Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

If you use grenade launchers to attack the riflemen of the Eighth Route Army, it would be uneconomical no matter how you look at it. Moreover, the riflemen can move quickly, so even if the grenades are fired at them, the effect will not be very good.

The Yamazaki Battalion is now isolated and deep in the enemy's territory. All logistical supplies are carried with the team. If they consume too much in this small place, it will be difficult for them to hold on and wait for reinforcements.

With no other options, he could only give the order to withdraw the exploratory team.

When Captain Xiao saw the Japanese retreating, he ordered everyone to stop shooting in order to save ammunition.

Zhang Dabiao was extremely happy when he saw that he had repelled the Japanese's first attack with very little loss.

"Captain, the Japanese's tentative attack is over, and now it's time for dinner."

"I have to say that the fortifications built by this arsenal are really strong. I just counted them and found that at least a dozen Japanese soldiers were killed and more than twenty were injured. That's half a squad's worth of troops."

"On our side, only a dozen people were injured, and no one was sacrificed. This is a great victory."

"If it were in the past, we would have to sacrifice at least a platoon to do this."

Li Yunlong looked at the wall of the headquarters and said pointedly:

"Da Biao, look at this headquarters, it's really well built. It's really impressive to have a cement factory in hand."

"I think our headquarters will be fine even if it is directly hit by the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun."

"Today's battle was achieved entirely with the help of a large amount of cement. The Japanese field troops are not soft persimmons. We must pay special attention."

"Also, we need to make some adjustments to our tactics in the future, especially the way of building fortifications. There are many things we can learn from them."

"I heard from Xiao Kong that this kind of fortification was specially designed by him based on foreign trench warfare and the current actual situation of our army. We need to let the company and platoon leaders experience it."

"Okay, Captain, I remember."

Captain Yamazaki saw that his previous tactics were no longer effective and had to temporarily change his attack method.

He first ordered the Type 92 infantry gun to fire at the opposing troops, and then, under the cover of artillery fire, a squadron of Japanese soldiers divided into several groups and launched a large-scale attack.

This level of attack cannot be resisted by rifle volleys. The light and heavy machine gun fire points will inevitably be exposed, and then they can be knocked out with grenade launchers, and finally the pig charge tactics can be used to capture the opposite position in one fell swoop.

Over the years, they have relied on their powerful artillery and sufficient ammunition to easily win victories, and this time should be no exception.

But the ideas are all good, but there are always unexpected things today.

When the Japanese attacking troops entered within 80 meters of the independent regiment's front line position, no one on our side opened fire and the entire battlefield suddenly became dead silent.

Captain Tian Yuan, who led the team, immediately judged that the Chinese army on the opposite position was probably scared away. In order to gain merit, he immediately urged his subordinates to attack quickly. The closer they were to the position at this time, the less losses they would suffer in the battle later.

However, the opposite happened. When they got within fifty meters, they stepped on a minefield that had been laid in advance.

When Kong Hao was designing the fortifications, he specifically came up with them based on the Japanese devils' combat habits, which would definitely be enough to give the attacking enemy a hard time.

Guarding the Eighth Route Army's largest arsenal, there was certainly no shortage of things like landmines, so Kong Hao specially set up a large-scale minefield.

If it were any other unit of the Eighth Route Army, they would not dare to let the Japanese get so close, but the Independent Regiment was different. They had a very high penetration rate of light and heavy machine guns, and they did not worry at all that the Japanese would take the opportunity to break through their defensive positions.

After the mine was detonated, all the attacking Japanese soldiers immediately lay down to avoid the shrapnel. Under the order of Battalion Commander Xiao, all the soldiers in the company opened fire at the same time.

The first company is the best-equipped main company of the first battalion of the independent regiment. In addition to rifles, it also has three Czech light machine guns, two Type 99 light machine guns, and two Type 92 heavy machine guns. Its firepower is extremely fierce.

Thanks to the fact that Kong Hao had exchanged a large number of Mauser pistols and submachine guns when he attacked the enemy's stronghold before, the entire company has twenty Mauser pistols and five submachine guns, which is a relatively large number of automatic firearms.

In addition, light and heavy machine guns are basically in the bunkers on the defense line, so the light and heavy machine gunners just need to shoot with peace of mind, and safety is very guaranteed.

Faced with this situation, the Japanese attacking troops were in dire straits. The team was suppressed and could not even raise their heads.

Moreover, when the Japanese soldiers were lying down, several mines exploded, injuring many of them.

Seeing this, Yamazaki behind him could only order the artillery unit to carry out continuous bombardment on the Eighth Route Army's positions to cover his own attacking forces.

Zhang Dabiao was not in a hurry either. Their main task was to delay time and wait for the arrival of troops from the other two directions to encircle and annihilate the Yamazaki Battalion.

Therefore, the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment is currently adopting the most conservative fighting style, which also results in the least casualties. It's just a bit despicable and does not fit in with Zhang Dabiao's personal temperament.

In fact, this kind of defensive battle should be carried out by Shen Quan's Second Battalion. He is best at defense, but unfortunately he was led by Kong Jie to ambush the Japanese.

Zhang Dabiao was brought over by Li Yunlong from the New 1st Regiment, and he is the most convenient to use. On the contrary, Kong Jie would definitely choose Shen Quan to lead the team, so that they can play the greatest role.

However, the current situation is considered good. The soldiers of the first battalion only need to stay in the solid fortifications and shoot boldly.

For a moment, the entire battlefield was filled with gunfire, but we always had the upper hand.

Seeing this situation, Captain Yamazaki sent another squadron to try to break through from both wings, which was a common tactic used by the Japanese.

During the Battle of Taiyuan, Sakahara Seishirō used half a division to defeat more than 100,000 troops of the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. He used the tactic of breaking through both wings to cut off our troops' retreat.

The Chinese army is good at frontal defense, but does not pay much attention to the two wings of the position.

After the Japanese discovered this weakness, they have been trying every means to attack our two wings, especially when the troops responsible for covering us belong to different factions, and this has been successful every time.

But how could Kong Hao leave such a loophole? There were only uncrossable valleys and endless minefields on both wings. Even if the entire Yamazaki Battalion was put in there, they probably wouldn't be able to get out.

After Captain Yamazaki tried it out, he gave up the idea of attacking from both sides.

Originally, he only had more than 400 soldiers under his command. If he rashly divided his troops, they would be divided and annihilated by the Eighth Route Army.

If there were not two more troops about to arrive, giving him confidence of victory, Captain Yamazaki would have wanted to lead his men to retreat and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the subsequent troop.

The ensuing battle was routine. The old devil Yamazaki kept attacking our positions with infantry and artillery, trying to find the weak points and defeat the opposing defenders in one fell swoop.

Zhang Dabiao also adjusted the combat deployment. When the casualties of the first company reached 30%, he replaced the second company to defend the position, so that the frontline troops always maintained sufficient combat effectiveness.