Rise From Eight Hundred

Originally, Yoshio Miyauchi's regiment headquarters was to stay west of the Ming River, where there were hills to avoid Chinese artillery fire.

But seeing the less than 200 officers and soldiers of the 1st Infantry Battalion who had escaped by chance, Yoshio Miyauchi, who had completely broken through the defense, moved the regiment headquarters forward to inspire the morale of the entire regiment, only 1,700 meters away from the Chinese position to be attacked, completely within the range of 150 heavy guns.

The colonel was so determined. Except for the mountain artillery squadron with the longest range, which was still about 3,500 meters west of the river bank, the rest of the rapid-fire artillery and infantry artillery squadrons had nothing to say. They all moved their positions to an area less than 1,200 meters from the front line, which was almost the rhythm of fighting with the Chinese with bayonets.

"When two tigers meet, the brave one wins!" Although the 1st Division was famous for its calculations, Colonel Yoshio Miyauchi was a typical promoter of the theory of victory by bravery.

He always firmly believed that in the face of absolute strength, all calculations were futile.

It is impossible for the Chinese to win in this battlefield, just like the Sino-Japanese War, in which the Empire is now winning victory after victory, and this is the result of the Empire not yet exerting its full strength.

Indeed, although Japan's dispatched troops in China have reached a scale of 700,000 troops, the Kwantung Army still has nearly 600,000 troops, plus the 56 divisions that have been completed in the mainland. From the data, it seems that Japan has only used one-third of its strength in the Chinese battlefield, and has already won a complete victory over China.

Don't forget that war is a consumable monster, consuming not only money and materials, but also people.

In fact, during the entire war, Japan has invested a total of 120 divisions in China, with a total force of an astonishing 4 million, accounting for half of Japan's total conscription.

The Chinese battlefield is like a huge swamp, which has caused the so-called Great Japanese Empire to sink into the quagmire before it has time to take a step towards glory.

Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, although Miyauchi Yoshio was chopped off by the Chinese side with a knife in the wind and one arm was directly cut off, the Japanese army still has an absolute advantage.

Needless to say, the hardware advantage is that the fully staffed 1st Division has 30,000 soldiers, plus an infantry brigade of the 3rd Division with nearly 7,000 people, and two security army infantry regiments to help. The strength of the 30,000-man army can be eaten alive by a special infantry regiment, not to mention an infantry army or a group army.

In addition, there is the Japanese North China Army Aviation Corps, which is also determined to avenge the shame. In order to cooperate with the tactics of the front army headquarters, Major General Kataoka Kaoru, then the head of the Army Aviation Corps, assembled 10 flight squadrons, with 96 Type 96 fighters and 12 old Type 93 heavy bombers, as well as 12 Type 97 heavy bombers that were mass-produced and put into service last year.

The Type 96 fighter can only carry a few hundred pounds of bombs at most, and being a bomber is just a part-time job. The Type 93 heavy bombers and Type 97 heavy bombers are real bombers.

The Type 93 heavy bombers have been replaced by the mass-produced Type 97 heavy bombers since last year because of the frequent failures after the war.

The Type 97 heavy bomber has a bomb load of 1,000 kg and a ceiling of 8,600 meters. Driven by a 1,024 horsepower engine, it can fly at a speed of 430 kilometers per hour even at an altitude of 4,000 meters, and its cruising range has reached an astonishing 2,500 kilometers.

This is also the greatest confidence of Major General Kataoka Fumio, who personally arrived at Pingbei City to assure Commander Duo Tianjun that he would complete the bombing mission.

After talking about hardware, let's talk about software.

This time, the First Division came to Zishan. Knowing the danger of the opponent, Okabe Saburo made sufficient preparations. Reconnaissance planes flew over Zishan from time to time, taking a large number of photos of the actual terrain of Zishan.

When he was still in Shengjing, Okabe Saburo, who was reorganizing the division, built a Zishan sand table in his division headquarters operations room.

Not to mention the highlands on the top of the mountain, even the stream shown in the photo, Okabe Saburo, who strives for perfection, ordered the staff to perfectly reproduce it.

