Chapter 1519 Battle at Xinkou (3)

The enemy forces surrounded north of Xinkou include the 34th, 39th, and 105th divisions, as well as the 13th and 18th brigade, and the independent 3rd brigade.

The 12th, 36th, and 40th brigades, plus two puppet military divisions, have a total strength of 150,000.

Before the war broke out, the Japanese army generally held a view that one soldier could deal with at least four soldiers. If they were formed into a brigade, a squadron, a squad and other combat combinations, the combat effectiveness would be doubled. According to the most optimistic estimates, a brigade and a squadron would be even more powerful.

The combat effectiveness of a division of the * team is equivalent. When formulating strategies and tactics, staff officers usually make comprehensive considerations based on this kind of thinking.

In Tojo Hideki's mind, even if two puppet divisions were deducted, based on the strength of the Japanese army on the Xinkou front line, there was still a chance of winning even against a million-medium Japanese army, so he never thought of failure. Although the Japanese army is now

The military community was full of fear of the Anjia Army. However, Tojo Hideki, who had never fought against the Anjia Army, did not believe it anyway, thinking that this was just an excuse to shirk his incompetence. From the beginning, he did not pay attention to the garrison.

The 30th Group Army on the front line of Niangziguan paid more attention to it, so it was caught off guard and suffered such a big loss.

Now, the Japanese troops who were surrounded by Chinese troops in the area north of Xinkou were a little anxious.

On the southern front, the Japanese army was attacked by the Chinese *** team that was several times larger than its own. Although the front line stood firm, it fought extremely hard. The Chinese *** team was not as incompetent as the rumors at all. Under the command of the army commander,

The division commander and regimental commander took the lead, and the three armies sacrificed their lives. Although it often took two or three people to exchange for the Japanese's life, the overwhelming numerical advantage of the Chinese *** team put huge pressure on the Japanese army.

On the western front, the 17th Division of the Anjia Army was like a nail, slowly squeezing towards the central position from west to east. The Japanese army resisted tenaciously, but under the care of Anjia Army fighter planes in the sky, infantry artillery and mortars,

Heavy weapons such as grenades and heavy machine guns were hit by B2 fighters as soon as they fired. The artillery and machine gunners, along with their weapons, were turned into parts.

Contrary to the Japanese army, the 17th Division could use the howitzers of the regimental artillery battalion, mortars and high-level dual-purpose machine guns equipped to the company platoon, and each squad was equipped with a rocket launcher. The Japanese army was severely suppressed.

If it weren't for the Japanese's extremely accurate marksmanship and large reserves of melon grenades, which caused huge casualties to An's army, the battle line would have collapsed long ago.

To the north, although the Chinese *** team did not launch an attack, they were quickly building defenses.

Once the fortification complex is formed and the traffic ditches and anti-gun holes are repaired, it will be extremely difficult to break out of the encirclement.

So in this case, the Japanese commanders in the encirclement gathered together for a brief discussion, and immediately mobilized the remaining anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to conduct air defense operations around the artillery positions that were deliberately concealed to prevent attacks by the Chinese Air Force, and at the same time began

Organize forces and launch an attack on the 170th Division.

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The sun was shining brightly, and the 7th Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 170th Division was struggling to repair fortifications on the hills of Xiaogang Village, three kilometers southeast of Yuanping County. Tang Wen, commander of the 7th Battalion who was commanding, suddenly saw a soldier parked there.

Bian stopped moving and rushed over and asked: "Da Shanzi, what's wrong?"

The soldier named Dashanzi looked childish. He was sixteen or seventeen years old at most. He was a new soldier who had just joined the army in Jinzhong last October. He wiped off the big beads of sweat on his forehead and raised his sore shoulders.

, asked: "Batalion Commander, is it useful for us to repair this? The fighting is so fierce in the south and west, why don't we launch an attack?"

Tang Wen explained patiently: "Da Shanzi, our mission is to intercept and make the Japanese troops in the encirclement have no way to escape. Think about it, if we also participate in the attack, the little Japanese can calmly rush through the gaps in our attacking troops."

