Rise From Eight Hundred

Goto Koshiminami arrived 15 minutes later, just as his subordinates who had died in China's Taihang Mountains had imagined.

The then commander of the 108th Infantry Regiment, the left-wing commander, had actually done the best he could do under the circumstances at the time.

After the sudden heavy artillery attack by the Chinese army left no officer alive in the front-line command post, and the front-line infantry was completely defeated, the Japanese Army left-wing commander, who was facing a doomed defeat and even the entire army was about to fall into despair, showed the courage that a Japanese Army left-wing commander should have.

He quickly used the last escort squad around him as a supervisory team, and two light machine guns began to fire 200 meters in front of the defeated soldiers arriving at his command post.

Crazy bullets hit their own people, which was the first time in the history of the 108th Division!

It was with such decisiveness that the supervisory team of more than 60 people actually forced hundreds of defeated soldiers whose morale had fallen to the bottom to stop.

The price was just killing more than a dozen defeated soldiers who rushed to the front.

Flexible brains and strong legs are the advantages of these defeated soldiers who have fallen into the abyss of death, but they never expected that they could not avoid the sickle of death wielded by their own people after dodging the enemy's shells.

If it were other countries' troops, this move might have triggered a mutiny, but these Japanese soldiers were really Japanese.

This group of Japanese infantrymen, who were basically composed of poor children, did not dare to resist too much even when facing life and death under the strict hierarchy that had penetrated into their bones.

Facing the strict hierarchy, their humbleness has transcended life and death!

Goto Koshiminami first used killing to decisively deal with the defeated soldiers, and then, with strict military orders, selected three infantry squads and ordered them to return to the front line.

Of course, this time it has nothing to do with breaking through the Chinese defense line. The total number of these three already incomplete infantry squads is no more than a hundred people. They will be the first group of people to be abandoned in this Japanese army.

Their purpose of returning to the front line under the gradually extending artillery fire of the Chinese army was just to stop the main force of the Japanese army that might rush out of the position and approach this side at any time.

To put it bluntly, the gecko cuts off its tail to survive, and they are the tail that cuts off on its own initiative.

Despair appeared in the eyes of hundreds of Japanese soldiers, but they still chose to execute the military order!

It was not that they were brave enough, but that if they executed it, they would definitely die, but if they did not execute it, they would die now, and their names would be included in the list of rebels, and even their families on the main island would be implicated.

As Japanese, they knew very well that the empire treated the Chinese on the occupied land as pigs and sheep, and the means were cruel, but for their own people who disobeyed, it might be even more terrible.

But these Japanese may not dream that the Japanese government, which has gradually gone crazy in the future, will not care whether you obey or not, as long as the army needs it, these low-class people will be at risk.

You can imagine that as soldiers, they fight for their lives in the front-line artillery fire, but on the distant main island, their wives, daughters and sisters are forced to become comfort tools to give their colleagues enough tenderness.

The terrible thing is that they didn't even use knives or guns to force them, but a letter of initiative, and most people volunteered.

What a crazy nation this is! Crazy enough to make people's scalps numb.

The future American cowboys decisively gave them two big fat bombs, perhaps because they were scared by these guys who subverted the cognition of human civilization.

There is no need for a nation with a madness to survive.

Nearly a hundred Japanese infantrymen, under strict orders, went against the artillery fire and went to the front line.

Then, Goto Koshiminami organized all the remaining Japanese troops, including the civilian staff in his command, to mix them, with 50 people in a squadron and 200 people in a squadron. A total of three squadrons with a total of 600 people were organized, with the remaining 89-type tank as the core, 5 94-type tanks as the spearhead of the whole army, and the last four infantry guns, and marched to the rear.

This process is simple to say but not so easy to do, especially when surrounded by heavy troops, and you may face the full-scale attack of the enemy on three sides at any time.

But Goto Koshinan did it all in less than 10 minutes, and rushed to the rear position with hundreds of Japanese infantry, armored soldiers and artillery who stood firmly under his command to survive.

After the Japanese Army's Osamu reorganized the defeated troops under his command, the gunfire on the rear position 1,000 meters away stopped. He knew very well that the rear infantry and artillery positions he had carefully designed before were finished, and the only way out was blocked by the Chinese.

However, the Chinese arrangement was not flawless.

It seemed to be surrounded on all sides, but its communication was backward, resulting in the lack of coordination between the front, rear, left and right armies.

Just like now, the enemy in the front was still trying to attack the enemy with artillery fire, and did not immediately launch a charge, while the two wings were still watching, seemingly waiting for his entire army to leave the field position that had been built long ago, but the rear had already launched an attack.

The seemingly completed pocket formation of the Chinese army that failed to reach an agreement was, in fact, not as strong as they imagined.

"We should launch the final attack on the enemy that blocked our retreat. Long live the Emperor! Long live the Imperial Army!" After sending the last telegram to the division headquarters, Goto Koshiminami began his last charge in his twenty-year military career.

