Chapter 237: Superior Firepower Human Sea Assault Doctrine

Chapter 237 Superior Firepower + Human Sea Assault Doctrine

Time goes back ten minutes to Dongfeng Mountain in Zhongtiao Mountain.

"Captain, please leave Highland 1337 to our battalion! Give me ten minutes and I promise to complete the mission!"

After finally catching up with a large-scale battle, all the commanders and soldiers were in high spirits, and no one wanted to miss the opportunity to fight the first battle.

"Why do all the good things have to go to your first battalion? Are our second and third battalions just stepmothers? It's our turn for the main attack mission this time!"

The noise beside him made Ding Wei frown. The new group's hiding place was not too far from the enemy's position. If the noise was louder, the target would be exposed.

After thinking for a moment, he put down the telescope in his hand and said seriously:

"Okay, okay! Stop arguing! Let the 1st Battalion attack Highland 1337, but I will only give you ten minutes. If the attack does not go well, I will replace you immediately!"

"Highland 1349 is in charge of the Second Battalion, and the Third Battalion serves as a reserve team and is ready to enter the battlefield at any time!"

"You all bring your portable communicators and keep in touch with me throughout the battle. The artillery battery will provide you with fire support."

Although the war on the northeast side of Zhongtiao Mountain has not yet officially begun, the two Japanese divisions have stepped into the trap set by the 129th Division without realizing it.

This is due to the fact that the First Air Division provides a large amount of intelligence to the ground forces. The pilots are not only immersed in licking the ground, but also often serve as reconnaissance aircraft during ground attacks.

Our side has opened the entire map, but the enemy is still in the fog of war. I really don’t know how to lose.

In the plan of the deputy commander-in-chief and division commander, the units of the 129th Division needed to occupy the high ground around Dongfeng as soon as the battle started.

In this way, it can not only cut off the enemy's escape route, but also occupy favorable terrain during the attack. After all, this is a famous saying that applies to any battlefield.

The two highlands of 1337 and 1349 are Ding Wei's mission targets.

Among them, the former only has one squadron of Japanese soldiers stationed there, which is not a problem at all for the strong new regiment. The latter has a total of 300 people, and the terrain is more favorable to the defender, making it more difficult to attack.

After looking at his watch and the information in his hand, Ding Wei issued the final order:

"Comrades of the 1st Air Division will be in position immediately! Get ready for action!"

"The first and second battalions attack at the same time! We can't give the enemy any time to react! Once the two highland Japs join forces, we will be in big trouble."

"Don't be reluctant to use 50. We must give full play to our advantages in firepower and troops to catch the enemy by surprise!"

"good!"

"receive!"

After receiving the order, the first battalion commander and three company commanders successfully found the enemy's forward position based on the intelligence provided by the brigade headquarters and the results of the recent investigation.

The Japs were very vigilant at this time. After all, they had never thought about the possibility of being raided. They had to thank the Army Air Force reconnaissance planes and T&G for their help.

It's breakfast time now, and the enemies on the high ground are actually making a fire to cook. Black smoke from burning wood shot straight into the sky and could be faintly seen from a kilometer away.

Just when the battalion commander was about to give the order for action, a Japanese soldier suddenly stood up and walked towards their hiding place. Everyone held their breath for fear of exposing their position.

"Onuma-kun, eat more."

"Our division will be heading south soon, and we will definitely not be able to eat anything serious by then. Cherish the hot food in front of you."

Fortunately, the little devil who spoke was just here to throw away food scraps and did not discover the Eighth Route Army lurking outside the position.

Facing such an unbearable enemy, the face of the first battalion commander was full of disdain. He waved behind him, signaling the soldiers of the Third Company to take a detour from the enemy's blind spot and move around to the side and rear of the high ground to wait.

Three minutes later, the scheduled attack time arrived.

"rush!"

Charge is a technical activity. After the 129th Division underwent a round of reorganization, the combat team has replaced the squad and become the smallest combat unit in the army.

The first battalion commander divided the combat areas of each group based on the intelligence and reconnaissance results, achieving micro-management in the true sense.

