Chapter 277 Battle for Yang Temple 4 (Please give me red flowers!)
From 4 o'clock in the morning to 7 o'clock in the morning, nearly a thousand Japanese were killed and injured in three hours. This was tantamount to a heavy blow to Fujita!
Because the total number of Japanese troops in Yangmiao is only 15,000, if they continue to be used up like this, the Japanese army can only hold on for one day at most before they completely collapse.
Susumu Fujita did not think that the engineer regiment and the baggage regiment could fight like the infantry regiment.
"Baga! What's going on with the cavalry regiment? It hasn't entered the battlefield yet?" In fact, only 20 minutes had passed since Susumu Fujita issued the order for the cavalry regiment to reinforce the battlefield in the southwest corner of Yangmiao. No matter how fast the cavalry was, it was impossible for the cavalry to be deployed at this time.
It's a battlefield.
"Your Excellency General, the cavalry regiment has reached the edge of the battlefield, and they are looking for opportunities to enter the battlefield..." the staff officer replied respectfully.
"Baga! Order them to launch an attack immediately!" Susumu Fujita rudely interrupted the staff officer's explanation.
"Hai!" the staff officer saluted and turned to convey the order.
Yangmiao, temporary command post of the National Defense Forces.
"Report, the forward security post of the 1st Regiment of the Military Direct Armored Brigade discovered that two Japanese cavalry squadrons quietly left the northwest of Yangmiao, with an unknown destination!" At the same time as Susumu Fujita got angry, Zhang Tongqing also received information about the Japanese cavalry's movements.
"Two cavalry squadrons, nearly 400 troops, what are they going to do?" Zhang Tongqing looked at Deng Minghan, chief of staff of the 061 Division. (The previous chapter mentioned the cavalry brigade, wrong. The Japanese army did not have this organization. There were only 4 cavalry squadrons and
A heavy machine gun squadron has a total number of thousands of soldiers, which is not as scary a number as an infantry regiment.)
Deng Minghan came to the map, looked at it and said, "Commander-in-Chief Wu once said when giving a lesson to our Chief of Staff that cavalry is a doomsday arm. No combat unit of our army will suffer any loss when encountering Japanese cavalry. However,
, On the battlefield, the cavalry, as a quick reaction force, the only way to establish military exploits is to attack the weak links of our army!"
"Order all units in our department to be on guard against Japanese cavalry raids!" Upon hearing this, Zhang Tongqing realized that our army's weakest link? The light infantry battalion of the Howitzer Regiment suffered heavy casualties yesterday and had insufficient protection. This should be the biggest weak link of the National Defense Forces, but
To be on the safe side, Zhang Tongqing sent the entire army to be on guard to be prepared for any danger.
"Kill to--" Five minutes before Zhang Tongqing's order arrived at the various ministries, the rapid sound of horse hooves and the roar of the Japanese army could be heard in the area where the National Defense Forces and the Japanese army were fighting in the southwest corner of Yangmiao.
"Hurry, prepare the machine guns, the Japanese cavalry is coming!" A platoon that was fighting for the trenches with the Japanese suddenly found hundreds of war horses rushing toward them.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Da da da..."
Just when the platoon was allocating its strength to deal with the Japanese cavalry, suddenly there was a roar of mortars and machine guns from the rear position, and the Japanese cavalry suddenly fell down like straw being harvested by a harvester!
"Da da da..." The two squad machine guns in the trench also joined the team of harvesting Japanese.
What a risk! Without the support of the machine guns of the large army behind, the two machine guns of this platoon alone would not be able to do anything.
After receiving the order from the division commander, Zhou Xiangyan, commander of the 1st Regiment of the 063 Division, realized with a flash of his head that for the 1st Regiment, the weakness lay in the 1st Battalion that was struggling with the Japanese army.
A company will definitely be hit hard, and if the infantry is hit hard, the four "T-24" tanks will lose the infantry protection.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xiangyan thought that if he still didn't understand what the Japanese cavalry was going to do, he might as well just buy and sell tofu and risk his life. The reason why the 1st Regiment could achieve such great results lies in the power of "infantry coordination" between chariots and infantry!
"Immediately order the 1st Battalion to organize all the 60 guns and machine guns of the second-line troops to prepare for the Japanese cavalry raid! Order the 2nd Battalion to immediately go forward to support the 1st Battalion. If they encounter Japanese cavalry, no matter where they go, attack them immediately.
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The commander of the 1st Battalion was a little anxious after receiving the order, because the order did not say how many cavalry the Japanese army would bring. However, he could only concentrate all the machine guns and mortars of the second-line troops, totaling 12 60-guns and 24 squadrons.
I don't know if the machine gun is enough. At this moment, the soldier in charge of the alert reported that Japanese cavalry appeared in the north of the battlefield, about 400 people and horses, 1 kilometer away.
"Okay! When the Japanese forward troops enter a distance of 500 meters, attack immediately!" The commander of the 1st Battalion was in a determined mood. With 400 troops and 24 machine guns and 12 mortars in hand, what should he be afraid of?
"Da da da..." The cavalry behind was still charging, and the machine guns of the National Defense Forces fired wildly. On the battlefield, only people were seen turning on their backs, and blood and flesh were flying!
In less than ten minutes, except for a few of the Japanese cavalry squadrons still on the ground, there was not a single living creature left.
