Rise From Eight Hundred

Although part of the road has been scouted by friendly forces and there is no danger!

But Moriki Takuye still remains cautious.

The convoy was led by two jeeps, which were a full mile away from the entire large force. There were not only two second lieutenant officers on the car holding binoculars to carefully observe the mountains on both sides, but also two light machine guns to occasionally fire at the dense forests in the mountains.

The huge convoy consisting of 181 trucks in the rear required that the distance between each truck must not be less than 30 meters, stretching the entire convoy to nearly 5,000 meters.

This is so that if it encounters an ambush by the Chinese, the convoy like a long snake formation can stop immediately, and the nearly 400 infantry and 400 baggage soldiers on the car can start blocking on the spot.

As the saying goes, a centipede is dead but not stiff. Moriki Takuye has every reason to believe that his specially stretched convoy will not fall into the Chinese ambush circle. There will always be a section or even several sections that can enter the hills beside the road to form a blocking position.

He would never make the same mistake as the convoy of thousands of baggage soldiers of the Fifth Division, which was surrounded by the Chinese army with a completely superior force and eventually annihilated.

The purpose of Moriki Takuye's "long snake formation" tactic was not to escape, but to hold on and wait for help. The two infantry regiments stationed in Licheng and Shecheng were the real decision for their life and death.

The major of the baggage soldiers of the 14th Division, who had made full preparations, also asked all the accompanying infantry and baggage soldiers to hide in the cars covered by tarpaulins, so that the Chinese had no way of knowing how many troops the convoy had, and could not select targets for key attacks.

As for the trucks that might be attacked, they could only pray for themselves. As the commander, Moriki Takuye chose to sit in the middle and back of the entire convoy.

This is also a matter of course. If the Chinese want to attack, they will definitely attack the convoy at the front, and only in this way can they block the entire convoy.

Even after getting on the truck, Moriki Takuye quietly took off his rank of major, his white gloves, and even his major's command knife from his waist to avoid being targeted by the Chinese lurking sharpshooters.

You must admit that Moriki Takuye's combination of punches did cause great trouble to the 683rd Brigade.

The battle line of the 771st Regiment, which was responsible for participating in the attack on the convoy, would be as long as 5 kilometers, and the troops would be extremely dispersed in an instant, which made the officers and soldiers of the 771st Regiment, whose firepower was not particularly sufficient, feel a little timid.

They were not afraid of fighting the Japanese army, but after all, they had always used an absolute advantage in the battlefield to deal with the Japanese army. For example, in the two ambushes in Qiguan Village, the 683rd Brigade dispatched two main battalions of two main regiments, and there were nearly a thousand people on the periphery to block the siege of three or four hundred Japanese baggage soldiers, and the battle was still fierce.

Even in Shentouling half a month ago, more than 2,000 people of the supplementary regiment were lurking on the roadside, and the closest one was only a few meters away. However, in order to be on the safe side, two main regiments were arranged to hide a thousand meters away, which was basically a 4-to-1 situation.

And this kind of attack almost entirely launched by infantry companies, and it was almost the first time to fight against small Japanese troops scattered everywhere.

Facing this rather difficult situation, Brigade Commander Cheng still decisively ordered: "Fight according to the original plan!"

The five fully Japanese-equipped infantry companies of the 771st Regiment were all deployed in the middle of the entire ambush battlefield. They needed to divide a part of their forces into the highway as soon as the battle started, and cut off the Japanese convoy into several sections to prevent the Japanese from forming a joint force.

The other four infantry companies were on standby at the bottom of each mountain to prevent the Japanese invaders from occupying the high ground beside the road, and kill and wound the Japanese troops visible around them according to the high ground they occupied.

In addition, Commander Cheng mobilized his own guard battalion. The firepower of the 683rd Brigade Guard Battalion, which was reinforced by Japanese weapons, is no longer just a dozen submachine guns and dozens of Mauser pistols. They now have nearly 20 Japanese light machine guns and 6 heavy machine guns. The overall firepower is not weaker than a Japanese infantry battalion.

The three guard companies will attack the Japanese invaders in the encirclement from the front, middle and back sections with the cooperation of 9 infantry companies and 3 machine gun companies.

Commander Cheng was desperate in this battle. He decisively pulled an infantry company from Wangbao Village, which was supposed to be placed behind the entire army to ensure the safety of the rear, to the front line.

