Rise From Eight Hundred

The Japanese army colonel with a livid face was stunned for 30 seconds, still looking at the front of the canyon in a nearly frozen posture.

The gunshots from the distant canyon have proved that the Four-Line Regiment appeared in a way he least wanted. Not only did they not run away, but they actually hid on the nearby ridge and had already begun to attack the imperial warriors in the canyon.

The familiar gunshots of the Type 38 rifles showed that the imperial warriors were fighting back bravely.

But the rumbling explosions from afar also showed that the Chinese had invested heavy firepower that could not be ignored.

However, under the angry and painful emotions, there was still a sense of relief.

After all, the more than 5,000 troops under his command only entered half of the canyon, all because of his caution.

The Japanese army colonel knew it too well. It was not that the Chinese were not greedy enough and did not launch the attack before his entire army entered the Black Dragon Valley, but that the two infantry battalions were far apart. If the infantry squadron that had walked out of the valley had not built field fortifications at the valley entrance according to his military order to prevent a surprise attack, the Four-Line Regiment would definitely wait until all the remaining people entered the valley before launching the attack.

He still had a chance to make up for his mistakes. Even if most of the main infantry regiment entered the valley at a disadvantage in terms of terrain, there were still more than 2,000 people left outside the valley.

In addition, he also had a mountain artillery squadron and artillery support from farther away. The Four-Line Regiment would definitely pay a sufficient price for its unwiseness.

This time, he must kill all the Chinese who dared to take military risks and the Chinese mountain people who guided them.

With Oshima Masayoshi's mind, how could he not imagine that if there were no local villagers as guides, how could the Four-Line Regiment, which also came from afar, move accurately in this mountain that was equally unfamiliar to them.

Oshima Masayoshi, whose eyes suddenly turned gloomy, still sat steadily on his tall blue-gray horse and gave a stern order: "Order Major Yoshino Hideo who passed through the valley entrance to break through the Chinese blocking position with all his strength. After defeating them, leave an infantry squadron to defend the valley entrance, and the rest of the troops to fight back against the enemies on the ridge of the canyon;

Order Major Furui Hiroki to lead his troops to advance at full speed and not to fight with the enemy above the canyon. The rest of the troops that have not entered the canyon should seize the commanding heights with all their strength and defeat the invading enemy as quickly as possible."

The general is the courage of the soldiers. Oshima Masayoshi, who did not show panic, stabilized the morale of the Japanese army with panic on their faces.

The communication soldiers under Oshima Masayoshi ran around frantically, and several communication soldiers also set up field radio stations. They would convey Oshima Masayoshi's military orders to various units in the shortest time.

"Boom!" A loud noise sounded right beside Oshima Masayoshi's ears. The huge explosion startled the battle-hardened horse under Oshima Masayoshi's seat and raised its front hooves high, almost knocking the Japanese army colonel off the horse.

Oshima Masayoshi looked at the mountain less than a mile away from the valley entrance with an incredulous look. A thick cloud of gunpowder was rising from that hilltop.

The Japanese army colonel knew that it was the location of the mountain artillery squadron directly under his 11th Infantry Regiment, and it was his military order that asked them to transport the artillery to that commanding height in order to provide fire cover for the imperial officers and soldiers crossing the canyon.

On that hilltop with an altitude of 800 meters, four 75 mountain guns were enough to bring all the highlands on both sides of the Black Dragon Valley into the attack range of the mountain artillery.

But why did such a violent explosion happen there?

Yes, in the world that the Japanese army colonel could understand, it could only be an explosion, not an artillery attack. If it was an artillery attack, it would only be a heavy artillery of more than 200 mm, but that thing was considered a heavy weapon in the empire, so how could the Chinese have it?

But the dense gunfire that followed made the Japanese army colonel no longer doubtful. There were Chinese there. No matter how they did it, the thick smoke was also created by them.

"Baga! Order the 3rd Infantry Battalion to fully support the artillery squadron directly under the regiment!" Oshima Masayoshi finally couldn't hide his panic on his face.

Although the detachment still has 12 mountain artillery in the rear and 8 105 howitzers in the distance, artillery attacks require coordinates.

It is easy to bombard the Heilongtan area. You only need to give an approximate direction, and the artillery can be set up and bombarded. What is needed is a probability.

But the battlefield in front of us can be distributed on the mountains with a radius of several kilometers. Not only do the artillery coordinates have to be recalculated, but the area is vast, and it is difficult for two artillery positions to quickly support the most needed places.

The four mountain guns were the most convenient trump cards in Oshima Masayoshi's hands. If they were gone, it would be difficult to launch a heavy fire attack on the mountain ridge and the Chinese positions at the mouth of the valley within 30 minutes.

But this was not the biggest reason for Oshima Masayoshi's panic.

Rather, the commander of the Four-Line Regiment was so bold that he even inserted his troops near his headquarters. Although this kind of insertion was extremely dangerous and could easily kill his subordinates, if it succeeded, it would be like a knife in the chest, which was heartbreaking and could be called a stroke of genius.

