Rise From Eight Hundred

Private First Class Kurahashi was particularly grateful that his parents gave him a good name!

"Lucky" means having good luck!

He survived this battle, nothing else, purely by luck!

He was a member of the team that attacked the hillside, but he was very close to the second trench of the Chinese, only about 60 to 70 meters away!

It was not that this poor private was so brave, but that he escaped the disaster twice in a row, but his infantry squad suffered heavy casualties, and was considered by the captain who had nowhere to vent his anger to be a coward.

So, the poor Japanese private was incorporated into the death squad that rushed to the front in this battle.

The so-called death squad is the vanguard of the vanguard, and it has always been advancing without retreat. Those who have not received the military order to retreat will die!

If you stick your head out, you will be stabbed, and if you shrink your head, you will also be stabbed! The Japanese private, who had been forced into a desperate situation, rushed to the forefront this time.

Then, miraculously escaped this disaster!

When the first shell hit, the corporal who had just stood up and shouted "on board" with his friends jumped forward desperately and jumped into a crater blown out by a 105mm howitzer!

The nearly 1-meter-deep crater blocked the surging air waves. The Japanese corporal who curled up like a baby in the womb was hit by the falling rocks, but he was lucky to survive.

In other words, the Japanese corporal was not the only lucky one in the death squad, because the death squad was in a geographical environment with many craters and rocks. In the first round of shelling, its survival rate was as high as 65%!

On the contrary, the trench that was less than half a meter deep on average, which was considered by most Japanese infantrymen, became a purgatory on earth!

It was not until the shells landed on the left and right sides of the trench with great accuracy, and even nearly one-tenth of the shells fell into the trench, that the Japanese infantrymen discovered that the reason why this trench was shallow was probably not because the Chinese were lazy.

Rather, it seemed to be prepared for today!

The heavy mortar company of the Fourth Regiment threw at least 200 shells into this trench area, which exceeded one-third of the total number of shells thrown on the entire front line.

The shallow trenches could hardly withstand the air waves and shrapnel and gravel of the shells that were close at hand. The most terrifying thing was that when the shells fell into the trenches, all the soldiers in the trenches up to 40 meters long were either blown away by the air waves or vomited blood by the shock waves. The lethality was much higher than on the slope!

When the Japanese infantry realized that this was a death trap, it was too late. The continuous falling shells left them with no way to escape!

In the end, less than 70 of the more than 350 Japanese soldiers hiding in the trenches survived, and the survival rate was less than 20%!

Afterwards, the officers and soldiers of the second company who went to clean up the trench almost vomited. They had seen many dead bodies, but the limbs torn apart by heavy artillery energy scattered everywhere, and the half-cooked intestines and internal organs hanging on the trench walls, etc., were still beyond the acceptable range of most officers and soldiers.

Especially the smell of fishy smell mixed with meat fragrance, which can definitely be called the smell from hell!

When 20 minutes later, the fierce artillery fire extended backwards, and the remaining Japanese troops who had received the order to retreat began to retreat frantically. Although there were not many people, there were still about 200 people, but the Chinese soldiers on the second line of defense would not miss this rare opportunity, and light and heavy machine guns and various rifles began to roar.

'Kill the dog when it's down', 'take your life while you're sick', these are the terms that Tang Tuanzuo often said, and they were deeply rooted in the bones of the officers and soldiers of the Four-Line Regiment!

Although the smoke was filled with gunpowder, giving many Japanese infantrymen the opportunity to escape, a considerable number of them still became prey on the battlefield.

For example, Yang Bicheng, who has been promoted to deputy squad leader, although he is equipped with a submachine gun and no longer serves as a precision shooter, the corporal who has found confidence in his marksmanship still took the trouble to carry a Mosin-Ganna rifle!

That rifle was specially awarded to him by Tang Dao in recognition of the Lonely Mountain Blocking Battle. It is not included in the equipment of the infantry company. To put it bluntly, it is Yang Bicheng's private gun.