Following the order, each combat group rushed into the enemy's position without hesitation with submachine guns, and then the soldiers rushed towards their respective targets in groups of three.

Facing the sudden and wolf-like Eighth Route Army soldiers, the Japanese who were eating hot pot and singing were instantly confused.

They subconsciously wanted to pick up the Sanba Gai beside them, but unfortunately, the violent bullets crushed all enemies who tried to struggle, and the turbulent sea of ​​people quickly flooded the main position on the hilltop.

These dozen Japanese soldiers never figured out one thing until they died: where did the Eighth Route Army in front of them come from, and how did so many enemies get there silently?

But these little days are not in vain. After all, a pair of underwear and toilet paper have their uses. They used their lives to send an early warning to their comrades around them.

At this time, the individual quality and fighting will of the grassroots soldiers of the B Division were fully demonstrated.

A group of squad captains and team captains organized a counterattack as soon as they were attacked. The infantrymen entered the combat position under the leadership of their respective commanders, forming a defensive position with heavy machine guns and grenade launchers as the core.

It's a pity that the devil is as high as one foot and the road is as high as one foot.

When the enemy's attention is all attracted by the successive battles on the frontal battlefield. The roundabout third company of divine soldiers descended from the sky and attacked from behind with terrifying momentum.

Comrades had a clear division of labor. Soldiers from two platoons attacked with submachine guns in their hands, and soldiers from one platoon cleared the way with offensive grenades.

Under the two-sided attack from the soldiers of the third company, the counterattack force that the Japanese had finally organized became fragmented again in an instant.

As their own regiment commander required the battle to be resolved within ten minutes, everyone jumped into the enemy camp without hesitation, and then it was time for both sides to compete in firepower.

Da da da!

At a distance of fifty meters, the high-rate submachine gun was invincible. Without any accidents, the first battalion successfully captured the 1337 highland.

"Leave a squad to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of you follow me! Go to support the second battalion!"

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If the first battle for the highland tested tactics, micro-management command and the tacit understanding of comrades, then the following battle fully explained what the theory of superior firepower is.

After the soldiers of the first battalion exchanged fire with the enemy, Ding Wei personally commanded the second battalion and the artillery company to launch an attack.

Unlike the narrow area of ​​Hill 1337, Hill 1349 is wider and can accommodate more soldiers to defend the position.

However, the Japanese dare not gather all on the top of the mountain, after all, they have lost air superiority. At a time when enemy fighters may appear at any time, a target that is too large will definitely bring about a fatal disaster.

With the above restrictions, the Japanese only retained a small force on the hill to perform tasks.

In order to prevent enemy raids, they arranged a reserve of 50 people to stand by behind the hill, and they could support the front line at any time if there was a war.

The large force was scattered and hidden in the woods farther behind. As long as the main peak persisted for ten minutes, all the soldiers could be put on the battlefield to participate in the battle.

This arrangement is very reasonable and ingenious, but it is a pity that the new regiment is more skilled.

Before the attack began, Ding Wei took off the telescope hanging around his neck. He carefully observed the Japanese position, and then waved to the rear to signal the artillery to act according to the original plan.

"See the hill in front, and the reverse slope behind it."

"Use flares to mark the two points, call for support from the comrades of the First Air Division, and let's have an air-to-ground coordinated operation!"

"Yes!"

As several mortar shells fell into the designated area, the Second Battalion concentrated its superior forces and attacked the high ground occupied by the enemy. Before the infantry pressed to the main position, the artillery company directly under the regiment headquarters continued to suppress the fire.

The range of firepower covered not only the high ground where the enemy was located, but also the reverse slope and the woods behind.

The intensity of the artillery attack on the reverse slope reached a crazy level. An 81mm Blond and five 60mm mortars always maintained high-intensity rapid fire, and the gunners' arms were swung out of double shadows.

Boom boom boom!

Amid the screams of the devils, limbs and pieces of meat flew all over the sky, and the red blood mist and the splashing loess seemed to interweave layers of gauze.

The purpose of shelling the reverse slope is to block the road for the enemy's reserve forces to reinforce, completely isolate the highland defense forces, and enable the Second Battalion to maintain its numerical advantage.

