Sign in at the start of the Sword

Chapter 286, Major General Feeling Frustrated
The time has come to the second day.

Niu Daoman arrived at the forward command post early in the morning to observe the Nankou position defended by the Eighth Route.

The position has sufficient depth, and the mountains on both sides are steep, and the horizontal position of more than meters is not enough to give full play to the superiority of one's own troops.

Using refueling tactics like the first day, not only will there be heavy casualties, but it will also be difficult to break through the enemy's position as soon as possible.

The strategy must be changed.

A combat staff officer reported: "General, the artillery has been prepared and is ready to cover the enemy's positions at any time.

The attacking third infantry brigade is also ready to attack the enemy at any time.Just waiting for your order. "

Niu Dao hummed, and turned to ask the chief of staff: "I heard that the enemy we face is the New Second Regiment, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, with extremely outstanding achievements."

"Yes, General." The chief of staff knew that there were some things he shouldn't say at this time, but he still wanted to remind:

"According to the information of the intelligence department, the new Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is no less than the first-class troops of the Imperial Army in terms of weapons and equipment.

As for their combat effectiveness, the generals of the imperial army who have been sacrificed in their hands are the most convincing.

General, I don't think we should underestimate the Eight Routes in front of us, we must take them seriously as first-class powerful enemies. "

When he learned that the enemy in front of him was the Eighth Route New Second Regiment, the chief of staff didn't sleep well all night.

He felt that he had to do his duty of reminding, if he still put the old image of Balu in front of him in front of him, he would suffer a big loss.

Ushijima snorted softly, disapproving of what the chief of staff said.

The guy from Shan Province sprinkled a huge fourth brigade along the railway line like peppercorns, resulting in insufficient troops around him, and was taken advantage of by the Tuba Road.

It was even more unlucky for Ota, who suffered disaster as soon as he came to Shanxi.

With 6000 troops in his hand, how could those two unlucky ones be compared with him.

Niu Daoman: "Tubalu will only hide in the tortoise shell and dare not come out. Do they dare to come out and fight the imperial army face to face?

I attach enough importance to them, today is a tortoise shell, I will smash him! "

That's all, he said to the staff officer beside him: "Give me an order, the artillery covers and strikes the enemy's positions, and chews the dirt with steel."

At the forefront, the rd Infantry Battalion.

The squadron led by Noda Takeshi also participated in the attack.

Before the battle started, an experienced sergeant in the squadron headquarters suddenly asked:
"Sir, I heard that the troops who participated in the attack yesterday suffered heavy casualties. The enemy's position is like a hard tortoise shell, which cannot be defeated no matter how hard they fight. Will we be like them today?"

"Are you afraid?" Noda Takeshi turned his head and looked at the speaking sergeant. He had a wealth of combat experience, and Tubalu died in double figures.

It stands to reason that one should not be as intimidated as a recruit.

The sergeant denied with a determined face: "Of course not, I am ready to dedicate myself to the empire. I am just curious about how we will fight today."

Noda Takeshi was extremely pleased when he heard the words. The soldiers of the empire should be like this. Only with the spirit of sacrifice can they bring the empire one victory after another.

He got up and gathered the surrounding soldiers together, and said in front of them: "I think you are also curious about how the general will deal with the Tuba road in front of us.

Here I can tell you that you will soon have a feast for your eyes. Thousands of shells will fall on the enemy's positions and open the way for us.

It was an easy fight, and trust me, by the time we charged up, the enemy was already a piece of flesh. "

The soldiers whispered in amazement. They hadn't fought a decent battle for a long time. A normal battle was just one or two cannons, and hundreds of shells were already a lot.

What a spectacular scene it will be when tens of thousands of shells fall on a position.

It's hard for them to imagine that, let alone a human, even a mouse will be killed by a shell!

A small team leader asked: "Sir, isn't it too wasteful to use so many shells for a small position?

Just using a little artillery fire to cover us is enough to destroy the Tuba Road in front of us. "

The Japanese army has always paid attention to frugality, advocating precise shooting, and destroying an enemy with a single bullet.

Using so many shells to deal with the enemy in a position, they feel in their hearts that it is too wasteful and not worth it.

How did Noda Takeshi know what the general who gave the order was so excited about.

He could only make up a lie and go back. The general wanted to reduce sacrifices, consider our infantry units, and so on.