If we ignore the heinous crimes he committed against the people on the land of China, the Japanese Army's Osamu at this time can definitely be regarded as a model among soldiers.

He was decisive in reorganizing the army. He faced the dilemma without hesitation. His military orders were even more powerful. Moreover, he quickly found the only way to break the deadlock.

The rear position would indeed become the last door to block his main force's escape, but the infantry position was built by him. He knew that the circular position could stop the infantry, but because it was in an open area with flat terrain, they could not stop the tanks.

The Chinese army that attacked from the rear was going around the mountains. They could never carry the anti-tank guns on the front battlefield. Mortars were the strongest heavy firepower.

But he still had six tanks in total, one large and five small. As long as he ignored casualties, under the cover of the tanks, he would be able to break through the chain before the Chinese on both wings could react and escape.

If several Chinese regimental commanders were on the scene and knew all his decisions, they would probably applaud, but they would subconsciously frown!

As a soldier, all the arrangements made by the Japanese Army's Da Zuo were brilliant enough, proving his ability to become a general; but as an opponent, seeing such an enemy was extremely headache!

At least, on the surface, the Japanese Army's Da Zuo's idea was correct.

At the beginning of the war, the 771st and 772nd Regiments on the two wings did not dare to rush down the mountain rashly. The Japanese heavy machine gun positions were still eyeing them, and the rain of bullets spewed out by several heavy machine guns would cause a painful blow.

They were still waiting, waiting for the brigade to issue a military order, and the whole army would charge at the right time to kill this group of Japanese troops at the lowest cost.

This time, the 769th Regiment had suffered heavy losses, and the two main infantry regiments were hit hard again, which was contrary to the strategy of "preserving strength and destroying the enemy in motion" required by the entire army headquarters.

The slow mobilization of the main forces on the two wings did give the main force of the Japanese army the last glimmer of life.

As long as they attacked the rear positions with all their strength, even if the main forces on the two wings reacted, it would be too late.

However, Tang Dao saw the Japanese tanks rumbling in the distance through the telescope, and a large number of shit-yellow people quickly followed the tanks, but a trace of coldness appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The main force of the Japanese army was looking for this last way out desperately, seeing that the two wings were slowly mobilizing.

Looking at their resolute look, the battlefield less than 800 meters wide actually deployed 6 tanks in the lead, followed by hundreds of infantry, and there was no follow-up troops at all.

This is the rhythm of taking away in one wave!

Unfortunately, they are destined to fight with their heads this time.

Because, from the beginning, this simple circular position that seemed to be only able to defend against infantry was a trap.

Including the fact that the front position did not launch a charge with infantry, and the main forces on the two wings were slowly mobilized, in fact, it was all deliberately done by the 683rd Brigade at the request of Tang Dao.

With the mind of the brigade commander who had arrived at the front line to observe the Japanese formation for more than an hour, how could he be so slow to respond?

Yes, the 80th Army Group has the idea of ​​preserving its strength. It has rarely supported its three infantry divisions to use their limited forces to "fight a big battle" or "fight to the death" with the Japanese army, but this does not mean that the 80th Army Group dares not sacrifice or bear losses.

Any strategy and tactics must be adjusted according to the actual situation, rather than blindly applying the so-called guidelines.

Judging from the current battle to encircle and annihilate the main forces of the 108th Division in Licheng-Lucheng, not to mention the 921st Division Headquarters, even the 80th Army Headquarters, which is hundreds of kilometers away, have issued instructions to "not be afraid of sacrifice, and do our best to annihilate the besieged bandits, laying the foundation for our troops in eastern Shanxi to gain greater strategic maneuvering space!"

Even after several elders analyzed various intelligence and estimated the situation of the 108th Division's forces gathering in various places, they also turned their attention to Lucheng, which had empty defenses.

Since they have already fought a battle, they don't mind taking Lucheng, which is larger than Licheng. Even if they can't occupy it for a long time, it will send a signal to the whole country that the 80th Army Group has the ability to recover the occupied territory.

Tang Dao and the Four-Line Regiment hope to show their strength to be united in front of the 80th Army, and the 80th Army also wants to prove to the military and civilians of the whole country that they have the strength to be united, and they are an indispensable part of the anti-Japanese front.

Under such guidance, how could the officers and soldiers of the 683rd Brigade be stingy with sacrifice? If Tang Dao had not sent a telegram to Brigade Commander Cheng and told him about his tactical arrangement before he personally led the assault team to capture the position of the dead captain Inoue Xiaoshu, let alone the 771st and 772nd Regiments on the two wings had already started to attack the main force of the Japanese army, the main forces of the 769th Regiment and the Four-Line Regiment on the front position had already sounded the charge when the Japanese infantry began to retreat.

Take advantage of your illness to kill you! The younger generations of China have always believed in the golden sentences that their ancestors casually said.

