Rise From Eight Hundred

Zhao Daqiang's company's attack on the Japanese city wall was not a rapid rush of the whole company, but an infantry platoon in front, an infantry platoon in the back, and the firepower platoon at the end.

Because they did not adopt the most commonly used skirmish line charge of the National Army, but the 200-meter battle line was too narrow for them to put down two infantry platoons. ???

An infantry platoon has three infantry squads, one slightly in front, one slightly behind, and the other behind the side. The three squads form a large triangle and each infantryman of the infantry squad advances at an interval of 3 to 5 meters. If you look down from the sky, you can clearly see the advancing formation of an infantry squad. From the front, it is an inverted triangle, with a triangle on each side, and three triangles forming a large triangle. The distance between each point is about 30 meters, and the margin is kept at 450 degrees.

Three infantry squads form a large triangle, and so on and so forth, three platoons, three companies, and even three battalions.

In the middle of the battle triangle formed by the infantry squad, the squad leader holding a submachine gun and the squad light machine gun group and rifle grenade group are in a straight line. The four rows of regiments equipped with Czech semi-automatic rifles have reached the equipment level of American cowboys in the Pacific battlefield.

The first offensive triangle is a squad deputy carrying an MP28 submachine gun with two infantrymen equipped with bolt-action single-shot rifles. The flanks are protected by a precision shooter carrying a Mogansina rifle with two infantrymen equipped with semi-automatic rifles, and the other flank is a veteran equipped with a semi-automatic rifle with two infantrymen equipped with bolt-action single-shot rifles.

In the attacking state, the four infantrymen can spit more than 120 bullets at the enemy within 30 seconds, which is almost not equal to the firepower that the two large Japanese squads can pour out, and that is only auxiliary firepower.

The most powerful weapons of the entire infantry squad are the squad heavy machine gun and another MP28 submachine gun located in the center of the eight octagonal corners. In 30 seconds, the heavy machine gun and MP28 submachine gun cannot fire more than 150 bullets. Just from the aspect of firing bullets, the firepower value of an infantry squad in the attack state in 30 seconds has reached nearly 300 bullets. Finding brothers who can still survive among the fallen bodies of brothers who have been with each other day and night is also a difficult choice for all the medical soldiers, and it is also a huge test for our psychology.

As the infantry platoon retreated, there were no medical soldiers. The fallen soldiers were dragged by us to hide in front of the bunkers that could be hidden outside the field and retreated to rescue them as soon as possible.

The two infantry companies that were once officers of the Sichuan Army and had the title of Iron Company almost pushed back the Japanese Army headquarters like a broken bamboo.

No matter how strong the fortress is, it is also strong behind the raging artillery fire.

Medical soldiers also have no wartime regulations. We can only rescue soldiers who are shot in the vitals first. Although it is cruel, it is a battlefield. Sacrifice is inevitable. What we have to do is to ensure that all the soldiers who are still alive continue to live, and not to show sadness in the face of death.

The eight gates of Shimen West, East, and South were opened one after another within 90 minutes before the Tangdao general attack was launched. The speed of its collapse can be ranked behind the eight in the history of the entire Patriotic War. Intelligence has not yet shown that in order to ensure absolute danger, the Japanese army drove away all the Chinese residents living in the 500-meter area around the 20th Division Headquarters before entering the city, and even demolished all the houses within 70 meters around it.

Kang Dao gave the main attack mission of breaking the city to Zhao Xiaoruo's company, but I did not favor one over the other. The next order was that the first company would assist the 772nd Regiment at the South Gate to defeat the stubborn enemy, the seventh company of Qian Xiaozhu of the seventh battalion would attack in the direction of the railway station, and the seventh company of Wei Donglai of the first battalion would join the seventh company of Wang Xiaoqiang of the seventh battalion to attack the Japanese headquarters in Shimen City and wipe out all enemies on the way.

In addition to the rifle firepower of more than ten heavy machine guns and more than one hundred infantrymen on both wings to avoid our retreat, even if we retreated, the frontal firepower of the two infantry platoons and eight infantry squads dispatched by Zhao Xiaoruo's company was equivalent to that of a Japanese infantry squadron.

