Volume 1 Chapter 003 Reinforcements?
Since the shelling began, Chu Yunfei has been sitting in the rear, observing the battlefield with a telescope.
This was the first time he witnessed the 358th Regiment in action.
The fact that the 358th Regiment became the main force of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was naturally largely due to its rigorous daily training.
The soldiers of the 358th Regiment's charging movements and postures are quite standard.
only……
Watching their collective charge, Chu Yunfei always felt that there was a lack of something...momentum!
right!
It just lacks the momentum and ferocity !
It feels like they are charging forward, but they may retreat at any time if something goes wrong.
I think of some bad memories.
Chu Yunfei put down the telescope and shouted, "Send out the supervision team. Anyone who dares to retreat will be executed on the spot!"
"yes!"
The messenger ran off to convey the order.
A company-sized supervision team stood behind the first battalion, holding their guns horizontally.
Anyone who dares to retreat will be shot immediately!
I don't know if it was the incentive of the bounty or the deterrence of the supervision team, but the soldiers of the first battalion encountered the obstruction of the Japanese army and finally did not collapse, and fought with the Japanese army.
A battalion has nearly 2,000 soldiers and horses.
The artillery squadron directly under the Sakata Regiment was in trouble.
Bang! Bang! Bang…
The Japanese artillery positions were originally in the rear, but at this time they became the forefront of the battle line.
When Lieutenant Colonel Sato saw the enemy rushing over, he was so scared that he shouted, "Quick! Call Colonel Sakata... No! Call Lieutenant Colonel Ando and ask for urgent tactical guidance! Quick!"
It was only at this time that Lieutenant Colonel Sato remembered that Colonel Sakata was dead.
At this time, all he could hope for was for Captain Ando to come quickly to protect his artillery squadron!
Lieutenant Colonel Ando Daisuke, captain of the Ando Battalion, was leading his soldiers to block the New 1st Regiment's breakout.
When they were doing their best to stop the Communist army's breakout, they suddenly heard the sound of artillery fire, but Lieutenant Colonel Ando did not see any shells falling on the Communist positions.
Before he could react, his subordinate, Major Ida, ran over and said urgently: "Report to the Colonel, our rear was attacked by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. Lieutenant Colonel Sato requested tactical guidance from our team!"
"idiot!"
Upon hearing that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, which had always been afraid of fighting, dared to suddenly attack the Imperial Japanese Army, Lieutenant Colonel Ando was furious.
He angrily wanted to order his men to turn around and attack the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
However, the Communist army was making every effort to break out at this time, so how could their own troops abandon the Communist army and go to support the artillery battalion?
Lieutenant Colonel Ando shouted, "Contact the Hase Battalion and the Kimura Battalion and ask them to send troops to support the artillery squadron!"
He was responsible for intercepting the Communist army's breakout head-on, while Hase and Kimura were only responsible for surrounding the Communist army and preventing them from escaping.
The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is a bunch of cowardly cowards.
Just send one or two squadrons to stop them.
It won’t be too late to turn around and take over the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army after we have eliminated the Eighth Route Army in front of us.
Lieutenant Colonel Ando has a good idea.
However, the Japanese army has a strict hierarchy, which has advantages but also disadvantages.
The regiment commander, Colonel Sakata, is dead!
The Chief of Staff was also dead.
The headquarters was destroyed.
Now the other two battalions of the Sakata Regiment have no orders from their superiors, and they are simply unwilling to listen, and there is no need for them to obey the orders of Lieutenant Colonel Ando of the same rank.
The new regiment was able to successfully break through only after they killed the Sakata Command. They said they were facing a regiment, but in fact they were only facing the obstruction of a battalion!
"yes!"
The communicator quickly contacted the Hase Battalion and the Kimura Battalion.
When Lieutenant Colonel Hase heard Lieutenant Colonel Ando's request, he shouted angrily: "Baga! What qualifications does that bastard Ando have to order me around! Tell them that our army is under attack by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and that they can't spare any troops to provide tactical guidance. Let Ando take his own troops to support the artillery squadron!"
Lieutenant Colonel Hase was not lying.
The 358th Regiment's staff has formulated a detailed plan for this operation.
The 4th Battalion of the 358th Regiment served as the reserve force and stayed behind.
The first battalion of the main force cooperated with the artillery battalion to attack Ando's battalion.
The second and third battalions were responsible for containing the Hase Battalion and the Kimura Battalion.
The previous mission of the Sakata Regiment was to surround Cangyun Ridge and trap the Eighth Route Army in Cangyun Ridge.
The trenches and tunnels built all face Cangyun Ridge.
The excavated soil was piled on the breast wall facing Cangyun Ridge.
The Japanese soldiers could shoot while standing. The stacked sandbags could reduce the chance of being hit.
But on the other side, the wall behind me is not even as high as my waist.
Even when shooting from his knees, his chest and above were still exposed.