For more than three weeks, the two brigade commanders and 13 colonel-level officers of the 1st Division would report to the operations room of the division headquarters every morning after finishing their work.

Later, even with his eyes closed, the infantry regiment commander like Miyauchi Yoshio could draw a clear topographic map of the position he was going to attack.

With such absolute strength and such great importance, Miyauchi Yoshio did not believe that the Chinese could win this time!

Except for the 1st Infantry Battalion, which was completely crippled, the rest of the 501 Infantry Regiment had all arrived at the designated area, and they were building field fortifications under the shells that flew from the opposite mountain from time to time.

More than 20 artillery pieces belonging to the 501 Infantry Regiment were also ordered to fight back, but they all vented their fire on the surface positions visible to the naked eye on the opposite mountain.

The shells blooming on the mountain were to cheer up their own infantry. The Chinese bombarded us, but we bombarded back!

Secondly, it is naturally to pave the way for the subsequent attack. Before the infantry attack, more trenches and fortifications of the Chinese can be destroyed, which can also reduce the infantry losses accordingly, right?

"Squad leader, what are the little Japanese doing! Using this small cannon to hit us, isn't it just tickling us!" A Dong, who is located in the observation post fortification of the No. 5 position, looked at the splash of a mortar shell not far away, and his eyes were filled with disdain.

A Dong, who has been in the army for 1 year and 2 months, is no longer a novice on the battlefield. He has seen 150mm howitzer shells and 500-pound aerial bombs. The power of 75mm mountain guns and 70mm infantry guns is naturally nothing in his eyes, especially when the position has extremely complete fortifications.

Just like the observation post where he and Tu Yunsheng were, it was a built-in trench cleverly dug out of the mountain protrusion. The outside was covered with steel plates and reinforced concrete. There was a rock layer more than ten meters thick on the top. Unless the Japanese used a cannon with a caliber of more than 100 mm to bombard it, it would never be blown up.

Just now, a 75mm mountain artillery shell fell right above the observation post. Except for the huge explosion that made the two people feel a little dizzy and uncomfortable, the observation post was unharmed.

"The Japanese are trying to show off their strength to us!" Tu Yunsheng, who has been promoted to deputy platoon leader and squad leader of squad 4, is not as optimistic as Adong.

Handing the telescope to Adong, Tu Yunsheng explained to his guards: "The artillery fire they are showing now is limited to mountain artillery, infantry artillery and mortars. Those are the artillery belonging to the Japanese infantry regiment.

But look at the approximate strength of the Japanese army. The battalion commander killed nearly a thousand people with artillery shells and surprise attacks. How could an infantry regiment still have so many infantry? This is definitely not an ordinary Japanese division we have fought before. I am afraid that the strength of the troops is beyond our imagination.

The Japanese are probably holding back a big move at this moment!"

"Hehe! No matter how big the move is, the little devils will come to attack our position. This gun that I just issued not long ago is waiting for the dog day!" Adong was not afraid, but patted the gun on his back with full of expectations.

It was a large rifle that was just issued to the infantry squad 15 days ago. The thick barrel and the bullet as thick as a chicken egg made Adong fall in love with it at first sight.

Since Adong is now Tu Yunsheng's bodyguard and his marksmanship is also ranked in the top three in Class 4, Class 4 assigned him this shotgun named "Dragon Breath Gun" by the commander.

This shotgun, which was redesigned with a different ammunition model in Tang Tuanzuo's design, is actually not a new thing, but a famous Winchester shotgun in World War I, which is currently gathering dust in the American cowboy munitions warehouse.

Rockefeller Company took these stocks from arms dealers with almost no effort, just like the US government after the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941 in the past time and space, without even making any changes, but just a little maintenance before shipping to China.

The only difference is that the ammunition formula has been slightly changed, adding "Dragon Breath Bullet" with a white phosphorus formula, and more lead pellet fragmentation bullets. No matter which one, as long as it enters the human body, it will be a destructive destruction.

One is that the wound will burn after being torn by dynamic energy, and the other is that it will be shot into a sieve by lead pellets. Even if it does not hit the vital point and does not kill immediately, it is a life worse than death.

