Chapter 1031 A starless night! (Its the beginning of the month, please vote for me!)
This night in the mountains may have been the most painful night for Yota Into in his entire 40-year life.
Since entering the mountains in the afternoon, he has completely lost contact with the outside world.
He knows very well that in this continuous mountain, the communication that can keep in touch with the headquarters is actually of little use. The biggest role may be to have a heartbreaking confession with the headquarters. Therefore, it is difficult to carry those dozens of kilograms on his back.
The strength of the field radio station is not as good as carrying more food and ammunition.
Even, to show his determination, the Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel directly shot and killed Maj. Gen. Yamashita's most beloved big green horse and his own black horse.
It's not that he wants to hold a flag sacrifice, but that Yin Teng Youta uses this behavior to tell everyone in the escort squadron that he and the brigade commander will be with everyone, and no one will be special.
When you are strong, the military is very hierarchical; when you are weak, it is the unity of officers and soldiers! Yota Yinto's approach is typical of the shameless series.
However, the more than 200 officers and soldiers of the loyal escort squadron were very satisfied with the lieutenant colonel's way of expressing his feelings. Otherwise, they would not have rushed into various valleys or trails without hesitation, knowing that they were going to die.
Yota Yinto, who used his subordinates to continue to die and meandered in the mountains, finally escaping 8 kilometers away from his main position before sunset, was actually not happy at all.
On the way to escape desperately, even though they were separated by mountains, the loud thunder-like sound could still be heard in the distance. This could only mean one thing. The Chinese went against the rules and launched a general attack on the main position near dusk.
Based on Yin Teng Youta's experience fighting the Four Troops in the past two days, what frightened him most was not that the Four Troops' heavy firepower was no less than that of the brigade, but that the opposing commander seemed to have everything under control without hesitation.
battlefield rhythm.
Facts have also proved that except for the desperate counterattack ordered by the brigade commander personally at dawn, which made the Chinese a little embarrassed, the initiative on the battlefield was dominated by the Chinese at all other times.
They actually stopped holding back and launched a general attack directly. This can only mean that either something happened outside that forced them to launch a general attack in advance, or there was some problem within the brigade that caused them to get a glimpse of the fighter plane.
But no matter what, Yin Teng Youta knew that the brigade was doomed!
The remaining 3,500-odd people were determined not to be able to withstand the attack of the Chinese army, whose strength was several times theirs, at all costs, no matter how brave and tenacious they were.
Because the group of Chinese on the opposite side are also from the southeast of Shanxi, no, they should be the elite among the hundreds of thousands of elite Chinese troops in North China.
I have to say that there is something special about Yin Teng Youta being able to become a lieutenant colonel-level officer at the age of 40 in the Japanese Army, which places great emphasis on seniority.
At least, after two days of fighting, he still had a very clear definition of his opponent, unlike those officers who had been killed by the Four Lines Regiment. Even if they were defeated and died, they would still be stubborn and think that they died in the battle.
Focus on the other party's machinations, not the strength of both parties.
Whether it's deception, deception, or head-to-head confrontation, it's all "the war is changing, the power is changing, the water is changing." Who has stipulated that war is to set up the chariots, horses and artillery, you give me a shot and I will give you a knife?
What's more, the Fourth Army Regiment and the 683rd Brigade, which launched the final siege and annihilation attack on the Second Mixed Brigade, were simply crushed by force?
Perhaps, many Japanese soldiers in North China have underestimated the bravery of Chinese soldiers, including Lieutenant Colonel Yin Teng Yota, the chief of staff of the 2nd Mixed Brigade, who is now a lost dog.
If the Second Mixed Brigade had not fought a fierce battle with two infantry divisions in the mountains and had not lost its vitality, it would never have ended up in this situation. This was Yin Teng Youta's self-consolation in his despair.
But he was wrong. If he had the chance to stand on the battlefield, he would know why Major Yoshitani committed suicide in despair.
The strength of the Chinese people does not come from their large numbers of people, but from their fearlessness!
