Rise From Eight Hundred

"Order! The two infantry squadrons of the 3rd Infantry Battalion as the reserve force shall assemble at the regiment headquarters; Order! The regiment baggage squadron shall select 200 people to assemble at the regiment headquarters; Order! The 3rd squadron of the division engineer regiment shall assemble at our regiment headquarters;

In addition, telegraph to Mr. Nagano of the division headquarters that our 62nd Infantry Regiment has decided to fight to the death with the Chinese army here, and request the support of the division artillery regiment. If we can severely damage the Chinese artillery positions or the high ground defenders opposite our regiment, it will be of great help to our division in the first battle in China!" After the artillery fire paused, Yokoyama Ze stood up from the bunker and issued several military orders in a cold voice.

All of them were military orders to gather troops. According to the normal assembly speed of the Japanese army, there would be more than 1,200 Japanese troops here in less than half an hour, not to mention the nearly 200 Japanese troops who had basically been wiped out in the artillery fire.

The 4th squad, which still had 12 men left on the high ground, and the 18-man guard squad that was rushing to the 1st high ground, didn't know that they were going to face a terrible force comparison of 40 to 1!

This may have also created a new record on the Chinese battlefield. The Japanese army, which had always been outnumbered by the few, relying on its strong heavy firepower, actually played the same tactics of the Annan people fighting American cowboys in the jungles of the southwest in the future decades later, the human wave tactics!

Of course, this is not the most terrible. The most terrible thing is that the Japanese artillery regiment still has 40 artillery pieces, 36 75 mountain guns and 4 105 howitzers. If these 40 artillery pieces are really aimed at the small hill of 1, which is only a few thousand square meters in radius.

Then let alone 30 infantrymen, even 300 will die the same way!

However, Yokoyama Ze is obviously not stupid. Although he wants to do this, he also knows that the division is not his family. How can he fight as he says? Even as the division commander, Nagano Kameichiro needs to make a balance, otherwise what do the other two left-wing commanders think?

Therefore, he proposed another suggestion, asking the artillery regiment to find the approximate area of ​​the Chinese artillery position, and use artillery against artillery. According to the intensity of the Chinese firepower just now, there will be no more than 10 mountain artillery.

Although this has greatly exceeded his expectations, this amount of artillery still cannot compete with the 40 artillery owned by the division artillery regiment.

If he can persuade Kameichiro Nagano to accept his tactical strategy, without the cover of artillery fire, he will use the human wave tactics, and he will not believe that he can't bite off this small hill.

At this time, the sky is getting dark!

Even if Yokoyama Ze wants to bite off the high ground in front of him, he still needs to wait for Nagano Kameichiro's reply, so he can only temporarily withdraw his troops and order the assembled squadrons to dig field trenches along the mountain to temporarily camp and wait for tomorrow's battle.

"Have the Chinese finally played their last trump card?" Under the lantern, Kameichiro Nagano looked at the telegram sent by Yokoyama Ze in front of him and fell into deep thought.

On the surface, a battle seems to be just a matter of you attacking and me defending, relying on soldiers and equipment, but in fact, there are many tricks in it.

For example, in the bloody battle today, the 21st Division reported a loss of more than a thousand people, which is equivalent to an infantry battalion withdrawing from the battle sequence.

This is only the first day, and the loss is so huge, and the loss in the next few days may be even greater. Just thinking about this will only increase the number of casualties, perhaps even the most mentally tough commander will be frustrated.

But for Nagano Kameichiro, it is indifferent!

It’s not that he is so awesome that he can completely ignore the number of casualties, but for the 21st Division, which lost a division commander at the beginning of the war, what else can’t be lost?

To save the honor of the division, the entire division has only one way to go, that is to break through the enemy’s defense line!

It can be said that Nagano Kameichiro is now a broken jar mentality, and how many people die is really not what he cares about most.

Of course, the death and injury of more than a thousand people made him see the opponent's trump card clearly, which is what really made him calm.

Yes, when he learned that the opponent was the Four-Line Regiment, Nagano Kameichiro knew that it was not an easy opponent to deal with, especially when the opponent had a sufficient number of mountain artillery.

To defeat the Four-Line Regiment, it is not enough to rely on the human wave tactics to fight consumption, but also to destroy the opponent's artillery.

Throughout the day, whether it was the 83rd Infantry Regiment on the main position or the 62nd Infantry Regiment with a determined flank attack, they were actually just bait.

But it was not temptation, but coercion, forcing the opponent to reveal his trump card one by one!

