Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

The 46th Regiment fought back and forth. The 3rd Regiment located on Lion's Head Mountain and the 2nd Regiment stationed nearby were also fighting fiercely with the Japanese at this time.

Yang Zhenhua and Wu Mazi were not stupid. They made the judgment as soon as they received the news from the command center that the heavy artillery should be deployed.

After several days of fighting with the Japanese, they clearly found that the two divisions here were not strong enough, and the Japanese had no planes, so they were basically half useless.

At the joint command center of the 36th and 192nd Divisions, the two old Japanese soldiers actually had the same idea of ​​retreating as Sakurai and the others.

However, seeing that the fighting was still going on at Qiling Mountain, it would obviously be inappropriate for them to tell the commander that they wanted to retreat.

Moreover, the 8th Mixed Brigade supporting them was about to arrive, so Wudenan and Konoe discussed and decided to continue the attack.

In terms of military strength, the 36th Division still has a little over 192 personnel, the nd Division still has , and the puppet army still has .

The two old devils still fought very conservatively. Apart from sending a large number of puppet troops as vanguards, their own losses on the battlefield were relatively small.

The only one suffering here is the 36th Division. They have experienced two large-scale reductions in personnel. Now, after replenishing other arms, the two infantry regiments are barely full.

But this is the Japanese rule, so it’s actually nothing. It’s just that all their logistics and engineering troops are gone.

As the Japanese attacked on the north, south and west sides of Shizhao Mountain, the battle became fierce.

The Second Regiment where Yang Zhenhua was located was responsible for the flank, but his command center moved to the mountain to stay with Wu Mazi.

In terms of manpower, the Second Regiment had experienced the large-scale encirclement and suppression by the Japanese invaders in Taiyue Mountain, and had much fewer personnel than Wu Mazi's side. Fortunately, after being replenished by the militia company, its combat effectiveness had not been weakened much.

"Old Yang, what exactly did you discuss with the brigade commander? Can you tell me now?"

Wu Mazi couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked directly.

After the Second Regiment went up the mountain, he discovered that ten heavy artillery pieces were missing and there were not many shells left. This made him very curious, but Yang Zhenhua kept silent.

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhenhua shook his head and said, "The brigade commander didn't make any arrangements. During our combat meeting, we simply said that we should first defeat the Japanese coalition forces on your side, and if there is a chance, contact the nearby Eighth Route Army brothers for cooperation."

After saying that, he thought for a moment, looked at Wu Mazi seriously and said, "I know you want to ask about the heavy artillery, but it's hard for me to tell you right now. Just keep fighting, and what's coming will eventually come."

In fact, he himself was not sure about handing over the heavy artillery to the Eighth Route Army, so it was difficult to say.

Seeing this, Wu Mazi stopped asking questions and said after a moment of thought, "The Japanese have always known that I have heavy artillery hidden here. I won't keep it here. I'll just bomb it directly."

On the three sides of the battlefield at Shizhao Mountain, shouts of killing and the deafening sound of gunfire were heard one after another. The two sides fought back and forth in a very lively manner.

The 192nd Division, which was responsible for the main attack, and the 415th Regiment faced the rd Battalion of the rd Regiment. At this time, they had lost almost two squadrons. The puppet army suffered heavy casualties, and more than a thousand people were almost wiped out.

Even without deploying heavy artillery, the firepower of the Third Regiment was no match for the Japanese, especially since they had no air support.

Judging from the density of artillery fire alone, the battalions of the Third Regiment would not lose to the Japanese. Although the rocket launchers made by the students had a short range, 1500 meters was definitely enough to face the Japanese on the battlefield.

If a large-caliber artillery shell was fired at a close distance, a small group of Japanese soldiers would be killed.

The ground in front of the position was once again covered with shit-yellow color, and a large number of wounded Japanese and puppet soldiers were wailing on the position. Unfortunately, the Japanese ignored them and pretended not to see anything.

