Rise From Eight Hundred

So, on January 8, the Chinese and Japanese armies fought fiercely in all parts of the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line of more than 150 miles. ▲????????????Search??????520.??????▲

According to the internal war report of the Japanese army, on this day alone, the total number of troops of various arms deployed by the Japanese North China Front Army and the Westward Corps reached an astonishing 150,000.

Putting aside the second-line auxiliary arms such as the baggage soldiers, medical soldiers, engineers and reserve troops, the two Japanese armies almost gave their all.

But the strange thing is that in the Sizhou Mountain defense area, both China and Japan were peaceful and quiet.

It seemed that there were knives in front of the Chinese position, and the Japanese infantry was 800 meters away, not crossing the line.

Of course, it was not that both sides stared at each other at a distance of hundreds of meters to see who had the bigger eyes. The Japanese infantry still tried their best to shoot.

The battle report of the 4th Division's Western Assault Detachment: On the day of January 9, the Western Assault Detachment consumed 150,000 rounds of machine rifle bullets, 300 artillery shells of various types, 138 people were injured, and 1 person was killed!

If we calculate based on the 3,000 infantrymen deployed in the front line of an infantry regiment of the detachment, each infantryman fired about 40 bullets on average, and each of the 36 heavy machine guns consumed 800 rounds of ammunition on average, which is a normal level for a day of fierce fighting.

That is, 138 people were injured and 1 person was killed, which is far lower than the other Japanese troops. If compared with the more than 500 casualties of the Nakamura Detachment in Zhangjiashan, the number of 1 person killed can be completely ignored.

If Nakamura Masao had the opportunity to see the injury report of the Western Assault Detachment on that day, he would probably be so angry that he would ascend to heaven.

Those wounded were injured, but it seemed that they had little to do with the battlefield.

For example, some people accidentally stepped on a pit while walking in the trench and sprained their ankles, and some people slipped and hit their feet while carrying ammunition boxes, or some people were hit on the head by the gravel blown up by the Chinese mortar because they did not wear a helmet. The most outrageous thing was that two Japanese soldiers went to relieve themselves outside the position. Because they were shy, they went to a deep forest. As a result, they were bitten by poisonous insects on their buttocks, and their buttocks were swollen bigger than their faces.

The key point is that there are also notes. The swollen skin is covered with red packets, which makes anyone's scalp numb!

Is there a possibility that the two guys went to the deep forest not to defecate, but to find poisonous insects? Otherwise, where would the poisonous insects come from in the cold winter? Do you think a group of major generals and lieutenant generals are illiterate or idiots?

The key point is that none of the more than 100 injured people cried and screamed, but they all smiled happily. Perhaps it was because they were loyal to the empire and the emperor after being wounded and bleeding!

The only regret is that they can't go to the battlefield for at least several days!

The cause of death of the only guy who died in the battle was quite frightening.

As a famous "iron fool" in the Western Turkic Detachment, Major Momotaro Shiba, the captain of the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 37th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Division, can be said to be an alternative in the 4th Division. He has a fierce and brave personality. When fighting, he likes to take off his outer uniform and reveal a tuft of chest hair. He always wraps a "menstrual belt" on his head in every battle, even in the coldest winter.

This may be one of the reasons why he stayed in the 4th Division for 18 years and was still just an army major!

The 4th Division values ​​brains, not reckless actions, which is also the unique temperament of the 4th Division that is different from other divisions.

This time was the same. Although the detachment and the regiment had issued strict orders not to attack rashly, and in the weather of minus five or six degrees, the major's face was already frozen blue, but in order to show his bravery, Tie Hanhan still took off his woolen coat, only wearing a white shirt and a "menstrual belt" wrapped around his head, holding a command knife in his hand and cheering his subordinates in the trench.

The general idea was: 800 meters away can't stop the accurate shooting of my imperial warriors, aim and shoot, and the Chinese will be killed and wounded!

Good guy, Amaterasu wouldn't dare to dream like this!

But if you can't shoot accurately, you can't pretend to shoot accurately? With this unremitting encouragement, the Japanese infantrymen of the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 37th Infantry Regiment were much more enthusiastic about shooting than those of other infantry battalions.

This naturally attracted the attention of Tang Tuanzuo, who was observing the movements of the Japanese army on the high ground.

