Chapter 108 Introduction to the urn 1

As Songmu Zhiliang hoped, the officers and soldiers of the 4th Infantry Brigade of the 8th Division of the Japanese Army, which attacked Monk Guanfeng, are now stepping on thick snow, moving their clumsy bodies to climb up step by step. From time to time, some Japanese soldiers were shot and rolled down. Every time someone was shot, they would attack. There was a burst of chaos in the team.

Sengguan Peak, as the name implies, is a peak dominated by weathered rock. The main peak is only more than 100 meters above sea level, and the side peaks form a natural barrier. In fact, the main peak position is less than 70 meters long and about 30 meters deep. The rear is a slightly flat and gentle slope. There are two artificially cut in front of the main peak. The slow platform means that the direct firepower of the Japanese army cannot threaten the main peak position in any case. The Japanese army must climb the slow platform to exchange fire with the main peak position.

The Monk Guanfeng position was built by Zhang Xuewu under the guidance of the great success of the classic defensive position. In order to weaken the threat of direct artillery fire of the Japanese army, many battles in history have proved that when fighting and defending with opponents with stronger firepower than himself, setting the position on the prism of the positive slope has been proved by blood. Yes.

In front of the main peak position of Sengguan Peak, two slow steps of 25 degrees diagonal slope were excavated. Japanese soldiers can only shoot at the main peak position by struggling to climb up the slow steps. The distance of 50 meters makes any kind of Japanese grenade sigh. The accuracy of the Type 38 field heavy howitzer makes the command gun. Xiyi, who hit the main peak, was surprised. One of them also fell halfway up the mountain. Thinking of the dense officers and soldiers halfway up the mountain, Xiyi closed his eyes in pain, as the so-called invisible eyes were clean.

The 75mm mountain artillery of the Field Artillery Regiment of the Eighth Division could not hit the garrison's positions at all due to the ballistics. The Chinese garrison quickly gave up the left and right wing positions exposed to the light and heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army, but the Japanese army, who occupied these positions soon gave up their positions and retreated, because of the main peak position ratio The two-wing positions are nearly 30 meters high, and the heavy machine gun firepower on the position can directly overhead the two-wing positions, and the army is equivalent to a live target in the position.

And the Japanese army troops attacking the main peak were also very unsmoothly. The steep coercion made it impossible for the Japanese army to even set up mortars, so they could only use a grenade launcher to counterattack. The Chinese defenders opened up several hidden platforms on the anti-slope of the hillside, and the 46 mortars of various calibers of the new second regiment were hidden on these platforms. On the top, provide fire support for the main peak position, and use firepower to suppress the Japanese army that occupies the flank position.

In the explosion flash of mortar shells falling one after another, the officers and soldiers who were in a dense formation were killed and injured, and the troops of the 36th Infantry Brigade, who tried to bypass the main peak position of Sengguan Peak from the flank, were stubbornly blocked by the preset positions of the new second regiment. Between the ditches, the soldiers became The target of the garrison, the illumination bomb fired by the garrison's mortar from the main peak of Sengguan Peak, made the Japanese army have almost nowhere to hide. The firepower on the upper flank of the main peak was condescending and fiercely shot behind the side of the Japanese army, making the Japanese army lose sight of the other.

For this reason, Xiyi roared and called the wild artillery wing and its own heavy artillery wing, asking them to suppress the Chinese defenders on the monk's crown peak with all their strength!

The two co-captains looked at each other helplessly. The attack supporting Monk Guanfeng was really worried about Katakura Nanki and Ono Fazheng. Ono Fazheng's wild cannon could not hit the palm-sized place on the top of Monk Guanfeng due to the angle of shooting and ballistics, and Katakura Nanmu The sad accuracy of the 380 field heavy howitzers does not dare to support infantry attacks at all. The surnames of these old cannons are far behind, but most of the army's annual military expenses of the empire is given to the navy. Although the army has a lot of complaints about this, it has no choice but to make the army's voice in the imperial meeting. Repeated defeats.