Above the battlefield, Gladiators, Hurricanes and Spitfires cut through the sky again and again, and every dive of the fighters would take away a large number of enemy lives.

Seeing the red smoke rising from the west, a Hurricane numbered 192 broke away from its formation and changed its route to fly towards the 1349 highland.

Nowadays, there are two fighters in the Air Force 1st Division that are particularly famous. The first one is naturally the Spitfire numbered 079 of Captain Wang Hai. The members of the Army Aviation of the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army have been psychologically traumatized by him.

The Japanese pilots even reached a consensus internally that if they saw 079 during a single mission, they could take the initiative to abandon the mission and leave the battlefield.

If they were sent down again, there would be four stars on the fuselage of the Spitfire fighter.

The other fighter was Fang Ziyi's Hurricane. The Japanese in the entire Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield would subconsciously flee when they saw 192, as if it had become a memory engraved in their bones.

Although there are not many records of shooting down, only four so far. But it is not because of his lack of ability, but because most of his energy must be spent on ground attacks.

With super high efficiency, Fang Ziyi has killed a 105 heavy howitzer position, 7 Type 95 light tanks and 11 armored vehicles of various models in just six days.

The number of infantry and cavalry who died under his hands is countless, and the Japanese privately call him the Eagle of North China.

Perhaps in the future, it is not the technology that limits Fang Ziyi's record, but the military industrial production capacity of the country.

After reaching the sky above Hill 1349, the Hurricane fighter began to dive towards the hilltop position, and 12 7.62mm Browning machine guns set off a bloody storm among the Japanese crowd.

After throwing the last 227kg bomb into the queue of the enemy reinforcements, he arrogantly used the aircraft machine gun to strafe at low altitude, clearly bullying the Japanese without reliable anti-aircraft weapons.

In a sense, the people on Hill 1349 were really lucky.

These infantrymen not only had no support, but also no guarantee of ammunition supply.

They had to face the bombardment of the New 1st Regiment Artillery Company and Fang Ziyi throughout the battle. Even if they survived, there would be rounds of infantry attacks waiting for them.

When the second battalion commander led the assault team to the hill, the main position of the devils was full of craters and corpses. Such a shocking scene made even these veterans stunned for half a second.

The number of enemies alive and fighting stubbornly was no more than one squad, and this number of people was not enough for each commando to fire a burst of submachine gun bullets.

One minute later, the flag representing the Eighth Route Army was planted on the high ground.

At the same time, Ding Wei also took out a portable communicator: "Report to the brigade commander! The new regiment has completed the mission! Please give instructions!"

The other end of the communicator first heard shouts of killing and the sound of shells being fired, followed by the brigade commander's full-blooded voice.

"Good boy, you did a great job."

"Take your regiment to the front battlefield quickly, and contact the chief of staff directly after you are in position! By the way, you are the fifth."

Only fifteen minutes after the battle began, all the high grounds of Dongfeng were taken by the Eighth Route Army.

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"Qi Shuijun, it seems that you and I will be loyal to His Majesty Tian Huang today."

"What a pity, I had the opportunity to return to my homeland in April this year to see the cherry blossoms in my hometown."

Hearing Sakurai Shozo's mumbling like a last word, Shimizu Guizhi clenched his fists. While giving orders, the old devil exhorted his colleagues not to give up.

Thanks to the reasonable dispatch of the two devil lieutenant generals, coupled with the traditional army's big fight and ice effect.

The 33rd Division and the 41st Division, after paying the price of nearly two thousand deaths, set up a circular defense position based on the original position of the preserved fruit.

This position consists of four circles, of which the outermost circle is a defensive fortification with a denial nature.

The best choice for obstacles is mines with barbed wire, and anti-tank trenches and flares can be added when necessary.

When the attacker attempts to occupy the outermost position, the obstacles must be cleared first. But once the infantry stops moving, they will become stationary targets and be shot one by one by the defenders.

However, the devils don't have the conditions to make it so fine, they can only use the positions of the preserved fruit defenders for temporary transformation. The barbed wire only covers 70% of the area, and there is no mine at all.

