The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 64 A Bloody Day (Part )
...The Japanese artillery was very cunning. They would often stop firing suddenly in the middle of a bombing, allowing the infantry to prepare for an immediate attack.

Inexperienced officers are often impatient to get their men out of their shell holes and prepare for battle.

As a result, at this time, the Japanese artillery would continue to fire, killing many brothers who were unable to dodge in time on the position.

Leave an observation post on the position and wait until the Japanese really attack before the brothers come out. This is a very simple experience that we learned at the cost of many deaths.

The Japanese have many more cunning tricks, so behind every experience that the veterans pass on to the recruits lies a lot of living lives.

Learning war from war is absolutely true, but the tuition is damn expensive...

...Excerpt from Hu Biao's diary collection "Hu Shuo"...

Before Hu Biao could see clearly what the Japanese were doing outside the position in the flying dust, he heard the familiar voice of the orderly Zhu Cong:

"Commander Hu, come quickly! There's a bomb shelter here that's been blown down, and a brother is buried inside."

Upon hearing this, Hu Biao immediately became furious. As he ran towards the voice, he cursed loudly:

"What are you still standing there for? Everyone, hurry up and look around to see if there's anyone like this. If there is, dig the person out. Otherwise, even if they're not blown to death by the Japanese, they'll be suffocated to death."

After running all the way over, Hu Biao found that Chaozi had arrived early and was digging the soil quickly with his hands with another soldier.

It took less than half a minute to finally dig out a head that was so covered in mud and sand that it was unrecognizable.

Fortunately, it didn't matter that he couldn't recognize who it was. After Chaozi patted the man on the back a few times, he started coughing loudly and did not suffocate to death.

Unfortunately, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard the whistling sound of artillery shells tearing through the sky again.

The Japanese stopped shelling for just one minute, and then started again.

Hu Biao suddenly reacted in a startled state:
These Japanese artillerymen are so damn cunning. They stopped firing halfway through the bombing, and then started shelling again as soon as everyone came out of the anti-artillery cave.

What to do? Just keep hiding.
However, it seems that we have to leave an observation post, and we can only come out after he issues an early warning, so as to avoid being ambushed by the Japanese.

Fortunately, when they were building fortifications last night, they had constructed enough anti-artillery holes on the battlefield, with one not far away. It was still not too late for everyone to hide.

For this reason, Hu Biao shouted at the top of his voice and issued a new order:

"Fire, take cover immediately. Big Hammer, you stay here to guard the place. Everyone else, remember, do not come out without my order, and don't run around."

While shouting, he rushed forward and worked together with Chaozi to drag the soldier, who had just had half of his body pulled out, out of the mud and sand like pulling a radish.

Then, just as the three of them squeezed into an anti-artillery cave to hide, the Japanese's intensive artillery fire fell again.

The bombardment continued for another five minutes before becoming sparse again.

When Hu Biao was still hesitating in his heart about whether the Japanese bombardment had ended, Dachui finally heard a panicked voice:
"Old Hu, the Japanese have started attacking, and the noise is quite loud."

"Third Company, everyone prepare for battle." Hu Biao shouted again as he jumped out.

There was no other way! For a rookie officer like Hu Biao, who had some combat experience but was completely uninitiated, command depended entirely on shouting.

There is an old saying: Birds of a feather flock together.

Or it can be called: What kind of person is you? What kind of person is you?

Anyway, for a long time afterwards, he and his fellow time travelers basically used this rustic way of commanding battles by shouting...

When Hu Biao lay on a sandbag, raised the Zeiss 6x telescope hanging around his neck and looked outside the position, he found that just as Dachui said, the Japanese attack this time was really loud.

I saw two Japanese tanks leading the way from a few miles away, heading towards the center line.
In addition to a small tank that he was already quite familiar with last time at position No. 7, there was also a larger tank driving in the front.

