Bright Sword: Start with Ding Blast Bridge, Homemade Sweet Potato Cake

丁伟手上还有6门迫击炮，其中5门是82毫米迫击炮，1门是120毫米迫击炮。

The ammunition reserves are sufficient, and 300 boxes of mortar shells have not been used.

There are also 1500 artillery shells of various types, including mountain artillery shells and field artillery shells.

The key point is that he doesn’t have any mountain artillery to use. Isn’t that a pity?

If you have nothing to eat or nothing to wear, the devils will provide it for you.

We had no guns or cannons, so the Japanese made them for us.

The 4th Independent Mixed Brigade attacked with heavy weapons, and its vanguard encountered the blocking forces of the New 1st Regiment.

Both sides opened fire near the hillside.

At first, the Japanese infantry battalion commander did not take it seriously, thinking that it was just a small group of Eighth Route Army soldiers and that their advancing forces would be enough to easily take them down.

But when they attacked, they discovered a big problem.

This group of people learned from the experience of fortification warfare during the battle of Lijiaopo, and used the hillside terrain to build up concealed firepower.

They also learned the essence of the New 1st Regiment's strategy of showing weakness to the enemy.

First, they opened fire with rifles and two light machine guns, making the Japanese mistakenly believe that there was only a platoon of soldiers stationed there.

When two squads of Japanese soldiers rushed up in a show of force.

Hidden fire emerged.

Four heavy machine guns fired crosswise, and another nine light machine guns appeared, shooting through forty or fifty people in a wave of fire.

The heavy machine gun bullets pierced through the Japanese's steel helmets, and after the bullets penetrated, they flew far away with blood.

The water-cooled heavy machine gun has strong penetration and high rate of fire. After it opens fire, the entire area is within the range of fire suppression.

"The cunning Chinese soldiers actually hid four heavy machine guns. Report to the brigade commander that this Eighth Route Army unit has heavy firepower weapons and is suspected to be the main force of the New First Regiment."

Seeing the Japanese retreat, the troops responsible for blocking the enemy began to move their heavy machine guns.

Only a few brothers who were in charge of the blasting were left, and they hid in the cat ear cave.

Just after evacuating the position, the original fortification area came under artillery attack.

The artillery squadron within the brigade opened fire, and several mountain cannons accurately hit the hillside from 3000 meters away.

The shells exploded, and the flames formed a continuous piece.

Rocks flew everywhere and the fortifications were blown to pieces.

Fortunately, he moved away after fighting a wave without any hesitation.

If you still hide in the fortifications, you will be hit by enough artillery fire.

Even if the entire army is not wiped out, there will be heavy losses.

The destructive power of mountain artillery on fortifications is obvious to all, and simple defensive fortifications cannot stop it at all.

The Japs came with great force. After a burst of artillery fire, the infantry immediately pressed onto the top of the hill.

When the Japanese approached, they detonated the minefields one after another.

A carefully prepared ambush resulted in 0 casualties, but cost the Japanese 67 lives.

The first company of the first battalion retreated, and under the order of Zhang Dabiao, they blew up the Taohe Highway Bridge before retreating.

The bridge is seven or eight meters wide and more than 40 meters long. It was built on Tao River in Yu County, connecting the north and the south.

With a loud explosion, the bridge deck was blown into two.

When the brigade's 11th Independent Infantry Battalion, led by its commander, Major Murakami, arrived here, they saw only the bridge that had been blown into two pieces.

The stone that fell into the water, with half of its head exposed, seemed to be mocking them.

"Baga, these cunning Tubalu blew up the bridge. Quickly organize an engineering team to build a bridge for traffic."

The first thing engineers do when building a bridge is to collect materials.

Look for suitable wood nearby, such as pillars, planks and even telephone poles, to pave the bridge deck and restore traffic.

Construction is a big problem, not only to support the passage of infantry, but also to support the passage of mountain and field artillery.

Ding Wei suddenly gained new insights at the regiment headquarters in Yun County.