Tang Dao knows too well that in the Pacific battlefield in the past, countless Japanese soldiers held bayonets, screamed, and then rushed towards the American cowboys like a tide. This is the daily life of the US Marine Corps. In the face of this daily life, the response strategy of the American cowboys is not to raise the big eight and heavy machine guns, but to take out a shotgun produced by Winchester to deal with these crazy Japanese.

In the jungles and trenches on the Pacific islands, this shotgun with a range of only 100 meters has become a nightmare for the Japanese!

This is a firearm specially designed for jungles, trenches and urban street fighting!

As a shotgun soldier, Adong naturally tested this gun on a special shooting range. At a distance of 80 meters, 5 wooden targets made of hardwood were shot into sieves by him.

After countless explorations and tests, he can fire 5 shots in 7 seconds at the fastest. It is simply an existence that can kill gods and Buddhas.

With this gun, even if a squad of infantry devils rushes up, he has the confidence to kill them.

"You kid, why didn't I find you have this trait when I saw you at Wangwu Mountain last year! You are so excited when you heard about a big battle!" Tu Yunsheng looked at the confident Adong, and his eyes also showed some fighting spirit.

Tu Yunsheng was finally promoted to second lieutenant in the middle of 1939. Leng Feng originally wanted to transfer him to the 9th company as the platoon leader of the main platoon, but Li Jiujin forced him to stay in the 7th company and promoted him to deputy platoon leader and still served as the squad leader of the 4th squad on the grounds that he was not flexible and it was convenient to take care of him in the old company.

The squad leader became the deputy platoon leader and the second in command of the 93-man infantry platoon. Tu Yunsheng's perspective on the problem naturally shifted from a soldier to a grassroots commander.

But Adong's words reminded him that no matter what the Japanese did, they would eventually send people up, and both sides would use bullets and bayonets to see the truth.

Fear him!

"Okay, then I'll show you how powerful your precious gun is!" Tu Yunsheng laughed and patted Adong on the shoulder.

"Let's go! Brother Fu, let's go back to the tunnel to catch up on some sleep. I didn't sleep well last night!"

"Squad leader, are you nervous?"

"Why should I be nervous? I'm just worried that Lao Cao is thinking about his wife and children again."

"No! I heard Uncle Cao snoring loudly."

"If you can't speak, don't speak!"

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March 8, 1940!

The 1st Division officially showed its fangs to Zishan.

Because Zishan belongs to the remnant of Taihang Mountain, the mountain is extremely long and the overall area exceeds 20 square kilometers. The 1st Division did not surround Zishan from all sides, but attacked from three directions.

The first attack group was the 501st and 502nd Infantry Regiments of the 1st Infantry Brigade, which were in the northwest direction with a total force of 20,000 people.

The second attack group consisted of the 503rd and 504th Infantry Regiments of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, heading northeast with a total strength of 20,000 troops.

The third attack group was composed of the 18th Company and the 34th Regiment of the 29th Brigade of the 3rd Division and a puppet army infantry regiment, heading southeast, with a total force of 10,000.

The Sihang Regiment had already built its own defense system based on the geographical terrain. Except for one company of the 1st Battalion, the other three infantry battalions were all main forces.

The total length of the three lines of defense exceeded 13 kilometers, with a depth of 1,500 meters. There were a total of 10 infantry companies, 6 artillery companies, and 3 air defense companies stationed.

Not counting a 3,000-man defense regiment of the Ji'nan Administrative Office as a reserve, the Sihang Regiment had a total force of more than 6,400 people.

Of course, if the four main regiments of the 683rd Brigade on standby in the depths of the Taihang Mountains less than 18 kilometers away from the Zishan area and one main regiment of the Ji'nan Division were added, the Chinese side actually still had 30,000 people staying on the periphery of the battlefield, watching covetously.

However, according to the results of the discussion between Tang Dao and the leaders of the 921st Division, no matter how fierce the battle was, they had to wait until both sides were exhausted before they could appear.

They were not helping to fight, but stabbing the last blow.

