Rise From Eight Hundred

Saji Naoki was standing on the top of the mountain, holding the telescope for 20 minutes.

Fierce gunfire was heard 600 meters ahead. It should be the scouts sent by the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the regiment and the Chinese defenders hiding in the forest.

This mountain area was unfamiliar to Saji Naoki, but the map was already very familiar in the mind of this Japanese Army colonel.

He knew that in front of him was the mountain range called Pai Chuang by the Chinese. Apart from the canyon passage clearly marked on the map, the only way to pass through that mountain range was to cross the mountain range with an altitude of more than 600 meters.

But obviously, as a member of the Saji family who received elite education since childhood and grew up to a senior officer at the level of Colonel in the Imperial Army, Saji Naoki would never make such a low-level mistake.

The more unique you are, the more likely you will be used by your opponents.

Therefore, when the division ordered the 232nd Infantry Regiment to be the vanguard in the Changyang direction, Naoki Saji drew a cross on the passage marked on the map. He would rather let the entire regiment cut through the thorns and bushes and cross the mountains than take the dangerous road.

For this reason, Naoki Saji issued several military orders on the road. An infantry squadron and a baggage squadron accompanied the artillery squadron directly under the regiment. It was not to protect the safety of the artillery squadron, but to provide sufficient manpower and animal power for the four 75mm mountain guns of the artillery squadron when crossing the mountains.

After all, it was a big guy weighing more than 600 kilograms, and it was also the guarantee of the heavy firepower of the entire infantry regiment.

The clear gunshots in front had proved that the Chinese were stationed in this forest. What he wanted to know now was how many Chinese troops there were here and which unit they belonged to.

Unfortunately, the imperial intelligence agency was not so long-handed. Before departure, the division could only provide a limited number of shipai and the numbers of Chinese troops stationed in the surrounding areas.

The rest will have to be judged by the frontline commanders.

Saji Naoki himself judged that the two main infantry divisions of the famous Chinese 18th Army should be stationed in the central defense zone of Shipai and would never appear easily on the periphery. Most of the Chinese soldiers who appeared here were some Type B divisions and miscellaneous troops from other local factions.

The combat effectiveness may be average, but if there are a large number of troops, it will also be a headache.

Before reaching the real combat area required by the division, Saji Naoki did not want to produce too many unnecessary losses here.

However, although it is midwinter now, this mountainous area belonging to the Wushan Mountains is full of evergreen trees and shrubs. The field of view of the telescope is full of lush greenery. He looked at it for a long time, but he did not see the trenches and fortifications deployed by the Chinese in the mountains.

Could it be that the Chinese rushed here in a hurry and had no time to dig fortifications? This beautiful picture only flashed through Saji Naoki's mind and was actively annihilated.

Naoki Saji is definitely not the kind of person who has a fluke mentality. If he has to make a judgment, he would rather believe that his opponent is shrewd and uses these holly trees and shrubs to camouflage trenches and fortifications.

From this perspective, Naoki Saji, who has received elite education, is definitely a qualified colonel-level commander. Although he won consecutive victories in the Zaoyi Battle, he was not arrogant or impatient. Even if he judged that the enemy on the opposite side was mostly a miscellaneous army, he did not underestimate the opponent.

He even guessed a very important point correctly. The field positions built by the mountain infantry company in 6 days were all camouflaged.

This is mainly because the mountain infantry company, as a light infantry company, does not have sufficient air defense. In order to resist the threat from the air, in addition to digging the air-raid shelter deeper and deeper, the more important point is to hide the position. It doesn’t matter whether it can be seen clearly on the ground. The important thing is not to let hundreds of meters high see it clearly.

But Naoki Saji believes more in the strength of his subordinates. He believes that all the resistance of the Chinese will be buried by his brave and combative subordinates with guns and cannons.

But soon, as time went by, a report from a Japanese signalman running over wiped out the good mood of Naoki Saji.

As the vanguard of the entire infantry regiment, the 3rd Infantry Battalion encountered Chinese resistance, but it was not the position deployed by the Chinese relying on the mountain terrain as Colonel Naoki Saji imagined, but a small group of Chinese hiding in the green peaks.

To put it bluntly, the 3rd Infantry Battalion, with nearly a thousand people, was beaten and could not move forward before they came into contact with the main force of the Chinese.