On the contrary, the soldiers below were so moved that they all had high morale and wanted to die for the general.

This came as a surprise.

There was a booming cannon, and a shell fell on the Eighth Route Army's position like a thunder on the ground.

"Look, it's about to fire!"

The artillery of the Ninth Brigade, which had not been damaged, was all gathered together at this time.

What happened in the early hours of yesterday, the logistical force has already dispatched the artillery shells urgently, and they will be delivered tomorrow at the latest, so there is no need to worry about the shells.

Udo is full of typical artillery fire for time, and the artillery was ordered to let go.

The artillerymen, who were full of fire, were all full of enthusiasm.

As soon as the test shot was fired and the coordinates were calibrated, the artillery began to be busy.

A large number of shells fell on the Nankou position defended by the Eighth Route Army, the sound was like thunder, and the earth shook.

The Japanese soldiers on the front line were stunned, and they were bombarded with cover. When they rushed up, there was probably nothing left.

"What a bunch of ignorant guys."

Noda Takeshi looked proud. In his opinion, although the scale of the shelling was huge, it was far from powerful due to the relatively small caliber of the artillery.

When the Battle of Songhu was launched, the naval guns with a caliber of two to three hundred millimeters fell into a large pit with a diameter of more than ten meters, which was spectacular.

This is a small scene today.However, it should be enough to deal with Tuba Road.

Noda Takeshi observed that the minefields arranged in the enemy's forward positions were also detonated under the cover of dense artillery fire.

It can be seen how effective the covering shelling is, directly clearing all obstacles to their attack.

"Cannon is worthy of being the god of war."

The Japanese army was lamenting, and so was the Balu who had been bombed.

"His grandma's, the brat is crazy, the bombardment is half a point, don't the shells cost money, it's caught up with the hailstorm."

"The little devils have a convulsion today. It hurt them three times yesterday. They were scared. Today they want to use artillery to blow us all up. It will be over once and for all."

Another soldier went on to say: "Who would have thought that our artillery holes are so strong that no matter how many shells the devil uses, it won't do anything."

The dust on the top of the head fell down rustlingly, and the soldiers hiding in the artillery hole could only enjoy themselves in bitterness.

If it is possible, who would like to be bombarded!

It is their dream to blow up the enemy with artillery fire.For now, it can only be a dream.

But that didn't stop them from dreaming about that day.

forward command post.

Li Yunlong frowned seeing the enemy's artillery plowing through the first battalion's position.

Nothing will happen to the soldiers hiding in the bomb defense hole, right?

Don't bury it all.

The anti-blasting hole was dug according to the scale of conventional anti-blasting, and it may not be able to withstand such a fierce shelling.

If the entrance of the cave collapses, all those hiding in it will be buried alive.

Li Yunlong asked: "Have you found out the enemy's artillery positions, can we destroy them?"

Yuan Lang next to him was watching, and he calculated the approximate location of the enemy artillery positions after the long bombardment.

But the problem is that their artillery can't reach the enemy's artillery positions.

The one-hundred-five howitzer with the longest range and the most powerful power was extremely difficult to transport in the mountains, so it was never pulled over.

Mortars and infantry guns, the range is not enough.

Li Yunlong had no choice but to continue watching.

About ten minutes later, the enemy's shelling gradually thinned out, and soldiers rushed to the position of the first battalion like a tide.

The devil's purpose is very clear, covering bombardment plus group charge, trying to break through the Nankou position in one fell swoop by virtue of its absolute firepower and troop superiority, and go straight to the Huangyadong arsenal.

Li Yunlong, who had already calculated that the Japanese army would attack in this way, quickly issued two orders.

Let the artillery company fight back, frustrate the enemy's edge, and let the little devil also taste the taste of being bombed.

On the firepower point he personally selected, he mobilized a machine gun company with twenty machine guns, forming crossfire and dense rain of bullets from the left and right sides, and strafed the crazily charging Japanese army.

The soldiers who got out of the anti-gun hole and were about to stop the Japanese army saw a scene that they would never forget in their lives.

In front of the position, it has become a huge meat grinder.

The shells blasted one Japanese army into the sky one after another, and the metal storm formed by the bullets swept back and forth to reap the lives of the enemies.

In a short period of time, the earth was changed color, it is bright red.

"God, I'm really crazy, blood is flowing like a river!"