Set the clock back to dusk.
Since the Fourth Army Regiment and all the artillery of the 683rd Brigade, large and small, began bombarding at all costs, the message requesting the launch of a general offensive had been sent to the boss of the Southeast Shanxi Theater Command. Ten minutes later, the word 'accurate!' was finally received.
, Brigadier Cheng, who was the supreme commander of the Changle Village battlefield at the time, said this in a message sent to the Fourth Line Regiment and its regiments: "Order, the 22nd Group Army's Fourth Line Regiment, 921st Division's 772nd Division at the Changle Village Frontline Headquarters
Regiment, 771st Regiment, Supplementary Regiment, 683rd Brigade Guard Battalion, general offensive across the board.
In this battle, no reserve team will be left; in this battle, there will be no enemy but ourselves, and we will be invincible; in this battle, everyone below me, no matter brigade commander, regiment commander, or battalion commander, who is afraid of the battle but not the first, will be killed; anyone who is unfavorable in attacking the fort will be killed.
"Those who disobey military orders and loot supplies will be killed!"
The military order, later known as the "Three Kill Order", was a very rare tough statement by the cheerful Brigadier Cheng in his decades of military career. It also shows the confidence of the Chinese soldiers in Changle Village at this time in annihilating the second mixed brigade.
and determination.
In fact, the Japanese army was not as miserable as the final result. In fact, at least hundreds of Japanese troops still defended the honor of "Asia's strongest army".
For example, the 772nd Regiment was awarded the first meritorious service after the war. The Japanese troops on the defensive line in front of them did not completely collapse without much fighting like other units of the Japanese army.
The Japanese army needed to cross the river when attacking the Zhuozhang River defense line. On the contrary, if the 772 Regiment wanted to kill the Japanese army 900 meters away from the Zhuozhang River, they also had to cross the river.
But fortunately, the artillery assembled by the 772th Regiment was powerful enough. Not only did all the mortars in the regiment focus fire, but the four mountain cannons belonging to the brigade headquarters were basically transferred to them for use. In addition, Wang Xiaoqiang requested a mountain artillery platoon from the Sixings Regiment through personal connections.
Provide fire support to its frontline.
When the Japanese soldiers who were stunned by the artillery fire climbed up from the trenches tremblingly, they were faced with the black Chinese army.
There were three infantry battalions and the guard company of the 772nd Regiment. Although they were not fully staffed, the pressure of nearly 2,000 people was enough to make people frightened, not to mention the Japanese soldiers who had just been knocked unconscious by crazy artillery fire.
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It can only be said that this group of Japanese invaders belonging to the First Infantry Brigade of the Second Mixed Brigade are very tough. Although their confidence has been defeated by 'rumors' to less than a quarter of the previous one, and even their own infantry battalion captain is not here.
They were unable to contact the brigade headquarters a thousand meters away, but they still fulfilled their duty as soldiers and shot at the Chinese army that was approaching 400 meters away on a defense line 1,800 meters wide.
In a burst of sparse gunfire, more than 30 Chinese soldiers fell, stopping the 2,000 men of the 772nd Regiment who were slowly approaching.
It's not that the 772 Regiment is afraid of death, but the intensity of the Japanese resistance is somewhat beyond the expectations of the commanders at all levels of the 772 Regiment.
There were at least seven or eight hundred Japanese troops in front of them. According to the Japanese army's light and heavy firepower mix, they should not only have this few heavy machine guns and light machine guns.
Although Wang Xiaoqiang may look a little rough on the surface, he is actually extremely flexible in mind and extremely changeable in tactics. He immediately felt keenly that the Japanese army was either playing tricks or was really being attacked by the eight mountain cannons and more than a dozen mortars assembled by his own side.
The cannon was beaten to death.
The two infantry battalions on both sides began to move toward the wings, and the middle battalion tentatively began an attack under the cover of four heavy machine guns on each side.
Until the first battalion advanced to within 150 meters of the Japanese position, there was no trace of Japanese heavy machine gun firepower.
