Rise From Eight Hundred

Distant!

"Well done, the artillery platoon will have an extra meal tonight!" Wang Xiaoqiang was extremely satisfied as he watched the smoke rising from the telescope and the Japanese soldiers were drowned in the smoke. He waved his hand and said, "Why don't we say that today's trip is not in vain? We killed a few good Japanese soldiers. Let's go and retreat first!"

"Commander, are we not going to fight the Japanese here today?" A captain touched his head, quite puzzled.

After all, their two infantry companies and a mortar platoon took a lot of effort to get around. If they return empty-handed, it would be a shame to sweat so much!

"Are you stupid? We have poked the Japanese in the eye. They will fight us to the death! Let me ask you, if they don't need to come with a thousand, but only five hundred, can you, Captain Hu, stop them?" Wang Xiaoqiang glared.

"Retreat!" The captain was very single. Hearing what his commander said, he took action immediately.

The infantry helped the artillerymen lift the mortars and ran away in a flash.

In less than half an hour, at least two infantry squadrons and an infantry artillery squad came over aggressively.

If the 300 people led by Captain Wang were really blocked in this mountain, they would probably suffer heavy losses even if they were not completely wiped out.

Captain Wang himself didn't know whether he had a chance or not. His six shells changed the direction of the entire battlefield and directly injured the highest commander of the Second Mixed Brigade, Yamamoto.

Yes, when Yin Tengyangtai rushed to Yamamoto who was blown away for pretending to be a cup, he was surprised to find that his brigade commander, who was extremely wise and profound, was not dead and was still alive.

However, he was actually only one step away from death.

Because the shell exploded about 10 meters away from Yamamoto, the air wave formed only knocked Yamamoto out of breath for a short time, and did not cause fatal damage. The real fatal injury was a piece of shrapnel.

The sharp shrapnel cut a 20-centimeter-long cut in Yamamoto's belly. Needless to say, how deep the cut was, you can tell by just looking at the intestines exposed.

The color of the intestines was really rich, especially after a part of the intestines was covered with a lot of dust.

A group of panicked Japanese soldiers rushed over and carried their commander to a temporary medical station not far away. The military doctor could only tremble and clean the wound with alcohol for simple treatment, and did not even dare to sew it completely.

The military doctor knew very well that his brigade commander might not have much time left, not because of blood loss or the size and depth of the wound, but because the wound was contaminated and the probability of bacterial infection was as high as 99%.

For this disease, even in the best hospital on the island, the mortality rate is as high as 80%, not to mention in the wild.

Yamamoto was a tough guy. After enduring the stage of treating the wound without anesthesia, he immediately called Yin Tengyangtai Zhongzuo and Lai Gu Yinan Shaozuo who were waiting outside the house into the house.

It was only three minutes, and no one knew what Yamamoto told Zhongzuo and Shaozuo. They only knew that Zhongzuo and Shaozuo looked unhappy.

When Yin Tengyangtai announced Yamamoto's military order, ordering Raiya Yoshio Shaozuo to take over the command of the brigade, the Japanese officers present understood why Yin Tengyangtai looked so unhappy.

According to the unwritten rules of the Japanese army, command is basically based on military rank. In an ordinary infantry brigade, the brigade commander is a major general, the chief of staff is Zhongzuo, and the two infantry regiment commanders are both Dazuo. When the brigade commander is wounded in battle, he often gives the command to one of the two infantry regiment commanders.

But in the Second Mixed Brigade, because there is no infantry regiment organization, it is basically a battalion-level organization. There is no senior left-level officer in the entire brigade. The only person who can be equivalent to the brigade chief of staff, Yin Tengyangtai, is an artillery battalion commander. So regardless of rank or position, the successor commander should be Yin Tengyangtai, but unexpectedly, it was given to Lai Gu Yinan. It would be strange if Yin Tengyangtai, the middle left chief of staff, had a good face.

However, Lai Gu Yinan, the young left, has become the highest commander of the entire brigade in one step, so why does he look so ugly as if he had eaten a piece of dog shit?