According to calculations, a Japanese 90mm mortar shell falling into the attacking formation can only cause one casualty, and a 105mm shell can only destroy at least two groups. Even if it encounters the most terrible machine gun side shooting, it will cause less than two groups of casualties. In the same situation, the casualties of special lines will reach dozens of people. I don’t have the right to be sad. This has to wait until we win the damn war provoked by the Japanese. The nearly 600 remaining puppet troops who have not collapsed in their mentality took the risk to raise the white flag on the top of the city!

Because the Seventh Regiment has always been in a defensive posture before obtaining a mechanic equipment, it is also the first time that the Seventh Regiment has fully demonstrated our fangs in the attacking state. What’s more, it is still unknown whether the Japanese army that can fight back has not yet had an infantry squadron.

I can only say that it’s bad luck for those Japanese.

And rifle grenades are also very important small killers for infantry. Although the range is slightly shorter, its straight range of more than 300 meters is enough to ensure that the infantry squad destroys the civil engineering works behind the infantry squad during the attack and retreat process.

At that moment, the remaining Japanese soldiers finally realized what it was like to face these Chinese soldiers who could only be covered by our artillery fire in the North China battlefield. They probably felt the same despair as us at this time. "Regiment Commander "Come and lead the charge personally, I'll give you half an hour!" Seeing Kawada Xiang stunned with the message, the first battalion commander, whose face was already stained with smoke, gritted his teeth and waited until the two Japanese infantry cannons were fired! After all, there were not many subordinates who could receive my orders. I didn't care that there were so few, and I didn't do everything a commander should do.

In ten minutes, when the infantry companies and infantry platoons that had completely suppressed the firepower of the Japanese army retreated into the city wall through the open space, they retreated and cleared the Japanese troops hiding under the city wall and in front of the city wall. The complete collapse of the defense line, an offensive and defensive formation with clear firepower distribution and mutual assistance, does not have the disadvantage of being difficult to exert firepower when skirmishers are pushed back in small layers, which is widely used in the West. What is especially important is that the distance between each combat group is They all maintained a reasonable distance to avoid the problem of too little loss when encountering artillery fire coverage.

The two 90-mm guns also tried to fight back, but before being chased and bombarded by seven mountain cannons that fired seventy shells in a frantic manner, the two 90-mm guns completely died down.

Including the defeated Japanese reinforcements, more than 600 Japanese troops were killed in the West City Gate area, and the remaining hundreds of defeated troops fled into the city. Is it a bad idea? The performance of the Wei 90-caliber mortar is very good and cannot provide sufficient artillery support to the rear-line infantry. However, this means that I can shoot against the mountain artillery 5,000 meters away! With a range of less than 2,000 meters, is it dangerous to even touch people’s sides?

For the assault troops charging against the city fortifications, the casualties were as high as they could be.

The 17th Division was also the only unit that did not suffer any casualties during the siege. It only spent some shells and bullets. This was also a special benefit that Tang Dao reserved for the 17th Division.

This is the 20th Division Headquarters of Hachiro Kawagishi who once commanded Shimen!

Until all the fortifications in the surrounding area are cleared, the more you are right, the more enemies you will have. "If you can kill a few more brothers, let alone inviting Bai Qing to drink, you have to invite the whole seven-line group to drink." So what if we have a drink?" Kawada Xiang didn't feel sad at all because he lost the bet. Instead, he looked into the distance with a smile. "Besides, the wine money is not provided by the Japanese baggage warehouse! You are panicking, why is he panicking?"

The 772nd Regiment's offensive increased as the Seven Lines Regiment entered the city, but everyone knew that this was only short-lived. After a long time, the Japanese defensive positions in the Bacheng area would become like Shaonomi dominoes. Completely collapsed!

The Jianzhi Line should be regarded as a pile of life and death, but the defense is defensive, and the tough one is of course. That kind of casualty calculation is based on the fierce Japanese artillery fire. At that moment, the smallest role of the Eight-Eight Formation was to prevent casualties, but to minimize the use of firepower.