As for those infantrymen who were destined to be on the death list, they were naturally just small soldiers on the chessboard. Even if they were eaten by others, as long as they could see the opponent's trump card clearly, it was worth it.

"A merciful man cannot command an army" and "one general's success is the result of the death of thousands of soldiers" are not only applicable to China, but also to the Japanese.

Small people are just numbers in the eyes of big people.

Now, the trump card revealed by the Four-line Regiment certainly shocked him. There were both large-caliber heavy mortars and many mountain cannons, but he finally saw it.

The destructive power of large-caliber heavy mortars was enough to shock people, but the range of only 3,000 meters meant that it could only be a single type of artillery to attack infantry, and it was completely incapable of threatening the enemy's artillery group.

The only threat was the mountain cannon with a range of 6,000 meters!

There was no shortcut to dealing with such an enemy. The only way was to kill them!

"Order the 1st and 2nd battalions of the artillery regiment and the guard units to move their positions 1,800 meters to the southwest overnight, and the 3rd battalion and the howitzer squadron to stay on standby!" Nagano Kameichiro ordered with determination.

The 24 75mm mountain guns of the two battalions of the artillery regiment moved forward another 1,800 meters, less than 4,000 meters from the front line of Niangzi Pass, theoretically within the range of the Chinese mountain guns, but at the same time, the Chinese artillery positions were also within the range of these 24 mountain guns. With twice the firepower, the Chinese would definitely suffer a great loss.

What's more, there were 4 105mm howitzers waiting for them at a distance of 6,000 meters away, which was out of reach of the Chinese artillery.

This means that Nagano Kameichiro has accepted Yokoyama Ze's suggestion that the 24 mountain guns will be the supporting firepower for the human wave tactics at any time, and will lure out the approximate area of ​​the Chinese artillery positions. The two sides will use artillery battles to determine the final direction of this offensive and defensive battle.

The two Japanese commanders were very shrewd and planned the direction of the battlefield the next day in the dark night, but the Chinese would not be led by them.

For example, in the dark night, according to the Japanese army's thinking, they, as the attacking party, showed such strong strength. Although the Chinese defended tenaciously, they were at most a desperate resistance. It was good to be able to defend their own one-third of an acre. What other ideas could they have?

But unfortunately, the soldiers of the Four-Line Regiment, led by Tang Tuanzuo, have never been the kind of law-abiding troops.

In front of the main position, the Japanese army deployed barbed wire and arranged a large number of sentinels to patrol, blocking the possibility of infantry attacks, but this did not mean absolute safety.

The company-level commanders on the position actually moved their 60-meter mortars to the top of the mountain. The range of 1,500 meters was enough for them to threaten all Japanese camps on the front line.

From time to time, a flare was fired into the sky from the dark wilderness, and then the figure of the Japanese sentry responsible for patrolling was clearly visible.

Then, a row of shells followed, blasting the grass and gravel in the afterglow of the flares, accompanied by the wailing of the Japanese patrol.

When the Japanese army angrily fired flares, trying to find the "gray mice" who dared to go down the mountain and lurk in front of their positions, they could not even see a ghost on the position, and they might even attract another row of shells.

What made the Japanese army most painful was that the light and shells that burst out from time to time lasted for a long time, which was simply inhumane, from 9 o'clock after nightfall to 4 o'clock in the morning.

Although everyone knew that this was a harassment war played by the Chinese, this was a typical conspiracy. In this case, who could sleep peacefully? Who knows when a flare will be fired in front of the trench where you are camping, and then a row of shells will fall on your head, and you will die without knowing how you died.

Nearly 10,000 infantrymen from the two infantry regiments on the front line, in this chilly autumn night, all stared at the sky with their eyes wide open. Once a light flashed, they immediately ran away!

"The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to look for light!"

The literal meaning of this poem seems to be tailor-made for the Japanese soldiers of the 21st Division, who stayed up all night waiting for dawn.

Of course, this kind of purely harassing artillery bombardment consumed about 400 artillery shells and 50 flares in the main positions of the Four-Line Regiment throughout the night. The hidden scouts of our side were injured and killed by the Japanese concentrated fire, and the cost was not small.

However, the Four-Line Regiment could not record the results of the battle, but the only certainty was that the nearly 10,000 Japanese soldiers on the front line could not sleep well tonight.

It is still the declassified documents of the Japanese North China Front Army after the war that show that on the night of September 9, the Battle of Niangzi Pass, due to the continuous mortar harassment by the Chinese side, a total of 34 people were killed and 103 people were injured in the 82nd and 83rd Infantry Regiments in front of them.

