Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

After all, he was the commander of the main regiment and a veteran who had been on many battlefields. Commander Cheng immediately understood the tactics that Li Yunlong had decided to adopt.

Imminent work.

- A type of military earthwork operation in which trenches are dug to advance forward and shorten the distance to enemy fortifications.

Judging from the current situation against the Yamazaki Battalion, this is indeed an excellent solution to avoid direct fire from the Japanese and shorten the charge distance.

only……

Without sufficient firepower cover, earthwork operations may not go so smoothly.

Including according to the original plot of Bright Sword, to be honest, if the 772nd Regiment had not suffered huge casualties before the Independent Regiment's attack, it would have caused great consumption to the Yamazaki Battalion.

Even though Li Yunlong had a quick mind and adopted an excellent tactical plan of earthwork and digging to advance, it was still difficult to completely destroy the Yamazaki Battalion.

Kong Jie also raised this point long before the attack on the Yamazaki Battalion.

So Kong Jie's solution is:

The independent regiment's reinforcement artillery provided fire cover for the earthwork work of the soldiers of the new second regiment.

Boom——

While the soldiers of the New Second Regiment were digging the earth with shovels, at the foot of the Lijiaopo hill, the artillery units reinforced by the Independent Regiment opened fire one after another, launching brief intermittent bombardments at the Japanese on the Lijiaopo hill.

Short intermittent bombardment - after a round of bombardment is over, when the Japanese are preparing to leave the anti-artillery fortifications and launch a fire counterattack, the second round of bombardment will follow.

This was to save the loss of artillery shells to the greatest extent possible while providing cover for the soldiers of the New Second Regiment in their earthwork operations.

The artillery used by the soldiers also included four Type 92 infantry guns captured by the Independent Regiment from the Japanese.

The old Japanese soldier Yamazaki was not unfamiliar with the sound of shells unique to infantry artillery.

"It seems that the Eighth Route Army at the top of the hill must be the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. I heard that Huangyun Town was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment some time ago, and several infantry guns stored in the warehouse were lost.

This time, the Nanyuan Battalion was destroyed again and also lost two infantry guns.

These damned Eighth Route Army actually transferred all four infantry guns here."

Hiding in the cat-ear cave anti-artillery fortifications, while saying these words, the old Japanese Yamazaki couldn't help but be thankful for his foresight.

If he had not led his troops to retreat to Lijiaopo, a place with unique terrain, in a timely manner, and ingeniously built defensive fortifications in the central area of ​​the high slope, and specially built cat-ear cave anti-artillery fortifications.

Facing the artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army.

With only 500 soldiers in his Yamazaki Battalion, there was no way they could escape destruction.

Feel the powerful artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.

Yamazaki became more and more determined to use the China-Canada Blossom Strategy and unite the reinforcements from all parties to completely eliminate the main forces of the Eighth Route Army.

"It has only been a few years, and the equipment level of the Eighth Route Army has developed to this level. If we continue to sit back and watch them develop, the consequences will be disastrous."

Boom——

The Eighth Route Army's bombardment continued. The Japanese forward observation post, risking being hit by artillery fire, discovered that the Eighth Route Army was carrying out earthwork in the ridge area on the gentle slope to the south.

The news was immediately reported to the Yamazaki Battalion's temporary command center.

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army seems to be using artillery fire to cover the earthwork!"

"Nani?"

Completely unable to sit still, Yamazaki risked being bombarded and climbed to the front of the fortifications. He looked over with a telescope and saw dust flying not far away. A large number of Eighth Route Army soldiers were holding shovels and throwing dirt out, digging secret passages.

But I haven't had time to continue observing.

The thick smoke from the smoke bombs specially dropped by the Eighth Route Army enveloped the Japanese fortifications, completely obstructing the Japanese's vision.

These are a batch of smoke bombs specially made by Kong Jie.

It can be fired using a modified Type 50 mortar.

There are also some special shells mixed in, such as those mixed with chili powder.

After the shells exploded, chili powder mixed with thick fog in the air, enveloping the Japanese soldiers, choking them so much that their eyes watered and they sneezed continuously.

The main thing is scary.

Some Japanese soldiers did not react in time. They felt the pungent gas in the air and thought it was the biological and chemical weapons deployed by the Eighth Route Army. They shouted about poison gas bombs and rushed out of the cat-ear cave anti-artillery fortifications like crazy, and were then killed by the falling shells.

Speaking of which, facing the Yamazaki Battalion on the Lijiaopo Highlands.

If the Eighth Route Army had a batch of poison gas bombs, it would indeed be the best way to deal with the Japanese.

It’s a pity that the Eighth Route Army does not have such materials.

Make bricks without straw.

Kong Jie couldn't even make such a poison gas bomb with his hands.

As for using poison gas bombs against the Japanese, Kong Jie did not think there was anything shameful about it. Is it necessary to be humane when dealing with these beasts?

Aren’t there enough examples of the damn Japanese using poison gas bombs to kill Chinese soldiers and civilians?

"Damn it, this is not poison gas at all, it's just chili powder mixed into the shells by the Eighth Route Army!" The old Japanese soldier Yamazaki reacted quickly, roaring to remind the surrounding Japanese soldiers and ordering them to hide inside the anti-artillery fortifications.

Wait for the cold wind to blow past.

The smoke that enveloped the central fortifications gradually dissipated.

Yamazaki looked over from afar and saw that the Eighth Route Army was still digging and advancing.

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army's earthwork method was not to advance in a straight line, but to divide it into multiple lines, dig out relatively narrow single-person passages, and advance rapidly in a curve.

Therefore, even if the excavation is done by manpower with a shovel, the speed is very fast.

In addition, the soil on the Lijiaopo plateau is not very hard.

It was precisely because of this that the Japanese were able to quickly build a large number of cat-ear cave anti-artillery fortifications in the center of the high ground to avoid the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.

According to the Eighth Route Army's excavation speed.

After a moment of thought, Yamazaki couldn't help but feel a chill in his spine, "Baka, if this continues, it won't take a few hours for the Eighth Route Army to dig a secret passage into our fortifications.

Stop them, stop them now.

Bombard, bombard!"

Under Yamazaki's command, the Japanese used the portable Type 89 grenade launcher to bombard the Eighth Route Army soldiers who were doing earthwork.

The Japanese artillery fire began.

Below the Lijiaopo Heights, the soldiers of the artillery company that Kong Jie had specially sent to reinforce the New Second Regiment immediately increased their fire cover, interspersed with smoke bombs.

In addition, there were also some unscrupulous artillerymen who climbed up the Lijiaopo Heights from the gentle slope on the south side, hid inside the trenches quickly dug by the soldiers, and fired at the Japanese.

One after another, heavy explosive packs fell towards the Japanese fortifications.

In an earth-shaking explosion.

Although it is impossible to directly destroy the cat-ear hole anti-artillery fortifications dug by the Japanese.

However, any Japanese soldier who dared to leave the anti-artillery fortifications would be either killed or seriously injured within a radius of 20 meters after the explosive pack exploded.

There weren't even many visible wounds on his body.

He was killed by the shock wave of the explosion.