Chapter 337: The Great Encirclement and Annihilation of the Western Front (Five)

Lieutenant General Miyazaki of the 54th Division used the 111th Infantry Regiment as a reserve force, serving as a city defense mission, and placed it in Fundo Town. The 121st Infantry Regiment was responsible for defending the east and north defense areas, and the 154th Regiment defended the south and west defense areas. The artillery regiment was placed in the south position, focusing on defending the southern defense line, and the Lieutenant General was preparing to break out from the south when he had no choice.

All fortifications were reinforced again, all the firepower points were set as hidden, and all the trees and weeds within 100 meters of the outside of the town were cleaned up to form an open area.

The two armies of the Chinese team, and the five armies surrounded Wenduo. The periphery of Wenduo was full of hills. The Japanese army listed all ten miles of the town as a defense circle, and supported the entire defense line based on seven high grounds. The Japanese army organized these seven high grounds into No. 1 to No. 7, and the high grounds were connected by a group of underworlds.

Chen Mingren and Zheng Dongguo personally led officers above the regiment commander to observe the terrain. The Japanese high ground in the telescope was silent. From a distance, there was no sign of a person. They could vaguely see that the high ground was full of bunker-like fortification communities, and the front edge of the high ground was cut into steep walls. There was no dark castle between the soil slopes and hills between the high ground, and the Japanese were very successful in hiding.

But generals such as Chen Mingren could feel that these hilly slopes must have opened their bloody mouths, waiting to swallow the Chinese soldiers in one bite.

The main traffic road further down the road was a corridor made of huge rocks, blocking the passage. Chen Mingren frowned and pondered. General Zheng Dongguo looked at the Japanese defense line and couldn't help but take a breath of air. The firepower point and the castle were all unclear. If there was a strong attack, there would be a lot of casualties.

Several generals returned to the command center and remained silent. Zheng Dongguo glanced around and coughed, "Everyone, tell me your opinions, how to fight this battle?"

Commander Huang Jie looked at Sun Liren and Liao Yaoxiang, "Aren't our New First Army and the New Sixth Army each affiliated with a tank battalion? Why not use tanks to attack the tough situation."

Liao Yaoxiang was straightforward, and he said half mockingly: "Captain Huang, tanks attack the castle group, don't you let tanks be a living target? The Japanese army can kill our light tanks one by one with flat-fired cannons."

Huang Jie blushed and stared at Liao Yaoxiang with hatred, thinking that this Baoqing man (now Shaoyang, Hunan) is still a fellow Hunanese, and he doesn't give him any affection. Isn't this a throwaway?

Sun Liren looked at everyone, with a sneer on his face. He really didn't say anything, took out his lighter and played with the lighter on his own.

General Li Mi said tentatively: "Or, use cannons to bomb him. We have more than 300 cannons and can also make a batch of flying thunder cannons. I don't believe that I will not break his turtle shell!"

Zheng Dongguo shook his head, "The Japanese castle is designed very hidden. We don't know the specific location. It's not impossible to use gunfire, but how many shells will be wasted? Besides, the time will be delayed for a long time."

The conference room was silent for a moment. After listening for a long time, a plan of attack in his mind gradually took shape. He swept his eyes around. General Sun Liren was still playing with a lighter. "Ding", a crisp sound echoed in the quiet conference room.

Chen Mingren raised his eyebrows and looked at Sun Liren, "General Sun, what about you? Do you have any suggestions?"

Sun Liren slowly stood up, "Commander, I think first we must conduct fire reconnaissance on the Japanese positions and find out the distribution of the Japanese fire points. Then concentrate artillery, seize several key highlands, occupy the highlands, and fire incendiary bombs at the Japanese castle between the highlands, burning him to the fire."

Chen Mingren's eyes lit up. Sun Liren thought of me. Commander Chen pressed the table and said happily: "General Sun thought of me, I will do that!"

At 8:00 the next morning, the Chinese Expeditionary Force was lined up in a row and aimed at the Japanese Highlands No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 in front of them. The guns of the black cave flashed with flames, and the shells dragged white smoke and drew graceful arcs to pierce the sky. "Swish! Boom boom boom", and a series of loud noises exploded on the Japanese positions.

The wire mesh was twisted into a twisted shape, and the broken wire flew irregularly up and down, left and right with the explosion air waves, and pieces of soil were rolled into the air. In the attack tunnel that was dug at night, the soldiers sat on the back of the trench wall, and the earth was shaken like a cradle, trembling. The soldiers were covered with sacks filled with soil.

The soldiers had cotton balls stuffed into their ears, opened their mouths, and wiped their guns repeatedly. A new soldier who had just joined the army lay down by the trench, looking at the high ground filled with smoke, and smacked his lips: "My God! This is our cannon! So majestic!"

An old soldier next to him pulled him down, patted his helmet, and cursed: "You kid, you want to die! We are only 120 meters away from the Japanese position. If any shell explodes, you kid will be minced!"

The recruiter smiled and said in a straight helmet. From time to time, small stones and dirt splashed onto the helmet, and the "ding dong" sounded. The recruiter shrank his neck and dusted the mud on his body.

Forty minutes later, the sound of cannons gradually stopped, and the sparse sound of cannons turned to the high ground. The Japanese soldiers on the high ground immediately ran out of the anti-cannon hole and entered the trenches, preparing to fight against the charge of the Chinese soldiers.