In desperation, the two had to order their respective troops to fire shells with the maximum angle of fire. It doesn't matter whether they can hit the enemy or not. Anyway, these shells will also fall into Chengde City, which is regarded as blocking the enemy's reinforcement of Monk Guanfeng.

After putting down the phone, Xi Yiyi also realized that the artillery may not be able to complete the effective suppression of Monk Guanfeng. After all, the main peak position is too narrow. Even if it is repeatedly shelled, as long as a company comes up, it can block all his divisions outside the checkpoint. The attack of bypassing the left wing has failed. Xiyiyi, who was placed on the right wing, did not try at all, because the right wing was subject to the terrible side-fire on the left wing of the main peak of Sengguan Peak and the tiger ditch position.

So Xiyi decisively asked Ningji Okamura for critical strike support (bombing). Ningji Okamura also knew that the Eighth Division inevitably fell into a bitter battle in Monk Guanfeng. He promised to send out five squadrons of the nine squadrons of the Kwantung Army Flight Team at all airports along the Jinzhou to support the Eighth Division to attack Seng Guanfeng after dawn. .

Hirose Shousuke is also entangled with Xi Yiyi, because the troops of the 6th Division have rushed into the third line of defense of the garrison for the second time. Although they were soon driven down by the other side, it can be expected that the 6th Division will be able to take down the flank position along the ridge of Majiagou before 8 a.m. tomorrow. Enter Chengde City.

In this regard, Shousuke Hirose seems to be a little helpless, because from the beginning of the attack, the left-wing position of his 10th division has become the target of the Chinese artillery. On the contrary, the troops attacked by the 6th Division have only been intercepted by some mortars, because the 6th Division is progressing fast?

As a onlooker, Hirose Shousuke seems to have noticed an unusual taste? Right-wing breakthrough? But the main position and the left-wing position on the side of Majiagou are unbreakable? So the troops of the 6th Division that invaded Chengde can go straight into the central area of the city through its old street? The artillery support of the Chinese defenders seems to be too weird? Why don't you support the right wing that has been broken through continuously? Instead, did they all hit the head of their own troops?

In the face of the rapid progress of the 11th Infantry Brigade, Banben Zhengyouweimen looked at his watch. It was already 6:20 a.m. The last line of defense on the right wing of the Chinese defenders seemed to be in danger. Although the 11th Infantry Brigade suffered heavy casualties, the results were indeed there. In contrast, in the monk Xi Yiyi, who still has made no progress in Guanfeng's loss, and Banbenzheng Youweimen are still a little complatic at this moment.

Ningu Okamura, who had not slept all night, looked at the staff who updated the progress of the attacking troops on the sand table from time to time with the phone in his hand, and slowly lit a cigarette for himself. Ningji Okamura looked at the nameplate of the 11th Brigade of the Sixth Division, which was constantly pushed forward, and was slightly relieved.

In the view of Ningji Okamura, although the Chinese garrison may not collapse after breaking through the Chinese garrison's defense, there is no doubt that it can directly take the core area of the Chinese garrison. Ningji Okamura believes that the headquarters of the Chinese garrison must also be in that area.

The two field heavy artillery regiments of the Japanese army are firing shells at Chengde City at this moment. A regiment of violent explosion flashes rose from Chengde City, but it still could not effectively suppress the artillery counterattack of the Chinese defenders. Looking at the attacking troops being smashed by the artillery fire of the Chinese defenders, Hirose Shousuke was furious. The phone was called to the artillery position. As a result, the captain of the Kimura League was very helpless to inform Shousuke Hirose that the artillery of the Chinese garrison was in a single gun position. Simply put, a gun was hidden in a position and shot at the area where the marking was completed by phone.

Because the other side is not an artillery position, the fire suppression of the heavy artillery regiment will not have any significant effect at all. Unless the three field heavy artillery brigades are concentrated to completely raze Chengde City with fierce and continuous artillery fire, it will not be possible to complete the suppression task with the scattered firepower of a brigade alone.