Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 336 Huangtuling Battle 2

After hearing Kuno's analysis, Kobayashi Ichizo pondered for a moment and said, "Kuno-kun, keep a close eye on the movements of the Chinese artillery group and report any findings immediately."

"I'll have the warriors bring the mountain artillery to support you later. For now, don't attack."

He has a heavy artillery regiment and a mountain artillery group, so he is not afraid of the independent regiment at all.

The Kuno Regiment only lost a dozen mountain and field artillery pieces, and he could replenish them at any time.

The noise in the south soon reached the ears of the regiment commanders. Several regiment commanders became curious and began to send telegrams to their superiors to inquire.

Of course, Chen Zhengrong must have known this. He looked at his battalion commander and said sourly:

"Old Ji has good vision. He always goes to the independent regiment to hang out when he has nothing to do. He gets all the benefits."

He knew very well that the noise must have meant the arrival of the Independent Regiment, but they didn't come to him, which clearly showed a difference in relationship.

By this time in the battle, each regiment had suffered heavy casualties. Ji Guangshun had the support of the independent regiment, and he had a great advantage on the southern battlefield.

"Captain, didn't the division headquarters say that the independent regiment had already come out? Why..."

Their mission was to hold on for two or three hours. Now that the independent regiment had arrived, the battalion commander of the first regiment had no idea why they should only support the third regiment.

Chen Zhengrong said unhappily, "The independent regiment isn't a fully mechanized unit. There definitely aren't many people supporting us in the early stages. They all went to Old Ji."

He was clear about this, after all, the two sides communicated a lot.

"Alright, hold on a little longer. The Third Battalion takes over, and the soldiers of the Second Battalion can retreat and rest for a while."

Chen Zhengrong was in no mood to talk nonsense. He was envious of the Third Regiment.

Instead, he wanted to wait until this battle was over, maybe he could go to Xianyaling more often and ask for more benefits like Ji Guangshun did...

In the southern command center, Ji Guangshun looked at the intense flames erupting from the distant hillside and burst into laughter.

He said to Gu Changfeng: "You guys have to go up. The Japs suffered heavy losses in the first wave, haha!"

The noise was loud enough for the entire Huangtuling to hear, and it could also pose some deterrent to the Japanese. It had to be said that it was a good thing.

"The Japs brought a lot of mountain and field artillery this time. This is just a drop in the bucket."

Gu Changfeng didn't take it seriously. The real shelling hadn't started yet. The attack by the First Battalion was just an appetizer and nothing insignificant.

"Well, you can't say that. This is a good start!"

Gu Changfeng didn't take it seriously, but Ji Guangshun was very satisfied. When would they get this weapon? Otherwise, why not ask Gu Changfeng for a few after the battle?

Gu Changfeng didn't know that the battle had just begun and two regiment commanders had already set their sights on him.

On the Japanese side, Colonel Kuno was so angry after receiving the loss report that his nose was crooked and he cursed the independent regiment directly.

Unfortunately, the curses are all the same "Bagayalu", there are no new words at all.

In just half an hour on the battlefield, the casualties exceeded those of two squadrons. No wonder Kuno was angry.

"Your Excellency, the heavy artillery of the Laiyuan Independent Regiment is very powerful, comparable to the Imperial Army's 150-caliber cannon."

"I just observed carefully. They mainly rely on cluster artillery fire. At the moment, we don't have any good way to deal with it, unless we seize the gaps in their artillery fire and destroy them."

Colonel Kuno nodded repeatedly at the staff officer's words. After thinking for a moment, he said:

"Hosokawa-kun, since it's so difficult to destroy them, let's have the artillery disperse their bombardment. Even though the effect may be less, it's better than nothing."

"The brigade can't send the heavy artillery regiment and the mountain artillery group to attack together. They also have to guard against the heavy artillery of the Laiyuan Independent Regiment."

"Tell the warriors to be careful. The independent regiment is not as poorly equipped as the Eighth Route Army. On the contrary, their equipment is sometimes even worse than theirs."

"This also explains why so many Imperial warriors died at his hands."

Kuno, whose artillery position was destroyed, finally began to be cautious. He knew very well that it would be difficult to seize the gap. Unless the opponent was so unlucky, it would be impossible.

Colonel Kuno's words completely convinced Lieutenant Colonel Hosokawa, the staff officer, who quickly bowed and said, "Your Excellency, the commander of the regiment is wise."

The frontline captain did not hear the conversation between the two, but he did hear his subordinates reporting the losses of the brigade.

For a moment, the Japanese captain was overwhelmed with emotions. He had a battalion of 1200 people, and this was a loss of more than a quarter.

What's more, there are wounded soldiers who need to be taken care of, so at least some people have to go. Now there are only more than 600 people left in his brigade who can fight. How can he fight?

After hesitating for a while, the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Ishii, thought of the puppet army and immediately ordered his subordinates to call them over.

He said fiercely, "Wu Sang, you, take your men to the front later. If you dare to neglect the battle again, you know very well what the consequences will be."

When facing the puppet army, Ishii didn't treat them as human beings at all. He just let them take the bullets when they needed to.

"Yes, Majesty, I will cooperate with the Imperial Army to complete the mission."

Wu Genshui, the puppet army commander, had no choice. Dozens of his men had just been killed by the Japanese. How could he be so obedient now? He was afraid that the Japanese would shoot him too.

"Yoshi, Wu Sang, if your Imperial Army troops obey you, there will be a huge reward!"

Lieutenant Colonel Ishii said with satisfaction that he didn't take the previous execution of dozens of Imperial Army soldiers seriously at all.

Ten minutes later, the Imperial Army began to enter the battlefield under the escort of the Japanese devils.

This time the devils have learned their lesson. The Imperial Army is on the front line, the devils are on the second line, and then the Imperial Army is behind them again...

Moreover, the Japanese only deployed two squadrons, and the skirmish line was very scattered, with basically one Japanese soldier every few meters.

There were even smarter ones in this round. The Japanese bent down at a distance of four or five hundred meters and carefully moved towards the front position of the first battalion.

200 meters away, the first battalion’s position was quiet, and they started another close-range battle with the Japanese.

100 meters away, it seemed as if there was no one on the first battalion's position. The more this happened, the more frightened the puppet soldiers became. Of course, the Japanese were also frightened, and their bodies almost bent to the ground.

The Japanese puppet troops knew very well that the more still they were, the more overwhelming they would be when they took action. Any troops that could remain calm within 100 meters of them without taking action were definitely the real elite.

Sure enough, when the Japanese approached about 80 meters, Huang Zhengkui's first battalion did not disappoint the Japanese, and the entire position was instantly on fire.

Machine guns, Type 38 rifles, and grenade launchers were all fired at full power, sweeping towards the Japanese like a storm. With this level of firepower, it would be difficult for either the Japanese or the puppet army to escape.

A large number of Ishii Battalion and puppet troops who were charging fell down in an instant. Seeing that the situation was not good, the others just lay down on the ground.

Each of them looked for an obstacle that could save their life, even if it was the body of their companion.

Boom boom boom!

The Japanese artillery reinforcements began to support, and this time their artillery positions were spread out widely.

It was a very smart choice, otherwise Huang Zhengkui would have to call Lao He again.

With the support of artillery fire, the Japanese puppet troops began to charge forward, covering each other in turns, and people were knocked to the ground from time to time.

Such battles were very brutal, especially for the puppet troops. Their quality was indeed not as good as that of the Japanese devils, so they naturally suffered the most casualties.