In plain words, there is a 99% chance that Xia Jiba was talking nonsense after being drunk; to explain it in a more literary way, it is the refinement of life experience!

However, this time, whether it was Brigade Commander Cheng, the young commander of the 769th Regiment, or Gong Shaoxun, who was worried about the Tang Dao, they all resisted the urge to lead their troops to attack the Japanese army. They just sat there and watched the main force of the Japanese army rush to the blocking position with a ground circular position as the core and hills on both wings as auxiliary.

The Chinese soldiers on the entire position, including cavalry and artillery, numbered more than 470 people!

The Japanese army, however, had more than 600 infantry, more than 100 artillery, more than 100 heavy machine gunners, and nearly 20 armored soldiers. In terms of manpower alone, it was definitely nearly twice the number of Chinese soldiers on the position.

Moreover, they also have 6 heavy machine guns, 4 infantry guns and 6 tanks. With this lineup, even if the 769th Regiment, which has a geographical advantage, can stop them, it will probably have to pay a huge price like before, not to mention the two infantry companies of the 4th Regiment, which only have one trench and two not-so-high mountainous areas or even no trenches.

If nothing unexpected happens, there may be no need to wait for the Japanese infantry to launch a board charge, and the 6 tanks have already crushed the simple trench that is only 1.5 meters wide and 1 meter deep.

But the Chinese in the future have a new saying, which is that if there is no accident, there will be an accident.

The entire Japanese army has played a desperate game under the strict order of Goto Koshi Nandaizawa. The tanks are in the lead, and the 6 patchwork teams of 300 people are bent over and following behind the tanks. From the distant peak, it looks like six toads each with their own children - a group of tadpoles!

This is of course to use 6 tanks as shields. If any enemy dares to shoot at them, the 57mm tank guns and 10 7.7mm machine guns will become the enemy's nightmare!

The air in the mountains was originally very fresh, but now it is almost frozen with tension!

Even Cheng, the brigade commander who knows the Tangdao tactics, stood on the mountain 1,000 meters away with a telescope and did not move. His not-so-tall body was frozen like a statue!

His subordinates, who were used to his style of talking and laughing in wars, knew that he was very nervous at this moment!

All the Chinese soldiers who could see this scene were as nervous as their supreme commander.

Because this battle was not only about whether the Japanese army could be completely wiped out, but also because there were more than 400 elite and brave Chinese soldiers there, and a daring army colonel.

That was a wise and brave young soldier!

Because of wisdom, he prepared a life-threatening trap for the Japanese who were going to fight to the death, and because of bravery, he chose to enter the trap first, putting himself, a commander-level soldier, in danger.

The Chinese position was quiet, no one fired artillery or guns, as if there was no blocking position here at all. They just watched six big toads with their tadpoles rushing towards the position.

400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters, and it kept going like this!

"Send a signal, order the front-line troops to charge on board! Second-line troops, get in position immediately, and charge on board in one minute!" Goto Koshinan, who was 400 meters behind, had a stern look in his eyes and issued a military order.

The soldier's instinct made him feel the undercurrent surging under the calm. Perhaps in the next moment, the position in front of him would spit out deadly flames like a volcanic eruption.

But at this time, he had no way to retreat. He almost didn't need to look at the two wings. He knew that the Chinese who discovered his intention had begun to move. In less than ten minutes, his two wings would have Chinese troops far exceeding his current strength surging like a tide.

He only had one chance to break through the position in front of him. The whole army had to leave this place as quickly as possible, even if they ran to death, they had to run until they were 1,000 meters away.

There, he remembered there was a mountain. As long as they could reach there, two infantry squads could stay there to block the enemy, and he could lead all the people who had broken through this position to escape back to Lucheng.

Poor Japanese Army Da Zuo didn't know that he could abandon his subordinates at will, and his lieutenant general division commander could do the same.

When he knew that he and more than 1,500 imperial army soldiers were surrounded, Lieutenant General Xia Xiongyuan's short legs moved very fast.

It is estimated that they are almost out of Lucheng and will soon arrive in Changzhi.

And the so-called main force assembly of the division is destined to be only an assembly, and there will be no more marching.

The nearest one is 50 kilometers away, and the farthest one is 100 kilometers away. By the time they run over in the wind and rain, the daylily will be cold.

"Board!"

"Long live the emperor!"

"May the empire's military fortune flourish!"

As black smoke billowed from the rear of the tank, a deafening shout broke out among the Japanese infantry!

The long queue of tadpoles changed from vertical to horizontal and began to run wildly. Ten tank machine guns also began to shoot forward. The 57mm tank gun also began to show its power, and one shot hit a raised sandbag fortification on the position.

The sand and soil from the fortification flew all over the sky!

No matter if there were machine guns there or not, he would first show his domineering aura as the king of the land.

That scene really made people's scalps numb!

Not to mention the Chinese soldiers who were in it.

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