Comparing the two tanks, this one is not only larger in size, but also has thicker-looking steel plates.

The key point is that it has a tank gun and two light machine guns. Although the short caliber of the gun barrel makes it look rather small, this thing can already be considered a serious tank. According to the knowledge Hu Biao had crammed online after his last time traveling back.

It is basically certain that this thing should be the Japanese Type 37 tank, or a relatively early model; it has a 6.5mm caliber tank gun and two mm machine guns.

The total weight is 11.5 tons, which is considered a medium tank according to the Japanese's stingy standards.

Behind the two tanks, one large and one small, was almost a complete squadron of about 200 Japanese soldiers, slowly advancing along with the tanks.

The distance between tanks and infantry was quite far, and the Japanese tank-infantry coordination tactics were still quite poor.

In addition, behind these devils, several heavy machine guns were being set up, apparently preparing for long-range fire suppression.

At a farther position, a total of four Type 92 infantry guns were pushed up with great effort, as if preparing to build an artillery position at close range, and they were in a posture of directly aiming and firing at the position.

It must be said that the Japanese actually thought highly of their defenders, who numbered less than a company, and yet they still dispatched so many troops after their fierce artillery bombardment.

In other words, prepare for a single attack and take down their position.

I thought about how I had stayed up almost all night last night to arrange all the measures.

He also estimated the route of the Type 89 tank in the lead and the rest of the journey. Hu Biao knew that if nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to give the Japanese a big surprise.

Unconsciously, Hu Biao put on a sinister smile and muttered softly:
"Special! You think you can take down my carefully prepared position with just these tricks? You're blinded by my will."

Then, he shouted orders again: "Everyone listen carefully, no one is allowed to open fire without my order. We must let the devils get closer before we shoot."

The reason why Hu Biao issued the order to "shoot closer" was that he had no choice.

Because they currently have no means of countering the direct fire of the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun.

If you don't want the light and heavy machine gun fire points on the position, as well as snipers like Uncle Bo, to be bombed into the sky one by one as if they were being specifically targeted by the Japanese.

The only way is to get the Japanese close enough so that the two sides can get involved, and then make the Japanese artillery hesitate and unable to fire.

Even if this method will make the battle more brutal.

That's right! Hu Biao and his men in the center line were about to face their first battle of the 14th, while the battles on the left and right wings were also about to begin.

These two positions were also facing the attack of a squadron of Japanese soldiers, but these two squadrons were obviously not fully staffed and did not have that much heavy machine gun firepower.

There were no heavy equipment such as Type 92 infantry guns and tanks, so it was clearly a diversionary attack.

But even so, the Sichuan Army brothers of the 804th Regiment who were holding on to the left and right flanks were still on edge...

*******
As Captain Jio Shiraishi led his warriors forward, holding a drawn lieutenant's samurai sword, his heart was filled with indescribable pride.

Because today will be the day when he, the youngest son of a blacksmith from the countryside of Tsuruga, will be promoted, become rich, marry a noble lady, and start a successful life.

In the 19th Infantry Regiment, it can be said that all the squadron leaders wanted to get this opportunity to attack the Enlightenment Temple.

He wanted to capture the small position ahead, then drag the enemy commander's body to the captain, gain his praise, and have the opportunity to be promoted in the future.

Fortunately, the captain's adjutant and I were high school classmates.

Last night, I secretly found my adjutant, said so many nice things to him in private, and promised him many benefits. Finally, I got the opportunity that other colleagues dreamed of.

As for whether we can capture the enemy's position in this attack?
You must be kidding! He had more than twice as many warriors under his command as the defenders, and he had a fierce artillery fire prepared before the attack, and two powerful chariots to support him.

Just use your toes to think about where there might be a possibility of failure?
He was even worried that too many of the defenders on the position would be killed in the explosion. Otherwise, if the position was taken too easily, it would not be able to show the bravery of Shiraishi Jiong...

(End of this chapter)