In his post-war report to the division, he wrote: "The key to this victory is speed. Destroying the enemy in the encirclement as quickly as possible can relieve the difficulties of the other two places where our troops are blocked, and prevent the danger of Japanese air raids! If we look ahead and behind, the battle will be prolonged, which is extremely disadvantageous to our army! So the whole army will attack without leaving any room!"

Brigade Commander Cheng's decisiveness is definitely one of the highlights of this battle in retrospect!

Because the Japanese army didn't even have time to travel a long distance to bypass the rear of the battlefield, their fighter planes had not even arrived, and the battle in the encirclement was over.

In terms of the time spent on the battlefield, the battle on the main battlefield ended much earlier than the battlefields on both sides to block the Japanese reinforcements.

The Japanese troops who came to help from Licheng and Shecheng in a fierce manner finally saved a lonely person. They were hit on the head by the stubborn Chinese military positions, and they might not know at that time that the people they wanted to save had already died.

In this battle, the Chinese side deployed nearly 3,000 combat troops on the main battlefield. Although the number of troops was not as large as the two main regiments deployed in the past, the firepower intensity it now possessed was no weaker than that of the two main regiments in the past.

Moriki Takuye's careful arrangement was destined to be in vain!

The battle started with great drama.

The two Japanese jeeps leading the way arrived at Yangjiashan, where a blasting team of the 771st Regiment was stationed. The original plan of the 771st Regiment was to place explosives here and detonate them when the first car of the convoy arrived, completely blocking the convoy.

The two jeeps leading the way were originally going to let them pass, and there were naturally two infantry squads in front to deal with them.

Unexpectedly, the two jeeps stopped right under the nose of the blasting team.

The wire used by this fairly professional blasting team for detonation was more than 30 meters long. The six members were hiding in the bushes more than 30 meters away, and they were camouflaged enough. Unless someone deliberately used a telescope to observe their hiding place, it would be difficult to find their figures.

The original intention of the several Japanese soldiers who jumped off the jeep was not to discover the clues in the bushes in the distance. Judging from the action of them standing on the side of the road and untying their belts, they were just in a hurry to urinate.

But even so, one of the Japanese soldiers was standing only one or two meters away from the large explosive pack disguised with leaves.

Perhaps he had some obsession with the distance of his spray, and he actually looked carefully at the bushes while peeing.

No matter how many dead branches and leaves are inserted into the explosive pack, as long as you look carefully, it will not really be disguised successfully, it is just an explosive pack.

The Japanese soldier who was peeing comfortably suddenly froze. How to describe that sluggishness? The urine that was still splashing disappeared in an instant. Perhaps this can describe the shock in the heart of the Japanese soldier at that time.

On the side of the road in the wilderness, a explosive pack that was a few centimeters larger than a quilt roll was found. What does that mean?

For a Japanese second lieutenant who was reminded again and again by the major of the logistics corps before leaving, it was very clear.

"Baga! %... @%\u0026" The Japanese soldier roared wildly, and even the little Jiji that was exposed and still dripping with water did not have time to tuck it into his crotch, and turned around and ran away.

At the same time, the Japanese soldiers in the two jeeps also pointed their guns at the bushes on this side, and their hands also reached for the trigger.

"Detonate!" The experienced sergeant leader of the demolition team gave the order without caring about anything else.

The demolition soldier on one side instinctively pressed the detonator rod.

The six demolition soldiers in the bushes buried their heads collectively and hid under the 30-centimeter-high earthen ridge in a curled posture at the moment the leader gave the order.

Because they knew too well what the consequences of the explosion of 50 kilograms of explosives would be.

Not to mention 30 meters, even 50 meters cannot guarantee absolute safety.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, a burst of thick smoke rose into the sky.

Under the huge air wave, the figure of the Japanese second lieutenant of the baggage soldiers who turned around and ran away disappeared, and even the two jeeps parked on the side of the road were like leaves blown by the wind, rolling on the ground and crashing into the distance.

This is the power of roadside bombs. In the future desert battlefield, the Hummer armored vehicles with 20 mm thick armor in the United States will be vulnerable to the power of such bombs, not to mention the small scum equipped by the Japanese army at this time.

In fact, even if it is replaced with the Type 94 armored vehicle, which is not much larger than the QQ, it will be turned upside down in front of the air wave formed by the explosion of such a large explosive pack.

Although the six demolition soldiers had cotton in their ears, they were still tinnitus at this time. When they felt the air wave dissipated, they looked up at the roadside not far away, and even they themselves were stunned by their own masterpieces.