However, thinking about the current situation of the brigade, it is almost surrounded by enemies, so it is understandable that Lai Gu Yinan looks unhappy.

Although his face was ugly, Yoshio Lai Ya still carried out his mission, and issued military orders in an orderly manner. Only when everyone left the new temporary command center did he bow his head to Yin Teng Yangtai with a bitter face: "The safety of the brigade commander depends on you, the chief of staff. Yoshio Lai Ya will not let you down."

"Take care, Mr. Lai Ya!" Yin Teng Yangtai's face was stiff and he nodded.

If possible, he would actually be willing to exchange with the man in front of him.

But perhaps, the young left-handed army officer in front of him also thought so.

The reason is actually very simple. Before Yamamoto fell into a coma, he gave the command to Yoshio Lai Ya, which required Yoshio Lai Ya to lead the remnants to hold on and wait for help. At this time, almost all senior officers of the brigade knew that holding on was true, but waiting for help might just be a beautiful dream.

Yin Teng Yangtai, who did not get the command, had a more important task, which was to command the squadron directly under the brigade to protect the brigade's retreat.

The apparent reason was, of course, that the brigade had the flag bestowed by the Emperor and must not fall into the hands of the enemy, but in reality, the severely injured Yamamoto was trying to escape.

If he had not been injured, this intelligent and powerful general might have been able to face the outcome of death in battle calmly, but people are so strange. When they are still far away from death, they are not particularly afraid of death, but as they get closer to death, they become more afraid of death.

When Yamamoto saw the horrified look in the doctor's eyes when he looked at his wound, he actually aroused an extremely strong desire to survive at that moment. In order to ensure that he could survive after falling into a coma, Yamamoto chose Chief of Staff Yin Teng Yangtai as his "guard captain", and his trusted general Lai Gu Yi Nan became the brigade commander who replaced him.

This was also Yamamoto's consideration. If Yin Teng Yangtai wanted to live, he had to take him, the brigade commander, out of the mountains, otherwise he would become a deserter. After all, under his order, this verbal military order was not included in the battle report.

And Lai Gu Yi Nan, as his trusted general, would definitely firmly execute his military order, lead all the remaining remnants to defend to the end, attract the main force of the Chinese, and create a basis for the survival of more than 200 imperial officers and soldiers who fled into the mountains.

To put it bluntly, this was a sacrifice to save the chariot. If the brigade commander and the brigade chief of staff had not died, the Second Mixed Brigade would only be severely damaged, not annihilated, and it would be cancelled.

However, Yoshio Raiya, who was destined to die, and Yoto Yota, who had a chance to survive, were both in great pain, and neither of them was happy.

Yoto Yota knew that if he just went into the mountains, he would be blocked and hunted down by the Chinese army. Even if he could survive, the responsibility for the brigade's defeat would most likely fall on him, the brigade's chief of staff.

Not only would he be court-martialed, but even his family would be implicated. Instead, it would be better to die heroically like Yoshio Raiya. Not only would the empire not blame him, but it would also posthumously award him a military rank.

Unless, he could also cut a big hole in his belly like Yamamoto, who was already seriously injured and unconscious.

It was a good excuse to be seriously injured and unconscious because of the fierce battle with the Chinese.

If Yoshio Raiya knew what he was thinking, he might have spitted on the face of the middle left chief of staff: It's better to live than to die. If not, let's switch!

Nodding to each other, the two senior Japanese officers with heavy hearts said goodbye and set out on their own roads of no return.

Throughout the day, the Four-Line Regiment and the 683rd Brigade did not launch any more offensives, but instead began to carry out civil engineering work again based on the defense line rebuilt by the Japanese army in the encirclement.

The Japanese army, which had lost most of its heavy firepower, could only watch helplessly, even though they knew very well that perhaps tomorrow they would be faced with the overwhelming bombs thrown by the Chinese.

Lai Gu Yinan had tried to make an effort to launch a surprise attack with a small force to destroy the civil engineering work of the Chinese army, but Tang Dao had long been prepared for the Japanese army to jump over the wall in desperation. The firepower points built by various light and heavy machine guns were not necessarily safe even in the trenches, let alone the Japanese army rushing out of the trenches.

