Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

The Japanese Central Field Army was completely wiped out in one battle. When the news was passed back to the Japanese 36th Division, Wu Dennan was stunned again.

The newly replenished 214th Regiment was originally ordered to travel light, without even bringing the puppet troops supported by the headquarters, just to see if they could find an opportunity for a surprise attack, but they ended up being wiped out again?

At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder if there was any safe place around him. Why did he feel like there was danger everywhere?

"Muden-kun, the Chinese have a stronger intelligence network in the countryside than the Empire. We can't split our forces any further!"

The commander of the 192nd Division, Konoe Masao, walked into the 36th Division headquarters and said with a gloomy expression.

The loss of another regiment meant that his coalition forces had lost a lot of manpower. No one would be happy about this situation.

Wudennan spoke bitterly, "The Independent Brigade's heavy artillery has become a major threat to the Empire. We had originally hoped that the Central Field Army could launch a surprise attack, and then cooperate with the Imperial Air Force warriors to eliminate some of the hidden dangers. Now it seems that this is no longer possible."

It has to be said that they have suffered many defeats in the past two years and have plundered heavily, causing the people to side with the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for the headquarters to know every move of the devils.

The Central Field Army was naturally unlucky. They were discovered by the people shortly after they left the city, and then reported to the Eighth Route Army. Things were simple after that. The Japanese had a premeditated ambush that was impossible to defend against.

"Muden-kun, there's no need to waste any more energy. Just attack!"

Konoe Masao gnashed his teeth in hatred. He just came here to gain military merit, but ended up running into such a tough opponent as the Independent Brigade. Now he even regretted taking the position.

Wu Dannan nodded and said, "We will attack early tomorrow morning. We will first call in the air force warriors for support, and then launch a heavy artillery attack to capture the 23rd Regiment of the Independent Brigade in one fell swoop..."

At night, in Xiyu Village near Lion's Head Mountain, the Second Regiment's base.

Yang Zhenhua called Shi Xiaoliu alone and gave him some instructions. Then Shi Xiaoliu secretly left the camp with the first battalion...

On the other side, Gu Changfeng also left Pingding with half a regiment of troops and a special forces team. He almost didn't keep any points now, and used up all the points he had. All the various artillery shells he exchanged were sent to various units.

During the day, an entire regiment of the Japanese was wiped out, resulting in more than 30,000 points and more than 3,000 artillery shells, which was enough to satisfy several regiments.

The next morning, several Japanese divisions launched attacks on Lion Head Mountain and Qiling Mountain at the same time, as if they had made an appointment.

In the first wave of attack, the Japanese deployed all their aircraft in Taiyuan, with a total of 46 fighter planes roaring over the two places.

As the Japanese planes arrived, the air defense sentries at both locations sounded almost simultaneously, and the soldiers quickly hid in the anti-artillery holes that had been reserved in advance.

The fortifications of the independent brigade were all taught by Gu Changfeng himself, so the commanders of each regiment also attached great importance to the construction of civil engineering works in this regard.

Before the Japanese came, they had already dug five lines of defense on Shizhao Mountain and Qiling Mountain, and each line of defense had a cave for hiding soldiers.

Moreover, the independent soldier hiding cave was completely defenseless against the enemy's flying and artillery.

At Qiling Mountain, Zhang Guofu and Deng Wu did not intend to expose the anti-aircraft guns in advance, and almost allowed the Japanese planes to bomb them.

Of course, a small amount of damage was inevitable. In this wave of offensive by the Japanese, several regimental commanders chose to withstand it head-on. It was impossible for the Japanese to blow up their heavy artillery, as they had all been hidden in advance.

Finally, after venting their anger, the Japanese pilots returned satisfied, leaving behind bomb craters of various sizes on both sides.

After the Japanese planes left, the coalition forces composed of several divisions began to attack.

At the left wing position of Qiling Mountain, the 182th Regiment of the 375nd Division took the lead in attacking the position of the st Battalion of the th Regiment.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Japanese had prepared enough mountain and field artillery this time, so they didn't take the heavy artillery of the independent brigade into consideration at all. They started with a bombing mode, and they wanted to flatten the position of the first battalion.

After more than ten minutes of bombing, the Japanese began to charge.

Naturally, the puppet army devils will not be useless, and they will still be the first echelon.

When the battalion commander saw the Japanese and puppet troops rushing over, he decisively gave the order to open fire, and the entire front line instantly became lively.

Da da da!

Boom boom boom!

Grenade launchers, light and heavy machine gun bullets were poured onto the charging Japanese and puppet troops as if they were free.

Although the Japanese and puppet troops were cautious, they fell down in a short time when facing the attack of more than 30 light and heavy machine guns and more than 50 grenade launchers of the first battalion, and there was wailing again on the position.

No matter how strong and careful the Japs were, they would still be killed by a single bullet, especially when they had to face a battalion of more than fifty snipers.

"Bagayalu, kill the chicken for me!"

The Japanese captain commanding the front line waved his command knife in a showy manner, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was an officer.

Da da da!

Bang bang bang!

As if to cooperate with the Japanese captain, the first battalion opened fire at almost full force on the first front line, suppressing the Japanese puppet troops so that they could not even raise their heads.

After fighting for half an hour, the Japanese retreated helplessly, leaving behind hundreds of corpses.

But this was not the end. As soon as the surviving Japanese puppet troops retreated, their artillery bombardment covered the entire front line, leaving the first battalion no chance to breathe.

The Japs fought by coordinating infantry and artillery, and then crushing the enemy with their superior troop numbers.

Fortunately, the 46th Regiment has sufficient troops. This time, they brought out almost all of Gaojia Town's more than 10,000 militiamen, so there is no shortage of troops at present. If it really doesn't work, the militiamen can also supplement the main force to fight.

On the battlefield, as the Japanese artillery fire extended, the 375rd Battalion of the th Regiment took the field with the puppet troops.

With the lessons learned from the previous incident, the Japanese and puppet troops stretched out their front lines in this attack, which indeed reduced a lot of casualties.

But by this time, the battalion commander had already figured out the Japanese artillery attack pattern, and their ten rocket launchers were ready.

As the Japanese puppet troops approached the first line of defense by more than 400 meters, the artillery fire from the first battalion came.

Boom boom boom!

The power of the large-caliber heavy artillery caused heavy casualties to the puppet troops in the front row. The Japanese soldiers of the 182nd Division had never encountered such a situation before, and they all lay on the ground to avoid it.

The artillery company of the first battalion was delighted and fired another ten shells, killing a large number of Japanese soldiers lying on the ground with the explosions and shock.

Seeing this situation, the Japanese captain immediately urged the puppet soldiers in the rear to charge forward, not caring about their casualties at all.

After the first battalion's artillery company fired three times, the battlefield entered a stalemate. Both sides were trying their endurance to see who would give up first.

The battle lasted until noon, and almost all the Japanese soldiers in the 375th Regiment had fought once.

After counting the battle reports, the Japanese regiment commander Watanabe Yu was dumbfounded. In just one morning, more than 800 brave warriors died and more than 1,000 puppet soldiers fell on the front line. He could never have imagined this situation.

He remembered that the two sides had been fighting back and forth, so why did his casualties suffer so heavy losses?

Luo Xiong was naturally very clear about this point. Although the 107th and th Regiments temporarily hid their heavy artillery, the lethality of the machine gunners and snipers alone was astonishing enough, not to mention they also had rocket launchers!