'Our unit encountered a small number of Chinese hiding in the mountains and fired accurately. We were unable to move forward. The terrain was dangerous and we could not go deep into the pursuit. We requested artillery support from the regiment! 'The report for assistance from the 3rd Infantry Battalion was euphemistic, but it revealed this meaning.

The mountain infantry company is not an ordinary field infantry company. Gu Xishui naturally would not use his own shortcomings to fight against the enemy's strengths.

In addition to the ordinary defensive positions deployed on the mountains around the card slot, Gu Xishui sent out a sniper team led by 18 precision shooters.

Each team has 3 people, a shooter, an observer and ammunition handler, and a fire supporter carrying an MG38 submachine gun and a Black Star pistol.

Their purpose is to hide on the cliffs that are difficult for ordinary people to climb and perform long-range sniping on the Japanese troops marching in the mountains!

The 3rd Infantry Battalion, which was the first to break into this area, which was later called the Death Forest by the 232nd Infantry Regiment, lost 5 second lieutenants, 9 sergeants and 76 soldiers in the next hour after the Chinese ace sniper Pang Zilong shot and killed a lieutenant-level infantry squad leader.

And this loss has not yet counted the dozens of seriously injured people!

And the entire infantry battalion could not advance more than 300 meters in the mountains in one hour. Otherwise, the major Tominaga Ichi, who was known for his toughness and massacred a Chinese mountain village with a population of more than 100 people in order to track down 6 Chinese deserters, would never have the audacity to ask for heavy firepower support from Naoki Saji.

That was because they were hit by the Chinese snipers with accurate shooting skills hidden in the dense forest.

Many times, people were shot in the head, and they still couldn't determine the specific location of the enemies who were hiding deep in the bushes at high altitudes.

Even, they had to sacrifice several lives to find out their approximate location. The grenade launchers, mortars and even infantry guns blew up the soil and branches and leaves. It seemed very powerful, but the subsequent accurate shooting skills that continued to harvest lives made the tough Japanese army major have to admit that it was useless.

Pang Zilong was temporarily loaned to the mountain infantry company, which was the only request Gu Xishui made to Tang Dao after he received the task of blocking the enemy from Changyang.

After all, the mountain infantry company was established the shortest time and had a weaker foundation. Take the sharpshooter for example, Tang Tuanzuo is not included. Three of the top five snipers recognized by the Four Lines Regiment are in the reconnaissance company and two are in the infantry battalion. Gu Xishui, who has made up his mind to take advantage of the rugged terrain of Wushan and the climbing ability of the mountain infantry battalion, decided to use snipers to consume the lives and morale of the Japanese army first.

Niu Er is the best sniper in the reconnaissance company, so Gu Xishui can only settle for Pang Zilong as a second choice. Tang Tuanzuo agreed. The reconnaissance company commander Lu Sanjiang has a good relationship with Gu Xishui, so there is no reason to refuse.

Pang Zilong is indeed a person with talent comparable to Niu Er. With a Czech semi-automatic rifle with a 4x scope, he successfully killed the commander of the Japanese front-line sharp-edged infantry squad at a straight-line distance of 400 meters on a cliff at an altitude of about 180 meters.

The unlucky Japanese army lieutenant was actually very good at hiding himself. His uniform was similar to that of ordinary Japanese soldiers. He did not wear long leather boots, nor did he wear white gloves and carry a command knife. However, the two Japanese soldiers who broke away from the queue and ran to talk to him still exposed his status by bowing their heads respectfully.

The bullet shot by Pang Zilong passed through the side of his fragile neck, and the blood flowing from the bullet hole as big as an egg was comparable to the New Year pig slaughtered in rural China during the Chinese New Year.

Then, Pang Zilong fired three more shots, successfully killing one person and injuring two people again, and then calmly led the two team members away from the retreat route that had been chosen long ago.

The Japanese infantry reacted very quickly, but Pang Zilong fired four shots in less than three seconds, which was far beyond their understanding. After more than ten seconds, the Japanese grenade launchers began to frantically fire grenades at the positions where Pang Zilong's team had been previously, but they had no effect except for blowing up some flowers and plants.

The Japanese Army Second Lieutenant, who was acting as the captain of the vanguard squad, did not fail to make efforts. He quickly sent a 15-man squad to search deep into the jungle, and provided fire cover for them with two grenade launchers and two light machine guns.