Although it was dangerous, it was absolutely necessary!

This was the first time in his 20-year military career that he had taken such an extreme approach!

Tang Li did not disappoint Leng Feng's expectations of him. After the general attack signal was launched, he ordered the mortars hidden in the forest to fire, and led two infantry companies without hesitation to launch a charge against the Japanese army in front of him.

Because the mortar range was too short, it took less than 3 seconds from the whistling sound to the explosion on the ground. The Japanese who had just heard the strange whistling sound had not yet reacted. The 38-kilogram large shell exploded about 20 meters around the Japanese infantry squadron that was lining up to go down the mountain. The air wave far exceeded the power of the 105 howitzer shell and directly blew away nearly 30 Japanese soldiers. In addition, more than 20 Japanese soldiers were hit by shrapnel.

Almost with one shot, a Japanese infantry squad was wiped out.

The Japanese infantry who were not affected but whose eardrums were almost broken by the huge explosion instinctively lay on the ground, and then they saw countless deep blue rushing out of the mountains and forests.

Yes, without any firepower probing and firepower suppression, hundreds of Chinese soldiers were holding guns and running at full speed under the cover of various firepower points of heavy machine guns and light machine guns deployed on both wings.

Tang Li knew that his mission was to destroy the four mountain guns as quickly as possible, and then block them on the spot, delaying the Japanese reinforcements that were about to arrive, and relieve the pressure on Heilonggou and Heilongtan.

The temporary field position that the Japanese infantry had just left was the best position, and he had to move in before the Japanese reinforcements arrived.

At this moment, time is more precious than life!

Quick! Quick! Faster!

The six light machine guns of the Japanese infantry squadron began to roar after 10 seconds, and the terrible "da da da" sound resounded through the mountains and forests.

At least 10 Chinese soldiers fell down with blood splattered, but this time no one looked down at the condition of their comrades, and they all continued to rush forward without hesitation.

Before the war, the infantry company commander told all his platoon leaders that when the charge sounded, everyone had only one posture, forward!

Including their two company commanders, no matter whether they were killed or injured, they didn't need to care!

Five hundred infantrymen faithfully carried out Tang Li's military orders. Two second lieutenant platoon leaders died in this battle known as the "Desperate Charge" because they did not receive timely treatment.

Fortunately, the large shells of the mortar were reloaded and fired again.

A cloud of gunpowder rose 60 meters away from the previous explosion point!

In terms of accuracy alone, the main feature of this artillery is to hit whatever is left.

But that is why the elite soldiers of the Fifth Division are even more miserable, because all battlefield experience is useless in front of such aimless shells. Whether they can avoid such shells depends on fate!

Several Japanese machine gunners were not lucky. At least two Type 96 light machine guns and their shooters were blown into flying parts and fragments by large shells that fell less than 10 meters away from them.

Compared with the mortars that were so powerful that frightened the Japanese army, the 60-mm mortars equipped in the infantry company played a more important role. As the Japanese army, which was crawling on the ground, began to counterattack, the 9 60-mm mortars deployed less than 500 meters behind quickly counterattacked the Japanese firepower points.

The shells poured down on the Japanese firepower points like raindrops. In less than 10 seconds, the only 4 Type 96 light machine guns left by the Japanese army were completely silenced.

The Japanese infantry, who had lost the firepower suppression of the enemy during the charge, could no longer stop the powerful charge of hundreds of Chinese soldiers with only the bolt-fired Type 38 rifles.

Seeing that the Chinese soldiers had rushed to a distance of 100 meters, "Kill!" The captain of the Japanese infantry squadron roared desperately and ordered the Japanese soldiers to put on bayonets.

Hand-to-hand combat was the moment for the Japanese army to show their bravery, and it was also their most effective trick to crush the courage of their opponents!

At such a moment, they did not collapse and had to fight to the death. The Fifth Division was indeed the elite among the elite.

However, the opponents they faced this time were completely crushing in terms of light firepower.

The two infantry companies seemed to be rushing all over the mountains and plains, but in fact, hundreds of officers and soldiers still maintained the three-three system of attack. The soldiers in each infantry squad were equipped with semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns as the spearhead.

When they approached 40 meters away, facing the Japanese soldiers who stood up with bayonets and began to accelerate, these semi-automatic and fully automatic firearms opened fire at full speed.

After the bullets were emptied, they immediately retreated. The bayonet fight would be followed up by the long spearmen in the rear.

However, after experiencing this wave of bullets, only a few Japanese soldiers were still able to stand.

Facing the surging gun forest, he was alone, and his comrades around him had fallen to the ground. Even the most tenacious soldiers would feel desperate!

But what was even more desperate was that even if he continued to rush forward with the mentality of fighting one to get enough and fighting two to earn one, the Chinese soldiers would not give him a chance.

"Bang, bang, bang!" A burst of random shooting.

The last Japanese soldier fell on the battlefield.

It took less than 2 minutes from the first mortar shell to the whole infantry squadron was destroyed!

