Rise From Eight Hundred

Diarrhea won't kill you, but you need to drink water.

But the commander on the front line said that you must not fetch water from the mountains unless it is necessary.

Then you say that people are going to collapse, is this necessary or not?

So, fetching water is imperative.

But at this time, the Chinese hiding in the mountains changed their tactics again. They stopped poisoning and started dropping bombs.

They hid on the ridges in groups of three or two, fired a few shots and ran away. The terrible thing is that this gun was very accurate. At a distance of more than 400 meters, the hit rate was as high as 80%, which was a level that even Japanese veterans could not reach.

In one afternoon, the Japanese troops sent out to fetch water and baggage suffered more than 90 casualties. What does this mean? The main force of the 108th Division defeated the Chinese defenders on the first line of defense, and that was the number of casualties.

Faced with this kind of attack, which was more of a harassment, they had also made corresponding counterattacks. The people who fetched water were often not a small team, but dozens of people, and even regular infantry regiment infantry. No matter whether it was a small team or a squadron, machine guns and grenade launchers were not stingy with ammunition, but there was no result at all. The enemy ran away.

If they were compared to an elephant, the Chinese soldiers hidden in the mountains were like mosquitoes flying around. The elephant's ears and tail flapping hard were almost symbolic resistance to the mosquitoes that kept sucking blood, but the blood sucked by the mosquitoes was real.

Dozens of casualties a day, for two armies with a strength of up to 10,000 people each, although it was not a serious injury, was extremely annoying.

Moreover, at night, this kind of harassment became more frequent.

Take the 25th Infantry Brigade stationed in Wuxiang as an example. It has two infantry regiments, a division artillery regiment and a part of the logistics regiment, with a total strength of 12,000. Such a large force will naturally not sleep together.

Under the order of the then 25th Infantry Brigade Major General Nakano Kozo, the two infantry regiments were on the periphery, one on the left and one on the right, and the brigade headquarters and the direct escort squadron, as well as the artillery regiment and logistics regiment were inside.

The formation of the infantry regiment is to form a semi-arc with the infantry battalion as the unit to protect its own regiment headquarters. Since this is a mountainous area, the infantry battalion basically sets up a defense line along the mountain in the open space at the foot of the mountain.

The field camp of an infantry regiment is often protected by a trench as long as 3,000 meters. At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the field camp, there are generally barbed wire dozens of meters outside the trench, and there are also human patrols.

After the cold gun incident in the afternoon, Nakano Xiaosan once again increased the intensity of the alert. Under the protection of the barbed wire, there were as many as 40 patrol teams patrolling according to regulations. The patrol teams were basically formed according to the squads, which means that an infantry regiment had as many as 600 people participating in the night patrol.

Every two hours, according to this intensity, almost every regular infantryman in the infantry battalion needs to participate in the patrol once.

Such a strict and high-intensity patrol mechanism is extremely rare in both the Japanese and Chinese armies.

Because people are not steel machines, they need to use sleep to repair their physical fatigue. Not to mention staying up all day and night, even if they don't sleep for one night, they will feel pale the next morning.

Ensuring the necessary rest for the soldiers is a link that all commanders must consider.

Like Nakano Xiaosan, it can almost be called "drinking poison to quench thirst".

But Nakano Xiaosan, who bears the pressure from top to bottom, may be the kind of "baby is bitter in his heart, but the baby doesn't say it". No matter who persuades him, he has issued strict military orders.

But even so, the Chinese attack still came.

In order to ensure the line of sight, the Japanese army lit a bonfire outside the barbed wire, and set up searchlights in some key positions, so the Japanese infantry exposed in the light became live targets for Chinese soldiers hundreds of meters away.

The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. Of course, the Japanese will not be so stupid. When the gunshots sounded, they quickly lay down and blew up the bonfire with grenades, and used the searchlight poles to find the enemies hiding in the dark. Unfortunately, the enemy used their accurate shooting skills to hide 400 meters away. This field searchlight has limited power and cannot illuminate that far.

