Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 237 Superior Firepower + Human Sea Assault Doctrine

 Time goes back ten minutes to Dongfeng Mountain in Zhongtiao Mountain.

“Commander, please leave Highland 1337 to our battalion! Give me ten minutes and I promise to complete the mission!”

Finally caught up with the large-scale battle, all the commanders and fighters were in high spirits, and no one wanted to miss the opportunity to fight the first battle.

"Why do all the good things have to be given to your first battalion? Are our second and third battalions just stepmothers? It's our turn for the main attack mission this time!"

Ding Wei frowned at the noise beside him. The new group's hiding place was not too far from the enemy's position, but any louder sound might expose the target.

 After thinking for a moment, he put down the telescope in his hand and said seriously:

"Okay, okay! Stop arguing! Leave the 1337th Highland to the First Battalion to attack, but I will only give you ten minutes. If the attack does not go well, I will replace it immediately!"

“Highland 1349 is under the charge of the Second Battalion, and the Third Battalion serves as a reserve team and is ready to enter the battlefield at any time!”

“You all bring your portable communicators and stay in contact with me throughout the battle. The artillery company will provide you with fire support.”

Although the war on the northeast side of Zhongtiao Mountain has not yet officially begun, the two Japanese divisions have stepped into the trap set by the 129th Division without realizing it.

This is due to the fact that the First Air Division provides a large amount of intelligence to the ground forces. The pilots are not only immersed in licking the ground, they often also serve as reconnaissance aircraft during ground attacks.

 Our side has opened the entire map, but the enemy is still in the fog of war. I really don’t know how to lose.

In the plan of the deputy commander-in-chief and division commander, the units of the 129th Division need to occupy the highlands around Dongfeng as soon as the battle starts.

 In this way, it can not only cut off the enemy's escape route, but also occupy favorable terrain during the attack. After all, beat the high and the low and beat the stupid. This is a famous saying that applies to any battlefield.

The two highlands of 1337 and 1349 are Ding Wei’s mission targets.

 Among them, the former only has one squadron of Japanese troops stationed there, which is no problem for the new regiment with strong troops and horses. The latter has a total of 300 people, and the terrain is more favorable to the defender, making it more difficult to attack.

 Looking at his watch and the information in his hand, Ding Wei issued the final order:

“Comrades of the 1st Air Division are in position immediately! Get ready for action!”

"The first and second battalions attack at the same time! We can't give the enemy any time to react! Once the Japs from the two highlands join forces, we will be in big trouble."

“Don’t be reluctant to use 50. We must give full play to our advantages in firepower and military strength to catch the enemy by surprise!”

"good!"

"receive!"

After receiving the order, the first battalion commander and three company commanders successfully found the enemy's forward position based on the intelligence provided by the brigade headquarters and the results of the recent investigation.

The Japs were very vigilant at this time. After all, they had never thought about the possibility of being raided. They had to thank the Army Aviation reconnaissance aircraft and T&G for their help.

 It is breakfast time now, and the enemies on the high ground are actually making a fire to cook. Black smoke from burning wood shot into the sky and could be faintly seen from a kilometer away.

Just when the battalion commander was about to give the order for action, a Japanese soldier suddenly stood up and walked towards their hiding place. Everyone held their breath for fear of exposing their position.

 “Onuma-kun, eat more.”

“Our division will be heading south soon, and we will definitely not be able to eat properly by then, so cherish the hot food in front of you.”

 Fortunately, the little devil who spoke only came to throw away food scraps and did not discover the Eighth Route Army lurking outside the position.

Facing such an unbearable enemy, the face of the battalion commander was full of disdain. He waved behind him, signaling the soldiers of the Third Company to take a detour from the enemy's blind spot and move around to the side and rear of the high ground to wait.

 Three minutes later, the scheduled attack time arrived.

"rush!"

 Charge is a technical activity. After a round of reorganization of the 129th Division, combat groups have replaced squads and become the smallest combat unit in the army.

The first battalion commander divided the combat areas of each team based on the intelligence and reconnaissance results, achieving micro-management in the true sense.