There are no more than 30 people in the Four Lines Regiment who have the honor of owning private weapons, such as Mingxin's heavy sword, Cai Yongguan's thick back knife, and a black star pistol that Tu Dou wanted for himself, and a Tang Dao signed military dagger that Lao Suanpan carries with him.

In other words, there are two types of people who have private weapons in the Four Lines Regiment. Either they have super abilities or have great military achievements. Otherwise, the strict military regulations of the Four Lines Regiment are not for show.

Because the Four-Line Regiment currently has strict regulations on the load of individual soldiers, individual soldiers carry weapons, ammunition, food, clean water, and a list of utensils during long-distance marches. Even if bricks are stuffed in the backpack during training, they must be consistent with actual combat and weighed.

There are thousands of people in the world, and naturally there are thousands of different preferences. If everyone has additional needs in addition to standard weapons, then the weight will increase a lot?

Therefore, special people are only a minority after all, and if you want to have certain privileges, you need to fight for it yourself.

Yang Bicheng also carried the weight of his Mogansina rifle and 100 rounds of bullets. For this extra few pounds of weight, he didn't know how much sweat he shed during training.

But the once cowardly young man was forged from a piece of "earth" into a piece of fine iron in this constant beating and training!

The thicker the smoke, the brighter the eyes of the killers!

According to statistics after the war, there were as many as seven Japanese soldiers who died under this sharpshooter's pistol! A total of 11 bullets were fired!

Corporal Kurahashi was lucky enough to escape, if he hadn't run too fast and fallen into a crater.

At the cost of a knocked-out front tooth, Yang Bicheng was in a coma for 2 minutes, which made him mistakenly think that he was killed by him and turned to look for other targets. Otherwise, the Japanese corporal would never have had the opportunity to write his memoirs.

On the entire second line of defense, there were as many as 10 accurate shooters who participated in hunting down the retreating Japanese soldiers. Their total score was 29 kills, an average of three kills per person.

This success rate of killing the Japanese even exceeded the 8 light machine guns and 2 heavy machine guns that fired.

The number of Japanese soldiers who were able to successfully withdraw in the end was no more than 200!

In the first battle, 500 Japanese invaders were killed, and this was the result of the Four-Line Regiment, which could only count the Japanese wreckage before the position. If the destruction of the Japanese trenches 600 meters away by 150 heavy artillery is added, it would be close to 600.

In other words, a Japanese infantry battalion was crippled!

On the other hand, the Four-Line Regiment only paid the price of 1,080 heavy mortar shells!

Of course, it is not true that all the 500 Japanese soldiers were killed in this round of artillery fire!

Many were actually injured or fainted due to shock, and no more than three-fifths died on the spot!

If possible, according to the front-line commander Lei Xiong, the Japanese army could take back these seriously injured soldiers, so that they could kill some of the Japanese army's manpower and consume the Japanese army's medicine and manpower.

Killing them all at once is not realistic. It is the favorite mode of Tang Tuanzuo to slowly consume the opponent's strength and finally fight a decisive battle to kill you.

But Yin Tangxiuer, who fell into madness, did something that angered both humans and gods.

In the constant roar of Chinese heavy artillery shells, Yin Tangxiuer, who had retreated 500 meters again and entered the front-line command post in the dense forest, was silent and looked at the distant position with a telescope.

After seeing the defeated soldiers of less than 200 and the last few tanks retreating in panic in the smoke, the Japanese Army Zhongzuo, who had been silent for more than ten minutes, put down the telescope with a sullen face and did not turn his head: "Telegraphed Nishikawa Zhongzuo of the 21st Artillery Regiment, requesting the howitzer squadron and the mountain artillery battalion to target the enemy's main position No. 1 and cover it with firepower for 30 minutes.

And telegraphed His Excellency the Commander of the Nagano Division, the enemy has hidden large-caliber mortars, which has hindered my attack troops, but please rest assured, Commander Nagano. In the next battle, I will do my best to capture the position."

