Rise From Eight Hundred

In the following week, the Japanese army dispatched a total of 6 attacking forces with a size of about 2 infantry squads.

Because the Yellow River bank is long enough, no matter how many defenders there are, they cannot cover hundreds of kilometers of river banks, and they can only deploy heavy troops in some places where large-scale crossings are easy.

For the Japanese army, the Chinese army on the other side of the Yellow River has more than 100,000 troops. Let alone smuggling an infantry battalion, even an infantry regiment or an infantry brigade, without follow-up troops, it is also a tactic of throwing meat buns at dogs and giving away heads for nothing.

Therefore, it is the right way to capture an effective ferry on the other side and then continuously send troops.

But Fujita Jin has been really taught a lesson by Tang Dao these days, and he actually realized a truth from it. You can come to harass me, but can't I come to harass you? Is my great Imperial Japanese Army not as good as you weak Chinese troops?

"Give someone a taste of their own medicine." The cunning Fujita Susumu, based on his six infantry battalions, selected 12 elite infantry squads to form a special attack team, looking for gaps on the long river bank and crossing the Yellow River!

The reason why there are only six infantry battalions is that the 6th Infantry Regiment, which only has a few hundred people left, has basically completely lost its combat effectiveness. The 3rd Division, which was originally strong and powerful, now has only two infantry regiments and an infantry battalion directly under the division headquarters, with less than 7,000 soldiers available.

Moreover, the tasks received by these Japanese troops who lurked across the river in batches were different. Some of them sneaked towards the Chinese heavy artillery positions based on intelligence, and some performed destruction and harassment functions!

It is easy to aim at the heavy artillery positions, that is to try to blow up the heavy artillery that is extremely important to the Japanese army, just like the guard platoon led by Tang Dao.

For a week, the 4 heavy artillery fired every day, which made the Japanese army feel like a thorn in their throats!

Don't underestimate the Chinese side's 4 heavy artillery pieces, all of which are 150MM. But when the battle really started, the Japanese army found that they were deceived by the Germans who looked quite honest.

The Japanese army's 150MM heavy artillery actually used technology from the German Empire, but the range was only 11 kilometers, but the range of the SFH18 150mm howitzer imported from Krupp by China was as high as 13 kilometers.

Don't underestimate the 2-kilometer range difference, which means that China's heavy artillery can completely hit the Japanese heavy artillery positions outside the range of Japanese artillery!

As for the 280MM howitzer that still exists, it has not dared to fire at all in the past week. This thing has heavy shells and strong firepower, but its gun body is too heavy and can only be used as a turret.

Moreover, the range is even shorter than that of the 150MM howitzer. When a shot is fired, the smoke is as thick as if it were fired upon. The weather was extremely fine that week, and the visibility was excellent. If the specific location was seen by the Chinese artillery observer, the artillery position would not be able to escape.

Therefore, after the artillery battle between the two sides this week, the Chinese side had only 4 heavy artillery pieces, but they miraculously suppressed the 8 150mm heavy artillery pieces that the Japanese army still had. To be more precise, the Japanese army only had 7 pieces left. One of the heavy artillery pieces was damaged in the artillery battle between the two sides because a shell exploded 40 meters away from it, and it could only be towed back to Pingbei City for repair.

The Japanese army also tried every possible way to deal with the 4 Chinese heavy artillery pieces. In addition to using heavy artillery groups on the ground to bombard the area mentioned in the intelligence, they also used bombers to drop bombs more than 30 times.

Unfortunately, the Chinese side had already taken sufficient precautions. The heavy artillery position was not only camouflaged, but also had a strong enough bunker. It was a cave more than 20 meters deep dug in the mountain by blasting. When it was necessary to fire back, it was pulled out of the cave with a tractor. When the air defense alarm sounded, it was pulled back again. The whole process would never exceed 3 minutes.

The stone mountain in the northwest could not be bombarded by artillery shells, and even the 500-pound bombs dropped by Japanese planes could not do anything to it!

Moreover, the more than a dozen 20mm machine guns deployed around the heavy artillery position were not vegetarians. Relying on the strong bunkers in the mountain, they formed crossfire against the air. The Japanese planes did not dare to descend to an altitude of 2,000 meters. The bombs dropped only caused a lot of damage to the flowers and plants.