At this time, the weapons that the Japanese army could bring out, except for three heavy machine guns that were pinned down by eight heavy machine guns and had to be moved around, were just a few grenade launchers and not as many rifles as they imagined, firing in vain.
Seeing that the Japanese army has been firing like this "to the point of death", they have advanced to a distance where they can charge to the death. They can neither see any strong firepower nor show the strength that an infantry brigade should have, even if they have just
Beaten by a round of artillery fire.
But there were 800 Japanese troops! It was impossible for them all to be killed by artillery shells! This is almost a fairy tale to anyone.
But the fact is that there were only less than 250 Japanese soldiers left in the unit at that time. The main reason was that an infantry squadron of the Japanese army was transferred away in the morning. After the troop strength was reduced sharply, the fierceness of the Chinese artillery fire made it difficult for the Japanese army to fight in the trenches that were no more than 1.5 meters deep.
More than half of the more than 500 Japanese troops were lost in the battle.
The infantry battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 772nd Regiment was Battalion Commander Xiao Ding, whom Tang Dao wanted to poach. Seeing that his three main infantry companies had already entered within 120 meters, the slowest one only needed fifteen seconds.
The entire army rushed into the Japanese trenches.
This was the first battalion-level officer after the death of Commander Ji Ye of the 772 Regiment in the past time and space. He looked like a white-faced scholar, but he was actually a super macho man.
As soon as it came up, it was so fierce that Wang Xiaoqiang couldn't help wiping his sweat.
"You idiot, no matter what tricks you play, I will fight with your idiot today." Battalion Commander Xiao Ding, who was gritting his molars, put the shell gun he was holding tightly into the hands of the orderly who had been following him.
As soon as he stuffed it, he snatched a Type 38 rifle from his hand that had already been fixed with a bayonet, and shouted sternly: "Everyone has it, fix the bayonet, and follow me. The whole battalion will advance or retreat. The first row is 40 meters away."
Drop the bomb, shine the grenade on me, bugler, blow the charge horn!"
As the charge horn sounded, "Kill!" the infantry major roared, taking the lead to rush toward the Japanese position with a bowed waist and a gun. Behind him was an infantry battalion of 400 infantrymen, charging toward the Japanese in front of a nearly 1,300-meter-wide Japanese position.
The position launched a desperate charge. No longer worried or hesitant, under the leadership of their supreme commander, they rushed towards the unpredictable Japanese position, and at the same time, they tried their best to shoot the loaded bullets in the barrel.
Wang Xiaoqiang, who was 450 meters away, probably did not expect that the commander of his 1st Battalion would be so resolute. He entered a desperate charge without even making a tentative attack. His face suddenly tightened, and he immediately ordered the heavy machine guns on both sides to use full firepower to suppress the Japanese trenches.
, and at the same time ordered the infantry moving on both wings to speed up.
This is a very safe attack method. If the Japanese army plays tricks, the two infantry battalions on both sides can contain part of its firepower, so that the infantry battalion that rushes into charge will not be completely annihilated.
With this military order alone, Wang Xiaoqiang is by no means the kind of 'crazy general' who seems to be easily fooled on the surface. His brain is better than many people's.
The Japanese troops in the trenches also entered their final madness under the pressure of the heavy footsteps of the Chinese infantry from far to near.
Although the heavy machine gun bullets fired from the opposite direction caused the trenches to billow with smoke, many people still shot desperately at the infantrymen of the 1st Battalion of the 772nd Regiment who were running towards them.
resounded across the battlefield.
In just seven or eight seconds, at least forty soldiers fell to the ground while running along the entire charge line. Some were writhing in pain, while others were silent and silent.
However, no one stopped charging.
Again, the so-called comrade-in-arms, in addition to being someone you can rest assured to give your back to, is someone who when he falls, you don’t have to stare at him with tears and sadness, but rather, you throw yourself forward towards him.
Direction, along the road he has not yet completed, forward, forward.