The young lieutenant staff officer felt a chill on his back. Although there was no high probability that the defeated soldiers who had evacuated 400 meters from the battlefield would be accidentally injured in this artillery attack, there were still many seriously injured soldiers who were left on the battlefield before they could be dragged away.

The bombardment of the howitzers and mountain artillery was just as he said, a covering bombardment, and it would be impossible to find a neat corpse, let alone alive.

Even if they could capture this position, after the war, they would probably burn all the remains together and put a handful of ashes into a special wooden box as remains and send them back to the country.

"Since it is for the prosperity of the empire, then let them fight to the end for the empire!" Yin Tangxiuerzhongzuo did not turn around but seemed to know what his staff officer would think, and sighed coldly.

Even Lei Xiong, who was in charge of the front line, did not expect that the Japanese commander he met this time was more brutal than he had ever met before. As soon as his defeated soldiers retreated, he immediately requested artillery to bomb the position, without any regard for the Japanese bodies left on the position and the seriously injured soldiers who had not yet been evacuated.

Although cold-blooded, this move was extremely vicious and even effective. It could not only strike the Chinese soldiers and fortifications on the position, but also reduce a lot of burdens, and no longer need to care about the wounded soldiers who had no combat effectiveness but had to waste medicine and personnel care.

The extremely cruel decision made Lei Xiong's wishful thinking all come to nothing, and he directly killed all his wounded soldiers with artillery.

It was this decision that caused more than 200 Japanese soldiers who had a chance to survive to lie on the battlefield in mourning, watching their own shells falling from the sky blow them into ashes.

Although this man is so cold that he makes the staff officer sweat, in fact, he is also taking a huge risk.

Let alone the blame from his superiors, as long as he can win this offensive and defensive battle, all the ugliness can be covered up, even the cruelty of shelling his own soldiers.

However, although the Japanese army has strict discipline, they will execute even such cruel military orders from their superiors, but there are also many cruel and ruthless people in the Japanese army, and there are not a few cases of shooting from behind when their superiors are not paying attention.

Yin Tangxiuer's attack on the left is also at the risk of being shot from behind by the one or two hundred defeated soldiers who withdrew from the front line. That is not something that can be prevented by saying whether it is attacking from the left or not.

The infantrymen with red eyes stimulated by the casualties of their fellow countrymen and friends took advantage of the chaos on the battlefield to shoot from behind, and no one could find out.

The key is, who will check if the people are dead? Maybe the other infantry captains are still laughing behind their backs?

Knowing that there would be such a disadvantage, Yin Tangxiuer Zhongzuo still did it, and even went beyond his direct superior, the captain of the Dazuo regiment, to contact the division directly.

That was because the position of the regiment commander Dazuo was so desirable that he was desperate.

Even from now on, his guard team's eyes will not only stay on the Chinese position, but also guard against the hateful eyes of his own soldiers behind him.

How does the saying go: God wants to destroy people, he must first make them crazy!

The Japanese Army Zhongzuo belongs to this category. Even the commander of the 83rd Infantry Regiment in the rear looked so ugly after knowing his decision that he looked like he had eaten a piece of hot shit. He wanted to strangle this guy's neck and ask him: "You are so good that you want to go to the military court, can you not drag me into it?"

However, there are too many crazy people among the Japanese. Compared with the fierce and famous Yokoyama Ze Dazuo of the 62nd Infantry Regiment, the crazy Yin Tangxiuer is just like a docile little lady.

The most tragic battle in the entire Niangziguan battlefield was not on the main battlefield, but on the flank!

That was actually the craziest bet of Nagano Kameichiro!

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Although Nagano Kameichiro invested two infantry regiments, three tank squadrons and almost all artillery on the main battlefield, Nagano Kameichiro, who still had some combat experience, lost confidence in breaking through the front position when he knew that his opponent was the Four-Line Regiment.

The reason why the main force was placed in the front position was actually just one point, to contain and consume the insufficient forces of the Four-line Regiment.

To put it bluntly, the 83rd and 82nd Infantry Regiments were actually cannon fodder in the eyes of Nagano Kameichiro. The real winner of the battlefield was the 62nd Infantry Regiment that entered the mountains by mountain roads.