Following the order, each combat team rushed into the enemy's position with submachine guns without hesitation, and then the soldiers rushed towards their respective targets in groups of three.

Facing the sudden and wolf-like Eighth Route Army soldiers, the Japanese who were eating hot pot and singing were instantly confused.

They subconsciously wanted to pick up the Sanba Gai beside them, but unfortunately, the violent bullets crushed all the enemies who tried to struggle, and the turbulent sea of ​​​​people quickly flooded the main position on the hilltop.

These dozen Japs never figured out one thing until they died: Where did the Eighth Route Army in front of them come from, and how did so many enemies get here quietly?

However, these little days were not in vain. After all, a pair of underwear and a piece of toilet paper have their uses. They used their lives to send an early warning to their comrades around them.

 At this time, the individual quality and fighting will of the grassroots soldiers of the B Division were most vividly demonstrated.

 A group of squad captains and squad captains organized a counterattack as soon as they were attacked. The infantrymen entered the combat position under the leadership of their respective commanders, forming a defensive position with heavy machine guns and grenade launchers as the core.

It's a pity that the devil is as high as the road.

 When the enemy's attention is all attracted by the two companies on the frontal battlefield. The roundabout third company of divine soldiers descended from the sky and attacked from behind with terrifying momentum.

Comrades have a clear division of labor. Soldiers from two platoons attack with submachine guns, and soldiers from one platoon use offensive grenades to clear the way.

Fighted from both sides by the soldiers of the Third Company, the counterattack force that the Japs managed to organize became fragmented again in an instant.

Since the leader of the group requested that the battle be resolved within ten minutes, everyone jumped into the enemy formation without any hesitation. The next step was for the two sides to compete in firepower.

Da da da!

 At a distance of fifty meters, a submachine gun with a high rate of fire is invincible. Without any accidents, the 1st Battalion successfully captured Hill 1337.

“Leave one squad to clean the battlefield, and the rest follow me! Go support the second battalion!”

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If the first battle for the high ground tested tactics, micro-operation command, and the tacit understanding of comrades, then the following battles fully explained what the theory of superior firepower is.

 After the soldiers of the first battalion exchanged fire with the enemy, Ding Wei personally commanded the second battalion and the artillery battery to launch the attack.

 Different from the small area of ​​Highland 1337, Highland 1349 is wider and can accommodate more soldiers to defend the position.

However, the Japs did not dare to gather all on the top of the mountain. After all, they had lost air control. At a time when enemy fighter planes may appear at any time, a target that is too large will definitely lead to fatal disaster.

With the above-mentioned conditions, the Japanese only retained a small group of troops on the highlands to perform tasks.

 In order to prevent enemy surprise attacks, they arranged a reserve team of fifty people to be on standby behind the high ground, ready to support the front line in case of war.

The large troops are dispersed and hidden in the woods further behind. As long as the main peak is defended for ten minutes, all the soldiers can join the battlefield and participate in the battle.

 This arrangement is very reasonable and ingenious, but it is a pity that the new group is more skilled.

 Before the attack began, Ding Wei took off the telescope hanging around his neck. He carefully observed the Japanese position, and then waved to the rear to signal the artillerymen to act according to the original plan.

 “See the mountain in front, and the reverse **** behind it.”

“Mark those two points with signal flares, call for support from the comrades of the 1st Air Division, and let’s do a coordinated air-ground operation!”

"yes!"

 As several mortar shells fell into the designated area, the Second Battalion concentrated its superior forces to attack the high ground occupied by the enemy. Before the infantry could reach the main position, the artillery company directly under the regiment continued to fire suppressively.

 The firepower covers not only the high ground where the enemy is located, but also the counter slopes and the woods behind.

The intensity of the shelling against the anti-slope has reached a frenzied level. One 81mm Brand and five 60-guns have always maintained high-intensity rapid fire, and the gunner's arms have been ghosted.

 Boom, boom, boom!

Amid the screams of the Japanese, stumps and pieces of meat were flying all over the sky, and the red blood mist and the splashing loess seemed to interweave a heavy gauze.

The purpose of shelling the counter-slope is to block the road for enemy reserve reinforcements and completely isolate the highland defense forces so that the second battalion can maintain its numerical advantage.