If planes and artillery were not enough, then people were used. At least three task forces quietly moved towards this position.

Little did they know that the Japanese learned this trick, and Master Dong also learned the lesson of the Japanese being ambushed by Tang Dao.

An infantry battalion of more than 500 soldiers, composed of veterans and guards, protected this mountainous area tightly. They took turns to rest every night. Half of the people were on guard in the first half of the night, and the other half took over in the second half of the night.

Moreover, 30 meters in front of each trench, a bonfire was lit according to military orders, not for heating, but purely for lighting, so as not to give the Japanese army any chance to approach the trench in the dark.

The mountains near Tongguan lacked everything, and the most abundant thing was wood and stone!

As for the positions not covered by trenches and sentries, Division Commander Dong spent a lot of money and buried nearly 1,000 anti-infantry mines, which accounted for almost two-thirds of the storage capacity of anti-infantry mines carried by the entire 28th Division.

The elite infantry squads dispatched by Fujita Jin were good at frontal battlefields and had experience in roundabout attacks, but they still lacked the so-called "special operations" experience.

Special operations are a tactic born in war. The essence of special operations is to use a small number of elite soldiers to sneak into the enemy's defense zone to harass, destroy and guide the target of their own artillery and bombing. These soldiers need to undergo strict and systematic training. They need not only to be proficient in various techniques and tactics, but also to understand astronomy and geography.

Unlike the Japanese army, hundreds of people sneaked into the mountains at night. Seeing that the lights in the trenches were bright and they couldn't get through, they crawled into the dark mountains.

Okay! They just lay on the mines.

What's more terrible is that these Japanese soldiers are really stubborn. When their companions who were unfortunately lying on the mines were blown away, they saw that their whereabouts had been exposed. The best thing to do was to run away, but they didn't run away, and they even played a strong attack.

How could the Chinese soldiers who were already on high alert bear it?

We can't beat you in the field, that's because you have cannons and planes, we can only hide in the trenches and get bombed, but now you are the only ones holding light weapons, the most powerful firepower is light machine guns and grenade launchers, you still dare to show off to me?

The lieutenant colonel infantry battalion commander responsible for the protection of the heavy artillery position is the guard battalion commander of Master Dong. If he is transferred to the front-line troops, he will definitely be the infantry regiment commander. He is experienced and decisive in combat. In addition to leaving one infantry company to stay put and continue to strengthen the defense to avoid the Japanese army's strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain, the remaining two infantry companies used two infantry platoons to fight against the Japanese army, and the remaining four infantry platoons encircled from both wings, using the Japanese army's tactics to directly counterattack this group of daring Japanese army!

With a force comparison of nearly 4 to 1, the infantry battalion also had the assistance of heavy machine guns and mortars, and the firepower completely overwhelmed the Japanese army. Although it took nearly 3 hours, the first wave of incoming Japanese troops was completely wiped out before dawn.

The deepest impression left by this wave of Japanese troops on Chinese soldiers was probably nothing more than their stubbornness and unwillingness to surrender.

And there were as many as three such attacks in a week, and the process and results were almost the same!

Wouldn't that mean a complete victory? After the first attack, Master Dong, who personally came to inspect the heavy artillery position, felt that the defense force was not enough. Not only did he draw veterans again to supplement the strength of the infantry battalion, but he also sent them an additional firepower company.

Not to mention the increase of 6 heavy machine guns, there were 4 mortars, which led to the infantry battalion's available heavy firepower reaching 12 heavy machine guns and 6 mortars, almost catching up with the heavy firepower of a Sichuan Army division before the war.

The reason why the Japanese army made the same mistakes repeatedly had little to do with the IQ of the Japanese commanders, but was closely related to communications.

In fact, the Japanese army's communications were only slightly better than those of the Chinese side. The communications of the various units below the battalion level were basically based on shouting and walking.

This kind of 100-man squad-level troops are not qualified to bring field radios, and they can only fire a few flares to tell the other side of the river that they are finished. If they want to do it again, send more people!

If one team fails, send another team. Who knows which team will succeed! Fujita Susumu, who is gradually getting more and more angry, is not only cruel to the Chinese, but also not much better to his own people. They are coming to send waves!

This makes the infantry battalion feel a little embarrassed. This military merit is too easy to get. Can you increase the density to once a day?