The second layer is the infantry defense belt, which is composed of many sandbags left by the preserved fruit defenders. The devils who have the conditions also dug square deep pits.

In conjunction with the houses in Dongfeng Village, a position consisting of thousands of people was built.

Originally, our army occupied the high ground and could attack from a high position. But facing the two divisions that were determined to defend, the infantry had to come down from the hillside.

The Japanese had a small exposure area due to the bonus of the position, while the soldiers of the 129th Division had a large exposure area, so the original advantage immediately turned into a disadvantage.

In the gaps between the infantry positions, the enemy would also deploy mobile armored forces within a certain distance, forming a crossfire composed of tanks, armored vehicles, three-wheeled vehicles and infantry.

The third layer is composed of several tank squadrons and vehicle-mounted mobile firepower. These highly mobile troops will patrol and cruise on the position and support the infantry positions in need at any time.

The innermost layer is the Japanese artillery position and command center. The two lieutenant generals concentrated all calibers and types of artillery here.

This position is commonly known as the Turtle Formation. If the attacker is the Eighth Route Army that has just crossed the Yellow River to enter Shanxi, even if three divisions come together, it is highly likely that they will not be able to bite it.

Last year, when the Yamazaki Battalion broke into the logistics department in southeastern Shanxi, their remnants used this trick. There was almost no way to deal with the troops without heavy firepower.

The two dared to arrange it this way for their own reasons. The Eighth Route Army's air force had consumed all its ammunition, and there was no trace of any enemy aircraft on the battlefield.

The enemy's artillery had not fired for a long time, and there must be a shortage of shells.

Although they didn't figure out how this Eighth Route Army came, they firmly believed that the enemy had no logistical support! Once the shells were used up, they were used up, and there would be no replenishment.

In addition, Okamura Neiji assured them that the supporting troops were rushing to them.

As long as they were not defeated by the Eighth Route Army in one breath, the two divisions on the eastern front plus the Army Aviation in North China and Central China might really have a chance to fight the enemy.

Once all the forces converge, they will form a counterattack, and then it will be a classic center bloom!

"Sakurai-kun! Don't give up!"

"We still have reinforcements! As long as we hold on, there will be a way! As long as we hold on, there will be hope!"

After all the high ground outside was occupied, the 129th Division began to attack the main forces of the 33rd Division and the 41st Division trapped in Dongfeng.

Facts have proved that the Japanese's arrangement is indeed something.

Facing the position of the 386th Brigade, Cheng Xiazi's 772nd Regiment was responsible for the main attack. The soldiers finally cleared the outermost layer of barbed wire and suffered a counterattack from the infantry defense belt.

The combined attack of the Type 92 heavy machine gun and grenade launcher, coupled with the crossfire of the Japanese armored forces and infantry, caused a sharp increase in casualties among the soldiers of the first battalion.

And the third and fourth layers of the circular position are not for nothing.

While the infantry of both sides were fighting, the tanks and artillery positions concentrated their firepower to bombard the rear of the first battalion of the 772nd Regiment. The attacking force was cut into two parts, and the front and rear could not take care of each other.

Under the command of the first battalion commander, the soldiers finally broke up the enemy's infantry defense circle.

However, the artillery in the inner layer directly turned to bombard the original infantry position. While playing a killing role, only a small number of the Eighth Route Army entered the inner layer.

The first battalion of the 772nd Regiment instantly became an isolated salient deep in the enemy's territory. The cruising tank troops saw the opportunity and immediately rushed to counterattack.

Even if the soldiers were equipped with 40mm artillery, it was still difficult for light infantry to fight with armored forces in open terrain.

The soldiers could only fight and retreat, and retreated to the starting point at the foot of the mountain after suffering one-third of casualties.

The 772nd Regiment is the main force of the 386th Brigade, and now it has grown to 3,300 people. The casualties of one-third of the first battalion are not a small number, and Cheng Xiazi was so angry that he cursed.

"Are you stupid? I ask you what year is it now? Do you still think we are the Eighth Route Army in 1937 with only six mortars in the entire division?"