But please note that these are only two infantry regiments, because the 62nd Infantry Regiment on the flank was much more miserable than this.

The Chinese defenders on the high ground did not just use mortar harassment, but went down the mountain to counterattack!

Because the mountain road was dangerous, the 62nd Infantry Regiment, which was eager to increase the marching speed, was forced to leave behind a lot of baggage, including barbed wire and other supplies that must be brought with the march, which also caused the Japanese army camping in the mountains to lack the most necessary protection.

"Are you crazy! Squad Leader Tu, there are only so many people in our two squads, and you still want to go down the mountain to steal the Japanese?" Guard squad leader Zhou Dapeng's eyes almost popped out of his eye sockets.

As a veteran of the Northeast Army who participated in the Battle of Songjiang, Zhou Dapeng is definitely not a weakling, otherwise he would not have been personally selected by Li Jiujin to serve as the sergeant squad leader of the 7th Company Guard Squad.

The Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain have obviously regarded Hill 1 as a breakthrough point, and their gathered forces are definitely more than hundreds of people. At this time, they will attack and completely lose the terrain advantage. They simply don't know how to write the word death.

"Hehe! Squad leader Zhou, a veteran like you thinks it's impossible, and the Japanese will think so even more. This is what the regiment commander said, surprise!" Tu Yunsheng chuckled. "Besides, you also brought this big killer this time. How can you not let the little devils have a good taste of it?"

"Yes! Squad leader Zhou, this time the company commander asked you to bring these things, not to let the Japanese devils bomb them to hear the sound, as long as they dare to chase, let them break their arms and legs! Oh, no, it's to cut off their descendants!" Boss Cao stroked the anti-infantry mines with a metallic luster in the wooden box with his hand, with an obsessed look on his face.

This kind of anti-infantry mine made by the arsenal is really a good thing, and it is not big. It can be inserted into the grass. Once stepped on, it will definitely cause a wailing!

"You guys in Class 4 are all lunatics!" The guard squad leader looked at the old man who was drooling when he touched the anti-infantry mine, and could only roll his eyes helplessly.

Originally, the twenty anti-infantry mines that Li Jijin asked him to bring were for the 4th Squadron to bury about a hundred meters in front of the position at night to prevent the Japanese from making sneak attacks.

Who would have thought that these lunatics from Class 4 were planning to put these mines in front of the Japanese camp for fear of wasting them.

"The regimental commander has said that if you want to win this Patriotic War, you must be crazy. If you are not crazy, how can you stop nearly a million Japanese soldiers armed to the teeth?" Tu Yunsheng shook his head slightly, with heavy pain in his eyes. Sigh softly. "If you are not crazy, how can you deal with those dead brothers!"

With one word, the small shell-proof cave was instantly silenced.

During the day on September 9th, compared with a Japanese infantry squadron that was annihilated by artillery fire, the losses of Squad 4 were actually not huge. One corporal machine gunner died and three soldiers were seriously injured. However, after all, there were still comrades who had been with them day and night. It is the corner that all soldiers least want to touch.

"Okay! I agree with your attack tactics. I will send the MG34 machine gun fire team to the battle position to provide fire cover for you, but you have to promise me not to be reluctant to fight. If you succeed, you will start to escape!" Zhou Dapeng took a deep breath, accepted.

"Don't worry, Squad Leader Zhou, I promise to complete the task!" Tu Yunsheng smiled and turned around to greet: "Uncle Cao, go and call the horses and the others, and bring the engineer shovels. 50 rounds of bullets are enough. Bring me a few more grenades! "

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September 10, 3 a.m.!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Fires burst out continuously in the camp of an infantry squadron of the Japanese army!

"The Chinese are shelling! Avoid bullets! Avoid bullets!" A Japanese captain wearing military trousers and a white shirt yelled crazily, commanding his men.

In the light of the explosion, the figure of the Japanese captain with a command knife hanging on his waist is quite heroic. If it were placed in a movie, he would be at least the second male lead.

But on the battlefield, it was too conspicuous.

"Bang!" A gunshot!

It was not conspicuous in the Japanese infantry field camp where explosions continued, but a bloody flower bloomed on the chest of the Japanese captain!

As the Japanese infantry captain looked towards his chest in disbelief, fiery gunfire rang out.

It was four submachine guns and three semi-automatic rifles spitting out. Seven Chinese soldiers fired a rain of bullets at the Japanese army from a lurking point as wide as 200 meters and as close as 50 meters.