Although Duo Tianjun and Okabe Saburo also took the 80th Army into consideration, they never expected that Tang Dao would be so decisive that they would rather sacrifice the capital they had worked hard for several years to put all the 1st Division that had just been borrowed from the Kwantung Army in.

In fact, Tang Dao knew that this was his best chance before the outbreak of the Pacific War, an opportunity to annihilate an entire Japanese division, and also the best opportunity for the Four-line Regiment and the 80th Army to shock the world.

Without exposing their strength and launching a surprise attack by hundreds of thousands of troops, they could make the Japanese North China Front cry.

But the premise for doing this is that the Zishan Defense Zone with less than 10,000 people can block the crazy attack of more than 40,000 Japanese troops and make them bleed on Zishan.

Duo Tianjun, who had been holding back for half a year, would never be a person who would just take out one and a half divisions.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, just after dawn, a brighter light than the morning sun burst out from Zishan Mountain.

The Japanese artillery opened fire.

An artillery regiment with 48 artillery pieces, 24 75 mountain guns, 12 105 howitzers, 12 150 howitzers, plus the artillery of 4 infantry regiments, fully covered the area with artillery fire. Every second, at least 10 shells fell on the positions in various areas of Zishan Mountain.

The whole Zishan Mountain seemed to be trembling in the artillery fire!

But this was just a small prelude before the storm!

In the morning light, at Yuancheng Airport, Baoding Airport, and Pingbei Airport, Japanese planes jumped into the air from the straight airport runway.

In addition to the "petite" 96 fighter planes that were still fully loaded with bombs, there were also large 97 heavy bombers with a wing area of ​​70 square meters that could carry 7 people.

Captain Sasaki led 24 96 fighter planes to circle at an altitude of 3,000 meters, waiting for the bomber group flying from Pingbei City to join them.

His superiors have already revealed to him that if this battle is successfully completed, he will be promoted to Army Major at the end of the month, completing the transition from Lieutenant to Colonel.

However, Captain Sasaki, who has experienced two years of war, is not as happy as he imagined.

Looking at the left and right windows, the Imperial fighter planes that are like a swarm of bees still cannot bring a sense of security to the Japanese Army Captain.

Countless times of escaping death have made him know the old opponent of the Four-Line Group too well.

Countless practices have proved that no matter how large the fleet is, it seems to just increase the hammer by a few sizes, and the terrible opponent seems to be an iron walnut that cannot be crushed by a mountain.

God knows what kind of ground-to-air counterattack the Imperial Army Aviation will encounter this time?

In other words, Captain Sasaki, who was full of solemnity, was still full of his mind this time, not how to make meritorious service and promotion, but to come back alive.

Even according to the tactical plan formulated by the Army Aviation Corps, a bomber group composed of 120 fighter planes of various types will attack twice during the day on this day, and will drop a total of 100 tons of bombs on the Chinese positions in the Zishan area.

That was definitely enough ammunition to blow up a mountain!

The roar of the engines of the Japanese aircraft fleet tore apart the morning tranquility of the entire North China.

Millions of North China people looked at the countless black dots in the sky in horror.

Radio waves from Pingbei, Jincheng, Baoding, and Yuancheng spread madly into the void.

The intelligence officers of China's largest intelligence agency, which were densely distributed in these areas, reported only one piece of information to their superiors: "Japanese aircraft are deployed on a large scale, far more than before! The destination is unknown!"

"Order all officers and soldiers in the Zhongtiaoshan War Zone to enter the fortifications to prevent major losses!" The Yamashiro Military and Political Department and the Second War Zone Command issued telegrams at the same time.

In the north, except for Zhongtiaoshan, who else can make the Japanese North China Front Army gather hundreds of fighter planes like crazy and bombard?

Perhaps only the leaders of the 80th Army Headquarters knew that the target of the enemy aircraft would not be elsewhere.

It can only be Zishan!

Zishan, can you withstand it?

"Order, all air defense forts in the air defense battalion, Japanese aircraft are not allowed to attack without authorization if their altitude is not lower than 3,000 meters, and if it is lower than 3,000 meters, stand by!" Tang Dao took the information that Erya hurriedly handed to him and gave the order in a cold voice.

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