Over the battlefield, fighters, hurricanes and spitfires pierced the sky again and again. Every dive of the fighters would take away a large number of enemy lives.

Seeing the red smoke rising from the west, a Hurricane numbered 192 broke away from its formation and changed its course and flew towards Highland 1349.

Nowadays, the First Air Division has two fighters that are particularly famous. The first one is naturally Captain Wang Hai’s Spitfire numbered 079. The Army Aviation members of the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army have been psychologically shadowed by him.

Japanese pilots even reached an internal consensus that if they see 079 during a solo mission, they can voluntarily abandon the mission and leave the battlefield.

 Send it further, and the Spitfire will have four stars on its fuselage.

 The other fighter was Fang Ziyi's Hurricane. The Japs in the entire Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield would subconsciously run away when they saw the 192, as if it had become a memory engraved in their bones.

Although there are not many kill records, there are only four so far. But it's not because of a lack of ability, it's because most of his energy is spent on ground attacks.

With ultra-high efficiency, Fang Ziyi has killed a 105 heavy grenade position, 7 Type 95 light tanks and 11 armored vehicles of various types in just six days.

Countless infantry and cavalry died under his command, and the Japanese privately called him the Eagle of North China.

Perhaps in the days to come, what will limit Fang Ziyi’s performance is not technology, but the sluggish military industrial production capacity.

 After reaching the sky above Hill 1349, the Hurricane fighter jets began to dive towards the hilltop position. 12 7.62 mm Browning machine guns caused a **** storm among the Japs.

After throwing the last 227-kilogram bomb into the enemy's reinforcements, he arrogantly fired at low altitude with an aircraft machine gun, clearly bullying the Japanese because they did not have reliable anti-aircraft weapons.

 In a sense, the little people in the highlands of 1349 were really lucky.

These infantrymen not only had no support, they also had no guarantee of ammunition supplies.

Throughout the battle, they will have to face bombardments from the new regiment's artillery battery and Fang Ziyi. Even if they are lucky enough to survive, there will still be rounds of infantry attacks waiting for them. When the second battalion commander led the commando team to the high ground, the Japanese main position was full of craters and corpses. Such a shocking scene even stunned these veterans for half a second.

The number of enemies alive and stubbornly resisting does not exceed one detachment, and there are not enough people for each commando to fire a shuttle of submachine gun bullets.

 A minute later, the flag representing the Eighth Route Army was planted on the high ground.

At the same time, Ding Wei also took out his portable communicator: "Report to the brigade commander! The new regiment has completed its mission! Please give instructions!"

From the other end of the communicator came the sound of killing and the sound of artillery being ejected, followed by the brigade commander's angry voice.

 “Well done boy, well done.”

“Hurry up and take your regiment to the frontal battlefield. Once you are in position, contact the chief of staff directly! By the way, you are number five.”

 Only fifteen minutes had passed since the battle began, and all the high ground in Dong Feng had been captured by the Eighth Route Army.

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“Mr. Qingshui, it seems that you and I will be loyal to His Majesty Tian Locust today.”

“What a pity. I had the opportunity to return to my hometown in April this year to see the cherry blossoms in my hometown.”

Hearing Sakurai Shozo’s last words, Shimizu clenched his fists. The old devil gave orders while admonishing his colleagues not to give up.

Due to the reasonable scheduling of the two Japanese lieutenant generals, coupled with the traditional army force fight and the effect of ice.

   The 33rd Division and the 41st Division, after paying the price of 2,000 casualties, set up a circular defensive position based on the original position of preserved fruits.

This kind of position consists of four circles, the outermost circle of which is a defensive fortification with a nature of denial.

  The best choice for obstacles is mines and barbed wire. If necessary, anti-tank trenches and flares can be added.

 When the attacker attempts to take the outermost position, he must first clear the obstacles. But once the infantry stops moving, they will become stationary targets and be shot one by one by the defenders.

However, the Japanese did not have the conditions to make it so precise, so they could only use the positions of the preserved fruit defenders to make temporary changes. Barbed wire only covered 70% of the area, and there were not even a single landmine.

