Even Li Yunfei didn't expect that the recruits of the 337th Regiment would be so confident at the beginning of the first battle.
Under the halo of a junior commander, the soldiers 'spear skills and morale had increased by 10%. It didn't seem like much, but it made every soldier's spear skills improve significantly.
His nervousness was greatly relieved. Coupled with the improvement in his marksmanship in actual combat, he immediately realized that the Japanese were just so-so.
This was also the direction that Li Yunfei had been working towards. Currently, the average shooting score of the entire infantry regiment was above 88 points.
This level was comparable to the elite infantry of the Japanese's frontline division. The infantry of the 77th Regiment was a permanent division after all, and their marksmanship was not inferior to that of the frontline division. However, when compared to the 337th Regiment, they were on par.
At the beginning of the battle, the 337th Regiment had the advantage of sneak attacks. They had flares and anti-infantry mines, causing the Japanese to suffer some losses.
Naturally, their confidence rose. This was a crucial step for the two infantry companies.
However, the Japanese's reaction was not slow either. Although they had lost a lot in the attack, all the surviving Japanese immediately lay on the side of the road. The team leaders and captains also began to organize a counterattack.
Light and heavy machine guns were set up in an attempt to suppress the firing points on both sides of the mountain. Then, they would cover the main force to retreat from the road where there were enemies on both sides.
They had set up their positions on both sides of the road and attacked from the center of the middle road. They were simply courting death.
It had to be said that the Japanese soldiers in the permanent division were indeed of good quality. They quickly changed from the back to the front, and the front covered and suppressed them with fire. Then, they slowly retreated out of the ambush zone.
However, despite their quick reactions, hundreds of corpses were still left on the road.
The mines alone had killed two to three hundred people, and with the sudden flares and shots, another two to three hundred people had died.
Losing five to six hundred men was a huge blow to the two infantry brigades.
The expressions of the two captains of the two infantry brigades instantly became very gloomy, but they were not in a hurry to act rashly. They first figured out the location of the enemy's position. After ten minutes, the two reorganized brigades split up and attacked the mountains on both sides of the road.
The real battle had just begun. Although the two infantry brigades of the 77th Regiment did not carry any heavy weapons, they had a lot of mortars and grenade launchers.
They locked onto the defensive position at the top of the mountain. The moment the attack began, they launched a dense bombardment. The sound of gunfire was almost non-stop.
The dense artillery shells landed on the defensive position of the 337th Regiment. As early as the Japanese were ready to attack, the two company commanders had already ordered the soldiers to hide in the cat ear holes to avoid the artillery.
The Japanese's three-pronged attack was no stranger to the national army.
While the Japanese were firing, they also launched a skirmish. Under the cover of the night, they charged towards the top of the mountain.
"Immediately order the artillery platoon to suppress the Japanese's bombardment. We can't let them do whatever they want.”
In the command center of the company in front of him, the two company commanders who were in charge of the artillery gave the order to return fire.
337 didn't have the luxury of equipping infantry companies with artillery, but each infantry company had a mortar platoon.
The two mortar platoons that had been set up earlier had already locked onto the Japanese's artillery position at the foot of the mountain.
All of them were trained soldiers, and their quality was top-notch. They immediately locked onto the Japanese soldiers below. As soon as the order was given, they started a round of rapid fire.
The artillery position was hidden in the slope behind the defensive position, and there was a cannon bunker built. The sound of firing rang out continuously. The soldiers holding the mortar shells skillfully turned around and slid the mortar shells into the barrels. Then, they turned around and lowered their heads. At the same time, they picked up another shell and turned around to put it in. Their movements were very smooth.
At the Japanese artillery position at the foot of the mountain, the Japanese who were firing all heard the roar of the shells. Just as the squad leader of the mortar squadron was about to shout out to avoid the shells, the shells had already landed on the Japanese mortar position.
The first round of mortars quickly engulfed the Japanese's dozens of mortars, and more and more mortars followed suit. The continuous explosions immediately stopped the explosions at the 337th Regiment's position.
At this moment, soldiers quickly came out from the cat ear holes. The Japanese soldiers had already climbed halfway up the mountain.
The two flares lit up the front of the camp as if it was daytime. The heavy machine guns that had been set up in the camp immediately opened fire, and the rifles quickly aimed at the Japanese on the mountainside.
Although many of the Japanese had immediately laid down on the mountainside when they saw the flare, there were still some who did not dodge it.
The Japanese who were lying on the ground also aimed at the muzzle of the gun on the top of the mountain to suppress and shoot.
At the same time, the Japanese machine guns at the foot of the mountain began to cover their infantry.
Intense gunfire unfolded under the night sky. The bullets fired by the heavy machine guns on the mountaintop formed tongues of fire. Every three ordinary machine gun bullets were followed by a tracer bullet.
Tracer bullets streaked across the night sky, leaving a trail of light behind. This light allowed the machine gunner to see the point of impact clearly, and it was also easy to aim and suppress the enemy's firepower.
A dense barrage of bullets danced in the night sky. At the same time, flares fell on the Japanese's heads like they were free. This made the Japanese extremely depressed.
In this kind of environment where the enemy was always in the dark while they were always in the light, they almost did not dare to get up and move forward.
Coupled with the occasional suppression of the mortars, the Japanese had not even broken through the mountainside in the first half an hour.
The captains of the two battalions of the 77th Regiment were sweating profusely because Fujiuro Ryo and the main force were about to reach the small temple.
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