The night in the mountains is so dark that it makes people palpitate, but the Japanese army is still brave enough. Seeing that there are not many Chinese people who like to hide, and they like to harass, they can't bear it. They sent nearly three Japanese infantry squadrons with wolf dogs to chase in the mountains.

The infantry sequence of 200 people is the limit of small-scale combat. If a few cold gunshots can stimulate an infantry battalion to fight, then the army will not need to sleep tonight. They have not been able to sleep for several consecutive days, and many people have diarrhea, and they can't eat well. Many soldiers are listless. If they stay awake all night, how much combat effectiveness will they have?

The commanders of the Japanese army are clever. They have long concluded that this is the harassment dose that the Chinese can do their best, and they must not be fooled easily.

And with a force of 200 people, even if the Chinese hide hundreds of people in the vast mountains, they can't swallow them in one bite. As long as they hold on for a few minutes, the army will rush to crush the daring Chinese army without leaving any residue.

If it is a normal combat mode, the Japanese commanders will have no problem thinking so, but now it is a special operation.

Although most of the 200 people in the reconnaissance company are "newcomers", even these newcomers are selected from the best of the battalions and companies of the Four-line Regiment. They are all elite soldiers who have fought hundreds of battles. After a month of theoretical and practical training, their individual combat effectiveness and combat experience far exceed those of the second-line soldiers of the 108th Division.

This is also one of the main reasons why Tang Dao brought the reconnaissance company to trouble the 108th Division.

You have to pick the soft persimmon!

If it were the Second Mixed Brigade or the 16th Division, Tang Tuanzuo's harassment special operations mode would not necessarily be this way.

The wolf-blue dog that the Japanese spent a lot of effort to cultivate is indeed an excellent search dog with a keen sense of smell. In the dark, it ran towards the area where the special forces were hiding. An infantry squadron followed behind and rushed over aggressively.

400 meters on a flat road, even if fully armed, is only a matter of four or five minutes, but in this mountain, it is a lot of effort, but this is not a problem for the brave and strong officers and soldiers of the Empire of Japan.

After a breathless run, under the light of the flares, the traces of broken bushes can be clearly seen, which means that the Chinese have just hidden in this area. As long as they chase, they will definitely catch up.

Little did they know that the soldiers of the reconnaissance company, under the guidance of a certain regiment commander, have all acquired a "bad habit", that is, whenever they hide and snipe, they will lay booby traps 20 meters around their hiding places.

One is to prevent themselves from being attacked by the enemy from the side and rear, and the other is to have an extra barrier to block the enemy when retreating.

The German long-handled grenade has a five-second delay after the fuse is pulled. Therefore, in order to meet the special needs of the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company, the first job done by the explosives expert who was bought by Tang Dao from Linfen for 10,000 yuan to show that he was "worth the money" was to modify the special grenade and delay it to 2.5 seconds.

If this kind of grenade is used in field battles, once the fuse is pulled, it must be thrown out immediately. Most grenades will not fall to the ground and explode, but explode in the air, which is slightly less practical.

But this kind of grenade is perfect for setting booby traps. Kick the pull line and blue smoke will come out. Most people will have a process of surprise, reaction, and avoidance. The shrapnel fan formed by the explosion after 2.5 seconds is enough to wrap the person who triggered it.

It greatly enhances the lethality of booby traps.

So, the first to bear the brunt was a small Japanese team following the wolf-blue dog.

Because the first booby trap was triggered by the wolf-blue dog that was running wildly with the dog trainer.

The dog was smart, but it didn't know what trouble it would cause if it hit the thin vine.

The sky was already pitch black, and the afterglow of the flare couldn't easily see the blue smoke rising slowly from the bushes. The hissing sound of the burning fuse was drowned out by the footsteps of the heavy military boots embedded with iron sheets.

The ignorant wolfhound and the dog trainer were still striding forward, and an infantry squad that was striding forward behind them just stepped into the explosion point of the trip mine.

A bright fire flashed out from a dense bush, and after a huge roar, the soldiers of the Japanese infantry squad that was more than ten meters long fell to the ground one after another. Although there were wailing sounds, they were not many.

That's not to say that the Japanese soldiers were all tough guys who could endure not crying out after being hit by shrapnel, but they really didn't have the chance to cry out again.