At this time, the sun was shining brightly. Sima Momotaro, who was looking at the Chinese position with a telescope in his hand, had no idea that the reflection of his telescope lens was as bright as the North Star in the night sky.

"Huh? This little Japanese is good! He even has a telescope!" The blood of a super sniper was churning again in Tang Tuanzuo's body.

Half a month ago, he had been attacking the Third Division at night in Fenglingdu Town. Although it was dangerous and hard, for Tang Tuanzuo, who was a special forces soldier, it was a long-lost sense of familiarity.

He was no longer the one holding the knife, but a steel knife that stabbed the enemy. The enemy died when the knife came out!

After estimating the distance, Tang Dao called Longyan: "Bring me a Czech light machine gun!"

The Mosin-Nagant rifle that Tang Dao usually used was carried by Xia Dayu. Even if it was at hand, in terms of its trajectory, even with Tang Dao's ability, it could only guarantee an accuracy of 600 to 700 meters at most. Instead, it was not as easy to use as the Czech light machine gun with a longer range and a straighter trajectory.

After tying the scope to the Czech light machine gun, Tang Dao tried to aim at the position where the bright reflection flashed, which made Long Yan confused.

800 meters! That's a distance of several hills, are you serious, sir?

Anyway, this was completely beyond Long Yan's understanding of shooting. In the past, those who could hit wild wolves and wild boars at 100 meters in Yeyue Village were sharpshooters.

The simple firearms and the long enough distance made Tang Dao finally "miss".

After the 92-caliber bullet crossed 800 meters, it did not hit the head as usual, but hit the chest hair area exposed by the open clothes. The bullet, whose kinetic energy had begun to decay, broke through the hard sternum and began to flip and deform, directly tearing the heart artery.

Major Shiba Momotaro did not make it to the field hospital and died on the stretcher.

"It must be the Chinese who lurked out of the position, otherwise how could there be such a sharpshooter?" Okuma Konosuke, who received the news that a battalion commander-level officer under his command had died in battle, almost jumped out of breath.

"Let the artillery cover the area 400 meters in front of our position. I want to make the daring Chinese unable to come and go!"

Yes, what made Okuma Konosuke angry was not the death of an army major, but the Chinese were too much. I didn't hit you much, how dare you run down to hit me?

The typical loss was not very large, but the self-esteem could not bear it.

This is why the 4th Division's Western Assault Detachment did not launch a fierce artillery attack on the 8th, but still consumed more than 300 artillery shells.

A major who was not favored by his superiors died in battle, and his superiors used 300 artillery shells as farewell firecrackers, which was very considerate.

Thanks to the Tang Dao's use of 5,000 people to block the main force of nearly 10,000 Japanese troops, the 4th Army alone was much stronger than expected to resist the 20,000 troops in the hands of Masao Nakamura.

After the three infantry regiments of the 55th Division lost more than 2,000 people, all the members of the 17th Division's infantry regiment and the 55th Division's reserve infantry regiment went into battle for rotation, giving the three damaged infantry regiments a chance to breathe for most of the day.

Masao Nakamura organized three consecutive large-scale attacks, all of which were carried out by the two infantry divisions of the 38th Army.

The 96th Army, which was slightly weaker in strength, had to deal with less than 5,000 Japanese troops, and the pressure was much less. Although the entire line of defense was in danger several times, it was still firmly controlled by the Chinese side.

Nakamura Masao was not in a hurry to achieve success. In front of him was a whole Chinese army. What he had to do most was to peel off the Chinese defense layer by layer like peeling an onion. He consumed mainly ammunition, while the Chinese consumed lives.

If the war continued like this, sooner or later the Chinese would lose confidence due to the continuous increase in losses.

As a representative of the academic school in the Japanese army, Nakamura Masao was very sure of a law that there was almost no army in the world that could persist after the loss rate reached 40%.

There might be such an army, but it was definitely not in China, otherwise they would not have been completely defeated on both the East China and North China fronts.

To put it bluntly, what Nakamura Masao was playing now was not a conspiracy, but a naked conspiracy, using ammunition reserves to exchange for the lives of Chinese soldiers to see who could persist to the end.

It seemed simple, but it was extremely effective, because it also involved the judgment and understanding of human nature.