"It's been almost a year, why are you still stubborn!"

"Why don't you call for artillery support when there are tough guys! Why use your flesh and blood to fight against the iron Gada!"

Although he cursed, Cheng Xiazi was not idle, and he had already figured out a way to break the deadlock.

The 772nd Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment are all troops under the battle sequence of the 386th Brigade. The three regiment commanders Cheng, Kong and Ding will learn from each other whenever they have time.

As a master of defensive warfare, Kong Jie has his own unique insights into various defensive positions.

Although he has not yet entered the military academy, let alone written the graduation thesis "Strategic Encirclement and Concentric Assault", he has already expressed his views on how to crack the circular defense position.

The first cracking method requires sufficient firepower.

The center of the circular position is the strongest point and the most vulnerable point.

There are sufficient artillery there, and the attack range of the artillery position can cover the entire field.

But the center of the circle is also the place where ammunition is supplied and materials are stored. As long as sufficient artillery is used to concentrate firepower to attack the center of the circle, the outer positions will lose the most powerful support.

The second cracking method requires sufficient troops.

The circular defense position is actually a defense system built by firepower, which means that the enemy's troops are unlikely to be sufficient, and the second-level infantry defense belt can only barely fill the front line.

The previous attack of the 772nd Regiment also proved this point. It is not difficult to break through the infantry defense line.

That is why the devils have to deploy armored mobile forces on the third layer. These tanks, armored vehicles and three-wheeled vehicles are actually fire brigades. They are responsible for remedying any part of the infantry that cannot hold on, in order to maintain the shaky defense line.

If there are sufficient troops, then breakthroughs can be made directly at multiple points. Let the enemy not fill up the grid, so that the devils lose sight of one thing while focusing on another.

The third method is to wear out the enemy, but Kong Jie himself does not recommend it.

The Eighth Route Army now has no shortage of weapons, logistics and soldiers. Why should we use the old methods? It is time-consuming and laborious and may delay the enemy to reinforce.

As the most stable commander of the 386th Brigade, Lao Kong often emphasizes that command ideas must keep up with the trend of the times. What he is studying now is how to make full use of the mobility and coordinated strike capabilities of the land and air forces in defensive battles.

The 772nd Regiment is fully capable of the three cracking methods given above. In order not to give the devils a breathing time, Cheng Xiazi immediately contacted the brigade headquarters with a portable communicator.

"Brigade Commander, I'll give you a coordinate! Let the artillery regiment help me fire a few shots! We must first destroy the devil's artillery positions, otherwise the troops will be too passive!"

As a famous hexagonal warrior of our army, the brigade commander naturally knows everything. Even if Cheng Xiazi did not take the initiative to ask, he would order the artillery regiment to help the 772nd Regiment break through the enemy's defense line.

After a very perfunctory test firing, the shells plowed the ground directly.

It is obvious that the commander of the artillery regiment is also a person who wins by quantity. As long as he fires more, he will definitely hit the target.

Hard work pays off. After the tenth round of shelling, the Second Artillery Regiment directly exploded the Japanese ammunition depot, destroying the entire artillery position and half of the third-level armored forces.

It's a pity that the 105 heavy howitzers and two Japanese lieutenant generals, the former were damaged in the explosion, and the latter were torn into pieces with the explosion of ammunition.

After losing the inner circle with the greatest threat, Cheng Xiazi immediately issued an attack order.

In order to reduce losses, he first sent multiple combat teams to repeatedly pull and detect the relatively weak areas of the enemy's defense, and then concentrated troops to attack the weak points.

Combined with a large number of mortars to support the breakthrough of the front line, a hole was knocked out with artillery shells.

An hour later, the 33rd and 41st divisions were completely wiped out!

Doctrine of superior firepower: Focuses on well-equipped army divisions with a large number of support companies and artillery, and will receive additional bonuses for fighting in places with air superiority.

Doctrine of human wave assault: Uses a large amount of manpower, improves morale and reinforcement rate, reduces the combat width of infantry, and allows more soldiers to fight at the same time to suppress large enemy divisions.

Doctrine of I am a waste: 500 words per hour