There was no shelling, and the explosions that fell into the Japanese positions were entirely completed by Boss Cao, the human 'grenadier'.

Boss Cao, who was hiding behind a boulder 60 meters away, had 30 unscrewed grenades beside him. At least three-fifths of the 48 grenades carried by the eight soldiers before setting off were left beside him, and one was thrown every three seconds on average. The speed of the mortars directly caught up with the mortars, which gave the Japanese army the illusion of shelling.

The crazy rain of bullets from the 7-bar automatic firearms made the Japanese army finally know that they were under enemy attack. Although the unexpected death of the first lieutenant squadron made the Japanese army confused for two minutes, as a Japanese second lieutenant squad leader took over the command, the Japanese army also regained its composure. , while firing out flares to find the enemy, machine guns and grenade launchers also began to show off their power.

There were even dozens of Japanese infantry scattered to the two wings, in a posture to surround the attackers.

At the same time, a Japanese camp two hundred meters away also woke up, and the noisy footsteps indicated that they were also beginning to rush towards their colleagues who were under attack.

Illumination bombs were fired into the air one after another, illuminating the entire camp so brightly that several Chinese soldiers who were as close as tens of meters could clearly see the angry and distorted faces of the Japanese infantry without using binoculars.

They are so powerful that there are still Chinese people who dare to attack despite the disapproval of the world. This is simply a shame for the Imperial Army.

Perhaps, not only did he think so, but Yokoyama Sawa Ozuo, who was awakened by the explosion more than 700 meters away, also thought so.

"Baga! Surround them and kill them all. I will hang their corpses on the highest peak of the Taihang Mountains so that all Chinese can see them!" Hengshanze roared angrily.

After all, there were many Japanese soldiers. In addition to the 18 people in an infantry squadron who were killed and wounded by grenades exploding in the air and a dense rain of bullets in a panic, the remaining Japanese troops had more than 160 people and hundreds of rifles and 6 light machine guns. The rain took over instantly.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese army's quick-response tactics of central suppression and flanking outflanking will be achieved very quickly, and it will be difficult for eight Chinese soldiers to escape.

But a fiery red whip swept across the mountain forest 700 meters away!

The Japanese army's flares were too bright, especially in this dark night, they were so bright that they had no friends!

The MG34 fire team, which carried 1,500 rounds of ammunition and a total of 8 ammunition belts, quickly selected the target under the command of the assistant shooter with a telescope!

The heavy machine gun-type high-rate MG34, supported by a tripod, poured more than 600 bullets on the Japanese position in less than 1 minute, even more than the bullets fired by more than 100 Japanese infantry.

That would be a disaster!

An inventory of the infantry squadron after the attack revealed that more than 15 infantrymen were killed or injured in this horrific round of shooting.

But this is not the final nightmare for the Japanese infantry!

The real nightmare was that they, under the command of the captain of the Great Left League, chased the small group of Chinese soldiers who dared to attack them.

Then, they were trapped in the minefield!

Yes, the cunning and fierce Chinese, on their way of escape, less than 200 meters away from the Imperial Infantry Camp, used anti-infantry mines and trip-fire thunder gods to unknowingly complete a minefield.

After five consecutive soldiers were injured by anti-infantry mines, the Japanese second lieutenant who led the team finally realized the problem, but it was too late!

Darkness became a deadly protective color!

No one knew whether they would step on or trip over those terrible things that could send themselves and their comrades to the sky when they moved their feet.

Turning on the flashlight was even more of a suicidal act!

The terrible machine gun in the distance was guided by the light and poured out ammunition wantonly!

More than a hundred Japanese infantrymen could only wait in place and wait for dawn before leaving carefully!

But the battlefield is so cruel. It is so difficult to see the sun tomorrow!

At the moment when the dawn was just beginning to turn pale, the shells of three 60mm mortars flew towards this side like raindrops.

The dumbfounded Japanese infantrymen burst into tears!

There is no more vicious, only the most vicious. It was exciting to step into the minefield laid by the Chinese overnight, but the real feast had just begun.

In the end, there were less than 30 Japanese soldiers left!

In a night attack counterattack, the Japanese casualties exceeded 100!

Three of the 8 people in the 4th squad were scratched by rocks. If we have to talk about the cost, it is that they consumed more ammunition, resulting in more ammunition consumption on Hill 1 than on the hill where the platoon was located.

The 4th squad was commended by the regiment headquarters, and the whole class won a collective first-class combat merit once!

This battle example was even incorporated into the practical teaching materials of the teaching brigade after the war!