The reconnaissance company participated in the attack this time. The main participants were several reconnaissance squads. Each reconnaissance squad had 16 people, and was basically divided into four groups, each with three people. The sniper was a Czech semi-automatic rifle, the fireman was a submachine gun, and the other was an ammunition man, who was responsible for laying this kind of booby trap and carrying ammunition. The remaining two Type 96 light machine guns and grenade launchers were at a high point 200 meters away from the four attack teams, responsible for fire cover when the attack teams were bitten by the Japanese.

The amount of booby traps laid here was obviously a bit large, especially when clearly seeing the Japanese army of one or two hundred people rushing over in a mighty and aggressive manner.

The ammunition man who sent the "black egg" actually left half of the 10 grenades he carried here for this booby trap.

Five grenades don't need to be almost, it's obviously a cluster bomb, let alone the fragile human body, even the pure steel tracks of the Type 89 tank can be blown off.

You say, this Japanese squad of 15 people, the farthest from the cluster bomb is only about 10 meters, how many people can survive?

Under the huge noise, even the wolfhounds that are used to the sound of explosives are frightened and tuck their tails, howling in fear.

The Japanese soldiers in other positions were frightened by the sudden explosion of the bomb and all lay on the ground. It was not until 2 minutes later that they confirmed that they were hit by the trip mines left by the enemy instead of being attacked by artillery, and then they got up to check the situation of their companions.

This is not a big deal, and the captain of the Japanese infantry almost bit his back teeth in anger.

Including the sergeant, 15 soldiers found 21 pieces, mainly because two of them were close, and their thighs and arms were blown off. Just these two found 8 large pieces, which must be more than 20 pieces!

7 died on the spot, and 8 others were either seriously injured and unconscious, or bleeding, howling like their parents.

If we stop here, the Japanese infantry squadron may only have lost this infantry squad, with a loss rate of less than 10%, which is a normal operation.

But "dying before achieving success will always make heroes shed tears", even the wise representative of top students, Mr. Kong Ming, can't get over this hurdle, let alone a small Japanese army captain?

"Send an infantry squad to carry the wounded back, ignore the dead for now, and the rest of you, follow me to chase." The Japanese army captain stared with big eyes, continuing his mistake.

He didn't know anyway that on a hill 600 meters away, a certain regiment commander had dug a grave for this Japanese infantry squadron whose strength had been reduced to more than 160 people.

There, all the heavy firepower of the entire reconnaissance company and more than 100 elite infantrymen gathered.

It's better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers!

Tang Dao had long anticipated that the Japanese army would definitely not admit defeat, and once attacked, at least infantry squadron-level infantry would be sent to search and attack.

Even if he knew that he might not be able to catch up, he had to do this gesture, otherwise how would he write it in the future battle report?

"The enemy sent a small force to attack and harass at night. In order to prevent accidents, our unit held on and did not go out, and finally lost more than a dozen patrol officers and soldiers?"

If this battle report was spread, not to mention that the 108th Division would be ashamed, even the Chinese would not be able to bear to see it.

The main force of the 108th Division is all there. Even if it is divided into two parts, each part has 10,000 people. As a result, it was attacked by a small group of Chinese troops, and it was very passive to be beaten. How weak are you!

Perhaps, even the biggest joke in the Japanese army, the famous "hawker division", would not do this!

To ​​put it bluntly, the real purpose of sending troops to search and pursue is not to kill the Chinese, but for the honor of the division.

Therefore, the attack is inevitable, and it is inevitable that Tang Dao will take the opportunity to hit him hard.

The reconnaissance company is not like the special squadrons that were hastily formed in the past. Basically, it conducts reconnaissance, harassment, and assassination of the enemy in squads and groups.

The current reconnaissance company can complete the functions of the previous special squadron with three reconnaissance platoons and nine reconnaissance squads. In addition, because of the addition of a machine gun platoon, it has an 82mm mortar, two MG34 machine guns, three Maxim heavy machine guns, and 18 Type 96 light machine guns. In addition, among all the light firepower, there are 45 Czech semi-automatic rifles and more than 60 submachine guns. Regardless of the light or heavy firepower, it can be pulled out for a serious field battle.