Susumu Fujita at the Yangmiao headquarters never imagined that his cavalry strategy would be disrupted by 24 machine guns from a battalion of the National Defense Forces.
In fact, if the Japanese army mobilized all the cavalry regiments and attacked the 1st Battalion position in three or four directions, they would still be successful, because there are 24 machine guns in one direction, and their bullets are enough to constitute a real "bullet rain".
No matter how powerful it is, it is impossible to rush in, but if it suddenly splits into three directions and attacks suddenly, these 24 machine guns will be divided into three directions, and the bullet density will be reduced by two times. In addition, the distance is closer, the cavalry will
Although the lances suffered a bit of a disadvantage against the submachine guns, they were still barely able to fight. It was really possible that the National Defense Forces would suffer another big loss.
"Order: The Junzhi Armored Brigade sends another tank company to the battlefield to replace the previous company!" The Japanese cavalry was wiped out, and Zhang Tongqing's mind suddenly brightened: This Fujita Susumu was attacking his own tank.
Tactics are useless!
Okay, I can’t help it, and I won’t overly irritate you. Can I send 4 more tanks up to replace the ones that are already tired?
I have to say that the commanders of the National Defense Forces all have a personality similar to Wu Aihua. Making the enemy uncomfortable is the greatest comfort to oneself!
"Rumble, rumble..." Four tanks of the National Defense Force emerged from the trees and began to appear on the battlefield.
"Reporting to your Excellency, General, the China Army has dispatched 4 more tanks!" The staff officer of the 3rd Division was still able to grasp the dynamics of the battlefield immediately.
"Ah, Baga, how many armored tanks do the Chinese have?" Susumu Fujita asked knowingly. The 57th Tank Regiment of the 107th Division was wiped out, and he didn't know. However, Susumu Fujita's question makes sense, because
The China tank that fought with the 57th Tank Regiment was obviously not the behemoth on the battlefield today. Susumu Fujita had never seen the "T-24" medium tank.
"Reporting to your Excellency, General, the previous four tanks of the China Army are retreating, and the new tanks are attacking the Imperial Army!" Another staff officer came in to report the battle situation.
"Eight..." This time, Fujita Susumu did not curse the two curse words, because he suddenly realized, what is the China Army going to do? It won't be like fighting in ancient times, it will be a wheel battle!
Wheel warfare? Definitely. However, the purpose of the China Army is definitely not this. So, what does the China Army want to do? Thinking of the previous losses of the Imperial Japanese Army, he suddenly understood: The China Army is playing a war of attrition!
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At this time, somewhere outside Yangmiao, in the "Hongyao Battle" headquarters of the National Defense Forces, Zhang Tongqing and Huang Tingzhen were also having a conversation.
Huang Tingzhen: "Brother Tong Qing, the commander of the old National Defense Force is still one step ahead! In the past, including myself, I thought that the division commanders of the Guangdong Army were all shot with one shot, and the shortest time in the army was more than ten years.
, but the National Defense Forces, including Commander-in-Chief Wu, have only been together for a few years, so there is a limit to how you can fight again, right? However, the experience of these two days has made me change my view."
"Brother Tingzhen, you're too polite. Speaking of which, all the officers of the National Defense Force, big and small, were all led by Commander-in-Chief Wu. Regarding war, Commander-in-Chief Wu said two things the most. One is to learn war from war, and the other is called
Everything depends on time, conditions and place (the latter sentence was said by the Soviet man during World War II). I dare not think about these two sentences at all times."
"Ah, I would like to hear some advice." Huang Tingzhen said with interest.
"This problem is difficult to explain in one sentence. Let's talk about it later. Brother Tingzhen, let me talk about another matter, which is the problem of the domestic army. You may not know that Commander-in-Chief Wu has determined our opponents since he established an independent detachment in Rongshuping.
It is the Japanese army and the armies of the foreign powers. As for the domestic armies, including the so-called German Arms Division of the Nanjing government, they really have no status in front of the National Defense Forces."
"Ah, this is the first time I've heard of this." Huang Tingzhen said like a story addict.
"Do you know how many people there were in the National Defense Forces at that time?" Zhang Tongqing asked again.
"How many people?"
"There are only 22 young and middle-aged people, and then there are 16 old and young women."
"Are you one of the 22?"
"Haha, how can I? I am not that lucky. However, you must know a few of the 22 people, such as Liu Xianghui, Hu Wen, Hu Bin, Zhang Quan, etc."
"However, except for Liu Xianghui and Hu Wen, Hu Bin and Zhang Quan are still division commanders now." Huang Tingzhen discovered the problem.
"This is what makes the National Defense Force different from other armies. Commander-in-Chief Wu calls this difference the difference between the old army and the new army." Zhang Tongqing said.
"By the way, Brother Tongqing, you said, we asked the Wild Division to send air force support to destroy the artillery wing of the 3rd Division. Why would the Wild Division disagree?" Huang Tingzhen had some questions. Since the National Defense Forces Air Force is so powerful, why?
No need?
"I don't know about this. I guess Ye Si may be planning a big move." Zhang Tongqing guessed.
"Oh my God, big move. Isn't the move to annihilate the Japanese 3rd Division big enough?" Huang Tingzhen felt for the first time that his brain was a little weak.
"Report to the commander, the results of this morning's battle have been analyzed!" Just when Huang Tingzhen was puzzled, a combat staff officer walked in and said.