A battalion of Chinese soldiers lined up from the offensive positions into scattered lines, preparing to launch an attack on the Japanese high ground, and fierce heavy machine gun fired fiercely at the Japanese high ground. The Japanese saw that the Chinese soldiers were preparing to attack, and they all stared at the same time, put their fingers on the trigger, and pulled them down at any time.

Ten minutes later, the cannons of the Chinese team once again covered the Japanese positions with fierce firepower. The dense shells fell into the trenches, and more than a dozen unlucky Japanese soldiers were torn to pieces by the shrapnel of the shell explosion.

The Japanese commanders on the three high grounds were so angry that they cursed that this kind of artillery fire was not prepared to let the infantry start a charge. The Japanese officer swears and then runs into the anti-aircraft artillery hole to avoid artillery fire.

After repeated four times, the Japanese defenders were tortured and there was no place to fire, and the defenders suffered a lot of casualties. Looking at the time, it was time for lunch. The Japanese defenders did not dare to eat, for fear that the Chinese soldiers would take the opportunity to launch an attack. The Japanese soldiers took out compressed biscuits one by one and stuffed a few pieces into their stomachs, which was a meal.

After just over 20 minutes of rest, the Chinese team's cannons blew again. This time, almost all the cannons were aimed at Highland No. 4. The artillery fire on Highland No. 4 was unprecedentedly fierce. Captain Rigao, the Japanese commander of Highland No. 4, was thrilled in his heart, "The Chinese people are going to focus on attacking my position."

After a full 40 minutes of bombing, the cannons of the China Team had just transferred the artillery fire. The infantry hiding in the forward tunnel jumped out of the tunnel one by one and rushed towards the Japanese high ground. The heavy machine guns that were covering were screaming wildly.

When the Japanese soldiers heard the cannons diverted and fired, they immediately rushed out of the anti-cannon hole, "The Chinese people are attacking! The Chinese people are attacking!" Captain Rigao Bo shouted and drove the soldiers out one by one.

The Chinese soldiers carried sacks one by one, and their feet slipped step by step. When the Japanese entered the trenches, they had just rushed to the steep wall. The Chinese soldiers threw down the sacks and piled them into five ramps.

The soldiers rushed up the ramp, and the Japanese firepower opened fire together. The dense bullet river rushed over the dozen Chinese soldiers in front and knocked them down. The soldiers behind crossed the martyrs' bodies and continued to charge.

To cover the position, the mortar immediately adjusted the ruler and fired a rapid fire at the Japanese machine gun fire point. "Bangbangbang", and more than a dozen shells flew towards the Japanese position, and the shells fell more than ten meters in front of the position. The gunner adjusted the ruler again, and "Bangbangbangbang" another round of rapid fire. This time, the shells accurately hit the Japanese machine gun fire point like they had eyes.

Two Japanese machine gunners were blown away immediately, and the rest were hit by shrapnel, and they leaned over and fell on the machine gun. The Japanese machine gun was fired, and the Chinese soldiers holding submachine guns spit out their flames and rushed up quickly.

The powerful firepower of the automatic weapon suppressed the Japanese 38 rifle firepower, and the fierce rain of bullets splashed onto the Japanese positions like water. The Japanese soldiers were beaten so hard that they dared not look up. The bullets were shot into the soil beside them, stirring up strings of small pieces of mud.

Several Japanese soldiers risked their lives to throw grenades, "boom", and the smoke of the explosion rose, and several Chinese soldiers fell in pools of blood. Before the Japanese could recover, a row of Chinese soldiers threw grenades over, and the explosions one after another killed one after another, killing the Japanese troops on the position.

Several Chinese soldiers rushed to the trenches, and their submachine guns "Dududu" were aimed at the Japanese in the trenches and shot them hard. More than a dozen Japanese soldiers were shot into blood without even snorting.

The Japanese soldiers hurriedly ran to both sides of the trench, and the Chinese soldiers chased the Japanese and shot. Some Japanese were hiding at the corner of the trench. The Chinese soldiers rushing over were stabbed to death by the Japanese with no defense. Then the Chinese soldiers rushing over aimed at the Japanese and shot them at one point, and all the bullets were shot into the Japanese.

The Japanese soldiers fought sporadically in the trenches and all retreated to the core fortifications of the bunker. As soon as the Chinese soldiers left the trenches, they were suppressed by the Japanese bunker firepower points.

The Japanese bunker was in the shape of plum blossoms, covering the cross-fire boundaries. More than a dozen Chinese soldiers who charged were killed and fell to a place just ten meters away from the bunker. The blood stained the earth red.

After several strong attacks, they were all repelled by the Japanese. The commander of the regiment who served as the main attacker immediately ordered the soldiers to defend the trenches and not to attack the bunkers. The commander of the regiment shook off the hat on his head, "Damn it, Japanese, the bunker is too well-built and cannot show up from the trenches."

The Chief of Staff of the regiment suggested, "Captain, why not, let the soldiers secretly dig tunnels to the next side of the bunker, then bury the ** and blow him down."

The regiment commander smiled in surprise and nodded, "Your idea is good! Let the engineer company commander go up and take a look, guide the soldiers how to dig tunnels and calculate the maximum loading amount."

The engineer company commander took the horse personally and quietly entered the trench, observed the shape of the Japanese bunker, estimated the approximate area, and obtained the data. He returned to the offensive position under the cover of the soldiers.

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Chapter completed!