In the Battle of Heijin, General Touichi Terauchi and Lieutenant General Hisao Nishio, the former commander of the 2nd Army, were all responsible for the defeat. Bunzaburo Kawagishi was not dismissed from his position as division commander, which was considered a blessing from his ancestors.
On the evening of the 17th, Colonel Suzuki Kenji of the 40th Brigade of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army led the 80th Regiment of the Japanese Army to the outskirts of Teng County. He immediately mobilized the artillery brigade directly under the Regiment (12 75mm mountain guns and 12 70mm infantry guns. The regiment level was originally only equipped with
An artillery squadron (expanded after the Ping-Tianjin battle) launched a fierce artillery bombardment against the defensive position of the 122nd Division in Tengxian County!
A Japanese regiment has more than 3,800 men, and although Wang Mingzhang has a division, he only has more than 9,000 combatable troops. Although he has an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, he is at a complete disadvantage in other aspects.
Sure enough, the Japanese bombardment had an immediate effect. Most of the trenches temporarily dug by the 122nd Division were destroyed by the Japanese 75mm mountain cannon in just 15 minutes. Dozens of soldiers were buried under the soil, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead; some soldiers were
During the Japanese bombardment, they were so frightened that they crawled out of the trenches and became directly targeted by shrapnel. Some soldiers even escaped and were shot by the supervising team...
A company in the forward position basically lost its ability to fight again in this burst of shelling.
Wang Mingzhang's 122nd Division has a combat defense artillery battalion, and each regiment also has an 80-meter mortar company. The total number of artillery is not small, but the caliber and power are not enough compared with the Japanese army. The Japanese just said
After a sudden artillery fire, the artillery observers of the 122nd Division had found the coordinates of the Japanese artillery, but were unable to return fire because the Japanese artillery positions were purchased and set up outside the range of the Chinese artillery.
Even if the artillery positions are moved forward to hit the Japanese artillery positions, it will be a huge risk, because the Japanese field artillery regiment and the artillery of several other regiments have not been deployed at all, and the National Army's
Artillery is very likely to become the target of Japanese artillery.
"Quickly, order the 4th Company to replace the 2nd Company, the Japanese are coming!" Xie Hui, commander of the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment of the 122nd Division, shouted at the observation post. The Japanese troops were coming with such ferocity that one of their own companies was crippled with just a burst of shelling.
"Commander, please take a closer look. The Japanese troops haven't come up yet." Zeng Qishou, commander of the 1st Battalion, felt that the Japanese army was fighting a bit strangely. How could there be a battle without sending infantry to charge first, and then the artillery would clear the target at a fixed point?
"When the Japanese come up, it will be too late!" Xie Hui insisted.
"Hey, 4th Company? Take over the position of the 2nd Company immediately, yes, hurry up!" Yang Ting, commander of the 2nd Battalion, immediately called to make arrangements. The 2nd Company belongs to the 1st Battalion, and the 4th Company happens to belong to the 2nd Battalion. The National Army is here
When organized at the battalion or company level, it is usually a three-three system, plus directly affiliated troops, with each battalion having five to six hundred people.
At the time of the national crisis, the two battalion commanders did not care about sacrifice and rushed to send their troops into battle. Of course, battalion-level officers were not officials. When the last company in the battalion advanced, the battalion commanders had no choice but to follow the charge.
, this is often the time when military officers die.
Just when the 4th company rushed to the position and was handing over to the 2nd company, the Japanese artillery came again! The stubborn Japanese also became cunning. One artillery attack was divided into two periods, catching the Chinese army by surprise.
"Boom, boom, boom..." This time, the Japanese 70 infantry artillery also joined the bombardment, and the battlefield was filled with smoke.
"You damn Japs, we were fooled!" Xie Hui said with some regret.
"Captain, it's nothing. There's no one who won't die in a war." Liao Pei, the deputy of the regiment, consoled him.
"Commander, we are leaving the troops!" The two battalion commanders, Zeng Qishou and Yang Ting, both felt that today's battle would be difficult. It would be better to go down and take control of the troops as soon as possible than to achieve nothing in the observation post at the regiment headquarters.
The Japanese's second artillery bombardment lasted another 15 minutes. Needless to say, the new 4th company and the original 2nd company were once again severely damaged by Japanese fire. Some soldiers were simply killed by the shell explosion because they did not reach the bunker in time.
Some were shocked to death by the sound, and some were buried to death by the soil.
Judging from the short half-hour artillery attack, the local troops of the Chinese army were not ready to fight a modern war. In the history of World War II, although the Japanese army could not compare with the German army or the Russian army, it also could not compare with the American soldiers in the latter part of World War II.
For example, however, the Japanese army fought with Britain, France and other countries in Southeast Asia. The British and French armies were no match for each other, which is enough to show the strength of the Japanese army. However, the Sichuan army where Wang Mingzhang belongs has fought in the civil war for decades, and its battlefield survivability has not been improved.
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It is said that the Sichuan Army's civil war was mostly thunderous but not rainy. Two division-level troops fought against each other for a long time. The fight was very lively, but the casualties on both sides were less than 10, and one side began to retreat. Some
Data show that: from March 14 to 17, in the defense battle of Teng County, the 122nd Division lost 6 officers and 105 soldiers; 10 officers and 156 soldiers were injured; the division commander Wang Mingzhang died in battle! And the "missing" officers included
6 people, 470 soldiers (see the Baidu Encyclopedia "Taierzhuang Victory" entry for this number).