For the first time, the Japanese army felt the despair of being suppressed by firepower!

I just want to crush you with firepower, not by relying on human lives. The Chinese soldiers who surrounded them were in high spirits and full of confidence!

Xiangyue Qingshi in Lucheng and Shanshan Yuan in Pingbei City were at a loss and could only order the Army Aviation to support them with all their strength. The Japanese Army Aviation, which had gathered 20 fighter planes, dared to drop bombs at an altitude of 2,000 meters. The inaccurate bombs hardly posed a threat to the Chinese army, which had enough trenches to protect it.

And Lai Gu Yinan, the successor commander of the Second Mixed Brigade, was desperate and had to ask the Army Aviation to stop dropping bombs and drop ammunition and food supplies instead.

This was a move to save oneself before hurting others, and it was also a move that allowed the Japanese army to hold out long enough in the encirclement.

Unfortunately, at an altitude of 2,000 meters, even bombs could not be dropped accurately, let alone various supplies hanging on parachutes.

When the mountain wind blew, at least one-third of them fell on the Chinese side.

Seeing that the Japanese army was giving away food for free, the Chinese soldiers on the front line were not polite. They made canned beef as much as they could. Even the infantry battalions that had the conditions gave each soldier two taels of white wine. The laughter and cheers in the trenches were like a picnic, which almost made the Japanese soldiers on the front line faint.

The morale of the two sides was already very different, which made the commanders of the Japanese army exhausted. In the evening, a piece of explosive news spread among the Japanese army.

‘The brigade commander was attacked and seriously injured. He has retreated to the mountains under the protection of the brigade’s chief of staff Yin Tengyangtai and the brigade’s guard squadron. Now the commander of the brigade’s first infantry battalion, Lai Gu Yinan, is the commander of the entire army! ’

As the saying goes: Good news doesn’t go out, but bad news spreads a thousand miles! The spread speed of the ‘rumor’ is comparable to that of the plague. It took almost an hour for it to spread to almost all the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

When they heard that the top two leaders of the brigade had fled, they were left to fight the Chinese. It was obvious that they were scapegoats for the leaders. How could the army not be shaken?

Lai Gu Yi Nan was shocked and angry when he received the news. As the current commander of the Second Mixed Brigade, how could he not know that this "rumor" was the truth?

But there were less than 10 people in the entire brigade who knew the truth, including five infantry battalion captains and four battalion captains of cavalry, artillery, engineering, and logistics. This news would not come from other places, only these high-ranking people took the initiative to leak it.

But what good would it do for them to leak such confidential information?

Some of them wanted to live and did not want to be scapegoats in vain.

This is the truth!

Thinking of this, Lai Gu Yi Nan's forehead was covered with cold sweat, but he was helpless for a while.

This was also a fatal mistake made by Yamamoto after he suffered a heavy blow. He only considered that Lai Gu Yi Nan was a confidant and would definitely firmly execute his military orders, but he did not expect that Lai Gu Yi Nan himself was just a young leftist. How could he suppress so many officers of the same level or even higher with a military order?

And this fatal mistake finally broke out near dusk.

The Japanese army, whose morale was fluctuating, had actually taken the initiative to leave their positions and enter the mountainous area, and not just a few or dozens, but infantry squadrons.

This situation was immediately detected by Ming Xin and Shen Laoliu who were still lurking on the peak, and they quickly reported the information to the regiment headquarters.

"Huh! The Japanese collapsed so quickly?" Tang Dao was also a little surprised.

This situation was really different from the Japanese army he knew. You know, although the Japanese army is now completely at a disadvantage and it is only a matter of time before they are annihilated, the Japanese army is definitely not the type that collapses before the battle. Even if they lose, they are still ruthless characters who are desperately trying to bite the other side.

If this is true, it can only mean that there is a big problem within the Japanese army. Although Tang Dao didn't know that it was because Wang Xiaoqiang and Xia Jiba fired a few shots to stun Yamashita, he still keenly judged the direction.

