Chapter 254: The Beginning of the Great War
Liu Lang quickly issued an order, ordering Ling Hong and Xiao Fenghua to contact all the special forces who were concentrating on Luo Wenyu, and ordered them to take Luo Wenyu as the center, cruise between five and ten miles away from the main position, and make every effort to find the location of the two artillery brigades that followed by the Japanese army.
The Japanese artillery wing was basically reorganized in 432 during this period, that is, 4 artillery brigades, 3 squadrons in each brigade, 2 artillery squads in each squadron, and 2 artillery pieces in each squadron, that is to say, an artillery wing was only 48 guns, and a brigade was only 12 guns.
The 12 artillery pieces are basically based on the Type 41 mountain artillery, the range is as high as 6000 feet, the weight is only 500 kilograms, the Type 41 mountain gun is really one of the masterpieces of the Japanese army's military industry, in the past time and space, the Japanese army is mainly based on the Type 41 mountain artillery in the mountains and mountains of the Great Wall to destroy the Chinese defenders one after another firepower points, and the lack of long-range artillery of the national army can only be passively beaten, Seeing that the Japanese army pushed 500 kg of Type 41 mountain guns up the mountain road, advanced to a position only one or two kilometers away from the position, and destroyed their own fire points one by one, they were helpless.
Liu Lang dared to hold on to Luo Wenyu with the strength of a regiment, of course, because he had built perfect fortifications in advance, and more importantly, because he also had two Bofors mountain guns with a longer range and higher accuracy as his foundation, unlike other national troops, any Japanese mountain artillery that dared to shoot at close range would become the target of the Bofors mountain artillery placed 4,000 meters away from the rear of the battlefield.
And if the 24 mountain guns of the Japanese army do not shoot at close range and fall four or five kilometers away from the position to carry out shelling, then it will be necessary for special forces to wander away from the battlefield like lone wolves, and they will provide positions to the artillery company.
In fact, when the artillery company arrived at the battlefield five days ago, they marked all the positions suitable for cannon shooting in Luo Wenyu, and the special forces only needed to inform them of the coordinate number.
With mental calculations and unintentional calculations, and with the advantage of fortifications and firepower, it is strange that the 4th Brigade and the two artillery brigades collided headlong and were not knocked into a concussion.
What's even more terrifying is that Liu Lang is not satisfied with beating little Japan into a concussion, he wants to beat these fierce little devils who are seriously lacking in strength into a big fool.
From the telescope, Liu Lang, who was standing in the trenches of the first line of the front line of the company, saw the earthy yellow military uniforms pouring towards Luo Wenyu all over the mountains, and said with a slight smile: "The Japanese are here, pass the order, all positions, in the first round of the Japanese army's attack, except for the class light machine guns that can fire, the rest of the MG42 machine gun mortars are not allowed to fire without authorization, if anyone scares these little babies away for me, Lao Tzu will eat him raw after the battle." โ
"Haha, I'm afraid that our dozens of Czechs will scare them away if they start a fire." Chi Dakui, who was accompanying him on the side, laughed, and then said with a bitter face: "But sir, see if it's time for you to go to the regiment headquarters, you may need to be in charge more over there, just have me watch here." โ
"What? Are you afraid that Lao Tzu will drag you back? Liu Lang's eyes were still staring at the steady stream of earthy yellow military uniforms in the distance, and said lightly.
"How can it? Sir, who doesn't know your skills in the whole group! Isn't this a gun without an eye? Chi Dakui explained with a wry smile.
", the little devil howitzers on the Songhu battlefield didn't kill me, what can those little mountain guns do to Lao Tzu? Deputy Chi, in the name of the commander of the independent regiment, I now order you to sit at the regimental headquarters to coordinate the combat of the whole regiment, and I will stay at the headquarters of the first company to observe the tactical characteristics of the Japanese army, so as to provide a more reliable scientific basis for our regiment's future military training. Liu Lang retracted his gaze and ordered with a face to Chi Dakui, who was still persuading with a bitter face.