Go out, behind us now, Commander Lu is commanding the troops to attack the city. If this rebel army rushes over, it will bring great trouble to our siege troops. The victory that was originally easy to obtain has become confusing again.

, Do you understand?”

Dashanzi said "Oh" as if he didn't understand, and began to raise the engineering shovel vigorously again to dig fortifications.

A jagged trench two meters wide and one and a half meters deep gradually took shape due to the efforts of the officers and soldiers. At this moment, an earth-shattering explosion suddenly sounded not far away, and a huge fireball lifted into the sky carrying a whole ball of mud.

And rise.

After the explosion, the whistling sound of artillery shells piercing the air was heard. This was the effect caused by heavy artillery shells flying faster than the speed of sound.

At this time, huge explosions were also heard from the surrounding positions, and huge orange fireballs rose one after another!

"Artillery attack! This is the artillery attack of the Japanese artillery! Everyone takes cover!"

Tang Wen, who fell down in the trench when he heard the first explosion, saw some new recruits standing stupidly beside the trench, staring in horror at the huge crater in front of the position.

The first people to react to the Japanese artillery shelling were all veterans of the Anjia Army. They knew clearly that the Japanese artillery was firing calibrated shells and after adjusting the firing angle, the Japanese army was about to start a large-scale artillery bombardment.

The recruits finally reacted under the urging of the veterans. The recruits who were close to the trench quickly jumped down without adjusting their posture, while the recruits who were dozens of meters away from the trench rushed towards the trench desperately.

"Quick! Quick! The Japanese are going to shell us!"

Tang Wen greeted desperately, and a large number of recruits running in front jumped into the trench one after another, lying in the dirt and gasping for air. Among the two recruits who fell at the back, one of them did not know whether the ground slipped or stepped on something empty.

, actually fell headlong into the large crater in front of the position.

"Hurry up and give me a hand!"

"Run! The Japanese bombardment is about to begin!"

The recruit's cry for help and battalion commander Tang Wen's orders reached the ears of another recruit at the same time.

After hesitating for a moment, the standing recruit still bent down to pull his companion who was struggling desperately in the bomb crater. He grabbed his companion's arm with both hands and heard a dull explosion. The two recruits were dead in an instant.

The flesh and blood flew into the sky along with the flying soil, leaving only a large black hole with smoke rising on the ground.

The Japanese army made a desperate move!

They used the remaining 75mm infantry guns, 105mm mountain guns, 120mm howitzers, 150mm howitzers, field guns and other hundreds of large and small artillery pieces to violently bombard the 170th Division position to the north. Almost

Every second, dozens of artillery shells hit the Anjiajun garrison position, and dark red bullet marks like locusts filled the sky, roaring from the two small hills of Pingdiquan and Tanglingang controlled by the Japanese army in the south.

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The shells with a piercing whistling sound fell to the ground like dense hail.

In an instant, the whole earth began to tremble violently, as if a big earthquake had occurred.

Following bursts of dull roaring sounds, balls of black and red flames shot straight into the sky. Amid the firelight and thick gunpowder smoke, mud balls flew into the air and turned into a shower of mud rain that fell to the ground.

The Japanese artillery that passed through the school fire accurately hit the position of the 170th Division. The trenches were buried by the falling soil. Some trenches that were unfortunately directly hit by heavy artillery shells collapsed. Countless people were lying there to avoid the shelling.

The flesh and blood of the officers and soldiers merged with the soil.

Various artillery shells fell on the ground, and no "boom" explosions could be heard. All that could be felt was a series of roars like rolling thunder. The soaring flames formed terrifying walls of fire on the ground.

Raging air waves flew in all directions, and stones, sand, soil, and mutilated flesh were mixed together and swept into the air. When they landed on the ground, only piles of sand and gravel that could be crushed into powder were left.

In order to open up the road to the north, the Japanese army's artillery of various calibers covered the 170th Division's position over and over again. Every trench and every painstakingly built fortification was blown to pieces in the flames that shot up into the sky.

Incomplete.