"Order, the artillery battalion will bombard the Japanese defense line with full firepower for ten minutes. The engineering company will use as many bombs as possible to hit them first. All infantry members are on standby. If the Japanese army retreats, attack all fronts immediately." Tang Dao knew that the opportunity was fleeting. Although he could not be completely sure that the Japanese army was on the verge of collapse, he still issued military orders decisively.

"In addition, telegraphed Brigade Commander Cheng and asked them to prepare and completely annihilate the current enemy. Maybe we don't have to wait until tomorrow morning. Today, we can drink a celebratory wine!"

"Commander, could this be intentional by the Japanese army to lure our army to take the initiative to attack before all preparations are made to give us enough casualties?" Gu Shaoxun, who returned from the second battalion, was slightly worried.

"The Japanese are very proud. They have never regarded our Chinese soldiers as opponents, so they have never thought of killing or wounding the enemy soldiers. Even now, their purpose is very clear, to hold on and wait for help! Besides, my Four-Line Regiment will not press all the infantry at once. To be honest, playing this trick has no practical significance." Tang Dao pondered for a while, shook his head and rejected Gu Shaoxun's suggestion.

"Yes, I agree with the commander's decision. The opportunity is fleeting!" Ye Chenghuan took the initiative to speak. "If the Japanese want to run, this dusk is their last time. After tonight, they can't fly away."

"Haha, but the Japanese don't know that the mountain behind them is the real death place!" Zhuang Shisan, the quartermaster who rarely spoke, said with a smile, perhaps because he was in a good mood.

The battlefield ended one day earlier, and the burden on his shoulders as the quartermaster was a little lighter. How could he not be happy.

It's cool to fight with Tang Tuanzuo and kill the devils, but it really wastes supplies!

The artillery and infantry just fired and pulled the trigger, pouring shells and bullets into the Japanese positions, but do they know how many shells and bullets they used?

Just talking about the consumption in the past two days, more than 6,000 shells were used, 800,000 bullets were fired, and 5,000 kilograms of explosive packs were thrown out, while the 17th Division and the 104th Division, two infantry divisions, fought for six days and did not use so many shells and explosives.

What's the matter, can't they live like this? When he thought of this, as the steward of the Four Lines Regiment, Zhuang Shi, who was only thirty years old, had a lot of white hair.

Of course, apart from this joy, he admired the superior he chose even more.

Sooner or later, the Japanese army would retreat into the mountains, which was what Tang Dao had judged long ago. Not only did most of the elite of the reconnaissance company detour into the mountain in advance, but Lei Xiong's first battalion also quietly withdrew from the position at ten o'clock in the morning, becoming the most terrible strangler in the mountain.

At that time, the Japanese army would not enter the mountain. Once they enter, the light infantry, which has completely lost its heavy weapons, will completely lose the possibility of survival under the ambushes of countless highlands.

Or, this is the result that Tang Dao likes most.

If the Japanese army just relies on field fortifications, the Four-line Regiment and the 683rd Brigade can defeat them, but the casualties will be huge. The explosive packs used for thunder bombs are not unlimited. Most of them have been used up in the first wave of attacks in the early morning.

That was also what Tang Dao deliberately requested. He wanted to use this wave of bombing to chill the Japanese army.

In less than five minutes, the entire Four-line Regiment was ready. The artillery battalion spoke first. The full output of 22 artillery pieces fell on the simple defense line of the Japanese army, followed by more than a dozen thunder bombs set up more than 300 meters away! The artillery companies of the two infantry battalions also joined in the fun, and more than a dozen 82-ton mortars were so cool.

A total of nearly fifty artillery pieces of various calibers were used for the first time by the Four-Line Regiment to fire at full power, and the Japanese defense lines of more than 2,000 meters were all shrouded in smoke.

But that was not the end. The mortars of the 683rd Brigade also began to fire at the Japanese infantry in front of them. Although the guns were small, there were more than 30 mortars.

According to statistics after the war, the intensity of the artillery fire involving more than 80 artillery pieces at one time had never appeared before, even in the battlefield where the main force of the 80th Army and the Japanese 16th Division fought with tens of thousands of troops in the distance.