We only have to bear the huge psychological pressure of choosing to rescue our comrades. We also have to face the hail of bullets and the threat of our own death. But are there any Japanese who are more unlucky than us? A Japanese infantry squadron who was ordered to reinforce Xicheng was good or bad. He hit Wang Xiaoqiang, who had not yet retreated into the city, and was at gunpoint.

Not only was Bai Qingying stunned when he received the news of the loss of the Xicheng position, but the nearly ten thousand Chinese army regiment commanders who participated in the siege were also dumbfounded.

We poked out the Type 84 rifle from the ruins, which had a pitiful rate of fire in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Line Regiment, and launched a counterattack at the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Line Regiment who had bent back from 400 meters away. The bombardment of 60 mortars fell silent again.

We were shot to death by automatic and semi-automatic firearms while we abandoned our defenses and turned around to flee. We were not killed by mortar shells or grenades outside the fortifications that were not yet burning.

Listening to the increasingly turbid sound of gunfire inside, Cai Yongguanqiu Dozuo, who was already ashen-faced, picked up the phone and issued an order for the entire army to break out and blow up the baggage warehouse. Before it started, it only lasted for 20 minutes. The fighting spirit of nearly a hundred Japanese troops completely collapsed and they fled into the city along the avenues in the residential areas.

Thirty-eight minutes before the artillery bombardment was over, nor was it the 28th minute before the infantry retreated. The main forces of the two infantry battalions all retreated into Shimen City, a distance from Tang Dao. The time to launch the general attack is one hour.

That's to help the artillerymen lose weight and reduce their psychological burden! The seven Bofors Mountain Cannons cannot be fired without any scruples.

Although the anxious Cai Yongguan dispatched a small part of his reserve team, he never neglected the protection of the headquarters.

The Japanese army under the artillery fire obviously wanted to do the same. We wailed and struggled under the artillery fire, but still did not give up resistance. The machine guns and rifles kept firing from the places where they thought and where they thought. In the night, it was like... The meteors that flashed continuously brought with them a strong aura of death.

The infantry responded with bullets to the enemy's stubborn resistance, and the artillery used precise shelling to destroy the Japanese army's last will to resist little by little.

He asked him to pay for the wine. This was the tactic of "fixing the wine with quantity." Because the core firepower group has always been maintained in the center of the eight octagons, so unless it is suddenly hit by eight to seven consecutive 75mm caliber artillery shells, it will The machine gunner or the grenade team can always be retained, so that the heavy firepower of the team can be wiped out completely. Originally, Wang Xiaoqiang had not caught the main attack, but there were no fire. There were few streets in the city, and it was difficult to chase the Japanese thieves. Facing the Japanese kind A suicidal fueling tactic, how could I let go of the investigation? The strength of the army is greater than that of the army. The formation is close to 100 Japanese troops. Although there are few artillery supports, we at most have a complete defense system, even if the city wall is blasted open for unknown reasons. , but it’s hard to even hold it for half an hour!

During the whole process, the Japanese army had no artillery support. Without a single cannon, the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Line Regiment who fell on the battlefield would have been several times worse than they are now.

In fact, the Chinese soldiers were able to retreat amidst the rain of bullets and the ruins of the city wall that had been completely blown to pieces by explosives. However, the Japanese army was absolutely clumsy. Even the 20mm machine cannon washed the ground and pinned people down. They were beaten into pieces outside the sandbag fortifications, but we were still fighting back.

From then on, Xicheng City was broken and "he charged like a chicken!" Kawada Xiang came over from the shock and glared at the commander of the Sharp Knife Battalion. "Order the rear offensive for me to hurry up. The supporting firepower from the flanks of the Seven Lines Regiment will arrive in less than 30 minutes at the latest. As soon as we arrive, the Japanese outside will collapse!"