The second layer is the infantry defense zone. The position is composed of many sandbags left by the preserved fruit defenders. The Japanese who have the conditions also dug deep square pits.

 Coordinated with the houses in Dongfeng Village, a position composed of thousands of people was constructed.

 Originally, our army occupied the high ground and could attack from a high position. But facing two divisions bent on defending, the infantry had to come down the hillside.

With the bonus of the position, the Japs had a small exposed area, while the soldiers of the 129th Division had a large exposed area. In this way, the original advantage immediately turned into a disadvantage.

In the gaps between infantry positions, the enemy will also deploy mobile armor forces within a certain distance to form a crossfire consisting of tanks, armored vehicles, three-armed vehicles and infantry.

The third layer is composed of several tank squadrons and vehicle-mounted mobile firepower. These highly mobile troops will constantly patrol the position and support infantry positions in need at any time.

  The innermost layer is the Japanese artillery position and command center. The two lieutenant generals gathered all the artillery of all calibers and types here.

This kind of position is commonly known as the Bastard Formation. If the attacker is the Eighth Route Army that has just crossed the Yellow River eastward and entered Shanxi, there is a high probability that even three divisions cannot attack it together.

Last year when the Yamazaki Brigade broke into the logistics department in southeastern Shanxi, their remnants used this trick. The troops without heavy firepower had almost no way to deal with it.

The two of them had their own reasons for daring to make such an arrangement. The Eighth Route Army's air force in front of them had consumed all their ammunition, and no enemy planes could be seen on the battlefield.

 The opponent's artillery has not fired for a long time. It must be because of insufficient artillery shells.

Although they didn’t figure out where this Eighth Route Army came from, they firmly believed that the enemy had no logistical support! Once the shells are used up, they are used up, and there will never be any refills.

In addition, Okamura Neiji assured them that supporting troops were arriving quickly.

As long as they are not defeated by the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop, the two divisions on the eastern front plus the Army Aviation in North and Central China might really have a chance to compete with the enemy.

 Once all the forces are united, there will be a counter-insurgency trend, and then the classic central flower will bloom!

 “Sakurai-kun! Don’t give up!”

"We still have reinforcements! As long as we hold on, there will be a way! If we hold on, there will be hope!"

After all the peripheral highlands were occupied, the units of the 129th Division began to attack the main forces of the 33rd Division and the 41st Division trapped in Dongfeng.

 Facts have proved that the Japanese's arrangement is indeed something.

Facing the position of the 386th Brigade, Cheng Xiazi’s 772nd Regiment is responsible for the main attack. The soldiers finally cleared the outermost barbed wire fence, but they encountered a counterattack from the infantry defense belt.

 The combined attack of Type 92 heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, coupled with the crossfire of Japanese armored troops and infantry, caused a sudden surge in casualties among the soldiers of the first battalion.

And the third and fourth floors of the circular position are not for free.

While the infantry of both sides were fighting, tanks and artillery positions concentrated fire on the rear of the 1st Battalion of the 772nd Regiment. Divide the attacking force into two parts, so that the head and tail cannot see each other.

 Under the command of the first battalion commander, the soldiers finally broke up the enemy's infantry defense circle.

 But the artillery in the inner layer directly turned to bombard the original infantry position. While having a killing effect, only a small number of Eighth Route Army troops were allowed to enter the inner layer.

The first battalion of the 772nd Regiment instantly became a lone force in the protrusion. The roving tank troops saw the opportunity and immediately rushed to launch a counterattack.

Even if the soldiers are equipped with 40mm guns, it is still difficult for light infantry to fight armored troops on open terrain.

The soldiers could only retreat while fighting, and retreated to the starting point at the foot of the mountain at the cost of one-third of their casualties.

The 772nd Regiment is the main regiment of the 386th Brigade and has now grown to 3,300 people. One-third of the casualties in the first battalion was not a small number, and Cheng Xiazi was so angry that he cursed his mother.

“Are you stupid? I ask you, what year is it 19 now? Do you still think we are the Tubal Road with only 6 mortars in the division in 1937?”

