I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 408: New 1st Regiment's Bombardment

Ding Wei immediately understood what Song Wenwan meant, and asked the soldiers below to do as he was told, and also reminded them not to show their heads.

Sure enough, the soldiers first placed the Type 38 rifles on the ridge of the hillside.

Their military caps had just emerged from the dry grass at the top of the slope.

The entire Japanese position on Lijiaopo seemed to come alive.

Bullets from the Type 38 rifle and light and heavy machine guns came down like hail.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers on the top of the slope slipped and slid down.

When they were halfway through their run, the Japanese fired a dozen artillery shells at their previous position.

Song Wenwan: "Come here, bring your hats over and show them to your leader."

Ding Wei took a look at the hats of his comrades. There were nearly 130 hats, and more than 100 of them had bullet holes.

In other words, if the Eighth Route Army soldiers had really shown up.

Basically, the consequence is that the entire company was sacrificed.

Ding Wei's eyes immediately turned red: "Damn it, the Japanese dared to trick me."

Song Wenwan: "Lijiapo has a unique terrain, and the cross section that can be attacked can only accommodate one company.

He is forcing you to use the tactics of adding fuel to the fire, sending one company after another to their deaths."

In fact, it was really not easy for Captain Cheng’s regiment to attack Lijiaopo.

Although there are many unsatisfactory aspects in tactics, the comrades' willpower is impeccable.

If it weren't for the soldiers of his regiment, they would have consumed most of the Yamazaki Battalion's strength.

It would not be so easy for Li Yunlong to wipe out this wave of Japanese devils.

Song Wenwan called his guards over and asked them to place a gun scope on the ridge of the top of the slope.

"That's enough, Chief."

When Song Wenwan saw that the artillery team's telescope had been set up successfully, she immediately pulled Ding Wei up to observe.

Ding Wei observed through the artillery telescope and found that the Japanese soldiers on Lijiaopo were hiding in the trenches without showing their heads.

The Japanese trenches were arranged very carefully, so the first artillery attack had no effect.

But this kind of thing is not difficult for Ding Wei, as he is a man who fights with his brain.

He immediately called over Captain Liu from his artillery company.

"Captain Liu, did you understand the Japanese artillery and the location of their machine gun crews?"

Captain Liu immediately observed the situation of the Yamazaki Battalion through the artillery scope.

Then he said confidently: "Don't worry, Captain, we can achieve a precise strike."

Ding Wei nodded with satisfaction to Captain Liu.

"I'll give you two walkie-talkies. You can use the gun scope to correct the target of the mortar position below."

Five minutes later, a new round of shelling began.

"Attention, gun position number one, deflect one degree to the left, and fire."

"Boom...Boom."

"Gun No. 1 to No. 5, fire three rounds at high speed from gun position No. 1.

Hurry up, the devils are trying to run, shoot five times at high speed."

"Boom boom boom..."

Twenty-five artillery shells were fired, covering the Japanese artillery positions tightly.

Yamazaki's two Type 92 infantry guns were lost at the foot of the mountain.

So he divided the light mortars he brought into three artillery teams.

Unfortunately, one of his artillery units was covered by the Kuomintang’s mortar just after firing a shell.

Not only were six mortars destroyed, but the shells also exploded.

However, his artillery unit was completely destroyed.

Even the ordinary soldiers near the artillery position suffered more than twenty casualties.

Yamazaki Jihei: Well, the disadvantage of fighting a defensive battle is that the size of the position is not under your control.

If they were the attacking side, they would never give the Eighth Route Army a chance and would have wiped out their own artillery positions in one fell swoop.

Yamazaki Jihei asked gloomily, "Tell the Second Artillery Team to find the location of the Eighth Route Army's mortars and destroy them."

Within five minutes, the mortars of the Japanese Second Artillery Unit opened fire.

However, apart from exposing their targets, their shelling had no effect at all.

The artillerymen of the new regiment, carrying mortars, had already run to change positions.

"The Second, Third, and Fourth Artillery Groups fired a test shot at the Japanese's Area No. 3.

Good shot, all gun positions remain unchanged, fire three rounds at high speed immediately, fire!"

All of a sudden, the second artillery position of the Yamazaki Battalion was in dire straits.

Both the men and their guns were blown away by the artillery of the New 1st Regiment.

Song Wenwan looked at the artillery of the new regiment. One artillery platoon had six mortars. You dare to call it an artillery group?

Ding Wei had already seen Song Wenwan's confusion, and he explained to her with a smile.

"Commander Song, our comrades in the artillery company also need to strive for progress, right?"

Song Wenwan gave Ding Wei a thumbs up: This Ding Wei is really good at leading troops!

Subtly, the morale of the new regiment was boosted.

When the artillery of the new regiment changed its position again, no Japanese artillery came back to fight back.

Presumably, those Japanese devils have been frightened by the artillery comrades of the New 1st Regiment.

This time Ding Wei was only half right. The second artillery squadron of the Yamazaki Battalion did not retaliate.

It was not that they were scared by the attack, but that they were destroyed by the artillery of the New 1st Regiment.

Captain Yamazaki is now at the point of wanting to cry but has no tears left.

I haven't even seen the Eighth Route Army yet, and two artillery units have been destroyed.

More than one hundred Japanese infantrymen were killed in the explosion.

There were more than twenty seriously wounded soldiers lying on the ground wailing.

When they came, there were more than 800 people fully equipped, but now there are not even 600 people.

Yamazaki didn't know why the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells were so accurate.

However, his own mortar team could no longer be used to avoid being destroyed again.

It seems that we can only use them when we finally break out.

Suddenly thinking of breaking out, Yamazaki Jihei felt a tightness in his heart for no reason.

Yamazaki knew that this meant that deep down in his heart, he was already afraid...

He called one of his trusted squadron leaders and asked him to take his men to check behind Lijiaopo.

Look there and see if there is any possibility of breaking out from the cliff.

The trusted squadron leader understood what he meant and immediately took a small team of soldiers to the rear.

The Eighth Route Army artillerymen in front continued to fire one after another.

Targeted clearance of the machine gun position that the Japanese had just exposed.

Fortunately, Yamazaki Jihei was well prepared and had moved all his light and heavy machine guns to new positions, so there was not much damage.

But this was not the end of the matter. The Eighth Route Army began to fire artillery shells into the enemy's trenches.

They fired here and there, not afraid of wasting shells, and each shell could blow up a few Japanese soldiers.

But if it fails to be blown away, the Japanese will be in even greater trouble.

If there are no living Japanese soldiers in this trench, they must have hidden in the trench next to it.

Four artillery shells directly hit the Japanese in the trenches nearby, making them scream and howl in agony.

What’s worse is that the new regiment’s artillery had finished bombing and had to wait for another two minutes.

Two more shells were fired at the original position, and the effect was really good.

Many Japanese soldiers who were smart enough to hide from the artillery fire were killed.

After a while, a brief exchange of gunfire was suddenly heard from the cliff behind Lijiaopo.

After a while, Captain Yamazaki saw the squadron leader coming back, covering his bleeding shoulder.

"Sir, there is an ambush of the Eighth Route Army behind the cliff of Lijiapo.

We made ropes out of our leggings and sent out a team to explore the way.

When they were halfway up the mountain, they were attacked by machine gun fire from the Eighth Route Army."