my bright sword career

Chapter 124

The head of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army can see this one-character code, and other people can also see it. For a while, Chongqing and the major newspapers are all excited.

Pravda, Shenbao, Ta Kung Pao and other major newspapers published this telegram, which can be called the shortest in history.

"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers... The 41st Division of the Japanese Army was approaching Qixia Pass. Koizumi Koizumi, the commander of the 41st Division, called the leader of the Liantai militia, hoping that he would surrender, and the leader of the [-]st division only replied with one word."

"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers, one regiment faced one division of the Japanese army. Commander Gao led his troops to fight against the 41st Division of the Japanese army at Qixiaguan. It is not yet known who will win the battle."

Today, in Chongqing, Guilin, and other major cities that have not yet been occupied, newsboys selling newspapers are running around in the streets and alleys, holding up the newspapers and shouting the latest news.

Out of curiosity, people from all walks of life also bought newspapers to read. This is incredible. There are still such people these days, and they use a regiment of troops to face a division of the Japanese army. What kind of courage and the spirit of being at home in the world! .

Especially the telegram of the reply, the whole text is just one word, "Bah!"

But as long as the Chinese people know what this means, it's so f*ckingly relieved.

In fact, the next morning, Koizumi Yukio immediately tore the telegram into pieces after seeing the reply telegram from Gao Hongming, and his reserved face turned livid.

"Baga, since this Chinese man doesn't know how to praise, let's tear him to pieces with cannons and order the field artillery unit to fire!"

The 41st Division belongs to the standard Yu B Division. His field artillery unit has a total of 24 Type 75 105mm mountain guns and twelve Type [-] [-]mm mountain guns.

This kind of artillery scale is already very powerful for the Chinese army in this period. There is such a dialogue in the movie Bloody Battle of Taierzhuang in later generations.A teacher said: I am going to deploy the main force of the whole division to defend in the village.

His superior objected: "No, no, no, the Japanese artillery fire is very powerful. If they hit the shells, you will collapse. How can we fight this battle?"It has to be said that during the Anti-Japanese War, the biggest gap between the Chinese army and the Japanese army was heavy weapons.

Koizumi Yukio gave an order, and the Japanese field artillery unit that had been prepared for a long time began shelling immediately.

"Boom...boom..."

Continuous shells fell on the positions that the militia soldiers spent several days rushing to repair. The violent explosion shock wave blew up many trenches into ruins, and mud and smoke raged in the trenches accompanied by steel fragments.

Although most of the militia soldiers went into the artillery holes, some soldiers were always kept as an early warning.

During the explosion, the raging steel shrapnel threatened the lives of militia soldiers in the trenches. The shock wave shattered the internal organs of militia soldiers at close range. The air was filled with acrid gunpowder smell and thick smoke, and the soldiers in the trenches were choked Constantly coughing loudly.

The soldiers hiding in the anti-gun holes were not feeling well either. Listening to the shells whistling overhead and the shells exploding nearby, everyone's faces were uncomfortable.

Today's shelling is different from yesterday's shelling by the 67th Regiment.

Yesterday's shelling was only four [-]-type infantry guns. They were not a big threat to the infantry who had trenches as shelters, but today is different.

Although the caliber of the Type 75 5mm mountain gun is only 105mm larger than that of the Type 12.34 infantry gun, it is much more powerful, especially the Type [-] [-]mm mountain gun, which is one of the heavy artillery of the Japanese army. Combat in complex terrain, its [-] kg shells have considerable explosive power.

When the shells fell one after another, the defense line of the fourth battalion on the first line was instantly submerged in thick smoke.

Gao Hongming saw with his own eyes that a 105 mountain artillery was hit in a bomb defense hole, and a squad of soldiers inside was buried in it in an instant.

Seeing this, Gao Hongming asked the observer on the side with an ugly face, "Have you observed the artillery positions of the Japanese army?"

The observation post replied: "Sir...it has been observed, but the devils are very cunning. They did not agree to deploy all the artillery in one place, but divided them into several places. At present, we have only observed two places, and we need to continue to observe. "

"What are you still watching, waiting for the little devil to wreak havoc on our infantry brothers, order the Second Pao Battalion to fight back immediately, beat him to hell!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Gao Hongming got angry, the observers did not dare to neglect, quickly picked up the SCR-300 radio, and tuned to the communication channel of the Second Pao Battalion.

"Second Artillery Battalion...Second Artillery Battalion, this is the front-line observation post. Two Japanese artillery positions were observed, which are 212...455 125...754. The regiment has an order to destroy them immediately."

"understand!"

There was only a clear and steady voice on the radio.

More than ten seconds later, Gao Hongming on the observation post immediately heard a sharp whistling sound from behind, followed by bursts of explosions about five or six kilometers behind the Japanese army.