Moreover, with this firepower configuration, if you don't knock a Japanese infantry squadron out instantly, it will trample on the so-called "elite".

Tang Dao sent out two reconnaissance platoons and six reconnaissance squads to harass the huge Japanese camp, but left behind a reconnaissance platoon, three reconnaissance squads, a machine gun platoon and a guard squad, plus a guard platoon beside him, with a total force of 150 people.

But the firepower intensity is almost comparable to an ordinary infantry battalion of 600 people.

The ambush position set up by Tang Dao was about 1,200 meters away from the main camp of the Japanese army. It looked very close, especially for the 6,500-meter range of the Japanese Type 41 mountain artillery, which was almost like snatching food from a tiger's mouth. I'm afraid even the Japanese army themselves did not expect that someone would be so bold to dig a grave for their own search team at such a close distance.

But this piece of terrain is slightly special. There is a hillock in front, which just blocks the trajectory of the Japanese bullets, forcing the trajectory of the Japanese artillery fire to rise, and most of it will fall on the top of the mountain behind the hillock.

Based on this geographical feature, Tang Dao distributed its troops under the mountainside to avoid the threat of mountain artillery.

The 150-man force formed a herringbone distribution according to the terrain. The main position was Lu Sanjiang's reconnaissance platoon in the front, with Lu Sanjiang as the commander. The heavy firepower of the machine gun platoon was hidden on the flank, commanded by the reconnaissance company commander Lao Hei himself, and Tang Dao himself led the guard platoon and the reconnaissance company guard squad on the other side.

Just wait for the Japanese search team to chase into this death trap.

In order to allow the Japanese to come, Tang Dao had made sufficient preparations. From time to time, the retreating scouts were asked to scatter some fresh blood cut from the pheasants they caught on the road to indicate the direction of the wolf-blue dogs responsible for leading the Japanese army. The soldiers were also ordered not to bury mines near the blood, so as not to blow up the little baby.

But burying mines in other places depends on the scouts' own wishes.

This time, Tang Dao bought a large amount of infantry mines from Linfen that made the officers and soldiers of the Four Lines Regiment scalp numb. The infantry mines made in Jin were all imitated from Germany. They were not big in size, and thanks to the "Kaizi explosives", they were quite powerful.

One shot could not make the infantry enter the soul, but it could make the infantry's legs fly into the sky.

On the battlefield, there is no such thing as mercy, and there is no long-term idea that the mountain people will lose their arms and legs if they step on mines in the future.

However, at a distance of hundreds of meters, Heidan buried five infantry mines on the way of retreat, which was the limit of the infantry mines that their reconnaissance team could carry.

After burying all of them, it was probably the mentality of "whether there is a date or not, just try it first".

He succeeded, because the Japanese army captain whose squad was almost wiped out had a bit of a breakdown in his mentality, and he had to be tough even if he was tricked by a booby trap.

So, when the Japanese infantry squadron, who had relied on their legs to step over five bombs along the way, stepped into the death "pin" shape, the actual strength was less than 140 people.

Infantry mines are really too bad. The amount of explosives is not as much as that of grenades. They basically only blow up the legs. Judging from the wound, it is basically dead, but if it doesn't die for a while, that wounded soldier has to be sent back by 2 or even 3 people. Five wounded soldiers, almost 15 people to send, and 20 people are gone again.

However, this Japanese army captain who has been completely crazy has to be thankful, otherwise, his infantry squadron will not even have these 30 people, and the organization may be cancelled.

"Bang! Bang!" Two muffled sounds came from the two grenade launchers on the opposite hill.

However, it was not grenades that were fired, but flares.

The two flares, like two small suns that suddenly jumped into the sky, illuminated the figures of more than a hundred Japanese infantrymen who were struggling to trek through the bushes at the foot of the mountain.

The brainless sergeant of the first squad of the first platoon of the reconnaissance team 300 meters away could almost see the face of the Japanese second lieutenant in the front, who was extremely stiff due to great fear. The neatly trimmed mustache was trembling because of the involuntary movement of his lips, which was particularly funny.