Although the Handan-Changzhi Highway is a major traffic artery, how wide can it be built in this mountainous area? However, it is only five meters wide. If you encounter two trucks, you still have to be careful.

This not-so-wide road is even more vulnerable in front of this large-grained explosive pack with increased explosives.

A large pit with a diameter of more than five meters almost splits the entire road in two!

As for the jeep and Japanese soldiers, they were blown away to who knows where, without making any sound.

The two eyes that Major Moriki Takuno had set up were directly blinded by the explosion because of the human creature's three urgent needs.

Such a big commotion, not to mention the smoke of the leading car 500 meters away, even Major Moriki Takuno, who was more than 3,000 meters away, felt his scalp numb.

If he hadn't been wearing a military cap on his head, the Japanese driver next to him could definitely see his boss's hair standing up.

"Enemy attack!" Moriki Takuno almost used up his lung capacity and shouted until his head was buzzing.

That was caused by lack of oxygen.

At the same time, three red flares were fired into the sky.

"Kill!" The whole road was filled with shouts of killing.

Chinese soldiers with branches and leaves on their heads rushed out of the mountains and forests.

But they were a little different from what the Japanese soldiers who had jumped out of the car and were ready to use the car body as a cover and attack their defense line imagined.

These Chinese soldiers did not bravely rush onto the road to fight them hand-to-hand. Instead, many Chinese soldiers rushed to the high ground on the roadside and fired at them.

"Don't defend the vehicles, seize the high ground!" Moriki Takuya reacted instantly.

In order to avoid being discovered by them, the Chinese basically hid in the mountains and forests dozens of meters away from the roadside. They did not rush directly to the roadside because they were afraid of too many casualties. To seize the commanding heights, they had to suppress the convoy on the road first.

This is not something Moriki Takuya needs to worry about. The huge convoy stretching for 5,000 meters carries not only 400 baggage soldiers, but also two infantry squadrons of regular infantry. Their combat experience is far richer than that of the baggage soldiers. After hearing the explosion, the Japanese soldiers who jumped off the car first reacted to seize the commanding heights of the hillside not far from the road.

But because the trucks need to carry goods, the load capacity of Japanese trucks is not large enough. The standard load capacity is 1.5 tons, and it is only 2 tons when overloaded, so each truck can only carry 6 soldiers at most.

An infantry squad is often distributed on a road section of nearly 100 meters, which means they are destined to move towards the hillside in a scattered line.

How could experienced commanders such as Brigade Commander Cheng not think of this?

In order to prevent being discovered by the Japanese army, the main force is hidden far away, but it does not mean that a small number of troops will not be placed on the high point.

A light machine gun plus a 3-man machine gun team is enough to suppress the Japanese infantry for one minute!

On the long front, there were as many as 45 light machine guns deployed on the front line!

"Da Da Da!" The sound of the Type 96 light machine gun, which was very familiar to the Japanese army, could be heard everywhere.

However, this time, the 6.5mm Yusaka bullets splashed towards the Japanese infantrymen who were walking briskly.

The Japanese infantrymen who had not yet approached the hillside were beaten down.

"Grenade launcher, light machine gun cover!" The Japanese soldiers on the mountain road screamed and the commands were mixed together.

Compared with the brave Japanese infantry, the performance of the Japanese baggage soldiers was much worse. They basically huddled behind the car and shot aimlessly at the mountain.

If only one side was surrounded by mountains and the other was facing the water, it would be okay. At least the Japanese army with more than a thousand meters encountered this situation.

But what about those facing mountains on both sides?

A full three thousand meters of roads were in this environment.

The 683rd Brigade certainly chose to attack from both sides. No matter which side you hide on, you will encounter bullets.

Perhaps, only the bottom of the car is the safest.

After all, the 683rd Brigade came to "rob" this time, and they mainly wanted goods, and killing the devils was just a side job.

Therefore, if you can solve the problem with bullets, try not to use grenades. The Japanese baggage soldiers who were very agile and crawled under the vehicle would be safe for at least two minutes.

But this also limited their shooting range, and the bullets they fired were almost no threat to the Chinese soldiers who were looking down.

To put it bluntly, this way of fighting was simply drinking poison to quench thirst.

Death was only a matter of time.

The Japanese infantry could not seize the commanding heights, and even the Japanese infantry who had rushed to the bottom of the hillside were very few.