The commander of the left regiment of the 62nd Infantry Regiment, Yokoyama Ze, was not only his trusted and beloved general, but also had a brother, Yokoyama Naga, who was very famous in the Japanese Army. Although Yokoyama Naga, who was 48 years old and in his prime, had just been promoted to major general, he was called the 21st "Three Birds" of the Army Officer School together with Ishihara Kanji and Iimura So, both of whom were elites in the Japanese Army. During this war, their rapid rise was almost visible to the naked eye.

Indeed, the Japanese also have a firm grasp of the worldly affairs. At this time, Yokoyama Naga, who was only the Minister of Resources of the Army Ministry, would be promoted to Lieutenant General of the Army and served as the commander of the 1st Division in a short time, officially entering the senior ranks of the Japanese Army. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, he served as the commander of the 4th Army of the Kwantung Army and the commander of the 11th Army of the North China Front Army, commanding a 100,000-man army.

"No matter what the situation is on the front battlefield, as long as you break through the Chinese positions on the flank, I will guarantee it. Your brother will move around in the Army Ministry again. You will be the next commander of the 21st Division. With two generals in one family, the glory of the Yokoyama family will be extremely brilliant!"

This is the promise that Nagano Kameichiro made to Yokoyama Ze in private when he came to see him off before the 62nd Infantry Regiment was reorganized and set off.

Yokoyama Ze, who came from a military family, is not stupid. He knows that his immediate superior is in a rather embarrassing situation now. The accidental death of the division commander Washizu Matsudaira is an opportunity, but it may also be Nagano Kameichiro's Waterloo.

The future and fate of this Imperial Army Major General all depend on the battle of Niangzi Pass!

If he wins, he will take over the division commander smoothly!

If he loses, at the very least, he will remain where he is and be criticized by the front army and the army headquarters, or at the worst, he will be transferred to the reserve and his future will be ruined!

Otherwise, he would not have painted a big pie for himself when his future and fate were not clear yet!

But he really had to eat the pie he painted.

In fact, Nagano Kameichiro grasped the biggest seasonal movement in his heart!

From childhood to adulthood, his brother, who was five years older than him, had always been a symbol of family glory. He was a brilliant figure in the non-commissioned officer school. When he entered the army, he rose straight to the top until he was promoted to Army Major General at the beginning of the year.

On the other hand, he was the second son of the Yokoyama family, who worked just as hard as his brother, and his efforts were never inferior to his brother, but he had always been just like his brother's shadow. Even this time when he was finally promoted to Army General and served as the commander of the 62nd Infantry Regiment of the New 21st Division, many people thought that this was thanks to his brother, and they did not see his efforts!

It has always been Yokoyama Ze's dream to approach or even surpass his brother! And now, this dream is right in front of him, how can Yokoyama Ze not be moved?

Therefore, Yokoyama Ze even has a stronger psychological need to win than Nagano Kameichiro!

The third battalion located on the high ground on the flanks did not expect that they would face such a brutal opponent.

However, for the officers and soldiers of the third battalion of the Sihang Regiment, who have never been afraid of tough battles, no matter how tough the opponent is, it is nothing more than "the enemy will be stopped by the generals and the water will be covered with earth"!

Sihang Warehouse, Songjiang, Guangde, Bihe, Licheng, Changle Village, the Japanese army in that battle was not tough? But in the end, weren't they still hit on the head by their iron hammers, bleeding all over the face?

A 4,000 Japanese invaders led by the iron-headed Da Zuo who dreams of surpassing his brother, and a cold-faced battalion commander who bears a family blood feud and more than 1,300 iron troops, are destined to fight a sea of ​​blood in this rolling mountain!

Although the Chinese and Japanese forces did not exceed 6,000, which is not very impressive in the history of the Sino-Japanese War, the high casualties of the attacking side and the fact that they were still able to maintain their offensive posture are extremely rare in the history of war.

This battle was also called a battle of wills by the general of the 80th Army Group!