The news that Abe's resolute team was being hunted by Langya made Xiaozhu Yoshio worried about whether the flag of the 10th Infantry Regiment could be successfully recaptured, but it also further confirmed their previous judgment from the side. The main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment And the Langya troops have indeed been transferred back to Meizhen by Xu Rui to deal with Abe Gangyi.
In other words, what is standing in front of the 10th Division now is not the main force of the independent regiment.
So Xiaozhu Yinan decisively gave an order to the 40th Infantry Regiment, ordering them to take Houtou Ridge before dark.
Judging from the map, Houtou Ridge can be said to be the last pass that the 10th Division needs to cross. From Houtou Ridge to Meizhen, it is almost impossible to defend. In other words, as long as the Houtou Ridge is captured, the independent regiment's The hometown of Damei Mountain will completely open its arms, and any warriors of the 10th Division will rape and trample on it.
After receiving the order from the division headquarters, the 40th Infantry Regiment immediately deployed its troops.
The main attack force is still the First Infantry Brigade that stormed Heifengkou before. Of course, the lost soldiers have been replenished by the supplementary corps. According to the organizational list, the Japanese permanent division only has four infantry regiments. In fact, this is not the case, because in addition to the four organic formations, In addition to the infantry regiment, there is also a supplementary corps with at least two infantry regiments.
Of course, this supplementary corps only has supplementary soldiers and no non-commissioned officers or officers. Their only mission is to promptly replenish the organic wing after attrition occurs.
This time the 10th Division went to central Anhui and also brought supplementary troops from two regiments.
Therefore, the battle losses of the 40th Infantry Regiment can be quickly replenished. Even the 10th Infantry Regiment and the 10th Division, which were completely wiped out, are fully capable of restoring their organization. However, due to military regulations, Xiaozhu Yinan cannot In doing so, unless Abe Tashi can bring back the flag of the 10th Infantry Regiment, he will not be able to restore the organization of the 10th Infantry Regiment.
Closer to home, just now, the first attack of the 40th Infantry Regiment on Houtou Ridge was disintegrated.
Onoda Hisaro immediately called Xiong Tian, the squadron leader of the fourth infantry squadron in charge of the attack, in front of him. Without any explanation, he slapped him twice in the face.
Yusho Sanada, the captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 40th Infantry Regiment, has been shot dead at Black Wind Pass. Now the acting captain is the brigade deputy Hisako Onoda.
Hisakuro Onoda is short in stature, wears a pair of myopic glasses, and has a sinister gaze. Even in such a hot summer, it still gives people an eerie sense of sight. Captain Kumada, the captain of the 4th Infantry Squadron, was stared at by Hisashi Onoda like a thorn in his back. I just wanted to find a hole in the ground to hide.
"Kumada." Onoda Hisuru glared at Kumada and said with a rueful tone, "I heard that during the 6th Army Sergeant School, there was a live-fire exercise. Did you wet the bed the night before?"
The other squadron captains surrounding Onoda Hisaro immediately burst into laughter.
Little Japan is very hierarchical, both in the military and in society, and subordinates have no dignity at all in front of their superiors. It is undoubtedly very hurtful to people's self-esteem to expose someone's shortcomings in public like Hisakuro Onoda, but as a subordinate, Kumada only I can endure it, but I can’t even tell the difference.
Xiong Tian could resist the temptation to argue, but he couldn't help the shame in his heart, and his face immediately turned red with embarrassment.
"Blushing? Feeling ashamed?" Onoda smiled sinisterly, and then said, "Isn't it embarrassing to be humiliated by others in public like this?" After a pause, Onoda suddenly began to roar, "Then, isn't it embarrassing to be humiliated by the China Army? ? A squadron of two hundred and fifty men can't take down the hilltop where a battalion of the Chinese Army is stationed. Aren't you ashamed?"
"Hai." Xiong Tian paused heavily and said, "Please ask the captain to give our Fourth Infantry Squadron another chance. This time we will fight to the death to capture Houtou Ridge."
"Yo Xi." Seeing that Xiongtian's courage had been aroused, Onojiakuro said happily, "Xiongtian-san, being humiliated in public, all you lose is face, but if you can't take Houtou Ridge, you will lose more than just It’s about face, as well as the face of our First Infantry Brigade, and even the entire 40th Infantry Regiment. Do you understand?”
"Hai." Xiongtian paused heavily, "I understand that I will not let down the captain's expectations."
"Yoshi." Onoda Jiuro said, "I will give you all the supplementary troops of the last two squads left in the brigade. Please be sure to capture Houtou Ridge this time, please!"
After finishing speaking, Hisakuro Onoda bowed deeply to Captain Kumada.
Seeing Onoda Hisuru actually bowing to him, Kumada couldn't help but change his expression.
"Hai." Xiong Tian paused heavily, and when he looked back, his expression had become extremely ferocious.
At that moment, Xiongtian led the fully replenished Fourth Infantry Squadron and once again charged towards Houtou Ridge.
When he was still about one thousand meters away from the garrison position, Xiong Tian suddenly stopped and took off his military uniform in a few moments. The short-sleeved military uniform and shorts were short, leaving only a pair of T-pocket crotch pants, and then held out his saber. Keep going up.