Out of humanitarianism, Wen Jiayi appealed to the Japanese to allow them to rescue all the seriously injured soldiers, but unfortunately the Japanese pretended not to hear him.

Wen Jiayi didn't care, since this was the result of the fights over the past few days.

In fact, several company commanders of the Third Battalion were confused before and asked Wen Jiayi, but the answer they got made them call the battalion commander insidious.

This thing is very simple to explain. As long as the Japanese dare to rescue the wounded, they will be starved to death. Especially as the number of wounded soldiers increases, a large amount of medicine will be consumed, and one seriously injured soldier will always require two or three people to take care of him.

If the Japanese don't accept it, it will dampen their morale, so Wen Jiayi is Yang, and it doesn't matter whether the Japanese rescue him or not.

"Captain of the First Company, Captain of the Second Company, Captain of the Third Company, the Japanese will definitely start the artillery attack soon. You should lead your troops to the front of the Japanese first. Our artillery battalion is about to take action."

Wen Jiayi was very excited when he received the order. He must be in a bad mood after being ravaged by the Japanese artillery fire for several days!

The three company commanders were immediately amused when they heard this. One company commander laughed and said, "Damn it! The regiment commander is finally going to take ruthless action against the devils!"

This one sentence summed up the difficulties they had experienced in the past few days. They had never understood why the regiment commander had heavy artillery but did not use it and insisted on confronting the Japanese heavy artillery. Unfortunately, Wu Mazi did not explain to any of them.

Half an hour later, the Japanese reorganized and prepared to attack the third battalion's position again.

Boom boom boom!

As the Japanese artillery bombardment began, the Japanese soldiers moved towards the mountain one after another.

The Japanese field artillery has gained a lot of advantages in the past few days. Their range is long enough and the Third Regiment has no means of restriction, so they have been fighting more aggressively in the past few days. However, Wu Mazi can no longer bear it.

On a pre-prepared position on the right side of Shizhai Mountain, the Third Regiment's Artillery Battalion had been waiting for a long time...

"Damn it, it's finally our turn!"

"Fire at five o'clock west!"

At the command of the artillery battalion commander, fifteen heavy artillery pieces from three regiments attacked simultaneously.

Boom boom boom......

There was no need to test the waters. Fifteen large-caliber grenades whizzed out.

When facing a Japanese artillery position, we can completely cover it with artillery fire. The area within two kilometers is within the range of heavy artillery strikes. One or two artillery shells are enough to destroy the Japanese. Why bother trying?

Thanks to Gu Changfeng clearing points every day, the Third Regiment's Artillery Battalion doesn't have to worry about the problem of artillery shells at all, as there are plenty of reserves.

After finishing a round of artillery fire, the battalion did not stop. It slightly adjusted the muzzle and fired several more rounds at the Japanese at the foot of the mountain of the third battalion, leaving corpses all over the ground for the Japanese 415th Regiment.

After several days of fighting with the 415rd Regiment, the Japanese th Regiment had already relaxed a bit, and the result was obvious: they were in trouble.

Upon seeing this, the two company commanders of the third battalion immediately gave the order to charge, but they ran into the Japanese and puppet troops who were climbing the mountain, and the battle between the two sides was about to break out.

Wen Jiayi was not idle at this time. He commanded the militia to provide support and then ordered the artillery company of the third battalion to advance forward.

"Bagayalo, the Chinese heavy artillery is on the right side of the mountain top. Order the mountain artillery regiment to blow them up!"

At the temporary command center of the Japanese army, Lieutenant General Konoe roared angrily.

The enemy destroyed ten of his mountain and field artillery pieces at once, which was a huge loss. This result made him, a man who always prided himself on being elegant, swear.

"Konei-kun, the Chinese heavy artillery has finally appeared. This isn't necessarily a bad thing for us. At least we know that the independent brigade here still has hidden strength."

Maiden's words made Konoe Masao's expression a little better, but he still had a gloomy face.

The difficulty of dealing with the independent brigade made even him, a man who had been in the army for many years, feel exhausted. It was really too difficult.