The heavy firepower of the heavy artillery position infantry battalion can be increased to such a level, which is naturally contributed by Tang Tuanzuo. The returning Tang Tuanzuo is very trustworthy. Before the defense battle is over, he directly gave the 28th Division 30 heavy machine guns and 150,000 rounds of bullets from the Sichuan Army Recruitment Regiment, and also sent 8 mortars.

At that time, Brigade Commander Hu wanted to pull Tang Dao to burn yellow paper and swear brotherhood on the spot. It means that Tang Dao was rational enough to know that being too involved with this person would definitely be harmful to his future.

The commander of the 10th War Zone was different from Commander Xue. He was a direct descendant of the military and political department, and would never tolerate his subordinates being sworn brothers with Tang Dao, who obviously stood on a different side.

After all, Brigade Commander Hu was not a major general like Guo, Zhang, and Wu. They all represented a faction. Even if that person was dissatisfied, he would not dare to easily replace him for this reason during such a wartime.

"We are brothers in the army, so why do we need to do those old things? Don't make a fuss!" Dong Zhao understood the way of being an official better. He took the initiative to eliminate this major hidden danger without waiting for Tang Dao to speak.

The sworn brotherhood failed. In order to repay Tang Dao, Brigade Commander Hu, a straightforward Northwest man, suggested to Fan and Dong that the security of the entire Tongguan transportation line should be handed over to the Sichuan Army New Recruitment Regiment.

This is naturally to avoid the Sichuan Army's new recruits from suffering losses in the next wave of Japanese landings. Now the troops in Tongguan have been newly supplemented. Two supplementary regiments composed of security groups from various places, with nearly 4,000 people, have arrived two days ago.

However, for some unknown reason, Tang Dao and the Sichuan Army's new recruits did not receive the military order to evacuate the Tongguan defense zone.

Tang Dao was willing to accept this thank-you gift. It happened that he could use this time to retrain the new recruits. The actual battlefield is the best training ground for the new recruits.

Then, Tang Dao really waited for the Japanese army's "dancing big swords in front of Guan Gong" harassment.

Unlike the Japanese troops who attacked the heavy artillery positions secretly, there were several Japanese troops who crossed the river quietly. Their orders were harassment, which was actually ambushing the traffic lines or indiscriminately massacring the Chinese villagers along the river, in order to undermine the morale of the Chinese army and civilians.

The first Japanese task force that crossed the river was considered successful in the first wave of attacks. It created a bloody incident in a small village 23 kilometers away from Tongguan County. More than 60 villagers were massacred. When an infantry company of the local garrison, which was more than 5 kilometers away from the village, arrived, all the men, women, old and young in the village had basically fallen in a pool of blood, and even cattle and sheep were not spared.

The infantry company, filled with grief and indignation, had not yet buried all the villagers, young and old, when it was attacked by the returning Japanese army. More than 50 people in the company were killed on the spot and more than 40 were injured. If it were not for the signal flare for help, another infantry company stationed in the local infantry battalion would have come to the rescue at full speed. The final fate of this infantry company of only 120 people would have been similar to that of the villagers.

When Tang Dao, who was responsible for maintaining the traffic line, led an infantry company to the village, it was already morning. The bodies of the massacred villagers and the soldiers who died in the attack had not yet been buried. Dozens of soldiers were digging a huge grave, preparing to bury them all together on the flat ground at the entrance of the village.

"Tang Dao, the leader of the Four-line Regiment of the Second War Zone of China, swears on the honor of a soldier that all the Japanese invaders who set foot in this village will be piled up into a Jingguan as a tombstone for all the villagers, elders and brothers! Those who destroy this tombstone are all mortal enemies of Tang Dao!" Tang Dao stood in front of more than a hundred corpses, saluted and turned away.

His murderous aura was so strong that all the soldiers present were frightened!

The Sichuan Army New Recruitment Corps launched a full-scale operation during this day. On the crucial 20-kilometer transportation line behind Tongguan, a full 10 infantry companies and 5 baggage soldiers and artillery companies who had taken up their guns again were deployed. Each company was responsible for a 5-kilometer section of the road.

The Sichuan Army was not afraid of being spied on by the lurking Japanese army. They frantically dug various bunkers and trenches during the day. The trenches dug along this simple transportation line alone were as high as tens of kilometers.

