How can a high-ranking person in this era be a fool?
It is clear at a glance who is capable and who is a waste.
It's just human nature, everyone likes to flatter their own existence.
So I just let it go a lot of the time.
But when your own life and safety are threatened, you naturally have to be serious.
If you are not serious, you will really die...
The Fencheng defense battle has begun!
Around Fencheng, the Japanese 7th Division led the 19th Division and the 11th Mixed Brigade with more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers to launch a fierce attack.
The artillery regiment of the Japanese 7th Division was killed by Fang Yu in Heiyun Mountain before, so the current artillery regiment was temporarily formed, with only 24 75mm field guns and no mountain guns.
However, the infantry regiments under the jurisdiction of Class A divisions such as the Japanese Seventh Division are generally equipped with an artillery squadron, directly equipped with four 75mm 41-type mountain guns.
A category A division like the Seventh Division has two infantry brigades under its jurisdiction, and each infantry brigade has two infantry regiments under its jurisdiction...
In other words, there are a total of four infantry regiments, plus the cavalry regiment directly under the division, the artillery regiment (remnant), the engineering regiment and the baggage regiment, a total of eight regiments!
Compared with the Japanese B Division, there is one more infantry regiment.
Moreover, the Japanese's Class A Division also has a brigade-level existence.
In the Class B division, there is no brigade level, and the regiment level is directly under the direct jurisdiction...
Comparing the Japs' A-type divisions with their B-type divisions, in many cases the difference is not just in equipment.
The quality of the soldiers is even more different.
The soldiers of the Japs' Class A Division are basically veterans who have been trained for several years. They have strong individual combat capabilities and the quality of the soldiers is the best among the Japs.
Many of the soldiers of the B Division were directly recruited from the Japanese army's domestic recruits...
There is no comparison between the two.
The temporarily formed artillery wing of the Seventh Japanese Division has 12 75mm Type 95 field guns and 12 75mm Type 41 mountain guns.
Each infantry regiment of the Class A division also has a mountain artillery squadron and an infantry artillery squadron.
The mountain gun squadron is equipped with four 75mm Type 41 mountain guns.
The infantry artillery squadron is equipped with four 70mm Type 92 infantry guns.
In addition, the infantry brigade under each infantry regiment is also equipped with an infantry artillery squad equipped with two 70mm Type 92 infantry cannons.
In other words, an infantry regiment of the Japanese Seventh Division is equipped with 4 Type 41 mountain guns and 10 70mm Type 92 infantry guns.
The four infantry regiments are equipped with a total of 16 Type 41 mountain guns and 40 70mm Type 92 infantry guns...
In addition, the 12 75mm Type 95 field guns and 12 75mm Type 41 mountain guns equipped by the artillery wing temporarily formed by the Japanese Seventh Division...
The entire Japanese Seventh Division is now equipped with: 12 75mm Type 95 field guns, 28 75mm Type 41 mountain guns, 40 70mm Type 92 infantry guns...
There are also dozens of 90mm Type 94 mortars...
There are more than a hundred artillery shells of this caliber...
As for grenade launchers...not to mention.
The number of grenade launchers equipped by a Japanese A-type division generally reaches more than 400...
There are about a hundred Type 92 heavy machine guns...
There are more than 400 crooked machine guns...
The Japanese's firepower is indeed overwhelming against the Jinsui Army at this stage.
This is not a level battle.
As soon as the battle started, more than a hundred Japanese artillery pieces began to shell indiscriminately...
The defense lines outside Fen City have long been completely destroyed...
The enemy battle is still the same as before...
After the artillery bombardment was completed, the infantry immediately launched a full-scale charge.
After reaching a certain distance, they began to use grenade bombs at close range, and heavy machine guns fully suppressed them...
Fencheng, the frontline 63rd Division position.
"Teacher! I can't stand it anymore!"
"The enemy's firepower is too strong..."
"The whole group is gone!"
"The Second Regiment now has more than half of its casualties..."
"The Third and Fourth Regiments also suffered casualties..."
"Sir! Half of our 8,000 brothers in the 63rd Division are gone now!"
"Commander! Withdraw! If you don't withdraw! When the Japanese come up, we will have no chance!"
Voice!
This is definitely my heartfelt voice!
The hysterical roar sounded particularly helpless and aggrieved!
The commander of the Second Regiment of the 63rd Division of the Jinsui Army gritted his teeth and said.
Lack of preparation and no way to fight.
There are now more than 60,000 troops guarding Fencheng...
The commander also retreated 40,000 troops into the city.
Currently, there are only three divisions of troops defending the positions outside the city...
Their 63rd Division is one of them...
What they withstood was the attack of an infantry regiment and a cavalry regiment of the Japanese Seventh Division!
There are more than 5,000 Japs...
Their 63rd Division only has 8,000 people...
It seems that there are more people.
But having a large number of people does not mean that the combat effectiveness is strong...
The enemy's firepower is so fierce!
Moreover, this group of Japs were very accurate in shooting!
Only a few hours after the battle began, nearly half of the 8,000 troops of the 63rd Division had suffered casualties!
How to fight this?
If the fight continues, the 63rd Division will be completely destroyed!
"withdraw?"
“Labour and management don’t want to withdraw?”
"What the hell!"
"The commander issued a death order!"
"The position is here and the people are here!"
"If the position is lost, people will die!"
"Even if we escape now, we won't be able to survive. The commander will just kill everyone with one shot!"
"This time, sir, you've been a little more ruthless..."
"If our position is lost, the Japanese will attack Fen City directly."
"If the Japs bomb open the walls of Fen City, and then the Japs file in, the entire Fen City will be completely in chaos..."
"At that time, the officer's life safety will not be guaranteed..."
"In this case, if anyone dares to ruin the position, the commander will kill him with his own hands!"
"Our 63rd Division is basically a stepmother..."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have been pushed out to defend the position!"
"Oh shit!"
"I'm afraid labor and management will really be nailed here this time!"
"If Laozi dies! Those concubines of Laozi must all be following the wild man!"
"The sons of laborers don't have a good life either!"
"Grass!"
"Damn you little devil! Why did you come all of a sudden!"
Feng Yan, commander of the 63rd Division, gritted his teeth...
At this moment, my heart is filled with rage...
Half of the troops were destroyed...
There is no chance to retreat now.
Anyone would be annoyed!
A battle without faith...is probably nothing more than that.
"Teacher, these brothers were all killed following you."
"These are all old brothers we brought from Rock City..."
"Our army was founded by you selling off your property..."
"At that time, the commander of the Jinsui Army did not say a penny..."
"Commander, the troops are our own, and the Jinsui Army belongs to that commander..."
"Teacher, we need to think twice..."
Jing Yunkui, commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 63rd Division, had a fierce look in his eyes.