But the Japanese underestimated the difficulty of the terrain here. Although there was only a 400-meter mountain road, the strong and hard-working Japanese took a full 10 minutes to approach the cliff where the target had been found. Then, they were hit from another place 120 meters away.

The opening was still accurate shooting. The two Japanese soldiers who exposed the most were killed. The remaining Japanese fought back desperately while using the familiar tactics of approaching the exposed fire points from the two wings of the mountain to the Chinese side.

The two-wing encirclement can be applied to the battalion level or the squad level. The Japanese army has defeated countless Chinese troops with this simple and easy tactic.

But this tactic must first have a premise, that is, the firepower is strong enough, so strong that the Chinese side can only defend the central position with all their strength, which will leave opportunities for the two wings.

But this time, although the Chinese side has only one rifle firing so far, it is so accurate that it is outrageous, and this accurate firepower is continuous, as if there is no need to pull the bolt.

Yes, this is why Pang Zilong would rather give up part of the range and choose the Czech semi-automatic rifle.

This time he is not staying in his own position to shoot cold guns, but he is going to kill the Japanese army in the field through mobile warfare, constantly consuming their manpower and morale.

Continuous firepower output is one of the conditions for Pang Zilong to ensure the safety of his entire team.

He emptied all 10 bullets in the magazine in one breath, killing 3 Japanese infantrymen, and a Japanese machine gunner who was tenacious and emptied at least one magazine. The remaining 4 Japanese soldiers, including a grenade launcher team, were suppressed on the rocks and dared not even raise their heads, let alone suppress the firepower points that the Chinese had exposed.

The Japanese soldiers who were bypassing the two wings were blocked by the woods and could only hear the continuous gunshots. They thought that their colleagues were fighting fiercely with the other side and sticking to the opponent!

Yes, who would have thought that someone could suppress 4 infantrymen, a machine gun, and a grenade launcher with just a rifle!

He bravely moved forward all the way and finally passed through the woods. Seeing that he was less than 50 meters away from the Chinese flank, he could throw a melon grenade to kill him if he moved forward another ten or twenty meters.

Who knew that just as his figure was exposed, a black gun barrel stretched out from behind a stone not far away.

"Da Da Da!" The modified 32-round magazine-type MP38 fired a burst of firepower.

In just 3 seconds, all 32 bullets were fired.

At a distance of less than 50 meters, the Japanese infantrymen who were caught off guard by the roaring flames had no time to react and were swept to the ground.

Three Japanese soldiers fell in a pool of blood, and only one Japanese infantryman who was lucky enough to block the incoming bullets with the help of his teammates rolled desperately in the grass to escape the sudden firepower network.

The Japanese infantrymen who were almost wiped out at the beginning had no fighting spirit and crawled towards the dense forest. Only by hiding in the dense forest that could cover his body could he have a chance to escape from here.

Unfortunately, the shit-yellow uniforms of the Japanese army are very suitable for fighting in northern China, but in the mountains of central China with dense evergreen plants, the shit-yellow color should not be too obvious.

The soldier who changed the magazine aimed at the shit-yellow color that appeared faintly in the bushes, and without saying a word, he swept another round of nearly 10 bullets.

In the tactics of the Four-Line Regiment, the fire support never played with precision, but relied on great force to create miracles. If one round was not enough, then another round would be fired.

The fleeing Japanese infantryman trembled violently and collapsed in the grass only five or six meters away from the dense forest.

A thick bullet unfortunately hit his back spine. He was still alive, but his brain had lost control of most of his body.

The fate of a person who collapsed alone in this remote mountain can be imagined.

As for whether his companions would come to rescue him, it all depends on whether his squad leader dares to send another squad to repeat the same mistake.

The Japanese Army Second Lieutenant hiding 400 meters away was extremely anxious. The squad he sent out was attacked, but the two grenade launchers he arranged could not attack the enemy because the location where the smoke rose in the mountains was far beyond the range of the grenade launchers.

Either the grenade launcher team moved forward to the hillside more than 100 meters away, or they asked for help from the battalion headquarters and used the two mortars to reach that area.

Obviously, it would take at least 10 minutes for his signalman to report to the battalion commander and then the two mortars of the battalion headquarters to fire again. His soldiers could not wait that long.