[Blow up the Taohe Highway Bridge and accidentally obtain 500 water-link sniper rifles and 10 rounds of matching bullets. ]

Compared with the mortars obtained before, this time they unexpectedly obtained 500 sniper rifles.

The so-called sniper rifle is a batch of rifles with good quality and high accuracy, equipped with an optical sight.

The effective shooting distance of the machine aiming is 400 meters, and with the optical sight the effective shooting distance can reach 800 meters.

As one of the commonly used weapons for sniping, the Water Ball is absolutely famous.

Combined with the sharpshooter in each team, it can effectively improve the team's combat capability.

Ding Zhaqiao was excited to see the prey, so he took out a rifle, pulled the bolt and tried to shoot.

Good stuff, absolutely good stuff.

For someone with a talent for shooting, this would be a magical outfit that could kill enemies at a distance of 800 meters.

No matter what happens, we still have to think about blowing up the bridge.

This is much more comfortable than capturing the enemy's weapons and equipment.

According to the predetermined blocking plan, the Japanese had arrived in Yun County, less than 60 miles away from the county seat.

It takes more than half a day's march north from Taohe Highway Bridge to the county seat.

There are two main roads from Yangquan to Yu County, one through the mountains and the other through the valley in the north of Yangquan.

The bridge was destroyed, so we had to either retreat or take another route into the mountains.

Or wait for the engineers to repair the bridge before continuing the march.

Major General Dong Kawamura wanted to choose the former and take a detour from another route, where the road was relatively flat and had many mountain roads.

The offensive posture of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade

Of course, if you go back the same way and take another route, the distance will be relatively longer.

Major General Dong Kawamura thought of a foolproof plan. He ordered three infantry battalions and two mountain artillery companies to continue moving forward, while the other two independent infantry battalions split up and took the field artillery companies to take a detour. Both sides gathered in the county town area.

The bridge in front of us is broken, and the time it takes to repair the bridge and pave the road is enough to take a detour.

Fighting in mountainous areas is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

In particular, transportation is inconvenient and logistics supply is also a big problem.

He was unwilling to place the field artillery in the mountains, as if anything happened, it could not be pushed or taken away.

The Japanese invaders divided their troops at the broken bridge, and the infantry continued to cross the river, carrying light and heavy machine guns, and continued to advance northward.

The baggage train and artillery squadron turned back and took another route.

Mountain artillery is better, as it can be disassembled for transportation and carried by mules and horses, and can be moved along mountain roads.

Mobilizing field artillery in mountainous areas places great demands on the roadbed.

Field artillery is heavier and must be towed and moved along roads.

If you want to push a field artillery in the mountains, everyone has to be a strong man.

After noticing the Japanese invaders' division of forces, Ding Wei almost laughed out loud.

"I was just thinking about how to deal with his artillery squadron, and the Japanese divided their forces and marched, giving my New 1st Regiment the opportunity to defeat them one by one."

Zhong Zhicheng was surprised.

how?

No more retreat?

Even if the Japanese invaders divided their forces, each route had more than 2000 troops.

It is also equipped with many mountain cannons and infantry cannons, and is not something the New 1st Regiment can afford to provoke.

The best option is to retreat, withdraw from Yu County, and fight in the mountainous areas.

The New 1st Regiment had just experienced a great battle and was no match for the Japanese brigade, not even half of it.

Ding Wei understands the reason very well, and Zhong Zhicheng's judgment comes from his lack of understanding of the cards.

He didn't know the trump card Ding Wei had in his hand.

If there are 7 82mm mortars, plus 2 infantry guns, plus a 120mm mortar.

Put them in suitable sniping positions and fire rapidly. I wonder if the Japanese brigade can withstand it.

The number of individual soldiers is useless in the face of artillery. When a shot is fired, it is very likely that forty or fifty people will be blown into the sky together.

The towering peaks of Tanshuyan, Pigeon Cliff and others are excellent artillery positions.

I couldn't bear not to take a single hit from the Japanese.