The so-called missing on the battlefield, most of them should be "deserters". The reason is very simple. As long as not all of your squad or platoon are killed and there are still people alive, even if you are bombarded to pieces, there will be soldiers to prove that you are a "warrior".
"Dead", not "missing". The so-called missing means that you are not alive, there is no body, and no one can prove that you were bombed to pieces. In this case, you probably ran away. Especially the officers, it is even less likely to be shot.
It was blown to pieces.
So, why not treat these people as "deserters"? For deserters on the battlefield, the most serious ones must be subject to battlefield discipline, and the least serious ones must go to jail; and only if they are caught on the spot can they be convicted; besides, nepotism in the national army
The relationship was very serious and the management was chaotic. It would be quite difficult to pursue such "deserting" behavior after the war.
"Quick, the Japanese are coming, prepare to fight!" Xie Bochang, commander of the 2nd company, ordered through the smoke.
The soldiers of the national army discovered that about four to five hundred Japanese soldiers were approaching Tengxian County with guns in hand and their waists bent.
"Lao Xie, do you think this will work?" Li Xiangyun, commander of the 4th company, looked at the Japanese troops rushing up and discussed tactics with Xie Bochang.
"Okay. Brother, I'll listen to you." Upon hearing this, Xie Bochang immediately agreed.
The tactics discussed by the two men were not surprising. They were to use the two heavy machine guns and six light machine guns of the two companies together. When the enemy suddenly reached a close range of about 100 meters, they would suddenly open fire on the Japanese army.
Create a surprise effect.
"I estimate that the Japanese army will charge for the last time today, and it is a tentative charge." Li Xiangyun explained.
At this time when the Japanese army has not yet figured out the details of the Chinese army, it is a good time for the Chinese soldiers to annihilate the enemy invaders and establish their merits. Once both sides have figured out their opponents and are on fire, the battle will be extremely difficult.
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"Order: The heavy machine guns and light machine guns of the 2nd company are on the left, and the heavy machine guns and light machine guns of the 4th company are on the right. Quickly establish a position to form a crossfire!"
"Old Li, do you want to request artillery support from the regiment?" Xie Bochang was a little unsure.
"It won't be needed for the time being, Lao Xie, don't worry, this little Japan can't be beaten back with a burst of artillery." Li Xiangyun seemed very confident.
He is also a company commander, so why is Li Xiangyun better at fighting? This matter is also related to the National Defense Forces. At the turn of the spring and summer of 1936, Li Xiangyun's cousin Li Xiangbing joined the National Defense Forces. This was the reason why Liu Xiang and others used military resources to fight with the National Defense Forces.
As part of the business plan to replace equipment, the people responsible for recruiting troops were naturally personnel sent by the National Defense Forces. Because Li Xiangbing could read 500 words after studying for a year and a half, he received a settlement allowance of 50 oceans at that time. You know, this 50 yuan
A big ocean could already buy three acres of good paddy fields in Sichuan. For a while, everyone in the village envied the Li Xiangbing family's good luck.
A year later, Li Xiangbing, who had become a platoon deputy, went home to visit relatives. He unexpectedly bumped into Li Xiangyun who was returning home to do some work. The two brothers started chatting about their respective troops. Obviously, Li Xiangbing was very impressed with the training and equipment of his cousin's troops.
Li Xiangyun looked disdainful, but Li Xiangyun lamented that his cousin was lucky enough to be in such a good army. He was the company commander, but his salary was not as high as that of others.
During this chat, Li Xiangyun heard his cousin talk about some training and tactics of the National Defense Force, and he was determined to use them in the National Army. However, the training of the National Army was not something that he, a small company commander, could change at will.
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As for the "close combat" and "cross fire", these are the most effective methods that Li Xiangyun can use at this time.
In fact, the "close combat" of the national army may not be easy to use. The reason why the National Defense Forces can attack at close range is because the National Defense Forces have a lot of automatic firepower. Machine guns and submachine guns account for almost one-third, not to mention the semi-automatic rifles that are later equipped by all the main forces.
.As for the automatic firepower of the national army, in addition to a few machine guns, the company commander, company deputy and each platoon commander only had a submachine gun, which could hardly play a big role in the face of the precise shooting of Japanese grenade launchers.
Originally, Li Xiangyun could have driven half of the soldiers in the frontal position down to rest as a new force for the two companies. However, Li Xiangyun was worried that he would not be able to shoulder the responsibility if the ground was lost, so he had to give up.
If a company of the National Defense Force were to defend this position, the method of attack would be much simpler and clearer: in front of the position, before the enemy's shelling, there would be at most one squad of guard posts, and the Japanese artillery would fire at will, and the casualties to our troops would be very limited.
; When the Japanese army was dispatched to a distance of 600-400 meters, the company's 60 mortar platoon should go into battle to launch an attack on the Japanese army. If the 8 60 mortar platoons fired five rounds rapidly, the Japanese army would definitely fall in large areas; after that, the Japanese army
When moving forward, snipers or sharpshooters should look for the Japanese officers, grenade launchers, and machine gunners to name them one by one. Most of the soldiers, including the 12 squad machine guns of the National Defense Forces, will stay hidden and wait for the Japanese to enter.
Within 100 meters or even closer, a company of 60 submachine guns and 12 machine guns will form a hail of deadly bullets. If the Japanese army does not find a hiding place within three seconds, they will most likely be annihilated.
Artillery and machine guns are responsible for destroying groups of enemies on the surface, while semi-automatic rifles or the original 98k are responsible for naming scattered Japanese troops. In this way, it is difficult for the Japanese army to form a group charge advantage when facing the National Defense Forces head-on.