Chi Dakuiใใใใใใ
This damn is unreasonable! If you want to have fun on the front line, just say it, why do you still have such a lofty reason?
"Why don't you go soon?" Liu Lang snorted coldly.
The official level crushed people to death, and Chi Dakui could only turn around and leave helplessly.
There was no salute, not because Chi Dakui was aggrieved and angry.
Instead, there is a joke that has been circulating throughout the army of the Independent Regiment: If you love that commander, then block bullets for him, and if you hate that commander, give him a military salute on the battlefield.
Liu Lang had specially ordered a long time ago that in wartime, no one should salute in the army, which was already a wartime regulation of the independent regiment.
On the battlefields of World War II, there were many cases of commanders being shot and killed by enemy shooters for saluting their commanders, and the Red Army learned this profound lesson from a long time ago.
The Japanese army was assembling five miles away, and after running 80 miles of mountain roads, they did not plan to rest for long before attacking.
This was also a characteristic of the Japanese army, which believed that the Imperial Army, with its bushido spirit, would overcome all exhaustion, and that the weak defenders of Shina would be crushed by their thunderous offensive.
In fact, they did win many victories because รof this seemingly fierce and stupid behavior, and the national army, without artillery firepower, was forced to retreat many times in the field.
However, the Japanese army did not feel that the Chinese army was defeated by their equipment, and always believed that the bravery of the Imperial Army was the key to victory.
They are about to be taught a good lesson, and in the face of the spirited independent regiment that is not inferior to or even better than their equipment, the so-called martial bravery, in the face of death, will also turn into fear.
The commander of the 4th Brigade, Major General Suzuki Mitsu, is one of the representatives of the Japanese army's young soldiers, born in 1882, the 51-year-old Suzuki Mitsu has served in the Japanese army since he was 20 years old, and his experience is not rich from the second lieutenant squad leader in 1903 to the current brigade commander and major general.
Although he also had the arrogance of taking the enemy's position with one attack, he did not underestimate the enemy, after all, the 2,000 defenders who were defending according to the danger were not tofu, he couldn't damage too many troops here, and he still had to keep his troops to outflank the 60,000 troops that humiliated the Imperial Army.
While carefully observing the motionless enemy position through the binoculars, he asked the chief of staff next to him, Gu Yi Yi, "Has the air force detected any situation?" โ
"According to the report of the air force two days ago, the enemy army has established four positions, most of which are field trenches, although they have the advantage of higher mountains, but they cannot resist the power of our imperial army's mountain artillery." Gu Yiyi replied quickly.
Obviously, His Excellency the Chief of Staff of the Brigade also did his homework during the march and memorized the aviation reconnaissance report by heart.
However, he forgot that the top of the mountain that had been emptied and the position on the front of the mountain were far as the eye could see, which was very suitable for the aviation scouts at a height of hundreds of meters to observe, but in the tunnels hidden in the dense woods on the back of the mountain, no matter how good the eyes of the aviation scouts were, they could not see a single one.
"The stupid Shina man is just stubbornly resisting." After listening to the report, Suzuki Mitsu disdainfully curled a trace of arrogance at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Order the Yanagawa Brigade, after a 30-minute rest, to launch a tentative attack on the main position of the Shina side, so that their firepower points are exposed." โ
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the defenders of China on that hill ใใใใใใ" Gu Yi asked, pointing to the Death Company who had already entered the position on the ancient mountain two miles away.
"Hmph, it's just a dead place, where do I need to be used by the Imperial Japanese Army? Order the Yanagawa brigade to bypass that lonely hill and ignore the defenders above, and when we take the main position of Shina, they will flee like frightened rabbits, and the precious shells of the empire will not be used in useless places. Mitsumi Suzuki waved his hand, and his gaze did not stop at all on the ancient mountain.
In his opinion, the defenders of this hill, about 1,800 feet before Luo Wenyu Pass, would not pose any threat to their troops at all.
If they have a cannon, it's a small possibility.
However, Zhou Shiyu really has artillery, and there are 9 mortars, and if you fire with all your strength, you can tilt out more than 100 shells in one minute.
That's going to be a real death.