Many soldiers didn't understand the meaning of blood flowing into rivers before, but today they understand it thoroughly.

The blood from the enemy filled the craters one after another, and finally gathered together, turning into a meandering stream, flowing downhill.

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and beat him up."

After the machine gunner finished speaking, he picked up the machine gun and joined the sequence of the metal storm.

The other soldiers were taken aback for a moment, and they all raised their guns and joined the battle.

"attack!"

"shooting!"

"charge!"

Noda Takeshi watched his subordinates continue to fall, but did not make much progress, and he realized that he was too happy before.

This was a really tough battle, and he couldn't back down, so he could only bite the bullet and continue fighting.

"Support, I need support."

Soon, another squadron came up
The Japanese army is already red-eyed. They have used up so many shells and have not yet achieved victory.

Like talk?
Can you explain the past?

The captain of the rd Infantry Battalion, with those three orders, sent four squadrons up in turn, vowing to destroy the enemy's occupied positions.

It was really going forward, the front fell, and the back went up. After a day of onslaught, they failed to advance half a step, and formed a stalemate in this position.

The third infantry brigade was directly disabled, and even the fourth infantry brigade, which had just entered the battle in the afternoon, suffered a lot of casualties.

The shells were fired directly.

Niu Daoman at the command post was worried when he saw it, and two blisters appeared on his lips.

Tubalu on the battlefield, could it be Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death?
During the whole day, nearly 3000 shells fell on the position.

Even the rats should have been shocked to death, but Tubalu was able to survive and fight tenaciously, which is unbelievable.

The chief of staff next to him felt nothing. He had reminded him in the morning that the Tuba road in front of him was not ordinary.

They are the elite of the Eighth Route, and as far as they are concerned, they are comparable to the Sixth Division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

If you think that the enemy can be subdued by artillery fire alone, you are underestimating the enemy in front of you.

The obligation to remind has been fulfilled, who let the head of the brigade be self-willed and refuse to listen, this is a great insight!
In the whole day of attack, the number of casualties was 6000. Adding the total of casualties twice yesterday, Udoshima had already lost one-third of the men under his command.

A very scary number, but what about enemy casualties?
He estimated that it would not exceed six hundred at most.

The New Second Regiment really lived up to its reputation, he had seen how powerful the other party was.

"Using the traditional style of play, it seems that this situation cannot be changed." Ushishima Mitsuru seemed to be talking to himself.

In fact, it is also a subtle expression of attitude. Whoever has an idea can express his opinion.

The chief of staff fell silent, he said what he should say, he fell twice in the same place, he is not that stupid.

Niu Daoman was a little disappointed, and his eyes fell on the other staff officers of the command post.

"General, there are two roads leading to Huangya Cave. This road is blocked. We might as well try another road, maybe we can pass."

"We have the advantage of military strength. We can divide the troops into two groups, mobilize the strength of the defenders, and dilute the enemy's strength."

"The enemy's artillery holes are relatively well constructed. Our current caliber mountain artillery and infantry artillery cannot pose a sufficient threat. Therefore, we must either mobilize larger caliber cannons, or request bomber support, large-yield aerial bombs, Enough to destroy enemy positions."

Several staff officers in the command post offered advice and suggestions one after another, putting forward various viewpoints and methods.

In fact, Ushishima Man already had a plan in his heart, and he was supplementing and perfecting his attack plan with the help of the staff's ideas.

This time he chose to have all the cannons and planes, and he regarded the enemy in front of him as a tough enemy like the Soviets and Americans, and gave the highest attention.

The lion fights the rabbit with all his strength.

If he could get so much attention from him, the only one in Shanxi and even North China would be the New Second Regiment that made him suffer.

As a result, the Japanese army's new tactics were released, and they continued to attack Nankou with a force.

In addition, the main force attacked in a detour from the side, rear, and Zuohuishan Pass, forming a flanking attack on the Eighth Route Army's defensive troops.

Twelve bombers have been transferred to the scene and are ready to support at any time tomorrow to destroy the enemy's positions.

After coordination, six of the mountain cannons with a caliber of mm will be sent over night and night, and they will be in place the next day at most.

One communication telegram after another was finally settled, and Ushijima let out a sigh of relief.

"Even if Tubalu is a real Xiaoqiang, he will be blown to pieces by a bomb."

(End of this chapter)