When more and more Chinese soldiers arrived at the battle positions originally designated for each company, the Japanese troops on both sides of the road were really miserable.

The Chinese commander who was reluctant to throw grenades into the vehicle area because he felt sorry for the goods would not have any good thoughts about the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain.

At the command, countless Japanese grenades and long-handled grenades were thrown from the mountain, causing the Japanese infantry in the bushes to howl in horror.

The most fatal thing was that more than a dozen heavy machine guns were carried to the previously planned battle positions, and flames swept towards the convoy more than 100 meters away. The trucks used as shelters by the Japanese were instantly riddled with holes. Not to mention being hit directly, the ricochets alone made the Japanese hiding on the side of the car terrified!

The two Japanese infantry squadrons also had grenade launchers. Seeing that the Chinese light and heavy firepower points were attacking without any regard, at least ten grenade launchers launched a counterattack, and two consecutive rounds of bombardment blew up smoke around the firepower points blocked by branches and leaves in the mountains.

In these two rounds of counterattacks, at least three light machine guns were silenced, and four or five machine gunners died on the spot, becoming the most eye-catching counterattack of the Japanese army in this battle.

But they were also targeted by the Chinese sharpshooters.

This move was not learned by the 683rd Brigade from the Four-Line Regiment. In order to deal with the Japanese grenade throwers, they had already started the tactic of selecting sharpshooters in each infantry company, as they lacked sufficient heavy firepower.

In the most difficult times, when each soldier had less than ten bullets on average, the individual soldiers selected as sharpshooters were equipped with at least 30 bullets.

Their mission was to find the Japanese grenade throwers, light machine gun shooters, and commanders, and kill them.

This was also a tactic forced by cruel reality, but it was absolutely effective.

There were at least 20 sharpshooters distributed throughout the battlefield. During the five-minute shooting, six experienced Japanese grenade throwers died under bullets.

After surviving the most difficult period, the Japanese troops on the roadside and around the vehicles also began to gather together, trying to use some mountains as defensive positions to hold on and wait for help.

This was also the strategy that Major Moriki Takuno had already planned. At the beginning of the attack, he ordered the signalman on standby in the carriage to use the field radio to send a distress message to the Shecheng and Licheng armies.

However, with a familiar gunshot, the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield collectively looked cold!

That was the Type 92 infantry gun, the most familiar artillery for the Japanese infantry.

It was this small-caliber artillery that easily destroyed all kinds of fortifications carefully built by the Chinese, helping them open the door to victory, and was hailed as the favorite artillery of the imperial infantry.

But now, it is in the hands of the Chinese.

Four Type 92 infantry guns were deployed on the entire battlefield.

The 200-kilogram gun body was enough for the Chinese artillery to lift them to the mountainside at a height of 100 meters.

The artillerymen did not have the concerns of the infantrymen about preserving the goods. They were ordered to destroy all the fortifications that the Japanese army could use to resist, including trucks.

‘Only what you get is yours! ’ The artillerymen’s philosophy was pure.

The power of direct-aiming artillery to hit fixed objects is not comparable to mortars.

Two consecutive Japanese trucks were bombarded into flying parts by consecutive artillery, along with more than a dozen Japanese soldiers hiding around the trucks.

As the infantry artillery showed its power, Chinese soldiers in infantry squads began to charge the road and establish a defense line, cutting the Japanese troops on the entire road into more than a dozen sections and driving more Japanese troops into the encirclement.

Major Moriki, who was already hiding in the jungle in the mountains, had despair in his eyes. He knew that these were ropes that were gradually tightening. As the encirclement continued to shrink, the imperial officers and soldiers surrounded in it would be killed sooner or later.

It was just unknown when the reinforcements would arrive. Even if the ground reinforcements could not arrive for a while, air support would be fine!

If possible, he would rather be killed by heavy bombs with the Chinese around him.

Unfortunately, the prayer of the major of the quartermaster was destined to be a fantasy.

He could not see that in the area of ​​Laoya Mountain, four kilometers away from his convoy, more than 2,000 people were waving individual engineer shovels and pickaxes, frantically digging field trenches.

The time left for the Four-Line Regiment to build trenches was only one and a half hours at most.

Tang Dao has now equipped the entire Four-Line Regiment with Japanese individual shovels, which has greatly facilitated the construction of field fortifications in an emergency.

This time, the Four-Line Regiment is facing the impact of an infantry regiment.