Ten seconds later, an infantry company of nearly 100 soldiers in the first echelon charged to a position forty or fifty meters away from the Japanese trenches. Everyone took out the long wooden handle grenades hanging on their bodies and opened the back cover.
, pulled the fuse, and with the power of running, threw it towards the Japanese trenches dozens of meters away.
No matter whether it falls on the front edge of the trench or inside the trench, the smoke and shrapnel can provide cover for the charging soldiers.
More than a hundred grenades exploded, filling the Japanese trenches and in front of the trenches with smoke. Those outside could not see the inside clearly, and those inside could not see the outside clearly. The gunshots of the 38-meter gun could hardly be heard anymore.
In fact, when this infantry company reached a distance of 40 meters in front of the Japanese trenches, it basically declared the demise of the last remaining Japanese troops on this position.
Because each of these infantrymen carried at least 3 grenades, that is, more than 300 grenades, which means that on average, a grenade will fall every four or five meters on a defense line that is no more than 1,000 meters wide, even if only 10% of them fall.
The trenches were also something that terrified the Japanese troops in the trenches.
By the time the first row of soldiers had finished throwing the grenades, there was almost no gap. The second row of soldiers had already rushed in, holding rifles with bayonets fixed. They no longer crouched, but stood up straight, charged, and used
He ran as fast as he could in his life and rushed towards the Japanese position.
There was no cry of killing that resounded throughout the battlefield, because all the Chinese soldiers poured their strength into their legs, held their breath, opened their eyes angrily, and ran as hard as they could.
At this moment, speed is life.
At the moment when the first battalion broke out with an all-out charge, all fire suppression stopped. Hundreds of meters away, from the colonel commander to the ordinary private, and more than a thousand meters away, from the major general brigade commander to the cook, no matter what they looked at,
Whether it was clear or not, the eyes of countless Chinese soldiers were fixed on this battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke.
Everyone's heart almost stopped beating. They were nervous, excited, and extremely anxious and worried. Many people may have never experienced such complex emotions in their lives.
As long as they rush through these 40 meters, as long as more than two hundred people jump into the Japanese trenches within five seconds, the Japanese army will be finished, no matter how many more people they have.
However, the officers and soldiers of the 772nd Regiment who have had many encounters with the Japanese army know better that the Japanese army is ferocious, and in hand-to-hand combat with them, even elites like them can only achieve a 50-50 victory.
After crossing the first row of grenade-throwing officers and soldiers, led by the major battalion commander, they passed through the gunpowder smoke and arrived at the Japanese trenches. With the consciousness of death, they clenched their 38 rifles hard and summoned up their strength to burst out the most powerful roar in their lives:
"kill!"
However, what greeted them was not the once ferocious Japanese invaders, but Japanese troops with less than 200 troops, dark faces and somewhat dull expressions.
The Chinese soldiers were in the trenches, and the Japanese soldiers were in the trenches, looking at each other.
In the eyes of the Japanese soldiers, there was no longer arrogance, but deep despair.
"Kill them all!" the major battalion commander yelled with a hint of joy in his eyes. He pulled the trigger and fired at the Japanese soldiers.
"Bang bang" The Chinese soldiers never hesitated for more than a second before collectively pulling the triggers in their hands.
The desperate Japanese troops were also firing.
Both sides used the same single-shot rifle, and the crisp sound of gunfire echoed through the wilderness.
On and in the trenches, dark blue and khaki fell to the ground.
However, no one gave in, even if there was no cover, even if they knew that they might die at any time in the next moment. The Chinese and Japanese soldiers looked at each other with stern eyes, and they did not hesitate to pull the trigger and shoot.
When two armies face each other, the brave one wins.
The Chinese soldiers who had empty bullets in their magazines and had red eyes raised their bayonets high and followed their major and battalion commander to plunge down into the trenches. The bayonets and meat "popped" and the "creeping" of the bayonets and teeth were sour.
The sound of bones touching even overshadowed the sound of gunfire at that moment, and at the same time sounded the final death knell for the remnants of the Second Mixed Brigade.