As Ye Chenghuan said, if the Japanese army wanted to survive, this evening was the last chance to escape into the mountains.

And under such an ideology, this wave of Chinese artillery fire was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Seeing that the Chinese had launched a general attack, the Japanese positions began to flee.

Then, there is a terrible chain reaction.

Whether the Japanese army ministers were unable to suppress it or some of them secretly contributed to the situation, the defense line composed of more than 3,600 Japanese troops completely collapsed in several places when the Chinese infantry began to test the attack.

Visible to the naked eye, large streams of gray and dark blue rushed toward the Japanese defense line along the breach.

"I have betrayed the trust of the brigade commander! I am sending a message to Commander Xiangyue Qingshi in my own name. The Chinese artillery fire is fierce and our brigade's defense line has been breached. But please rest assured, Commander, the imperial officers and soldiers are still on duty. Kill the enemy bravely to repay His Majesty the Emperor!" Yoshio Laigu ordered with a livid face.

After the Yusha message was sent, less than ten seconds later, "Bang!", a gunshot suddenly appeared in the small courtyard of the Japanese army's temporary headquarters.

Seeing that his own defense line was about to collapse in just one day, Yoshitani Yoshio was disheartened and chose what he thought was the most heroic method.

However, this kind of bravery was considered the most stupid way by both China and Japan after the war.

The Army Shao Zuo, who was the supreme commander of the Second Mixed Brigade at the time, pulled out his gun box and aimed a shot at his temple. His will was so determined that even his subordinates did not react.

The tortoise box didn't even get stuck. A shot from such a close range blasted a hole the size of a teacup in his head, leaving white and red stains all over the floor. He was so dead that he couldn't die anymore.

Logically speaking, even if he wanted to apologize, an officer of his level would choose caesarean section under normal circumstances, but that kind of technical action was never a one-shot kill, and it would take several hours to die. Yoshio Raitani was probably afraid of death. Half-dead, his head was beheaded by the Chinese prisoners, so he had his head blown open in advance.

Seeing that the supreme commander was speechless, the Japanese officers, who had already lost their minds and had nothing to do, dispersed in a hurry, and even ignored the body of Yoshio Laigu.

The brains of the second mixed brigade actually collapsed completely before the front-line infantry.

This also resulted in the fact that several Japanese troops that were still resisting tenaciously were no longer able to contact the headquarters. They fought independently, and their originally firm resistance was completely worn away by suspicion.

The terrible rout resulted in the complete disappearance of the will to fight. Even the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops lost resistance during the Battle of Songhu that day. It was not until they retreated hundreds of kilometers away to rely on the defense line that there was sporadic resistance, let alone the Japanese army. There are only less than 4,000 people.

In the end, in only 40 minutes, the Fourth Army Regiment and the 683rd Brigade, which had already sensed the weakness of the Japanese army, used their main force, using a total of nearly 10,000 infantry, to completely defeat the enemy in front of them.

Annihilated more than 2,500 enemies!

However, he only suffered less than 300 battle losses, achieving a battle loss ratio of 1:10 that stunned both China and Japan.

What's even more terrible is that this is the battle loss ratio between the attacker and the defender.

This battle loss ratio is even more exaggerated than the Battle of Taierzhuang during the Xuzhou Battle. 100,000 Chinese troops surrounded two Japanese detachments with more than 10,000 men, which was seven to eight times the number of the enemy. In the end, it was only 1:2. of battle damage.

The Japanese Army, which cited this war as a shame for the Army, never agreed with China's post-war statistics until the end of the entire war.

Even the Anti-Japanese Martyrs Monument built on the banks of the Zhuozhang River a few years after the Battle of Changle Village did not have more than a thousand names.

It doesn't matter that the Japanese are stubborn and refuse to admit their claims. What matters is that this war of annihilation is not completely over yet.

There were still more than a thousand days before the bandits retreated into the mountains.

Pursuit battles and jungle blocking battles will become the main theme of the battlefield in the next few days!

However, the battle at Changle Village was actually over, and the disappearance of the second mixed brigade was a doomed outcome.