 “It’s been almost a year, why are you still so stupid!”

 “Why don’t you call for artillery support if you have a problem? Why go head-to-head with Tigada with your flesh and blood!”

　　　In response to the scolding, Cheng Xiazi was not idle, he had already figured out a way to break the situation.

The 772nd Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New Regiment are all under the 386th Brigade combat order. The three regiment commanders Cheng, Kong and Ding will learn from each other as long as they have time.

 As a master of defensive warfare, Kong Jie has his own unique insights into various defensive positions.

Although he has not yet entered the military academy, nor has he written his graduation thesis "Strategic Encirclement and Centripetal Assault", he has long expressed his own opinions on how to crack the ring defense position.

 The first cracking method requires sufficient firepower.

  The center of the circular formation is the strongest point and also the most vulnerable point

There are sufficient artillery there, and the artillery position's strike range can cover the entire field.

 But the center of the circle is also the place where ammunition is supplied and materials are stored. As long as sufficient artillery is used to concentrate firepower on the center of the circle, the outer positions will lose the most powerful support.

  The second method of cracking requires sufficient troops.

The circular defense position is essentially a defense system built on firepower, which means that the enemy's strength is likely to be insufficient, and the second layer of infantry defense belts can often barely fill the front line.

The previous attack of the 772nd Regiment also proved this point. It is not difficult at all to penetrate the infantry defense line.

 That's why the Japanese have to deploy armored mobile forces on the third level. These tanks, armored vehicles and three-tongue vehicles are actually firefighting teams. Which part of the infantry can't withstand it is up to them to make up for it, in order to maintain the shaky defense line.

If you have sufficient troops, you can directly form breakthroughs at multiple points. Let the enemy step on the grid and make the devil focus on one thing and lose another.

 The third method is to kill the enemy, but Kong Jie himself does not recommend it.

The Eighth Route Army now has no shortage of weapons, logistics, and soldiers. Why should it use the old methods, which are time-consuming and laborious and may even delay the enemy's reinforcements?

As the most stable commander of the 386th Brigade, Lao Kong often emphasized that command ideas must keep up with the trend of the times. What he is currently studying is how to make full use of the mobility and coordinated strike capabilities of land and air forces in defensive warfare.

 The 772nd Regiment is fully capable of the three cracking methods given above. In order not to give the Japanese a breather, Cheng Xiazi immediately used a portable communicator to contact the brigade headquarters.

“Brigadier, let me give you the coordinates! Let the artillery regiment help me fire a few shots! We must destroy the Japanese artillery positions first, otherwise the troops will be too passive!”

As a famous hexagonal warrior in our army, the brigade commander naturally knows everything. Even if Cheng Xiazi didn't ask for it, he would order the artillery regiment to help the 772 regiment break through the enemy's defense line.

 After a very perfunctory test firing, the shells plowed the ground directly.

 Obviously, the commander of the artillery regiment is also a person who wins by quantity. As long as he hits more, he will definitely win.

The hard work paid off. After the tenth round of shelling, the Second Artillery Regiment directly destroyed the Japanese ammunition depot, destroying the entire artillery position and half of the third-layer armored troops.

It's a pity that those 105 heavy grenades and the two Japanese lieutenant generals, the former were damaged in the explosion, and the latter were torn into pieces as the ammunition exploded.

 After losing the most threatening inner circle, Cheng Xiazi immediately issued an attack order.

In order to reduce losses, he first sent out multiple combat groups to repeatedly pull out areas where the enemy's defenses were relatively weak, and then concentrated his troops to attack the weak points.

 Coupled with a large number of mortars to support the front-line breakthrough, a hole was forcedly opened with artillery shells.

 An hour later, the 33rd Division and the 41st Division were completely wiped out!

Superior Fire Doctrine: Focuses on well-equipped army divisions with large support batteries and artillery, with additional bonuses for operating in locations with air superiority.

Human Sea Assault Doctrine: Using a large amount of manpower, it improves morale and reinforcement rate, reduces the combat width of dismounted infantry, and allows more soldiers to fight at the same time to suppress large enemy divisions.

I am a waste theory: 500 words per hour

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