As more and more Chinese soldiers jumped into the trenches, the resistance of the Japanese army became weaker and weaker, until the last scream of despair was turned into an inaudible moan by the bayonets of three 38 rifles in the trenches.
All Japanese troops on the defensive line were wiped out.
The battlefield suddenly fell into silence, a terrifying silence, except for the heavy breathing sound unique to males that filled the air.
The life-and-death struggle, which lasted only a minute or two, depleted most of the soldiers' physical strength. Many of them were paralyzed the moment they inserted their bayonets into the chests of the Japanese invaders.
"We won." The battalion commander, a major covered in blood, looked around at the khaki and dark blue trenches, with tears rolling down his face, and murmured to himself.
Then, he jumped out of the trench, raised the rifle in his hand, and said, "We won."
"We won, we won."
"Mom, we won."
"Brother, I avenged you."
.......
Soldiers climbed out of the trenches one after another and stood on the edge of the Japanese trenches they captured. Like their battalion commander, they raised their rifles high and roared to the sky.
They used all their strength, even if their brains were dizzy due to lack of oxygen.
"Victory!"
The Chinese soldiers hundreds of meters away also raised their rifles high and cheered together with their colleagues on the Japanese position. Including their colonel commander and major general brigade commander, they all pulled off their military discipline buttons and used all their strength to cheer.
Cheers: "We have won!"
At least two thousand people made the same movement, their spears were like a forest, and their roars were like waves.
The Japanese invaders, who were still resisting ten thousand meters away, were alarmed by the roar coming from the distance. Seeing the Chinese standing with their guns raised high on the position that originally belonged to the 1st Infantry Brigade, they completely collapsed psychologically.
At the cost of nearly 110 people being killed and more than 70 people seriously injured, the 772nd Regiment gnawed away the hardest bone in one fell swoop, completely shattering the confidence of the remaining Japanese invaders and triggering a rout of the Japanese army on the entire battlefield.
That first achievement was not just because Wang Xiaoqiang and Xia Jiba killed Yamashita with cannons, but the main reason was this battle.
With Battalion Commander Xiao Ding taking the lead in breaking into the Japanese trenches, the First Battalion was awarded the title of "Hard-Bone Battalion" by the 80th Army Headquarters after the war, and was even recognized by the Second War Zone. This was an unprecedented phenomenon.
In fact, the huge military exploits of killing this unfortunate boy from the Second Mixed Brigade put a golden nugget on the face of the old Shanxi man. Even the boss frowned when he saw the old man in Shanxi and felt disgusted thinking about the Eightyth Army.
, and had to send a congratulatory message to the Second Theater Command all night long, and also sent a bunch of medals to all participating troops.
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It was a starless night, and everything was supposed to be silent.
However, this mountain that should be peaceful is like Yota Into's mood, unable to settle down.
Because there are a lot more mice and more mouse catchers.
The rat wants to live, the rat catcher wants to get rid of the pest!
The mice originally thought that night would become their protective color and their last chance.
But the mouse underestimated the difficulty of the mountain.
In such a pitch-black forest, not to mention at night, even during the day, you have to be careful not to get injured by the hard branches, and you have to be careful not to miss the mark and fall.
What's more, the Japanese army didn't dare to do any lighting at all. Apart from the woods and rocky cliffs, there were more Chinese people here. Any light could become a living target.
If you want to run away without making any sound in the dark, you must have a pair of night owl eyes.
But obviously, the mice didn't.
The Chinese soldiers on the mountain and those pursuing from behind also did not dare to sleep easily. When they heard any movement in the dark, they shot a bunch of bullets or even fired flares.
From time to time, machine guns spitting flames would pull out a dark red streak in the mountains, and screams and cries of pain would often resound through the mountains and fields.
However, for the Chinese and Japanese soldiers who are eager to escape and hope to harvest their lives, they know very well that this level of killing is just an appetizer and dessert. After tonight and tomorrow day, it will be the real feast.