Tang Dao's move is called human wave tactics. We have nothing else but a lot of people. More than 2,000 people are lined up like this. If you have the ability, come and fight.

An infantry company is equipped with 2 heavy machine guns and 9 light machine guns. If the firepower is still not enough, then several nearby infantry companies will go together. If it still can't be defeated, then more infantry companies will go together.

As the highest commander to protect the traffic line, Lu Sanjiang still has these on-the-spot response capabilities.

The other 13 pure infantry companies were all scattered by Tang Dao. They did not go to the mountains to search for the Japanese army, but took the infantry company as a unit, all changed into the clothes of local villagers, and stationed in 10 villages along the river.

Tang Dao knew that the Japanese army that could not find a fighter plane on the other side of the traffic line would definitely target those villages again.

This is like a dog that will never think shit is delicious after tasting the deliciousness of meat bones. It will still crave another meat bone.

Although the method of waiting for the rabbit to come may seem silly, Tang Dao has actually analyzed each village where the infantry entered through its terrain and population and simulated the psychology of the Japanese army.

The first wave of the Japanese army only harvested the lives of less than 100 villagers. Having tasted the sweetness, they will certainly set their sights on larger villages and even expect to ambush the Chinese army.

So, a group of little rabbits really ran into a village with a population of 120 people without warning.

But this time it was different from what they imagined. The village was no longer just ordinary Chinese villagers who could be slaughtered by them, but a group of fully armed Chinese soldiers with temporary fortifications.

Although their shooting level was very average, and many people did not dare to show their heads, and only dared to hide behind the bunkers and shoot at Xia Jiba in front, but after all, they were 150 prepared Chinese soldiers. The Japanese army, knowing that they had been tricked, could only fight and evacuate.

But it is not so easy to get out of the battle in a short time, not to mention that the terrain here is not so familiar to the Japanese army. Although the local people who were captured as guides looked timid and did whatever they were told, did the Japanese army really dare to believe them?

The Japanese army lieutenant who led the team was more willing to believe the map in his hand.

Little did he know that Tang Tuanzuo had already led two infantry companies to run here under the guidance of signal flares a few miles away.

The effect of weight training on the thousand-mile journey in Chuanchuan was fully demonstrated at this moment. An hour later, this wave of Japanese task force with more than 80 troops was surrounded by more than 300 infantry led by Tang Dao on a small hillside.

Tang Dao was not in a hurry to surround and kill this wave of Japanese, but waited until the sky was completely bright, and then transferred another 3 artillery squads and 4 heavy machine gun squads, and frantically asked for a wave of heavy artillery support from Division Commander Dong, who owed him a favor.

Even if there were only 8 shells, the 80 Japanese soldiers who had spent half the night digging a single-person bunker were blown to pieces.

The Japanese army's speciality in civil engineering was nothing in front of heavy artillery!

Then, the remaining 30 Japanese soldiers faced 6 heavy machine guns, 3 mortars and 9 infantry platoons.

The battle lasted for 40 minutes, and the recruits ended this siege with an absolute advantage in firepower and manpower!

They saw the blood of the Japanese army for the first time, and also faced their own death for the first time.

The recruits who had enough heavy machine guns and mortars to cover the annihilation of these 30 Japanese soldiers still paid the price of 15 deaths and more than 20 injuries.

But Tang Dao still thinks it is worth it. If they don't go through this now, it will be a gift from God if one-fifth of these recruits can survive in the more terrible battlefield in the future.

Of course, for Tang Dao, the more important thing is that the 'tombstone' he promised finally has the best material.

Although the dozen Japanese soldiers who died in the battle with Chinese soldiers the night before and were secretly buried by the Japanese army died earlier, they were much happier than their colleagues who died a day later.

And the recruits encountered similar battles three times this week.

Twice they were killed by stupid rabbits by waiting for them to come, and once the Japanese army tried to attack a camel and horse team transporting military rations without knowing whether to live or die.

The four infantry companies heard the news and surrounded and beat the Japanese task force with a hundred soldiers. The hundred corpses were lying in a row, making it easy for the military reporters who arrived at the 10th War Zone of the 28th Division to take pictures.

After throwing out the buns without any gain, Fujita Susumu, who had become more sober, finally realized that he was not very good at this and stopped completely.