The veterans of the Anjia Army who have experienced many battles can still huddle in the trenches and endure the endless explosions with their tenacious will, but the new recruits who were recruited at the end of last year have never seen such a scene, with cries and screams.

Shouts echoed across the battlefield.

Tang Wen's heart was full of anxiety. He was a veteran who participated in the Jidong War last year. He felt helpless at the performance of the new recruits in front of him. The scene of being bombed by the Japanese army for a day in Jixian County was much more tragic than now. The brothers endured hardships and survived.

After a day and a night, they broke through the Japanese front line and successfully retreated to the rear. Compared with the intensity of the current shelling, it was simply child's play, but the situation was much worse.

By this time, some of the recruits had begun to cry from small voices to screams.

Fear is contagious, and even the veterans who had been holding down the new recruits began to become irritable and restless. Tang Wen finally couldn't help it anymore and loudly ordered: "Cover their mouths!" and then did it.

A gesture of covering the mouth.

The veterans suddenly woke up and covered the mouths of the crazily crying recruits with their hands. Some of the irrational recruits actually bit the veterans' hands severely. The veterans were so painful that they burst into tears and remained silent.

, let the blood flow freely.

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Just when the Japanese army launched an artillery bombardment, the B2 bombers hovering in the sky were angry! They completed the firepower concentration under their noses and caused a large number of casualties to the army. This was unbearable, so Izumi Hirakachi immediately concentrated on the Japanese artillery.

Tanglingang pounced.

B2 bombers, one after another, swooped down with a terrifying roar and began to attack the place where the shells were fired.

On the ground, the Japanese army gathered all the troops and barely managed to collect twenty-four Type 99 88mm anti-aircraft guns and thirty-two Type 96 triple-mounted 25mm anti-aircraft cannons, and launched an anti-aircraft attack. Suddenly, three of them were caught off guard.

The B2 bomber was hit and exploded in the air and disintegrated. Two other B2 bombers dragged thick smoke and struggled to get rid of the dense barrage and flew to the southeast.

But life was not easy for little Japan. A string of bombs fell on the artillery position, causing great damage. Therefore, less than a quarter of an hour after the bombardment started, the Japanese artillery fire misfired again.

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Yang Jiuxiao, who set up the headquarters in Sanquan Village, witnessed this scene through the telescope and said with a stern expression to Major General Li Jun, commander of the 170th Division:

"The Japanese army is more tenacious than we thought. If you say hello to the brigades, the Japanese army may have more than these hidden firepower. Let the soldiers be more vigilant and pay attention to every move of the Japanese army."

Li Jun nodded, walked aside to explain to Zhang Fengyun, the chief of operations section, and then walked back to Yang Jiuxiao:

"Now that the troops are equipped with equipment, their combat effectiveness has dropped a lot. We don't see much in training on weekdays, but we find so many problems on the battlefield. So far, the division's political department has arrested twenty-two deserters.

This has never happened in the history of our military."

Qu Muchen, who was standing next to Yang Jiuxiao, took over the conversation helplessly: "There are too many recruits in the army, and Commander Lu insisted on recruiting recruits locally in Shanxi, saying that he would not cause trouble to the headquarters, and at the same time because he was protecting himself.

In my hometown, the fighting will of the recruits should be better than that of soldiers from other places. To be honest, until now, I have not seen how strong the fighting will of these recruits is..."

Li Junshen agreed: "Yes, from last year to this year, our division recruited too many new recruits, and there were also many grassroots officers promoted by rockets... But Chief of Staff, don't tell me, there are really many good ones among them.

Miao Zi, there are many newly promoted non-commissioned officers and officers in our division, and they eat, live and sleep with the soldiers. They take care of everything down to the smallest detail, and their ideological consciousness is not low!"

Yang Jiuxiao smiled and was about to talk when he suddenly saw large amounts of gunpowder smoke and fire rising up again in Pingdiquan and Tanglingang. It was obvious that a new round of shelling by the Japanese army had begun, and he couldn't help but yell: "What the hell!
Chapter completed!