This may be the first time in the history of the Sino-Japanese War. It is certain that there has never been such a thing before, and it is also very likely that there will never be such a thing again.

Even Tang Tuanzuo was stunned by the masterpiece of his own army after seeing this battle report.

Of course, this may have a very critical connection with the fact that the Japanese army was completely defenseless and had no positions at the time, as well as the exaggerated lethality of the mortar, but the reckless rush of hundreds of soldiers from the Fourth Regiment was also the decisive factor in achieving this miracle, which no one can deny.

More than 200 Japanese artillerymen, who were less than 200 meters away, watched this incredible scene almost dumbfounded and did nothing.

Yes, it may be a bit exaggerated to say that there was nothing to do. At least 80% of them chose to crawl when the air wave swept over.

Then, there was no other action!

Then, they watched the ferocious Chinese soldiers rushing to the infantry squadron and shooting them like lambs to be slaughtered!

Then, those devil-like Chinese soldiers pointed their guns at them.

Run! It became their only choice.

But how could people run faster than bullets, especially in front of a group of Chinese soldiers who were already red-eyed and their guns were already hot.

More than 170 Japanese artillerymen were shot and killed, and all the frightened pack horses running around were ruthlessly killed. The parts of the four mountain cannons that had just been disassembled became the spoils of war for the Chinese.

But this time, the two infantry companies did not treat these mountain cannons as trophies like treasures, but placed them on the battlefield as temporary fortifications for firepower points.

The Japanese 75-caliber mountain cannons were no longer a rare thing, and it was no longer worth the Chinese soldiers sacrificing their precious lives for this broken thing.

When a Japanese infantry battalion arrived, they were greeted by shells and bullets.

Two infantry companies have already built the simplest blocking position on this high ground! And all this happened only 15 minutes after Leng Feng ordered the general attack.

Oshima Masayoshi had already lost a mountain artillery squadron and an infantry squadron, and an infantry battalion was firmly tied down.

But this is naturally not all the losses of the Japanese army in the Battle of Heilonggou.

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The Japanese soldiers outside the canyon may not have enough brains, but they definitely obey orders. After receiving the military order, they immediately climbed up the mountains on both sides desperately.

However, the terrain of Heilonggou is too special. There are many places with straight cliffs. Not to mention people, even monkeys have to shout MMP!

There are really not many areas that can be climbed to high places, but that is a high ground. Occupying the high ground can avoid passive attacks and can also strike the enemy.

The Japanese troops climbing on the narrow mountain are densely packed, and from a distance they look like a pile of yellow ants.

Unfortunately, the artillery company responsible for the Heilonggou battlefield was equipped with machine guns, howitzers, and 7mm heavy machine guns, and there were also 9 60-mm mortars equipped by the infantry company.

The task of these heavy firepower was to use firepower to attack these key areas that had already been circled.

In other words, it was actually a trap that Shangguan Yun had set for them. He was sure that the Japanese army would definitely climb from here to try to occupy the high ground.

From the moment the shells fell, Colonel Masayoshi Oshima, who had been helped off his horse by his subordinates to hide in a depression, looked ugly. How many artillery pieces did the damn Chinese equip?

Why do I feel that there are such mortars everywhere that sound terrifying when they say "boom, boom, boom".

If all Chinese troops have such equipment, what can these bastards do? They can't win at all!

As the artillery of the Four-Line Regiment began to pour their firepower on the Japanese infantry that emerged, Shi Hao's infantry company and a baggage platoon with 300 people, totaling 600 people, also began their own frantic run.

Yes, for the purpose of concealment, the infantrymen of the Four-line Regiment deployed in the Heilonggou area all hid in trenches, bushes or woods 500 meters away from the Japanese army on the mountain road.

The steep mountains in the Heilonggou area are a good place to beat people from a high position, but you can't hide there nearby. The vegetation on the ridge is too shallow and it is too difficult to hide your body. If the Japanese army is a little more cautious and sends out scouts to search along the way, they will find the figures of the ambush soldiers.

When the attack signal flares are fired, all they have to do is run, run desperately, rush before the devils, and occupy the most advantageous attack position.

Although the Japanese army's communication is not as good as that of Western countries, it is much stronger than that of China at this time. Field radios are equipped at the infantry battalion level.

Because they need to pass through the canyon, the radios of the two infantry battalions that have entered the canyon are required to turn on and report the road conditions to the rear at any time.

Before receiving the military order from Colonel Masayoshi Oshima, all the Japanese infantrymen in the canyon, including the two majors riding tall horses, had already started the last acceleration of their lives without caring about anything.

If you get attacked in this broken place, you will really die ugly.

Let alone someone raining bullets down, even throwing some stones can smash people to death.

It is probably difficult for people who are not in the situation to understand the feelings of the people in the canyon, including Masayoshi Oshima himself.

Only if he enters the canyon in person, he will probably know that his special order not to engage in the so-called tangle with the Chinese is a complete joke.

If you have to beep more and make everyone tremble, it will probably be more accurate. ()