Onoda Kuro, who was staying behind, saw him and said hello repeatedly. He knew that Kumada was going to fight for his life.
When they were 500 meters away, they began to enter the dangerous distance. Xiongtian began to bend down and walk forward to reduce the area to be bombed as much as possible. The more than 200 Japanese soldiers following Xiongtian also bent down and began to pay attention to their steps. On the ground, the first wave of attacks just now caused the defenders' mine array to disintegrate.
Fortunately, we didn't step on a landmine this time.
It seemed that the defenders had hurriedly switched from retreat to defense. Although mines were placed in front of the defensive positions, the number was very limited and had been used up in the first wave of attacks.
Kumada's Fourth Infantry Squadron crossed the 500-meter line and continued upward.
The heavy machine gun squadron and artillery squad responsible for fire support stopped five hundred meters away. The four heavy machine gun squads began to choose the commanding heights to set up the Type 92 heavy machine guns. The heavy machine guns used as the attacker's fire support must be set up on the commanding heights. Otherwise, it will be easy to accidentally injure your own infantry in front.
The artillery team also set up four 82mm caliber mortars.
In the blink of an eye, Xiongtian Squadron was already within two hundred meters.
At this time, Xiong Tian and the more than two hundred Japanese behind him were already lying on the ground and crawling up. It was really not a good experience to crawl against the hot ground in this bright sun.
Kumata even regretted taking off his military uniform.
But unlike his scorched body, Xiong Tian felt cold in his heart.
They have already entered within a distance of two hundred meters, but the defenders on the mountain still did not respond. There are only two situations. One is that there is no one on the mountain at all, and the other is that the defenders on the mountain are all veterans. Xiongtian hopes it is the former. The defenders had already run away, but his reason told him that the latter was more likely!
Bearing the burning sand and gravel, Xiongtian continued to climb up the mountain, and in a blink of an eye, he was within a hundred meters.
However, there was still deathly silence on the top of the mountain ahead. Xiongtian instinctively felt a trace of fear. It was so silent that it made people tremble. As a veteran, Xiongtian knew very well that silence on the battlefield was definitely not a good thing, because the more intense it became, the more silent it became. The silence means that later, the enemy's attack will be more severe than imagined.
Xiong Tian even had an uncontrollable idea in his mind: withdraw quickly!
Kumada really wanted to turn around and retreat to the attack position, but as soon as this thought came to his mind, Onoda Hisuru's cold eyes immediately appeared in front of him.
The thought of retreating disappeared in an instant, and now, all I can do is move forward!
Taking a deep breath of the hot air, Xiongtian suddenly jumped up from the hot ground, then drew forward with his saber, roaring at the top of his lungs: "Taoji Kai, Taoji Kai..."
Upon hearing Captain Kumada's order, the more than two hundred Japanese soldiers who were crawling up on the ground immediately jumped up and rushed up with the shining 38 caps. Almost at the same time, the nine soldiers on the rear fire support position The Type II heavy machine gun also fired, and blurred bullet tracks flew over the Japanese soldiers who were bent over and charged, screaming, and fired towards the defenders' position at Houtou Ridge. The Houtou Ridge was suddenly covered in dust. splash.
A sprint of one hundred meters, even if fully armed, only takes ten seconds.
Seven or eight seconds passed in the blink of an eye, and the dozen or so Japs rushing at the front had even approached less than 30 meters away from the top of the mountain. At this moment, the originally empty mountain top suddenly appeared. The black heads were killed, and then rifles and machine guns were quickly set up.
Then, dense bullets poured down like raindrops.
Wherever the strong rain passed, the dozen or so Japanese soldiers at the front immediately screamed and fell to the ground. Upon seeing this, the Japanese soldiers behind them hurriedly fell down and each looked for cover.
The firepower of the Chinese is beyond imagination, and charging against such fierce firepower is simply courting death!
Therefore, it is better to wait for the supporting firepower to suppress the firepower of the defenders on the mountain before charging up.
Xiong Tian immediately found a rock and huddled up behind the rock. Then he poked half of his head out from behind the rock and glanced upwards. He saw that hundreds of Chinese people had appeared on the originally deserted mountain ridge. The soldiers crowded the mountain ridge, which was nearly a hundred meters wide, and couldn't even make a detour from the two wings.
The heavy machine gun squadron at the rear opened fire violently, pouring a dense rain of bullets onto the mountain tops.
However, the firepower of the Chinese on the hilltop has not weakened at all. Every time the Japanese soldiers of Xiongtian Squadron want to get up and charge, they will immediately be shot mercilessly by machine gun fire. Xiongtian immediately knows that he is counting on the heavy machine gun squadron to achieve comprehensive fire suppression. Obviously this is no longer realistic, and the Fourth Squadron can only find a way on its own.
"Hey, yours, come here quickly." Xiongtian waved to the grenade team not far behind him.
The three Japanese soldiers from the bomb grenade team came over quickly and hid behind Xiong Tian, not forgetting to pay their respects.
Xiong Tian pointed to the mountain ridge through the rocks and said in a deep voice: "Kill me the heavy machine gun up there!" (To be continued.)