Not everyone is a hero, as long as they are human, they will miss the world and do not want to fall into the abyss of cold death.

Moreover, Nakamura Masao did not use the Japanese Army's most common method of sending small troops to penetrate behind enemy lines to harass. He just wanted to use abundant firepower and sufficient troops to constantly oppress and consume the opponent, so that the opponent would psychologically collapse and retreat.

The Yellow River behind Zhongtiao Mountain is a dead end and a way to survive.

He believed that compared to bullets and bayonets, Chinese soldiers would rather choose the cold and surging river, after all, there is still a one in ten thousand chance of survival.

If nothing unexpected happens, when the Army Air Force of the North China Front comes to help in four days, it will be the time for him to launch a full-scale attack, and then, he will win in one battle!

The white-haired general of Mo Nan Town has also frowned these two days. It is not the long list of casualties that makes this iron-blooded general anxious, but the Japanese general's tactic of slowly tightening the rope that makes him unable to smile.

In just two days, the Japanese army has demonstrated strong enough firepower. Not only was he forced to use the reserve troops, but the 16 mountain guns of the 17th Division Mountain Artillery Battalion and the infantry artillery companies of each brigade had to be put into artillery counterattack.

Except for the surprise force of the Four-Line Regiment that has not yet arrived, he has few trump cards left.

But the Japanese fighter planes have not yet joined the battle, the 105 howitzers have not yet appeared, and the two infantry regiments have also taken turns to attack.

This is like a competition between two martial arts masters. One of them has already shown 90% of his strength, but the other is still at ease and has not even drawn his sword.

This feeling is extremely uncomfortable for any commander.

But this is the gap between China and Japan. One side can build airplanes, tanks, and giant ships, while the other side can produce some mortars. It is enough to raise your hands and celebrate.

The white-haired general could not think of any effective response. The only thing he could do was to persist and persist!

Until the day when the 20,000 people of the two divisions of his 38th Army persisted until they were no longer afraid of the cold.

Perhaps his biggest advantage over Nakamura Masao is that he believes that his subordinates can still maintain their combat effectiveness after the loss rate reaches 50%.

Nakamura Masao is an excellent commander, but he still doesn't know his opponent very well.

The Chinese should be a very special nation in the world. They are wise, kind and tolerant. Even if you snatch all the rice in their bowls, they will temporarily swallow their anger and comfort themselves with words like "one step back, the sky is wide open". But if you not only snatch the rice but also smash the bowl, then

then they will really fight to the death!

In ancient times, there was Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, today there is the Patriotic War, and in the future there will be the Snowfield War!

The Chinese are not rabbits that bite people when they are anxious. They are dragons. If the reverse scale moves, it will shake the world!

Compared to the fierce fighting in the Zhongtiaoshan war zone, the Taihang Mountains in southeastern Shanxi seemed much calmer.

Since the Japanese army's 9-way encirclement and suppression in May was crushed, the Japanese army has been more defensive than offensive in the Taihang Mountains in southeastern Shanxi.

Even if they once again assembled 80,000 troops to march into the Taihang Mountains, they were no longer as arrogant as before. Several large counties such as Shecheng, Lixian, and Changzhi were stationed with an infantry regiment, and only 5 infantry regiments and 30,000 other arms were left in the rear.

Only 50,000 people could march into the Taihang Mountains, but this was still an extremely large number.

The 80th Army, whose headquarters was still in the Taihang Mountains, was fully deployed this time. The headquarters guard regiment, the 921st Division's direct guard battalion, the supplementary regiment, the new recruits regiment, the 683rd Brigade's 4 infantry regiments with more than 20,000 people, and the assembled local armed brigades and militia totaled more than 40,000 people stationed on various important high ground.

The two infantry battalions of the Four-line Regiment and the attached artillery and logistics troops had to split into two groups under the leadership of Lei Xiong and Ye Chenghuan respectively, and blocked the approaching infantry brigade of nearly 8,000 people of the 109th Division.

But at this time, there was a Japanese army of about 4,500 troops, consisting of two infantry battalions and cavalry, artillery, and logistics troops, similar to a small mixed brigade, quietly lurking along the mountain trail towards Dakouzidong Town.

This was one of the two task forces composed of elite troops drawn from the 18th Division. Its main purpose was to attack the Four-line Regiment’s station in Dakouzidong Town while the main force was attacking.

