Chapter 579: Highland Assault (4) (Page 1/1)

At the beginning of Zhang Wei's assault force charge, the Japanese troops in Luotang did not immediately find the assault troops rushing up, and the fierce battle on the Jieshou Heights and the artillery fire overhead diverted most of their attention, and in the deafening shelling sound superimposed on Luotang and Jieshou, the Japanese troops on the Luotang Heights suffered the most damage from the mountain artillery, and most of the Japanese troops were busy avoiding shells and artillery, hiding in their respective fortifications.

Some Japanese troops who held on to key fortifications and firing points gritted their teeth and took risks, maneuvering in the communication trenches to the predetermined fortifications and garrison sites, and the Japanese soldiers and officers were on the orders

The bombardment of the Luotang Heights by the 75 Mountain Field Artillery and the sound of heavy artillery fire on the side of the Jieshou Heights almost neutralized the shouts and kills of the assault troops below the high ground, and several Japanese observation posts hidden at the bottom were also killed in the first round of fire preparations, and the 75 Mountain Field Artillery Fire Preparations of the assault troops, because of their orderly organization, killed and deterred the Japanese troops were not much worse than the 150-mm heavy artillery bombardment that was slightly worse organized by the Fifth Army's artillery group before.

"Whoosh-boom"

"Whoosh"

The sound of artillery shells breaking through the air in the mountains irritated the eardrums of every Japanese soldier on the high ground, and this round of shelling made the garrison Japanese troops very uncomfortable, both in terms of the intensity of the shelling and the way of shelling.

Two 75-millimeter 38 field shells and two Bofors shells landed on the high ground almost at the same time, and the landing point of these four shells happened to be next to a light machine gun fire point in the front line of the Japanese defenders in Luotang.

The simple fortifications are different from those bunkers built of logs, the trenches and the piled up sandbags cannot prevent the four shells from exploding at the same time, the sandbags are blown apart by the shock wave of the shells, the shrapnel of the mountain shells and the field shells are staggered and superimposed on each other, in the middle of the civil fortifications, the screams are heard, the two Japanese soldiers guarding the back are all killed, a whole light machine gun team is reimbursed under the shells, and the eleven-year-old light machine gun is blown into scrap metal.

The fragments of the Japanese soldier's two Type 90 steel helmets hit the light machine gun, making a piercing grinding sound, and the main and secondary shooters of the 11-year-old light machine gun were torn apart by the bombardment of the Chinese-made 75 field grenades, leaving a lot of flesh and blood......

Garrisoned on the Luotang Heights is the fourth squadron of the second infantry brigade of the 42nd Wing of the Japanese army and two heavy machine gun squads, the main infantry force of the Kunlun Pass garrison is the second brigade of the 42nd Wing, and the other artillery and engineers of the Kunlun Pass garrison are all fighting around this infantry brigade.

This 1,000-strong infantry brigade undertook the task of garrisoning key points near Kunlun Pass, and the fourth squadron of the second brigade deployed on the Luotang Heights was deployed.

The Japanese troops who were responsible for holding the task on the Luotang Heights, one infantry squadron and two heavy machine gun squads, with a total strength of more than 240 people, were all the strength of the Japanese troops on the Luotang Heights. Almost one mortar squadron was blown up by Zhang Wei, and the remnants of the mortar squadron and infantry squad were forced to withdraw to the pass and shrink and reunite.

At this point, the Japanese army first folded a move, Zhang Wei's surprise attack made the Japanese defenders in Luotang not fight, and they first lost artillery support, the lack of a mortar squadron, which is a very serious firepower gap for the Japanese garrison on the heights, on the anticline and flank rear positions in Luotang, except for a dozen scattered Japanese infantry, there is no Japanese combat strength, without mortar fire, the fate of the Japanese army in Luotang, this time most of them have to rely on their own guns and bullets to fight

The backbone of the Japanese Kunlun Pass garrison is an infantry brigade, which has to garrison several heights at the same time, so it is basically a squadron as a unit, strengthening light and heavy firepower, holding on separately, and supporting each other.

For several days, the front of the main high ground has been held by the 4th squadron and two heavy machine gun squads, repelling the constant attacks of the 598th Regiment of the 200th Division, and the troops of more than 240 people seem to be small, but they are defending on the high ground, and there are air support and constantly reinforced fortifications, and their defensive strength is very strong for the officers and men of the 598th Regiment.

The fierce fire of the four Bofors mountain guns and the four Type 38 field guns guarding the assault troops in Luotang caused more than 20 casualties to the garrison Japanese troops during the first round of fire preparations, most of the more than 20 people were stragglers and observation posts killed by shrapnel, and there were also light machine gun crews that seemed to be killed by several shells.

This time, the assault troops relied on firepower to prepare for the Japanese army's more than 20 casualties, which seemed to be small, but this was done under the condition that the Japanese army had bunkers and civil fortifications, and it was not easy, and the artillery bombardment after consultation and improvement between the assault troops and the artillery was indeed very fierce, and many Japanese troops on the high ground were beaten and could not raise their heads.

Some of the Japanese troops in the trenches and fortifications, bearing the shelling, and thinking of the anti-slope positions that were being raided, had a bad premonition.

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"Kill!"

The assault troops that rushed to the high ground, led by infantry, spread out on the high ground, and charged upward, teaching the first squadron and the third squadron of the brigade, the main force of infantry in the assault force, in the front, straight to the front of the high ground, behind the first and third squadrons were the engineer platoon and the heavy machine gun platoon, the mortar platoon, next to the engineer platoon, twelve battle defense artillerymen, seven or eight people dragged the 37 battle defense artillery with a tow rope, and the other few people carried the battle defense shells, and the battle defense artillery squad was under the screen of the engineer platoon, pulling the artillery to rush to the high ground.

In short, it was the infantry that was at the forefront, and the troops operating the supporting firearms were as far back as possible to reduce casualties, and the battle defense artillery squad was placed last, and the engineer platoon was used to screen and cover, and Zhang Wei left the battle defense artillery squad at the end, in addition to considering that the battle defense artillery target was too large and easy to be beaten, he also planned to use this battle defense artillery in a mobile way

The 13th Squadron, which rushed to the front line, continued to disperse in the midst of the attack in order to avoid a dense shock formation.

The soldiers stepped on the soft soil, felt the hot earth, attacked and left, not far in front of the infantry of the 13th Squadron, that is, the place where the shells of the 75 Mountain Wild Shells fell, the 13th Squadron took the lead in the charge are veterans, the 13th Squadron participated in the Battle of Lanfeng, the Battle of Xuzhou and the few veterans who participated in the Nanjing Campaign took the lead, controlled the advance speed in the first row, and followed the artillery fire with the infantry.

This is to allow artillery fire to suppress the Japanese army for a longer time, cover, and escort the infantry to advance more distances, and the air flow generated by the explosion of the shells will impact the bodies of the officers and soldiers in the ranks of the assault troops.

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