Datong?" Yamamoto Ikki asked in a deep voice.

"It's not optimistic." Shinozuka Yoshio rubbed his aching head. "The southern wall of Datong has been captured by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. The 358th Regiment is entering the city from the south wall and engaging in street fighting with the defenders."

"The garrisons of the surrounding counties have set out to reinforce, but there is no news yet."

What Shinozuka Yoshio and Yamamoto Kazuki didn't know was.

Although the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army attacked Datong this time, it did not greet the surrounding Kuomintang troops.

However, some Eighth Route Army guerrillas, the surrounding Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and a small number of Central Army guerrillas saw the Japanese coming out of the county town and artillery towers and reinforcing in the direction of Datong, and these troops spontaneously launched a blocking attack.

Even if the Japanese and puppet troops wanted to celebrate the birthday, they could not be allowed to do so happily.

Even the bandits joined in. Xie Baoqing led the bandits from Heiyun Village to ambush a small group of Japanese soldiers, and the entire northern and northwestern Shanxi became a mess.

(End of this chapter)