A few minutes later, Yukio Koizumi received a report from Chief of Staff Ogiwara Toda: "Your Excellency, Division Chief, our No. [-] and No. [-] artillery positions were destroyed, and three artillery pieces were lost. The artillery of these two artillery positions has stopped firing and started to fire." Move artillery positions."

Koizumi Koizumi was not surprised when he heard that his artillery position was attacked. From the information he got these days, he knew that the Chinese army on the opposite side had artillery. Although the number of artillery pieces is not clear, what is certain is the caliber of the artillery pieces. It should be 105 mm, and the number should not be less than twelve doors.

Faced with this situation, Yukio Koizumi also made preparations. He ordered the Field Artillery Wing to disperse the artillery positions yesterday. Although it is more troublesome to command like this, it is better than safety, and this has really come true.

Although he had already expected the opponent's artillery, Koizumi still felt distressed when he heard that three artillery pieces were destroyed.

After all, Japan is an island country with poor resources, so it takes materials more seriously, especially heavy weapons such as artillery.

The muscles on his face twitched a few times, and he asked again: "Did you find the location of the Chinese's artillery?"

"No."

Ogiwara Toda shook his head: "The artillery positions of the Chinese people are arranged behind Qixia Pass. Our observation post is too low to be seen at all. The Artillery Wing requests to raise observation balloons for observation."

"Approval." Koizumi Yukio said without hesitation: "Immediately raise the observation balloon, quickly lock the artillery positions of the Chinese, and then destroy them."

"Hi!"

Seeing Ogiwara Toda leaving, Koizumi Yukio looked at Qixia Pass opposite, and felt for the first time that this pass was not as easy to fight as he imagined.

In recent years, he has commanded the 41st Division and experienced many battles, but he has rarely lost. Even the most well-equipped Central Army only retreated with hatred after facing the artillery of the 41st Division.

But today, this Huaxia militia gave him a different feeling. The opponents can't help being well-equipped, even equipped with heavy artillery that is not inferior to theirs. At what cost it is hard to say.

But you can't do nothing, otherwise, the imperial army of a majestic division dared not launch an attack in the face of a small pass, which would make people laugh.

Soon, the 67th Wing began to attack.

After receiving the order, Ryuji Ota immediately launched a frontal attack with the first battalion, while the second and third battalion surrounded from the left and right flanks respectively. At the same time, scout balloons were raised in the rear.

Faced with the large-scale Japanese attack, Gao Hongming and the officers of the militia became serious.

The scale of the Japanese army's attack today is very different from yesterday's. From the mountain down, there are dark Japanese troops everywhere.

There is a huge difference between the Japanese brigade-level attack and the wing-level attack. After the attack scale reaches the wing level, light and heavy machine guns, infantry artillery, grenade grenade, mortars and even field artillery are all available.

The Field Artillery Regiment first bombarded the hillside with dozens of artillery belonging to them, and the dust and smoke filled the air for a while. Soldiers in the trenches can only pray that the shells will not fall on their heads.

"Sir... the devil's artillery fire is too crazy, should we order the artillery battalion to fight back?"

Seeing that his own troops could only hide in the artillery hole to avoid the artillery fire, Wu Chengfeng couldn't bear it anymore, and asked Gao Hongming who was beside him.

Gao Hongming shook his head: "The devil's artillery fire is nothing to worry about. What I am worried about now is whether the devil will set a trap and suddenly attack us after our artillery fire shows up. In this way, our losses will be great."

"But you can't do this and wait." Wu Chengfeng was a little unwilling. During this period of time, they had always suppressed the devils. When will it be the devils' turn to show off their prestige in front of them.

"What are you in a hurry for?" Gao Hongming glared at him. "This battle won't end in a short while. You have to know that we have a whole division of devils in front of us. If we are not careful, we will be doomed. Be careful and be careful.

You are not the nursing home of Gao’s old house now, nor when you were a platoon leader in the Northwest Army. You have seven or eight hundred brothers under your command, and their lives are in your hands. Huh, how can I rest assured that I will teach you the first battalion. "

After being reprimanded by Gao Hongming, Wu Chengfeng drooped his head and remained silent.

Gao Hongming ignored him, walked to the observation mirror, and closed his eyes. After more than ten minutes, the devils stopped shelling, and the infantry began to attack. A [-]-type heavy machine gun began to shoot non-stop at the fourth battalion. The infantry, on the other hand, took advantage of the gaps in shooting to advance quickly by using the terrain. They had only one purpose, and that was to shorten the distance with the defenders in the shortest possible time.

Just when the Japanese army was desperately closing the distance, the defenders of the Fourth Battalion began to move. Soldiers began to drill out of the anti-gun holes, and MG42 machine guns began to be erected.

The riflemen began to fight back one after another, and the MG42 opened fire quickly, and the intensive firepower instantly knocked down the two rows of Japanese soldiers rushing to the front.

(End of this chapter)