Moreover, the narrow tunnel made it impossible for the Japanese to lie down and shoot!
At this time, the trenches and tunnels not only failed to provide sufficient cover for the Japanese, but instead became a burden, making them more easily exposed to the guns of the 358th Team.
The Hase Battalion and the Kimura Battalion were busy repelling the attacks of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 358th Regiment, so they had no energy to support the artillery squadron.
The first battalion of the 358th Regiment has already attacked.
The artillery squadron was unable to move at all. When Lieutenant Colonel Sato heard that Lieutenant Colonel Ando had not sent any troops to support them, he shouted angrily: "Defend where you are, and quickly contact the brigade commander to ask him for emergency tactical guidance!"
Even if we are attacked by the enemy now.
All they could do was defend on the spot and then contact the brigade commander to seek emergency tactical guidance.
This goes on and on.
The most precious time has been wasted!
The 1st Battalion of the 358th Regiment pressed forward, but they were no match for an artillery battalion with only a reinforced Japanese squad to protect them.
Lieutenant Colonel Sato saw that the enemy had already attacked 20 meters from the front line. He shouted sadly: "Blow up the artillery, we can't leave them to the enemy!"
When the artilleryman heard this, he suppressed his grief and stuffed the grenade into the shell.
4 seconds later!
Boom…Boom…Boom…
A series of huge explosions!
Even the soil on the ground was lifted up more than ten meters high!
The last two infantry guns were also destroyed by the Japanese themselves.
A huge gust of wind blew in with sand and hit the face of the first battalion commander Qian Bojun, causing him excruciating pain.
Seeing that the artillery was blown up by the devils themselves, he shouted angrily: "These sons of bitches are not willing to give me a chance even if they die! Come on, I don't want any of you alive, kill them all!"
The Type 92 infantry gun is a good thing. If we can capture a few, we can send them to the regimental commander.
The leader will definitely be happy and will reward himself.
Now there is nothing.
Qian Bojun was so angry that he didn't want to leave any survivors.
The 1st Battalion of the 358th Regiment rushed to the artillery battalion's position. They didn't care whether the Japanese were dead or not. As long as the bodies were intact, they would kill them with bayonets.
Stab the devil in the heart!
After making sure that all the Japs were killed, the First Battalion regrouped and charged towards Ando's group.
At this time, the artillery battalion of the 358th Regiment posed no threat, and the artillery fire became even more violent.
The most unfortunate one was the machine gun squadron directly under the regiment assigned to Ando's battalion, which was the main target of the 358th Regiment's artillery fire.
The Japanese machine guns had not fired a few shots before they came under ruthless bombardment from the 358th Regiment.
They were constantly hit and overturned by artillery shells, and the Japanese soldiers on the position were also in trouble.
The Japanese machine gunner quickly picked up the machine gun and tried to change the target.
But this time Chu Yunfei invested a lot of money and used up all the ammunition in the regiment at once.
That's nearly 120 rounds of 75mm mountain artillery shells and 480 rounds of 82mm mortar shells!
Groups of Japanese soldiers were blown away and torn to pieces by artillery shells, with their body parts, blood and flesh scattered across the mountains, looking even more terrifying and disgusting.
Under the bombardment, the Japanese positions were unable to form an effective fire line to block the attack of the 358th Regiment.
What was even more terrifying was that as the artillery fire spread , the front-line positions and the central army of the Japanese were cut off, and they could not form a hierarchical and segmented position. They could only fight individually.
The 358th Regiment surrounded them and devoured them one by one.
The New 1st Regiment's commander Li Yunlong led the New 1st Regiment to break out, but was intercepted by two heavy machine guns from the Ando Battalion in front of them.
The Type 92 heavy machine gun guards the mountain pass, commanding a commanding position and enjoying the advantage of terrain.
The new regiment's breakout was blocked.
Li Yunlong was extremely anxious. He was just about to organize a suicide squad.
Suddenly a series of artillery fire rang out.
What’s even more strange is that the shells actually fell on the Japanese positions.
Boom boom…
The two machine guns deployed at the pass by Ando Battalion were immediately silenced!
With these artillery bombardments, the Japanese had no energy to care about Li Yunlong or the New 1st Regiment.
The charging Japanese soldiers quickly ran back to their positions, ready to fight the 358th Regiment.
Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion at the front, rushed to the regiment commander . "Commander! Someone is attacking the Japanese!"
nonsense!
My eyes are not blind.
Of course Li Yunlong knew that someone was attacking the Japanese.
Didn’t you see that some Japanese soldiers were killed by artillery shells?
What surprised him was which unit was attacking the Japanese and supporting him.
The 771st and 772nd Regiments are behind us and cannot attack us from the front.
And most importantly, they don't have to be so generous.
There are so many shells!
The thought just flashed through his mind, and he suppressed his curiosity.
Now there was only one problem before him.
Should we continue to break through or counterattack?