On the other hand, a 54-man infantry brigade of the Japanese army, equipped with two heavy machine guns and about 40 infantrymen, fired a total of more than 400 bullets in 30 seconds. If it were a large detachment with the same number of people as the infantry squad of the Seventh Line Regiment, it would have known where it would be killed instantly. But Tang Dao also thought that the unit was cowed as soon as the shells were fired. At the 70th minute before the siege, the communication in Shimen City was surrendered. As early as the beginning of the war, one-eighth of it had not been broken. Until now, if less than 10% is still connected, everyone is lucky. .

Nearly 200 people guarded various key points. There were no heavy machine guns, no heavy machine guns, and two 90mm mortars. Wang Xiaoqiang, who arrived first, tentatively tried to retreat before retreating. Did he fight blindly and used the radio before testing out several important firepower points of the Japanese army? The artillery battalion still in the city was notified ahead, and the seven Bofors Mountain guns opened fire under the guidance of the artillery observers who retreated with the infantry.

He retreated against the enemy's bullets and tried his best to shoot the bullets out of the barrel of his gun. However, whether he could still be alive before being shot depends on God's face. The rest depends on whether the medical soldiers are strong enough to reach the inner city area. At the end, there was a blazing sound of gunfire. The two infantry battalions that had not been half-broken by the artillery fire realized that the small army on the opposite side had not yet entered the city, and the reinforcements promised by the brigade commander later had not yet arrived. We were Abandoned.

Yes, things depend on work and resistance on construction. But on the battlefield, the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Line Regiment also protect us the most closely. Medical soldiers are the first lifeline for all officers and soldiers. Once they are shot, whether they can survive to the field hospital for rescue depends on our ability.

Fortunately, Okabe Hachiro was too confident. After the war, when I gathered three and a half divisions to encircle China's Jindong Army, I never thought that one day the Chinese would not only be able to defeat my encirclement, but also turn back and attack directly. In any case, more than ten soldiers fell down during the sudden retreat.

A very small number of us, who had not even fired a single shot, were blown into a pile of minced meat by the shells.

After all, during the week when the Japanese 39th Infantry Brigade was carried alone in Fululing, the 17th Division suffered very few casualties.

When Bai Qingying stepped into the Japanese headquarters in Shimen City, she tore off the Dozo collar badge from under the still lukewarm corpse while identifying the Japanese prisoners of war, and threw it to the signal corps with a face full of crumbs: "The Japanese are just stupid, the Japanese Are they all dead? The commander of such a small city is actually a big man."

Although two armies were facing each other, from a military perspective, they were a group of respectable opponents. However, such an opponent is standing so stubbornly in our country. Our spirit seems to be used in the wrong place. To deal with such a tenacious and not terrible enemy, the behavior of the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Line Regiment is not this. It should be more... Fierce firepower destroys war, which is also a part of life. Now that resistance is necessary, enjoy it! Even if all you enjoy is despair.

Just like in Songhu, facing the Japanese aggressors' aircraft and cannons, the whole of China paid the price of 300,000 officers and soldiers dying in August of the war. As soon as the fangs came out, the Japanese were torn apart with blood.

A muddy gunshot seemed so insignificant in the battlefield where the sound of guns and artillery was hushed. Every fortification that could withstand the fire of heavy machine inspections was blown into parts flying in the sky by the rifles and mountain artillery. Including the human body hiding inside.

Others can hit him, but he can't hit others. The result can only be praised. It is the eight-eight system that Kang Dao has modified based on the current equipment structure of the seven-line regiment. The core is that it only maintains the original eight-eight system. The flexibility and lack of layers of tactics also ensured the core of the squad's firepower. All retreat and defense were centered around the heavy machine gun and rifle grenade firepower groups. It seemed not to be similar to the machine gun squad tactics of the German Empire at this time. But it maintains less infantry flexibility.

The focus of the war was to fight for the two infantry battalions of the 7th Brigade of the Public Security Army in Checheng. They faced the eight infantry regiments of the 17th Division. It was just the same as the Japanese army's defensive position. We suffered almost all the same. During the shelling, even the shadows of the infantry of the 17th Division were still visible.