The tactical purpose of this task force was to destroy the war potential of the Four-line Regiment.

The Japanese intelligence agencies are not vegetarians. In the past few months, they have attached great importance to the Four-Line Regiment and carried out large-scale intelligence infiltration in the Taihang Mountains. Although they failed to obtain core intelligence, they finally found out that the Four-Line Regiment has a large-scale arsenal that can produce a large number of rifles, machine guns and various ammunition.

Especially after conquering Shimen in the Battle of Eastern Shanxi, they obtained a large number of machine tools and steel materials, and it is not ruled out that they can produce artillery in the future.

This is too much. The Four-Line Regiment is already so powerful now. If it still has sufficient military production capacity and its troops are further expanded, let alone a brigade, even a division may not be their opponent.

The Japanese North China Front will never tolerate a big enemy continuing to thrive, and it must be strangled in the cradle anyway.

This New Year's Day offensive led by the Japanese Army Headquarters has a total of one strategic goal and three tactical goals. The strategic goal is naturally to advance into Guanzhong and use it as a springboard to advance into southwest China, and the war potential of destroying the Four-Line Regiment is one of the three tactical goals.

As for the other two, one is to solve the enemy in Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Shanxi, and the other is to find the headquarters of the 80th Army, another major threat, and destroy it.

As long as one of these three tactical goals is achieved, it will be a victory for the Japanese army.

Therefore, under the cover of the attack of tens of thousands of troops, the two task forces composed of the 18th Division, one moved towards Dakouzidong Town, and the other headed for the headquarters of the 80th Army.

This was because the intelligence department of the Japanese North China Front Army spent a lot of manpower and material resources to make full preparations, and detailed records were kept of various details from the marching route to the guides.

Otherwise, the 18th Division would not have spent so much money to draw out its elite and match firepower, which can not only adapt to light mountain marches, but also have sufficient offensive capabilities.

This may also be the first unit of the Japanese Army with the prototype of a mountain brigade, which was forced out by the opponent.

Even Shanshan Yuan himself may not have expected that an infantry regiment of only a few thousand people would become a group army and a hundred-mile defense zone in his eyes half a year later.

The Japanese army's "luring the tiger away from the mountain" and "secretly crossing Chencang" were extremely successful at least at the beginning of the war. Until January 9, when all the troops had fought with the Japanese army to the point of darkness, no one could detect that two elite Japanese troops had already rushed to the hinterland of their base through a small path.

For the Four-line Regiment, the crisis did not only come from the station in Dakouzidong Town.

Shunwangping!

Located at the junction of Zhongtiao Mountain and Wangwu Mountain, it is said that the place where Emperor Shun cultivated is also the main peak of Lishan, with the highest altitude of 2,358 meters. The top of the mountain is an alpine meadow with an area of ​​thousands of acres, but the mountainside is a primeval forest with extremely lush trees!

Standing at the top of Shunwangping and looking down, it is a fertile river valley, where the Bi River is winding through, separating Zhongtiao Mountain and Wangwu Mountain.

If someone wants to go from Taihang to Wangwu and then to Zhongtiao, and wants to stay hidden enough, this river valley that was once full of crops is almost a must-go place.

A soldier wearing a khaki woolen coat and a helmet stood on this mountain peak over 2,000 meters high, looking at the river valley in front of him with a telescope.

The soldier has been doing the same action for nearly two days.

After waiting for the prey for a long time, he was inevitably anxious, but the hunter was calm. Even those who knew him best could not see through his true inner world from his facial expression.

"Sir, the scout scout reported that the main force of the Four-Line Regiment appeared!" A Japanese major hurriedly ran out of the woods, his voice a little excited.

"They are finally here!" The thin-faced soldier breathed a sigh of relief, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

Today, he can finally pay back all the humiliation given to him by the Tang Dao and the Four-Line Regiment.

No, it is to pay it back twice!

He even thought about it. On that day, Tang Dao arranged the corpses of his colonels, lieutenant colonels, and majors neatly and took photos to make headlines in Chinese newspapers. After today's battle, it would be impolite not to reciprocate! He would do the same.

However, it was hung on the tree, like a wind chime!

The wind and snow in northern China blew, full of the smell of death!