They could only let the grenade launcher team move forward!

But the Japanese Army lieutenant always had a hunch that there were more Chinese in this mountain than just the ones who had just attacked them. There were also many Chinese who were hiding in corners they could not see and shooting deadly bullets at them.

In the end, reason overcame intuition!

Under the protection of 6 Japanese infantrymen, 2 grenade launcher teams moved towards the hillside more than 100 meters away.

Not surprisingly, the Japanese army was attacked before reaching the target area.

This time, it was not a long-range sniper. The two Chinese firepower groups were hiding under the noses of the Japanese army.

The roar of four submachine guns instantly turned the 10 Japanese soldiers who were still struggling in the valley into blood gourds rolling on the ground.

"Kill the chickens!" The angry Japanese Army lieutenant roared and waved his Nambu 14 pistol, ordering the infantry who were freely looking for shelters in the mountains and two Type 96 machine guns to shoot at the enemies with bushes all over their bodies.

Until this moment, the Japanese Army lieutenant finally understood that the opponent first used the method of sniping the commander to make the vanguard squad angry and split up to chase them, and then took advantage of the fact that the vanguard squad's attention was all in the distance to attack the vanguard squad's most threatening long-range firepower-grenade throwers.

The Japanese Army lieutenant reacted quickly in the crisis and quickly determined the tactics used by the Chinese.

But what he didn't know was that since there were four submachine guns here, it meant that there were four firepower groups in the mountain infantry company, and four sharpshooters who were the best in the mountain infantry company.

One of the shooters even hid on the cliff where Pang Zilong was before. The grenade thrown by the Japanese grenade thrower was only 3 meters away from his hiding place. A shrapnel even scratched his helmet and left a deep mark.

But they strictly followed the plan made by Pang Zilong before. They kept lurking until the Japanese grenade thrower was killed, and even preferred to give up the attack plan.

Fortunately, the Japanese were eager for revenge, and two groups of grenade throwers completely entered the ambush circle only 40 meters away from the four fire support hands.

"Bang bang bang!" The crisp gunshots rang out in the mountains.

Two Japanese machine gunners lying on the rocks were killed one after another!

The Japanese Army second lieutenant who slammed into the grass beside the rock was cold all over. The Chinese were no longer satisfied with killing a few people in his vanguard squad with a long-range cold gun, but wanted to use a combination of long-range and short-range tactics to kill his vanguard squad with 51 soldiers.

The terrible thing is that they almost succeeded, because the grenade launchers and light machine guns in the vanguard squad had gone silent.

Although the light machine guns were still there, not everyone could operate a light machine gun and reach the level of a professional machine gunner.

Fortunately, they still had an infantry squadron. With the heavy footsteps coming from afar, the Japanese soldiers of the vanguard squad finally arrived.

But the Chinese had already fled.

The more than 100 Japanese soldiers who arrived looked at the scene of casualties and could not believe that a search team composed of an entire infantry squad went to find the squad that went deep into the mountains, and only one person survived in the squad.

It was the unfortunate child whose spine was completely broken and urine was gushing out!

In just ten minutes of fighting, this infantry squad, which was known as the most elite of the Third Infantry Battalion, including its lieutenant squad leader, was killed 21 people and seriously injured 11 people!

The angry Japanese captain squadron leader did not believe in evil and continued to go deeper. Before two hundred meters, they were treated the same as the vanguard squad.

But this is just a microcosm of the 3rd Infantry Battalion. The 3rd Infantry Battalion sent 3 infantry squadrons in 3 directions, all of which suffered similar attacks.

Two Type 90 mortars were not enough. Looking at the bloody corpses and the seriously wounded soldiers who were wailing and waiting to die, Major Tominaga Ichi roared "Baga" countless times, and could only shamelessly go to his regiment commander.

"Baga!" Colonel Naoki Saji roared for the first time after hearing the gunshots.

I can only say that the Japanese people's vocabulary to express anger is really too poor.

If you change any Chinese, you can scold for more than ten minutes without repeating yourself.

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PS: Yesterday, my classmates treated me to a meal. Because I drank Maozi, Fengyue was persuaded by a group of greasy men to drink 2 taels, and I got drunk. This scumbag's alcohol tolerance is really unmatched! So I didn't update yesterday, let me explain it to everyone.